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Why did you say unfortunately about being baptized?

Im not a fan of courtroom dramas /movies but I must say A Few Good Men held my attention till the end. Excellent movie.

That the marine corps silent drill team . They do all the moment without voical commands.

As a former U.S Marine when you are given a direct order by your commanding officer you follow that order or you could be court-martial you service records get trash that you don't follow orders.

The prosecutor in the movie went on to be Perry White in Lois and Clark The new adventure of Superman.

Saw this offered, was happy to see it's over an hour reaction, but then saw it was a colorized version. Stopped before 3 minutes in. I don't watch colorized art. It's not what the filmmaker intended.

This is decent fan fiction. It's not how they got the Death Star plans. It's the only decent Disney product.

Part 2 when?

The Andor series is beyond phenomenal. You should definitely check it out. Season 2 comes out in April 💖

Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies!

the baldy reactor is so annoying.

Part 2: 2. You remarked about the easy and open "discovery" between the prosecutor and defense atorneys. This is quite common and expected in the military practice of law. At a certain point in time, it is of course REQUIRED by the law -- especially by prosecutors informing defense counsel. But in the military -- unlike the civilian world of legal practice -- there is generally FAR LESS "GAMESMANSHIP" betweem the opposing military attorneys. They are professional colleagues and military officers where "your word is your bond" and they are often friends outside of the courtroom ... so there is much greater collegiality and easy exchange of information that must be discovered anyway. I ALWAYS made it a point to jave my paralegals prepare a FULL COPY of everything I had in my evidence file to give to my opposing defense counsel ASAP. That's the decent, professional thing to do, and it often facilitated guilty pleas and streamlined courtcases because there were NO unfair "surprises" or "hiding the ball" to gain an unjust advantage. Even as a prosecutor, my FIRST and PRIMARY DUTY was to seek JUSTICE -- not merely "secure a conviction at all costs." 3. Finally, there were several irregularities I noted in the movie as well that might be of interest to you and your readers: a) The JAG Symbol in the court room. You may recall that the setting of the trial was supposedly taking place in a Navy-Marine court room in Washington D.C. (probably the Washington Navy Yard). Yet if you look closely at the front of the wood podium behind which the Marine Corps prosecutor is questioning the witness (see beginning at the 31:49 minute mark of your video, off-and-on for a minute of action or so), you will see a same color wood circular seal containing a crossed sword and quill pen. That IS indeed a JAG Badge symbol -- BUT it is the seal of the U.S. ARMY's JAG Corps ... NOT the U.S. Navy's JAG Corps !!!!! Each service JAG Corps has its own seal/symbol, and the Navy's is a mill rind (not a crossed sword and quill pen). Additionally and by contrast, the seal/sympol of the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps is a balanced scale of justice resting on the Air Force crest/shield, all surrounded by a laurel wreath. I realize that this is a minute detail that most folks wouldn't recognize or care about -- but to someone who was an actual AF JAG and had friends/attirney colleagues in the other service branches and knew their seals/symbols, it was quite noticable and glaring. b) The court room theatrics -- and especially the disrespectful tone and abusive language directed at certain witnesses, the judge, and superior ranking officers was pure "Hollywood" for entertainment only. While litigators can on occasion engage in spirited sparring and point-making, it NEVER rises to the level dis[played in the movie. People could NEVER get away with such disrespectful antics, cussing, denunciation, etc. in an orderly, professional, and dignified MILITARY court room -- nor would they ever even DARE try !!! c) The joint trial of the two accused Marines. While not a complete "impossibility" technically speaking, trying both defendants together in a court-martial is HIGHLY, HIGHLY IRREGULAR ... and is so rare/unheard of that I NEVER was aware of it occurring all my time spent in service. But crtainly for "Hollywood purposes," it was far more expedient to lump the two defendants together and not waste screen time on separate trials. d) The supposed "crime" of "Conduct Unbecoming a Marine" (the sole offense for which the two on trial were convicted) is a FRAUD. NO SUCH CRIME EXISTS under the provisions of the UCMJ (see above). Hollywood completely fabricated that offense/charge, and it's very disappointing to me that they did -- because it was completely UNNECESSARY that they made that choice. The PROPER charge they could have written into the script -- that would have been believable and which COULD have resulted in an actual convidtion -- would have been a charge under one of the "General Articles" of the UCMJ. There is such a criminal offense under Article 133 of the UCMJ known as "Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman" -- but it is reserved solely for, and specific unto, OFFICERS ONLY. In other words, because the two defendants in the movie story were young enlisted Marines and NOT Marine officers (like the prosecutor, judge, Col Jessup, etc,), the Govwrnment had NO ability to charge them with "conduct unbecoming" under Article 133 of the UCMJ. HOWEVER, Article 134 of the UCMJ is the "general Article" that could and should have been invoked. Article 134 of the UCMJ covers offenses that fall within the rubric of "Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Discipline, OR of a Nature to Bring Discredit Upon the Armed Forces" THAT is what the two Marines could have been charged with (and convicted of, even after being acquitted of the murder and acquitted of conspiracy to commit murder). But I guess the PROPER and ACCCURATE charge was "too big of a mouthful" to put into the script, so Hollywood FABRICATED a FAKE crime which doesn't exist under the UCMJ called "conduct unbecoming a Marine." I hope this commentary helps you and your readers.

Hi Danien & Lucy ... You had asked about jury selection in military courts-martial. I can help you and your readers with this because I served as a Judge Advocate ("JAG" -- military lawyer), and conducted a fair number of trials. I have a lengthy commentary that I will need to break down into a couple parts. My commentary will not only address your question(s), but also cover several observations about this movie that were somewhat incorrect and divorced from reality. Nonetheless the movie was very entertaining and I enjoyed it. Part 1: 1. Jury selection in the Military: This is done by the "convening authority" -- who is the military commander responsible for ordering the court-martial to take place. The people who are selected and detailed for court-martial duty are RANDOMLY selected by the Convening Authority. ALL people who serve on a military jury MUST be of the same or senior rank to the accused. Typically, a court-martial panel of jurors consists of a selection of different officers (junior, mid-level, and some senior) ... BUT the panel CAN also include senior enlisted personnel IF the accused is an enlisted service member AND specifically requests enlisted members be included on his panel along with officers. There is no such thing as "ONLY" enlisted panels, and if the accused is an officer, he can NEVER have enlisted members serving on his panel. During voir dire in military trials, the attorneys have an unlimited number of challenges for cause available to prevent biased jorors from being seatred. In addition, each side (prosecution and defense) typically is alotted 1 peremptory challenge ... but the prosecutor virtually never exercises it. In "lesser" trial cases, the court is called a "Special Court-Martial" (SPCM) and generally handles "misdemeanor" offenses. Ususlly in the Air Force (which was my service branch) the commander responsible for ordering the SPCM is the installation host wing commander -- typically a full colonel at least and sometimes a 1-star (Brigadier) General. As a result of the SPCM being a "misdemeanor" forum, there is a jurisdictional maximum confinement sentence up to 1 year allowed in this forum. Additionally, in the SPCM, there are jurisdictional limitations on the other available components of a sentence as well if an accused is found guilty: more limited $$$ fines/pay forfeitures and limited reduction in grade (rank), plus a less severe punitive discharge characterization available. For example, in the SPCM, the worst possible punitive discharge the court-martial could impose upon a convicted service member would be a Bad Conduct Discharge (BCD) -- but there is no "requirement" that a punitive discharge necessarily "has" to be part of the sentence imposed. (If a service member is convicted in a SPCM and yet NOT sentenced to a punitive discharge as part of his sentence [e.g., suppose he "only" gets a few months in jain and reduction in grade/rank], then it's still possible -- depending on the seriousness of the offense of which the person was convicted and his service record -- that the military could nonetheless decide to kick him out of the service anyway via ADMINISTRATIVE discharge separation. But that's an entirely different process than a court-martial [the latter of which is a military criminal trial, the other is an administrative proccedure]). The jurisdictional maximum punishment components available in a SPCM override the maximum sentence components available under the provisions of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ); the UCMJ is the criminal code governing ALL military offenses and service members, and it is written by the U.S. Congress. In addition to the criminal statutory code (UCMJ), Congress also promulgates the Military Rules of Evidence (MRE) and the Rules for Courts-Martial (RCM) -- which of course govern the procedural laws and rules for what is allowed in conducting military trials ... and the MREs and RCMs STRONGLY resemble -- with some slight differences -- the Federal Rules of Evidence and Federal Rules of Procedure for civilian trials brought by the Federal Government. The UCMJ, MRE, and RCM -- along with several other important appendicies and forms -- are compiled and published in a single work known as the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM). The UCMJ is a complete "soup to nuts" criminal code governing service members ... it naturally contains statutes covering "typical" criminal offenses found in every civilian jurisdiction (e,g, murder, robbery, rape, assault, burglary, etc., etc.) .. BUT it ALSO contains statutes for "uniquely military offenses" that don't exist in the civilian world, but which can be serious crimes in the militart (e.g., disrespect, disobedience, failure to pbey a direct lawful order, AWOL, dereliction of duty, hazarding a vessel, sleeping on post, etc., etc.). More serious crime allegations -- such as murder -- are of course felonies and are sent to a General Court-Martial (GCM) -- the felony forum -- where the severity and length of sentence components available are CONSIDERABLY longer and more severe, and the worst possible discharge characterization can be imposed (e.g., not only a BCD, which is still available, but ALSO a Dishonorable Discharge [DD]) can be metred out as part of the sentence). In a GCM, the maximum number of years of confinement available is only limited by the CUMULATIVE TOTAL of the number of years the UCMJ authorizes for EACH offense of which the service member is convicted -- so it can add up quite more substantially than the SPCM's 1 year jurisdictional maximum jail sentence. Not surprisingly, because the GCM is so much more severe is potential impact, the "convening authority" who must authorize the trial is a MUCH higher ranking commander -- frequently a 3-star (Lieutenant) General in command of an entire Numbered Air Force (again, that's how it is in the Air Force ... but the other service branches no doubt employ the same convening authority distinctions: full Colonel [rank of "Captain" in the Navy] or 1-star commanders for a SPCM, and 3-star general/dmiral commanders for a GCM.

Those "Black Stormtroopers", as You called them, are known as "Death Troopers" and are a special forces unit under the Imperial Intelligence's Death Trooper Division. These élite soldiers act as Special Assignment Commandos and are deployed as protective details for high-ranking officers and Imperial officials. They are often seen guarding the interests of the Tarkin Initiative, a top-secret research and development organization often affiliated with the Imperial Military Department of Advanced Weapons Research Division, eventually led by Orson Krennic. Death Troopers were selected according to extreamly high criterea: candidates had to be at least six feet tall, exceed standard stormtrooper training requirements in strength, endurance, agility and posses unquestionable loyalty to the Empire and It's ideals. Candidates were trained in a wide range of diverse enviorments to render them as abitabile as possible. Their helmets posessed a vocal scrambler to mask communications and a micro-motion sensor. A heads-up-display, or H.U.D., system aided in identifying enemy and ally units in the field. The black pauldrons they wore detailed the rank or specialisation of a particular Death Trooper. This could only be seen through the lenses of another Death Trooper's helmet, rendering them even more anonymous. Their equipment featured a enviomentally-sealed bodysuit that protected It's wearer from contamination most hostile enviorments. The armour was coated in a special substance, known as "reflec"that rendered a person invisibile to most scanners. Trained in improvised weaponry, guerrilla warfare, demolitions, hand-to-hand combat, marksmanship and usage in heavy weapons. Operating in small squads, each Trooper specialized in a certain specific skillset, to maximize combat efficiency. Classified cybernetic and genetic enhancements rendered these graduates "beyond human", allowing an increase in stamina, strength and One's natural reflexes. I highly recomend a video called "Death Trooper Secrets" by the Channel "The Lore Guy" for more information, if You are curious...

While there are issues with bringing dead actors back through CGI, the production had permission from Carrie Fisher's family. Although there has been some dispute after-the-fact regarding who had the rights to allow Peter Cushing's likeness. My problem was more with how it ended up looking. Tarkin was fairly close, but I think they shouldn't had given him as much screen time or as many close-ups for us to focus on what didn't look right. For Leia, the skin color wasn't right. She looked way too pale. Especially since she has much more color in her face right at the beginning of "Star Wars" that this is made to lead right into. Also, there is a real human face in the guy right behind her that she got the plans from in the same shot with more skin tone on his face while Leia looks almost gaisha-like. Overall look and expression were well done - just needed to bump the saturation up.

How the last scene of Rogue One goes into the first scene of A New Hope th-cam.com/video/T8XwL0syIZ8/w-d-xo.html Also. Solo A Star Wars Story will give you backstory of how Han met Chewbacca and Lando.

I'm just sorry that the best post-trilogy characters were only around for one movie.

I think they had to show Leia briefly to directly connect this movie to Star Wars: A New Hope. They perhaps didn't have to show Tarkin, but he was in charge of the Death Start in A New Hope. Perhaps they will re-release this movie in the future with improved faces using newer technology.

Does Lucy prefer more towards realism, like The Expanse, or more in the other direction, towards fantasy, than Star Wars?

24:10 - This character, Grand Moff Tarkin was also CGI over an actor in a face mask, since the original actor was no longer living.

Black Storm Troopers are Death Troopers. They are the best of the best and many are even altered to be almost super human. Don't mess with them. The others were desert or sand troopers. There is no difference between them and standard storm troopers.

Beautiful Lucy, It's so great to see you finally enjoy the magic of science fiction - You'll love SOLO ! : )

'Are you kidding me, I AM BLIND' xD - we thugs and this how we do this

I think the Star Wars universe must have laws requiring AI to be constrained to one body, because you never see one built into a ship's computer, or a base, etc. You also never see an AI consciousness control more than one body.

The end of this movie leads directly into the start of Star Wars: A New Hope :)

When you talk about how inaccurate the regular storm trooper is you have to remember that the empire had to supply all of them across the galaxy with weapons. So those weapons are basically crap. They are inaccurate, uncalibrated, bottom of the barrel weapons. As they level up in experience to the brown and black troopers they get the better weapons. So all the white troopers, even if they are the best marksman.. are given horrible equipment to work with.

The comment section saved me an hour of my life 😉

ANDOR THE BEST Star wars series

nit quite the same impact if you havent watched the prequels

Hello Daniel & Lucy!😊 The Imperial Royal Guard (Red Guys) are supposed to be the top trained among The Empire. They are used to protect The Emperor, Darth Vader, and other important characters. Not surprising, Lucy was most upset about the death of the robot.😉😆 I did think Lucy would like this film more, too. Yes, fans have complained about the weird weakness in the Death Star in the first film for many years. Great reactions to this well made sad prequel, Guys!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

MALDIVES! Excellent Lucy! That’s exactly where they filmed the Battle of Scarif! Actors who have passed away were brought back to life with CGI, or had scenes filmed from the original trilogy that were not used, were now resurrected for the final battle. The similarity to the original trilogy that you didn’t like was intentional. You haven’t seen the prequels where fans felt that Star Wars may have lost their way as CGI was used so much, that any sense of realism was lost. Simpler practical effects were meant to capture the ‘feel’ of the original.

This story takes place after The Clone Wars. Saw Gerrera is a character originally from the Clone Wars cgi series. where he was much younger fighting along side his sister. The Clone Wars themselves went on for many years and involved many star systems. Part of why Darth Vader went to the Dark Side was his growing angry at the heavy losses and the Jedi failing to deliver the win.

Thank you. This is not only the best Star Wars movie by far, it is actually a really good movie. A movie made for adults not children. At least that is my opinion, but what do I know?

The best Star Wars by far made by Disney. And i think at the same level than the original trilogy. Great film, and the scene at the end its the reason Darth Vader its scary...

52:30 to 52:40 That is Billie Lourde, Carrie Fisher's DAUGHTER... so there is some CGI, but much of it is just family resemblance. 👩🏻👧🏻👩🏻👧🏻👩🏻👧🏻👩🏻👧🏻👩🏻

This is not a standalone movie

The ONLY Disney Star Wars film I actually like.

This film would have made more sense if you had watched it after episode 3.😊

I got to see this in the theater when it first came out. The look Lucy had in her eyes as Darth Vader turns on his lightsaber, was the same one I had. I was cheering big time with the rest of the patrons in the room 👏🏻👏🏻 Glad Lucy enjoyed this movie 😊

In regards to the way Darth Vader using his light saber in this movie ('17) compared to against Obi Wan in Ep4 ('77) about a week later ... Obviously technology was better ... My theory in explaining it was when DV was fighting OWK he took his time in order destroy OWK to feel pain but of course DV failed...

The fact people joke about the accuracy of the stormtroopers is ironic. I think they were supposed to be expert fighters. Kenobi says in the first movie that only stormtroopers are so precise. I suspect that the joke stems from plot armor. In many movies, shots fired at our heroes have to miss. Also, the Nazi stormtroopers, as I recall, were an elite group.

I don’t think Darth Vader appearing at the end is fan service for several reasons. It sets up why he is so frustrated at the beginning of A New Hope. It also must occur in the climax for this to work as a movie in its own right. The actual goal of the movie has been to steal the plans. There must be an adversary trying to stop them at the climax.

🔥🔥Easily my favorite SW movie ... Andor IMHO is not the best SW project but top 10 tv series all time. Hopefully you watch it and put it out for us to watch your reactions ❤

There was a plan at the beginning of the Disney era SW of having stand alone movies once a year that would be called "Star Wars Stories". Solo was the other movie from this series. The lackluster money made by Solo and the backlash against the sequel movies caused Disney to pump the brakes on the stand alone movies. Kenobi was going to be a movie and made into a series. Boba Fett was another one that was turned into a series (with the help of The Mandalorian show).

andor is totally worth thinking about :)

*This is not a George Lucas story.* This movie steals from Akira Kurosawa's _Seven Samurai_ (1954). Kurosawa is one of Lucas and Spielberg's favorite directors. _The Magnificent Seven_ (1960) westernizes (literally) Kurosawa's story. The 1954 and 1960 movies are waaaaaaaay better than this Disney-fied blegh version.

After this I always have to play the next first few minutes of 'Star Wars' for closure, lol.

The accuracy of a stormtrooper's shots doesn't have anything to do with the armor they wear, and everything to do with whether a character needs to be shot or not.

Rogue one is the best Star Wars spin-off so far! I personally didn't care for Solo as much! But I will say Andor the series is one of the better Star Wars series after The Mandalorian of course, which I would also suggest watching! Also the Red guys are the Imperial Royal Guard!

Andor next