Seemed pretty clear that these episodes don't have the juice, the crew spent nearly as much time talking about other media as the episodes. The B-Wing rules, bring back the Z95 Headhunter.
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A More Civilized Age: A Clone Wars Podcast (Ft. Austin Walker, Natalie Watson, Ali Acampora, Rob Zacny)
- Thread starter MadLaughter
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Nooo, I just finished episode 81, and now there's only 4 more episodes left before I'm caught up.
Like them I'm also really enjoying Rebels and now I need to decide if I should watch ahead or wait for the next podcast before watching more.
I've got the audio books of the Thrawn Trilogy (which i heard were really good), but I still haven't gotten around to listening to it.
Like them I'm also really enjoying Rebels and now I need to decide if I should watch ahead or wait for the next podcast before watching more.
Only thing I remember hearing about the EU from someone in high school was regarding Chewy... and how he apparently gets killed by having a moon collide into him, haha.
I've got the audio books of the Thrawn Trilogy (which i heard were really good), but I still haven't gotten around to listening to it.
I would pay extra for this. The hardest I've ever laughed at the pod is an old Patreon episode where they talked about Luke Skywalker's ghost robot girlfriend. (The first time - it's come up multiple times.)
Also, I loved them talking about The Rocketeer, which is a genuinely great movie. It also recently got brought back as an animated kid's show about Cliff Secord's granddaughter. (Maybe great-granddaughter?) It's... Mostly dumb.
Okay, just watched the first of the next set. If that last episode with Sabine reveals the weakness of this show's attempt at pulpy stand-alone adventures, the next one is that format done to perfection.
I too would pay extra for this.
The Old EU was so, so, so
Caught up way faster than I expected! Now I just have the Q&A episodes left to go through which should keep me busy for a while.
I'm dying to hear if they actually watch Hannibal between now and the next podcast, or at least start watching it. I'd pay extra for a Patreon podcast just of them watching the whole series, it's so good.
I'm dying to hear if they actually watch Hannibal between now and the next podcast, or at least start watching it. I'd pay extra for a Patreon podcast just of them watching the whole series, it's so good.
Yeah ok the next two episodes are bangers. Plenty to talk about for the next one.
I loooove the continuity of Ezra calling himself Jabba, and then everyone involved at this point immediately going "ah, of course, Ezra Bridger". It is both very funny but also very smart. We love to see it!
Speaking a bit more broadly, if you are a Chopper appreciator then these episodes have some Chopper Ws. He's racking up a kill count! He helped locate those ships and looked after a baby! He's really carrying the rebellion on his back tbh, everyone else needs to step up.
Speaking of Ws, Zeb. Add it to the character skill sheet - he's a baby finder! It's very specific and it doesn't really add that much to his character in terms of depth, but it is very charming and endearing. I hope we see more of his baby finding skills in future, perhaps he can bond with some children or something? I said it lacked depth, but there's potential there for it to be more of a thing in future.
I am not immune to "what if Ahsoka had white lightsabers". Very cool, very sick, I was under the impression that these were specifically an Ahsoka show thing (haven't seen it, just seen marketing material), but I guess it's another thing lifted from Rebels! And along similar lines, The Last Jedi feels like it's playing in the space created by this episode in regards to the broom boy at the end and all that. Interesting. Will be interesting to see if more Last Jedi stuff was in this show all along, thus proving that a lot star wars fans online have not seen much star wars.
Speaking a bit more broadly, if you are a Chopper appreciator then these episodes have some Chopper Ws. He's racking up a kill count! He helped locate those ships and looked after a baby! He's really carrying the rebellion on his back tbh, everyone else needs to step up.
Speaking of Ws, Zeb. Add it to the character skill sheet - he's a baby finder! It's very specific and it doesn't really add that much to his character in terms of depth, but it is very charming and endearing. I hope we see more of his baby finding skills in future, perhaps he can bond with some children or something? I said it lacked depth, but there's potential there for it to be more of a thing in future.
I am not immune to "what if Ahsoka had white lightsabers". Very cool, very sick, I was under the impression that these were specifically an Ahsoka show thing (haven't seen it, just seen marketing material), but I guess it's another thing lifted from Rebels! And along similar lines, The Last Jedi feels like it's playing in the space created by this episode in regards to the broom boy at the end and all that. Interesting. Will be interesting to see if more Last Jedi stuff was in this show all along, thus proving that a lot star wars fans online have not seen much star wars.
I'm dying at the Hannibal talk. Austin did a great sell. I know that realistically it is extremely unlikely to happen, but with three of them as newcomers it would be a shame to not capture their reactions to a Hannibal watchalong on the/any pod.
The first two seasons of Hannibal may be the best two seasons of Network TV I've ever watched.
At the time this season was coming airing, Force Awakens wasn't yet out.
That's so wild to think about. It also uh, makes me like The Force Awakens slightly less in retrospect, because this show is kind of doing what The Force Awakens was doing re:"it's just like the original trilogy we swear" (albeit in a tv show format), while taking more interesting swings more consistently.
Judging by how they were able to just dump the Patreon funds into a trip for 4 to Galactic Starcruiser, I'd say it's not so much a matter of money but just available time in general.
In any case I'd prefer the podcast remain SW-only but I recognize that I am a weird nerd who doesn't care about Hannibal the way most folks seem to lol
Once all star wars material is exhausted they will become a frasier rewatch podcast and rebrand as 'A More Civilized Beige'
Never mind later, I still long for them watching Tartakovsky's Star Wars: Clone Wars
I thought that was part of the legacy stuff they said they were going to do when they started to do the last pre-cancellation season of The Clone Wars?
I think they said they were gonna watch it before starting the final season
Assuming you're watching along, there are other examples of this show doing stuff that later Star Wars live action would do and Rebels did it better including one that I expect the crew to absolutely go through the roof about…
I am watching along, I'm mostly sticking to what the pod watches unless something seems independent (e.g. regardless of what the pod does, I'll probably watch acolyte for example).
I have heard vague rumblings about the future of the show! I'm excited to get to those moments. My expectation at this point is that by the end I'll be like "well at least Andor is still a banger" lol.
Her trying to make herself forget the KOTOR twist is very Daphne coded.
I guess if she's manifesting or predicting revelations with her psychic abilities
Ok so I saw the third episode ready for the pod, it's good, could have done with more room to breathe, blah blah blah, I am five minutes into the pod and
THE FACE I MADE AT THE BARRIS REVEAL I had not seen the trailer, oh no I can't believe it's going to be years before the pod gets round to this, I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG but I guess I have to
I'm glad they call out how much of a non-character Sabine is here. This show gives her nothing, which makes the few episodes that do anything with her feel so unsatisfying and empty. Like the show thinks its initial pitch on her is enough, like "oh yeah she's this punk artist teen girl Mandalorian" and... That's not a character. That's not a driving philosophy, those aren't ideals, that's not history, that's not internal tension. That's not a person. And then they tag on she used to be a bounty hunter and... So what? That's just another "cool thing" but doesn't inform who she, what she does, or what she can't do.
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When they talked about Sabine being a prodigy, I was suddenly hit with the memory of jokes about Ace Attorney having increasingly young prodigy lawyers who have never lost a case as the series goes forward, and you know, Sabine is not beating the allegations. Rebels talks about her in exactly the same way!
Sabine gets more eventually but it never felt clear if like all this current stuff of her avoiding hanging out or trying to lose herself in a bounty hunter/criminal life prior to the ghost is foreshadowing those later reveals or if this stuff was just being thrown at a wall and not sticking and they invented the later stuff to find a more interesting angle for her. Especially if you start doing mental math on her age once you have the full picture, like was she 8 in the empire academy somehow? Was her flirtation with bounty hunting a thing she only tried out over that one spring break?
With where Rebels (and other shows) go with her, she perpetually feels like a character that's just getting stuff grafted onto her without much thought.
Like not to say she doesn't have some interesting stuff coming, but it's so scattershot that it never paints a clear or satisfying picture for her.
To a point, Zeb gets a similar lack of focus. But atleast when he's in the room, you know what he's going to bring to the table. Sabine, it's like... kinda tablescraps? "Oh, we can just give her this expository line. Not that it needs to have any meaningful insight or flavor."
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I support you on this. Also, the non-clone variation of the Z-95 Headhunter is clearly the 1980s Honda Civic hatchback of Star Wars.
Haven't listened to the Q&A yet but the "iconic moments" link has me cracking up 💀 who approved these??
-The realization that only Austin knew what Order 66 was
-Natalie talking about how Yoshi P invented time travel
-Austin's investigation during The Box
-You don't have boys like Rob Zacny
-Ali going wild when Karn and Dedra are connecting during Andor Ep12
-The Quarren residential schools deep dive
I could go on and on haha.
- Constantly recalling Jaybo Hood by asking "Who was that horrible shit kid?"
- Rob dropping cursed old EU knowledge
- Natalie wanting to keep every episode when constructing the Skip List
- Little Freak alert!
- "We could never go on the Galactic Star Cruiser, it's so expensive" -> "We're on the Galactic Star Cruiser!" -> "Why did we spend so much money on that?" -> "I wish we could go back"
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Same, might be because AMCA doesn't frequent soundboard shenanigans.