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  2. locidm
    Bluefin finally sent me replacement part, except it’s a nice surprise. Instead of sending me a replacement antenna and fins, they sent me the entire valk instead. They put the valk in the plastic tray and sent it in a shipping box. Yes, the antenna and the fins on the replacement valk were all good. Props to Bluefin. It took a looong time but they delivered.
  3. Duke Togo
    And it hasn't been published on either.
  4. TangledThorns
    "Reportedly" I don't trust click bait fake news till its been verified by a reputable site like Variety or Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Hikuro
    I rather enjoyed the Patterson cut of this, there were some things that kind of bummed me out cause there's some story elements that complete vanish, and scenes, overall pacing, but it wasn't bad at all. It's pretty much the only one of his stuff I've watched, I haven't checked out Kenobi or the Boba Fett two parter at all.
  6. pengbuzz
    I wonder if the buildings surrounding it were removed/ relocated somehow?
  7. Hikuro
    Personally I still rather enjoy Rebels, I mean for me it's Clone Wars, Rebels, Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, Underground, Droids, Ewok's, Visions.................then Resistance (see what i did there?) They just have different tones and restrictions to what they can do and budgets and broadcasting compared to streaming services and live action. But I still like it. Overall though I've absolutely adored this season, if anything I love LOVE L O V E the set designs, the backgrounds, the atmosphere, the overall esthetics being used compared to the first season and overall the live action shows in general. The odd thing though is when the Senate building is shown....in the prequels it was felt like it was smacked dab in the middle of a giant city, almost swallowed up. But in many shots of Andor, it's the complete opposite. I'm not sure if I'm articulating the differences accurately, but like lets say in Andor's version of area, it's like I'm looking at the Apple campus, very white, very open, modern, no buildings in sight. It's sort of odd considering Courscant is just one giant towering city of buildings and skyscrapers and speeders and ships.
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  9. Duke Togo
    Holy cow, Elizabeth Dulau, who plays Luthen's assistant Kleya, was hired into the role right after she graduated from drama school. Andor was her first on-screen role. She's been fantastic.
  10. Roy Focker
    That's from the interview. It goes on saying how they tried to make everything work together. For that I say they didn't need to pay lip service to established canon. If bulldozing over canon makes your story better. Go right ahead. Star War was first live action. When it is appropriate retell key events in live action they should. I'm not saying Filoni, and his cartoons are that bad. They are good for what they are. What I'm saying is what works for one type of medium doesn't work for another. With a New Hope we have that Movie, a Radio Play, a Comic Book, a Novel and Video game all telling the same story. Each of them in their own unique way. Some do it better than others. With Movie being the best version. Since that's how it was intended. There are different requirements for what makes a good cartoon and what makes a good TV show. Filoni doesn't believe that or is simply too attached to his own creations. Everything doesn't have to be like Andor. I enjoyed Skeleton Crew, and it was nothing like Andor. Everything doesn't have to link back to cartoons. Third season of the Mandalorian really suffered in my opinion because of fan service to Filoni's clone wars. Lessons we learned in the season One and Two of the Mandalorian was that Din's clan was toxic cult. For the good of his adopted son, he would have to reject them. All that was ignored because in the cartoon a bunch Mandalorian running around doing things the Mandalorian way is super cool. When Mandalorian culture is shown in something closer to real life you think, these people need therapy. We then have Ahsoka. Where they solve interpersonal character conflicts the same way they would in a cartoon. I look at their solutions and think no that doesn't solve your issues. Filoni, if you want to write for grownups you will need to put away all cartoon DVDs back on the shelf. Write something new. Break your own canon if you need to. I'd like to see him try making something live action that isn't even Star War related. All the other directors that Disney hire to make Star Wars, or a Marvel movie first proved themselves by either decades of work or a something semi-recent that got people talking. Filoni's resume just reads that he made some fan favorite cartoons. That experience doesn't always translate to live action. Okay I'm done on this long rant. Really going to miss Andor when it over. I like seeing them try new things. How about a situation comedy based on Bea Arthur's bar tender character? Recast them all with living actors. Add Dexter as the cook. Jar-Jar can be a waiter. Each week they stay one step of head of both the Empire, Jabba's goons and health inspector. A terrible idea for the show but it would be something different.
  11. Big s
    I honestly enjoy the cartoon version a lot more than the movies overall.
  12. Big s
    It can be a challenge, but I’ve seen your recent stuff and I think you can handle it
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  14. jvmacross
  15. Papa Rat
    Oh boy. I’m up for the challenge. Thanks for the heads up. 👍
  16. electric indigo
    I can assure you from personal experience that this doesn't help the movies at all.
  17. Big s
    It’s actually kind of a relief in a lot of ways. You don’t get frustrated when some great story gets ruined. I think I’d be even happier if I had never read anything by Tolkien when I was a kid. Maybe I wouldn’t be as frustrated with rings of power. Or maybe the Hobbit movies wouldn’t seem so tedious
  18. Big s
    That movie keeps getting pushed back for one reason or another. Hopefully they can do a great sequel film
  19. Big s
    I’ve always liked these designs, they sorta had that familiar look to them with some interesting updates to make them still appear in world
  20. Seto Kaiba
    Probably not, lol... but he can claim three main fleets and probably dozens of straggler forces up until around 2054.
  21. Big s
    That’s the Imai one. If you look close at the lower right corner, you can see their logo. Bandai bought their molds and it the same kit. So if you see a bandai one, it’s just a more recent production run of that kit. That goes for a good amount of Imai kits. Bandai often rereleases their old models under their name for anniversary specials. Anyway, get ready to really put in some work on those seams and stock up on that glue and putty. You may also want to practice scribing as well. I remember the panels on the face didn’t match too well and it will be easier to fill in one side and prescribe them. I think I had to use hot water to straighten out the arms to align them.
  22. Seto Kaiba
    Not a surprising outcome. The difference in tone between the very much for-adults Andor and the more conventional all-ages writing of Rebels is massive. Doubly so since Andor, like Rogue One is largely devoid of the Jedi-centric shenanigans that bring most of the lighter and more kid-friendly fantasy elements into Star Wars stories like rigid Good/Evil alignments and blaster fire being treated like a nuisance rather than a life-ending threat. The rules aren't really different, IMO. Andor, being aimed at a more mature audience, differs from more conventional Star Wars titles in that it leaves the ugliness and trauma of the war on full display instead of hiding it with reaction shots, cutaways, and the like. Rebels has moments just as ugly as Andor's, but they happen "just offscreen" to keep the violence kid-friendly. For example, the Grand Inquisitor is introduced in Rebels when he simultaneously beheads two bumbling Imperial officers with his lightsaber. It's very clear contextually what happened, and everyone but Tarkin is visibly horrified, but they don't actually show the lethal blow or the headless bodies to keep the show's content rating down. Rebels also had a fairly direct depiction of a much more total genocide, but it didn't land quite as hard because we only see the aftermath, the victims were the bug-aliens from Attack of the Clones, and the traumatized sole survivor of a planetary genocide didn't speak English. Yeah, Filoni's work is passable most of the time but he's too much of a fanboy to be an effective creator on the franchise. His shows run primarily, if not exclusively, on fanservice. The new Tales of the Underworld series is a perfect example. Filoni penned two three-episode story arcs around a pair of hilariously one-dimensional recurring minor villains from his Star Wars: the Clone Wars series. Neither story is compelling or even interesting, and both of them read like they were written specifically to pad out that character's Star Wars Fandom wiki page rather than tell an engaging story. I will admit, I'm actually kind of curious whether this franchise-wise preoccupation with Filoni's work is because the franchise has too many "promoted" fans working on it or if Filoni is just that convinced that he's a great creator.
  23. Duke Togo
    @Roy Focker you might find this of interest: https://ew.com/why-andor-diverged-from-canon-mon-mothmas-epic-senate-speech-11729531
  24. Hikaru Ichijo SL
    The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows has its moments. Today's episode was actually decent.
  25. Urashiman
    yeah man ... those big diodes ... They are still around for high voltage/power systems.
  26. Black Valkyrie
    https://batman-news.com/2025/05/08/matt-reeves-batman-part-ii-director-exit/
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  28. Duke Togo
    Has anyone else been holding off on rewatching Rogue One since the first season came out? Next week I'll be watching all three final episodes on Tuesday night, and will be watching Rogue One on Wednesday.
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