Full Series Resistance 2.06 - From Beneath - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

I’m always excited for each episode and watch live at 6pm, but I can already see streaming watchers complain this is filler again... None of these episodes have felt like filler. And if we take Rebels as an example, every episode mattered by the end.

 

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^Yeah, no kidding. And it doesn't help that Poe and Leia seemed to have forgotten all about Kaz and the Colossus.

Valuable asset, my ass!

Anyway...

So, apparently, there are dragons now. And according to Wookieepedia, there always has been. Hmm.

I liked how they hinted at Flix and Orka being husbands. The fans wanted representation, well, they kind of got it.

I’m looking forward to seeing how this is not a filler episode. They got fuel, but that’s all I can think of.

 

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This is the first season 2 episode I do call filler. Some of the prior episodes have had this complaint levied against them but from my pov, they were establishing the relationships and power plays between the various factions aboard the Collusus and if nothing else, they kept me amused for my 22 minutes. This one, on the other hand... your run of the mill greedy drillers vs. natural habitat screed - preachy and predictable from the start - and of course the miners are shown to be wrong and the episode ends with unconditional capitulation to their Resistance betters. This show's capable of better nuance than this, and has done so in the past.

4/10

 

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There were Krayt dragon remains on Tatooine in ANH, and Obi-wan mimicked their call to scare away the Tuskens. We’re just talking about large reptilian creatures, though. Like Komodo dragons.

I thought this was a fun episode. And the mining awakening the beast plot was nicely reminiscent of the dwarves awakening the balrog in LOTR. They even used almost the
same line about delving too greedily, and too deep. I bet this came from Filoni’s head. And those dragon creatures were a great design. One of the better creatures I’ve seen.

I think of this episode as the equivalent of the Han, Leia, Chewie and 3PO detour with the space slug in TESB. A huge chunk of that movie has no Empire/ Rebellion conflict in it. It’s a descent into the belly of the whale deal. And it was good to get away from the Colossus for a spell. Was getting claustrophobic up there.

The only complaint I have is: Does almost every ship landing nowadays need to be a crash landing? It strains credulity for these characters to be in hundreds of crashes and come out fine every time.

7/10

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I don’t think there’s a need to bring real-world politics into it. This was an extreme case where they were doing “deep core” drilling into the heart of the planet, and stressing limits/ restrictions that they had traditionally placed on themselves. They were defying their own conservative heritage by ignoring the old stories. They weren’t defying a mandate from a government. In that context, if there is indeed a political message in there, it’s a conservative conservationist one, not a progressive environmental regulatory one.

 

We’re roughly a third of way of the way through the season and the only things that have happened were that the Colossus got some food and fuel, had a few skirmishes with the First Order and that’s about it. I think that the pace will pick up in the second half of the season, but they could have used these early episodes to build for the later part of the season instead of going on supply runs.

 

Felt exactly like Rebels Season 2 first half: The plot seems to be going nowhere. Made even worse since in Resistance things are supposed to be more urgent. I long for the day when Star Wars TV could feel more like sequential stories more often rather than collection of short stories. Hope The Mandalorian could fulfill this which as a modern live-action seems to be the case.

 

The physics of this show pushes things even for Star Wars; I rolled my eyes when the elevator is falling, and Kaz tells Flix to jump.

 

This show is so dismal.

 

I know many people didn't like this episode because it was filler but that's exactly what I loved about it. Being that we're only getting 2 seasons here I'll be rather fine if the episodes stay like this throughout the rest of the show. I like how Resistance is kept close to the characters at all times and not so much action. To me this is what rebels should have been. Since we are only getting 2 seasons, I feel like this kind of stuff, to spend time with the characters, is necessary.

They're no doubt saving the main plot/Tam stuff for the later half of the season which I can get.

 

Agreed. And it was more enjoyable than the ice monster hunting episode. It was almost all worth it just for those dragon creature designs. Though now I agree with others that it’s time to turn back to the bigger galactic political issues.

Mod EDIT: No need for personal remarks.

 

I'm not saying this often about an episode but this one was boring. I wouldn't say it was bad, just kind of there. The dragon design was well done, and I thought the voice acting in particular stood out in this episode.

 

Jeez. 4/10; and that's being generous. I'm really getting tired of these filler episodes. Oh, here's a new one, we'll have Kaz and the gang venture off on a new planet in search of fuel for the Colossus. Wow. The one saving grace for this would've been if that "dragon" that Flix was talking about turned out to be a long, lost Zillo Beast from TCW fame. Part of me was actually expecting that while Kaz and the gang were going down that elevator drop, but of course taht was wishful thinking.

Meanwhile...where's Tam and what has she been up to all this time?

 

I was enjoying it like the ice planet one because I am always okay with Star Wars cartoons are monster-centric. And hey Flix and Orka hollering and Tora yelling for Orka to actually move on his own instead of her having to carry him was kinda great.

 

I too am partial to giant monsters. And I found myself comparing this one to the Zillo beast 2fer as well.. even favorably, since there was no need to slay it/them at the end.

I've been wondering how they were going to handle the gay characters since Star Wars has never pushed overt sexuality of any kind in the storytelling. This drew a fine balance in that department that I appreciated, while still softly addressing real-world issues such a couple might face.

This is never going to be my favorite SW show, but tonight it felt like comfort food.

 

Just now catching up with Resistance. This episode is a 1/10. A massive waste of my favourite two characters in the show. Just boring filler with additional plot armour/physics fails. Kaz screaming in 20% of the episode did not help either. Please can someone tell me how the shuttle got down the mine??!
This is the worst episode of SW:Resistance so far.

 

Definitely a filler episode but the best filler episode in a long time. I'm a sucker for big monsters and loved the design of these dragons. I instantly compared it to the Zillo beast and certain scenes looked like homages to the T-Rex attack in Jurassic Park. However with that said, for a show that's finishing this season not much has happened so far in the overall plot