People thinking one thing and saying another is a pretty standard part of the human condition. There was also an overuse of certain story telling techniques like having a character say something in asterisks in their head and then when the character actually spoke “something else came out.” Lots of things like that just sort of made me roll my eyes when it happened.Įveryone has their things I guess, but I really don't get this criticism. Nothing wrong with 8 or 9, and I did like the way things wrapped up, it's just a high bar set by some of the earlier books. Personally, I think book 1 is the best, followed maybe by book 7 or 3. So many standout lines and unique descriptions. "Optimism, expressed as conservation of Delta V" Perhaps this will serve as a wake up call, once again reminding studio execs, like " The Expanse" did, that clever is cool.Hey OP, remove the space between the >! and the first word to fix that spoiler tag.Īlso, I agree with your title, but disagree somewhat on the details. The reviews for "Andor" from just about every respectable outlet have so far been very positive and rightly so. Had it not been necessary for Chief Inspector Hyne (Rupert Vansittart) to leave town for an Imperial Regional Command review, all of this would've blown over. It's all rather tragic really, as Andor's story comes about purely by bad luck. Stellan Skarsgård pops up towards the end of episode 3, which is a real treat and Kyle Soller is positively delicious as the over-ambitious, authoritarian Deputy Inspector Syril Karn of the Preox-Morlana corporate authority, desperate to make his mark. One of those kids is Timothy Hawking the third child of the Kids Books: Stephen. Moreover, the performances are excellent and the dialogue is well written. The world building is magnificent and every aspect of the show looks beautiful, from the production design to the costumes. Of course we expect one or two teeny-tiny, super-subtle ones and eagle-eyed fans have already identified some interesting ones. And that includes making "Andor" an Easter egg-filled nostalgia overload - that hasn't happened yet, thankfully. It's dark, gritty and successfully avoids any major clichés that have plagued other sci-fi shows of late. The tone is set straight away and it's beautiful. Maybe, for a short while at least, we'll be treated to a momentary flurry of well-written, original and enthralling sci-fi that excites us …rather than boring us to tears.
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Not that it wasn't thoroughly enjoyable, but "Andor" seems willing to embrace a more adult approach and it wants to see how far it can run with it.Īndor's droid, called B2EMO, thankfully doesn't have an irritating comic relief role.well, not yet anyway (Image credit: Disney Plus)įingers crossed other major studios are sitting up and taking note - we're looking at you Paramount Plus (opens in new tab).
As we've already alluded to, "The Mandalorian" very much began this way, but as cute as he is, Grogu and the subsequent tsunami of merchandising, somewhat lessoned the power in that particular punch. This is a "Star Wars" live action show that takes its time to allow these fresh ideas and new characters to establish themselves and because its deliberately aiming to be a more cerebral, thrilling science fiction. Rising tensions between Earth and Mars have put them on the brink of war. Amazon Prime Video (opens in new tab) did very much the same with season 3 of "The Boys." Taking place 200 years in the future, humans have colonized the solar system and Mars has become an independent military power. Interestingly, there's some evidence here to support the multi-episode binge drop approach adopted by Netflix (opens in new tab), or at the very least dropping the first few as has been done here, if the studio really wants to milk every drop of the social media attention garnered by a weekly strategy. And by intentionally releasing three at once, it gives the audience a proper opportunity to embrace a slower-paced, multi-layered, more cultivated story arc. It's far more likely that this was the intention all along. However, once you've actually watched the first three, it's hard to imagine that the release schedule could have ever seriously been anything other than this plan, as the first installment, or even the first two installments alone, simply would not have had the same impact. Only a few months ago, it was announced that the premiere date of "Andor" had been pushed back by three weeks and because of this, Disney decided to reward those patiently awaiting it by releasing the first three episodes at once. "Andor" takes this beautifully written and cleverly inserted new plot thread and explores its backstory consequently it's fresh, exciting and equally as enthralling.
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