Sure. I'm not gonna argue that Into Darkness is perfect. But if you're ranking all 12 Star Trek movies honestly, there's no way if comes close to the bottom. It seems like the internet has made this movie its whipping boy this summer and I don't get it.

I also don't get why everyone suddenly has a deep hatred for Man Of Steel, which has some major pacing/structure problems but is otherwise a perfectly good superhero movie. Don't even get me started on the whole "SUPERMAN DOESN'T KILL WAHHH" bullshit. So Superman in the comics doesn't kill? Well, this isn't a fucking comic. Deal with it. Also, I guess people suddenly care about the collateral damage from epic superhero battles? I don't get it.

And what's the deal with airline food?

Yeah, but the White Council and Azog were awful additions to the first movie. Well, maybe not Azog. He was a pretty shitty antagonist, though. I get that you need one for the first movie, but surely they could have come up with a more interesting motivation than "KILL DWARF WHO CUT OFF MY ARM BECAUSE RAWR." And the White Council scene was fun in theory, but on screen it just dragged on and on... So you see why I'm not interested in seeing what Legolas was up to while Bilbo was on his quest. At this point, I barely care about what Bilbo and the dwarves are doing, and now Jackson expects me to get invested in another subplot? Fuck that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't this make it easier for them to get the trademark in other countries? This sets a precedent, right?

I'm dumb, so someone's gonna have to help me out with this one.

http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=688589

Half-Life 3 confirmed. No, really this time. Valve just filed for trademark on it. They have 6 months to use the trademark in some capacity or they'll lose it, although they can file for 5 six-month extensions. Expect to see an official announcement of the game by first-quarter 2014.

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Looks a bit more mature than Unexpected Journey. Do we really need a subplot about Legolas' romantic troubles, though?

I think the fact that it wasn't a strong closer was what made it perfect. There's such a pressure on Big Important Shows to go out with a bang, to lay it all on the table in their finale. Breaking Bad didn't do that. Because shows that DO do that often fall into the trap of being defined by their finales, for better or for worse. People don't talk about The Sopranos anymore because of great episodes like Funhouse or Whitecaps. All anyone talks about in reference to that show is its finale. That won't happen with Breaking Bad, and that's a good thing.

Didn't you see the commercial? They're making a Breaking Bad movie called "Need For Speed." Looks different though. More car racing and less meth making.

Jesse saved him, and he saved Jesse.

Oh my god, he died saving Jesse. He could have gone for cover but he shielded Jesse instead.

I'll be over here sobbing inconsolably.

So...now what do we do?

Just finished World War Z. Wow, what a piece of shit. Dull, drab, and dumb. The characters might as well be steaks on sticks for zombies to eat, and the narrative essentially boils down to, "Here's Brad Pitt looking grim in Korea! Here he is looking grim in Israel!" and repeat. And people thought this was one of the BETTER movies of the summer? Wow.

Life-Model Decoy. Calling it now.