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CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
If I could age half as well as Olyphant I would be so happy.

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CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Frankenstyle posted:

That was kind of disappointing. They revisit the only bad first season episode for more 'member berries like, "Remember pit droids, old comedians who can't act, and hey look! the sheriff from Dead wood is using one of Anikin's pod racer engines. 'Member episode 1?" And then they go for "Also what if the Mudhorn episode again, only with a bigger monster???". I was kind of hoping that the whole "more of the same but bigger" aesthetic got banished with JJ Abrams.

I mean it wasn't terrible exactly, but it was such an uncharacteristically lackluster low effort episode I'm feeling pretty doubtful about how this season is going to go, and my eight year old on Christmas eve excitement for a new season has faded a lot.

I remember when people didn’t pick up annoying ways of speaking from South Park.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

teagone posted:

I thought it was from Red Letter Media, specifically Rich Evans. But lmao, I guess he got it from South Park. That makes sense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncps_RYHoAI


For a minute I also thought Mando was gonna eventually let him keep the armor, but I guess it makes sense he wouldn't since Dyn wouldn't even take his helmet off to save his own life. I wonder if his whole guild or whatever is like that because they almost got wiped out, or if it's like most organizations that follow a code of honor where like three people strictly adhere to it and everyone just pretends they do and ignores it when convenient.

No, what I was thinking the entire time I was watching was that Cobb would crawfish and turn on Din once it was time to settle up, or that he would bail on everyone once poo poo got too real. The revelation being that he's a sort of con man who breezes into town and gets people to trust him by looking the part and taking on some low level goons that are actually working with him. I probably got this impression because the two Olyphant characters I always think of are Bullock, who doesn't really smile much because he's busy barely containing his rage, and the guy from The Girl Next Door who's a sleazy porn guy but oddly charming and always smiling. Cobb seemed a lot more like the latter than the former, but that character would probably have been too much like Calican.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Oct 30, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I loved Tron Legacy when it came out but man that de-aging technology doesn't hold up well over the years. Looks even worse than Rogue One.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

banned from Starbucks posted:

Only gripe I have about the episode is the gamorrean dudes fighting each other were just fat dudes wearing masks were the ones in jedi wore actual suits(or at least fake arms) that made them look more proportionate. The ones in mando look goofy with their oversized heads.

The only thing that bothered me was that their only move seemed to be to slam vibroaxes against each other.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

hexate posted:

I will feel so cheated if Cobb's inevitable return doesn't also involve a syndicate of Walton Goggins, Jere Burns, and Ian McShane.

Great, now I wish Paula Malcomson was the Tatooine gas station lady.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Owlbear Camus posted:

The whole thing is a work and not a bloodsport, until John Cyclamzamo shot one of them in a fit of pique.

Ah, I didn’t catch that.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

BIG HEADLINE posted:

I'd be down for all the villains from Deadwood and Justified coming eventually. That'd mean we'd get Sam Elliott and Neal McDonough.

George Hearst is more evil and scarier than any Star Wars villain.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
Does Din have full armor or is he missing a piece or two?

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I think his right thigh is the only part that doesn’t look new and shiny but I can’t tell.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
Still, the Seven Samurai episode would have been better with seven of them. Like in season 3 or something.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
It still bothers me he has a mustache under there.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Owlbear Camus posted:

It's the second time he's resorted to using it during parlay, though this was a more uh, measured use of flamethrower diplomacy.

tbf, if I had a flamethrower on my arm I would use it whenever I could.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Cage Kicker posted:

I love how the guy punched him twice in the helmet first, so Mando clocked he was going for haymakers and broke his hand with his face(plate). The choreography for that fight was SO GOOD

https://twitter.com/redlineradio/status/1323042917368451072?s=21

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
The darksaber seems like a 13 year old fanfiction creation. Hope this show changes my mind.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
Having that annoying kid play Boba kinda wrecks the character for me in ways that having that annoying kid playing Vader didn’t 100% accomplish.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

teagone posted:

Maverick Jedi master who is clearly super talented and in touch with the force that tells the council to gently caress off and that's the reason why they're not on the council is a cool concept. But Qui-Gon somehow ended up just being so booooring.

It’s not his fault! You try doing a movie about a trade blockade in front of a green screen the entire time! :negative:

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
At least they’re off Tatooine now so I don’t have to see the curly haired lady ham up every scene she’s in for a while.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

teagone posted:

I just like the frog lady character, ok? Leave me alone :(

[edit] I just find her situation super relatable. That's all.

:sigh:

No reason you shouldn’t, the frog lady’s acting was better than Amy Sedaris.

I didn’t really like the egg thing either. Seemed like wannabe Rick and Morty style life doesn’t matter when the universe is huge type humor that doesn’t fit in with the show to me.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I hope Carano’s agent is giving her the facts of life talk that her resume puts her career trajectory as a chud actor in Kevin Sorbo’s orbit and not Clint Eastwood’s. Also that body diversification is great and the people she hates are the ones who think a rebel shock trooper should be played by someone of her current body type while the people she supports are probably mad it’s not her former.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Nov 7, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
BaeYo ate that spider no problem but it gave me the worst xenomorph images in my head and I just want him to be safe.

Frankenstyle posted:

I dunno. The escape pod is on the HasLab Razorcrest too. And goddamn I wish I knew that was in the pipeline. Order cut off is in three days and I just put the last 400 bux down on my baby Yoda pre-order.

I think Star Wars strategy is more into trying to make his existing ship iconic than trying to sell everyone on new ones every year like G.I. Joe.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Nov 7, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Sash! posted:

He doesn't know what he should and shouldn't eat. The stuff he keeps eating has a semi-aquatic theme to it, making it feel like he's eating what he's supposed to eat...just at the wrong time. The joke is more that he isn't listening, not lol futility of existence lol

Except the episode is supposed to be about this woman trying to save her family line and transport eggs for intelligent life. I’d agree with you more if she was just some rich woman trying to transport rare and valuable space caviar, not “haha baby ate the nice lady’s future children”.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Zoracle Zed posted:

I dunno feels reasonable that r-selected species, sentient or not, wouldn't attach too much emotional significance to an individual egg :biotruths:

Fair but I still think it’s a little bit weird of a way to go for the episode.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 01:38 on Nov 7, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Panfilo posted:

The way Mando said "May the force be with you" sounded amusingly forced and insincere, like someone getting pulled over and pulling some "uh Blue lives matter thank you for your service OK can I go now?" type toadying.

I like how they responded with “and also with you.” since that’s what happens in my head every single time because of Catholic school.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Dave Syndrome posted:

I've read quite in a few "Making of" texts that this blessing is exactly what Lucas based "May the Force be with you" on.

The modern "and with your spirit" equivalent

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I like B-wings.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Panfilo posted:

The way Mando said "May the force be with you" sounded amusingly forced and insincere, like someone getting pulled over and pulling some "uh Blue lives matter thank you for your service OK can I go now?" type toadying.

Upon my rewatch I was impressed most by the realistic way he sounded. Pascal really sold it, and it was a nice change of pace from his usual cowboy dialogue.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
Out of all the stuff they could do, I’m not sure why they thought Cassian would be a hot property. Guess they really wanted a spy show.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

teagone posted:

I didn't like Rogue One, but a lot of people did.

I liked Rogue One and he was the least interesting part of it.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
The visuals in this episode were amazing. I’m gonna go full fanboy the moment Ahsoka appears in an episode.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Bust Rodd posted:

My singular complaint is that I am very tired of Din just moonwalking into the most obvious ambushes in the universe. This episode was otherwise extrememly cool. As someone unfamiliar with Clone Wars and Mandalore stuff, getting to discover that Din is like a fundamentalist wackjob at roughly the same time that he did was very amusing. I am very curious as to what he was raised to think of Mandalorians who don't follow all the rules.

Yeah, I know Din probably spent most of his time at Mando Church but he needs to stop being such a rube and trusting everyone he meets at a cantina while wearing beskar from head to toe. At least paint it or something so he doesn’t look like a walking Tiffany’s.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Isometric Bacon posted:

Am I the only one who's a little bit worried about the fact that this show is tying itself directly into events and characters from the cartoons?

Not to disrespect those shows, (I've never really watched them outside a couple of episodes, which I've been told were bad ones) but it's one of those shows where there's a ton of characters, a zillion episodes, a litany of backstory and all created in the guise of a kids television series.

I liked that the Mandalorian was doing its own thing and could explore the Star Wars universe from a different angle. One of the worst things about Star Wars post-Jedi is that everything ends up being a callback or reference to something that happened before, and all the world building about the universe feels less and less real as everything directly related to something else.

It also can bind the shows writing direction into a never ending argument about canon bullshit.

So far this program is doing a good job of it, of course, which speaks to the shows quality and relieves me a bit. I didn't know that Olyphant or Sackhoff were characters that had appeared before, nor that the darksaber or whatever it is was a thing.

You’re not going to be able to put Din in contact with any Jedi from this time period unless you either go to the cartoons or use a digitally de-aged Luke Skywalker. This is the better option.

edit: And personally I hate the idea of just serving up some made up lost Jedi on tap whenever the plot needs one, which is assume the EU novels probably did.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Nov 13, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Frankenstyle posted:

I went to see it begrudgingly, thinking of it as The Chewbacca Movie featuring some guy he knew before he met Han Solo that I was determined to hate. To my surprise the guy playing Han wasn't awesome, but he wasn't terrible, and Danny Glover was perfect. It's a shame it won't get any sequels, because it at least proved that in the right hands it could have been great.

Personally I felt Solo was the best movie since ROTJ. Agreed on Han and Lando. You’re never going to replace Harrison Ford and Don Glover did such an amazing job it’s sad we’ll probably never see him in the role again.

CubanMissile fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Nov 13, 2020

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Frankenstyle posted:

I think that's part of the point though. You don't get Beskar armor unless you're badass enough to earn it, and you don't wear it unless you're badass enough to keep it. As functional as it is it's also a symbolic "come at me bro" to the universe, and if you can't prove you deserve to have it you won't be keeping it.

That makes sense for a bounty hunter but it’s still kind of a dumb way to do things when:

1. What’s left of your people are secretive and in hiding.
2. Your current mission is such that you want to draw as little attention as possible.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Mywhatacleanturtle posted:

I think Rogue One would have been a better movie if they gave us what was promised by the trailers.

I would have like to have seen Ben Mendelsohn utilized better. He’s so good. And Cassian was an incredibly boring spy.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I wouldn’t want to raise more than one tadpole either if I was a poor frog living in a single bedroom apartment on a pier.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I loved everything so much except for the kid’s awful name.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
My favorite thing is that Mando’s connection to him is the reason BaeYo can’t be trained and Ahsoka is the perfect character to not just ignore that.

CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men
I’d rather see Cal Kestis show up up than Ezra. I haven’t seen most of Rebels, but Ezra was pretty lame in the parts I did catch. Also because I think Cameron Monaghan is a good actor and ponchos make sense to me as Jedi attire.

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CubanMissile
Apr 22, 2003

Of Hulks and Spider-Men

Nanigans posted:

Like Ahsoka, Ezra starts as an annoying kid and turns into a legit great young-adult. Ezra is much better than Cal and once again, is another Filoni creation.

Doesn’t he have a lightsaber that’s also a blaster? :barf:

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