#i watched ep 4 and I didn't think i could get angrier but I could

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

THE WAY THEY HAVE BUTCHERED CROOKED KINGDOM OMFG. THEY JUST TOOK ELEMENTS OF EVERYTHING AND MUSHED IT TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THE MASKS AND CAPES MADE /SENSE/ IN THE BOOK. WHY WERE THEY IN THE MASKS AND CAPES FOR THE FUCKING PEKKA SCENE. WHY WAS JESPER THERE IN FULL COSTUME FOR NO PURPOSE!??! WHAT WAS INEJ'S JOB SUPPOSED TO BE THAT SHE "MESSED UP" SO BAD THAT DESPITE THE PLAN GOING PERFECTLY KAZ DISMISSED HER!?!? WHY HAVE THEY MADE KAZ A FUCKING IDIOT!?!?

#shadow and bone #anti shadow and bone #six of crows #soc #i watched ep 4 and I didn't think i could get angrier but I could #I COULD #i hate it here and i hate this show and i hate that people are defending it so hard because it's absolute garbage #i'm done being diplomatic this is objectively terrible #the writing is bad the direction is bad the acting is bad the cinematography is bad #everything is terrible #it's a disjointed and soulless adaptation of soc and ck and I hope they never get to touch the heist

[phantom-of-the-501st]

Some Ep 5 Thoughts

Spoilers for TBB Season 2

So can we talk about the scene where the group got separated by the rockfall for a moment? Because what was the actual point???

As soon as they got separated I thought that there would be a half and half split of the episode where we followed Hunter, Omega and Phee for some scenes and then Tech, Wrecker and Echo for the rest before they ultimately ended up in the same spot at the end. I got really excited to see some content from team Tech, Ech, and Wreck because I feel like that's a combo we don't see enough of.

But we didn't get that!

Instead we spent a few minutes watching the other three sort out the tunnel puzzle thing (Hunter pls stop falling off/down things) and then cut to the others for... nothing.

Wrecker thought he heard a noise, the other two are like "nah, it's in you're head", they turn a corner and THEY ARE RIGHT BACK WITH THE OTHERS.

WTF WAS THE POINT? THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING???

I really feel like the entire point of that rockfall was to get the three of them out of the way for the tunnel scene so that they could keep it a little more focused and less cluttered. But they didn't actually do anything with them. They literally just tucked them away in a dark corner for a few minutes.

This scene just sums up one of my general frustrations with this episode, which is just how useless some of the Batch feel this episode. Wrecker gets to pull some rocks out of the way and swing a monster around and then Tech and Echo... what do Tech and Echo do?

They don't have any particularly interesting dialogue. They don't really do anything that impacts the mission in any way. Tech is just there to talk about how old the rock is and Echo is there just because.

It feels so much like when they got sidelined in season 1 which is why it's so frustrating.

If you're going to put all of them in, do something with them. Really this entire episode could have just been about Phee, Omega and Hunter.

And I do wonder if this coming off the back of eps 3 and 4 influenced the way I felt about this episode. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love those episodes, but we've had one ep without the Batch, one with half of them and now one where there might as well have only been half of them.

Wrecker got a bit last episode and a little less today, Hunter got nothing last ep but actually had something decent this time, Tech had the entirety of episode 4 but nothing this episode, and Echo has done fuck all since episode 2.

I think that had they put an episode like this after a few episodes with the whole Batch, it wouldn't be so bad. But with the Batch as a whole not really getting a lot atm, it makes me feel like we're straying a bit.

I was really hyped to see more stuff about the conflict between Hunter, Echo and the rest of the Batch. I wanted to see more with Tech questioning their choice to stay with Cid. And this episode didn't really deliver on anything.

I'm not really sure what the point was and this cave scene pretty much summarises that. Half the Batch felt completely unnecessary in their own show.

Hopefully we get something more next episode. If "Tribe" is about the wookies then Echo might get to shine a bit, seeing as we see him with just Omega and Gungi.

I don't hate this episode but it really fell flat for me. It felt pretty meh. I'm not expecting every episode to be amazing but I hope it picks up a bit after this.

Wow, this ended up being a lot longer and angrier than I intended. Oops. 😅

#the bad batch season 2 spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers #the bad batch #the bad batch season 2 #star wars #wrecker #tech #echo #hunter #omega #phee genoa