I think it mostly worked. It was fun and inventive, but I would’ve preferred to see the not-a-typical-Marvel-climax version of events in full, because as it stands, most of the stuff they mocked for not making sense is even less coherent now.

It won’t happen, but I kind of want them to end by having another set of reshoots and a producing a new Andor-finale-cut of Rogue One, bringing the film even more in line with what they’re achieving here.

Yes and no. We all go in fully aware what the ultimate outcome will be in 99% of films, but a good story will draw you in so that in the moment you’re so invested it feels they’re in peril anyway.

Yeah, there’s absolute no way was he an Imperial mole. It makes zero narrative sense to introduce a character who’s secretly a mole, never reveal that he’s a mole (not even just to the audience), and then kill him off before he achieves anything as a mole.

You say “casually queer”, I say “vague enough to satisfy homophobic assholes and nations that refuse to show any explicit examples of a gay relationship”. Maybe the show can work up the courage to have them, gasp, have a chaste kiss on the cheek in their next episode!

Robert’s rebellion is ~150 years after House of the Dragon is due to end. The show isn’t covering everything up to the opening of Game of Thrones, it’s just interested in the Targaryen civil war that’s about to kick off — or at least, that’s the four season plan here (it’s been suggested that it could continue as an…

“The multi-movie stake is unclear, and thus a non-starter”

“Best” deal #1: Sure, you could find a copy of Jurassic Park on 4K blu-ray for under $10, but why not pay over three times as much in return for 4 increasingly awful sequels? And if for some bizarre reason that does interest you, please note that it’s not even a complete boxset, because Dominion isn’t included.

With the Netflix shows, they’ve been quite non-committal, which I take to mean they’re taking an approach of it being canon until it’s not. That is, it all happened, unless in the future they come up with something that directly contradicts part of it, in which case that bit didn’t.

On Neil Marshall, yes. I mean, it’s not like he was ever a really great filmmaker, but he used to be very capable of producing pulpy fun.

Yes, but also, not left as subtext that can be missed or ignored (not just by audiences, but by studios losing their nerve when it comes to future appearances). It’s a fine line between having characters awkwardly but explicitly announcing their sexual preferences, and it being so subtle that it has to be “confirmed”…

Rebels starts in 5BBY, which is the same year as we’re currently seeing in Andor, and I don’t recall it being shy on the stormtrooper front. I don’t think this is just a case of respecting established canon. It’s an active choice on the part of the show to not rely on them every time the Empire shows up.

It’s quite a leap to assume that his appearance in She-Hulk is a preview of what Born Again will be like. Daredevil’s always had a lighter side when the occasion allows, and a cameo in a She-Hulk story is not exactly his life being torn down around him for the umpteenth time.

Great white sharks (Carcharadon carcharias) are apex predators in the ocean

Picard showrunner Terry Matalas teases a dire fate for at least one member of the TNG crew

It’s a little thing, but can you envision anyone else showrunning Andor and not having packed it full of stormtroopers by now? There’s been plenty of opportunity and it’s not like it wouldn’t make sense — it wouldn’t even qualify as an easter egg. I’ve no doubt we’ll see plenty of them before the show finishes, but…

Not even a tiny bit. Getting a lift with a working parent means fitting in with their schedule. That might mean going in earlier than you need to and spending an hour in the library before class. It’s perfectly normal.

Honestly, it’s just a really impressive show on all fronts — writing, directing, production design, acting, music, all pulling together to show a rare level of control over tone. If it can keep this up through two seasons, it’s in danger of becoming the best thing Star Wars has ever done.

Dropping her off at school on the way to work doesn’t seem all that much like using her as a prop, nor would I call it the sign of a terrible parent. It seems like an entirely ordinary thing for a parent to do.

I don’t know the Dune universe well (I’ve only seen the movies and the TV miniseries), so I’m prepared to be corrected, but based on summaries, it seems like the retention of characters (via unnatural lifespans and repeated cloning) over immense timespans does a pretty good job of keeping things small even before you…