The Mandalorian Season 3 Premiere Viewership Numbers Crater
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They killed the golden goose by pushing message and crapping on the fanbase.
Of all the stuff Disney put out only some of Mandalorian, maybe Rogue One, and possibly Andor could be considered actually watchable. None of it was really good and nothing was worth a re-watch.
Most of it was "women and diversity in SPACE!" with nothing compelling behind it.
Mandalorian was complete garbage from the start
Amen. People talk like Mandalorian S1 was some kind of high water mark, but it felt like drab Power Rangers. Literally, in the case of episode 3, where the other Power Rangers fall out of the sky to save the day, completely unmotivated and with the thinnest possible set up.
S1 was people proving that for all their "DISNEY KILLED STAR WARS ITS OVER I HATE THEM" they'd all come crawling back like good coomsoomers for the barest crumb of fanservice and defend their gods again.
Which is a very bad thing to teach corporations is possible to do with a fanbase.
It was timed right. Meaning that it came out after the shit trilogy and wasn't connected to it in any meaningful way. I think people, myself included, gave it a huge pass at the time.
The acting was bad, the production was bad, the plot was bad. The only thing it had going for it was being not ENTIRELY filled with gay commie aids
It was a decent show with a simple story that was well told.
And that is enough in today's age where writers try to one up everyone else, the original creator and their audience. No hundred plottwists that make no sense, no characters acting out of character to push a writer's agenda into the face of the audience.
For mandolorian specifically I'd add season 2 being a veiled advertisement for a significantly worse show coupled with- probably- general fatigue of Pedro Pascal as an actor
Pedro has fatigue? Mental maybe. Bordering on illness.
He looked pretty tired to me sleepwalking through the back half of tlou
How does ha have fatigue? From what I understand he only does the voice. Two other actors do the physical acting.
It misunderstood. He’s saying people are getting tired of Pedro Pascal. He also ended up being very political.
He’s not that good. He was middling as a gay man on Game of Thrones and he’s just a drain in everything else.
The S2 finale is the only bit that should survive the series. A glance at Luke as he should have been, rather than the alien dairy handmaiden he became.
It's OK. I view it as the product of almost 30 years of fan service: Boba Fett looked cool, so they created a backstory for his armor, a wonder metal, and a whole race of people who look just like him. Even though the expanded universe has been discarded, this series is the product of all those older influences.
Disney succeeds here because they correctly realize that people ultimately just want to see guys that look like Boba Fett kicking ass.
Eh, I'm enjoying it enough. Andor was definitely the best plot-driven show the mouse has put out, but mando just feels like a mindless fun show. The woke shit in season 3 is not nearly as bad as it was in BoBF, with Bo-Katan feeling like a partner to mando rather than an upstager. It is hilarious to see the ways they sidestep Cara Dune, making every excuse they can for her to no longer exist.
Dave Filoni is the only good thing left in star wars. The stuff he puts out is hit or miss, but it seems passable at least.
"Mandalorians need maps. That way they won't get lost."
-Actual dialogue written or approved by Dave Filoni and John Favreau
That was when he was talking to the kid, right? That sounds like reasonable educational baby talk to me.
So grooming kids into thinking maps are a good thing? Typical Disney.
Not Tinfoil hat enough. It means if you want to be good strong warrior you must only follow the approved routes.
I think older media would have had the map become damaged or otherwise unusable meaning they'd have to improvise a new route probably though rough or hostile area. A mandalorian only trusts his wits etc
Canceled Disney plus after season two and firing Gina was the last straw. I was one of those ppl who believed sequels would be erased. I gave Disney Star Wars a chance but now I’m strictly pre Disney Star Wars. Currently reading Star by Star from NJO series. Has Mando season 3 turned into the usual female upstaging male lead plot?
mando is done. kennedy killed the ahsoka line that was going to time-wipe the sequels. and the word is out that this season is just stronk wamyn saving mando the whole time.
They're elevating Bo-Katan to put down Din Djarin. Pass on it before you waste time.