Online Series: The Mandalorian III- NO Politics-Mysterious disappearance of Cara Dune

[Osprey]

It’s a conversation between the sentry guy and Mando. I don’t think the lines were super well delivered but no issue with them talking about why they can’t do certain things. If they didn’t, everyone would be in here with “why didn’t they use their jet packs”

It wasn't just one conversation or saying things once.


Paz Vizsla: No blasters. It will kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I scouted where it lives and mapped the location. There. The nest.

Paz Vizsla: If we use jetpacks, the beast will hear.

The Armorer: It would kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I'll fly to the foothills, scale the rest of the way on foot.

The Armorer: We must avoid explosives and blasters for the safety of the foundling.

Bo-Katan: We'll continue on foot from here. Any closer and it will hear the ship.

Bo-Katan: The target is on the top of this peak.

Bo-Katan: The raptor's lair is atop the highest peak.

Bo-Katan: We have to make sure not to fire on the raptor.

Paz Vizsla: It will kill the foundling if attacked.

Bo-Katan: Our jetpacks will alert it to our presence.

 

[S E P H]

I finished the Coruscant one and I am not sure what to think of it. 40 minutes of filler and then 5 minutes of the actual story, but I won't say that I completely hated it. There were good parts, but a lot of screen time for what I consider, very minor characters at this point.

 

[MadDevil]

I finished the Coruscant one and I am not sure what to think of it. 40 minutes of filler and then 5 minutes of the actual story, but I won't say that I completely hated it. There were good parts, but a lot of screen time for what I consider, very minor characters at this point.

To be fair, the Coruscant stuff could still come back in play later, so I'm not sure it's necessarily filler. And I think it was interesting to see basically the New Republic's version of Operation Paperclip. Although I'm not gonna lie, it did feel a bit like they were trying to shoehorn some Andor type stuff into the middle of a show that's been much more on the "fun" side of Star Wars.

 

[Tawnos]

To be fair, the Coruscant stuff could still come back in play later, so I'm not sure it's necessarily filler. And I think it was interesting to see basically the New Republic's version of Operation Paperclip. Although I'm not gonna lie, it did feel a bit like they were trying to shoehorn some Andor type stuff into the middle of a show that's been much more on the "fun" side of Star Wars.

I wonder how many things people claim as filler wouldn't qualify as that on binge-watch or rewatch

 

[Scandale du Jour]

It wasn't just one conversation or saying things once.


Paz Vizsla: No blasters. It will kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I scouted where it lives and mapped the location. There. The nest.

Paz Vizsla: If we use jetpacks, the beast will hear.

The Armorer: It would kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I'll fly to the foothills, scale the rest of the way on foot.

The Armorer: We must avoid explosives and blasters for the safety of the foundling.

Bo-Katan: We'll continue on foot from here. Any closer and it will hear the ship.

Bo-Katan: The target is on the top of this peak.

Bo-Katan: The raptor's lair is atop the highest peak.

Bo-Katan: We have to make sure not to fire on the raptor.

Paz Vizsla: It will kill the foundling if attacked.

Bo-Katan: Our jetpacks will alert it to our presence.

You REALLY care about that?

I mean, it was not the best of episodes, but that's one weird thing to be bothered by.

 

[Osprey]

You REALLY care about that?

I mean, it was not the best of episodes, but that's one weird thing to be bothered by.

It's just a criticism that some of us have and it's being debated. You should ask why it bothered you enough to reply to critique the person, rather than the opinion.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

It's just a criticism that some of us have and it's being debated. You should ask why it bothered you enough to reply to critique the person, rather than the opinion.

Because it baffles me everytime you guys go in such detail to "critique" a sci fi show.

It seems to me like it is a very trivial thing to be bothered with.

Fair enough, but I could probably do the same for any content.

 

[Hasbro]

Yeah, really.

The episode accomplished quite a bit in a relatively short period of time. It fixed, or at least improved, the relationship between Vizla and Djin which is good for the covert's unity. It set up both Djin and Bo Katan as leaders who should eventually bring the covert out of hiding. It established Grogu's place in the covert. It gave us Grogu's escape from the Jedi Temple. And it gave us the dinosaur birds as assets to the covert (and I'm wondering if Grogu isn't going to have a special relationship with them given his ability with animals).

It did all of that in something like 25 minutes of runtime. This was not filler. This was jam-packed with plot progress.

Directed by Carl Weathers. Baby he got a stew on!

 

[Osprey]

Because it baffles me everytime you guys go in such detail to "critique" a sci fi show.

It seems to me like it is a very trivial thing to be bothered with.

Fair enough, but I could probably do the same for any content.

It seems like it actually bothers you when the shows are critiqued, especially when those critiques are detailed. It's convenient to dismiss them as "trivial," but that just raises the question of why they bother you if they're trivial.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

It seems like it actually bothers you when the shows are critiqued, especially when those critiques are detailed. It's convenient to dismiss them as "trivial," but that just raises the question of why they bother you if they're trivial.

I do not care if you like the show or not.

I just roll my eyes when people think arguing about using a jet pack or not because of an action taken earlier in the show is an in depth critique. It is just nitpicking silly details. It seems to me that, sometimes, you are looking for silly things to dislike.

Anyway, I should just let you be. I apologize for bringing that up again.

 

[Osprey]

I do not care if you like the show or not.

I just roll my eyes when people think arguing about using a jet pack or not because of an action taken earlier in the show is an in depth critique. It is just nitpicking silly details. It seems to me that, sometimes, you are looking for silly things to dislike.

Anyway, I should just let you be. I apologize for bringing that up again.

I accept that, but I should point out that the post that you responded to wasn't about that. I was just showing how often characters repeated themselves across many conversations.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

The scientist episode was horrible and felt like a giant waste of time. It was obvious from the get go that Imperial lady was gonna screw him too. Episode 4 was pretty decent though, but I still have no idea where they're going or who the villain is, if there even is one.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I do not care if you like the show or not.

I just roll my eyes when people think arguing about using a jet pack or not because of an action taken earlier in the show is an in depth critique. It is just nitpicking silly details. It seems to me that, sometimes, you are looking for silly things to dislike.

Anyway, I should just let you be. I apologize for bringing that up again.

I think that what is disliked from the episode is sloppy writing, and Osprey gave very good examples of that. Now, is it silly to enjoy good writing? maybe, maybe not.

That's what I meant earlier about the fanboys and their mirroring of the SW universe: it's either amazing perfection (the original trilogy, the Mandalorian, Rogue One, etc. - the Force) or borderline evil (Rian Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy - the Dark side). Anything not perfectly in line with that must be ridiculed, no matter the argument.

The scientist episode was horrible and felt like a giant waste of time. It was obvious from the get go that Imperial lady was gonna screw him too. Episode 4 was pretty decent though, but I still have no idea where they're going or who the villain is, if there even is one.

Agreed that it was so obvious that it was kind of a surprise that it really went that way. I still enjoyed the episode more than the last one, felt a lot more fleshed.

 

[Tawnos]

The scientist episode was horrible and felt like a giant waste of time. It was obvious from the get go that Imperial lady was gonna screw him too. Episode 4 was pretty decent though, but I still have no idea where they're going or who the villain is, if there even is one.

For me, the twist was that she betrayed him to the New Republic. I was convinced that she was going to lead him into the arms of a bunch of Imperials loyal to Moff Gideon who’d been hiding out on Coruscant.

I really liked that part of the episode for the first bit of it. post-Imperial Coruscant is a fascinating place to me. The question of how to deal with former Imperials is also a really interesting one. But those positives were eventually outweighed by how long it took them to get to the resolution.

 

[S E P H]

To be fair, the Coruscant stuff could still come back in play later, so I'm not sure it's necessarily filler. And I think it was interesting to see basically the New Republic's version of Operation Paperclip. Although I'm not gonna lie, it did feel a bit like they were trying to shoehorn some Andor type stuff into the middle of a show that's been much more on the "fun" side of Star Wars.

Oh absolutely, but all I have to go on is what's happening now. They probably will tie a lot of this stuff in the future.

I watched the most recent episode and I thought that was the best of the bunch. Great backstory, great development, and great action.

 

[MikeyMike01]

Because it baffles me everytime you guys go in such detail to "critique" a sci fi show.

It seems to me like it is a very trivial thing to be bothered with.

Fair enough, but I could probably do the same for any content.

Sorry people have standards?

 

[Jussi]

Sorry people have standards?

On this site???

 

[archangel2]

It is interesting that we are aloud to talk touchy subjects when this season is an allagory from the old testament

 

[beowulf]

I liked the episode and how we got an inside look at current Mandalorian culture.

 

[Jussi]

It wasn't just one conversation or saying things once.


Paz Vizsla: No blasters. It will kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I scouted where it lives and mapped the location. There. The nest.

Paz Vizsla: If we use jetpacks, the beast will hear.

The Armorer: It would kill the child.

Bo-Katan: I'll fly to the foothills, scale the rest of the way on foot.

The Armorer: We must avoid explosives and blasters for the safety of the foundling.

Bo-Katan: We'll continue on foot from here. Any closer and it will hear the ship.

Bo-Katan: The target is on the top of this peak.

Bo-Katan: The raptor's lair is atop the highest peak.

Bo-Katan: We have to make sure not to fire on the raptor.

Paz Vizsla: It will kill the foundling if attacked.

Bo-Katan: Our jetpacks will alert it to our presence.

Just based on the training scene in the beginning, Bo Katan, Paz Viszla and Din might just be the most competent people out there, so I don't blame the repetition.

 

[Osprey]

Just based on the training scene in the beginning, Bo Katan, Paz Viszla and Din might just be the most competent people out there, so I don't blame the repetition.

Well, in that case, it can be argued that they shouldn't need to be reminded repeatedly. Competent people generally need to hear things only once.

 

[Jussi]

Well, in that case, it can be argued that they shouldn't need to be reminded repeatedly. Competent people generally need to hear things only once.

Well there were other than them in the group. And Bo Katan is the only one with leadership experience.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Just based on the training scene in the beginning, Bo Katan, Paz Viszla and Din might just be the most competent people out there, so I don't blame the repetition.

Well, in that case, it can be argued that they shouldn't need to be reminded repeatedly. Competent people generally need to hear things only once.

Well, it fits with what I was saying before, maybe they're just really dumb.

 

[S E P H]

On this site???

I've already conducted my complaints so far of this season and I don't want to rehash those, but reportedly the viewer ratings are at an all-time low for this season and I don't think that should be surprising given the issues a lot of people have had of it including myself. Personally speaking, I feel really "Disney'd out" at the moment. I haven't watched any Star Wars shows besides Obi-Wan (which wasn't that good nor was it really about Obi) and The Mandalorian. I haven't watched the last five or so Marvel movies because they just don't really hype me anymore.

Disney did a sin when the majority of these expositions were popular, they jumped the shark and flooded the market with these shows to get as much income and viewership as possible. Then every season ends with a cliffhanger that has to be solved in the next season and people are probably just sick of it at this point. Disney is an entertainment version of the concept, "McDonaldisation," where there is a uniform story and production to make everything as quick, easy, and streamlined as possible that leads to a level of predictability. Everyone knows that Mando will win, everyone knows that Obi-Wan will survive, everyone knows that Thanos was going to be defeated, etc. I don't think it is a surprise that people are sort of getting sick of the phases and certain Hollywood figures are coming out against it like Tarantino and Anthony Mackie.

 

[MadDevil]

Hmmm...this next episode is directed by somebody who is also directing an episode of a future Star Wars TV show featuring a certain character...