The Acolyte (Page 1 of 2)

Just doesn't feel like a professionally made series to me so far. It's like they outsourced it to 1990s syfy who reused props from the black hole and the original BSG. Fights were ok and

was a nice touch but generally i just couldn't believe how bad it was. Second episode wasn't quite as bad so maybe it was just the showrunner trying to do everything on the first, but i don't have high hopes so far. Definitely not a good way to launch a new stars war era to the casuals.

just realized i mixed up

so it didn't even have the nice touch

Unconvincing acting and preposterous/nonsensical story given Star Wars canon.  (see WilliamDrakeMcGregor's spoilers above).

The Acolyte came off like a play instead of a time in the Star Wars universe to me, and I've never felt that way about any of the other Star Wars TV shows.  This should've been a cartoon.  Amateurish and utter garbage.

I'd prefer a live action Iden Versio or Cal Kestis TV series any day. Iden Versio would be a great female driven story to do, if that's what's all the rage at Disney right now, because she's the daughter of a top ranking Imperial officer who goes from being a commander of Inferno Squad for the Empire, who eventually defects to the Rebel Alliance.  It's epic and it's not a side of Star Wars that's ever been fleshed out; the battle on the ground from the perspective of the officers of both the Empire and the Rebel Alliance.  Similar to Andor, it doesn't center around force sensitives, but still retains and amplifies all the things we love about classic Star Wars.  I suppose Andor is more covert with spying and behind the scenes chess moves that are geared for TV; Battlefront would be more overt with huge battle scenes geared for the big screen, and would require a series of movies to bring to life.

This is a shit show. Already removed from from my list.

From the first episode it felt wrong. Still cant put my finger on it. But everything about it just blows chunks. At first I thought it was written for children, but that is not it.

The dialogue is bad. The acting is stiff or stale. It is all together a bad fit.

this is a garbage show... people who thinks " I like new Ideas..." star wars is star wars... its not a science project to fill in with all social experiments.

Its shit writing, crap story... this serie is IN NAME ONLY... nothing in this is Star wars. A harvey weinstein product... what leverage did she have. 180 million dollars down the drain.

Really? Because that guy kinda sounds like someone who is angry at exactly one thing (perhaps the one he keeps repeating throughout the video?) and tries to justify that emotion by nitpicking at anything he can find (including haircuts at one point, ffs). Honestly, he just seems like kind of a jerk.

If we're just linking reviews now, I think this one puts a little more thought into it.

I just felt the way he did. Never watched his reviews. First time I have seen him.

I enjoy the heat from the dumpsterfire that is this show.

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Both these reviews are hysterically funny... when I read that line about the The Acolyte having clunky dialogue I almost did a real-life spit take   I mean, this is STAR WARS we're talking about... No offence to the franchise to be sure, but it LIVES in clunky dialogue land! Like can we talk about sand for a second, because there this gem of smooth dialogue from George's pen I just want to remind everyone of, "It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere." 

Seriously, if folks expect everything coming from DISNEY owned Star Wars to be Andor they've been living in a different Timeline altogether. It's a franchise about space monks who use magic and it has never been subtle... or when it has, it's been soooo subtle no one even sees the parallels. Like it took me years to realize Lucas purposely named Nute Gunray after, former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich [tho -to be fair- I was a kid when I first saw that flick].

But-yeah, art is subjective so if you don't like it no worries... that being as it is, I have to say, some of the takes are real wild stuff [from my perspective]. I even saw one complaining about folks hair... hahahaha... Oh my goodness, it's just a show and we're not even talking about House of Cards or The Sopranos, or even True Detective... And heck after those sequels, I'm impressed when any Star Wars is watchable let alone compelling.

I'm absolutely engrossed by this series, it's everything I'm looking for from the franchise; it's more Star Wars, it has nothing to do with the Skywalkers, there's a mystery, it features different types of FORCE users, plus it feels like one of this universe's novels come to life annnnd it's been a good time, so far!

I just hope all these hatewatchers keep the streaming numbers up, so we get more like this

I can't wait for the next episode...

I think there's space for all opinions and I appreciate you sharing yours. You are right, you do not sound like a hate-watchers however that does not preclude their participation... just sayin'

As have I. To that, I should add, I feel the quality has varied.

That's completely understandable but I would just add that, for me, the first three seasons of The Clone Wars was pretty terrible. Yet, by the time I finished it, I felt it was the strongest part of the Star Wars Universe, not to mention my favorite part of the franchise

Sounds a though you are not of that crowd either, and I appreciate hearing your thoughts, like I said there should be space for all our Star Wars opinions!

To start with, in my experience of Star Wars, the unevenness I see is part of what makes this franchise fun! I'd even go as far as saying it's part of what makes it great. Like how that smooth Sorkin like dialogue and whisper-core performance of Stellan Skarsgård's can live alongside the clunky wordsalad Liam Neeson forced out between devouring chunks of scenery... well that's all just part of the Star Wars vibe.

As for what I like?

I like that this takes place in the High Republic Era and that there's a bit of a mystery going on and that there are twins [one good and one evil] and Force witches and the Jedi are sus... I guess to some extent I also like the promise of something different in the same universe. This is not all written, this might not be the tragedy of Anakin or the destiny of Luke. It can explore something different with the same material/text. And I'm here for it, so far.

I often take walks in the forest, and some times even in groups, it's a great place to ponder things. So that RENSONATED with me. I actually had that exact experience of stopping halfway with someone and telling them off. Annnnd I'm completely aware that this series might not stick the landing... it might have the turn you deem as obvious but maybe not.

All-in-all though, as I pointed out, I'm not sure much in SWU has been great. Even if this series doesn't go how I hope it might, is that any different than the sequels or really a lot of Star Wars... Apologies to anyone to loved those movies, this is just my opinion.

But that's what I'm saying... it's a large enough franchise that there can be space for all opinions, like for me The Mandalorian was sooooo boring, I was like... Yes, I've seen Spaghetti Westerns and Samurai movies too... they are good.... This poorman's Firefly is not and FYI that's child murder Baby Yoda... this is terrible, I'm out!

It wasn't for me but it encouraged more Star Wars to be made, and that's cool. I don't have to love that or this to love Star Wars, but saying the quality has dropped from the Ode to Sand levels of Lucas or the haircuts are this-or-that... enjoy it or don't but why are we nitpicking this hard?! All it seems to be doing is filling the world with negativity?!

Just don't worry about it, it's a fun show about space wizards! I personally could use some fun right now!