Funny, art is about more than sales numbers? Who would've thunk?

The first episode of the penguin is cinematic crème de la crop. While the entire season of the Acolyte is barely amateur hour. Writing, cinematography, costumes, set design, acting, makeup, music, sound design, plot. The penguin delivered in a single hour to levels of artistic satisfaction that not even the best hour of the Acolyte could even dream of achieving.

I know it is unpopular to say this on the Internet, but storytelling and dialogue is still the core of video entertainment. No matter how high the budget and quality is, if you're filming a turd, it is still just cinematographic shit. While you can make a modest production of a masterpiece writing and it will still outpace in praises the literal gilded turd. No matter how much either sells.

As I read it, the article is comparing the two shows exactly to show why they shouldn't be judged the same. But maybe I just don't get it.

Yeah, not a fair comparison. Plus, as an IP Batman related stuff isn't at the same level as Star Wars, I can't see why anyone would bother comparing and contrasting.

HBO Max has a subscriber base of X.
Disney+ has a subscriber base of Y.
The Batman had xx viewership.
Other Star Wars Shows had yy viewership.

The most you could do is compare audience reach of the first episode of The Penguin to the first episode of the Acolyte.

"Of the potential audience, Penguin reached aa% of subscribers while the Acolyte reached bb%."

But that doesn't really mean anything. How about comparing the Acolyte to Agatha All Along which is at least on the same service and did the same thing in dropping the first two episodes at once.

It's because Collin Farrell is a terrible actor that for some reason keeps getting big parts. He's never been in anything good. In Bruge is OK despite him, and because of excellent performances from everyone else.