Wow, finally a live-action anime series that's actually good! Who would have thunk that it would come out of Netflix (considering how many times they've failed in the attempt)?

And who would think it would overtake 2 top Netflix shows Wednesday and Stranger things

Very enjoyable.

@D-magic said:

Disney, pay attention. This is how you write, produce and direct a show.

The Mandalorian was well written, produced, and directed.

Disney did that.

While Disney hires incompetent and inexperienced millennials, who got helicoptered all life by their parents and have no idea about the real world, Netflix got professionals that know what they are doing.

Favreau and Filoni are competent, experienced, and not millennials.

Disney hired them.

@DRDMovieMusings said:

@D-magic said:

Disney, pay attention. This is how you write, produce and direct a show.

The Mandalorian was well written, produced, and directed.

Disney did that.

While Disney hires incompetent and inexperienced millennials, who got helicoptered all life by their parents and have no idea about the real world, Netflix got professionals that know what they are doing.

Favreau and Filoni are competent, experienced, and not millennials.

Disney hired them.

Yeah, they also did the Skywalker saga and the ObiWan series. They are more miss than hit. Kathleen Kennedy is also not a millennial.

@movie_nazi said:

@DRDMovieMusings said:

@D-magic said:

Disney, pay attention. This is how you write, produce and direct a show.

The Mandalorian was well written, produced, and directed.

Disney did that.

While Disney hires incompetent and inexperienced millennials, who got helicoptered all life by their parents and have no idea about the real world, Netflix got professionals that know what they are doing.

Favreau and Filoni are competent, experienced, and not millennials.

Disney hired them.

Yeah, they also did the Skywalker saga and the ObiWan series. They are more miss than hit.

Fair enough. The OP made it seem like Disney doesn't know what they're doing at all. Disney has been blowing the doors off box office performance and profitability since the 30s. Of course they're not perfect, no human nor organization is; but I get the distinct impression issues with Disney today are more about politics than whether they're producing good entertainment.

@DRDMovieMusings said:

@movie_nazi said:

@DRDMovieMusings said:

@D-magic said:

Disney, pay attention. This is how you write, produce and direct a show.

The Mandalorian was well written, produced, and directed.

Disney did that.

While Disney hires incompetent and inexperienced millennials, who got helicoptered all life by their parents and have no idea about the real world, Netflix got professionals that know what they are doing.

Favreau and Filoni are competent, experienced, and not millennials.

Disney hired them.

Yeah, they also did the Skywalker saga and the ObiWan series. They are more miss than hit.

Fair enough. The OP made it seem like Disney doesn't know what they're doing at all. Disney has been blowing the doors off box office performance and profitability since the 30s. Of course they're not perfect, no human nor organization is; but I get the distinct impression issues with Disney today are more about politics than whether they're producing good entertainment.

I got the impression that they were talking about handling content previously handled in another medium or by another entity which is why I brought up Star Wars projects. And yes, perhaps injecting politics or social engineering may have hampered the quality a bit and I think they will back down from this eventually. The problem is people keep buying this crap. As terrible as the Skywalker saga was, it made a boatload of money. I myself, actually got Disney plus for the couple of months Kenobi was on so they got my money too on that one.

@movie_nazi said:

And yes, perhaps injecting politics or social engineering may have hampered the quality a bit

Perhaps. But it boggles my mind how difficult it is for more people to appreciate that movies which cowtow to the status quo are also injecting politics and social engineering as well,such that it's not so much about politcs, but more about whose politics.

The problem is people keep buying this crap.

It may be seen as a problem to some but, to others, the status quo is closer to THE problem than any alternative views.

As terrible as the Skywalker saga was,

I haven't seen it, can't speak to that.

it made a boatload of money.

One of the reasons I built my movie ROI database was to get more objective about the relationship between movies' critical reviews and financial performance. It's tenuous at best. Crappy movies often make lots of money, while excellent films often do not. What's interesting is that we still tend to assume that a bad production should not make money, and a "good" one (whatever that means is also often subjective) should.