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3 hours ago, Gummo said:
I love the character work on this show but the plot has basically climbed up its own ass and disappeared.
WHY did all the TVA people get amnesia when they were bounced out of the TVA? WHY are they all on variant timelines, not the original, sacred timeline? So were those their real lives or just more variant nonsense?
Sylvie is a goddess of Asgard. Why is she so set on living on Earth of all places? WHY not a variant Asgard? Or some other, more advanced planet/realm?
Loki is the God of Mischief and a powerful sorcerer. Too bad everyone involved with the show's forgotten that, to the point whete they have to deus ex machina him some new, undefined time-shaping power.
I'm still enjoying the season, but I can't help feeling they missed the mark somehow and made the story needlessly complicated.
Haven't actually seen the episode yet. but I think I can take a shot at these.
Why TVAmensia? Because plot. Maybe they're on variant timelines because they were variants.
Think about Sylvie's life for a bit. From the (Asgard equivalent) age of maybe 8-12 she's been running from the TVA and hiding in places where everyone there dies over and over and over again. She slew the person ultimately responsible for all that and apparently that somehow made things worse. Maybe she doesn't want to work at Mickey D's forever, but just wants to chill out there for maybe a good decade where her worst problem will be "Oh shit! That guy did want fries with that after all!"
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On 11/3/2023 at 2:33 PM, Quickbeam said:
Hey guys, make knives out of crap we had lying around on the floor. I am really missing the regional tournament since that was interesting and not the same old formula. My spouse is a knife guy so we watch but even he is getting tired of the weird weapons that only one group in southern India ever wielded, maybe. He did love the pitchfork episode since that was more useful.
The weird weapons are part of the main draw for me. The first part is generally 5800 version of "Okay, camp knife, bowie or seax?" But then we get examples and histories on weapons we've never heard of plus get to see them tested/wielded.
Turning to this most recent episode, Willow was adorable and I was so glad she won. As for the other guy, I mean, sucks that he didn't even get tested... but when parameters are a thing, measuring tape is your bestest friend. Use it.
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Just started this and young Mariner is so adorable. She's like if Boimler and Tendi had a baby that wasn't green.
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I suck at remembering names, but this episode kind of went by the numbers. For the first guy out, dude, if you have 15 minutes left, unless your blade is ready to sell in a market, keep working. I admit that was a mild surprise. I thought Ben had the most to do, but I guess deciding to relax those last 15 minutes annoyed the judges like crazy.
The second guy out was much less of a surprise. He was half-assing his pins. He knew that. And still did it. So yeah, his handle fell apart in testing.
And for the final part, Travis seemed to get that his handle wasn't working but still didn't bother to redo it and that was pretty much that. Ben made a superior weapon that was comfortable to wield. Plus, damn. Double pig slicing. Cut the carcass in half and then cut it in half again.
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7 hours ago, jojozigs said:
This show is really starting to lose me. First season was a tightly written character Driven drama. This one seems like one wild goose chase after another. They added a neat character in OB but everyone else seems to have become 1 dimensional. What are we even doing with B-15 and Renslayer? B-15 was a hardcore loyalist turned revolutionary. Now she's a TVA loyalist again? Because there's a McGuffin to fix? S1 Mobius went from TVA loyalist to on team Sylvie/Loki, saying "I'm going to burn down the TVA" and to Renslayer "You know where I'd like to be? Back on my timeline living my life" to "no I can't find out who I was or I'll be sad". And Renslayer just casually murdering 35 people because they didn't say "ok" fast enough to her offer? Because she's mad at Victor Timely/HWR? What does she even want from them if she hadn't squished them? They're just like... doing stuff because the plot demands it. Instead of the events organically changing them.
There were a couple good lol worthy moments this season but man the first season was just so so so much better. I feel sad. Maybe they can fix it in the last 2 but I'm not too hopeful.
I am here for Miss minutes being revealed to be a total psychopath though, whereas in S1 she was just sus as hell.
The TVA that B-15 and Mobius wanted to overthrow and/or burn down, has been overthrown and "burned down." It's mission and purpose has changed from one of destruction (prune the non-Sacred timelines) to one of preservation. Mobius and B-15 are loyal to a TVA that deserves their loyalty - or is at least getting to that point.
Meanwhile Renslayer is still the same woman who regularly sentence people to be banished to the End of Time to get eaten by a Smoke Monster. Miss Minutes being a psycho is not even a little bit of a surprise.
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14 hours ago, arc said:
also, I guess they want to make Sylvie a fully separate character from Loki but it jarred me when he talked about “his” brother rather than “our” brother.
Sylvie is a fully separate character from Loki. Hell, who says Thor(ina) is even her brother. Maybe she's a sister instead.
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14 hours ago, marinw said:
Rewatching. I just noticed that in her fight with Ma’ah Mariner uses the same two-fisted punch Kirk was famous for in TOS. Standard Starfleet martial arts training for the past 100 years!
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Ma'ah is accidentally a better therapist than Miglimoo ever dreamed of being.
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11 hours ago, Panopticon said:
I loved this one. I could watch a whole season of Tendi, T’Lyn, and Mariner stuck on Orion for some reason.
Someone somewhere is writing an epic femslash fanfic novel based on that concept.
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On 10/9/2023 at 9:35 PM, paigow said:
Why is she working there???
To get paid in Quarter-Pounders?
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Tendi and Rutherford worked well because they clearly could be a couple but right now they're both too comfortable as friends to take that extra steps. Also, Rutherford looked good in his "Lover's suit" and Tendi was Day-um! in that evening dress.
It's not listed on IMDB yet but I think Quimp was the guy Mariner got to pretend to rob Boimler back on episode 2 of the first season.
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If Starfleet admirals aren't evil, they're dumb. Landlord Cops is the perfect scummy TV.
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6 hours ago, marinw said:
T’Lyn has integrated seamlessly with the rest of the lower deckers. We still aren’t seeing Gabrielle Ruiz in the main credits.
So is Freeman actually married to Mariner’s dad or did she just say that to hold off the horny Betazoids?
According to Memory Alpha they're married. T'lyn hasn't been in every episode (she skipped episode 2) so she isn't a full regular character yet. Maybe next season.
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Jennifer sighting. And a T'lyn episode. I love my TV life now.
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When Thrawn walked in was I the only one who flashed to Harold Shand's airport scene from The Long Good Friday?
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1 hour ago, tv-talk said:
So that was the witches "real" home planet ie different from the planet they were on in Clone Wars?
As someone who never watched Rebels- what is the big deal with Thrawn as far as why everyone is bowing to him? Couldnt any of the witches, Morgan, Baylin, and his apprentice all just kill him outright in a second if they wanted to? As in does he have any force or different powers, or is he simply a leftover general in a hooptie ship? Dont get me wrong, I like how he's portrayed and looking forward to more of the character, just wondering why he gets to talk like everyone else is his servant.
So Ezra has been living for 10yrs about a 5mile walk from the Witches Tower and Thrawn wants him dead- but not enough to just go kill him? Is there a reason he told Baylin to kill Ezra and Sabine rather than just...killing Sabine and then killing Ezra?
Yes I should probably watch Rebels I suppose!
Full disclosure, I haven't seen the full episode yet, but I can probably still take a shot at answering your questions. Could Morgan, Baylan or Shin kill Thrawn with their cool Force powerz? Sure. Easily. But what happens to them next after they've killed the person those scary-ass, desperate storm-troopers who looked at like a living god? No specific guesses but I'll go with something messy, painful and fatal. Thrawn's "power" is that it's his hand that holds the leash holding back the terrifying, vicious monster that is the collective might of those troopers, and, y'know, the Imperial Star Destroyer that they're on.
If nothing else you should watch the series finale of the show which set all this up. But I'm pretty sure that's been covered so hopefully this next bit won't be real spoilers. I'll still hide it just in case.
Ezra
Spoilerused his Force connection to the Space Whales to summon them when Thrawn launched his final attack on Lothal. The whales came, grabbed Thrawn and his ship (with Ezra aboard) and dragged them away where they ended up on "Witch World." That's a big reason Thrawn didn't kill him. If Ezra had the whales bring them there, then he could potentially call them to bring them back home. But not if he's dead.
What's changed is that Morgan and her friends/lackeys brought that big-ass ring ship that could get Thrawn and his people home. Unless Ezra phones his whale friends and gets them to knock that plan into a cocked hat.
Thrawn's fought Ezra, Sabine and the Rebels before. He respects their abilities. Some, he even admires. So unlike most asshat Imperial who underestimate their opponents, Thrawn respects Ezra and Sabine to tell Baylan to kill the shit of them to make damned sure they can't fuck up the "Go Home" plan.
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21 minutes ago, tv-talk said:
Nah, she wasnt thinking in that fashion at all. As Thrawn said, she simply put the fate of the entire galaxy below her desire to hopefully find her friend- who she didnt even know was actually alive. She watched Ahsoka die then just handed over the map and went willingly with the baddies because he mentioned Ezra. Isnt that exactly the type of decision that prevents someone from becoming a Jedi as Ahsoka seemed to be getting at earlier in the episode?
Absolutely. Especially the Old Republic Jedi, which Ahsoka was trained as. They were all about avoiding messy emotional attachments that could impair calm, logical thinking. What happened to them again? Oh yeah, wiped out except for a few scattered survivors.
16 minutes ago, Kel Varnsen said:Of course if trained Jedi were good at that then a lot more would have survived at the end of Revenge of the Sith.
They were that good at that. We've seen plenty of examples of them being that good at that. However, quantity is also a quality. Blocking/redirecting a clone trooper's blaster shot was trivial for a trained Jedi. Blocking/redirecting a thousand of them being fired at them all at once was a little different story.
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34 minutes ago, baldryanr said:
Ezra seems to be chilling pretty close to the main base - did Thrawn never feel the need to track him down? While he does seem the type to not let petty things like revenge drive him, he'll likely regret not capturing him when he had the chance.
Thrawn has always been the Erwin Rommel in an Empire of Herman Gorings. He can be (and often is) ruthless, but he's not cartoonishly evil. He treats his subordinates well and with respect. When he makes a promise he can usually be expected to keep it. If he has to conquer/pacify a planet and he can do it with either a full planetary invasion or by returning some lost idol to the planet's people, he'll do the latter. Thrawn is fine with just winning. His ego doesn't require others to lose as well.
Keeping Ezra prisoner might be satisfying in a vengeful way, but there's no really good reason to antagonize the person who might be able to call the whales back and get them all home. Thrawn is all about the cost-benefit analysis. Being "evil" is usually more costly than it's worth. That said, if your life is the cost of some benefit he wants, then yeah, you're shit out of luck.
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1 hour ago, revbfc said:
I want to know how those turtle people put on their shirts.
My best guess is that the shells have to be removable, but that baby also had a shell, so maybe those shirts are just aprons.
I’m also a little disappointed by the this other galaxy not looking too alien to the existing SW galaxy, but I’ll accept it. Even if I don’t buy the witches speaking Galactic Basic.
Presumably Thrawn doesn't speak Night Witch. What do you want from the galaxy? It's just a place in the Star Wars universe. Unless Cylons, Daleks or Vulcans start showing up, it's pretty much going to look like a Star Wars galaxy because it is one.
As for Thrawn being less intimidating, in the animated series he had the full power of the Galactic Empire behind with it's loads of replacement troops, repair yards other Star Destroyers, etc. Here's he's got the one ship and he's been stuck out there for probably a good decade or so.
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7 hours ago, DoctorAtomic said:
My point there was that if it was the Force Ghost Anakin, I'm doubtful he'd revist the Vader side so effortlessly to teach that particular lesson. He'd be all light side, and that's not what I'm getting from Ahoka. Everyone is calling her the 'gray jedi', and Baylan even said she's more like Anakin than she wants to be.
I was informed that the sweet move of Ahsoka disarming Anakin is the same move Anakin used to disarm Dooku.
It's not like we haven't seen Light-siders use "the Dark Side" to teach. Recall Yoda with Luke and the evil tree. It really doesn't matter who "Anakin" was, whether he was the real deal, Ahsoka's brain hallucinating while shutting down or one of Yoda's farts that achieved sentience.
What was the end result? The end result was Ahsoka getting back in the fight with renewed purpose. That seems like a pretty Anakin-style goal from what we've seen of him in Clone Wars.
7 hours ago, Kel Varnsen said:There is also Option 3, when the evil Jedi dude lowers his lightsaber you shoot him in the head.
Assuming he doesn't feel your intent to do that through the Force and react quickly enough to send your blaster bolt back to burn your own face off, sure.
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On 9/15/2023 at 3:25 PM, DoctorAtomic said:
I don't think that was "Force Ghost" Anakin. The only time we canonically see him is at the end of ROTJ when he was 'good' again. This vision of Anakin is both "Anakin" and "Darth Vader". Force Ghost Anakin left Vader behind, and I don't think at that point would be so tough with her.
It's not like we have "Force Ghost" powers manual or something. Maybe FG Anakin took up the mask of Vader to help his former apprentice beat down her demons and return to the fights in the living world stronger and more centered.
On 9/16/2023 at 12:43 PM, tv-talk said:The thing is, she should be dead unless that whole thing with Anakin happened for real. And the point seemed to be that she needs to fully embrace her warrior side.
On another note, as someone who hasn't watched Rebels, can't say I like Sabine at all! She watched Ahsoka die and then just turned the map over. Isn't that traitor-y?
Sabine had two basic options that she could reasonably attempt in that situation. Option one: (try to) destroy the map. Okay, maybe that works and they kill her. Or maybe that works and they don't kill her but instead combine the powers of two Force users (Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati) along with that of someone who's at least adjacent to that (Morgan Elspeth). The combined power then rips an image of the map from Sabine's living brain, probably leaving her a mindless sack of meat in so doing. Option one sucks IMHO.
Option two was doing what she did. Now, she's alive and with a functioning brain and mind. Baylan, by his word of honor, which he takes seriously, is obligated to protect her, which could sow dissension between him and Morgan. They're also taking her to Ezra, who might not have been at Ahsoka levels, but is still a capable force user. Plus, she cares about Ezra. He's her little brother from a non-Mando mother.
Sometimes you can't get the win have to try to save who you can.
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1 hour ago, paigow said:
The whales that transported Ezra wrapped their tentacles around the ship. So not sure why Ahsoka guessed / was instructed to enter the mouth. (Filoni flexing his CGI budget?)
The ship would have been sealed and pressurized against vacuum. Presumably (haven't seen the ep yet) Ahsoka was not sealed and pressurized against vacuum. She was instructed to enter the mouth so she wouldn't die.
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2 hours ago, Sakura12 said:
Ariana Greenblatt is sure getting around playing the younger version of Gamora and now the younger Ahsoka. As well as being in the Barbie movie.
This is also shows how great an actor Tennent is, because he's bringing so much to Huyang with just his voice.
Ezra took Thrawn with him when they hitched a ride with the space whales. So if Thrawn is alive it makes sense for them to believe Ezra is as well. However I think Ezra may have joined Thrawn. He was always very impressionable and trusting of the bad guys. He trusted Hondo a pirate and Maul.
Ahsoka was more zen and subdued in Rebels. So I see this as more of a progression from that. She fought and was almost killed by her former Master/brother. That had to mess her up even more. So this push in the between Worlds is what she needed. She was just surviving, not living.
I don't see Ezra straight up joining Thrawn. Thrawn was the dude who was trying to destroy the Rebels, who lead Ezra to Palpatine and Ezra took him away with space whales when Thrawn started a bombardment of the city.
That said, I could see Ezra and Thrawn joining forces against a clear, common enemy. Maybe the Star Wars version of Fred Saberhagen's Berzerkers (powerful machine intelligences dedicated to wiping out all organic life).
Honestly that would be a pretty decent way to move Ahsoka and the Rebels character "out of the way" of the eventual canon. Why weren't Hera, Ahsoka and Sabine helping out when the First Order first showed? Because they're busy helping Thrawn fight Super-Skynet.
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So... no Wes Chatham in this ep either? So, what I'm getting is that the final shot will be..
Ahsoka, addressing a bunch of Imperials: "Who can take us to Grand Admiral Thrawn?"
Chatham: "I am that guy."
End series.
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Forged In Fire - General Discussion
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Kelly, who made a falchion with an actual horse head pommel! Who noted in one of the championship episode (where she placed third out of five) that she'd gotten mad at her malfunctioning washing machine so she turned it into a knife.
Honestly you could tell that Willow's hog-splitter looked huge compared to the other guy's. Doug could probably tell that at a glance but he still wanted to test Willow's so he could split a hog. And he did. Twice.
I did like the hug at the end when J. denied that he was big but completely owned that he was scary.