Have the streaming series bombed or something that I missed? The Mandalorian has been quite popular among people I know, and everyone is looking forward to Obi Wan.
The Mandalorian was a mediocre show at best, Boba Fett completely ignored what the character should be, and half of it was Mandalorian season 2.5, Obi Wan is even worse according to reviews.
I was never a hardcore Star Wars fan, it always seemed like a children's story to me. But it worked, however almost everything that Disney did with Star Wars after buying it was a farce. But I'm not hurt by it since I was never invested in it, I'm just laughing at it.So you don't like Disney because your parents didn't take you there as a kid?
From what I've heard I have no intention of watching it, even if it is as "good" as the Mandalorian it would be a waste of my time. I want to watch good things, not mediocre things.
Yeah, a one minute gimmick at the end won't uplift what was before that. Even with 20 minute episodes the Mandalorian often felt like a drag, with barely anything happening. I'm not saying it's all bad, there were a few good episodes, but overall, yeah I rate the show as mediocre. Which don't get me wrong is still magnitudes better than the movies Disney released, except for Rougue One, which I'd say is on par with Mando.
Well if you've been reading mainstream reviews that are bought and paid for of course that is what you get. You should listen to what actual star wars fans who are / were invested in it has to say about Obi Wan.
So by your estimation... and I'm not saying your wrong. Every reviewer that has a platform is bought and paid for and only those that complain are right that don't have a publicized voice?
Well, rather than reading people bitching for everything and anything, I'd rather watch it myself and decide.
Thanks to youtube and other similar platforms now everyone can have a platform. They kind of have their panties in a bunch in the mainstream, because they think they should be the only ones to have a voice.
That's a really terrible analogy, hardware reviews have little room for subjectivity. The most they can go wrong is in testing methodology.
Actually I think you have the narrow sample if all you care about is what the mainstream consensus is. I give credence to the opinions of people who have a good track record, and even they have bad takes sometimes, nobody is perfect, but they are a hell of a lot better than the mainstream entertainment reviewers. And that goes for games, TV and movies. Often even when I do agree with them on something being good, they still praise the thing for the wrong reasons.
And that is what I do too, when I'm convinced that something is worth watching / playing. But that is not the case for Obi-Wan.
Yeah, any old rando, that's exactly what I said.
This is just my observation and not directing this towards you. These are the same "fans" that complain about everything. I grew up watching the original trilogy and I call myself a real fan, and none of those movies were perfect, but were enjoyable nonetheless. Could you imagine if the original trilogy were released in the day and age of social media? People would probably tear them apart. Somewhere along the line people forgot how to enjoy things for what they are and not read into every little issue with some thing (not just talking movies here). Unfortunately this is the society we live in now.
I think you are wrong that the original triology would be hated by everyone now. Some people might hate it, but the likely candidates for that are the exact people who are praising disney era star wars and marvel.
Sorry to use you as a negative example, but this tells me nothing. Why is it pretty good? What did you find appealing in it? There could be a million people saying it is good, it will still be less convincing, than one single specific negative element.
Never said it would be hated by everyone, just stating a lot of people would pick it apart. We are all allowed to have our own views on subjects which is a good thing. Again I wasn't directing anything at you personally. I also liked Kenobi for what it is and it was enjoyable, but not perfect.
I don't understand this mindset that if we enjoy a movie we can't point out anything that it gets wrong.
Nothing wrong with pointed things out that may be incorrect or not to our liking. We just have to remember it's fiction. It's kind of like in comics where they bring back a character who died that is so far fetched it's ridiculous, but we kept reading anyway.