Holy hell this is unwatchable. Lazy writing, bad effects, and borrowing from every plot line in cinema history. I don't understand the worship for it just because it's star wars. I hoped it would get better after the first episode but they decided to push the lit dumpster down a hill lined with gasoline.
Yes, we finished it last weekend - very good.
Agreed. I enjoy the expanding SW Lore, but the CW filming perspective and #TeenTitansMopedGang is kinda losing me
No, but now we'll check it out!
In a way, doesn't this kind of define every single Star Wars movie after Empire, though? They're not exactly subtle works of art, are they? I think the problem with this series may be that it comes on the heels of the one Star Wars story that seemed to really depart from that overly simplistic (and often poorly acted) good vs. evil trope - The Mandalorian. Without giving away any of the plot, can you imagine any prior character in the Star Wars universe being written quite like Bill Burr's Mayfeld? I can't because Star Wars never really did "subtle" or "gray area" before, did they? And it kind of feels like The Book of Boba Fett is just a step backward, at least so far. It's a shame because there really is a ton of potential there - a story about a crime boss on a more or less lawless and isolated planet could be pretty great. But where do they go with it? Teen gang ... *sigh* ...
Yup, agree with this. I'm a Star Trek fan first, but having grown up when Star Wars first came out, it always had a spot in my heart. But I have zero interest in anything since the prequel/sequel movies, they're just not compelling. Now Battlestar Galactica on the other hand...
Only if you limit yourself to the original films. The SW universe is considerably larger than those, even if you expand it to contain 1-6. There is so much lore now presented on-screen in live action that a SW-series-in-question isn't the reward, it's actually all the buried nuggets contained within! Still the Fett series is bordering on the CW for me.
A fantastic series that kinda flubbed the landing a bit. But I don't think it's as bad as the reaction at the time would have led you to believe. I like what they actually did with it, I just think they could have handled it a bit better. But as for that, I can't say what that would have looked like so I can't be too critical. It is, to this day, along with The Wire the one show I truly binged in a really short period of time given how many seasons it was on. I think I may have watched like three eppisodes at a time on multiple occasions.
There is just so much potential to work with yet they pigeon hole themselves with nonsense. Boba Fett had barely any screen time in the original trilogy yet there is so much you can do with this character but they made a Dances with wolves/avatar/dune/ knock off that falls short.
Yea, I can't disagree with you here, and I'm unapologetic about my affection for the series. Some of that needs to be blamed on the writer's strike at the time. I have to believe it would have been a bit tighter of a series finale if that had not occurred. There are scenes that still give me chills, even after having seen them multiple times. That Olmos, and worse, McDonnell, never received serious Emmy consideration is a travesty.
I thought 1 was so bad it was meant to be tongue in cheek for a bit. Fucking 35 years we believe he's dead and they spend 2 minutes on him climbing out of the sarlaac pit. 2 minutes. And he just crawls out! What the holy hell. Robert rodriguez should be banned from directing unless someone is handing him a tarantino or frank miller script. Also I know they'll have a character arc but there's literally nothing to give a shit about. The entire premise sucks. Hes not a savior or a badass. And if they get to one or both of those in the future, great, but where's the intrigue now? Why do I care? They fumbled the ball so badly with this show it makes the han solo movie look inspired.
Boba Fett is one of the most popular characters from the original trilogy, despite minimal screen time. So there is some Disney-pandering to the masses there.
Solo was a great popcorn flik. Solid but not great action movie. No issues with the cast at all. I'm a writing guy -- story has to be solid. Boba fett has no point and no inherent drama and so its terrible even before we touch on sfx and acting. Think about how you felt after ep1 of the mandalorian. So much to care about and wonder about. There's zero of that in boba. If disney had to pander I can come up with 3 premises in 5 minutes that are better than a mob boss unhappy he's not getting kickbacks.Boba Fett is one of the most popular characters from the original trilogy, despite minimal screen time. So there is some Disney-pandering to the masses there.
I still think the Han Solo movie was great, and very well cast.
So bad it’s awesome.
