Disney spins The Acolyte FLOP as a success; Forbes says The Critics who praise it are CRAZY!

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Disney and their friends in the entertainment complex are trying to spin the opening day numbers of Kathleen Kennedy and Leslye Headland’s Star Wars The Acolyte’s as a big hit, even though it is nothing of sort. Meanwhile, the critics are walking in lockstep, except Forbes, which is calling all the other critics out on their hypocrisy!
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  • @topherbec7578
    @topherbec757824 күн бұрын

    Disney's refusal to make peace with Star Wars fans will doom the company.

  • @sidd_not_vicious2609

    @sidd_not_vicious2609

    24 күн бұрын

    one can hope.

  • @Xbalanque84

    @Xbalanque84

    24 күн бұрын

    Good.

  • @danielhall5364

    @danielhall5364

    24 күн бұрын

    Iger's Ego is what has doomed the company

  • @M00NKYMAN3R

    @M00NKYMAN3R

    24 күн бұрын

    Disney's refusal to make peace with ANY of their fans is what will doom them. It's amazing. The most popular & well known company in the entertainment industry, with the most popular IPs and they're doing everything in their power to piss off all their fans

  • @Latinkon

    @Latinkon

    24 күн бұрын

    It's crazy knowing that the worst AAA video game publisher - Electronic Arts - made better moves to placate Star Wars fans faster than Disney.

  • @BlazingOwnager
    @BlazingOwnager24 күн бұрын

    It's almost like hiring inexperienced writers and directors and putting projects in the control of people who don't care is a bad idea

  • @arthurballs9632

    @arthurballs9632

    24 күн бұрын

    Well, inexperience isn't necessarily a problem.

  • @kyotheman69

    @kyotheman69

    24 күн бұрын

    what happens when you hire activists instead actual people with talent

  • @Princess_Feona

    @Princess_Feona

    24 күн бұрын

    They care, just about other things.😂

  • @alexedwards6509

    @alexedwards6509

    24 күн бұрын

    @@kyotheman69 The only thing that amazes me is that Disney has any viewers at all. Why would any self-respecting adult give them money? If you are a white person, they hate you. The activists they hire openly insult you and put it in every frame. If you are a male, they hate you. The activists they hire openly insult you and put it in every frame. If you are a mum, they hate your boys, your brothers, dad and uncles If you are black, they patronise you. We gave you black characters and that will sort you out. No need to worry about bills or your children. But if you are also male, they hate you

  • @RyanLBC

    @RyanLBC

    24 күн бұрын

    @@arthurballs9632 it's a huge part of the problem. when you hire with the mind of race over experience and skills it's a huge part of the problem.

  • @thunderleg6605
    @thunderleg660524 күн бұрын

    "The only ground being broken here is in the cemetery where they bury our hopes and dreams." Delicious quote...

  • @TheDumontShow

    @TheDumontShow

    24 күн бұрын

    That article was brutal. Erik Kain didn't play in his assessment. Well written.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    💯💯

  • @rubenfrankish

    @rubenfrankish

    23 күн бұрын

    @darthrevan1281 That's what you took from what he said hahaha good god, talk about burying your head in the sand!

  • @masterfox17
    @masterfox1724 күн бұрын

    When a viewer gives their honest opinion they call it review bombing and when corporate reviewers give a paid and bought review they are seen as genuine 🧐 Right ok then

  • @GH-ub7qz

    @GH-ub7qz

    24 күн бұрын

    why not...its how they do news too

  • @tiredguy2753

    @tiredguy2753

    24 күн бұрын

    What I love is how every time there is a negative it is somehow always considered review bombing.

  • @RenlangRen

    @RenlangRen

    24 күн бұрын

    RT is closer to a paid commercial than an honest review site.

  • @theevermind

    @theevermind

    23 күн бұрын

    They believe there is no truth but power. You can’t expect them to be bothered by lying, contradictions, etc. The ONLY thing that matters to them is control.

  • @Marc-gj9vx

    @Marc-gj9vx

    23 күн бұрын

    Funniest part is how Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, is rated worse than the Acolyte according to critics.

  • @nasis18
    @nasis1824 күн бұрын

    They spent 180 millions dollars on a adaptation of a bad fan fic that was created by a career receptionist.

  • @maddlarkin

    @maddlarkin

    24 күн бұрын

    Well I mean Lucas film is run by Spielberg's PA so it's hardly unexpected

  • @dougsmith6262

    @dougsmith6262

    23 күн бұрын

    Being that she was Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant, she probably knows how to keep a secret. Which may be why she gets any work.

  • @understatedwalrus
    @understatedwalrus24 күн бұрын

    It's funny how all these fanbases became bigots right after corporations started putting out garbage product.

  • @jasonbaird1645

    @jasonbaird1645

    24 күн бұрын

    It's true. I am bigoted against shitty storytelling and awful acting. My HS drama class could've cranked out something better than this dumpster fire.

  • @johnhoran9840

    @johnhoran9840

    24 күн бұрын

    @@jasonbaird1645 They could have also written a better script.

  • @lareolanKFP

    @lareolanKFP

    23 күн бұрын

    Totally a coincidence. Absolutely nothing connecting the fact that MCU movies used to not be able to make less than $1B at the box office and toys were flying off the shelves, and now the M-SHE-U can't even break $500M on their best day and all the toys are in discount stores sitting on shelves... It's not connected at all, perish the thought. 🤣

  • @lareolanKFP

    @lareolanKFP

    23 күн бұрын

    @@jasonbaird1645 Try putting the general plot points into ChatGPT, I 100% guarantee you even ChatGPT will come up with a better script following the same major plot points.

  • @ghost7524

    @ghost7524

    21 күн бұрын

    Can I ask you a question...are you a part of any fanbase? If so, are you of the original/classic fanbase or the modern remake/reboot fanbase?

  • @thegray5730
    @thegray573024 күн бұрын

    The only fantasy disney deals in now is numbers.

  • @tatersquad2000
    @tatersquad200024 күн бұрын

    The critics are now like late night talk show audiences, they clap at things they agree with. Quality is irrelevant.

  • @Phobos11

    @Phobos11

    24 күн бұрын

    Always have been

  • @SDKSeizO

    @SDKSeizO

    24 күн бұрын

    Find critics whose review you agree with. After all you are paying for these shows. But i guess this is how we came to this state - all my friends call this show a masterpiece, must be these medling russian bots

  • @baldyhardnut260

    @baldyhardnut260

    24 күн бұрын

    They are ecspecially bad when it come to Disney Star Wars

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    They clap for what they're paid to clap for.

  • @brianmead7556

    @brianmead7556

    24 күн бұрын

    @SDKSeizO Бир-Буп! Я русский бот. Рутин свой бог. Ненавижу КК. Водку люблю. Слава З. Победа за нами!

  • @D0NU75
    @D0NU7524 күн бұрын

    gotta love the irony, KK wanted to retcon star wars, rewrite history but she never accounted for the mainstream media bashing her for it

  • @rameybutler-hm7nx
    @rameybutler-hm7nx24 күн бұрын

    My son is a huge star wars fan and he always looks on the bright side when it comes to star wars. However he HATES the acolyte, he says it ruins all the lore for the jedi and the sith.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    Disney is non-canon, so all that crap ruins nothing. Best to use your time enjoying something good, like The Last Starfighter. Bet he'd like that classic.

  • @MikeSidious
    @MikeSidious24 күн бұрын

    Cancelled my Disney+ subscription. No interest in tumblr fan fiction Star Wars, thanks, Bob.

  • @TheDumontShow

    @TheDumontShow

    24 күн бұрын

    I cancelled my subscription wayyyy more before that. She Hulk made me finally cancel it. Damn, that show was utter trash. Disney doesn't listen to the audience. They are losing too much money to stay the course they are in.

  • @davidgantenbein9362

    @davidgantenbein9362

    23 күн бұрын

    Obi-Wan, Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka were not enough to do so, but The Acolyte is?

  • @WeAreRobotsUK

    @WeAreRobotsUK

    20 күн бұрын

    Same

  • @cyxceven
    @cyxceven24 күн бұрын

    Disney isn't fooling anyone anymore. Yet, pathetically, they still try.

  • @Xiy114

    @Xiy114

    24 күн бұрын

    They actually are fooling someone, THEMSELVES

  • @ph8077

    @ph8077

    24 күн бұрын

    It's an attempted DEI power & wealth transfer...selectively paying the "correct" demographics a lot of money while shunning the "wrong" demographics & brainwashing a young, impressionable audience are the primary goals here....success & profits would be a nice bonus, but not considered essential to the extant regime..

  • @SillyTwister739
    @SillyTwister73924 күн бұрын

    This show was released one day before Kathleen Kennedy's birthday, isn't that a coincidence? The Force is female show.

  • @psychonaut5921

    @psychonaut5921

    24 күн бұрын

    She's a Gemini?!? That explains a LOT!

  • @Princess_Feona

    @Princess_Feona

    24 күн бұрын

    I would assume she didn’t want another disaster for her birthday. But why would anything change now.

  • @Zminator1986

    @Zminator1986

    24 күн бұрын

    On top of the show releasing on (bundle of sticks) month and how these hags touted it's the gayest thing in the universe.

  • @RERM001

    @RERM001

    24 күн бұрын

    Given the amount of self projection (i.e. self inserts) she has commited on the overall franchise so far, I'd rather believe she is a true narcissist and enjoys frivolously all types of attention regardless of who makes it.

  • @ignaciomoreno9655

    @ignaciomoreno9655

    24 күн бұрын

    I really can't commend her taste regarding gifts.

  • @normsti000
    @normsti00024 күн бұрын

    The original SW was practically beat for beat "The Hero's Journey" a storyline as old as campfires around which stories are told. Disney SW is a confused mess at best, no compelling story lines, no redemption, nothing but bland musings of narcissists who believe in nothing but themselves. Rather than create stories that echo the best, they hold up a mirror to look at themselves. But the shareholders who would in better times serve to call BS on these creatives have chosen to be silent shills. We do not live in either the best or worst of times, we live in the blandest of times.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    well stated 👏

  • @southern-samurai
    @southern-samurai24 күн бұрын

    I’m sick of Darth Disney’s hatred of fans and woke messaging.

  • @vomeister
    @vomeister24 күн бұрын

    No one wants to be watch the BET woke version of Star Wars. I'm a HUGE Star Wars fans but refuse to give $1 to the woke Star Wars mgmt after it was sold to Disney.

  • @jimjam51075

    @jimjam51075

    24 күн бұрын

    All TV is BET now.

  • @ceasarsaran8573

    @ceasarsaran8573

    24 күн бұрын

    exactly.

  • @ceasarsaran8573

    @ceasarsaran8573

    24 күн бұрын

    @@jimjam51075 point Maybe we could have a WET.

  • @kenupton4084

    @kenupton4084

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@@ceasarsaran8573indeed. WETs ratings would be insane. The ad revenue would be too much to pass on. The companies would start catering to the sane and normal humans again.

  • @jamesmorrison618

    @jamesmorrison618

    23 күн бұрын

    100% agree

  • @fren111
    @fren11124 күн бұрын

    These people are very good at getting power...but they don't know what to do with that power

  • @SamtheBravesFan

    @SamtheBravesFan

    24 күн бұрын

    Make crap propaganda is all they're good at, really.

  • @johnbox271

    @johnbox271

    24 күн бұрын

    The Dark Side only has the power to destroy.

  • @rubyhoove9
    @rubyhoove924 күн бұрын

    Rotten Tomatoes is rotten. They used to be decent. Sigh, SAD 😞

  • @Zminator1986

    @Zminator1986

    24 күн бұрын

    One of the higher ups was an ex-Disney employee. That's why Rotten Tomatoes became so rotten

  • @Phobos11

    @Phobos11

    24 күн бұрын

    It was never that good, but it became too obvious now

  • @ShEDDiNgmYSkiN

    @ShEDDiNgmYSkiN

    24 күн бұрын

    They were never decent

  • @DJWHITE_

    @DJWHITE_

    24 күн бұрын

    I stopped paying attention to RT after TLJ was released. It grates me when YT reviewers use RT scores.

  • @GoddessOfWhim2003

    @GoddessOfWhim2003

    24 күн бұрын

    i stopped caring about RT's ratings during Captain Marvel

  • @jeremywinfield3490
    @jeremywinfield349024 күн бұрын

    Lesbian Headlamp, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein, and Darthleen Kennedy have built quite a legacy.

  • @combatking0

    @combatking0

    23 күн бұрын

    Lesbian Headlamp and Darthleen Kennedy both used to fetch coffee for more accomplished writers and directors. And I hear they weren't very good at that.

  • @paulmurgatroyd6372
    @paulmurgatroyd637224 күн бұрын

    How is Disney making a profit from all these doomed shows?

  • @Soulfire252

    @Soulfire252

    24 күн бұрын

    That's a great question for the shareholders too. I've often wondered just how dumb are the people on Wall Street that keep putting money into this stuff

  • @kyotheman69

    @kyotheman69

    24 күн бұрын

    they make most their money with parks and cruses

  • @SusanBell-dl5gr

    @SusanBell-dl5gr

    24 күн бұрын

    The pension funds are being raided to fund DEI, the fund managers have never had so much money due to governments enforcing pension payments, so they do not worry about returns like normal share holders, that is why companies do this to get DEI funding

  • @SusanBell-dl5gr

    @SusanBell-dl5gr

    24 күн бұрын

    CEOs get bonuses for hitting DEI targets

  • @Phobos11

    @Phobos11

    24 күн бұрын

    Blackrock

  • @OmegaZyion
    @OmegaZyion24 күн бұрын

    To put things into further perspective. Star Trek Enterprise season 4 cost about $1.3 million (adjusted for inflation) per episode when they canceled it. The Acolyte cost $22.5 million per episode to get the same viewership numbers from a worldwide release. And that 4.8 million views are likely the views from both episodes 1 and 2 added together.

  • @TheDigitalThreat

    @TheDigitalThreat

    24 күн бұрын

    and at least the people who did watch actually LIKED it, just not in the volume UPN wanted/expect~

  • @kirgan1000

    @kirgan1000

    24 күн бұрын

    and Star Trek Enterprise did have a second life in from of syndication, and VHS/DVD sale.

  • @nick1635

    @nick1635

    24 күн бұрын

    You are correct, the 4.8 million views were for both of the episodes added together.

  • @ultimabk
    @ultimabk24 күн бұрын

    7billion people on this planet and only half of New York City watched the show....

  • @weilandloveland7207

    @weilandloveland7207

    24 күн бұрын

    Closer to 8 billion.

  • @MarvinPowell1

    @MarvinPowell1

    24 күн бұрын

    And MOST of those viewers were likely in China or India where the Culture War isn't known about.

  • @ceasarsaran8573

    @ceasarsaran8573

    24 күн бұрын

    It's hard to say if they even did. It's two hours of show.

  • @even1313

    @even1313

    24 күн бұрын

    @@weilandloveland7207 We passed 8 billion last year.

  • @lareolanKFP

    @lareolanKFP

    23 күн бұрын

    Not even half of NYC, those are fake numbers. The real numbers are in the 200k-300k range most likely.

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges677524 күн бұрын

    I will simply rewatch older Star Wars stuff instead.

  • @sidd_not_vicious2609

    @sidd_not_vicious2609

    24 күн бұрын

    yeah I just own copies of the three good ones. don't need that joke of a channel to watch

  • @artyblartyfartblast8465

    @artyblartyfartblast8465

    24 күн бұрын

    @@sidd_not_vicious2609 I have a similar approach to Marvel Old stuff good Current stuff 🤮

  • @DonDonP1

    @DonDonP1

    24 күн бұрын

    Same! Likewise a few DSW contents--including "Rogue One" and "The Bad Batch"--that I love, despite mixed reviews.

  • @carlflaherty2215

    @carlflaherty2215

    24 күн бұрын

    ​@sidd_not_vicious2609 Kathleen Kennedy has made the prequels look good.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    @@carlflaherty2215 Only Revenge Of The Sith is legitimately good. First 2? Eh.

  • @TraciPeteyforlife
    @TraciPeteyforlife24 күн бұрын

    I saw it at 26 percent earlier in the week. Clearly someone is fudging the numbers on Tomatoes.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    Ya think 🤔

  • @thirstyserpent1079

    @thirstyserpent1079

    23 күн бұрын

    They usually do, all the way back to like 2016? I think they started around the time of Amy Schumers feminist comedy special which was one of the worse things ever? That led to them removing parts of the user review system then after the negative votes often suspiciously disappeared on things, usually large big name products from companies with deep pockets. The prevailing theory is that they like youtube have some system where you can pay a certain amount to have a bulk amount of votes removed for a fixed price. A system that people worked out youtube had back when Call of Duty Infinite Warfare's trailer came out and set a record for negative votes. People noticed a bizarre set of behavior with the downvotes where 5K, 10K , 15K increments of downvotes were disappearing or 5/10/15 upvotes would suddenly appear out of now where as opposed to organically. A behavior that started at the same time activision started their damage control/pr blitz.

  • @newstarshipsmell8022
    @newstarshipsmell802224 күн бұрын

    4:22 "... an audience score in the 30s, over at Rotten Tomatoes, even if it at times, has slid down into the high 20s." Actually, it slid all the way down to 26%, and sat there for hours, until it suddenly jumped up to 34% and then resumed the slow downward slide again. (It's now sitting at 29% again.) So either RT deleted a bunch of low ratings last night, or a bunch of bots bombed it with high ratings, within half an hour or so.

  • @quintongarner3907
    @quintongarner390724 күн бұрын

    If Walt Disney is looking down from Heaven watching what is happening to his company, he must be pissed.

  • @madmalone6616

    @madmalone6616

    24 күн бұрын

    It's heaven so there's😂 no Disney😂 for him to see their. It would upset the peace.

  • @shishkebaba

    @shishkebaba

    24 күн бұрын

    walt was jpilled he's rolling in his grave

  • @DC-nj8kv

    @DC-nj8kv

    24 күн бұрын

    Think about how George Lucas must feel

  • @DaftDrunk24

    @DaftDrunk24

    24 күн бұрын

    I doubt Walt is in heaven

  • @madmalone6616

    @madmalone6616

    24 күн бұрын

    @Dewani90 Stan Lee's in hell for a the credit he stole. Funky Flashman was exactly who Stan was. He's creativity abilities are questionable if you listen him. I think Key & Peele hit that nail with thier Stan Lee sketch.

  • @hurtfixer_
    @hurtfixer_24 күн бұрын

    I hate Disney for making me Hate StarWars, F-the AcolDyke and the Sithscissor Sisters!

  • @josepablolunasanchez1283

    @josepablolunasanchez1283

    24 күн бұрын

    Play the board game Rebellion. It was made with love. $100 may look pricey, but it has 153 miniatures. The expansion Rise of the empire improves the game. Harsh rules channel has a great tutorial. You need a big table, a whole day, 2 players and every game is memorable. I was fed up of corporate drama too. Play board games. You will not regret it.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    They'll never make me hate Star Wars. Then again, I only recognize The Original Trilogy as canon, & EVERYTHING else as crap. I'm good with my theatrical OT, free of all CGI "enhancements"

  • @Drifter2025
    @Drifter202524 күн бұрын

    When the calls stop coming and the cards start declining, we will start seeing change. Refuse them to your time and money.

  • @Ashkihyena
    @Ashkihyena24 күн бұрын

    One of the few times Forbes is right. One of the few.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    Interesting

  • @jonfreeman9682

    @jonfreeman9682

    24 күн бұрын

    Forbes is right quite a lot actually but they don't know the metrics.

  • @SpaceJawa

    @SpaceJawa

    24 күн бұрын

    Mostly right...

  • @BruderSenf

    @BruderSenf

    24 күн бұрын

    a broken clock is right twice a day

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    @@BruderSenf True

  • @bulldogsbob
    @bulldogsbob24 күн бұрын

    I don’t understand why the critics are still afraid of Disney. Kathleen Kennedy Especially should be an easy target since she has made nothing but failures. If they did give Kennedy what she deserved they might have a small chance of regaining their credibility with the public.

  • @Flitalidapouet

    @Flitalidapouet

    24 күн бұрын

    Early access, free pass to "Premieres", and many other gifts on the side, plus tons of paid Blackrock bots boosting your views on youtube and twitter and instagram giving you around 50% more views = more money. Tons of reasons.

  • @jimhuffman9434

    @jimhuffman9434

    24 күн бұрын

    She has dirt on most of Hollywood. So she figures "If I go down, I'm taking all of Hollywood with me"

  • @MundaneThingsBackwards

    @MundaneThingsBackwards

    24 күн бұрын

    Identity politics. This is precisely the reason these shows lead with how diverse the cast and creatives are and how RACIST, sexist and queer/gayphobic critics are even before the product debuts.

  • @MarvinPowell1

    @MarvinPowell1

    24 күн бұрын

    The critics are literally just paid shills by Disney and other studios. They stopped being independent entities a LONG time ago; at least not since 2009. That's why they're still around in 2024 and didn't all get canned in 2010 because they were irrelevant even then.

  • @Flitalidapouet

    @Flitalidapouet

    24 күн бұрын

    @@MundaneThingsBackwards In a way, it's like a new religion. I genuinely think 70% of the population cannot live without a religion (evolutionary reasons?) when you remove one religion, they replace it with another one, usually way worse = woke, excusing evil, destroying the past religion.

  • @marsoelflaco5722
    @marsoelflaco572223 күн бұрын

    To save face, studios can lie about numbers and make up other rationalizations, but they KNOW they're failing and losing money. That they continue on the same path is mind-boggling.

  • @Apoc5k
    @Apoc5k24 күн бұрын

    If 4.8M is the initial viewership then what is the dropoff rate and what percentage of the initial viewership watches to the end.

  • @saladinbob
    @saladinbob24 күн бұрын

    It's also important to note that Star Trek Enterprise by its 4th Season had been moved to the dead man's slot with a view of manufacturing a pretext for cancellation. The Acolyte is on streaming so can be watched whenever anyone wants. That makes those numbers even worse because if streaming had been around in 2008 we would have seen another three seasons.

  • @stephenshoihet2590

    @stephenshoihet2590

    24 күн бұрын

    When Enterprise was originally on, I enjoyed it but it was a bit slow to pick up and i dont think i even watched the last season. A few years ago i watched it on streaming and I enjoyed it so much more! Maybe it's just partly relative to how bad everything is now lol

  • @Grubnar

    @Grubnar

    24 күн бұрын

    @@stephenshoihet2590 No. You are correct. Parts of the first two seasons were a bit of a slog, because of the whole "9/11 in space!" Xindi plotline. It has not aged well. But the rest of the series has.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    The last good Star Trek was Voyager.

  • @kieronchick1663
    @kieronchick166324 күн бұрын

    I didn't realize Harry from Harry and the Hendersons was a Jedi.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    You didn't know that? Pfft! What kind of a Star Wars fan are you?

  • @reedr7142

    @reedr7142

    23 күн бұрын

    And the man bun-or is that a wook-bun? 🤦‍♂️

  • @mhampton8358
    @mhampton835824 күн бұрын

    It’s 2024 We Don’t Care Anymore 😂

  • @DocZoidberg549
    @DocZoidberg54924 күн бұрын

    Man, I miss Enterprise. They canceled it when it started to get good.

  • @archstanton9073

    @archstanton9073

    24 күн бұрын

    Joline Blalock played a great Vulcan. Not unemotional but someone with their emotions under tight control.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    The last good Trek was Voyager. You're never gonna make me believe all that crap happened pre Kirk & Spock.

  • @MidnightsEdge

    @MidnightsEdge

    23 күн бұрын

    @@archstanton9073 We would have learned she was in fact half Romulan, had the season five happened.

  • @anzelmasmatutis2500
    @anzelmasmatutis250024 күн бұрын

    Why Disney is making movies/shows oriented ONLY for Queers, but not for General public?

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    Yeah, kinda wonderin' that myself.

  • @marsoelflaco5722

    @marsoelflaco5722

    23 күн бұрын

    It's not very inclusive when you think about it.🤔

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman847224 күн бұрын

    “I see this as an absolute win!” 😅 -The Hulk, “Avengers Endgame”

  • @mariokarter13
    @mariokarter1324 күн бұрын

    "The Acolyte proves that fans actually are paying attention to the Star Wars and not just blindly staring at a logo."

  • @andrewproctor3922

    @andrewproctor3922

    24 күн бұрын

    All us fans are paying attention to, is how big this dumpster fires gonna get! 😂

  • @BruderSenf
    @BruderSenf24 күн бұрын

    me (after seeing the first episode of the acolyte): FFFFF! me (after seeing the second episode of the acolyte): sidious HAD to purge the jedi order and his mesure was entirely reasonable!

  • @Electronzap
    @Electronzap24 күн бұрын

    The creators brag that they made it so that fans will hate it, and then they claim that nobody really hates it.

  • @darthlaurel

    @darthlaurel

    23 күн бұрын

    Excellent point

  • @richardmattocks
    @richardmattocks24 күн бұрын

    Every time a critic takes the corporate dollar so blatantly, they lose all credibility with fans.

  • @ThemaProom936
    @ThemaProom93624 күн бұрын

    Their entire strategy seems predicated on the assumption that the old fans will always be there, like a battery that never runs out. The only way this ever gets repaired is if enough people stop. Stop subscribing, stop watching, stop giving them money and numbers.

  • @alsmith9853
    @alsmith985324 күн бұрын

    I'm glad someone else is saying what I've been saying: a murder mystery is a specific genre with set rules. The Acolyte is NOT a murder mystery!!

  • @Johnsmith-ko9yj
    @Johnsmith-ko9yj24 күн бұрын

    The Message before entertainment.

  • @TheVagolfer
    @TheVagolfer24 күн бұрын

    Seriously, who are you more likely to believe...a few hundred sycophantic reviewers that are under Disney's thumb, or the audience that is desperately hoping for something that will show a spark of life in the dying franchise of "Star Wars?"

  • @GM_Lemmy
    @GM_Lemmy24 күн бұрын

    You know Disney is failing HARD when even mainstream media isn't willing to cover for them...

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman847224 күн бұрын

    Solid burn, Forbes. 🔥

  • @TastierBackInThe80s
    @TastierBackInThe80s24 күн бұрын

    Disney and Hollywood desperately berating fans for being able discern a good show from a bad one. Regardless of whether it has the Star Wars moniker slapped on it.

  • @emmettturner9452
    @emmettturner945224 күн бұрын

    Do those views total each episode? I think we figured out why it premiered with two instead of one.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    Not gonna be watching it, tbh

  • @emmettturner9452

    @emmettturner9452

    24 күн бұрын

    @@chasehedges6775 Didn’t and won’t.

  • @MundaneThingsBackwards

    @MundaneThingsBackwards

    24 күн бұрын

    Yes it's the total ffor both. The vagueness is precisely why Disney framed the count in the way they did. They know ~2.5 million views (or much less for the second episode if viewers immediately abandoned ship...) for a fucking 180+ million dollar show is pathetic.

  • @nick1635

    @nick1635

    24 күн бұрын

    @@MundaneThingsBackwards Even those vague spun numbers are pathetic, they have approx 153m subscribers so about 3% of their paying customers watched the premier episodes of their Star Wars show.

  • @FredBloggs919
    @FredBloggs91924 күн бұрын

    Anyone that sits through that shitshow deserves a medal.

  • @seangray6131
    @seangray613124 күн бұрын

    I’m actually kinda surprised Forbes had the guts to call Disney out on their doctored numbers.

  • @shamilreader4694
    @shamilreader469424 күн бұрын

    MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE!!!!!!!

  • @cadis4257
    @cadis425724 күн бұрын

    I just want this series to be put out of its misery.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    IDC what they do, Star Wars died the day Phantom Menace premiered.

  • @timwhite5562
    @timwhite556224 күн бұрын

    Forbes seem to have made a conscious decision to start approaching reviews in something resembling good faith. I've noticed it over the last year or so.

  • @gokaury
    @gokaury24 күн бұрын

    "Review bombing! Viewers are review bombing the audience RT score!" The blatant projectionism is sure palpable with this one. It is the so-called "'critics' score" which is the one that is really being positively bolstered by "critics" who would otherwise be ignored by RT in their calculations. They are getting SO desperate now.

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges677524 күн бұрын

    I wonder what Aubree Miller(the actress who played Cindel in Ewoks The Battle For Endor) thinks of Modern Disney Star Wars?

  • @jonfreeman9682

    @jonfreeman9682

    24 күн бұрын

    She thinks yeah baby this is girl boss done right. At least there's no Mary Sue in this show. And they made the twin sister the villain. But let's see if fans tune in. Don't matter what ratings are if nobody watches and nobody signs up.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    @@jonfreeman9682 Nah, she probably thinks this: “Cindel was a much better/well/written character than this whatever this garbage is?”

  • @troymoriarty1970

    @troymoriarty1970

    24 күн бұрын

    At least it's known that Cindel grew up to be an inquisitive journalist, likely as based in her reporting as Forbes is in their articles.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    @@troymoriarty1970 True. Hopefully, she was good at it.

  • @chasehedges6775

    @chasehedges6775

    24 күн бұрын

    @@troymoriarty1970 It also helps that the actress works as reporter at a radio station in real life as well.

  • @allsport916
    @allsport91624 күн бұрын

    Somehow my subscription got dropped. Weird, wonder why KZread would do something like that….resubscribed.

  • @Apocalypse_Meow...
    @Apocalypse_Meow...22 күн бұрын

    "We Must Be Watching Different Shows" 😂😂😂 That sums it up quite nicely 🤪🤪🤪👍😎

  • @jpteknoman
    @jpteknoman24 күн бұрын

    I was watching a clip from an episode of Star Trek TNG and thought: that was a time when writers didn't confuse ego for iq.

  • @hemaccabe4292
    @hemaccabe429223 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @GenMVeers
    @GenMVeers24 күн бұрын

    0:24 Good Ol' *Erik Kain* of *_Forbes_* - a sensible man 👍! Unlike his colleague *Paul Tassi* who wrote, quote, "I believe that if you think [that *_The Rise of Skywalker_* is] worse than the prequels, you are either insane or lying. I also would go a step further and say that in the end, it’s probably the best of the new trilogy, though well behind the originals and _Rogue One_ ." 😒

  • @MundaneThingsBackwards

    @MundaneThingsBackwards

    24 күн бұрын

    People are allowed to have bad takes especially when the quality of the things he's comparing aren't too great to begin with. He thinks both trilogies are shit. BIG DEAL. lmfao

  • @jrwilliams4029
    @jrwilliams402924 күн бұрын

    If the they/them twins had a gold tooth I would have mistaken them for Rick James.

  • @castantino
    @castantino24 күн бұрын

    They haven't killed SW for me. What they did was kill any chance I'll give a shit about what they crap out over at Disney. Still have the OT and PT films and the Thrawn Trilogy Books which is all I need.

  • @joey_after_midnight
    @joey_after_midnight24 күн бұрын

    The Hubris is it was Old School Fans that brought them to this dance and Greenlit their projects for them. Fans got them the Money to make this garbage, and they abandoned them. They deserve to be ignored and I have no sympathy for them.

  • @SandraPhillips-cb5og
    @SandraPhillips-cb5og24 күн бұрын

    You've got a fan in me, keep 'em coming!

  • @setlik3gaming80
    @setlik3gaming8024 күн бұрын

    The Acolyte A great chance to viciously attack the customer.

  • @loralyane
    @loralyane24 күн бұрын

    "The Shadow that bred them can only mock; it cannot make: not real, new things of its own." Tolkien. Nothing good can be produce by such evil people, they can only destroy.

  • @derrickwashington1713
    @derrickwashington171324 күн бұрын

    Another day, another tax write-off for Disney..💵💵

  • @williammayo-ku4pc
    @williammayo-ku4pc24 күн бұрын

    Everything is catered from minority and not the majority!

  • @casaagogo2573
    @casaagogo257324 күн бұрын

    That conclusion leads to what I think is critical. George did an interview where he basically said he was really the only one who understood the Force, but he sold the franchise so it is what it is. Then you have Headland say that George is NOT the only person who understands. She thinks she does, and what do we get? May the Thread be with you…

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    George used to shoot from the hip back when he was young & struggling. Then came Skywalker Ranch & a cascade of money. Since then, his work & writing have plummeted. Return of the Jedi was the last viable Star Wars movie. Everything that followed is pure crap. Annie built Threepio?The midi-chlorians?Jar Jar Binks?Pedo Padme? Give me a Fn break. George lost it a LONG time ago.

  • @mariokarter13
    @mariokarter1324 күн бұрын

    "Bob Iger in need of a second shower." That's a deep cut. lmao

  • @BartAllen
    @BartAllen24 күн бұрын

    *As some have stated, that viewing figure - if we regard it as a legitimate one from Disney - may regard the totality of both episodes: 4.8m million views for both Episodes 1 and 2 ~ Additionally, none of the media had spoke about the "review bombing" of some of the most recent Dave Chappelle specials, so on and so forth ~ Review bombing seems to only occur when there's a disconnect between the "critics" and the "civilians" ~*

  • @venga3

    @venga3

    24 күн бұрын

    Cut it out with the bolding.

  • @BartAllen

    @BartAllen

    23 күн бұрын

    @@venga3 *Deal with it ~*

  • @tombkingsethbattlechannel9419
    @tombkingsethbattlechannel941924 күн бұрын

    The biggest mistery of that show are the secrets Kathleen Kennedy must know to hold Disney her personal hostage and run it into the ground.

  • @marsoelflaco5722

    @marsoelflaco5722

    23 күн бұрын

    Very true. How that woman is still employed is mind-boggling.

  • @planetdisco4821
    @planetdisco482124 күн бұрын

    My biggest question is why do they keep doing this? I mean how disconnected from the audience can you get?

  • @badhabitbabbitt7655
    @badhabitbabbitt765524 күн бұрын

    As with Disney’s Willow this show is failing spectacularly.

  • @AncestorEmpireGaming
    @AncestorEmpireGaming24 күн бұрын

    Disney is more delusional than EVS and Nina Infinity.

  • @Soldano999
    @Soldano99924 күн бұрын

    They knew it was bad. They already planned to cope. They made up the entire thing. Why do it in the first place ?

  • @2012sonora

    @2012sonora

    24 күн бұрын

    It is bizarre isn't it? These people are behaving like religious cultists at this point, not business people

  • @sterlingdennett
    @sterlingdennett24 күн бұрын

    At this point, I am surprised that disney can still be surprised at how badly they are doing. How many YEARS of "Get Woke, Go Broke" have we had, now? And yet they still end up "in shock" and break down "in tears" at their poor performance! Just how badly are they lying to themselves about all of this - all day, every day???

  • @jlg5967
    @jlg596724 күн бұрын

    The critics are the acolyte's, just followers.

  • @dispositionguise7467
    @dispositionguise746723 күн бұрын

    “Attack me with all your strength” is the new “come at me, bro!”.

  • @zerozero1520
    @zerozero152023 күн бұрын

    I canceled my Disney+. Problem solved.

  • @therealemperorpalpatine
    @therealemperorpalpatine24 күн бұрын

    The enemys playbook : MAKE A GROUP MAD..POINT AT THEM TO THE OPPISITE GROUP AND SAY LOOK THEY ARE MAD AND HATEFUL.

  • @DaveNarn
    @DaveNarn24 күн бұрын

    Why is it always, ‘Crashed, Burned, Fell into the Swamp and Sank’ with these people?

  • @deadschooled
    @deadschooled24 күн бұрын

    I am absolutely baffled that the main character having an identical twin wasn't a season finale plot twist 🤦

  • @HappyTeeth.
    @HappyTeeth.24 күн бұрын

    this whole disney era is weird WEIRD

  • @archstanton9073

    @archstanton9073

    24 күн бұрын

    It's because the people running it are weird.

  • @TheRestartPoint
    @TheRestartPoint24 күн бұрын

    Can I just say I got a Cannibal Corpse tour advert in the middle of this. One of about 5 times in my entire life i've had a youtube advert that I didn't skip. Thanks Midnights Edge and rock on! \m/

  • @freemo260
    @freemo26024 күн бұрын

    I miss the connection I had with the characters in star wars ....it's all gone today....smh

  • @semperterra3235
    @semperterra323523 күн бұрын

    I am personally uninterested in the product itself (I'm not the target audience anymore), but I am interested in the economics of it, How much money do these shows make? How much are they projected to make? Are they economically viable? Those questions are more interesting than critical or audience scores.

  • @TurtleTrackin
    @TurtleTrackin24 күн бұрын

    It's like your favorite restaurant was bought out by someone who insults its previous customers. We all like to walk by the restaurant from time to time to watch them struggle to stay above water, but we would rather eat dirt than eat there again.

  • @SwashBuccaneer
    @SwashBuccaneer23 күн бұрын

    This is a darker Star Wars. Look at that cast. 🤣

  • @graemeorr5884
    @graemeorr588424 күн бұрын

    Good article, I didn’t think I would ever see something like that coming from a mainstream media critic

  • @stevechippendale8873
    @stevechippendale887324 күн бұрын

    So this $100-plus million show had about half the viewers of a video filmed by Jenny Nicholson in her bedroom about the Star Wars Hotel.

  • @JohnnyNoPockets
    @JohnnyNoPockets23 күн бұрын

    "There's never been a murder mystery in Star Wars!" *Ahsoka being blamed for murder and leaving the Jedi order: Am I joke to you?

  • @neondemon5137
    @neondemon513724 күн бұрын

    Big company is coping and spinning another failure, what a surprise.

  • @Neonmirrorblack
    @Neonmirrorblack24 күн бұрын

    And once again, Andor gets thrown under the bus. Or simply forgotten.

  • @proto-geek248

    @proto-geek248

    24 күн бұрын

    EVERYTHING after Return of the Jedi is pure crap.

  • @rclaws3230
    @rclaws323024 күн бұрын

    I recommend Erik Caine's KZread channel. He's a leftist for certain but he doesn't march lockstep and is willing to discuss actual problems with the execution of diversity and inclusion. It's a breath of fresh air to listen to someone who can disagree without hating.

  • @janrautenstrauch4729
    @janrautenstrauch472924 күн бұрын

    It's the same as it was with the Witcher: the showrunners got no love for the source/franchise. What they love is their own "ideals" and promoting "values". But that's not how "entertainment" works. Sadly, since the "professional-mainstream-critics" praise them (either out of sharing ideology or fear of loosing access) they feel vindicated and attack those whichs opinion should matter the most to them: the audience.

  • @ASoberBear
    @ASoberBear17 күн бұрын

    For context as to how stupid this business model is imagine someone that works for Honda as a lead developer has no idea how cars run and what your lineup is at any given time. Fans express absolute distain for a product and want something different that you have the ability to offer and you absolutely refused to give it to them year after year, luckily we have a brand like that in the car industry. It’s called Nissan…

  • @saimaidar9417
    @saimaidar941724 күн бұрын

    Just ignore it and everything else Diney does and do not support them in anything . Sooner or later even venture capital has to walk away. Let Disney fail.

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