A lot of catching up, so yay for multiquote
The story just doesn't work, and relies too much on the notion that the mystery it's teasing is its strong suit. It is very wrong about that.
I disagree, I think the mystery *is* its strong suit, but I don't actually mean that as a compliment. Even before the series started it was the Rashaman element I was most interested in seeing. It's what kept me engaged the most the whole show, but ultimately the reveal didn't live up to what I expected. I kind of think we'd guessed it before we got there. Still, all the different perspectives was my favorite part.
I also kept waiting for them to turn the whole "kill a Jedi without a weapon" thing to be revealed as meaning "kill an unarmed Jedi" instead of it being a weird combat challenge. Then it would be a moral choice of murder,
Love it! Since they'll never come back to it, I'm going to just assume that's what it meant all along.
I find Jedis boring. You can't really do anything with them aside from turn them evil.
I'm tired of Jedi too, but only because they keep making movies about them and I want to see other stuff. But Chris Evans' Captain America has single handedly convinced me you can still make movies about perfect heroes.
Unless it's Andor, because Andor is objectively a masterpiece.
Just want to take this opportunity to remind everyone that I hated Andor. It was so boooring. I'd rather have a bad-but-interesting Acolyte than a good-but-dull Andor.
just find a no-name and let her own it,
I wish this were the norm. I've done my share of fancasting in the past, but I've really grown tired of it in recent years. I can't quite put my finger on it, but celeb casting for these popculture characters takes attention away from the character. It's not Dr. Strange, it's Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange. If that makes sense.
Now, I thought Anya Taylor-Joy was perfectly cast as Magik, but I literally had no idea who she was at the time.
It has occurred to me that I now check out on Star Wars fan debates HARD.
I love a good fan debate, but only among friends (even internet friends like you guys). It's how I can continue to enjoy a movie long after the movie's over. It's kind of why I'm doing the MCU rewatch thread; it's just fun for me to share perceptions and talk technicalities.
Rise of the Resistance closed early that night, so we didn't get to go on it.
I hated Rise of the Resistance. I was gawking at all the sets, looking around at all the characters, and had no idea what was going on. I kept missing cool stuff because I didn't know where to look.
Afterward, while I'm grumping to the missus, she's like "you just look forward. It all happens in front of you."
I got that Black Series exclusive
There's a Black Series exclusive at Galaxy's Edge? Who dat? Where dat?
