Doesn’t really matter
One of the reasons that I liked Andor so much was because it had a clear beginning, middle, and end.
That’s such a basic thing that you’d think all published media would have, at the very least, that.
Oh man, you’d be so wrong.
Like, I absolutely loved Heroes when it first came out. Ditto for Lost back in the day.
But, somewhere along the line, they were clearly just writing to keep the money coming in and I – and a lotta other people – just lost interest.
But that’s not just with television series, that can happen in movies as well.
Clearly the Godfather and the Godfather II were excellent. But did we really need the Godfather III?
And Rocky – man, that was a perfect film. And Rocky II was pretty good. Plus, I gotta admit that didn’t hate Rocky III.
But Rocky IV turned me off and I never saw a single other sequel after that – dunno if you know, but there were eight Rocky films, total.

What made Rocky perfect was that, in a nutshell, Rocky was a loser.
And it was just so real – probably because, at that time, the author and soon-to-be star, Sylvester Stallone, was also a loser at that time.
Like, the dude was so broke, he had to sell his own dog for $25 to eat.
Little wonder it was such a popular film, especially with the awkward and overweight Chinese-American crowd.
Well, one of them, at least.
Somehow, Sly managed to convince a major studio to not only buy his script but also let him be the main star in it.
But, along the way, there was a noticeable mess up that they had to fix.
See, in the final fight, Rocky wore a pair of white trunks with a red waistband and stripes down each leg.
Unfortunately, there’s a scene where Rocky sees a giant poster of himself hanging in the stadium, but he’s wearing red trunks with white stripes.
This was actually a mistake by the art department and they didn’t have the time (or money) to redo the poster. Yet this was an important bit of scenery that was needed.
What to do?
Well, all they did was to have Rocky stare at the poster and mention to the promoter, before the fight, Rocky says that the trunks are the wrong color, and the promoter says, “It doesn’t really matter, does it?”
Because Rocky was a loser and he literally just had to show up and get the stuffing beat outta him.
So, what was a pretty glaring mistake ended up pushing the point that Rocky was insignificant in every aspect.
Except he wasn’t.
Just a random story for a random night.
Him: I can’t do anything right.
Me: Don’t say that.
Him: Why not?
Me: Because when you say things, you give them life, even if they’re not true. You are what you say you are.
Location: A bar in Brooklyn this late morning
Mood: ick
Music: wrapping up his hand, he’s getting ready for the showdown (Spotify)
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