JoeyN Posted November 1, 2021 Report Share Posted November 1, 2021 NickC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 A few episodes too long on the flashbacks, but this week brings everything in the timeline back to the present mid way. Things are finally moving, and that music at the end 😄 kelley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickC Posted January 19, 2022 Report Share Posted January 19, 2022 Too many flashbacks or too much time spent on them for me, I find the present day stuff is interesting, the flashbacks not as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBardon Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I thought the flashback stuff was OK actually. The low speed chase on the speeders...less so. Not sure why, but it just looked like they were crawling through the streets on those bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I’ve enjoyed the flashbacks, more than the current day stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Well this was the first consequential episode in what has otherwise been a complete mess and slog of a series, frankly. I’m not terribly sold on his motivation for wanting to be crime lord but it only took four episodes to finally arrive at it so at least that’s something? This encapsulates my feelings well on how this has played out otherwise. Also based on the music stinger at the end, it seems like Mandalorian is coming next week or so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 8 hours ago, kelley said: I’ve enjoyed the flashbacks, more than the current day stuff. I've stopped watching, but the Lawrence of Arabia with Tusken Raiders angle was quite interesting (they even directly copied the composition of shots from Lawrence here and there). The dreams go on for so long though that I quickly forgot any plot that surrounds those sequences so I wonder whether they'd have been better off telling the story sequentially. Why have they NEVER been able to replicate Hutt voices to sound as organic as Jabba in ROTJ? Every attempt since the 97 Special Edition of the first film has had this very digitally processed tone to it. I do also like the fact Matt Berry voices that palace droid, which I guess kind of means that Steven Toast did get that role in Star Wars after all. kelley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 If I have one criticism of the series so far, it's the utter lack of any dance-offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickC Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Couple of questions for those watching: Spoiler When Boba says "I'm going to kill that bloated pig who double crossed me", is he referring to Bib? Any idea how he was double crossed? I guess Boba forgot the Jawa's raided him for his armor? Given his physical/mental state at the time I assume it's easy to forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 I just love that this show has an entire Quadrophenia in space subplot, mods vs rockers included. Orpheus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 @NickChe is, and I’m guessing from his answer about why he just doesn’t walk in there and take Slave 1, that he tried to go get his ship without his armor, and Bib would not allow it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 5 hours ago, NickC said: Couple of questions for those watching: Hide contents When Boba says "I'm going to kill that bloated pig who double crossed me", is he referring to Bib? Any idea how he was double crossed? I guess Boba forgot the Jawa's raided him for his armor? Given his physical/mental state at the time I assume it's easy to forget. Apparently it ties into the Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1 comic where Bib Fortuna double-crossed Fett before Return of the Jedi. Specifically he engineered it so that he could get Solo in carbonite from an alternate set of bounty hunters after Fett lost him due to the carbonite starting to fail. This leads to Fett having a bounty on his head from Jabba for taking too long to deliver Solo. Another thing that Fortuna engineered. Nevermind that Fett is still chummy with Jabba in ROTJ and that whole scenario makes no sense but hey…. the comic is considered to be canon and is apparently the source of both Boba’s hatred for Bib and the reason why he specifically comes after Bib’s throne on Tatooine. Another reason Star Wars continues to irk the shit out of me - let’s go ahead and put the core motivation for your character and important connective plot points in alternate forms of media without bothering to present those points in your big TV show. NickC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickC Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 Wow that is silly, oddly enough I believe I saw a few pages of that comic online in the past week or so and was like this is stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 16 hours ago, Angry the Clown said: I do also like the fact Matt Berry voices that palace droid, which I guess kind of means that Steven Toast did get that role in Star Wars after all. That's in my head every time he over-enunciates that he's in the new Stah Worhz in the new Toast. Love how everyone is dismissive, too. Angry the Clown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2022 Bryce Dallas Howard needs to direct as much Star Wars as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Hell fucking yeah that was awesome. JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I had to fly home from our trip to San Diego today. This episode made that flight go by a lot faster. JoeyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 Yeah that was an awesome episode …….of the Mandalorian. It speaks volumes that the best episode of “The Book of Boba Fett” doesn’t even feature its main character. Still, I commend the cinematography in the episode. It was a /HUGE/ upgrade over the last four episodes! It’s one of the few that genuinely felt “film-like” and Tatooine hasn’t looked as good since Jedi if you ask me. The quicker they dump Robert Rodriguez from directing these episodes, the better. Every episode he hasn’t directed has been an upgrade in both the look and general pacing of the show. Robot Monkey, NickC, dogbert and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 16 hours ago, JoeyN said: Bryce Dallas Howard needs to direct as much Star Wars as possible. Romier touches on this. The focus of this episode isn't the big improvement, though it's clearly an improvement, it's the editing, direction, acting and pacing. So much of an improvement. Wow. JoeyN and Romier S 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 ....and Robert Rodriguez is directing the finale. 🤢 NickC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I know Filoni is directing the next episode. Which means Favreau must be after that as he directed an episode also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickC Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I'm good with no more Robert Rodriguez episodes in any Star Wars show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romier S Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, JoeyN said: I know Filoni is directing the next episode. Which means Favreau must be after that as he directed an episode also. It’s 7 episodes total. Rodriguez directed three and Filoni one. Favreau wrote them all, and there may have been the expectation that he would direct an episode but that likely changed as Rodriguez has been credited as directing “an additional episode” (for the total of 3). https://www.tvinsider.com/1024985/the-book-of-boba-fett-temuera-morrison-ming-na-wen-preview/ Quote That murky history leaves a fairly blank slate for the character, which excited executive producer Robert Rodriguez, who directs three of the seven episodes in Book’s first season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyN Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 I dont know why but i thought it was 8 episodes. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted January 27, 2022 Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 They should give Bryce Dallas Howard all of Ahsoka or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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