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The mistake for Star Wars is Disney. Disney at its core has its own philosophy and approach and direction which was and is not aligned and can never align to the Star Wars Universe.

My Jaw is dropped. I've been thinking about this movie for over a day and have had almost all of the exact thoughts you've presented here. I couldn't agree more with your analysis. The only thing more bizarre than the movie is the general audiences reception of it.

Star Wars characters aren't IMPOSING anymore!! The heroes are ignorant emo's, the villains are arrogant emo's, and the side characters are boring NPC's. The Ukrainian war is more interesting on a quiet day, when the opposing sides are sharing a cigarette while waiting for the soccer ball to be inflated.

I’ll be controversial here If I was the parent of the minor, I’d be enraged But I’m not, and there are more pressing matters in the world, so the amount of attention poured onto this is absolutely next level absurd. Yes I’m using the “there are starving kids in Africa” argument. Because there actually is a horrific war in Sudan right now. If you want to care about this (not talking to you Erik, you’re great!), to the general audience, know that you’re caring about it because you happen to find it interesting. Performative outrage about stuff like this is asinine. Good video, but felt like I had to say that in between folding my laundry.

I like more Boba Fett but make him like john wick doesn't talk much and gets the job done. I don't get the keep it mysterious shtick we know what a Mandalorian is there is no mystery just let Boba be what he is a ruthless a practical space Spartan fighting monsters pirates gangsters and occasional force users.

The first episode is fantastic and knowing how bad the final episode is , is really upsetting me 😂

I read the online review, I thought I was the only one who felt this way at first. Terrible movie lol

The amount of simpletons in the comments is astounding. He’s not in jail probably because of the statute of limitations in the state where the other party resides. He sued Twitch for breach of contract but I’m sure he got peanuts and as part of the agreement they kept quiet about it. It was better to save face when it he first got banned and take a loss financially than to have it all come to light and lose everything there and then. Come on people, you can’t be that slow! Now that it’s really out there all his sponsors are 🪓 him. You’re a playing checkers while the name of the game is chess. I’m sure the other party got most of the money he got from twitch.

I know nothing about the movie in question here but I have definitely always found it a little strange the seeming obsession with some people to claim characters as lgbt or lgbt “coded”. At best it’s kinda strange and at worst it’s downright creepy.

How do say "I am concerned about this." without people reading "I support Dr. Disrespect"? I loathe Dr. Disrespect. I have rarely seen a clip of him that I enjoyed - and most of the clips I get littering my timeline are from Fans who are taking what they believe to be GOOD clips of him and sharing them. (I'm either blocking or have been blocked by most of the people sharing clips of him meant to make him look bad, so I rarely see the "bad" clips of him.) I think Gaming (and the internet in general) would be better if people like him did NOT have *industry-promoted* platforms. (Platform yes, Industry-Promoted platform, no.) Streaming would be better off if he (and streamers like him) were treated like the Hot Tub eThots - they exist, but whenever they break containment, they get shoved back into their little adult-only silo with a time-out period. (but allowed a platform! just not one that is *promoted* by either Streaming or Gaming.) Him being a face of ANYTHING is a problem, and him losing his place as a Face is a benefit to Gaming and Streaming in general. But not like this. Not unless something CRIMINAL happened. To me, that's where the hard line gets drawn. Criminal is a hard line, one that is effectively the end of any discussion. Inappropriate is the opening of a fight because what is "Inappropriate" to me is NOT inappropriate to many other people, and vice-versa. We all seem to be able to agree that sexting a minor, as an adult, is absolutely inappropriate - but without criminal charges being filed, it becomes a grey area. This APPEARS to be what happened with Dr. Disrespect (and I do believe this is what happened), but it's not outright stated or confirmed, which makes it even more of a grey area. And to top it all off, I'm already inclined to see the worst in what Dr. Disrespect does, can I be trusted to judge his behaviour fairly? No. I think he should be siloed, I think he shouldn't be the face of a Gaming or Streaming company, so I'm going to read anything he said in a negative light. And on the standard of "inappropriate", if I found out that an adult was talking to my child in secret about Religion, I would crack down on it because I believe that's inappropriate. (Including adult Atheists trying to remove my child's religious beliefs.) If an adult was trying to convince my child to adopt a different gender, I'd be looking up how people on CSI tripped up and got caught. In the latter case, I would find someone texting my son and saying "Cut your nuts off and take estrogen to become the girl we both know you are!" to be far, FAR more dangerous (not just inappropriate) than a Dr. Disrespect texting my daughter and saying "69 days until you're 18. Let's meet up the day after your birthday!" But based on the criteria of "inappropriate", not "illegal", would I be right *in any way* to destroy their livelihoods, reputations, careers, personal lives, etc.? To me, that requires a much higher standard - and what we've been presented here, publicly, with Dr. Disrespect doesn't reach that standard. So while I'm looking at Dr. Disrespect losing his reputation and status as the Face of a gaming company as good things overall... I'm concerned that we're doing it in the wrong way, for the wrong reasons, allowing the wrong powers to enforce this and we're setting ourselves up for some really nasty blowback in the future. Look at what was "Inappropriate" in 2014, then look at what is "Inappropriate" in 2024 - what's going to be "inappropriate" in 2034? Do we want to support "inappropriate" as the standard we use to destroy someone's life?

When I was 19, I was super into a 16 year old. I know the age difference is only 3 years but it’s still illegal. Anyways I perused this girl and we talked inappropriately. Her parents found out because she was up at like 3am on her phone laughing and it woke them up. I get a text the next day saying this is “___” dad, you have two options. You come talk to me face to face or I call the cops and press charges. So I talked to him and after the first like 20min after he cooled off and wasn’t wanting to strangle me we started to kinda hit it off. Told him about graduating 2nd from valedictorian, then going into the army and doing jump school and I told him how ultimately I wanted to be a ranger. Fast forward 22 years and me and her are still married. No I didn’t make rangers, that shit is tough af

13% is representative of the everyday Star Wars fan who has realised that if they want better Star Wars, they can’t just sit on the couch and accept what is being thrown at them. They actually feel the need to make their opinion heard by publicly commenting and rating, and ultimately taking their money elsewhere. And I am that fan. The score is very representative of not only the very poor quality of the show, but also the very aggressive and disrespectful way Kathleen etc has “promoted and marketed” this show even before it came out. It is the slow and painful decent of a well loved IP.

It's woke.

Not review bombed, just bad. Like the ford Edsel, pepsi crystal, Google glass, windows vista. Need I go on.

Thank you for the refreshing and fair take on the state of Star Wars in your article... How come your compadre at Forbes; Paul can't take that BALANCED and nuanced stance?

Wow! This woman is so deluded! I'm actually okay with The Acolyte, it's not amazing, it's not terrible, but stuff like this makes it really hard to enjoy the show when you know what an absolute idiot the star of the show is.

He brought up on himself. But no criminal charges and twitch paid out the rest of the contract. Knowing the type of employers in that company I have my doubt to the extend of the accusations.

isn't his main audience like 15 yr olds? i wonder how many parents of his followers are gonna be having an awkward conversation with their kid soon

So? If nothing happened, then nothing happened. The rest is a bunch people getting on their high-Karen-horses and casting stones with incomplete information. FWIW, I have never listened Dr. Disrespect. I used to follow one Twitch streamer and gave up after a couple of weeks as I prefer to PLAY MY GAMES and not be a couch potato watching others play.

Trump 24 bro. Get your head out of your ass

That person should be sued for breach of information because if they were settling this outside of court cases or whatever the situation may be, this would’ve been handled properly closed and sealed, but yet somebody wanted to ruin his career because their life sucks.

I was a fan of the doc before all this came out. But there's absolutely no defending him on this one. He has admitted to inappropriately messaging a minor, that in itself is completely unacceptable. If he didn't know she was a minor, I'm sure he would have mentioned that in his statement on twitter. Also, its very annoying when you hear someone say "i own my mistakes, i take responsibility"...when you're doing so 7 years after the fact, and after the accusations have gone public. Cancel culture is a cancer on our society, but this is not cancel culture, this is holding someone accountable for their inexcusable behaviour

This review and the comments are giving me life. Hit Man is paper thin and written poorly. I'm sure Glen Powell relished the chance to show his chops and the timing is good with him coming up as a leading man, but it doesn't excuse the plot holes. Even just his description in the first interview as a hit man. You throw the fingers out the window? That's your idea of a cold, professional killer? Leaving a trail of clues toward the rest of the body, you grinning idiot? Are you serious? The movie is a bunch of tropes thrown together by a writer (Powell) who doesn't understand story, characters, or continuity. Thank goodness I'm not alone. I thought I was marooned on this planet with a bunch of asshats. Demand better for your time, even if you can stream it. Just say no

This movie was booooring and morally reprehensible. I think Rotten Tomatoes is getting paid off? What a waste of my time!

What an absolute waste of a time. I wish I had read some reviews before watching it. The character writing and acting, especially the girlfriend, was so confusing. There were so many scenes that I thought were leading us to believe that she is the bad guy but then it turns out it was just bad acting/or it was supposed to be funny and I just didn’t get it!!!

Outside of Mandalorian (season 1 and 2), Disney shows have been a kin to pandering to the lowest common denominator. Rouge One, that movie was dark and to borrow from Star Trek, a real Kobayashi Maru. You felt for characters you never knew. Outside of a weirdly placed kiss and a CGI Carrie Fisher, the movie delivered. Disney has not been able to recapture that grit, until the first two seasons of the Mandalorian. The third season started following Disney’s odd choices and almost became a different story/show. We discovered thanks to Rouge One, Star Wars fans want realism, dirt, and grime with nods to their beloved characters. Yet, Disney decided to kill off all the beloved characters or change their personality to the point of being unrecognizable. They used the same storylines though. It made no sense. Take the Acolyte, it’s supposed to take place in the High Republic era. Why are we doing the twin trope? Why didn’t they head straight for Revan? That’s what people wanted. They could have also used the online game as a jumping point with the infinite army story. The concept being they should have used something fans really wanted and enjoyed. Yet, we keep seeing Disney go nope and head in an odd direction. Asoka was just Rebels, Kenobi was poorly written (it reminded me of the made for TV Ewok movies). As for diversity, there’s 1000+ planets in that universe, you have a ton of choices. Just remember the choices have to be relevant and relatable to the audience as a whole. Ensemble casts would be their best course to cover the basics. But Disney will keep being Disney and nothing will change. They are closed loop. My only hope is the House of Saudi (they are worth trillions) buys Disney and as a sweet surprise gives the company to someone who understands the fans and will definitely deliver. 😂

This is why I love you man. I often disagree with (parts of) your takes on things, but I know you always operate in good faith, and In this instance I am in near 100% agreement. You're the first person I've found that has properly addressed the question of WTF does "leaned too much at times in the direction of inappropriate" mean in this context? I've felt like an insane person following this, because that phrase is doing SO MUCH work in people's minds, and nearly none of it has been rational. If they're the super "anti" types, this is, in their minds, incontrovertible evidence that he was sexting with a minor and is a PDF groomer, etc. If they're his die hard supporters, that phrase means "he probably said a couple jokes that were dancing around the bush of wrong". For me, he 100% should have known better, and these conversations should have been a nonstarter from minute one. I'm roughly his age and I wouldn't even respond to a DM from a person that I even *suspected* was a minor, regardless of the reason of the DM, to avoid exactly this type of perception. The simple fact is, we don't know. Without seeing unedited logs, we just don't know. What we do know: 1. He was consistently messaging a minor, per his own words, at times inappropriately. 2. No criminal charges were filed against him. 3. Twitch paid out the remainder of their contract (after sitting on this info for 3 yrs). My personal suspicion is he was probably at the very minimum being flirtatious. This alone is completely unacceptable, and wildly inappropriate, and as you said, scuzzy as fuck. Anything over and above that is even worse. In a way, this reminds me a little bit of the Chris D'Elia situation. Ultimately it came out that once we got ahold of the unedited logs, none of the girls he was either sleeping with or trying to sleep with were minors, and the ones he found out were, he immediately cut off contact (at least this is my understanding as of now). Now, should a 40 year old guy have been trying to sleep with 18 year old's. No, that's beyond scuzzy, and the vast majority of people would view that (correctly IMO) highly negatively. He was literally being the joke/meme from Archer when he tells the girl at the ski resort, "call me the minute you turn 18", etc. Funny as an edgy joke, not funny and f'd up as a real life situation. Was he doing anything illegal? Also no. Did he deserve the public repercussions? Yes, absolutely. I think you are correct that this would be a wise time for him to just bow out. He is clearly a multi-millionaire at this point. If he is truly a changed man, then he should recognize that this situation for what it is, and just bow out.

If you hate Star Wars, then why are you still watching it?

Seems like its probably really bad, whether in the content of his messages or the age of the minor, judging from the totality of his statement. I wouldn't be surprised if someone has the actual messages and this is a little back and forth game before they are inevitably released. Just goes to show that a lot of times these seemingly random acts of "censorship" have more going on than we are privy to, which even made sense to me at the time, given that i couldn't see how removing him from the platform would be something Twitch would want to do unless forced to.

There is more to this story: Why were they reading his DMs? I say this as someone with even less of a horse in this race.

Oh boy A prequel hater who still hates star wars! Shocking!

I'm of the opinion you should draw a line in the sand and never approach that line, but sometimes people are stupid. I just don't like trial by internet-mob. If he did something illegal, it should go to the proper authorities and get settled in court. Idk if ya'll are familiar with Ed Piskor, but this situation reminds me of that, a bit. Piskor was a comic book creator. Very talented guy, though not as confident as Doc. A woman released DMs that were clearly edited for maximum damage and told the world Piskor was a creep bc she was 17 when they exchanged a few DMs. When folks started calling him a pedo/predator/etc., demanding his head on a pike, she clarified that he wasn't any of those things, he was just being a creep, but by that time it was too late. The entire internet piled on, convinced of his guilt. Some of his colleagues decided to get their digs in, while the getting was good. Folks do love getting self-righteous about other people's mistakes. Piskor ended up self-deleting. A lot of folks have since come out in his defense, long-time comic book creators and some more modern creators, which is something you don't see with actual predators. I would never do this, but sometimes older men say flirty/inappropriate things to high school girls. It ain't right, but it's typically not worth ruining someone's life over. We are not Dr. Disrespect's judge and jury, and we should not have been that of Piskor. I would also like to point out that the guy who has been claiming that Doc was sexting a minor did so in a very reprehensible way: he made three tweets, telling folks to buy tickets to his band's show, during which - if the show sold-out - he would reveal the reason Doc was banned from Twitch. Does monetizing the 'victimization' of a minor sound like something a good person would do? The whole thing is just weird. Why did twitch pay him out for canceling his contract? Surely, if he was engaging in illegal activity, they wouldn't have had to pay him out. And if it does come to light that he was being a predator (instead of just an idiot), well, I'm sure his streaming career would be finished, and rightly so. But until then, until very clear details come to light, my stance is, he probably said some dumb but not illegal things. Ya'll, men today are the same as men yesterday. In my experience, both men and women can be crappy people, and fame comes with its own set of pitfalls. Just don't get on too high of a horse, when you see someone fall off theirs.

Yeah, you make a good point my man. 'Andor' is diverse but not preachy propaganda like 'The Acolyte.' It reminds me of Star Trek Discovery, which seems to have been made for emotionally traumatized women.

It’s not “hard to say” that it was sexually explicit. The fact that he said he had “no intentions” makes it pretty clear.

Good stuff. That shirt entranced me. Would have liked a little mote about Cole's continued jaunt into stupid evil, as well as his new position. In bed, as well as his position to the throne. He really is the domino that keeps falling to push others over.

Twitch isn't going to ban one of their biggest money-makers for no reason. They've let a lot of terrible shit fly on their platform without punishing big name streamers, there is no way there isn't something else going on here. On a personal note, I can't wait for the day where big time streamers can no longer make an excessive living off of acting like a a retard on the internet.

No police report, no criminal charges, this it a whole lot of taking advantage of a bad situation (which Doc caused entirely on his own) to pile on a ridiculous amount of Multi-partisan virtue signaling. And the reaction to this situation perfectly explains why Twitch banned him and paid him out in full - Twitch is in a lose-lose situation, this loses Twitch less - and why his new company threw him out. Dude has cultivated a bad reputation. His literal name is "Disrespect", there's no legitimate reason to respect HIM in this situation. But it's a bad precedent to keep reinforcing. And hypocritical for many of those calling for his head. If we could make a Venn diagram of "People who want children's sex Ed picture books explaining anal sex to pre-teens.", "People who want to lower the voting age to 16." and "People who want to lynch (...literally...?) DrDisinclinedToBeADecentHumanBeing.", there would be a distressing amount of overlap.

Sometimes when I close my eyes I can't see

The largest scandal here is Erik using light mode! Seriously though, it does seem like he didn't do anything illegal, otherwise Twitch would also be in hot water for not reporting him to law enforcement. But he is 1) VERY dumb, and 2) a weirdo. The big difference would be if he didn't know they were a minor at the time. That would make things much better IMO. But he phrased his tweet in such a way that it seems unlikely, otherwise he would have been explicit about that important fact.

He has a funny name… Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV lol

Whatever sense of community and entertainment Dr. DisRespect provides his viewers overrides any sense of decency a majority of them might have. I predict he will suffer very few professional consequences as result of his admission. I’m seriously concerned about men in this country. Something is broken and it’s in no small part the due to the non-stop dopamine, porn, and rage machine known as the internet. Trust me, I indulge in it, I’m not on a high horse.

He was just trying to strike a chord...

Something is definitely off here. Events have to play out and blindly circling his wagon (as his followers are doing) is as inadvisable as throwing unsubstantiated accusations at him. Thing is, he should NEVER have allowed himself for even the possibility of such serious accusations. This is on him.

Dude cheated on his wife, has shown that hes a scumbag on multiple occasions, so this doesnt surprise me in the slightest. Hes a person of low character.

'I'm not perfect' is a cop out. No-one who's dealt with their issues should be saying that

Isn't he a bit (lot) too old for the gaming community now? At least for the kind of videos he used to make. I honestly have no idea what he's doing these days

I've never heard of this dude....saw a bunch of Twitter stuff about him. Leftists were bashing him and the "Quartering" types were defending him

I once told a dirty joke to a bunch of 16-18 year-old guys as their 26 year-old HS soccer coach and regretted it as it was inappropriate and if someone took it the wrong way I could have been fired and honestly it would have been justified and I wouldn't have fought it. It definitely wasn't being a PDFphile, but I towed a line I shouldn't have. He is leaving a lot of breadth between a dumb comment like I said and some of the worst things people can think of by not releasing the convos.

The message of Star Wars is that technology is not going to save us and that we need to turn to our inner resources and intuition [symbolised by the Force] to meet our destiny. Disney have taking the Force literally and see it as a form of technology that empowers us, only it is guarded from the rest of us by those who wield it. They then think they are being clever by making it reflect our contemporary political debates over who should have power. It's so crazy how they see stories, because they no longer see them as symbolic tales but as literal political discourses about power that need to be taken over and transformed. It's true year zero stuff straight from the communist playbook because intersectionality is heavily influenced by Marxist distortions of Hegel's dialectic. Everything has to be a clash, and so this is what they are doing. It really demonstrates how deeply Marxist thought now penetrates the American culture and it will destroy everything it touches.