Star Wars prequel questions

[Gradine]

The thing about Star Wars is that even bad Star Wars is pretty special. The prequels and Rise of Skywalker are bad Star Wars, but I will still watch them and I will still enjoy myself when I do. Like, I did not particularly like Rogue One, but when I walked out of the theatre I had a huge grin on my face. Same with Rise of Skywalker, a fully bad movie that makes manages to make two others that I really like worse in how their dangling threads wrap up. The only Star Wars I haven't been able to actually watch all the way is Book of Boba Fett, and that's not even aggressively bad like the prequels, just dull as dishwater.

I also couldn't finish Jedi: Survivor too but not because I didn't like the plot/characters, I really loved the first game and what I played of Survivor, but the parkour stuff for whatever reason made me too nauseous to keep playing (the only video game I've had this happen to me)

 

[R_J_K75]

We'll strongly disagree on Andor, which becomes a great show over time.

As I recall Andor just opened full throttle in the sense that there was no narrative or foreshadowing to let you know what was going on. For me I had the feeling like I missed something. And seriously, after COVID my attention span and powers of comprehension are a lot less now, so that may have played a part. I didn't have the patience for the pay off and shut it off after maybe 10 minutes. Maybe I'll give it another chance.

 

[R_J_K75]

Donald Glover

Yeah, that's his name, he was on Community. I like him as an actor, couldn't comment on his singing career, although think I saw him on SNL after Solo came out.

 

[Staffan]

Oh that... Yeah im not sure who was at the helm of this fun ride but its got some truly shocking decisions. I recall in the pilot episode that Kermit had left miss piggy for a younger pig. They jumped into a lot of adult pop culture hot points that we would refer to as the culture war today.

I can see how they made the calls that lead to The Muppets.

For one, OG Muppet Show had the format of a variety show – something that was still fairly popular around that time. By the time of The Muppets, that format was dead as a doornail so instead they went with a talk show format, and then added a mockumentary-style framing device around that (in the style of The Office). So it was an attempt at updating the show for the times.

And as for the adult jokes, the Muppets have always been playing around a bit in that space, though I think The Muppets took it a little farther. But I mean...

 

[R_J_K75]

I can see how they made the calls that lead to The Muppets.

For one, OG Muppet Show had the format of a variety show – something that was still fairly popular around that time. By the time of The Muppets, that format was dead as a doornail so instead they went with a talk show format, and then added a mockumentary-style framing device around that (in the style of The Office). So it was an attempt at updating the show for the times.

And as for the adult jokes, the Muppets have always been playing around a bit in that space, though I think The Muppets took it a little farther. But I mean...

Thanks, I was fighting the urge but failed, now I have the Muppet Show song stuck in my head. I guess it's my own fault for making the RotJ comment

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Somehow, the Muppet Show returned...

 

[Maxperson]

RotJ with Wookiees instead of Ewoks is the movie we should have had.

Or even a bunch of Fozzy Bears running around telling jokes and yelling waka, waka, waka.

 

[Zardnaar]

Or even a bunch of Fozzy Bears running around telling jokes and yelling waka, waka, waka.

Ewoks are basically that. Yub yub. Works are really tge only downside to RotJ imho. Everything else is good.

Still a great space battle 40+ years later.

 

[Maxperson]

Apparently not, because somehow Palpatine returned.

And when Luke comes back we will have Re-return of the Jedi.