Topic: Star Wars The Bad Batch

[DarthHawk]

I'm not even watching the trailers. That's how little interest I have in this upcoming season. However,
I will watch it. I'm not a fairweather fan plus it should give me something to gripe, whine, moan, groan and complain about other than present day politicians.

[Tamer]

LOL. Good points Ron. I need to try and get caught up on Andor.

[RC-1136]

I'm not even watching the trailers. That's how little interest I have in this upcoming season. However,
I will watch it. I'm not a fairweather fan plus it should give me something to gripe, whine, moan, groan and complain about other than present day politicians.

GOTTA find out what happens to Commander Cody.

[Tamer]

After Andor I am really hoping this can get me into March when the Mandalorian starts back up.

I am even not gonna gripe too much about the kid. I promise!

[DarthHawk]

If she is as much of a DEBBIE DOWNER as she was in season 1 I'm sure I will moan,
groan, gripe, complain and carry on enough for the both of us.

[Tamer]

If she is as much of a DEBBIE DOWNER as she was in season 1 I'm sure I will moan,
groan, gripe, complain and carry on enough for the both of us.

Well I really never follow through with my New Year's Resolutions anyhew.

[DarthHawk]

No school today so I had the opportunity to watch both of the new episodes.
I'm still mulling over what to write. I want to be objective and not reactionary.
What does everyone else think of this season 2 beginning?

[Tamer]

I am gonna wait till tomorrow evening to watch it, but I want to be objective. I really want to be.

[JDeck]

I watched it yesterday. It's an improvement over last season. Omega is older, more useful. Tech and Echo are getting some character development. Last season they seemed interchangeable, it was kind of redundant to have 2 tech specialists.
I wish they would have made off with some of the loot. I guess that would be the end of the show, since they were trying to buy their freedom. But I think if they had made off with a bunch of stolen treasure, it would have made things worse. Trying to convert millions of confederate credits into imperial credits would have been impossible. Same with precious jewels, it would be very suspicious.
Overall it was alright. I figured season 2 would be better than the first. First seasons are usually just setting up the story. Then the story gets hashed out in the second. We'll see.

[DarthHawk]

Well, I decided to keep this short and not go on my usual rant of disappointment.
Upsides, the battles were well designed and fun to watch. The babysitters actually had an acceptable
objective that seemed reasonable and worth pursuing.
Downsides, WAY TO MUCH NOMEGA. Regardless of her aging process she still thinks like a 5 year old
and puts her personal wants/desires ahead of the good for the team. She still refuses to follow orders,
selfishly thinks her ideas/desires are more important and strikes out on her own which endangers the
teams mission and puts the boys is mortal danger when she has to be rescued.
Maybe in the next episode she will be captured by Palpatine and we find out she actually becomes
Mara Jade or Admiral Daala.

[Darth More]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Darth Hawk! I won't be able to watch the second season before April.
So I can only hope that the story will develop into a good direction. You make rock solid points.
As a show about Republic Commandos, it should be dead serious in my opinion. Instead, Disney decided to make it fun and appealing to kids, which is fine to me. The Bad Batch is a rhetorical device for itself.
However it feels more like a parody to me with Omeega being the center of the show since her first appearance.

[Tamer]

Yeah, that whole not listening thing in combat missions would be a no go period. How she thinks she knows better than the squad leader is beyond me. Does it all the time. Kind of reminds me of the whole premise of the new Avatar movie; the kids keeps getting into trouble the adults get them out of.

Still, I liked it. Way better than Andor. I don't know maybe I am messed up in my head now? Its possible!

[JDeck]

  That's the Irony of the Bad Batch. They based their military career on disobeying orders and doing what they want. Now they have a kid Hunter is trying to get Omega to follow orders, and she does what she wants. The shoe is on the other foot.

I started rewatching Rebels, and even the first season, I'm enjoying better than BB. Mostly because it expands Imperial lore and the logistics behind the Empire. It is a little campy and chiche. It's difficult to figure out who's more annoying. Ezra, Sabine or Omega. I think the winner is Omega. Ezra and Sabine are just annoying teenagers, Omega is kind of bossy. "We have to do this" even though it would be suicide, then she just does it anyway. I guess that's the catalyst for the show having any action.

[Tamer]

I guess thats it, I feel like I am just watching a new episode of Lavern and Shirley every week.

[DarthHawk]

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST EPISODE EVER OF TBB.
No babysitting, no snotty ass kid, no defiance of adult authority, no mission failure because of the child's behavior disorder.
In other words NO OMEGA!!!!!!
Excellent writing, top notch animation and the musical score was reminiscent of a George Lucas inspired Star Wars.
Cody going AWOL and Crosshair beginning to think beyond the "Good Soldiers" mantra opens the door for so many possibilities.