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1 Topic by nightcrow 2024-12-04 20:43:52 (edited by lighton 2024-12-04 21:12:45)
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Topic: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
https://next-episode.net/star-wars-skeleton-crew 
Four children end up on an adventure to make their way home after being lost in the galaxy following a discovery they make on their home planet. Starring Jude Law. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, taking place in the same time frame as the The Mandalorian series and its interconnected spin-offs after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983).
anyone watched this? thoughts? worth picking up? (Keeping in mind that there has been nothing remotely good in the star wars universe in the past decade or so - apart from the mandalorian)
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1x1 was okay. The focus on a young audience is strong, I might give up the show for that reason. We'll see. nightcrow wrote:(Keeping in mind that there has been nothing remotely good in the star wars universe in the past decade or so - apart from the mandalorian)
Yes, https://next-episode.net/the-mandalorian was great, but so is https://next-episode.net/andor!
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Didn't like it, too child-like for me.
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4 Reply by colinsp 2024-12-05 06:52:36 (edited by colinsp 2024-12-05 06:53:05)
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Its alright if you are short of stuff to watch. Aimed at the younger audience with lots of screaming but still seems to have an interesting story line if the end of e2 is an indication of where it might go.
5 Reply by TheFizza 2024-12-05 08:04:50 (edited by TheFizza 2024-12-05 08:09:46)
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Soooo, the thing is Skeleton Crew is something different... like Andor & Acolyte. Both of which I appreciated. Unfortunately, Disney+ only gave us 2 eps of SC. All of which was just set up! Since this story seems to clearly be built heavily on vibes, we’ll still have to wait to see if the actors have enough chemistry to keep things interesting. I really don't understand why Disney did this, it's like they are shooting themselves in the foot... again. This is just my opinion, you can totally like that we only seem to get half a pilot. To some that might be a great cliffhanger but to me it just seemed like Disney thinks all they need to do is put SW on the title and folks will make time to tune in... That the series doesn't need to earn our interest. For me it was a real error for the folks in charge not to drop enough story for viewers to get a better appreciation for how the series will be... Get the whole band together and rocket towards adventure, don't stop halfway there!?
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After reading reviews here and online - ill skip it. Cant risk dumbing out my brain any further with Disney bullshit.
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Re: Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Please always add above/ outside of the spoiler tags which episode the spoiler is about. 
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inkblot wrote:lighton wrote:Please always add above/ outside of the spoiler tags which episode the spoiler is about.
I tested it before I posted it. Thank you.
I don't understand. I meant mentioning the actual episode which the spoiler is about. Like done here: https://forum.next-episode.net/viewtopi … 76#p182776
9 Reply by inkblot 2024-12-06 03:15:49 (edited by inkblot 2024-12-06 04:09:32)
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lighton wrote:inkblot wrote:lighton wrote:Please always add above/ outside of the spoiler tags which episode the spoiler is about.
I tested it before I posted it. Thank you.
I don't understand. I meant mentioning the actual episode which the spoiler is about. Like done here: https://forum.next-episode.net/viewtopi … 76#p182776
Since there have only been 2 episodes the odds are high you get it right. And if you dont click on the spoiler then it doesnt even matter either. But I get what you mean. Think of it as a grenade spoiler.
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Episode 1 makes me think, this could've been a nice 90mins movie - for both kids and adults.
Unfortunately I cannot imagine myself watching eight 1h episodes of this, so I am gonna drop it.
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WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:Episode 1 makes me think, this could've been a nice 90mins movie - for both kids and adults.
Unfortunately I cannot imagine myself watching eight 1h episodes of this, so I am gonna drop it.
Runtime: 38 min.
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inkblot wrote:WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:Episode 1 makes me think, this could've been a nice 90mins movie - for both kids and adults.
Unfortunately I cannot imagine myself watching eight 1h episodes of this, so I am gonna drop it.
Runtime: 38 min.
Whoops, felt longer to me - 38min * 8 is still too much of this for me
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It feels weird to me that...
SPOILER for episode 2 ▼Spoiler ...the droid is named SM 33, on a pirate ship. Get it? SM 33 SM33 SMEE 
...where did I put that rat's ass I could give?
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Daemonius wrote:It feels weird to me that...
SPOILER for episode 2 ▼Spoiler ...the droid is named SM 33, on a pirate ship. Get it? SM 33 SM33 SMEE
Ah yes - well spotted. ▼Spoiler I would have gone with the original image though... 
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This 3rd Episode does point more towards what this series is gonna be, so I like that we finally got started. I just hope the series lives up to this 3 part set-up. The tone of the character played by Law seems much different in Ep 3 than he was in the tag for Ep 1 and maybe they'll be space and time to resolve this... I hope this series can make it all work. I'll be watching 
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After all the positive feedback I heard and read, I decided to give this one another go.
I am happy to admit that I was dead wrong. Second episode was quite enjoyable and I am looking forward to watching the third. ▼Spoiler Wim is the reason I still think this would've been better in a movie format. You need a character like him to get the story going, but if he is gonna screw up in every episode (more than once) than this is getting old real fast - he is so far my least favorite character. Would've been cool if someone would've recognized SM-33 on Borgo. Maybe in EP03
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17 Reply by dominar 2024-12-19 06:03:13 (edited by dominar 2024-12-19 06:03:47)
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For the life of me i cannot agree. massive dumbing down needed to get through it. wheres the wars in this? its a kids treasure hunt where the adult actually believes it.
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Well, I'm enjoying this program but I guess I'm a kid (at least at heart). The droid, SM33, is voiced by an actor that was a favorite (2nd) character from a favorite program (I liked very well) Nick Frost, he played the character Bajie in Into the Badlands (Sonny's sidekick).
19 Reply by TheFizza 2024-12-26 21:08:31 (edited by TheFizza 2024-12-27 12:14:47)
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Aside from the tonal wobbling I've found it to be basically a good time... so far. The recent 'curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal' moment was pretty-great and the lead up to Tak Rennod turning out to be The Supervisor seems well on track. Honestly, this show feels like it's got the energy of just the types of old-timey serials Lucas was trying to capture when he began... I'm hopefully the series will keep up the momentum, at this point it seems their's to lose [from my perspective].
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Episode 5 was great. I think they have a great balance of unfolding the plot and it's secrets and mysterys in this show. That combined with lighthearted humor and the pirate-theme has me now convinced for this show. Definitely gonna watch all of it. Even though we have some good characters in the main cast here, my favorite so far was Hayna in Episode 4...great performance by the actress and very well written. About Episode 5
▼Spoiler I think this was the first time he called it the "Old Republic" infront of the kids, right?...which is interesting since up until not too long ago the kids only new of "The Republic".
Unfortunately this story-thread didn't get too deeply and we weren't part of the conversation where he had to explain how the Old Republic fell, the Jedi's died, the Empire rose and fell again... For Wim to activate the lightsaber upside-down, I think this is the best way they could've written this scene. Better than him trying to fight Jod and failing or anything else. Deserved more runtime: Abbys | Dead Like Me | Devs | Firefly | Gangsta. | Jack of all Trades | Kevin (probably) saves the World | Lodge 49 | Mrs. Davis | NYC 22 | Powerless | Roadkill | Special Unit 2 | Stumptown | Surface | The Brave | The Crazy Ones | The Finder | The Middleman | Truth Seekers | Two Weeks to Live | Whiskey Cavalier https://next-episode.net/user/WilliamDrakeMcGregor/
21 Reply by TheFizza 2025-01-02 09:33:06 (edited by TheFizza 2025-01-02 09:33:17)
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What I want to know is. ▼Spoiler What happened to all the overgrown plant life in the ship? You know, from the first episode? --== Warning. This message will self destruct in 24h. ==--
23 Reply by WilliamDrakeMcGregor 2025-01-17 21:34:26 (edited by WilliamDrakeMcGregor 2025-01-19 07:52:49)
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The show was good right to the point where they came back to At Attin....then it wasn't, really expected more. ▼Spoiler The supervisor was a huge disappointment. A droid, really? And he is destroyed seconds after we find out?...wtf. And also, if even the supervisor is a droid, why are there even people on At Attin when none of them are in charge...would've been much safer if no people could get the urge to explore the outside world... I forgot how many vaults they said there were, but one vault would've been plenty enough to make every single one of the pirates richer than rich...so why don't they just load their ship and run...invasion + taken over the mint?...not a great plan. Jods backstory was also lame. And then we don't even get to see the meeting with the New Republic...omg.
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24 Reply by TheFizza 2025-01-30 07:13:35 (edited by TheFizza 2025-01-30 07:14:46)
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WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:▼Spoiler The supervisor was a huge disappointment. A droid, really? And he is destroyed seconds after we find out?...wtf. And also, if even the supervisor is a droid, why are there even people on At Attin when none of them are in charge...would've been much safer if no people could get the urge to explore the outside world... I forgot how many vaults they said there were, but one vault would've been plenty enough to make every single one of the pirates richer than rich...so why don't they just load their ship and run...invasion + taken over the mint?...not a great plan. Jods backstory was also lame. And then we don't even get to see the meeting with the New Republic...omg.
Yeah, I was expecting a little more but it ended pretty well... I appreciate the writers letting Long Jude Silver escape for potential future shenanigans à la Hondo or even Lando. That being as it is, I think I'd be okay if this series ended here or if they do the whole Back to Treasure Island thing. But if it does come back for more, I'd rather appreciate it if they explored more or At Attin's history and place in both the Old & New Republics.
25 Reply by paisley1 2025-01-31 03:52:43 (edited by paisley1 2025-02-03 23:58:15)
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It was fun phony fluff, I recommend it. So phony the kids should've died early on. The ending was very abrupt. The low ratings are obvious, the Acolyte sucked, parents just can't trust Disney's messaging, and the core Star Wars audience was not represented as there were no white boys represented in this show. There are English villains though, so that was accurate, all British people are evil pirates right, at least I think that's what Disney was trying to say, they hate their core audience and all white British males are evil. /S
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