4 hours ago, DarkHorse said:

Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Boy, What We Do In the Shadows, Eagle vs Shark - Taika Waititi has done some really good, really interesting films. He clearly knows how to have fun, how to make jokes but also how to really hit emotions. In Thor, he no doubt learned a lot about action scenes so yeah, I can easily see him bringing his filmmaking style to Star Wars and making it...well...fun.

Was gonna sight these too.

Not seen Jojo yet,, but absolutely will be doing.

Taika is great. I'd watch cricket if I heard he was directing, lol.

40 minutes ago, Stethemessiah said:

Was gonna sight these too.

Not seen Jojo yet,, but absolutely will be doing.

Taika is great. I'd watch cricket if I heard he was directing, lol.

Well he is finishing up a soccer movie, Next Goal Wins. It is about the American Samoa soccer team.

43 minutes ago, DarkHorse said:

Well he is finishing up a soccer movie, Next Goal Wins. It is about the American Samoa soccer team.

Mint!

I've actually seen the documentary about them by the same name, so will absolutely be watching that!

On 12/19/2019 at 10:05 PM, Aluminium Falcon said:

Apologies if this came up elsewhere...

It seems like there is a correspondence between the announced SW projects and these games.
"The Mandalorian" to "Edge of the Empire", the forthcoming Cassian Andor/K-2SO series to "Age of Rebellion" and "Kenobi" to "Force and Destiny".

Either a coincidence, or a general sign of the organizational structure of non-filmic projects... Time will tell.

Ha. Totally agree. I made this same comment to my gaming group recently. I'm not saying they made the decision based on this but it sure seems coincidental to say the least. From an RPG players perspective - it's really cool to see.

14 hours ago, Daeglan said:

Watch Episode 8 of the Mandalorian. He directed it.

Yes I know, someone already mentioned that. The post you quoted from me was in response to that. However I don't really have any desire to watch the Mando. And directing and writing are 2 very different things.

14 hours ago, OddballE8 said:

Well, as a long-time fan of his, that was kind of my reaction when I heard he was doing Thor: Ragnarok.

But that turned out fine.

I'm pretty sure that Star Wars can stand some injection of humor these days.

I've never seen SW as having a lack of humor, I think it's just too bogged down with obligatory fanservice tie-ins to let itself tell a good story. It's why they never seem capable of moving the timeline forward, and just stay in the Rebellion Era. And when they did move forward with the new trilogy, they were so busy trying to tie it back to everything that came before, they made a clunky trilogy, with moments of greatness, but ultimately crashing under the bulk of it's own weight of canon.

7 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

Yes I know, someone already mentioned that. The post you quoted from me was in response to that. However I don't really have any desire to watch the Mando. And directing and writing are 2 very different things.

I've never seen SW as having a lack of humor, I think it's just too bogged down with obligatory fanservice tie-ins to let itself tell a good story. It's why they never seem capable of moving the timeline forward, and just stay in the Rebellion Era. And when they did move forward with the new trilogy, they were so busy trying to tie it back to everything that came before, they made a clunky trilogy, with moments of greatness, but ultimately crashing under the bulk of it's own weight of canon.

YOu should give it a try. It is fun.

56 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

It's why they never seem capable of moving the timeline forward, and just stay in the Rebellion Era.

And then when they do you don’t give it a go because you didn’t like mando’s of the past...

The sequel trilogy was clunky due to lack of any plan at all.

1 hour ago, KungFuFerret said:

Yes I know, someone already mentioned that. The post you quoted from me was in response to that. However I don't really have any desire to watch the Mando. And directing and writing are 2 very different things.

It has been the best uncontroversial star wars since .... well, at least the last season of rebels. I still would rate TLJ higher … but I guess everyone knows the issue with using that as reference point for good star wars.

1 hour ago, DanteRotterdam said:

And then when they do you don’t give it a go because you didn’t like mando’s of the past...

What? This sentence makes no sense to me. Please clarify. Isn't the Mando based in Rebellion era? Because every still shot and short clip I've seen of it screams Rebellion era. Did they move it into the new timeline yet drag everything from Rebellion forward as far as fanservice? Because that's not going to compel me to pay disney for their subscription just to watch it.

1 hour ago, SEApocalypse said:

It has been the best uncontroversial star wars since .... well, at least the last season of rebels. I still would rate TLJ higher … but I guess everyone knows the issue with using that as reference point for good star wars.

Using anything as a reference for calling something "good" or "bad' is fraught with peril, as the line between opinion and objective evaluation is one that fans of this franchise have difficulty differentiating.

6 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

What? This sentence makes no sense to me. Please clarify. Isn't the Mando based in Rebellion era? Because every still shot and short clip I've seen of it screams Rebellion era. Did they move it into the new timeline yet drag everything from Rebellion forward as far as fanservice? Because that's not going to compel me to pay disney for their subscription just to watch it.

It's 5 years after Return of the Jedi.

6 minutes ago, KungFuFerret said:

What? This sentence makes no sense to me. Please clarify. Isn't the Mando based in Rebellion era? Because every still shot and short clip I've seen of it screams Rebellion era. Did they move it into the new timeline yet drag everything from Rebellion forward as far as fanservice? Because that's not going to compel me to pay disney for their subscription just to watch it.

It is based 8 years after the Battle of Endor.
I don’t quite understand why you would be so dismissive and judgmental about a show you have not even seen and if you are this dead set on finding fault with it then perhaps you should steer clear.

1 minute ago, DanteRotterdam said:

It is based 8 years after the Battle of Endor.
I don’t quite understand why you would be so dismissive and judgmental about a show you have not even seen and if you are this dead set on finding fault with it then perhaps you should steer clear.

I am planning on steering clear of it.

Good for you!

10 minutes ago, DanteRotterdam said:

It is based 8 years after the Battle of Endor.
I don’t quite understand why you would be so dismissive and judgmental about a show you have not even seen and if you are this dead set on finding fault with it then perhaps you should steer clear.

5 years not 8

Okay

There's a reason why I stand by my statement that The Mandalorian will change how Disney does Star Wars, even when I enjoyed TRoS immensely and have no major complaints about the ST.

The soundtrack is the most developed and successful attempt at evoking the spirit of Star Wars without sounding anything like it, but Jon Favreau made big strides everywhere else, too. Only one episode feels like a nostalgia treadmill, and even that has strong moments. Everything else is a confident step in the direction Disney must go to prevent steeply diminishing returns.

That's it, really. Stop with the 'member-whens and do homage through the '77 lens. And Mando is a fun peek into that possible future.

5 hours ago, wilsch said:

Everything else is a confident step in the direction Disney must go to prevent steeply diminishing returns.

The Rise of Skywalker already made a billion dollars.

5 minutes ago, DanteRotterdam said:

The Rise of Skywalker already made a billion dollars.

He's talking about diminishing artistic returns, I presume.

What made Mandalorian and said Episode 8 by Waititi great is a competent person in charge giving directors clear guidance what to do. And this man is Favreau. The lack of such a lead is seen what happend in the conflicting new trilogy with directors crapping on each other.

Give Favreau the leadership of the new Disney+ Star Wars shows and it could really develope in the right direction. Johnsons Breaking Bad episodes were good because he was told what to do, so did Waititi in Episode 8.

18 hours ago, KungFuFerret said:

What? This sentence makes no sense to me. Please clarify. Isn't the Mando based in Rebellion era? Because every still shot and short clip I've seen of it screams Rebellion era. Did they move it into the new timeline yet drag everything from Rebellion forward as far as fanservice? Because that's not going to compel me to pay disney for their subscription just to watch it.

Using anything as a reference for calling something "good" or "bad' is fraught with peril, as the line between opinion and objective evaluation is one that fans of this franchise have difficulty differentiating.

5 years after return of the jedi

9 hours ago, Stethemessiah said:

He's talking about diminishing artistic returns, I presume.

I sincerely doubt that.

3 hours ago, DarthDude said:

The lack of such a lead is seen what happend in the conflicting new trilogy with directors crapping on each other.

Using the plural “directors” implies that multiple directors did this. Citation needed.

Just now, Nytwyng said:

Using the plural “directors” implies that more than one did this. Citation needed.

Johnson and Abrahams. Johnson's LJ contradicted TFA and RoS contradicted LJ to the point that for example a major protagonist of LJ was scrapped. Would a John Favreau have provided a story arc across all three movies and oversaw the filming, we would have a way more consistent trilogy.

52 minutes ago, DarthDude said:

Johnson and Abrahams. Johnson's LJ contradicted TFA and RoS contradicted LJ to the point that for example a major protagonist of LJ was scrapped. Would a John Favreau have provided a story arc across all three movies and oversaw the filming, we would have a way more consistent trilogy.

I mean, that's literally Kevin Fiege's job over at the MCU.

So yes , an overseer producer would absolutely have prevented that mess.