What I’m Watching: “The Mandalorian”

Subtitle: Great visuals and I really love the idea of the series, but…

…am I allowed to say, “meh”?

I certainly didn’t hate the eight-part first season, but I found it pretty bog-standard viewing fare. The “defend the village” episode (4: [official title] Sanctuary) was pretty much lifted straight from the Seven Samurai playbook, and there’s a nigh-identical episode, storyline fundamentals-wise, in Merlin, as I recall…

I found the characters largely “by the numbers”, too, so it’s probably not su...