DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
The witches of Dathomir are pale white...
However Morgan Elsbeth isn't pale or white ... Neither do these women have to be? Different planets, same religion, different cultures... Like here on Earth.
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The Acolyte premieres June 4th on Disney+
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The witches of Dathomir are pale white...
However Morgan Elsbeth isn't pale or white ... Neither do these women have to be? Different planets, same religion, different cultures... Like here on Earth.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Witches chant in media all of the time, going back to Shakespeare (MacBeth), and no one cares. The writer(s) and director really achieved something by making a witch chant corny enough to make even Star Wars super fans grimace a little.
On a second watch I don't find it as bad as I did during "opening" night with an Old Fashioned in me while working on a second, but it still ain't working. I also find myself looking more forward to the next flashback on a second watch, as I picked up on more things that will need to be revealed as the layers of this onion come off.
On a second watch I don't find it as bad as I did during "opening" night with an Old Fashioned in me while working on a second, but it still ain't working. I also find myself looking more forward to the next flashback on a second watch, as I picked up on more things that will need to be revealed as the layers of this onion come off.
digoutyoursoul
Member
After watching a couple of episodes , it is quite remarkable how boring it is.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
Only care about the games.
DonkeyPunchJr
World’s Biggest Weeb
Oh my god I can’t stop laughing at this. Gotta love how literally nobody wants to hear this, but if you slap the word “feminist” on it then everyone is forced to patronizingly pretend like this is some respectable art form.
Although I guess getting people to eat shit on live TV and pretend they like it is an art form in itself. So, well played?
Ironbunny
Member
Well, there was one time an art exhibition in my town where they had a food blender filled with human shit. It mixed it 24/7. People went to see and marvel it....because it was art.
edit: Looked up what it was about...so it wasn't just shit but also menstrual blood and piss and as one might guess....it was about feminism and motherhood.
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Doczu
Member
Sounds like them. Feminists i mean. To them motherhood is just shit, piss and blood.edit: Looked up what it was about...so it wasn't just shit but also menstrual blood and piss and as one might guess....it was about feminism and motherhood.
Toons
Member
Some random movie called "acolytes" from years ago is getting a bunch of negative reviews added onto it from idiots/bots who don't realize it has nothing to do with the show. When you look at the reviews they explicitly are mentioning star wars
www.rottentomatoes.com
Hilarious
Acolytes | Rotten Tomatoes
Three teens (Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Joshua Payne) blackmail a serial killer (Joel Edgerton) into helping them get rid of a violent bully (Michael Dorman).
www.rottentomatoes.com
Hilarious
ManaByte
Gold Member
Deep Star Wars Lore Set Up The Acolyte Episode 3's Massive Twist Six Years Ago (& No, It Doesn't Make Anakin Less Special)
No, it doesn't make Anakin less special.
screenrant.com
pel1300
Member
This made me think about which filmmakers make "cool" stuff....
Names that came to my mind:
James Cameron, Mel Gibson, and Ridley Scott.
And I might get a lot of hate for this one but.....Zack Snyder. I know people hate his movies, but I think he's really talented at making "cool" visuals.
Dr. Claus
Banned
Deep Star Wars Lore Set Up The Acolyte Episode 3's Massive Twist Six Years Ago (& No, It Doesn't Make Anakin Less Special)
No, it doesn't make Anakin less special.
Delusional attempts at desperately trying to make it seem like this was all planned.
BouncyFrag
Member
How ‘The Acolyte’ Wove Queerness —and Lesbian Space Witches — Into ‘Star Wars’
Writer-director Leslye Headland’s new series takes a nuanced approach to representation.
Dr. Claus
Banned
How ‘The Acolyte’ Wove Queerness —and Lesbian Space Witches — Into ‘Star Wars’
Writer-director Leslye Headland’s new series takes a nuanced approach to representation.www.them.us
“Nuanced”. As nuanced as a fist to the face.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Disregarding the story parts, the action sequences by Chloe Zhao for The Eternals were ACE!
Kathryn Bigelow too.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
It is planned, just planned to ruin the whole franchise and piss off most of the fanbase
StueyDuck
Member
I hate to say it but usually the action sequences are created by committee at marvel.
There's even some saying that they create the set pieces first and try build the story around it.
So I think there's are large team involved in their creation, especially the director for hire movies like the eternals seemed to be.
Obviously Kathryn Bigelow is in a league of her own and doesn't relate to the above
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kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
The director is probably not even there when they're filmed.
Guileless
Temp Banned for Remedial Purposes
Now we need an article about how fat Jedis are also canon because a Portuguese-language Star Wars book published in 2011 referenced a portly Jedi who had a thyroid problem.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Portly jedis are the least of the shows problems. The writing and the entertainment gaslighting to back it up are the problem. But if they say something negative access to Lucas film gets cut off. You cannot actually critic.
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
Nostalgia is a helluva drug but lets not dismiss the fact that the OG trilogy didnt have its hillariously stupid moments as worse as the modern stuff. Obviously, that doesnt mean the newer Star Wars stuff should be given an excuse since budget and technology and lore has improved considerably over the years, but just saying. I was never a HUGE Star Wars fan when I was a kid and even tho I watched the trilogy any time I got the chance I still found it stupid silly fun. It wasnt until I played and learned about The Old Republic stuff that started to peak my interest in Star Wars. A lot of heavy mature stuff in that period which sadly we are still not getting.
See, the thing with endor was how it was juxtaposed with 2 other battles and they all went through the same "we are losing....and then..." turn around cycle. The ewoks didn't fight well at first, some were killed, and while those elaborate traps were improbable at best, it kinda showed how they evolved their tactics within the battle. Plus it was really chewie getting control of an AT-ST the turned the tide.
So silly as it was, there was a strong narrative arc, good emotional resonance, and tieing it into the space battles success and Luke's struggle really made it a great capstone moment for the trilogy.
Do I wish those ewols were wookies instead? ABSOLUTELY. Am I a fan of ewoks in general though? ABSOLUTELY. You don't see an ewok flipping stormtroopers over his shoulder, punching them, or doing flying leap kicks. They tended to use weapons and ganged up on them. The traps were inventive. About the only really bad bit was raining down small stones on the troopers in armor as they cower.
So silly as it was, there was a strong narrative arc, good emotional resonance, and tieing it into the space battles success and Luke's struggle really made it a great capstone moment for the trilogy.
Do I wish those ewols were wookies instead? ABSOLUTELY. Am I a fan of ewoks in general though? ABSOLUTELY. You don't see an ewok flipping stormtroopers over his shoulder, punching them, or doing flying leap kicks. They tended to use weapons and ganged up on them. The traps were inventive. About the only really bad bit was raining down small stones on the troopers in armor as they cower.
Lunarorbit
Member
Were any of those weird rumors about how they were handling the force come true?
Sybrix
Gold Member
Nostalgia is a helluva drug but lets not dismiss the fact that the OG trilogy didnt have its hillariously stupid moments as worse as the modern stuff. Obviously, that doesnt mean the newer Star Wars stuff should be given an excuse since budget and technology and lore has improved considerably over the years, but just saying. I was never a HUGE Star Wars fan when I was a kid and even tho I watched the trilogy any time I got the chance I still found it stupid silly fun. It wasnt until I played and learned about The Old Republic stuff that started to peak my interest in Star Wars. A lot of heavy mature stuff in that period which sadly we are still not getting.
Wasnt the Empire loss on Endor a reflection of USA loosing in Vietnam?
Strongest army in the world loses to a sticks and stones army.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
Some random movie called "acolytes" from years ago is getting a bunch of negative reviews added onto it from idiots/bots who don't realize it has nothing to do with the show. When you look at the reviews they explicitly are mentioning star wars
Acolytes | Rotten Tomatoes
Three teens (Sebastian Gregory, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Joshua Payne) blackmail a serial killer (Joel Edgerton) into helping them get rid of a violent bully (Michael Dorman).
Hilarious
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Could have just as much been a reflection of the US revolution in 1776.
ManaByte
Gold Member
No it was to sell teddy bear toys. The original movie before Kurtz left didn't even have Ewoks in it.
Did 'Star Wars' become a toy story? Producer Gary Kurtz looks back
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links.
www.latimes.com
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
Lucas's inspiration for the Rebel Alliance was the Viet Cong.
Generic
Member
Not sure if they are bots or simply not very... well-informed, to say bluntly.Now they’re review bombing a fan film.
Dr. Claus
Banned
"A place to discuss Star Wars with a huge emphasis on positivity. Criticism of any content is allowed, but do so respectfully towards the creators as well as the fans."
Wow, these sad sacks actually made a safe space to whine about anyone who doesn't bend over for this trash.
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Toons
Member
Star wars discussion has become so abrasive that you're basicslly shunted into one extreme or the other. Theres been a "negative" circlejerk sub called saltierthancrait for years.
Its becoming early 2000s level with how bad it was and its easier to just avoid talking about it online. Thankfully most people I've encountered in the real world are a lot more normal about the stuff, even when there are disagreements.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
Biggest Trails Stan
Madflavor
Member
Is the show going to end with the twins fighting Smile-o-Ren, they’re having a force push battle and the twins remember “the power of two”. But it’s not quite enough, and suddenly the ghosts of the witches show up and the music “the power of manyyyyyy” starts playing?
If that happens ya’ll better phone an ambulance for me. I might literally be dying of laughter.
If that happens ya’ll better phone an ambulance for me. I might literally be dying of laughter.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I think you spoiled the ending
.See I was already not planning to keep watching this train-wreck but now you're making me morbidly curious to see it just for this prediction
Ep 3 is clearly meant to be 'unreliable narrator' view point - ie. we'll find out what 'really' happened later (or what Jedi think really happened at least).
With that said - I'm about 89% certain at this point that one of the witches mind controlled 1-3 Jedi(s) to murder everyone, and then eventually got killed by The Squid Game herself. It would slot neatly with what the authors think is 'clever twist', explain why one of the twins thinks Jedi pull sabers only to kill - and the Jedi would feel responsible for what they've done (and the subsequent cover-up) and the chekov's mind control has been prominently featured in first 3 episodes so it's GOING to be a plot-thing even if my prediction turns out wrong.
Now the best part of this is that my story still works with Madflavor's ending - I fully expect two plot threads to be disconnected based on general Disney Wars writer competency - so yea - we're probably both right.
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GnomeChimpsky
Member
Prejudice against women: they're shrill, loud and governed by emotions.
Feminists: hold my latte.
ManaByte
Gold Member
They already said it's Star Wars Rashomon. But the people review bombing anything with "Acolyte" in the title are too stupid to know what that is.
Oh they definitely showed them as stupid - everything that happened post Dooku exposition to Obi Wan is basically their own fault.
Malicious - maybe not in the movies - but Clone Wars explicitly had other 'evil Jedi' right down to some that opted to kill their own forces 'just because they could' - years before Disney sequels were a thing.
Well in fairness it's executed - quite - poorly - you can't retroactively claim 'a perspective' when you show events from at least 3 different character's perspectives on screen. The blame here rests squarely on the show-runner's shoulders.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Even before that, George completely changed the Jedi in TPM. People seem to have selective memory about how they were in the EU novels before TPM:
George made them warrior monk government enforcers who were sent in to make sure the government got their way.
Spyxos
Member
But there were no signs of fighting on the witches. No detached body parts or lightsaber injuries. They were just lying there.See I was already not planning to keep watching this train-wreck but now you're making me morbidly curious to see it just for this prediction
Ep 3 is clearly meant to be 'unreliable narrator' view point - ie. we'll find out what 'really' happened later (or what Jedi think really happened at least).
With that said - I'm about 89% certain at this point that one of the witches mind controlled 1-3 Jedi(s) to murder everyone, and then eventually got killed by The Squid Game herself. It would slot neatly with what the authors think is 'clever twist', explain why one of the twins thinks Jedi pull sabers only to kill - and the Jedi would feel responsible for what they've done (and the subsequent cover-up) and the chekov's mind control has been prominently featured in first 3 episodes so it's GOING to be a plot-thing even if my prediction turns out wrong.
Now the best part of this is that my story still works with Madflavor's ending - I fully expect two plot threads to be disconnected based on general Disney Wars writer competency - so yea - we're probably both right.
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