Star Wars: The Mandalorian
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- monospaced1
The whole first episode I couldn't help think about how goofy the whole thing felt. There's a distinct low budget quality to it that it's hard to put my finger on. The cinematography, dialogue and especially the practical effects came together to make something that was almost like a 90s sitcom version of Star Wars. It's like they went out of their way to make sure that the puppet lips never synced to dialogue and a lot of characters just felt like people in makeup.
It was like a spaghetti western of sci-fi, which maybe was what Star Wars is all about, and once I realised this I was able to relax and start to enjoy. You're supposed to laugh!
Then the final scenes began, and I couldn't help rolling my eyes at the goofy ass droid. But it moments later, during the big shootout, the child-like nerd in me got super excited. The goofiness transformed into serious sci-fi, and then the big reveal gave me a triple-replay nerdgasm.
They paced that goofiness to serious reveal nicely. Then the second episode balanced out. Can't wait to see how it shapes up.
- The right amount of cheese.DRIFTMONKEY
- I concur, it hit the right notes, people just forgot what those notes were after recent efforts.fadein11
- I still think they should invest in a bit of top-class CG for the humanoids and creatures. Muppet style movements don't fly anymore. Looks cheap and fake.monospaced
- The creatures he rode on the sand planet weren't great but even Last Jedi suffered from that shit, worse even. Ep 3 was fun also.fadein11
- exactly thisinteliboy
- Why would you downvote the first assessment of the show? If you have an issue say so don’t be a bitch.monospaced