HMSwolfe
Master Member
Man I love the Auralnauts
Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi (tv series)
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Riceball
Master Member
Someone she met when she was only 10 years old. If this was the only time they met prior to ANH then I don't think that it really contradicts anything. While both the meeting and the circumstances of the meeting were certainly memorable, if she has no other contact with Ben after she eventually is returned to her father, I'd call that getting to know Ben particularly well.
mattycsi
Master Member
Juat saw Ep 3, was surprised to see Vader, and more so in action. Thought they'd have kept that until a big finale reveal.
Glad it had the ANH paint scheme on the helmet and the voice was fantastic.
That fifth brother though, you want to point a finger at bad acting, that guy is hammier than Porky Pig!!
Glad it had the ANH paint scheme on the helmet and the voice was fantastic.
That fifth brother though, you want to point a finger at bad acting, that guy is hammier than Porky Pig!!
Paul Andrew
Master Member
Same actor who plays Han in the Fast/Furious movies. It's Star Wars, a fair bit of the acting will always be dialed to 11.
mattycsi
Master Member
I know, but one actress is getting hauled over the coals for it. That guy isn't and he is way, way worse.
HMSwolfe
Master Member
No, yeah, he’s awful, awful, awful. Chewing every word of his and spitting it out through gritted teeth. Again, they (the Inquisitors) may be doing exactly what the script describes or what the director is telling them to do, it may be ALL the writing and not the actors at all. But I doubt that it’s entirely out of their hands to make these roles any better. For instance, Darth Maul has been voiced by two actors in live-action. One was a real actor, Peter Serafinowicz, and the other was…well, was Sam Witwer. One came across as the role was written (stoic, cold) and the other is amateurish, melodramatic, and ham-fisted.
It’s unfair and definitely reeks of trolls and racists that she’s getting so much personal flak over this role, but we shouldn’t shut up about honest and fair criticism because of it. If anything, we should be more clear and objective about our critiques, because if we allow the narrative to be driven by trolls, then all we get is “only racists/misogynists/bigots hate this show because they’re prejudiced, it’s actually great and you shouldn’t question that.” It was terrible that Jake Lloyd or Ahmed Best got such poor treatment over their roles, but that doesn’t make little Anakin or Jar Jar any better or more watchable. Heck, even George got terrible, terrible, undeserved flak for the prequels. Vicious, personal attacks on his character and sanity. But they’re still bad movies. They still should be viewed critically.
Paul Andrew
Master Member
Gotcha. Neither have bothered me either way so... ::Shrug::
When has star wars as a whole ever had good acting? kenobi/emperor/han were really the only characters that had good acting. Everyone else across all era's have been pretty average as actors. Remove your childhood feelings and emotions and you know it to be true....
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
James Earl Jones, Carrie Fisher, Frank Oz all did great jobs IMO. Why is the argument that something that was sub par in the OT a justification for continuing it? Makes no sense.
CopperRevan
Master Member
I will say, i liked Giancarlo Esposito in Mandalorian...i thought him to be very good. Peter Cushing? Really good as well. Salute to the Moff's...lol
continuity? they have to feel like one long movie
CopperRevan
Master Member
Hit the nail on the head...Honestly, i don't like any of the Smashing Pumpkins, i mean the Inquisitors. They are about as fearsome as the coneheads on SNL. It's the charcters themselves. I'm sure the actors and actresses feel a little handcuffed with how they were written.
ghostryder
Legendary Member
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
I'm all for continuity but I don't see having good acting as affecting it negatively in the slightest. In fact that would raise the bar potentially making future content better. Everything doesn't need to be exactly the same for it be SW but I understand that we all have different ideas of what makes SW SW.
Master Boda
Sr Member
Kind of sad but I have seen a more range of emotions from anime porn actors than most current flesh actors.At least the actors from the 30&40s could act,sing,dance what we have now is not so much. I almost understand why CGI actors would be more effective.
HMSwolfe
Master Member
I will say, even with my criticisms of certain elements within the show, I’m at least on board to finish. By chapter three of BOBF, I was out. The only reason I ended up watching more was the RPF’s discussion thread mentioning that the show had pivoted back to Mando.
However, I will continue to say that this show feels cheap from a production standpoint. Someone pointed out some obvious 3D print lines on the handle to the laser-gate, and the holograms for instance really lack the proper grit and distortion they need, which isn’t even a hard effect to do. Some of the cinematography is also either lackluster or at odds with the story being told. Watching a very modern, handheld camera move along next to Darth Vader feels…wrong.
However, I will continue to say that this show feels cheap from a production standpoint. Someone pointed out some obvious 3D print lines on the handle to the laser-gate, and the holograms for instance really lack the proper grit and distortion they need, which isn’t even a hard effect to do. Some of the cinematography is also either lackluster or at odds with the story being told. Watching a very modern, handheld camera move along next to Darth Vader feels…wrong.
So far so good. I still am waiting for an explanation on how/why Reva knows so much and is always ahead of everyone else. Her part, which, other than not liking how they portrayed the Inquisitors in this and Rebels , I'm ambivalent about so far. It reminds me of the bad writing of Rey where the character just has traits/powers without any explanation. In the old EU there were certain Jedi that specialized in intuitive skills where they could ferret out things like a detective or bloodhound almost. If that's what she's doing, just give us one line to let the viewers in on it. She just seems to be breaking the fourth wall and know things characters in the show shouldn't know yet. That's my only complaint so far.
