lionhead

29th Jan 2021

The Mandalorian (2019)

Chapter 15: The Believer - S2-E7

Stupidity: We are thrilled to see Bill Burr's face, and he does some impressive acting in this episode, however Mando and him are going inside a base without any intel or cover, trying to be low-profile and avoid risk, but he chose to ditch his helmet for a petty reason (makes driving - in a straight line - harder) and he does not pick it back up even if he easily could, when the drive is over. And of course, nobody in the base realises that they have never seen that guy before, and the original drivers must had no comrades/friends who were awaiting their return ,nor officer to report to.

Sammo ★

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Suggested correction: All highly speculative. Both of them take their helmets off and nobody knows who they are. Not unlikely since there is no reason given why they should be known to the people at the base. Unless you can give a good reason why they should, this is not a stupidity.

lionhead

Can you give me a good reason why nobody should be waiting for the drivers' arrival or know what they look like? Which is what I said in the entry; not that people do not know who Bill Burr is (which is incidentally also what happens since he knows the officer, and he does know of the base at least), but that nobody knows they are not the people driving the trucks. He's totally unconcerned.

Sammo ★

26th Jan 2021

The Mandalorian (2019)

Chapter 15: The Believer - S2-E7

Stupidity: The Empire has plenty troops and TIE Fighters, and the locals are armed with sticks, but the convoys of highly volatile explosives have no armed escort whatsoever, despite the fact that they keep losing those huge trucks full of precious chemicals to those troglodytes with no body armor or special skills.

Sammo ★

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Suggested correction: The empire doesn't have plenty of anything, this is after the fall of the empire, this is what is left and they are hanging by a thread. It probably costs too much to have escorts, or escorts like TIE fighters are too expensive to risk, even against "troglodytes." They'd rather accept the losses they take, apparently that is more cost efficient.

lionhead

Plenty more than what the opponents have, in that very base. They have TIE fighters in the base, who provide air support at the very end. They have troops. The opponents show having no offensive weapon at all other than detonators, that they fling like stones. Losing transport convoys because you provide literally zero escort to them is no strategy in times of abundance, even less in times of scarcity. And that chemical is a strategic resource that helps their war, and the only reason the base exists.

Sammo ★

25th Jan 2021

The Mandalorian (2019)

Chapter 1: The Mandalorian - S1-E1

Corrected entry: Mando is 'scoping' the place with the Blurrg beasts but is surprised by one of them. Funnily enough, despite having the beast in his sight (the scope he is using is his weapon's!) he does not shoot the weapon he has ready, and tries and use another one. He also never reaches for his blaster, not even when the second beast approaches, and he could easily die. It's as if he knew that he was going to meet a friendly beast tamer. (00:23:50)

Sammo ★

Correction: This is taking the scene completely out of context. The Blurrg are known to be pack and riding animals, for all he knows they belong to someone. Wouldn't be smart to start killing someone's livestock. He only uses the scope of the gun to see further, he is not hunting these animals. Therefore instead of shooting he tried to scare it away with flames.

lionhead

14th Jan 2021

The Mandalorian (2019)

Chapter 15: The Believer - S2-E7

Plot hole: The Imperial terminals have facial scan recognition...or just facial scan, really, since ANYONE regardless of being part of the army or not can just access any information of any level, as long as they have ANY face that the app can scan and identify as not being a known criminal.

Sammo ★

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Suggested correction: The facial scan prevents droids from stealing data from terminals.

And also criminals from doing that. It runs a check, as I said in the entry. Against "Any New Republic registry", even, which should disqualify also Mayfeld being a convicted felon, but that's another issue. Who designs a security system that does complex checks about who is a wanted criminal or part of 'the other side' but does not check if you are part of their side? Also, any low level trooper (or nobody, even the janitor) can just access any information of any level, including the location of their special forces cruiser.

Sammo ★

Maybe it just checks if you're human. You never see non-humans as part of the empire. A lot of non-humans are as "subspecies" by the empire.

lionhead

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