The Mandalorian

[Pob]

I know we all want to see this but please don't request or post links to piracy sources, it's against the rules!

[JPL]

1 minute ago, Pob said:

I know we all want to see this but please don't request or post links to piracy sources, it's against the rules!

Oops, sorry!

[MpM]

Not seen it yet but..only 38mins runtime, WTF!

 

Is that going to be the same for each episode? Disapointing if so.

[Pug]

Just watched....

 

 

[Dirty Harry Potter]

17 hours ago, Darren said:

 

Ah but which "originals"? The original originals, or the new originals?

 

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Nobody wants to see Greedo shooting first in 4K.

 

He burnt the original original’s negative.

On a bonfire.

Naked. 

[Dirty Harry Potter]

That was fantastic! Enjoyed every minute. It looks beautiful and very cinematic. Tone was spot on as was the writing and direction.

 

Score does sound a lot like the Rocky theme in parts though.

[JPL]

Had everybody else has got the bottom fifth of the screen pixel stretch thing going on?

[JohnC]

5 minutes ago, JPL said:

Had everybody else has got the bottom fifth of the screen pixel stretch thing going on?

I've seen comments about this happening because certain players may not fully support the format it's in. Can you try a different player?

[Hitcher]

7 minutes ago, JPL said:

Had everybody else has got the bottom fifth of the screen pixel stretch thing going on?

Are you watching it officially?

[JPL]

Just now, JohnC said:

I've seen comments about this happening because certain players may not fully support the format it's in. Can you try a different player?

I’m using VLC on a Mac, which is usually pretty solid. I’ll throw it in Plex, see how that handles it.

[JPL]

Just now, Hitcher said:

Are you watching it officially?

Nah. I wouldn’t know where to start with that method!

[Hitcher]

Try this -

 

With MKVToolNix, open the file in the Header editor, then expand Video Track 1.
Find the values for "Video crop top" and "Video crop bottom".
Remove them and save (doesn't even require a remux!).

 

[JPL]

15 minutes ago, Hitcher said:

Try this -

 

With MKVToolNix, open the file in the Header editor, then expand Video Track 1.
Find the values for "Video crop top" and "Video crop bottom".
Remove them and save (doesn't even require a remux!).

 

 

Excellent. Worked a treat!

[Fusty Gusset]

2 hours ago, Dirty Harry Potter said:

That was fantastic! Enjoyed every minute. It looks beautiful and very cinematic.

21:9 too. They’ve done no wrong.

[SM47]

I read somewhere episode 2 comes out friday? 

[JohnC]

Yes, it does.

[PopeSmokesDope]

Enjoyed that, had seen the spoiler as a guess several days ago...

 

music is absolute bobbins though , really grates

[Silent Runner]

Yeah, the music is trash all right. But the rest was great. I really liked the painted artwork over the end credits. Looking forward to ep. 2 on Friday. 

[Harsin]

I enjoyed this, too early to say after only episode but I could see me liking this series a lot more than the recent films. I liked that he wasn't just an indestructible modern super cool action man, they made him quite fallible and kept the action scenes nicely grounded (for the most part) which gave them a bit more oomph because he wasn’t just a weightless CGI dude ping ponging about with no physics or sense of threat.

 

I really dug the herky jerky animation on not-IG-88.

 

Agree the music was pants though.

[Paulando]

I thought this was great. The second half had some really fun, Star Wars-y action. I can also see why they didn’t send out advance copies 

 

I thought the sound design was disappointing - it was pretty sparse throughout, and the music was forgettable. Seeing aliens with strong American accents was a bit odd too, for some reason. But overall, it was well made and I was totally won over by the end, so I’ll definitely be tuning in for the rest.

[HarryBizzle]

Man, that was brilliant! No super obvious "DO YOU REMEMBER THIS FROM THE ORIGINALS?" stuff.

 

And it looks fantastic in 4K HDR. I can't wait for Friday's episode.

[JPL]

Loved it. I agree with Harsin in that I preferred it to the recent films. It felt totally Star Wars, but it’s own thing at the same time. Even the callbacks felt relevant - yes, I’m looking at you Solo. Can’t wait for the next episode now.

[Darwock]

Really? I thought there was a bit too much of that. e.g. Jabba's doorbell. Crispy grilled Salacious Crumb...

[JPL]

2 minutes ago, Darwock said:

Really? I thought there was a bit too much of that. e.g. Jabba's doorbell. Crispy grilled Salacious Crumb...

Yeah, because they were just added bits of flavour, rather than clumsily handled links back to the original trilogy. Quite literally in Crumb’s case.

[PopeSmokesDope]

All I can say is

there had better be a soft toy available for crimbo!
 

[Pug]

I agree with the music not feeling right. Didn't ruin it for me though. Thought IG-summat was fantastic.

 

 

 

 

I have spoken.

[X_2_0]

So I guess the big secret was that

 

Spoiler

Life Day is now canon! 

 

[HarryBizzle]

1 hour ago, Darwock said:

Really? I thought there was a bit too much of that. e.g. Jabba's doorbell. Crispy grilled Salacious Crumb...

The previous discussion about freezing bounties had me prepped for that or that bit probably would have grated, but I think I’ve given up on them not using a recognisable droid when they have an opportunity to. According to New Star Wars Logic, nothing in the original trilogy was that way because that’s what happened to be around on Tatooine or whatever. It was that way because that is the design of every speeder/droid/doorbell in the galaxy. 
 

I’m just happy that none of the characters were directly linked to the films. 

[bridger]

9 minutes ago, HarryBizzle said:

I’m just happy that none of the characters were directly linked to the films. 

 

Spoiler

What about Yoda’s son? 

 

[Harsin]

Nothing to do with The Mandalorian, I just wanted an excuse to post it.