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User Reviews for: The Mandalorian

xaliber
4/10  5 years ago
_The Mandalorian_ started out OK, but ended up as some half-baked, lazily written show that exist merely to lure parents to justify a Disney+ subscription. Kids get the usual Disney contents, moms get Baby Yoda, dads get Star Wars nerdy reference. The show almost feels like being made by a bunch of fanfiction writers with familiarity of the setting but zero sense of screen writing.

Nothing wrong with liking it, it's just the show appears to be all style and no substance.

Storyline shows no complexity at all. In fact, most of them are fillers. You can skip 4 of 8 episodes and you'll still understand the story just fine. Characters are completely uninteresting. None of them are developed. None of them had nuances: protagonists are morally good heroes; antagonists are one dimensional evils. The show relies only on a cute muppet and flashy action, but has zero substance. Had a potential great world-building with some details, but they chose to abandon it for rule of cool (and cute).

The **"it's Star Wars, so it'll be simple" excuse** commonly said by the series' defenders doesn't hold up if you actually consider other Star Wars titles such as _Knights of the Old Republic_, _Republic Commando_, _Jedi Academy_, _Thrawn_ trilogy, the original and Tartakovsky's _Clone Wars_, and so on. Those titles are known for having remarkable storytelling; something that _The Mandalorian_ doesn't have for its poverty of creative vision.
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Reply by Lokyaziis
5 years ago
@xaliber Yeah skip most of the episode, like that you can write this kind of comment... hahaha I would say you to watch all of them at least twice... Perhaps like this you will see that there are lot of more than just a "show that appears to be all style and no substance" !!!
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Reply by xaliber
5 years ago
@lokyaziis are you blind or just another dumb Star Wars fanboy spamming this section? Use your eyes and read below my review, it says: **100% Watched**. I watched all the episodes. You can even find my reviews on every episodes.
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Reply by breezytm
5 years ago
@xaliber I think 4 is a little harsh but I can understand where you coming from. I do think it could have been better. As my comment on the show says "first episode did not disappoint" but I feel like the story just went down exactly the same path everything in Hollywood normally goes. However, I would rather watch that than CSI New York so .... :)
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Reply by adastra
5 years ago
@xaliber I'm glad I'm not the only one, I agree with everything you wrote here. I was so bored by this showed that I didn't even bother to continue watching it.
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Reply by lordmayo
4 years ago
@xaliber But... Star Wars is a VERY basic opera. The entire franchise is just one dimensional characters lining up either on the good or the evil side, then some characters operating on self interest so they are neither good nor evil. I think that it is folly to expect more from the Star Wars Franchise. Now something like Game of Thrones has what you're looking for.
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Reply by xaliber
4 years ago
@breezytm there are plenty of good series out there. From something like The Sopranos, to The Boys, The Expanse, Raised by Wolves, etc.
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Reply by xaliber
4 years ago
@lordmayo Did you intentionally not read the **last paragraph**? KoTOR, Clone Wars, and Thrawn trilogy are ALL Star Wars titles. ALL don't suck like this one.
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Reply by SeanMSU
4 years ago
@xaliber What a terrible take. The show apparently is so simple that it went straight over your head lol
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Reply by REXTON
4 years ago
@xaliber your review holds true even now when the 2nd season has ended, really sad that they don't want to bother with complex worlds anymore...
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Reply by sreecharan93
4 years ago
@xaliber Have you since changed your opinion after Season 2? Or is it that you didn't get past 1 season? I agree with some of your assessment of S1. But, S2 is redeeming for exactly those reasons.
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Reply by xaliber
4 years ago
@seanmsu aw, looks like I hurt a hardcore fan's ego. It's a product, not your life. Don't take it personally, champ.
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