Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: THE ACOLYTE - The Death of STAR WARS? Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 22:49:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: <95t46jd8u4jrjsem1ki3luro2b6mhcginl@4ax.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 04:49:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="10df5a6a10e579c7bf394fb6fe80780b"; logging-data="2010305"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+T0JF4ngMoFzwDJNktTJ7mhPPn4KcjBYc=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:isVvOfkYU6z+xIeivd2r0bwd2J8= Bytes: 3113 On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 18:38:16 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" wrote: >On 6/6/24 4:57 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > >> The first episodes of what the showrunner Leslye Headland calls 'the >> gayest STAR WARS ever' have dropped and it's really as dreadful as you >> imagine. > >BTW, Headland was apparently the assistant for Weinstein who helped set >up his rape dates (or at least ran interference afterwards). Or so I >hear on Reddit. > Yeah, she was definitely his assistant. As to what she did for him, I don't know, but she definitely worked for him. Not sure how that makes her good for heading up a new STAR WARS show. >> THE ACOLYTE is a queer Marxist vandalization of the STAR WARS mythos. >> The Force is now a metaphor for cultural hegemonic power and the Jedi >> are a metaphor for 'cisgender' white oppressors who hoard that power for >> themselves. Yes, it really is that obnoxious and stupid. >> >> I watched it so you don't have to. Here's a summary: >> >> 1. The main character has two mothers. >> >> 2. All of the main Jedi characters are black or Asian. Zero white people. >> >> 3. In the first episode, the only speaking role for a white person was a >> convicted criminal. >> >> In the third episode, they plan to jettison STAR WARS canon entirely >> while writing concerns about pronouns and being 'misgendered' into the >> storyline. By that point they will have destroyed all remaining >> affection the fan base has for the STAR WARS Universe. > >Oh, it's even worse than that: > >Apparently the show looks like sh*t in 4k. And apparently, it's *on >purpose*. Why would anyone do that? Only reason I could think so is if the show had such poor effects or physical sets that they needed to make the show look poor to hide that fact. Something that I don't think applies here. >I was just on Reddit in one of the 4k subs, and there was entire thread >of people complaining that this show looks like sh*t, and is much worse >looking than "The Mandalorian" and "Ahsoka". > >So, not only is the writing sh*tty - the show itself *looks* sh*tty!! >