The Acolyte: Episode 6 (Spoiler Thread)

[Snow Queen]

The Acolyte and I every week:

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Apparently the twist was originally going to be held for s2. Beyond being very ambitious, what the hell was going to happen this season? Because nothing else of note has happened.

 

[antsman41]

I wouldn't say all, but damn close to it.

Well, obviously not including Andor… but even Loki has some bad episode placement pacing.

 

[Sithborg]

Apparently the twist was originally going to be held for s2. Beyond being very ambitious, what the hell was going to happen this season? Because nothing else of note has happened.

Well, I imagine he keeps his helmet, so Qimir finds Osha back in full hobo dress. And then the conversation plays out much differently on Achoo, probably similar to how we saw the bits of him and Mae.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well, I imagine he keeps his helmet, so Qimir finds Osha back in full hobo dress. And then the conversation plays out much differently on Achoo, probably similar to how we saw the bits of him and Mae.

So nothing happens.

 

[antsman41]

Like, shouldn’t he also be trying to attack the Jedi more… outside of his simple revenge plot?

It’s like a whole season of Riddler just killing the mayor.

 

[Snow Queen]

Well, obviously not including Andor… but even Loki has some bad episode placement pacing.

In the Marvel/Star Wars live action arena, I'd say Andor and She-Hulk both handled themselves well for their respective genres. While I think Andor 4 and 5 are a little draggy together, I don't leave any of either show feeling like nothing happened. Which is exactly how I feel about this. Things are technically occuring. I am watching them move and listening to them speak, but it feels aimless and empty.

 

[antsman41]

I honestly forget that Andor wasn’t actually on HBO or Apple.

 

[Snow Queen]

I honestly forget that Andor wasn’t actually on HBO or Apple.

Pacing, writing, production design, it's just far and away on another level from the rest of this and it's frustrating that no one else gets in spitting distance. I want to like this show. I was looking forward to it.

 

[Sithborg]

So nothing happens.

Pretty much? Hard to tell how it would affect the unseen finale, but it would make the Osha and Qimir stuff less effective on Achoo, so that may have been the idea for the change.

Like, shouldn’t he also be trying to attack the Jedi more… outside of his simple revenge plot?

It’s like a whole season of Riddler just killing the mayor.

I mean, I am getting the impression there is someone who is not going to be happy that he has been drawing the attention of the Jedi like he has, even if it seems like it will be easy to blame Sol in the end.

 

[antsman41]

Pacing, writing, production design, it's just far and away on another level from the rest of this and it's frustrating that no one else gets in spitting distance. I want to like this show. I was looking forward to it.

I think it’s doing ok… I just wish it was truly the ‘sith’ show we were initially sold. These last two episodes are leaning that way, and have been the best.

Not the ‘Coruscant 911!’ or whatever the first four episode have felt like.

 

[Ninjablade]

Apparently the twist was originally going to be held for s2. Beyond being very ambitious, what the hell was going to happen this season? Because nothing else of note has happened.

Just imagining her perving on him again, only he's still wearing the helmet.

 

[Weather Witch]

One naked darksider and Osha is ready to give it all up. That's not a complaint though. It's likely how they would get me as well.

 

[PunyGod]

Also, how does this show cost $180 million when they've been reusing the same three sets throughout the show?

That's honestly the real mystery here. Either that number is wrong or they lost money on something other than production.

 

[Drizzle]

This is just another D+ show to add to the "Could have been 6 episodes" shuffle but it doesn't even seem like it needed that many episodes either.

 

[Kane52630]

More like "Could have been 6 episodes" or "Could have been a single major blockbuster movie."

An Acolyte movie with all the resources of the film division at Disney would have made this so much better, but since Solo failed now they're putting all their off shoot movie ideas into this smaller container on tv with even fewer resources to fully flesh out anything.

 

[Bobber]

More like "Could have been 6 episodes" or "Could have been a single major blockbuster movie."

An Acolyte movie with all the resources of the film division at Disney would have made this so much better, but since Solo failed now they're putting all their off shoot movie ideas into this smaller container on tv with even fewer resources to fully flesh out anything.

I'm yet to see a single Star Wars show (Maybe apart from Andor, which could also have been shorter) that wouldn't have been better as a movie.

 

[PunyGod]

I'm yet to see a single Star Wars show (Maybe apart from Andor, which could also have been shorter) that wouldn't have been better as a movie.

Obiwan and Boba Fett were planned as movies along with many others. After Solo bombed they changed course and moved the whole franchise to TV

Disney has literally cancelled more Star Wars movies than they've made.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm yet to see a single Star Wars show (Maybe apart from Andor, which could also have been shorter) that wouldn't have been better as a movie.

The Mandalorian also works well enough as a series but yeah, everything else besides that and Andor are more or less stretched out movies.

 

[Kane52630]

Mandalorian had the perfect formula in season 1 of an episodic tv western but the moment they brought in Luke, it went all downhill since then.

 

[Bobber]

The Mandalorian also works well enough as a series but yeah, everything else besides that and Andor are more or less stretched out movies.

I agree with that, but even then, season 1 and 2 could, and should, have been one season, if you'd cut out all the filler and just focused on story and character.

 

[Sithborg]

I agree with that, but even then, season 1 and 2 could, and should, have been one season, if you'd cut out all the filler and just focused on story and character.

Nah, **** that. "Filler" is great. This attitude would have killed the X-files. And to be frank, likely hurt the reboots because they needed the grand lore episodes. One episodes adventures are great. And Mando really needs to get back to that.

But Star Wars has to have this "prestige TV" shine to it.

 

[Bobber]

Nah, **** that. "Filler" is great. This attitude would have killed the X-files. And to be frank, likely hurt the reboots because they needed the grand lore episodes. One episodes adventures are great. And Mando really needs to get back to that.

But Star Wars has to have this "prestige TV" shine to it.

Nah, **** that right back.
X-Files were 24 episode seasons. There basically had to be "filler" or one episode adventures, in between whatever story they were cooking up. That's how a lot of TV worked back then.

Mando seasons are like 8 episodes, which makes it feel like I'm severely wasting my time watching Mando spend an entire episode fighting an ice spider that I'll never see again.

 

[flickchick85]

Mandalorian was designed to be an episodic show. Like proper TV. It was better when it was less serialized. I swear streaming is killing the television format. TV was built on "filler," aka character development, bottle eps, concept exercises, standalone adventures, etc, so I agree with Sithborg: remove the "filler"?? Nah, f*** that.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Nah, **** that right back.
X-Files were 24 episode seasons. There basically had to be "filler" or one episode adventures, in between whatever story they were cooking up. That's how a lot of TV worked back then.

Mando seasons are like 8 episodes, which makes it feel like I'm severely wasting my time watching Mando spend an entire episode fighting an ice spider that I'll never see again.

You are confusing "filler" with episodic television. Shows like Buffy, Person of Interest, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and yes the Mando, were episodic television, based around one off adventures, with season long arcs, that aren't important to the plot in a week by week basis.

What you wanted happened with s3 and most people hated it.