Yeah and it was as great as I remember! And even if some lines of dialogue were bad, it's easy to get back into the movie. The Anakin vs. Obi Wan scene has aged really well, it still looks incredible and feels emotional ("you were my brother! I loved you!" :'(). Oh and of course Order 66 :'(. Honestly I felt more emotion about the barely known Jedi getting killed with the execution of Order 66 in the few minutes long montage than any of the Rogue One character deaths. And Ewan Mcgregor was definitely one of of the best parts of the trilogy, he was perfectly cast. We watched it on Wednesday and went out for dinner beforehand, and I kid you not, they were actually playing Episode III on TV when we got there it was hilarious! Must've been a sign

All caught up now!

Thanks! Have you played it on PC?

I'm right there with you, Episode III is the only one I remember really well and it was always my favourite of the three! It's so good! For our rewatch we've done I and II so far; going to watch III on Wednesday. Honestly I and II were way better than I was expecting. Like they had some really terrible elements (Jar Jar... was way worse than I remembered but I can see him being fun for kids watching, at least... but wow, he was annoying), and the dialogue was bad (so I really don't fault the actors much), but they had a lot of redeeming moments too and a lot of excitement. I thought little Ani did a great job and it's sad to see so many people hard on him. I still love the podracing scene as much as I did when I was a kid (and I may or may not have popped out my N64 to play podracer afterwards ). And the music for both is top notch.

I'm on episode 5 of season 1 now, so I guess I'll be at season 2 pretty soon. Oooh favourite character, who to choose. Sunny is definitely my favourite, but I like Tilda too. I do know I love to hate Quinn though. I haven't seen too much of Waldo yet but the little I've seen he seems cool! I think I've heard of The Host. I'm noting down the other ones you mentioned too.

I'm one year into my thesis, with three years to go. Heh I'm expected to work on it over the summer, so I do go to school on weekdays for a few hours, but outside of that I'm likely to be found on my computer playing video games . I did take a couple weeks of break after finals.

I've been thinking of doing a Star Wars marathon with my brother. Starting with the prequels . I haven't really seen them since I was a kid and didn't see how terrible they were, so I'm kind of excited to see them .

Yeah Sunny is great. He's so conflicted but has a heart of gold. He doesn't talk much but they've done a great job of showing and not telling what his personality is. I haven't seen too many Asian movies, do you have any to recommend?

I see! It's nice to be unstructured and have the whole summer free ahead of you. Yeah I don't really have plans either, just working on my thesis on my own time. I feel like the Captain Underpants movie is like 10 years too late.

May the Fourth be with you!

Haha yeah, Robert Carlyle is great in it, and it's clear he has a lot of fun with the role. Just started watching Into the Badlands by the way. It's exactly like you said . And the martial arts is SWEET. It's a pretty fun show so far.

Yeah I know what you mean. I mainly use it for TV show post-episode discussions, lots of fun theories to read. I tend to do a lot of lurking

Thanks!! Best of luck with the last bit of school and finals!!! Any plans for the summer other than the A7X concert? Nice . Hopefully you'll get a good movie audience this time around. I forgot the new Alien movie was coming so soon. It Comes At Night looks pretty good too, going to try and see that. Not sure if I'm going to see Captain Underpants... it's probably going to be terrible but I loved that series as a kid

Good point . Speaking of Netflix now I've been distracted by watching Once Upon a Time. It's pretty fun and ever since I was little I've loved stories that had unique spins on fairy tales. Although it can be extremely cheesy at times.

Yeah it's great and the operatic music really makes it. Definitely try it out if you have a chance.

Yeah that's... not that Pennywise I think of from the book! I see what you're saying

That makes sense, the non-Muse discussion here can be pretty lacking or short-lived. I can appreciate that. Reddit took a while to get used to for that reason, but I like how there's always discussion about pretty much everything you can think of; although I'm much more of a lurker than a poster . Yeah 6 years!!! Crazy!

I'm all done finals now . Just waiting on marks now and I'm not concerned about them, which is a good feeling. How's school going for you?

I haven't given Jessica Jones a try yet so maybe I'll give it a shot. Haven't seen Luke Cage yet either.

I thought the Japanese live action films were alright, definitely better than average for an anime-to-live-action movie, though that's not saying much and it could have been way better. Ryuk looked really fake. Yeah I hope it's a mix too! the whole anime is super dramatic. I love the sparkles that fly off the chip. Just watched the trailer for the FMA movie. I can't tell too much from the trailer but I agree, it doesn't... look that great...

Yeah it's pretty good so far, but at the rate I'm getting through it's going to take a looong time. I haven't actually seen the miniseries just a few clips online of some of the more well-known scenes. I'm guessing you have?

That's totally fair. I haven't really posted or browsed much in a while. I spend a lot more time on reddit. (also, wow, we've been talking for over 6 years now)

I hope you're having a good Easter weekend and you're able to enjoy some delicious food!

Yeah I think I'll be skipping over Iron Fist. I haven't actually enjoyed a lot of the Marvel shows . Apparently Daredevil is supposed to be really good but I couldn't get into it.

Yeah I'm sure we have (sorry ), I know we talked about the movie way back near it got announced but I didn't remember your answer. I know it's contraversial but I'm not really bothered by the "whitewashing" here because Deathnote is a story that's not intrinsically Japanese; it can be adapted anywhere and still have all the same themes and story that makes it Deathnote. They were very clear this is an adaptation and have based it in Seattle, and have changed the names of the characters, so it's not like they're basing it in Japan and still making obviously Japanese characters non-Asian. Yeah I'm definitely looking forward to being able to watch it at home, there've been some annoying moviegoers at my last few outings . Dafoe was SO perfectly cast. Based on the trailers I still can't tell how they're going to present him though, like in all CGI or some mix. Not sure if you're aware of the chip-eating scene but it definitely has to be in the movie...

Definitely, ignoring the last bit of the trailer, IT looks great. I'm about a 1/4 way through the book myself. In the middle of finals right now though so not likely going to finish it soon.

No worries!

Yeah it's season 4 right now. Season 3 was alright - it was an interesting concept but it got a bit tiring. That sounds like an amazing description . I just looked it up and it looks just like you described.

Don't remember if you ever watched Deathnote but a teaser trailer for the movie came out and I'm really excited about it! I know a lot of people are disappointed by it but I'm optimistic. Otherwise I hope it's really really bad, like Avatar levels of bad. No in between

It wasn't so much plotholes as just personal nitpicks and things I wish had been changed:

I also wanted to see Manchester by the Sea and never ended up going. You're lucky to have seen it live ! I wasn't watching the Oscars this year so I found out way later. I'll check that out! Speaking of Netflix shows, I finished Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency a little while ago. It's pretty fun and quirky. Also caught up with The 100. Season 2 was the best so far but season 4 is looking pretty good too. Oh and I started watching Riverdale. And... I'm really enjoying it

Nice!!! Have fun!

But I couldn't wait! I needed to know!

I thought it was a good movie but not great. It had a cool twist that really makes you think but it was a bit on the boring side, and there were a lot of things that still don't make sense to me. Still want to see Lego Batman! I've been slowly going through some of the Oscars movies with my family and we last saw Moonlight. That was really good. I can see how some people would see it as really slow or boring, and it was a slow-paced movie but at the same time it felt like everything deserved to be there.

Yes! Flashpoint was great! I saw it 1 or 2 years ago. It had an amazing voice cast too. I think it's cool how DC used the comic version to explain the revamp/relaunch of all the superhero titles for DC with New 52. Another good DC animated movie is Batman: Under the Red Hood. Although I'm a bit biased since Jensen Ackles is one of the voices

That's pretty great! I find it hard to name since at first Litten is a cute cat and by the last evolution it's a beast! So Brock Lesnar is pretty good for the end game

Don't sweat it, I didn't either. Only reason I knew is that I wondered if the same character was in the comics and if it was as obvious in the comics as in the show, so I looked it up! Really the only DC series I'm somewhat familiar with outside of shows and movies would be Batman. For The Flash I've really only read Flashpoint and seen him as an occasional side character, and everything else I know is from the show and what friends tell me.

Yeah I'm looking forward to seeing Lego Batman! Hope you enjoy it when you go see it!

Thanks! Midterm went really well and I've got reading break to look forward to next week. Litten's been doing fine, but fire's usually pretty strong early. Okay, not sure when I'll be able to play next but that's good to know!

To be fair, Julian being Alchemy was taken straight out of the comics so they were being very true to the source material. Iris being in peril is pretty weak since she's obviously going to be fine in the end, but I'd still like to see how they save her.

Welcome back! Hope things have worked out with your laptop.

Still haven't seen John Wick but will try to do so before the second comes. It's out on the 10th here!

Hope you had a good start to school this term! School's been alright for me, got midterms starting this week though . Ahh well, this one is only worth 10% so it's not a big deal. Wow, 10-2 is great! I've been playing Pokemon Moon finally. I picked Litten as my starter (I always go fire). Haven't run into an Alolan dugtrio yet though... looking forward to it

Yeah I feel the same, about both points. I don't mind so much if the seasons are still short to preserve fresh ideas but I'm hoping they will at least happen every year.

That's totally fair. I'm still enjoying the show but I know what you mean. The Flash has always been lighthearted but this season seems particularly so and you're right about it being predictable. I love Tom Felton in the show though, his character has had some great lines. I think my favourite weekly show is actually Lucifer.

Nooo I'm sorry to hear about your laptop! I hope it's easily repairable!!! That really sucks though

Yeah I heard about what happens to his poor dog... I think I'll take you up on your suggestion.

I haven't seen John Wick but have heard so much about it. I saw it listed on Netflix and thought it should be my next movie. I take it you'd recommend it then? I could definitely watch it before John Wick 2...

Ahh I remember now, I haven't played against Slaking, I was confusing him with Slowking . (I also remember tentacruel too, and that was also extremely frustrating!). Has school not started for you yet? I'm getting on Showdown now, actually, going to play around with gen 3...

Snake was my favourite character in Smash Bros. but that's all I've played him in. I've seen clips of Metal Gear and it looks awesome.

Still haven't watched the season 2 finale, I think it's the next episode.

Heh, I remember when you used Slaking in one of our battles and I just had no answer for it!

Yeah, that's one deterrent. For me it's the graphic scenes. Not the violent ones, I mean the other kind. It's too much for me!

Yeah I'm getting to the end of season 2 and it's been great. Some of it has a very Fallout-esque vibe which is neat.

Darn, is it the new abilities from the Moon/Sun era? I can imagine there are some really broken combos especially with the game being so relatively new that it hasn't been quite figured out yet.

Nice! I haven't heard of it but I have a bit of time before my regular shows come back. Meanwhile I finally started catching up on Black Mirror.

I also started binge-watching The 100. I was expecting it to be typical CW drama for teens but I was pleasantly surprised. It's a big corny at times but there are some great moments and a lot of the characters are really well developed, not pure good/pure evil.

Hope yours was too! I got so much chocolate. So much. Muse-related I got the Showbiz vinyl (I have all the CD's but that completed my main-album vinyl collection). Also got Pokemon Moon from my brother.

Thanks!

Definitely , I saw Rogue One on Thursday. Rant incoming

Merry Christmas!!!

I really can't stand waiting; it seriously pains me . Got my first mark back and I'm super happy with it! The one with the final being 60%. I think it got heavily scaled up.

Same, I hear that was a big episode/scene (whatever it is) but have no idea what it actually means.

Me too, I had one Christmas dinner tonight with friends and tomorrow will be the family. My family has alternatde between full trees (my choice) and Charlie Brown trees (my mom's) for years now, and I agree, they have a nice charm to them... though you'll never hear me say that to my mom . I still haven't seen either film. Some of my family saw Fantastic Beasts and reactions were mixed; my brother was so-so about it while my mom loved it.

Yeah that's fair. I don't have that patience so I pretty much check for them every day! Still no marks yet...

I find it's hard to not know a bit about the biggest things in GoT because it seems like everyone talks about it.

Do you have any plans for Christmas? Have you seen Rogue One yet? I'm planning on seeing it this week or next.

Nice! I'll be back at school on January 3rd... way too soon. Ahh well. Grades come out in "late December", which isn't all that specific but I think they should be in the next week. What about you?

Pretty much a lot of people here even use umbrellas when it's snowing. It's like we don't know any other ways of operating.

I saw that scene just a few episodes ago . I'm just starting season 4. It's very entertaining. Joe Gilgun is great in it. Another person I recognize is Iwan Rheon; not sure if you watch Game of Thrones (I don't) but apparently he plays the evilest person ever in GoT, but he's my favourite character in Misfits.

Are you done exams now? Free of the shackles of school for the year? Thanks! It was really hard, but everyone else found it difficult too, so I'm comforted by that. I'm glad I'm done now. Yeah 60% is so much!

Oh yes, everyone in Vancouver has at least one pair of rain boots, and of course an umbrella it's mandatory. Looking more and more like it'll be a white Christmas, it's snowing again today! We've got about 4 inches of snow!

I've been watching Misfits for the first time and it was pretty fun to see both Cas and Tulip from Preacher are in it. Did you ever watch it?

Aww yeah. I guess Canadian Netflix isn't so bad after all!

Glad to hear about your finals. They'll be over sooner than you think! Best of luck on yours!!! I've just got one next week that's worth 60% of my grade, which is stressful, but I think it should be fine. Their final isn't for just over a week. I did mark their final projects though, and most were actually pretty good. But apparently I'm a very easy marker.

Yeah that sounds like autumn for us (in Vancouver, that is, the rest if Canada is vastly different weather-wise), but with less rain. We had rain for 28 out of the 31 days in October .