Same but then again I just executed a purchase I've been planning for months.

Same movie as the first. Pretty much beat for beat. Nothing too shocking part of me wished that maybe it would have something new to say but 🤷 it's a Disney sequel what can you do.

I was careful in phrasing with "consistently out perform" and saying chess fans could come up with a "few" best players. It's never so simple to suggest chess engines are better than humans or the inverse. I kept things general cause I was constructing a metaphor, not actually talking about chess.

What separates chess engine operators from "AI artists" is that they don't claim to play chess

Just because one doesn't happen to *like* them doesn't mean they should just be disregarded. Every human work has value whether you see it or not.

Me me big boy!!!

Revisiting Episode 1 feels more like I'm deprogramming propaganda. Thoughts like: "Hey most of these effects are actually pretty stellar"
"Jake Lloyd has some pretty solid acting moments and line deliveries"
"these characters are way more dynamic and interesting than I remember".

I'd agree with you but I've revisited 20 year old movies and cringed at how much I used to like them (I was, regrettably, the right age for the live action The Cat in the Hat 😬), or appreciated them while still acknowledging that it's exclusively nostalgia (Lost in Space and I, Robot spring to mind)

Honestly, if it wasn't for the fact I do not want to give them so much credit, I'd place the blame on RLM's Plinkett review. I think internet culture would be a better place had that series never released.