The Acolyte very much feels like a first draft of a TV show. The dialogue is often bad and unpolished. There’s pacing issues. There’s exposition dumps and things happen that seem to have little internal logic but happening because the plot requires it to happen. I’m not sure it being a movie would have changed any of…

I think Disney+ has produced enough seasons of Star Wars TV to show that Andor and the first season or so of The Mandalorian are exceptions, not the norm. If Disney+/Lucasfilm focused on good storytelling, I don’t think this article would exist. Instead, we got The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Solo is a good juxtaposition. Take away all the stupid callbacks (gold dice! how did Solo get his name!) and it’s a terrific adventure movie. It’s more Indiana Jones than the last 2 Indiana Jones flicks. The execution of the action scenes, from the American Graffiti-style car chase to Han Solo shooting Tobias Beckett…

Israeli ..not Jewish. There is a difference.

This is the first MCU thing that’s even remotely piqued my interest in the past year or so. I am faintly cautiously optimistic.

Some of us have a problem with Israel’s “right to exist” considering that it only exists by virtue of a mass displacement of an existing state and people. And no, the problem is not the Jewish people or Judaism in the least, just the existence and conduct of the Israeli state.

I don’t care for the man’s work but I do respect them for these. I don’t care what anyone thinks about physical media, DVDs during their heyday were just treasure troves for movie lovers.

It’s telling that the comments mostly include slights against his relevance (he’s still a big name in Hollywood) and his profession (being an actor doesn’t disqualify your opinions) rather than his argument, which Schimkowitz couldn’t even bother to read up on before posting this stupid snark.

i agree with Clooney. and anyone who discounts him b/c he’s rich, famous, doesn’t live in the US, whatever, is not addressing what Clooney (& several other people, incl other big Dem donors & many Dem politicians) are actually saying. that kind “what do we care what he thinks?” petulance is not an argument or even a…

Cool, you could have just said “I didn’t watch the clip.”

You’d trust a for-profit private company to dispose of nuclear waste safely and not just go the cheapest, easiest route? Oh, you sweet, innocent child.

Agree with the twin swap. Anyone who has burned hair, knows that smell lingers for a while. Along with Sol being a Jedi and Osha’s former master. He should not be so easy to fool.

in a vacuum i could understand giving the visuals pass. but its been reported that the show cost $180 million for 8 episodes. that is astronomical. thats more per episode than game of thrones.

I’m not too hung up on aesthetics. Since its a TV show, I can live with it not being movie quality. It could be better, but its not a deal breaker for me. But like you said, there’s good bones here but the execution of the show so far is lacking. And I think the reason for it that some are dancing around because they…

The problem is, its a good concept, with some interesting ideas, that is extremely poorly told in places.

They said this show cost $180M...it does not look like it with the set pieces that is for sure. Where did this money go? Someone said earlier it does have SyFy quality.

I’m not sure if I enjoyed this Episode because I couldn’t see it. It’s so grey and dark! I’ve no clue what’s going on because I can’t see shit!

I find most people in the US who describe themselves as “libertarian” basically mean “Republican, but not willing to admit it” 

Martin Short is a goddamn Canadian National Treasure