Watching Boba Fett show
This relentless rebooting and universe-extending makes me feel better about myself. I’m not the only one who’s out of ideas, yay.
This should be called interpolated universe though, not extended
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Okay, who’s *not* out of ideas?
We’ve been out of ideas for a while. Remember when this was a joke? theonion.com/fuck-everythin
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In a parallel universe where I have way more energy but equally out of ideas, I’m currently writing “Gervais Principle Part 33: Succession”
Energy plus lack of imagination = creative dystopia.
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Ok this Boba Fett show sucks so far and is turning me off from watching the Mandalorian again if that returns
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The technique here is almost kindergarten picture book. I think there was 1o minutes of action before there was a spoken line, then another 10 minutes and a few lines. Would not be surprised if episode 1 ends with fewer than 5 minutes of dialogue.
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Wtf this is by Robert Rodriguez? Now I’m extra disappointed. Fine I’ll give it another episode. Maybe it gets better.
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Second episode improved things and clarified artistic intent. This thing is almost silent-movie like in style. Just enough near-phatic dialogue to glue largely visual storytelling together. And the visual bits are stylized and self-consciously tropey to the point of mannerism.
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This thing is acutely aware that it’s a very late addition to a very complete world, expects viewers to be in a post-story mood. The storytelling is almost like a musical. The long, no dialogue visual action sequences are kinda like arias. The melody is the point, not the lyrics.
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The title, ‘Book of Boba Fett,’ suggests a sort of background legendarium that in-world characters would know, rather than a story for outside-world people. Like Fantastic Beasts. Maybe people in Rey’s time a few decades later know this Book.
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For some reason I’m reminded of the Elder Games concept. This show is the world-building equivalent of an elder game. We’ve all finished the playthrough and are now gun-collecting.
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2 green pig people singing a bad Wookiee while boba Fett prances around in a diaper and a Hunger Games type squad backs him up
Not sure I can take much more of this
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Mandalorian crossover episode was fun. Pointless lore yakshave plus extended spaceship hacking nerdout
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Ok last 2 episodes kinda redeemed the show after an unpromising start. Last week was the introduction of the weird spaghetti western bit (who I now learn is a character Cal Bane from the animated show)…plus spacecraft building porn…
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This baby yoda training montage is like total cinematic clickbait
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And finale was just plain cgi action fun with no attempt to go pseudo-deep.
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