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An Ounce of Gold posted:When gina jumped down on the mando after hanging on a pole I cracked up and said, "I bet that's not how the writer pictured that shot (maybe confirmed by the concept art at the end). I wonder if Kevin Sorbo is going to show up." You’re not wrong, but soup slurping baby Yoda watching the whole thing was more than enough for me to forgive it.
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Moon Slayer posted:Just wanted to say that this is a good post. Agreed.
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Nov 30, 2019 15:34
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Pedro Pascal is acting the hell out of that helmet. THE HELL OUT OF IT! Also, I can only iterate how, between him and Baby Yoda, there is more emotion on display than all of the prequels...
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Nov 30, 2019 16:07
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Nov 30, 2019 16:07
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Eh, the first three episodes felt like ESB and this one felt like RotJ. I'm perfectly fine with that though because I like both of those for different reasons. The only thing that put me off was that the show has done a great job capturing the old-timey serial adventure vibe that it's been shooting for with short episodes that carry into the next and leave you wanting more, but suddenly this episode is feeling more like a 1970's self contained episode of the week kind of thing like Kung-Fu or every 70's cop show. Well also, After looking forward to Gina Carano showing up I was pretty disappointed. I was okay for a second ignoring her being the weakest link until my typically very forgiving low criticism wife turned to me and said "So uh, I'm guessing this woman is more famous for punching people or picking up heavy things than acting?" WSAENOTSOCK posted:Truth. I used to work in a film adjacent industry and was do a poor job trying to put together a similar thought. That was a great post. Also also, that heavy gunner Mandolorian came in today and if anybody is on the fence it's totally worth the $30. Hasbro has really stepped up it's game and this thing looks every bit as good as the $100 Boba Fett from Japan that I didn't post it with because the lighting wasn't good.  And yes I know I need to dust.
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Lister posted:My theory was that porgs got such a big marketing push because merchandisers watched TLJ and realized that everyone was wearing the same clothes and there weren't any cool looking characters that got introduced. Seeing that there wasn't anything new to make and sell, they doubled down and porgs and it worked. Porgs happened because that island is IRL absolutely covered with birds and they came up with porgs as something to do a digital replacement with. Then the merchandizing happened, but porgs were a necessity,
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Nov 30, 2019 16:20
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My Wifes 2nd cousin (who we are very close to) is a sculptor for Hallmark. He is working on a Mandalorian ornament for next year, but even as close to the vest as Hallmark keeps things, Disney did not let them know about Baby Yoda so there probably won't even be a Baby Yoda ornament until 2021 which seems like a huge whiff on Disney's part.
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SalTheBard posted:My Wifes 2nd cousin (who we are very close to) is a sculptor for Hallmark. He is working on a Mandalorian ornament for next year, but even as close to the vest as Hallmark keeps things, Disney did not let them know about Baby Yoda so there probably won't even be a Baby Yoda ornament until 2021 which seems like a huge whiff on Disney's part. The hoverpram is even ornament shaped!
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Nov 30, 2019 16:57
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Sneeing Emu posted:They even used the "jingling spurs" sound effect when he was walking into the bar. The soundtrack is 100% John Williams X Vangelius Blade Runner X Morricone Man With No Name, with the levels on each adjusted based on the tone of the scene, and it 99% works. The one track I did not care for was the Blurrg Breaking Theme. Between this show being good and the latest Star War game actually being fun and cool, it is a good time to like the star wars.
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Nov 30, 2019 17:01
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mllaneza posted:Porgs happened because that island is IRL absolutely covered with birds and they came up with porgs as something to do a digital replacement with. Then the merchandizing happened, but porgs were a necessity, its funny that they claimed this was easier than just digitally removing them. just utterly transparent bullshit
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Nov 30, 2019 17:09
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Mandrel posted:its funny that they claimed this was easier than just digitally removing them. just utterly transparent bullshit That did always strike me as a bit of a fib. There's probably a baked in after-effects brush for "replace foreground object with background rock."
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Nov 30, 2019 17:13
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teagone posted:Cara shoulda just suplexed the AT-ST into the moat imo. 
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The theme sounds really good on a guitar. No surprise, I suppose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ab6rIGpSY
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teagone posted:The Mandalorian theme also feels like a sci-fi version of this:
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teagone posted:Cara shoulda just suplexed the AT-ST into the moat imo.  By far the most unrealistic part of the series.
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Nov 30, 2019 18:37
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Was that a Droid AT-ST?
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Mandrel posted:its funny that they claimed this was easier than just digitally removing them. just utterly transparent bullshit Maybe a little, but the thing is that the puffins were actual real physical creatures who really were actually, physically all over the drat place. So it would look stupid for Luke, Rey or Chewie to walk awkwardly trying to move out of the way of... the empty ground. By showing the porgs, the way the characters have to move to avoid stepping on the things reflects the way the actors had to move to avoid stepping on the puffins.
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Nov 30, 2019 18:58
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:hosed up news That’s too bad because my kids 4 and 8 don’t want any parts of TROS toys. They don’t even want the Mandalorian without the full Baskar armor.
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Nov 30, 2019 19:02
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Everyone posted:Maybe a little, but the thing is that the puffins were actual real physical creatures who really were actually, physically all over the drat place. So it would look stupid for Luke, Rey or Chewie to walk awkwardly trying to move out of the way of... the empty ground. By showing the porgs, the way the characters have to move to avoid stepping on the things reflects the way the actors had to move to avoid stepping on the puffins. are there any shots were the actors have to do this or interact with the porgs at all outside of the scripted comedy ones
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Nov 30, 2019 19:03
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zoux posted:What's funny is that he threw her those credits because he thought she “needed her memory refreshed” as taciturn barkeeps often do and she just thought he was an insanely good tipper (also that actress is Josh Gad's wife) Was that obvious or am I special for picking that up too?
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Nov 30, 2019 19:04
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I got a text message from my friend this morning “Episode 4 was trash” How do I take out a bounty on someone? Just asking for no reason.
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gohmak posted:That’s too bad because my kids 4 and 8 don’t want any parts of TROS toys. They don’t even want the Mandalorian without the full Baskar armor. Kids all scratching their new Mando toys with a knife
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Nov 30, 2019 19:20
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Owlbear Camus posted:The hoverpram is even ornament shaped! I KNOW! He has done a ton of Star Wars related stuff (https://www.ornament-shop.com/jake-angell/) and we were both talking about how it was kind of a misfire by Disney not to have a Baby Yoda this year considering the hoverpram is perfectly ornamental shaped!
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Nov 30, 2019 19:26
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They don’t want Baby Yoda merchandise to overshadow all of their Rise of Skywalker stuff singlehanded.
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I like how the AT-ST was treated more like a beast than a machine with a pilot
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Jewel Repetition posted:I like how the AT-ST was treated more like a beast than a machine with a pilot The scene with it rising up behind the trees in the raiders’ base camp really hammered this home, and I thought it was a beautiful and chilling shot.
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FogHelmut posted:Was that a Droid AT-ST? I’ve seen some others say the same thing and I don’t get what happened that would make people think there wasn’t a pilot inside.
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Ballz posted:I’ve seen some others say the same thing and I don’t get what happened that would make people think there wasn’t a pilot inside. It's shot in such a way that you can see in the crew compartment and it's hard to make out a driver. It kind of makes it look like there's one in the right hand seat in this still, but in motion it really doesn't. 
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Nov 30, 2019 20:13
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This show just gets cheesier by the episode but for some reason I like it even more and more
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Martytoof posted:I got a text message from my friend this morning He/she isn’t wrong. This whole Disney thing about letting any jackass off the street direct a whole movie or episode of a series is dumb as gently caress. The first two episodes were fantastic, the third was okay until everyone and their dog had a tracking fob (that reveal scene in the bounty hunter cantina with everyone’s fobs blinking as they all slowly turn around, plus everything after that, was goofy as hell), and episode 4 felt like a janky 80s PBS special. I really wish Disney would pick one good loving director and have their stories written for them well ahead of time rather than just winging everything. But deep down I feel like this is how they’re weeding out the bad directors to land on the good ones for future bangers, so I’m okay with the inconsistency for now, with the exception of TLJ gently caress that piece of poo poo And the pilotless 24-hour photography darkroom AT-ST was an odd choice too for reasons that have already been touched on. Edit: That all being said, the cinematography is top tier throughout. Those shallow focus shots and cheeseball wipe fades slay me every time. XYZAB fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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Everyone posted:Maybe a little, but the thing is that the puffins were actual real physical creatures who really were actually, physically all over the drat place. So it would look stupid for Luke, Rey or Chewie to walk awkwardly trying to move out of the way of... the empty ground. By showing the porgs, the way the characters have to move to avoid stepping on the things reflects the way the actors had to move to avoid stepping on the puffins. The tour guides tell kids that if they get poo poo on they should sell it on Ebay as 100% authentic Porg poo poo. It's also pretty cramped up there, I was certainly surprised how close-quarters everything is. They did re-build the entire monastery on the mainland (Dingle Peninsula), so it's possible that the use of Porgs was also used to cover up any disparity between shots with a poo poo ton of birds followed by shots of the same location with no birds (since the puffins don't nest where they rebuilt the set). I also feel bad for anyone who had to carry camera gear up to the top of Skellig. It's a ton of uneven steps with basically no handrails along a pretty sheer cliff.
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So your most hated Star Wars things are the only one directed by a woman and the one where all the men are wrong. Care to add a little more so we're not left to make assumptions?
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Handen posted:I really wish Disney would pick one good loving director and have their stories written for them well ahead of time rather than just winging everything. But deep down I feel like this is how they’re weeding out the bad directors to land on the good ones for future bangers, so I’m okay with the inconsistency for now, with the exception of TLJ gently caress that piece of poo poo Just want to make it clear that Favreau is the showrunner for Mandalorian, and presumably mapped out the entire arc of season 1 seeing as he has writing credits on all but two of the episodes. Also, Deborah Chow is the series director for Kenobi, and she helmed arguably the best episode of The Mandalorian (so far) imo. You can tell Bryce Dallas Howard was channeling her dad's directorial trappings, so I get why the latest episode might not have jived with some people, but scoffing at the team of directors Disney put together for The Mandalorian is pretty  to me.[edit] WSAENOTSOCK posted:So your most hated Star Wars things are the only one directed by a woman and the one where all the men are wrong. I didn't want to say anything, but I'm glad you did to give them the benefit of the doubt. teagone fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Nov 30, 2019 |
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I feel like people who thought this episode sucked want this show, and maybe Star Wars in general to be something it's not. Also everything about it was in line with some of the cheesier parts of ROTJ in a good way.
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Nov 30, 2019 21:48
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I mean, if I were to criticize the episode it'd be for playing with white savior tropes a little too much, even if it divorced race from it a bunch, and that story is also a staple of ronin comes to poor village tales from feudal Japan and Star Wars has always lifted that stuff so while I rolled my eyes a number of times, I enjoyed it just fine.
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Star Wars: The Legendary Journeys
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veni veni veni posted:I feel like people who thought this episode sucked want this show, and maybe Star Wars in general to be something it's not. I think some people do this a lot with star wars. they remember how they felt when they first watched a star war and then hold the new stuff to a higher standard and forget that the originals also had a bunch of cheese that they either forgot or just fall into a nostalgic trip. not saying that star wars then is immune to criticism if someone didn't like something but I think some of it (especially concerning some of the tropes) is just misguided expectations.
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I blame “Prestige Television”. Sometimes things can just be fun. Everything doesn’t have to be a genre redefining cinematic tour-de-force.
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Didn't even RLM said the original Star Wars was more intended for a younger audience /family friendly or something? At no moment they were too graphically violent like the prequels and the new ones. It was just this big space adventure. But then again my parents allowed me to watch Cronenberg movies when I was a child so I never found Star Wars too scary/violent 
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