Like Tears in Rain: Meditations on Science Fiction Cinema Read Online Free

I’d say.
    Not to mention the fact that the Jedi Order still existed during the Battle of Ruusan. Thirty-some odd years after   Return of the Jedi , who knows what remains of its hokey religion and ancient weapons? Probably not much.
    Suppose Bane was wrong about the nature of the Dark Side. Suppose the ancient Rule of One, with a vast empire of disciples at the sole Dark Lord’s disposal, proves a source of greater power for the Sith, despite the apparent sacrifice of secrecy and stability.
    Rumor has it that Han Solo hasn’t seen Luke in years at the time of  Episode VII ’s opening crawl—which  could  mean that, if Asajj Ventress or Darth Maul is still alive and seeking vengeance, a centuries- or millennia-old Dark Lord of the Sith looking to return from the netherworld of the Force and assemble an empire of Sith acolytes would be in a pretty advantageous position. With no Jedi to oppose him, a Freedon Nadd or Naga Sadow or Lord Vitiate might well cast the whole of the galaxy into a new era of darkness.

Guardians of the Galaxy
    An Insta-Classic t hat Goes All the Way
     
     
     
    Nobody ever told me I needed to watch  Parks and Recreation , that it was the funniest television series since Dave Chappelle broke all the rules over a decade ago. But my fiancée had the good sense to give it a go one night when there was nothing else to see on Netflix, and we’ve watched the hell out of it ever since. Seeing people like Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza hitting their stride was its own reward—and every episode is eminently rewatchable, which is more than I can say for some of the more disposable programming the big networks are churning out these days—but it’s the sudden and total self-reinvention of familiar character actors, like Rob Lowe, that makes  Parks and Rec  the finest sitcom I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching.
    Enter Chris Pratt, who has made memorable appearances in films ranging from the graphic-novel adaptation  Wanted  (2008, Timur Bekmambetov) to the unexpectedly brilliant romcom  The Five-Year Engagement  (’12). As the underachieving shoeshine boy with a big heart and small intellect, Pratt rounds out the core of  Parks and Rec ’s truly perfect cast, offering up ironic deadpan and lowbrow one-liners with the kind of timing and delivery that have grown to define his raw, enormous talent.
    When Marvel announced a   Guardians of the Galaxy  film, I remember thinking,  Well, cool. If it’s got more than a hint of  Star Wars  flavor, which seems a fair guess, how can it not be fun?  And then they announced the cast. . . .
    It was clear Feige and the rest of the people who’d made Joss Whedon’s   The Avengers  (2012) such a colossal success were willing to take some chances and play around with the greater universe to which they’d staked their claim. This was around the time of the  Marvel NOW!  relaunch, which included a new ongoing  Guardians of the Galaxy  title—a comic that would go on to develop a reputation as one of the best things to come out of the Marvel universe in ages.
    “It’s got a talking raccoon with a big-ass machine gun!”
    That was how Stone, the guy who runs my local comics shop, summarized the new series. And it was impossible  not  to be curious. If Marvel was making  Guardians  their big post- Avengers  tentpole film, something exciting had to be going on. I was pleased to discover that Tony Stark makes the occasional appearance, for starters. And Peter Quill and Gamora both hit all the right notes for me.
    To say my hopes for the film adaptation became high might be  something of an understatement, especially once I’d seen the trailer.
    “I feel like this is maybe the movie I’ve been waiting my whole life to see,” I commented to a friend online. Then the months flew by, July 31st arrived, and somehow James Gunn didn’t disappoint.
    The soundtrack alone—from ’70s staple “Go All the Way,”