The Acolyte Pays for Praise: Exclusive

A new report claims that the Acolyte is more popular than the scores would indicate, but I did some investigating (Axel Foley style) and found out that the research was paid for. Who paid for it? How deep does this web go? Join me right now and find out!
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[@aster4jaden]

I like how more people are watching Videos about The Acolyte over actually watching it.

[@henrikfeldt8419]

Im one of them 🫣

[@WreakHvok]

Yea I was hate watching it but it’s not even worth it.. I need Disney to sell this franchise

[@Jay-jb2vr]

That's been going on for a long time with Star Wars actually..

[@Nartanek]

I like even more how the media is trying to tell us the show is a success and yet disney already cancelled season 2 and everything they planned to do with these characters. Sounds like a success to me!

[@miguelgallegos7874]

And Disney is tring to take the Credit 😅

[@hemaccabe4292]

I try not to be a cancel person, but considering the disgusting, horrific crimes of Ms Leslye Headland, it's hard to imagine watching anything she was a part of.

[@trahapace150]

What crimes?

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@trahapace150 She was Harvey Weinstein’s personal assistant for 4 years of his worst behavior.

[@Livvvid]

Well their version of a cancelable offense is wrong-think. The rest of us don't like criminals or people who supported criminals in their acts.

[@hemaccabe4292]

@@Livvvid I appreciate your moral support.

[@jonpato]

Hey man, don't be so rapephobic.

[@geert574]

IGN be running damage control for disney star wars since 2015 😂

[@little_dandelion]

And since Black Myth: Wukong, we have a better idea of how lucrative running damage control can be for IGN...

[@michaelbrashears8293]

A good saying "Disney the more you clamp down legitimate fans, the more fans will slip through your fingers". With the current people in charge of Disney/Hollywood I don't think anything will change. Great video as usual.

[@GrillPiece63]

I would not be surprised if those showrunners paid off "journalists" to bullshill for hype or to get eyes on this crap.

[@Subzerobyrd]

They paid off critics on RT so why would they stop there

[@MrCroky123]

And what about Disney shills and simps, supported by Disney, to review/react, on social media, every POS they present ? Disgusting liars ...

[@worndown8280]

That would explain some of the ballooning budgets on many of these projects.

[@longtsun8286]

The showrunners should've spent that money hiring COMPETENT WRITERS and TALENTED ACTORS instead.

[@Rishi123456789]

Honestly, I'm so uninterested in disney starslop shows that I don't even hate-watch them like you guys do. lol

[@FightOstinFight]

Me neither.

[@Rishi123456789]

@@FightOstinFight Based.

[@CubsWin2012]

There are some clips of dialogue and flat acting so cringe they are unintentionally funny.

[@JohnWill86]

All modern entertainment can do now is pay to pat themselves on the back

[@danielbrown9368]

As a child of the 80s I can assure you there were a lot of really, really bad TV shows and movies. The only difference is that now, there is a media machine to try to convince you the crap is good. To me, that's the cardinal sin people are really reacting negatively to. You can make crap, just don't tell me it's not junk and that I am the problem. I think that's what changed. Sort of similar to you're observation that they pat themselves on the back.

[@JohnWill86]

@@danielbrown9368 all they want from modern audiences is canned audience

[@Burns_RED]

The reviews that LIKE them are bots 😂

[@lordcrimson908]

Pretty sure more people will watch this vid than the actual show

[@the-trustees]

Has ANY shi... err, "media source" EVER given a SINGLE example of a "review bomb?" I can DEFINITELY show "review praisings," for instance ANY 10/10 review as it is objectively clear thst nobody with even a TINY amount of honesty, or brain matter, could EVER think that this bloody abortion of a show is perfect.

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

The issue with modern metrics is that they don't use any consistent standards anymore. Nielsen for example used to use overall views while Netflix uses watched minutes. Then all of a sudden, Disney started using views because it favored their numbers. It's effectively the "there's no such thing as bad press" trying to be made practical.

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

Facebook is full of ads for this show.

[@FredSpade]

That's because Facebook is malware.

[@FightOstinFight]

Facebook is as liberal as the show that’s why

[@FredSpade]

Campea changed his tune these days? The mind boggles!

[@Darkwintre]

Why not get a decent writer who likes the franchise correct that mess?

[@perfidious333]

Because things are going according to design.

[@FightOstinFight]

Because they don’t care about that. They want people to self insert gay POC liberal ideology into the shows as a form of brainwashing

[@randomfractal4164]

There's no economy for decency

[@marcusp5828]

THIS is among your best work. Outstanding investigation here! This episode NEEDS to be distributed all over

[@longtsun8286]

Remember when Ralph Nader criticized GM's design of the Chevy Corvair in his book 'Unsafe at Any Speed', and GM WASTED MONEY hiring private investigators to find blackmail information on Nader, and to defame the critic, instead of on FIXING ITS PROBLEMS? American businesses keep repeating the EXACT SAME MISTAKES that drove American customers to foreign businesses that made and still make what customers want and need- to European and Asian car companies in Nader's time, to European and Asian film and TV studios (including anime studios) now. GM never recovered the market share it lost to European and Japanese competitors then; Disney will never recover the market share it lost to European and Asian competitors now.

[@thisiswhatilike54]

“Exclusive Data Suggests…” Translation: “My source is, I made it the fuck up!”

[@philjones3824]

"Bring out the gimp." "Gimp's sleeping." "Well, I guess you're gonna have to go wake 'im up then."

[@thumperjdm]

Thanks for doing the deep-dive on this topic, and exposing the man hiding behind the green curtain.

[@kloassie]

11:26 Oh no!! Ki-Adi-Mundi is everywhere these days!! 😱

[@raymathews1474]

They're just whistling in the graveyard. The tragedy is that vanguard, ect., will protect them from the consequences of not making features for profit.

[@mandowarrior123]

Its no tragedy, its the first time there's been a way for people to make blackrock and vanguard suffer as they typically only invest in local monopolies and other safe and predatory investments.

[@ahlija]

Well if the goal was to unite everyone against a tv show, it’s an amazing success.

[@gregorycollins6561]

Campea is still absurd. "Big Papa Iger" indeed.

[@PaulusAlone]

You did some great research! Yeah~ If these Disney shows were so popular with so much engagement then why aren’t they all getting second seasons automatically green lit? Why aren’t the toys selling if so many people love the product? Their gaslighting is running out of gas.😄

[@danielbrown9368]

The insanity of it all. People have been shown to be very easy to sway, but only in the direction they already want to go. And only so much. They can't typically be told that something that emotionally affected them is not what actually did happen. Gaslighting only goes so far, things have to be somewhat grey. And only with a certain population. If a customer does not like the food, you may be able to finagle some things and even convince them maybe it was not that bad. But if they rush to the bathroom vomiting their guts out, there is not much you can say to change their perception of what happened. Disney is sending the manager to the bathroom to tell the person puking profusely that the food was great, and you should buy more. Dude? You serious? It's insane to even suggest that.

[@maxmanramfan]

There's one thing I found surprising: You did a better job at investigative journalism than the average access media "journalist". Like, exponentially better. You found receipts, showed the interconnected links, and highlighted exactly what BS Disney was up to.

[@chadallen7474]

It’s pretty bad when you can’t even trust a family friendly company lol

[@jeffreyroedel9804]

All you have to do is follow the money. That $180 million doesn't all go to the production. Many millions going to "marketing costs", or in other words, buying media opinions and good reviews.

[@CubsWin2012]

I did a little research on Valnet's website, and read the editorial policy. It says something about not accepting gifts from the subjects it covers to retain editorial independence, as if they are Consumer Reports. It reads well, but something ain't right, and they may be playing both sides here.

[@RonCondon]

Brilliant observation sir. You got a new sub.

[@Dodgers1737]

Screen rant is just a garbage site it has been for sometime once they started praising Disney and all their projects. I got banned from their Facebook page years ago after posting my displeasure with what Disney has done to Star Wars.

[@tylerskiss]

“In terms of engagement” does A LOT of heavy lifting here. I’m telling you, this is why they make these things antagonistic so people will talk and then these scam groups can claim bs accolades based on “engagement”- so all the “why the Acolyte sucks” videos contribute to their ability to claim success and probably sell advertising which means they will be successful despite us.

[@imakethesites3048]

WHAT?!!!

[@Crimson_Hawk_01]

I didn’t even need all of this to know SCREEN RANT was biased and useless as a source. You can tell that just from the way they write.

[@Mega-G-Star]

Paid Critics 84% Paying Customers 14%

[@dixieflatline1189]

An Icarus victory. Headland's wings melted. I do believe that the shows ratings are high in some demographics. KZbin is doing really well off the fumes of this toxic mess

[@holmeshuddle985]

I'm not surprised at all , just annoyed as fuck as they continue to do this crap.

[@user-gk2ee4fz5s]

Screenrant, the Snopes of entertainment 😂

[@blazlock7285]

Cooking the books? You don't say? ... Anyway, I Turned Around...

[@jamesunchained7228]

Mog?? Really? "I'm a Mawg. Half man, half Dog. I'm my own best friend." Taking Names from SPACEBALLS now are we Disney? RIP John Candy.

[@tylerdurden4006]

Lol, their bot farms got exposed online, they look so crazy with how many cellphones they have hooked up to laptops, the walls are just basically cellphones with cords attached to pc's/laptops.

[@jilliann.5728]

“Put in” five years of being a fan, like it’s a job? And here I’ve been a fan for free for decades. Of course, my opinion is not for sale. Not that they would pay for it anyway, since my opinion is that DISNEY STAR WARS IS TERRIBLE.

[@jasonvoorhees8545]

The power of Solo. The power of R2D2. The power of C3POoooooooo

[@JohnSmith-og1xq]

There is no way ending of book of Boba fett got more than Mando season 2 x_x

[@mechgouki7999]

Does anyone have an answer why Ryan George left SR?

[@maxichamberlain1021]

Screencrush , Emergency Awesome and others are reviewing this like it’s the best thing ever. Now I can’t fully accept their “honest “ opinions. Flacid saber errr Saber whip? Wtf the power of meneeee.

[@Subninja2012]

Disney is exceptional at losing money!

[@ezequielromero4436]

screen rat

[@mechgouki7999]

There must be a reason why Ryan George left them.

[@dlewis9760]

Do you think this screen rant story would have been written if the RT rating was 90%? The numbers would have been just as hazy and unsure.

[@enokinnokenti5649]

Amazes me that Disney and their apologists STILL don't get it. If you take away all of the pretty obvious social and political messaging and just analyse the acolyte as a TV show, you are left with a series that is poorly written, badly acted and is directed by someone who clearly knows nothing about the IP and it's fanbase. And actively attacking that fanbase is not the answer.

[@mikemc4340]

Any Star Wars leads now are powerful women of color

[@TI4438]

I only pay attention to sources I trust for reviews. Be it personal friends or KZbin guys like yourself. Nothing else.

[@sikliztailbunch]

Funny that screenrant has such rigid views on the topic. Ryan George points out a lot of real BS in his pitch meeting clips. ANd as far as I know that orinated from screenrant

[@TheDalinkwent]

After Mando season 1 and 2..they cant tell me shit. I remember the fandom when that show was still hot. You saw people wearimg merch..quoting the show and you and you even saw references in other media. It felt like Star Wars had regained its foot in pop culture again...ive seen almost none of this since with SWs. In fact...the only thing keeping Star Wars relevant in pop culture are the "hate watchers"...once this show wraps..only the memes and jokes will survive in fandom.

[@georgedavidson957]

You couldn’t pay me to praise this shit.

[@randomfractal4164]

Very 'exclusive'

[@starmnsixty1209]

Avoid anything remotely associated with Disney.

[@jamesneese7663]

At this point, I'm convinced most of the Acolyte "fans" are not really interested in the show. They just enjoy "dunking on the chuds". Even if the show destroys canon and makes the jedi The Bad Guys, nothing is more important to activist fake geeks than fanboy tears.

[@ut-of-here-cya]

I wonder if every female friend of her's has gone out & bought anything that deals with the products from this "great" show.🤭 let alone have her female friends gone out of their way watching it twice. 🤡 I doubt every one of her "friends" has even seen it or are watching it not even once.🤭 😂🤣yOu know, not my thing, im not into it never was, you know....😂🤭 Mean while fans are like not good👎not for me i quit done. 👍Thank you for the video👍

[@homeslicehomeslice]

Praise doesnt mean shit. It all comes down to the almighty dollar. This show may be garbage but it has a lot of exposure with all the people bashing it which means people are paying for it.

[@Hitchpster]

I find it depressing that shilling for corporations is now called "Left leaning" and listening to the audiences is "right leaning". You guys are young but it used to be the other way round: Right was about to pander to the well-off elites and Left was about supporting minimum wage, workers strike and progressive taxation. And guess what? IT STILL IS.

[@lukeallen4398]

Way more of us ❤

[@Comicsluvr]

Who are these people trying to impress? Saying the show is great isn't going to get more people to watch.

[@Antoward]

Just read the good reviews of the acolyte they all say the same thing on what ever website reviews the series typical bots.I mean it’s just so bad of a series even if you like it you would have something bad to say they never do

[@deanhubler9357]

Screen copium

[@kwf484]

Won't watch or pay for fake SW

[@kylestotch700]

The price of woke is paid cope

[@Depeche133]

You keep beating a dead horse. Star Wars is shit. GET OVER IT!!!

[@BigBreadBoi]

I like the video, Good job on the research but you lost me man, the woke triggered comic is boomer cringe shit.

[@billscarnage]

Welcome to the rabbit hole. cheers