This gives me God Emperor of Dune vibes.

What dissertations? Setting aside interpretation, were there factual errors in that video? I've read the books. I've now seen the video. The controversy seems to center mostly on a failure of reading comprehension and an ignorance of both literary devices and various uses of the word fly (which is particularly ironic given a certain exclamation made especially popular by the movies).

Now for my controversial take: This "controversy" is pretty emblematic of the many ways the films distorted and mutilated Tolkien's stories and characters.

More like big squirrels with civilization.

It is amazing foundational science fiction story. Once you've read it, you'll see many of its ideas and themes in many other great works of science fiction literature. Perhaps the most recognizable is as the inspiration for the Ewoks from Star Wars. (In my personal opinion inspiration is a bit of a stretch, Ewoks are pretty much a direct copy.)

I think it's more like this...

Angel: "Push it over the edge and watch it fall."

Devil: "Drink from it after giving yourself a thorough self cleaning and leave the area before they notice."

They should hide somewhere in the game itself the real credits of the people that spent significant effort to make the game. An Easter Egg if you will. Like just after defeating the dragon, you find a scroll in their horde with the real credits.

Just another way to dehumanize.

They work great until they don't. I've had the same experience, be prepared to replace it occasionally because it's usually near impossible to disassemble and clean the pump mechanism completely.

These are fair points, that I have no real argument with, but I do have a different perspective.

• Tastes vary widely, especially when you try to start trying to throw a little humor into the horror mix. I genuinely enjoy watching some things others really hate and conversely can't stand to watch some franchises that I know are actually pretty good.
• I freely admit that I enjoy cheaply made horror and movies that makes big swings and take wild chances. Sometimes that works out. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes even the failures open the door to something else. The Alien franchise might have taken a really different direction if James Cameron didn't work on Galaxy of Terror (a low budget mess of a movie that I don't recommend to anyone that isn't seriously into bad movies the way I am). Even though I don't like Galaxy of Terror enough to repeatedly watch it, I'm grateful for the insight.
• I think the trick really is to find a reviewer(s) whose taste align with yours. For example, I enjoy watch Brandon Tenold's takes on cult movies on YouTube. I don't always bother to find and watch the movies he reviews, but after watching his take I can usually get a good feel for if I'll enjoy it enough to spend the time and effort to find and watch it.
• My time for movies, shows, and books is not precious and limited. If I start watching or reading something that I'm not into, I'm okay with not finishing it. There's no reason to torture myself over it, I just move on. I don't consider this a waste of time.

I use the word pardon because there are lots of local Spanish speakers, tourist/seasonal French Canadian speakers, and occasionally tourists from farther abroad around and I'd rather be understood than pretend everyone speaks English. When speaking to strangers, like when I'm asking forgiveness for being an inconvience to them or trying to politely get someone's attention, preferring loan words that really don't need translation in order to be understood just seems like good citizenship and also more kind.

Do I really even want to know what LinkedIn games are?

Give em The Harkness Test