(But you’re kewl for endorsing my “Hercules or Xena” observation from upthread, undoubtedly without having read it.)
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 03:05 (four years ago) link
Don’t listen to them! Prison break was my second-favorite one!
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 03:07 (four years ago) link
Hated the prison break episode, though not for Bill Burr. But the Seven Samurai ep was even worse. Remarkable those episodes were in the same season as the first few and last two
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
Why did you all hate the prison break episode? I thought it was a stylish action caper. Though I think I missed why Mando was even doing such a sketchy job in the first place. Or, for that matter, what his endgame is at all. He's just compulsively traveling the universe doing odd jobs with baby yoda locked in the bathroom? Anyway, a couple of episodes have been dull, Seven Samurai/A-Team sucked, a couple have been solid. At least these geniuses have figured out that it's smart to make the first few episodes of a new series strong, rather than drop one of those "it takes 5 episodes to get going" turds.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
The general charm of the show carried me through the three filler episodes. What show is wall to wall gold anyway?
― closed beta (NotEnough), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
xp It was full of corny, half-baked cliches and bad acting. (And please don’t “Welcome to Star Wars!” me; I know the difference!)My favorite detail was how those sliding doors apparently don’t have sensors, and will f up a lifeform if it’s standing in the doorway when it closes.
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
Ha, I actually liked that. It felt like a riff on a familiar SW trope (those fast sliding space doors) that no one's ever toyed with before. I mean, this is a show/world where apparently you can't set your phasers to stun, so it totally makes sense that they haven't invented the garage door opener safety space tech yet.
As for "corny, half-baked cliches and bad acting" (besides, well, yeah), this show is innately corny, so far, but the cliches and bad acting in this one were nowhere near as bad as the Seven Samurai episode, which will be my baseline going forward. And I thought the direction of this one (unlike that one) was super sharp.
I've noticed so far that there have been relatively few shots of Mando running, no doubt because it would highlight the cheapness of the costume, lol. Better to have him just move with purpose to control the illusion that all that cardboard and plastic has real heft and weight. (See also: "RoboCop".)
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
They can set blasters to stun!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYelmcVoZg8
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
no one ever uses blasters on stun unless it's an important plot point
one of the funnier star wars things
― caucus fricked iowa account (mh), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:41 (four years ago) link
IIRC the only other time we've seen the stun setting used on-screen is when Leia stuns Poe in TLJ. (With the same pistol she used in ANH, no less.)
Here's another article similar to the one I posted above, but much more interesting and detailed, about the new hi-def LED screen technology allowing them to do on-set/in-camera effects: http://www.icgmagazine.com/web/a-new-hope/ . It's really fascinating, like a Cyclorama thrust into the future.
― Pete Swine Cave (Eliza D.), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
xp Well, it's rare that anyone wants to stun (rather than kill), these are nasty wars!
― dad genes (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 18:36 (four years ago) link
In the jailbreak episode there is a standoff with everyone pointing guns at one another, and Mando is all "it doesn't have to be like this ..." No, because you could just set phasers to stun! (Ironically enough, the one dude is killed with a knife, though, so ... )
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
Last couple of episodes were solid! It's kind of wild how well this show both expands on the universe we know and introduces new stuff. I didn't see "Solo" or the most recent one, but without a doubt this is better than those other three. Good characters, good set-up and storytelling, and if I'm being honest I could probably watch a show just about his ship landing and taking off.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 03:12 (four years ago) link
Well get ready for spinoffs.
― dad genes (morrisp), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 03:21 (four years ago) link
Bill Burr's Galactic Masshole
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 03:23 (four years ago) link
xpost Ugh, no! Don't lean on the movies, bounce *off* the movies! Young this, young that ... who the fuck cares about whoever the fuck that guy is in Rogue One? Who cares about Young Obi? No one needs a Young Wicket prequel. They've spent all this time developing a world, it's time to play in it a bit, like this show does. Introduce new quests and questions, don't answer questions that no one really has. "It turns out Ben was a big fan of the rapper *Obie* Trice from D12 ... "
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 12:56 (four years ago) link
I'm actually looking forward to the Cassian Andor show, because I love the idea of his Rebel secret agent character who had to do a lot of morally-compromised wet work. Plus I love Diego Luna.
Anyway, premium nerd collectibles company Sideshow Collectibles (I have a bunch of their stuff) just revealed a life-sized Baby Yoda that will be selling for $350 to the Star Wars collector with refined taste.
https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/star-wars-the-child-sideshow-collectibles-400369
https://www.sideshow.com/storage/product-images/400369/the-child_star-wars_silo.png
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
Has the show confirmed it to be Yoda, or just, er, *a* Yoda? Because good luck un-naming it, show.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
how do yodae reproduce
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
Budding iirc
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
Curious to me that Jon Favreau wrote almost every episode of this (including the bad ones) but didn't direct any.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
when you're showrunner these days those credits can be half-formality
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
I'm torn between "ugh this entertaining television show really only exists to create merchandising opportunities" and "I must protect him"
― caucus fricked iowa account (mh), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
I'm halfway through this. Distracted at times by how much Mando's voice & dialogue sounds like a Tom Cruise soundboard.
― dinnerboat, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
I thought he sounded like Clint Eastwood, by design.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
Yoda is the exemplar of a species only known as Yoda's species.
Perhaps its just a child of Viridihomine yodalensis.
― Wash your hands! (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 17:34 (four years ago) link
Josh otm about exploring the world not dragging out the same tired characters - it’s exactly why this worked. And Rogue One despite the shoehorned cameos.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 19:56 (four years ago) link
The show takes place after the fall of the Empire in RotJ, i.e. after Yoda's death, so the kid is merely a member Yoda's species. There's some speculation whether it's related to Yoda tho, mostly because his species is so mysterious and rare that previously we've only seen two members of it onscreen (Yoda himself and the female Jedi in the prequel trilogy).
― Tuomas, Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:27 (four years ago) link
that's fucking YADDLE u savage, put some respect on her name
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 6 February 2020 11:13 (four years ago) link
One of my friends has a young daughter (she's 6, I think) who drew this beautiful portrait.
https://i.imgur.com/ldaKUMF.jpg
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Thursday, 6 February 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
A 6 year old drew that!? It's great!
― Dan I., Thursday, 6 February 2020 16:52 (four years ago) link
looks like a Sun Ra cover
― justice 4 CCR (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:05 (four years ago) link
if you find Luke boring, just the same old Force thing
― Dan I., Thursday, 6 February 2020 18:25 (four years ago) link
finally catching up to this - just watched the seven samurai vs the at-st episode and it was GRATE, the haters itt are nuts
the scary-monster at-st and the terrifying unstoppable darth vader at the end of rogue one are both great examples of how treating star wars as a place rather than as endless extensions of the skywalker saga can refresh and revitalise the extremely over-familiar
― Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
Ha i’m 6 mins into ep 1 is the mask reveal that he’s ancient clint eastwood
― in a mellow, balmy way (Hunt3r), Thursday, 20 February 2020 16:09 (four years ago) link
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/star-wars-series-leslye-headland-disney-plus-1234587493/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 24 April 2020 19:45 (four years ago) link
A new “Star Wars” series is in the works at Disney Plus, Variety has learned from sources. The series hails from Leslye Headland, the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of the critically-acclaimed Netflix series “Russian Doll.”Details of the exact plot of the series are being kept under wraps, but sources say it will be a female-centric series that takes place in a different part of the “Star Wars” timeline than other projects. Headland is said to be attached to write and serve as showrunner on the series, with the show currently staffing.
Details of the exact plot of the series are being kept under wraps, but sources say it will be a female-centric series that takes place in a different part of the “Star Wars” timeline than other projects. Headland is said to be attached to write and serve as showrunner on the series, with the show currently staffing.
yaddle please
― wasdnous (abanana), Friday, 24 April 2020 20:05 (four years ago) link
Finally, the Young Maz Kanata spinoff we've all been waiting for!
― Tuomas, Saturday, 25 April 2020 09:23 (four years ago) link
I had been hearing conflicting reports, but noticed this line in a NYT article about the state of the Disney empire in general:
The production shutdown will almost certainly delay Marvel shows like “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” which was supposed to arrive in August. But the service’s big hit, “The Mandalorian,” finished shooting its second season before the pandemic spread to the United States and will arrive in the fall on schedule. Mr. Nathanson estimates that Disney Plus will lose $2 billion this year, with programming a major expense.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2020 19:48 (three years ago) link
that's actually a relief
― Nhex, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:10 (three years ago) link
D+ sucks is the thing
― Spottie, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:12 (three years ago) link
Idk, I def have concerns about Disney becoming one of our sole entertainment overlords the same as everyone else, but I'll say that Diney+ has more than paid for itself a hundred times over in trying to keep an 8 year-old entertained during quarantine.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
First episode of the making-of documentary now live IIRC? Was going to catch it tonight.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 May 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
To the extent D+ suxx, it's due to the lack of new content (plus, to a lesser extent, some UI issues)... the production delays obv. won't help, but it good (for them, and I guess "us") that Mandalorian S2 will arrive on time.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 4 May 2020 20:52 (three years ago) link
I get the lack of big name new content, but tbh getting Onward early was huge for my son.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:11 (three years ago) link
We watched that too -- and have watched Frozen II many times. Getting those films on the service early, due to the circumstances, was welcome for sure.
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Monday, 4 May 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
i just have to catch up on the current season of Clone Wars, but after that I'm not sure what I' going to watch. it's been worth it to be able to watch 6 seasons of that show, though!
― Nhex, Monday, 4 May 2020 23:18 (three years ago) link
Clone Wars ended strong
tbf the entire draw of D+ is kids who haven't seen any of the back catalog and families that will watch it together
I can't hate on Disney otherwise, as far as streaming crap goes, because they've tossed FX's back catalog on Hulu and are doing some collaborative Originals program over there
― mh, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
I haven't yet but i understand that watching Rebels is the thing after finishing Clone Wars. Same showrunner as CW and The Mandalorian and it takes place between those two shows.
― Unparalleled Elegance (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 02:00 (three years ago) link