Quote from: Lurkndog on December 11, 2020, 08:59:03 AM
Episode 15 is out, please hold off on spoilers until Monday.

I got another nit to pick this week. I like picking nits.

First to comment?

I think this is my favorite episode of the season so far.

Bill Burr was fun in Season 1, but goddamn, did he knock it out of the park in this episode!

Ratman's nits:

1. Why did Mando's face pass the facial scan? I suppose it's like a signature that they don't check unless there's something seriously wrong, but how hard would it have been to check his scan against a local database of the base's personnel? Like the tracking fobs of season one (which I don't miss one bit) it left me scratching my head.

2. Stormtrooper armor plates can be shattered by a wooden stick. The stuff is worthless.

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Quote from: Ratman_tf on December 14, 2020, 07:04:45 PM

Bill Burr was fun in Season 1, but goddamn, did he knock it out of the park in this episode!

I actually disliked his character and the episode he was in during Season 1, but I really liked him in this one.

This wasn't the episode I was hoping for. I was expecting the first half of a big two-parter to end the season, like they did with Season 1. Instead, we get essentially a side story with another bad guy from Season 1 returning and reforming into a good guy. It wasn't bad for what it was, but it seemed like an episode that should have occurred earlier in the season.

I didn't even recognize Boba Fett at first with his armor freshly repainted. The new paint job is a lot more brown than the gray-green look he had in ESB. Though the dent in his helmet is still there.

Actor Richard Brake, who played Imperial Officer Valin Hess, also played the evil gunfighter in Muse's Knights of Cydonia music video.
I thought I recognized him, but I may have been confusing him with Jackie Earle Haley, who played The Terror in the 2016 version of The Tick.

Mando's message to Moff Gideon clearly signals a big finale, but I'm hoping the season doesn't end on a cliffhanger. We'll see who comes back for the last episode. Will we get a surprise Jedi showing up?

Quote from: Ratman_tf on December 14, 2020, 07:04:45 PM
1. Why did Mando's face pass the facial scan? I suppose it's like a signature that they don't check unless there's something seriously wrong, but how hard would it have been to check his scan against a local database of the base's personnel? Like the tracking fobs of season one (which I don't miss one bit) it left me scratching my head.

I interpreted that as "the terminal logged his face." So that later on someone could check and see who had been using Data Encryption Key THX1138.

It doesn't make tons of sense, but neither does soldiers wearing helmets and armor indoors.

Quote from: Lurkndog on December 15, 2020, 10:42:38 PM
I interpreted that as "the terminal logged his face." So that later on someone could check and see who had been using Data Encryption Key THX1138.

It doesn't make tons of sense, but neither does soldiers wearing helmets and armor indoors.

It makes enough sense that ATM machines do the same thing in real life with hidden cameras.

I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

Quote from: Thornhammer on December 18, 2020, 09:27:13 AM
I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

It is excellent and exceeds expectations. It's the usual run time, probably 50 minutes.

Please everyone, no spoilers until Monday.

Quote from: Thornhammer on December 18, 2020, 09:27:13 AM
I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

Thank you for reminding me to get the hell off of social media until I watch the episode.

Quote from: Thornhammer on December 18, 2020, 09:27:13 AM
I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

I loved it. IIRC it's about 45-ish minutes. Make sure to check out the post-credits sequence.

I have mixed feelings. Gonna have to wait until monday to go into it, of course.

Holy fuck. Fuck YES.

Monday!

Quote from: Ratman_tf on December 18, 2020, 12:09:15 PM

Quote from: Thornhammer on December 18, 2020, 09:27:13 AM
I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

Thank you for reminding me to get the hell off of social media until I watch the episode.

The ending was inadvertently spoiled for me by half a dozen YouTube channels or more I'm subscribed to including bits of it right on their fucking thumbnail, so I had to FORCE myself to watch it ASAP so it wouldn't get spoiled more. The ending simply didn't have the impact it would have had on me if everyone wasn't desperate to saturate the internet with pics of it everywhere. By the time I got to the end I could already guess all that was coming. 

Quote from: VisionStorm on December 20, 2020, 01:32:55 PM

Quote from: Ratman_tf on December 18, 2020, 12:09:15 PM

Quote from: Thornhammer on December 18, 2020, 09:27:13 AM
I can't watch the season finale until tomorrow, but the unavoidable headlines on Yahoo are flipping the fuck out. 

If you've seen it, just answer this until Monday - was it good?

And how long is the episode?

Thank you for reminding me to get the hell off of social media until I watch the episode.

The ending was inadvertently spoiled for me by half a dozen YouTube channels or more I'm subscribed to including bits of it right on their fucking thumbnail, so I had to FORCE myself to watch it ASAP so it wouldn't get spoiled more. The ending simply didn't have the impact it would have had on me if everyone wasn't desperate to saturate the internet with pics of it everywhere. By the time I got to the end I could already guess all that was coming. 

TBH the end played out as I envisioned it since episode 14. (The Tragedy)
But yeah, I wanted to see it ASAP as well, because I found myself loading up social media out of habit and clicking right out of it again a few times.