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Andor: Rix Road (2022)
The Spark that Started a Revolution - Episode 12 and Season 1 Review
Rederick Douglass once said, "The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion." This quote was regarding the slavery and oppression plaguing America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The whole episode, and frankly, the majority of the season, can be captured by 1 word. Emotions. What I mean by that is there is actual oppression and sadness that can be seen by people living under the empire, and how it increases as the empire grows. People are sad, oppressed, and have had enough, AND YOU CAN FEEL IT.
How one evil created another in the unbalance of power that the empire had become. Yes, you may say that he is the necessary evil and whatnot, but still, one bad doesn't make another wrong right, and all along, when we thought someone like Saw Garerra was messed up in his tactics and methods, in this series was saw another, and his name was Luthen. Both these actors' acting was phenomenal, and they performed their roles perfectly.
In this final episode, Luthen realised something. Even though he has become the very thing he wants to destroy (and he's conscious of it), he doesn't need to do the things he does anymore (to the level of killing someone you recruited, at least). This is because it's gotten to a stage where the people are rising against the empire. Regular civilians such as Maarva can make a speech that moved many, including Luthen (this scene was incredible, by the way). Luthens emotions displayed in this scene were so obscure, was he impressed, was it unexpected, was it relief, I couldn't tell, but I want to believe that he was in the mindset that (the rebellion had finally begun).
For the regular people, it got to the point where people went full-on against the soldiers with no weapons. Regular people, where moments ago we saw their sad emotions, their anger coming out, feeling like we knew them, were being plain killed by troopers while they were trying to protect their fellow town members.
This is also the reason that Cassian had the confidence to go to Luthen on his ship later. He knew that the rebellion had begun and that killing Cassian would be illogical as they need each other. Can't wait to see what happens in the next season!
This series perfectly captured life under the strict rule of the empire for ordinary everyday people in the universe of star wars, which was refreshing to see.
The writing (it made sense, for once in Disney SW), atmosphere, cinematography and acting were excellent. There was a lot of humanisation of characters, and we saw deep reasons and motivations for becoming a rebel.
Overall, this season/series gets a solid 9/10 for me.
Assassin's Creed (2016)
Goosbumps the whole way!
I relived the moments of my childhood, when I was playing assassins creed every single day nonstop, playing every series until Assassins creed blackflag for every release on every date it came out.
The game and its stories behind it was outstanding, and to see it re- made in a real life form with today's CGI effects and stunts was just amazing, seeing the Parkour was the most amazing thing for me. Not gonna lie, I felt like I was a kid again lol.
Now to the film, it was great, there were some really good actors involved in this movie, but they didn't talk much about the history of the apple, the creed, and the Templar, so if you are reading this now and want to watch it, I recommend you play the games, or go through the scenes and walk through's on YouTube before watching this, it will make the film 10x better for you.
I had wished they made the scenes with the animus more into the 1400's era instead of showing transitions of overlays of the main protagonist in and out every 2 minutes, it just became annoying. More parkour in the real assassins creed era would of been much better and enjoyable to watch.
I have no idea what they plan to do in the next one if they ever plan to release it, I hope it is some other character and is dedicated to show new viewers the history of the series.
24: Day 3: 6:00 a.m.-7:00 a.m. (2004)
Extraordinary Episode "SPOILER ALERT"
This Episode was historic, (MAKE SURE TO WATCH BEFORE YOU READ!)
First of all I would like to say, I have never written a review in IMDb before, but for this episode of 24, it had to be done.
It was emotional, and crazy at the same time, we learn't more about the legend Cheppel, the fact that he always acted heartless and a leader that always followed protocols was now over, he started shaking towards the end, and he tried taking his own life to prove that he can trust his self. He told the truth about the cigarette, and believe it or not guys, I smoked one the moment he went out for that ciggi, and for the end I went to the stores to buy a camel ciggi to honor him.
This episode was amazing, un-explainable, there for I will say no more.
R.I.P Chappel :'(