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First, I love these posts of yours. I hope you do other books at some point. Second, I think it goes beyond what you state there...

Yesterday, we watched a Zatoichi movie the family got for Christmas (we're trying to patch up some holes in our collection): Zatoichi...

Speak for yourself! I, for one, had wondered for ages why Han always called Chewbacca "Chewie." Such a mystery!

I liked No Way Home, and Thunderbolts.

I would like this to be true, but this is also the same conglomerate that gave us Solo. I hope they've learned their lesson about...

You are confusing "motorcycle guy" and "reprobate".

I thought he was best in Community where the whole point is that he’s initially an &$$hole. Just watched Tokyo Godfathers at the...

Honestly I always thought that was just the base American trope - clueless WASP, seems something of the SNL standard.* * note I am not...

Watched it this evening and honestly, it’s a lot better than I expected - it’s consistent and well thought out, and has a solid...

We just watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Most of my family members like it, including my kid, but I really hate that film...

We didn't grow up on the Rankin and Bass specials, my mom found the animation creepy or something, but my favourite special that I don't...

Exactly my understanding. Yup! Thorin as well (The Daring, or Bold). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dwarfs_in_Norse_mythology

Elves sort of dwell partially in the spirit world and that connection fuels their creations as well. It's where their "magic" comes...

Agreed. This also somewhat parallels the language used to reference the sun in one of the riddles in The Hobbit's famous riddle game...

Book 4, Chapter 6: the Forbidden Pool Another rare error in this printing of the book, describing Sam surreptitiously following Frodo...