My first thought, too. But after seeing the trailer, I think it’s going to make Starlost look like 2001: A Space Odyssey. 

I think we’re saying almost the same thing in different ways. Gilroy’s exploration of the “grey” is very much a deconstruction. We agree there. For that reason, I’m actually a little conflicted about this show. Andor is excellent television drama. It’s just not very Star Wars to me. (But I still like it.)

I felt it was a deliberate callback to the diametrical politics of George Lucas’s Star Wars. Everything in the original Star Wars was about opposites: good and evil, dark and light, the democratic Senate vs Palatine’s fascism. Tony Gilroy’s Star Wars is all about the grey areas in between. We’ve seen rebels having to…

It’s VERY worth watching. Sean Patrick Flanery was terrific, and the show, produced by Lucas, was very true to the character. The only caveat is that the episodes with Indy as a kid are pretty slow, although the young actor is very good. Look online and find a chronological episode guide. They didn’t run in…

Cheers. I’m trying to finish with Capaldi this week and will tackle 13 next. But, it shouldn’t be an ordeal, right? What I’d give for the thrill and sheer joy of that reboot year with Christopher Eccleston again. It was all so perfect. Spoiled us, it did. 

So is anything new worth watching? I have to be honest. I gave up half way though Peter Capaldi’s run because I was bored out of my effing mind. Other than the “The Husbands of River Song,” which was lovely (despite Matt Lucas reminding us that we’re watching a children’s show) I can’t stay interested for more than 10…

Star Trek has been stunt casting since TOS. It’s good for PR. Everyone wins.

Were any of them not fantasy? I gave up. 

I have the same issue with most serialized television, to be honest. They feel like a commitment for x number of episodes was made and now it has to be filled. The only thing I’ve seen that didn’t feel like that was Reacher, but it was a book adaptation and, I suspect, would have been as many episodes as they needed…

Stephen Stanton, who does a ton of voice work on various Star Wars projects, because he totally loves the franchise, and totally respects the fans.

Yeah, it’s frustrating. I have the same issue with bookstores (IRL and online) which do the same. It makes it very hard to see what’s new and interesting. It would at least help if this list was in 2 parts. When it’s a jumble, I tend to give up after a few recommendations, tbh. But it’s an old argument. And I suppose…

I wish them well but I have no interest in watching S2. The first season had some interesting ideas, for sure, but there was just so much padding. Frankly, the concept (and the visuals) might have made a decent film, but I don’t have the patience to endure another slog. That said, whatever it is, SF or fantasy, I’m…

Exactly.

It was after the Montreal École Polytechnique massacre that I realized that what these pieces of sh*t wanted more than anything else was affirmation for their twisted world-views, and that the only solution was for all of them to be wiped from history. No names in the media. No long, pathetic documentaries excusing…

I hit the same wall last year. Some of it for me is superhero fatigue, even if WandaVision and Falcon and WinterSoldier were great fun, albeit imperfect. But they were great fun by defying a lot of conventions we were used to. I have yet to believe that the next series of Marvel films will be so creative, and they may…

Great. 

I’m happy for CBS and Kurtzman but it still feels like it took years to get where we are now because they refused to listen to the fans. So now, finally, we’re moving into the future, we’re getting a prequel show that makes sense - the early years of NCC-1701- and actors we know and love from TNG and Voyager (we’re…

So you’re saying I really have to get past that terrible first episode?

She was the only other regular adult performer that I recall but there were definitely other guests actors from the Ottawa scene. I was mostly in the production office and didn’t spend much time on set so I don’t have any behind-the-scenes stories, unfortunately. But it was fun to have been around before Nickelodeon…

It still boggles my mind that You Can’t Do That on Television went mainstream. I worked on it for a few years. It was the cheapest show you can imagine, shot in one of the empty studios at an Ottawa TV station. Alanis Morissette was on the show for awhile, but the real (adult) star of the show was Les Lye, an Ottawa…