Another question for the board, if you would indulge me.
In keeping with the above comments, the response does seem to be overwhelmingly positive. For me, it’s the deeper story & characters, the realism, and most importantly the lack of connection to The Saga. However, I do have a close friend who isn’t all-in and in fact has some criticisms. We have a weekly evening nerd call where we discuss all things film & TV pop culture. We tend to stay primarily on Marvel, Star Wars, and DC.
His criticism of Andor is that it’s so grounded in an Earth-like reality that doesn’t offer a real escape from a long work week or our real world stresses and problems. The very thing I like most about it is the part that has disappointed him. His biggest criticism was from an episode or two back where we see Syril at home with his mom. He gets up, goes too he kitchen, eats a bowl of cereal, and then gets ready to go to work - where he sits in a cubicle wearing a suit & tie.
As he says, the world and our culture are a mess and life can be very stressful, is it too much to ask for just one hour a week where he isn’t reminded of it. I absolutely get that and I agree. It’s nice to step away even for an hour or so.
He says for him it was just too much like Earth to offer any escapism. I found the Earthiness to be a bit interesting (the cubicle part, going on a job interview, etc), because a great many of us may exist in that very world. I’m very happy with the show, where he wants more droids and aliens. Note: he was very happy that the vacation planet offered up what he’d been missing.
What say the board: Too Earth-like or no?
Sounds like your need a new friend. Lol.
Nah, I guess I can see that criticism even if I completely disagree with it. I’m fortunate in that I don’t work a cubicle job and my work life is pretty low stress and enjoyable. So escapism isn’t a needed aspect for me to enjoy something.
And I agree with you. Seeing the “slice of life” aspect of Star Wars and the mundane bureaucracy of the Empire and all the infighting and ladder climbing inherent within has been really fun and fascinating! Of course, it helps that the writing and acting is just superb to sell the interest in the mundane. With a lesser creative team behind this it could be a total train wreck of boringness. But it’s not! It’s SOOO good!