I'd actually care about the doomed characters if the film gave me a reason to care about its paper thin characters. The only thing I felt at the film's end was relief that I wouldn't have to see any of them again. The final battle does nothing for me because I don't care if the characters live or die and I already knew they succeeded in getting the plans so there was zero tension. I don't know how they took a simple premise, a heist to steal death star plans, and screwed it up so badly. There isn't any espionage, no elaborate plan with a cast of colourful characters with specific skills that all need to execute their roles just right or everything goes to hell. Essentially nothing about the film worked for me. It's the reason I haven't watched a Star Wars film in over 3 years.
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Re: Mandalorian Ep 2: great. A lot of fun, I’m still intrigued by the story, and the effects are pretty near seamless. It’s a kids’ show, and paced as such, but I’m along for the ride.
Re: Rogue One. It was ... fine. The story was interesting and special effects were fantastic. But at no point did I identify with or care about any of the characters. They didn’t seem likeable or real. They did things because the script told them to. There was no inner fire or soul.
On paper, Rogue One is a better movie than The Force Awakens, but I enjoyed TFA much more. What emotional response I had to RO was due to the battle scenes and stunning CGI set pieces, not to the plight of the characters.
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I’m not belittling it by calling it a kids show. Certainly it’s meant to appeal to adult viewers as well - particularly those that get the references. The pacing and episode length is more similar to a kids show than to (say) Daredevil on Netflix. It would work equally well as an animated show, in fact.
Perhaps calling it a family show is more accurate.
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I actually think it's too long for a kids show. Episodes are 40 minutes right? So it's paced similarly to an hour long cable TV show. That's just how many commercials they run these days. I'm not really sure what the choice behind it was, but I'm guessing that the 40 minute run time is probably Disney+'s plan for it's original show content. I'm guessing all the live action Marvel shows will be that way as well.
Episode length has varied so far. The last episode was only 33 minutes. The first was over 45 (if I remember correctly). Not sure if it was a longer than average pilot, or if the second episode was simply a bit short. I'm hoping for more longer episodes.
Saw the first 2 episodes of The Mandalorian. Fun little space-western, even if the second episode was very spinning-its-wheels.
Curious to see
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The production values are amazing, anxious to see how it will tie into the overall SW mythos.
One thing I really liked about the second Ep is that there was practically no dialogue for the first couple of sequences. Nothing was explained, but we understood everything that was going on. I like it when a show trusts its audience enough to not spell everything out.
It also solidified the Mandalorian as a character who doesn’t talk much. He doesn’t talk to himself (a device often used for exposition), or to someone who won’t understand him (another device, ditto). I actually hope the Mandalorian doesn’t get a love interest or a crew, because it will result in a lot more nattering onscreen. I like the show’s mood right now, keeping the dialogue to a minimum.
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I agree with this completely, Peter. Although I did enjoy the interaction he's had with the one character, name escapes me. Limited interactions (vocally) through the course of his travels would do just fine.
And thanks for not hating on the show again, Peter. We can no longer be friends however, with your disdain for Rogue One J/K
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Saw this on Facebook.
Hearts are tough, she said, most times hearts don't break, and I'm sure that's right . . . but what about then? What about who we were then? What about hearts in Atlantis?
Hehehehehehe. That made me laugh.
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Didn't realize he was also eaten by a gator!
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