I think it’s some kind of hover-carriage (not mind beams)?
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 14:28 (four years ago) link
who knows. all I know is that we were all Born After the Battle of Yavin. We are all BABY.
― maffew12, Friday, 22 November 2019 14:29 (four years ago) link
You know, I had been assuming that “50 years old” was more or less an arbitrary number they chose, to set up the reveal; but considering the series takes place in 9 ABY (“Five years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire”), that would put the baby’s birth in 41 BBY... the same year another prominent character was born. 🤔
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 15:11 (four years ago) link
Was there a deleted scene in The Phantom Menace where Mace Windu asks, “What’s troubling you, Master Yoda?”; and Yoda snaps:When 180 years of child-support payments you face, be cheerful you will not!
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 15:18 (four years ago) link
Just watched Chapter 3 — it is excellent.
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
It is the way
― mh, Friday, 22 November 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
these guys have spoken.
― maffew12, Friday, 22 November 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
Apparently it was also the first live-action Star Wars anything to be directed by a woman (Deborah Chow).
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Friday, 22 November 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
Not quite the same fun quotient as Episode 2 but indeed great and that set piece resolution towards the end was definitely a moment xps
― groovypanda, Friday, 22 November 2019 23:32 (four years ago) link
So far my fave new The Star War stuff since Rebels and "Rouge" One. Literally feels like Favreau wants to write in as much "this is the kind of cool stuff 9 y.o. me imagined happening" material into each episode as possible and I'm down with it in a true "Okay Gen X-er" way. Having been 8 y.o. myself in '77.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 23 November 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/76676823_10158543737539672_6833772952006164480_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_ohc=jSk3uInOIggAQl1RNGjvpJ_5XaEnPNkXbm_rJmWlHQDEavr4dO3PYt0QA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=c38637996a3604bb04e37d64ba2e187d&oe=5E4DE28A
― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Saturday, 23 November 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
seeing a whole-ass Mando squad in action like that is something a lot of fans have been waiting for for like 30 years
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Saturday, 23 November 2019 03:19 (four years ago) link
The final moment/fan-service gag was maybe a bit much... but NBD. It was of the best episodes of TV I’ve seen in a while (notwithstanding some shaky acting from a few folks).
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Saturday, 23 November 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
I know this has been a joke since 1977, but — does Stormtrooper armor provide protection against a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g??
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Saturday, 23 November 2019 04:03 (four years ago) link
It protect’s the empire’s budget
― mh, Saturday, 23 November 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
Wick-homage fob action?
― mick signals, Saturday, 23 November 2019 16:02 (four years ago) link
I swear my autocorrect is on the fritz and I'm not just randomly putting apostrophes in things these days
― mh, Saturday, 23 November 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
forgot to mention my deep appreciation to whoever on staff said, "Oh, we need a prop here? I have just the thing!" and went full fanservice. at least we know now why Willrow Hood was hauling ass to vacate Cloud City. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/b/bb/Willrow-hood.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080518233740
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 05:35 (four years ago) link
wait, I didn't catch that. what was it?
― akm, Sunday, 24 November 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
anyway this episode was awesome
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/V63VBttMgVxf42OtT5QCoSxgpM4=/0x0:1896x798/1400x933/filters:focal(914x170:1216x472):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65753475/camtono.0.jpg
― I don't get wet because I am tall and thin and I am afraid of people (Eliza D.), Sunday, 24 November 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
Some more prop nerdservice with the Companion Cubes from portal (sans heart stencils) sitting around everywhere
― Dan I., Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
Oh oops I got it backwards, apparently companion cubes were designed after storage crates that have been in Star Wars since a new hope
― Dan I., Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:15 (four years ago) link
I hope they finally got to have a big ice cream party
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
So at 14 minutes right before the Mandalorian comes in to talk to Carl Weathers, Carl weathers dresses down some Alien and calls him a 'dust breather' and tells him to go away, and that alien says, quite clearly, "fuck you". I watched it 20 times. Tell me I'm not the only person who heard that.
― akm, Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:39 (four years ago) link
also carl weathers is fucking terrible in this.
― akm, Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:40 (four years ago) link
^agreed
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
I mean I would not call Carl weathers a Great Actor to begin with
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:08 (four years ago) link
Baby, you’ve got a stew going
― FODMAP of the reef (morrisp), Sunday, 24 November 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
Not feeling this show.
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Sunday, 24 November 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Carl Weathers saying “Mando!” is a highlight and you’re all crazy
― mh, Sunday, 24 November 2019 23:59 (four years ago) link
What he said.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 25 November 2019 03:49 (four years ago) link
Extensive interview with Göransson on the music:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-mandalorians-ludwig-goransson-on-scoring-what-felt-1840006928
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:38 (four years ago) link
This is fun!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 26 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
Enjoying this a bit more because I am still watching it for some reason, but the acting remains surprisingly bad. Significantly worse than Solo bad.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
watching this with my kids and now glad to have "I Have Spoken" as a reasonably good-humoured way of shutting down backchat
― umsworth (emsworth), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 01:01 (four years ago) link
bad acting and cheesy fx are what MAKE this a star wars show; i hope you don't go to Arby's for the ambiencethird ep holding up
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 05:26 (four years ago) link
Yeah let’s not forget why we liked Star Wars in the first place - because it’s fun and silly and looks cool. Amazing that a single piece of costume design has spun out into an entire TV series! This is ALL because a dude’s helmet looks cool!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 06:51 (four years ago) link
don't forget the aborted action figure accessory.http://www.jedinews.co.uk/collecting/articles/myths-rocket-firing-fett/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 07:23 (four years ago) link
boba straight-up packing a big red dildo on his backhttp://www.jedinews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/20cback.jpg
― A victim managed to capture evidence of the gimp (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 08:41 (four years ago) link
Guess it’s fitting that the dude fell into a belching vagina dentata.
― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Let us not forget the Holiday Special and its animated feature, which this show borrows from heavily (!)
― mh, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:28 (four years ago) link
So Disney's got the first batch of baby Yoda merch (or "The Child" as they're calling it)... incredibly lazy. Like slap a screenshot on mugs and Cafe Press t-shirts lazy.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pkYAwhq_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― Soy Bean False Chicken (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 November 2019 16:09 (four years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7wxFBOo.png
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 November 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
well it's big universe out there and i guess they had to end up on a Stargate SG-1 type planet eventually
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 29 November 2019 22:06 (four years ago) link
I was thinking more Seven Samurai meets ST: TNG first season, but hey. Still great though.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 November 2019 22:26 (four years ago) link
yeah it was still fun. and watching with the younger ones i'm very conscious that this isn't the 78th time they've seen that plot rehashed, and that it still works.
― umsworth (emsworth), Friday, 29 November 2019 22:31 (four years ago) link
eyeball-on-a-stick security robot popping out of the front door at herzog's house was so deeply enjoyable; one of those tiny crumbs of nostalgia i had no idea remained to be mined
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 29 November 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
I like the idea it's the Nest of Star Wars. Or whatever those security setups are called.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 November 2019 22:36 (four years ago) link