Blue_Mike
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Post by Blue_Mike on Jan 27, 2022 2:27:26 GMT
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Post by aubergine on Jan 27, 2022 2:59:02 GMT
You could conceivably just watch this episode and not bother with the previous ones. It’s pretty damning on this series when you think about it. I think they’d have been better off treating Boba Fett’s Tatooine Adventure as a subplot in a proper Mandalorian season or two, as he’s not a bad guest star, but this front-and-centre approach has been very, very weak.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Jan 27, 2022 4:26:40 GMT
It's ok. It's a modern streaming show so I assume it's only about 4 episodes per season and I can burn through them in an evening or two.
If I get there and the big deal is that Luke shows up then I'm gonna be pissed at you guys though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 4:37:37 GMT
I think the season was confirmed for 7 episodes. This was #5. And yeah, it was fantastic. I really enjoyed the little cameos, or at least references to non-film/TV series. Blue Mike mentioned BD, and there was also the droid and ship from the Star Tours ride at Disneyland, which was the plane Mando used for voyage. Also, I guess fine, I'll reinstall Jedi Fallen Order and clean up the post-game challenges.
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Post by Dreyzing on Jan 27, 2022 7:37:58 GMT
First good episode, and yeah you can skip to it if you just want to watch Mando - just skip the recap at the beginning Did any one recognise the.... ...pole that was stolen to order? I had a vague, "that seems familiar" moment but thought nothing of it. turns out it... was a copy of the pole used to brace the trash compactor in A New Hope! brill Easter Egg
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 27, 2022 7:58:43 GMT
It does kinda show how, quite easily, they could have made Boba less shit. Boba has no fighting ability, it’s slow and useless at everything. Keeping the helmet on would probably have helped as well, even the character has said something to that effect in an episode.
His crime lord activities could have been a bit more interesting than bumbling around and having all the flashbacks and being braver with the character.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 27, 2022 8:00:54 GMT
You could conceivably just watch this episode and not bother with the previous ones. It’s pretty damning on this series when you think about it. I think they’d have been better off treating Boba Fett’s Tatooine Adventure as a subplot in a proper Mandalorian season or two, as he’s not a bad guest star, but this front-and-centre approach has been very, very weak. It’s like the Solo film, they just didn’t come up with much of a story to tell. To then spread that over several hours without making it a lot more interesting was a mistake.
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Post by Red_Bool on Jan 27, 2022 10:36:35 GMT
You could conceivably just watch this episode and not bother with the previous ones. It’s pretty damning on this series when you think about it. That's actually what I told my son: 'At least watch episode 5, you're going to love it. No need to watch the previous ones to enjoy it.'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 10:58:23 GMT
Well, typically going against the grain here but me and my boy are really enjoying it now. We've watched up to the end of Ep4 now so we've just got last nights to go and we're caught up. It's not as good as Mando, but it's perfectly decent. Could quite happily watch a lot more of these.
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Post by razz on Jan 27, 2022 11:41:53 GMT
Why can't the new Star Trek series' be this good, it's frustrating!
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Post by simple on Jan 27, 2022 12:57:44 GMT
This weeks is the best so far, excellent, like everyone has already said, its almost like watching a different show
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Post by H-alphaFox on Jan 27, 2022 13:00:42 GMT
We have been watching the Mandolorian again and the episode we watch after Boba this week was the one with Boba getting his armour back. It was a good evenings viewing.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 13:04:24 GMT
I even liked the little mod gang and their little floating scooters.
I did get confused at two parts on EP4 though, which I think has been spoken about already in here but.. How did Bib betray him exactly? I also thought he had his armour on when he crawled out the Sarlaac pit, so why did he think it was in there?
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Post by razz on Jan 27, 2022 13:17:59 GMT
The only thing I hate about the mod gang is that they seem to be only people in Mos Eisley with vehicular transport. Where were the other vehicles in that chase scene?
Why are people riding around on Banthas when they can build intergalactic ships out of junk?
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Post by britesparc on Jan 27, 2022 14:31:47 GMT
Chalk me up as someone who's been really digging the show too. I really like Boba and Fennec, I love the wookiee whose name I can't pronounce let alone spell, and yes I love the space mods.
I think the problem with the show thus far has been less the pace but more the structure. I get the idea of having two timelines but for me they've gone too hard with the flashback stuff, to the point where the "present day" plotline has felt perfunctionary. I wish they'd balanced it out more. Hopefully - as we seem to be done with flashbacks now - the last two eps will be a bit more propulsive.
As for ep 5, yes, obviously, it was the best one. I think this was partly because it moved at a fair old lick, and the action scenes were much better (weird how the relatively inexperienced Howard was able to pull off much faster and more interesting action than "Mr Action Movie" Rodriguez). But it's also because we're just more invested in Din and want to know what happens next. I do feel, though, that sticking it in the middle of the season has kind of killed the momentum of Boba Fett; maybe it should have been a kind of special one-shot ep of Mando that aired sometime in March, to whet people's appetite for season 3.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 14:49:47 GMT
Well, typically going against the grain here but me and my boy are really enjoying it now. We've watched up to the end of Ep4 now so we've just got last nights to go and we're caught up. It's not as good as Mando, but it's perfectly decent. Could quite happily watch a lot more of these. I'm enjoying it as well, and at the time couldn't understand why people were touting 4 as the best one up that point, as it was the one whose pacing and direction felt off to me... but yeah, fuck it, 5 was excellent. No argument there. I mentioned earlier in the thread, the one issue I have with the show is that I just don't understand exactly why Boba is determined to be the new crime lord when he doesn't seem to want to do any crimes.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 14:52:55 GMT
There's little things he's said about being mistreated etc, and about the tuskens were treated that makes me think he's doing it to actually rule benevolently.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 14:57:19 GMT
Yeah, that's how it's felt to me. I guess at that point though, why not run for mayor then, since that guy seems to have more power and is more feared.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 14:58:03 GMT
True, but then you don't get a rancor with a mayoral position.
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Post by EMarkM on Jan 27, 2022 14:58:43 GMT
Yeah, I currently think that he doesn’t want to be a crime lord. He wants to be a decent mayor in place of the corrupt one.
Maybe…?
Oop : Typed that while the above two replies were going up!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 15:00:36 GMT
Of course, the lovely rancor pit.
Plot hole filled, thanks wunty. 👍🏽
The rancor was kind of cute tbh.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2022 15:01:43 GMT
Mind you my post makes it seem as though the rancor has the mayoral position. That would be interesting.
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Post by simple on Jan 27, 2022 15:05:02 GMT
I hope ep5 is a sign that perhaps Boba’s ambitions will expand beyond Mos Eisley
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Post by mcgeeza on Jan 27, 2022 15:16:37 GMT
Yeah, I currently think that he doesn’t want to be a crime lord. He wants to be a decent mayor in place of the corrupt one. Maybe…? Oop : Typed that while the above two replies were going up! Isn't his actual end game wanting to fuck up the Pykes and get revenge over the harassment / murder of his adoptive family? I hope so because he is without doubt the shittiest crime lord in the galaxy at this point.
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Post by EMarkM on Jan 27, 2022 15:20:32 GMT
Perhaps. With the dual timelines, I hadn’t considered that maybe that’s what he started wanting to do.
In my head, the bid to be crime lord came first, but perhaps not!
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Jan 27, 2022 18:12:24 GMT
I sorta expected ep 5 to be same old Boba Fett - which I sorta got used to in terms of acting/story/stuff. Then ep5 turns up and, well...
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Post by Immaterial on Jan 27, 2022 19:21:35 GMT
Wizard. The pacing in this episode was completely different to the first 4- and the production looked more expensive. Maybe because there was less sand.
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Post by Nemesis on Jan 27, 2022 22:01:38 GMT
Sand is known to even get in the ring.
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Post by HoriZon on Jan 27, 2022 23:38:01 GMT
I've enjoyed all of Boba Fett so far! is there something wrong with me?
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Post by Saul1138 on Jan 28, 2022 12:41:44 GMT
I've enjoyed all of Boba Fett so far! is there something wrong with me? Nope. It isn’t as good as the first series of the Mandalorian. But that had dodgy episode’s. But it is entertaining. I suppose it is what you want out of it. I love the back story. But accept that , sorry, hard to type when this drunk.
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