Additionally, and probably most importantly, Luke actually isn’t strong enough to defeat the emperor at the end. He losses. However, he wins over his father and that’s what turns the tide.

Similarly, while Anikan has some mary sue moments, he has a far share of losses (chase for Padme’s would be assassin, count doku fight, Obi-Wan fight, etc.)

I think the only time Rey “losses” a battle is in force awakens when she gets captured (but even after being captured she overpowers Ben almost immediately).

When getting sushi in the US it’s not uncommon to get, at least in my opinion, non bite sized pieces. Like the super deluxe roll with 15 things in it isn’t going to be bite sized. However, I don’t believe that’s typical when getting sushi in Japan.

Discworld would be a good example of fantasy that doesn’t follow this trope (pretty sure in that world anyone can study magic, but like everything else that doesn’t mean everyone is good at it).

I really do wonder what might have been if it released before, rather than after, The Last Jedi. I only ended up seeing it because I got to go to a free screening with the new chewie, and it was a fun movie. I think at least on par with the prequels, but certainly more felt more “star wars” then the Sequels.

I liked that they (the prequels) expanded the world of star wars and felt fun and fantastical (as I imagine the original triology felt when it came out). The Sequels tried to be too dark and moody in my opinion.

Given his follow-up responses he seems to generally believe what he said (or at least upholding the joke?). I mean I kinda get the notion that we shouldn’t take advantage of people, but Mike made the competition himself. The guy asking to be paid isn’t taking advantage, he’s asking for what Mike promised him.

Not sure if you’ve watched the office, but the top picture is Jim, one of the main characters. For most of the first few seasons he’s pursuing another character Pam. In the top picture he’s revealing to the audience he’s going to propose to Pam and makes it out that it’ll be this big thing, however it ends up happening at a gas station (due to a moment where they are long distance).

A counterpoint to that is things like batteries, ram, motherboards, etc. in laptops (and pretty much every other device that uses rechargeable batteries). The fact is that for better designs the batteries are probably not going to be easily standardized in electric cars (also kills innovation).

PC motherboards aren’t trying to use the least amount of space possible, because desktops can be large. The same isn’t true with cars, the space matters.

Oh god, I hope they didn’t reuse the map for a third game. This game looks so promising, but that would really put a damper on it.

So basically what the sequel trilogy should have been? Why can’t we just jump to another era of star wars. Give me the old republic or jump 100 years into the future where Rey, Luke, etc. have become legends used to build up the story.

I think the real issue is the large, typically procedurally generated, open worlds that feel empty. Even BOTW lacks a lot of substance to the world they built (villages feel smaller and less important, little/no ovwrworld secrets, etc.). I think games like God of War did a good job of openish worlds with some exploration, but still crafted.

Oh I wasn’t aware it was an original series. While it’s definitely not a smart assumption, i generally just assume any popular anime was a magna first.

He did do a great job with what they gave him. He’s the only reason the film is bearable, and would have loved to see a more serious and earnest take on that movie.

Is the assumption we would have still ended up in Afghanistan? With Gore as president im not sure that would be a guarantee.

If you baseline is “How will our protag overcome this” then the classic is probably “Dragonball”, but basically any Shonen Jump series fits that bill (Bleach, Naruto, One Piece). However most of these are targeting younger audiences, with Bleach being the most “mature” of the ones I mentioned.

If you like the mystery element of Death Note, then Pyscho Pass could be an interesting one to look at.

Lastly, if you want a comedy inverse of “how will the protag overcome this”, One Punch Man is a great series. The author One also did a series Mob Pyscho that’s an action comedy.

Note: some of these I’ve read, while others I only watched the anime

I think the difference here is that floridians at local and state level want to cut funding, so they’re welcome to do that. The issue is, if that’s what you vote for and enact, don’t then turn around and ask for government money and/or turn down other states when they ask for federal money (like after Sandy).

I think the worst thing about it is batman doesn’t actually solve/do much. I like that him being new/young means he isn’t infallible, but I would have liked him to have a win or two.

Still love the movie though.

I absolutely agree, felt like they didn’t know what kind of movie they wanted to make and just kinda threw whatever they could think of into it.

I don’t know why this was down voted, but you’re right. It’s not sold as an accompaniment to the books, so should stand on its own.

Having read the books though, I really enjoyed the movies. I do understand though that a lot of that enjoyment came from the background knowledge I got from the books.