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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premieres December 3rd on Disney+
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ManaByte
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I’m watching the episodes again tonight. Was tired when I watched them last night.
I haven’t bought any of the other series they’ve released on disc, but I want the steel book of this.
Doom85
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Fair enough (though I have heard the movie, or rather the original comic, gets some notable cultural details wrong), you just think the main character (or any of the others who heard the exchange) would be smart enough to realize the guy who is now screaming at him in fury MIGHT reveal to the enemy the path that can lead to the 300 soldiers’ downfall. Like, they’re hardasses, but they’re not dumbasses given the thought they put into their strategies, so one would think they would consider, “guy tells us about secret path that could greatly aid our enemy if discovered” and “same guy is now screaming at us in anger” and put two and two together.
Like, I feel if Ephialtes had just been shown with an absolutely furious expression on his face but didn’t actually yell out, and everyone else had already turned their back before seeing his anger displayed, it would fully justify the Spartan soldiers never considering the possibility he would betray them.
But again, I assume this was mostly present in the comic as I’ve heard the movie is mostly faithful to it, so this isn’t even the fault of the movie script or Snyder. Like, when he did majorly change a comic detail in an otherwise faithful adaptation, he altered the source of the massive detonation in Watchmen, which even as someone who loves the comic, I thought the change worked fine for the movie version, but lord did some readers of the comic proceed to nitpick every detail about that change and how it logically wouldn’t work.
And I’m not one to actually let minor details like this affect my opinion of a film’s overall quality. As I said, 300 is great in my book, probably tied with Man of Steel as my second favorite Snyder film (his Dawn of the Dead remake being #1, really solid remake though I do prefer the original). Honestly, I feel people these days do focus too much on such details, and forget that certain popular “critic” personalities online who do so usually make it clear they’re playing a character or doing a bit and this is not how they recommend people watch movies, like CinemaSins in particular has said a few times that their videos are primarily for fun but not how people should watch movies themselves.
Ironbunny
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They could really make some lost treasure kind of special edition sets for this. I can see this becoming goonies for todays kids. Hope it keeps up.
ManaByte
Gold Member
As good as the first two episodes are, the reviewers say the third (the second Lowery episode) is where it really finds its footing and gets great.
Doom85
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I had this comment in the corner of my eye, and before I was able to turn my head to fully see it, I “saw” the words “Lovecraft episode” and several milliseconds of my brain proceeded to marathon rapid emotions in this order:
Then I read the comment properly and I returned to reality. I now have a headache.
Seriously though, going that hard in a horror direction for this particular series based on episode one (and I assume two once I watch it) would feel like too abrupt a tone shift for me personally. But I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to a separate series, set in some remote part of the galaxy or maybe one of the neighboring uncharted galaxies, exploring a Lovecraftian feel.
Dev1lXYZ
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I was content with not watching this show. But the Captain EO possible connections have me intrigued. I didn’t get to see it until I was an adult with my kids. It was in some dank old theater at Epcot missing just about every special effect present in the original, but it was worth seeing.
We did a little taste of it with the space octopus thing in Solo. Not to mention the asteroid worm thing in Empire. All these things need is some intelligence, go kill a few of those warp whales from Ahsoka, and we gots some legit space monster battles!
John Marston
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I was about to quit thinking this wasn't really for me but I'll give it another chance then.
Miyazaki’s Slave
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They save the galaxy..:WITH DANCE!!
ManaByte
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Damn, that was some good shit! Son was dubious but by the end of e2 he was 1000% on board. Mostly for one eyed Jac.....er SM-33.
The Captain Eo easter eggs were great. The kids did a surprisingly good job with the classic archtypes of The Dreamer, The Rebel, The Techie, and The Conformist. Tough chick is saved from being a girl boss by having the visor girl admonish her for being so mean. Nice seeing so many Cantina aliens.
A bit of a hard time imagining AT Allia or whatever its called bieng totally cut off for hundreds (thousands) of years but all these alien races still existing. We got blue greedo, red greedo, green furry, hammerhead, on and on. Though it seems like the droids actually control everything so its kinda like a zoo, or maybe an ark?
The Captain Eo easter eggs were great. The kids did a surprisingly good job with the classic archtypes of The Dreamer, The Rebel, The Techie, and The Conformist. Tough chick is saved from being a girl boss by having the visor girl admonish her for being so mean. Nice seeing so many Cantina aliens.
A bit of a hard time imagining AT Allia or whatever its called bieng totally cut off for hundreds (thousands) of years but all these alien races still existing. We got blue greedo, red greedo, green furry, hammerhead, on and on. Though it seems like the droids actually control everything so its kinda like a zoo, or maybe an ark?
ManaByte
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Hundreds of years. The planet was setup by the High Republic and then lost when the High Republic came to an end. They still think the Republic exists so they’ve been completely cut off.
So what are they a treasure planet of? Tech? Stacks of old fashioned credits? Getting vibes of WH40k and Battletech of machine worlds with lost tech to be plundered
Darkmakaimura
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There's a Captain EO connection? I saw that as a kid in Disneyland and absolutely loved it.
GymWolf
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Dumbo looking rough these days.
ManaByte
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It’s something from the High Republic books. A project the Republic was working on during the High Republic era.It got me invested wondering what they mean by "Great Work".
Ah, cool, I'l have to look for that. Was it a 3D youtube video or on some app?
Watched Captain Eo off a very low res youtube stream last night. Yup, it's as hokey as I remember but still fun. Saw it many times at Epcot, both OG run and when they brought it back for a stretch.
Krathoon
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Yeah. It was a 3D YouTube video. Some guy made one and posted it.
There is a tool to rip the video off of YouTube, but I probably should not post a link to it.
Trilobit
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The first two episodes were surprisingly good. Not good in the traditional sense, but good for a Disney Star Wars show. I'm actually interested in seeing the next episodes, something I can't say I felt any time about The Acolyte. I hope Jude Law's character is interesting with some edge to him.
Edit: I don't remember why, but I got the feeling that At Attin has something dark and sinister in the background. The fervor with which they want to keep the planet hidden seems weird.
Edit: I don't remember why, but I got the feeling that At Attin has something dark and sinister in the background. The fervor with which they want to keep the planet hidden seems weird.
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Reizo Ryuu
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watched the first episode.
Wonder if they had a lower budget or just production issues, the cgi/compositing is inconsistent; fern riding around on the speeder looked great, but the ship boarding at the start looked pretty wack, almost as if an entirely different team worked on it on the quick.
Didn't know what this show as about since I don't really watch trailers or previews for anything, but it seems to be in the vein of one of those 80s kids adventure movies, but set in star wars? Could turn out to be pretty cool, first episode was decent enough
Wonder if they had a lower budget or just production issues, the cgi/compositing is inconsistent; fern riding around on the speeder looked great, but the ship boarding at the start looked pretty wack, almost as if an entirely different team worked on it on the quick.
Didn't know what this show as about since I don't really watch trailers or previews for anything, but it seems to be in the vein of one of those 80s kids adventure movies, but set in star wars? Could turn out to be pretty cool, first episode was decent enough
Reizo Ryuu
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Episode 2 was much better, if they keep up the adventure spirit and mystery, this might be good.
It's straight up a show that you would get if you asked Chat GPT "write me a star wars script by Steven Spielberg circa 1986". They even copy a few scenes straight from stuff like The Goonies.
Visually I thought it looked pretty good, that ship set felt nice and tactile, I think almost everything in it was real. The pirate base had a density and worn look that was cool as well. That wolf guy is really well done, whatever mix of CG and prosthetics they are using for the aliens is fantastic.
It's most DEFINITELY a dystopian place. Those robots are totally running the show and the emphasis on "being an analyst" seems like it is a 'make work' job for all the organic beings to have while the droids do all the real work.
I suspect the end of the show will have the kids deciding whether or not to turn off the "control" of the planet, probably in the face of a big raiding pirate force.
BigBeauford
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This show is so fun and so Star wars. I think it's the best TV they have done.
Werewolf Jones
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Was actually looking forward to this but the boss chick in it is actually kind of annoying. She just overrides everyone else, she doesn't have an attitude she just takes control of everything and other characters don't have a time to shine.
Hollow vacuum cast. Kinda sad really, no balance.
Hollow vacuum cast. Kinda sad really, no balance.
I think she is a few years older, so it sorta fits. And she does get called out on her attitude.
But yeah, she seems awfully tough standing up to giant wolfheaded aliens, hopefully there is more to it. I'm kinda leaning on these folk all being genetically "pre-determined" for various things and maybe she is born to be a soldier but we'll see.
My 11 yo jumped in HARD with this show. My 8 yo is a little hit or miss with any tv but my older one wouldn't watch any SW other than Bad Batch and mando and this one got him hook, line, and sinker 'cause it is full of cool droids and aliens. No preach in the first 2 eps.
BigBeauford
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Our whole family watched (9 yo girl and 7 yo boy) and loved it. Everyone groaned hard at the cliff hanger. It's nice to have a show to watch as a family again!
Kraz
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A Pakled lol It suits. They're still mad about Janeway.Once again the review bombers aren't watching the show:
Don't worry the woke is coming, so you'll get your outrage:
One of the girls has two moms.
It was funny seeing the review bombers fail hard with Agatha. And they tried so hard. They'll fail with this show, too.
Since the show isn't woke in the definition of preachy, but woke as defined by offensive to the cadre of full-throated anti-lgbtq zealots.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Watching last night that is what I thought. This is treasure Island.
Huh, may as well lift from the best. Could use more english classics as a basis for adaptation.
I'm still hoping for Black Sails to get the gang back together for a nice TI adaptation. Question is, do you add women to it just for the nudity or does it stay a stag show aiming for a younger audience?
ManaByte
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It's an Easter Egg in the far background. Very tiny.
It's Star Tours parked at the port.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Ya it would actually be worthwhile to adopt some classics and put them in a Star Wars setting.