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When you're tired of 2000AD, you're tired of life.

I think this week we may have been given the answer to why Thrax and the others are still alive -- it isn't really them, they're just imposters, only more convincing than the guy who admits he's an imposter.

I don't think there's anything of Bill Savage in either of Hammerstein's or Ro-Jaws's personalities. But I do enjoy the links between the two series.

I liked the bit when the guy in Dredd got his head squished.

Patrick Goddard's art was brilliant this week.

Never mind; found it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_AD_The_Ultimate_Collection

Which stories are in that Ezquerra volume?

It's a rare example of a John Wagner story Tharg should have said no to.

TordelSoap nailed it.

I assumed she just felt that she didn't have to explain herself to an unruly and recently demoted subordinate, but yes she could have avoided a lot of trouble if she'd just come clean.

Poe endangered the fleet, the plan would have worked perfectly if he hadn't sent Flynn to get the code breaker, which is what led to him telling Bernicio del Toro about the plan, which led to the transports being fired on as they left the cruiser.

I saw it today and thought it was great. The best in the franchise since the first one, Episode IV.

I'm surprised by how negative the comments are about this film (although I shouldn't be, I suppose -- it seems that no matter how good a film is, people are determined to find plot holes and things to carp about).

One of them I don't even understand. Yes, Poe fucked up and got some of his comrades killed -- so what? That isn't a plot hole, that's a character making a mistake that anyone else in his position might have made. Just because he's one of the good guys means he can't make a mistake? I thought that the reveal of the scale of his error actually made an interesting plot turn. (Imagine if heroes in 2000AD never made mistakes. "The Moses Incident" would have been a very short and uneventful story if Johnny Alpha had left Moses where he was instead of taking him to see Malak Brood.)

So the x-wing fighters still move like aeroplanes even though they shouldn't? So what, they did that in the original films. If they hadn't done that in this film, you'd be moaning about how the makers of the new films had ignored the physics of the original trilogy. That's a point that they literally can't win -- damned if they do and damned if they don't.

Imagine if the studio shrugged their shoulders and said "fuck it, there's no pleasing these fans so we won't bother making episode IX." (I know they won't because of the money, but imagine if they did.) Would you like that? Mission accomplished? I doubt that's what anyone on this board really wants, but the mentality of the people who did that petition is mind-boggling.

Would the film really be improved by cutting out the casino and the alien horse chase? Why not just cut the whole thing down to 80 minutes? We only need the bare bones of the story, not all these sub-plots, secondary characters and action sequences. In fact the whole film should just have been Luke and Rey talking on an island. The spaceships just get in the way. 

if the lead ship had no fuel how was the final hyperspace jump carried out when they should not have had enough fuel to do it.

They said all along that they had enough fuel to make one jump, just not enough to make a second one. They made one jump. No plot hole.

It's still similar enough that it shouldn't have happened twice.

Overall I thought it was pretty good. David Bradley made an excellent story. I'd also like to see them remake the missing episodes with him, but of course they won't, it would cost too much.

I liked Mark Gatiss, and the ending for his character. The [spoiler]1914 Christmas ceasefire [/spoiler] was a brilliant idea for a Christmas episode and it worked really well. I thought his character should have been more pro-active though; all he actually did was get attacked by a dalek and need to be rescued. The dalek could have attacked one of the doctors and then Gatiss could have shot it.

The only let-down for me was Jodie Whittaker falling out of the Tardis, which is just what Matt Smith did in his first appearance. Someone should have vetoed that.

Finally,

Certainly they seem product of a male mind ...

Well, yes, Moffat is male. Should men not attempt to write female characters then?

So not being released in cinemas then?

383, 389, and 391.

Bag humbug! I hope you have an adequate Christmas.

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