@@mrbigglezworth42 is this Greg supposed to be some kind of cultural critic? 😂😂😂😂😂😂look at the books behind him. He’s another sad man child.i hope he doesn’t have daughters 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@josue and that’s the game you’ve all been playing 😁now you’re getting it. At least the commies aren’t a bunch of predators like trump and Matt gaetz and Andrew Tate and nick Fuentes. That’s your side. The her body my choice side
What's even funnier is that Leslye, despite seemingly associating herself with them, completely misunderstands the Sith. If Qimir's supposed master, Darth Plagueis, had heard him in that scene in the forest, he'd have murdered him on the spot. Because Qimir is not a Sith, he's a Dark Jedi more like Set Harth (a Dark Jedi from Legends, look him up).
@@Josue_S_6411 I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
Still talking about Leslie headland? Who cares? Twisted ideology? You’re the one on the same side as trump and nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate. I think you guys are the most twisted
I had NO idea there was a PART...THREE💀. Greg is giving more air time to this show and woman than they honestly deserve but I'm glad he did it As a cautionary tale to help prevent something like this abomination from EVER happening again. Or at least make people more aware
Still talking about Leslie headland? Who cares? Twisted ideology? You’re the one on the same side as trump and nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate. I think you guys are the most twisted
This is a person who wanted to absolve herself of her deeds in life by changing the definition of what is good and bad. That way she can tell everyone else that they are not angels either and somehow this will make her better. And on a side note, she really wanted to destroy George's Star Wars and try to take it for herself. I think she thought that after this, she would be considred the new boss of Star Wars and she could do what she wanted with it.
I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
14:09 Squid game does not mean to kill the smoke monster... He was just giving a warning shot by stabbing her thru the stomach. I mean no one ever dies from being stabbed thru the stomach with a light saber in the modern day star wars universe.
My wife and i almost never watch movies. But we watched Puss in Boots 2 funny enough. She had tears at moments. Absolute masterpiece of a film, I agree.
YES!!! Puss in Boots 2 is an amazing film. This should be mandatory viewing for middle school students in order to provide an alternative view of the world we live in today.
Anyone else get this scene from Ted Lasso in their heads? Roy: I can’t control my feelings! Ted: By all means let your feelings control you! (Epic Sarcasm)
@@6trillionmilesReally? Greg has an opinion. Some will agree, but some will disagree. The problem comes out when people who are smug, arrogant, etc., state that they are right and those who disagree are wrong. That happens on both sides of the aisle. Having an opinion is one thing. Stating an opinion is right -- and therefore stating any contrary opinion is wrong -- is not only narrow minded but highly narcissist Just like every human being, I have opinions. While I have a right to my opinions, there is no rule that says anyone of my opinions RIGHT. And if I am putting myself out there saying all of my opinions are RIGHT, I'm putting myself out there as God. Um, no. I am not God. But I still have the right to voice my opinions. At the same time, however, anyone who disagrees with me has the right to challenge my opinions. Here's the rub: When I explain or defend my positions, what is the response? It's one thing to say I disagree with you and Here's why, as opposed to engaging in bashing and name calling. Again, this happens on both sides, but when we're not willing to engage in constructive discussion, what happens is the us vs. them disaster. We're right, you're wrong, and if you don't agree with me you're not only stupid, you're evil. Again, really? Stop listening and we become even more stupid, intolerant, and so called superior.
I think it's hilarious that Headland expects viewers to sympathize with the Stranger despite their better judgement because "he literally exposed himself" unlike that secretive Sol. Yeah, that's a good reason to trust somebody. LOL.
I still say Cobra Kai is one of the best stories that explores how we all have good and evil in us without abandoning an objective good and evil standard. A masterpiece of a show.
8:22 - Hilarious.... and sad 14:29 - Perfect example of Headland's upside-down morality 15:16 - To be fair to Headland, this is a true sentiment. It reminds me of the line from Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago - "The line between good and evil runs through every human heart" (paraphrased, because I don't remember it verbatim).
I think that is one of the huge issues, that moral ambiguity makes hard to know who are you rooting for. The Jedi? The boring twin? the most boring one? The sith who killed the characters I like? The bads are the good ones, buit the show focus so much in the good ones that make your interest in the show become non-existant.
Introducing half-assed moral ambiguity to a Universe that quite literally has objective Good and objective Evil AND a way to tell the difference is never going to not be silly. George wrote Anakin that way to show ue was delusing himself not to be ambiguous.
I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
Morality according to Leslie…. A group of people mind controlling a being to attack and kill another are just misunderstood. But a person saving multiple lives by breaking that mind control spell and unexpectedly kills the mind controllers, makes them and their institution bad. One made the first move and their actions were to do harm deliberately (good?). One came into defense of another and did harm unintentionally (bad?). WTF Leslie!
"I assume..." "I assume..." "I assume..." Headland, the supposed Star Wars scholar, has no knowledge beyond that of being a fan of the movies (which we know she's not...). "I think..." "I think..." "I think..." she doesn't know anything about her own story or character motives either. You have to wonder how anyone thought this lady should be helming a movie of any kind, let alone a Star Wars movie.
Wow...truly this series is amazing. It's just absurd. What's more terrifying is that she's a real person! Yeah, what a shock that this show didn't resonate with anyone! She wrote it for herself, was the protagonist along with the antagonist, and has such a broken concept of morality.
I learned so much today and it just makes me want to NOT watch The Acholyte all the more. If Disney+ dies on it's a*se then this half-witted drivel is just another nail in it's coffin. Keep up the excellent work, Greg, we sane voices now, more than ever.
10:10 it’s funny because I have both “daddy” issues and problems with religion but I don’t project those onto anyone. I won’t tell anyone else how to deal with emotional trauma but this is not the way
At first I didn’t think there’d be enough content for a four-part series on the Acolyte. Boy, was I wrong. Great analysis.👏👏Exposes so much more than just this show. 🧐👍
Congratz for the patience, mental fortitude, stamina and persistence to go through all the Acolyte nonsense for our enjoyment. Respect! Also looking forward for the PiB2 review
Good video. Nothing surprising about Lesley for me, but you brought up some points that I think I'll be chewing on for a bit. As for morally complex movies, I don't really watch all that many movies nowadays. Games, however? I got a few. One that I like referencing back to is a little rpg maker game called To The Moon. It's about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish. The deeper they go, the more they unintentionally dig up about the man's past and the forgotten events that had a tremendous effect on him. The moral complexity comes from the two scientists deciding if it would be right to alter the man's memories to fulfill his wish if it means him permanently forgetting someone that was once close to him. The gameplay itself isn't anything to write home about. It's literally finding enough shinnies to unlock the next story beat. But the story itself is worth going through at least once if you have the time to kill.
37:30 - yeah the saddest thing about this bit is that the story she is describing here DOES sound like a really interesting angle to explore. It’s just not at all the story we were actually given 😑
Leslee thinks she is writing Archane or MHA. 1st: We feel for Powder but we know she is not the good guy and the story and she does too. But we feel pain watching what caused this downfall into insanity creating Jinx. From the death of her adoptive father to her friends at her hands in an accident. And her sister's initial disgust and rejection. And further insanity after being manipulated to the dark side by shimmer lord Silco a revolutionary. Who failed in every way possible to help Zaun. Then full transformation after killing him in a fit of rage. Then blowing up Piltover with a literal long range nuke. She knows she is not the hero we see this further in S2 (which I won’t spoil). She wanted to be powder but her sister to see she had changed and wasn't okay. And just pretending it all didn't happen wouldn't help. A fate easily avoided if someone simply saw she was not okay she wasn't powder and needed to be arrested and gotten help. 2nd: The difference between these two stories is shown also by MHA’s Toga for example we know is wrong and a villain. She is not the hero of this story Uraka & Deku are. She knows it we know it even though she has the same justification “I want to be myself not pretend to be anyone else to love everyone to become them”. The difference is we see the pain! That caused her to become so twisted. As she cries as a little girl finding a baby bird who got hurt and sucking its blood because she thinks it will help it. Her parents vilify her as a deviant She cried as a teen before going on the run after finding her crush bleeding and losing control sucking his blood trying to help him & just really wanting to become closer by sucking his blood. NEVER LEARNING HOW HER QUIRK WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE. Because it was A “VILLIANS QUIRK” And that isn’t what she ACTUALLY DESIRES. She wants to be allowed to be more than the villain & monster her parents saw her as because they vilified her quirk. A girl with so much love to give and no idea how to healthily show it. But due to her pain, her view of love gets twisted into obsession. She learns the truth and sacrifices the girl who showed her what love is to save the hero Uraka with a transfusion like Twice did to save her. But we feel sorry for her for a fate that could have so been easily avoided. If someone listened and tried to understand her. As shown by how easily Uraka was able to connect to her once they were no longer fighting. The fight was hard not the talk.
Frankly, I feel like Leslie watched Arcane and decided "I wanna do that story too! Except with Star Wars!" So many plot points in The Acolyte feel like they're ripped right from Arcane. The Sisters torn apart by a tragedy. The grey area between good and evil. The toxic father figure. She attempted to write someone else's story set someone else's universe. This lady doesn't have an original bone in her body. She's a glorified Wattpad geek who somehow failed upward into being a showrunner for a major ip. Once again - George RR Martin's open distaste for modern fanfiction is proven correct.
@ Honesty I feel she stole from MHA too that “I just want to be who I am even if it's a monster” storypoint is ripped straight from Himoko Toga. Just without the realization she was in denial numbing herself to the pain with what was essentially the ectasy of blood. And “love” because she desired love not understanding the difference between love, lust and hatred. Due to her failed upbringing and lifetime of repression.
I find it hilarious that her main concern is that people don’t want her to exist because she’s gay, and not the fact that she worked with a monster, like honey you have bigger things to worry about
Haha, dude... Main problem in writing is that they are trying to put victimhood into stories while in real life they never experienced it! No way in hell you can make good writing that way
I don't think I've ever seen a film or movie that's as morally bankrupted as the Acolyte. Well maybe Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will. Granted it doesn't go as hard as those, but it still seems like the same type. It's propaganda to get people onboard with their own degenerate world view. I mean like I noticed this same thing when I watched She-Ra Netflix. They make characters act in such a way that's quite obviously diabolical yet seemed to go completely ignored by its own show writers. Because either A. They're too busy on shipping fuel to notice or B. they had no morals to begin with so its impossible for them to write morality. And I'm just here baffled how someone can write like this.
Oh. I get it now. If there's no good or bad, why does it matter who wins? Who do we root for? We root for the characters(/actors) we want to bonk. That's current day fandom. Solved it, everyone stand down. XD Edited to add: haha I posted this comment before Greg even got to the "seduction" section. What I said above is also based on my experience with current "fandom" and why it makes me feel very gross.
14:38 - Putting yourself at risk by entering into combat to save someone else is a selfless act. Whereas fiinding yourself in a moment where you have the ability to save someone but instead decide to turn tail and run to save yourself is selfish. I hope she misspoke but unfortunately I think she said what she intended to say.
Was watching this Matt Hansen/Avowed game and landed here. Will watch the first 2 videos. Is almost a common profile among this troubled people. Ego is a pivotal stone. Angry individuals drunk with power that don't know how to be guide people. Too much feelings, less thinking.
A great series of essays/analyses on the fundamental flaws of this series and where they stem from (but these observations also apply to a lot of other modern media as well). Leslye Headland's interviews just really further elaborate on her terrible moral relativity but also continually expose the fact that this series seems to be entirely something else in her head than what ended up on the screen. She failed entirely to convey much of what she is waxing so pseudo-philosophical about in the interviews in the series itself.
What iss funny about her counter culture argument is she is making it at a time where she is a member of the primary culture of the time. The Maga guys are (were) the counter culture but somehow she does not see them as heros. She is firmly on the side of big government/big corporation and authoritarianism.
This is what really kills me about people like Headland or the jokers running Rings of Power. They churn out jr high school level fan fiction but in their own heads imagine that they're putting out Shakespeare. It is just astounding the levels of disconnect and incompetence. If they had an ounce of humility or showed that they had a care about the franchise they are trying to continue that would be one thing. Instead they are like moronic spoiled children giggling as they finger paint over the Mona Lisa and patting themselves on the back for what a great job they did "fixing" it.
The Acolyte is an example of how twisted and evil the moral framework of most of our entertainment industry has become (and large swathes of our culture in general).
when done well. i think that exploring how normal and reasonable evil can look, can be an important lesson. But, it needs to be done well and maybe for an older audience.
in lesly headlamp's interviews she did speak of her understanding of "seduced to/by the dark side" and the woman had only ONE meaning in her head to how one can be seduced...might be due to her work as personal assistant perhaps...
5:10 Ah yes, so relatable Leslye Headcase. All good people want the freedom to... take others' freedom away... Remind me again how you're *oppressed?* Because that sounds like the mindset of an oppressor. In fact, I believe there's an even better word for those who use virtually absolute power however they want - *DICTATOR.*
Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 14 The Defenders of Peace do this “different beliefs” way better! The Lurmen first were a peaceful village people who refused to help the Jedi fight the separatist but granted them shelter as “you don’t turn away those in need.” Believing violence of any kind was wrong and what had destroyed many a world in the galaxy. “That may be your way but that is not ours” The Lurmen Chieftien told Anakin. But the flaw in the chiefs view was that the separatists were already going to attack them to test their new flamethrower tank. Just like real life you can’t make peace with everyone. Or as his daughter says “would you have us just wait to be killed?” “Better to die for our beliefs than have none at all.” The chief simply responded So they helped the Jedi fight to protect their home all except the old chieftien. But the episode ends with Anakin and The Jedi celebrating their victory with the Lurmen peeople. “We protected your home the separatists won’t bother you anymore.” But the chief asks him “we protected our home but at what cost?” The chief says as he walks back inside the ships of the republic pulling into the sector. This implies that their world became a battleground for the war due to the Lurmens defiance of the separatists. The question is it ever okay to forsake your beliefs for the greater good. Or is it better to die for your beliefs staying true to what you believe.
Did Lesley Headland direct the episode with the Sith's speech or just write it? I'd assume she didn't direct because the person who did the soundtrack makes it sound like we're supposed to be scared, not like we're supposed to feel sorry for the speaker. LOL.
You can write a show with characters that are unrelatable, but it has to be well-written & character motivations must be clear. And when characters change directions, there has to be a foundation set for such changes. That comes from good writing as well. We can, as an audience, accept immoral characters (they are always interesting) but only if the characters are written well. We don't root for them but we do want to see where the arc goeas. Headland understands NONE of the components of story telling nor character development, never mind that she shat all over Star Wars. I look forward to the Acolyte being removed from D+. Sorry for the tldr.
me: there’s a part THREE???
GO: ….part three of a four part saga
me: THERE’S A PART FOUR????
@@6trillionmiles None of these things have anything to do with each other and you're grasping at straws to hate people.
@@mrbigglezworth42 is this Greg supposed to be some kind of cultural critic? 😂😂😂😂😂😂look at the books behind him. He’s another sad man child.i hope he doesn’t have daughters 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@@6trillionmilesBy that logic, you're on the same side as communists.
@josue and that’s the game you’ve all been playing 😁now you’re getting it. At least the commies aren’t a bunch of predators like trump and Matt gaetz and Andrew Tate and nick Fuentes. That’s your side. The her body my choice side
@@Josue_S_6411 Greg blocking my replies. All you snowflakes scared of the truth
What's even funnier is that Leslye, despite seemingly associating herself with them, completely misunderstands the Sith. If Qimir's supposed master, Darth Plagueis, had heard him in that scene in the forest, he'd have murdered him on the spot. Because Qimir is not a Sith, he's a Dark Jedi more like Set Harth (a Dark Jedi from Legends, look him up).
@@6trillionmilesyou're a moron.
@@6trillionmilesYou seen to care enough to spam this exact comment under a bunch of replies sections.
@@Josue_S_6411 I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
@@Josue_S_6411 I guess I got Greg’s attention. Nothing vulgar but my replies keep getting blocked. Guess I struck a nerve 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😂
@@Josue_S_6411 where’s the other reply😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The show is basically the Homelander meme of him saying "You think I didn't think of that? Of course I thought of that!"
Still talking about Leslie headland? Who cares? Twisted ideology? You’re the one on the same side as trump and nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate. I think you guys are the most twisted
@@6trillionmiles lol, you just went all-in with that one, eh troll?
I had NO idea there was a PART...THREE💀. Greg is giving more air time to this show and woman than they honestly deserve but I'm glad he did it
As a cautionary tale to help prevent something like this abomination from EVER happening again. Or at least make people more aware
I see it as slight peek into the mind of your average Hollywood director infected with the woke mind virus and high on their own f*rts
Still talking about Leslie headland? Who cares? Twisted ideology? You’re the one on the same side as trump and nick Fuentes and Andrew Tate. I think you guys are the most twisted
@@6trillionmilesagain, you're a moron.
@6trillionmiles Would you look at that...arkham lost one of its inmates cause wtf arw you even talking about. You sound DERANGED💀
@@no.1spidey-fan182wanna be smart Tanky. Nothing to see here.
This is a person who wanted to absolve herself of her deeds in life by changing the definition of what is good and bad. That way she can tell everyone else that they are not angels either and somehow this will make her better. And on a side note, she really wanted to destroy George's Star Wars and try to take it for herself. I think she thought that after this, she would be considred the new boss of Star Wars and she could do what she wanted with it.
You’re such a dad and I mean that as a compliment.
I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
Greg is committed to destroy Acolyte. I LOVE IT. its night time in Malaysia and im about to sleep. Great!
14:09 Squid game does not mean to kill the smoke monster... He was just giving a warning shot by stabbing her thru the stomach. I mean no one ever dies from being stabbed thru the stomach with a light saber in the modern day star wars universe.
Mental spelunking 🤣🤣
I am a spelunker. Those avenues can get quite deep and treacherous.
Your video, Liked ✅️
My wife and i almost never watch movies. But we watched Puss in Boots 2 funny enough. She had tears at moments. Absolute masterpiece of a film, I agree.
YES!!! Puss in Boots 2 is an amazing film. This should be mandatory viewing for middle school students in order to provide an alternative view of the world we live in today.
Not the mug mogging 🤣
Anyone else get this scene from Ted Lasso in their heads?
Roy: I can’t control my feelings!
Ted: By all means let your feelings control you! (Epic Sarcasm)
Self Hatred VS Hatred Of Others, both sides are force sensitive and wearing Palpatine-tier plot armor
An hour long video about the acolyte? Real fresh content bro. I really want to know more about Leslie headland and the acolyte. 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭
This is some of the best journalism I've ever seen.
@@6trillionmilesReally? Greg has an opinion. Some will agree, but some will disagree. The problem comes out when people who are smug, arrogant, etc., state that they are right and those who disagree are wrong. That happens on both sides of the aisle. Having an opinion is one thing. Stating an opinion is right -- and therefore stating any contrary opinion is wrong -- is not only narrow minded but highly narcissist Just like every human being, I have opinions. While I have a right to my opinions, there is no rule that says anyone of my opinions RIGHT. And if I am putting myself out there saying all of my opinions are RIGHT, I'm putting myself out there as God.
Um, no. I am not God. But I still have the right to voice my opinions. At the same time, however, anyone who disagrees with me has the right to challenge my opinions. Here's the rub: When I explain or defend my positions, what is the response? It's one thing to say I disagree with you and Here's why, as opposed to engaging in bashing and name calling. Again, this happens on both sides, but when we're not willing to engage in constructive discussion, what happens is the us vs. them disaster. We're right, you're wrong, and if you don't agree with me you're not only stupid, you're evil. Again, really? Stop listening and we become even more stupid, intolerant, and so called superior.
@@MSgt5J071what the f are you talking about?
I think it's hilarious that Headland expects viewers to sympathize with the Stranger despite their better judgement because "he literally exposed himself" unlike that secretive Sol. Yeah, that's a good reason to trust somebody. LOL.
I still say Cobra Kai is one of the best stories that explores how we all have good and evil in us without abandoning an objective good and evil standard. A masterpiece of a show.
There is no such thing as an objective good or evil standard, that's a contradiction in terms.
8:22 - Hilarious.... and sad
14:29 - Perfect example of Headland's upside-down morality
15:16 - To be fair to Headland, this is a true sentiment. It reminds me of the line from Solzhenitsyn in The Gulag Archipelago - "The line between good and evil runs through every human heart" (paraphrased, because I don't remember it verbatim).
I think that is one of the huge issues, that moral ambiguity makes hard to know who are you rooting for. The Jedi? The boring twin? the most boring one? The sith who killed the characters I like? The bads are the good ones, buit the show focus so much in the good ones that make your interest in the show become non-existant.
Thank you for saying this! I can’t believe that we now have television programs where a hero(?) is a unrepentant, unjustified murderer
Introducing half-assed moral ambiguity to a Universe that quite literally has objective Good and objective Evil AND a way to tell the difference is never going to not be silly. George wrote Anakin that way to show ue was delusing himself not to be ambiguous.
Selfishness is a virtue.
Welcome to the brave and stunning 2024.
I hope he doesn’t have daughters🤮 these man children with their book shelves filled with fantasy and young adult and comics. This guys whole manner so creepy
Things like this a helping destroy post-modernism and I couldn't be happier.
41:50 kudos sir. You have my utmost respect as a Star Wars fan. Bravo. Bravo
Hey Greg, great stuff. You are one of the most articulate thinkers out there on this topic (decline and fall of Hollywood)
Morality according to Leslie…. A group of people mind controlling a being to attack and kill another are just misunderstood. But a person saving multiple lives by breaking that mind control spell and unexpectedly kills the mind controllers, makes them and their institution bad. One made the first move and their actions were to do harm deliberately (good?). One came into defense of another and did harm unintentionally (bad?). WTF Leslie!
You DIDN'T release this video around the time i woke up on my day off bored! What a legend!
"I assume..." "I assume..." "I assume..." Headland, the supposed Star Wars scholar, has no knowledge beyond that of being a fan of the movies (which we know she's not...).
"I think..." "I think..." "I think..." she doesn't know anything about her own story or character motives either.
You have to wonder how anyone thought this lady should be helming a movie of any kind, let alone a Star Wars movie.
Wow...truly this series is amazing. It's just absurd. What's more terrifying is that she's a real person! Yeah, what a shock that this show didn't resonate with anyone! She wrote it for herself, was the protagonist along with the antagonist, and has such a broken concept of morality.
I learned so much today and it just makes me want to NOT watch The Acholyte all the more. If Disney+ dies on it's a*se then this half-witted drivel is just another nail in it's coffin. Keep up the excellent work, Greg, we sane voices now, more than ever.
I would've figured the first 2 parts about this covered all the important bits on the story in general. It looks like there's more.
Yay! Another philosophical deep dive from OG-GO! 😁
Thanks for another hour-long video, Papa Greg! You remind me so much of my own dad, tbh. Keep up the grind!
10:10 it’s funny because I have both “daddy” issues and problems with religion but I don’t project those onto anyone. I won’t tell anyone else how to deal with emotional trauma but this is not the way
“Destroy something good so you seem better in comparison”, the trend of modern politics, it seems.
At first I didn’t think there’d be enough content for a four-part series on the Acolyte. Boy, was I wrong. Great analysis.👏👏Exposes so much more than just this show. 🧐👍
I would forget to hit the like button. I appreciate the reminder, no matter how corny they are.
Congratz for the patience, mental fortitude, stamina and persistence to go through all the Acolyte nonsense for our enjoyment. Respect!
Also looking forward for the PiB2 review
Good video. Nothing surprising about Lesley for me, but you brought up some points that I think I'll be chewing on for a bit.
As for morally complex movies, I don't really watch all that many movies nowadays. Games, however? I got a few. One that I like referencing back to is a little rpg maker game called To The Moon. It's about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish. The deeper they go, the more they unintentionally dig up about the man's past and the forgotten events that had a tremendous effect on him. The moral complexity comes from the two scientists deciding if it would be right to alter the man's memories to fulfill his wish if it means him permanently forgetting someone that was once close to him. The gameplay itself isn't anything to write home about. It's literally finding enough shinnies to unlock the next story beat. But the story itself is worth going through at least once if you have the time to kill.
37:30 - yeah the saddest thing about this bit is that the story she is describing here DOES sound like a really interesting angle to explore. It’s just not at all the story we were actually given 😑
Rainbow in the dark is such a good song!!!
Hail Dio! 🤘
LOVE THAT SONG!!! Just me, but my favorite song with RJD was The Mob Rules in his Black Sabbath days when it was used in Heavy Metal.
44:05 DAYUM that's BRUTAL!
But ENTIRELY deserved.
...but at least she's got a LOVELY talking voice, right?
Leslee thinks she is writing Archane or MHA.
1st: We feel for Powder but we know she is not the good guy and the story and she does too.
But we feel pain watching what caused this downfall into insanity creating Jinx.
From the death of her adoptive father to her friends at her hands in an accident. And her sister's initial disgust and rejection.
And further insanity after being manipulated to the dark side by shimmer lord Silco a revolutionary. Who failed in every way possible to help Zaun. Then full transformation after killing him in a fit of rage.
Then blowing up Piltover with a literal long range nuke. She knows she is not the hero we see this further in S2 (which I won’t spoil).
She wanted to be powder but her sister to see she had changed and wasn't okay. And just pretending it all didn't happen wouldn't help.
A fate easily avoided if someone simply saw she was not okay she wasn't powder and needed to be arrested and gotten help.
2nd: The difference between these two stories is shown also by MHA’s Toga for example we know is wrong and a villain. She is not the hero of this story Uraka & Deku are.
She knows it we know it even though she has the same justification “I want to be myself not pretend to be anyone else to love everyone to become them”.
The difference is we see the pain! That caused her to become so twisted.
As she cries as a little girl finding a baby bird who got hurt and sucking its blood because she thinks it will help it. Her parents vilify her as a deviant
She cried as a teen before going on the run after finding her crush bleeding and losing control sucking his blood trying to help him & just really wanting to become closer by sucking his blood.
NEVER LEARNING HOW HER QUIRK WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE. Because it was A “VILLIANS QUIRK”
And that isn’t what she ACTUALLY DESIRES.
She wants to be allowed to be more than the villain & monster her parents saw her as because they vilified her quirk. A girl with so much love to give and no idea how to healthily show it.
But due to her pain, her view of love gets twisted into obsession. She learns the truth and sacrifices the girl who showed her what love is to save the hero Uraka with a transfusion like Twice did to save her.
But we feel sorry for her for a fate that could have so been easily avoided. If someone listened and tried to understand her.
As shown by how easily Uraka was able to connect to her once they were no longer fighting. The fight was hard not the talk.
Frankly, I feel like Leslie watched Arcane and decided "I wanna do that story too! Except with Star Wars!" So many plot points in The Acolyte feel like they're ripped right from Arcane. The Sisters torn apart by a tragedy. The grey area between good and evil. The toxic father figure. She attempted to write someone else's story set someone else's universe. This lady doesn't have an original bone in her body. She's a glorified Wattpad geek who somehow failed upward into being a showrunner for a major ip. Once again - George RR Martin's open distaste for modern fanfiction is proven correct.
@ Honesty I feel she stole from MHA too that “I just want to be who I am even if it's a monster” storypoint is ripped straight from Himoko Toga.
Just without the realization she was in denial numbing herself to the pain with what was essentially the ectasy of blood.
And “love” because she desired love not understanding the difference between love, lust and hatred. Due to her failed upbringing and lifetime of repression.
I really enjoy listening to your analysis on these things, very appreciate😊
SUCH A GOOD SERIES
I find it hilarious that her main concern is that people don’t want her to exist because she’s gay, and not the fact that she worked with a monster, like honey you have bigger things to worry about
Haha, dude...
Main problem in writing is that they are trying to put victimhood into stories while in real life they never experienced it! No way in hell you can make good writing that way
😊😊😊 GOT THAT RIGHT!!!😊😊😊
I don't think I've ever seen a film or movie that's as morally bankrupted as the Acolyte. Well maybe Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will. Granted it doesn't go as hard as those, but it still seems like the same type. It's propaganda to get people onboard with their own degenerate world view. I mean like I noticed this same thing when I watched She-Ra Netflix. They make characters act in such a way that's quite obviously diabolical yet seemed to go completely ignored by its own show writers. Because either A. They're too busy on shipping fuel to notice or B. they had no morals to begin with so its impossible for them to write morality. And I'm just here baffled how someone can write like this.
Oh. I get it now. If there's no good or bad, why does it matter who wins? Who do we root for? We root for the characters(/actors) we want to bonk. That's current day fandom. Solved it, everyone stand down. XD
Edited to add: haha I posted this comment before Greg even got to the "seduction" section. What I said above is also based on my experience with current "fandom" and why it makes me feel very gross.
GOOD MORNING Mr. Owen ! Have a great day today !
Woo Greg is back!
Her ego slows time for objects that get too close to it.. LOL!!! Brilliant 🤣😂
Leslie Badheadlands' universe would fall into chaos if conceptualized.
14:38 - Putting yourself at risk by entering into combat to save someone else is a selfless act. Whereas fiinding yourself in a moment where you have the ability to save someone but instead decide to turn tail and run to save yourself is selfish. I hope she misspoke but unfortunately I think she said what she intended to say.
Was watching this Matt Hansen/Avowed game and landed here. Will watch the first 2 videos.
Is almost a common profile among this troubled people. Ego is a pivotal stone. Angry individuals drunk with power that don't know how to be guide people. Too much feelings, less thinking.
A great series of essays/analyses on the fundamental flaws of this series and where they stem from (but these observations also apply to a lot of other modern media as well). Leslye Headland's interviews just really further elaborate on her terrible moral relativity but also continually expose the fact that this series seems to be entirely something else in her head than what ended up on the screen. She failed entirely to convey much of what she is waxing so pseudo-philosophical about in the interviews in the series itself.
Sadly the like button didn't light up😢
I hope you and yours had a nice Thanksgiving, Greg.
@15 min. So much for the power of many against one.
if you can make 4 hour-long videos about why the Acolyte's creator and reason behind making the show is bad, other studios need to take note
Hell yea I’ve haven’t seen a Star Wars movie in 25 years but I’m here for the 3rd installment egomaniac pound town.
What iss funny about her counter culture argument is she is making it at a time where she is a member of the primary culture of the time. The Maga guys are (were) the counter culture but somehow she does not see them as heros. She is firmly on the side of big government/big corporation and authoritarianism.
5:00 "Hey, Janet. Would you kill all these jedi for me, please?"
"Right away!"
"Thanks, girl!"
"Not a girl."
“If you are against the establishment you are the out” is she defending Jan 6?
7:06 👓☕️😎
i just realised the sith guy, Qimir, is roger from the good place. wow.
This is what really kills me about people like Headland or the jokers running Rings of Power. They churn out jr high school level fan fiction but in their own heads imagine that they're putting out Shakespeare. It is just astounding the levels of disconnect and incompetence. If they had an ounce of humility or showed that they had a care about the franchise they are trying to continue that would be one thing. Instead they are like moronic spoiled children giggling as they finger paint over the Mona Lisa and patting themselves on the back for what a great job they did "fixing" it.
If you want mugs just check out the king of mugs: Josh Strife Hayes....
The Acolyte is an example of how twisted and evil the moral framework of most of our entertainment industry has become (and large swathes of our culture in general).
Not a movie, but I enjoyed The Penguin for its moral ambiguity as applied to a major villain. All of Oz’s ends justify HIS means.
Dear God, I actually feel dirty as you delve the kiddie pool that is Headland's mind...
when done well. i think that exploring how normal and reasonable evil can look, can be an important lesson. But, it needs to be done well and maybe for an older audience.
Should’ve used Andor as a comparison.. REALLY interrogates the rebellion’s morality…
This makes me want to ask Leslie where the bodies are buried
Proof that just because you write a script, doesn't mean you know what you are doing
Leslye's moral compass points "south"... and I don't mean that south that is in the polar opposite of magnetic north.
18:20 - The Emperor in Return of the Jedi was just being sensitive to Luke's feelings, bro.
Immediately clicked
If you think that guy is out mugging you. Watch Josh Strife Hays mugs for days
Wait... you're still going!!!!😮😮😮
Leslie Badheadland has immense sympathy for the devil 😈. 🦉 And proud of it 🦉
Warby Parker stores are pretty good, too.
in lesly headlamp's interviews she did speak of her understanding of "seduced to/by the dark side" and the woman had only ONE meaning in her head to how one can be seduced...might be due to her work as personal assistant perhaps...
I’m curious about your thoughts on the penguin show and how I was able to root for the bad guy for a little bit even though I knew he was bad
Sometimes i comment to help the algorithm. I haven't seen the video yet, but I'll probably comment later too.
If you think saving your teammates from the enemy I don’t want you on my team
I don’t disrespect Headland because of her gender or sexuality. I don’t respect her because she’s terrible at writing. It’s that simple, write better.
5:10 Ah yes, so relatable Leslye Headcase. All good people want the freedom to... take others' freedom away...
Remind me again how you're *oppressed?* Because that sounds like the mindset of an oppressor. In fact, I believe there's an even better word for those who use virtually absolute power however they want - *DICTATOR.*
0:01 hi Greg i can't wait to get back on your hell Gondola wait a minute that's Sydney Watson
Nah you got a like for the Dio reference
American History X. This answer probably doesn't require much explanation for those who have seen the movie.
I ignore people who insist on using the word LIKE.
#gamerstreamwithGerel
Clone Wars Season 1 Episode 14 The Defenders of Peace do this “different beliefs” way better!
The Lurmen first were a peaceful village people who refused to help the Jedi fight the separatist but granted them shelter as “you don’t turn away those in need.”
Believing violence of any kind was wrong and what had destroyed many a world in the galaxy.
“That may be your way but that is not ours” The Lurmen Chieftien told Anakin.
But the flaw in the chiefs view was that the separatists were already going to attack them to test their new flamethrower tank.
Just like real life you can’t make peace with everyone. Or as his daughter says “would you have us just wait to be killed?”
“Better to die for our beliefs than have none at all.” The chief simply responded
So they helped the Jedi fight to protect their home all except the old chieftien.
But the episode ends with Anakin and The Jedi celebrating their victory with the Lurmen peeople. “We protected your home the separatists won’t bother you anymore.”
But the chief asks him “we protected our home but at what cost?” The chief says as he walks back inside the ships of the republic pulling into the sector.
This implies that their world became a battleground for the war due to the Lurmens defiance of the separatists.
The question is it ever okay to forsake your beliefs for the greater good. Or is it better to die for your beliefs staying true to what you believe.
Clone wars was one of my fave sat morning cartoons. Soo many good stories, characters, and conflict s
Part thee is final out.
Did Lesley Headland direct the episode with the Sith's speech or just write it? I'd assume she didn't direct because the person who did the soundtrack makes it sound like we're supposed to be scared, not like we're supposed to feel sorry for the speaker. LOL.
Things comparable to leftism:
Warhammer Chaos
The Skaven
The Sith
The Flood from Halo
Skaven have way more integrity
This is starting to feel sadist but i don't care!!! i've been waiting for the downfall of the woke for many years by now.
You can write a show with characters that are unrelatable, but it has to be well-written & character motivations must be clear. And when characters change directions, there has to be a foundation set for such changes. That comes from good writing as well. We can, as an audience, accept immoral characters (they are always interesting) but only if the characters are written well. We don't root for them but we do want to see where the arc goeas. Headland understands NONE of the components of story telling nor character development, never mind that she shat all over Star Wars. I look forward to the Acolyte being removed from D+.
Sorry for the tldr.
Me wait did I watch part 1 and 2 ok I did sweet home work is finished