The Mandalorian

[Pob]

Yeah me and my son were like “go up, stupid!”

[Phantoon]

16 minutes ago, Lucas said:

completely ignoring the fact they they were wearing jet packs and could have just used them to jump out of harms way. 

They'd have been shot on the way up, no cover

 

Why am I discussing Star Wars battle tactics

[Thor]

2 hours ago, Phantoon said:

Why am I discussing Star Wars battle tactics

Because your argument is correct. You have the high ground.

[wev]

On 31/03/2023 at 12:22, Benny said:

I think what I find so strange about the pirates, is that they are presented like stereotypical "Yar, ahoy mateys" pirates from our galaxy/planet, so they don't feel that they actually gel especially, even in the context of Star Wars.

 

There are of course already pirates in Star Wars, but the fact that these ones resemble something so close to silly existing depictions of them with all the trimmings is really odd.

 

It's not quite the same as the Mods in Pamphlet of Bobbins, Pet - but still.

They felt like they were ripped straight from Pirates of the Carribbean with the captain being a straight up mix of Davey Jones and the Swamp Thing 

 

Still mostly enjoying it though, and glad Skywalker's not made a return yet.

 

And Katee Sackhoff looks great in her Mandanlorian costume

[Ivanho]

On 31/03/2023 at 12:22, Benny said:

 

It's not quite the same as the Mods in Pamphlet of Bobbins, Pet - but still.

I may not agree with all of your posts in this thread, but this renaming of Book of Boba made me chuckle so have a +1 😎

[IcEBuRN]

On 31/03/2023 at 19:04, Phantoon said:

They'd have been shot on the way up, no cover

 

Why am I discussing Star Wars battle tactics

They also only have about 2 seconds of fuel nowadays...

[sid]

I was today years old when I realised she’s starbuck

 

sigh

[Alex W.]

To be fair she’s playing the role very differently.

[sid]

I’m done with this show

 

why the fuck would a space pirate have a seaweed beard 

 

the pacing is all over the shop, big bad guy being rescued from the transport ship

vs

bird nest kiddy mandalorian armour shite (he’ll grow out of that soon I know that), with baby yoda jumping about the fucking place

vs

amazing cgi space battles

vs

every other shot is people with helmets on and devoid of any emotional feeling

 

Star Wars is so dead.

[JohnC]

Great Scott! It’s 

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Lizzo! Oh and Christopher Lloyd and Jack Black. 

 

[Boothjan]

Reminded me more of a Marvel film that The Mandalorian this week - but an entertaining romp nonetheless.

[smithstock]

2 hours ago, Boothjan said:

Reminded me more of a Marvel film that The Mandalorian this week - but an entertaining romp nonetheless.

Yeah something about this season, isn't quite off, but I do feel like it's inconsistent in terms of narrative, pacing, cinematography, tone etc.

 

I imagine it's partially to do with the script, or directors, but it feels less cohesive than previous seasons - even though others had similar constraints. Unless it turns out to be like Better Call Saul, lots of breadcrumbs that lead to a greater loaf. 

 

I still enjoyed this week's episode but it's totally different from the

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Andor-like one

a few weeks back, and again, different to the

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Trench run-like one

last week. 

 

Still not quite sure where they are heading with Grogu, he's almost comic relief at this point. 

[IcEBuRN]

Bored on that one.

[Mr.Crowley]

Well, that was excellent , like the most expensive ST:TNG episode ever made. Please someone, just let Bryce Dallas Howard direct every episode.🥰

[Bucky]

Episode 6, Season 3.

 

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More padding than than Bodyform factory.  

 

It was alight but they have so much to work with in terms of taking back Mandalor and Moff Gideon that they don't need the fluff at this point.  

 

Compare this to Episode 2, Season 3 and you have a stark contrast.  Where as Episode 2 had all the intrigue, interplay and lore expansion going in a specific, rich direction, Episode 6, Season 3 was just filler until the last 10 minutes or so.

 

Woves was a quickly painted but great gruff antagonist.  At this point, I could watch Sackhoff read the phone book (she's totally sold me).

 

[elyuw]

7 hours ago, IcEBuRN said:

Bored on that one.

I wasn't so much bored as amazed how much budget is lavished on scenes that don't really drive the story forward, not that there's seemingly much of one this season. Is the end game purely to take back Mandalore?

 

Also, what is Grogu for?

[Matt Defis]

Did they just do an episode of Dr Who in the Mandalorian?

[Thor]

I rather enjoyed that slice of quirkiness. 

[Lorfarius]

Wasn't bad but felt like the season final. Seems like there's not much for the show to do.

[Alex W.]

Daft Punk?! 😮

[Girth Certificate]

It was enjoyable bollocks

[Alex W.]

Very season 1, very Buck Rogers. But right in the middle of a separate Mandalorian lore arc. Still fighting itself. 

[Benny]

What the fuck was that?

 

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A glorified "side-quest" bereft of drama, random actor cameos, and actually momentous story changes just tacked on the end with a truly uninteresting little fight and it's all wrapped up with Mando mandosplaining an answer to their problem with a "Well, technically..."

 

Total bollocks.

[Girth Certificate]

Plus it was Harry Potter bullshit

 

i loved the little montage of droids flipping out, how it was all fun and games until the sushi bot murdered so many people that even hardened warrior Starbuck was sickened by the footage. 

[Mr.Crowley]

"You had me at battle-droids"

Badass.

[Benny]

I kind of hope this is all just a setup for

 

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A Bo Katan spin off like I've been suspecting they'll do for a while now.

 

Because I like Katee Sackhoff and I think her and her character deserve better than whatever absolute nonsense this was.

 

[cassidy]

I think it's time I duck out of this thread of scum and villany. 

 

Cos this is still great pulpy scifi that entertains me every week. 

 

 

[Sexton Hardcastle]

Holy shit!  That was worse than anything from BoBF. Horrendous from start to finish on pretty much every aspect you can judge it on. 

 

I’ve actually been really enjoying this series so far, but it’s completely jumped the shark now. 

[Benny]

As a big fan of the Rebels series, I also have to say that

 

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That resolution of the Darksaber issue felt cheap, rushed, tacked on, lazy, emotionally flat, shitty, and lame.

 

There was prime opportunity for the show to make some genuinely gut wrenching character drama out of the fact you might have had to watch two characters that you both like eventually be forced into conflict over something, or at the very least actually do something big to earn the story beat happening.

 

But it was utterly, utterly wasted. Years worth of story build up in other, better shows, including its own earlier seasons, wasted on a technicality.

 

[wev]

It does feel a little like it's in a slump but let's not be silly and say any episode this season is worse than Bobs Bunglers.

 

Re the resolution of this week's episode

 

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Dinn was never likely to put up a fight over the Dark Saber, he's shown no interest in leading the Mandalorians, him giving it over and finding a technicality makes the most sense for the character