The Acolyte from Leslye Headland

[OrbOfConfusion]

Well, Keanu certainly dodged a bullet. Tragic that Trinity didn't, though. Still, if this is true, I'd recommend that he steer clear of the exploding Death Star that is Star Wars right now.

 

[Deck Rickard]

I’m glad this didn’t happen. We already have Reeves playing an emotionless, superhuman fighting machine in one series that will never end (trust me, John Wick 5 is coming eventually). I would love to see him join the Star Wars universe at some point but only if he plays a less serious, more Han Solo-esque kind of character. I think his best role of the past 20 years and maybe his entire career was Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077. I would love to see him being that kind of lovable A-hole energy to a Star Wars project. Just don’t make him another boring Jedi. I need a break from actors turning off all their charisma to do a Hayden Christiansen impression.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Does Keanu do streaming shows?

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Kane52630]

 

[Sian]

I'm sorry, but I think she's wrong.
I'm a female. I have relatives and friends who are gay, friends who are POC. Those who saw The Acolyte didn't like it because it wasn't very good. It wasted the likes of Carrie Ann and Dafne, the budget did not show on screen and parts of it, such as the Power of One scene, were embarrassingly awful.
It's a shame because it had the potential to have been great.

 

[Filmfreak]

I don't think it's really a subjective matter. Yes there was a ton of hate from alt right people for all the wrong reasons, but had the show performed better it would hardly matter. Numbers didn't start strong, it was the second worse debut for any Disney Star Wars show, but then they declined each week even further. Which means people saw it and didn't like it. I get she's bitter because of toxic fandom but let's not alter reality here and put all blame on those people to hide the fact that the show wasn't good.

 

[#root]

Is she even saying that the show was cancelled because of the hate? Just that she’s not surprised because of it. The show had a lot of problems but let’s face it the hatred they received was completely and totally unjustified. There was a lot of bigotry there that came out in the treatment of the stars and especially Leslye who got vilified a lot. It sucks that this is the state of the fandom culture these days.

 

[Sian]

I was a 'reylo', and you would not believe the hatred we got. And not just from fans....Medium news outlet described reylo as a 'white supremacist ship', which is completely unfair. I used to have contact with many reylos on tumblr (many have deactivated their accounts now, sadly) and there were plenty of POC, gay and male fans. We were a broad church! But I was shocked to see some younger fans forced off because of the appalling flak they got. And not just sneers but death threats, which opened my eyes to how terribly toxic people can be. I wish they would realise that at the end it was just a story.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Is she even saying that the show was cancelled because of the hate? Just that she’s not surprised because of it. The show had a lot of problems but let’s face it the hatred they received was completely and totally unjustified. There was a lot of bigotry there that came out in the treatment of the stars and especially Leslye who got vilified a lot. It sucks that this is the state of the fandom culture these days.

These days?

It’s certainly gotten worse, but remember back in 1999 when fans were ruthless to an 8 year old boy and an up-and-coming stage actor playing a CGI character. Remember in 2002, when fans were ruthless to a young up-and-coming Canadian actor doing his first big movie.

Fandom has always been pretty awful.

 

[Sithborg]

I was a 'reylo', and you would not believe the hatred we got. And not just from fans....Medium news outlet described reylo as a 'white supremacist ship', which is completely unfair. I used to have contact with many reylos on tumblr (many have deactivated their accounts now, sadly) and there were plenty of POC, gay and male fans. We were a broad church! But I was shocked to see some younger fans forced off because of the appalling flak they got. And not just sneers but death threats, which opened my eyes to how terribly toxic people can be. I wish they would realise that at the end it was just a story.

From what I've observed, in these types of issues, especially with ships, no side is truly innocent. Ship what you want, whatever. But do understand that criticism will come when you are advocating for the Star Wars equivalent of Harley/Joker.

 

[#root]

These days?

It’s certainly gotten worse, but remember back in 1999 when fans were ruthless to an 8 year old boy and an up-and-coming stage actor playing a CGI character. Remember in 2002, when fans were ruthless to a young up-and-coming Canadian actor doing his first big movie.

Fandom has always been pretty awful.

Sadly that’s true. I guess everything is just so much more pronounced now. Back then you had to a send a letter to make a complaint to a studio or a magazine, now you can make content online and even profit off of the hatred.

 

[Sian]

From what I've observed, in these types of issues, especially with ships, no side is truly innocent. Ship what you want, whatever. But do understand that criticism will come when you are advocating for the Star Wars equivalent of Harley/Joker.

Um....I always saw it as Beauty and the Beast myself!

I'd love to know if 'shippers' of Qimir and Osha have got the same grief. And if anyone has pointed out that Mother Aniseya did far worse to that Jedi youngling than Kylo did to Rey in TFA.

 

[PunyGod]

So did everyone forget that when this show started Leslye was saying in interviews that it was only planned for one season and she didn't like the idea of leaving dangling plots. Everything was going to be wrapped up. (I'm sure you can find it on google)

Then by the end of the season she was talking about all the plans they made for season 2. So she just straight up lied to us to get us watching.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

So did everyone forget that when this show started Leslye was saying in interviews that it was only planned for one season and she didn't like the idea of leaving dangling plots. Everything was going to be wrapped up. (I'm sure you can find it on google)

Then by the end of the season she was talking about all the plans they made for season 2. So she just straight up lied to us to get us watching.

Judging by the viewership numbers, it didn't work.

 

[Sian]

So did everyone forget that when this show started Leslye was saying in interviews that it was only planned for one season and she didn't like the idea of leaving dangling plots. Everything was going to be wrapped up. (I'm sure you can find it on google)

Then by the end of the season she was talking about all the plans they made for season 2. So she just straight up lied to us to get us watching.

Hmmm.....maybe she should go into politics!

Seriously, this appears to be off topic but bear with me. Like The Acolyte the recent horror film Longlegs got lots of very different reactions from fans and influencers on youtube. Some loved it, some hated it.

But the film went on to be a big success at the box office. Negative reviews (and quite a few insults) online didn't stop this. The Acolyte's viewing figures went steadily downhill. This is why it was cancelled. At the end of the day Disney aren't going to waste a fortune on something people have stopped watching.