The Acolyte Critics BEG for Season 2 DESPERATE Disney

[@disparutoo]

The Acolyte is Star Wars biggest enemy but as season 1 has ended on Disney+ Leslye headland is clearly aiming for a 2nd season. The critics themselves are hyping up the series now it's over and Manny Jacinto is fully embracing the fan service promising more in season 2. But with low viewership The Acolyte doesn't have many options, except to double down on the only successful part of season 1, The Stranger getting his kit off. The GQ magazine interview is wild, backed up by pure thirst across the internet. And it really shows the tactic of modern day Disney. It might not even be an appeal pitch at the audience. But a thirst obsession aimed squarely at the Disney executives themselves. But what did you think of what you saw? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@Fallout5Dave]

LOL.. Hey, I'm all for Disney doing a 2nd season. It'll be more money burned for Disney and more comedy for us to mock relentlessly. It's not REAL Star Wars, so let Disney keep making STUPID business decisions. And giving hundreds of millions to the sicko that helped Weinstein prey on women is a SURE way to burn the money.

[@johannderjager4146]

I can't say I've seen a homeless person that looks like you, but I'm in the US so maybe in the UK they're different.

[@maciejp7829]

but did it actually lose money for Disney?

[@bspitler0]

On one hand I've had so much fun watching this with my wife and laughing our asses off and destroying it, so a season two kind of be awesome for a few more Saturday nights, but at the same time I could make fun of other shit with my wife, and I do love Star Wars, so... Do I want Star Wars to finally just die a violent death while I point and laugh?

[@bspitler0]

​@@maciejp7829How do we know anymore? It was only released on their streaming site, is there some formula about minutes watched, or subscriptions added perhaps, that I'm unaware of? Because they didn't get a box office. Obviously but you know. That's important. 180 million to break even. Why would it have a season 2 if It doesn't at least make 50 million in profit? I know any of us would take a fraction of that, but this is Disney we are talking about.

[@Ghostalking]

i’m Caucasian and I’ve watched a lot of jet Li and Jackie Chan movies growing up. I’ve always aspired to be like them even though I’m not Asian. This identity movement is so stupid.

[@bongzilla4172]

Not only that, but it's not even well done. It looks like wirework we would see in the late 80's early 90's.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

You can get them all to self-report their hypocrisy by simply asking everyone who liked Squid Game to raise their hand, then ask anyone who isn't Korean to lower it.

[@mrchronos3374]

The most succesful movie ever is about 3 meter big blue aliens with tails. I wonder how that's possible, if people need to look like the heroes, to connect with the movie characters...

[@ejkr2051]

Two of my favorite actors of my younger years. Yet li,epic moves. Jackie Chan,from sidekick to established actor. ❤❤❤

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Everyone has the potential to grow up embracing and loving culturally distinct entertainment, in the past we just did it naturally, now there's a generation being taught not to by identity politics and its sycophantic activists.

[@bongzilla4172]

I know what they've been using that 180 million budget on. 80 for the show and the remaining 100 for buying media outlets to lie about how good the show is.

[@kaltaron1284]

Don't forget Lesbian Headlamp and her nepo wife's cut. Pre-production was apprently like 38m. And those extra costs for "advertisement" are usually not included in production cost AFAIK. So the show was probaly "a bit" more expensive than 180m.

[@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw]

Rumor has it they spent 300+ mln on it. It's been in production since before the couf and reshot so much there are probably 3 or 4 full cuts of it. That's why Disney is so desperate to salvage this show and firing up all its shills to declare it a success. Not so much to get more viewers, Disney never publishes its actual ratings. But to deceive the shareholders that this show is a big success. And as the Nelson Peltz fight showed, Disney shareholders are dumb as bricks. Wall Street investors are still clueless as to how Hollywood works. You can dazzle them with PR.

[@PerkulatorBenny]

@@kaltaron1284 Yep. Advertisment isn't included in the usual numbers when they talk about "how much a project cost", and it generally adds between 50% to 150% of that budget, so on average you can just assume that, in total spending, a movie/show actually cost roughly twice as much as what they say it did. So Disney probably threw away about 350M on this. As for those original 180M in the budget, my guess would be: 150M pocketed by various people through bloated salaries, bonuses, and just straight up money laundering with "creative accounting"... Leaving 30M to make the actual show.

[@ClarkWahlberg-bo3oh]

Child "assistants" are expensive. 😒

[@kaltaron1284]

@@PerkulatorBenny Yeah. Still looks cheap for 30m going into actual work.

[@drtaverner]

"For a thousand generations the Jedi kept peace in the galaxy." -Obi-wan "The Jedi were a bunch of whiny, bickering fk-heads." -Apparently Leslie Headlund.

[@bondson0094]

Not Jedi .... High Republic Jedi... effeminate worthless Jedi with no brains , no honor or purpose who actually use earth made primitive metal detectors in another galaxy..( who knew) the show is idiotic on every level.

[@kaltaron1284]

She writes what she knows. And even then badly.

[@SRMoore1178]

Leslie Headland turned her SW into a Lesbo Wasteland.

[@TheGreySage0]

Introjection much

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Thats from HIS PERSPECTIVE one could argue the Jedi have been bad guys the whole time

[@daethalion1725]

It's hilarious how critics are saying Acolyte "fixed" Star Wars considering Star Wars only became broken after KK got her hands on it.

[@latetotheparty7551]

I'm a little older so for me it was when Disney bought them. I was big into the EU novels and read over 20 in my 20s. I also wasn't fond of the prequels. 😂

And just to cover the typical go to whining of wokies, yes SW was not broken before, sure it wasnt perfect but at least it wasnt reaching infamous My Immortal fanfic levels of bad like this modern trash. At least My Immortal has comedic value in how bad it is, these shows are lucky to even have that.

[@chrispember172]

@@latetotheparty7551 while it could be said that the prequels are bad movies, the lore and storyline is great IMO this is most apparent when you watch the clonewars and its great

[@chrispember172]

i thought acolyte was meh, not good but not completely terrible. i feel like you guys are exagerating. like what about it makes it as bad as you're saying

[@travisvanalst4698]

@@chrispember172Why the flip flopping for Mae? Her story is all over the place. They took Anakins story and remade it so he wasn’t ever the Chosen One as George intended. Instead he’s just a product of a group of witches who had no force sensitivities until they reached a certain planet. Once on the planet they were very strong. OSHA and Mae were products of this planets dark side of the force….so once they leave the planet, they shouldn’t be able to perform force abilities but yet they can continue to use the force? Doesn’t make sense. Why would Osha, someone who’s good, take an immediate heel turn and instantly kill someone she had a connection with? Sol is a Jedi master. When trying to save the two girls, why wouldn’t he use the force to lift them? Why try to save the thousand pound walkway they were standing on when it broke instead of just using the force to lift two fifty pound girls? What was the point of “the power of one, the power of two” when Osha and Mae always acted independently of each other? They never once used their power together. Why did they wipe Mae’s mind at the end? Made no sense. Qimir knows they are supposedly “one being” so bringing both would make them even stronger. Instead the reason is “if I can sense you mae, so can the Jedi” but minutes before that, the green Jedi lady could sense qimir without a problem? And also why couldn’t anyone sense Osha? She’s the same power as Mae. Mae legitimately tried to kill her sister and started the massive fire that destroyed their home. Why was OSHA so forgiving that she would immediately kill Sol but not Mae? She thought Mae killed her mother, but never tried to do anything to her. There’s plenty more questions to ask but you get my point. And if you still like the show, then good for you. Glad you like it and found some entertainment.

[@allangarddegriss6798]

Disparu has burned "Throbbing" into my head. Im doing normal daily tasks and all of the sudden " throbbing"

[@melanielynn104]

Same 😂😂😂

[@MajorSmurf]

Why am I just imagining a wife watching some TV than the husband walks up behind her and whispers in her ear "throbbing"... it would end in blood or laughter.

[@ereini0n]

Not to TMI but I'm throbbing right now!

[@NumptyMcGlumpty]

@@MajorSmurf knowing my wife it would end in both, to clarify: my blood, her laughter

[@KEhoney]

Lmfao a bunch of people out there with the same random intrusive thought while doing mundane things Same I laugh out loud every time and it makes me feel like a 6th grader 💀💀💀😭

[@NyemeeGlass]

I'm a woman. I'm sick of the erasure of femme fatales. I'm sick of the love at first sight shallow romance. I want the charcters to build a rapport through everyday work/missions. I want the characters to prove themselves to their potential partners. I want the characters to see each other as humans. Fuck me, I guess...😔

[@ReinoldFZ]

You could try entertainment from other countries. In my country Bollywood movies, Turkish soap operas and Korean doramas are a success. Regardless, in Hollywood the less romance the better, as there won't be accusations and TBH who would want to imagine a relationship with millionaire women in a developed country saying their lives are a struggle of oppression.

[@NyemeeGlass]

@@ReinoldFZ Well, I have Catwoman, Ada Wong etc. Nothing really new in XXI century though. I'm more of a video game gal myself. But RPGs can only scratch that itch so much. I'm tired of the same bad boy (millionare) trope in cinema. Like that's even relatable. Those men are not humans, they're props for the MC to use. It's maybe one level over PHub. And now it's in front of my Star Wars! It's so overused.

[@SincerelyYoursAK74]

@@NyemeeGlassI know it’s a completely different genre but I found the “Romance” in the anime Jin Roh The Wolf Brigade to be excellent. It’s a movie so I mean it’s quicker paced than episodic media but as someone who hates Anime this one was incredible.

[@Markyparky56]

Stargate and Farscape are getting a bit long in the tooth (still 21st century though!) but they've got some decent long-term relationship building romances.

[@SkeeterHowitzer]

femmes fatales.

[@surlyunicorn9461]

Better fight scenes than the ones from The Phantom Menace and The Matrix? Well, at least she has a head big enough to house that overinflated ego.

[@latetotheparty7551]

And even if true, she had decades to learn, and benefit from, those. Be grateful rather than arrogant.

[@Xbalanque84]

I've seen kids fighting in the backyard with sticks that had better fight choreography.

[@rberky01]

Some of the statements from these people is so wild and egostistical. It makes them very unlikable as people and therefore as actors. Headland and steinberg the biggest offenders.

[@makeyourmark00]

@@latetotheparty7551 Exactly. TPM and Matrix were groundbreaking choreography in their day. That's the standard now and The Acolyte fails imo because even if fight scenes look okay, the lack of consistency of character skills from fight scene to fight scene and mixed styles mashed up from various other movies looks cheap and out of place.

[@latetotheparty7551]

@@makeyourmark00 Well said. And the fight scenes were the highlight/despite of the show. Good point any character consistency, or lack thereof. A lot of shows suffer from, character is suddenly competent issues, but a show as bad as this one can't afford such. 😂 It's only saving grace outside of the acting of Lee and Jacinto. And the former was not a good Jedi Master at all. Far too emotionally attached and volatile, but he was a good guy male so of course he was.

[@vermis8344]

"I felt shunned in my career," said Leslye Headland, former procurer for Harvey Weinstein. 🤦‍♂️

[@kaltaron1284]

Maybe she wanted a more active part but wasn't allowed in?

@@kaltaron1284 Probably because she is a Lesbian and wouldn't let Harvey and his buddies have a poke.

[@ericgarcia4745]

This is why I see Jabba with Harvey's face. Leia represents all his victims. Leslye face on that little laughing pet of his laughing at Jabba forcing his tongue on Leia.

[@TheGruntski]

No doubt Jeffrey Epstein would have allowed her to really shine, while working for Weinstein was just so limiting.

[@makeyourmark00]

Makes you wonder if she has whip scars on her back...lol!?

[@RayTX1337]

My parents actually watched it their summary was: "What the fuck were they thinking? The story and writing are absolute garbage." If even my parents are leaving Star Wars behind after dropping the Mandalorian, Obi Wan and Andor... it says something.

[@Shadows_x594]

Acolyte is an abomination as we know, Mando would be a good show if season 3 didn't exist. Obi wan was just a stinker but andor was actually some decent stuff for Disney to be making

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Andor was far & away the best Disney Star Wars. You can’t put it in the same level as Obi Wan, The Acolyte or the Mandalorian. It’s not even close.

Same with mine, my dad watches a lot of modern stuff, but even he has reached his limit. He is now only able to point at easter eggs or setting details as positives, he cannot say a positive thing about the story or characters anymore. Hell he could at least say something about Rey and the overall story in a fairly positive light, yet he cannot do the same with the Crapolyte and ANY of the characters or story.

[@winter_chills]

well they're kinda stupid for dropping Andor.

[@davidgantenbein9362]

The thing is, as long as they keep on paying for Disney+ and watch the next SW thing even if it’s worse, than Disney simply doesn’t care as it got what it wanted (their money).

[@joshbanks6367]

Squid Game Guy blatantly asked to be killed off, just in case there’s a season 2…

[@ejkr2051]

@@joshbanks6367 Was here to comment this. Beat me to it.👍🏻👍🏻

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

No his character was wrong and plain evil they should have made him the secret Sith

[@tehrulefoo]

@@ashleybanks-wm4cg Ha. No. Sol did nothing wrong.

[@tehrulefoo]

@@ashleybanks-wm4cg Nope. He killed a bunch of evil witches in self-defense and was going to take full accountability for it until Trinity told him not to. Guy did nothing wrong and deserved so much better. The morally bankrupt ones are the writers of this trash.

[@lmahu6627]

@@ashleybanks-wm4cg Imagine shilling for a show that's so bad that it made the supposed bad guy into the only moral person in this entire show. The fact that you don't see that, that you would think that the characters who are doing evil are good because the already-morally questionable show runner told you so without actually evaluating what's on screen, makes you the morally bankrupt person in this conversation.

[@unfilteredcaster6261]

Osha switched to the dark side faster than Dany went crazy after the bells rang.

[@TheSilverwolf97]

at least Dany's was somewhat foreshadowed, completely against her character arc, theme and anticlimatic yes, but had setup done before.

[@Guchzaurz]

That's a good one mate!

[@MrThebigcheese75]

How come the twins names were never mentioned in the prequels or originals. Ok, a bit unfair but it's the problem with prequels.

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Master Nepo: "We need to talk." Grandmaster Yoda: "F*ck off you will."

[@aquapuppy9838]

Why didn't they just get over with it and call the series, Sithy Shades of Grey?

[@thetruth45678]

Because that is clever, and they are not.

[@coolcat23]

Sithy Shades of Gay, rather.

[@dasirrine]

Excellent. You win.

[@vizzifiied]

Lesley is definitely projecting what she feels with the whole Harvey's fiasco, she's been accused of not saying something knowing what he did, so the Acolyte is her saying everything she and Harvey did wasn't evil..

[@ReinoldFZ]

Exactly, and not by merits of a narrative talent, but a lack of self-awareness of the confession her "creativity" is letting slip.

[@KankuurYutub]

She was his assistant though so she definately knew something.

[@minespatch]

So she's Sol? 🤔

[@Xbalanque84]

Reminder: Brick Face thought _Frozen_ was about incestuous lesbian romance. Her RL sister refuses to speak to her. _The Acolyte_ is apparently a message/love letter to that sister. _DO THE MATH!_ But wait, it gets worse. Brick Face has basically admitted to stalking Amandla Stenberg for years after her Hunger Games role (when Stenberg was 13), and made the role for her specifically. Literally showed up to her with all the concept art ready-made, all showing images/portraits of Stenberg specifically, all before Stenberg even knew this project was in the works. Rather than notice the obvious red flags, she ran with it (and God knows what else behind closed doors). Ain't no way she didn't get a few pieces herself working under Harvey.

[@Xbalanque84]

​@@ReinoldFZ More like active accessory in the crimes. There's no way a Lena Dunham like her didn't know/participate. Bet on it.

[@Poisedanubis85]

The acolyte has FIXED Star Wars?????!!!!,,,,,yeah fixed it like neutering a cat.

[@MyAramil]

No fixed it like a child who broke a vase and then used glue sticks to put it together. Hoping it stays together long enough for them to not take the blame.

[@arknabul2760]

Fixed means destroyed. We must read it with an esoteric perspective.

[@bricelory9534]

Like neutering a cat, there won't be any generations of Star Wars coming down the road.

[@Poisedanubis85]

@@bricelory9534 maybe that’s for the best because Disney are gonna play with this corpse till theirs nothing left.

[@Poisedanubis85]

@@MyAramil except the child has no idea what a vase looks like lol.

[@Zigzorark]

The Jedi don’t say love is bad or weakness. They dismiss it because they need to be unbiased and love can cloud decision making

[@basementsnaxx]

Love is the death of duty, to quote another.

[@matthewchandler7845]

Don't try ...the writers didn't ...they were proud of the fact they have never seen Star Wars....

[@Zigzorark]

@@matthewchandler7845​​⁠I know, *I’m doing this for my own sanity*

[@matthewchandler7845]

@@Zigzorark We're here for you pal! We all know the pain....THANK THE GODS THIS ONE IS OVER...BRACE FOR THE NEXT I SUPPOSE! :P

[@NephritduGrey]

Also, and there's quite the famous precedent, if a Jedi would love and something happens to the partner it could unleash dark emotions.

[@GIBBO4182]

If I recommended this to my friends, then I wouldn’t have any friends left…

[@TheShadowdking]

And they would be right to leave lol

[@jamesmetcalf5597]

I can't see this show being recommended as anything other than some form of cruel torture or some kind of interrogation tactic.

[@Ironeagle21]

I wouldn't recommend it to my enemies!

[@kaltaron1284]

You could watch some of the reviews with them instead and make a drinking game out of it. Depending on the rules you might end up in the hospital though. Avoid rules like "whenever someone contradicts or changes their motivation for no reason" for example even if it's just a sip of beer.

[@Knuck_Knucks]

I'm pretty sure its considered an enhanced torture method band by the Geneva Convention... 🐿

[@ZephKin]

Everytime Disparu gets the Skinny-Dipping Narration cuts in, I develop a little bit of Star Wars Lore PTSD.... that's "throbbing".

[@Jackson-ub1uv]

9:08 Leia, Padme, Aayla, Darth Talon, and the rest of _the entire Twi'lek race:_ Are we a joke to you?

[@MrMoridinalthor]

I'd like to see Disney up the ante and spend $250M on season 2.

[@Lttlemoi]

I think season two should be bigger, badder, more throbbing!

[@inthefade]

$250 mil? Just pull a Rings of Power and drop $1 bil on it! They may as well go all-in. Nothing would make me happier.

[@wolve2k]

hey im all for it, they can sink a billion or more into it... and once it flops again... maybe they can sell the IP to someone what cares.

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

Rookie numbers. How about breaking Rings of Power’s numbers and make it 1 billion, 250 million!

[@treasonwhat4]

I seriously want the disney to triple down on this crap its so funny....the power of manyyyyyy seasons

[@Thagrynor]

The stupid articles about the "romance" between Darth Manny and Oshit makes it sound like someone said, "What if we made Natural Born Killers but in Star Wars and using a writing room full of illiterate morons who didn't graduate 6th grade?"

[@ashleybanks-wm4cg]

Just say you didn't watch the show

[@heatherwaldorf]

​@@ashleybanks-wm4cg just say you're violently triggered. Go outside, sir, and scream your guts out.

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

What I've been saying, might as well rip off another franchise and make The Acolyte - Season 2: Mickey and Mallory in Space! This is Star Wars now? This is Star Wars now...

[@Xbalanque84]

_My Immortal_ was unironically a better fanfic. At least it had "Dumblydore" flying around "dressing like a prep."

[@Xbalanque84]

​@@ashleybanks-wm4cg Just admit you can't control our thoughts, and that that fact keeps you up at night.

[@CaptShriver]

Darth plagueis and Yoda how would they not sense each other? Both are very powerful on their respected sides of the force. How does not Master Yoda hear all the Jedi crying out that are dying on the planet by being turned into shish kabobs before their last breath. These are questions that have been asked by many a fan.

[@anthonycarlisle6184]

Ain't completely sure it's yoda. Lol

[@EyeOfMagnus4E201]

Unfortunately, though, those questions are not asked by the writers.

[@ravens-crypt]

@CaptShriver. The dark side clouds everything.

[@bongzilla4172]

@@anthonycarlisle6184 Hope you're joking.

[@bongzilla4172]

Yoda would have felt all those Jedi dying, no doubt. All though, Plagueis was a master at hiding himself. And he didn't hide in caves on "unknown" planets, he was hiding in plain sight which made it so much better. He's smart. He's not called The Wise for nothing.

[@LilianaMcleod-pj9jw]

Well done! The effort and passion are evident.

[@ALifeUnanalyzedIsALifeUnlived]

I am so thankful this garbage of a show is over and I hope repercussions are paid! Time to fire these sick women at Disney. Their blatant disregard and disrespect to the previous canon. Hedlund's narcissism knows no bounds.

[@bongzilla4172]

Sad part is, she's gonna get another season and put more nonsense in there. While ruining amazing characters like Plagueis and Palpatine too.

[@TheCriticSensei]

Mentally ill people created the Acolyte. They need help

[@riodiaz5444]

Palpatine in a gimp suit😂

[@realphoenixking]

​@@EventualWarlord exactly. It's not about making or losing money... It's about sending a message.

[@idstayaway9992]

​@@EventualWarlord✔️

[@avarion9538]

And why does Osha like Smilo Ren? He tried to kill her all the time, they don't know each other, the only thing he knows about her, is, she kills her friends, she killed Sol. Also, he killed all her friends, and made her sister fight her. Imo it shows, Disney doesn't know how love works, how much it is about trust, deep understanding of each others emotions, and that you feel safe with opening up about your emotions to each other, because you can trust, and you know, the partner will understand you. But for Disney, "love" is just a word, and certain activities 🤦‍♂

[@iamthewizardwhoknocks2845]

You answered your own question.

[@gagatube]

And that's so ironic since Walt Disney made his name and fortune from making stories about love, fantasy and human emotions available and visible to the masses. How far they have fallen into the curdled alphabet soup of personal identity and DEI. 😢

[@GTRNights]

Clearly you haven't known many women. They will almost always choose the bad boy that abuses them over the kind guy who wants to bond and all that crap you just listed.

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@GTRNights I don't know what kind of women you know, but I don't know any women who would do that.

[@bryandedon7459]

​@GTRNights they choose the bad boy when they're young and for fun but eventually they grow up and get a good guy.

[@RobinJohnstonphotography]

No one’s watching the series just the criticism 😂😂

[@42Mrgreenman]

4:48 Whoosh, that idea went right over their heads...Anakin LITERALLY says it to Padme, "Compassion, which I would define as unconditional love, is central to a Jedi's life." (Though he was clearly infatuated, he wasn't wrong)...provide all things whatever positive love you can, but also realize the limits of what you can give, and be ready to let go of that love when the time comes...

[@shawncarter7188]

Im begging for season 2 also! Anything that loses Disney money, I'm for it.

[@CaptShriver]

Oh shawn, you don't know how true the statement is that you just made. I completely concur with your assessment of the situation. Let Disney lose more and more and more money and then maybe just maybe if they ignore the fact they're using Disney as a platform to spread the "message " maybe they will stop burned down the platform and they actually get people in there that understand Star Wars that understand what the fans really want out of Star Wars and then maybe Disney can start creating content that is Star Wars fan appropriate because this nightmare isn't even close to Star Wars fan appropriate. This reaches 1% and actually less than the United States population, let alone the worldwide population

[@wolve2k]

yep let the m fail and fail again... for all that i care, it can be disney tombstone. here lies disney, crumbled to dust on the altar of wokeness.

[@MyAramil]

@@CaptShriver To be blunt, No one trusts disney with star wars after their barbarism with the franchise and its fans. They have salted the earth as it where, and even if they reverse course and start to make amends. it is to late for them, they have sowed their seeds and the harvest is fast approaching

[@mrchronos3374]

It's a good time to short Disney shares.

[@klontjespap]

@@mrchronos3374 ​ not that sure a bet though disney was doing as low as 79 dollars a share less than a year ago they have had little to show for sicne , mostly boasted with productions taht weren't even disney in-house, yet the stock went up after that investor's call they even straight up said the were going to cut costs here adn invest more in china and their cruise ships so either their investors are very hopeful for the cruise ship business, or they are perhaps a bit obtuse on how tricky it can be to funnel large sums of money from the CCP china to the west then agian, didnt'disney thank the CCP for filming a live action thing in a uyguhr camp? i guess they already are buds lol

[@oskar6661]

'Taut and refined as the chassis of a Ferrari...' --- person who doesn't understand how a vehicle chassis works.

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

Presumably a thirsty gay dude.

[@lotharrenz4621]

or what part of a car/truck the chassis actually is...

[@MrThebigcheese75]

The Ferrari that was last seen backing out of Cameron's dad's garage in Ferris.

[@victorcates9330]

someone you don't want to leave alone with your car.

[@insensitive919]

You can tell the difference between identical twins once you know them well enough. You know who can easily tell the difference between two identical twins? The twins themselves. This is just one of the reasons you usually find the "evil twin trope" in b-movies and hallmark fodder. If Osha saw herself 3 days in the future, she would recognize herself no matter what she was wearing. Was this a plot point? She didn't recognize her own damn face?

[@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoffIV]

Oh my god, I didn't catch that lol That makes it even more dumb! *She* couldn't even tell herself apart from the other one.

[@marklogan8970]

Yep She thought it was her twin -- even though her twin has a massive symbol on her forehead. Thankfully, the vision wasn't shown to the audience so my head canon is she saw herself only from the back.

[@bricelory9534]

I legitimately assumed that they just got the future wrong. It fit better with the rest of the show, that they didn't bother dealing with their plot holes.

[@RonCondon]

I have identical twin brothers, actually mirror twins. They were incredibly identical when young, but it's their mannerisms that show quickly, plus they dress differently, grow their hair differently and speak differently.....just sayin

[@1ChristFollowingNerd]

As a black man, I’m thrilled Disney pushed so hard that blacks can be represented: as villains.

[@thisguydan]

It's pretty bad to beg someone for money to blow. But begging for 180 million dollars takes the beggering to the stratosphere. Alcoholic bums need to step their game up - they aren't being nearly ambitious enough. Step back and watch the big leagues of beggaring with these professional Hollywood bums.

[@ejkr2051]

@@thisguydan Thanks for adding another word made for this problem.From now on,rich privileged women wanting something they can't have: beggaring

[@Psylove17]

"Alcoholic bums need to step their game up - they aren't being nearly ambitious enough" made me lol, thanks, made my day 😂

[@bletheringfool]

There are people being given jobs and money simply because for their gender and sexuality. It's a game, a power grab. Talent has nothing to do with it

[@Johnsmith-ko9yj]

$180,000,000, what on earth did they spend it on?

[@chazthethug]

someone got very rich, because those effects were no better than early doctor who or blake 7. I'm ashamed its starwars.

[@ejkr2051]

@@Johnsmith-ko9yj Salaries and hotels. Did sind research and a lot was indeed spent on things like nice venues, comfortable living. Flying people in. Not so much on actual sets and FX or such. Don't have it ready now but look and. You'll find it too.

[@WillEDC]

Money launder

[@Crobian]

Land in Gaza

[@ymca4547]

Spent a good chunk of it on shills.

[@oryanstar1010]

Gave us a season with no answers so why would we want to go through that again no season 2

[@SallinKari]

So the show runner's former boss gets arrested and charged for being creepy towards women, and the show runner's response is to make a show attempting to bash cops and is creepy towards the opposite gender. Really shows that she never had a problem with the behavior.

[@iljavieten687]

Anyone else feeling as if we were living in a Mel Brooks movie???🤯🤯🤯🤣🤣🤣

[@Jonas-lj8ul]

No. If we were, it'd be funny, and FAR less politically correct.

[@vermis8344]

🎶 Springtime... for Vader... and Palpatine... 🎶

[@trevorpollo]

Except Mel Brooks films are intentionally funny.

[@Uzarran]

Dark Helmet's comments regarding good and evil do feel oddly topical these days...

[@sebswede9005]

"Evil will always Triumph, because Good is dumb". - Dark Helmet or Leslie Headlund?

[@markdevaney4594]

I've said before.. But was Yoda not 900 years old in "The Phantom...." .. WTF is happening?.. I've never been happier not to own a tv! 😂 😂

[@CaptShriver]

How many believe that Star Wars the acolyte is the abomination of all of the Star Wars universe???

[@LordReginaldMeowmont]

Just wait.

[@StreetSurfersAlex]

Why are you even fishing for likes on KZbin...

[@jacquesprosekticus1332]

You sound like a bot

[@dbfzato-1327]

How many believe this commenter has poo on his nose?

[@Ex_impius]

90%

[@bigdoubleu117]

How could Leslie insult Cowboy Bebop like that? Lol. Also, laughed hysterically at the article about the original Cowboy Bebop director turning off the Netflix series after one scene. Pure gold. Lastly, American Hollywood needs to stop trying to make live action anime, they clearly don't know how to do it, nor understand the shows they adapt.

[@Ashkihyena]

How about no!

[@chasehedges6775]

Agreed💯💯💯

[@insensitive919]

Either you get a season 2, or you get to watch Headland ruin the Old Republic.

[@Jonas-lj8ul]

As a dude, I never thought I would say this... but women writers need to stop thinking with their crotches.

[@klontjespap]

smutty doctor's romance books have basically always existed among women though lol women tend to be more interested in inter-relational dynamics and people, so all this stuff about seduction, playing deceptive mind games, the female power fantasy where they can control someone, or have so much dirt on others and manipulate people so well, they have the best cards in hand to climb up taht social ladder, it is perect material for female entertainment the more class hierarchy a drama has, the more women seem to like it, the old 2 people that are not supposed to be together hardship and all that shite, it's rooted in that social status type of stuff women care so much about :D and if you wanna go for the extreme: some women will even write convicted and still incarcerated hard criminals they never met before with love letters, i've yet to hear a guy do that kind of shit not only will some write batshit crazy stuff, the target audience they write it for is even more insane

[@Norvik_-ug3ge]

That's not the issue. It's the writing. Romance, sex, are both totally okay in Star Wars. It's the sub fan fiction would be Jane Austen/Bronte but actually is more akin to Twilight or Fifty Shades of Grey writing. It's not good even on a YA novels for teenage girls level.

[@Fyrecide]

@@Norvik_-ug3ge wrong. Tales of characters with real connections, falling in love this one thing, vapid, empty characters drooling over each other is not Star, nor has it ever been. And the people enabling it were never into Star Wars in the first place.

[@KennethRobinson-rf9wj]

Really digging your videos, keep it real!

[@m.b.boyack2228]

Surprised Weinstein's ex-Personal Assistant hasn't mentioned "Natural Born Killers" as an influence on The Acolyte series.

[@coolcat23]

And the biggest influence of them all: Spaceballs

[@kaykutcher2103]

​@@coolcat23 The Acolyte takes place in space and it's balls.

[@bingobongo8701]

I want an acolyte season 2, i want disney to lose money, so i also want more book of boba and obi wan

[@dobster5819]

“Throbbing” Lesley Headlamp knows the meaning of that word, thanks Disparu.

[@haraldbredsdorff2699]

This is basically them trying to sell to the male K-pop band fans. But anyone of that category would rather watch east asian soap operas than scifi. They really have no idea who their audience is, do they?

[@floydlooney6837]

I've seen better stories in K-Pop music videos than this.

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

They want the readers of romance novels.

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

Yeah, they know who their audience IS... and it is NOT the audience that they WANT... and that's a major part of the reason that they are so bitter.

[@bigdoubleu117]

Constant proof of the double standard. So objectifying Women = Bad. Objectifying Men = Good. Talking about bringing s3xy back to Star Wars and putting baby oil on the guy and whatever that article was about... Just wow. Also, Star Wars had plenty s3xy before, I mean Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman are pretty good options for bringing s3xy into Star Wars.

[@PlasticLid-wq6md]

can somebody make a comprehensive list of all the stuff lesly tried to say this show was like

[@doctorfate6414]

FOR FRICKIN REAL!

[@MrBonified66]

I do remember at the start it was a cross between Kill Bill and Frozen...

[@MullacAbu1]

I swear these articles are pure sattire. No rational human being could honestly believe any of these words.

[@thomasoveracker1115]

Crazy that headland really writes the sound effect for the lightsaber as throbbing, as if there aren't at least 100 different words that could be used there

[@MikeRaist]

Pulsating!!! Uungh

[@S_raB]

It's difficult to believe she actually gay. I think she's a closeted heterosexual.

[@mrchronos3374]

When she looks at lightsabers, she has most likely to think at something throbbing in her purse...

[@MyAramil]

shimmering, singing, blazing, pulsing, thrumming, humming, Just to name a few.

[@axiss5840]

Because it's made for getting off to.

[@saschaberger3212]

"Critics", "ask". Lesley should be in jail

[@jasonjones7461]

It's so ridiculous hearing Leslie talk about this show like its really deep and thought provoking. In reality its one of the most shallow puddles of garbage water ever to have the Disney name. It's not a star wars story, it's not even a STORY. Nothing happens, ppl do random things and then it's over. You could edit it down to the length of an Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode and still have trouble filling the time with anything that matters

[@serijas737]

I swear at this point I feel like the people who write the articles are so tired of this shit that some of them just choose to absolutely overture with praise.

[@hcl8836]

Did anyone recognized that RT gets review bombed the last two days … but with obviously fake 5* reviews?

[@farrel13sw]

All of the 8-10/10 IMDb reviews are chat gpt. Same wording, seem off and not human.

[@klontjespap]

desperation is a stinky cologne

[@a_lost_one]

Someone else posted this in the Open Bar 'We've Become a Culture Without Heroes' clip, but... Something no one pointed out is Occupational Safety and Health Administration walks off, hand-in-hand, with the person who murdered ALL HER FRIENDS. And we're supposed to understand her actions, and justify them. MoRaLlY gReY!! What the fuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

[@thetruth45678]

OSHA had friends?!? News to me.

[@Burns_RED]

Moral of the video: Never cater to Reylos

[@coletrain583]

Wolfwren is another example of this.

[@biotrekker]

Not to be confused with Rylos.

[@LibraritheWizardOfficial]

They are doing that, and they'll get what they deserve when the unhinged fans do what they did to Driver's wife.

[@alexandermccabe556]

its actually really offensive when they say Manny is "unconventionally attractive" what they mean is he isnt a ripped white or black dude they think they are hero's for finding an Asian man good looking

[@bricelory9534]

So much of all this "representation is the most important thing ever" belies their racism. Or at least the very bias they project onto others.

[@lmahu6627]

As a Filipino, I find this funny because a lot of Filipino actors are considered conventionally attractive to the West because our beauty standards are influenced by the US to a degree.

[@alexandermccabe556]

@@lmahu6627 fillipinos are fine AF they just think they are sticking it in the craw of racists when they are clearly the racist ones pushing some weird division agenda

[@j3kfd9j]

It's all deeply racist, and I don't think the adherents realize it.

[@Setsotama]

They gave us a Season of One, Begs for a Season of Two, Too bad it wasn't watched by Many

[@natp8387]

"I only care about my tribe. All other tribes I don't care about. They could die for all I care, as long as people who look like me are around me." - The end result of the 'I need people who look like me' argument.

[@mikusoxlongius]

Tribalism*

[@Nyet-Zdyes]

They don't realize it, but they are revealing their own waycism, etc.

[@SincerelyYoursAK74]

Lol I seriously thought this was a metaphor for the tiny hats behind this trash.

[@Tint_Guy]

Qimar's line about holding a lightsaber hits different after reading the interview where Headland said lightsabers are phallic

[@TbagsPS]

The thing with the whole Disney Star Wars debacle that continues to boggle the mind is the fact that Disney was really buying the audience - what is Star Wars without an audience? Why spend all that money for a pre-packaged audience and then turn around and tell us to eat sh*t and f*ck off the moment you take possession of the thing you want us to pay you for? On what planet does that make sense?

[@The_Laughing_Cavalier]

I hope next season we learn that Basil was the love child of Dexter Jettster and Bea Arthur from the Holiday Special, and that Mae and Osha created the Holiday known as Life Day to celebrate the Thread.

[@isaacpriestley]

And double down on the VR headset erotica but with Smilo Ren

[@Q_Tard]

HGAHAHA this comment doesn't have nearly as many upvotes as it deserves

[@MrBonified66]

You're hired.

[@kaykutcher2103]

Even the Holiday Special deserves better.

[@zacharynelson5731]

I want a season 2 in order to watch the KZbin critic sphere dissect it

[@isaacpriestley]

That article with the three almost-identical paragraphs, those paragraphs say “Osha was mind-wiped and Mae is set to train with Smilo Ren”… wasn’t it the other way around?

[@joaodecarvalho7012]

They openly try to show that they are objectifying men, for the female gaze.

[@davids2977]

“I didn’t see myself in it.” In other words: I’m using Marxist rhetoric to call the IP racist because I don’t see me. But every normal human just sees, “oh the simpleton is racist because he can’t see the value of human characteristic.”

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

Mr. Reflection from Despot will be so excited!

[@davidgilbert8614]

If no one watched Season 1, why would they expect that anyone would watch Season 2? Is Disney so stupid as to throw more money on top of lost money already burning in the trash heap????

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

Yes.

[@xelumbra]

I’m genuinely blown away whenever I see someone talk about The Acolyte like it’s amazing. I mean even if you don’t dislike it, how can you possibly think it’s anything more than… okay. I can’t fathom how low their standards for writing, direction, acting, and just generally making sense must be…

[@HeroVillian-jw]

Dispuru you are spot on with your review of The Acolyte. Glad to see your channel blowing up. And now that you're on Friday Night Tights since Az had to step away hopefully more people will subscribe to your channel. You are funny and entertaining. But to fully replace Az you will have to work on your rants.

[@station7thedoor]

the badness of The Acolyte was a lightning strike for content creators, similar to Velma. Velma got a second season, but by then the interest, even the interest on hating it, had passed. The buzz was gone, even the negative buzz. I bet a bunch of people didn't even realize Velma got a second season, which already aired. The smartest move for Disney would be to not renew The Acolyte, not throw more money away on it. It's done, it's over, and by the time another season could be created, I doubt anyone is going to care about it.

[@aizero-ih3uy]

Naa, throw money at it, triple the budget, the faster they purge their resources, the faster they'll realize it and purge their disease

[@Xbalanque84]

LOL You think any of this was about making money?

[@aizero-ih3uy]

did you think everything they do won't need money?

[@angel_of_rust]

the one thing velma s2 did right was kill velma with the previously most hated scooby doo character Scrappy Doo.

[@gagatube]

Disney doesn't have any other option at the moment. They put the me-too, lesbian, misandrists in charge who then filled the entire organization with DEI hires. All they forgot to do was check if anyone had any relevant talent. So there is no-one there to write better stories or produce well-crafted, entertaining content. They have to put _something_ out to keep the Disney-Plus churn going, so The Acolyte 2 is inevitable.

[@ThePassablePlayer]

The article saying the character changes sides due to love is next level retardation. Absolutely, there's a way to write a romance in which a character from the jedi question their order's teaching in order to just have a happy life, but it isn't the acolyte, or anything that disney is capable of writing. And in this same style there's probably thousands of better stories already written. Disney is not offering anything other people haven't done and better.

[@Darkgun231]

Remember when they claimed this was gonna be the gayest Star Wars ever? And yet there is nothing like that at all in the show. The heroine and villainess aren't gay, and the evil Sith dude isn't showing interesting in men at a tall. They end with a hetero relationship! So utterly dumb.

[@RoseBaggins]

I have wondered about that. Are they saying thirsting women are gay now?

[@abdieljove2011]

Did you both forget the coven of lesbians?

[@Darkgun231]

@@abdieljove2011 Were they really lesbians, though? All we know was they were women living in a community and worshiped the Dark Side. So, basically, evil nuns. Unless we get confirmation of massive scissoring parties we can't really say one way or another.

[@MrsNerfHerder]

"Gayest Star Wars Ever" = 🔸️lesbian coven of 50 women who don't need men to reproduce. And also the trans dude that stuck out like a sore penis that was part of the lesbian coven. 🔸️Picking multiple lgbt actors seemingly for that reason alone above other candidates without even requiring auditions for ability, chemistry or subject matter knowledge. Osha/Mae cannot act in this. I havent seen her other projects so I can't comment on those. But she cannot act in this to save her life. Her expression changes like 1 time in the whole show. Screaming a couple times is not "acting". She and "Mae" seriously have psycopath vibes through the entirety if the show because of the total lack or conveyance of ANY emotion to what's going on around them. And yet this ENTIRE show was literally designed around her wooden acting ass start to finish in Leslye's head....I can only assume dreamed up late at night after Jedi Master Green Bean drinks herself to sleep crying. 🔸️Also, "gay baiting" with shirtless Nord and Manny in ways that were very out of place in the story or particular scene. 🔸️Weird flirting between Osha & Jecki with the whole "flexible" line. It was a weird thing to say in context and way to say it so I can't read it as anything other than flirting. 🔸️They/themming Basil. WTF.

[@gagatube]

@@abdieljove2011 Well, yes, since they all died in episode 2 or 3...

[@bigdoubleu117]

It's unfortunate when they try comparing the Disney situation to the Prequels. I'm aware plenty of people still don't like the Prequels and never changed their opinion, but the concerning thing is when defenders of Disney say people had to wait decades for the Prequels to be appreciated, and thus it'll be the same for Disney's garbage. Well, they're missing something obvious. People seem to overlook the growth and access of technology within that time frame. Back in the 90's and early 2000's, you have to remember that internet, cell phones, social media, etc. were either not a common household thing yet or just not invented yet. So the kids that grew up with the Prequels who enjoyed them, had to wait until they were adults to finally get some recognition online to speak their minds. The only people with any reach back then who shat on the Prequels were critics, "news" media, and OT Purist Boomers. But the kids of today growing up with Disney Star Wars literally have the quickest and easiest access to internet, cell phones, and social media, more than anyone else ever had... and we still aren't hearing any support for Disney's garbage other than online shills who get invited to premieres. So because there is no support now, we don't have to wait decades. We know there still won't be support later.

[@ereini0n]

I still don't understand how a useless Force user managed to Force choke a seasoned and powerful Jedi Master

[@contentsdiffer5958]

Stunning and brave girl power?

[@farrel13sw]

Because plot

[@bongzilla4172]

Remember you are talking about the same Jedi Master who couldn't sense Mae lockpicking her binds and literally jumping at him with a taser. Sol must be the worst Jedi Master ever.

[@TheCriticSensei]

It definitely doesn’t make sense, but my biggest issue is why did Bazil betray Sol and sabotage his ship?

[@S_raB]

I'll answer all your questions: It was written in the script.

[@kpsk8031]

5 seasons and a movie! Disney can't throw enough money at this.

[@PsychNurseHaldol]

50 shades of light sabers.

[@blankadams3120]

Leslye Headlamp: The Acolyte was inspired by Cowboy Bebop Leslye before the release: The Acolyte is Kill Bill crossed with Frozen. Just... whatever comes into her head at the moment, isn't it?

[@turdfurgason8476]

"throbbing"😂

[@chazthethug]

lightsabres!"

[@crelus]

In season two the most shocking secret will be revealed - Osha shot first!

[@bethanymiller3838]

I didn’t see one second of the actual show and every second of disparu’s reviews. I’d do it again! Bring on season 2!

[@Herbert-dy1uf]

I've watched the show through this channel. No way id watch it otherwise

[@DH-xw6jp]

Remember... Headlamp wrote this as a "love letter" to the sister that disowned her and refuses to speak to her. Make of that what you will.

[@eaoadeloye82]

I still don’t know what qimir had to do with this and why would plagueis be following these two around how did he find out about all of this at the age of 12-15yrs

[@MyAramil]

Oh its the new star wars, where Ki-Adi-Mundi was alive some 30 years before he was supposed to be born and somehow knew of the sith when he then had his character lie and say they have never been seen for 1k years. After all, who needs lore when you can just make shit up and then tell the ones who ask to STFU and call them all the istaphobic slurs.

[@Sindi9679]

😂😂😂I can't handle the "Throbbing" 😂😂

[@SgtHouse]

"Throbbing" 😂😂😂😂

[@BroadMeadow-d9s]

Please, Disney, by all means spend another two hundred million dollars to entertain us once again with a lot of unintentional humor.

[@jxw457]

I could be wrong but I thought this show was written with amandla in mind, so why were they bringing real twins in anyway?

[@lacolem1]

That’s an easy way to lose friends, Leslye

[@chasehedges6775]

Anakin in Revenge Of The Sith(2005) and Cindel and Charal from Ewoks The Battle For Endor(1985) are both a better tragic hero and tragic heroine and evil villainess and are more better written than any of the characters in the Acolyte and Hayden Christensen, Aubree Miller and Sian Philips did good playing them.

[@ericfaz1427]

All of these "journalists" should be asked a shibboleth about Star Wars; if they think "Anakin blew up the Death Star" then the audience knows not to even bother reading their "articles."

[@iturnedintoamartian-cm6nd]

💯

[@dogwithsunglasses4051]

Yes please a season 2, the reviews per episode from this guy here or the Critical Drinker were just peak comedy all around, could watcha feature lenght movie about them shitting on the Acolyte

[@coryv5679]

Yeah, the Darth Maul fight scene is beyond iconic. There is nothing she can do to come close to that. I love how she thinks those fight scenes were good. It was mostly just the camera moving around and them swinging randomly.

[@Llamamagic2024]

We all need a second season …the way a fish needs a bicycle.

[@Some_Really_Random_Dude.]

You know, I think Disney should make a season two, and triple the budget, and it should really keep insulting the fans. I am sure that as long as they burn more money in what is by sheer technicality not a bonfire. It'll all work itself out.

[@Nooliy1]

Disney star wars is like a burning pile of trash, and I enjoy every second of it

[@Shishomuru]

Hell I can admit Acolyte absolutely sucked and I want a second season. Watching Disparu destroy it every week and watching Disney flush another like 200 million down the drain would be worth it.

[@CT5555_]

"Throbbing"

[@mattshungry1]

Best and most important comment

[@Vaelosh466]

"Model minority" is a term to describe East Asians because as an ethnic group they have more wealth per capita than the white majority, as opposed to other ethnic minority groups that have less. Basically the idea is that they are the "model minority" that shows the other minorities are not being restricted by some form of oppression, but are being held back by their own culture and choices. Progressives use the term sarcastically. I think in this case he's just using it as a euphemism for Asians because he is putting effort into studying, which is a stereotype.

[@86BarbOmega]

What is a stereotype though?

[@vizzifiied]

They definitely use Ai to not Just write the articles but the movie script itself. An IGN article called Qmir the hottest sith, evil is just something Lesley adores...

[@Lynn-nuna]

if these lunatics do, by some miracle, or excess of money, get another season, I declare Disparu obligated to change the thumbnail from Amandla to Jacinto. specifically the picture in which he's leaning, almost resting his head on his fists, looking at the camera.

[@MyAramil]

Lets encourage another season. It gives youtubers more content to rip apart. and wastes more of disney and therefor Blackrocks money