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stevenpiziks) wrote2022-11-11 10:13 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2022-11-11 10:13 pm
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Andor: Unpopular Opinion
(Unpopular opinion coming up.)
Andor is a slooooooowwww show. My god, it's slow. Did I mention that it's slow? We should talk about how slow the show is, just like the show endlessly talks about stuff that is slow, in a slow, slow way.
The show also has no fun or funny robots (B2EMO is barely a presence). It has no light saber battles. It has no space ship battles. It has no central antagonist that we love to hate.
So what =does= it have?
A dry study of the economics of the Empire. Speeches at the Empire Senate. Dinner parties. Shopping trips to an expensive boutique. Long, long, LONG discussions about the nature of morality. Long, long, LONG discussions about whether or not to go through with a plan (when we already know full well they're going to go through with the plan). Long, long, LONG examinations of family dynamics in families that aren't all that interesting. And a slow, slow plot. In other words, it has nothing fans expect in a Star Wars show.
I haven't fully understood the high praise the show gets. It's a decent soap opera in a SNnal setting, but everything moves so slowly that I haven't felt compelled to scarf down the next episode. And I can forgive a slow plot if the characters are compelling, but ... they just aren't. I watch the show more out of a sense of duty and a desire to keep up with SW continuity than anything else, but I can only work up enough interest to watch an episode every couple of weeks. Viewers like me are the reason the show's numbers are down.
https://screenrant.com/andor-star-wars-show-fans-not-watching-reason/
Andor is a slooooooowwww show. My god, it's slow. Did I mention that it's slow? We should talk about how slow the show is, just like the show endlessly talks about stuff that is slow, in a slow, slow way.
The show also has no fun or funny robots (B2EMO is barely a presence). It has no light saber battles. It has no space ship battles. It has no central antagonist that we love to hate.
So what =does= it have?
A dry study of the economics of the Empire. Speeches at the Empire Senate. Dinner parties. Shopping trips to an expensive boutique. Long, long, LONG discussions about the nature of morality. Long, long, LONG discussions about whether or not to go through with a plan (when we already know full well they're going to go through with the plan). Long, long, LONG examinations of family dynamics in families that aren't all that interesting. And a slow, slow plot. In other words, it has nothing fans expect in a Star Wars show.
I haven't fully understood the high praise the show gets. It's a decent soap opera in a SNnal setting, but everything moves so slowly that I haven't felt compelled to scarf down the next episode. And I can forgive a slow plot if the characters are compelling, but ... they just aren't. I watch the show more out of a sense of duty and a desire to keep up with SW continuity than anything else, but I can only work up enough interest to watch an episode every couple of weeks. Viewers like me are the reason the show's numbers are down.
https://screenrant.com/andor-star-wars-show-fans-not-watching-reason/