Spoilers The Acolyte

[DarthTimon]

One of the best fights in the franchise

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This was a proper fight to the death too, unlike some of the flashy spinning and twirling we see in the prequels. Two combatants, dedicated to killing or disabling their opponent.

The earlier duel, the one where Qimir slaughters so many Jedi, was pretty epic too. My wife and I were gobsmacked at how he dispatched poor Yord!

 

[JD]

I just realized that the two shows I saw where Manny Jacinto had a major role, he was playing characters who were introduced pretending to be people who they really weren't. First as Jason in The Good Place, who was originally lying about being a Buddhist monk, and then as Qmir/The Stranger. At first I thought they were the only things I'd seen him in, but Wikipedia says he was also in The 100 and Bad Times at The El Royale, but I don't remember his roles in them.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Upon research Manny Jacinto was a nameless role in The 100 with no lines.

 

[Set Harth]

I never heard of him before.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I knew him from the Good Place first (his best friend in it is Rutherford too), his acting range between that and Acolyte alone is huge.

 

[cooleddie74]

I'd never heard of him, either, before I saw The Acolyte.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

Anyone who hadn't heard of Manny Jacinto before watching The Acolyte owes it to themselves to give The Good Place a try. It's one of my absolute favourite sitcoms, it tells a proper story, and it ends before wearing out its welcome.

Also don't look up anything about it! It stars Kristen Bell and Ted Danson (and also Jameela Jamil from Prodigy), it's set in the afterlife, and it's a fun comedy about friendship and moral philosophy and... stuff.

 

[fireproof78]

I'd never heard of him, either, before I saw The Acolyte.

No clue who he was. Not driven to see more.

 

[JD]

Anyone who hadn't heard of Manny Jacinto before watching The Acolyte owes it to themselves to give The Good Place a try. It's one of my absolute favourite sitcoms, it tells a proper story, and it ends before wearing out its welcome.

Also don't look up anything about it! It stars Kristen Bell and Ted Danson (and also Jameela Jamil from Prodigy), it's set in the afterlife, and it's a fun comedy about friendship and moral philosophy and... stuff.

And has one of the absolute best twists ever in TV history, if you have any plans to watch it, whatever you do don't spoil yourself on it.
I loved loved loved The Good Place, it was absolutely outstanding.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I've never seen it, but the twist has long since been spoiled for me nevertheless.

 

[Detached Nacelle]

I've never seen it, but the twist has long since been spoiled for me nevertheless.

It's still worth it even without a surprise.

 

[Ray Hardgrit]

The Good Place isn't the kind of series where knowing one of the twists will spoil the whole thing. But it loves surprising its viewers, so I wouldn't recommend looking up what happens.

 

[JD]

Oh yeah, it's still a great show even if you know the twist, but that one moment was pretty mind blowing, at least it was for me, when you don't know it's coming.

 

[Set Harth]

I had assumed The Acolyte would be shut out completely from Emmy nominations, but it turns out it actually got one!

 

[Crewman6]

I had assumed The Acolyte would be shut out completely from Emmy nominations, but it turns out it actually got one!

Why? Do you think the Emmy awards are given out by middle-aged incels living in their parents' basement?

 

[Crewman6]

Anyone who hadn't heard of Manny Jacinto before watching The Acolyte owes it to themselves to give The Good Place a try. It's one of my absolute favourite sitcoms, it tells a proper story, and it ends before wearing out its welcome.

Also don't look up anything about it! It stars Kristen Bell and Ted Danson (and also Jameela Jamil from Prodigy), it's set in the afterlife, and it's a fun comedy about friendship and moral philosophy and... stuff.

The fact that Jason went on to play arguably one of the coolest SW villains of all time is still astonishing to me. He's great in both series.

 

[Set Harth]

Why? Do you think the Emmy awards are given out by middle-aged incels living in their parents' basement?

...Maybe? I have no idea. Do you think the show's undeserved bad reputation is solely on the part of incels?
And 1 is pretty close to zero, it nearly did get shut out.

 

[Crewman6]

...Maybe? I have no idea. Do you think the show's undeserved bad reputation is solely on the part of incels?

Yes. Most normal people and most professional critics think the show is fair to good. Only the toxic describe it as "the worst thing ever."

And 1 is pretty close to zero, it nearly did get shut out.

The Emmys were created generations ago when there were three networks with six shows a piece.

The field is insanely crowded every year and there are egregious snubs as a matter of course.

The number of Emmy nominations a show receives isn't remotely a barometer of quality anymore, either positively or negatively.

 

[Set Harth]

Yes. Most normal people and most professional critics think the show is fair to good.

How do you know this? Are you polling these "normal people" or something?

 

[Detached Nacelle]

Most normal people and most professional critics think the show is fair to good.

So am I abby normal for thinking the show is brilliant?