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The Last Jedi Review

What I liked: The owl cats. Chewbacca making friends with the owl cats. The rock huts. Lightspeed weaponry and sneaky intelligent plans. Imperial armor that actually works. We know from episode VI and Rogue One that standard stormtrooper armor is completely ineffective against any weapon every invented from sticks and stones to laser guns, so it is good to know that the imperial engineering corp is actually capable of making really effective armor. But I am left with the question why not reduce the number of stromtroopers but only invest in the red and silver armor? By my rough calculations you would be able to off set the cost of the armor with all of the salaries and life insurance claims that would be avoided. Another solid victory for the imperial R/D crew is the variety of weapons that get introduced. The only think I was left wishing for were nunchuks. I like that in both militaries there are about 5 general level officers and 400-10 billion enlisted soldiers. I like that every

The Circle Review

What I liked: I liked that everyone was so excited about everything and that there were parties and snacks at the evil company. I want the cool I liked the IRB approval process. I like that no one is concerned with things like laws, ethics, or economics. I liked that we are back to stories about massive conspiracy theories. What I didn't: This was a terrible plan. Every plan was a terrible plan. The main character has a terrible plan, several times. The evil corporation has a terrible plan. Both friends have terrible plans. The friendly associate has a terrible plan. The government no plan. I didn't like that there was no resolution. I also didn't like the antler lamps. Who should watch this? I'm not sure, it seems like a cautionary tale for high school- college age audiences but was a little too slow paced for that. Would I watch it again? Probably no.