The New Alien Movie

I found that to be a really, really flat episode. It was very clumsy at times — like the “previously on segment” fully covering why Mando was exiled and what he needs to do to redeem himself, shortly followed by a new scene of him and the Armorer having the exact same conversation again.

It’s unclear what counts as “less severe” in this context.

On the one hand, Soderbergh is involved, which is usually a good sign.

That depended on whether or not the fighters had a hyperdrive or not. A lot of ships did, including the one-man fighters used by the Rebellion. But TIE fighters were cheap and disposable mass-produced crap, so they didn’t generally have such luxuries (with Vader’s advanced model a notable exception).

Didn’t they actually just announce “the next chapter of The Mandalorian” though, rather than season 3 specifically?

God, I’d forgotten there was flashback stuff too. So, maybe each episode would’ve had a flashback sequence as a cold open, done maybe 20 minutes of present day Fett stuff, and then had Mando and Grogu vignettes as tags?

This kind of backs up my theory that the Grogu training stuff (and presumably the Mando stuff too) was written to be a series of 5-10 minute vignettes spread across the whole season of The Book of Boba Fett. Not that Boba Fett felt like it took place over 2 years either, but if it had been structured that way it…

That’s unfair. I thought she was great in Haywire, admittedly a limited role designed specifically to play to her strengths, but there was a very decent performance in there.

“a casual fan watching the episodes as they aired might not have even noticed”

I would agree that the controllers are likely the main reason. Any game could be upgraded, but they have to take the time to come up with and implement a new control scheme, and it’s not going to be worth it for many of them. I’m surprised Sony haven’t at least released a new version of their VR Worlds tech demos…

There’s not a lot to cover at all, just the encounter with David’s group and events in Salt Lake City, so it will presumably dedicate an episode to each.

I think the fighting game thing worked in the original largely because it was in a game. Riley is giving you instructions on how to play, and you’re following them with a clear understanding of how videogames work. It was superior, but I don’t think it would translate to a passive medium all that well, especially when…

Oh, Bounding Into Comics is absolutely clickbait. Clickbait for assholes, but clickbait nevertheless.

The Book of Boba Fett should have been season 3 of The Mandalorian, with Mando’s arc interspersed alongside Boba’s in every episode

Most of the bigger panels, especially the ones where exclusive footage or breaking news happens, are not broadcast for all to see, and that’s where people get confused and mad. Why not show those? Well, it’s a complicated answer that boils down to a not-so-complicated concept: money.

There’s not actually a whole lot of story left to cover. Remember that most of the game is combat encounters which have to be massively reduced because they would quickly become extremely repetitive in a passive medium like TV (and the show has so far been really good at knowing when to use them and when it can breeze…

Yeah, a bridge season feels logical to me. Season 2 to cover the flashbacks, but filled out with original material to explore life in Jackson in greater detail. Season 3 to cover the main events of Part II. Among other things, it seems more practical when you’ve got Bella Ramsey being an actual person who’s likely to…

I would argue that Discovery and Picard are for people who hate themselves.

“It’s never specifically stated during the film who did this, but the first end-credit scene answers this question.”