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As I navigate the socials I realize I must be easy to entertain. I really enjoy most everything I watch (SW, Marvel, TWD-verse, even the newer DC stuff), while everyone seems to have issues left and right.
That's him in his avatar too...in case no one knew. I'm sure if your wife knew what that one comment would have lead to, she may have rethought it. Heh.
Breaking Bad. Two friends raved about it and kept talking about what a badass Walter White was, but I hated him throughout the series, and still do. It's pretty much everyone else on the show that I care about. But the show itself is so well constructed and plotted, especially since they came up with it as they went! And for the record, I feel Better Call Saul is far better of a show.
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Oh definitely. She probably thought it would mean a Saturday of repainting. And it probably should have been but I ended up working on it here and there for what? Two or three years? Upgrading this, redoing that, adding LEDs, coming up with how to do the spur sound, and lots of trial and error.
Ach, I missed your post yesterday somehow, but yes that is simple and I feel more the case. I get that mystique can be a massive draw, but obviously backstory can still be compelling.
Definitely. Learning how he came to be wasn't destined to be bad. Imagine if Gilroy and the other writers behind Andor had made the prequels.
I actually had the same thought after seeing Endgame. It would have been the biggest mic drop in the history of Hollywood. So few creative people walk away at the perfect moment. It's happened, and it's pretty awe inspiring a lot of times, but Marvel kept going. And I definitely have REALLY enjoyed several of the post-Endgame projects, particularly, ahem, Thunderbolts!
Right, the profit was way too big a factor, and I don't blame them for that. It would have been incredible though.
I doubt it because he's already said there's -two- books to complete the series. If he had one of them done, he could just release it and push the actual final book off until he's gone and doesn't care how the ending is perceived. That would be better for him in terms of appeasing people by finally releasing something. If he's not doing so, I suspect that's because it really isn't done yet.
That's complicated. I mean, no matter how many times you say you're going to - if you can't, you can't. Even with the best intentions. Writing isn't like building a chair. You can't just sit down and make yourself crank out the final books of a fantasy epic that's taken decades to finish just because you'd like to. If he's really struggling on the creative side of it - I get that. Now, if he straight up doesn't feel like it and doesn't want to because he's crazy rich now? Then I'd agree it's in poor taste to keep saying you will and just not delivering. But I genuinely don't think that's what's happening.
Agreed.
Agreed. I don't think they show was a total dumpster fire, which is probably only adding to my frustration about it. But yeah, the Tusken stuff was pretty solid to me, aside from how they ended it.
The mods, as I said, I didn't care so much about how they looked... but I still feel jarred a bit when he decides to just ... hire them? It's funny because when I watched that show, I could see some of the things Favreau was pulling from. Oh, he's doing Yojimbo here. Oh, that's like a lame version of the bit in Godfather, and so on. But it's just a lot of half-assed homages. To be clear, I'm all for homages, and Kurosawa should always be adapted into Star Wars, but I guess give Jonny a few more months at the computer before we film it? But the Hutts are another one. it's just... it felt like a crime/gangster movie written by someone who has barely any grasp of how crime/gangster stories work. The Hutts are presented as a major threat, they send someone who nearly kills him, then they show up again and... apologize? Big whoops on our part, Boba. We're leaving town, here's a rancor and Danny Trejo! There was just a lot of setups, then Boba makes a dumb choice, and things kinda work out anyway. And in tonight's episode, Boba crosses the street and takes their word for it!
The battle was cool. It went on for a long time, but I also feel it wasn't earned at all, which is always an issue for me. I totally get what he was going for, and especially in the end when Boba is suddenly all about the town! Even though he never seemed to be going in that direction until the finale.
YEP.
Extremely. I haven't watched the show since it aired and I'm still frustrated by it.
Yeah, I actually appreciated what that show added. It was definitely not perfect, had some clunky parts along the way, but the stuff with him and Leia, and him and Vader, I really enjoyed and appreciate having in my head canon.
I have one coworker who is a star wars fan and he is constantly wanting to talk to me about the things that aren't star wars, like some elements in Andor. Particularly stuff with Bix, and some with Mon as well actually. And that may be a whole other issue, but I mostly don't like to get into "that doesn't belong in Star Wars" too much. What you're talking about though, I think is the one thing I don't think belongs in Star Wars. I get the Force is something we can always learn more about but it was jarring in a way. I enjoyed the emotional aspects of it at least. I enjoyed the performances.
This is a great question and definitely something I think we should all ask ourselves more often. I would like to, yes.
Now that you mention it, I remember that now and it was a great idea for a thread. I am beyond fine with two Alien films, but I probably took Terminator even further and said I'm fine with ONE.
Agreed. I think that's why I'm pretty okay with The Mandalorian, but every time it feels like they're taking a step toward the ST, I get anxious. I still haven't finished the third season.
Right, I'm with you here. In fact, maybe that's where it should end for all the characters appearing in that episode.
YES! I'm STILL hoping they adapt those comics, or something close. And it almost happened! We came really close to Ripley, Newt, and Hicks returning and I will curse them forever for not going through with that.
Yeah. It's not perfect at all, but it had some really great parts.
Yeah, you're right. I can see that.
Definitely agree, great point.
Definitely, and I'm totally cool with him being Darth Vader even before the suit is necessary. That's why I was saying having him turn at the end of Episode 2, that's to rhyme with the downer ending of ESB. Then he could be Darth Vader for the entire last episode, and suit up partway through. Or, keeping with what you said, I guess at the very end.
I definitely got that impression, especially with the novel and Dark Lord sequel.
heh, totally... but could be worth it if they found a good story.
Definitely. I love those moments.
I'm curious about this. Would you not agree (and seriously - maybe you wouldn't, so this isn't rhetorical) that a lot of what we know about the setting and the story essentially only comes from a line or two of dialogue and therefore contradictions to those lines essentially contradict the entire narrative?
Oh definitely. But also not really?
Anyone can absolutely have their own personal canon. The problem, if it is one I suppose, is that it becomes harder and harder to integrate anything new into your canon without changing the new thing as well. You're essentially using the official content to write your fanfic every time, because if you don't acknowledge X, you CAN'T acknowledge Y (like I said about the PT and Mandalorian).
Agree with this so much. I NEVER needed or wanted long stories (movies, books, or comics) about a post-RotJ Luke. But having him occasionally make a cameo to show how cool he is and shit? Awesome. No notes.
The problem is that this MCU-style long-form storytelling also means that a lot of DC content never gets a fucking ending either! Infuriating.
Anyone that says the final fight wasn't, at the very least, super cool is an asshole. I said what I said.
Agreed. The Kenobi show had pretty much exactly what I wanted from a pre-OT Vader. That and the one scene from Rogue One is all I really need and if they want to keep doing Vader stuff - that's what I want. Cameos and appearances of him popping in just to do awesome shit.
Two ways of looking at this I think: At worst that line now seems like it is an omission on her part, but it is still accurate that he served Bail Organa in the Clone Wars, and really whatever she says there doesn't change the storyline in ANH at all (I could also say if I wanted to justify it more that Leia doesn't know whether Ben might go back to hiding after he helps and doesn't want her knowledge of him seeming like anything more than "my Dad sent me" to protect herself). The one thing coming out of the Obi-Wan show that does impact ANH more to me is that Leia seems somewhat unbothered when Ben dies, but then again her whole planet just got blown up and she was recently tortured an yet she is making wisecracks about Chewbacca being a walking carpet so...her emotional state is likely off. It should be noted she has no actual dialog with Kenobi at all - I might agree more if she had a conversation with him and they did a "nice to meet you" thing as compared to hastily recorded message.