It’s a live action cartoon.

That can be a sleight or a compliment depending on how you feel.

Andor was a great show. Mando is a fun one.

Edit: to add, I say this as someone who always thought mandalorian was overrated.

Yes. The writing is outstanding. The dialog can sometimes be a bit florid but it rarely feels inappropriate for the show or the speaker. Also, keep in mind that dialog is just one element of good writing. The characterization, in particular, is also superlative.

Additionally, the scene they chose for the preview (at least the one I got) totally sells the show and makes you want to press play right away. The rest of the show could be totally meh, but the lady calling the spy hotline and stumbling through the code words or whatever had great action-thriller tension that made you want more.

You really thought the “goal” was a primary thing the first two seasons and not secondary to the weekly adventures? It was totally unnecessary. The show suffers no dip in quality from not having a secondary ongoing plot.

Completely disagree. Season 1 was great, and season 2 and so far 3 haven't been as good because they decided to focus on all the side characters.

I don't think he meant to imply that literally no-one took offence, but Friends is a product of its time and its expressed attitudes were going to be mainstream then.

Mandalore stuff is great. Grogu stuff is whatever- honestly wish they had the balls to keep him with jedi training as it doesn't add much to the story anymore. I do enjoy seeing the new republic being incompetent with bureaucracy as well. They've set up quite a bit of runway for the rise of the first order.

That’s fair. Nothing wrong with not knowing, it’s a very new term. In that case, the response should be “oh let me see what that means” and go forward from there.

The "bad stuff" is almost never attributed to race tho. Also snowfall is a fictional take on historical events.

They're a very different tone, with The Recruit leaning heavily into batshit crazy.

I would roll my eyes at that complaint within that context. I don’t necessarily roll my eyes at the use of the word “woke” alone.

It’s similar to how I roll my eyes at the article posted because I think it massively misses the mark. But that isn’t because they used the word “misogynoir” itself.

The word "misogynoir" is mash up of "misogyny" + "noir." With "noir" being the French word for "black." So, "misogynoir" is the hatred of specifically black women.

edit: Why the downvote? That's exactly what it means. If you don't like it, don't get mad at me. I didn't make up the word.

how should we feel when the protagonist is no longer the protagonist in this own show?

Its still a small amount of people. We just hear it more because with social media you can hear the opinions of a random person you've never met and isn't famous in any way. A lot of these "people find it offensive now" is like 5 people on Twitter finding it offensive and 10,000 others dunking on them for it. Back in the day, 5 random people find it offensive, and the extent that their opinion travels is a hearty debate with friends at a dinner party. Now it travels the world

The dip in quality is because they accomplished a goal at the end of last season but then reset the status quo at the start of this one. They should have stuck to their guns, at least for a while.

What's the difference between 9.3 and 9.4? Or 8.8 and 8.7?

Like, what is the point of reviewing something like that?

Yeah 100% agree

>It got pitched as a Western like the Lone Ranger

It did get pitched as that, but it's not that anymore. I'm not caught up currently, but the first few episodes of this season weren't Mando doing cool western, shenanigans of the week type stuff like the first season was, it was him doing boring missions to further the plot they set up in the last season. They transitioned it to be more serialized but the overarching plot is shit.

I'm perfectly fine with Mando being a different thing than Andor, but you have to do that well. Instead they set up a 2 season arch, had Mando complete his goal and then walked it back between seasons. They are trying to have their cake and eat it too.

This is Iron Man 2, but for Favreau Star Wars.

It doesn't make a lot of internal sense, it isn't very fun to watch, there's a ton of money being thrown at it and it looks really good, but it's just extremely half-assed and disappointing as a television show, although it's very likely this will end up being key to 3 or 4 other Star Wars shows that will follow after it.

(Worth noting: For all the setup Iron Man 2 ended up doing for the larger MCU, it's still arguably bottom 3 all-time Marvel films, and Favreau was removed from the creative teams going forward. Probably won't happen here, though)

Mandalorian doesn't know how to be what it was, and all it really wants to do is set up a bunch of other shit. Favreau is 100% focused entirely on MYTH and "LORE" and the problem is that he sucks at that shit, and also, it's not that important to why the show was beloved in the first place.

Mandalorian S3 is primarily now setup for the live-action Rebels sequels that Ahsoka and Skeleton Crew will likely end up becoming. And that version of Star Wars, might finally be what people have been hoping Star Wars would become for awhile now (a completely separate-from-the-saga thing set way far away from anything familiar) but it looks a lot like Mando S3 is gonna suffer for it.

Are you telling me that you wouldn't roll your eyes and write someone off because they complain that a show was bad because it was too "woke?"

Because if you are, you are stronger than me. As soon as someone goes, "Yeah, this series is too 'woke'," my brain picks up its bag, puts on its hat and goes out the door.

I think the writing on Succession is generally very good but it's not without its flaws. While the show has some truly memorable lines and moments, there are also times when the dialogue feels a bit too ornate and referential. As one critic put it Succession is a show that loves to show off its vocabulary, and it can be a bit much at times.

At its best the writing on Succession is sharp witty and full of insight. But at its worst, it can be a bit too showy and self-indulgent. I think it's a great show, but it's not quite on the same level as the all-time greats like The Sopranos, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.

I loved the art style and tone of Beyond. Great storytelling too, and I loved the tension between Terry and Bruce.

It was also super fun when Batman showed up and took off his old man Bruce mask.

It would be such a treat if DC had the stones to kick off a movie series based on a combination of Frank Miller's Dark Knight Returns and Beyond. The character of contemporary Batman and his adversaries have been so thoroughly explored. Why not open it up to some wild futurism? Let's see what happens to a man's psyche after a lifetime of fighting crime and corruption, and seeing his efforts come to nothing. Let's see what that man tries to do in order to pass on his legacy and legend.

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Well sure, a small amount of people did but not like now

Yes