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It wasn’t great but it also wasn’t half as bad as the internet said.
I only have one criteria. Either I enjoy watching a show, or I don't enjoy it. This thing caused me psychological pain in just the first 10 minutes. I think it was at least half as bad as the worst reviews called it.
I just recently defected from reddit for the umpteenth time and it is so wild to see how normal these comments are compared to the cesspool I've gotten so used to. I was ready to delve into how abhorrently bad the show was via the comments, only to find normal people!
get used to it.
also, sometimes you have a good response to a thread and it isn't already the top comment with thousands of upvotes and you actually get to post it.
The Way Life's Meant to Be.
Bad media happens all the damn time. The degree to which this got singled out was always just weird.
The true measure of progress is when media featuring minorities can flop and not be a bigger deal than all the other flops starring white men.
Yeah that's kinda how I feel about The Acolyte. Liked parts of it, but most was just kinda lame but not really a big deal as everyone else making it out to be. Things just suck sometimes.
The main problem is just that a lot of this stuff is being tied to huge, (generally) well-remembered franchises so there is more eyes on it, and its directly comparing itself to better works. For example, The Acolyte might be okay by the standards of being just another sci-fi show, or as a fanfiction where the expectations are lower, but not when it puts itself alongside other main-line entries like the original trilogy, or even something modern like The Mandalorian.
I thought the consensus was pretty accurate.
Yeah, that was my take too. Interesting, and decent overall with no real high points, but it wasn't some kind of horrible show at all. Just kinda meh, more of a fanfic idea than a real show.
Didn't know it existed.
The internet has a difficult time with nuance. Edit: I was wondering why this got so downvoted, but I probably didn't get my point across. I'm not commenting on the quality of the show, I'm commenting on the internet's tendency to jump straight to "this creative work lacks any redeeming qualities and the creators of said work should be punished for their role in it." On reddit in particular, the backlash against this show was suspiciously vitriolic.
So does Mindy Kaling, it seems.
lmao gottem
FTFY