I liked it. Felt like a video game progressing through the levels, and then it shifted to a low-key horror movie once the lighting went red and the Mandalorian starting picking off the crew one by one.
Hated the crew, but I think that was the point. Well, except for ol Billy Redballs....how could anyone ever hate Billy Burr?? He's awesome! He basically played himself. I'm so used to him dropping the F bomb literally every other word I was surprised he didn't get to complete his WTF.....then I remembered this is supposedly for kids.
But yeah, the brother and sister were obnoxiously over-acted, as was the big red guy. But like I said, we weren't supposed to like these guys at all.
It's funny that they think they can get any kind of tension out of putting The Child in "danger" at this point. I honestly didn't know what would happen to him at the end of the first few eps....I mean, I knew he wasn't gonna get KILLED or anything, but I thought his story would end with him being left someplace safe and secure. I didn't know he was gonna be the co-star.
I really like the baby Yoda character and design. I think they said it's an actual physical puppet and not CGI? Maybe that's why we all like it so much.
I could do without it's cooing though. That's just way too direct a tie to Gizmo.
It's funny, the original plan for Gremlins was to have the actual Gizmo, the lovable mogwai, be the one that turns into the horrible Gremlins. But they quickly realized how much kids would be traumatized if that happened, which was wise.
But...imagine if they had the balls to do that with the Child. He really IS some kind of Sith lord or something, and he grows into basically the Sith version of Yoda. And of course, the Mandalorian would be the one that has to put him down.
I could see them pitching that idea in the very early stages, but not a chance in hell now. That Child is a cash cow. As far as I can tell, he was instantly more popular and well-received than any other Disney SW character.
Like remember how before TFA they thought everyone was just gonna LOOOOOVVVE BB-8, and instead, we all kind of shrugged, and now you can find any BB-8 you want for like 2 bucks? Baby Yoda is the real deal.
