Same same. There is lots of good potential, and this episode was better I thought, but the pace needs to pick upQuote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
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Same same. There is lots of good potential, and this episode was better I thought, but the pace needs to pick upQuote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
Looks like I'm in the minority, but I love it so far. While they could drop in a bit more of the current day time line, I've really enjoyed the background with the sand people. The way they set up the discussion of different tusken tribes to parallel the multiple crime families will be interesting to follow going forward.
Yeah, me too, I like it.
Judgement still reserved, but leaning more and more towards liking. 3rd episode will tell.
Hopefully it leads to the Tusken Raider army being Bobbas muscle when needed across TattoineQuote:
Originally Posted by phatty
That's a show that I can get behind!Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
Nope, robo millenials on space vespas! In a poorly depicted chase at that.
Not quite the muscle I had in mind.
Slow burn = better payoff. This isn't some MCU 3 hours of pure fighting headache with little to no plot or character development. I believe in Favreau and Filoni. They know how to do Star Wars better than Lucas ever knew.
If all you know is what was presented on a screen (movies and tv shows), Boba doesn't have a lot of screen time. You saw him as a kid in ep. 2, you saw him as a teen running with a bad crowd in The Clone Wars, (can't recall if he made a cameo in Rebels), he shows up in Ep 5 and 6 for a few minutes and doesn't say or do much, and finally he actually gets some development and real screentime in The Mandalorian. There's a lot to fill in to establish him (onscreen) as a bad motherfucker.
So far we have:
The Mayor as an enemy trying to take power
The Hutt twins as an enemy trying to take power
Some businesses trying to survive paying fealty to everyone
The Gamorrean bros changing allegiances and becoming Boba's guards because Boba has some kind of morals
Boba's backstory from escaping the sarrlack (which in the timeline, happened within the last 4-7 years), being captured by the Sand People and then proving his worth to them, becoming one of the tribe.
The Train capture tied in all kinds of shit from The Clone Wars with the Kessle Spice and the Slavers/Crime syndicate
Keeping with the Space Western trope, the rest of the season pretty much already wrote itself. Boba and the Sand People are the closest thing we have to a white hat. Lots of bad guys being bad and double crossing each other. It's going to be fun.
I feel the same way about the Vespas. A lot of the characters and props in this series belong on a Star Wars ride at Disney world rather than on the screen. And I don't think there's any way naked Boba would have survived the latest assasination attempt. His brains would have popped out like toothpaste out of a tube right at the start of it. Overall though, they haven't completely lost me yet. Its still better than The Rise of Skywalker.
This is maintaining my interest more than the show itself. But considering how many SW series are coming from D+ I think they have some pressure to keep interest high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not DJSapp
Personally I wish they’d drop plans for one series and use the money to upgrade their servers. Disney+ is easily the worst service I’ve used- every time I open it it requires multiple attempts to get the home menu to load, and some programs take multiple attempts.
That sucks for sure, Disney+ is one of the best apps I have for my Roku and Apple TV. Paramont+ on the other hand blows donkey balls.Quote:
Originally Posted by evasive_MT
As much as I’d like to watch the new Reno: 911! movie, I’ve hit my limit on services.Quote:
Originally Posted by plugboots
Yeah ..... don't think that's a D+ problem.
Slow burn needs some heat and subtle humor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Not DJSapp
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Originally Posted by PB
1/2 an episode for the slowest high speed chase ever
Favreau & his buddy are just showing off detail of Tattoine.
Too much storyboard not enough story.
And how does a giant armour covered wookie sneak into a guarded palace? Where are his guards & the assasin?
Also, in Mandalorian, everyone knew he was Mandolorian from the Armour and referred to him ands MandoLorian or Mando. Noone does that in this show.
Okay that was a much better episode
And actually justifies/explains the series (and some of the plot decisions, including some from the Mandalorian season one)
The slow-speed ‘speeder” vespa chase still sucked, but the rest of the episode makes a ton more sense now.
Did anyone else find his escape from the sarlacc inexplicable?
So I am having a little bit of trouble with the timeline. Was Boba just riding around the desert on his Bantha for a couple years? I’m also not buying that he wasn’t able to figure out that sheriff Bullock had his armor a few counties over but then was able to activate a spy network good enough to track down Mando and baby Yoda at some ancient Jedi temple on the other side of the galaxy. Don’t touch my buttons was funny though, and it’s always fun when a wookie takes an arm.
Still too much fanboy fellatio but also watching Bad Batch bv with my son so pikes in both is kinda cool...
Theme music at the end of this recent episode wasn't subtle....
Thundercat cameo was cool
odds on Mando in next episode?
with loads of credits and "going to war" he will likely hire lots of people we know from comics and side projects like Clone wars/bad batch
With the Mando flute at the end of that scene, it’ll be pretty disappointing if he doesn’t show up.
I am watching, but overall I think this whole series has been pretty lame and cartoonish so far.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Doesn't help he's such an awful actor.
While I won't disagree, I would also say that the general feeling for most of the acting/dialogue is ....... wooden.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
I did enjoy the most recent episode finally bringing some of the seemingly unrelated (to this ill informed Jong) sub-threads together in a now-it-makes-sense way.
Am I the only one who expects Danny Trejo to whip out his machete and start slicing and dicing?
I'm expecting intergalactic tacos.Quote:
Originally Posted by PB
We had a good time rewatching s2e6 of the mandalorian. The first full length episode with boba fett
Good actors and Star Wars don’t mix. Except Ian McDiarmid.Quote:
Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Well that turned around quickly. Now I am fully interested on where the last two episodes are going. Good way to show perhaps the first group of episodes were setting up an extensive history of the previous 5 years, and now we will get action from Fett (and the other amazing guest stars).
Pedro>Temura
Yeah, talk about reminding me of how fucking good he is. Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownski
Agree; Pedro did so much more with so much less e.g. no face.
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS! I don't care any more that this is Mando 2.5. The tie ins to this episode were unreal. So much to talk about.
Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by PowTron
His style is sort of a weird humble, I’ll do what you say if you make me kind of thing, that really works.
You know, he really doesn’t want to kill you.
SeriouslyQuote:
Originally Posted by PowTron
I think I prefer Mando 2.5 anyway
Now I have to get caught up.
Warning: total nerd out below;
Luke, Baby Grogu, Ahsoka and Cad F’ing Bane.
Nice.
Who’s next?
Hondo Ohnaka? The way they focused on the weequay bar tender after Cobb Vanth was shot, I think so.
This show feels like one giant excuse for fan service, versus any sort of story arc. I mean, I'm still watching, but it really isn't doing a thing for me (as someone who watched and enjoyed the movies but wasn't a SW nerd).