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J.J Abrams is a massive Star Wars fan, and always has been. He admitted numerous times while making Star Trek that he was a never a big Trek fan growing up, but instead Star Wars fan. He also initially rejected the offer to direct episode 7 because of the pressure/expectations surrounding the final product. Also, I've never understood the disdain Abrams seems to attract. He's incredibly gifted filmmaker from the technical perspective, with a real eye for blocking scenes and moving the camera. There certainly were problems with Episode 7, but the manner in which the movie flowed from scene to scene, and the cinematography, are not included in that category. Hand him a competent script and Abrams will deliver. The main reason he accepted the Trek directing job, was because his writing partners presented him with an interesting take on the reboot, and urged Abrams to do it. I'm a huge fan of "Behind the Scenes" film documentaries, and Abrams stated many times he wasn't a massive Trek fan growing up, but instead, a huge Star Wars fan.

Psychological thriller. Based on a book by Caleb Carr. Story centers around identifying and locating a violent serial killer, via criminal and psychological profiling. Psychologist’s at the time that attempted to understand sociopathic violent offenders were referred to as “Alienists.” Book, was good, but the first episode of the TNT series was just ok. Might give it a a shot later down the line.

You convinced me to finally give DARK a go- been sitting on my Netflixs' "my list" for the past month. I've become a bit a lethargic on the "kids unite to solve mystery" trope after watching Stranger Things and IT so close together. But I think its time to dive back in.

Phillip K Dick's Electric Dreams: Season 1 is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Another potential good Sci-Fi Anthology series. Reviews seem to indicate the episode quality is hit or miss, with some really good ones mixed with ok. Like any anthology series. Going to check it out tonight.

Cautiously optimistic for this one. I liked the book, and its a great premise for a show, but I can't say i inherently trust TNT to produce a quality show, especially within this genre.

No mention of Black Mirror? season 4 released Friday. "Hang the DJ" and U.S.S Callister" are the ones of I've seen to date. Great as always.

So the "swallow the whistle" period of a game is officIally standardized. Awesome, implement it as a mandate and let the players bash the **** out of each other for that 10-30 second period. Good to know.

**** officiating.

who gets the hero shot here? Wall or Beal?

Its the NBA- inconsistent calls that have no logic. They have to make sure it's somewhat even. What actually happens is irrelevant.

OT... anyone still wake?

Man I hate Duke players

****, Beal... this could be heartbreaking

Yep... has to be close

Just can't close... C'mon Wiz

So been watching the new Netflix release Mindhunters: interesting premise, David Fincher directing ( almost always a win), but just terrible execution. Production values are up to par, Fincher films the scenes adequately, but the dialogue and acting chemistry between the leads is cringeworthy. Hard to tell if it's the writing or the acting, but the first episode was below mediocre. Reddit states the show improves after the first episode, but I have my doubts.

Depends on your perspective of the "dark" side. Or the "light/good" side for that matter. I for one, would love a bit more ambiguity in contrast to the polarizing sides of good and evil, within the universe. I have a pretty good feeling that this trilogy is treating the mythology with a bit more finesse and ambivalence. the contrast isn't so obvious, thematically.

Well Snoke Seems to be directly responsible for manipulating Kylo into murdering his parents( obviously only one confirmed, though I don't think it bodes well for Leia, especially considering the tragic death of Carrie Fisher). And from what we've seen, it appears to be emotionally difficult for Kylo to sever and kill his family bonds. Kylo isn't the sociopathic evil archetype that most fictional bad guys would benefit from. He's clearly conflicted. Him turning against Snoke seems reasonable from the little we've seen Luke being Luke. He did make out with his sister a couple of times...

I think that's the intended implication from the trailer, but I know Rian Johnson is using deception to misdirect our perceptions. There's going to he some nice surprises come December. I'm all in How about Kylo and Rey joining forces together at the end, and taking down the big baddie Snoke in the final installment? Maybe preposterous

Part of the appeal of these movies is their relative brevity- they never feel bloated. But as others have said, if its good, I don't care how long it is. I have a lot of faith in Rian Johnson.

I think the game is Monday, but agreed

Holy ****. Cannot believe we won this. Wall so clutch

**** too much time for Boston

For **** sake

Have to make wide open shots, Beal