Yep, haven't watched a single episode since Kill the Moon, and I will continue to do so. I've officially dropped this show.

Thank you so much, guys, the positive feedback is rather overwhelming.

I've updated the post with the making-of, please check it out!

I'm never really cared for this new universe. It doesn't look like Star Wars at all. More like Mass Effect.

Still, this trailer is incredibly gorgeous. Blur outdid themselves this time.

I don't think that would have been very subtle. His hand is a very powerful way to convey what he's becoming. We've known about it since the end of Empire, but it was only the after-effect of his fight against Vader. Suddenly, we see it as Luke taking the same path as his father. I think it was a bit of a shock for the audience: "Oh, wow, he's turning into his father, I'd never looked at it this way".

Seeing it for the second time today, I can only confirm that there's no point in going to see this movie in a theater if said theater has a shitty sound system. This time around - unlike the first time I saw it - the volume was good, and it changed my experience entirely. The sheer intensity of the bigger action parts of this film had me filled with adrenaline, almost breathless. I couldn't believe it. Walking out, I only wanted to get back in for a third viewing.

Fuck, this movie is amazing. Having spent the last week digesting breakdowns and talks about the VFX, I find the work done on it absolutely insane. It's seamless, the kind of VFX I love. I'm so happy they went with such colorful aesethics (which wasn't the case in the first place; early promo pictures show a more traditional gritty post-apocalyptic style). The night sequence is stunning, and is somewhat impressive when you know it was shot in overexposed day-for-night.

To anyone who still hasn't seen it, because they don't trust action movies, because they don't know the first thing about Mad Max, because waiting for the bluray seems good enough; trust me, it's not. See it in a theater, with full volume. It completely stands alone, everything you need to know is explained through world-building or just a tiny bit of smart exposition. And it's knowledge you specifically need for this story, because frankly, Fury Road doesn't care about the other movies, it does its own thing.

And it's nothing like the Avengers or some other random action flick. I wouldn't go as far as to say it's redefining the genre or anything like that, it's probably too early to tell and I don't want to be over-enthusiastic about it. But damn, that's one hell of a ride, and far from being empty of character development.