Jump to content

levzloi

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    409

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by levzloi

  1. levzloi
    Again, both The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian are written for families, there's a big difference between being written for children and being written for families.
  2. levzloi
    Gonna have to disagree with you there. Especially on a website dedicated to a cartoon that all of us adults love. The Clone Wars on the whole were not written for children anymore than The Mandalorian is. Is it written as family entertainment? Absolutely. Is some of it pretty childish? Yes, but there are also very adult themes, and lots of death, not the kind of things you find in kids shows. Just like some people mistakenly claim that Star Wars in general is for kids. How many kids shows feature dismemberment and the burning corpses of the main characters parents on the front porch. George Lucas, who was behind The Clone Wars before Disney bought Lucasfilm and canceled it, described it as a PG-13 cartoon. So you can reasonably state that people perceive cartoons as being for children, but I don't think you can unequivocally state that cartoons are written for children.
  3. levzloi
    Clone Wars and Rebels at their best were some of the best Star Wars ever produced, don't let anyone convince you otherwise. At their worst? Well lets just say Jack Black and Lizzo ruling a utopian planet controlled by Doc Brown's droids is not out of place. Continuing the Mandalorian story arc from across both series into Live action is not in and of itself a bad idea. However, it's becoming obvious that Filoni and Favreu believe that cameo's, fan service, and the Ragnanok style of Marvel siliness is the recipe for success. I couldn't disagree more strongly.
  4. levzloi
    And then Din is captured by a weird cyborg/droid (so that Bo had a reason to come rescue him), and then Din falls into the living waters (so that Bo has a reason to see the mythasaur) and then Bo’s home is attacked by Imperials (so that Bo had a reason to go to the Covert). And then kid Mando is captured by creature (So Bo has a reason to show how capable she is). Again, I’m not saying you can’t like it, and doubtless at least the imperial attack could be called a loose thread like you said, but it just feels like low effort writing to justify the scenes they want to shoot . 🤷‍♂️
  5. levzloi
    I don’t think either is a more valid than the other, and the simple truth is, if Disney and others were putting out high quality to go along with their quantity, rage tubers wouldn’t have such a large audience. I think this is my favorite video on the topic.
  6. levzloi
    Definitely, No actor deserves crap for giving the performance that the director asks for, and he and Jake Loyd took a lot of crap.
  7. levzloi
    Bad Batch main story line episodes are awesome, Andor along with the last four episodes of the Clone Wars is the best Star Wars Disney has put out, and would be a great show even if it wasn't in the Star Wars Universe. You seriously need to watch it, just be patient when you do, it's a very slow burn. I want my Star Wars to make sense and be internally consistent. Andor has shown how good a well written Star Wars show can be. This season of the Mandalorian has had to many "and then that happened" moments. It's just not great writing, and I'm afraid they haven't learned the lessons of The Book of Boba Fett or Kenobi. I'm not going to tell you what art you can and can't like, but the numbers bear out that I'm not alone, and people are losing interest. Explanation of "and then"
  8. levzloi
    I’m fairly certain this was addressed in the first episodes, she is a modified (Female instead of Male) clone of Jango Fett. Boba Fett is Alpha, she is Omega. That’s why they hunted for her in the first season, they needed access to her pure genetic strain. Now they just want her to secure the Kaminoan Geneticist's cooperation.
  9. levzloi
    There have been some really cool moments this season, but it just feels like their buried in so much bad writing. "yeah dad, I'm fine, I survived a day and a half in the bird things gullet," Why would the bird only kill the kid if it saw the other Mandalorians, was it letting it's chicks get to know him before dinner time? That whole premise just doesn't make sense. It sure feels like they're writing the story around a couple of "cool" scenes, and it just isn't working, same problem The Last Jedi had.
  10. levzloi
    Clone Comando’s have actually been in several Clone Wars and Bad Batch Episodes, I think this is Scorch’s third episode.
  11. levzloi
    That’s what I mean, they don’t control the item cost, but their packing and shipping charges can pop your eyes right out of your skull.
  12. levzloi
    Big in Japan is very reliable, just expensive.
  13. levzloi
    Thanks for the input everybody, my collection isn't nearly to the scale of most of the ones shared, but my space is pretty limited. Behold, the wall of boxes.
  14. levzloi
    Thanks for answering, Do you mean these guys? https://www.target.com/p/sterilite-66qt-clearview-latch-box-clear-with-purple-latches/-/A-13794509#lnk=sametab or these guys? https://www.target.com/p/66qt-latching-clear-storage-box-with-green-lid-brightroom-8482/-/A-84625910#lnk=sametab
  15. levzloi
    Random question, does anyone know a brand or style of plastic/rubber containers that are a good size for efficiently storing Yamato/Arcadia 1/60 boxes?
  16. levzloi
    I know this is overused, but
  17. levzloi
    It’s gameplay is great, but the writing is still just ok. A bunch of it still doesn’t make sense.
  18. levzloi
  19. levzloi
    That’s the problem, it doesn’t fit. C-3PO can be obnoxious oblivious and prudish, because he’s a droid, and he’s programmed that way, but nobody takes him seriously, except maybe the Ewoks, and that’s a whole other conversation.
  20. levzloi
    In my opinion it started in The Force Awakens, Finn's goofy nature just felt off. Watch his interactions with Poe after Finn rescues him, and his interactions with BB8 and Rey after they leave Jaku. He doesn't feel like a traumatized child soldier, he just feels like an idiot. And it's very obvious that John Boyega can act, so this must have been the performance they were after.
  21. levzloi
    This is the major problem I have had with the last two series. Apparently no one saw the dailies and said, "um we can't publish this as Star Wars, it looks ridiculous". Somewhere along the way Disney decided that Star Wars needed the Marvel treatment, and since then we've had forced humor, silly writing, and questionable casting/direction. I won't ride the acting to hard as it's evident some of these people have great works in their past. Add in child actors, and it's like the writers watched episode 1 and decided that instead of taking it's structure and issues as a cautionary tale, they thought this was the formula for Star Wars. Edit: meant to say, Star Wars is best when it's treated as High Fantasy, like the Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings. It can have humor, (and personally I still think Jackson went overboard with the Dwarf jokes), but it has to be treated respectfully and realistically. Having silly characters that no actual person would believe or take seriously, and then having the characters treat them in a serious manner just comes off stupid. Like the fake Jedi in episode 2 of Kenobi.
  22. levzloi
    Or Obi-Wan immediately deleting a potentially compromising message after he receives it. He was a General, COMSEC isn't rocket science. Unfortunately outside of the Mandalorian, The Disney Star Wars series have all the hallmarks of being written by a Jar Jar Abrams committee. "hey wouldn't it be cool....."
  23. levzloi
    I think you mean the Schwartz
  24. levzloi
    Yes, yes they do, and honestly if LucasFilm/Disney really cared about their investment or their intellectually property, they'd be investing in better writing/writers, but it's pretty apparent that quality is not one of their priorities.
  25. levzloi
    The sad truth is that the writing has been very mediocre and that may be kind. Ewan Mcgregors performance has been good given what he's working with, but given the nature of bringing Vader and Obi-wan together again, I expect Disney to bring their A+ game. It has not been brought. And why write this around a previously unexplained encounter with a 10 year old Leia? Child actors are notoriously problematic from a dramatic standpoint. The concept was flawed from the get go. If you need to motivate Obi-wan to leave Tatooine, it's a good reason, but don't focus on the kid, have her sedated nearly the whole time, have her recovered quickly and sent back to Alderan, and then have Vader chasing Obi-wan. This reeks of showing what a strong independent intelligent and brave 10 year old girl Leia was. It's not necessary, we know what an awesome character she turned into.
×
×
  • Create New...