Star Wars: The Mandalorian [** Spoilers **] [Disney+] (US Pace)

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO

So are Nolte, Carano and Ming one and done or will The Mandalorian seek their help again in a magnificent seven ending to the season.

homerun_homer

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO wrote: »

So are Nolte, Carano and Ming one and done or will The Mandalorian seek their help again in a magnificent seven ending to the season.

I think they are throwing in these characters quick and fast so they can rush build upon their own world's cast of characters to call back to instead of potentially having Mando cross paths with legacy characters, however big or small. That way if & when they return again they may have their own fans happy to see them back. Just imagine next Celebration when they announce that x actor is returning for a full series and the auditorium erupts. Easier for them to have one off characters now to get a feel of who they want to bring back I'd say.

I didn't like Gina Carano's role, mainly because of her acting chops and the weak script for the episode. It didn't do her any favours, otherwise the character could have potential. Nick Nolte's character was good and interesting but I can't see how he'd be used again given he refused to join Mando. Dialogue for that head piece didn't quite work though, which is a shame.

Slydice

1.5: Awe that was good. I was all like..

NO KID! DON'T DO IT! ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN YOU'VE GOT GROWN ANAKIN ACCENT! ... but he did so he dies..

This is the way.

Great to see Agent May. Of course she looks younger, this was a long time ago

It's dawned upon me that this is really episodic. You could watch any one episode without watching the whole series and you wouldn't be lost at all. I thought we left that kind of TV behind when we reached the era of box sets. I don't like that kind of TV at all outside of comedies. This is the first episode where it's starting to lose it's shine. It's not bad but I'd prefer more characters arcing over multiple episodes.

Bandana boy

Bandana boy wrote: »

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Here is why from Slashgear:

You cannot buy an officially-licensed Baby Yoda plush toy in time for Christmas 2019. That’s by design… sort of. As Lucasfilm product licensing SVP Paul Southern said today, “It was important to us that the reveal of the new character, the Child, be a special moment for fans, and we could not be more thrilled with the response.” Lucasfilm and Disney felt it was so extremely important to keep Baby Yoda a secret that they did not include imagery or descriptions of the character in the first wave of license-ready media for manufacturers. As far as they knew – no such character would even exist!

Venom

Episode 5 done and dusted and what an absolute gem it was. The callbacks to such an iconic location was handled perfectly with the entire episode being a joy to watch. As for Wen, I'm in two minds about the character

as on one hand she's too talented to waste on a one and done role but on the other hand, I really like the fact that just because you recognize the actor doesn't mean you what's going to happen to them.

Only downside is the tracking fob bollocks yet again. The show really needs to explain how they work as their maguffin nature has gotten old fast.

Agent Coulson

The tracking fob has to be a DNA based tracker of some sort.

Slydice

I doubt it. I'd guess it's technology injected or surgically placed into the body somewhere.

pixelburp

This has been an issue since about the 60s, when set dressers & designers figured "future tech" consisted of blinking lights, with no discernible UI or interface. One of the many reasons I've loved The Expanse is because they hired genuine UI/UX designers to build out the various tablets, consoles, and even train maps that populate the various locales.

Crazy then how in 2019, Mandolorian has brought back those old, slightly wonky stylings. I guess for the sake of consistency of universe, Star Wars is sticking with its blinking lights, logic be damned.

I don't really get the problem with it. It's a tracking device. What more do you need to know. It would be clunky as hell if someone dumped exposition on how it worked.

Skerries

because it literally just points in a certain direction without context of distance

Agent Coulson

There is only 8 episodes in this season.


You would imagine that season 2 would hopefully launch at the time of the debut of the Baby Yoda toy line.


Otherwise it will be a long wait till season 2 next November.

leggo

Wibbs wrote: »

Afraid not. 1) I was a "fan" of Star Wars when I was a kid. 2) I grew up. 3) That is not to say I don't enjoy it any more, I do, but am not nearly so invested in the wider franchise as actual fans generally are(which is 100% fair enough) and who tend to give it both more positive and more negative energy depending on their expectations(and extremely divisively at the moment. That's a current thing in general though) . That's more what I mean about standalone. In the sense of not being particularly invested one way or the other. On that basis I found it a very weak film with pretty obvious failings throughout. The odd tone shifts, the space chase, the largely pointless subplot in space casino and so forth. On the other hand I thought the production design fantastic and the hyperspace bombing run a wow moment, but story and plotting? Nope.

I know it's a discussion board and this is what we're here for, but these kind of discussions are absolutely pointless. I'm not going to logically convince you to like TLJ and you're not going to convince me to dislike it. And, even if you did, trying to convince someone to dislike something that they enjoy (and patronising them for enjoying it) is a massive dick move tbh. You're essentially saying "Hey you know that thing that brings you joy? Well you're stupid for liking it and here's why. Reason 1: all of China hated it" etc. I know you probably don't mean to do that and probably just vomited out an opinion you have, and a valid one you are entitled to have...but take a step back for a second and see that that's what you're doing. It's okay to let people like things.

Varik

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO wrote: »

So are Nolte, Carano and Ming one and done or will The Mandalorian seek their help again in a magnificent seven ending to the season.

Rewatched the trailer and there's Carano scenes that definitely weren't in her episode.

Slydice wrote: »

I doubt it. I'd guess it's technology injected or surgically placed into the body somewhere.

Would assume it's just dna, if it had to be injected or implanted then I'd assume someone like Wen's Fennec Shand would do something about it.

Slydice

Unless they have some epic scanners, I doubt it's dna.

I'd guess that a dna scanner that works across the vastness of space would mean no-one can be hidden. Yoda and Kenobi hid just fine. If it was possible, I'd be thinking the empire would've had plenty of their DNA around to track and used it.

My best guess for allowing it to be something to do with dna would be a tech which checks the dna of the body it is in and broadcasts a code based on that. Still though, that's seems a lot of power being used.

Varik

Slydice wrote: »

Unless they have some epic scanners, I doubt it's dna.

I'd guess that a dna scanner that works across the vastness of space would mean no-one can be hidden. Yoda and Kenobi hid just fine. If it was possible, I'd be thinking the empire would've had plenty of their DNA around to track and used it.

My best guess for allowing it to be something to do with dna would be a tech which checks the dna of the body it is in and broadcasts a code based on that. Still though, that's seems a lot of power being used.

The mandalorian needed the last know location for BY, and that village was safe until word spread. Would assume someone heard about a him and out of the many bounty hunters 1 followed up on that lead.

Would think the range is a lot smaller than interplanetary.

Slydice

Alright, lookit, it's not beyond the realm of possibity that such a dna tracker could be made I guess.

An implant with something that radiates a signal sounds like an awful easier option.

So far, based the conversation, I really like the idea of a hybrid option. An implant that takes the dna to make a unique code. That then uses a low power radio for transmitting dna code and specific position locally. While at the same time, using some kind of no-power-consuming radiating signal ( like a radioactive material such as uranium etc.. except obviously not one of the harmful give-you-cancer ones like uranium etc )

Agent Coulson

To be honest it doesn't take away anything from the show for me as they are all alien.

If the show was happening here on earth then I would have an issue as no tech like that exists here or even in the near future will (guess) but since its a galaxy far far away with thousands of different alien species i'm cool with it just working.

ERG89

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't really get the problem with it. It's a tracking device. What more do you need to know. It would be clunky as hell if someone dumped exposition on how it worked.

It doesn't help the child that The Mandalorian seems to leave it to be watched by mainly the first defenseless people he comes across. That's the one thing that I don't get with the show. I know he's not used to having a family but it's basic common sense.
Being surprised in last week episode that the child can be tracked by all the other bounty hunters who he beat to the child makes his character look dumb.

Skerries

silverharp

https://twitter.com/BabyYodaBaby/status/1202682010596265985

Falthyron

Episode 5 of The Nostalgia was poorer than episode 4.

The acting from the Han Solo-alike was woeful - it's like they wanted to blend Anakin from Attack of the Clones with Han Solo. The female engineer acting was even worse, like some Saturday afternoon caper show for kids, or something you would see in Murder She Wrote.

Much like last week, you could almost completely avoid this episode and miss absolutely nothing. Tatooine, The Dune Sea, Mos Eisley, Beggar's Canyon, Womp Rat, the canteen in Mos Eisley, the very seat the Han Solo copy was sitting in, Sand people (of course they would be right beside the Mandalorian after using the binoculars), Dewbacks, 'the high ground', the list goes on. By the way, what was the point of giving the binoculars to the Sand People? Mando is on a speedbike, they would never catch him... He trespasses and kills people all of the time, why does he have sympathy for some random Sand People? Is there nothing new here to be shown? Is this all Tatooine has to offer?

The last two episodes have almost zero substance and can be skipped. This show is sinking fast and I am not sure how much longer I can put up with the Stargate afternoon style episodes.

Wibbs

The first few episodes were much better alright. The whole tatooine outing was a tad memberberries for the more involved of fans.

homerun_homer

So Filoni’s live action debut has not improved things, nor was it much better than last week’s poorly directed episode. The acting but the new characters was hammy again, it’s like money has gone into sets, effects and props but not into acting talent.

For a season with 8 episodes I presumed Favreau wouldn’t be bullish!tting when he said it would be essentially one long movie. What a con that is as only 2 episodes have been relevant, 1 & 3. There has now been 2 bottle episodes for Mando to get his ship fixed and nothing of note happening. My disappointment in the show is increasing.

homerun_homer

homerun_homer wrote: »

So Filoni’s live action debut has not improved things, nor was it much better than last week’s poorly directed episode. The acting but the new characters was hammy again, it’s like money has gone into sets, effects and props but not into acting talent.

For a season with 8 episodes I presumed Favreau wouldn’t be bullish!tting when he said it would be essentially one long movie. What a con that is as only 2 episodes have been relevant, 1 & 3. There has now been 2 bottle episodes for Mando to get his ship fixed and nothing of note happening. My disappointment in the show is increasing.

I kinda agree but I'm still eager to watch it every week so that's gotta count for something

Wombatman

Thought 4 was weak but 5 was great, possibly my favorite episode so far. Speeder bike sequences and fluid call backs were sweet. Story was nice and tight.

Starting to turn into an 80's Incredible Hulk type series where he shows up some place new, does some rad sh1t, then moves on, while the story slowly evolves in the background.

homerun_homer

Deleted User wrote: »

I kinda agree but I'm still eager to watch it every week so that's gotta count for something

Well me too, but that’s the Star Wars factor. If this was a new show akin to Firefly or some such I’d be giving up. Not that’s it’s a bad show, but just not a show that’s grabbing me or keeping me interested.

Sad Professor

The simple and minimal plotting is what I'm enjoying most about the show. I mean, TESB's plot is pretty spare too and feels like a detour until the last 30 minutes. If it was made today there'd be 5 times as much plot.

If these 8 episodes are like a big movie, then the third act will probably be the last 2 or 3 episodes. That's when the story will come together, or won't as the case may be. Either way I've enjoyed the ride.

pixelburp

homerun_homer wrote: »

Well me too, but that’s the Star Wars factor. If this was a new show akin to Firefly or some such I’d be giving up. Not that’s it’s a bad show, but just not a show that’s grabbing me or keeping me interested.

Yeah, I think in any other scenario this would be a typical summer show, slight but enjoyable enough, but utterly superficial. The Star Wars license is definitely carrying a lot of the interest IMO, whereas other shows would probably try to put more ... well I don't want to say "effort" but I don't think this show needs to try very hard; and that's fine, before anyone decides to huff, but I'd love to see this series push the boat out a teeny bit more

Gbear

It's possible that the effort put into setting up Ming Na Wen and Cara Dune's characters might bear fruit later down the road, and they'll be seen as worth the time to have been set up properly.