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The Mandalorian |OT| A Complicated Profession [SPOILERS ON EPISODE DROP]
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Episode 4, especially the beginning with the villagers going about their business and then getting ambushed by an enemy, gave me some hardcore Stargate: SG-1 vibes. Costuming, general scenario, and action felt very similar to many SG-1 planets and aesthetic.
This is a good thing. The rest of the episode is more polished than SG-1 ever was, but that intro really gave me some nostalgic planet hopping sci-fi vibes.
This is a good thing. The rest of the episode is more polished than SG-1 ever was, but that intro really gave me some nostalgic planet hopping sci-fi vibes.
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Weakest episode of the bunch, but overall I've been enjoying the series so far.
I just hope they beef up the supporting cast. The two main characters are a faceless guy with little dialogue and a baby that doesn't talk, there's only so much mileage they can get out of that. And we know that both of them have plot armor, so it makes these battle sequences feel like they have such low stakes when there's no one else to really care about or put in peril. If half of the villagers got wiped out in this episode, would anyone even give a shit? We had just met them 15 minutes before.
Cara Dune is a good start but I want more.
I just hope they beef up the supporting cast. The two main characters are a faceless guy with little dialogue and a baby that doesn't talk, there's only so much mileage they can get out of that. And we know that both of them have plot armor, so it makes these battle sequences feel like they have such low stakes when there's no one else to really care about or put in peril. If half of the villagers got wiped out in this episode, would anyone even give a shit? We had just met them 15 minutes before.
Cara Dune is a good start but I want more.
Though perhaps not as strong as some of the other episodes, I personally still loved it overall. Sure if was a bit on the nose and corny in places, but it was still thoroughly entertaining and charming. It gave me a Seven Samurai, Classic Western vibe.
I thought Cara Dune was a bad ass and loved their fight, along with the training, build up, planning, infiltration and stand off, and just the general cinematography and shortfire adventure feel of it all.
Baby Yoda also continues to be unbelievably adorable, and there was more bitsize titbits of lore/back story here and there too.
Overall this show continues to be amazing.
I thought Cara Dune was a bad ass and loved their fight, along with the training, build up, planning, infiltration and stand off, and just the general cinematography and shortfire adventure feel of it all.
Baby Yoda also continues to be unbelievably adorable, and there was more bitsize titbits of lore/back story here and there too.
Overall this show continues to be amazing.
That episode was kind of bad
Villagers acting and dialogue was bad, the AT-ST was so obviously ripping off Jurassic Park. The widow love interest was incredibly forced. The episode's way too short to feel any long passage of time. The best part of it is baby Yoda.
Probably doesn't it help that I watched The Irishman last night
Villagers acting and dialogue was bad, the AT-ST was so obviously ripping off Jurassic Park. The widow love interest was incredibly forced. The episode's way too short to feel any long passage of time. The best part of it is baby Yoda.
Probably doesn't it help that I watched The Irishman last night
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Or they learned from Netflix's outdated episode length standards. A lot of episodes from the Marvel shows could have used some tightening.
This is one episode in particular that really needed more time
Weakest episode by far, but the series has been surprisingly good. I'm very worried about Gina Carano. Her performance was quite bad and she lacked charisma.
I don't see how they ever give this baby a name. There's to much buildup now. I've had a cat for ten years I never named and yet if I were Mando you sure as heck bet I would've named my Yoda son by now. It's just cruel not to. But you have to guess Mando doesn't know about Yoda or his nonexistent race's naming conventions so the guy is gonna be named Jeff or Fred or something without a Y.
Mando doesn't have a name either. It's part of the show's vibe.
(By which I mean, they rarely mention names, and the main cast coincidentally never has their name uttered onscreen.)
Still waiting for some depth to this show. The characters are pretty shallow, as is what there is of a plot. The only lasting relationship during the four episodes are between a faceless protagonist and a character that is too young to properly communicate.
That said, I enjoy the fan service the show provides. This show drips with Star Wars. Which is a good thing, because if it was a random space armor dude and random alien kid on generic sci-fi show, I doubt anyone would care.
That said, I enjoy the fan service the show provides. This show drips with Star Wars. Which is a good thing, because if it was a random space armor dude and random alien kid on generic sci-fi show, I doubt anyone would care.
Its an element I like in Star Wars, just like Clone Wars stuff lingering around into the Civil War era.
Would be cool if we eventually saw something like Rex's AT-TE by some other faction or made into a home.
I don't know if I liked it any better or worse than the previous episodes but it was definitely refreshing to see a very different side of the Star Wars galaxy than the repetition of material from the films in the first three. Not saying the first three were bad but they were a known quantity.
The farmer's slow transport with the lantern was Miyazaki-esque.
I agree with the bolded.
This episode in particular would've been greatly served by A longer run time. Do we even get the names of any of the villagers? Not even a scene where the " widow"tells you anything about her history or even her name?
I appreciate the homage to the seven samurai of course, but that was a very long film that took a lot of time with the interactions with samurai+ the villagers so it really made you care about them all very deeply.
But I really am appreciating what theyre trying to go for with this show. I'm hoping they listen to the Feedback and make it a little bit "deeper"
for the second season… At the same time I realize it is Star Wars and it's on Disney+ so they are really catering to a really wide audience so I can only expect so much. But I am constantly eager to see where the show goes because it is pure Star Wars, which means ill constantly keep watching.
Also no such thing as too much baby Yoda, within four episodes he's already one of the most lovable, iconic, instantly recognizable creatures in Star Wars. So show him as much as you want lol
This show is my fav Star Wars material since the OT.
I loved that baby Yody scene in the begining when it kept touching the controls. That was funny and insanely cute at the same time. I love the juxtaposition of insanely cute and shoot em up action in this show. It's just fun. I dont need any real depth TBH. I just want more of what's been shown.
I loved that baby Yody scene in the begining when it kept touching the controls. That was funny and insanely cute at the same time. I love the juxtaposition of insanely cute and shoot em up action in this show. It's just fun. I dont need any real depth TBH. I just want more of what's been shown.
agreed.
noticed it too. I assume it got damaged in the last big fight as he was leaving.
Nah. He never had one made, it seems.
I just had a wee look at ep 3. And it's the same. 😞
People saying this felt like a Xena episode hit it right on the mark. I don't think that's bad thing at all though!
This felt like a Stargate sg1 ep a bit, but I liked it a bunch. More than ep 3
Guess I wasn't alone!
Yeah, this formula is fun, was cool to see it in play for a bit.
Guess I wasn't alone!
Yeah, this formula is fun, was cool to see it in play for a bit.
All I know is that I personally have some issues with Rey, meanwhile Ahsoka and Sabine are 2 of my top 3 characters.
Though I also never really liked Luke compared to Han until I got older and hated Anakin until Clone Wars.
Even Ezra didn't win me over until season 3/4
My issue might just be with chosen one Jedi protagonists in general.
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I think it's fine for people to have problems with Rey without claiming they're "misogynistic" or whatever. Ahsoka is super popular in the modern canon and she too is a woman. Ezra by comparison was super unlikable despite being a man, and many still never really liked him (I'm among those).
Rey's biggest issue is that she never had a mentor figure like both of these other characters, as well as Luke, so we are just supposed to accept she's naturally gifted and great at everything she does. That -is- weird and I don't think it comes from a misogynistic place for many people (even if there are obviously just a lot of anti-woman people who don't like her as well). They're just going retroactively give it some rationale in the new movie by making her related to Luke or Palpatine or Kenobi or something to say THAT is why she was so naturally gifted, but it's still kind of a cop out.
Rey's biggest issue is that she never had a mentor figure like both of these other characters, as well as Luke, so we are just supposed to accept she's naturally gifted and great at everything she does. That -is- weird and I don't think it comes from a misogynistic place for many people (even if there are obviously just a lot of anti-woman people who don't like her as well). They're just going retroactively give it some rationale in the new movie by making her related to Luke or Palpatine or Kenobi or something to say THAT is why she was so naturally gifted, but it's still kind of a cop out.
You are a big guy
"Why do you wear that?"
"no one cared who i was until i put on the mask"
for such a small package
I was thinking this too
Remember when everyone called Ezra an Aladdin ripoff in Season 1?
I can't get over how manipulative Yodel feels every time I see him. Like it was designed in a lab for content, memes, cuteness, internet phenom, etc.
Crazy how fucking cute it is and how it puts a smile on my face every time.
Crazy how fucking cute it is and how it puts a smile on my face every time.
I'm enjoying the hell out of the series.
Looking back at the last four episodes, there's no B-story or really any story other than the Mando's. The structure of the show so far has been a 30 minute a week Mandalorian ride along.
This last episode just made me question whether there was enough substance to for the Mando to carry the episode.
Looking back at the last four episodes, there's no B-story or really any story other than the Mando's. The structure of the show so far has been a 30 minute a week Mandalorian ride along.
This last episode just made me question whether there was enough substance to for the Mando to carry the episode.
They reminded me of the villains from 'Ewoks: The Battle For Endor'.
Episode four was basically seven samurai in 30 minutes
The show is fine, apart from being set in the star wars universe and baby yoda it's not that great personally. The cinematography and sfx are great but the story and way things play out are kinda by the numbers.
The show is fine, apart from being set in the star wars universe and baby yoda it's not that great personally. The cinematography and sfx are great but the story and way things play out are kinda by the numbers.
I think they are overplaying baby yoda. It was fine in ep 1 and 2. But now it just feels like it clashes with the tone of the show? Or at least the usual disney humor here is a bit too much(well it was awlays too much in live action)
Basically I just wish the tone was consistent as it was in ep 1 and wanted a bit more drama with Mandalorian. Like its a good show, but it feels its afraid to fully commit to the western/bounty hunting with tragic backstory main character. And despite cgi being overall okay, ep 4 felt really tv show like in its scale and production
Basically I just wish the tone was consistent as it was in ep 1 and wanted a bit more drama with Mandalorian. Like its a good show, but it feels its afraid to fully commit to the western/bounty hunting with tragic backstory main character. And despite cgi being overall okay, ep 4 felt really tv show like in its scale and production
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