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If what Chidi said to Eleanor didn't make you cry, what is wrong with you?
Zack will never be atoned in my eyes and I'm glad that noone will ever know that he is the one that pushed the button
Eh—it’s okay.
I have little to say about this one; it’s just alright.
The action scenes were entertaining—Bucky and Sharon are popping off! Walker got less screen time in this one, and I’m okay with that. His big reaction is pretty amusing, though, and I hope they go somewhere with this. Karli is still uninteresting, and I still don’t understand her.
Overall, it’s a good ‘ol continuation, but with us being halfway into the series, I’m a little concerned our setups aren’t going to get any payoffs.
SCORE: 6/10
Stephen Root... Danny Trejo... awesome cameos!
on the other hand, the gang of scooter-riding-calvin-klein-models look way too comical for this show --- wtf??
Compared to previous episodes, this episode is not bad, but still dumbly written.
As usual, a supposedly professional team of mercenaries turns out to be incompetent just-for-laugh bollocks, as shown by one person destroying a droid for fun in a ship they know are extremely guarded by, well, droid's connectivity. And no one seems to be troubled with that. Apparently recklessness and naivety are traits commonly shared by supposedly 'fighters' in this show - we've seen people ranging from bounty hunters, ex-rebel shock trooper, and even the Mando himself, who consistently failed to notice obvious traps (eps 5), wasted their time for overly convoluted plans (eps 4), or simply appeared to took the same marksmanship class as stormtroopers (eps 3 & 5).
Oddly, for a ship supposedly to be extremely secure, barely any droids patrol the ship. Even when the ship was on full emergency alert. The droids conveniently only appear as distraction as the plot needs it; for a heist/rescue episode, this leaves no stake on breaching the ship at all.
Speaking of stake, the characters also consistently make questionable decisions. Despite knowing they are limited on time, they just waste it for squabbling between themselves, hunting for each other down to the last of it, instead of focusing on running away from the ship.
But the worst offender is our titular character.
The Mando turns out to be a Disneyfied, Sunday morning, family-friendly bounty hunter, as he refuses to hurt people from New Republic but oddly has no qualms killing/hurting people who happen to be on the side of other factions (stormtroopers, bandits, fellow professionals, or even just a person who happens to have a huge debt - eps. 1).
It appears that the "hunting" in bounty hunting is only legitimate, as long as it doesn't involve one of the "good guys". Good guys according to who? No in-universe explanation is given except that according to Disney, New Republic must be the good guys. This show seems to be the opposite of Star Wars: The Old Republic (the online game, not the single player RPG): where the game aligns bounty hunter in the "evil" faction just because Boba Fett worked for the Empire, this show aligns bounty hunter in the "good" faction just because Mando is the protagonist.
The Mando also always consistently failed to realize that leaving Baby Yoda alone always means a bad thing. I mean, this is his damn third time doing that.
That being said, the action is quite well-done. The Twi'lek girl is choreographed nicely. The Mando has some cool action with his gears. The ending has some tense, though the last order from Ran feels a bit cheap. Unfortunately, those still can't save the episode from its below-average screen writing.
NOW THIS IS GOOD TELEVISION. I CANT EVEN PUT IT INTO WORDS. NINE-NINE!
This episode is disappointing.
With the action, it’s tiresome and a considerable downgrade from the first episode’s kick-ass opening. It’s short, full of tedious banter and only shows people punching and throwing each other off trucks.
Similarly, the episode’s revelation has little weight; since the episode doesn’t explain why it matters, I don’t know why I should care. Also, they introduce a new character, but we don’t learn why she’s a threat to our heroes or why Sam and Bucky need to catch her group.
Worst of all, though, the character dynamics are awkward. Despite understanding its origin, I found the conflicts messy and confusing. I mean, why the therapy? What’s with this therapist?
On a positive note, I like the social commentary, even if the episode doesn’t explore it that much. In the first episode, the show comments on racial discrimination and they continue it here; I appreciate it.
Finally, the pacing is sluggish, and as a result, I struggled to get through the episode’s runtime. If there were more action, I’d forgive the weak writing, but alas, I’m left disappointed.
Likewise, The Star-Spangled Man feels undercooked, dissatisfying, and left me disappointed. Not only has the storytelling quality faltered, but the action has too, which is all I’m looking for in this TV show. Hopefully, this is the only bump on my FWS journey.
TECHNICAL SCORE: 6/10
ENJOYMENT SCORE: 5/10
Those assassins are complete noobs
Ok, in order to turn my brain off and enjoy this episode I would have to suspend my disbelieve... twice. And forgive one hell of convenient appearance to boot. That just too much. Also why do you need Sam for this specific part of the mission?
Would be nice if "terrorist group" continued to be depicted as misguided group of cosmopolitans who fights for the right cause.. Karli's actions aside. Action works, but that about it this time.
p.s. And most unforgivable sin of course is the accent) Bruhl did a pretty good job in Civil War he butchered like one word but this time around only subs will help you.
This episode's style was so weird. Why would the writers and director do something like that?
Also, it was basically all nonsensical filler.
Where did all the production-value go?
The first two episodes dragged me into the world of Star Wars, but after that it‘s all down hill to me. Acting just meh, almost no good looking alien races anymore, heck even the droid from this episode was a pesky human in a bad costume. Just as bad as both of those Twi‘leks and the horned guy - bad actors in bad makeup. I really hope they fix this soon.
Honestly, what the hell is this?
Writers: "Maybe this season we finally let Raven be happy... HAHAHA nah screw that."
I am so glad that Iris threw some shade at that stunt by Oliver and Felicity.
VIP8Okay, I actually really loved this. The actresses that played young Alex and Kara were great and they looked so much like Chyler and Melissa! It was uncanny. The whole murder mystery thing was fun and I'm always a sucker for seeing a little more of the Danvers sisters growing up together. Nice touch with J'onn posing as the FBI agent. Also, Eliza reading Cat Grant's biography! And the last few minutes warmed my heart. Alex and Kara's relationship is my favorite on the show. The way they love and support each other makes me want to cry. Overall, this was my favorite episode of season 3 so far. This show is going in the right direction again, let's just hope they can keep it up.
Great premiere, remove the flashforwards and it could have been an amazing episode.
VIPSo she suddenly spots a big silver button right next to the thing shes been staring at for weeks...
EVERYTHING. It's everything. My #1, probably forever. Thank you, Nine-Nine.
VIP10so funny, DANI ROJAS ... DANI ROJAS ... DANI ROJAS ... DANI ROJAS :D
My god this show has become so bad
This was absolutely the best crossover so far and nobody can make me see that otherwise. I loved seeing all the characters work together and what is especially great is that for each episode they maintained the tone of the show. This part brought some of that Legends goofiness that I love so much. I mean; BEEBO!!!?? Yes!
It's hard giving every character enough screentime on a crossover this big and yes, some characters could have had a bigger arc but they wrote it best they could have in my opinion. You know, without dragging the story forward too slow.
The only thing I missed; Reverse Flash. Where was my man Thawne? I mean, since the beginning of The Flash they have dangled this story in front of our eyes. The newspaper clipping said a face-off between Flash and Reverse was about to happen. Thawne even said to Barry last season 'see you in our next Crisis' and they completely left it out. Maybe they mean to use it elsewhere, which is fine by me but I hope we will see Thawne appear in the rest of the season.
I think I'm on Maddi's and the evil commander's side. Just kill them all.
Man I'm a bit disappointed, this episode felt stretched out, lots of padding and scenes which could easily have been trimmed or cut out entirely. This almost felt like an episode from a CW show..... It feels like a movie script that has been stretched into a six episode series.....
That was good! I enjoyed getting to see Thea. I don't like what they've done with that storyline, destroying the League, destroying the pits, but I like Thea.
The best part was the very end. With any luck that's the end of that whole future timeline. It sucked. Now they've moved all the relevant characters into the now timeline, they can do what needs to be done to get rid of that whole dystopian future.
My first impression is that it's definitely very rough around the edges, but I think it has potential. Pilots are hardly ever good (in my opinion), and it takes at least 3 or 5 episodes for a show to find its footing, so I will keep watching and see where it goes.
The fact that Murphy, out of all of them, was the only one to keep a somewhat cool head is priceless!
Also, everyone needs to chill with playing the blame game. They're all terrible people (except for precious Jordan). So shut up and move on.
And if you invade someone's ship, the least you should expect is them being mad about it and trying to take it back. The sanctum people ending up dead is their own fault for trying to take over. Try talking first, gassing later next time darlings.
Really good. They're just kicking ass this last season. Just when the show has really found it's footing again, it's over.
