I swear you could of told me it was the new LOTR show and I'd believe you in the first 5 min. Just switch the blasters for arrowsAlso it was a little weird that they just made the antagonists Uruk-hai lol
oh my goddd! I'd never allow him to walk around on his own. I'll carry him myself or he stays in the ship :<This puts into perspective just how tiny baby yoda is.
Protect at all costs.
Yep, this episode fits the mold of a typicalA Team episode. It doesn't mean I don't enjoy the show, just looks like it's going to settle into that. Hopefully not.Man, the writing is really bad.
Did Favreau originally write this to be a video game? Each episode is basically an RPG side quest, complete with NPC dialogue.
Thank goodness for Yodel.
This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
I've seen it outside of era, it's one of the first things I thought about the show, and I've seen plenty of visual media, thanks.This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
Super corny.This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
It's not. Its a perfectly fine episode that gives some much needed character development. People just love to whine about everything.Finally sitting down to watch this, I wonder if it's as bad as I'm reading..
Hmm, not too sure what to think about that if true. I just want them to get on with the storyline they started with the first three episodes (what the hell is 'Baby Yoda' and what does the Emperial Remnant want with it?) instead of just constantly be side-tracked. Hell, if this is the way they'll do it, I wish they would've made Baby Yoda a three-episode arc instead of making him the main plot.Sounds like the show will have mini arcs like TCW.
Next chapter will start a 2 chapter -arc according to the descriptions.
It's a tv thread. Take the hate watching with a bucket of salt. Show is great And amazingly Star Wars to its core good and bad.Finally sitting down to watch this, I wonder if it's as bad as I'm reading..
this show is honestly pretty embarrassing and the online discourse it creates in its wake is just the cherry on top.
there's just nothing to it at all, it's extremely vapid with increasingly more awkward writing and even more questionable acting.
I mean I'm not above thinking Baby Yoda is the cutest thing to ever be put on screen but this show is literally just adult men playing with toys.
hm okay maybe this show just inherently isn't for me then as I don't really like those shows either. But I do sincerely love Star Wars so I'm hoping I'll enjoy this more, because, and I swear I'm not saying this to be contrarian, episode 4 was my favorite (or 2nd favorite) so far.I'm not above enjoying shows about adult men playing with toys. See: the CW superhero universe, Stargate, etc.
Imagine being this condescending.This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
see, to me it's like a serialized version of Kung Fu (the series). Which is itself a kind of Western bastardization, having already been back and forth at least once.this show is honestly pretty embarrassing and the online discourse it creates in its wake is just the cherry on top.
there's just nothing to it at all, it's extremely vapid with increasingly more awkward writing and even more questionable acting.
I mean I'm not above thinking Baby Yoda is the cutest thing to ever be put on screen but this show is literally just adult men playing with toys.
If you told me this was an episode of a series set in the same world as Xena I would have believed youJust finished watching episode 4. Really disappointed with it honestly. Didn't even look like it takes place in the the SW universe to me.
It's true, and you hear gamer jargon deployed around conversations outside of Star Wars as well. Comparing TV or films (or books, which I've also heard) to games isn't always inappropriate, but I think it actually does a disservice to games and other mediums when the comparison is so uniformly reductive and disparaging.This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
This whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
This is a gaming forum, it's not really surprising that for some people that that's the first thing that comes to their mind.
Disliked this episode. Bad acting, bad setting, boring story. It was just an Hercules/Xena episode.
Now this is starting to read like a Star Wars thread.
First of all, y'all need to learn what a filler episode is. A filler episode is when a main character die, then for the next 6 episodes we have the cast figure out the mystery of the locked closet, then show goes back to the main plot and ends the season with the main character funeral.
Yeah. I also have a friend who saw him as Flim Flam from Scooby Doo.Remember when everyone called Ezra an Aladdin ripoff in Season 1?
I'm sure there will be more lore and stuff as things go on, like you say, the problem is that despite that (imo) Rebels was never truly was great. It just had moments of greatness. And the reason for that is the main cast just wasn't especially strong + the writing was weak. Now, in that situation it was somewhat "Weak on purpose" because it was intentionally targeted at kids and thus dumbed down. Here though I feel like it's not weak on purpose, and instead just weak because 1. The Mandalorian isn't an especially deep or nuanced character and 2. Favreau is clearly not a particularly good writer.This show reminds me a bit of how Rebels started. There was an initial plot hook to get things rolling, and then from there they had several episodes of "Monster of the Week" type stuff, with very little plot advancement. But over time, it really delved into a lot of themes and lore/plot that really set it apart. Filoni ran that show, and he has a lot of input on this one, so I can only imagine where this will eventually go.
The different sect of the Way of Mandalore is only a starting point, there is 1000% no possible way that it is ignored going forward. We are going to revisit that Tribe and learn more about how and why they are different from other Mandalorians.
The hints from Twitter of actors filming scenes for S2 only reaffirms that for me. A lot of these complaints about lack of story structure and plot are almost certainly going to be addressed going forward, these initial episodes almost have to just be set-ups to set the stage for what is to come. Gina Carano will almost certainly be back, Werner Herzog will almost certainly be back, the Imperial Remnant is going to play a bigger part, and we are going to get Lore dumps all over the place.
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.
Yup every Star Wars tv series has trouble finding its pacing and framing at the start, this just feels more enjoyable because its simple, more straightforward and less side characters to deal with.This show reminds me a bit of how Rebels started. There was an initial plot hook to get things rolling, and then from there they had several episodes of "Monster of the Week" type stuff, with very little plot advancement. But over time, it really delved into a lot of themes and lore/plot that really set it apart. Filoni ran that show, and he has a lot of input on this one, so I can only imagine where this will eventually go.
The different sect of the Way of Mandalore is only a starting point, there is 1000% no possible way that it is ignored going forward. We are going to revisit that Tribe and learn more about how and why they are different from other Mandalorians.
The hints from Twitter of actors filming scenes for S2 only reaffirms that for me. A lot of these complaints about lack of story structure and plot are almost certainly going to be addressed going forward, these initial episodes almost have to just be set-ups to set the stage for what is to come. Gina Carano will almost certainly be back, Werner Herzog will almost certainly be back, the Imperial Remnant is going to play a bigger part, and we are going to get Lore dumps all over the place.
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.
Its a difderent take on star wars thats not animated. Thats good enough for me. Gives me hope for the future
This.It was cast, lit, lensed, edited, and scored like a mid budget TV show in comparison to the prior three.
Why did that AT-ST seem robotic and to have a will of it's own? I think the Mandalorian even called it a mech at some point and it was still shooting after the Wrestler lady blew the cockpit up. Did Favreau somehow forget that AT-ST's have pilots and aren't robots?
How the hell do those tracking fobs work? The first episode I could kinda roll with the explanation 'The fobs just pinpoint a bountry hunter to the closest location the target was last spotted', but how the hell did the tracking fob ever point that one bounty hunter towards that tiny town in the middle of nowhere? It seemed to point him to the exact location the Mandalorian was at. Surely if tracking fobs are that accurate, running wouldn't be very sensible. Or are we supposed to believe that somehow someone at that village ratted them out?
My dude the latest episode literally had detective mode with points of interestsThis whole "this is a game" thing is hilarious, and one of those clear moments of "ResetEra has a reeeeeeally small frame of reference for visual media".
Except that we don't, because... they aren't as video-gamey. There's a reason why we all say that about this show, and it's because it's immensely obvious. I like the show, but let's not kid ourselves, every episode has been as shallow as a side-quest so far with a whole load of gaming mission tropes to accompany them.lol, yeah, you could actually be reductive like this about pretty much all action movies.