• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Rogue one is only held up as great because the rest are so awful. Like the first Wonder Woman movie in the DC universe.

      It’s a mediocre movie that ends with an amazing action sequence that capitalizes on nostalgia.

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        8 months ago

        Even the original trilogy isn’t “great”. The star of Star wars has always been the fantasy universe. The story was already cannibalizing on itself by ROTJ (Death Star…2?)

        Rogue One/Andor shine because they treat the universe as the star. They’re still compelling even if it was the only content that existed outside of the original trilogy, IMO anyways. People can enjoy whatever they want for whatever reasons they want.

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        8 months ago

        Rogue One was meh except for the visuals. The train heist has the most beautiful explosion VFX in s very long time.

        Story wise it was meh but it paved the way for Andor which better committed to the WW2 action/spy thriller angle without the Star Wars prequel bagage dragging it down. Yes it’s a prequel itself but it won’t need to connect to space wizards which tend to bog down a lot of the Star Wars offshoots.

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          8 months ago

          I can see the WW2 spy thing for bits of Andor, but not most of it. Not Andor’s part at least. It’s more about leftist revolutions. I know Andor’s actor has some connection in his past with the Zapatistas, an anarchist group in Mexico. It pulls from a lot more than just that obviously. It’s also crazy that it can be made under Disney somehow.

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            8 months ago

            For the WW2 spy thing, I guess it’s because I’m very fond of WW2 spy movies based on real events. There are quite a few European movies portraying events and operations done by their local partisans during WW2 and I feel Andor takes some inspiration in those.

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              8 months ago

              I wouldn’t call partisans spies, but I get your meaning. Yeah, I’m sure it does take a lot from those. It is a smart show with a crew who seems to know where to draw influences from, and does so broadly. I can’t say the same for any other modern Star Wars sadly.

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                8 months ago

                Yes it’s complicated and all a question of point of view calling someone a spy, partisan, terrorist, freedom fighter.

                But in the end it’s spycraft involving locals vs. some powerful oppressive State. Often involving another sympathic State supporting the partisans using straight-up spies.

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        8 months ago

        We don’t have to fight, my brother in christ. Have you been eating well? Come over and have some enchiladas with me.

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        8 months ago

        I don’t think it was as amazing as most people give it credit for, but I still think it was pretty good. Certainly not bad.