The Book Of Boba Fett

Very true. I mean, I even liked "You're luggage" from Eraser, which is an objectively terrible quip in an objectively terrible movie (obviously it's no "Let off some steam, Bennett" but some people don't even think that line is awesome!).

I dunno if this is to do with teenagers or what but I particularly remember a period in like the early '90s, when a lot of kids, particularly those a bit older than me (so solidly Gen X rather than on the border with Millennial), basically denied they liked quips or any kind of silly-ness, and wanted everything to be super-serious (i.e. yes to Heat, no to Commando). I dunno if this was an age-phase thing (which happens for some people for sure) but I perceived it as a cultural difference because even as I got older it remained (at least into my late teens their early 20s), whereas I always enjoyed glorious idiocy (possibly helped by watching countless Hong Kong movies and the like at like 12-14)

Action movie one-liners are apparently called 'dad jokes' these days, which is depressing.

It’s hard to get the balance between not being too serious and being ridiculous, part of it is getting any levity in the right place and the action having some sense of reality to it.

I thought this weeks was a lot better than last weeks, but I'm not as enamoured as I was with Mandalorian.

I've no problem with Temuera or his performance, and not really sure why anyone's surprised with the character portrayal as we already had far more of him as Jango than the OT Boba. I've enjoyed the flash backs and character building even if the pacing in the first few seemed a bit off.

Some design choices seem way off though. In Mandalorian I think they got the set's and new tech just right, but there's a lot less I like this time round. The aesthetic of the Vespa gang is/was terrible, both the bikes and the members outfits/modifications. They just don't look like anything Ralph McQuarrie or Joe Johnston would have come up with and they stand out as apposed to blend in.

There's also something I can't quite put my finger on with the overall look of it. I know they are using the new video walls set-thing instead of total greenscreen, but the lighting seems off. Night time just looks like it's day time with the picture darkened, and in the day things appear more spot lit than illuminated from a sun (or two). The more open shots at times look amazing, as if they really were in the middle of a desert but then at others it's hard not to see it as a set (and a small one at that). Maybe watching the behind the scenes stuff from Mandalorian makes it more obvious, but it just doesn't look right.

As a serial I am enjoying it, and looking forward to seeing where it goes in the final three, but can't deny after initial excitement I am a little underwhelmed.

I’ve really been able to notice the Volume in a number of scenes. Definitely an artifact of watching a few BTS extras.

Just caught up with the last 2 episodes. It remains distinctly average. I think it was simple who said that Mando was the Boba show we all wanted, and I agree. The flashbacks are plodding, although E4 was better with that. Mods on Vespas? I'd like to think it was deliberately for lols but not convinced. I did like Danny Trejo and the rancor though. But it's good to see more Star Wars regardless and watchable enough to keep me entertained.

Yeah I watched a bit of it when I was eating my breakfast. The first 10 minutes are immeasurably better than anything that's happened in the show so far.

Holy shit that was brilliant.

Yo. That was the best Star Wars TV I've seen in a long long time.

So Wizard.

I’m looking forward to this tonight!

I’ve not clicked on a single spoiler: thanks everyone for being considerate

Yeah that was good. More of that please. Just shows what we've been missing. Wife and I were humming the theme tune afterwards which is always a good sign.

Star Wars Red vs Blue

Agreed, best episode by a mile for that very reason.

"An unexpected ally emerges" indeed 😂