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  1. 51 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    You should check out the "Light and Magic" docuseries on Disney+, I think it may change your mind about at least EP1. They were really doing some incredibly groundbreaking technical filmmaking in that first film. It wasn't the best story telling, but it sure did expand the universe of Star Wars

     

    And you're right, some of it is just ridiculous - but it's a space opera fantasy adventure about space wizards with laser swords! There's gonna be some silliness like that.

    The CGI work done in TPM was pretty big for the movie industry. The pod racing scene alone is ridiculous for a film that came out in ‘99. I’m technically a prequel kid, and while there was some bad CGI in those films, there was also really good ones as well that still hold up today.

    I remember thinking the technology is only going to get better with CGI and movies will able to do some awesome stuff. Then Marvel did their thing and I’ve yet to see a CGI scene from that franchise better than the 5 second close up of Grievous in ROTS. I don’t watch a ton of marvel stuff so I could be wrong. 

  2. 46 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

    Whats great about Andor is that its about the characters and the story. The star wars universe is only a setting and not the entire show.

    Its not about getting the minutia of canon correct down to hair follicle placement. People obsessed with that shit are fucking losers. They know it, we know it, everyone knows it.

    Sir, you should know screws and bricks do not belong in the SW universe. By having those small details in a show like Andor, it takes away the aesthetic appeal of SW and the story being presented. /s

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  3. 5 hours ago, Rimbo said:

    Ahsoka and Thrawn were the best characters in Star Wars before Andor happened. 

    Both are in Rebels. And the portrayal of Thrawn is perfect there.

    The Thrawn books in both legends and Disney canon are pretty good.  

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  4. 2 hours ago, Hate said:

    Alright.  We've all had time to digest the series now...some of us more than a few times.  What are your nitpicks of the Andor.  I know most are going to say the space "rock, paper scissors" guys, but there was a purpose to that.  The only one I can really think of is the aliens that catch Andor and Melshi in their nets but then just let them go...and then even give them a ride to another planet.  But that is really about it.  Everything else was greatness. 

    Agree with the rock, paper scissors guys and their purpose but the execution could have been better. I’ll say this show has the luxury of being great on practically every level that the small faults or nitpicks don’t hinder the experience. I guess we could say a fault of the series is what we didn’t get to see from the talented people working on this show because of the need to squeeze it from 5 seasons to only 2 seasons. For as long as I live, I’ll will be wishing we got to see the original horror/Alien like idea of how K-2 and Cassian met. It’s unfortunate the episode had to be scratched for budget reasons but at least we go this epic scene. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said:

     

     

     

    You have to get to the ball to make an error. Flores has zero range at all.

    I think he’s tied with Arod for errors on the season. The guy made plenty of errors. I was more so calling out the plays like the Aggie regional last year.

    But I agree Flores lacks the athleticism/range for short and it’s probably why 3rd is where he’ll play at the next level. The amount of balls that went off his glove in the hole or slow rollers he wasn’t quick enough to get out was so, so bad. Against UTSA in game 2, the ball to 5 hole in the 9th highlights his lack of range in terms of what we’ve seen throughout his time here. 

  6. 53 minutes ago, Js1 said:

    And we bitched about Flores - .970

    Flores was an okay fielder, but his errors always seemed to happen at the worst possible time. 

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  7. 21 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    yes, agree on Arod thats why I said he should probably lockdown one of the OF positions.  aware of Mendoza, he's likely good.

    I could see Arod playing the infield if that is where he’s more comfortable. If I’m not mistaken, I think he was a plus defender at short in high school. I just wouldn’t pencil him in the outfield yet. 

  8. 25 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

    yeah, my guess, is he can't be too crazy on stating publicly he needs 8 new position players but even the 4-5 statement is pretty damning to the current players.

    I know there will be guys staying that we'd rather replace but I really can't think of a position where it is outright "we don't need to look".  If he comes back, Galvan is solid and it is a premium D position.  Arod seems to be good enough to stick one of the OF positions. Borba can DH.  Every other position should be wide open.  Jonah is a wildcard obviously.

    I’m going to give Arod the benefit of the doubt when it comes to his defense since he played hurt for half the season. He has the tools to grow into a more sound defender and I’m a little surprised how well he did in the outfield all things considered.

    Agree on Jonah but don’t forget Mendoza. 

  9. 5 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    They didn’t win because they went all in or whatever. They were straight up better.

    There was a stat posted during the ucla game yesterday that they lead the NCAA in batting average, home runs, rbi when hitters have two strikes. That’s a coaching and mentality thing not a “beat Texas” thing.

    Leads the nation in come from behind victories as well. 

  10. 19 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I didn’t discount that. I made it a round about point that they outhit us because their approaches at the plate from 1-9 is far superior than ours with more talent. 

    The staff also couldn’t stop throwing cock-shots or hitting them. Base running was atrocious. Fielding was also bad. Schloss even got out coached in certain points. The point is the talent in the lineup was also not fielding, pitching or running the bases well either. You can’t just be hyper focused on one facet of the game when the collapse post Aggie was in all phases. 

  11. 23 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Would you say we have more talent than UTSA? 

    For the most part but that doesn’t mean you should completely discount what UTSA was able to do. It was a complete failure in all phases. 

  12. 6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    Why on the bolded? Outside of homeruns we absolutely suck at hitting as a whole. Same issues across two different HC's with him.

     

    Weiner can be explained by injuries and lack of arm talent as a whole. But given our recruiting class and the work we're about to do in the portal I think overall we will be much better pitching staff moving forward.

    Look what Tulo had to work with. Talent wise there wasn’t much there for him, and it’s easy to see which guys wouldn’t sniff the middle to top end of rosters in the SEC. Winfield turned out to be a dud and Rodriguez was doing pretty good till he hurt his hand—still did well in towards the end all things considered. 4ish guys in the lineup were somewhat consistent with the rest being in and out of the lineup or a black hole. And while Flores regressed from last year, guys like Galvan and Kimble improved. At least Weiner got an ace and Ruger out of the portal, and freshmen of the year in the SEC. 

  13. Just now, Cairn Horn88 said:

    Turn out the lights when you leave.  That’s all folks.   We regressed and petered out.  We pulled an aggy.

    I think not considering Aggie has never won the SEC. 

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  14. 2 minutes ago, hobbes2702 said:

    Glad they suck otherwise gaspo was dead. Why are we so bad at baserunning 

    If I remember correctly, Cain as the 3rd base coach was an issue at Aggie as well. Not saying our guys are can’t be dumb, too. 

  15. 6 minutes ago, Hondo said:

    Cherrypicking exceptions that prove the rule doesn't make the point you think you're making.  Quite the opposite, actually.  

     

    Cherrypicking, really? And pointing out facial hair or “swagger/theatrics” when a guy messes up proves your entire point. Actually, I’m going to give Flores a call and tell him to shave his mustache so he can hit the ball opposite field. 

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  16. 27 minutes ago, Hondo said:

    Yes, I've pondered it and I agree with you.  It also supports my point.

    All the more reason you can't do this...

     

    Complaining about swagger and theatrics, which have been mostly with Williams and Galvan when it comes to you, seems a bit pointless when you check that they both combined for half the RBI’s tonight at the plate. Williams is true freshman at 17 years old and struggles at the plate when it’s not his pitch. Wow, shocker.

    My point is Galvan having a bit of personality(1st team all-sec) or guys having some facial hair is at the very fucking bottom of why we are not playing good right now. 
     

    27 minutes ago, Cajun said:

    I think this pretty much nails it.

    What is disconcerting is that our hitters seem to get worse over time, not better.  I can't help but wonder wtf Tulo is doing with all of that.?

     From this angle it doesn't look too good.

    Tough to say since we aren’t involved with the day to day coaching. The guys have made bad habits that sprouted a little after the middle of the season. It’s similar to what they showed last year with Pierce. Sometimes you can’t coach consistency and guys will ultimately level up or revert back to their mean once the grind sets in. There is only so much Tulo/Schloss can do before it sets in that Gaspo can’t lay off pitches in the other batters box. 

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  17. 9 minutes ago, Hondo said:

    No discipline, no attention to detail, no doing the little things right, focused on all the wrong things (swagger and theatrics vs. getting a fucking bunt down), etc.

    I've been bitching about it since April and y'all were losing your minds over it.  Hate to say "I told ya so"...but here we are.

     

    Have you ever pondered that some guys on this team anre just not good and Schloss et al have squeezed everything they can out of them? We got like 3 black holes in the lineup with two others that have been playing injured. I mean it’s the same lineup and defense Pierce had outside of 2 or 3 guys and they’ve managed to win the SEC and get the 2nd overall seed. 

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  18. 44 minutes ago, RGBIII said:

    Vaughn will jump at the opportunity, I imagine. His dad played there. Would be a good hire for them. O'Connor gives me Jimbo vibes, lightning in a bottle championship with worsening results since (2023 being an outlier). I hope he is the hire

    I actually think O’Connor would be a good hire for them even though Vaughn or Canham would be better. He’s the sole architect of making that program what it is today. Jimbo was gifted a Ferrari at FSU and we all know how that went. O’Connor would at a minimum raise the floor for Aggie and run a competent program. I just don’t think they can pull him away from Virginia since he got a raise last year. 

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  19. 1 hour ago, aggie08 said:

    I don't think you're in the minority. S1 was better. One of the consistently great seasons in television history. People are just lapping up Season 2 because it somehow managed to live up to expectations and be almost as good.

    S2 didn’t just live up to expectations — it exceeded them. And people “lapping up season 2” is a wild stretch considering everything it achieved thematically with season 1. 

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