Wendy Pleakley
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Yeah, but that handy button that lets you skip the opening credits makes up for that lost time.
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SPOILER: Skeleton Crew D+ Series - Debut Dec 2, 2024
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Yeah, but that handy button that lets you skip the opening credits makes up for that lost time.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
Hey, those 3 seconds are important to me!
Hawkeye_2018
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Between previously on and the opening and ending credits the show is like 25 minutes long with 8 minutes of ads
Wendy Pleakley
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Every trap they encountered in this episode led to deadly lasers, spikes, or acid.
I therefore assume the hole the kids willingly went down leads to instant death.
A dark turn for the show.
I therefore assume the hole the kids willingly went down leads to instant death.
A dark turn for the show.
mysto
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Strangely analogous to paying to skip a line....
Phroobar
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I'm reading a Star Wars book called Red Harvest. It's about a Sith Academy during the Old Republic. One of the students uses a plant to turn the other students into zombies. They destroy the school and some Jedi get caught up in it. It is as much Star Wars as Skeleton Crew is. There is a place in the Star Wars galaxy for space pirates, kids on an adventure and zombies. Even the Clone Wars had a zombies episode. I think the book would have made a great show.
Wendy Pleakley
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The question I have is whether or not this is a Star Wars show with pirate characters, or a pirate show with a Star Wars skin slapped onto it.
We have a one-legged pirate droid named Sm33 (Smee) which feels more like a character you'd see in an explicit live-action Treasure Planet reboot. Explicitly referencing other shows or pop culture can impact the overall feel. Is this a Star Wars adaptation of other things?
Granted, lots of things in Star Wars are common tropes with a sci-fi twist. Lightsaber battles are just brightly coloured sword fights.
This last episode felt like it could have existed as a standalone sci-fi pirate show. This show could work as it's own thing, without any Star Wars connection.
It's fine. The show is fun and probably doesn't get made if it isn't in the Star Wars universe, or is made much cheaper. It's still an interesting question how far they should veer into being something different.
Phroobar
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Very good point. I think it is pirate show with a Star Wars skin just like the book is a zombie story with a Star Wars skin. I'm not opposed to that kind of thing as long as long it is fun to watch.
flynnibus
Premium Member
It's Goonies in Space...
BrianLo
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How do the ads work? Is it just at the start of the show or does it interrupt it?
Must say this strengthens my desire to avoid the ad version of the service. I’d tolerate maybe a minutes worth.
Wendy Pleakley
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How do the ads work? Is it just at the start of the show or does it interrupt it?
Must say this strengthens my desire to avoid the ad version of the service. I’d tolerate maybe a minutes worth.
Amazon often does a thing where they say a show or movie will play without further interruption after two minutes or so of ads at the beginning.
Which I can live with.
It doesn't help that streaming shows aren't designed with ad breaks, so ads are truly interruptions.
Wendy Pleakley
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Shout out as well to last week's episode for having two of the biggest laugh out loud moments in Star Wars - the bit with the Hutt eating the staff and the bad guys shooting down the escort ships while they do their spiel about a peaceful environment.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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Since last week I've been trying to decide whether Merida as a pirate is a terrible idea or thoroughly appropriate. Leaning towards the latter. Though I hated Merida and her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me because of it.
So in this week's episode - they left the planet they were on in last week's episode. Mmkay.
So in this week's episode - they left the planet they were on in last week's episode. Mmkay.
MarvelCharacterNerd
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Oh and Wendle's the pirate captain who gave up his ship and life of crime for the 'burbs?
Hawkeye_2018
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Probably 4 interruptions once it starts. It’s brutal. But hey, if we all had the ad free plan Disney+ would really be in the redHow do the ads work? Is it just at the start of the show or does it interrupt it?
Must say this strengthens my desire to avoid the ad version of the service. I’d tolerate maybe a minutes worth.
Phroobar
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What I didn't like about it was the quality of the commercials. They were like late night infomercials. Some of them weren't exactly family friendly like the pot gummies one below.