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I mean, the good girl falling for the bad boy is a cliche in stories, song and in life. She's attracted to the forbidden nature of the relationship (having a secret when you live a very public life is intoxicating), the fact that he is basically a super hero (or a sports mega star in our...

I'll agree that the dialogue is poorly written by Lucas, but the motivations behind the characters are clear based on the actions each takes, and the story itself is great. He had the same problem with Jar Jar in TPM. The character is supposed to be grating and annoying to the characters...

People dying of grief is a real thing (see Carrie Fisher's mom dying a few days after she passed, and there are countless stories of spouses dying within weeks of each other). Padme isn't sad about a boy, she realizes that she made a terrible mistake in believing that if she loved Anakin...

Phantom Menace is my 2nd most rewatched film of the Saga (New Hope is first). I fought the good fight online for over a decade with the haters and am so happy to finally seeing it get the love it so deserves. Saw it about 10 times in the theatre and then when it came out on VHS I was at home...

Started the Crystal Cave adventure from QftIS last night. First 2 hours were spent exploring the city of Sybar mingling with the locals for rumors about the waring families, eventually day drinking at the Ocean's Draw tavern, getting warned off their quest by another adventuring group who just...

I'm going May 7! If any EnWorlders would like to meet at a tavern for a drink that night, DM me!

Episode 8 took out S3 with a bang. Some major changes from the books. Still seems very confident in where it's headed. At this point, I'm thinking they'll need 7 seasons to tell the full story. Hope they get picked up for the rest of it soon.

Fair enough, if we were picking favorite Superhero movies of all time, Age of Ultron and X:2 would be tops for me. I can rewatch those two flicks on endless repeat. Exactly my point, Clint, SFX and CGI aren't everything! I'm actually not a huge original Superman fan myself (I know, heresy)...

Thank you for pointing me to the Wiki, already proving immensely helpful! That's gonna be quite the rabbit hole for me.

Wait, are you arguing that Black Panther doesn’t stick the landing because of a couple of mediocre SFX? The dramatic action, characters and themes of the movie are landed perfectly at the end.

Just finished Winter's Heart (wow that ending)! I'm still trying to process everything that happened in that final chapter (need to read it again) but is there a good online guide to WoT? I feel like I've jumbled up some characters and events, and am having trouble connecting everything and...

Bozeman was great but it's the fully realized villain, and Jordan's portrayal of him, that elevates this movie to incredible heights. What's important isn't just the representation, it's the tackling of big themes that matter to today, and making the audience think and empathize with these...

This is tough! I think to tackle this question, I'd first put together a list of Hall of Fame Superhero movies. That is, those films that you can't tell the story of the evolution of the genre without. My HOF: Superman (1978) Batman (1989) X-Men: X-2 (2003) The Dark Knight (2008) Iron Man...

Maybe it's all of the visual rhyming with Gandalf's last stand in FotR, but I expect Loial to be back at some point. As for Alana, well, it does make sense that the focus of any attack against a force with Ae Sedai would be on taking out the wizards (sorcerers) quickly. They are battlefield...

While it didn't have the same emotional impact for me that 4 and 6 this season, I really admire what a well executed battle this was on screen. Some big changes from what I remember from the books, will be interesting to see how that plays out.

Strange thing, but the scenes have looked great on my TV, and poorly lit night scenes are one of my ultra pet peves in modern television.

Agree that the story was well served by the way it played out, but stand by my statement that it being 'obvious' that it was the kid wasn't the reason. Though I also probably overreacted to fitz's choice of that word in the context of his comment. It was also a great choice to not make it...

Wow wow wow! Episode 6 is just everything I want from a fantasy series. Action, drama, humor, suspense. The pacing of this episode is just amazing the way it whips you from having a good time to being terrified to being devastated. And the economy of the storytelling was just off the charts...

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I'm gonna go in a bit of a different direction and say the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K Hamilton. Think True Blood meets Bosch with a female lead, well over 20 books to pull the series from, and an overarching plot line that keeps getting weirder and more gonzo. Not to...