Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Yes, but the implication is that there are not many of them around anymore

The Tuskan Raiders teleporting to 9 ft away was kinda hilarious, then continuing the comedy by doing that weird, cagey sign language, which The Mandalorian initiates by being David Byrne in the Once In A Lifetime video.

Jay Vee is otm, wouldn't be surprised if Favreau was a big Salvage One fan.

NBC's "Buck Rogers" :)

I could have sworn the music playing as they rode over the dunes was meant to sound like Toto’s “Africa.” (Wouldn’t put it past this show!)

Pedro Pascal is seriously in everything these days.

The bounty hunter wannabe kid is Bobby Cannavale's son!

One more thing: I had guessed that the standard-seeming plot had been nicked from an episode of some old Western, and they’d have to credit the original writer at the end... guess not, though.

The bounty hunter wannabe kid is Bobby Cannavale's son!

Certainly didn't get many of his pop's acting chops though, I thought he was terrible. Amy Sedaris didn't bother me nearly as much as he did. And here I thought young Solo was a charisma suck...

No wonder I disliked him lol!

it was brought to my attention on twitter that Disney+ has an impressive array of audio tracks/subtitles

want to watch The Mandalorian dubbed into Polish with Portuguese (Portugal or Brazil flavor) subtitles? they've got you covered

After Bryce Dallas Howard told me last week that she never worked with Pedro Pascal while shooting her episode of #TheMandalorian, I did my best to find out who, exactly, was most often below the helmet. https://t.co/31yuEsDrMv

— Liz Shannon Miller (@lizlet) December 9, 2019

damn, sweet gig for pedro pascal

The supporting players for the last few weeks have been turrrrrible. Like they plopped in from "Zeena" or "Breaking Bad" or something only this time decked out in Star Wars-y costumes/makeup but acting like folks who would serve you a burger/fill your gastank at a NJ Turnpike rest stop.
What a dip in quality!
(just watched Ep 6)

*Xena

bounty hunting is a complicated profession

I was surprised that Mando used to run with the Sons of Anarchy, but everyone’s gotta start out somewhere

Richard Ayoade!

What is it with Star Wars casting British comedy actors as droids?

They’re betraying the secret of how we actually regard British comedy

And we thank them for it. I think.

Anyway, strobe light stalking moment FTW. Half-guessing these last two episodes will be a compact arc and I bet the 7th episode cliffhanger is Baby Yoda gets taken away by Giancarlo Esposito's character, but we'll see. (Reminder too that the next episode is on Wednesday.)

https://i.imgur.com/VDGeVwV_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

oh cool, Bill Burr in episode 6. can't wait to see him tell the people of Galactic City that he hopes their mothers get cancer in their center of their assholes

Cannavale's son wasn't *that* bad. he came across as a naive toolbag which is kinda what he was supposed to do. his biggest problem was that he acquired Hayden Christiansen-speech syndrome

The supporting players for the last few weeks have been turrrrrible. Like they plopped in from "Zeena" or "Breaking Bad" or something only this time decked out in Star Wars-y costumes/makeup but acting like folks who would serve you a burger/fill your gastank at a NJ Turnpike rest stop.
What a dip in quality!
(just watched Ep 6)

― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, December 13, 2019 9:44 AM bookmarkflaglink

One of them was in Breaking Bad in a bit role actually.

(also u rong)

the assassin tentacle headed woman in the last episode was SO. FUCKING. BAD. Like they let a LARP cosplayer on set by mistake.

That would be Natalia Tena of Harry Potter and Game of Thrones fame

kinda agree on her and on the general "this has not been good" vibes. Last two weeks have been lacking whatever secret sauce they've been using (could it actually be favreau?) Two more weeks to go though, right? I presume we're past the fill-in episodes.

lol that the NYT didn't have the balls to go with their online headline in the print edition for this front page above the fold half-page picture leading the arts section
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/arts/television/baby-yoda-mandalorian.html

xp I have no liking for HP or GoT either. That said, I did like this last episode, particularly when Mando demonstrated why they needed him. They have used that gag of someone apparently shooting, but being shot themselves three times now, I guess it's a trope?

(xxpost) I knew it! Also, not rong.

Fact that she was in HP and GoT kind of proves she’s a cosplayer. Like EVERYONE else in this...

I actually thought this last episode (in the prison complex) was one of the best so far. And I really liked the over the top Twilek performance.

You won't find a better review of last night's Watchmen than this. pic.twitter.com/PYF7Rz3aQn

— Ben Towle (@ben_towle) December 16, 2019

oh ffs sorry

no you're among likeminded folk here

Found this waiting for me when I got home:

https://i.imgur.com/I0JBxht_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

favreau on ep 7...

Oh no

he did the first four! which i thought were good!

No, I mean the actual ending of the newest episode :(

oh. um. okay, will watch tonight.

just pretend I meant the prison ship one and I really was emotionally attached to the twi'lek guy

well he was so charismatic

Bill Burr nooooo

Im sorry but Bill Burr’s accent in star wars implies some sort of space Boston

— Jake Flores (@feraljokes) December 16, 2019

correct response "that's called Uranus"

I mean so what? There has to be a space England too

New episode more like it compared to the hackiness of the last few weeks.

Yeah, enjoyed this week's.

Only one left now?

wow that ruled.

if you'da told me one of my new favorite shows would have Gus Fring, Apollo Creed,AND Bobby Munson making appearances, I'd have told you that you were talking about Mandalorian.

Very good episode indeed. Chow two for two.

Yes, one episode left a week from Friday.

(And that episode is Taika's, so I'll be interested to see how he sticks the landing of the whole thing.)