Spoilers The Mandalorian | Disney+ | Streaming Nov. 12
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It's a good thing that Disney+ has a whole ton of other Star Wars and Marvel (and etc) content coming out over the next few years. (Even including future seasons of The Mandalorian.)
If all the people in Germany/UK/Indonesia/wherever who download The Mandalorian off the internet still end up subscribing to Disney+ when it finally becomes available in their country anyways, then Disney could argue that it wound up losing them $0.
I can understand why Disney doesn't want to launch with an empty library. Their whole sales pitch is that they aren't something barren like AppleTV+, instead they've got that whole huge library of titles you already love just sitting there waiting for you to watch. And of course I can also understand the fans on the other side of the argument. They'd be happy to only watch The Mandalorian and then maybe a dozen other old shows and movies over the first 5 months, while waiting for the full library to pop up. (Can't watch that whole library all in the first few weeks anyways, right? There's just too much.)
But of course it's Disney's decision to make, and they only want to launch their battle station when it's fully operational.
Though I certainly sympathize with the overseas fans too. It's not like Disney is charging a huge price for Disney+, so fans would probably be happy to pay for just The Mandalorian for the first few months. Obviously people on a board like this one are happy to sign up to a streaming service for just one show. (And besides Discovery on CBS All Access, when DCUniverse launched people were obviously signing up just for Titans.)
If all the people in Germany/UK/Indonesia/wherever who download The Mandalorian off the internet still end up subscribing to Disney+ when it finally becomes available in their country anyways, then Disney could argue that it wound up losing them $0.
I can understand why Disney doesn't want to launch with an empty library. Their whole sales pitch is that they aren't something barren like AppleTV+, instead they've got that whole huge library of titles you already love just sitting there waiting for you to watch. And of course I can also understand the fans on the other side of the argument. They'd be happy to only watch The Mandalorian and then maybe a dozen other old shows and movies over the first 5 months, while waiting for the full library to pop up. (Can't watch that whole library all in the first few weeks anyways, right? There's just too much.)
But of course it's Disney's decision to make, and they only want to launch their battle station when it's fully operational.
Though I certainly sympathize with the overseas fans too. It's not like Disney is charging a huge price for Disney+, so fans would probably be happy to pay for just The Mandalorian for the first few months. Obviously people on a board like this one are happy to sign up to a streaming service for just one show. (And besides Discovery on CBS All Access, when DCUniverse launched people were obviously signing up just for Titans.)
Live now. I'm in.
Can we talk about spoilers, like that ending?
If not.. I DO like IG-11 better than I thought.
If not.. I DO like IG-11 better than I thought.
IG-11 was pretty cool. Though
And the ending
The app came alive about 10:30 PST or at least that's when I noticed it.
Too bad. He dead.
And the ending
A baby member of Yoda's species. Why were they after that? Hmm.
The app came alive about 10:30 PST or at least that's when I noticed it.
A baby that's like 50 years old
Yeah, that's weird.
Overall I liked it.. but there was a lot I didn't like
I did like the little nod to the Orville
I did like the little nod to the Orville
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Well, the first episode was....okay. Not great, not terrible.
The episode doesn't give us much reason to really like or key into the title character at all. Perhaps they should have given us real flashbacks instead of those one or two second pops. Some reason for us to know this guy at least a little and know what he's about.
As a small piece of a larger movie, Boba Fett can just look cool and say little, but as the lead of a TV show, we need more than cool armor and a taciturn demeanor. Even if this Mandalorian does manage to kick ass, it's not enough.
The interlude with Kuill is a bit of a drag.
A few of the jokes fall flat and I wasn't crazy about either the design or acting of the blue bounty in the opening.
I was intrigued by the state of the Empire (and lack of same). I did like the ending, I found it legitimately surprising. The action was pretty good, but a little flat.
Some of the smaller in-universe details about how the bounty hunting guild works were interesting enough.
The show is leaning so hard into the OT aesthetics that this first episode has not one but two rough and tumble cantinas and the aesthetic is basically all lifted from Tatooine/ANH. More variety going forward would be nice.
I dunno, I wanted to like it more than I did. The episode is actually a bit dull in spots. It's not a home run right out of the gate, but there's certainly still plenty of potential.
The episode doesn't give us much reason to really like or key into the title character at all. Perhaps they should have given us real flashbacks instead of those one or two second pops. Some reason for us to know this guy at least a little and know what he's about.
As a small piece of a larger movie, Boba Fett can just look cool and say little, but as the lead of a TV show, we need more than cool armor and a taciturn demeanor. Even if this Mandalorian does manage to kick ass, it's not enough.
The interlude with Kuill is a bit of a drag.
A few of the jokes fall flat and I wasn't crazy about either the design or acting of the blue bounty in the opening.
I was intrigued by the state of the Empire (and lack of same). I did like the ending, I found it legitimately surprising. The action was pretty good, but a little flat.
Some of the smaller in-universe details about how the bounty hunting guild works were interesting enough.
The show is leaning so hard into the OT aesthetics that this first episode has not one but two rough and tumble cantinas and the aesthetic is basically all lifted from Tatooine/ANH. More variety going forward would be nice.
I dunno, I wanted to like it more than I did. The episode is actually a bit dull in spots. It's not a home run right out of the gate, but there's certainly still plenty of potential.
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I'm with you in almost every point. But the music was terrible. They almost used the Rocky theme during that mount sequence.. wrong choice.
The music from the trailer was so good too
Not manyI wonder how many people in the uk will actually wait until March to watch it?
Only the suckers that don't know what a VPN is.
And I am sure many wont even bother doing that and will just outright pirate it.
Disney are likely pissed at SKY for playing game of contracts. Least Disney will get some money from those that go the VPN route.
I am purely paying my sub for the madalorian.
Hell I would pay $30.
Its starwars so Disney can shut up and take my money whether they want it or not.
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What nod to The Orville?
IDK I was pretty impressed, and the reveal of the bounty was NOT what I was expecting at all.........can't wait to see what comes next.
Yeah it was diffrent but also familiar.
They got the balance between the feel of starwars yet doing something diffrent.
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