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From: shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com>
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Subject: Re: THE ACOLYTE - The Death of STAR WARS?
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:44:33 -0400
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 20:33:52 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 6 Jun 2024 18:38:16 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
>> 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? 
>
>Why does the idiot in charge of Disney film restoration remove all the
>grain and toss the color notes and throw horrible cyan filters across the
>entire thing while sporadically changing aspect ratios within scenes? And
>more importantly, why hasn’t anyone stopped her with force if necessary?

You have to wonder if they got rid of all the experienced people and
just hired people who are new to the industry that want to put their
own mark. So they make changes for the sake of putting their mark on
the content instead of what is best for the content.


>>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!!
>>> 
>>