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

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Habbaku

#2460
May 08, 2025, 08:44:28 AM
 :D She's a treasure.

The show is so good. I love all the subtleties. Especially the implication that Lonni is fucking everything up (deliberately, for the Rebels) thanks to his position.
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

Syt

#2461
May 08, 2025, 11:27:04 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 08, 2025, 08:34:32 AMYou guys are going to love this

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJCC1zbJdvB/?igsh=MWR0OGsyMHZ2ZTFmcg==

She's great. The press junkets I've seen of her and Kyle Soller (Syril) last and this season have all been great fun - the two are total goofballs together. :lol:
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

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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dist

#2462
May 08, 2025, 02:45:30 PM
Quote from: viper37 on May 07, 2025, 08:58:27 PMThey often manage to surprise me, something rare in television these days.  Even when you know something is coming, like the Gorham massacre that has been talked about since before the 2nd season aired, so well executed.

Just finished that episode. I think I'll wait for tomorrow to see episode 9. I'm rather shaken up by the emotional storm they managed to gather. The build up of the tension until the switch from chanting to singing was masterful. It's a beautiful scene, and quite artistic.

Not sure I have seen a scene (and episode) that powerful in a while.

Bauer

#2463
May 09, 2025, 01:38:37 AM
Masterful.  I particularly enjoyed the escape from the Senate, and I like how focused and adaptable Casian has become.  They really nailed his character.

crazy canuck

#2464
May 09, 2025, 07:20:37 AM
Can somebody explain the significance of the guy that said the gun belonged to him?

Oexmelin

#2465
May 09, 2025, 07:37:03 AM
He's Melchi - we saw him in Rogue One; then on Andor, Season 1 we discover he's a fellow inmate when Andor is sent to jail. Andor gives him his gun, stolen from Corporate Security in Ferrix. Which is what, presumably, is recognized by Vel.
Que le grand cric me croque !

crazy canuck

#2466
May 09, 2025, 07:56:01 AM
Quote from: Oexmelin on May 09, 2025, 07:37:03 AMHe's Melchi - we saw him in Rogue One; then on Andor, Season 1 we discover he's a fellow inmate when Andor is sent to jail. Andor gives him his gun, stolen from Corporate Security in Ferrix. Which is what, presumably, is recognized by Vel.

Many thanks!

Sophie Scholl

#2467
May 09, 2025, 11:53:39 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 08, 2025, 12:42:59 AMYeah, it's regrettable (but understandable) that they didn't go with 5 seasons. There's so much implied in the time skips that leave me wanting more.
I wonder if they'll fill in the gaps with comics/audio dramas/novels/games.
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

Sophie Scholl

#2468
May 09, 2025, 11:56:56 AM
Oh! Also, Star Wars The Rise and Fall of the Galactic Empire is currently 57% off ($12.99) on Amazon right now. I know garbon went to see the author do a talk not long ago. It seems like a really interesting book. Especially for folks here. It's a fictional historical academic account of the Star Wars saga written by an actual historian.

Linkage
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

Syt

#2469
May 09, 2025, 12:51:48 PM
I have it on my Kindle but haven't read it yet. -_-
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

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.

Sophie Scholl

#2470
May 09, 2025, 01:42:49 PM
The new political one (The Mask of Fear) is 50% off, too!
"Everything that brought you here -- all the things that made you a prisoner of past sins -- they are gone. Forever and for good. So let the past go... and live."

"Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did."

HVC

#2471
May 09, 2025, 02:29:04 PM
NHS workers wins lawsuit for being compared to Darth Vader by colleagues  :D

https://globalnews.ca/news/11168535/darth-vader-woman-awarded-money-tribunal-nhs/
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Syt

#2472
May 14, 2025, 07:06:23 AM Last Edit: May 14, 2025, 07:17:55 AM by Syt
I thought the last few episodes closed it out quite well and immediately made me want to watch Rogue One again to continue the story. :D

Director Krennic is such a scene-chewing diva. :lol:

EDIT: I guess I would have liked more of a coda for Perrin and their daughter, but I guess when you go from 4 seasons of plot to 1, you have to cut somewhere. -_-
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

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.

HVC

#2473
May 14, 2025, 07:39:14 AM
I liked the catch up of the characters at the end, but Why is perrin still alive/free? His wife turned rebel leader. The empire isn't exactly forgiving or understanding.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Syt

#2474
May 14, 2025, 08:08:50 AM
Quote from: HVC on May 14, 2025, 07:39:14 AMI liked the catch up of the characters at the end, but Why is perrin still alive/free? His wife turned rebel leader. The empire isn't exactly forgiving or understanding.

Maybe he could share intelligence? Maybe he lost his wealth? I found it interesting that he apparently is with Sculdun's (ex?)wife(?), i.e. the mother of his son in law. Perhaps he delivered Sculdun's criminal activities to the Empire in exchange for amnesty?

Frankly, I would have liked a reaction shot of him last week when he watches or hears about his wife's speech in the senate. :lol:
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

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.
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