Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

[DioramaMaker]

Yo that first episode was actually pretty fun, pleasantly surprised. It definitely nailed the vibe they were aiming for.

Also I find it funny that the "kid focused show" had a more hardcore, criminally driven opening than the whole ******* BOBA FETT SHOW.

 

[Otomofan]

Well....it was better than Acolyte, so that's good, I suppose?

I hate the production design. Just hate it. Perfectly fine for some generic Sy-Fy Channel nonsense, but this is the least Star Wars looking product yet.

And of course there's the usual amount of degenerate fetish weirdness found in all current Disney stuff.

I'm joking, but I have no doubt a bunch of angry youtube rage-baiters won't be.

 

[Asta]

And of course there's the usual amount of degenerate fetish weirdness found in all current Disney stuff.

I'm joking, but I have no doubt a bunch of angry youtube rage-baiters won't be.

That bit really was freaky.

Horrible creepy clowns.

 

[Otomofan]

I was ready to hate this, but I have to admit, it was fun. It's cute. It's harmless.

Episode 2 was better than 1. That stupid suburb planet was just way too on-the-nose.

The one thing that's bothering me is that they never address the elephant in the room, and I don't mean the elephant kid. What the hell is up with the Geordi La Forge kid? Is she some kind of cyborg like Lobot? What are her powers? Why is such a young kid a cyborg?

I hope they actually tell the viewer instead of explaining it on a website or in an interview. Say the stuff that's in the show ON the show!

 

[Asta]

I was ready to hate this, but I have to admit, it was fun. It's cute. It's harmless.

I'm liking it too.

Episode 2 was better than 1. That stupid suburb planet was just way too on-the-nose.

It's a lot of fun, but you do have to get on board with the on the nose references. I thought the pirate theme was more on the nose than the suburbs, as out of all the planets in the vast galaxy I can imagine some would've developed in a similar way to Earth because the inhabitants are mostly human and it would be a natural evolution. In the OT vegetation was also green and Earth-like (Yavin, Endor).

The pirate theme is very strong with this one though. Their ship has rope netting hanging down everywhere evoking the impression of an old wooden sailing ship; there's even a telescope; SM-33 evokes a peg-legged, eye-patched pirate; the pirate ships are moored as though by ropes, and the pirates themselves are armed and dressed like Earth pirates of the eighteenth century.

Yet I find it easy to go along with it, because from my earliest experiences of Star Wars it came across as a science-fantasy version of our world, and the original comics even went as far as depicting pirates as we think of pirates.


It's such a different kind of series: kid-centric, yet also pretty violent; 1980s retro movie inspired, yet set in a world of eighteenth century pirates.

Thankfully they weren't afraid to give a kid a gun...

...nor shy away from brutality...

The rat that lives in SM-33's head is funny...

The one thing that's bothering me is that they never address the elephant in the room, and I don't mean the elephant kid. What the hell is up with the Geordi La Forge kid? Is she some kind of cyborg like Lobot? What are her powers? Why is such a young kid a cyborg?

I hope they actually tell the viewer instead of explaining it on a website or in an interview. Say the stuff that's in the show ON the show!

Waiting for that explanation as well.

Thematically I think it's a call back to The Goonies and the racial stereotype in movies of the far east Asian kid being a technical wizard fond of gadgets.

 

[Asta]

The only let down was at the end of episode 2 because I assumed this series would be marked safe from hokey religions.

Apart from that I wish they'd dropped all 8 today as I would've binged it.


For 1/6 collecting there are some figure worthy characters with SM-33 and some of the more interesting pirates.

But to get them HT would presumably have to also make the kids since they're the main characters, and they'd likely be a hard sell even though HT have been making some younger character recently.

 

[YoNoSe]

Good pallette cleanser after Acolyte. I loved the kids' speeders. I may never forget the Planeteer Moped Squad from BoBF but it's a start. Lots of gnarly aliens, too!

 

[Otomofan]

The only let down was at the end of episode 2 because I assumed this series would be marked safe from hokey religions.

I agree. I'm holding out the slim hope that he's a charlatan like Kumail's "Jedi" and maybe he used magnets or something. But I really doubt Disney would do that again.

He clearly doesn't have noble intentions at this point. He IS the banished Captain from the beginning, right? I'm sure he starts out using the kids but by the end grows to love them. Classic Disney.

 

[choombaz]

Wow. Reading this thread You gotta be like 45 plus to hate the goonies.

That movie is so 80s and brings me back to how I use to go on little adventures as a kid.
I mean yes if you watched it for the first time at 25 and up you’d hate it

Love The Goonies. Never understood the hate it got. It’s just an immensely fun kids adventure flick. I’m 53 btw lol.

 

[YoNoSe]

The Goonies is the one 80s staple that I just never got around to. I feel like if I watch it now it would be pointless. I did play the associated computer game on Commodore 64.

 

[Asta]

Ah, those creepy clowns were lifted from the Holiday Special.

That and many more easter eggs here:



Creepy clown warning: 24:17.

 

[xipotec]

Wow. Reading this thread You gotta be like 45 plus to hate the goonies.

That movie is so 80s and brings me back to how I use to go on little adventures as a kid.
I mean yes if you watched it for the first time at 25 and up you’d hate it

Me looking at people saying they hate The Goonies

 

[darth dennis]

Love The Goonies. Never understood the hate it got. It’s just an immensely fun kids adventure flick. I’m 53 btw lol.

I definitely didn't hate it, just never found it as entertaining as most around me. I'm 55 so probably caught it a bit after my adventure days were over