This may be the prettiest TARDIS crew to date.
Power of the Doctor. On the grounds of…
AAAAAACE!
And some of the others ain’t so bad. Basically, once Dan leaves.
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Power of the Doctor. On the grounds of…
AAAAAACE!
And some of the others ain’t so bad. Basically, once Dan leaves.
Haven't watched it yet but isn't "Andor" the most critically acclaimed Star Wars anything ever?
I'm not getting into an argument about it. All I'll say is that if you hate Star Wars, like "prestige TV" and hate the very concepts of "fun" or "heroes" then you'll love Andor, the show made by pretentious SW hating snobs for pretentious SW hating snobs.
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Yup.
And, in all fairness, I hated it. Or at least the half of it I slogged through.
Regarding the Beatles music, they recorded a shedload of covers - no reason soundalike versions of Twist and Shout, Money, Dizzy Miss Lizzy or any number of others couldn't be used.
Yes, and it was very good. And I love Star Wars.
Don't know if I'd go that far. Definitely in the top five, though.This may be the prettiest TARDIS crew to date.
According to Anita Dobson, the S2/15 finale will be the most expensive episode of the series ever.
Being that Anita is an actress, for this post I will assume she doesn't have intimate knowledge of BTS/Production costs. Her "most expensive episode" comment may be telling us that they have spent a LOT of money on guest stars for that episode. Big stars, actors who have held out but have been convinced (by big paychecks), many of them. I hope that is what she is "leaking".
Maybe Queen will appear.
Maybe Queen will appear.
Yes. It's magnificent.
Maybe Queen will appear.
They should have done a Queen episode instead of a Beatles one and got her to put in a good word with the boys about music licensing fees.
We have already heard Queen music on Doctor Who, a cover of Don't Stop Me Now was used in Mummy on the Orient Express. If they could afford that on BBC money, with Disney money it should be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
You just love being wrong don't you? Despite all the evidence to the contrary you keep spouting this nonsense.
I love star wars, I've been watching it since the OT returned to theatres in the 90s, and I think Andor is the best of the live action shows.
Or how about all the other people on this very site and the rest of the internet that love Star Wars and like Andor.
Or are we all "fake fans" or something?
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"All" doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
I saw Star Wars 13 times at the cinema, saw all the others on release, purchased a ridiculous number of EU novels and own the originals on multiple formats.
The new D+ stuff is patchy. I've liked some, been ambivalent to some, but the only one I've given up on mid way through is Andor.
I understand why some people like it, but...I don't. Not the characters, not the story. It's miserable, turgid and dreary.
Mileage varies, obviously.
I saw Star Wars -- just Star Wars, not A New Hope -- in 1977 and loved it. I haven't liked many of the movies since then quite as much, but I didn't stay 14 years old, either. Over the years I've bought a fair number of Star Wars comics, novels, and video games, so I don't think I quite qualify as a hater. But... Andor's the only one of the Star Wars TV series I've liked and would ever consider watching again.
So, Doctor Who... looking forward to it, even if I wasn't entirely blown away by what we've seen so far of RTD Phase II.
So, Doctor Who... looking forward to it, even if I wasn't entirely blown away by what we've seen so far of RTD Phase II.
Correct.
Fair enough. Tastes do vary.
I'm sure it'll be great.
The 'all' in the sentence was referring to the other people, like me, who liked it and also like Star Wars. Not all the people who've watched it.
I even specify that at the end of the sentence...
I initially found Andor a bit of a drag but kept with it and found it to be one of the best SW tv shows. I probably enjoy The Mandalorian more but Andor had more substance IMHO. But everyone’s taste is going to differ.
Which is fine.
There's enough Star Wars coming out now that to be honest, any one fan unlikely to love it all. My (adult) son loves the Clone Wars animated series. I don't. Fans are different...
I can't be wrong in my opinion of the show, its an objective opinion.
I also never said that Star Wars fans can't like the show. I said it was made for people that hate SW by people that hate SW, but people outside of a show/movies demographic can enjoy stuff not made for them. I like a bunch of shows that I am not in the target demographic of, and there is nothing wrong with that. Andor is made by people with nothing but contempt for everything Star Wars is, was or should be, people who probably worship shows like GoT or Mad Men and used Disney money to try to tell their crappy "prestige TV" spy story by putting a Star Wars coat of paint in it. Anyone can like it, I don't care what people like, but the show definitely comes from a place of hating the source material and it does everything it can to distance itself from Star Wars. A writer could probably re-write the entire show to take place on 21st century Earth and they'd barely have to do anything but find and replace place names and vehicle/weapon terms in the script.
