I think the problem is, and the show seems very much to me like it was before. That the simple, stripped down nature of it which was once refreshing is now not enough to sate our Star Wars desires. We've had some fun with that. We've all gotten used to it. But now we're ready for some high stakes action again. And it may well be coming, who knows. I thought the space battle in the mine field was properly epic and intense. I really like the way they edited that together. Especially with the punchy little bits of soundtrack timed to each explosion. I have a feeling some big surprises may well be on the way when we finally get to Mandalore. Small criticism: Baby Yoda is starting to feel like a clumsy crutch. Kind of wish they left him with Luke. I also feel that the mess of that Boba Fett season brought this whole branch of the brand down. It sucked, it diluted the "western theme", and it's a little hard getting back into rhythm of hype. At least for this fan. It didn't poison the well I don't think. But those f'n vespas, man. It was all I could think about when we went back to that town to visit the robot and Carl Weathers. Sure hope those dumb Vespas don't show up. Literally what i'm thinking while watching. That's a problem. That's a brand management problem.
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WhereIsRent (1089)
2 years ago
The vespa riding cyberpunk gang (who I agree are awful) are actually on Tatooine and not Nevarro where Carl Weathers' character is. That gang is probably one of the worst ideas I've ever seen from Jon Favreau who I'm a big fan of, they really should have been left out and the fact they brought them back for the finale was so annoying.
Book of Boba Fett is a mess though I agree. Only 3 of the 7 episodes (episodes 2, 5 and 6) are what I'd consider the standard I'd expect from Favreau. Everything else needed some rewrites as I don't think Favreau knew what to do with Boba Fett and I think they should have left Favreau on The Mandalorian and gone with someone else for the spin-off, although that didn't work out for the Obi-Wan series either as that was plagued with terrible writing as well. I thought Andor was very good and I'm very much looking forward to season 2 of that.
I really hope this third season of Mando is as good as if not even better than the first two though. The critics have seen episode 2 already and they're saying it's a great episode that's action packed and suspenseful so I'm still hyped.
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TandyMan (11214)
2 years ago
I forgot all about Obi-Wan. That happened too. That's what i'm talking about with brand damage. Mandalorian bought back a lot fan positivity and then it was all squandered before they got the third season back to air. One step forward, two steps back. They need to work harder on this stuff. In the script stage. Before they erect a single green screen panel. Or whatever the hell they use over there now.
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WhereIsRent (1089)
2 years ago
Yep, it's the same problem Marvel are having with their Disney + shows in that there is a lack of quality control. Some of them I've enjoyed whilst others have been straight up garbage.
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TandyMan (11214)
2 years ago
I get the problem. You have a brand new streaming service. Brand new tech. You just over payed for an IP. I get it. But they don't understand what thy bought.
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