But ultimately, you aren’t wrong. It’s a common theme of Rogue One that the Death Star (Mark I) is badly behind schedule - so behind that Grand Moff Tarkin is sent to get things moving.
Holy crap.
After they admitted they spent too much money on The Acolyte, they don’t seem to have learned anything. I don’t mind a budget that is reflected on the screen, where you can really tell the money was spent on it for good reason. But that is becoming increasingly rare as the number gets astronomically higher and the visual quality does not change.
Also the VFX studios are notoriously underpaid, so where the hell is the money actually going?
Is it the studios that are underpaid, or the artists who work for the studios?
The studios underbid, so that leads to the artists being overworked for the same amount of pay. It all amounts to the same thing, that huge budgets do not necessarily mean crews get to see any of it.
Cool. If anything on TV is worth spending that kind of money on, it’s Andor.
Andor was at it’s best when it wasn’t spending a ton of money though. I hope they don’t use a bunch of spectacle as substitute for good dialogue.
It seems like S1 was also a ton of money …
I disagree. The sets on the show - all built from scratch - were amazing, and contributed hugely to the story. Would the prison scenes have worked without the prison? Would the riot at the end of the season have worked if it hadn’t taken place in that completely convincing city? Part of what made the show so good was that unlike other SW shows, it felt like it took place in a real, tangible world. A world that was enhanced by great CGI, not beholden to it.
SORRY wrong thread!