As a massive long time fan, I'd say the issue is Star Wars was originally a post-war film, and it's been deliberately held back from evolving to keep it recognizable. As a result, it doesn't resonate with audiences the way it used to. It's just not relevant any more. Andor was a great example of what they can do within the Star Wars galaxy to be relevant.

It kinda doesn't. The scope of the story is small and it's geared towards a younger audience. Also, everything is CGI. Other than Mando, I don't recall another human actor (besides stormtroopers) with more than about 3 minutes of screen time.

While that feels very Star Wars Galaxy, I think the movie suffers for it. That being said, it was pretty funny in parts.

Comparing to 7-9 is unfair because other than a few signature pieces, it's a completely different kind of movie. There is no heroes journey. No one is changed or evolves. There is no compelling mystery to solve. And the scale of spectacle can't begin to compare to a main saga movie.

My favorite sequel is TLJ and I'd say M&G is most like that in tone (smaller scale, more personal scope, humor) but also it's just a very different movie.

Everything is Turing complete these days. Someone out there is devising a test to prove Legos are Turing complete.

Could be that they don't want people selling knock off shit as real and tanking their reputation. Or it could be assholery.

If it were an episode it wouldn't've have had the scale it did. But otherwise I agree. You either like the characters and are willing to give some latitude to enjoy their adventures... or you don't. In any event, I 100% agree that nothing in the movie really demands to be seen on a huge screen or with a fancy sound system.

Worth the money depends. A ticket is less than 2 months of Disney+. Less than 1 if you see a mantinee. But, if you already subscribe (which seems likely if you like the characters), that is moot. Anyway, just trying to put that into perspective. My wife and I saw it on the best local screen, and it ran us about $60 with popcorn, candy, and soda. It was fine for a date night and gave us something to talk about.

I said vaguely. I'm not a communist or Marxist and recognize the limits of my understanding.

The difference between owning the means of production and sharing ownership with investors feels meaningful but not diametrically opposed. Without the investors, the workers would STILL have to weigh their ownership stake against working conditions and determine what is in their best interest.

I agree that bonuses being outside the workers control makes them not great overall, however in this case the bonus isn't cash, but a stake in the company which again ties the payment to future performance. Not in a way the workers can directly control, but there is always going to be friction between what workers deserve to be paid for their work and what customers are willing to pay for the product. Ordinarily that friction serves to make investors fabulously rich and the workers largely get exploited.

Anyway, I said vaguely and I stand by it. If you want to go in depth on your views of capitalism and Marxism, I promise to read and likely be fascinated. But I think you read that with a lot more intent than I originally meant to impart. I probably should've just left that bit out, knowing Lemmy users.

I saw it. As a fan of the characters and shows, it gave me exactly what I expected. Which I suppose is both good and bad.

Overall, I rate it a fun romp. Definitely worth it if you like the characters or if you like Star Wars in general and aren't someone who typically engages with the hate. But if you dwell on how terrible Book of Boba Fett is or how The Last Jedi ruined the sequels, you're probably not going to have a great time.

It's about time! I couldn't get enough of the singing and dancing the first time around!

Seems like a good thing. Aligning workers and shareholders seems reasonable. And it even seems vaguely lefty, with the workers having a bigger stake in the means of production and all. Valuation might go down, and if there is a global recession most of our 401ks will go down, too. I don't see any disproportionate downside.

They are going to enshittify so hard trying to get their money back... it's too bad, too. I use ChatGPT a fair bit for various things. But eras end and this could herald the end of it being useful to me. At some point I was always just going to set up my own local AI on a server here at home. Hopefully hardware prices can recover a bit before I feel compelled to move on from ChatGPT.

There's no incentive to enshittify. Donations from myself and others cover at least the ongoing cost if not the labor. There is nothing here trying to compete for my attention and keep me here as long as it can. No bugging me with notifications that I'm missing out on conversations or posts. I just use it here and there and if I need a few days because I'm not in the right headspace to socialize I just take it without it trying to guilt me or FOMO me into coming back.

It feels like back in the early days of the internet. You can run out of new content: go do something else for a bit. I feel like people are kinder and more polite here, though it could be my aggressive blocking of people I don't enjoy interacting with combined with my own increased effort to extend people grace.

How is a 24 year old a former GOP leader? Like this dude has wrong written all over his face. How the fuck is he leadership material unless they've gerrymandered his bathroom into its own district?