I like it. It might indicate they’re going for the take on Doom where his facial disfigurement is just a small scar, barely noticeable, but his arrogance is so extreme that he can’t bear for anyone, even himself, to see a blemish against his otherwise perfect being.

As others have pointed out, it’s not really notably darker than what you’d expect from Star Wars, it’s just more thoughtful and much, much better made on pretty much every level of production. This is Star Wars with a consistent understanding and control of tone, that isn’t asking you to shut up, turn your brain off,…

Personally, I feel like they need to film some new stuff and release a full on “Andor-cut” of Rogue One after the finale. Less for the fanservice-y stuff you mention, and more to bring it further in line with the level of quality on show here — presumably with a slight change of focus towards Cassian (and hopefully…

I know what you mean, but I think this one was actually a “standalone”.

Wait, there’s a backlash?! Where? I’ve seen nothing but praise.

For me (at least at this point, it could still shit the bed before it’s done), Andor is the best Star Wars. Full stop.

One that always bugged me was Indiana Jones. Bond is set up as a womaniser, so it’s expected. But why was Indy hooking up with someone new in every movie (including an actual Nazi! who also hooks up with his dad!), when they already had Marion? For all of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’s faults, at it least it got that …

Deontay Wilder did want to play Clubber Lang Jr. in Creed III, and Stallone and Jordan were apparently interested, but it seems cooler heads prevailed.

The Daily Bugle (not part of the MCU line) is £300/$350 (3772 pieces)
The Sanctum Sanctorum is £215/$250 (2708 pieces).
The Black Panther bust is £300/$350 (2961 pieces).
And to complete the comparison:
Thor’s Hammer is £105/$100 (979 pieces) — no idea what happened to the exchange rate here
Hulkbuster is £475/$550 (4049…

If it was in black and white it probably would’ve gotten PG-13 without any cuts. I know Werewolf By Night wasn’t subject to ratings, but it was notably gorier than anything else in the MCU, and I suspect the lack of colour was a big part of the reason why they felt they could get away with that.

Looking at it side-by-side with the movie armour, the level of detail they’ve carried over is really impressive. And yet somehow, even before taking the eyewatering price into account, as an overall object it looks weirdly not-cool... although I can’t quite put my finger on the reason why.

Okay, but it still looks radically different to him was my point.

There’s no reason to think he wouldn’t look like Ford though, regardless of whose performance is captured. You aren’t locked in to a specific face by the mocap process, it’s not like Gollum or Caesar look like Andy Serkis.

I actually think the plot is a big part of the problem too. Dialogue is often overrated, basic competence at wordsmithing becomes crackling by virtue of it driving enthralling events, but the events simply weren’t that enthralling (I imagine the overall pitch was pretty good, but broken down we got a full season of…

Extremely basic maths states that 5 out of 100 = 5% and 5 out of 200 = 2.5%.

Did any of it actually make sense though? Maybe a rewatch would reveal new layers, but the show was far too dull for me to actually do that.

I thought Geoff Johns did a decent job of sorting out Hawkman in his JSA and concurrent Hawkman solo series. Just a few years later, it seemed like the then current Hawkman series was doing exactly the same, because I guess they’d broken him again in between.

Probably, and you’d think even a moron like Todd would inject someone else first, but I still would’ve liked to see how it played out “for real”. Not necessarily even in full — a montage of quick snippets in the style of Edgar Wright probably would’ve done the job.

The credits don’t necessarily indicate direct involvement. Producing credits, particularly on TV, are often just vanity credits. Just having written the book would be enough to get them those credits, even if it’s an incredibly loose adaptation.

Huh? You talk like it was following an utterly conventional superhero narrative arc up to that point, but if anything was at odds with the rest of the show, it was the fake-out battle. The show spent episode after episode dealing with anything but the build up to a climactic superpowered smackdown — defending Blonsky,…