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I feel like a lot of people didn't even know,
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but a new Star Wars movie just came out today.
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First one to hit the big screen in,
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I think it's seven years since the last one,
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I can't fully recall, but it's been a while.
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And it's Mandalorian and Grogu.
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I feel like there wasn't a ton of hype around it.
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I haven't seen a whole lot of buzz or a lot of people,
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you know, biting at their nails,
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scratching at their neck, waiting at their fix of Star Wars in the cinema.
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which if you had told me even just a decade ago
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that would ever be the case I'd call you crazy spit in your mouth
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and then slap your bottom
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and tell you you filthy animal get out get out of here you're you're crazy
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but here we are a lot of people are really tuned
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out of Star Wars uh myself included The Mandalorian I never
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even finished season three I just slowly lost interest in it and never finish the series.
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Andor, I can't stop glazing.
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I'm constantly just fucking gobbling the goodness that Andor has served up in preaching the gospel,
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but Star Wars just hasn't had a whole lot of oomph to it in a while,
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so I guess Mandalorian
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and Grogu has just been one of those things where people just didn't even really keep tabs on it.
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I guess we'll see how it performs in the box office though.
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Anyway, I just saw it and it's all right.
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I didn't dislike it as much as a lot of other people seem to.
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It is truly a simple adventure that you can't think hard about because if you do,
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a lot of it falls apart.
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And really the biggest thing about it is it doesn't feel like I watched a movie.
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It feels like I watched maybe four episodes of a Mandalorian season
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that were squashed together without being broken up over the course of four weeks.
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I just don't feel like this justified its existence as a movie.
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It feels like a tiny little arc that would have unfolded episodically.
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So take for that what you will.
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Maybe that's exactly what you want,
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but for me, I would want like something that feels like a spectacle.
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Something that feels like it justifies its existence in this medium as opposed to just being part of the TV show.
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And maybe that was like a strategic decision
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because they knew there'd be a lot more like hype around
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it as opposed to just being like part of season four of The Mandalorian or something.
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I don't really know.
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But it really does feel that way where it's just a handful of episodes.
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Something I want to make a mention of,
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I saw this film in something called Screen X,
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which I'd never heard of in my life,
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but it was just the most convenient time for the film,
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and it happened to be Screen X.
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It was fucking expensive.
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Holy Toledo.
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Movie tickets are already pricey,
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but seeing it in Screen X, wow.
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And the experience was cool, I guess.
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So what it was, was you have like a big screen,
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normal big theater screen,
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but the walls outside of the theater screen like around the auditorium are also a screen too
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so it's supposed to be more immersive
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so what you're seeing on screen also expands out onto the sides
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but in a way where it feels like like in VR
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right where like in VR out of your peripheral vision you
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can see more of the scene playing out in front of
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you that's what it was like in ScreenX where like there
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was more happening on the sides nothing important obviously all of that's still on the main screen but like you could see,
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you know, more of the landscape,
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more of like the characters idly on the side,
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like doing stuff or working.
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Like it was interesting.
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Would I ever pay that much again to go see something in Screen X?
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Probably not, but I do think it was a pretty,
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I don't know, fun novelty, I suppose.
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It did help elevate a couple of things.
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Anyway though, let's dive into a bit of the spaghetti meatballs here.
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There's going to be spoilers, spoiler warning.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu follows an adventure where Mandalorian is just a fucking one-man army
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and he's taking scalp and he's working with the good guys now.
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Sigourney Weaver's in here, but I don't even know if she knew she was in the movie.
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It really feels like she didn't try at all,
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especially at the end where she's like the hero saving the day.
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She delivers her lines like she's falling asleep and is actually annoyed to even be a part of the production.
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I don't know why they wouldn't just ask her to like maybe put a little more gusto in there,
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but it seemed like she didn't want to be there at all.
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Everyone else seemed to be having a good time and,
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like, trying, but for some reason, she seemed miserable.
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I just wanted to make a mention of that.
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But anyway, Mando's now working with the good guys.
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Of course, him and Grogu are a tag team.
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They also have their pilot,
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their right-hand man, and they go out there and beat the bad guys.
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They're shooting and shitting, and,
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you know, it's fun, actually.
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I like the action.
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There's a lot of action here, and it's good.
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they get a new mission they got a new target they've got something
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that they have to do with the twins the huts they are big crime syndicate they contact the good guys
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and in exchange for some information on a big ex-imperial figure
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they agree to have mando temporarily like work with them the Hutts,
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to get Rod of the Hut,
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their nephew, the twins' nephew.
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So that leads us to the meat and potatoes of this,
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where he goes to this new world and finds Rod of the Hut,
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and he's yoked, this guy's fucking juiced to the gills,
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and he's fighting in the pits,
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and Mando has to try and rescue him,
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but he doesn't want to be rescued.
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Turns out he doesn't want to be anything like his father.
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The fact that he reminds you of,
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like, fucking four times throughout the film,
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He's like, I don't want to be like Dad.
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I know I'm the son of Jabba the Hutt, but I hate that.
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And I hate him, and I'm not like him.
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I like when they cheer for me.
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Did you know they cheer for me?
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I like when they cheer for me.
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I like when they cheer for me, Mando.
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So no, I don't need rescuing.
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Ultimately, he needs rescuing.
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He is under contract with the target that the Hutts were going to tell the good guys about,
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but Mando ends up getting that information anyway.
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so then he gets the the target brings him back
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and this ends up with like the huts believing they've been betrayed by him
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so then they hunt down mando getting a bounty hunter on
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his ass who outplays him fucking checkmates him separates him from
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grogu also captures rod of the hut he is being tortured
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and i'm sure i don't need to recap everything
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that happens you could probably piece together the the breadcrumbs here
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on where it where it goes there's there's no big surprises here
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or anything now the thing is
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when you start like actually thinking about what's unfolding it's pretty
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fucking nonsensical also Mando gets knocked out like he goes unconscious
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I think five times unironically I think it's five times once with gas
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when he was trying to save Rada
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and Rada's like I don't want to be saved you're not listening so then gas comes out knocks him out
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once
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when he gets electrocuted by uh the bounty hunter the first
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time outside of his outside of his house after he has
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uh grogu as well as like some some like babu fink characters i don't know what the what those aliens are called,
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but they're, like, basically this movie's equivalent to the fucking minions.
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They just have, like, high-pitched voices going,
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like, we gotta go this way,
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then we go that way,
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then we go that way, that kind of stuff.
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So he got knocked out there when the bounty hunter got him there.
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He then woke up on the ship to have a couple of words with the bounty hunter,
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got knocked out again,
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and then he got knocked out one more time after being poisoned by the creature under the hut's lair
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when they captured him.
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But I also think there was one more that I'm forgetting.
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So he spends a good chunk of this movie unconscious,
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which is, you know, makes me question,
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is he really the most,
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like, elite bounty hunter there is?
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You know what I mean?
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He keeps falling for it over and over again.
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It's like, they keep getting him with the pull my finger gag.
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Also, I just looked it up.
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Babu Frick.
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They're Anzelins or something like that.
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Sorry I butchered the name,
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but it's hard to remember every new glup shito that's been been hitting the Disney Star Wars circuit.
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But yeah, they get into the Megamix here because he was,
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you know, consulting them, commissioning them to fix his ship.
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Anyway, not important.
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Point is, when you start like actually looking at the scenes and thinking about them,
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it completely falls apart.
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For example, Grogu has the Force,
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and there are so many times where him using the force would have been unbelievably helpful
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but he just doesn't he uses it to like get some food sometimes
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and at the end of the movie he gets it to like pick up rada at a very important moment
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so that was a good time to use the force
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but you also then have to ask yourself well why didn't he do
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that numerous other times
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when it really would have fucking put the kibosh on some
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problems they were experiencing another thing the twins the huts they're fucking idiots
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and they're not like meant to be idiots they're supposed to be like scary intimidating bad guys
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but like when they have the mandalorian
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when they have mando captured they drop them into this pit
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with like a bunch of the aqua soldier aliens one thing
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i will be giving a big compliment to the two though
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is the amount of aliens you see i think that's really hype i always like seeing star wars
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when it's just throwing a bunch of cool new aliens at you
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or like bringing aliens from way back in the day into the fold again.
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I think that's cool.
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It reminds you that it's more than just the same shit we've seen a million times.
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I like that.
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So that's actually a compliment I give it.
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These alien swimming guys that have spears, that was cool.
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They're space Atlanteans or whatever.
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Mando starts disposing of them.
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Then there's a giant dragon that pops out,
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this huge leviathan sea snake.
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And for some reason, the Hutts let Mando keep all of his armor on, basically impervious armor.
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They let him keep that for some reason.
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I don't know why they're letting him stay with his full fucking loadout.
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They take his helmet off,
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which is of course a big no-no.
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That's a disgrace to Mandalorians.
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And then when he's dropped into the pit,
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he doesn't have his helmet.
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But then they give him his helmet.
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They just say, here's your reward because you entertained us.
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You made us go ha-ha.
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So they drop his helmet in there,
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which obviously gives him the edge.
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It helps get him back on his feet and be able to fight this monster.
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Why did they do that?
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They even made a point of saying how priceless
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that helmet is on the black market
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and presumably his armor too why let him keep
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that why keep doing that and it's not like they're honorable
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or something like that's never been something expressed like it just made no sense the reason is
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because this is the mandalorian he's gotta have his armor he's gotta have his helmet
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so they just lazily have them do that inexplicably.
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And then Grogu and the Anzalans,
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they somehow were able to find Mando at the twins' lair.
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Convenient that they found him there
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and then they blew it up like blew up the the the pipe there
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so that way Mando could escape but he did get hit by the Leviathan
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which poisoned him which was killing him and then he passes out
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and Grogu then goes on his own solo adventure where now
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he has to fend for himself without Mando being there which was kind of cool to see
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And another thing I really like is the puppetry.
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I like that it's not just CGI.
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I said that from the very beginning with Baby Yoda.
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I think that's very cool.
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And they do have that as well with the mechanics,
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the Anzolans that travel with them and became a pretty important piece of this film.
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They look cool.
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now when grogu's doing his own thing he heals well he closes up mando's wound with the force
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which i don't again i didn't i didn't finish season three i don't know
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when grogu got force healing maybe it was in seasons one
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and two and i forgot at some point i i really don't know
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but it doesn't instantly save him it doesn't just revive him give him the fucking chug jug or anything,
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which is good.
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But how he does revive him is in this desolate area,
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devoid of life, he happens across an alien catfish guy who's fishing.
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And so Grogu starts stealing his fish.
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And then the catfish guy decides to,
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for some reason, like put his ass on the line,
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protecting the little guy.
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So the bounty hunter ends up at this guy's house asking about the Mandalorian and exposition dropping,
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just fucking lore dumping everything about what's been going on.
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So now this catfish alien has the whole scoop and he's like,
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so he got bit by that Leviathan dragon snake thing.
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Yeah.
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That's poison.
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You know, he's probably going to die from it,
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but here, I'm going to whip him up the antidote real quick.
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Now you give them this,
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it might be too late,
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but we got to try, right?
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So this guy in the middle of nowhere just happens to also have the antidote
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and all of the supplies needed to make it on hand
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gives it to grogu again a creature he has no knowledge of it all no reason to help
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or anything and then he goes and gives it to mando
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which saves him like there's plenty of things like
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that where it's just so extraordinarily convenient
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and nonsensical how we're going from point a to point b
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which i can suspend disbelief fun because this really feels like a film
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that was just meant to be like fun and nothing else.
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And I think if that's the goal, it did succeed.
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I was entertained, but there's nothing about this film that convinced me it's more than just a few episodes stitched together.
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I don't know.
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I didn't hate it.
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It was fine.
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If you're willing to just go in there and not think
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and just have some fun watching Mando and Grogu and a couple of pals beat up some aliens,
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beat up some bad guys,
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shoot some guys, and that's really it.
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But I imagine a lot of people,
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especially like with the current state of Star Wars,
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were probably hoping for something with a bit more substance because it has fallen out of like the cultural impact.
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Again, this is a new Star Wars film that I think a lot of people didn't even know was on the horizon.
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So I don't think Mando and Grogu is the one to really like bust it wide open again,
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like Star Wars is back,
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baby, or anything like that.
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That to me was Andor.
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Andor, I think, is the best Star Wars thing we've gotten in a long,
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long, long, long time.
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It is an incredible show.
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This is just fine if you've got a couple hours,
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you don't mind, you know,
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sitting there and watching some action and eating popcorn and going into a bit of autopilot mode for it.
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That's really about it.
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See ya.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Is New Star Wars Movie Any Good”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: mando, grogu, mandalorian, screen. Deze video bevat 282 zinnen en 2803 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 15:11. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 185 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| mandatory bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmæn.dəˌtɔɹ.i/ | verplicht, nodig |
| helmet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | helm |
| armor zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɑːɹ.mɚ/ | pantser, harnas |
| catfish zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkætfɪʃ/ | meerval |
| leviathan zelfstandig naamwoord | /ləˈvaɪəθ(ə)n/ | leviathan |
| hut zelfstandig naamwoord | /hʌt/ | hut |
| hype zelfstandig naamwoord | /haɪp/ | hype |
| poison zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | gif, vergif |
| convenient bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /kənˈviː.niənt/ | geschikt, gemakkelijk |
| antidote zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/ | tegengif |
| nonsensical bijvoeglijk naamwoord | betekenisloos, zinloos | |
| unfold werkwoord | /ʌnˈfoʊld/ | openvouwen, uitspreiden |
| spoiler zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈspɔɪ.lɚ/ | spoiler |
| revive werkwoord | /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/ | herleven |
| entertain werkwoord | /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/ | vermaken, amuseren |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come out werkwoord | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | uitkomen |
| fall apart werkwoord | uiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallen | |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| go out werkwoord | naar buiten gaan | |
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen | |
| turn out werkwoord | uitvallen, resulteren |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- I can't fully recall, but it's been a while.
- Andor, I can't stop glazing.
- Anyway, I just saw it and it's all right.
- Did you know they cheer for me?
- You know what I mean?
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | it's been · haven't seen · has served |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | are really tuned · were squashed · be rescued |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | him which was · there which was |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 74 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, didn't, they're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: leviathan /ləˈvaɪəθ(ə)n/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: catfish /ˈkætfɪʃ/, unconscious /ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/, exposition /ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/, squash /skwɔʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: mandatory /ˈmæn.dəˌtɔɹ.i/, autopilot /ˈɔtoʊˌpaɪlət/, electrocute /ɪˈlɛktɹəkjuːt/, impervious /ɪmˈpɝ.vi.əs/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: unfold /ʌnˈfoʊld/, revive /ɹɪˈvaɪ̯v/, oppose /əˈpoʊz/, devoid /dɪˈvɔɪd/, immersive /ɪˈmɜːɹ.sɪv/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: mandatory /ˈmæn.dəˌtɔɹ.i/, catfish /ˈkætfɪʃ/, antidote /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/, mechanic /mɪˈkænɪk/, tab /tæb/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gill /ɡɪl/, disgrace /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/, gospel /ˈɡɑspəl/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als mandatory, helmet, armor.
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