They took the name from a Game of Thrones side character... they've been doing that a lot with star wars recently... poaching names and actors from that show.
What really sucks about The Acolyte is that this could've been a show primarily focused on the Sith. We've seen stories like Plagueis and the Bane Trilogy explore this, and it would've been interesting to see some random guy/girl be introduced into the Sith and the 'evils' of the Jedi, kinda like a reversed mirror of Luke and Ben Kenobi in ANH.
love this idea. also love the only line in the show that plays to it, when Qimir starts reciting the Sith Creed to Mae and she rolls her eyes and shuts him down. Just with one line subtly laying out a lot of her history of having Sith dogma drilled into her head to the point where she's just irritated by it. If they could have, y'know, demonstrated subtlety, cleverness or any amount of nuance in any other part of the show so that one scene wouldn't feel so lonely... that would've been nice
To be fair, The Acolyte could've been a breath of fresh air if it's about the villains, but they just can't help themselves making the bad guys the good guys, and making the good guys the bad guys
People have literally been murdered because of this show Millions will now die because they forced it on us How many have to die before you and others stop defending it
Well let me tell you who I am. I'm Charles Stiles, I'm with a company called Mystery Diners. Your owner Chris, he called my company because he's been having concerns, about skyrocketing costs at your restaurant. And we know WHY the sales are down, and the costs are through the roof. It's because you've been helping your friends and cute girls, CHEAT AT THE CHEESYS CHALLENGE!
I felt such embarrassment watching that I legit felt the same as when my mom came in to join me and my sisters watching anime, and the episode that came on was literally about a guy jerking off in a vent. And I was alone. I don't think I've felt that embarrassed for a show ever. The worst part is literally nothing of value was added by episode 3, as every plot point was more interestingly explored in the later flashback episode.
Good thing Star Wars has never written anything about twin siblings before… oh wait. The two main characters are twins. Genuinely, are you people all just sleeping through these movies?
@@parkerdavis7859 He's talking about identical twin characters making things confusing, nobody's confusing Luke & Leia, they weren't even meant to be siblings originally.
16:51 She was casting an unknown spell that was making her, and one of the twins turn to smoke. A better question is why did she do that? She was going to let the twin go, and the situation was already tense.
I bet if Neil Breen was hired to do a Star Wars project, it would be utterly successful and crafted with charm and care! Plus, Adum/YMS would’ve given it a 10/10, and the only Star Wars show for him to do so. Note: For those who don’t know, Adum/YMS at one point was doing a Watch-Along livestream for Batman v Superman and went on a rant about how Star Wars was crap and redid his ratings for the ones he watched on IMDb to 1/10.
@@carter_lovejoy well at least those movies were all made just for funsies and not to ruin a franchise so, they get a pass. And I think the Resident Evil movies were the same but, honestly who cared, because once again, dumb fun and we can divorce those from the games entirely anyway.
It blew my mind how the show seemingly got in its own way. It refused to carry momentum between episodes. It refused to stay focused on its own themes and plot. It refused to let characters not only show but atleast tell you who they were. It had such great ideas with the execution of a cucumber.
quite literally the whole thing was a bad idea with even worse execution. Its a DEI quota to begin with so the art of film making gets put lower on the priority list. used as many possible old tropes for its characters. 0 compelling narratives, couldnt even make a compelling argument for the overarching point of 'internal struggle and the duality of man'. total failure on all fronts as a film or cinema. Additionally, the names and behaviours of these characters brought the Glup Shitto meme to reality.
Youngling Me: "WAH?!? Star Wars?!?! Oh boy, that doesn't happen too often, its got to be something worth watching!" Adult Me: "Oh, Star Wars? What's Disney limping out of the barn with next? Ugh, pass."
This has pretty much been my experience. If I had a time machine, hopped back 20 years and told my younger self that there will come a day, where star wars is boring and there are endless shows, animations and movies wheeled out... That it never ends, I'd have likely laughed in my own face.
I saw a meme a while back that went like this: Palpatine: “Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?” Anakin: “No, because Disney cancelled The Acolyte.” At this point, I could give two damns about Darth Plagueis. We pretty much get who he is when Palpatine tells Anakin about him in Revenge of the Sith. Also, aren’t there any non-canon/pre-Disney books and material out there about him?
I’m sure you get this a lot but I literally grew up on your videos. Been watching since I was a kid. I grew up in Massachusetts so seeing my favorite RUclipsr post videos from Boston gave me a sense of excitement and pride. You mentioned Red Letter Media in a video about your college essay a long time ago and I have been watching them too, since. Completely shaped the way I watch and interpret movies, games, books, most media in general. You’re probably not gonna see this but you put out great material and inspire the people that watch it. I appreciate what you do, keep up the great work.
I think the episode title scheme was initially meant to reflect the split aspect of the show. What one has found, another has lost, justice and vengeance are two sides of the same coin, et cetera. Knowing the twins are a split consciousness lends some credence to this theory. Destiny was the episode where the twins were together, where Mei's(spelling?) actions led them down different paths. Going off this theory, Day and Night were supposedly meant to be one episode, but production issues (which this show was known for) ended up dividing it to fill the episode count. Without the random two-parter episode, the title scheme would've just continued as it was. Having the twins reunite in the finale and make a Choice to determine their Destiny means the one-word title functions there as well. Apologies if this seems barely coherent; I'm trying to make sense of the smallest aspect of a mediocre show lmao
The mom was vaporizing Mae in front of him when he stabbed her. Apparently it wasn't going to kill them, but her response of "I was going to let Osha go" was a complete non sequitur.
"The jedi stories are getting stale." Ah, but have you ever seen a jedi kill himself out of guilt over... um... being psychically viola, I don't know why he killed himself!
Honestly I think that woman turning into a smoke monster while turning a child into black dust was probably a fine reason to get all lightsabery. Also Carrie-Ann Moss doesn't just knock them out, she causes them all to die on the spot. On accident. Such "powerful force users," indeed.
I think you missed how the whole "fire" was even more contrived. It didn't even seem like she wanted to start the fire. She lights the book, seems SHOCKED "oh no. fire!" and panicks and THAT starts the ENTIRE BASE FIRE in SECONDS?? insanity
"Godzilla Minus One had a small budget and look how well it did!" Japanese labor is underpaid across the board in every single industry, hope this explains that to a small extent
Ok but Godzilla had a budget of 15 mil even 25 mil is enough to have a good show. And if you are gonna spend where the fk did the 180 million dollar budget go in the acolyte? Yeah it looks good but not 180 million good wtf. Fallout was ~150 and looked spectacular
The timing of Ralph releasing this as I've finished both Knights of the old republic games. Idk why I remember anything off the Acolyte, but I could swear that the writers are trying to deliver the philosophy of Kreia, but like bad
The one thing that kept me watching the show, was Master Sol. I know he has some issues but I thought out of everything in the show, his arc was actually compelling and he got done a bit dirty. Also, him kicking ass was pretty good.
Finally a reasonable review and critique of this show that doesn’t just scream “woke” and pin the show’s lacklustre quality on the fact a woman made it. Because realistically, women and people of colour being involved with this show had no impact on the quality of the writing or the presentation of it. There were some good ideas in The Acolyte and it contained a few highlights, but it just didn’t work out, which is a shame in my opinion. But at least we can count on Ralph to give a measured and grounded review 🙏
Anti woksters are such a grift. It used to be a piece of media could just have a woman or black person in it without someone pissingtheir pants with anger. This blind regurgitation of their talking points at every trailer isn't doing them favors either. Do they think Warner Bros or Activision Blizzard are going to look at a bunch of neck beard chuds online yelling woke at every trailer that comes out and then go "We heard you and we'll be writing stories with nothing but generic honkies from here on out,"? Of course they won't. They take one look at people putting WOKE in a comment and dismiss it as general online nuisances and stay the path they're on. If anti wokesters want tangible things like better written characters in American blockbusters they should say so clearly instead of pounding their chest with online 4chan culture war malarkey. No one making big money creative decisions anywhere is listening to some ape type four letters with all caps.
yeah, the potential for a new (old) era and having the sith be the underdog was an interesting concept since we had quite alot of OT sequel content focused on the jedi being nearly gone, seeing how the sith infiltrated the ranks of the republic would have been pretty nice.
@@explosiveoriginality658 If you’re interested in the High Republic era (the time period this show takes place in) then I highly recommend you read the High Republic books. There aren’t any Sith in them but they are fantastic, and the antagonist is definitely threatening. One of the reasons I wasn’t too keen on The Acolyte is because I didn’t feel like the show represented the High Republic era to the same standard that the books do.
You didn't mention the nostalgia bait with Yoda randomly showing up at the end as well as the weird cave troll (Darth Plageuis?). At least the fight choreography was cool but what a pointless TV show.
It just blows my mind that this show cost 230.1 million dollars. Like where did that money go? Why is the story stretched so thin? For example, Arcane, a series that is 18 40-50 minute long episodes, only costed 250 million. It is more than double the length of the Acolyte, has an amazing art style that rivals the best animation, and has a plot oozing with nuance.
@@cinespressotvok The finalized budget for The Acolyte turned out to be 230.1 million. The 180 million number was the original budget. I think it is a fair comparison. Sci-Fi and Fantasy shows spend a ridiculous amount of money to have lackluster looking live action shows that would have been cheaper and better looking if they had just been animated. For comparison, the Avatar: the Last Airbender was 300k for the cartoon per episode vs 15 million for the live action per episode. The cartoon number has been adjusted for inflation. But if you must have a live action example, Andor cost 500k per minute vs The Acolytes 670k per minute. Andor blows The Acolyte out of the water in terms of visuals, storytelling, and technique. After a certain point, money won’t save a sinking ship. I am just curious why Disney keeps making risky ventures with Star Wars shows. On one hand, it’s nice to see them give relatively untested directors the helm, but maybe give them a smaller budget. It becomes sink or swim at that point, and a lot of great TV shows had rocky starts.
Having limited budget seems to work on most cases as it brings out inner hidden creative sides of the filmmakers and come up something fresh and new. Past examples being Star Wars(1977), Jaws, Aliens, etc...
I - a person indifferent to the Star War - thought it was okay at first. The idea seemed like there was some new potential. But it didn't go anywhere with it.
I think Acolyte was **meant** to be a new kind of story in the Star Wars universe... they just fumbled the execution, and it didn't resonate with the audience, and the characters' actions didn't make sense, etc etc
fuck yes thank you Ralph needed this, long time fan fr been watching u since highschool. im also a huge sw fan so this made me happy hope all is well bro
@ not quite sure what you meant by that. I’m just pointing out that this video helped me have a pleasant time while I was shitting at work- no deeper meaning behind what I said.
What's so fucking weird about disney star wars is they struggled early on, some loved it some hated it, didn't seem like they had a real plan. Then the Mandalorian happened and it was good. Everyone rejoiced. Then Andor happened, with a director who doesn't care about star wars and just wanted to tell a story in a world, and star wars was that world. and it was so good. praised to the heavens. Andor is the best star wars since the original trilogy! and then they... didn't keep doing that? they actually went back to the same kind of stories like Boba Fett and Ashoka that were just kind of... alright? here's some characters you remember from other stuff, here's some new ones that are ehn... sotries are ehn... why? why did they not take Andor as a lesson? It felt like an EU novel. Keep doing that, good stories with star wars as a SETTING. I don't care about inconsistent or changing force powers, every new chapter of star wars has added a new thing you can do with the force, and the eu made it obvious that some force users are better at certain parts of the force than others. I don't care about fan service tossing in cartoon characters or whatever to the live action shows, or celebrity casting. But please... start with a good story, then star wars-ify it
Who sent Hollywood a memo telling them to put EVERY black character in dreads or as we black people call them just “locs”? I used to like locs and now I hate them thanks to Hollywood. My son asked me recently if he could loc his hair and I was like “Umm….. no”.
4:54 I really wish we could find out whether it was executive meddling, writing room issues, or showrunner's ineptness that took what is a fairly decent adaption of Nabokov's "Lollapalooza"; elevated in quality only due to not being like Stanley Kubrick's, that served as a vehicle to normalize the "sensualization" and exploitation of under 18 females and lead to actual grooming of a child actress; or like Adrian Lyne's, that continued to normalize the "sensualization" and exploitation of under 18 females; and decided to put hot man abs into it.
The main reason I quit watching this show was I thought the whole twin thing was that the dead sister's ghost or something was possessing the main character and doing things that wouldn't, and since she was not in control, she doesn't remember any of it. I thought that was a REALLY cool idea and something new, only to find out "oh no, her twin is alive somehow and evil, the main character is actually innocent" and that was such a disappointing, predictable, and lame plot that I stopped watching. From what I've seen, it's like an aggressive 5/10, which doesn't sound too bad, but genuinely the WORST thing a Star Wars product can be is boring, and that's exactly what this is.
I actually did really like the acolyte, some of the stories and themes explored were really interesting to me and I related to them. Especially themes of sisterhood, loss, stuff like that. It wasn't the best show ever obviously. Lots of room for improvement. Good review, agree with lots of what you said! Happy to see an upload from you!
"I just reviewed Andor on my channel" brother, that was 7 months ago
That’s pretty recent for Ralph
lol.
was thinking the exact same thing when he said that.
Ralph is a bit like jontron, always awesome content with big time gaps. Although jontron is bassically a real show.
@@FanksCastRalph isn't racist though
My thoughts exactly💀
Thank you Ralph. I don't care what Steven Seagal says, you're the true king of improv.
Turnip truck
I mean, he was born on a bright fuckin sunny day after all, and definitely not off the back of a turnip truck
How was this comment made five days ago if the video was uploaded eight hours ago?
@@cucumberhorseImprov.
@@cucumberhorse Member access?
“The special fx in my review are just as good as the special fx in the acolyte”
Tell that to ILM so they hire me already
Why’d they name the main character after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
Okay pitch meeting producer guy
The Little Platoon
They took the name from a Game of Thrones side character... they've been doing that a lot with star wars recently... poaching names and actors from that show.
Because it doesn't exist in Star Wars. * rimshot *
I can also automatically tell this video reminds me of the good ol classic Ralph, the production and passion is BACK!
Could've used more skits and Macon tbh.
We need Macon back again
thank god he's off the heroin
And hendrix
his mental health is questionable at best - I suspect drug addiction. meth probably.
What really sucks about The Acolyte is that this could've been a show primarily focused on the Sith. We've seen stories like Plagueis and the Bane Trilogy explore this, and it would've been interesting to see some random guy/girl be introduced into the Sith and the 'evils' of the Jedi, kinda like a reversed mirror of Luke and Ben Kenobi in ANH.
love this idea. also love the only line in the show that plays to it, when Qimir starts reciting the Sith Creed to Mae and she rolls her eyes and shuts him down. Just with one line subtly laying out a lot of her history of having Sith dogma drilled into her head to the point where she's just irritated by it.
If they could have, y'know, demonstrated subtlety, cleverness or any amount of nuance in any other part of the show so that one scene wouldn't feel so lonely... that would've been nice
@@youngsmitty347 why wasn't it actually? Really baffling
They marketed it like it was gonna be. I’m done with disney star wars.
@@He-Man00 because the writer wanted to write a story about how lesbians are oppressed. i'm not joking.
@MangasColoradas941 well what better venue for that than Star Wars!
To be fair, The Acolyte could've been a breath of fresh air if it's about the villains, but they just can't help themselves making the bad guys the good guys, and making the good guys the bad guys
People have literally been murdered because of this show
Millions will now die because they forced it on us
How many have to die before you and others stop defending it
Some people think that subversion of expectation is dramatic and novel. Those people are morons.
our media has to be subversive or it's bad, at least that's how Hollywood has been doing things since at least the mid 2010s
The power of one.
The power of two.
The power of Charles stiles Mystery Diners.
may the drones be with you
Sum Shoosh Concerns: A Stiles Wars Story
"Three cameras are in the Mos Eisley Cantina! Two cameras are in the forests of Endor!"
Well let me tell you who I am. I'm Charles Stiles, I'm with a company called Mystery Diners. Your owner Chris, he called my company because he's been having concerns, about skyrocketing costs at your restaurant. And we know WHY the sales are down, and the costs are through the roof. It's because you've been helping your friends and cute girls, CHEAT AT THE CHEESYS CHALLENGE!
"DANG IT!"
I can't believe he didn't even mention THE POWER OF WUNNNN! THE POWER OF TEWWWWW! THE POWER OF MEHHH-NEEEEE!
I felt such embarrassment watching that I legit felt the same as when my mom came in to join me and my sisters watching anime, and the episode that came on was literally about a guy jerking off in a vent.
And I was alone. I don't think I've felt that embarrassed for a show ever. The worst part is literally nothing of value was added by episode 3, as every plot point was more interestingly explored in the later flashback episode.
0:24 Can't believe IHE is editing for Ralph now
I bet you have 2 mothers
@@thatoneguywhowatchesyouwhe2801 found IHE burner acc
@@thatoneguywhowatchesyouwhe2801 2 more than you
He paid them 100$ so maybe they can make another Best of the Worst
@@verraquedamn.
“If you’re thinking about writing about twins… just DON’t” 🤣👏
Good thing Star Wars has never written anything about twin siblings before… oh wait. The two main characters are twins. Genuinely, are you people all just sleeping through these movies?
@@parkerdavis7859 He's talking about identical twin characters making things confusing, nobody's confusing Luke & Leia, they weren't even meant to be siblings originally.
That's what he said haha
I mean to be fair, Mother 3 is a good example of this, but that's probably not what he meant.
I think they juggle twins much better than they tackle... basic human morality.
16:51 She was casting an unknown spell that was making her, and one of the twins turn to smoke. A better question is why did she do that? She was going to let the twin go, and the situation was already tense.
Didn't she also mess with the mind of the padawan?
The flashback episodes felt like terribly stupidly contrived attempts at explaining a plot that failed to make sense in the end. They were so dumb.
Iirc the writer said she was transforming herself and mae into the force. The thing jackie said happens when you die...
Ralph remembered his password finally
"Let's talk about the positives"
Mentions one thing
Refuses to elaborate
Leaves
Edit: 5:55 for the timestamp
I just watched the entire video. must haeve missed anything positive. can you give timestamp?
@@S1nwarwhen he talks about the fight sequences
The only thing positive is the.....AAIIIIIIIIIDDDDSSSSS!!!
@@S1nwar it's around 5:55, made me crack up
I love the "I just reviewed Andor" 😂 i guess when it comes to Ralph 7+ months ago is recent
The older you get the shorter the time gets. I just realized I haven't seen one of my buddies for 10 months and it felt like 10 days...
11:21 Any Niel Breen audio byte sends me into a fit of laughter
Big ups on another banger, Ralph
Neil
@tubbalcain apologies, auto correct didn't save me
I bet if Neil Breen was hired to do a Star Wars project, it would be utterly successful and crafted with charm and care!
Plus, Adum/YMS would’ve given it a 10/10, and the only Star Wars show for him to do so.
Note: For those who don’t know, Adum/YMS at one point was doing a Watch-Along livestream for Batman v Superman and went on a rant about how Star Wars was crap and redid his ratings for the ones he watched on IMDb to 1/10.
"it's terrible! 7/10"
“It’s the biggest piece of dog shit I have ever seen 7/10” -IGN
Well, I would agree with IGN, if the rating had instead been "-7/10."
The green lady is married irl to the showrunner of the shown iirc
Nepotism strikes again.
@@lmno567Dammit you beat me to the N word
It honestly reminds me of when Rob Zombie casts his wife in all of his movies.
@@carter_lovejoy well at least those movies were all made just for funsies and not to ruin a franchise so, they get a pass.
And I think the Resident Evil movies were the same but, honestly who cared, because once again, dumb fun and we can divorce those from the games entirely anyway.
And?
11:10 That Neil Breen line being added is the best thing.
1 Neil Breen is more powerful as a writer than 1000 suit monkeys Disney has writing this carbage :D
It blew my mind how the show seemingly got in its own way. It refused to carry momentum between episodes. It refused to stay focused on its own themes and plot. It refused to let characters not only show but atleast tell you who they were. It had such great ideas with the execution of a cucumber.
quite literally the whole thing was a bad idea with even worse execution. Its a DEI quota to begin with so the art of film making gets put lower on the priority list. used as many possible old tropes for its characters. 0 compelling narratives, couldnt even make a compelling argument for the overarching point of 'internal struggle and the duality of man'. total failure on all fronts as a film or cinema. Additionally, the names and behaviours of these characters brought the Glup Shitto meme to reality.
What great ideas?
Youngling Me: "WAH?!? Star Wars?!?! Oh boy, that doesn't happen too often, its got to be something worth watching!"
Adult Me: "Oh, Star Wars? What's Disney limping out of the barn with next? Ugh, pass."
This has pretty much been my experience. If I had a time machine, hopped back 20 years and told my younger self that there will come a day, where star wars is boring and there are endless shows, animations and movies wheeled out... That it never ends, I'd have likely laughed in my own face.
@@benrussell5070star wars was awful twenty years ago too.
@@lawcanedifferent strokes different folks. You THOUGHT it was awful 👍
hated phantom menace as a kid too
@@24News-t5i it was awful. This guy that loves it has shit taste
Chancellor Palpatine: Did you ever hear the tragedy that was The Acolyte?
Anakin: Yes, it was shit.
I saw a meme a while back that went like this:
Palpatine: “Did you ever hear the Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?”
Anakin: “No, because Disney cancelled The Acolyte.”
At this point, I could give two damns about Darth Plagueis. We pretty much get who he is when Palpatine tells Anakin about him in Revenge of the Sith. Also, aren’t there any non-canon/pre-Disney books and material out there about him?
Much like the Prequels
I’m sure you get this a lot but I literally grew up on your videos. Been watching since I was a kid. I grew up in Massachusetts so seeing my favorite RUclipsr post videos from Boston gave me a sense of excitement and pride. You mentioned Red Letter Media in a video about your college essay a long time ago and I have been watching them too, since. Completely shaped the way I watch and interpret movies, games, books, most media in general. You’re probably not gonna see this but you put out great material and inspire the people that watch it. I appreciate what you do, keep up the great work.
Ralph, please never stop making videos. I just binged a bunch of your old stuff last night and now, like the hero we deserve, you're back
“An Acolyte… kills the dream😓”
Is the most Reddit ahh I’m 14 and this is deep line they could’ve POSSIBLY made up
An honest review I trust you Ralph more than other reviewers now a days
I think the episode title scheme was initially meant to reflect the split aspect of the show. What one has found, another has lost, justice and vengeance are two sides of the same coin, et cetera. Knowing the twins are a split consciousness lends some credence to this theory.
Destiny was the episode where the twins were together, where Mei's(spelling?) actions led them down different paths. Going off this theory, Day and Night were supposedly meant to be one episode, but production issues (which this show was known for) ended up dividing it to fill the episode count. Without the random two-parter episode, the title scheme would've just continued as it was. Having the twins reunite in the finale and make a Choice to determine their Destiny means the one-word title functions there as well.
Apologies if this seems barely coherent; I'm trying to make sense of the smallest aspect of a mediocre show lmao
I think everyone, except for Ralph, has understood why the titles are done in this way. The show is indeed terrible anyways
The mom was vaporizing Mae in front of him when he stabbed her. Apparently it wasn't going to kill them, but her response of "I was going to let Osha go" was a complete non sequitur.
good to know that The Acolyte is Osha-certified.
The witch fortress certainly isnt. Shit burned even though it was made of rock
The auto subtitles consistently spell her name as OSHA 😂
What is it meant to be?
"How could you have committed suicide?!" 😂
"Unnecessary" is probably the best description for this show
"The jedi stories are getting stale."
Ah, but have you ever seen a jedi kill himself out of guilt over... um... being psychically viola, I don't know why he killed himself!
Honestly I think that woman turning into a smoke monster while turning a child into black dust was probably a fine reason to get all lightsabery.
Also Carrie-Ann Moss doesn't just knock them out, she causes them all to die on the spot. On accident. Such "powerful force users," indeed.
Yea lmfao
I think you missed how the whole "fire" was even more contrived.
It didn't even seem like she wanted to start the fire. She lights the book, seems SHOCKED "oh no. fire!" and panicks and THAT starts the ENTIRE BASE FIRE in SECONDS?? insanity
This feels like a classic episode, keep doing what you're doing Ralph.
this is why you’re my goat ralph
Except calling a well-known Korean actor Japanese at the end was definitely a mistake
Probably wasn't looking at the screen. But the Japanese person shown on screen was Takashi Yamazaki the director of Godzilla Minus One
Telling when you think the best character is the unspeaking merch opportunity who inexplicably betrays people unto their death.
Idk why but the green lady reminds me of nikocado avocado even the way she talks
super underrated comment, somehow i know exactly what you mean
Unlike Nikocado, she's two step behind when it comes to everything it seems 😅.
Who tf is that
Like someone with no ideas but a lot of energy to express them
Ralph knows ball confirmed. The Suite Life of Zach and Cody ROCKS.
"Godzilla Minus One had a small budget and look how well it did!"
Japanese labor is underpaid across the board in every single industry, hope this explains that to a small extent
And Hollywood actors are overpaid.
Ok but Godzilla had a budget of 15 mil even 25 mil is enough to have a good show. And if you are gonna spend where the fk did the 180 million dollar budget go in the acolyte? Yeah it looks good but not 180 million good wtf. Fallout was ~150 and looked spectacular
They work for honor, it’s their culture.
@@Zenthe_ Headliners are overpaid, small character actors that keep the industry running are living off of dog food and cereal.
@@Zenthe_ Hollywood actors are overpaid compared to what? Their piece of crap union busting pest producers?
Why am I always drunk when Ralph posts?! Is he posting that often or do I have a problem?
It's the ladder bud
@@Pynappuru”yo what did i do” -ladder
You’re not drinking enough
@@Fleshcut You gotta ask...
you're not drunk enough
Ralph is all of those its not you hes an alcoholic with a major problem.
I was gonna end myself today but this video game me strength to continue. Thank you, Ralph.
I cannot tell you my excitement seeing this thumbnail pop up on my for you page
The timing of Ralph releasing this as I've finished both Knights of the old republic games. Idk why I remember anything off the Acolyte, but I could swear that the writers are trying to deliver the philosophy of Kreia, but like bad
The one thing that kept me watching the show, was Master Sol. I know he has some issues but I thought out of everything in the show, his arc was actually compelling and he got done a bit dirty. Also, him kicking ass was pretty good.
He was the best part of the show for sure
“Hey, honey; Ralph’s back!”
“Ralph’s back? Huzzah!”
Ralph referencing Corey Feldman is something I never expected.
Finally a reasonable review and critique of this show that doesn’t just scream “woke” and pin the show’s lacklustre quality on the fact a woman made it. Because realistically, women and people of colour being involved with this show had no impact on the quality of the writing or the presentation of it.
There were some good ideas in The Acolyte and it contained a few highlights, but it just didn’t work out, which is a shame in my opinion.
But at least we can count on Ralph to give a measured and grounded review 🙏
Anti woksters are such a grift. It used to be a piece of media could just have a woman or black person in it without someone pissingtheir pants with anger.
This blind regurgitation of their talking points at every trailer isn't doing them favors either. Do they think Warner Bros or Activision Blizzard are going to look at a bunch of neck beard chuds online yelling woke at every trailer that comes out and then go "We heard you and we'll be writing stories with nothing but generic honkies from here on out,"?
Of course they won't. They take one look at people putting WOKE in a comment and dismiss it as general online nuisances and stay the path they're on. If anti wokesters want tangible things like better written characters in American blockbusters they should say so clearly instead of pounding their chest with online 4chan culture war malarkey. No one making big money creative decisions anywhere is listening to some ape type four letters with all caps.
A rare, sane take
yeah, the potential for a new (old) era and having the sith be the underdog was an interesting concept since we had quite alot of OT sequel content focused on the jedi being nearly gone, seeing how the sith infiltrated the ranks of the republic would have been pretty nice.
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@@explosiveoriginality658 If you’re interested in the High Republic era (the time period this show takes place in) then I highly recommend you read the High Republic books. There aren’t any Sith in them but they are fantastic, and the antagonist is definitely threatening.
One of the reasons I wasn’t too keen on The Acolyte is because I didn’t feel like the show represented the High Republic era to the same standard that the books do.
You didn't mention the nostalgia bait with Yoda randomly showing up at the end as well as the weird cave troll (Darth Plageuis?). At least the fight choreography was cool but what a pointless TV show.
So happy to see Ralph take this on!
This the show that tells you jedis can't die to steel or weapon or whatever after the show starts with exactly that
"What Are Next?!"
The power of one chant was worth watching the whole show
suite life fasho knew what they was doin 😂 you knew immediately who was who and you could relate with them as a kid
Yesss, dude your the man. Love to see you making new stuff!!!
Ralph! welcome back, you are still oe of my fav movies reviewers. THE GHOST OF JANKEE JIM
The king has returned
Good video. I'd like to see Ralph review more of the SW streaming series in the future, as well.
I finally have something to watch while drinking some whisky. Thanks, Ralph!
Its always a better day when ralph uploads
It just blows my mind that this show cost 230.1 million dollars. Like where did that money go? Why is the story stretched so thin?
For example, Arcane, a series that is 18 40-50 minute long episodes, only costed 250 million. It is more than double the length of the Acolyte, has an amazing art style that rivals the best animation, and has a plot oozing with nuance.
Are you seriously comparing an animated show to a live action show? Also, the budget is 180 million
@@cinespressotvok The finalized budget for The Acolyte turned out to be 230.1 million. The 180 million number was the original budget.
I think it is a fair comparison. Sci-Fi and Fantasy shows spend a ridiculous amount of money to have lackluster looking live action shows that would have been cheaper and better looking if they had just been animated. For comparison, the Avatar: the Last Airbender was 300k for the cartoon per episode vs 15 million for the live action per episode. The cartoon number has been adjusted for inflation.
But if you must have a live action example, Andor cost 500k per minute vs The Acolytes 670k per minute. Andor blows The Acolyte out of the water in terms of visuals, storytelling, and technique. After a certain point, money won’t save a sinking ship.
I am just curious why Disney keeps making risky ventures with Star Wars shows. On one hand, it’s nice to see them give relatively untested directors the helm, but maybe give them a smaller budget. It becomes sink or swim at that point, and a lot of great TV shows had rocky starts.
Acolyte is something Macon would enjoy. And if Macon likes it, its not good.
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Having limited budget seems to work on most cases as it brings out inner hidden creative sides of the filmmakers and come up something fresh and new.
Past examples being Star Wars(1977), Jaws, Aliens, etc...
Hi Ralph commenting for the algorithm, thank you for a great upload 🥳
Only person I have notifications on for, you’re the man Stann and please never stop
I feel bad for Nord. First he was named Nord, then he got killed exactly like someone named Nord would.
I - a person indifferent to the Star War - thought it was okay at first. The idea seemed like there was some new potential. But it didn't go anywhere with it.
I think Acolyte was **meant** to be a new kind of story in the Star Wars universe... they just fumbled the execution, and it didn't resonate with the audience, and the characters' actions didn't make sense, etc etc
fuck yes thank you Ralph needed this, long time fan fr been watching u since highschool. im also a huge sw fan so this made me happy hope all is well bro
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Peak Ralph! Loved this
Had a pleasant shit while watching this. Keep up the good work, Ralph 👍
Yeah, that seems to be appropriate, given that he didn’t spend any valuable time or effort on this review, and you didn’t either to watch it.
@ not quite sure what you meant by that. I’m just pointing out that this video helped me have a pleasant time while I was shitting at work- no deeper meaning behind what I said.
@@parkerdavis7859is this all you're going to do? lmao.
"An acolyte kills without a weapon." Proceeds to ignite weapon.
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Ralphe Joseppe, backa at it again witha da reviews. Mama mia!
30 views in 2 seconds? December lookin real good boys 🫡
Great video, thanks Ralph! Missed you bro.
What's so fucking weird about disney star wars is they struggled early on, some loved it some hated it, didn't seem like they had a real plan. Then the Mandalorian happened and it was good. Everyone rejoiced. Then Andor happened, with a director who doesn't care about star wars and just wanted to tell a story in a world, and star wars was that world. and it was so good. praised to the heavens. Andor is the best star wars since the original trilogy! and then they... didn't keep doing that? they actually went back to the same kind of stories like Boba Fett and Ashoka that were just kind of... alright? here's some characters you remember from other stuff, here's some new ones that are ehn... sotries are ehn... why? why did they not take Andor as a lesson? It felt like an EU novel. Keep doing that, good stories with star wars as a SETTING.
I don't care about inconsistent or changing force powers, every new chapter of star wars has added a new thing you can do with the force, and the eu made it obvious that some force users are better at certain parts of the force than others. I don't care about fan service tossing in cartoon characters or whatever to the live action shows, or celebrity casting. But please... start with a good story, then star wars-ify it
My grandmother beat me with a microwave because of your video
we love you ralph its like christmas every time you upload
17:41 HER HAIR IS CGI
Seeing this video on my feed made me so happy - the king is back
7:42 it’s so funny you word it like this because WHO TF ARE THEY TO BEGIN WITH?????
Who sent Hollywood a memo telling them to put EVERY black character in dreads or as we black people call them just “locs”? I used to like locs and now I hate them thanks to Hollywood. My son asked me recently if he could loc his hair and I was like “Umm….. no”.
4:54 I really wish we could find out whether it was executive meddling, writing room issues, or showrunner's ineptness that took what is a fairly decent adaption of Nabokov's "Lollapalooza"; elevated in quality only due to not being like Stanley Kubrick's, that served as a vehicle to normalize the "sensualization" and exploitation of under 18 females and lead to actual grooming of a child actress; or like Adrian Lyne's, that continued to normalize the "sensualization" and exploitation of under 18 females; and decided to put hot man abs into it.
You should consider using more periods in the future!
The main reason I quit watching this show was I thought the whole twin thing was that the dead sister's ghost or something was possessing the main character and doing things that wouldn't, and since she was not in control, she doesn't remember any of it. I thought that was a REALLY cool idea and something new, only to find out "oh no, her twin is alive somehow and evil, the main character is actually innocent" and that was such a disappointing, predictable, and lame plot that I stopped watching. From what I've seen, it's like an aggressive 5/10, which doesn't sound too bad, but genuinely the WORST thing a Star Wars product can be is boring, and that's exactly what this is.
HELL YEAAAAHH, Ralph just posted! Putting on my freaking suit
The power of getting canceled after one season.
This is basically a eulogy for the show. 😂
I actually did really like the acolyte, some of the stories and themes explored were really interesting to me and I related to them. Especially themes of sisterhood, loss, stuff like that. It wasn't the best show ever obviously. Lots of room for improvement. Good review, agree with lots of what you said! Happy to see an upload from you!
Thank you for coming back into my algorithm ❤
“The power of one, the power of two, the power of three, the power of many.” Yeah, no thanks.
Really striking when that iron is ice cold Ralph
When I needed him most, he returned
Everything about this felt like a Netflix YA production, including getting cancelled after 1 season
Love to hear Ralph again! ❤
10:07 "an acolyte kills without a weapon"
10:10 *pulls out a weapon*
The "boring/stupid" joke created deep belly laughs.