#Award Winning Show

[elinbean]

a win for tortured writers and haunted artists everywhere

[rivvyve]

Why Chopping Dead Boy Detectives is a Mistake™ in a Single Image:

[cat-cosplay]

[menlove]

we need to embrace television being mid again and I mean this truly and genuinely. it's okay to dislike or be disappointed by a season of a show u like but sometimes it's not as deep as all that. it's like on tumblr a season of a show can either be award winning show stoppingly incredible or it's garbage and the entire thing needs to go but sometimes. Sometimes. it is just television.

[seasicksilver]

good old times

[robotpussy]

(white) fans of Barbie (2023) you need to kill yourselves now because why are you acting like 2 white women not getting acting or directing nominations is the worst thing to happen to feminism and women. you want to feel pain so bad because Barbie gave you your idealised version of femininity and girlhood. to compare the very real events that happened in killers of the flower moon to a fucking commercial of a movie is typical but so disgusting. it's all about celebrating women until they aren't white. they did this when gerwig was nominated for best director and white women kept saying "congrats to all the men and Greta gerwig!" despite 2 of the directors nominated were not white...

[mediumsizedfountain]

So, let's talk about major franchises playing with different genres. Specifically, Star Wars; The Acolyte.

Marvel/Disney has had mixed results with their genre experiments. They've tried espionage thriller with sometimes brilliant and sometimes horrible results. Their experiments with sitcoms have been similarly mixed. They've done a good job with teen coming of age. And etc.

So it makes sense that Star Wars/Disney would give genre experiments a chance. The espionage thriller of Andor was a resounding success, so why not try for more?

That brings us to The Acolyte.

I think one of the big mistakes they made was marketing it as a noir-ish mystery. If it's put in that category, it's definitely a failure.

But that's not what The Acolyte is.

The Acolyte is dark Romantasy in a Star Wars setting. Everyone who is a fan of the Romantasy genre is really enjoying the show. People who expected noir mystery are hating it.

This isn't a story or writing problem, (though the pacing could have been improved). It's a marketing problem.

If Disney had the guts to market this as a dark Romantasy, then viewers would have had correct expectations.

As a dark Romantasy, I think the show was both successful and entertaining.

If it doesn't get a season 2, I blame the Disney marketing department for not having the guts to admit they were making a dark romance, because that's for "girls," and they still don't think the core Star Wars audience would accept a "girl show."

Cowards.

Anyway, if you are a fan of dark/Gothic Romantasy, check out The Acolyte. You'll probably like it.

[charmac]

[dumbnotstupidfuck]

currently thinking abt the 1940s hollywood huskerdust au with angel in this dress from unfaithfully yours

[hugheses]

Jack Hughes is the New Jersey Devils' King Clancy Memorial Trophy nominee

The award is presented “to the player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and has made a noteworthy humanitarian contribution in his community.

[kitmarlowe]

[claudia-lioncourt]

hot take but jacob anderson's performance during the confession box scene in the first episode of iwtv ALONE is like. the biggest emmy snub of all time

[jackharkness]

THE NEWSREADER - 2x01 “Decision 87”

[circle-around-again]

Feyd-rautha as a near final kwisatz haderach gives me ‘extremely inbred prize chihuahua’ energy

[skatingthinandice]

arseling awards + mvp

[sam-reid]

it's been several weeks and i'm still thinking about samstat's "face pressed up against your longing" line