andrew-09822

I'm a huge fan of The Chosen, and have become accustomed to tearing up during most episodes. But this season..... oh the cringe! This feels like amateur Bible production with a really nice camera.

The dialog especially is clumsy. Why are they now quoting the NIV translation of the Bible almost word for word? It's unbearable to watch these actors try to convincingly deliver lines that don't match the tone or style of the rest of their dialog.

On that note, the "period" quality is hit or miss. Hard to put a finger on what exactly the problem is, but some things feel too...modern, which pulls me out of the story. Is it the performances, the physicality of the actors, the dialog, the culture not being quite right, the accents? Maybe all to some extent. But the period correctness of this show can't hold a candle to shows like The Crown or Franklin, where you feel like you have been sent back in time and are actually observing history.

Also, do you have to drive home every story point with a sledgehammer? Give your audience some credit - we're actually pretty well educated in storytelling. Stop hitting us over the head with your camera and script saying "pay attention, this is important!" When the setups are this contrived, everyone can see the payoff coming from outer space and it loses its emotional impact.

Come on, Disney. You should be ashamed of yourselves for repeatedly showing yourself unworthy of handling one of the greatest cultural treasures of the past century.

I mean, forget about toxic fandom. This is just terrible writing and storytelling. It's written at a fourth grade comprehension level, but has so many adult elements (torturing a child, seriously!?) it doesn't know what it is. It insulted my intelligence on so many occasions.

And nothing against the mandate for more female stories. That's fantastic. But here's an idea... how about you make a show called, I don't know, LEAH ORGANA, instead of making a show called Obi-Wan Kenobi and then giving the entire show over to two female characters we didn't sign up to see? Leah was adorable, but Obi Wan is the protagonist who is supposed to make decisions and drive the story forward - not anyone else. If you guys remade Rocky, it'd probably be about Apollo's girlfriend or something. I came here to see Rocky, and everybody else should be a supporting character! Basic storytelling stuff and you guys prove with every show that the entire story development department needs to get sacked and start again with fresh talent. It's disrespectful of such a cultural icon and you should be appalled at your creation.

And one more thing- if you're going to tell a story set in a particular canon, do us all a favor and KNOW THE FREAKING CANON. Seriously, is it so hard to figure out? Don't argue with the audience about what they want. Give them what they want.

Please. For the love of all that is good, go watch Star Wars. Then fire the screenwriters who wrote this dreck, the producers who asked them to write it this way, and above all the exec who had the authority to withhold a greenlight from a garbage truck but didn't.