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Considering the political winds right now, Narnia will be blasted by most of the fanbase and media if it’s not a one to one bible allegory.

Oh it’s Netflix. Well in that case it will be trash regardless of who makes it.
 
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I still don't understand why people think Andor is this amazing show.

I really like it but think people are over rating it. It's probably just that people are starved for good Star Wars (and a lot of people wanted grittiness) that they're giving it 10s and are putting it in the Breaking Bad etc. echelon.

That said, it probably is the best Star Wars if you can neglect the nostalgia factor.
 
I still don't understand why people think Andor is this amazing show.
It's boring. I think the issue is that Star Wars after Disney acquired it, has been absolute garbage save for the animation and parts of Mando. Also the idea of it is kind of dumb. We know what happens to him and the motivations in the movie. So the filler parts are like who gives a f***? No one sat there and asked for the show, Disney just decided well we got one movie sort of right, let’s milk this shit.

So Andor’s efforts was noticeable in comparison to the fan service gang bang Disney turned the other shit into. It’s a mediocre show surrounded by some of the worst shit they could conjure up and so it looks amazing in comparison. I’ve watched the first season, it was an absolute slog to get through.
 
I really like it but think people are over rating it. It's probably just that people are starved for good Star Wars (and a lot of people wanted grittiness) that they're giving it 10s and are putting it in the Breaking Bad etc. echelon.

That said, it probably is the best Star Wars if you can neglect the nostalgia factor.
Yeah that’s the issue I see as well, because so much of the previous stuff has been more the same sort of feel and handled poorly, the fact that they actually tried with this one really stood out but because so many waited for them to try, they are going super hard in the paint with the high ratings and insane comparisons of “one of the top sci-fi shows of all time” kind of stuff.
 
Considering the political winds right now, Narnia will be blasted by most of the fanbase and media if it’s not a one to one bible allegory.

Oh it’s Netflix. Well in that case it will be trash regardless of who makes it.
Aslan, a king, suddenly being voiced by a woman is just idiotic. This isn’t one of those “hey let me put my forced narrative trademark on this shit” moment, she’s had a career of it. Good for her, but this is not one of those franchises where she can just decide hey Streep should be Aslan. That’s f***ing idiotic.

I mean cool, let’s do Little Women but cast one of the main characters as a male played by Shia Labouef.
 
I have been on an Andre Braugher run, and discovered Homicide Life on the Streets is on Amazon, I never really got into this show while it was on, was 19 and bouncing around provinces at the time it appeared.... but man, what a gritty show.
 
Yeah, some “outsider” directors can move between both worlds. Linklater and Burton did it(although he has sucked a for a long time), guys like David Lynch and Kevin Smith couldn’t.
 
Considering the political winds right now, Narnia will be blasted by most of the fanbase and media if it’s not a one to one bible allegory.

Oh it’s Netflix. Well in that case it will be trash regardless of who makes it.

I expect most of the allegory will be wiped, if not already blatantly clarified by the Streep choice. I honestly don't care either way, I have zero expectations for it speaking as a person who re-reads the entire Narnia series every couple years. It's less about 'Jesus Lion dies for your sins rawr!' and I guess more along the lines of adapting the story of the author to fit the box of the adapter maybe, but that's show biz baby!

And honestly it goes both ways. I never got around to watching the recent adaptation of His Dark Materials but I strongly suspect most of Pullman's anti-theology views were similarly cleared away.
 
I really like it but think people are over rating it. It's probably just that people are starved for good Star Wars (and a lot of people wanted grittiness) that they're giving it 10s and are putting it in the Breaking Bad etc. echelon.

That said, it probably is the best Star Wars if you can neglect the nostalgia factor.
It’s imo the best Star Wars since the OT. Clone wars probably has higher highs and a similar actual runtime of great content, but there’s a lot of junk in there too.

I think the main thing for me is that it feels like a story the creators actually wanted to tell that they placed into the Star wars world, not just an exec wanting to sell more Star Wars. And they did a great job of making sure the world felt like it was Star Wars without having winks and nods and references all over it. I've wanted different kinds of stories told inside of Star Wars for a while. Mando did it earlier on, but this went a step farther in that imo.

I certainly don't think it's a 10/10 show. But to be fair, neither is Breaking Bad.

It's boring. I think the issue is that Star Wars after Disney acquired it, has been absolute garbage save for the animation and parts of Mando. Also the idea of it is kind of dumb. We know what happens to him and the motivations in the movie. So the filler parts are like who gives a f***? No one sat there and asked for the show, Disney just decided well we got one movie sort of right, let’s milk this shit.

So Andor’s efforts was noticeable in comparison to the fan service gang bang Disney turned the other shit into. It’s a mediocre show surrounded by some of the worst shit they could conjure up and so it looks amazing in comparison. I’ve watched the first season, it was an absolute slog to get through.
I disagree with all of this. Sure, on the surface the idea of a show about Andor is actually very dumb. I took forever to watch it because like you said, I never asked for that and never cared about him enough to want to watch it. I'm glad I did. The idea about a rebellion forming under growing fascism is not dumb and it was done very well imo. So they have a character with almost no backstory beyond being in the rebellion and use him as the focal point to tell that story. They use Mon Mothma who has even less backstory to fill it out more. Both were close enough to blank slates that they could do more or less whatever they wanted with them as long as they got to the right end spot.

Also I just don't have a problem with knowing the ending of a character ahead of time as long as the story isn't relying on big shocks that are spoiled by the knowledge, which this never is.

Also I just very strongly disagree that it's boring. It's probably being overrated to some degree, but imo it is very good and deserves plenty of praise.
 
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Are the characters more fleshed out and the story better? Yes.

But those should be the bare minimum of any show, but Star Wars has missed that mark so many times and only seemed to get it right with Andor.
 
Are the characters more fleshed out and the story better? Yes.

But those should be the bare minimum of any show, but Star Wars has missed that mark so many times and only seemed to get it right with Andor.
sure. I'd say the characters and story are better than a lot of shows, not just compared to other Star Wars shows though. It's a genuinely very good show imo.
 
sure. I'd say the characters and story are better than a lot of shows, not just compared to other Star Wars shows though. It's a genuinely very good show imo.
Are you one of those blokes that gave Andor 10/10 on imdb, you did didn't you.
 
I loved Andor. For me, it was because it gave an entirely new "spy story" vibe to the universe. Sure, there were some action sequences, but it was all about the sneaky/stealthy/secret tradecraft side of the rebellion that was only hinted at in the OT ("many bothans ..."). The only returning characters were those that had small/bit parts (Mon Mothma) in any of the theatrical releases.

It's not a 10/10, but it's easily a valid addition to the best SW story we've seen since the OT.
 
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man I hate playing a fun game only to die to a boss and find out it makes you walk back to your body instead of just letting you try again. Fastest way to ruin my interest. No game developers, I don’t want to throw away time for no reason, thank you very much.

Honestly just let me save anywhere and reload whenever I want. Put an asterisk by my save if you want the world to see I’m unpure if you want :laugh:
 
man I hate playing a fun game only to die to a boss and find out it makes you walk back to your body instead of just letting you try again. Fastest way to ruin my interest. No game developers, I don’t want to throw away time for no reason, thank you very much.

Honestly just let me save anywhere and reload whenever I want. Put an asterisk by my save if you want the world to see I’m unpure if you want :laugh:
Which game is this?

I recently decided to play this refreshed version of Gears of War and got my ass handed to me on the highest difficulty which I used to be very good at. I’m 5mins into this game and on my 20th try thinking f*** this shit, the game is the problem, not me!
 
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