Locked THE MANDALORIAN Season 1

[lsa]

I'm #TeamEmpire all the way. Fuck the Rebel Scum - bring back Sidious and #MaketheEmpireGreatAgain!

But Baby Yoda melted my black and twisted heart. I just wanted to cuddle him

Met too and feed him toads.
Dude swallowed them whole.
Kinda impressive

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I haven't watched the show yet, but from what I've heard there is damn near universal praise from transitional Star Wars fans about this series, with a little constructive criticism thrown in.


Buuuutttt..... of course, there's 'those people' who bitch about everything that doesn't fall into their worldview is an '-------ist' or '--------ism.'

So Rags took a dog bite chunk out of them.

 

[shockaholic12]

Clippy's Review of Chapter 2 (SPOILERS!!!)

Hey guys hey, I wasn't expecting this but last night I got to watch episode 2 - very short!

I hate to say this but I found this episode mediocre and a little concerning, but please allow me to explain.

I'm sorry friends, but this is what I thought of the ep which I found far less superior than the first ep. This episode never really took off for me (literally). Basically at the end of Chapter 1 the Mandalorian finishes is task and leaves. Well I thought he would have already left the planet but nope ... he's still here for a while and then he leaves. Nothing of significance happened in this episode at all so for me this was a filler ep which is easily skippable.

The only thing note-worthy here is Baby Yoda using the Force against a monster. How did you all feel with that scene? Besides being predictable I found it further damaging to Jedi lore. I'm convinced it's only in place so when people say "Why is Ray so good at using the Force with no training?" And then Disnee can go "but look, baby Yoda can do it too!!!".



For real, in Empire when sage and wise old man Yoda lifted that X-Wing he was showing Luke - see? See what you can do with training if you keep with it? It felt like Yoda lifting that X-Wing was a demonstration of 900 years of training and knowledge, but nope - guess he could do it since he was a baby. Wow is that less inspiring. Why am I talking about Empire???? Well besides it being the best thing Star Wars ever put out, improper add-ons through the modern area keep tarnishing the mystery and appeal of it.

Apparently Disnee thinks you can just be a Jedi with no training and use the force with no training. And I don't want to hear about how Ray scurried around the desert so she's good with the force. She was never taught a lick about Jedi stuff or even really knew what the force was. This baby is even worse sacrilege. I was expecting the baby to maybe help a little but, but fuck sakes he is full on holding a monster suspended in mid air and the monster is struggling ... but micro Yoda ain't

Rey and Disney didn’t invent brand new force users being over powered with no or little training. That trend started immediately with New Hope. Farm boy with zero X wing or dog fighting experience jumps in one for the first time and bests the Empire’s TIE fleet, the Death Star’s defenses, and Darth Vader himself in his first flying combat. No training or real experience yet is suddenly pretty much the best pilot in the galaxy.....derp. ok.

Then in empire he gives up on training pretty much immediately and yet suddenly has the power to get premonitions of his friends futures who are across the galaxy....ok. Never saw him train that new trick.

Always amusing to see how people get triggered by Rey yet give hero boy Luke a pass when he clearly set the bar for being overpowered inexplicably. The force has always been a deus ex machina device that installs crazy power to characters at certain galaxy defining moments regardless of how much training they did.

 

[Threetrees]

The Force was ruined by the prequels let alone by Rey, and was never a perfect power system in the first place

The EU books handled it better than any movie

 

[Deleted member 484047]

I want to like this series, but it just feels.... off to me. Not sure what it is.

Also, not a fan of the baby Yoda at all. When he lifted that animal almost by instinct.... wait, now I see why it feels wrong to me.

 

[FyrFytr998]

The Force was ruined by the prequels let alone by Rey, and was never a perfect power system in the first place

The EU books handled it better than any movie

The only silver lining to the big Disney reset of canon, is that as they move forward with the new Star Wars, they can pick and choose the very best of the EU to become official canon. So it gives Legends writers an outlet still, and maybe if it's good enough and fits the timeline and narrative. It can be called up to the big leagues.

 

[Threetrees]

The only silver lining to the big Disney reset of canon, is that as they move forward with the new Star Wars, they can pick and choose the very best of the EU to become official canon. So it gives Legends writers an outlet still, and maybe if it's good enough and fits the timeline and narrative. It can be called up to the big leagues.

Darth Caedus being written over is a crime, I will die on this hill

 

[KnightTemplar]

Rey and Disney didn’t invent brand new force users being over powered with no or little training. That trend started immediately with New Hope. Farm boy with zero X wing or dog fighting experience jumps in one for the first time and bests the Empire’s TIE fleet, the Death Star’s defenses, and Darth Vader himself in his first flying combat. No training or real experience yet is suddenly pretty much the best pilot in the galaxy.....derp. ok.

Then in empire he gives up on training pretty much immediately and yet suddenly has the power to get premonitions of his friends futures who are across the galaxy....ok. Never saw him train that new trick.

Always amusing to see how people get triggered by Rey yet give hero boy Luke a pass when he clearly set the bar for being overpowered inexplicably. The force has always been a deus ex machina device that installs crazy power to characters at certain galaxy defining moments regardless of how much training they did.

Luke didn't out-fly Vader in the assault on the Death Star. Vader had missile lock on Luke's X Wing - "I have you now!" - but Han attacked just before Vader could squeeze the trigger, saving Luke and by extension the whole Rebel Alliance.

Luke also got the shit kicked out of him by Vader in their first match. Call me back when Mary Sue Rey gets a hand chopped off.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

I'm #TeamEmpire all the way. Fuck the Rebel Scum - bring back Sidious and #MaketheEmpireGreatAgain!

But Baby Yoda melted my black and twisted heart. I just wanted to cuddle him

Ha, a plot twist with baby Yoda turning to the dark side would devastate the audience.

 

[minute bull]

I cannot think of "The Mandalorian" and not hear Favreau's fruity voice saying it.

 

[shockaholic12]

Luke didn't out-fly Vader in the assault on the Death Star. Vader had missile lock on Luke's X Wing - "I have you now!" - but Han attacked just before Vader could squeeze the trigger, saving Luke and by extension the whole Rebel Alliance.

Luke also got the shit kicked out of him by Vader in their first match. Call me back when Mary Sue Rey gets a hand chopped off.

You’re arguing my point for me. Vader got tunnel vision on his family and got clipped and that effected his ability to dominate the new Jedi allowing them to escape. Ren, exact same scenario except he was shot in the ribcage with a fucking bowcaster. That’s the whole point, they hardly rewrote new hope when they wrote TFA. Rey was just swapped with Luke. Their plots are so similar that it’s hilarious people overreact about Rey’s powers when Luke had the same treatment.

It’s like, what woman hurt you in the past to make this female character so triggering but not Luke?

 

[Clippy]

You’re arguing my point for me. Vader got tunnel vision on his family and got clipped and that effected his ability to dominate the new Jedi allowing them to escape. Ren, exact same scenario except he was shot in the ribcage with a fucking bowcaster. That’s the whole point, they hardly rewrote new hope when they wrote TFA. Rey was just swapped with Luke. Their plots are so similar that it’s hilarious people overreact about Rey’s powers when Luke had the same treatment.

It’s like, what woman hurt you in the past to make this female character so triggering but not Luke?

Their plots are similar but the character building and experience is far different

Rey was winning light saber fights and using mind tricks in the first movie, in the same universe all Luke could do in his first movie was at the end use the force - with Obi Ghost's help to shoot a target

You don't see the major difference here?

I don't care if Rey is a female, male or pokemon - her journey is ridiculously easier than Luke's was and it's not even close

But please make this about sexism to support this shit movie like Disnee does

fuck sakes

And I also find it hilarious that every time someone tries to defend the sequels, they throw shade at the originals to do it. Like they can't use the merits of the sequels own movie to make it work, so the go to is shit in Luke

What do you hate Luke cause he's a man you sexist?

See how fucking annoying that is

We're debating the merits and value of a story not gender politics

Forgetting what's in their pants for a second, one character was developed properly and we connected to them, the other is a sad copy that doesn't have nearly the appeal or poignant journey of the original

 

[KnightTemplar]

You’re arguing my point for me. Vader got tunnel vision on his family and got clipped and that effected his ability to dominate the new Jedi allowing them to escape. Ren, exact same scenario except he was shot in the ribcage with a fucking bowcaster. That’s the whole point, they hardly rewrote new hope when they wrote TFA. Rey was just swapped with Luke. Their plots are so similar that it’s hilarious people overreact about Rey’s powers when Luke had the same treatment.

It’s like, what woman hurt you in the past to make this female character so triggering but not Luke?

I'm not arguing your point at all. I'm taking a long, hot piss all over your pitiful attempts to defend The Feminism Awakens

Luke needed Han to stop Vader from killing him in New Hope. In Empire, Vader besmirches him even when he's pulling his punches(because he wants to turn Luke to the Dark Side rather than kill him). Luke was completely out-classed. He finishes the fight physically maimed and emotionally broken.

Anyone who tries to excuse MSR beating Emo Ren because he was wounded has no real knowledge of the Dark Side. The Dark Side of the Force feeds off pain, both physical and emotional. Indeed, you can see Emo punch his own wound several times, because it actually makes him stronger. And Mary Sue Rey still beat him.

As to your last question,

 

[shockaholic12]

Their plots are similar but the character building and experience is far different

Rey was winning light saber fights and using mind tricks in the first movie, in the same universe all Luke could do in his first movie was at the end use the force - with Obi Ghost's help to shoot a target

You don't see the major difference here?

I don't care if Rey is a female, male or pokemon - her journey is ridiculously easier than Luke's was and it's not even close

But please make this about sexism to support this shit movie like Disnee does

fuck sakes

And I also find it hilarious that every time someone tries to defend the sequels, they throw shade at the originals to do it. Like they can't use the merits of the sequels own movie to make it work, so the go to is shit in Luke

What do you hate Luke cause he's a man you sexist?

See how fucking annoying that is

We're debating the merits and value of a story not gender politics

Forgetting what's in their pants for a second, one character was developed properly and we connected to them, the other is a sad copy that doesn't have nearly the appeal or poignant journey of the original

He just used the force to make one shot? He was already somehow the best pilot out there in that space battle before that shot, without a shred of any dog fighting experience...but that is well developed. You’re argument doesn’t make sense. He was so OP’d. He skips out in any real training with yoda but has mind tricks where he can peer into the future of people galaxies away at the same moment. Where did he develop that? Hint, he didn’t. It just showed up.

I didn’t bitch about the originals, don’t have problem with them because it’s clear the force has been a huge deus ex machina throughout all the flicks. Just find it amusing people just now have an issue with it when Rey showed up.

 

[D Train]

I would die for him.

 

[KaNesDeath]

First two episodes were good. Looking forward to the third.

 

[shockaholic12]

I'm not arguing your point at all. I'm taking a long, hot piss all over your pitiful attempts to defend The Feminism Awakens

Luke needed Han to stop Vader from killing him in New Hope. In Empire, Vader besmirches him even when he's pulling his punches(because he wants to turn Luke to the Dark Side rather than kill him). Luke was completely out-classed. He finishes the fight physically maimed and emotionally broken.

Anyone who tries to excuse MSR beating Emo Ren because he was wounded has no real knowledge of the Dark Side. The Dark Side of the Force feeds off pain, both physical and emotional. Indeed, you can see Emo punch his own wound several times, because it actually makes him stronger. And Mary Sue Rey still beat him.

As to your last question,

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Lol, a bowcaster sized hole in someone’s torso, a weapon that was earlier shown launching stormtroopers so far Chewie was getting first downs and should have murdered Ren, is supposed to help Ren in hand to hand combat. Clever argument.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Lol, a bowcaster sized hole in someone’s torso, a weapon that was earlier shown launching stormtroopers so far Chewie was getting first downs and should have murdered Ren, is supposed to help Ren in hand to hand combat. Clever argument.

A better argument by order of Parsecs than anything you have contributed to this discussion

 

[Shoemaker]

Lol you guys are way too critical. This show is great so far. Disney ruined the franchise with the last 2 bombs (I refuse to watch the most recent one and I won't watch the final stinker) but this show has potential.

It seems like Disney can't get a handle on the core story, but can do some good with originals (or at least stories that are tangential to the main line). Everything they've tried to extend has come out not feeling like a good extension; Episode 7 and 8, and the Battlefront sequels. But Rogue One, Solo, The Mandalorian and Jedi: Fallen Order have all been decent to good.

 

[KnightTemplar]

Is it just me, or does the Mandalorian With no Name even sound a bit like Eastwood in some scenes?