Replicants were physically indistinguishable from humans, right? Otherwise why would there be a need for elaborate psychological testing to find them? I'd assume that ones without the "die early" countdown would age like regular folks.

Gris and Calli - you're right!

Just seen Rogue One. Liked it a lot (albeit would have enjoyed it more if I'd seen it with fellow fans rather than bored family members). The CGI was boggling, and is an interesting & disquieting window into the future of cinema. I agree that i really would have liked more women throughout especially on the Strike Team - I was really jarred by their absence, and pissed off about it. But at least there were a couple of women flying X wings.

Okay, though, absolutely my favourite part was blind nearly-a-Jedi and his boyfriend. I want to see Arthur-and-Eames level ficcage of these two. I want swashbuckling adventures and coffee shop AUs and superhero AUs and just ALL THE FIC because I super loved them, and although I didn't foresee EVERYONE DYING I was getting gradually more worried throughout the final battle that one of those two was going to die and was frantically willing them to be okay.

My reaction to Rogue One is basically Fay's reaction, with an addition of DAMN, that was the most heavy-handed WWII movie that wasn't actually set in WWII that I've ever seen.

I totally didn't expect the ENTIRE main cast to die. That was a ballsy move.

I love Chirrut Imwe SO HARD. As well as Baze Malbus, Chirrut's boyfriend. (God, that was AWESOME.)

My quibble -- and this may be way more my fault that the movie's fault, is that I didn't catch about half the characters' names at all. Like, Chirrut and Baze and Bodhi.

The CGI characters were just creepy as hell and pretty damn distracting.

Not sure where I'd rank this one. I'd say ANH, Empire, TFA, and then Rogue One.

Word. I caught Bodhi's name (and I loved Riz Ahmed, incidentally - totes 3rd favourite character, sorry Jin*) but didn't have a Scooby what Chirrut or Baze were called.

• I liked Jin just fine, but I didn't love her. Whereas Riz's voice is already familiar from my favourite song on the Hamilton mixtape, and I was all LOOK YOU HAVE A FACE AS WELL AS A VOICE GOOD JOB!

Urgh.

Look, I know the movie wants me to fancy Cassian, and ship him with Jin, and in the abstract I'm, like, Latino Han Soloish character? Good for you, fella! But at the end of the day I don't fancy him, and I'm not particularly interested in him or in Jin tbh. I am ALL ABOUT Not!Jedi warrior boyfriends Because they brought banter and awesome badassery, and I am frustrated that there aren't squazillions of great big fabulous swashbuckling fics out there yet.

Come the fuck on, people!

(I also really liked Bodhi, but I didn't ship him with anyone. But plotty gen backstory would be cool.

One thing I liked that Rogue One included was the explanation that the Kyber crystals powered the lightsabers, because I've always wondered how they worked. (I've never seen any of the animated SW stuff, so if that was explained in there, obviously I didn't know.)

And then the fact that the Death Star is powered by the same thing that powers the lightsabers is really fitting.

Yes to both these points!

Saw the latest Fantastic Four. Um. They forgot to make a movie.

Also, please stop trying to make Miles Teller happen.

((Dana))