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Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Fri June 14, 2024 8:47 pm
by epilogue
McParadigm wrote:epilogue wrote:Can I ask, is there anything you like about the show?
I think Lee Jung-jae and Amanda Stenberg do a good job. They aren’t given much to work with, but you can see them trying to elevate it.
I thought the force user martial arts combat sequence was fun to watch, and more interesting than any lightsaber fight in the last 25 years. Getting away from the jerkoff saber fetishism freed them to rediscover the duel-as-symbolism in a fight for the soul.
And I do always enjoy…truly, genuinely enjoy…watching people on the internet come up with bullshit excuses for things like “maybe they built their secret coven into the side of a volcano that’s flammable?”
Cool. I'm glad you're not JUST hate watching it. And I agree with your first two points. Amandla is still finding her footing, I think. I like her most of the time but then there are clunky things even she can't quite overcome (Wanna give me a HAND!). But overall I think the performances are strong. JJ shines and I thought JTS was lights out in this past episode.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Fri June 14, 2024 9:59 pm
by dimejinky99
epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Fri June 14, 2024 10:03 pm
by epilogue
dimejinky99 wrote:epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
I hope you like the episode. I thought it was easily the strongest so far. I have some issues with it but I won't be certain about some of those issues until we get the whole story.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Fri June 14, 2024 11:14 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
epilogue wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
I hope you like the episode. I thought it was easily the strongest so far. I have some issues with it but I won't be certain about some of those issues until we get the whole story.
Like the candle fire turning rock into lava?
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Fri June 14, 2024 11:26 pm
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:epilogue wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
I hope you like the episode. I thought it was easily the strongest so far. I have some issues with it but I won't be certain about some of those issues until we get the whole story.
Like the candle fire turning rock into lava?
I'm telling you, it's all about that generator!
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 12:11 am
by Bi_3
epilogue wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:epilogue wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
I hope you like the episode. I thought it was easily the strongest so far. I have some issues with it but I won't be certain about some of those issues until we get the whole story.
Like the candle fire turning rock into lava?
I'm telling you, it's all about that generator!
Well they did say the show was about power and who gets to use it
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 12:14 am
by epilogue
Bi_3 wrote:epilogue wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:epilogue wrote:dimejinky99 wrote:epilogue wrote:That's right, dime. It's lesbians.
I still haven’t watched the third ep so I’ve no reason to doubt you here.
I hope you like the episode. I thought it was easily the strongest so far. I have some issues with it but I won't be certain about some of those issues until we get the whole story.
Like the candle fire turning rock into lava?
I'm telling you, it's all about that generator!
Well they did say the show was about power and who gets to use it
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 12:34 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 12:58 am
by McParadigm
epilogue wrote:McParadigm wrote:epilogue wrote:Can I ask, is there anything you like about the show?
I think Lee Jung-jae and Amanda Stenberg do a good job. They aren’t given much to work with, but you can see them trying to elevate it.
I thought the force user martial arts combat sequence was fun to watch, and more interesting than any lightsaber fight in the last 25 years. Getting away from the jerkoff saber fetishism freed them to rediscover the duel-as-symbolism in a fight for the soul.
And I do always enjoy…truly, genuinely enjoy…watching people on the internet come up with bullshit excuses for things like “maybe they built their secret coven into the side of a volcano that’s flammable?”
Cool. I'm glad you're not JUST hate watching it. And I agree with your first two points. Amandla is still finding her footing, I think. I like her most of the time but then there are clunky things even she can't quite overcome (Wanna give me a HAND!). But overall I think the performances are strong. JJ shines and I thought JTS was lights out in this past episode.
Another thing I’ll say is that I think the show looks pretty good.
I guess maybe the reason some people say otherwise is that so much money was spent on it? I won’t deny that it doesn’t look like 180 million bucks. But I like my television sci-fi to look a little like it is straining against limitations. Maybe it’s just that I’m a geezer, but that’s a sweet spot for me.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 12:59 am
by McParadigm
tragabigzanda wrote:McP you’re better than whatever it is you’re doing in this thread
Sorry, can you speak up? My hearing isn’t what it used to be.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 1:16 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 1:37 am
by McParadigm
The show has been the subject of a lot of pathetic bigotry, and I’m quite sure it would be getting a better reception without it because people will generally like Star War by default. That’s why the property was worth billions of dollars. But none of the things that those people are complaining about are the problem here.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 1:45 am
by BurtReynolds
Why did you wake up today and choose violence? I have done nothing to you.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 2:44 am
by B
I think one of my favorite things is that the Jedi may not be infallible. "They were always kinda shitty" is a philosophy I can get behind.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 2:52 am
by BurtReynolds
They are basically space Buddhists, and can be criticized in many of the same ways, and work well opposed to the Sith, who represent kind of a vulgarized Nietzcheanism.
In fact it has been done a couple of times, and not in some brainless subversive way of "actually, the Jedi were always the bad guys", but in a way that shows that different factions make good points depending on one's perspective.
But that was in the before times. The times before Disney.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 11:49 am
by dimejinky99
They were stealing force sensitive kids from day one.
Of course they’re infalible and someone was gonna rise to take them on.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 4:02 pm
by epilogue
This whole thing started with an old man gaslighting a teenager and being all like, "hey, man, that's just like your opinion" when he gets called out on it.
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 4:43 pm
by wease
epilogue wrote:This whole thing started with an old man gaslighting a teenager and being all like, "hey, man, that's just like your opinion" when he gets called out on it.
Bingo
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 5:40 pm
by BurtReynolds
I understand. In death, a member of Project Mayhem has a name. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson. His name is Robert Paulson!
Re: Star Wars: Acolyte
Posted: Sat June 15, 2024 6:28 pm
by epilogue
MACLUNKEY!