The Mandalorian S3:3-4 - Full Reaction

Did this and Boba's season finale get reacted to? Is EP 8 available? Both have satisfying finales. Episodes that Casey would feel good with. Very odd if she has not.

Gideon James

Ladies and gentlemen, notice how Jason has an almost pathological inability to admit he is wrong. He made a murky statement calling Andor a flop and then followed up with a more firm stance that it was a flop re: viewership. Notice how every article he and I have posted say no such thing. Notice how he tries to make it seem like my bias is coloring my judgement when I have not stated either way my feelings for the show. Notice how he displays his intellectual dishonesty by trying to re-frame the argument by speaking on Andors quality and reception instead of sticking to the actual point. The point being that Andor is not a flop as the very definition of the word is: Total failure. This world in general, and Star Wars fandom in particular would be a much better place if people could simply admit when they are wrong. I do not do this to shame Jason specifically, merely to use this dialogue as an example of how we can do better in our discourse with each other. Online, we only have the words to go by. We do not have tone of voice or body language, the 2 biggest contributors to human communication. As such, we must choose our words carefully to assure effective communication. I am by no means a perfect person without ego or bias, but I do try and be honest as much as possible and will certainly correct any factual mistakes I make as soon as I am aware of them. I apologize for using this venue as somewhat of a soapbox, I hope you all - inclusing Jason - have a wonderful day.

Jedi Psy

yes i’ve heard i need to give it a few more episodes. i’m not hating it at all, just waiting for the bigger picture! that is really cool that that was Jar Jar

Cassie

both ways!! 3:10 to yuma has been suggested a bunch on comments, it’s on my short list. maybe we need another western poll

Cassie

Are these articles wrong? https://time.com/6234534/andor-best-star-wars-show/ https://lrmonline.com/news/andor-may-be-a-critical-hit-but-viewership-figures-are-poor-sadly/ https://movieweb.com/andor-star-wars-show/ https://fandomwire.com/i-thought-the-show-would-have-this-gigantic-instantaneous-audience-everywhere-andor-creator-tony-gilroy-disappointed-with-shows-low-popularity-despite-critical-ac/ No one is saying the show is not good. No one is saying the show was not well received. All I am saying is that when the show came out, it premiered 6 out of 10 and then slowly dropped out of the ratings top ten and was not a top ten show at the end of the year, not even in the top twenty. That's the reality.

Jason Dolan

Hi Jason, I am not sure why you are persisting in your flop narrative. All the available data proves otherwise. You can say it under-perfomed in comparison or did less than expected but by all measurements, a flop it was not. These sorts of narratives in spite of the actual data does not paint us Star Wars fans in good light. This weird sect of people like yourself that dig in on a falsehood rather than accept reality is unsettling to say the least. You say you are happy to debate it but I do not debate with people who ignore reality. This is merely for the spectators to see that regardless of what I thought of Andor, the facts speak for themselves. Flops do not get rave reviews from both critics and audience members, top 10 ratings, tens of millions of unique views as well as renewed for second seasons. These are the facts.

Jedi Psy

Hi Jason, thank you for the link - sadly for you, it does not back up your argument that Andor flopped in the ratings. The article itself says that Andor is a Top 10 show. Try again, or just abandon this weird crusade that many "fans" have taken up that doesn't help anyone by peddling lies and half-truths in an effort to paint an obviously biased narrative.

Jedi Psy

My favorite movie is Grease 2.. and I don't care what anybody says or if they like it or not; I like it. Lol That's how I treat SW

Doc Savage

Down a quarter of the audience from S2's opener is flopping but nice try at spinning. It's bad.

warcrimes

Hmmm, interesting. Do you have some articles or data to back this up? A quick Google search paints a different picture than the one you are espousing. This article https://medium.com/@plumresearch/star-wars-andor-viewership-in-the-us-and-uk-ac429a6b2763 puts in in the top 20 with its peak at #1. Overall, 22 Million unique viewers! Certainly nothing to scoff at and far from a "flop". This article here https://thedirect.com/article/disney-plus-tv-shows-most-popular has Andor at the number 4 spot overall on Disney plus, beaten only by Simpsons, Mandalorian and The Owl House. Care to share anything that would back up your claims?

Jedi Psy

This movie will end up being one of Cassies favorites I think.

nick bell

I think he meant the viewership. All those are critics ratings and maybe an audience score. But actual viewership went down with every episode.

David Freese

Hi Jason, am curious how you have come to the conclusion that Andor flopped in the ratings. RT has it at 96%, IMDB at 8.4/10 and Common Sense Media at 4/5.

Jedi Psy

The first two seasons were massive. This season has been reported to have dropped off. However, the “reports” come from 3rd party media companies that are not as scientific as Nielsen. Some of them conflict as well so only Disney really knows.

Will C

I believe the first 2 seasons were on Fridays as well. Don’t see the logic in a 12am PST Wednesday drop. Also, this season is less episodic than the last 2 so they might have benefited from dropping 2 at a time.

Will C

Being a top 10 show is not flopping in the ratings, no matter how much you capitalize boring internet talking points. https://web.archive.org/web/20221021213654/https://www.nielsen.com/top-ten/

aarswft

I guarantee you they did not.

aarswft

Jason Dolan

Did you know Ahmed Best also played Kelleran Beq in the web series/kid’s game show Jedi Temple Challenge? He hosts and acts as a mentor to the child contestant “padawans” as they compete in mental and physical challenges. So a fitting mentor to young Grogu.

Ian from wine country

Just like the MCU shows it's become fashionable to bash every Star Wars show Disney+ puts out. I'm not saying everything they put out (Star Wars and MCU) has been great, but none of them really deserve the vitriol that many "fans" dump on them. In fact, imo, most range from average to good, with a few great ones here and there. But I'm just not seeing all the "awfulness" that people keep saying is there and I'm generally hard to please, so I can only assume some other factor must be making people dislike these shows. As for this season of The Mandalorian, I'm enjoying it more with every episode.

Richard Maurer

"Should I know him?" The actor playing the Jedi that rescues Grogu from Order 66 is none other than Ahmed Best. You know him as Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars Episodes 1,2 and 3. Excited for Episode 5 onward since IMO, Episode 5 is where this season really picks up and gets interesting. I feel like up until this point the show has mostly been reestablishing itself, since its next major story beat after Season 2 got spent on rescuing Book of Boba Fett from itself. But after Episode 5, it seems like we finally have a good solid direction to go in and it has me excited to see how it plays out.

KTVindicare

I’m glad your YouTube channel is going well Cassie. That way, I don’t have to worry about you making a living catching popcorn in your mouth! 😂 JK Still a little unsure about this season. I feel like they’re setting up all the pieces for something bigger. But I can’t really see what that is at the moment.

Robert da Spruce

Besides Open Range, I think Cassie would really enjoy The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) with John Wayne and James Stewart and also Vera Miles, who played the sister in Psycho. She would like McClintok also, the movie that reunited the stars from The Quiet Man.

Mike LL

I think the watch of Open Range is going to happen and I just hope is sooner rather than later.

Mike LL

I am NOT in love with this show. That being said, I thought the scenes on Coruscant were absolutely spectacular movie level special effects and worth the price of admission. As someone who watched the entire Clone Wars series, the gratification seeing Bo Katan and her assimilation into this Mandalorian society is very high. All this is alone is worth the watch of these episodes. I don't see how one could objectively say this is a bad show.

Mike LL

At some point I sure do wish you would consider the John Wayne/Maureen O'Hara western comedy "McLintock". I know as sure as I know my own name that you would enjoy it.

Ragnar Miersch

One Western I think you'd love is Quigley Down Under. Such an iconic movie with a great appearance from Alan Rickman and Tom Selleck.

Armchair Wizard

both very good recommendations

Jon Freezin-Rain

The original 3:10 TO YUMA first, though. It would be good to give a bit context for the remake. I actually like the original much better.

Ben Livingstone

I’ll second both. But I don’t think Cassie gets her movies this way. I think there is some other site you’re supposed to use and then request counts are tallied……and then polls formed. As if I’m going through all that….not. I value my time.

Steve Barrett

I second this recommendation.

Barry

Kelleran Bec(The Jedi that saved Grogu) was played by the actor who played Jar Jar Binks! So you SORT OF did know him. He had a large backlash in Hollywood from people who didn't like his performance which gave him depression and thoughts of suidide in the past. Happily Jon Favreau and Dave Filioni cast him as the savior of Grogu! He did such a good job. As both Jar Jar and Kelleran in my opinion. He is also a character in a Star Wars game show type for show Jedi Younglings. A few Westerns I recommend are the remake of "310 to Yuma" with Christian Bale(Batman Begins), Russell Crow(A Beautiful Mind, Gladiator), and "Appaloosa" with Ed Harris(Top Gun Maverik, maybe some other films Cassie watched) and Viggo Mortenzen (Lord of the Rings).

YodatheHobbit

Mandalore has been vacant of Mandalorians for a long while, and it's obviously been the goal of this season to return at least a small portion of the population there. It's taking much longer to accomplish that goal than 5 mins, it took longer than 5 mins to save Ragnar, it took longer than 5 mins for Bo to save Din from the cave on Mandalore. I have no clue what examples you're thinking of which are solved in 5 mins, but it really helps an argument to HAVE them. And no, this isn't a place to discuss opinions about media to that much of a degree, this is a place to discuss the reaction content of a show not only should we all LOVE enough to watch multiple times, but love enough to pay to watch other people watch on Patreon. Who pays for reaction content to shows they don't' like!?! Who WATCHES shows again they don't like? That's nuts.

YodatheHobbit

The show is fantastic. Sounds like you're just playing into the tired cliché of a show magically getting worse the longer it lasts, the more interesting and larger in scope it becomes. It's continuing MANY Star Wars thread us fans have been ACHING for returning to from other shows. Mando's just a show of a larger universe of Star Wars storytelling telling a big picture.

YodatheHobbit

another great Western. I'd add Silverado to the list - also with Kevin Costner.

Walter

Haha!! All good my friend

nick bell

Lol I took a look, I stand corrected

Will C

If Cassie is in the mood to watch another western with carly I highly recommend the movie Open Range with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall very great film I'm sure they would love it

Wyatt Nuxoll

Some good ones are Goodfellas, Full Metal Jacket....spicy conversations...if they haven't been deleted. Lol

nick bell

I’ll have to independently verify that Nick. Lol…jk i believe it.

Will C

I get your point. I love Star Wars. Not a hater. But if you go back to tons of threads here you will see plenty of people dunking on plenty of movies. Some pretty bad at times. This isn't just Star Wars. And I thought my comment was kind of mild.

nick bell

More often than not unfortunately, I agree. The point I was trying to make is only that, if you look at comments on literally any non-Star wars reaction video here, there’s no dunking, deserved or not. There just isn’t. But when a Star Wars vid comes up, so do the pitchforks. I don’t think it’s the venue for it, but that’s just my opinion. Everyone is entitled to express theirs.

Will C

Seems like Star Wars wants to be dunked on. They almost beg for it. And they deserve it.

nick bell

And an opportunity to dunk on Star Wars.

Will C

Totally agree. It's written like it's an after school show from 1995. The VFX budget just happens to be large enough to mask that for most people. This show isn't "slow" because its fleshing out the storyline. It;s slow because it meanders and has zero emotional stakes. They introduce a problem and solve it within 5 minutes. Why mention it sucks on a reaction video? Because this is a place to discuss opinions about media.

Myles Away

Andor was very well done. I enjoyed it.

nick bell

Right...because people only comment about things they don't love in Star wars threads. Lol

nick bell

I disagree but that's okay. I think season 2 is far better than season 1 (including the Boba Fett episodes) It just consistently became better. Season 3 has been slower but I appreciate a show that takes its time to flesh out the plot. Then again I liked Andor and is beginning to watch Clone Wars, so perhaps I'm getting too deep down the rabbit hole.

KMJ

I’m sure its not an unpopular opinion on Twitter. Not sure why it needs to be voiced on a thread for the reaction video, but, any opportunity to bash Star Wars must be taken I suppose.

Will C

Unpopular opinion? The show is not that good. Season one was ok. Season two was less so and now Season three seems way less so. It's just not good.

nick bell

Cassie is craving a western vibe! Bring on the western movies everybody and we'll fix that tout suite!

Pickupthepieces76

It probably doesn't feel like a western because Mando just finished fighting through a cordyceps apocalypse , so this is just a walk in the park ....... hahaha lmao haha ok I'm done ... 😂

Wyatt Nuxoll