Comment on New Star Trek Movie by 'ANDOR' Director – Trek Central

aniki@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Blackout@kbin.run ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nope, it's one of the best star wars storylines since the original trilogy. I'm glad the future of star trek isn't determined by gatekeeping fans, I want more material, especially of non-enterprise stuff

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Clearly you didn’t watch it. Or read any of the huge amount of overwhelmingly positive reviews. It’s not just the best Star Wars in ages, it’s the best show of 2023.

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• TheDannysaur@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Andor was the anti Star Wars series. It was the best written series of all time in Star Wars terms. The dialouge was not just good, it was fucking captivating. Almost every star wars film or show the script is usually mediocre at best and has to be overcome by the actors.

  Andor had multiple scenes that left me in awe of the great writing. Maybe it’s because my expectations were low… But damn it was good.

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  • Corgana@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Outside of Rogue One, I have found little joy in any Star Wars stuff since the original trilogy, your comment actually makes really interested in checking out Andor

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    • pelayo@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Andor is a prequel and was written and directed by Rony Gilroy, the writer of Rogue One, and it’s mostly a pre-rebellion political drama with less emphasis in the pew pew (compared to the other Star Wars shows at least). And I’m surprised Disney allowed something so unapologetically antifascist without forcing the writer to tone it down.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The drew the line at “Fuck the Empire!”

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    • TheDannysaur@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would share similar feelings.

      Andor is great because it’s largely disconnected. They don’t rely on any big major cameos, there’s hardly even Jedi or Force involved. It’s just a standalone story in the same universe. Honestly, the same things that made Rogue One great make Andor great.

      I don’t think you’ll be disappointed, unless you wanted more Skywalker Family Space Drama.

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    • aStonedSanta@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a good slow burn. I think you’ll enjoy it.

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• Stormygeddon@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wasn’t Andor a steaming pile of dogshit?

  Nah, Andor was the one Star Wars show that was good despite being Star Wars—as in if you take out all the brand specific stuff you still have an amazingly written story about building a revolution, cynicism, and the disenfranchized standing up to change. It didn’t rely on nostalgia or power fantasy. If the same director gave its own “One way out”/“I can’t swim” or “to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see” moment to Star Trek, it’d rank in the top of Star Trek too.

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• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What didn’t you like about it? I’m genuinely curious, everyone else I’ve talked to loved it.

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  • aniki@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didn’t watch it.

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    • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s free on 1337x.to

      Andor and maybe Mandolorian season one are all I can recommend to people who aren’t already heavily invested in Starwars.

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• Fades@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Absolutely not

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