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  1. Mog
    Marvel really needs to hire the folks that did Agents of SHIELD and Netflix Daredevil. Those two crews knew how to do TV shows and create compelling characters.
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    My kids watched it, and sometimes mocked it. They’re at that older kid/teen stage. So, not sure how to classify a continuation of a cartoon that’s over 20 years old. Sadly, I think I stand by my original position: it’s a middling show that can have some really good stand-out moments but hampered by too much silly drama, cheesy bits, and/or dumbing down and condensing original comic book stories. You know it’s bad when I have to put on my comic book nerd hat to explain everything to my kiddos (like what exactly happened to Logan and what his powers are).
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    And what the hell
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    So, the finale didn’t reach the heights of the Genosha attack ep. Some nice moments (like Scott’s words to Logan and Cable’s convo). But kinda mid for an ending.
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    Burn ‘em all:
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    I’m sure he’s been wanting to say that for a long while. Mine was See, each of those bits made sense, given everything that’s happened and was shown this season and in previous ones.
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    So, half the story seemed to be dumb set-up for that “shocker” ending. Anyone who’s somewhat familiar with the comic book stories won’t be too surprised. But again, it doesn’t exactly make sense from this show’s perspective. I don’t know; cooler heads should have prevailed.
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    You also have to remember two things: 1). Bandai first showed this prototype way back in 2019. 2). You have some very passionate fans of the YF-21. We have some very strong opinions when it comes to the bastard love child. And Bandai’s hubris with some design choices does get folks “talking” (ranting bloody hell murder for some of us! 😅).
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    Key point that needs to be made is that Dooku and Ahsoka's stories were enhanced by what was portrayed in Tales of the Jedi. You see why Dooku became disillusioned with both the Republic and the Order. And it adds some depth to his character and his story. You see exactly why Ahsoka was able to survive the initial Order 66 attack, adds a touching master-apprentice moment with Anakin, and adds a silly (yet sad) Easter egg moment with one of the clones. We also get to see how she went from a broken, mourning state at the end of Clone Wars to the person willing to get back into the fight in Rebels. With Tales of the Empire, they're okay stand-alone stories, but they never reach that next level. I see what they were trying to do with the stories, but I wish they had focused on other more interesting aspects and relationships/interactions for Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee.
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    I knew I heard Bastion’s voice from somewhere else! He’s the same voice actor for Hector from Netflix Castlevania. Clearly, the X-Men need to rethink their strategy and find a gothic, loli honeypot to take him down. 😉
  11. Mog
    You would think All these franchises need a “Remover of Stupid” to go over these scripts and plots.
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    One of my absolute faves from the LOTR trilogy. Rest easy, redeemed king.
  13. Mog
    A real Rebels pilot squadron show (with Paul Sun-Hyung Lee FINALLY saying, “Okay, see you!”). A droid squad series (like I’ve jokingly mentioned way back on another Star Wars thread). An actual underworld series where the main character is allowed to do “bad” things (though Andor kinda dances on the fringes of that idea). A comedy show with some stormtroopers (think that silly bit with the two biker scouts that had to hold onto Grogu). I think the main key for any new series is to step away from the Force for a LONG while. I still want to see what happens with the characters from Ahsoka and that time period. But that’s it. Also, would it kill Disney and Hasbro to coordinate so we don’t have to wait so damn long to get figures in the 3.75” scale?
  14. Mog
    Head-canon’ing is TIGHT!
  15. Mog
    Looks like I found a pic of one of my old desk set-ups (back when my kiddos were still babies): Eagle-eyed observers can see nine GI Joes figures that used to take up a significant chunk of desk real estate. And if you look really hard, you’ll find the old o-ring figures of Version 2 Snake Eyes and Version 2 Storm Shadow.
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    ^^Or for about half that $380 price, you could get a far superior Legioss or Ride Armor (assuming the USD to Yen exchange rate is still low)!
  17. Mog
    Well, how many fetch-quests were there in those first two seasons of Mando? Think we won't hear the groans if a fetch-quest (or two or four) pops up in Season 4? It was something fresh and new those first two seasons. But now we're starting to see the patterns and the proverbial seams. So with The Acolyte, is there supposed to be some sort of new Phantom Menace that puts the Jedi on their heels? (pun definitely intended) The fatigue isn't just for viewers that have all this content to compare the new stuff to. It's also the writers and creatives: they gotta bring their A game, because they can't spam their usual tropes or story beats and because we know what absolute, stand-out Star Wars can look like.
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    ^^Well, the first three eps focus on Morgan Elsbeth, the beskar spear wielding lady in Mandalorian and one of the antagonists in Ahsoka (who has a few kickass fight scenes in the finale). They try to give her some backstory, but the only interesting bits were her interactions with the Empire's military brass. Kinda wish they had flesh out a few other things about the character, rather than some of the stuff we saw on-screen. Other than a quick fight with Greivous, not much saber-wielding in those first three eps. . . . Can't say the same for the last three eps though.
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    If they do go back to the Old Republic era, I'd be worried about which characters they could screw up. The fatigue is real. And the stories just aren't hitting with the same "oomph" as before. Bad Batch ended adequately. And Tales of the Empire was pretty underwhelming. They need to take time to marinade the stories a little more. Honestly, they're getting dangerously close to the point where Star Trek was around the time Voyager and Enterprise were airing. A lot of content is already out there, and the new stuff is either not taking enough risks or seems like rehashes/repeats of older, better told stories.
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    ^^Nice work there, @pengbuzz. Figure to change the thread a bit and show off an "old" boat: So many cool vehicles from this line!
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    Was expecting more from Tales of the Empire, but kinda underwhelmed. I guess Dooku and Ahsoka just made more compelling characters and stories, compared to Morgan and Barriss. I like Morgan’s character (and I enjoyed her whuppin’ a certain punk-ass character here), but it all felt very by-the-numbers. Looking back at it, Barriss’ story was interesting but didn’t have that much emotional punch.
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    Strike A Pose! revisted...

    Mog replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    Nah, I’ve had my fair share of hard to pose figures over the years. But the old YF-21? It was relatively easy to pose her. Helps that she can hold a solid wide A stance as a starting base. Never had issues with either bird falling from that shelf. Semi-related: I wound up adjusting my M&M Detolf cube. Age and the interconnected dancing pose I got the 1/48’s in has weakened a few of the joints. Still got the pose to work, but had to add a bit of crazy glue to tighten Milia’s hip a bit. And all because they didn’t appear to be looking eye to eye with one another.
  23. Mog
    The original squadron: . . . And the later updated squadron:
  24. Mog

    Strike A Pose! revisted...

    Mog replied to dapro's topic in Toys

    My old setup, back when I'd just add more shelves to display my stuff:
  25. Mog
    Looks like you have to click ‘em to view ‘em on the board? 🤷‍♂️
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