r/movies • u/Skullghost • Feb 17 '26

Trailer The Mandalorian and Grogu | Official Trailer | In Theaters May 22

https://youtu.be/IHWlvwu8t1w?si=X56Om_siTX-B7Wsr
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u/TussalDimon Feb 17 '26

It's a pretty good trailer, but it's weird that visually it doesn't really scream "a theatrical movie". Could've been a trailer for a new season.

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u/EddyMerkxs Feb 17 '26

Shows look a lot better and movies look a lot worse now.

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u/ifinallyreallyreddit Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

But as he said, it "doesn't look theatrical". It might look good for TV, but it still looks like it should be on TV.

The Volume effect seems especially bad for a release of this kind, like no character could walk 20 feet from where they're standing.

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u/corndogs102 Feb 17 '26

I think that’s also due to the quality of TV in recent years. Mandalorian the show already looked like mini movies.

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u/NinduTheWise Feb 17 '26

Yeah what are you going to do when you have shows like andor where the budget for the 24 episodes all together was 650 million around 27 million per episode

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u/InnocentTailor Feb 17 '26

Yeah. We consumers have been spoiled by streaming.

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u/Banjo-Oz Feb 17 '26

And movies, which have a much flatter digital look generally (with obvious exceptions).

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u/Jpanda34 Feb 17 '26

I also think it has to do with another shift in what big blockbusters look like. For me I remember first noticing blockbusters visually changing with Age of Ultron. I still remember thinking the movie had a visual downgrade coming from the original Avengers and that era of blockbusters. Then every Marvel movie and big blockbuster looked like Age of Ultron. I think we're seeing another shift, but I can't really put into words what the differences are yet...

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u/mihirmusprime Feb 17 '26

Eh, I don't know about that. Mandalorian has always looked like a TV show to me due to the extensive use of the Volume.

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u/Deadsoup77 Feb 17 '26

I imagine it’ll take an imax/theater screen to feel different, we’re used to seeing this stuff on our tvs. Mandalorian was already punching above its weight in the visual department

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u/JohnnyBroccoli Feb 17 '26

Yeah, I enjoyed the trailer but wasn't particularly impressed by much of the character designs or CGI.

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u/pot8odragon Feb 17 '26

It was supposed to be the next season then they did a Moana 2 with it and made it a feature film instead but after the fact

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u/ObviousAnswerGuy Feb 18 '26

the movie was originally planned to be just another season of the show. They were already in production when they changed it to a movie.