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[jayne lee wilson]

Anyone else enjoying The Mandalorian on Disney+? (Thought not....)....

Space-Western Star-Wars spin-off, lawless universe full of gangs, monsters, droids and bounty hunters.... distant desert, rocky, mountainous planets, weird bars (like Mos Eisley Cantina in the first Star Wars) with reptilian jazz players, dusty towns, multi-sun sunsets.......
Kind of an update on those old Flash Gordon strips and serials...

The Mandalorian himself is a sort of supercool hired assassin/bounty hunter, humanoid in robot suit (helmet with t-shaped visor, never comes off, cf Boba fett), but forms a fatal bond with "The Child" aka....Baby Yoda.......
The hero's voice is channelling Clint out of the Dollars movies, but with a touch of helmeted radiophonic distortion thrown in....

Latest Droid creation is IG-11, starts out as an indestructible bountydroid but ends up....serving tea after a rebuild...I think I want a model...

In other words I'm helplessly in love with it! (Despite weak 5th and 6th epsiodes) Can't wait for the Season Finale on Mayday....

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[Nick Armstrong]

Anyone else enjoying The Mandalorian on Disney+? (Thought not....).....

Yes, I did... Watched it all in advance over the New Year holiday with visitors who had ‘access’. Very enjoyable!

[jayne lee wilson]

Yes, I did... Watched it all in advance over the New Year holiday with visitors who had ‘access’. Very enjoyable!

Hey, no spoilers now! Cool points awarded to you........
Glad Jon Favreau back as writer for 7&8 though --- (different ones for 5 and 6 ...)

[Nick Armstrong]

Hey, no spoilers now! Cool points awarded to you........
Glad Jon Favreau back as writer for 7&8 though --- (different ones for 5 and 6 ...)

Loved the whirling droid in the first episode....

And naughty baby Yoda throughout...

[eighthobstruction]

,,,,new second series of Taboo in pipeline....series one on iplayer at mo'....for me both hilarious and jaw dropping in its physical violence at times....ludicrous, and silly.....................but great i think......photography and production values way up there.............i want Tom Hardys beaver hat....

[jayne lee wilson]

Loved the whirling droid in the first episode....

And naughty baby Yoda throughout...

Very funny when IG-11 kept initiating self-destruct and Mando had to keep saying, no, no, don't...needing the firepower.... then had to destroy IG himself...regretting it. From laughs to weird pathos.....and that shootout even referenced the end of Butch Cassidy, for heavens sake....

(Felt sorry for the Mudhorn later though....only trying to raise a family, poor thing....so Mando finally gets the huge egg to the Jawas and....all they want to do is...eat the yolk......... cruel, cruel humour...)

So grateful for the series though - I've really had enough of the so-promising Westworld.......heartless, humourless, repetitive.....

[Nick Armstrong]

,,,,new second series of Taboo in pipeline....series one on iplayer at mo'....for me both hilarious and jaw dropping in its physical violence at times....ludicrous, and silly.....................but great i think......photography and production values way up there.............i want Tom Hardys beaver hat....

Loved Taboo for all those reasons

Great news!

[Nick Armstrong]

Very funny when IG-11 kept initiating self-destruct and Mando had to keep saying, no, no, don't...needing the firepower.... then had to destroy IG himself...regretting it. From laughs to weird pathos.....and that shootout even referenced the end of Butch Cassidy, for heavens sake....

(Felt sorry for the Mudhorn later though....only trying to raise a family, poor thing....so Mando finally gets the huge egg to the Jawas and....all they want to do is...eat the yolk......... cruel, cruel humour...)

So grateful for the series though - I've really had enough of the so-promising Westworld.......heartless, humourless, repetitive.....

Agreed on all points!

[LMcD]

Fans of that excellent BBC1 series 'The A Word' will be pleased to see that series 3 starts on May the 5th.

[eighthobstruction]

loved taboo for all those reasons

great news!

,,,,ablim sa dema ka eempa sha bwom....bwom

[LMcD]

,,,,ablim sa dema ka eempa sha bwom....bwom

Is this a private conversation, or can anybody join in?

[eighthobstruction]

Is this a private conversation, or can anybody join in?

....(Kenneth Williams voice)...."oooonow you gone and broken the curse MR Horne"....

[LMcD]

....(Kenneth Williams voice)...."oooonow you gone and broken the curse MR Horne"....

(Never mind. it really doesn't matter!)

[johncorrigan]

....(Kenneth Williams voice)...."oooonow you gone and broken the curse MR Horne"....

Good impersonation, 8thob! I could have sworn he was in the room!

[Stunsworth]

For anyone who subscribes to Netflix, both series of Dinner Ladies are now streaming. Great fun, and an excellent cast.