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
I have a three your old. We were generally pretty good about not watching too much tv but isolation and general anxiety has kind of changed that. Disney+ is pretty crucial as we go through everything classic and not so classic movie most weekends.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
oh yeah. Rebels! i should definitely watch that. I've heard less good things about Resistance.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 03:22 (three years ago) link
Have any of you watched the "Forces of Destiny" cartoon? I saw it promoted on there and thought I may check it out, I like the idea of it (but I guess they're really short?)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 03:25 (three years ago) link
Resistance is for younger kids and was kind of boring. I watched a couple episodesRebels is pretty much the best Star Wars animated thing they’ve done, although my memory of Droids is haphazard
― mh, Tuesday, 5 May 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link
Rebels is indeed great and I need to finish it
― genital giant (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 5 May 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
As for the first part of the Mandolarian documentary -- light but enjoyable, basically had all the directors in a round table and then interviewed individually. Some good Dave Filoni stories.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
I will watch and enjoy but I was watching some cooking show on netflix, the Skywalker Ranch episode (btw their garden is lit) and when Filoni showed up and started riffing with Jon Favreau I had to shake my head and mumble “neeeeerds”I mean, I enjoy the little nods in episodes and Star Wars minutiae but all the “peel the curtain back” things I’ve seen, and this is a judgment of my own nerdery, are people chuckling over things I’ve read
― mh, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
I'm hoping they'll let each episode director do a full-episode commentary at some point. It's trivial now with streaming media to just record the thing and make it an audio track option. I'd love to hear Bryce and Deborah esp. talk more at length about their experiences as the first women to direct live-action SW.
― Bougy! Bougie! Bougé! (Eliza D.), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
or you could also listen to the many surprisingly good multiple language tracks
the mandalorian in Portuguese, still good
― mh, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 03:18 (three years ago) link
on ep 2my kids are v pro-jawa and v anti-mandalorian at the moment
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
THE EGG
― mh, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 19:19 (three years ago) link
Filoni's story about meeting George was good, but wish the other directors would have had more time to talk. Hearing the women and POC talk more about being brought into the Star Wars universe would have been even more interesting, maybe we'll get more of that in future eps. Surprised to see that much footage of Lucas on set, didn't realize he'd be that involved.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
i love how faithful the subtitles and fonts and everything are. it's pretty great.
also nice to see an elasmotherium rocking up -https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/last-siberian-unicorns-what-happened-mammoth-sized-one-horned-beasts-legend-021239
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 19:53 (three years ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mandalorian-finds-boba-fett-temuera-morrison-1293675
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 8 May 2020 23:26 (three years ago) link
(spoiler alert, I guess)
― I eat fast foods (morrisp), Friday, 8 May 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
episode 3 is like an episode of samurai jack mashed up with horizon zero dawn. the red eyes in the AT-ST were a nice touch. (it felt like it was about twice as big as the AT-STs in Jedi!)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 8 May 2020 23:54 (three years ago) link
in the last ep when his mask comes off my son goes "i thought his face would look a little more..... buff"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
Buff or not, he's eligible for a Golden Globe thanks to that brief reveal (otherwise, he wouldn't have been): https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mandalorian-pedro-pascal-golden-globes-rule-change-masked-characters-1234616883/
― Charging for Brewskis™ (morrisp), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:09 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUL8QcjcFuI
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
Didn't know voice-only performances weren't eligible. Pretty stupid and definitely going to come up again when somebody eventually gets serious consideration for a CGI-only performance.
Also weird that the GGs are decided by only 85 voters right now, but I know of some worse organizations.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 27 May 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Amazed more than 85 people in the world even cAre about the golden globe awards.
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Sunday, 31 May 2020 00:00 (three years ago) link
I’m seeing The Clone Wars movie for the first time (my son is watching it); the “Huttlet” makes Baby Yoda seem a bit less... novel.
― OG Honeymoon Ave (morrisp), Saturday, 27 June 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
Finally watching this (thanks to a friend's D+ trial), and it's...ok? I guess I was hoping it would be better? We're halfway through. I wonder if they're purposefully mixing in some bad actors to get that o.g. Star Wars flavor, but dang, when there's actually dialogue, it is so bad.
A little less pew-pew action and more of a sense of humor would be nice, but oh well.
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 17 July 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
lol I liked this, but I don't know why anyone would expect it to be better than just okay.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 July 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
REFUSE to watch FAN SERVICE mandaWHORian!does anyone know when s2 starts?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 17 July 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
First two episodes are proper good, best Star Wars thing since the 80s, then they go a bit samey.
― chap, Friday, 17 July 2020 16:45 (three years ago) link
Oct supposedly
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 17 July 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
Ok the last two episodes finally felt like a decent show. Although I would prefer if it was just Amy Sedaris as a single mechanic babysitting Baby Yods and playing cards with droids. Or those two stormtroopers doing Waiting for Godot.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:47 (three years ago) link
jordan you didn't get any humor out of it? I thought that was one of its strong suits
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 July 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
I feel like the funny maybe came a bit later? Esp that one episode directed by Taika Waititi, that one was tops.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 23 July 2020 00:50 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the only actually funny stuff was Taika-related (either his initial droid appearance or the last ep) imo. Or Amy Sedaris just being onscreen. Everything else felt pretty forced (no pun intended) or relied on a reaction shot from baby Yoda.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 July 2020 14:15 (three years ago) link
Little yoda was funny af, what’s wrong with you
― calstars, Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:25 (three years ago) link
i didn’t realise until the kids pointed it out that that’s not actually yoda, since this takes place after yoda dies. i totally thought it was.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:36 (three years ago) link
Oh yeah, my wife had the same realization after we finished the last episode.
Baby Yoda was great, but there was not enough Baby Yoda to substitute for writing decent dialogue and plots.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RidSWiDnfsU
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 23 July 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
SORRY THIS FAN SERVICE IS DISGRACEFUL
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
That was from the episode Taika directed, does not count against my thesis
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:13 (three years ago) link
the Horizon Zero Dawn episode was pretty good i thought.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
haha, was that also the Xena one? Or the mudhorn one?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 23 July 2020 20:38 (three years ago) link
yes the xena one!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
the IG-88 one (or whatever this one’s name actually was) was sick af imo
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 23 July 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
I claim credit for christening it the "Xena one," lol
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Thursday, 23 July 2020 23:32 (three years ago) link
I didn't think anyone could describe that episode as anything else than the Seven Samurai one, since that's where the plot came from... But the Seven Samurai plot has been done so many times in American media, starting with The Magnificent Seven, so I guess Xena might've had an episode like that too?
― Tuomas, Friday, 24 July 2020 11:14 (three years ago) link
I dunno, it's not even about the plot specifically - it just had the look & feel of a cheesy mid-'90s syndicated show, like Xena or Hercules.
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
(and I guess the plot did feel like something that would happen on Xena, but I don't know all the episodes by heart, I was always stoned with my roommate when watching it.)
― Your dream has symbolic content (morrisp), Friday, 24 July 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
Credit due, it's totally apt (in terms of tone/acting/premise). The pretty widow having a crush on the Mandalorian just because he was...there, so bad. Also, maybe it was a Seven Samurai reference, but their big plan was to get the AT-ST to step in a river?
― change display name (Jordan), Friday, 24 July 2020 18:21 (three years ago) link
IIRC there's a scene in the SS where the samurai allow some of the bandits on horseback to ride into the village, only to be met by the villagers who they didn't except to be armed and fighting back... So the AT-ST trap scene was probably meant to be equivalent to that. Tho of course in SS the bandits attack in several phases, and the battle takes up the entire second half of the movie, whereas here they obviously had much less time available, so they had to compress the villagers' gambit into a single make-it-or-break-it trap.
― Tuomas, Friday, 24 July 2020 19:46 (three years ago) link
And the romantic subplot comes from SS too, where one of the samurai the villagers hired and a girl from the village have a budding romance, but in the end they can't be together (though in SS it's because of class differences).
― Tuomas, Friday, 24 July 2020 19:54 (three years ago) link