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Killer robot posted:Seen this observation with superheroes too. Most of the MCU movies and CW supers shows seem to deal with dad issues, both dealing with your own and being one. It's actually a kinda sharp distinction from a realization I had close to 20 years ago that in so much geeky media and pop culture fathers were almost always simple absentees, abusers, or buffoons and drive plots in very simple ways when relevant. It's easy: we simply put the toothpaste back in the tube, fixing the problem
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“It is good to restore the natural order of things after a period of such disarray, don’t you agree?” I am sure this has been mentioned since it was in the first episode, but again, it seems like a shot at the new films like the comments from Max Von Sydow in TFA. Or am I just reading too much into it?
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Herzogs couple lines on the turmoil between ROTJ and TFA have done a lot of great world building.
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I know a lot of you liked last week’s episode, but the difference in quality between that and this episode is staggering to me.
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I feel like I'm setting unrealistic expectations for the next episode hoping for IG-11 to drop a "I have spoken" at some point
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ghostwritingduck posted:I know a lot of you liked last week’s episode, but the difference in quality between that and this episode is staggering to me. Yeah I didn't really think much of it. About to watch the new one. A friend told me the setup and I'm excited to see what happens!
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Cross-Section posted:I feel like I'm setting unrealistic expectations for the next episode hoping for IG-11 to drop a "I have spoken" at some point Speaking of I absolutely adore the sort of janky stop-motion looking effect they use for IG-11. It feels like they are very subtly and deliberately doing stuff like that to scratch an almost "wow, this could have aired in 1985 and blown us away even more" vibe without giving up too many the bells and whistles of modern visual effects.
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Jose Oquendo posted:That was a good episode. I was surprised they managed to make Scout Troopers on speeder bikes actually come across as loving terrifying. At the very least, they were shown doing competent scouting work--intercepting the outgoing transmissions from the target, zeroing in on the reply, and deciding to pursue it on their own initiative. Possibly the most competent troopers we've seen since the Clone Wars.
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Madurai posted:At the very least, they were shown doing competent scouting work--intercepting the outgoing transmissions from the target, zeroing in on the reply, and deciding to pursue it on their own initiative. Possibly the most competent troopers we've seen since the Clone Wars. I will not tolerate this erasure of the unseen "blast the nosy protocol droid and melt him down to preserve Vader's surprise party for Han and Leia" stormtrooper.
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God drat. That was great and I'm super excited for more.
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WHY BONER NOW posted:Prediction for next season: move over baby Yoda and make room for our new star BABY JABBA So what you're saying is this whole series is a stealth backdoor pilot for
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ghostwritingduck posted:I know a lot of you liked last week’s episode, but the difference in quality between that and this episode is staggering to me. Both of Deborah Chow's episodes have been head and shoulders above the rest this season in almost all aspects. Famuyiwa's episodes have had the best action direction imo.
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Quell (Quill?) and Herzog had fuckin amazing dialogue this episode.
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Owlbear Camus posted:Not to get too POLITICS but I really felt he was channeling every clueless affluent neolib technocrat when he started talking about how ~by the metrics~ the Empire improved things across the board. I was getting real Afrikaner vibes in that speech.
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The best thing about Herzog's character is that everything he says is indistinguishable from the things Herzog says in real life. Werner Herzog, eating at Subway: "What exquisite craftsmanship. It is amazing how beautiful a ham sandwich can be when forged by its ancestral artisans. Can I offer you a diet Pepsi, to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?"
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Great Enoch posted:I was getting real Afrikaner vibes in that speech. That's a great analogy
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Sgt. Politeness posted:That's a great analogy I think it's more generic than that. It's the excuse of every imperialist in the modern day. Afrikaner is a good example but you can see the same poo poo everywhere. It is, and it feels weird to say this, the best social commentary Star Wars has ever done.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:The best thing about Herzog's character is that everything he says is indistinguishable from the things Herzog says in real life. I tried not reading that in his voice and failed utterly.
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Captain Splendid posted:I tried not reading that in his voice and failed utterly. Sandwich artistry is a complicated profession, wouldn't you say?
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:The best thing about Herzog's character is that everything he says is indistinguishable from the things Herzog says in real life. gently caress, it's absolutely amazing that I read this and heard Herzog's voice in my head so vivid and clear.
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Owlbear Camus posted:Speaking of I absolutely adore the sort of janky stop-motion looking effect they use for IG-11. It's absolutely a better way of animating the droids. Just compare IG-11 to the maintenance droids from the gunslinger ep. Movement far too smooth.
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I saw someone on twitter compare Carl Weathers' acting in this to fmv game acting and I think it's perfect. God I love this show.
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Carl Weathers is a dream as TV Lando.
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Pops Mgee posted:I saw someone on twitter compare Carl Weathers' acting in this to fmv game acting and I think it's perfect. God I love this show. This right here is why I do not and will never understand people being disappointed with The Mandalorian not being “Prestige Television”. Right from the start Star Wars has been a loving tribute to corny old serials and it’s always at its best when it remembers that. Just about the only saving grace of the prequels was McGregor and Diarmid, and it’s because they knew exactly what kind of movies they were in and aimed for the fences. This show is great at capturing that silly but at the same time incredibly earnest tone, embodied by Weathers’ hamming it up with the best of them. And, of course, Herzog’s overwhelming gravitas to both ground it and enhance the sheer surreality of it all.
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This was so good. Not even sure what I’d complain about. Love the Death Troopers outfits. Completely forgot they existed.
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gently caress!!!! Oh poo poo I am clenched. We have to wait 9 godamn days? What has this show done to me?
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Doronin posted:gently caress!!!! It's gonna be torture waiting for the second season. And more if they end with Baby Yoda being taken away from Mando Dad for real, this time. Although I'm gonna laugh my rear end if the cliff hanger is Boba Fett lmao
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Episode rocked. Hard to poke any holes in it. Great performances, totally character driven, plot was simple and made perfect sense and felt super "Star Wars" ish, dramatic upping of the stakes to set up the finale, just great television.
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How much you want to bet those Speeder Bike Troopers are going to have to fight against actual stormtroopers when they get back? Seemed like there was an obvious difference between the two Imp groups.
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I have knowledge that sandwich artistry is a complicated profession. I want the ultimate meatball marinara on cheesy garlic bread, toasted, with the Cool ranch chips. A man of your skill should make short work of this.
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That provalone is enough to make a handsome replacement for your six inch club. But finding a sandwich artist in these trying times is as hard as finding the cheese.
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Veggie on wheat is also acceptable upon completion of the sandwich, for a reduced fee.
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Desperado Bones posted:It's gonna be torture waiting for the second season. And more if they end with Baby Yoda being taken away from Mando Dad for real, this time. Although I'm gonna laugh my rear end if the cliff hanger is Boba Fett lmao That will certainly make the wait for season two much easier for me personally. What I can't wait for is IG-11's holy retribution by a barrage of blaster fire after he finds Kuiil Sgt. Politeness fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Dec 19, 2019 |
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:The best thing about Herzog's character is that everything he says is indistinguishable from the things Herzog says in real life. The moment Herzog stopped the conversation abruptly and said he wanted to see the Baby now, my brain had zero problem believing he had stopped mid-take and just really wanted to see the puppet. The subsequent dialogue exchange of "...He's sleeping", and "Then we will all be very quiet" only solidified it.
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Yo, that episode loving ruled. This show rules. I love how Cara was initially like "Nah, this job is too risky," and as soon as Mando said that she'll get to kill Imps, she immediately got on board. Also they doubled down on her beating the poo poo out of larger men and I really appreciate that.  RIP Kuill 
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Owlbear Camus posted:Death Troopers were introduced in Rogue One as the personal retinue/bodyguard of Director Krennic (if you haven't seen it basically the Empire's DARPA guy in charge of making the Death Star work). Unless you are one with the force and the force is with you.
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I do like that Mando and Cara’s decision to involve Kuiil was literally “We can’t just leave a baby unsupervised here.”
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Owlbear Camus posted:If someone hasn't done it by the time I'm done with the office today, I'm going to cut "plenty of meat left on that bone" to the scene of the space pterodactyl stealing his spit roast monster from the fire. Please do this. I just can’t get over his AD role. It’s more defining than Predator or Rocky.
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Great Enoch posted:I was getting real Afrikaner vibes in that speech. straight Boer poo poo
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