Stats
Top Question:
The top question was When and why did orcs go green? with a score of 115, asked by Matt Thrower with the top answer by… Matt Thrower.
Top Answer and Top Viewed:
The top voted answer (with 277 votes, and not the accepted answer) was by amflare for the question Why do castle gates in GoT open inwards? asked by Jedi. This question also had the most views with 29786.
Most Controversial:
This will probably shock no one, but the most controversial question of the quarter was In the films, was the portrayal of Captain America supposed to come across as gay? asked by deleted user anon and answered by Valorum.
Bounties Awarded
There were 56 bounties awarded for a total of 6975 rep.
Blog Posts
September
Jack’s Bad Movies: Colossal (2016)
August
Jack’s Bad Movies: Knowing (2009)
July
Jack’s Bad Movies: Spawn (1997)
War For the Planet of the Apes is Strong
Highlights from 2017 – 2nd Quarter
Spider-Man: Homecoming – A (almost entirely) spoiler-free review.
User Picks
Traditionally, I have tried to post a short list of interesting or exceptional questions / answers of other users here that have caught my eye, but I haven’t been involved enough this quarter to have made such a list.
Breaking with tradition and taking a cue from Valorum’s end-of-quarter lists, I thought I might offer a question of my own. I posted this one on the very first day of the quarter in honour of Canada Day, which was a bigger celebration than usual this year given that it was Canada’s 150th birthday:
I found @Vanguard3000‘s answer, which unearthed some Star Trek design facts that I didn’t know, to be very interesting.