Lauren Davis's discussions

I'm weirdly relieved. Read more

I'm not trying to talk you into watching it :) Yes, the droids do get more screen time, but it's ultimately not a great episode, more of a throwaway. Read more

I think a lot of the writing in "Clone Wars" is actually quite smart, although I frequently wish the series had more bite. They do seem to run into trouble when the characters and plots seem a bit more...focus grouped, maybe? Like they think kids want a very specific thing and they're trying to grow it in a lab. I… Read more

The episode ended much better than it started off, but I don't blame you for jumping off it. The setup was abysmal. Read more

I am definitely anticipating a list of dopey droids in this space :) Read more

I wasn't as clear about it as I could have been. I added the parenthetical when a bunch of folks were clearly confused. Read more

I actually added the parenthetical to make it clearer. I was a bit too subtle originally :) Read more

They're concept images. Read more

It's a concept design for an ad campaign. Read more

I wouldn't call the full lighting process a Rube Goldberg machine, personally. The Rube Goldberg triggers the robot arm, which lights the menorah. Read more

That is always a possibility. Just look at the Chinese paper picking up the story of Kim Jong-un being named sexiest man alive by the Onion. Still, there are places where old superstitions hold. Read more

When the Robopocalypse hits, it's going to be because people like me found robotic lamps too cute to leave out in the cold. Read more

I think the fact that I haven't been subjected to this song much (which makes me old? boring? lucky?) makes me more forgiving of it :) Read more

I wonder if really stellar players would have very different posters than the rest of us—and if their posters would look fairly similar to each other's. I wonder if each machine has a perfect pinball pathway? Read more

It wasn't quite what I was hoping for when I first played it either. It's just silly, but it's pretty well executed silliness. Read more

As far as I can tell. The Unicorn's Lair thing was the result of a poor translation, but the mayor seems to be confirming the vampire warning here. Read more

In our email correspondence, Wang wondered if the translation of the press release was simply ignorant of Western perceptions of phrases like "Unicorn's Lair," or if the poor translation could have been deliberate. It certainly attracted a lot of attention, even if it's unclear exactly what the North Koreans are… Read more

He gets a unicorn. I get a kirin. Go! Read more

I was thinking burdens of proof would have to shift given how little detective work is done in this version of the future. Read more

I didn't see much in the way of swimming. Just lots and lots of rowing. Read more