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Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by apples_oranges »

meowface wrote: post #15
cwillu wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're aware of Rogue One, right?

I watched it for the first time immediately after finishing Andor. Definitely better than the other Star Wars films but definitely not as good as Andor. (I'm aware the showrunner of Andor co-wrote Rogue One, but Andor really seems like a different tier.)

You guys are excluding the George Lucas movies from discussion right?

In my opinion nothing ever came even close and I gave up on SW after the second Kylo Ren movie. Rouge one was cool though, also first episodes of Mandalorian..

Should I really try Andor after all the bad stuff Disney made?

A few days ago I watched the new LILO and Stitch and that was great, so maybe good people still work at Disney …

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by JodieBenitez »

meowface wrote: post #3

The cinematography, editing, writing, and overall feel of this show far exceed any Star Wars movie I've seen. I had long since written off the Star Wars franchise as a shameless cash grab since the original movies but they proved they could do something cool with it. I'd definitely watch a new movie if it were handled by the same team that made Andor. Prequel, sequel, side story, or re-telling of the originals.

> I had long since written off the Star Wars franchise as a shameless cash grab since the original movies but they proved they could do something cool with it.

I'd argue they already proved this with Rogue One. Too bad we had the Abrams/Johnson dumpster fire.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by mmplxx »

nicoburns wrote: post #5

If you haven't watched Andor and you are at all open to sci-fi then I would urge you to consider giving a go. The writing, acting, and cinematography are all excellent, and IMO it is a very strong contender for the best TV show released in the last few years.

Also the music, it has an impressive original soundtrack, I love how they play with opening variations.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

#34

Post by sylens »

apples_oranges wrote: post #31
meowface wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watched it for the first time immediately after finishing Andor. Definitely better than the other Star Wars films but definitely not as good as Andor. (I'm aware the showrunner of Andor co-wrote Rogue One, but Andor really seems like a different tier.)

You guys are excluding the George Lucas movies from discussion right? In my opinion nothing ever came even close and I gave up on SW after the second Kylo Ren movie. Rouge one was cool though, also first episodes of Mandalorian.. Should I really try Andor after all the bad stuff Disney made? A few days ago I watched the new LILO and Stitch and that was great, so maybe good people still work at Disney …

Andor is the best Star Wars that Disney has made

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by chiph »

What has impressed me is that in all the Imperial scenes - they have a lot of polished surfaces (floor, control panels, etc) and you never see a reflection of crew or film equipment. I'm sure most of this is the result of good planning before filming but also the amount of effort put in post-production to remove any it.

As a physical media guy, I'm happy that Disney decided to release season 1 on 4k UHD. And I hope to buy season 2 when it hits the shelves.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by drunkonvinyl »

apples_oranges wrote: post #31
meowface wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watched it for the first time immediately after finishing Andor. Definitely better than the other Star Wars films but definitely not as good as Andor. (I'm aware the showrunner of Andor co-wrote Rogue One, but Andor really seems like a different tier.)

You guys are excluding the George Lucas movies from discussion right? In my opinion nothing ever came even close and I gave up on SW after the second Kylo Ren movie. Rouge one was cool though, also first episodes of Mandalorian.. Should I really try Andor after all the bad stuff Disney made? A few days ago I watched the new LILO and Stitch and that was great, so maybe good people still work at Disney …

To your second question, yes. Andor would be exactly the wrong one to bail on if you’ve made it through those others.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by iainmerrick »

meowface wrote: post #26
nicoburns wrote: post #5

If you haven't watched Andor and you are at all open to sci-fi then I would urge you to consider giving a go. The writing, acting, and cinematography are all excellent, and IMO it is a very strong contender for the best TV show released in the last few years.

It makes me wish it were the actual start of the franchise and then they made Rogue One and the trilogy de novo. In that counterfactual I think there's a good shot it'd be far better than the originals, and the Star Wars story would be considered not just a classic but a masterpiece. (I don't think the original trilogy is bad exactly, but the trilogy with the Andor look/feel/style/writing/acting could've been some of…

I don’t know, I still really value the original trilogy. It’s just very, very different in some crucial ways.

One aspect that’s really striking when you see Andor is how little the Jedi and the Force have to do with it; which highlights how central they are to the original trilogy. (Rogue One does a pretty deft job of bridging those worlds, eg with Donnie Yen’s character.)

And the Force was a big part of the charm of the original movies, right? All the scenes with Luke and Yoda are wonderful, for example. I wouldn’t want to take that away, any more than I’d want to shoehorn the Jedi into Andor.

I think the real problem with the original movies starts with the prequels, which doubled down on all the Jedi business but managed to make it feel very pedestrian, rather than mystical.

The sequel movies could have been great if they had really tried to explore the collapse of the Empire and what the reconstruction would look like, rather than shamelessly retreading everything beat-for-beat. The Last Jedi did at least try to be different, but its ideas were completely scattershot and (I think) not very fruitful.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by baq »

apples_oranges wrote: post #31
meowface wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I watched it for the first time immediately after finishing Andor. Definitely better than the other Star Wars films but definitely not as good as Andor. (I'm aware the showrunner of Andor co-wrote Rogue One, but Andor really seems like a different tier.)

You guys are excluding the George Lucas movies from discussion right? In my opinion nothing ever came even close and I gave up on SW after the second Kylo Ren movie. Rouge one was cool though, also first episodes of Mandalorian.. Should I really try Andor after all the bad stuff Disney made? A few days ago I watched the new LILO and Stitch and that was great, so maybe good people still work at Disney …

The only Star Wars worth watching as an adult is Andor.

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by entropie »

Denvercoder9 wrote: post #13
sgt wrote: post #4

Andor is a masterpiece. I recommend everyone to see it. Season 1 is probably the best, but season 2 just continues the brilliance. Unfortunately there won't be a season 3 though - they're making a final movie.

> they're making a final movie. They're not making a movie; the entire series is a prequel to the 2016 movie Rogue One .

Well, in almost 40 years, the entire timeline has been shaken up several times and films and series have been inserted again and again

In any case, i would be careful with such absolute statements

Re: Cinematography of “Andor”

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Post by buyucu »

Andor is absolutely amazing. After the shameless cash-grab attempt that was the Sequel Trilogy, Andor feels like a breath of fresh air.

Denise Gough and Elizabeth Dulau are particularly good.

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