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One of my biggest complaints about TLJ was how poor the plot was. It's surprising because Rian Johnson has some of the best thought out plots in his other movies.

The slow speed chase didn't make sense, the empire first order could see they were heading to a planet. Finn and Rose had time to leave, go to another planet and come back without issue, why weren't they scattering parts of the fleet and people the whole time?

Worst, the entirety of the movie didn't move the plot forward. At the end of TFA Rey is a nascent Jedi searching for a place to fit in, Kylo is struggling with his path trying, Finn is trying to fit in and Poe is a hotshot pilot. At the end of TLJ no character advanced, they are all in the same spot.

I would have preferred if they did some really weird stuff, like Rey becomes Kylo's student to save everyone else. Will she redeem him or be corrupted? Will she be a double agent? What exactly are the goals of the first order? Can they be subverted into something good?

After TLJ I didn't care what was going to happen to anyone, and still don't.

Make sure the pan is hot and there is fat in the pan and don't move the toast until a crust has formed.

Stuff sticks more in a cold pan. As the pan heats the metal expands, any tiny pits in the pan get filled in with slightly expanded metal, any remaining spots are filled in with oil/butter. If you let the food sit longer it'll release easier. Honestly, if you are sticking try waiting 30s, normally that will help.

Coherence - a great small film.

Gattaca - fun sci-fi film that feels ignored

Moon - fantastic performance from Sam Rockwell

Primer - confusing but the best time travel movie ever

Dark City - I love this movie. It has problems, but it's such a cool ride

Existenz - very matrix like but unique and surprisingly good

The institute - not sci-fi per say but a really cool documentary

I let me officers commit acts of terrorism once in a while, as a treat!

Star wars fans hate TFA for reasons that elude me.

I'm with you, TFA was cool. I wanted to know more about the knights of Ren. Kylo was interesting, here is a villain who is struggling with using the dark side, but is trying to commit to it. That's something we don't see ever. Finn was a neat character, and another new perspective.

I think the Rey hatred is actually misogyny. People don't lose their minds that Luke is best fighter pilot in the rebellion, but Rey uses the force in the "wrong" way and she's an unredeemable Mary Sue. I'm not one to cry discrimination, but the amount of venom targeted at the character implies something deeper.

I too gave up after TLJ, it seemed designed to make me stop caring about star wars.

Stargate is one of the strangest and best sci-fi TV series.

It starts with humans just losing all of the time and a tone that is too serious for its content. As the show goes on there are episodes where everyone where there is a fake TV show of SG-1 and the villains are actively afraid of the US military.

Anything that you can grind yourself buy whole.

It really doesn't take long to grind a tsp of cumin, and the seeds stay fresh so much longer than the powder. And if the seeds start to lose their punch just toast 'em.

Get a bigger mortar then you think too. You'll read about making pesto, or guac, or lots of Thai dishes, and wonder if it real does taste better. Sadly it does and you'll regret your small mortar every time you make guacamole.

May I suggest a 3D printer and set of speed paints?

There is something awesome about being able to print up and paint the exact monster before the session.

It's a whole new world of terrain and tiles you don't bother using half the time.

I know I should be hyped about space, but I read better train control and don't have the capacity to care about space.

I always wonder if Iggy Pop asked to be on Star Trek or if someone called in a favor.

Jeffrey Combs is the result of those aliens from "the Chase".

No. That is simply untrue.

First, if you feel Bernie and Trump are both populists then that term means absolutely nothing.

Second, people don't go "I like this guy because he wants to tax the rich, have universal healthcare and wants to go regulations to help stop climate change," and then when that guy loses think "this other guy who acts nothing like the candidate I supported and has literally the opposite policies might hear me so I'm all in on him!"

This is a fiction made up to push to narrative that it isn't foreign propaganda.

Give it another shot. It was legitimately cancelled too soon.

And if you watch it you'll feel your dream come alive at last, you will touch the sky. And they're not going to hold you down no more, no, they're not gonna change your mind. Because you'll have faith of the heart, strength of the soul.

I'm bugged by decontamination gel.

Why is it so randomly used? Why doesn't Shran have to use it ever? Did Phlox have to rub it on all of his animals? What's in it?

She was fantastic!

However her reading of translation state involved the most guttural pronunciation of grandmama I've ever heard

I don't disagree with you.

All I want is for some objective statements about different distros. Like tell me what distro is a full time job to maintain. Tell me what distro is sending me to the command line all of the time. Give me some basic functionality benchmarks (search time, opening a browser and boot time) on a low, mid and high end computer.

The best way to describe those books is "subtle."

I loved them, and translation state feels like the start of a new series in the same universe. The worst part is how often Anaander Mianaai is written and how that many 'a's just fail to compute in my head.

I have to vote for Martine.

This is a very good selection of books, but I would like for "classic" sci-fi to have it's own category. I love Hyperion, necromancer and the expanse series, but I think they start to choke out newer/fringe books. Especially if the the plan is to vote on what book is next.