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Sep 5, 2023 - 1:04 PM
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SchiffyM
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I find the lead actor bland as cardboard and if I wanted a dark depressing Star Wars, well I don't!
I don't find it depressing at all, though yes, the stakes are palpable. I don't think I'd want it to be my first Star Wars, or the only Star Wars, but what I love about it is that it takes so many things that are unsaid in all the movies and treats them as real life. It's not as simple as good and evil, though there are definitely good people and evil people. The Empire is a cruel, crushing bureaucracy, their officers motivated by fear and an often sadistic thirst for power. The Rebellion is scattered and working in the shadows, they don’t even trust each other, but some are trying to goad the Empire into further cruelty, hoping that will motivate more people to their side. And the Imperial Senate is a dying body of plutocrats who speak politely but whose every statement has a second meaning.
Sure, there are almost no droids and only fleeting glimpses of aliens or the occasional Stormtrooper and TIE fighter. But to me, it was so smart, literate, well acted, and beautifully produced. If you don't like Diego Luna… well, that's your prerogative, of course. But I found him terrific.
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Sadly for me, the OBI-WAN KENOBI series was SO BAD that it ended any interest I had in these Disney STAR WARS spin-off shows.
They're just not for me.
I considered ANDOR when I read some of the good notices, but then I remembered I didn't really like ROGUE ONE and/or* its characters and struggled to understand a word the lead guy said at the cinema (a combination of mumbled line delivery and broken English).
I'm happy with my 'Daddy's Star Wars' to keep me going now.
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Sep 6, 2023 - 5:37 AM
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Solium
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I find the lead actor bland as cardboard and if I wanted a dark depressing Star Wars, well I don't!
I don't find it depressing at all, though yes, the stakes are palpable. I don't think I'd want it to be my first Star Wars, or the only Star Wars, but what I love about it is that it takes so many things that are unsaid in all the movies and treats them as real life. It's not as simple as good and evil, though there are definitely good people and evil people. The Empire is a cruel, crushing bureaucracy, their officers motivated by fear and an often sadistic thirst for power. The Rebellion is scattered and working in the shadows, they don’t even trust each other, but some are trying to goad the Empire into further cruelty, hoping that will motivate more people to their side. And the Imperial Senate is a dying body of plutocrats who speak politely but whose every statement has a second meaning.
Sure, there are almost no droids and only fleeting glimpses of aliens or the occasional Stormtrooper and TIE fighter. But to me, it was so smart, literate, well acted, and beautifully produced. If you don't like Diego Luna… well, that's your prerogative, of course. But I found him terrific.
I may give it a go again sometime in the future. I'm all for smart, intelligent Sci Fi, but again it just isn't Star Wars for me. I don't go to McDonalds for a Whopper if that makes any sense.
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