Captain Pickle Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, EternallDarkness said: flossing.....how are they eating? How are they kissing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 The long blaster is OP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Firewithin said: The long blaster is OP Now you know what Vader meant when he told Boba Fett "No disentegrations" in Empire Strikes Back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Btw I dont think enough people are talking about the cool end credits art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 22 hours ago, Greatoneshere said: Great, so they are terrible on multiple levels. I mean, until you can post some textual evidence to back up your claims like I did, then no, only in your mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 One of my coworkers is also a Star Wars nerd and we’ve been discussing it with each new episode. And boy, it’s a lot of fun. Releasing the whole thing at once would take that experience away. I’m thankful that the one a week model is coming back. I was always a fan of the music, but with each episode I love it more and more. The main theme has been stuck in my head all day. It’s by the same composer as Creed and Black Panther, whose scores I both loved. While the show just might rely on known iconography a little too much, it’s nice to see that the show is willing to do something different and break the John Williams mold that the franchise has always been adhering to for decade. I’m curious to see what other types of scores we may get in the future. It would be cool to see a Star Wars property with a synth heavy score like Blade Runner 2049 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 John Wick has killed probably the size of a small army at this point in his movies. that episode ruled. Haters drool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 1 hour ago, SoberChef said: Well, humanoid species anyways. They're Human. Quote Recognized by their iconic armor, the Mandalorian people are characterized in the expanded universe as a multi-species warrior people who often work as mercenaries and bounty hunters. The Clone Wars television series reintroduced them to the franchise as a human people and introduced the New Mandalorians, pacifists who wish to distance themselves from Mandalore's warrior traditions. Mandalorian warrior characters also appear in the Rebels animated television series and in the live action web television series The Mandalorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cusideabelincoln Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 9 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: You new to Star Wars? Hide contents Bad guys having bad aim is LITERALLY one of the main tropes. I think Star Wars may have invented the trope to be honest I loved the episode and I definitely like the direction they seem to be moving in. All I was thinking when the episode ended was that I NEED a Mandalorian game in my life right now I guess Republic Commando is the closest thing we have to one? Star Wars: Bounty Hunter came out in the PS2 generation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPDunks4 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I thought about this during that scene too.. Spoiler Reminded me a lot of Halo Reach when they all flew out for support. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 3:13 AM, Bacon said: With the length of these EPs I really wish I just waited to binge watch it. If it wasn't for the constant spoilers everywhere I go I would have waited. agreed. episodes this short are made for binge watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Firewithin said: Btw I dont think enough people are talking about the cool end credits art a few select images Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 On 11/22/2019 at 2:58 PM, AbsolutSurgen said: No. They have created a mythos around why John Wick's skill level is so much higher than virtually everyone else's. And while the odds are often stacked against him, I don't recall any situations like what I was describing above. Not to nit pick, but Mandalorians are supposed to be the best warriors in Star Wars, to the point where they were on the verge of victory against the Republic despite being vastly outnumbered and fighting thousands of Jedi. The only Jedi to challenge them was Revan. Also the Helmet thing might go back to the Old Republic days, as the only Mandalorians you see are in full armor except for Canderous who isn't obviously following the old ways anymore and is running protection for a crime syndicate, then once he goes back hes in full armor again, so Mando's group may have gone back to those ways after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 23 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Not to nit pick, but Mandalorians are supposed to be the best warriors in Star Wars, to the point where they were on the verge of victory against the Republic despite being vastly outnumbered and fighting thousands of Jedi. The only Jedi to challenge them was Revan. Also the Helmet thing might go back to the Old Republic days, as the only Mandalorians you see are in full armor except for Canderous who isn't obviously following the old ways anymore and is running protection for a crime syndicate, then once he goes back hes in full armor again, so Mando's group may have gone back to those ways after. Yes. If the Jedi are the Shaolin monks of the Star Wars universe than the Mandolorians are probably The Spartans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercury33 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 Oh so Mandalorian is an actual like culture? Not just a brotherhood of assassins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Mercury33 said: Oh so Mandalorian is an actual like culture? Not just a brotherhood of assassins? Yeah they're were purged by the Empire but they were an actual tribal like culture. You learn a lot about them in KOTOR because one of your compainion is a Mandalorian. Not sure how much of that is still canon though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Spawn_of_Apathy Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Something to keep in mind; most of what we know of the Mandalorian has come from Legends and may not be cannon any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha1Cowboy Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 On 11/19/2019 at 2:00 AM, sblfilms said: I’m pretty sure they didn’t want to spoil the Baby Yoda thing with merchandising leaks. They didn’t even screen the first episode for critics to avoid that leaking. This is exactly it. A lot of leaks occurred around the toy lines for the mainline star wars films and Disney higher ups were asked not to produce advanced toy lines to keep the spoiler from leaking and they complied and it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TwinIon Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 I just signed up for Disney+ after figuring out that we don't have the right VZW plan. Went through the first three episodes immediately. I'm really into it. I think there are a lot of ways this show could have been "more by the book," and instead it feels very different. Distinctly Star Wars, but also new. It probably helps that it's the first Star Wars TV show that isn't a Saturday morning cartoon. I'm not really bothered by these Mandalorians having their own rules and culture. I think it's pretty common for any given diaspora to develop its own spin on their native traditions. This specific group has decided largely to live in the shadows, to protect themselves by hiding their numbers, their identities, their location, etc. I don't think that we need to read their rules as having applied to other Mandalorians throughout time. It was impossible to escape baby Yoda before watching the series, but I didn't expect him to be such a big part of the show. I thought it was going to be a brief glimpse or something. I'm less sold on the music. It's not bad, but it does kinda stand out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, TwinIon said: I just signed up for Disney+ after figuring out that we don't have the right VZW plan. Went through the first three episodes immediately. I'm really into it. I think there are a lot of ways this show could have been "more by the book," and instead it feels very different. Distinctly Star Wars, but also new. It probably helps that it's the first Star Wars TV show that isn't a Saturday morning cartoon. I'm not really bothered by these Mandalorians having their own rules and culture. I think it's pretty common for any given diaspora to develop its own spin on their native traditions. This specific group has decided largely to live in the shadows, to protect themselves by hiding their numbers, their identities, their location, etc. I don't think that we need to read their rules as having applied to other Mandalorians throughout time. It was impossible to escape baby Yoda before watching the series, but I didn't expect him to be such a big part of the show. I thought it was going to be a brief glimpse or something. I'm less sold on the music. It's not bad, but it does kinda stand out. It will grow on you. It grew on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 These baby yoda memes are life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I watched this video to try and understand what was going on with the Mandalorians: 1) Based on this, I think it is probably a good thing that the "extended universe" is no longer cannon 2) I still don't understand the Mandalorian history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 9 minutes ago, AbsolutSurgen said: 2) I still don't understand the Mandalorian history Literally nobody does right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 Polygon: The Mandalorian is basically a video game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 23 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said: It will grow on you. It grew on me. That's definitely what happened with me! I now genuinely enjoy how "different" it is when contrasted with traditional Star Wars music, much like the show itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 What I find appealing about this show as well is that it seems to be deliberately "anti-prestige television" in its approach through its single-minded purpose in telling a single story rather than layering on multiple plot threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skillzdadirecta Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 It's an old school action serial. Like the films that inspired Lucas to create Star Wars in the first place. It's storytelling approach is very similar to the serials that people used to go to the movies and see once a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 25 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said: It's an old school action serial. Like the films that inspired Lucas to create Star Wars in the first place. It's storytelling approach is very similar to the serials that people used to go to the movies and see once a week. That's a great analogy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 I've been enjoying this, but also feel like all of the action scenes are way too over-the-top. Why does it have to be like 50 bounty hunters? Why did they have to shoot through like 50 dudes in the first episode? Make him a normal person and put him up against 5 or 6. You can still make that tense. It just makes everything feel a little silly. And yes I know this is Star Wars, but at some point, you're just like... okay, yeah... no, this is too much. And then why couldn't he take out a few jawas? We've seen that he's a superman capable of taking on entire platoons of trained soldiers, but a few jawas? Whoa there. Impossible. What's the deal with the trackers too? Why would bounties have tracking devices? That makes no sense. The bounty hunters were tracking him? He has a tracker on him? The cloner dudes didn't take off baby yodas tracker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 3 hours ago, ort said: I've been enjoying this, but also feel like all of the action scenes are way too over-the-top. Why does it have to be like 50 bounty hunters? Why did they have to shoot through like 50 dudes in the first episode? Make him a normal person and put him up against 5 or 6. You can still make that tense. It just makes everything feel a little silly. And yes I know this is Star Wars, but at some point, you're just like... okay, yeah... no, this is too much. And then why couldn't he take out a few jawas? We've seen that he's a superman capable of taking on entire platoons of trained soldiers, but a few jawas? Whoa there. Impossible. What's the deal with the trackers too? Why would bounties have tracking devices? That makes no sense. The bounty hunters were tracking him? He has a tracker on him? The cloner dudes didn't take off baby yodas tracker? Do you write for Cinemasins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Disney+’s The Mandalorian joins a long list of fake HDR content, analysis finds Quote The channel determines that Disney has simply put the SDR content in an HDR wrapper, with associated HDR-10 or Dolby Vision flags for the TV enabled regardless. The result is that users expect to be watching it in HDR, but they're not really, and they don't have a good way (outside of watching this video) to know what's up besides the fact that the image looks awfully dim and isn't living up to expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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