The Mandalorian

jayrebb said:

it never came up with me and I'm sensitive to it. Nothing in this show tripped off diversity hire sensors at any point. It didn't come up with Lando back in 1980 either. There's ways to cast black men without slamming virtue down everyones throats that was lost in the 2000's.

Overall impressed, given current climate.

Click to expand...

There was the one scene in ep 4 which started my warning bells. When cara was training the stupid males how to thrust a pointy stick, meanwhile mando is training the women how to be deadshots with blasters. Then i realized that it could be explained as the men being more useful as the melee while the chicks stayed behind going pew pew pew. Speaking of, did anyone else get a Vasquez in Aliens vibe from Cara wielding the m60 blaster rifle? I kept expecting her to scream, "lets rock!".

Finally got around to the last three episodes. Man, I like this stuff. It's monster of the week nonsense half the time, but it is star wars magic 100%.

That opening in Ep 8 was solid goddamn gold. Taika Waititi(sp?) is the hero this generation deserves.

Rezz said:

Finally got around to the last three episodes. Man, I like this stuff. It's monster of the week nonsense half the time, but it is star wars magic 100%.

That opening in Ep 8 was solid goddamn gold. Taika Waititi(sp?) is the hero this generation deserves.

Click to expand...

They want him to do a full movie.



I think they should consider him for a movie. He showed he knows how to hit the right marks.

The way he shot certain scenes, and what I would guess was his direction to the actors throughout the finale episode really saved the series for me.

Pretty sure Disney is icing the SW movies for now to focus on the TV side.

All the DC TV shows are cookie cutter bland though. I dont think they make any money.

If we don't see Sabine in season 2 now i'd be shocked, unless Darth Gustavo having the Darksaber doesn't become a plot point right away. Or we've already seen her and she's the female blacksmith, that wouldn't surprise me either if that's the big season 2 reveal. However as soon as Mando find out about the Darksaber that's an instant rallying call for every living Mandalorian in the galaxy.

I wonder how much a Tie Fighter would cost in USD.

Fadaar said:

If we don't see Sabine in season 2 now i'd be shocked, unless Darth Gustavo having the Darksaber doesn't become a plot point right away. Or we've already seen her and she's the female blacksmith, that wouldn't surprise me either if that's the big season 2 reveal. However as soon as Mando find out about the Darksaber that's an instant rallying call for every living Mandalorian in the galaxy.

Click to expand...

She doesn't care about her people, she's too busy running around with Ahsoka looking for Ezra.

This was better than Rise of Skywalker, by a lot. The finale was fucking great.

jayrebb said:

They want him to do a full movie.

'Please direct a Star Wars movie!': Taika Waititi receives rave reviews for The Mandalorian finale

Fans are calling for the Kiwi filmmaker to direct an entire Star Wars film.

www.stuff.co.nz

Taika Waititi receives international praise for directing season finale of The Mandalorian

"Waititi delivers a big episode, jam packed with everything that has made The Mandalorian such a sensation."

www.newshub.co.nz

I think they should consider him for a movie. He showed he knows how to hit the right marks.

The way he shot certain scenes, and what I would guess was his direction to the actors throughout the finale episode really saved the series for me.

Click to expand...

As far as I'm concerned the black dude (Name too long), Chow, Fav and Waititi should all get a movie. They all did really well and understood the feel Star Wars is supposed to have.

They do need to be careful though. Waititi really skirts the line with humor (Admittedly successfully so far, but I think SW overall has a lower humor bar than Marvel), so I think he'd be wrong in a mainline SAGA film--but directing a Rogue-like intro story, like Han Solo, he'd be fucking amazing.

The Mandalorian S1 8/10
The Witcher S1 7/10

Doesn't even get released until May and already #1 seller on Amazon for toys( not even preorder, toys as a whole )

Fadaar said:

If we don't see Sabine in season 2

Click to expand...

Is she even that interesting of a character? I haven't watched all of rebels, but what I did; I really fucking hated her armor.

I might go back and watch Clone Wars and Rebels.. I kept reading and hearing that CW is getting a new season at the start of the year

Lithose said:

.

Click to expand...

My thoughts exactly when seeing the plea for Waitti. I'm pretty sure Disney is self-aware enough with their current trilogy but contracts.. they really need to pull back and just poke fun within the universe some.. Mando is a good start, doing good with Obi/Ewan is great timing has decent possibilities.. Giving Waitti his own story; even if its something like what 'we do in the shadows' rooted within the universe and kept in check by the lore police would be fine, as long as it utilizes or adds building blocks to the overall universe; even if its a one-off.

Thats my understanding with Rag, and probably with Love and Thunder.. James Gunn was put in charge of the "MCU Space Division/Visionaire" after GoG but Taika seemingly had free reign over the gladiator/battle planet with grand master.. if he pulls an award for something like Jojo Rabbit; disney is gonna put their hands all over him in anyway they can... if they're not already haha. Definitely has that "director for the fans" kinda vibe. I could be wrong on my info, as it was shitter reads in the past.. but Taika is definitely on the up and up 5?6? years.

gauze said:

Is she even that interesting of a character? I haven't watched all of rebels, but what I did; I really fucking hated her armor.

I might go back and watch Clone Wars and Rebels.. I kept reading and hearing that CW is getting a new season at the start of the year

Click to expand...

Rebels is like Clone Wars, in the fact that the beginning is average, at best, but starts to pick up after season 1.

When they announced The Mandalorian, and this thread started up, I decided to finally get around to watching Clone Wars (and then Rebels). I read that season 1 of CWs was the weakest, so I started with season 2 (I was unsure that I could make it through a kids cartoon). There were only a few times were I felt a little lost for information, but it worked out fine (if season 1 of CW was as kiddy as Rebels S1, I wouldn't have made it). As it has been said before, the last few seasons of Clone Wars were the best Star Wars since RotJ.

just because, muh pants.

edit4bonus

lmao just found out that Taika Waititi directed 5 episodes of the abortion that was the US remake of the Inbetweeners

Great finale. Kind of jarring with the "there's too many of them" versus "we'll shoot 90 of them at once". But whatever. Characters dying, an actual 'bad' guy, Mando doing more than just shooting people, Boba Fett stuff coming. Should be good.

Overall a good series. Probably an 8ish overall, with 3 or so episodes above that average and 2 or so below it. I didn't hate 4 as much as everyone else did, but it wasn't great. I thought the Heist one was cheesy for acting purposes and stuff.

Really interesting if they're going to try and find bbY's homeworld or just some hidden Jedi conclave. Could be cool.