Very true - would like to see some non-monolithic variety to a culture for once.
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That would be too much to ask for.
Sorry, I am perhaps a bit jaded by fan pushback thus far against the Mandalorian portrayal for violating the "true Mandalorians."
That would be too much to ask for.
Sorry, I am perhaps a bit jaded by fan pushback thus far against the Mandalorian portrayal for violating the "true Mandalorians."
Forgive me (and I don't mean you), but I tire of "fans" with such narrow vision. You don't have to like every series or entry if you're a fan, but one can choose not to like something and accept it. I would think the series has to explain the stark differences somehow between the portrayal of Mandalorians between TCW/Rebels and The Mandalorian. But with Filoni attached to all three projects, I would be surprised if it wasn't explained somehow.
EDIT: Made my language make me sound less like an authority... because I'm not one.
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Fans suck.
They almost never know what they're talking about.
Including me.
They almost never know what they're talking about.
Including me.
Fans suck.
They almost never know what they're talking about.
Including me.
At least you recognize that you don't know what you're talking about.
But honestly, I've never seen you acting as though you're an authority. THAT makes the difference.
I do tire of fan insistence of not accepting different variations of fictional cultures. But, for me, the flip side difficulty is the simple fact that then content creators feel like they have to explain everything in order to satisfy that fan obsession. I mean, just look at Jango bumping his head in the Slave 1.
The simple explanation is that Mandalorian is a planet wide culture, with colonies as well, and there can be variation. Clone Wars already demonstrated that, in my opinion.
But, I think you're right that fans will still want an explanation.
I try.At least you recognize that you don't know what you're talking about.
Sometimes I regurgitate something that was, at one time, stuck in my brain and treated as if it were a truism, only to find out later that it was never right, or that I misremembered something that somehow got corrupted in my imperfect memory along the way. Either way can be quite embarrassing/frustrating. I generally try to keep my mouth shut if I'm unsure of my knowledge on something but every so once and a while, something gets through the filter and there's a better-than-average chance of getting spanked for it.Sucks to get old...
I don't even think it requires that much explanation. A simple exchange would do.
CARA: They're Mandalorians? But they aren't wearing--?
MANDO: Not all Mandalorians follow The Way.
Pretty simple. Not too much attention. Just a little non-explained explanation.
I try.
Sucks to get old...
Yep. I adore the NPR Star Wars Radio Drama. I'm not a huge fan of Rogue One. Rogue One outdoes the radio drama in regards to how the Rebels got the Death Star plans. I accept that even if I don't like it.
I'd be more inclined to flip that around and have Dyn be the one taken aback.
Remember he wasn't born into Mandalorian culture, he was adopted into it at a young age, Not just any Mandalorians either, but sodding Death Watch; an extremist, militant, terrorist group bent on restoring the old warrior traditions (that damn near wiped them out more than once), that believe themselves to be the only TRUE Mandalorians, half of which aligned itself with a former Sith Lord that killed their leader because "This Is The Way!"
That's all he knows of Mandalorian culture, and these people (or probably more accurately their now adult children plus one armourer/priestess) are his only source of information on the subject, so of course it's going to be heavily biased.
Hell, for all we know the "Great Purge" wasn't Bo Katan getting her arse kicked by the Empire all over again, but Bo Katan driving out the last of Maul's loyalist fanatics. I mean I doubt it, but it's possible.
Watching the latest Gallery entry this morning, while I wasn’t super impressed with the story from The Mandalorian, I am certainly impressed with the effects work. The giant video was or “The Volume” as it’s called was impressive enough as it is but the number of virtual sets they utilized is just staggering. And that they used video game mechanics in order to control perspective is very cool. This may all be known but I just was in awe of how much it was used and to what effect. LFL and ILM definitely revolutionizes filmmaking. Again.
I'd like them to do something fun with it.
Like Bo takes off her helmet and sets on a table. Mand looks at her for a long beat, looks down at the helmet and then back up at her and turns around and walks away without saying anything.
Have we heard them call it The Volume before? I don't seem to recall hearing that name previously, but that's clearly what pretty much all of them were calling it all episode long.
That technology arrived at the pitch perfect time for covid. Or so I would have thought. I'm surprised that we haven't heard about more productions planning to use it when they start up again. Cutting down on location filming and the need to completely build new sets (as opposed to just filling in some of the limited Volume area instead) seems like it would help keep people safer.
I love how they talk about how they still need dirt and other unseen parts of the floor or whatever to properly reflect on Mando's helmet. And I love how this is what George wanted to do a decade ago, but the technology just wasn't there yet.
Giancarlo Esposito was excited.
Fire on the set!
That technology arrived at the pitch perfect time for covid. Or so I would have thought. I'm surprised that we haven't heard about more productions planning to use it when they start up again. Cutting down on location filming and the need to completely build new sets (as opposed to just filling in some of the limited Volume area instead) seems like it would help keep people safer.
I love how they talk about how they still need dirt and other unseen parts of the floor or whatever to properly reflect on Mando's helmet. And I love how this is what George wanted to do a decade ago, but the technology just wasn't there yet.
Giancarlo Esposito was excited.
Fire on the set!
Yep. They're less screens than ever-shrinking panels of color-changing, super-bright LEDs, and were originally used just as lights. The first time I remember hearing about the technology was the movie Gravity, where a relatively small cube of low-res panels they'd use to light single actors. It became a pretty standard technique for getting more detailed and accurate lighting and reflections on characters than you could get with conventional lighting and a greenscreen. They started using it for out-the-window cockpit shots in the Star Wars movies, especially Rogue One and Solo, and then with The Mandalorian they made one big enough to use as a set. I'm pretty sure they still will paint out the video wall and replace it with "clean" CG in post in certain circumstances, but it sounds like they're able to get everything in-camera more often than I'd expect (for instance, I'd have thought moire patterns would be an insurmountable problem. Unless, of course, they are, and Mando's dirty little secret is that almost every shot is hand-rotoscoped by an army of poor entry-level VFX artists).
As for it being the future of production, not quite yet. I was reading about Terminator: Dark Fate, and the article mentioned that they'd wanted some LED panels for interactive lighting while shooting the airplane fight sequence, but they couldn't get any because The Mandalorian had bought up the entire world supply.
No it must be like this
Cobb: Nope. But a few years back there was this bounty hunter named Bobba Fett, he was working for Jabba the Hutt So him and Jabba are on this sand barge with this blind guy who owed Jabba money. And get this, the blind guy kicks Fett's ass and dumps him in a Sarlacc pit. Well, one day I'm out in the desert and stumble across this pile Sarlacc poodoo and there sticking out of it is Fett's armor....
Mando: Just "No", would have sufficed.
That just means it couldn't be the present of producton...
It must be nice for the actors too to be able to see more than blue or green backdrops when performing trying to envision what is happening.
I've actually wondered if it might be more disorienting in some cases; since the perspective of the image is based on the position of the camera, the image can be heavily distorted for things that are "nearby," as it was for shots next to the Razor's crest, or an indoor environment that's partly virtual.
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