Star Wars: The Mandalorian

I’m relieved they killed off (he better be actually dead) talking seaweed man and his flying animal farm.
We deserve a better villain than that.

Yeah, I kept getting Pirates of the Caribbean vibes every time he was on screen

Disney gonna Disney

Mandoboringan

One thing about this show is that, in earlier seasons you have one brooding, masked guy playing off of other characters, and it's mysterious and cool. But now there are is a whole team of equally masked people we're spending time with, and last night I was like, "Fuck, this is Power Rangers, isn't it?"

this is what you kids get for liking that boba fett helmet

It was very “i have 6 boba fett action figures”

One thing about this show is that, in earlier seasons you have one brooding, masked guy playing off of other characters, and it's mysterious and cool. But now there are is a whole team of equally masked people we're spending time with, and last night I was like, "Fuck, this is Power Rangers, isn't it?"

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I had this exact thought last week when they were all flying around fighting that dragon. Major Power Rangers vibes.

Mandos whisper amongst themselves

The costumes and production design excellence of Andor have made The Mandalorian seem a lot cheesier this season.

This season of Bad Batch >>>> this season of Mandalorian

I’m only fifteen minutes in, but: lol

Axe Wolves

they went full-on with that name

Wild episode

the guest star and fan service ratio turned into “do you want more?”

Grogu being the ladie’s man!

some serious devil sticks music during that challenge

That was absolutely ridiculous and I loved every minute of it.

It was like a good old-fashioned sweeps week show.

This was like a bad Star Trak. Star War levels dangerously low!!!

I enjoyed it a lot while also complaining about it frequently.

Fun episode for sure. Weird... political content, just like the other episode on Coruscant.

Love Boat guest star levels

nashwan I'm with you

Gotta admit my love for droids is boundless.

Funny how much parts of this reminded me of Spielberg's AI including the neon-mall future city at night set design.

ah, yes and Lizzo is an terrible actor.

*a

I'm happy anytime Christopher Lloyd pops up, especially if he's given a line like "If I trigger this failsafe, it will convert the planet's docile workforce back into battle droids and unleash them upon the unsuspecting citizens of Plazir!", which he delivered with the appropriate gravitas

Now we're really getting somewhere. <3 IG-Grogu

Curse whoever invoked Power Rangers in this thread, pretty impossible to see anything else whenever Mando Gang are onscreen

Watching this with an 11-year old is perfect, absolute delight at Grogu’s new ride

Truly delightful. Heavy episode otherwise! But a great way to set up the season finale.

heard rumblings of a captain pellaeon appearance, might have to catch up on this season!

*whistles idly*

Will Thrawn make an appearance next week? (I always want to call him Thrak)

Thbbt.

(Maybe? Who can say! Inasmuch as he's already teased for Ahsoka and it's all now building into the Filoni film...)

really sad when Big Papi took a dirt nap

the extreme subtlety of referencing Project Necromancer

Giancarlo Esposito hamming it up like a silent film villain. Fun episode. Weird music cues, though, before the big showdown. Sounded very 70s "Battlestar Galactica" or something. Makes me wonder if the budget got squeezed very tight lol.

Yeah I was noticing the musical shifts. Bemusing at the least!

Giancarlo’s hair stole every scene

that series of red laser doors he goes through down the hallway was so Get Smart

what was that giant monster and what/how has it been eating this entire time to get so big?!

Loved Grogu's new ride and ability to communicate. Episode alright otherwise

“Gojira!”

ridiculous. best show going.

Really liked the new episode, thought it was one of the best of the last two seasons. It was over the top in the best kind of way, 10 year-old me would have thought it was the best thing ever (to that, my 11 year-old said "BEST. EPISODE. EVER" after it was over....)

I always try to keep the "this is really for kids" in mind when watching, to keep the more ridiculous aspects in check and enjoy the ride, but to the discussion of the pirate guy even my kid said "what is this a Muppets crossover?" when he first showed up. And, yeah, total POTC vibes.

My kids and I watched SPACEBALLS a month or two back so whenever that pirate guy comes on we all shout Pizza the Hut!!”

the hard juxtaposition of clowny corny stuff and like, 'sw-canon-theme' stuff usually works right for this series (except the power rangers ep, which was just, oh man, stop these drill sequences). this weeks ep was v fun with the villain reveal scene and impulsivity+ grodu.

lol pgwp