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To the crews of those tankers: good luck with the sea mines and drones, but don’t worry. If you’re attacked, your boss is insured.
“This isn’t the county we committed genocide against. This the genocidal country.”
Reading the posts today
It’s a lot of fun over there today.
Andor is a miracle by all standards. not confident we’ll see a production of this caliber for quite some time with how cost prohibitive streaming is. pretty incredible we experienced a one-of-a-kind event.
How Italian cafes, French housing, and sushi inspired the look of ‘Andor’
Production designer Luke Hull and set decorator Rebecca Alleway take Rolling Stone behind the scenes of the 'Star Wars' production.
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
As devoted as I am to Andor, I’m still willing to be critical! It’s still the best, but maybe one more season could have let a few things simmer a little longer. I’m glad we got what we got though.
Worse yet, one character died in a borderline tropey way. Which was unfortunate.
A part of what made S1 so great was it had time to breathe, go to deep in character development. S2 feels rushed at times. There are a few pieces that could have been better if they had more time to develop. And, sadly, a couple of key characters have been sidelined in ways that are disappointing.
Whereas I thought S1 was utterly flawless, I do have critiques of S2. I think most of it comes down how sped up the narrative is. This was supposed to be a 5 season show but they decided to compress 4 seasons into S2, and it shows in some ways.
Andor S2 thoughts, so far (no spoilers here):
I think, in many respects, Season 2 has surpassed S1.
Incredible storytelling, so many layers moral and intellectual complexity, visually breathtaking. It’s both inspiring and heartbreaking. I love it overall.
HOWEVER…
It’s cool to get (essentially) a great Star Wars movie once a week for a month, but yeah.
The Pitt is a recent example of a show greatly benefiting from releasing an episode at a time. By the end of the season it became one of the rare (for the 2020’s) “appointment television” shows. And due to the subject matter I’m glad I had time in between.
In S1E9 when Kino says, “Never more than twelve,” *roll credits* it really built tension to wait a week, and made E10 so much more rewarding.
I think, especially considering some of the complexity, it would have benefited from an episode a week release schedule, to process and anticipate, but I’m watching and rewatching like the little piggy I am.
Of course I had high expectations for Season 2 of Andor—but so far they’ve been exceeded. The complexity and maturity has shocked even me.
Awww shucks.
Thanks @elthie.bsky.social !!
Oh man, can you give me permission to leave these zoom meetings and go outside?
What would Leon Davis think?
I want to ask Tony Gilroy if those were ‘Come and See’ references in S2E3 of Andor.
QOTD:
“You made this decision long ago. The Empire cannot win. You’ll never feel right unless you’re doing what you can to stop them. You’re coming home to yourself. You’ve become more than your fear. Let that protect you.”
— Cassian Andor
One of the funnier aspects of Andor Season 2 is how invested I am in the relationship of objectively two of the worse people in the galaxy (Empire).
I think it’s important—and poignant—that characters think of The Empire as something that existed in spirit long before Palpatine officially declared it so. So these “well actually that doesn’t line up with the timeline” people need to chill.
As if I didn’t already think Andor promotes the tenets of democratic centralism, a particular arc in the first three episodes of S2 really drives that home for me.
andor completely understands the psychosexual underpinnings of fascism
andor drops tomorrow. how am i gonna be a normal person
