Silver Surfer Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) The comment section is the best. Edited July 10 by Silver Surfer Microchip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 12:14 AM, I like pie said: OLED55G4SUB. I'll test a torrent tomorrow but it only seems to be an issue on D+ for me I’ve got a C1, I’ll check it out today to see if it’s the app for WebOS. I’ll check the AVS forums as well. I like pie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/9/2024 at 11:28 PM, drotto said: Why are we excusing shows for making 8 episodes where 7 are marginal to bad and maybe one is good? Doing enough to string us along to maybe get thrown a bone, if they manage to stick the landing? I think it is reasonable to want every episode to have value, and provide entertainment. It is the writers and showrunners responsibility to hook us from episode one, not make empty promises the next may be better. That does not mean your need to give us instant gratification, but you must give people something. Here is another mystery box. Here is another supposed cliffhanger. Here is another new character you have given me no reason to get invested in. Not to bore people while playing on their hopes there may be something more, with viewers coming up with fan theories that are almost always better than the actual payoff. I disagree with some here, this is not good TV let alone good Star Wars, take that for my opinion nothing more. But when your penultimate episode is 70% new footage, 30% reused footage from different angles, unexplained plot points, poorly explained motivations, and almost non-sequiturs, how is that good? That does not even scratch the poor acting and dialog, or where $180 million went. Want to watch good television, go watch House of the Dragon, go watch Shogun, go watch the Bear, where the writing and acting are so many leagues above the Acolyte it is not even funny. I am not. I am enjoying the show. When I say, stick the landing, I want to see if they tie it into the birth of Anakin. Somehow the Sith learned how to do that. If you really want me to lay into it, I will but it kind of involves that William Shatner episode of SNL from years ago. What I did find annoying from this week's episode was some ballad at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 7:47 AM, Buzzetta said: What I did find annoying from this week's episode was some ballad at the end. Yeah, that seemed…out of place. Thought I had started a new show or picked up another show at the end. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzetta Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 7:54 AM, awakeintheashes said: Yeah, that seemed…out of place. Thought I had started a new show or picked up another show at the end. Weird. If it sounded something the Halo theme or some choral track to mark the coven I would have preferred that. I shrug though and I still have things to do around the house today. awakeintheashes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 7:58 AM, Buzzetta said: If it sounded something the Halo theme or some choral track to mark the coven I would have preferred that. I shrug though and I still have things to do around the house today. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 7:41 AM, awakeintheashes said: On 7/10/2024 at 12:14 AM, I like pie said: OLED55G4SUB. I'll test a torrent tomorrow but it only seems to be an issue on D+ for me I’ve got a C1, I’ll check it out today to see if it’s the app for WebOS. I’ll check the AVS forums as well. I just checked it out and compared the two streams. Both look good to me. Does your D+ need an update? When I originally started the show in WebOS, I didn’t get the Dolby Vision badge, instead the HDR badge popped up and the picture didn’t look as great as it did on the AppleTV. After updating the app, Dolby Vision worked and the picture seemed better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like pie Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 11:06 AM, awakeintheashes said: I just checked it out and compared the two streams. Both look good to me. Does your D+ need an update? When I originally started the show in WebOS, I didn’t get the Dolby Vision badge, instead the HDR badge popped up and the picture didn’t look as great as it did on the AppleTV. After updating the app, Dolby Vision worked and the picture seemed better. Thanks for checking! It goes in and out, so maybe it's a wifi issue. The Dolby bade is present the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/10/2024 at 12:14 PM, I like pie said: Thanks for checking! It goes in and out, so maybe it's a wifi issue. The Dolby bade is present the whole time. No problem. Yeah, that could be it. Mine is wired because I used to have similar issues back in the day. I like pie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldOrder Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Nobody can convince me that this show WASN'T written by ChatGPT. media_junkie, Larryw7, Microchip and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 There is something very odd when I can randomly pick two dozen reviews and they are not just on the fence, they are all across the board suggesting that this is some of the worse writing and acting we have ever seen. I tend to agree with a lot of this. Are there some cool aspects, yes, the battle scenes are some of the best but the rest of all this drivel and messaging on top of a junk plot is just too much. So when I see people saying that “this is great” I’m having a tough time taking them seriously. mr_highgrade and NewWorldOrder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drotto Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 You know when Grace Randolph bails on a progressive version of Star Wars you have screwed things up. D84, I like pie and media_junkie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Soul’s voice just reminds me too much of that Apple episode on Southpark. “Should I eat the cuttle fish and asparagus or the vanilla paste”. Edited July 11 by Silver Surfer NewWorldOrder and Larryw7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Surfer Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Larryw7, Microchip and s-man 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWorldOrder Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Once again Jedi bad and the villains are just misunderstood. Disney rinse and repeat same old same old! And you got to love the back to back episodes showing "How to Catch a Predator"....sorry I mean "JEDI" Well what should we expect from Darth Leslye . She was trained well from the Lord Weinstein as his padawan! Edited July 11 by NewWorldOrder Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like pie Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Definitely seeing more and more people on social media enjoying the show versus the first few episodes. The gatekeepers are loud though. I find it very interesting how vicious and shaming some can be about a tv show(both sides). I don't remember even the sequels being this divisive. Buzzetta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troydivision1 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 (edited) Pragmatically, from a SW standpoint...it's Episode 1 level of acting and directing. (wooden dialogue and directing / cool bad guy / cool lightsaber stuff) One of worst of the recent Disney era. 'Somehow Palpatine returns' edges it out by a margin. From Disney+ with a reported budget of $180 million dollars / $22.5 million per episode the show is an awful waste of money. Full disclosure, I sail the high seas for a 4K copy of the newest episode every Wednesday morning so I don't feel that upset. That being said, I did subscribe to HBO Max just for HotD S2 so I can watch it live and will cancel Max once S2 is over and I do feel that is money well spent. Edited July 11 by troydivision1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I like pie Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 On 7/11/2024 at 5:59 PM, troydivision1 said: From Disney+ with a reported budget of $180 million dollars / $22.5 million per episode the show is an awful waste of money. Completely agree. Although it's enjoyable I can't imagine where all that money went to unless Keanu Reeves shows up in the finale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silver Surfer Posted July 12 Popular Post Share Posted July 12 On 7/11/2024 at 12:19 PM, I like pie said: Definitely seeing more and more people on social media enjoying the show versus the first few episodes. The gatekeepers are loud though. I find it very interesting how vicious and shaming some can be about a tv show(both sides). I don't remember even the sequels being this divisive. What are you puzzled about? They are making a mockery of a beloved franchise, horrible acting, horrible and confusing writing yet with what seems to be an unlimited budget (where the hell did all the money go - the optics are terrible and yes this looks like a payoff or just complete incompetence, which do you prefer). Pre-release (and even to this day) they go out of their way to promote the gayest Star Wars ever (what’s the point, who cares, is this really what the majority of life long Star Wars fans care about, don’t think so). Most reviews are so embarrassing that this producer should be one and done in this industry but I’m sure they don’t care because they probably (and with permission) skimmed a ton off this budget to line their pockets (hey why don’t I hire my significant other to play Starshrek). And now you wonder why people are so disappointed. Of course more phantom people on social media (who are these people) are enjoying the show now vs the first few episodes because no one in their right mind could have “enjoyed” the first few episodes. I don’t remember the sequels being this bad. Maybe if they don’t want to hear all the backlash they should have toned down all their pre release bravado about how “they know Star Wars”. Sorry this is a steaming dog turd. Larryw7, mr_highgrade, drotto and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microchip Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I wonder if this show will become that go-to reference for a complete train wreck of a tv show. Fonzie jumped the shark, and Leslie turned the light saber into a whip. Though there will be a payoff with Mae and Osha being revealed the physical embodiment of schizophrenia. The perfect tie-in for the countless contradictions in the script. And as they say, write from what you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
