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This line is priceless:

Remember Lobo? He disobeyed orders, and now Sador's wearing his left foot

I’d say the, ahem, borrowings from The Seven Samurai were quite blatant, via the rightfully forgotten Battle Beyond the Stars

Zero interest given that Cixin Liu is an apologist for the CCP’s genocide in Xinjiang.

It’s because the snobbery of English teachers puts ~~Socialist Realusm~~ literary fiction above everything else.

Ursula Le Guin’s “On Serious Literature” springs to mind:

https://www.ursulakleguin.com/on-serious-literature

Why this child abuse must be perpetrated to appease a coterie of critics eludes me.

I’d say The Expanse has revisited many of those themes, better.

The Verge’s review is negative:

https://www.theverge.com/23889089/the-creator-movie-review-gareth-edwards

Beastmaster? Although auburn Tanya Robert’s quite fetching.

I’m not sure how valid that criticism is. Reddit’s search is abysmal as well, doesn’t seem to have hurt them.

But 2/3 of the genetic diversity we have is in Africa

That’s a bit harsh. More like “useful idiots” to quote Lenin.

If you look at the crooked Warren of spaghetti that is the London street map, one road stands out for its straightness: Edgware Road (known in my area as Shoot-Up Hill). Wouldn’t you know it, it’s the Roman road.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgware_Road

Edgware Road is a major road in London, England. The route originated as part of Roman Watling Street and, unusually in London, it runs for 10 miles in an almost perfectly straight line.

It’s beyond parody at this stage.