NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
If they had added the necessary dialog to make it clear to the audience, it would have pushed the play time from 42 minutes to 42 1/2 minutes.
Mandalorian Season 3
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Sorry, I don't see a difference, and I'm a card-carrying RPF nitpicker!
Are you talkiing about the paint application and how it appears more muted with less specular shine to it?
I'm talking about how fat the horizontal portion of his visor is. Almost looks like the kid mandalorian. Almost.
SB
Yeah, still lame though.
We all heard it. It's not a Darktrooper suit. They can say it all they want, but it's not. The real Darktrooper suit looked like a Darktrooper, but could be optionally worn (piloted?) or operate as a battledroid.
My bad, thought this thread was about the show.
Master Boda
Sr Member
This is the way! My first thought watching that scene was “damn her hands broke.”
Joek3rr
Master Member
Yeah. The suit doesn't look to far in style as Vader's. Padded undersuit, with armor over the top. It almost makes one wonder if the decision to have Gideon wear "Dark Trooper" armor, was after most of the shooting was done.
Master Boda
Sr Member
Sounds about right for disney.Dark Trooper armor that looks like a beefed up Mandalorian with mechanical sounds.
Wolfsburg
Master Member
Yeah, for me it just didn't translate on screen at all that Gideon's suit was meant to be any kind of power armor, beyond the mechanical sounds added in post and the fact he showed unusual strength a few times. Visually it literally just looked like black Mandalorian armor with some Imperial aesthetics thrown in. I didn't get what the "darktrooper" connection was other than it was black? Lol! I really thought he was going to reveal he had been a "closet Mandalorian" all this time.
Bloop
Sr Member
My thoughts on the season- overall, it seemed lacking in focus, kind of uninspired storytelling. There were things I liked, things I didn't. I started becoming indifferent to it, so that when new episodes dropped, I wasn't looking forward to it as much as before.
I've never like Moff Gideon's costume, I think it looked like a dime-store Vader, and just before these last episodes, I was hoping they would change it. But I don't really care for the new "Darth Mandalorian" armor. To me, it looked like a design that a cosplayer came up with. Or a design that would appear in a Star Wars comic book. No offense to anyone that likes it, it just feels derivative. I'd like more original looking characters than just rehashed versions.
It reminds of something a movie reviewer said years ago in reference to superhero villains - why do they have to have so many villains be mirror images of the heroes? Often they're portrayed as having the same basic powers and look, but also bigger, more powerful versions of the hero - Iron Man/Iron Monger, Spider-Man/Venom, Captain America/Super Patriot (US Agent), Wolverine/Sabertooth, Logan/Clone Logan...the list goes on. And for a show called "THE Mandalorian," we sure do see a lot of other Mandalorians. Seeing a bunch of people with similar armor fight a bunch of other people with similar armor, and have the hero and big boss share similar armor just gets visually repetitive.
Alley, you hit the nail on the head when you compared the show to Saturday morning cartoon-esque. I guess that's why I liked Andor so much - it felt to me like they were trying to tell a Star Wars story for adults (for lack of a better term). It seemed denser, more interesting.
I also agree with the sentiment of too much Grogu where it didn't seem necessary to include him in everything. I still enjoyed him, I'd just rather have smaller doses.
Also, did Pedro Pascal appear in this season at all? I know the voice is his, but I don't remember him ever taking off his helmet this season (I could be wrong). As others have mentioned, I think he just does the voice now, and doesn't actually appear on set for any of it. Not that he needs to, but somehow it's a little disappointing to me. Not sure why. James Earl Jones wasn't in the Vader costume but that never bothered me. Somehow I feel disconnected to the Din Djarin character knowing the actor isn't actually performing the role, only speaking it. It's not really a criticism, just an observation. Though if him not being on set meant they had to write around the fact that they couldn't show his face, it might be a negative point.
One last thing - glad the Dark Saber was destroyed. I never liked the look of it - the blade always looked like a cartoon, especially how it looked like a solid metal blade with some lights in it, yet it would go in and out of the hilt like a lightsaber, even though the blade was wider than the hilt. If they rebuild it, I hope the visual FX look better.
I've never like Moff Gideon's costume, I think it looked like a dime-store Vader, and just before these last episodes, I was hoping they would change it. But I don't really care for the new "Darth Mandalorian" armor. To me, it looked like a design that a cosplayer came up with. Or a design that would appear in a Star Wars comic book. No offense to anyone that likes it, it just feels derivative. I'd like more original looking characters than just rehashed versions.
It reminds of something a movie reviewer said years ago in reference to superhero villains - why do they have to have so many villains be mirror images of the heroes? Often they're portrayed as having the same basic powers and look, but also bigger, more powerful versions of the hero - Iron Man/Iron Monger, Spider-Man/Venom, Captain America/Super Patriot (US Agent), Wolverine/Sabertooth, Logan/Clone Logan...the list goes on. And for a show called "THE Mandalorian," we sure do see a lot of other Mandalorians. Seeing a bunch of people with similar armor fight a bunch of other people with similar armor, and have the hero and big boss share similar armor just gets visually repetitive.
Alley, you hit the nail on the head when you compared the show to Saturday morning cartoon-esque. I guess that's why I liked Andor so much - it felt to me like they were trying to tell a Star Wars story for adults (for lack of a better term). It seemed denser, more interesting.
I also agree with the sentiment of too much Grogu where it didn't seem necessary to include him in everything. I still enjoyed him, I'd just rather have smaller doses.
Also, did Pedro Pascal appear in this season at all? I know the voice is his, but I don't remember him ever taking off his helmet this season (I could be wrong). As others have mentioned, I think he just does the voice now, and doesn't actually appear on set for any of it. Not that he needs to, but somehow it's a little disappointing to me. Not sure why. James Earl Jones wasn't in the Vader costume but that never bothered me. Somehow I feel disconnected to the Din Djarin character knowing the actor isn't actually performing the role, only speaking it. It's not really a criticism, just an observation. Though if him not being on set meant they had to write around the fact that they couldn't show his face, it might be a negative point.
One last thing - glad the Dark Saber was destroyed. I never liked the look of it - the blade always looked like a cartoon, especially how it looked like a solid metal blade with some lights in it, yet it would go in and out of the hilt like a lightsaber, even though the blade was wider than the hilt. If they rebuild it, I hope the visual FX look better.
Am I the only one that found it absurd that Mando hung out at his new “Crazy Riggs Beach Abode” with his full battle gear and helmet on?
Really?? You really NEVER take that same battle armor outfit and helmet off, even with your adopted kid just chillin’ at home????
Really?? You really NEVER take that same battle armor outfit and helmet off, even with your adopted kid just chillin’ at home????
I think we all expected him to kick back and take the helmet off for two seconds and see our voice actor. But Grogu was still there I guess that counts as not being able to take it off.
Cartoon character…
Even Jango was enough of a “real character” that he changed into loungewear when he was just hanging out at home and dropped the battle armor.
NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
This is the way!
Yup
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