How I bet that call went:

“Agent Krasnov speaking, may I take your order?”

Lol yeah, there’s no way!

…They already know Agent Krasnov throws a huge fit if he’s told he has to share.

Haha I have folks there! Lived there for a bit too! Between Okie and Cali, I think now I subconsciously adjust my twang to adapt to my surroundings. 😂

It’s like getting “Lord of the RIngs” movie, but about some gang war in a village southeast of Umbar.

Hey, War of the Rohirim was actually pretty alright! :p

Look I’m a simple man, I can’t get enough of Optimus Prime’s stellar voice work. :D

It’s not an incredible franchise. But hey I think they had some fun with a series that was basically designed to sell 80’s toys lol.

Luke casually tossing away an item that had been set up as important in the previous film were not the right changes.

Agreed big time. This felt less like “cleverly unexpected” and more just a total disrespect for the source material.

“Hey remember the symbol of hopeful optimism you followed through trials and tribulations for 3 movies a long time ago? He’s now a cynical burnout drunk uncle lol. Isn’t that sooo unexpected but relatable and grim? SUBVERTED! I’ll take my Oscar now…”

It felt like if some grimdark-TV-bros got ahold of a sequel to the LOTR trilogy, and we were to suddenly find Aragorn a heartless wannabe totalitarian ruler in the middle of a bitter divorce with Arwen. There would also be silly gags where he drunkenly shatters Andúril trying to cut a melon or something, and the kids absolutely loathe him because dysfunctional interpersonal drama is trendy. “Didn’t expect that, did you?? Lol!”

…Then being told your expectations were childish and stupid when you find yourself upset by this. Lol

I really hate what they did to Luke’s character. It felt like they deliberately trashed him and everything he stood for so some random nobody gimmick character doesn’t look as 2-dimensional. :(

The Ben Swolo memes were hilarious though.

Andor is an incredible espionage thriller and I do absolutely love it.

This is also why I liked Rogue One and also the series “Rebels.”

It made the Empire believable, and the Rebels really are an insurgency, the galactic situation is dire and against overwhelming odds. It doesn’t just feel like a hero fantasy.

(Rebels can sometimes, it’s geared to a younger audience, but it takes itself surprisingly seriously in a great way.)

The “subverting expectations” thing is was ruined it for me.

You could feel the “Too-clever TV writers” at work here. It felt like later-GoT and LOST where stuff randomly “just happens” and has zero payoff because it was written without any kind of grounding or plan, but it sure was surprising and subverted expectations!!! …and then you catch on that there never was a plan, it was just a moment to get an emotional rise out of you, and nothing makes any sense outside of a very limited 5-minute window.

But it’s a self contained story and doesn’t get potentially-numerous “seasons” to come up with a reason “This totally makes sense, you guys. I had it planned all along!”

So yeah, what we’re left with is a “deconstruction”…as in:

“Someone kept loosening bolts and pulling off panels until the hangar was a total mess, but they still don’t understand how an X-Wing works…annnd CREDITS ROLL!”

Also, the way they completely dumped Finn’s character and relegated him to “Guy who shouts ‘RAAAAAAAAAY’ every 10 minutes.” is an absolute insult to competent acting and what could’ve been a beloved and deep character.

why haven’t both sides been doing that all the time?

I feel like this can at least be backed up. It should be ridiculously costly in terms of sheer resources and personnel, and therefore utterly foolish in 99% of scenarios.

We can posit that hyperspace generators should be expensive in terms of resources and credits, and should get exponentially more expensive as the ship size increases, so making “hyperspace warheads” should also be foolish…

But on the other hand, to take down something like the Death Star, I imagine such a maneuver would have seemed worth it!

I think that sums up why the last two sequel films bothered me so much: They went for emotional "woah!"s by pulling things out of nowhere unexpectedly…But then you think about it for 5 seconds and it all falls apart quick.

They really took original Star Wars’ “WWII in Space” battles to the ridiculous extreme there, for sure lol.

Swear that sounds like the inside of my brain sometimes lmao.

It’s so weird seeing the reaction they’re having to this noxious…erm…“dish.”

Weird because I guess I’ve been blessed enough to have very few memories of smelling something so bad it made me actually want to vomit. Like it’s hard to relate to and yet terrifying imagining how bad it must be.

When I saw someone comment something like “That is an aggressively country child.” I laughed so hard lol

We reference this all the time now. It’s a permanent memory artifact. XD

“Ah, Moses but a pirate.” Is not something I was planning on thinking today LOL

May the laughs and memories last forever XD

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I’m guessing it’s also really tiny so baby hands could handle it.

Get this man some comfortable shoes, oversized zippers, a magical duck, a strong but dumb dog, and a keyblade!

For real though that’s quite a unique trait, thanks for sharing with us. Your attitude about what makes you different says you’re a pretty cool guy. :)

Exactly why these people are heroes.

By the world’s standards of chasing economic advantage, safety, and comfort, they make no sense. They rarely achieve widespread recognition, they put themselves in harm’s way, and they persist in a turbulent, cynical, and often thankless field.

But the work they do is vital to a functioning society, which is why one of a dictator’s first moves is attacking the free press.(As we’ve been seeing firsthand across the world).

Yeah, the “journalism industry” has had its challenges lately, especially when large corporate outfits have been insulting their readers with increasingly cynical business practices, and people are distracted more and more by vapid, empty content.

But this is a problem in almost every industry right now.

My point is that, regardless what the business may or may not be doing, these people are in this field to fight for something greater, and we need to support those people.

Journalism has taken such a huge hit in recent history, to readership, to credibility. It seems a lot of our exposure is to obvious slant, disguised ads, corporate propaganda, celebrity rags…

But there are still heroic and dedicated journalists out there like Daphne Caruana Galizia, who risk and sometimes give their lives so that evil, powerful people can’t hide their sins in the shadows forever.

The rich and powerful wage a daily war on people like you and me. They rob and murder us in secrecy with systems, spreadsheets, and handshakes.

That they will go this far proves they are terrified of the truth and those who deal in it. Let them have no dark corners left to flee to.

May we never forget heroes like Daphne, who risk everything to drag these monsters out into the sunlight for all to see them for the abominations they truly are.

May she rest in glorious eternal grace, and may her killers bear the fullest weight of all their sins against humanity.