There is something about the style of animation of these Star Wars series that makes them unwatchable to me. I'm not sure what it is, too much in the video-game cutscene circa mid 00s style maybe. It's just ugly to me.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
The visual style of the Star Wars cartoons always reminds me of that movie Antz.
― Dan I., Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
I found the animation style on The Clone Wars to be a nigh-insurmountable barrier to entry for years. I'm glad I finally pushed through my aesthetic objections because it's the best filmed SW thing since The Empire Strikes Back imo. And the animation improves considerably as the show progresses.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
I see there's another character from the Clone Wars Bad Batch story arc that is now part of the team.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Same for me, OL. In fact, watching this trailer now, I'm thinking it looks great visually, whereas five years ago I probably wouldn't have thought much of it! I'll watch this
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
First episode of The Bad Batch was actually pretty good
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 May 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
i guess technically they couldn't call it Clone Wars Season 8, given that the wars end in the first episode, but that's what it is
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
Yeah both of the first two episodes were sharp, I thought. My hope is that we move from specific callbacks/return appearances more.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
this is most insane thing ive seen on tik tok pic.twitter.com/8RREvCvqEe— chris (ツ) (@Iameaschris) May 9, 2021
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
glad that's getting around, it's incredible
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
My first reaction was "that's hilarious" but then I started to feel it was actually pretty mean
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
It's creative and well executed, but a lot of work for a "haha Star Wars nerds don't have girlfriends" joke that was stale 15 years ago.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
he deserved memification, but why add public mockery to poor brittany's suffering?
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
i know i posted it in the star wars thread but this guy's delivery was what deserved memeification, the sci-fi context is almost purely incidental to the cringe
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Okay I'll admit that I didn't even consider that the first one was earnest until now. I assumed the entire thing was a joke.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
Guess I’m officially too old, I cannot parse the layers of meta-textuality or whatever is going on.
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Okay I'll admit that I didn't even consider that the first one was earnest until now.
If the original video was a goof I retract my claim that it was mean but I assumed they were all making fun of an awkward guy in a "so not gonna happen" kind of way
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
I have no idea! I'm just so skeptical of viral stuff that I assume everything is a bit. I didn't even think about the possibility that the original video was earnest.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
So anyway who else has been watching Bad Batch regularly? While the feature-not-bug of the galaxy apparently consisting of twenty people that keep running into each other remains in full effect, the show’s set up some great visuals and set pieces and the easy chemistry of the Batch and Omega always charms. Last week’s episode and this week’s were both really sharp, all the sneaking around ruins and firing up old equipment like the cruiser engine.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 26 June 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah I’m enjoying it. Big credit to Dee Bradley Baker who’s basically voicing every single character.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 26 June 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
I (ahem) might be in the process of chronologically working my through the prequel-era novels and comics atm, so a rewatch of TCW followed by TBB is impending.
― I Scream For Ice Cream But Also Just All The Time And For No Reason (Old Lunch), Saturday, 26 June 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
I like it more than I expected based on how I felt about them in the clone wars appearance, but I always like the filling in of details about timelines between films and what I knowWith the bounty hunter connections and the bandages i was wondering if somehow crosshair ends up as dengar because while I realize the character most likely has a complete existing backstory I know nothing about it
― joygoat, Saturday, 26 June 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Just caught up. Yup, Bad Batch is good stuff, happy to have it.
― Nhex, Thursday, 1 July 2021 23:27 (two years ago) link
And one Bad Batch episode to go, with a second season already in the works. It's pretty generally clear what the final episode will involve, I'd guess -- last minute escape, off to new adventures, etc etc. -- but it's been a nice little resolving on what happened with Kamino exactly in classic 'hm, yeah, let's tie that up' fashion with the SW universe. Read a little guess or two that this could also tie in long term with some of the bio research stuff we saw in The Mandalorian, who knows? Anyway, good first season, look forward to the next.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 9 August 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
So Bad Batch ended well enough and we'll see about next season. Enjoyed some of the big set pieces over the last couple of episodes, and the teaser/cliffhanger of sorts ending, I like it.
Meantime, next month
Reimagine the galaxy with #StarWarsVisions, an Original Series featuring stories from seven visionary Japanese anime studios, streaming September 22 on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/YfeBv5Lpru— Disney+ (@disneyplus) August 17, 2021
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
“The Duel” — Animated by Kamikaze Douga, who also made the Batman Ninja movie. The voice cast includes: Brian Tee (Ronin), Lucy Liu (Bandit Leader), Jaden Waldman (Village Chief).“Lop and Ochō” — Animated by Twin Engine’s Geno Studio. Voice cast: Anna Cathcart (Lop), Hiromi Dames (Ocho), Paul Nakauchi (Yasaburo), Kyle McCarley (Imperial Officer).“Tatooine Rhapsody” — Animated by Twin Engine’s Studio Colorido, who also did the movie adaptation of Burn the Witch. Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Jay), Bobby Moynihan (Geezer), Temuera Morrison (Boba Fett), Shelby Young (K-344), Marc Thompson (Lan).“The Twins” — Animated by TRIGGER, known for Tenga Toppen Gurren Laggen, Kill la Kill, Promare, and many other anime. The voice cast includes: Neil Patrick Harris (Karre), Alison Brie (Am), Jonathan Lipow (B-20N)“The Elder” — Also by TRIGGER! The voice cast: David Harbour (Tajin), Jordan Fisher (Dan), James Hong (The Elder)“The Village Bride” — Kinema Citrus. The voice cast includes: Karen Fukuhara (F), Nichole Sakura (Haru), Christopher Sean (Asu), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Valco), Andrew Kishino (Izuma), Stephanie Sheh (Saku).“Akakiri” — Animated by Science Saru, who made the incredible Keep Your Hands of Eizouken! TV series. Voice cast: Henry Golding (Tsubaki), Jamie Chung (Misa), George Takei (Senshuu), Keone Young (Kamahachi), and Lorraine Toussaint (Masago).“T0-B1” — Also by Science Saru. The cast includes Jaden Waldman (T0-B1) and Kyle Chandler (Mitaka).“The Ninth Jedi” — By Production I.G, which has done Ghost in the Shell, Psycho Pass, Moriarty the Patriot, and so much more. The voice cast includes: Kimiko Glenn (Kara), Andrew Kishino (Juro), Simu Liu (Zhima), Masi Oka (Ethan), Greg Chun (Roden), Neil Kaplan (Narrator), Michael Sinterniklaas (Hen Jin).
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
ahhh two shorts by TRIGGER is truly a gift
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
I hope there’s at least an option for Japanese language tracks
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 19 August 2021 08:49 (two years ago) link
Well, Star Wars: Visions is out, there is an option for Japanese tracks, burned through them all yesterday and that was a damned good effort all around. The various behind the scenes short videos for each are also good to watch. I don't know I have a specific favorite given the stylistic and thematic range but the two TRIGGER shorts are great for sure. Absolutely loved "Tatooine Rhapsody," and was especially interested in "The Ninth Jedi" since Kenji Kamiyama's on deck for the LOTR anime in a couple of years, and clearly he's on a good roll here.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 September 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
Will definitely give credit to Science SARU for having two of the most tonally different shorts as well.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 September 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
Why yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOJ1cw6mohw
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 November 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
Gonna wait to watch this one with the kid at home tonight, he was just asking when this was on the way.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 November 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
I totally forgot about this whole thing. (No Mando costumes last night; saw a few good other SW ones, though.)
― juristic person (morrisp), Monday, 1 November 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
So Boba remains Fetting re the first episode -- pretty logical extension of The Mandalorian's general tone but I appreciated the even sparser dialogue approach. Plus Matt Berry playing a droid because why not.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
it was pretty goodfight scenes were kinda bland & overly choreo’d but that is my only ~slight~ negative, not a dealbreaker
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 30 December 2021 07:34 (two years ago) link
Found it so dull I frequently found myself looking at other things in the room. No connection to the supposed “no disintegrations” contract killer he was supposed to be.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 30 December 2021 12:46 (two years ago) link
He was a younger, more impulsive Fett then
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 30 December 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
Fettlife
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 30 December 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
Not much “magic of Star Wars” in ep 1 for me (low midichlorian count?)
Boba Fett is definitely a character I am not v.interested in getting to know - he was best as a mysterious badass and not sure this show can do anything but diminish what was cool about him in the first place.
But I watched it happily enough.
― lemmy incaution (emsworth), Saturday, 1 January 2022 08:37 (two years ago) link
This Was Fine. Rodriguez direction goes a long way for me.
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 1 January 2022 09:10 (two years ago) link
It replicates the texture and atmosphere of The Mandolorian well enough, but is sadly lacking a central dynamic anywhere near as compelling as Mando & Child. Temura Morrison is not the most charismatic actor. I'll carry on watching though.
― chap, Saturday, 1 January 2022 16:13 (two years ago) link
Pivoting
This character is cool because you know nothing about him
to
This character is cool because you now know everything about him
Is a tough ask.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 1 January 2022 16:26 (two years ago) link
Couldn't stop thinking he was Bezos Fett
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 2 January 2022 01:26 (two years ago) link
Emsworth otm
― calstars, Sunday, 2 January 2022 02:25 (two years ago) link
I bet it will get better too
― calstars, Sunday, 2 January 2022 02:26 (two years ago) link
We all enjoyed it
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 2 January 2022 02:29 (two years ago) link
Watching this now, a few beers in… I LOL’d as soon as it cut to the in-Sarlaac footage.
― best BASSMAN sticker on Etsy (morrisp), Sunday, 2 January 2022 03:41 (two years ago) link
The Sarlaac looked extremely easy to bust out of.
― chap, Sunday, 2 January 2022 10:58 (two years ago) link
Yes, like hey Stormtrooper with the full body armour and the air supply Fett needed …
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 2 January 2022 13:15 (two years ago) link
shit sorry I don’t know how to spoiler tag, but I guess not egregious