The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[Zurdo95D]

 

[Ramatuelle]

Say what you want, Armorer is not a Mary Sue.

 

[GhostBeard]

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SEE I TOLD YOU GUYS

I'm glad he stayed in there tbh. And to think.... everyone laughed at BoBF and then Mando season 3 was, in its way, even worse! Who would have seen THAT coming? Life is strange.

I wouldn't say S3 was worse than BoBF. That series, for me, was unwatchable.

 

[Otomofan]

Season 3 committed a far worse sin than BOBF for me: it was boring. It was dull as dishwater and it moved slower than molasses. Nothing interesting happened until the last two episodes, and that was just mindless fan service and not advancing an intriguing story. Should have just been a TV-movie and not eight boring episodes to slog through, but TV-movies don't attract subscribers now, do they?

BOBF was at the very least "watchable" but not for the right reasons. It was more like a fascinating study in how NOT to make a series about a beloved character. Every time you'd think it couldn't get stupider, it did. It got stupider in spectacular fashion. I'm quite sure I'll never be able to sit through it a second time, but I certainly felt more excitement watching that absolute train wreck every week than I did Mando S3. Watching Mando was more of a chore than anything else.

And it's ironic that the last two really good episodes of Mando were actually stuck in the middle of the BOBF disaster!

 

[GhostBeard]

Season 3 committed a far worse sin than BOBF for me: it was boring. It was dull as dishwater and it moved slower than molasses. Nothing interesting happened until the last two episodes, and that was just mindless fan service and not advancing an intriguing story. Should have just been a TV-movie and not eight boring episodes to slog through, but TV-movies don't attract subscribers now, do they?

BOBF was at the very least "watchable" but not for the right reasons. It was more like a fascinating study in how NOT to make a series about a beloved character. Every time you'd think it couldn't get stupider, it did. It got stupider in spectacular fashion. I'm quite sure I'll never be able to sit through it a second time, but I certainly felt more excitement watching that absolute train wreck every week than I did Mando S3. Watching Mando was more of a chore than anything else.

And it's ironic that the last two really good episodes of Mando were actually stuck in the middle of the BOBF disaster!

All in all, it's a bad time for Disney/LucasFilm. As others have noted, there's not another LF franchise left to destroy.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

Season 3 of Mando killed off any interest I had left in Star Wars going forward.
Following BoBF and Kenobi with Season 3 of Mando has just finished be off.
Then there's Gilroy leaving Andor season 2 over the writer strike.
I've been boxing up a good 3/4 of my Star Wars HT collection to sell.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Season 3, now that I have a little distance, was piss poor, granted. I like the cyclops droid, and I enjoyed the final Big Battle episode alot. But not sure they alone "save" the waste that S3 was.

Just like Cad Bane couldn't save BoBF.

For me personally, the dreck of all drecks came in the form of the Obi-Wan show. To do that to Obi-Wan and Vader and Leia... to make that steaming pile with little or not concern for what came before, just lets make a show where Ewan fights Vader in the mask... and then we'll crack it. Fans will eat that up. Sadly they did. But most threw up in the morning.

 

[Otomofan]

All in all, it's a bad time for Disney/LucasFilm. As others have noted, there's not another LF franchise left to destroy.

Oh, how quickly you forget a little movie called TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM.

Of course we all know that a brunette English women will be cast as Tucker this time around. And instead of a boring old car, (s)he'll invent some kind of eco-friendly self-driving car that is powered solely on Tucker's immense feelings of entitlement.

 

[GhostBeard]

Oh, how quickly you forget a little movie called TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM.

Of course we all know that a brunette English women will be cast as Tucker this time around. And instead of a boring old car, (s)he'll invent some kind of eco-friendly self-driving car that is powered solely on Tucker's immense feelings of entitlement.

Writes itself.

 

[choombaz]

Pedro confirms what we all already know … he’s not in the suit

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www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[wormlander]

I wouldn't say S3 was worse than BoBF. That series, for me, was unwatchable.

They both were for different reasons. If I didn't know any better I'd say Mando s3 was written by an AI. Disjointed, ugly and sorely lacking any heartfelt moments. It's really paint-by-numbers bad. The finale was fairly decent though and the only ep. worth watching i.m.o.

 

[ZE_501]

Then there's Gilroy leaving Andor season 2 over the writer strike.

wait what? hadn't thought of that. oh no.

 

[The Buffinator]

wait what? hadn't thought of that. oh no.

Well he reportedly already finished writing all of Season 2 (& handed it over) before he left so hopefully the impact of his absence is minimal. He didn't direct any of the Season 1 episodes so maybe we're OK? I'm not sure if he rewrote anything on the fly while S1 was filmed but if I recall correctly he wasn't even on location for most of it.

 

[The Jerker]

Season 3 of Mando killed off any interest I had left in Star Wars going forward.
Following BoBF and Kenobi with Season 3 of Mando has just finished me off.

I have to agree. After finally watching the whole 3rd season, I was left scratching my head. Pure garbage.

 

[ZE_501]

Well he reportedly already finished writing all of Season 2 (& handed it over) before he left so hopefully the impact of his absence is minimal. He didn't direct any of the Season 1 episodes so maybe we're OK? I'm not sure if he rewrote anything on the fly while S1 was filmed but if I recall correctly he wasn't even on location for most of it.

Yeah, I seem to remember it was already written, probably why I hadn't factored in the strike.

Some productions right now are on a scripts version of work-to-rule: if the scripts are already written they're continuing but ***NOTHING*** can be changed on-the-fly. Not a word, not a comma even if it sounds awkward.

 

[The Buffinator]

Yeah, I seem to remember it was already written, probably why I hadn't factored in the strike.

Some productions right now are on a scripts version of work-to-rule: if the scripts are already written they're continuing but ***NOTHING*** can be changed on-the-fly. Not a word, not a comma even if it sounds awkward.

I’m curious how that works. What if an actor goes off-script and ad libs a line? Can the director decide to keep it in the show or do they have reshoot and stick to the script? In that scenario technically no one rewrote anything.

 

[Zurdo95D]

wait what? hadn't thought of that. oh no.

So you’re gonna take over ZE?

 

[GhostBeard]

They both were for different reasons. If I didn't know any better I'd say Mando s3 was written by an AI. Disjointed, ugly and sorely lacking any heartfelt moments. It's really paint-by-numbers bad. The finale was fairly decent though and the only ep. worth watching i.m.o.

There are definitely S3 episodes I'll never re-visit, but some I would. I did find that it ended kind of hokey too. BoBF was shockingly bad throughout, save for the western runaway train episode. Same for Kenobi. As I recall it may have been episode one of Kenobi my worst concerns were realized, I forget which episode had lil' Leia take the kidnappers on the Benny Hill run. I'll watch S4 of Mando, but there's not that anticipation I felt after S2.

 

[a-dev]

There are definitely S3 episodes I'll never re-visit, but some I would. I did find that it ended kind of hokey too. BoBF was shockingly bad throughout, save for the western runaway train episode. Same for Kenobi. As I recall it may have been episode one of Kenobi my worst concerns were realized, I forget which episode had lil' Leia take the kidnappers on the Benny Hill run. I'll watch S4 of Mando, but there's not that anticipation I felt after S2.

I think that girl was a terrific child Leia but she should have been a cameo at most to avoid too much retconning. There were good ''elements'' of Kenobi and some good scenes but overall it sucked - unappealing characters, weak and unimaginative visuals and settings and some downright embarrassing stuff in it too which unfortunately are the overriding memories making it unlikely I'd ever watch it again.

 

[ScoutingForToys]

I'll watch S4 of Mando

I won't. I'm so done with Star Wars.
I've got the OT, I've got Rogue One and season 1 of Andor. I've got a select list of good pre-PT early to mid 90's "Legends" stuff. I've got season 1 & 2 of Mandalorian.
I'm just so damn sick of the appalling rubbish they've churned out back to back.