“Someone please correct me if I’m wrong but it seems like, in smaller productions, the role of an intimacy coordinator would be filled by the director consulting with their cast in private and on set. Having a separate person would then just be delegation of responsibilities.”

And that sensationalism is actually quite dangerous— it’s a big part of what erodes public confidence in science. Or it was, before there were organized campaigns to erode public confidence, but that’s another story.

They’re all going to be commercial based soon.

Can someone, anyone, please explain why I’m greyed on this site even though I have probably a thousand comments across other sites on this godforsaken commenting “system”?

They’re still claiming we all just don’t get it, that the time isn’t right yet, etc.

“10 minutes?”  What are you filling up, a 747?

“especially since a lot of gas stations cut off the pump after $75 or so of gas has been pumped.”

That’s the main thing.  For a while when gas was up over $5 a gallon, I couldn’t even fill my tank up because it would cut off at $100.  

If they shot the Peridea stuff anywhere but the Volume, I’d be shocked. But I’ve been wrong before, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m with you on all of your rankings except for calling Obi-Wan uneven. It’s pretty even, just at a really low bar. The only reason it isn’t the worst SW show is because BoBF exists.

I’m going to get back around to Andor.  I started it (like ten minutes) got distracted with something and never went back.  But I’ve seen…

Yeah, the umbrage at Reitman’s comment seems unfair.  It’d be one thing if there was some big, or even very vocal, contingent of GB fans who really liked the 2016 movie. But that doesn’t seem to be the case, unless they’re out there and I’m not seeing them.

GB:A wasn’t much better of a movie, but it certainly had the…

I was with you until you seemed to give the SW fandom a pass by skipping over the absolute shitstorm that erupts anytime anyone talks about TLJ.

I’m not arguing that Disney does that, but I don’t think it’s the case here. They bought Lucasfilm outright. The only person they’d owe those royalties to (at least in terms of the Empire and the Rebel Alliance) would be Lucas, and they bought him out.

Idiosyncratic is not a word I would pick for JJ Abrams.  That implies he’s got some innate style or taste, when he’s essentially the worlds biggest fan film creator.  Even those lens flares are basically just homage to 70s Spielberg.

If Topher Grace had a reputation for being difficult on the set of That 70s Show (first I’ve heard of that, but sure, I’ll bite), I would actually put that as a point in his favor, given how the rest of that cast seems to have turned out.  

I mean this is supposed to be weird for everyone right?

Except that’s not really true, because they shoot this on the Volume. The limit is the imagination and budget. They’re not hauling cameras out to the middle of the Tunisian desert anymore, they’re reprogrammingLED screens.

Here’s the weird thing about that though (and this goes for virtually all sci-fi, not just Star Wars): why are all planets one homogeneous thing? Pandora might be the first planet that even seems to have different environments kicking around on it. To be fair, I gave up on Way of Water once they got to the beaches,…

There seems to be a requirement among SW shows that the title character spend at least one episode off-screen.

To be fair, “The First Order” smacks of a studio note: “Change the name and sigil so that we can market new names alongside the old ones. It’ll be double the money!”

And yet, it’s somehow still up there with the best of the SW shows Disney has put out. (Note: I haven’t watched Andor yet).