Star Worse

In comments, the usually sensible Confederate Contingent rises to the defense of The Book of Boba Fett. We're shocked, saddened and disappointed, like Alexander Stevens after Jeff Davis got the presidency. The Book of Boba Fett started off mediocre, improved a bit, and then turned into The Mandalorian because John Favreau new the show wasn't working. By the way, the episode where they're on the Dyson Sphere is visually very interesting.

The Book of Boba Fett's problems start with the writing. There are too many flashbacks in the first few episodes.  Boba Fett's hero's journey really doesn't work for an actor as old as Temuera Morrison. Of course he played Boba Fett in a couple of episodes of The Mandalorian, but for some reason he just doesn't work here. In his one action scene, Boba looked stunted and lame, because Morrison is an old man. 

We liked the idea of Boba taking over Jaba the Hutt's territory. But he should have done so from the palace. The dirty work should have been left to Fennec Shand, played wonderfully by Ming-na Wen. Her Fennec is glaring, ruthless and deadly. 

The Confederate Contingent does make a good point. Shows usually have problems their first season. True. The first season of Star Trek, TNG is horribly, brutally bad, and it doesn't get better till they get rid of Gene Roddenberry. But with TNG producers already had proof of concept. We were never thrilled with the idea of a Boba Fett show. But an Obi Wan show, wow....

[I'd be careful about getting your hopes up about Kenobi-Ed]

Sage advice. There's a 50/50 chance Kenobi will suck. It's produced by Kathleen Kennedy, the bitch.  Let's see...Joby Harold is the head writer. We know nothing about the man but don't see any warning signs in his bio. Deborah Chow is the director...says she's done some Mandalorian episodes as well as Better Call Saul. Okay. Reason for caution, but reason for hope as well. 

Below, your Friday Flag, unchanged:

The Friday Jew

Yesterday was Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah), we were told. We had to be told because we didn't know. Also, we didn't care. Stroock's Books has no interest in the Holocaust whatsoever. The Holocaust and those peddling it teach Jews to be victims. We'd much rather write about the least victimized Jews in history: the Israelis. They should have marked Yom Hashoah with a combined air and submarine strike on the Iranian nuclear reactor at Bushehr; Operation Arial Sharon. But PM Naftali Bennett doesn't listen to us.

Below the IAF over Auschwitz:

And here's a joint IAF/Luftwaffe flyover of Jerusalem. Breathtaking:

What Will's watching, The Book of Boba Fett, Chapter-5....we think. We're not sure. The title upon which we clicked said Book of Bobba Fett but Mando was on screen and we thought we'd accidently started an episode of The Mandalorian.  The episode was ...okay but deeply confusing. ?/?

Seriously why did John Favreau use The Book of Boba Fett to make an episode of The Mandalorian? Okay, fine they brought Mando into the series, Bobba Fett shows up in The Mandalorian too. But Favreau wrote a lot more than a special guest appearance. He moved Mando's character arc along. There was the Mandalorian coven, Grogu, Mando getting a new ship, return characters from The Mandalorian. Exit question: what exactly is happening at Lucas Film?

The Friday Flag: Obvs:

Admiral Redskin?

New York City Mayor Eric Adams may be tough on crime, but it won't matter if the new Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg, is pro-criminal. John Podhoretz laments: 'The newly sworn-in Manhattan district attorney has just made the largest in-kind contribution to the GOP in modern history in the form of the already-notorious memo he sent to his underlings announcing how his office would handle its caseload. Simply put, Bragg’s approach is to pretend crime isn’t crime, that criminals aren’t criminals and that punishing people for breaking the law is bad.' This blog supports prison, bail, and sentencing reform. DA's like Alving Bragg make it difficult to do so. 

Moving on...25 House Democrats have announced they're retiring.  We'll declare that the number of House Dems retiring will be the number of House seats the GOP picks up in 2022. This blog feels that because of Gerrymandering and the Great Blue State Exodus, the 2022 Red Wave will not be as huge as the 1994 and 2010 Red Waves. 

The retiring Dems are bad enough, 7 from the Congressional Black Caucus alone. Celebrate all you want, but these people will be replaced by the young and woke. You know, AOC and the rest of the brother loving Squad. Enjoy the short-term gains, GOP. In the long-term, this will be bad. 

Breitbart reports that the Washington Football Team may have inadvertently revealed its name change, which was not to be announced till 2 Feb. We've loathed the Redskins for a quarter of a century now, so anything that adds to their humiliation is alright by us. Washington Admirals? It's....Okaaaay? A few years ago, we called on Redskin's owner Daniel Snyder (spawn of Satan) to rename the team the Red Tails and use the tail fin of a Tuskegee P-51 for the logo. But no one listens to us. 

I hate the Redskins/ Oh, yes I do

And Danny Snyder/ Go to hell fuck you

Baring Red Tails, how about the Washington Foreskins?

Should we expound on our loathing of the WFT in a Substack post? Maybe.

Extrapolating further...the NFL has a real naming problem. The two 90's expansion teams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers are terrible and unimaginative names.  And don't get us started on the black and teal uniforms. What's your favorite/least favorite team name?

What Will's Watching, The Book of Boba Fett, episode II: This episode told the story of Boba Fett's time with the Tusken Sand People and eventual acceptance into the tribe. Was this the Book of Boba Fett, or the Book of Paul Atredies? Better than episode I, but still rote and predictable. We actually nodded off for a few seconds. Here's hoping The Book of Boba Fett continues to improve. 1/4