As long as he doesn’t behave on set like the actor playing Captain Jack…
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Well, I’m assuming that is why they are introducing a new character. However, the similarity in the stories and character are too close to be coincidental. The episode wasn’t written by Russell T Davies, but I am assuming that he told the writers to insert that (or scripted it himself uncredited)
I’m just wondering whether this is a Cpt Jack reboot?
I was disappointed in it because it didn’t feel like it was doing anything meaningful with the star wars universe. It felt more like a generic adventure story with some jedi stuff thrown in to justify it having the star wars tag. E3 this week made me reconsider. While the execution might still be questionable there are at least some interesting directions they are trying to go with it.
Also, if this was episode that made the “Go Woke Go Broke” crowd got so worked up about - fucking LOL. What a bunch of fucking babies.
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I know I’m extremely late on this but I finally got around to watching Killing Eve. Season 1 was good, even though I’m not a big fan of Sandra Oh (her character in Greys has no redeeming qualities and it’s put me off her a bit). Season 2 was fine too but I just started Season 3 and realized I’m not interested anymore. I feel like the story was told and then artificially kept alive because it was popular. Eve and Villanelle haven’t even interacted in what feels like forever and it’s getting a little tiresome to keep seeing Villanelle develop almost superhuman abilities to perform assassinations.
In season one she would negotiate herself into a situation by playing off the fact she’s a skinny woman - act like a prostitute sent to a rich Spanish guys birthday party in order to get him alone, act like an over excited amateur perfume maker selling her product to a famous perfume designer etc. But now she just walks into a house uncontested and starts throwing piano tuning equipment around like it’s a ninja star insta-killing everyone.
Think I’ll just leave it at 2 seasons and move on.
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Just been through the Pandorica with Matt Smith and the family. My god, brilliant writing and zero reference to the Dr’s skin colour and trouser content. Ah, the good old days.
Will have to check it out now. I love anything that pisses off those whiny cryarses.
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Look at the viewing figures. Yeah, fucking babies. Literally nobody is buying this shit anymore but that’s all about the fans now isn’t it. Fed up of explaining fanbaiting.
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i doubt it was…
there really wasnt anything to get upset about…basically a witches coven is hiding two prodigious talents…
i wont give away any spoilers, but the third episode is basically the explainer as to why the first two episodes played out the way they did…
i personally thought it went too long as i gathered everything that happens in the third episode from the first two episodes …but it was still quite enjoyable…
maybe…MAYBE…the GWGB brigade were getting upset about the hints about not needing a male for conception, but i cant imagine its that big a deal…
Just agree that the force is female and all’s cool. I remember being hauled over the coals for pointing that out a few years ago. Seems I was absolutely, utterly and evidently correct.
Funny that threads are cut with scissors 
Can I point out that “the GWGB brigade” have just pointed out what was going to happen, what was happening and what did happen? Thanks.
Or are Marvel, Starwars and Dr Why currently enjoying massive views and revenues thanks to embracing a distinctly Californian culture?
Oh and The Marvels, great film…
The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $206 million worldwide against a gross production budget of $274.8 million, making it the lowest-grossing film in the MCU and one of the few MCU films not to break even in its theatrical run.
But it’s the a fault of the writers, not the spreadsheet tick box hiring strategy.
I’ll go with the Spoilers
The kids were born of the force. The anger is coming from the idea this revelation supposedly “diminishes Anakin”, by mirroring his immaculate conception. This is was presented in the PT as identifying him as the person who satisfied the prophecy of being the “chosen one to bring balance to the force”. The frustration is seemingly that by Anakin no longer being unique in that regard it’s pissed all over that part of the story line. But I don’t know how you can think that because we all knew at the time that this take on Anakin was wrong given we all knew who he would become and what he would do. The point of the “he’s the chosen one” was to demonstrate the folly of who the Jedi had become. If you accept that the prophecy was bollocks then there is no harm to Anakin’s importance to show other kids created in a similar way. This is a legit direction to take with a new show because it fleshes out the idea from the PT that the Jedi’s attitude and actions helped lead to their own downfall. The angle is that it provides a bridge to the to Darth Plagueis’ story of learning how to use the force to create/sustain life. My criticism of the first two episodes was that it felt like generic plot that had generic characters replaced by Jedi. This plot development makes it a legit star wars universe story. We’ll see if they do justice with it.
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But of course the real issue is that these characters are women and that’s just DEI propaganda, or some shit like that.
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Fuck me, of all the people to buy into this bollocks I didn’t think it would be you.
It is sad that you think that. Watching this episode and doing a touchdown dance at having had your criticisms of this pandering to wokeness be proven right is about as substantive as having your faith in god validated for you by seeing Jesus’ face in your toast.
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In this? And almost every other show currently being produced by Disney? After a while, if you’re seeing Jesus everywhere, there must be something going on.
Tell me you’ve all seen the Southpark episode into the pandaverse?
I’m going to regret asking this, but we watched “The Acolyte” last night and quite enjoyed it. What is the controversy about it? Does it break some long held fan canon?
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Yes. It means you are fucking loon seeing things that aren’t there.
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So for reference you can’t see that the force is now female? Fuck me sideways…….
Honestly, I cannot present any version of the argument that is remotely justifiable based on what the episode did.
We know from Lucas films the Jedi are not the only people in the galaxy who understand the force. The pretext of the PT is that the Jedi had a closed minded and rigid view of what the force was that over time made them blind to not just other ways the force can be used, but other people who were able to use it. They developed a hubris that allowed the Sith to return and operate under their nose without them knowing and manipulate them. It also led to them going against their instincts to follow a prophecy that ultimately led to their downfall. I call this pretext, but it is so surface level that it is essentially text.
What this show has done is introduced a new community of non-Jedi who understand the force, view their relationship with it differently, and view the Jedi skeptically the same way a non-denominational Christian may view officials from the Vatican. If you’re looking to take on the most high minded complaint it is that this new group undercuts Lucas’ stories by introducing this group and what they have done with the force. But you can only think this if you missed all the pretext from the PT and thought “yeah, the Jedi are right and are the sole owners of the force and everything they say and know about it is right.” I don’t get how someone can misunderstand what is essentially a kids film so badly.
Now, if you want the worst faith, most incomprehensible criticisms, then just read the comments on this thread. A large section of reactionary cryarses have decided that Star Wars have gone woke for the sake of being woke, and so the fact this group are female has in their mind validated their beliefs of Disney now being gender theory propoganda.
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