Rogue 3

22 minutes ago, Metropolis said:

The Clone Wars did an excellent job filling in holes in the prequel story. None as big IMO as Anakin's distrust of the Jedi order. Since he wasn't born into the order he always had a hard time with buy in. The order not standing behind Ahsoka was the beginning of the end for Anakin. It gave much more reason than anything that was ever shown in AOTC and ROTS.

Absolutely. Fantastic show and on a second viewing, the arguably slower episodes with Padme or the Droids had a lot to offer where you think our heroes have won, but it usually ends up witg Palps using gaining more power - example being gaining control of the banks.

Be interesting what they show in this special on Friday - might be some clues as to where we are heading!

Yeah, I am hoping they change their mind and release it on disk. Download only is rubbish. I like a disk!!

That was good! Baylan is owning this show - any scene with him in takes it up a few notches - great actor and character!
Also like Shin a lot - initial annoyance of too many force users so close to ROTJ has passed! So fickle! 

Now, the reveal at the end! So are we saying that as she was weakened by the Nightsister magic on the map, then effectively died to get to the “World between Worlds” and that place is maybe how the force ghosts visit the living? But she has a chance to come back / influence the past (her and Sabine stick together this time as Huyang warned), so that by the end of episode 5, she is alive and on board the hyperspace ring ship with Sabine?
Seems a stretch to say she fell into a doorway like in Rebels, unless someone grabbed her again at the last minute.

Either way, bring on Episode 5 with Anakin (wearing Vaders saber it looked like) & Ahsoka! I heard Disney are dropping something on Friday to serve as a bit of backstory to their history on The Clone Wars series which makes sense for those not familiar with it, or a little hazy.

Loved that the inquisitor was nobody! They must have loved all the speculation!

On a similar subject to the above, has anyone on here watched Hawk the Slayer? 
I bought it cheap on DVD ages back based solely on it being mentioned in the excellent series Spaced (a regular rewatch for me!), but just not got round to watching the film. 

6 hours ago, Metropolis said:

I was wrong about the Jason thing. 

Anyone else felt Sabine's pain trying to move that cup?

It was the one eye opening to see if it moved! How many times I did that in the 80’s? Ah who am I kidding - still do it! 

Glad you liked it! Totally agree with your comments - ring true to my thoughts on when I have watched it over the years as per post higher up.

It has its flaws, but it’s a classic! 

Excellent - great films to get stuck into! Love the first Rocky - really nice film and my favourite of the series.

Just watched the first two. Agree with the general consensus on here. Looks good,  it not quite gripping me.

Big fan of Rebels and it’s great to see them all in action. Sabine & Chopper - spot on. I like the actress playing Hera (big fan of Scott Pilgrim), but she doesn’t quite feel right for me as Hera… Maybe giving off too young vibes? I’m not sure what it is.

Ray Stevenson is excellent - what a sad loss he was. Lots of good roles he has played. Liked his comment at the end about being sad to reduce the Jedi numbers. Feels like his motivations might be a bit more interesting than first thought…

Issues - it doesn’t make sense for Sabine to be a Padawan. Feels tacked on as they wanted the Apprentices to go after each other. 
Agree the general amount of force users is not right - where were these mugs when Luke was on his own bravely going up against Palps & Vader? Jeez…

But good stuff generally and like the idea on the inquisitor type character having a big reveal. Maybe this person is responsible for planting the map? Have issues with Maps to places after the rubbish use of it in The Rise of Skywalker!!

Did you ever watch Krull? Those of us of a certain age will definitely have caught it I’m sure.

Be interested in your thoughts as I recently caught it again while channel hopping (even though I have it on Blu-ray).  It’s a funny one - clearly targets the OT Star Wars audience of the time (I was one of them in 1983! Would have been between 6 & 7 years old at the time!), but there are just some odd story elements in there that don’t suit that target (gruesome-ish deaths, a nastily described act of revenge from the widow in the web for example).

A great cast (Liam Neeson & Robbie Coltrane in early roles and the lead Ken Marshall went on to have a recurring role in DS9, plus a number of other actors more well known to a UK audience maybe), giving it their all and soundtrack is very enjoyable (lots of Wrath of Khan moments as Horner had just done that films score the previous year). But just a few bits that stopped it breaking away from being just a cult film.

Finally watched this as it dropped on Sky to watch - lots of fun! Doesn’t take itself too seriously, but at the same time does not mock the genre.

Great cameo’s from the characters from the cartoon! And good to hear Baldurs Gate getting a number of references!
Hope we get to see a sequel!

Saw this a bit late as we were on summer hols,  but have to say this was a really enjoyable watch.
Great to have all the surviving cast back and I thought those doing the characters of actors we have lost did a fine job.

Story was allowed for a good bit of fun and also as a bit of a recap of what’s gone before, plus the ending left things interesting as to what they might do next if this release does as well as JMS hopes. I enjoyed this release a great deal.

One addition is that the original series is finally getting a Blu-ray upgrade and release at the end of the year - I have that on pre-order and looking forward to a rewatch.

Episode 7 - the crossover with Lower Decks! That was a lot of fun to watch! Top marks for me!

Rest of the series has been very strong - enjoying the Spock/Chapel storyline, Uhura had a standout storyline with actual Kirk rather than the 2 alternative versions we have seen so far.

Bloomin good stuff!

Agree with you there - watched Ep 3 last night - very clever on the wording for events in that timeframe. Very much like Doctor Who as you say with the fixed points in time.

Giving the supporting cast a chance to shine - very good episode. Initially I didn’t like the portrayal of Kirk, but that was meant to be the case with the events leading up to us meeting him. Lots of fun had between those 2 characters on their mission!

Finished off season one and ep 1 of s2 done. Really enjoying this - a lot of highlights, interesting stories and character dev.

Agree with comments above that Pike not being in the opener was odd, although less so when blitzing through it on the back of a Pike heavy finale to S1.
That episode was very clever by the way - doing an alternative of Balance of Terror was so clever and intriguing. And we are clear from that future vision from Discovery (a series I didn’t get past the opening 2 episodes), they were a little burdened with. 

The one that got me was the fairytale story - the ending set that up to something special. Maybe as I have a 5 yr old daughter, but still think it would have got me if that wasn’t the case!

And Carol Kane coming into s2! She’s great - Scrooged is a Christmas must for me!

Ha ha! Pikes reaction at the end!  
Enjoying this series so much! Not sure why I haven’t got round to it - so many things to watch I guess!

Lot of buzz on this show online - crossovers with Lower Decks, the musical episode this week that looks like they had so much fun from the snippets on Twitter! Anyone been watching?

I am behind as doing a long overdue second watch of DS9, but taking a mini break from that I think.
On ep4 of season 1 and will blitz my way through over next week or two! Loving it so far - great style and cast, and the stories feel fresh!

Looking forward to seeing this at some point. Nolan is a really special filmmaker. 
 

9 hours ago, Darth Krawlie said:

I'll probably get to it once it's on a streaming service eventually, but then again, I said that about Tenet too and haven't gotten around to it

I loved Tenet! Big fan of this and would really recommend you watch it. Very clever and rewards the second viewing seeing some parts a little differently. 

Yep, I rewatched Infinity War & Endgame over the weekend and it makes no sense that character is a skrull.
For me, he gets swapped post Endgame and before Falcon & Winter Soldier series. And that’s that! 

Yes, I thought they would pad things out a bit to make the first game cover a couple of seasons maybe. Did feel a little rushed, despite enjoying it a great deal.

There was a second game that came out - set 5 years after the first so maybe they will fill the gap with newer content possibly?  I haven’t read to much on what their future plans are.

Yep, agree with you there Tank - the TV shows have been very enjoyable and moved things along with Avengers 2.0, for want of a better description!

As to the final episode, it’s been getting some negative comments online and I understand that. All resolved very quickly which was my fear in the opening post, and referring to She-Hulk’s final episode (online, not in Secret Invasion itself), of big CGI battle vs character driven resolution.

But hey, I had fun watching it and overall really enjoyed this series.

Yeah ok, episode 5 was another belter! Loving this series - a shame it finishes next week!  
Really enjoying Olivia Coleman’s “Sonya Falsworth” character - is this a brand new addition to the Marvel world or does she have a history in the comics?

Hope this is a sign of good things ahead for the MCU after a few lacklustre outings.

I loved the first one. That was the peak for me. The others have good moments, but nothing that made me want to rewatch. 
I’ll probably try and give them another go over the summer while I wait for the new one to drop on Sky to watch.

Finally dropped here in the UK on Paramount channel, and enjoying working my way through! 4 episodes done in the first evening!

Lead actor is very entertaining, right sort of banter to make this fun. Not sold on his fiance, but early days.

Interesting plot going on in present day which is a nice change to the format. Bit odd why it’s Al’s daughter who is the science genius - would have thought there might be scope for it to be Sam’s daughter in some fashion - maybe the result of his return home in that season 4 episode…

7 minutes ago, Zathras said:

Dumb question: Who's Fleabag?  I missed that character.

That’s Helena Shaw - Phoebe Waller-Bridge wrote and starred in BBC comedy series Fleabag - definitely worth a watch.

Side note - she was also the voice of Lando’s droid L3-37 in Solo amongst other acting and notable writing duties (Killing Eve for example).