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Have we even seen the Slave 1? I feel like Boba should be dropping seismic charges and using his very powerful ship to do cool like. Like blowing up the mayor with a seismic charge.
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Handen posted:I just canceled my D+ subscription because the only reason I re-subscribed was to watch this goddamn show. In the "Reason for canceling?" screen I selected "Other" and wrote "Boba Fett show kinda sucks." 
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My issue with the show so far is it’s just all over the place. Whether in structure of the plot, overall tone, Boba’s characterization and motivations… I’m mostly enjoying the show, but it really feels like it could go off the rails at any moment. Not that the Mandalorian is without issues obviously, but I think its ‘case of the week’ structure gives it a foundation that smoothes out the other inconsistencies. Whereas BoBF seems to have been structured from the beginning as a 7 hour story, and then split awkwardly into episodes.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:How many episode the season has? Just feels like a whole lot of nothing going on with no real direction of where it’s going yet.
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Jan 14, 2022 16:47
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I think it all hinges on the non-RR episodes. Since episode 2 was pretty drat good.
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Dr.Radical posted:Holy poo poo Matt Berry’s droid briefing was amazing. His voice is great. The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton introduces us to Dathomir as supposedly the native home of rancors, which are used as mounts for Force-sensitive "witches." This was adapted into the new canon by making the witches a literal matriarchy-based coven of witches where Asajj Ventress comes from, as seen in the Clone Wars tv series and the Fallen Order video game. There hasn't been any mention of a connection with rancors (as far as I'm aware) until now. Courtship is also a loving insane book involving witch titties, exploding teeth, and Han winning the planet in a sabacc game and absconding there with Leia after kidnapping her with a mind-rape gun.
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It was also my favorite book of all time when I was 13.
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Vintersorg posted:I think it all hinges on the non-RR episodes. Since episode 2 was pretty drat good. Yeah, I'm thinking the rest of the show (minus the finale) should be a different beast. Well, hoping.
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I think this review get is: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/th...u44gaIrIINuyaFo The arc of the story is a bit obvious, but the starting point and the 'why are you telling this story' are not. The single location of Mos Espa can't really sustain a Star Wars story, which is why the rotating cast of villains cycling in feels off. The way the story has been broken across the first three episodes is unnecessarily off-beat.
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feedmyleg posted:It was also my favorite book of all time when I was 13.  It was the first Star Wars novel I ever read and that's the only reason I remember that crazy poo poo so vividly.
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I remember there being a short story, now Legends, where Jabba sends a captured Leia up to Bobba's room as a gratuity for capturing Solo. Bobba assures her nothing is going to happen because, and I swear I remember this right even though I read it like 25 years ago: He doesn't agree with premarital sex. Leia is like "yeah it would also be rape dude" and he allows as a secondary consideration that that, too, is also bad. Along with sex outside wedlock. So according to the old EU Bobba is a huge dork.
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Jan 14, 2022 17:25
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I'm really frustrated with The Book of Robert Feet's lack of violence and this is a broader issue with Disney+. There are no R-rated movies on the service and there never will be. Ideally a Robert Feet show should be more like The Punisher.
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AndyElusive posted:I'm really frustrated with The Book of Robert Feet's lack of violence and this is a broader issue with Disney+. There are no R-rated movies on the service and there never will be. Ideally a Robert Feet show should be more like The Punisher. Source your quotes
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Space Racist posted:My issue with the show so far is it’s just all over the place. Whether in structure of the plot, overall tone, Boba’s characterization and motivations… I’m mostly enjoying the show, but it really feels like it could go off the rails at any moment. I agree. It feels oddly scattered and out of order. Like it should have ended with Fett killing Bib. Boba Fett gets rescued by the Sand People, finds out that Jabba’s empire is a mess, starts working on getting control of the fragments, rumors swirl about Boba Fett being back from the dead, and the final piece is getting his armor back for the big reveal that Boba Fett, Crime Lord, is now king. Then he goes to murder Bib.
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Hazo posted:Source your quotes https://twitter.com/DrewSav/status/1481435886889967622
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Aren't there Miramax movies on it if you have a regular account?
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Robert in the original series was a killer. Now, he's more prone to making new chums and forgiving everyone. Star Woke.
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I think next time someone makes a play for Boba he should cut out their eyes in a graphic scene with closeups, then stand them up and slip a noose around their neck with just enough play for them to stand upright before breaking both their shins with a gaffe stick. Then we watch a four minute montage that shows them left overnight alternately weeping from the pain of bearing weight on their broken legs to keep the noose from choking them, and rasping as they are forced to rest them and let the noose cut off their air. Now that's star wars.
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Vintersorg posted:Aren't there Miramax movies on it if you have a regular account? I forget if it's mentioned in that thread or some other place I've seen this same convo play out but there's a lot of stuff not on Disney+ because of Hulu or HBO Max and so it sounds like Disney+ is more PG in America than it is in other countries.
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Honestly showing Boba I dunno do his job as crime lord would be a good start. Like he’s claiming tribute and saying this is his territory now but we’ve only seen him deal with poo poo exactly once (and he just hired the kids) and the rest of the time he’s just been getting dunked and beaten or owned in some way. The only progress he’s made has only been in the context of the flashbacks of when he was rescued and brought up by the tusken. His organization as of the last episode was literally 4 people and a robot? And now he’s got an additional gang of 9? And this is supposed to keep the various factions and groups in check and keeping tributes flowing his way?
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It's almost as if this show is gradually telling a story.
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AndyElusive posted:It's almost as if this show is really bad at gradually telling a story.
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Ya, 3 episodes in and it's probably hit its peak already. That's a wrap. Time of death, LAST WEDNESDAY.
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Lol this is the third show in a row this winter season that I've followed where it fluctuates between "this is fun" to "this is the worst goddamn thing in existence I'm canceling my subscription I hate you Disney". First it was Netflix Bebop Second it was Witcher season 2 Now it's Bobert Fettriguez
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You can't be up to episode 4 of 7 and still saying 'you just need to let the show find it's stride'. We're halfway through. Even if the second half of the show turns out to be gold, the first half will still have been an odd mess.
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I remember when episode 4 of the Mandalorian aired and people started yelling about how it was the worst because they thought the show was going to be a long serial and then it turned out to actually be a weekly standalone adventure show.
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lmao what a fuckin goober
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I think the weakest thing on the show so far is definitely the structure. They could essentially tell the same story, same scenes we've seen, but in a different manner and probably have had a lot stronger showing. Part of that would probably be re-arranging the first 3 episodes in a way where each is longer and things like the Tusken resolution occurs at the end of episode 2. Like make that the end of the episode entirely, they blow up the train everyone is feeling good, Fett gets inducted into the group, he goes and acts like a big badass to the pykes and then woops they got loving wiped out. edit: the review brings up my point which is that this is functioning essentially as bite sized pieces of a movie, rather than the prestige drama method of telling a serialized story with very strong individual episode cohesion. Episode 2 was the greatest episode so far because the in episode cohesion was Boba over coming the train terrorizing the people he joined at the end of the episode 1 and at the end of episode 2 being brought into the tribe properly. Jerkface fucked around with this message at 19:08 on Jan 14, 2022 |
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Dr.Radical posted:Is there any information about rancors in the old EU? Because it seems like they just thought of the scene in ROTJ where Luke kills Jabba’s rancor and the trainer comes out weeping. “Oh wow that trainer took it hard. Wonder why” So they say that the rancor is very emotionally complex, trainers get attached. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wildlife_of_Star_Wars:_A_Field_Guide There was a "Wildlife of Star Wars" book released in 2001 that portrayed Rancors as (at the very least) caring for their offspring, with the kids clinging to the mother until they reach maturity. Posting the image because I think it's adorable.  Other than that, this page probably contains most EU info. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rancor/Legends Handen posted:I just canceled my D+ subscription because the only reason I re-subscribed was to watch this goddamn show. In the "Reason for canceling?" screen I selected "Other" and wrote "Boba Fett show kinda sucks." And then everybody stood up and clapped.
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I am blinded by fury at the lack of graphic adult programming from the media empire best known for pretty princesses, talking animals, and songs about friendship 
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I love that all these posters are canceling their subscriptions but are still going to be here next Wednesday complaining about the next episode.
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Cartoon Man posted:I love that all these posters are canceling their subscriptions but are still going to be here next Wednesday complaining about the next episode. you know book of boba fett is a true star wars property because fans are extremely mad
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I’m finally getting around to watching Star Wars Visions. Holy gently caress The Duel was goddamn amazing. Please tell me that poo poo is now greenlit for an entire series?! Rhapsody was dumb but not comply horrible. The band grew on me towards the end. Boba Fett was pretty awesome in it. The ending was mega dumb though. Gonna try and watch some more later tonight.
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boba fett is going to disintegrate someone next week and everyones gonna be like 
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Jerkface posted:boba fett is going to disintegrate someone next week and everyones gonna be like Or he doesn't and instead he shakes the guys hand after hiring them. Then everyone immediately cancels their Disney+ accounts after the end credits and runs to their phones to make a forum post about it.
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Sorry people aren't liking the show as much as you. I guess no one should post unless you have glowing things to say?
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Didn't you hear? We're only allowed to post criticisms if we also provide a 1000 word essay on why the series is Good, Actually
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Cartoon Man posted:I’m finally getting around to watching Star Wars Visions. Holy gently caress The Duel was goddamn amazing. Please tell me that poo poo is now greenlit for an entire series?! The Duel got a novel expansion called Star Wars: Ronin. Rhapsody was the weakest episode for me and it has no legs to go further. The Twins may or may not be the worst thing but that depends entirely on your opinion of cocaine and Studio Trigger productions. I'd like to see The Ninth Jedi expanded into a full run, but holy hell they'd need to get a different voice actor because Masi Oka was loving awful in the English dub.
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