Star Wars: Andor (1 Viewer)

[Saint by the Bay]

Man, I don't understand the viewership for this show. This is by far the best Star Wars show. It's a slow burn, but so was the OG trilogy.

I love the show, but I get why it doesn't appeal to everyone. My Mom would absolutely hate it.

Some people just want Star Wars to be "fun", even in something like ESB where the good guys lose. This show is gritty. There's nothing "fun" about it. It's like DC vs Marvel but in the same IP.

 

[GeauxWhoDats]

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I love the show, but I get why it doesn't appeal to everyone. My Mom would absolutely hate it.

Some people just want Star Wars to be "fun", even in something like ESB where the good guys lose. This show is gritty. There's nothing "fun" about it. It's like DC vs Marvel but in the same IP.

Wolverine, Loki (kinda)
Traditionally, the lesson ‘Disney’ would learn is ‘audience also wants adult stories’
And maybe that’s the actual notion they takeaway
But hopefully they learn the lesson they understood in early MCU days- find solid to great writing talent and give them room to tell their stories
(And I bet those first phase 4 stories did that and then execs came in and nudged things back to centralized narratives)

Let talent be talent

 

[DaveXA]

Wolverine, Loki (kinda)
Traditionally, the lesson ‘Disney’ would learn is ‘audience also wants adult stories’
And maybe that’s the actual notion they takeaway
But hopefully they learn the lesson they understood in early MCU days- find solid to great writing talent and give them room to tell their stories
(And I bet those first phase 4 stories did that and then execs came in and nudged things back to centralized narratives)

Let talent be talent

Yea, this I agree with. While a lot of people love the action, sfx, visuals etc. There always was a bigger, broader narrative (writing) that was larger than any given show or movie, and contributed to the arc of a larger epic story. When a given episode or series loses that, it loses my interest. I've always loved the MCU because it was comics that came to life and felt realistic even when it's not. It's like, hey, I could see us living in this sort of world where supers exist. It's driven by good story telling.

Same concepts should apply with Star Wars. Telling an epic story is half the battle.

 

[Wisco Steve]

The pacing was a great gear shift and just another phenomenal turn.
You can just feel the stakes heightening thru the amazing character portrayals by the actors.

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Only thing I couldn't figure out was how/why -in the early opening scenes- did the large guys (moisture farming?) let them out of traps and then take the ship? I must have missed something.

 

[Sailorsaint]

The pacing was a great gear shift and just another phenomenal turn.
You can just feel the stakes heightening thru the amazing character portrayals by the actors.

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Only thing I couldn't figure out was how/why -in the early opening scenes- did the large guys (moisture farming?) let them out of traps and then take the ship? I must have missed something.

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I had trouble following their dialogue but I think they had no love for the Empire and decided to help them escape rather than turn them in for the reward. And Andor didn't take the ship, they gave him a lift, I believe.

 

[SystemShock]

I love the show, but I get why it doesn't appeal to everyone. My Mom would absolutely hate it.

Some people just want Star Wars to be "fun", even in something like ESB where the good guys lose. This show is gritty. There's nothing "fun" about it. It's like DC vs Marvel but in the same IP.

5 minutes into the 1st episode, we knew what kind of party this was going to be; not your grandfather's SW for sure. We are watching a serious, intricate action drama within a SW framework.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

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I had trouble following their dialogue but I think they had no love for the Empire and decided to help them escape rather than turn them in for the reward. And Andor didn't take the ship, they gave him a lift, I believe.

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I think they thought they might be with the Empire but they realized that they were prisoners and the Empire is the one that poisoned their water so they decided to help out.

 

[DaveXA]

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I think they thought they might be with the Empire but they realized that they were prisoners and the Empire is the one that poisoned their water so they decided to help out.

Exactly what I thought.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

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I think they thought they might be with the Empire but they realized that they were prisoners and the Empire is the one that poisoned their water so they decided to help out.

This

 

[Sailorsaint]

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[nolaspe]

This is amazing...

 

[Sailorsaint]

This is amazing...

That was pretty cool.

 

[tenordas]

This is amazing...

That's awesome. A great combination of the Doctor Who, Buck Rogers, Space: 1999, and Battlestar Gallactica openings from the 70s. Well done. I laughed a lot at the perfect renderings of the actual footage made to look like those stereotyped cuts. Someone has to much time on their hands - and ought to have a job as a video editor somewhere! Brilliant!

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

That's awesome. A great combination of the Doctor Who, Buck Rogers, Space: 1999, and Battlestar Gallactica openings from the 70s. Well done. I laughed a lot at the perfect renderings of the actual footage made to look like those stereotyped cuts. Someone has to much time on their hands - and ought to have a job as a video editor somewhere! Brilliant!

I usually assume these are some grad digital editing final or some such