The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[ZE_501]

Still thinking about this episode:

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Lil' Womp Rat going full Dark Side on Cara Dune was hilarious. Creepy Grandpa Herzog "We all will be quiet" -- LOL ... and that TIE landing was a very nice touch.

The Imperial Remnant was much more of a credible threat in this episode; great use of biker scouts who actually received and acted on intel with brutal efficiency.

 

[The Buffinator]

Hey Otomofan, I'm sure it was unintentional, but I'd appreciate it if you didn't talk about things that may or may not happen in TROS (or at least use spoiler tags). I've purposely stayed out of the TROS thread to avoid spoilers, but I thought the Mando thread was a safe space.

 

[Otomofan]

Sorry.

I'll take 50% of the blame for not using spoiler tags.....but man, that other 50% is on you!! What the hell are you even doing on THE INTERNET as a whole, just mere hours before a SW movie drops, if you are avoiding spoilers??

Turn the phone/PC off and read a book or something until after you've seen the movie!!

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

That was a near perfect episode. Terrific nearly all the way around. I'm so sad though...

 

[The Buffinator]

Sorry.

I'll take 50% of the blame for not using spoiler tags.....but man, that other 50% is on you!! What the hell are you even doing on THE INTERNET as a whole, just mere hours before a SW movie drops, if you are avoiding spoilers??

Turn the phone/PC off and read a book or something until after you've seen the movie!!

Yeah, I know, I know. What am I thinking??? But then again, as I didn't get seats for the first showing on Thursday, odds are some clown will spoil something for me while he's leaving after the previous show.

 

[Otomofan]

Yeah, I know, I know. What am I thinking??? But then again, as I didn't get seats for the first showing on Thursday, odds are some clown will spoil something for me while he's leaving after the previous show.

 

[The Buffinator]

I was thinking of that very clip when I typed that. I may just slip in ear buds and blast some tunes until I get to my seat...

 

[Otomofan]

Despite not really caring much about it, I actually ended up seeing TFA at the first showing on premiere day. It was kind of cool in the sense that nobody could "spoil" it for me in the lobby like that.

Of course, my interest in SW tanked after that dog turd of a movie, so I actively sought spoilers on the rest of the Disney movies since I knew I wouldn't be paying to see them. I have no regrets.

Mandalorian, on the other hand, is special. I watch each one as soon as it drops, cause I hate the idea of anything being ruined.

What a fantastic surprise that Baby Yoda reveal was in the first episode. They got me...they really got me! And within minutes, it was all over social media and the front page of yahoo. It sucks that we have to devour new media like hyenas, and wolf it down, but the consequences if we don't are that any potential surprise the directors intended will be ruined by a bunch of useful idiots.

That baby Yoda reveal really was right up there with

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Ned getting his head chopped off and the Red Wedding on GoT. It feels so great to actually have a creative team capable of surprising me as a viewer, cause it happens so rarely.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

Noticing a trend, Deborah Chow has directed possibly the two best episodes of the show. Honorable mention to Rick Famuyiwa who has directed a pair of terrific episodes as well. My optimism for the Kenobi series keeps increasing.

 

[user 15061]

Goddamned, I cant wait for Friday.

 

[Otomofan]

I think it's gonna be a longer wait than Friday, no? Season finale is December 27th!!

 

[xipotec]

Good use of spoiler tags boys...thank you, alway a day or two behind due to my schedule.


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[Mandible]

That was a cracker of an episode! Back to form

 

[Sassafras]

Sorry.

I'll take 50% of the blame for not using spoiler tags.....but man, that other 50% is on you!! What the hell are you even doing on THE INTERNET as a whole, just mere hours before a SW movie drops, if you are avoiding spoilers??

Turn the phone/PC off and read a book or something until after you've seen the movie!!

Speakin' for myself 'coz self-quarantine sux. Done it for a couple of films. U can't even go to major news sites and some of my mail sites/Insta 'coz some headline spoiler headline pops up. For TROS re online just doin' quick skates in certain places. Avoiding the TROS thread now and other websites It's a good time to go read more Mandalorian history tho. Figure by Saturday forget it; ~ 72 hours after fan events no where to hide. (At moment, except for hand-wringing clickbait titles of some YT stuff etc. haven't much idea what goes on in TROS, except what was in trailers.)

Still think it's a miracle the secret of Baby Yoda was kept. (Apparently RJ blabbed about a season 2 set visit and OK, *&^%$^%$. Now I hate u too and u should never, EVER, direct Mando. U are not worthy if u can't even shut it like a professional.)

What I liked/didn't like Episode 7:

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Overall - wow, wasn't expecting that. At same time wish I had kinda known, 'coz felt frustratingly unsatisfied. U b@st@rds. Not completely surprised but d@mmit am already hooked.

Cons:

IMO a couple of "emotional transitions" were kinda abrupt. I get it, but I would've liked a smoother flow. Like when Cara shifts to joining Mando, or when Greef throws in with Mando. I don't know how/where but would've liked to see more introspection from him. Like maybe looking at baby and looking at ground and u could see Greef thinking.

Don't think Cara and Mando would've been so trusting with Greef's men at their back. I get it, but not logical IMO when Mando was covering the back in last episode, and Cara had offed a bounty hunter before that. I might've worked with that more. Tho those bounty hunters did seem like losers.

Pros (so many):

Bein' a treehugger always nice when a new biologic shows up. The volcanic environment. Firefight. Cara snark.

IMO Cara comes into her own; and also great vibes of chemistry with what I think is the forming of the main team coming together for future seasons. Also the backstories. Just that bit of arm wrestling. Small but great relationship/character building.

More "small stuff" that made it all a richer story IMO. Like Baby messing with the ship (after checking on grown-ups LOL) and doing toddler stuff like Force choking Cara. Kulil's dignity in talking about his enslavement. The Client's comments on the fall of the Empire creepily Nazi-ish. Carefully threading IMO (in believable way) how IG comes back into picture. The interaction between Greef and Mando.

Knowing both Mando and Cara have skated into some sketchy areas re their backstories. Plus, it opens them up to more interaction with "morally gray" characters. Pascal had said they'd be playing with light/dark boundaries and good to see it happen.

FINALLY a hint of someone having an idea of Child's abilities, but not too much at once. Made sense. (And IMO it's still touching that Mando doesn't even know what's going on here but yah know, just accepts it and rolls with it re baby. Great dynamic)

Moff Gideon. Instant presence. Everything I hoped he's be - tho brief. 'bought fell over when TIE fighter and Stormtroopers showed up. It was AWESOME.

Thankfully there's reasons why Mando would put baby in danger. 'Coz at first thought that was lame and out of character. Things go bad.

Wouldn't say am HAPPY about last grim scene but yeah, they went there Was like *holy &^%$!!!!* Then got mad 'coz CLIFFHANGER. U b@st@rds!!!!!

IMO great episode laying out groundwork for expected action blow-out last episode - coz, Favreau.

IMO it's GOOD to be emotionally taken with Season 1, overall. That's been unexpected.

 

[Sassafras]

I was thinking of that very clip when I typed that. I may just slip in ear buds and blast some tunes until I get to my seat...

Actually gone in later to reserved seats 'coz of people blabbing loudly on way out. Reserve seats=awesome. This is the way.

 

[The Buffinator]

Actually gone in later to reserved seats 'coz of people blabbing loudly on way out. Reserve seats=awesome. This is the way.

I agree, but in this case the theater we're going to (chosen by my son) doesn't have them. He's also the one whose waiting too long to buy tickets resulted in us missing out on the first showing. So it's 100% his fault if someone pulls a Homer.

 

[Sassafras]

I agree, but in this case the theater we're going to (chosen by my son) doesn't have them. He's also the one whose waiting too long to buy tickets resulted in us missing out on the first showing. So it's 100% his fault if someone pulls a Homer.

U could wear Stormtrooper helmets. Add ear protection and also hide some preferred snacks like FRESH Haribo gummies vs STALE overpriced movie candy.

Yeah, but we blew it too. I would've like to have been at fan event. But IMO it's just not worth those neck-breaker front row seats and that was pretty much all that was left. So noon Friday it is.

Edit: BTW, just tripped over a Wall Street Journal article something something about Disney and all those unlicensed Baby Yoda sales. I can't read 'coz don't wanna register for WSJ zzzzzzzz. But sellers maybe are gonna get Disney nastygrams.

TBH tho IMO a lot of that KO stuff is kinda sad.

 

[Darkseed]

That was a cracker of an episode! Back to form

Agreed. Chow has two of the best episodes of the season......it was great episode.

 

[NAZGUL-KING]

Great episode. Nice to see some competent Stormtroopers - even though I didn't like the outcome of their pursuit.

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poor Kuiil

 

[Cocoboloboy]

Chow and Favreau for the win. Wow! Did we actually see real tension and loss in a Star Wars episode? Yes. Yes we did.

Loved seeing all the Stormies, the transport, the Scout Troopers and bikes and especially that Tie shot.