Iruma-Kun: Welcome to Demon School #1
There are some clever, funny, and inventive moments throughout this double-length intro chapter. There just aren't enough of them, and the stuff between them is a boring, forgettable, poorly-paced, generic slog that fails to distinguish itself from the thing it's ostensibly parodying.
Star Wars Andor S1E9: "Nobody's Listening" (continued more)
I'll just finish this off by repeating one more time how fucking amazing the Narkina factory interiors look.
Star Wars Andor S1E9: "Nobody's Listening" (continued)
It kinda makes her an even more pathetic figure than Cyril himself. He's able to pick up and restart his life after losing Preox-Morlana, albeit with difficulty. Without the ISB, she'd melt like the wicked witch of the west.
Star Wars Andor S1E9: "Nobody's Listening"
Seriously, the Narkina 5 rig is some of the best environment work I've ever seen.
Star Wars Andor S1E8: "Narkina 5" (continued more)
To some degree, this episode felt like emotional torture porn. Not enough to make me call it distasteful, but still, it was a lot. The more I think about it though, the more I think that the misery really was necessary, and that dialling it down would have weakened the story even if it would have made for a better viewing experience. We need to see what the stakes really are. What an ultimate Imperial victory actually means.
Star Wars Andor S1E8: "Narkina 5"
I take back what I said before. This is worse than Cyril's new job.
Star Wars Andor S1E7: "Announcement" (continued)
Does Cassa realize that this - the increased suffering of the people he knows and cares about - was an intentional part of Luthen's strategy? Probably not, I don't think. But then, as has already been discussed, this was always going to come sooner or later.
Star Wars Andor S1E7: "Announcement"
Doesn't he realize how much suffering his actions are going to cause? How many people are going to be killed or tortured? How much worse the oppression is going to be for those already suffering the most under the imperial yoke? How much more awful he's just given Palpatine permission to get?
In response to her line of questioning, Luthen smiles and says "That's the point."
FLCL Alternative (continued)
I'm sorry, but you cannot have Haruko Haruhara play the role of the wise mentor while still having her act like Haruko Haruhara.
FLCL Alternative
The subtitle "Alternative" is a well chosen one. It takes many of the original series' conceits, and says "what if instead of doing that, the series did this?"
Star Wars Andor S1E6: "The Eye" (continued)
Last flight, I'd gladly trade my life, for one night as a justice acolyte.
Star Wars Andor S1E6: "The Eye"
I wonder if that kid is going to end up being a more important character, of if he just exists to make us hate his dad a little bit more than we would anyway.
Scrooge McDuck "Return to Xanadu"
I can totally picture Karl Barks the dog-person inspiring a workers' revolt in Scrooge's factories.
Scrooge McDuck "Tralla-La"
Scrooge sure does get proscribed an awful lot of different medications in these 1950's comics, doesn't he?
Star Wars Andor S1E5: "The Axe Forgets" (continued)
Before the rebellion was about magic space knights learning Daoism from frogs, it was about the blood, sweat, and tears of the decidedly nonmagical and nonchivalrous Cassian Andor.
Star Wars Andor S1E5: "The Axe Forgets"
I, uh, well. I've got to say. These guys have a loooooooong way to go before becoming the organization that destroyed the death star.
Star Wars Andor S1E4: Aldhani
I've mentioned that I don't like beards, I think? Well, I don't, and without his Cassa is pretty bangable I must say.
The Apothecary Diaries S1E1-3 (continued)
The atmosphere is excellent, the characters are excellent, and the mysteries and detectivework could be really engaging if they got more focus.