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Hawkman

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  1. The only scenes that I didn't like were Queen Ramonda dismissing Okoye from the Dora Milaje after Shuri got taken and Shuri forgiving Namor after he murdered her mother, but after three viewings this is right there with Spider-Man as the best movie of Phase Four to me.
  2. It isn't even out yet, nor have you seen any footage. This is just childish
  3. That wasn't the only Kang, and likely not even the best version of Kang either.
  4. Was your comment made after you got hit the head and lost your senses?
  5. Not quite as good as the first, but still an excellent movie. Mostly female cast means there will be negative reviews just because it's a mostly female cast, not because the movie wasn't good.
  6. Woke agenda? You mean diversity and inclusiveness? SMH at the ignorance of people.....
  7. Finally saw this. I avoided it because I didn’t want to see him die, but this was an excellent way to end the run. I love and enjoyed every single movie.
  8. This was very fun. I had no idea Man-Thing had incineration powers. Loved the black and white aspect. One of the best Marvel Phrase 4 projects
  9. Shazam was very very good and Black Adam was too. I loved the Rock and Dr Fate and Hawkman’s design was excellent. Atom Smasher was funny, but too klutzy for me and the female Justice Society member was bland.
  10. Ok, that sells it for me. I have three days off every week, so i'll check it out this weekend.
  11. I'm not sure what this is about? Is it a horror film? Kinda wanna check it out, but it hasn't grabbed my interests.
  12. What does this accomplish, except making you look childish? Some of you really need to grow up and do better.
  13. Really enjoyed the first two episodes. Looking forward to watching more.
  14. In the past, Imperial officers were either 100% evil like Tarkin, or shown as completely incompetent. Even in books or other media, when they want to show nuance on the Imperial side it’s usually an officer who has a change of heart and becomes a “good guy”, while in this show we get multiple aspects and subtypes of “bad”. For example, Syril in this show is essentially the foil/opposite of Andor. Cassian runs from the Rebellion until the end when they take him in. Syril runs towards the Empire until the end when they (Dedra) take him in. Cassian gets recruited for his skill. Syril gets demoted because of his skill. Cassian moves towards the rebels due to inspiration from his mother. Syril moves towards the Empire due to being humiliated and berated by his mother. Cassian saves Bix in the finale. Syril saves Dedra in the finale. There’s likely more I’m not even mentioning…
  15. Episode 10 was about Sacrifice. Luthen explains how he's sacrificing everything ("I burn my life to make a sunrise that I'll never see”), Mon Mothma might have to sacrifice her daughter, and Kino makes that speech in the prison knowing he can't swim.
  16. Just saw the release date is 11/25. I was wondering why it wasn't on Disney+ yet.
  17. Yeah, they spent a ton of time showing how short staffed the prison officers are, and as the Empire locks up more and more people, I can see the officers getting overwhelmed by the prisoners, or Andor finds a way to get a pair of those boots. He obviously isn't going to complete his sentence. Those prison scenes felt like a mix of Squid Games and Black Mirror. And I loved how they juxtapose Mon Mothma drinking expensive wine and Andor eating paste through a tube. every episode requires multiple viewings.
  18. Episode 7. This is how you do a transition episode. Nothing happens, but it isn't filler at ALL. This episode shows the impact of what happened during the heist, lets us look beneath the hood on both sides of the conflict, and sets up the second half of the season all in an episode with zero action.I straight up CARE about these characters. On both sides!!! This show has been outstanding in showing that it's not always good vs. evil, or right vs. wrong.For example the Major from the ISB has shown that he's a great boss - recognizing that Dedra was doing the right thing even if it meant that the sectors he'd drawn were outdated and useless given the circumstances. We're also pulling hard rooting for Dedra in this show even though she's trying to take down the rebels. Even Syril Karn has become a relatable character that I'm pulling for, in seeing him get demoted for doing the "right" thing and getting berated by his mother constantly. Subtle thing but there was a shot of him in his bedroom with her offscreen calling his name, and you could FEEL the unease in the pit of his stomach just hearing his mom's voice.Then on the rebel side you see how it ain't all roses. They out here ordering a hit on Andor himself. Mon Mothma is battling on multiple sides (she is KILLING this role, crazy to think she was first cast way back during the prequels and had her scenes cut, and is now finally able to do the role.)On top of that, the worldbuilding is freaking top notch. We got to see a beach resort planet in Star Wars, and it still felt like Star Wars. Andor is there with a fake name, a fake girlfriend, living a fake life, and he gets pulled out of it and sent to prison for 6 years when he didn't even do anything. But actually - he did. The Empire is clamping down on everyone because of the heist and it's impact. At the same time that heist has emboldened others across the galaxy to rebel. So on his vacation planet running errands to go to the store, he gets caught up in the mix with some rebels that he unknowingly inspired. Also when you think about it - him getting caught up is because he isn't doing what he SHOULD be doing. He's not supposed to be burying his head in the sand shilling on the beach - he should be out there rebelling himself. So him getting caught up was almost like the Force intervening and pulling him out of his fake life and back into the game.I haven't even mentioned Luthen and his plotting, the multiple Palpatine name drops from this episode, Wulf Yularren from the ISB showing up, Karn's new job doing data entry (Dedra will definitely end up finding his name in a report and working with him to catch Andor), Cinta doing a secret mission back on Aldani, or Vel meeting with Luthen's assistant.All of this in an episode where nothing really happened. Wow.
  19. In the sixth episode of the season, they introduce a ton of characters. In this one episode, they introduced Commandant Jayhold, and we got to know him better than almost any other imperial officer we've seen in Star Wars. And then he dies, in the SAME episode he's introduced.We meet his boss the engineer. We get to know his family. We learn the dynamic of why he's hoping this day goes well, so he and his family can get moved to a better assignment on another planet. We see how overbearing he is to his son. We see how his wife goes tit for tat with him, jabbing about how maybe his he who has "expanded" vs. his dress uniform compressing. We see how he takes the pressure about his job from his superiors and puts that down on the people who work for him. I FELT that.Then during the heist, we see the engineer get killed trying to have the rebels let Jayhold's son free. We see the "good guys" put a gun to the head of a CHILD. Then when the rebels make the imperial's load the bounty, Jayhold was also forced to help, after it's been established that he is not in good shape. The work of having to move that heavy cargo plus the stress of his family being in danger and blasters being pointed at everyone gets to him, and dude dies of a heart attack. We don't know what happens to his wife and son - we see them later but did Cinta leave without killing the prisoners who saw her? We don't know.And all of this was really just a subplot to the episode. This is just outstanding television - we know more about this dude from one episode than we do about Tarkin who has been in Star Wars since 1977.
  20. I'm enjoying this show a lot. Not sure if it's my favorite so far, but it is solidly good.
  21. This has been much better than I thought it would be through four episodes.
  22. I can't wait to watch this tonight. This is the Star Wars I want more of.