Star Wars

I ducked out and saw the new Star Wars this morning at the first show. Gretchen, who has been dubious about going to see the film, joined me for lunch and a quick review / spoiler session. We'll leave the spoilers out here and just cut to the chase, which was I told her she should really go see it.

The movie has flaws, but that's ok. It's recognizably Star Wars, which the previous film was not. And since I wanted to see Star Wars, the result was eminently satisfactory.

I'm thinking that the next version of the Machete Cut should just omit Chapter 8...

Flashing Up To Date

Gretchen and I just finished season five of The Flash last night and are now more or less up to date.

I find one thing extremely frustrating, which I'll put behind a spoiler guard for those who are further behind than we now are:
( Spoilers inside... )