• Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    You skipped Andor. In my very subjective opinion, it’s the best thing in the star wars universe since the OT.

    The writing is razor sharp, the themes are serious and heavy (how does radicalization happen? What does living under a fascist empire feel like for the average person? What does it mean to be a rebel? How much are you willing to sacrifice?), and it really explores the very early rebellion.

    It’s also a great looking series, with lots of practical sets and effects, and it doesn’t retread any familiar planets so they can do cool things with world building.

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      10 months ago

      Seriously! I absolutely adore/loathe Dedra Meero. She’s such a well written character, I can’t help but hate the woman.

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      10 months ago

      Completely agree. My favorite scene in the show is in the first episode when the second in command dude gets told off by the station commander about how the troopers were off doing some shit they shouldn’t be doing and ended up picking a fight with the wrong person. You get everything you need to know about in that series in like 2 minutes of dialogue. You can see the bureaucracy, the dedication/patriotism, the “grey area” where the bad guys are bad but the good guys are bad too. And most importantly no cute fucking animals. We just get a straight up world building story with real humans that treats the audience like real adults capable of complex thought that can understand the nuance of why conflict arrises.

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        10 months ago

        treats the audience like real adults capable of complex thought

        Absolutely! Here’s one of my favorite examples of that (spoilers, obviously):

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        Mon Mothma picks her husband up from some kinda party. We’ve been told repeatedly by this point that she suspects her driver of reporting to the ISB. She accuses her husband of gambling, and makes a big scene about wasting money. Right after that scene, it cuts to the driver reporting to the ISB and the ISB guy saying that this might explain her money trouble.

        At no point was there dialogue about Mon Mothma’s plan to mislead the ISB and come up with an explanation they might find believable. We’re just presented with who knows what, the action, and the reaction. There’s no need for a monologue about her plan if you trust the audience to put the pieces together themselves.

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      10 months ago

      I actually left out Andor simply because I haven’t finished it. I started it with somebody else and our schedules have never lined up to watch the rest. I’m about to just do it on my own.

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          10 months ago

          I remember thinking that. I think I’ll probably have to rewatch it, because I don’t remember anything that happened. But I do try to make a point not to judge or write off a TV show based upon its first 15-25%. For some shows it’s reeeeeaaaaally hard.