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Started by Barrister, November 13, 2019, 12:54:52 AM

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viper37

#2415
April 24, 2025, 08:55:06 PM
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Syt

#2416
April 24, 2025, 10:25:22 PM
Yeah, it was not a subtle parallel (and the German TV movie even had a very similar seating arrangement (see imag I posted above).
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Syt

#2417
April 25, 2025, 02:33:19 AM
Scrolled through Disney and came across this thumbnail. Caught myself startling ever so slightly at seeing unexpected Dedra (Denis Gough) in the mix. I guess I'm sightly intimidated by her :D

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Crazy_Ivan80

#2418
April 25, 2025, 06:58:51 AM
Voice of yennifer in the witcher 3 too.

Syt

#2419
April 26, 2025, 07:41:08 AM


 :lol:
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Habbaku

#2420
April 26, 2025, 09:22:14 AM
And then tell them it's the best Star Wars of the entire Disney era.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

HVC

#2421
April 26, 2025, 09:35:13 AM
:lol:
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Duque de Bragança

#2422
April 26, 2025, 10:05:54 AM
Damning with faint praise?  :hmm:  :P

Syt

#2423
April 26, 2025, 02:02:55 PM
Thought you would be softer on a Star Wars series whose first season, some argue, was inspired by Battle of Algiers. :P

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/11/andor-star-wars-recreates-the-battle-of-algiers-and-it-works/
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Habbaku

#2424
April 26, 2025, 04:29:43 PM
 :hmm: Is that directed at me? I'm a huge Andor fan. A+ series and every episode is better than the last.

We've got: Overbearing Jewish Mother. SS Mommy. Wannsee Conference. Very Accurate Leftist Revolutionary Cell. ICE Goons. Rave Droid. And more!

What's not to like?
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

Grey Fox

#2425
April 26, 2025, 08:43:15 PM
What's the callback for the too many minutes we spent watching children get married?
Getting ready to make IEDs against American Occupation Forces.

"But I didn't vote for him"; they cried.

Syt

#2426
April 26, 2025, 10:57:09 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on April 26, 2025, 04:29:43 PM:hmm: Is that directed at me?

No, Duque :D
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

crazy canuck

#2427
April 27, 2025, 06:52:52 AM
Disappointing beginning to season 2.

Did they change the writers?

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We get three episodes watching modern day millennials transported to a Star Wars universe who are literally too stupid to live. Combined with three episodes of a drawn  out wedding in which the leaders of the rebellion also get dumbed down.

Hope it improves from here and gets back to the quality of season 1.

Oexmelin

#2428
April 27, 2025, 03:27:52 PM
A lot of the appeal of Andor was its somewhat slow pace, which culminated in great pay offs. It took time to establish the murder inquiry, the heist, the prison escape, the funeral.

I too am slightly concerned - but I wonder if it's because of that format, where now they have to rush through the years since they reduced the number of seasons. Or if it's because I am hoping / remembering the payoff without the time to establish the conditions of its impact. I think we saw that on the wedding: I actually think the dance party at the end was a fitting end to that arc, but that Mothma's entourage was more delivering dialogue aimed at reminding us of who they were. "I love money", "I am an hedonistic asshole", "I am weak".

Where they previously began with Cassian, and the rest of the story grew from him, they now had to start at four different points to tell where they were.

So, my hope is that it was a drawn out way to establish where the characters are now, and the challenges they are about to overcome: Mothma's facade is going to have to crack, the Rebels are going to have to unite, Andor will have to decide how to deal with the people he loves.
Que le grand cric me croque !

Duque de Bragança

#2429
Today at 11:57:45 AM
Quote from: Syt on April 26, 2025, 10:57:09 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on April 26, 2025, 04:29:43 PM:hmm: Is that directed at me?

No, Duque :D

Alles klar, I thought you were speaking about Rogue One.  :P
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