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Skeleton Crew 1x07 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Ryan

First off, I just did come up with something to say about the Jod subplot last time: After that little shanty about At Attin, we can add this show to the list of musicals better than Joker 2. The day before this episode's release, Jude Law called it his favorite of the season and said we'd learn the "whole truth" about Jod. And predictably, the most annoying fans went nuts about how this meant a long intricate flashback tying into all kinds of lore, only to throw a hissy fit when none of that happened. After seeing the episode, it's obvious what he meant is that it's now clear this isn't going to be a story about how spending this time with the kids teaches him the true meaning of Christmas or whatever, and he's just a bad guy who needs to be dealt with. And bravo to the writers for having the guts to do it, like a gratifying number of kids' shows are doing these days, I've noticed (hello, Emperor Belos). And of course there's what he does to 33, which made it pretty painful to see you so happy about him still being around. "It was a nice dream. Lasted almost five minutes." Well, remember that 3PO fully recovered from being blasted to pieces one time, so I wouldn't give up on him yet. Being one of those Part Ones that's basically just a tap dance until the real story can happen, I just have a few more scattered thoughts. Farewell Brutus, you looked kind of cool while doing absolutely nothing, the exact requirements for all the best-remembered Star Wars characters. The elevator to the vault brought me palpably back to playing Myst and similar games as a kid, and how obsessed I was with the travel animations showing all kinds of gears and other mechanics. And Jod's reaction to the credits immediately became my favorite piece of acting from anyone in the whole show (and I hope they didn't have to do too many takes, for the sake of whoever had to pick that all up). Bring on the finale, I'm as hyped as can be.

Thomas Corp

My expectations were pretty high, but holy fuck was this intense. Respect to the kids’ parents having quite the high stakes game of hot potato in getting the signal out. Love to see the kids just being kids. Wim gets you when he expresses sadness over the adventure being over, and the others are sweet with the encouragement. Like Neel said, sure they almost died a few times, but that’s what made it an adventure. On a purely objective level, it is very narratively satisfying how Jod emerges as the chief villain of the piece. Brutus thought he would be the big bad, but KB with the big arm demonstrated otherwise, loved your reaction to that. Leads to Jod shooting Brutus point blank in the head. Made me say, “...SHIT.” Brutus can’t exactly complain. He told Jod that treasure or no, he’s killing Jod, thus removing any incentive for Jod to play nice. The kids are going to need therapy though. Great how 33 provides the kids the loophole with their superior dib calling. When Fern came up with the winning hand of dib calling, I had to process that one some, saying, “Does that, we can run with that?” It is, apparently, good enough for 33, who defaults to the ironclad logic of how the Code is more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules. Which incidentally proves how the Sith and pirates would love each other. No apologies necessary for your ecstatic reaction to 33 in that scene, because I had a similar response to 33 coming through. It made me yell, “33, you’re off the fucking CHAIN!!” Bringing us to how you said that you would hope 33 was ok, making me say, “Ah, goddamn it.” The real surprise of watching the episode last night was that once Jod (or Pete, or was it, Diane? Whatever his fucking name is. Loved that bit by the way.) decapitated 33, you didn’t instantly appear on screen, beat the SHIT out of Jod, then say, “You are accused of mutiny and anti-sassy droid behavior. The Code finds you guilty and sentences you to be shot.” In any event your reaction is about what I expected. I had a similar thought of reattaching his head, noting, “Hm. Clean cut at the neck. Fixable. KB can get to work, and he’ll be right as rain.” Jod ramps up his villainy, really PISSING you off. I, of course, do appreciate the great Star Wars villainy, and even I’m concurring that he’s becoming one of the more hateful villains of the franchise. Still not the creepiest that Jude has ever been as a character as that was twenty-three years ago when he played my favorite character of his filmography. It really hurts when Jod insulted Wim specifically, and it’s such great character growth that Fern got the murderous look in her eyes. Beginning of the show, she couldn’t stand Wim all that much, now she’s ready to throw down when Jod talked his shit. Jod is otherwise happy as a clam when he sees the treasure, and he was channeling his inner Alan Young. (Or, well, I guess the kids today would say David Tennant.) We do have the very sweet reunion of the parents and the kids. Wim and Wendle having the hug, that was an emotional blow that got me good. Of course, we end on the cliffhanger, with a few unanswered questions. For instance, like you said, Jod’s full backstory has yet to be fully divulged. If the backstory is what I presently surmise it is, it makes him honestly even more of a despicable shitbag. I’m with you on hoping that there is no fairy tale redemption for Jod. For immediate purposes, the parents and the kids need to fuck his shit up, especially for what he did to 33. Plus, he and his crew cannot escape with the treasure. Consider the galactic ramifications if Jod and the pirates succeed in plundering the planet. I mean, what do you think will happen when they run off with this dough and there’s trillions of extra Old Republic Dataries floating around? You’ve got a collapse of confidence in the currency. People are going to panic. There’s going to be gold riots, atonal music, political chaos, mass suicide. Jesus, I don't know what people are going to do when a six pack of Budweiser costs twelve hundred dollars. There’s still also the mystery of the planet and the great work. Wendle has the line that indicates that the parents know something, and that this something, at least as far as they’re aware, is seemingly benevolent. And we still have yet to see the supervisor, though we hear his voice, which made me do a double take, and say, “Wait a... That’s fucking Stephen Fry! HE’S in this!? Oh, fuck!! Hahaha!!” The other thought upon hearing his distinctive voice, the overly officious bureaucracy of the planet suddenly makes a lot more sense. You brought up the idea of the supervisor really being Captain Rennod. This is a thought I’ve had since your reaction to the fifth episode. It sounds plausible if nothing else. We shall see. Whichever way this plays out, I am willing to be patient, and see how it happens. And I am going to greatly enjoy sharing the finale with you Jess, just as I greatly enjoyed this week’s reaction. Which, by the way, you are most welcome for the patience we gave you with this reaction series. Thanks again for the great reaction, Jess.

Thomas Corp
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I haven’t seen Joker: Folie à Deux. Curious what my opinion would be seeing as I seem to be one of the ONLY people on the planet who wasn’t over the moon about the first one. It being blatantly King of Comedy meets Taxi Driver with a Batman paint job not doing it any favors. And from the looks of it, we throw in New York, New York onto the second one. Should probably rewatch the first one and the reaction Jess had seeing as mentally and emotionally, I was in something of a blur when I watched both over three years ago. Missed Jude’s comment on Monday, though I had heard him say something about getting into the rotten, rum soaked heart of Jod near the end of the show. Can see him greatly enjoying the material in this episode. Still think a specific type of flashback is on the horizon; the ease with which he wielded that lightsaber seems to strongly suggest that as well. And if so, like I said, it’ll make him even more of a despicable shitbag. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong. I do not foresee his heart growing three sizes next week, in any event. Had to google Emperor Belos. (Hell of a name by the way.) Owl House reference, check. Shared pain when Jess was happy that 33 was ok, knowing what was to come. Good catch about 3PO being ok after Cloud City. Trick is you need someone to work on 33. I’d do it, but I’m not a doctor. But I have some medical experience, I’m a dentist... do we think 33’s hurt real bad? Brutus doth continue the fine, time-honored tradition of Star Wars. He had a better showing than the Knights of Ren, I’ll tell you that much. That’s cool about your response to the elevator scene. It looked like during Jod’s big “I love GOOOOOLD.” moment, at least some of that was cgi, presumably for safety reasons. If not, you do say, “Hey, who’s going to clean all that up?” The hype is set high for the finale, yes. Another quick thing if you haven’t already seen it, you might want to check out the Supernatural reaction that Jess had this week in the early, early access tier. Episode 11x16 to be precise.

Ryan
>>160703341

That's the movie where James Hong manages to be completely hilarious just giving a dry safety demonstration in unsubtitled Chinese. I have no idea how that works. It takes some work to have a more intensely hateable character than Alfie Elkins on your resume, but I think Jude has pulled it off here. And I adore Road to Perdition, and can't believe that kid is CW Superman.

Thomas Corp
>>160703341

Better still, James ad-libbed the dialogue in said demonstration and made the decision to say the dialogue in Chinese, which they brilliantly left unsubtitled. God that movie is a hell of a trip. Shared assessment on Jude pulling the achievement off, yeah. Road to Perdition is amazing. Heard that about the kid being the CW Superman.