Acolyte episode 5: The least awful.
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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Review Acolyte episode 5.
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Dont forget, it's no ordinary stun gun. It's a stunning and brave gun!
We really treated Jar Jar too harshly
Darth Jar Jar. Robot chicken had it right
@@RobertStewart-i3m - Yeah... one of those "Theories that would've been cooler than what we got"... and definitely better than what we're getting now.
@@l.d-b3465 Oh, man. I really wish I could hook up with/start a local Star Wars D6 RPG group. We moved across the country, so.....Anyway, back then I was toying with the idea (2013) as GM, as a player Really detested gungans. I still have all my stuff too. Thousands of minis, little diorama computer consoles
@@l.d-b3465 I'm with it
No, no we didn't.
I absolutely love that Chato is wearing the amazing jacket in the videos.
How dare these bots disrupt the sanctity of the CallMeChato youtube chat!
Disney is the best acolyte is the best woo woo woo force is femal... * gets force choked *
Critic reviewer here. Beep boop. 🤖 I hope you have enjoyed the fantastic Acolyte story so far! Beep boop. 🤖
@@a_lost_one you forgot to say stunning and brave
@@a_lost_one You ain't the type of bot I was referring to lol
Zippermouth has BTS haircut.... Sol must be jearous.
Osha doesn't want him dead by light saber then seconds later is attaching the light to his back so he (hopefully) dies by moth... This is the level of writing on this show and the odd thing is there are literally tens if not hundreds of conflicting issues in the series just like this... It is not a one off problem, this is the problem, no one acts the way real people would act, let alone the supposed best of the galaxy.
I despise Filoni. He's the one who must have told Headland about shit like Cortosis armor. They just pick crap out of the EU when it suits them
I don’t like Filoni since he refused to let Ashoka die in Order 66 and introduced he copout brain chip
Filoni's cowboy hat is made of cortosis
The power of yawn, the power of two yawns, the power of many yawns.
"Don't use chiropractors, folks." 😂👍
Do the script writers sit in a room around a table and writes every brainstorming idea down and let that be the script? And then pat each other on the back?
Oh, she must have seen parent trap. Lol
As a fan i was happy they pulled out cortosis (lightsaber shorting metal) it was one of the things that can challenge lightsabers and I never thought they would bring it to the screen
It also made him blaster proof at least on stun setting?
Doesn't cortosis disable them entirely, not just make them sputter?
Discount mad goose wizard version of Ezra Miller. Who'd have guessed? Oh, everyone.
Chris Gore was sure it was one of the mothers...Alan knew who it was
Smilo Ren's armor was made of Cortosis, a Metal that turns lightsabers off, or resists them in Alloy's. Extremely rare, and from the Expanded Universe, You know, the one Kathleen Kennedy got rid of, but harvests its organs to try and make Disney Star Wars... Uh... Idk, interesting I guess?... But it's not, just absolute shite... Sad...
Very much doubt that people behind the show even know of Asimov. It might have helped the writers if they had read some of Asimov's literature.
" it would be better if they just followed the rules of writing".
Lol . Thanks, Chato
The gauntlets and helmet are made with Cortosis Ore, which has a high absorption rate when it come to the energy put out by lightsabres. This absorption causes the sabres to short out, thus making the weapon useless. Its not to be confused with Beskar which is able to deflect the energy, but not absorb it.
10:00 "We can't kill him, let's just make animals so angry they will try to do it for us." Brilliant logic...Either they intended for the animals to it, making them as responsible as if they had just done it then and there, or they knew he would get away which makes for an insanely stupid decision, could just have put him in prison...
Damn Tofu Light Sabres. Squidman didn’t notice stench of burnt hair on Mae? Perfect hairstyle in one swipe? Reeally?
Cortosis, the metal that can shut down a lightsabre was introduced in the Legend books many years before Disney bought Lucasfilm. However it having the ability to block Force powers is new, I don't recall it having that use at all.
1:31 Yes, it is. They did the same thing in the show Vikings. Gunnhild (Bjorn's 2nd or 3rd wife), defeats Bjorn in ONE fight. Then for the rest of the show, every single character says "I really admire you" & "You've accomplished a lot". This happens for the rest of the show until her character...leaves. I don't want to spoil it for those who haven't seen the show.
vaguely interesting historical fiction...i quit when the started girl bossing...maybe season 3...idc
I think your initial thought of Trinity will come true. They still have a few episodes for a “big twist” and it will be that Moss is the Sith Master. There’s always two.
I heard from another youtuber that the helmet is what shorts out the light sticks. It's made out of some special metaloid I guess.
Sol has zipper at his mercy and can end the threat. In comes the twin and tells him to wait so she can make sure that he has a decent chance of survival. Yeah. That makes sense....
I love how you point out whats wrong with the writing. Any lover of the show, cant argue against your points, unless they are a fanatic.
Imagine a Star Wars show written by Vince Gilligan
Those f**king squirrels.
If reading is a lost art.......where does that leave simple pragmatic thinking? Do these writers NOT have a long term memories? Do they think the fandom is missing theirs?
Per usual Paul, your video is more entertaining than the subject matter you're discussing. Thank you sir. 🙏
Cheers.
Many thanks!
The anti saber stuff is yet another thing plucked from the superior Expanded Universe that knew to keep the stuff rare enough that not even the big bads could find or get it as the source I think is unknown so the only remaining items are de facto hand me downs or relics of utmost importance guarded by supernatural forces, traps and anti-side-character repulsion fields.
I like how you gave credit where credit is due. This wasn't just a slam the show as if nothing is good - just 85% is bad.
Well of course this is how they found her... they used their Tricorders... they have them now from props out of Disney courtesy of Star Trek.
You know the more I think about it. This episode uses a very dark evening setting with only a bit of lighting, so that lightsabers glow better, and they could get away with using "practical wand glow-stick swords" with light bulbs in them, and perhaps they did not have to use CGI to drop in the glow effect. This would be cost-cutting in production, and it can hide not having to choreograph all the sword fights of the many Jedis fighting at the same time, as a lot of it is hidden in shadow, (except for choreographing the one on one close-up fights).
Compare this to the prequel movies light saber fights that were so much better in production values. What is with this "shallow depth of field, hidden in shadows" filmmaking style done these days that hides lack of details?
Credit where credit is due, Smylo Ren calling Jecki an "It" wasn't a pronoun joke but a genuine insult in attempt to rail up Sol. Also the Smylo's armor is made from Cortosis, and extremely rare material that deflects lightsabers which has been part of the expanded universe for a long long time.
PAUL: This is the least awful episode so far
ME: Still the Star Worst so far
So... in the Star Wars legends, there was a material called "Cortosis Ore" that had the unique property of shorting out lightsabers that struck it.
Unfortunately, to introduce something like that into canon, you need to explain what it does and why it is not used more abundantly (In legends canon, it is an otherwise fairly useless material of scarce supply and not widely known). The original writers didn't just drop it in without explanation and neither should the current ones.
...Man, I miss Legends...
Introducing... the Sith Gimp lol
The sorry excuse for a light saber fight hurt to watch.
Brought to you by The Power Of Temu....
Guess the helmet and armor are from one of the comics. Star Wars Theory mentioned it in his video.
Show is pretty damn good now......looking foreward to next episode
Disapru had the horrible thought that not Ezra Miller is actually the twins brother. I think we're safe because the writers aren't capable of that level of anything. 😅
That is a sweet jacket mister Chato! 👌
They named a character OSHA and she doesn't even wear a hard hat
Spoilers for _Foundation and Empire,_ jeez!
Although it was nice of Asimov to realize that the _black swan_ effect is real. What he misses is that history is full of such horseshoe nails and lost kingdoms -- to paraphrase Andy Warhol, in the future everyone is The Mule for 15 minutes.
The very best book I've ever read on the subject is Connie Willis' hilarious and charming _To Say Nothing of the Dog,_ which won a Hugo award back when those were worth something.
I didn’t think that could happen if you used a blue crystal fro the planet Fyxor.
Being less awful isn't much of an improvement. It's like saying being hit with a lahar is less awful than a pyroclastic flow.
Both you would have a very small chance of survival at being awful.
The super tough, sabre proof, zippy helmet the Sith picks up from the ground at 27:00+ish distorts like a plastic halloween mask. Tiny and trivial I know but these minutiae accumulate. At $many,many,millions! You would think...
Cortosis disrupts light sabres
Honestly, I was hoping that Smylo-Ren was gonna turn out to be ‘Darth Maureen’, the Zabrak ‘other’ mother of the twins. Because, I figured it was discount Ezra Miller the moment he showed up, and thought it was a bit too obvious. Hollyweird and Her Woke-colytes don’t know how to write warriors very well, there’s no Machiavellian plots or complex schemes, no true inherent ‘sword logic’ or an overall lust for combat.
It seems a risky strategy to use your body to hit lightsabers, even if you are wearing that magical armour. It could be damaged, which is possible, as we get to see it fall apart after a couple of blows.
Oh and the lightsaber malfunctions are caused my the beskar-like material his armor is made out of. It’s a really obscure thing from some comic that should NEVER be brought to the movies because why isn’t Vader made of this stuff?
Thanks for watching this show so I don't have to. You brave man.
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
A double negative is all you could muster, to describe a positive event in this series, being a Critic doesn’t mean your restricted to what words in the English language your allowed to use.
Mae opted to become the replacement safety inspector for the J.E.D.I. Inc. (Jurisdictional Equitable Division of Idiots). Would this be considered a lateral company move or new hire?
We know the twins swtich because we see the tat that Jord commented on when he sees good twin in episode one. Luckily bad twin swiped her underalls when she knocked her out.
Ironically both the BAD acting twin
Does this mean light-sabers are now back to lethal mode?
Pip the droid on Osha’s hip dying was only death that was kind of sad
Didn't the gopher pick him up at the end?
Here's a like for that leather jacket. Love it.
I hate to defend anything about this show. But, Beskar Armor does exist, Mandalorians wear a whole suit of it, and it's supposed to be able to deflect light sabers. So Darth Gimp has Beskar armor.
Sir… Your choice of “zipper mouth” as a nickname has assisted in my epiphany that Leslye Headland got this job by keeping her lips sealed about Harvey Weinstein. The gesture for which is to pull your fingers across your lips like a zipper.
Which would explain the $180-million dollars that seems to be missing from the production value… Can’t call it ‘legal fees’ anymore.
And she might have gotten away with it, were it not for you pesky kids [on UA-cam]!
I love what you’re doing. Keep up the good work!
Here's what I think (you're gonna love this) They should've hired me. I would've done better writing, directing, starring (I've done swordsmanship and lightsabers for Decades) accounting, and every other job, including delegating, and only done it for double pay. Bonus! This shitshow would've cost 80 million and had 3 times better special effects. And-- Disney wouldn't have canceled season 2, nor pissed off 87% of all the fans. Funny thing is.....I could've actually done it. I'd start by hiring the local high schools F@^king Drama Club!!
the least smelly of 5 farts is still a smelly fart
Hey look the bar is off the floor
I'm sorry, but... no wait, I'm absolutely not sorry...
When, in the hell, were Jedi able to read minds?
Especially of other force users or those with strong wills?
the best of the worst!, thx for the video!
Chato is definitely suffering Stockholm syndrome.
Sounds more like your becoming immune..... Enjoy your channel :)
Given the budget they had, they manage to give the Sith character a bdsm headgear. How original.
They probably just had that laying around, dood.
This was idiotic. They went with something so obvious that I thought it was too damn obvious lol.
Disney is pilfering the corpse of the EU once again. Materials that mess with lightsabers isnt new at all...
Excellent - I have only seen a few videos from @Chato and Disparu and even I knew who the Master was going to be. . . I am not sure that is good for me, or says more about the writing. Pretty sure it's the latter.
Seems like a Sith Lord, trainer of Assassins has a hard time with even the padawans. . . Though we have yet another stabbed heart. Would like to see people bopped off in another fashion. . . it seems a tad cliché these days.
There's no such thing as "least awful" in a show that is an abomination in its entirety.
Lightsabers from the Temu system are delicate and break easily with use.
I'm sure Lesbyan Headlice has no idea who Asimov is.
Damnit! Chato spoiled the Foundation!
Jeez, it's like playground rules.
"I hit you in the head with a lightsaber! So you're dead!"
"No way! I'm wearing a helmet made of beskar!"
"You can't have a beskar helmet! You're not a Mandalorian!"
"Well... it's a super Sith metal that's even better! It's totally proof from lightsabers and makes them break!"
"Nuh-uh! You can't break a lightsaber!"
"Yeah-huh! This stuff does!"
"Let your little sister play!"
"But Mooommmmmm, she doesn't even _like_ Star Wars!"
"And we'll have space horsies and purple hair and generals in dresses and girlbosses and whenever an awesome character takes a helmet off it turns out it's _a girl,_ and..."
@@jimluebke3869 LMAO now yoda voice "a great post have you written"
For the record there are two other metals that are lightsaber resistant. One is extremely brittle (cortosis) but can be woven into fabric and pressed into other metals, and it can cause a lightsaber to short out. Phryk (the other metal) can be made into an alloy, but it’s rarer than either beskar or cortosis
@@ethanannen2608 I don't phryking care.
This is Disney at its finest. Throw out all of legends but go back and use what’s necessary for the sake of plot convenience and as you said ‘use playground rules’ all while doing fundamentally nothing for the characters plot or story. It’s the most annoying and frustrating thing to watch over and over.
The trees falling the wrong way was the best part. Somehow slid upwards and fell out of the way...how convenient.
Yeah. Saw that and wondered maybe gravity works differently on that planet,...nah, it's shit writing
the trees swing the other way
I just thought "these are awful CG trees".
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
@@admincpt Every planet seems to have Earth's gravity in SW
Mother Koril will eventually be revealed as the “big bad” with the line “No, I am your Mother!” to the united twins… the circle of disrespect to George Lucas will be complete…
Don't give them any ideas
Ya I still think “horny mom” is the villain.
@@alexneff True story!!!
It's mother Aniseya. "I have created you. You were my weapon to infiltrate and destroy the Jedi. Join me, and together we will rule the galaxy!"
And the Girls "Okay."
And from then on, everything what was Star Wars before will be legends.
@@fiktivhistoriker345 it’s one of the “Mother’s” … we haven’t seen Koril yet and her anger can motivate her… we will see in Episode 8!!!
"Follow the rules of writing"? No, those systems are patriarchal, oppressive, and support historical power structures that silence marginalized voices, and all such norms must be dismantled! We must be able to write whatever stories we want, no matter plot inconsistencies, bad characterization, and cringe dialog!
. I wish I was being sarcastic and over-the-top there.
I shall follow as instructed oh wise one....or something.
BEfore your post, I just text same
Not copy u. Just Truth
Yea, you could say they’ve lost the plot.
@@CBDubz First you need to have it to loose it
I believe all these under-lit lightsaber battles are done so they can show off the lighting effects of actual glow-in-the-dark lightsabers. TFA made a big point about using LEDs on their lightsaber props so they would give the proper tint to the environment and give good reflections, etc. And it seems every show disney has done since has put them in the dark to show off that effect.
My friend told me to watch ep 5 of the ejacolyte just for the saber fight and skip the crap. I said what's the point it'd be like trying to eat around shit.
Wow. I don't know where to go with that, because there's so much truth in it. The shit, because the fighting had gaps of "logic" making the aforementioned poopoo (shit) more, erŕmmm, palatable. Although much of the fighting was pretty good. For shit.
just have some kids run around at night with glow sticks...same same
@@GH-ub7qz Maybe those longer ones, and twirl them around and stuff.
But you'd get that precious kernel of corn!
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
I laughed out load when the two Walmart Jeddi's bang on their sabre's to get their batterys from shorting out and promptly go in to get killed in a couple seconds.
The childish vindictiveness of Lezzy 'The Head' Headland is so incredible in this i feel like i'm listening to a storyline from a high school video/theatre class...what an incredibly petty and tedious show this is.
The material is called cortosis. I knew what it was as soon as I saw someone complain about it. It's a material in the star wars universe, but it's so rare they maybe should have foreshadowed it.
It's so rare that even Vader, with all the resources of the Empire, didn't have it on his suit.
If they are going to use it, an explanation is DEFINITELY required. Like... what ancient lost and haunted Sith burial tomb did he raid and how was he badass enough to survive that but not totally own everyone here in the blink of an eye?
When I looked it up I found that it was replaced by 'beskar' as the mystery material/alloy leading to the Mandalorian story line and why the Empire wanted to kill all Mandos and take over their planet/colonies.
I recognized it as cortosis also, and I'm not a big Star Wars geek, but I knew once I saw so many people complaining about it that the "writers" did NOT foreshadow or in any other way properly introduce the concept.
Why are they cherry picking things from the EU when Disney said their not using it? They have nothing.
@@vegasgone07-dh4lbthey have been since 2012. Welcome to catching up!
"lightsabers from wayfair" lol i can relate
I was thinking lightsabers from Wish.
If the Sith can build a helmet that disables lightsabers with a touch, why the hell not build a sword!
The Jedi order would have already been extinguished.
Apparently, that metal is very brittle - hence the cracks in the helmet + repair job on it.
Datrh Vader has shoulder cauldrons made of it. Luke hits it in Empire
It's also in I Jedi by Stackpole
Well actually *adjusts glasses*... there are two metals in the Star Wars universe that can withstand lightsaber strikes. First one is beskar, the metal that Mandalorians use, which can take a few hits from a lightsaber before it breaks. The other one is cortosis, which can briefly short-circuit lightsabers. The sith's gear in the episode was presumably made of cortosis.
Various SW characters have made swords, shields, gauntlets and other gear out of cortosis. That history is mostly relegated to SW Legends, but it is what I would consider the original lore. This new Disney crap does not even compare.
@@tukkajumala If I remember right then both metals also are very rare. Beskar. if memory serves right, only exist on Mandalore (or whats left of it, depending when in time you look), home planet of mandalorians. Cortosis is simply seldom found.
$180,000,000 budget.
$50,000 production
$179,950,000 Weinstein's assistant's pockets.
Sounds about right.
Though KK'd probably want a cut.
And they told amadala she can make a music video
@@monsieurcommissaire1628 it's kk's money to play with
But Headland made KK cry when she pitched this show. So it has to be amazeballs.
Studio plants and usually 3 camera setup from a 70’s tv show.
The way you re tell the story is more fun than the real story 😆😆😆
Still god awful & can’t wait for this travesty to be over
I stopped watching after episode 3. Meaning for me it IS already over. Don't tell me you will keep watching.
I am going to copy and paste this question so that I may send it to several content creators on UA-cam. If you are not enjoying the show, why are you still watching the show? I stopped watching The Simpsons after season 11. I don't enjoy it anymore but, its going on season 37. Move on, or isn't this just about clicks on the channel?
u ever try not watching or you that pathetic you're not watching and still can't wait for it to be over?
Acolyte is better than most TV I had growing up.. .. We have all gotten too harsh and negative. .. Acolyte is stupid but occasionally pretty. . . Go try and rewatch stuff like MacGyver or ATeam, they are unwatchable, we have it pretty good now even if yes clearly half idiots are making stuff. Some Star Wars beats no Star Wars, you can only rewatch Empire Strikes back 10 times before even a bad show beats watching it an 11th time.
@@alexwilliamrussell South Park said it best. Memba berries.
Dude, props to you for the ‘Foundation and Empire’ reference!
Props to you for recognizing it and having an excellent pfp!
Because this is the Internet and I'm a fan, I have to point out that it's _Foundation and Empire._ (But will confess having to look that up to be sure, it's been like 30 years.)
It was nice of Asimov to realize that the black swan effect is real. What he misses is that history is full of such horseshoe nails and lost kingdoms -- to paraphrase Andy Warhol, in the future everyone is The Mule for 15 minutes.
The very best book I've ever read on the subject is Connie Willis' hilarious and charming _To Say Nothing of the Dog,_ which won a Hugo award back when those were worth something.
@@jimluebke3869 You’re right! I remember the awesome cover by Michael Whelan and Magnifico leaning on the remains of Trantor.
Have to say, it was one of the greatest villain reveals in literature history. It was highly effective because it reframed the whole story. We’re not hiding from enemy, we’re helping the enemy!
haven't watched a single nano-second of this dreck, but I get an excellent gist for it here, confirming that I needn't ever bother with this waste of my time, Chato is plenty entertaining
The difference between Magnifico being the Mule in "Foundation and Empire" and discount Ezra Miller being Smile-O Ren is rather drastic Chato. The Mule was supposed to be anticlimactic because what made the Mule dangerous wasn't anything physical. He was the kind of person people would overlook, and that actually made him more dangerous. Part of the Mules powers was the ability to make people overlook/ignore him. The fact that he had spent a good amount of time gadflying around with Foundation aristocracy, using his power to weaken and demoralize them, was a work of genius and eerily echoes elements of Karl Popper's philosophical treatise "The Open Society and It's Enemies."
The one thing I have to say I like about this episode, is the fact that lightsabers appear to be lethal once more. Something that Disney Wars has seemingly forgotten with the number of people who got run through in Kenobi and Ahsoka and the rest of the crap. However, why are the moths attracted to the flashlight bulb but not to the three foot long, glowing, brightly colored, plasma torches?
It’s a puzzler since they were shown to be attracted to light sabers in the previous episode.
Master Squid Game has read May's mind in a previous episode, but now he can't realize that she is impersonating her sister?🤨
If I remember correctly he also seemed to have sensed Osha was alive and his senses led him to her after her prisoner transport crashed on the frigid planet. Maybe he can sense when there is a person around but the senses can't tell people apart?
why do people keep saying she killed two jedi, she only killed one and one killed himself
Good point.
The other jedi when they found the 2nd dead Jedi can't know it was suicide, May came to planet and within day the Jedi is found with vial of poison lying beside his dead body. Sith can maybe break shields, control limbs of enemy, and cloud minds, so not obvious it was suicide .. Did they even find the vial, or just find the dead Jedi????.. I'm too lazy to look.. . .. if I talk a super depressed guy into suicide that also seems close to murder and is pretty evil act... . . . . .
Don't ask questions. Just consume product and be excited for more product!
"What's wrong with your FACE?"
Pizza Rolls, anyone?
Ahhh a time before RLM were hack shills and actually criticised Disney
Even in your most effusive state, Chato, your laser focused critique and cutting insight still shines bright. You are a lightsaber of comedic reviews.
I actually LOVE a former Hollywood exec. 🙄 fml
Do you mean chato or are you married to one? Sorry, weirdo twists in the auchughlyte have my brain fried
Lightsaber hairtrim and luke manicure!! So good!!
"Who in their right mind did not think it wasn't him"? That's Acolyte levels of writing.
it was possibly trinity. a fake death and all. but he was always the most likely
Main bad guy has black helmet, cape, and red light saber.
Groundbreaking creative stuff here.
@@albertosillywhips7281 Yeah, on this channel. Not Disney poo
I didn't expected it. He was boring and still not the brightest candle on the cake. "My helmet prevents me from you reading my mind" - you don't tell your enemies about your armour. "I have no name" - does he know anything? "I want to use my powers the way i want" - for killing? I wonder what the Jedi have against this. And i bet he doesn't know where his towel is. I still hope that he's just a marionette of the real villain.
@@fiktivhistoriker345 The towel. Arthur Dent, wasn't it? Just forgot the name of the book. Has restaurant at the end of the universe in the series. His towel. I'll remember that Forever
wait till you realize Discout erza millar IS the spike head mom. she used dark sith powers to transition and change her face.
😂😂😂 honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at this point.
F^*k me running they're gonna do it.
Or the spike woman was a man all along 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ruthsantos6845 This series is so poorly done I'm rooting for the union.....to go on strike somehow preventing this to continue
@@ruthsantos6845 that a mannnhn, baby
hang in there, Chanto. only three more episodes