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Still halfway into the newest episode but I kinda like the Mando Blade Runner episode.
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Sash! posted:When I told my wife that Lizzo turned up in a Star Wars, her first reaction was "is she going to be in more episodes" followed by "did she play a space flute?" *While watching a campy live reinactment of A New Hope* "An Opera, in space you say? How delightful, my dear!" I wish Herzog's character wasn't killed off, because then they could have both him and Lloyd as these right wing cranks spreading transmissions across the galaxy Alex Jones style while people on Coruscant are nodding thoughtfully. "Look, I worked for the empire a long time, no way could they build a super laser powerful enough to obliterate an entire planet. We have records from the Battle of Endor that the improved Death Star II was barely capable of destroying a hospital ship. Clearly the rebels blew up Alderaan to frame the Emperor! " "No doubt, friend. And don't get me started on those space wizards. Separatists finally get a sovereign that gets the hyperloops to run on time and they cut him down! It's Jedi Blood Libel pure and simple!" Coruscant Liberal: "Well I don't entirely agree but we'd be hypocrites to not hear them out."
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Apr 6, 2023 03:56
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Is there a chance jack and lizzo paid the mercenaries to jailbreak off gideon Kinda like how dooku played both sides so he'd always come out on top
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Apr 6, 2023 04:01
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At least they had the foresight to strip the B2s of their arm blasters, otherwise that could have gone a lot worse. Never expected to see one haul rear end like that though.
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Apr 6, 2023 04:12
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moist turtleneck posted:Is there a chance jack and lizzo paid the mercenaries to jailbreak off gideon No, that was Palpatine. Dude played the whole galaxy against itself with the Clone Wars, while kicking back with his feet up and having to give zero fucks about which side won because either way he'd be the guy on top.
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Apr 6, 2023 04:12
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Sash! posted:If anything, yes, she should have played a space flute and Jack Black should have been even more over the top. Straight-up Hedonismbot over the top. So obviously you are correct. He should have been gold
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Apr 6, 2023 04:28
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Rappaport posted:My only objection remains that Grogu cheated Bo saved his life twice that episode, and her having the thing is a win for everyone, so it's win win.
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Apr 6, 2023 04:38
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But it's kind of great that Din figured out a way to rules-lawyer around the Darksaber nonsense, because it is all nonsense, he doesn't want it, Bo does, and well here you go, my friend.
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moist turtleneck posted:Why weren't there any IG units to borrow from the ugnauts Jon Favreau turned into a too busy/awful writer and that was abandoned. Jonathan Banks would've made a better villain. Give him like five more minutes on screen and better lines and it would've been so much better. The villain's motive made absolutely no sense at all. .
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Apr 6, 2023 05:20
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Alchenar posted:Also it's obvious that these Mandalorians were the ones who jailbreaked Moff Gideon, right? I don't think it is at all. Could've been Gideon's own forces or maybe more likely his possible boss Thrawn who left Beskar there to implicate the Mandalorians for it because they see them as a threat. It also could've been a yet unseen in live action Mandalorian doing their own mission who is already casted for it, Sabine.
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Apr 6, 2023 05:24
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Panfilo posted:These honor duels always seem a little suspect because looking at all the recall election bullshit we have in real life politics, you better bet every craven career climbing little poo poo of a foundling is gonna be issuing challenges at really convenient times to undermine leadership and fragment governments. Hmm I suppose that's why Mandalore went to poo poo huh. Literally is why Mandalore went to poo poo. Who knew honor duels are bad for government?
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Apr 6, 2023 05:25
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DiomedesGodshill posted:Jon Favreau turned into a too busy/awful writer and that was abandoned. I think he’ll pick it up later.
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Apr 6, 2023 05:43
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I think probably IG will pop out, fixed off camera, to help the heroes as a surprise in the final battle while the babus celebrate. Or something like that, classic audience cheer moment
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Apr 6, 2023 05:46
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Alchenar posted:There was literally a speech about how they are heartless mercenaries who take jobs and don't care at the start of the episode. Their job was to kidnap Space Romeo and they felt bad about that, helping Space Hitler escape justice feels like a huge step beyond that.
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Apr 6, 2023 05:55
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No Mods No Masters posted:I think probably IG will pop out, fixed off camera, to help the heroes as a surprise in the final battle while the babus celebrate. Or something like that, classic audience cheer moment The Babus should be piloting it somehow.
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Apr 6, 2023 05:59
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It’s not like he just didn’t find a source for old drone parts.
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Apr 6, 2023 06:11
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I like that we got to see how the "putting former Imperials into positions of power" can work sometimes and isn't purely a recipe for disaster. Granted there's plenty of problems to the ~paradise planet~ we saw, but at least it being a front for the rebuilding of the Empire isn't one of them! This might've been the most pure fun episode of Mando so far for me since I loved the guest stars and the whole setup at work here came across to me as probably the most Star Wars-y thing we've seen from any of the Disney+ Star Wars shows. Maybe it's just the weird sense I have for what Star Wars is due to all the EU/Legends books I read, which often had characters delving deep into particular alien cultures and had plenty of space royalty in them, but everything in this episode just really landed for me. It definitely wasn't the best episode of Mando, and I'm sure any given episode of Andor would kick its butt in many different ways, but I'd love to see at least one episode like this one in all my Star Wars shows.
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Apr 6, 2023 06:23
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I think it's been clear for a while that Din didn't want the dark sabre, does not get on with it (can barely use it) and would have considered ways to get it into the hands of Bo Katan. Some of the best parts of showing her character this season has been that despite her intense desire and need for it, at no time did she try and betray Din, steal it, or even intimate that he was unworthy of it. Her defence of him as Mandalorian also made that clear. It's been a useful device. Din literally wants nothing to do with the expectations that come with holding that thing, he wants it in the hands of someone committed to using it as intended. I also appreciate the fact that he isn't an unstoppable badass at all times. He needs other people. I really enjoyed this episode. Goofy, self contained fun with some advancement of main plot. Perfect.
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ClydeFrog posted:I think it's been clear for a while that Din didn't want the dark sabre, does not get on with it (can barely use it) and would have considered ways to get it into the hands of Bo Katan. It's also why he's probably gonna end up with it again by the end of the season and probably accidentally crowned King of Mandalore. Power traditionally goes to the one that doesn't crave it in stories. Also Bo might've seen the Mythosaur, but she's forgetting she only saw it cause Din fell, or possibly got pulled, down into its lair. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a "He got chosen, she just witnessed it" thing there.
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Apr 6, 2023 06:34
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This ep was corny in just the right way and works as a flag planted in the opposite end of the spectrum from what Andor is doing, both being great ways to do a star war.
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Apr 6, 2023 06:46
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This poo poo seems like fer babies
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That DICK! posted:This poo poo seems like fer babies Welcome to Star Wars, please enjoy your stay.
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Apr 6, 2023 07:20
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That DICK! posted:This poo poo seems like fer babies Stars Wars has always had one foot in gloriously trashy pulp sci if, Astounding Stories type stuff.
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Apr 6, 2023 07:22
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:So they could do a Logan's Run tribute. Tube-cars and all! Plus the berzerk droid with cutting lasers was also 100% a Logan's Run reference.
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Apr 6, 2023 07:31
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That DICK! posted:This poo poo seems like fer babies Say that to my face 
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That DICK! posted:This poo poo seems like fer babies
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Apr 6, 2023 14:22
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I love how Jack Black and Christopher Lloyd both had a line of dialogue before their faces were shown on screen, so you have this moment of "Wait a minute, is that...."
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Apr 6, 2023 14:56
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OK. I just caught the episode. The good and the bad: The Good -The set design, as always, is totally on point. Very bright, vibrant, the colors were so stimulating I often found myself pointing out ones I like. -It’s maybe a bit more phoned in than it used to be but drat the music still slaps. Two scenes in and I'm hopping around the room and clapping with the rhythm. The Bad (Oh Christ, where to start) -The sudden overreliance on guest characters. Takes me completely out of the magical mystical world I’m supposed to be losing myself to. And for what? The show got along just fine without Captain Kangaroo bumbling on-screen with some vaguely relevant subplot about train conducting. -The puppet. Ugh, the puppet. I’ve been consistently impressed how they work around the limitations of the puppet but by this point it’s really starting to show. The lengths they have to go to on the design side to obscure the hand puppetry is so obvious now it’s distracting, and on your average 4K TV the puppet just looks like poo poo. A dirty cross-eyed lamb that looks so mottled that it should be put down, oh yeah, that’s what the people like to see. They need to move to full CGI. -The plots have gone progressed over the course of the show from ‘quaint, but with stakes’ to ‘so mind-numbingly simple and obvious as to be insulting.’ I think back to classics like “Too Sick To Go To The Circus” – where the characters are dealing with problems that feel REAL - Lamb Chop is very excited to go to the circus but got sick and is forced with great consternation over the course of the episode to realize that for the greater good of public health she must stay home in bed. It’s like, genuinely soul-crushing and you’re feeling that anguish right along with her. This latest episode is the exact same poo poo except with Chicken Pox, no circus, and NO heart. -The mains are all fine, but at this point the ancillary characters need to be put on a truck and shipped off to Farmer Swanson’s Barn upstate. We already had a self-centered dipshit who forced themselves into the center of every single plot (Charlie Horse) but oh boy, one wasn’t enough so here’s Buster the Bus to make Arty Aardvark look like Samantha the loving Seal. End of the day for me it was a 6/10. I’m still kind of invested in the plot (as non existent as it is at this point) so I’ll see this season out, but I’m slowly coming to the realization that I’m never gonna have my mind blown by an episode like “Lamb Chop’s Allowance” ever again. At least Shari Lewis can still loving get it. That DICK! fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Apr 6, 2023 14:56
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That DICK! posted:OK. I just caught the episode. The good and the bad: Did you wander into the wrong thread?
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Apr 6, 2023 15:04
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Personally I think the world is ready to try a gritty Lamb Chop again https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3nal69fro
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Apr 6, 2023 15:14
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Isn't this thread for The Lambdalorian?
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Apr 6, 2023 15:25
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The Mandalorian Season 3: Cult of the Lambdalorian
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Apr 6, 2023 15:53
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I think it's funny that IG-11 is so indestructible that he can shrug off blaster bolts, walk through lava and survive a self destruction with the only downside being reset to factory standard, only for his entire head to he caved in by a well timed bust falling on him.
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Apr 6, 2023 16:35
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the bust was probably made of really heavy unobtainium
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moist turtleneck posted:the bust was probably made of really heavy unobtainium Greef stole a bunch of beskar from Werner Herzog for his head bust
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Apr 6, 2023 16:53
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Madurai posted:Plus the berzerk droid with cutting lasers was also 100% a Logan's Run reference. Yes!
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Apr 6, 2023 16:56
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Blade Runner Super Battle Droid Logan's Run Laser Droid Ghost in the Shell AI reprogramming via lubricants
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Apr 6, 2023 16:57
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They're going to release the hours of footage of JB and Lizzo just loving around on set, right? I love that I very quickly thought of Futurama's Hedonismbot and come here and see that life half of us did the same.
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Apr 6, 2023 16:59
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So "I have Spoken" is Ugnaught version of "This is the way" right?
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Apr 6, 2023 17:00
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It's their way of saying they also have survived Nick Nolte.
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Parallelwoody posted:Isn't this thread for The Lambdalorian? The Lamb Lies Down on Mandalore
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