The Mandalorian (Page 5 of 5)

As a longtime fan of the expanded universe of SW I really appreciate how the Mandalorian turns out.

Thx to daemonious and lighton

The thing with Filoni is (and I'm guessing Favreau), is that they pick things from out of the books and other "legends" that they like, therefore making them canon.  Just look at Cobb Vanth and the darksabre.

I'm really impressed with this season of The Mandalorian, I think they nailed Ahsoka.

And if that last episode wasn't a nod to some classic Samurai films I don't know what is.

Well I mean, I'm recommending this show all over the place, purely for its entertainment value which they nailed absolutely.

Season finale = EPIC!!!!

There were too many stupid decision made only because the story needed them. Also the you-know-what-if-you've-seen-it was dumb.

This show is awfully bad, the writing is horrible and extremely cliché. All surface and no substance at all. It is like an extremely violent childrens show. It lacks tension and suspense since there is never any danger or unknown outcomes in any scenario, we know the heroes will always win, they are invincible and the fight scenes are also really badly choreographed because of this, like nobody even cares. The imperial soldiers are so incompetent it is not even believable. You can not have an "empire" with completely useless soldiers.

Also the political undertones are actually quite revolting, the empire are supposed to represent "evil" (nazis of course) but who are really evil these days in shows like this? We see this in the real world too now, when you are a self-appointed "good guy" you can apparantly do anything you want, especially against the "enemy." You can treat them however you want.

The "good" guys randomly murders like 200 people in each episode, they even shoot people in the back and people who already are defeated. They brutally kill everybody they come across with absolutely no remorse. They also break all laws and rules. I am quite sure they had to cut one scene from airing because it originally was just too much, what happened to that woman with the spear. Moff Gideon even says it this episode, "i bet they killed every one on the bridge, those violent savages." The "evil" imperial soldiers do not shoot people in the back, they say "halt" instead for example. And all this is presented in what essentially is a childrens show. Just a decade or two ago, they usually never killed people in childrens shows. This is not a healthy message for children at all. Or adults for that matter.

Yeah, those are too easy to miss!

I agree with your criticism but only a little bit*, and still agree with the current 8.7/10 IMDb rating.

*I find it helpful to keep in mind that the show is produced in a country that's okay with the fact that "about 1.4 million people have died from firearms in the U.S. between 1968 and 2011" - about 470 9/11 events in terms of casualties, almost one 9/11 per month.

Sure, https://next-episode.net/chernobyl was even better in several ways (and got a better IMDb rating), but it wasn't as fun to watch!

Also a Star Wars fan over here, and I definitely really like The Mandalorian.

But not all episodes are that great, and it started to bug me also that everything is a success, and nobody ever gets hurt. Yeah beskar is nice, but not everybody wears it... They also upped the uselessness of stormtroopers even more.
Anyway I guess it's that kind of show, kid-friendly. But that's a reason for me to not think of it as "great tv".

Loved the ending aswell!