villa4europe Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Straggler said: Hide contents The lack of charisma on show is shocking. Temuera Morrison was an absolute bad ass in his prime, but he is long past his prime now. His action scenes don't pass any sort of credibility test. He is not stronger, he is not faster, he is not smarter, he is not technologically superior, yet we are supposed to see him as a fearsome warrior. I just don't see it. FFS the assassins sent to kill him got tooled up with "future shields" and cattle prods. Not even cattle prods really, more cat prods, as they seemed to do next to nothing unless you can get three or 4 working simultaneously for extended periods of time. They would have been better off taping a bread knife to the end of a broom handle. Don't even get me started on the parkour. So far it is fat old man with stick inexplicably wins fights in a universe where floating rocket trains, laser guns and force fields exist. The script is wooden AF, the lack of humour stark, logic for the in world decision making is wonky as all hell. The lack of jeopardy is unreal, the biggest threat so far I think is being thirsty. The Mandalorian had delivered more charisma and more interest whilst barely saying anything and keeping his helmet on in a single scene than has been delivered in the 2 episodes I have seen so far of Boba Fett. I will watch the 3rd today, but it will require a massive jump in quality to get me beyond that. Maybe it's just me, but I've found Boba Fett an absolute snooze fest so far. Stuck the reasoning in a spoiler warning as there are a couple of plot points in there. ive not watched the 3rd episode yet but completely agree, said after episode one they should stick his helmet on more and stunt double and they haven't the tuskan raider stuff was more interesting than him but then at the same time i think they've gone down the route of over familiarity, of course they were probably always going to drag a hutt in to it but then they've got a wookie!!!!!!! and it didn't work for me, they'll probably chuck an R2 model in at some point too hoping this is the reaction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 On 12/01/2022 at 13:08, villa4europe said: ive not watched the 3rd episode yet but completely agree, said after episode one they should stick his helmet on more and stunt double and they haven't the tuskan raider stuff was more interesting than him but then at the same time i think they've gone down the route of over familiarity, of course they were probably always going to drag a hutt in to it but then they've got a wookie!!!!!!! and it didn't work for me, they'll probably chuck an R2 model in at some point too hoping this is the reaction And there he was (as well as others) during the rougher than a badgers ass chase scene Its watchable but I wouldn't say its good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 16, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16, 2022 That episode of BoBF was er... weak. Space mods. Nope. Nope nope nope. Appallingly bad chase scene that went at arthritic tortoise pace with bizarre frame rate problems. And the fight scene didn't work because of how clearly it was a bloke in a suit. Rough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete3206 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 (edited) He got given a fearsome Wookie for free and let it go? He needs an army of hench people to fight the worst gangsters in the galaxy and plumps for a load of weedy looking teenagers? Goes to confront the mayor and lets his assistant escapes like Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo? Speeder chase reaching the speeds of mobility scooters? Rancors are pets now? Improvement needed Lucasfilm!! This was Galactica 1980 standard! Edited January 18, 2022 by Pete3206 added text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, Pete3206 said: Speeder chase reaching the speeds of mobility scooters? That scene offended me and I consider myself a fan boy. What on earth were they thinking? Didn't anyone in the editing room put their hand up and say "this is a bit crap guys" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 11 minutes ago, stuart_75 said: That scene offended me and I consider myself a fan boy. What on earth were they thinking? Didn't anyone in the editing room put their hand up and say "this is a bit crap guys" Was it as bad as Count Dooku's mobility scooter? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Just now, sne said: Was it as bad as Count Dooku's mobility scooter? Well that scooter reached speeds of over 15mph, so its way worse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, Pete3206 said: This was Galactica 1980 standard! Now now, let's not be saying things we can't take back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 18, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, sne said: Was it as bad as Count Dooku's mobility scooter? Genuinely that looks better. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Pete3206 said: He got given a fearsome Wookie for free and let it go? He needs an army of hench people to fight the worst gangsters in the galaxy and plumps for a load of weedy looking teenagers? Goes to confront the mayor and lets his assistant escapes like Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo? Speeder chase reaching the speeds of mobility scooters? Rancors are pets now? Improvement needed Lucasfilm!! This was Galactica 1980 standard! So true, it's more like cosplay homemade fan fiction on film. If I was told they were filming without a script, I'd believe them. And did you see the Wookie run away? We pissed ourselves laughing at how stupid it looked. It's not just bad Star Wars now, it is just plain old bad TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Episode 4 of Boba was much better. finally the plot build is coming together 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Yeah episode 4 was much better. Spoiler I enjoyed the cameo from Thundercat, although the scene he was in annoyed me a bit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete3206 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Episode 4 was the best of the series and a relief that the last 3 episodes are going to be memorable. Terrific stuff!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2022 Yeah, definitely echo the episode 4 views on here. Easily the best one so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 20, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2022 Episode 4 was definitely better than the complete shit show of last week. It's still... I dunno. There's not really that much happening episode to episode somehow. And it has choices and style I don't jive with - the space mod stuff just does not work for me, feels like something from a different universe. And as much as I'll applaud using practical effects, they don't look right here. The eyes are too human in to many cases, making them clearly guys in suits. But it's alright. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I think I'm only watching it cos I'm working from home, it's got existence problems for me, as in why does it exist? It's increasingly not going anywhere or doing anything of any real interest, the best thing about it was the sand people Spoiler Is the warrior who fought him dead? The one who wore more black, I thought they showed the chief but not her (looked like a her) I'm expecting her to show up near the end and be a badass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Really good episode, liked him going back and settling a score and how they wrapped up the flashback sequences. Max Rebo racking up the appearances too. Surely this means... Mando is coming into it, alluded by the theme tune playing after Fennec saying “money can buy muscle” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Episode 5 Spoiler Best episode of The Mandalorian, sorry I mean Book of Boba Fett of the series. Are we going to get to see Grogu next week? We're going to Grogu next week, aren't we? Eek! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, dAVe80 said: Episode 5 Hide contents Best episode of The Mandalorian, sorry I mean Book of Boba Fett of the series. Are we going to get to see Grogu next week? We're going to Grogu next week, aren't we? Eek! Yep - corking episode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 The Disney execs must have put a request in for some new merch Good episode even if it was a reminder that the mandalorian is better Directed by Bryce Dallas Howard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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