@exhaustdata one of the things I have learned this time getting sober is how quick people are to reassure me "you don't have to be sober forever." my brother in christ i am trying to stay sober for just one more day.
@heroesahead the scale and scope of the prequels are fundamentally undermined by the execution. a magnificent looking bridge that collapses under its own weight. I cannot say the same for Andor.
i always thought he was lying to disassociate himself from further connections to Anakin, thereby controlling the narrative he continually tells Luke - that Vader killed his father. Admitting he knows R2 and 3PO may lead to more questions from Luke, that will require more lies.
This was extremely poor writing on Lucas's part but if you roll with it, it's actually hilarious. Imagine - you're Darth Vader, and one day a banged-up freighter flies into your doomsday station's hangar and it's carrying your son, your daughter, your astromech droid, the protocol droid you personally built as a child and your master, Obi-Wan Kenobi. Everything rhymes; you can feel the inexorable tides of fate that reunited everyone at this moment; the Force is strong...
... except for the truck driver in the vest. But hey. Maybe even the Force isn't above taking an Uber to get everyone together instead of tracking down some Special Fated Person, right?
Yeah. Yeah that's what you said. "Nah. THAT one is coincidence," you said, and then the NEXT DAY he pops up in a souped up 18 wheeler and shoots you, one of the greatest fighter pilots in the galaxy, square in the ass before your snot-nosed kid blows your uberstation to hell and gone and now you're flying around trying to get a signal, knowing that there's gonna be one hell of a chat with Palpatine once you do, and you're still wondering *who the hell was that fucker in the vest!?*
I doubt it. Being on the left means you're constantly annoyed and exasperated by other leftists, but you do it anyway because it's about a commitment to human liberation. It's not a social club
@NickFreiling@ScottJeschke another rare occurrence is when Roger and Joan get mugged. if I didn't know about the strict AMC budgeting preventing street scenes I'd say that it was a narrative choice, reinforcing the office workers' class distinctions (not being caught on the grubby sidewalks etc etc)
@zayzoonNOW I think there's every chance he's concerned that if he doesn't make the satire obvious, the chuds will start loving him. he really hates chuds.
@L0URDOFTHEFLIES I think it's right that Santos not want to speak to Robby about his ideations seeing as she is still clearly struggling with facing and owning up to her own self harm habits. they're two peas in a pod and why they revel in making fun of Langdon maybe relapsing.
@jailedamanda I think that's a good angle but not the whole picture. he's also pissed off that Langdon has such a clear road to recovery whereas his battle with depression has (to him) no discernable way out (other than the roof).
@robbys_toupee maybe on a subconscious level but even then I think this is being too charitable. imho he's being like this because misery loves company, simple as.