totally fake! this is a huge historical lie
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@mahyurr It is not a historical lie, because it is not an historical movie. It never pretends depicting the facts, rather the story, idealized and hyperbolized by the storyteller Dilios. It intends to follow the pattern of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, i.e. the style of the ancient Greek authors. No one believes that Gods came down on earth to fight in the Trojan war, as no one believes Odysseus’ crew has been eaten by Cyclops or sirens, yet people still enjoy ancient Greek literature. That is why “300” is a great movie, capturing this spirit of storytelling with great artistic visuals, exceptional fighting choreography and music.
Is this episode written by 16 years old?
This episode wanted to be Seven Samurai but ended up as that terrible The Walking Dead episode where everyone gets slaughtered (they're not though in Mandalorian, since this is a Disney series).
There is no development and no build up at all in this episode. Like the previous episode, everything is self-contained. All are introduced and resolved in this same episode. A lot of things happened in this episode but nothing actually contributes to the plot - except for exposition dump.
The bandit raid is a terribly weak, villain of the week setup. They just show up as some evil nuisances - no motives, no goals at all. The Mando teams up with an ex-rebel, which debunks a tired cliche, but at this point this feels like a try-hard attempt to make The Mando as a morally righteous hero. There is a half-assed attempts at romance here, but it feels forced as it happens so sudden. Despite being self-contained (or maybe because it is) the episode lacks closure by the end, and the nifty little scene regarding one stray bounty hunter seems like something that appears just because they still have several episodes to go.
The dialogues are terrible: it's a tonne of exposition dumps. I don't have any idea why the writers think it makes sense for the characters to suddenly ask a stranger, "when was your last time you open your helmet?" and, in return, open up a heart-to-heart "hey I got a tragic story" past to a stranger. The banters with Gina Carano's character is okay, but it feels like they have to slip backstory every now and then. As if they're not having a real, human conversation. Every dialogue feels so forced and hurried as if they have to make it fit into this episode.
Also, it seems like they have no idea what an AT-ST is. It's a vehicle, not a droid.
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@xaliber "Is this episode written by 16 years old?" No, by Bryce Dallas Howard a.k.a. not very talented daughter of Ron Howard
