Keep this in mind. This isn't a movie. This is a TV show. Think of it more like how 1960's Star Trek was delivered. There is only *so much through line* you can do. There are going to be A LOT of "episodes of the week." Just appreciate being dropped into the daily life of the Mandalorian. You have to look at it through that prism and not a MOVIE ARCH.
This is getting it. This is what the series is. It is what I expected. If one expected more than this then just turn it off.
i'm looking at it through a modern TV arch. Modern TV dramas have season/series long story arcs usually. McGuyver, A-Team, Knightrider, etc did not have it.
Keep in mind there is a Season Two already on tap. So my guess is not everything is going to be explained and tied up.
And I get it. I feel the same way at times too. I kinda have to catch myself and remind myself. I get some of the gripes of the show even though I am a big fan. I think it is tough to please everyone. I am just thankful we get something like this at all. Low hanging fruit, I know.
I dont know that "Its a Western" really holds up as an explanation for the sparseness. Just sampled a few minutes of a couple of old TV westerns - Have Gun Will Travel and similar on YouTube to confirm my memory and even the 30 minute ones had more dialog and character exposition in 5 minutes than an entire episode of The Mandelorian. TV Westerns were dead, basically relegated to mid-morning reruns on Channel 20 when I was a kid, and I think most of you are younger than me. I wonder how many TV Westerns most people have actually seen. It seems to more be a riff of a specific subset of slightly experimental 1970's very atypical Western films, like A Fistful of Dollars, a style which I'm not sure has ever been tried on TV. The Mandelorian seems like The Space Man With No Name.
It would be hilarious if Mando is walking down the street and passes Lando. They pause, and look at each other like a serpent to a bird, and then just keep going. Money.
That's the problem with Disney. I like the show but... anyone with half a brain knows that it will never ever be gritty with this company. Sucks too.
I thought Disney would have learned from the box office and reviews success of The Dark Knight and Logan. You don't have to appeal to kids and diversity etc. Forget the CGI and just make a serious movie/show without the cute **** and with some real appeal. I thought Rogue One did this and I enjoyed The Force Awakens and hoping for a great ending with the Rise of Skywalker.
saw ep6, slept, and almost forgot what it was about when i woke up. so forgettable. these standalone episodes with absolutely no connection between each one is killing the show. if i hadn't invested my time to watching the majority of the show, i would have left it. probably will not watch season 2 unless they fix the format.
Your 13 year old self did not complain about campy/cheesy. Quite frankly, looking at the Star Wars movie landscape, this is about the grittiest they have gone so far. Doubt we will get an *Adult Star Wars* that caters to the *grit* you are looking for.
The world has enough "GRIT". If you want "Grit", watch "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime now. That will give you enough "Sci-Fi Grit".
Or read some of the past books that were Star Wars right ? It’s impossible to make something like that in this universe. rolling my eyes over here. You just can’t see because internet!!!
I thought he killed Hellboy and the Twi'lek girl. It surprised me to see them still alive. I feel like it's obvious that he's on his way somewhere but it's just not obvious to us.
