How does this at all related to the high republic period, we see nothing apart from these witches and stuff, so boring, the chanting part was like some musical, so cringe. Also witches supposed to use magic, not force, this is all wrong.
Good job making Jedi look evil and witches sweet & peaceful, what the actual f? Jedi never took away children without parents consent. Also kids are already too old, why would even Jedi test them, they are not supposed to be eligible at this age, why even bother?
So it was the Jedi who raided the place and burned it to the ground to kidnap the kids hence the guilt is it? What the f? Osha is super traumatized, conflicted, old, and too attached, 10 times worse than Anakin, why go this much effort for those boring twins? ZERO sense
Wookiee Jedi was the only good thing in this whole episode.
The fight scenes were quite impressive. I was not happy that Carrie Ann Moss was killed off right away. But overall a decent episode.
CW caliber acting/writing. Stargate SG-1 caliber sets. Comic-con caliber make-up/costuming.
...and some of the dumbest Jedi ever...
Disney have yet again slopped out another 30 minutes of nothing much happening, for a budget of $1million per minute.
I think I loved this one even more than Fury Road. Yes it didn't revolutionised what was done before but it goes way further in the lore of the Mad Max saga and and that's what truly captivated me!
Once again, it's visually stunning, with action unfolding nearly every minute. Although I'm usually not a fan of movies with chapters, here it's executed superbly, which I believe greatly contributes to maintaining the movie's pace.
Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth have both delivered outstanding performances as well.
Edit : I watched it again today, still a rock-solid 9/10!
This episode, in particular, has the weakest writing and dialogue so far. It's just bad in my opinion. Very, very bad.
Felt like watching some Space witches show on the syfy channel. Terrible..
Why are the episodes so short? If you’re gonna make them so short at least give us more than 8 episodes
A slight improvement over the last 4 episodes. When I remove the smoke-and-mirrors lightsaber battle from the equation though, I'm lefts asking "is that all that happened?" and "where is the $180million dollars Lebowski?". 8 episodes will be chopped up into a 60 second video of stuff actually happening to save future generations from wasting their precious time.
Poison guy Jason Mendonsa totally gave it way he is smilo ren with all those on nose scene where he acts like "I am definitely not your master under desguise watching you to see if you are gonna follow my crazy orders". And of course Mae has a sudden change of character right in front of him because she read on the script that this was the best moment to generate some "muh sister" thug on the heartstrings drama. And of course he went ahead and murdered the Wookie himself off screen to prevent the show from spending additional one million dollars to make a Wookie fight like a Jedi, frame Mae so she keeps the plot from a dead stop and enters the scene to provide both a cliffhanger and a trailer scene.
Smilo Ren is trying to carry this show using no weapons.
Another absolute garbage episode. What a waste of time.
The real continuation of the Walking Dead right here. I suffered through some shiz to get this far, and it paid off.
I really enjoyed this season 1. I'd be surprised as well as pissed off if this doesn't get a second season.
Some noticeable continuity issues here and there where they need to focus on. Maximus is a rather annoyingly simple character, I am glad they split Lucy and him at the end up (for now). They do not belong together and I am not invested in their romance, there's just too much other amazing/cool stuff happening where they should focus more on.
Lucy's father escaping the way he did was stupid, though. But keeps the story running, I guess. Her mother appearing like that was unexpected, quite a bleak but nice twist.
A lot of references in pretty much each episode. To fully appreciate this I think you need to be familiar with the Fallout games. Otherwise you will probably not fully understand some of the weird stuff (Vault 4 for example) happening in this world as it does not get explained (well, indirectly perhaps).
Still has its flaws here and there but I'd classify this as a from fans for fans type of series overall. In other words Jackpot.
Sidenote: Schockingly, any random guy in a Power Armor knows how to / is able to show more emotion than a seasoned actor like Pablo Schreiber.
I knew first episode was going to be best one, I wish I was wrong. I could describe this episode with one word "Rushed". I absolutely agree with other comments about how they wasted at least 2 episodes with boring drama and rushed the whole story to end in a single episode. The dialogues were noticeably bad and corny. The last 4-5 minutes were emotional but even that felt rushed. Rick and Michonne always manage to easily get out of situations whenever a weapon is pointed at them. I guess They could easily land roles in the Marvel universe after The Walking Dead universe. I don't know, maybe after waiting this long, my expectations were too high. I would have preferred to see Rick extricating himself from the situation on his own, especially using his political and leadership skills to rise through the ranks. If I were to rank the episodes, it would be 1st episode > 2nd episode > the rest. Thanks for reading :cowboy:
"Why tell a deadman the future?"
I couldn't have asked for a more fitting finale for this "piece of an art" mini-series. The bar was set high. It could've been either like the GoT finale or Breaking Bad finale. So glad they stayed consistent from start to finish. Undoubtedly, this ranks among the greatest miniseries ever produced.
Many people may be dissatisfied with the finale if they expected to watch an all-out war, which contradicts the entire idea of the show.
This episode should've been named "Toda Mariko". She is one hell of a strong character.
Still getting the same vibes even after 2 years of reading the book. They nailed it.
Major F up by the detective and ops running the raid. To protect the informant, you just zip tie her up like everyone else transport them all together and separate her out like a regular interrogation. The way they did it, they should have just stenciled "SNITCH - Kill me first!" on her forehead.
@Vassilis - All narcissistic demagogic psychos from Jim Jones, to David Koresh, to the Heavens Gate Cult think that what their doing is justified because only "THEY" are in possession of the secret / sacred knowledge that will save humankind. They are blinded by their own ego and hubris, and, those who follow such deluded people are made to feel "privileged" and special because they are in possession of knowledge the peons don't have, thus, the peons become expendable as collateral damage when "the revolution" comes, whether the end comes at the point of a gun, the hangman's rope, the killing fields, or intergalactic aliens scheduled to arrive eons after they have become dust. "If ONE of us survives..., ALL of us survive". ....SO SAY WE ALL!
It was frustrating how the main character took so long to realize what happened to him.. but things got interesting at the end.
A multimillion dollar company, with a team of several people working on the same project, yet only ONE of them knows how to operate the box? Riiiight...
Also, I really wish they'd stop with the Nintendo Switch finger snap every time they swap realities, it's getting terribly annoying, by now.
Still feels almost too much in the setting-up period mostly (Mae vs. our group and then Osha feels like the first sequence to kick the story into high-gear) but it moves along at a nice clip with lively ensemble, and I appreciate that it utilizes this universe's more varied settings so that it comes off an expansive world than a few of its past series.
So inclusive it's become a meme. "Hello fellow Millennials"
I'm exhausted. This tension, the politics, the intrigue, even to the last second. So much is happening in this episode. So much concealed under such elegant garments.
In one way I look forward to the finale next week, however I'm not sure how they are going to fit what I was anticipating to be in this episode into the last, unless it is a 3hr episode, but I think it won't be such.
The other way I'm looking forward to the finale, is I no longer will need to invest all my emotion and attention in this concentration of spectacle and the craft of each Actor performing to perfection their role, and appreciating each word, glance, and interaction with their counterparts in such a magnificent, stunning location.
I'll be ready for this finale but until then I'll be soaking in what I've watched today. What a pleasure it is to witness what the Arts can deliver if given a proper opportunity.
Thank you to the Creators, Actors, Crew, and Those That have painstakingly brought this masterpiece to us.
The conundrum has set in... I desperately want to see the last episode now, but I don't want it to be the last show. 10/10
This is a very weird movie, but not by its content. Hard to tell whether it was worth watching.
Visually it's nice, extremely clean and ordered. But 90% of what happens has absolutely no interest. Family picnic. Wife showing the garden to her mother. Some random conversations. Dictation of work letters. Administrative work. It is very boring, soporific even.
The only interest comes from knowing who those people are and the whole context, and the contrast with the banality of their lives, with the clinical simplicity of administrative decisions.
The whole camp is hidden behind a wall. There is just a background noise, far away, muffled, some cries, some gunshots. And the chimneys smoke.
Among what is banal but extremely shocking by the context:
- The mother complaining she could not get her neighbour's curtains.
- The commander getting a new post, but her wife complaining about losing her garden
- The sales pitch of the new generation crematorium
- Being so happy that the plan is named after him that he calls his wife in the middle of the night
- Ashes used as fertilizer in the garden
The only small moments that acknowledge the violence are:
- the wife, upset, threatening the maid that she could have her incinerated just like that
- the commander having a young girl sent to his office
- in the commanders meeting, the word "extermination" is said once, but all the rest is just logistics and quotas
At the end, a cutscene shows people cleaning the camp, and it takes a while to realize they are cleaning the current day Auschwitz museum, I guess showing the continuity of mundane tasks in all circumstances.
So in the end, this is definitely a work of art that succeeds in what it's trying to achieve. However the boringness is what makes it special, and you can't avoid the fact that it is mostly boring. Not to watch when sleepy or tired.
This episode broke me. Masterful episode!
I won't lie, I actually liked the previous episode more. It was a good ending, but it could have ended a bit further into the future, leaving the rest to our imagination isn't too much of a problem. I could listen to Lady Ochiba's speech for hours, she is magnificent. The conversation between Toranaga and Yabushige was really good too. Thank you for one of the best series of recent times. Here's hoping to see more productions that portray Japanese culture and history in such a high-quality manner...
I secretly wanted Fuji and Anjin to be together, I'm sorry Mariko-sama. (˘･_･˘)
Everyone's crazy for not giving this a 10. The tension was so good, music and lighting great. Acting superb. Mariko drew a line in the sand and forced all the other lords to acknowledge it. The music during the stand off was amazing. Some big pay offs like the last minute intervention by Ishido, the short intimacy, the betrayal, the meeting between former friends, and twists and reversals was crazy. I loved this episode. Can't wait to see what happens in the finale. I'll miss the romance subplot though =(
It would be hilarious if Michael Mann cast Lady Gaga as Laura Ferrari.
