The Mandalorian — Series 1 Chapter 6 — The Prisoner — A Review

28th August, 2020.

Right … it’s quite assertively a Friday … 

And a Friday where I’ve got stuff brewing.

Right at the moment … ?   I’ve got Handbrake on the go.

I’ve bought copies of the special edition version of The Power of The Daleks, and Good Omens, on blu-ray.

Normally?   I’d use MakeMKV to turn the discs into .mkv files: then use Handbrake to turn those into .mp4 file.

Recent changes to both MakeMKV and Catalina mean the process can produce iffy results.

Flawed, or unreadable, .mkv files, and no .mkv versions of shorter videos.

Fortunately?   I’ve managed to restore an older version of MakeMKV onto my Mac: via Time Machine.

Which still wouldn’t let me turn the discs into .mkv files.

But has let me make decrypted copies of the disc two series: that I can then re-code with Handbrake.

It’s — thus far — all good.

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At any rate … ?

I mentioned it’s Friday in that intro video.

Which I realise looks odd, I know.

Frankly, Apple have finally updated iMovie: scrapping some old filters, and introducing some new cartoony ones.

Which I think look good: and do interesting things to some of my usual Jester backgrounds.

I’m doing it again, aren’t I … ?

Burbling!

It’s Friday … 

Which means I’ve caught yet another series one of Disney+’s … 

The Mandalorian

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Chapter 6 — The Prisoner† — sees the Mandalorian (Pedro Pasqual) meeting an old acquaintance called Ran (Mark Boone Jr*) … 

Ran has a little job for the Mandalorian: rescuing a prisoner from a New Republic prison ship.

And working with Mayfeld, Xi’an, Burg and Q9-0 (Bill Burr, Natalia Tena, Clancy Brown and Richard Ayoade) to do so.

It’s a team the Mandalorian trusts … as far as he could comfortably spit a Wookie.

And, as events unfurl … ?

He finds he’s right … 

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No, I have to confess, I’ve enjoyed The Mandalorian, so far.

Acting, writing, length?

Fantastic.

I don’t know why, thought — possibly my mood’s affecting me — but somehow, The Prisoner didn’t completely grab me.

Possibly where the pay off — the Mandalorian’s ship flying into the distance whilst Qin (Ismael Cruz Córdova) and Ran are captured by x-wings — didn’t seem to quite the tone of the rest of the episode.

Still … ?

This is a very competently done episode.

And won’t stop me watching, again, next Friday.

Have a good week, until then.

*        Who I could have sworn was in Twin Peaks.   Apparently not.   He was in 30 Days of Night, though.

†        It’s JUST hit me: it’s episode six, and it’s called The Prisoner.