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[rickchung]

Vox x "Why the Era of Cheap Streaming is Over".

Why we’re all paying so much more for Netflix, and what we can do about it.

[rei-ismyname]

Loser Husbands panic and slow clap

Yeah, why IS Proteus here? Mind your business, he can go where he wants. Why are YOU here?

It's all very touching, especially Proteus crying about his dead mam (who's hiding and scheming, verrrry much alive) and Hellfire opening a free hospital for all. Look at their faces and the insincere clapping - it's kinda wild that they managed to keep the secrets they did at times.

I could read an entire run of them being befuddled and awkward.

[amysilvas]

Happy Pride Month beautiful people!

[emmafrostcovercollection]

X-Men #26 (2023) by Lucas Werneck

[machetelanding]

Sebastian Shaw on the set of Return of the Jedi (1983)

[nofatclips]

In the Beginning Was Water and Sky, a short film by Ryan Ward

[to-thefive]

↳ A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | 1.04 - Switch Hitter

[fuckyeahdarcycarden]

[phantomstatistician]

Fandom: A League of Their Own

Sample Size: 1,731 stories

Source: AO3

[best-character-named-x-poll]

have you done your daily click

[bullet-prooflove]

New Characters:

Raylan Givens (Justified)

Bill Bevilaqua (Tulsa King)

New Fics:

911-Lone Star:

Scars (NSFW) - Judd and you spend the night together.

The Bear:

Paradise (NSFW) - A night with you is paradise for Luca.

Chicago Med:

Us - You decide you don't want your relationship with Jack to be a secret anymore.

My Love, My Light, My Life - You dedicate your book to Jack.

Criminal Minds:

Pretty As A Picture (NSFW) - Will likes to tease.

Haven:

Mood (NSFW) - Duke gets a little territorial.

Justified:

The Only One (NSFW) - Raylan is the only one that knows how to love you.

Law & Order:

Quits - Ed calls time on the relationship.

Office Space (NSFW) - Mike and you get filthy in his office.

Officer Down - Jalen waits for a call after officer down goes out over the radio.

Magnum P.I:

Eyes On Me (NSFW) - Shammy's near death experiance makes you a little overwrought.

NCIS:

The Middle - Alden does not want to be caught in the middle of your case.

NCIS - NOLA:

The First Taste (NSFW) -Dwayne enjoys his birthday gift.

Numb3rs:

Serious - You and Don discuss the relationship.

Supernatural:

In Case of Emergency - Dean tries not to call you.

Always (NSFW) - An intimate act makes Dean a little needy.

Cuts Like A Knife - You decide to give Michael what he wants.

Tracker:

The War Correspondent - A mysterious phone call from a retired War Correspondent leads Russell on a journey he doesn't expect.

Tulsa King:

2015 - Mitch asks you not to get married.

Rhinestones (NSFW) - Mitch reminds you of the night you met.

Poker Face - Dwight's night takes a turn when he meets you for the first time at a poker game.

Trust - There is one person that Bill trusts and that's you.

Yellowstone:

Sugarplum - Jamie gives his unborn daughter a nickname.

Ride - Travis lifts your mood by taking you for a ride.

Fireflies - You take Travis's mind off his failing health.

[youroldfriendmurkyaura]

It's interesting that when we first meet Greta and Jo, Greta is overstepping and Jo is meaninglessly protesting. Greta always has needs that are too big, and Jo always has to live with it. It's kinda amazing that Jo put up with it for so long. Always being on call, Greta's feelings always trumping Jo's.

Jo would probably be better off without Greta, but Greta needs SOMEone and doesn't have anyone else. And Jo can't exactly trust Greta with herself, or anyone else with her. So Jo's just this... caretaker. And has been for, what, 20 years?

I'm glad that circumstances got significant enough to drive them apart, I don't know what Jo would've seen as a worthy excuse to begin living their own life otherwise. This show really has a lot of the people beginning to live their own life, really. Jo. Carson. Lupe. Max. Greta? Maybe Charlie, soon. And so many guides. Bev, Vi, Jess, Bert. And buddies figuring it out together.

[bigmack2go]

Projecting onto my second favourite characters bc i dont wanna hurt my favourites like my life depends on it.

[wwprice1]

Awesome art by Lucas Werneck and David Curiel!

[claudia1829things]

"ANDOR" Season One (2022) Commentary

"ANDOR" SEASON ONE (2022) COMMENTARY

Ever since Season One of the Lucasfilm series, "ANDOR" was released on the DisneyPlus streaming channel, it has received a great deal of accolades and high praise. In fact, the series is now regarded as one of the best productions from the STAR WARS franchise, if not the best.

I find this high regard ironic, considering how many STAR WARS fans had reacted to Disney Studios' announcement about a series focused around the character of Cassian Andor, from the 2016 hit film, "ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY". Many were not happy. I, on the other hand, had looked forward to the series. Not only had I been a major fan of "ROGUE ONE", I had regarded both the Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso characters as one of the film's highlights. So, when I finally sat in front of my television series and watched an episode of "ANDOR" unfold each week during the fall of 2022, my reaction resulted in . . . hmmm, mixed feelings?

Season One of "ANDOR" certainly had its highlights. I admired the excellent performances from a cast led by the very talented Diego Luna. I thought showrunner Tony Gilroy's portrayal of a corrupt and violent Galactic Empire seemed pretty spot on. In fact, Gilroy's portrayal of the galaxy at this point in the timeline pretty much matched his, Chris Weitz and director Gareth Edwards' portrayal of the galaxy in "ROGUE ONE". Although the 1980 movie, "STAR WARS: EPISODE FIVE - THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK" was the first STAR WARS film to portray its protagonists ambiguously, the ambiguous portrayal of the Rebel Alliance first appeared in "ROGUE ONE". Gilroy continued this ambiguity of the Rebel Alliance in the "ANDOR" series. Season One featured scenes that impressed me very much. They included Cassian Andor’s escape from Ferrix in the third episode, (1.03) "Reckoning"; the Rebels Alliance of heist of the payroll of the Imperial garrison on Aldhani in (1.06) "The Eye"; and Cassian’s rescue of Bix and the anti-Imperial riot on Ferrix. Featured in (1.12) "Rix Road", the season finale. But the sequence featuring his stint at the Narkina 5 prison and especially his escape in (1.10) "One Way Out" nearly struck me as brilliant.

Despite these virtues, Season One of "ANDOR" also featured issues that I either found questionable or simply did not work for me. The season's narrative structure of a group of three (or four) episodes per arc barely worked for me. I say barely, because the arcs still managed to form one season-long arc. But it did so in a way that some of the episodes felt like mere padding. And this proved to be one of my main problems with "ANDOR". As I have stated before, the first two episodes could have merged into one. And the fourth and fifth episodes could have merged into one. I also believe that the seventh episode could have merged into the eighth one. For me, twelve episodes seemed like too much for the narrative featured in the series. And I found some of the episodes' endings rather abrupt and problematic. This especially seemed to be the case with the earlier episodes.

I still find myself wondering about the purpose behind those flashbacks featuring Cassian Andor’s childhood in the first two episodes were about, other than revealing his origins. But why feature flashbacks of his past, when they had no real impact on the season’s main narrative? Also, the last two episodes seemed anti-climactic to me. This especially seemed to be the case for "Rix Road", the season's finale. One might questioned this opinion, considering "Rix Road" featured the funeral of Maarva Andor, the protagonist's adoptive mother, her pre-recorded speech bashing the Galactic Empire, the riot that followed and the Rebel Alliance's attempt to kill Cassian before the Empire could capture him. The reason I found all of this anti-climatic is that the series' protagonist had played little or no role in these incidents. During all of these events, Cassian was busy trying to rescue his captured close friend, Bix Caleen, from the Empire's Imperial Security Bureau (ISB). Cassian's rescue of his friend proved to be a lot less difficult than I had assumed it would be. And the Rebel Alliance had decided not to kill him at the last moment.

Speaking of "Rix Road", it had provided one aspect of "ANDOR" that really annoyed me. The episode had paused its narrative to convey Maarva Andor's pre-recorded speech against the Empire. But this was not the first time something like this happened. Two or three times, the series paused the story in order for a character to give this great speech or monologue on the evils of fascism and tyranny. It almost felt as if Tony Gilroy was trying to shove politics down our throats. I am not one of those yahoos who constantly complain about "woke" politics in pop culture movies and TV. But the numerous pauses that resulted in a monologue or speech really got on my nerves. George Lucas managed to do the same with two lines in two separate movies. One line came from the mouth of Princess Leia Organa in "STAR WARS: EPISODE FOUR - A NEW HOPE". Her mother, Senator Padmé Amidala, had uttered an even more famous line in "STAR WARS: EPISODE THREE - REVENGE OF THE SITH". Two separate lines. It seemed a pity that Gilroy was unable to do the same.

My last major issues regarding "ANDOR" revolved around the characters of Syril Karn, a security inspector for a corporate conglomerate and Senator Mon Mothma of the Imperial Senate. Karn spent the first two episodes investigating the deaths of two fellow security officers killed by Cassian on Morlana One. The security officer's investigation led to his violent encounter with Cassian on Ferrix during the third episode, (1.03) "Reckoning". Following Cassian's escape, Karn spent the next nine episodes developing two obsessions - finding and capturing Cassian and developing a romantic (if you want to call it that) fixation for ISB Agent Dedra Meero, while he continuously engaged in verbal combat with his domineering mother. After wasting away for eight episode, Karn learned about Maarva Andor's death and decided to travel to Ferrix to snatch Cassian. Only . . . he never encountered his prey. Not once. Karn only ended up saving Agent Meero from angry rioters. One could say this was a lead up to Karn joining the ISB. But this all felt like such a waste. Perhaps Gilroy could have allowed Karn to be an ISB agent from the beginning. This could have allowed him to take a more active role in the season's narrative.

Finally we come to Senator Mon Mothma of Chandrila. I had assumed her presence in the series would be a repeat of her presence in "ROGUE ONE" - simply there to fill in the role as one of the Rebel Alliance's leaders. Instead, Gilroy provided an in-depth look into her private life and her efforts to keep her role as one of the Rebels' leaders a secret. To my surprise, Senator Mothma's arc came dangerously close to dominating this series . . . in which Cassian served as the main protagonist. The worst part - at least for me - is that her arc had no real impact on Cassian’s arc. Or served as any kind of catalyst to Cassian’s arc during this first season.

I find this ironic, considering the numerous complaints lobbied at 2022's "OBI-WAN KENOBI" limited series over the strong presence of the Reva Sevander character. What many have forgotten was that Reva's experiences during the Order 66 purge had led her to seek revenge against former Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader. Reva's quest for revenge led her to use both the 10 year-old Princess Leia and former Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi to achieve it. Her actions ended up serving as a catalyst for Obi-Wan's character arc in the series. Senator Mothma had no such impact on Cassian Andor's arc. Hell, she never met him in person in any of the season's twelve episodes. The only connection they had was Mothma's cousin Vel Sartha, who had led Cassian and others in the Aldhani heist. If Tony Gilroy and Lucasfilm had wanted a heavy emphasis on Senator Mothma that badly, they could have made her serve as the catalyst for Cassian's recruitment into the Rebel Alliance, not Luthen Rael. Or they could have created a separate limited series for her. Tony Gilroy, Lucasfilm and many critics and fans had forgotten the name of this series, which is "ANDOR"; not "THE REBEL ALLIANCE", "REBELS II" or "MOTHMA".

Ever since I had expressed my complaints about Season One of "ANDOR", many have accused me of not liking the series. As if my opinions of it was a damn crime or something. One, I am entitled to my opinion of any movie, television series or any other form of entertainment. Due to my positive opinion of the Cassian Andor character, I had hoped to really enjoy "ANDOR". Unfortunately, that never happened. The first season possessed enough virtues for me to like it. But I believe it also possessed enough flaws for me not to regard it as highly as many others have. Frankly, I believe Season One of "ANDOR" proved to be one of the most overrated productions created by Lucasfilm.