Star Wars - The Mandalorian
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More pandering to george lucas's short sighted ignorance. Due to historic toy tie in they had to keep a full mask.
Who the hell would keep that lid on with your hot breath blocked from going away.
A design for kids that dont understand anything and dopey star wars fanboys of all ages.
This show seems like a sort of midnight run without the foul language (as its disney).
Its a golden age of TV at the moment as everyone tries to get a foothold by greenlighting anything
with a bit of familiarity.
I guess amongst all the dross we get some good shows but eventually they will just make whats most popular and
that will probably rule out anything good.
Who the hell would keep that lid on with your hot breath blocked from going away.
A design for kids that dont understand anything and dopey star wars fanboys of all ages.
This show seems like a sort of midnight run without the foul language (as its disney).
Its a golden age of TV at the moment as everyone tries to get a foothold by greenlighting anything
with a bit of familiarity.
I guess amongst all the dross we get some good shows but eventually they will just make whats most popular and
that will probably rule out anything good.
First Star Wars film came out when i was 6 years old, been a fan of anything Star Wars ever since.
Don't really get the negative reviews, not that i'm saying it was epic but it's not like it is trying to compete with The Empire Strikes Back for top Star Wars honour. It is the first TV venture for the franchise after all (apart from the animated stuff). I'm sure it will get better.
7 out of 10 Porgs for me
Don't really get the negative reviews, not that i'm saying it was epic but it's not like it is trying to compete with The Empire Strikes Back for top Star Wars honour. It is the first TV venture for the franchise after all (apart from the animated stuff). I'm sure it will get better.
7 out of 10 Porgs for me
SistersofPercy said:
Found it really hard to connect to Pedro's character under that helmet. I do hope he comes out of it at some point.
It's great way to keep your star. If they start to get tired or busy instead of making them stand around for months on end, just get someone else in to fill the costume and your star can mumble into a mic for one afternoon a year. quigonjay said:
First Star Wars film came out when i was 6 years old, been a fan of anything Star Wars ever since.
Don't really get the negative reviews, not that i'm saying it was epic but it's not like it is trying to compete with The Empire Strikes Back for top Star Wars honour. It is the first TV venture for the franchise after all (apart from the animated stuff). I'm sure it will get better.
7 out of 10 Porgs for me
Star Wars and Porgs should never be in the same sentence, Odious little things designed to sell toys but thats for another thread.Don't really get the negative reviews, not that i'm saying it was epic but it's not like it is trying to compete with The Empire Strikes Back for top Star Wars honour. It is the first TV venture for the franchise after all (apart from the animated stuff). I'm sure it will get better.
7 out of 10 Porgs for me
Therein lies the problem though. The powers that be assume that Star Wars fans will happily buy anything they sell and they have become lazy. I've also been a fan since the first movie. I'm a 501st registered ESB Trooper but I absolutely detested the new movies and have only seen them once, on the other hand, the thought and effort into Rogue One and Solo produced two absolutely outstanding movies. It's hit and miss.
At the moment I'm leaning towards hit with Mandalorian but it would have been really good to drop a couple of episodes first rather than just the scene setter.
bloomen said:
It's great way to keep your star. If they start to get tired or busy instead of making them stand around for months on end, just get someone else in to fill the costume and your star can mumble into a mic for one afternoon a year.
This is true, though I hope not the case as it really would be a waste of PP.
What's the problem wit the mask? Karl Urban was exceptional as Dredd, as Dredd should always be portrayed, with his helmet on.
I think in Grace's review she says Pedro isn't as strong an actor, so he doesn't come through, but it's not the fault of the mask. Vader, is another great example.
I think in Grace's review she says Pedro isn't as strong an actor, so he doesn't come through, but it's not the fault of the mask. Vader, is another great example.
zb said:
Just watched the first episode, reasonable "twist", overall enjoyable and action packed, now looking forward to the rest. Slight spoiler below.
Very Disney at the end with great big eyes, there were also hints of Michaelangelo's The Creation of Adam, thought this was a bit uneven with the overall tone of a ruthless bounty hunter, despite giving the viewer some compassionate background hints re: the titular character.
Where/how please?Very Disney at the end with great big eyes, there were also hints of Michaelangelo's The Creation of Adam, thought this was a bit uneven with the overall tone of a ruthless bounty hunter, despite giving the viewer some compassionate background hints re: the titular character.
Continuing the Star Wars tradition of re-using real world weapons like Han Solo using a Mauser C96 and the Imperial Stormtrooper's heavy blaster being ex-WWII German MG-34 machine guns. The Mandalorian is apparently using an 1894 Bergmann Number 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvGa2c3rEuE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvGa2c3rEuE
Jasandjules said:
Where/how please?
Travel on business a lot to the Netherlands, Disney+ was trialled over there.Caught up on EP2 now.
Jawas have had that coming to them for years. Also reminiscent of The Last Crusade tank scene, more of a nod than a pastiche though. I have spoken.
Edited by zb on Friday 15th November 16:07
Very much enjoyed chapter 2, lots of nods to things inside and outside of Star Wars.
wondering when Gina Carano is going to turn up, i also liked how there was zero dialogue for a large part of the episode. already to the point where i hope there is more than just the 8 planned.
Is ity just me that thinks the baby Yoda is basically a green Mogwai?
wondering when Gina Carano is going to turn up, i also liked how there was zero dialogue for a large part of the episode. already to the point where i hope there is more than just the 8 planned.
Is ity just me that thinks the baby Yoda is basically a green Mogwai?
daddy cool said:
Yep, enjoyed Ep2 too.
Im wondering when The Mandalorian is going to actually beat an adversary though - he keeps getting his ass handed to him by the wildlife!
Just seems amazing its taken this long to make a credible spin-off to the films.
I think that in order to do it properly the cost of each episode would have been too much for any normal Network to cover. Disney are spending around $15m per episode apparently, double that of Star Trek Discovery for example. Stranger Things is around $6m to $10m for seasons 2 & 3 and The Crown around $10m per episode. It's a very expensive show and unless Disney+ takes off in a HUGE way that budget will likely be cut drastically.Im wondering when The Mandalorian is going to actually beat an adversary though - he keeps getting his ass handed to him by the wildlife!
Just seems amazing its taken this long to make a credible spin-off to the films.
Just watched the second episode and really liked it, despite the fact that nothing really 'happened' plot-wise, they just spent the whole time getting back to where he was at the start.
The short run time of the ep. worked really well in this case. I wonder if a half hour of runtime is going to be standard or they are just making each episode as long as the director thinks it should be - which you can do with a streaming service but not really with broadcast TV. Bear in mind that a typical broadcast US show is only 40-42 mins when you remove the ads.
The short run time of the ep. worked really well in this case. I wonder if a half hour of runtime is going to be standard or they are just making each episode as long as the director thinks it should be - which you can do with a streaming service but not really with broadcast TV. Bear in mind that a typical broadcast US show is only 40-42 mins when you remove the ads.
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