Spoilers Skeleton Crew [Spoiler Discussion]
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So, you're saying it's Star Wars?
EW.com has a new interview with Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, about the pirate attack in the opening and recreating the Holiday Special circus hologram.
https://ew.com/skeleton-crew-creators-explain-star-wars-holiday-special-tribute-8751995
Turns out they had to recreate the entire circus from scratch, since the original footage was too low quality to use.
https://ew.com/skeleton-crew-creators-explain-star-wars-holiday-special-tribute-8751995
Turns out they had to recreate the entire circus from scratch, since the original footage was too low quality to use.
Except for the first one. It was a bit more groundedSo, you're saying it's Star Wars?
I'm guessing it's a scene that was cut or never even filmed, probably because of the looks of the SM33 (most likely) giving a 10 year old a gun. A similar thing happened with Star Wars Rebels, Erza is 14 at the beginning of the series, and he has an energy sling shot. Later he gets a lightsaber/blaster that's blasters function only seems to have a stun setting. It isn't until season 4, where he'd be 18, that we see him using a blaster. While Sabine uses blasters from the start. One, it seems she's older than Ezra, having already been to the imperial academy and spending time as a bounty hunter after. Two, she's a mandalorian, weapons are part of her culture. The bad batch follows a similar path with Omega, giving her an energy bow instead of her just using one of the DC-17 clone trooper blasters pistols, which would make far more sense. Except for the optics of a 12 year girl using a combat handgun.
Where haven't we?Our heroes get locked in a jail cell only to conveniently discover that there's a guy in the cell with them who's been able to get out the whole time but chose to remain in the cell for some reason?
Uh... where have we seen this before?
Looks l like Wolfman Jack took over
Well, yes and no. Wolfman Jack was a real person that played himself in American Graffiti. In the case of Skeleton Crew though, the character's name is Brutus. So the only AG reference here is on the part of @Nerys Myk.
I've watched both episodes twice so far, and I really love this. This feels more like Star Wars already than either The Book of Boba Fett or The Acolyte, despite the familiar trappings of those two shows.
Book of Fett I get, but Acolyte was pretty Star Wars-ey imho. I'd take Acolyte over this any day of the week.
Did we really need a specifically kiddy centred entry in an already family friendly universe ?
And if so, isn't that the niche that the animated stuff fills ?
While it stars kids, I don't think I would describe it as kiddy. If I were to give it an american movie rating, I'd say PG.
And didn't we already go there with TPM and the Ewoks?
In the first Star Wars, a "dumb kids movie", a man's neck is crushed, gouts of flame burst of the chest of men being shot by blasters, as well as no less than 6 pilots exploding. No aliens.
I'm already more invested in the story, characters, settings and mysteries set up in the first two episodes of Skeleton Crew then I ever was at any point during The Acolyte.
The fact that the main characters are kids doesn't figure into my evaluation because I consider it an irrelevant factor.
Anyone else a little confused to see people recognising 'The Goonies' influence, but then be shocked to see violence and (very) mild horror? Did anyone actually see Goonies? I mean; this part alone!
80's family movies were very dark compared to the sanitised saccharine tat that's been the standard of the genre since the mid-90's. 'The Goonies', 'Return to Oz', 'Gremlins', 'The Witches', 'Little Monsters', 'Time Bandits', 'Young Sherlock Holmes', 'The Dark Crystal', 'The Neverending Story', basically any Don Bluth animated movie ever . . .
80's family movies were very dark compared to the sanitised saccharine tat that's been the standard of the genre since the mid-90's. 'The Goonies', 'Return to Oz', 'Gremlins', 'The Witches', 'Little Monsters', 'Time Bandits', 'Young Sherlock Holmes', 'The Dark Crystal', 'The Neverending Story', basically any Don Bluth animated movie ever . . .
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