I don't go to movies much, but this fall there's a spate coming out, most of them within a month, that I actually want to see:

18 October:  Zombieland 2

1 November: Terminator: Dark Fate

8 November: Midway (I guess this is for Veteran's Day, but they really should have done this the first Friday in June)

15 November:  Ford vs Ferrari


Note to The House of Mouse:  Y'all done screwed up Star Wars.  It doesn't make the list.

The prequels were disappointing, to be sure...but not to the level of f***ery that Disney achieved.

Rogue One, by itself, is a good flick (especially if you ignore the utterly horrible planning and tactics for the information raid.)

It still annoyed me, for a couple of reasons:

1) Rogue One is the call sign of Wedge Antilles, commander of Rogue Squadron, both in Empire and in the EU.  Giving it to someone else is heresy.

2) The story of the information raid to get the Death Star plans was already told in the UE (larger rant about the de-canonization of the UE omitted).  And for the Woke crowd, the hero/leader was even female - Han Solo's ex-girlfriend, Bria Tharen.  Of course, she and all her commandos died in the raid, so it's not a very satisfying Hollywood ending.  Actually, the back story on Tharen's Red Hand Squadron would have made a good TV (mini) series for Disney, a la The Mandalorian, but what do I know.

But as of now, I plan on skipping Rise of Skywalker in the theater.  Probably check it out from the library when it comes out on DVD or BlueRay.

*waggles hand*

1. From what I gather, the idea of calling this Rogue One was to retroactively give a source for the Rogue Squadron tradition.

2. Everybody died in Rogue One, too, so they didn't gain anything there. Which books were those, though? I have most of the UE, but I don't think I have those... not that I've read all the ones I have, but still...

The later Han Solo trilogy (The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit and Rebel Dawn) featured a rebel mission to capture the Death Star plans in its final book. The mission was undertaken by a team led by Solo's former girlfriend Bria Tharen.

It's mostly in the last book, Rebel Dawn.  The Death Star plans mission is kind of an epilogue.  The main focus involved Tharen using Solo as an in to hire a bunch of smuggler pilots as mercs to assist in a raid to knock over a Hutt run spice processing world (where Tharen had been enslaved herself).  The group that goes with Solo and Tharen (which includes Lando) gets stiffed on their share of the profit, because the Rebels need all the $$$ for the Death Star plans mission.  (This provides backstory to the way Lando greets Solo when they first meet in Empire)

Oh, speaking of sequels... Hitman's Bodyguard is getting a sequel... The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard... Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, and Salma Hayek ( ) all reprise their roles...

I didn't see Zombieland when it came out, so I rectified that last night.  Looking forward to the sequel.

I typically don't watch movies. That being said, Zombieland is a type of associative comfort food for me. It released at a time period when I was half way through highschool and life was carefree, all my friends had not been spread by the winds of life yet, and there were many videogames and fun times to be had. When it came out, I saw it in theatre with said friends and had a blast and every time I watch it, it brings me back.

It's one of the few movies that I've rewatched many times and it's about time I watch it again (seeing as it has been a couple years).

I really hope they don't fluff up the sequel, if they do, the 16 year old in me will be pissed  .

It's a rare movie I'll pay for anymore.  Too much PC and politics involved, if not in the flick directly, then in the public mouthing off of those involved.

I stopped watching the MCU after that anti-Trump commercial that Whedon put together.  I think there's maybe 5 or 6 I haven't watched.  Or 10?  Or   I really have no idea.

Last movie I watched in a theater was a couple of weeks ago, Toy Story 4, and then only because the 7-yo grandchild was visiting from Omaha.  Can't recall the one prior to that.

Finally saw SW8 about a month ago, and then only because we checked it out from the library.  No one in Hollyweird got a dime from us on that one.

The only parts of the MCU I've paid any attention to are Deadpool and The Punisher.  The guys with guns.

Gotta say, while 90% of movies no longer interest me (possibly more), I'm going to see Last Blood.

Just saw the trailer for that. It actually looks pretty damn good. Sure to make Leftists' heads explode all over the country.

The only parts of the MCU I've paid any attention to are Deadpool and The Punisher.  The guys with guns.

That's a shame... you'd like Rocket...

That's a shame... you'd like Rocket...

I actually did see GotG 1 and liked it.  I missed 2.  And when they threw all of them together with all the rest is their super duper crossover...for the most part, I like to avoid crossing the streams.  Let each (anti) hero exist in their own story line.