[Closed] Mandalorian Season 2

I’m looking forward to watching it with my son when I get home

That's my evening viewing....

The Mandalorian managed to go from very promising to pretty dull in its first short run so I'll probably be giving it a swerve this time around. Mind you, I'm totally on board with

Hogs in Blankets, fry some corned beef hash and heat some peas

and doubly so if those peas are mushy.

Ready for tonight also.  Do we know if its one episode per week as yet or can we watch multiple episodes tonight?

The Mandalorian managed to go from very promising to pretty dull in its first short run so I’ll probably be giving it a swerve this time around.

Ready for tonight also. Do we know if its one episode per week as yet or can we watch multiple episodes tonight?

Looks like only the first episode is available

First run? First episode 😞

Enjoyed Mando 1 with my boys, but I think it suits binge watching personally, so I'll wait until they are all available.
It was the first Star Wars product since Return of the Jedi that I enjoyed without cringing.

one episode per week

The Mandalorian managed to go from very promising to pretty dull in its first short run so I’ll probably be giving it a swerve this time around.

We got bored with Season 1 fairly early, then stopped watching after the stupid awful prison ship episode. Went back after a few months to watch the last few for some reason and they were actually pretty good.

Well I my son was looking forward to watching S2 Ep1 this weekend. Unfortunately a minor behavioural indiscretion from my son last night means Mrs F has banned any TV for him this weekend. He may be allowed dessert though.

Do I watch it without him?

The Mandalorian managed to go from very promising to pretty dull in its first short run so I’ll probably be giving it a swerve this time around.

This. Too much other great telly to watch!

Id like to know what tv im missing thats better 🤷

Thought the Mandalorian was excellent...sure, you can pick holes like with an prog, but probably the best from last year

Pegg/Frost Truth Seekers also released today on Prime ...be giving that a go too

Might get round to it tonight but lunchtime is for the DH 🙂

Do I watch it without him?

Err......yeah

It was ok, but the biggest surprise was in the credits.

Looking forward to watching it when my boy gets back from rugby. They had better not ruin Ahsoka!!!

No spoilers please.

Pretty please.

We only got halfway through the first series and just never got round to finishing it. I really enjoyed it, really reminded me of watching Westerns with my dad as a kid - improbable action, gaping plot holes and cheesy acting - but somehow just never finished it.

Discovery next episode is tonight though

It’s more of the same which is good my books, it’s family viewing so not at all taxing.

Pegg/Frost Truth Seekers also released today on Prime …be giving that a go too

Seems not too bad loads of geeky references as per Pegg and Frost normally do.

Stupid prisson ship episode, how can you say that, it had X wings blowing stuff up.
Just closing ones eyes and simply listening is condensed sound of star wars, it's amazing 🙂

I really like the soundtrack. Being reductive, it’s basically just a western movie soundtrack with some arpeggiated synths to make it sound more space-y but then that’s pretty much the tone of the series anyway.

It’s great imo. Basically a western that’s taken some influence from Shogun Assassin with a good soundtrack. Best Star Wars live action since the originals. It’s worth it just to see how excited my son is to watch it with me.

but then that’s pretty much the tone of the series anyway.

It's Cowboys in Space. I'm ok with that 🙂

Can’t wait. The only real Star Wars I’ve enjoyed since Return of the Jedi too.

Not trying to be too clever / long. Just super simple plot lines in short episodes. If people can’t suspend reality for an episode or think the acting is poor... How did you manage the last 6 + Solo / Rogue 😂

As a bit of a geek when it comes to cameras and VFX, the way that some of the shots were done in Mandalorian were particularly fascinating. It made everyone try and recreate it at home, which is pretty rad.

What was in the credits @kiwijohn ? I watched twice

It’s Cowboys in Space. I’m ok with that 🙂

No, cowboys in space was Firefly.

It’s worth it just to see how excited my son is to watch it with me.

Yep enjoyed that. Those red eyes were good, reminded me of an episode of Rebels, plus the graffiti....incoming awesomeness I reckon.

There was a big dose of Tremors in there too.

First run? First episode

Trailer?

References to Tremors, spaghetti westerns, and all sorts.

Just good fun stuff!

What was in the credits @kiwijohn ? I watched twice

Last name was Temuera Morrison.

Spoiler Alert

Enjoyed that. But as it's one a week we're going to need some other star wars fix. Got a 6 and 8 year old interested.
What's the better bet - clone wars or rebels?

Clone Wars then Rebels

Clone Wars kind of passed me by and I vaguely gather it may taken a bit of a while to get into its stride. Rebels clicked for me immediately, I liked the smaller scale that it started with, just a small group of characters pretty much on their own, fighting for a small part of the galaxy. The story grew as it progressed and while it did so organically and continued to be enjoyable I most liked the small scale of the first season or so.

The Mandalorian I think also does well because it's telling a fairly small story. It may end up having big ramifications but it's primarily about one man trying to do what he feels is right, and the responsibilities he's picked up along the way. The Star Wars movies have often tripped up over the weight of continuity and the need to rest plots of galactic importance on the shoulders of a few characters.

Stupidly, because I haven't really watched that many Westerns I associate the incidental music in The Mandalorian mostly with the background music of the Borderlands video games.

That's it Stumpyjon.

Some of the detail in Rebels, especially in later obnes will be lost on you if you havent seen clone wars. Maybe even watching the last season of clone wars that was released in april ish would do..Rebels is better but the context will help.

Clone Wars is immense when you get absorbed into it.  It rehabilitates Anakin as a character and makes his journey to the dark side more nuanced, the story arcs are brilliant.

I struggled with Rebels to start with as the Ezra character is another annoying star wars brat, luckily my own annoying brat enjoyed it so we stuck with it and it becomes another great series.

I think we watched Rebels first, or at least series 1 and 2 and then binged on the clone wars.  Definitely recommend Clone Wars first, it's the best Star Wars to date.

I thought Season Ep1 was bloody fab personally. The great big Easter Egg of The Marshalls speeder - from The Phantom Menace Pod Race? Timothy Olyphant as The Marshall. The Tuskan Raider getting munched instead of the Bantha. And the final theme tune is just awesome, my favourite since The Wire.

Thanks all, good to know a little about what comes up and that they're worth it. I think we'll go clone wars then rebels.
But first I guess, if it involves anakin, that clone wars would be better avoided until after New hope and empire at least.
So I'm thinking well be watching new hope later today, quite excited.
🙂

Well I enjoyed last week's episode and I've got my work up to date so its time for a break from the election results and time to fire up the bacon sandwich and Disney+

Brilliant stuff.

@loum

The order I'd watch them in is;

Phantom Menace

Attack of the Clones

Clone Wars

Revenge of the Sith

Solo

Rogue One

A New Hope

Empire

Jedi

Rebels

Having said that I won't be watching Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith again.  I actually did finally get round to watching Revenge of the Sith with my son after the Clone Wars as I gave up on the prequels after AotC.

I haven't got round to watching Rise of the Skywalker yet, I'm in no hurry, the recent films didn't inspire either...

The Mandalorian however has been great.

Loved the way season 1 finished, hoped Season 2 would pick back up with it but seems to have gone back to the Stargate SG1 style of new planet, quick skirmish and off we go.

Saying that, will have the second episode on this evening!

Thanks @twistedpencil

We went for the originals first, didn't want anything to spoil the surprise. Had new hope last weekend and empire last night.
Had the six year old asking me, "Dad, is he really his dad?" Last night and this morning so it's all good. We'll watch Jedi next to finish that trilogy, then jump back in time.
And it's Mando day again, which is great.

It definitely didn't disappoint.
To avoid being stuck to the election last night I re-watched Force Awakens for some reason.
Damn I love that film. Just a total remake of my favourite Star Wars (although it got knocked off the top step by Rogue One.).
I hope you enjoy it as much as i did.
Right back to doing some work/book keeping.

my teenage daughter and I have been mini-binging Clone Wars every Thursday since the start of the first lockdown. It's fab. Some of the stories are a bit heavy on the politics but season 4 is magnificent.

Ahsoka Tano is by far the best character. Looking forward to her appearing in the Mandalorian.

(I bought a projector and a massive screen in time for the start of this season)

Also, anyone who thinks the Mandalorian is dull must be an amoeba 😉

Looking forward to Mando and Discovery tonight !

Not one for arachnophobes!

Ahsoka Tano is by far the best character.

Have you seen Rebels, I almost cried when she showed up in that!!

Todays episode had those spider things like were on the planet in Rebels where the had the secret base.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f3oYbI-4BBI

I was just thinking that I really like the way they've done lots of stuff with models and prosthetics rather than CGI. THen I watched this week's episode. I did not enjoy the CGI in this episode.

The missus didn't enjoy tonights episode as she hate spiders! Good episode though they seem to have stole foreboding eggs from Alien. Loved Assasin droid briefly firing into life too

Best bit was baby Yoda eating the eggs, felt a bit like a filler episode, like episode 2, but it had X wings so all good.

Filler agreed

Katee Sackhoff!!!!

Good one. Not a filler episode. No spoilers from me though.

Apart from the previous post?

Sorry! But I didn’t mention she is a Jedi who went to the dark side did I? Oops.

* may not be true.

Watched the first 4 episodes of S1 and never truly took to them. Watched them a second time with my son and again, found it significantly underwhelming. Can't put my finger on why - it's jsut kind of dull. However, will wrap the series up at some time but not in any rush.

Re The Rise of SkyWalker, I watched the first 45 mins 6 months ago and didn't connect with it. Watched it again a fortnight later and found it pulling me in, so much so that I loved it. Sure, the second half may seem contrived to some but I didn't give a monkey - it was just bloody good fun.

Agreed, no filler there. Good healthy family fun, good versus evil, short term gratification with long story arc payoff, guest stars, explosions, cool spaceships.

And eastereggs.

That was a great episode 👍🏼

Brilliant episode. Katee Sakhoff and Titus Welliver in one episode; awesome.

Shaping into another fab season. I’m actually re-watching Rebels right now and Ahsoka, Lando, Tarkin and Vader have showed up. Still good. If you’ve not seen it, I’d say it’s even better than Clone Wars.

Just getting to the end of Clone Wars so really appreciating Mando at the moment.

Harry Bosch commanding an imperial freighter this week, nice

And if this week's episode was telling the truth Ahsoka Tano next week.

I was a bit so-so about the first season but I think the second is quite a bit better, it feels grittier to me. Loving the casting as well, hopefully we'll have Al Swearengen next week.

In a similar universe

Friday was a big evening in the Oddie household as it was the Mando-WWE crossover episode with WWE star Sasha Banks (real name Mercedes Varnado) in it...

WWE star Sasha Banks (real name Mercedes Varnado)

Erm, her real name is waaaaay cooler than her stage name.

Great episode wasn't it? I wonder if those who feel underwhelmed may be younger, and thus not revelling in all the cinematic and TV references?

It's a masterful genre pastiche, showing up JJ's Star Wars films for the lightweight shit that they were.

I was quite appointed about the 1st series - watched it all 4 times.
Sadly, the 2nd season, so far, sees me less than whelmed.

Timothy Olyphant as The Marshall

Doh, thought he looked familiar - didn't recognise him with hair though!

Season 2 seems good so far to me, it's far from perfect but it's entertaining

Really like it. Never been that hooked by star wars (3 ok films, 3 awful films, 3 ok films), but Mandalorian has been fun

Todays was certainly full of intrigue!!

I was disappointed by the most recent episode.

Still loving it. Couldn't care less about story arcs or whether episodes are 'fillers'. Far worse on tv to waste time on...folks expectations seem incredibly high for what is just fictional entertainment 🤷

I was disappointed by the most recent episode.

What?
The story just got massive!!!

I can’t see anyone disliking this week’s ep. Loved it.

I can’t see anyone disliking this week’s ep. Loved it.

Is it her is she the jedi...dont spoil it....runs away from thread