Acolyte cancelled. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/
And there was much rejoicing. Kevin M. (RPCV) On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 9:48 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Here’s my summary of the season finale: > > I fervently believe those responsible for this series should be forced to > stand near the GOP presidential candidate at every public event he has from > now until the end of time. > > Not. Too. Soon. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 11:51 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> At this point, I am — to borrow a phrase from Dave S — hate watching this >> series. The online Star Wars community has nicknamed the big bad villain >> Darth Teeth because of his unintentionally comedic helmet ornamentation. >> And the big villain reveal… really… that’s your Hitler?! >> >> I will only add one other observation, which is hardly original but it is >> worth revisiting: the Jedi always, and I mean always, get their collective >> asses kicked in battle. We see so many Jedi die in the movies and tv shows >> that we are desensitized to it. I was looking forward to this series >> because it was to be focused on the Jedi and I wanted to see them at the >> top of their game, only to discover apparently they’ve always sucked. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 3:06 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I found this a bit ordinary, but then it's Star Wars and a 7-year old me >>> in 1977 might have been more impressed. >>> >>> Incidentally, I hard disagree on Andor which I believe was one of the >>> best TV series of the year in any genre. Just beautifully constructed and I >>> can't wait to see it return. >>> >>> At least The Acolyte is better than Boba Fett, Obi Wan and perhaps on a >>> par with Ahsoka at this point. Only The Mandolorian and Andor are better >>> thus far... >>> >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 10:35 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> They should’ve named it “Crouching Tiger Hidden Jedi”. And they >>>> should’ve cast Chow Yun-Fat as Sol. Or they should’ve just used CGI on the >>>> sword fight sequences in the original Crouching Tiger to make the Green >>>> Destiny a light saber and rereleased that. >>>> >>>> I understand that most if not all art is derivative, and I already >>>> enjoy the series much more than the yawn-inducing Andor, but I had high >>>> hopes for a Jedi-centered Star Wars series, but… well… I need to stop >>>> getting my hopes up on Star Wars series. >>>> >>>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cd7Es_fUDMt5iT9n%3DHLbrQf-RqKp7gQQq34WNPhpO2hw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cd7Es_fUDMt5iT9n%3DHLbrQf-RqKp7gQQq34WNPhpO2hw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBhZ9QjVAnqgJr_F8U3nBjHrF9mJqgN4ZCMaVmpAJQBCg%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBhZ9QjVAnqgJr_F8U3nBjHrF9mJqgN4ZCMaVmpAJQBCg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Bz7L8yJziNtOfVL-MYLtGwOD6KYWEmuiQ%2BJ7jXv7%2BUCg%40mail.gmail.com.
