Like him or hate him, The Critical Drinker nails it about remakes/sequels/reboots...

[Guy87]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

That's the thing with a lot of YouTube people who do this. They know they can earn tons of hits and basically make a career out of this moaning and groaning. Cause negativity sells like no other.

Wouldn't know. Didn't watch it. Which is remarkably easy.

[Guy87]

Originally Posted by Foggy

A big thing that would solve this problem is if these grown ass adults stopped getting so emotional attached to commercial properties from when they were kids and grew up a little, potentially watching something more tailored to their age.

Ironically, this is the most immature opinion in this thread.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Whatever works for ya. I thought it was interesting but to each their own. His "5 phases" shtick is dead on though and happens constantly. It ends up being the "fans fault". That doesnt seem right to me. Without us they got nothing and would all be working jobs at Target.

No, they’d just be doing something else in the film industry. They don’t HAVE to make more of this stuff. They do it because they like the property AND money. Do plumbers or electricians do their jobs out of the graciousness of their hearts? They don’t go into this maliciously or to ignore or slight the fans. But they do go into it hoping to bring something NEW to the table. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. That’s the nature of the game.

So yeah, when fans get up their ass accusing them of ruining the franchise or not caring, of course they get defensive. I would too.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Guy87

Wouldn't know. Didn't watch it. Which is remarkably easy.

They cater to a certain demographic lets just say.

[AKORIS]

The Critical Drinker is hilarious... haven't seen all his videos but I died laughing at him making fun of Bree Larson and "woke" Bond films....

for people on the other side of the fence... you know this is meant to be humor right?

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

The Critical Drinker is hilarious... haven't seen all his videos but I died laughing at him making fun of Bree Larson and "woke" Bond films....

for people on the other side of the fence... you know this is meant to be humor right?

I thought something has to be funny to be you know funny.

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

I thought something has to be funny to be you know funny.

yeah... just the kind of response I was expecting--- humor is subjective right?

[testmon112]

I disagree with his dogshit take on Creed. That was an inspired sequel and the illustrated the right way to pass the baton to a young and hungry director with the right sensibilities.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

The Critical Drinker is hilarious... haven't seen all his videos but I died laughing at him making fun of Bree Larson and "woke" Bond films....

for people on the other side of the fence... you know this is meant to be humor right?

He's got some funny content for sure. Yes, to the credit of the neighsayers in this thread, he draws big red Xs on the most popular films out there and goes to town, but when he lines up a string of zingers it's well worth the ten minutes you spend. Brie's butt-double stuff is tailor-made for videos of the like after all.

[Spud_Almighty]

Can't go wrong with the Drinker. A very funny fellow and his channel has came along way (much like Dankula). It's a shame to see the immaturity here. Instantly writing it off because he hurt your feelings about a movie once is quite sad.

Found him through his Ghostbusters comparison video. He was right on the money about that abomination. His recent Bond videos are great stuff. I'm surprised the softies haven't tried to get him cancelled for his super duper offensive evil humour. Better not give them any ideas.

[spanky87]

Originally Posted by Chumley

I've heard of this guy. He constantly complains about the dearth of originality in modern film. He also wrote a book that was marketed as "Jason Bourne meets Jack Reacher."

(insert snickering here)

And isn’t his YouTube gimmick just another Mr. Plinkett (Red Letter Media) knock-off?

[Damon1281]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Whatever works for ya. I thought it was interesting but to each their own. His "5 phases" shtick is dead on though and happens constantly.

His Midsommar review is dead on as well.

[spaceball-one]

Originally Posted by spanky87

And isn’t his YouTube gimmick just another Mr. Plinkett (Red Letter Media) knock-off?

Which is just as unfunny, although I don't mind Mike and Rich when they're doing regular reviews (Jay's kind of insufferable). RLM's much more tongue-in-cheek, not angry.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Guy87

Ironically, this is the most immature opinion in this thread.

Originally Posted by Damon1281

His Midsommar review is dead on as well.

Agreed on both. (seriously the ammount of likes that "grAw UUppp aNd waAThc aDulltie fIlms" post got just shows how many whiners there are on here)

Anyway, I was a fan of him but later on he just grated on me and I eventually gave up on him. Bet 10 bucks his remakes video is *****ing about "SO MUCH UNORIGINALLITY IN HOLLYWOOD" despite this being the norm since its inception (why do you think there are 30 FILMS in the classic Universal Monsters franchise?).

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by BloodshotUSA

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I might watch this eventually.

[Foggy]

Originally Posted by Guy87

Ironically, this is the most immature opinion in this thread.

Well that’s quite the achievement, thank you.

But on the serious side, there is a difference between having a natural interest in something and being disappointed, and then acting like a movie intended at a general or young audience is a “personal insult” and continuing to complain about it 5+ years later. I’m at wits end with people continually saying there’s nothing original any more, to then see the list of films that I’ve seen from the year and have the number of IP films just barely cross the double digit mark and the slew of original films that seem to have barely made an impact financially, particularly when I know so many people in here “hate-watch” new franchise stuff.

I know not everyone is interested in the new foreign arthouse film or social issue drama, and that superhero movies and legacy sequels will pull in the most interest. But I dunno how anyone can watch the first thirty seconds of that video, see that guy get irrationally irate over the top of footage of the new animated He-Man and not think “maybe you need to grow up mate”.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Turned the video off at around 6 minutes when he listed "things that don't play out well today" and included such stupid bullshit as "strong capable heroic male protagonists, traditional feminine beauty and sexual attractiveness, minority characters with even a hint of racial insensitivity, platonic same sex friendships" etc as things movies, and stories in general, can't do today.

You'd have to be a giant idiotic toad to think any of that is true. First off, who cares if movies don't have racially insensitive characters? That's a complaint? And having gay characters is bad? His example was of two lesbian characters in the last of us, implying it's bad that those characters were gay as opposed to just being friends. Ellie and Dina's relationship is absolutely a key plot point in The Last of Us Part 2, and having them be "just friends" to appeal to this year would rob the story of its emotional weight. It's like complaining that Jack and Rose were a couple, wishing the story was better representation for platonic male female relationships.

He used the MCU mandarin as reference for the racially insensitive thing, but also doesn't see how obviously there are strong, heroic, and capable males in the MCU? That makes up like 90% of the super heroes out there. Women aren't allowed to be attractive in movies anymore apparently too. That's news to like 95% of Hollywood. Someone get out there and tell Gal Gadot she's not allowed to be pretty in movies anymore. That'll be devastating. It's all she has going for her. Just a bunch of nonsensical crap that minor critical thinking could disprove.

People pour way too much of themselves into fandom. Movies are made by people, and people screw up. No matter how much you love a franchise, at some point there will be a misstep. Whether that's a bad episode, bad film, a lame finale, etc. it's only natural. Learning how to deal with disappointment and how to move on, or love the things you still enjoyed, is part of the process we should all have gone through while becoming adults.

I can't necessarily blame people for that though. Much of the blame does come from the culture of fandom studios and merchandisers encourage. They make far more money off the rabid fans than they do off movie goers who watch something, enjoy it, but move on. The "fan backlash" that happens when a creative makes a decision said fanbase doesn't like can only ever be the end result of the culture those very creatives and corporations encourage to suck money out of the fanbases in the first place. It's a cycle that's going to continue as long as there's money to be made.

[Star Lord]

After reading the title and OP-

[XavierTheaterPotato]

Originally Posted by Star Lord

After reading the title and OP-

Makes it less surprising as the reason why this thread was created.

I don't watch Critical Drinker, I don't care what he thinks or says. I stopped caring about that side of Youtube except for the occasional opportunity to shit on those guys online for being moronic all the time, disguised as "intelligence"

[-JKR-]

Online fandom culture was a mistake.