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Spoilers The Mandalorian season 2 discussion
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...seems...
...silly.
I was caught up with other things at the weekend so never had a chance to check, but just wondering if this is being done an episode a week or if they've done it the proper way and released it all at once?
Once a week.
Balls. Guess I'll have to spend the next couple of months dodging spoilers and waiting for the whole thing to actually watch it.
Has Disney never heard of binging?
Not everyone binges. Mandalorian seems to be designed with being a weekly event for family viewing.
What fireproof said.
But also, I think you're seeing the results of the fact that these shows that release week to week stick around longer in the consciousness. Netflix drops Stranger Things, and for two weeks that's all anybody talks about, then it quickly fades and nobody mentions it for another year. But Mando will be on everybody's lilps for two months solid.
We saw the same thing with the most recent season of The Boys on Amazon. The first season dropped binge style, but they did most of S2 week to week (with three eps dropping the first week). You can bet your bottom dollar that Amazon was looking to see where the discussion was, how prevalent it was on the social media sites. If it hung around longer, was trending more often over a longer period, or if they noticed something like they liked in the viewership model, they'll repeat it.
Disney+ is starved for fresh, original content. They need eyes on them, and they need it for more than just the week or so it would take most people to binge watch the season if it released all at once.
I'm not saying I'm wild about this release model, but it is what it is, and I understand the reasons why you see streaming outfits do it this way.
Who says mass-release is the 'proper' way for media to be marketed?
Or you could watch it week-to-week like everybody else is.
Personally, I find that binging is more beneficial for heavily serialized shows where plot developments happen over the course of the season, but not much of consequence happens within each individual episode. But in a show like this, with a more standalone story in each episode, I like to have a chance to savor it and think about it over the coming days before watching the next episode.
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What, oh what ever did we do in the 70's and 80's with TV shows coming out weekly for 24-26 weeks? How did we survive?
One can only control their own spoiler tendencies and I tend to look at spoilers, but still prefer the spread out format for first time viewing. A binge re-watch can be nice after that if a storyline really requires it.
One can only control their own spoiler tendencies and I tend to look at spoilers, but still prefer the spread out format for first time viewing. A binge re-watch can be nice after that if a storyline really requires it.
Well, I've had Knight Rider on in the afternoons when they show it on Charge, so it's pretty fresh in my mind.
I prefer weekly releases to all at once, I have a short attention span and watch a lot of different stuff, so it takes me a while to get through shows. With the one a week release I can actually keep up with the conversations a lot more easily, and I don't have to worry about avoiding spoilers.
A few observations on "Chapter 9: The Marshall":
* Does it feel weird to anybody else to hear the word " Mos" pronounced like it rhymes with the word "gross" rather than being prounounced like it rhymes with the word "loss"?
* Cobb Vanth is a fun character, and I hope we see him again
* I wonder why Din didn't take Peli up on her offer to watch the Child?
* This episode has made me really curious as to how Jango and Boba ended up in possession of their armor since, like Cobb, they weren't Mandalorians by either birth or Creed
* This episode has also made me really curious as to how Cobb ended up with parts from Anakin's podracer
* The people out there who don't like the changes Lucas made to the Classic Trilogy are probably having fits right now since this episode reinforced the binding canonicity of said changes thanks to Cobb's backstory
* Was anybody else disappointed that they made the Krayt look like a literal dragon?
* Temuera Morrison appearing doesn't automatically equal Boba Fett despite what a lot of the Internet seems to be saying, but I'm intrigued by his appearance in the episode nonetheless and can't wait to see what, if anything, happens next with his involvement in the series
* Does it feel weird to anybody else to hear the word " Mos" pronounced like it rhymes with the word "gross" rather than being prounounced like it rhymes with the word "loss"?
* Cobb Vanth is a fun character, and I hope we see him again
* I wonder why Din didn't take Peli up on her offer to watch the Child?
* This episode has made me really curious as to how Jango and Boba ended up in possession of their armor since, like Cobb, they weren't Mandalorians by either birth or Creed
* This episode has also made me really curious as to how Cobb ended up with parts from Anakin's podracer
* The people out there who don't like the changes Lucas made to the Classic Trilogy are probably having fits right now since this episode reinforced the binding canonicity of said changes thanks to Cobb's backstory
* Was anybody else disappointed that they made the Krayt look like a literal dragon?
* Temuera Morrison appearing doesn't automatically equal Boba Fett despite what a lot of the Internet seems to be saying, but I'm intrigued by his appearance in the episode nonetheless and can't wait to see what, if anything, happens next with his involvement in the series
^^^
Did you not see "Return Of The Jedi"? Bets on which Sarlak pit that Sand Dragon had moved into (after eating said Sarlak)
Binging hurts TV shows and Netflix should never have done it in the first place. I suspect that Netflix canceling shows so much is directly related to the Binging model. They cancel stuff whenever the audience ceases to grow and having new episodes in such a short span removes the time for the public buzz needed to grow an audience.
We don't know that for sure, Prime Minister Almec told Obi-Wan Jango was a common bounty hunter, but given the situation on Mandalore there is no reason to think he was telling the truth.
Great points. Binging a show is the worst.
The only reason people keep buzz going about a show is when it ISN'T bingeable.
This thread, for instance, will remain wildly active for months and months as everyone watches the show at the same time and reacts to it, talks about it, etc. etc.
If it was bingeable, some people would have watched the whole thing by now, while others wouldn't have even started yet.
The conversation would be over. The only time people discuss bingeable series en masse is for the two weeks before the next season drops.
Now people are feeling excitement, anticipation and are savoring the series. Again, nothing like that would happen if it was already over.
It's a terrible model and it's also a very poor way to enjoy the show.
That's just....so stupid there are no words.
I think I've heard it both pronunciations but I could be misremembering.
