I cannot get behind the Jupiter Ascending love, much as I would like to because there were individual aspects I liked. Surely, the costumes were amazing. I disagree about them all being ones I lust after or that are sexy-for-girls versus sexy-for-boys. (The blue, diaphenous-but-for-the-insane-boning number the space princess wears is right out of a male sadomasochist fantasy if it were black.) Or that Leia's clothes are sexy-for-boys. (The gold bikini, I grant you, but Leia wears a number of really cozy outfits prior to and following that. Her outfits in Empire are downright practical.) I liked the bit players a lot, like that rockin' awesome space captain (who, you know, happens to be a lady and black). She had the best crew, too, like that wicked awesome lady robot. I like the idea that animal hybrid people exist to serve better at certain roles. I like a lot of the ideas the movie had
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