Yep. Getting started early. 47% of the audience already doesn't like a show that hasn't even been released yet. They must be from the future. Rotten Tomatoes score for The Acolyte:Gotta get that outrage machine revved up and ready!
Yep. Getting started early. 47% of the audience already doesn't like a show that hasn't even been released yet. They must be from the future. Rotten Tomatoes score for The Acolyte:
As much as people like to point to Star Wars' supposed target demographic, Star Wars has always been for everyone. That's why it was the biggest movie of all time for years.
How are you defining "core audience"? It's often used to mean, "people who agree with me on what Star Wars should be." And anyone who's been on these threads for long knows how narrow those views can be. (Although since you're a HHGttG fan, I suspect that you have a more evolved viewpoint.
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And yet young white males made up the largest portion of its audience. And this show doesn’t appear to have any white male protagonists.
Oh, the humanity!!!
Ironically, the one time they did a reboot, it was the Legends content that was what I grew up with, so I should be one of the most disillusioned fans.
When the reboot happened I was excited for new stories, but now I've come to miss Legends a lot, mostly the potential of those stories since I didn't like the way that timeline ended. But, instead of post nasty Facebook and YouTube comments, I just read and write fanfic. 
You sound like a core fanHow are you defining "core audience"? It's often used to mean, "people who agree with me on what Star Wars should be." And anyone who's been on these threads for long knows how narrow those views can be. (Although since you're a HHGttG fan, I suspect that you have a more evolved viewpoint.
I think I have solid SW fan credentials. I saw the first movie as soon as it came out at a theater about a mile from George and Marcia's house. (Then again at the Coronet in SF.) I later worked on a benefit concert held for a private school in Marin that consisted of SW music. And I have a SW production design book autographed to me by George after he walked into my boyfriend's store just before Christmas 1977 (or maybe 1978).
Oh, and I'm currently facing a wall-length low cabinet that holds my TV set, several speakers from my surround-sound system, an R2 droid I made at Disneyland, and a small Grogu doll. Should I also mention the Grogu-themed accent rug in another room?
All of that should easily qualify me as a "core fan," right? Yet somehow I'm not spending my days railing about the destruction of the franchise. Do I like all nine main movies? Not at all. I've seen them all but have never bothered rewatching 1-3 or 7-9. I've seen a couple of the related movies. I really like some of the series Disney has done but haven't bothered watching others. I'm glad that the franchise no longer has all-White casts and that they're diversifying other aspects of the characters, too.
So here I am, an original core fan: is Disney "targeting" me? Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Not every movie or TV series is going to appeal to every subset of SW fans. So what? I'm not the center of the universe and my preferences (or anyone else's) shouldn't limit what Disney does with SW.
Making a movie or a show for everyone but the largest portion of your potential audience is a poor bet when trying to make money.Oh, the humanity!!!
Audience scores for Star Wars and Marvel properties don't even mean anything anymore, there's so much outrage bait out there. It's so gross and disheartening. "We just want good stories!" Okay, fine, so why are you yelling about a story being "woke" before you've even seen it just because there are Asian people and Black people in the trailer, and the director is a lesbian? We know why.
And I say this as someone who has been very disillusioned by Star Wars storytelling lately.
I said “before most people have seen the show.” That’s not criticizing the content, it’s making a statement.
haha, love it. that's a good one!
So you're saying that there are narrow-minded white men who won't watch "The Acolyte" because (if you're right about the casting) none of the main characters are white men? Wow, that sure says a lot—none of it good—about those men. And just think of all the wonderful movies and TV shows from Asia and other non-white areas of the world that those poor souls have missed out on because of their fragile egos.
