Open Bar #86 - Sweet Baby Busted, Zack Snyder Copes, Disney Cancels Film Projects

[@KingSpectre844]

When reading the consulting company list, you skipped over James Mendez Hodes. The eagle eyed among you will remember him from the Extra Credits "Orcs are Black People" debacle.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Ah yes - when they mean to call other people racist: and end up admitting how racist they themselves are. Classic.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

Oh i remember that one. The people who see an orc and goblin and think "ah yes, I know what these are, an african and a jew". Then they tell you you're the racist. They also made the "suddenly, you're a nazi. You didn't ask for this" video

[@Kylephibbsky]

Man that put me off their video game design videos almost entirely. Like how can you be so tone deaf and sanctimonious at the same time.

[@NathanCassidy721]

I forgot about that mostly because of Wizards of the Coast taking that criticism to heart. To the point where they sound like they are promoting the ideas of Francis Galton.

[@insensitive919]

Good catch.

[@karagongro-malog]

Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man. You take a step forward, he takes a step back. Meet me in the middle says the unjust man.

[@billwithers4762]

Sounds like something Andrew Ryan would say.

[@ArchangelExile]

🤪

[@karolo320]

that's very funny I don't know why

[@thechicagobox]

Your money is your power. Don’t give your power away to people that don’t respect you. We are all accountable for our actions, one way or another.

[@ThePhilosophersYawn]

Unfortunately they take it from you through taxes/government funds anyway but yea giving them your money voluntarily is another lvl of stupid.

[@tylergoodman3560]

1: Kotaku doesn't have journalists, they're political activists trying to stay relevant. 2: Synder needs to delegate creative power. 3: These Disney projects being axed could be tax write-offs. 🎉

[@incurableromantic4006]

You have to remember - no one who works for these MSM gaming outlets actually *wants* to be there. They're all looking for a job with Washington Post, or CNN or Huffington Post: and are slumming it in games media to build up their woke credentials.

[@EmptyAltruism]

Snyder needs to go away

[@EmptyAltruism]

@aker1993 🤭

[@MassacrisM]

Snyder literally has like 2 decent movies (300 and Man of Steel) and they arent even exactly cinema masterpieces. I dont know why anybody has ever taken him seriously.

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

he needs to be stopped from making anything

[@FreemanSC]

I remember when entertainment was more about entertainment.

[@docsavage8640]

It never was. It's historically has been about making money. The fools today forgot you can't do that without providing entertainment.

[@worlddd7777]

@@docsavage8640 Yes, its always been about money and propaganda, only before they actually mixed in fun

[@arkive11]

​@@docsavage8640 "It never was, fools today forget how it really is!" *alright calm down Maverick. This isn't Reddit*

[@BARACKOBMNANA]

good ol days

[@RiccBallard]

Sorry, I am getting told old, now I can't remember those days clearly anymore, seems like so, so long ago.

[@thatoneoctopus7494]

There's a reason Nintendo has stopped giving Kotaku their games early for review

[@ZehRooKiE]

Well there was another reason like them pirating their games. But yeah they suck lol

[@hybrid9mm]

@@ZehRooKiE did Nintendo sue them for it?

[@ZehRooKiE]

@hybrid9mm doesn't seem like it. They were just blacklisted. Sony, Bethesda and Ubisoft apparently also have blacklisted them

[@hybrid9mm]

@@ZehRooKiE considering how Nintendo generally operates they got off lightly with just a blacklist, money changed hands for sure. How embarrassing to be blacklisted by those companies when your industry relies on them, that’s an epic failure.

[@thatoneoctopus7494]

@@ZehRooKiE I thought it was because their “journalists” wouldn’t stop whining about how Link from the newest Legend of Zelda games should’ve been a twink or that they insist that Nintendo secretly wanted him to be a twink

[@SpasticSqrl]

What's amazing is that anyone who studied social marketing knows that making your audience angry or threatening them with cancellation actually hardens the existing values you want to change. They are not serious about being accountable to making positive change for the disenfranchised groups they claim to represent. It is a grift for the con humans surfing on this social blackmail and a way for activists to feel better about themselves with no ethics about the consequences of their extremism.

[@Jdl343]

As a long time gamer over forty years I have noticed the changes for the worst that have become more apparent. I was looking forward to the new Fable game but no thanks.

[@macmcleod1188]

I don't think it's that simple because the writers and members of the production team are members of those disenfranchised groups. I think they're mistaking the people around them who were selected in an artificial manner for external reality. In their world minorities are overrepresented and people with different sexual preferences are overrepresented and this is put them completely out of contact with the majority of their customers. Who don't share those demographics.

[@incurableromantic4006]

They don't see us as customers though - they see us as the enemy to be beaten down and overcome. It's far more important to them to signal they are loyal to the cult than it is to be popular.

[@daviru02]

Well said

[@jogregg6442]

Best panel ever! More informed, more interesting, more impactful than any major media panel. Excellent.

[@nont18411]

Thanks to Sweet Baby Inc, now I know that Peter Parker is such a shit nephew to Aunt May, a horrible mentor to Miles Morales, a failure of a boyfriend to MJ, a disappointment to Harry and most importantly, an embarrassment of a Spider-Man to the whole city. That’s why he outright said that the city doesn’t need him anymore because it has a better hero like Miles.

[@docsavage8640]

Miles Morales is pandering to an audience that doesn't exist, just 20 years ahead of time.

[@r.e.z9428]

👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 Preach

[@insensitive919]

Now he can hang out with Jake and drink the green alien milk.

[@SkorjOlafsen]

I read that same op-ed by JJ Jameson in the Daily Bugle.

[@sammydray5919]

Wait happened to Peter?

[@Phantom_Communique]

Mr H talking about diversity in programming vs diversity in casting - hit the nail right on the head 👌🏻 I think that was the most concise way to put it. Forcing diversity through casting leads to the same homogeneous tropes being repeated over and over.

[@Relugus]

And of course all upper-middle class, BAME, and Jewish.

[@tubby1833]

What makes the Batman death so much worse is how horrible of a person Arkham Harley actually is. In the lore, disguised Joker and Harley convinced a wealthy oil baron to construct an amusement park for his dying daughter. After the amusement park was complete, Joker and Harley secretly killed the daughter and then talked the baron into killing himself by using some pills the pair gave him. Harley specifically told the baron that "the pain will only get worse" and that "there is no point in going on". He was told his suicide would be painless, but of course that was a lie. In reality the pills were a nerve toxin that basically caused the baron to laugh himself to death. With him gone, Joker and Harley took over the amusement park and used it as a base of operations. Thats just ONE example of the horrible things Harley has done. And THIS is the person SSKTJL has lecturing Batman on morality.

[@nont18411]

Arkham Harley is probably the most evil version of Harley ever made and Sweet Baby Inc and Rocksteady too think it’s a good idea to make her have a moral high ground over a BRAINWASHED Batman (emphasis on “brainwashed”).

[@scottski02]

Arguably worse, she helped Joker torture and brainwash Jason Todd for well over a year. And Rocksteady had the utter gall to make HER lecture Batman

[@tubby1833]

@scottski02 Yeah if I remember right there was a comic panel of her waterboarding Jason Todd while casually taking on the phone lol.

[@tubby1833]

@nont18411 Exactly. But as long as we get our girl boss moment nothing else matters right? 🤡

[@barret-xiii]

@@tubby1833And the capper is how the shot is followed with a clattering shell casing sound effect... From a revolver! There was stupidity abound in the development offices!

[@carlettoburacco9235]

These "journalists" forget that the games they "disapprove" and "belittle" from the 90s onwards are what have paid their salary all these years.

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

the problem is (RE sweet baby) that during gamergate, people did shitloads of research and undercovered so much damning shit about these types of people, no one thought that they had a leg to stand on and yet gamergate lost. and no, there wasn't "some misogyny mixed in there", that's what the opponents said in order to get rid of gamergate and that's what they will be saying about you in 10 years time. Anita didn't fulfil her kickstarter promises, got criticized and she said it was "sexism". Zoe Quinn got caught fucking 5 people for positive game reviews, got called out for it and she said it was "sexism" Brianna Wu turned up halfway through out of nowhere pretending to be a victim even though no one had heard of her and made "herself" a victim before anyone said shit about her. so no, there was no misogyny in there, just professional victims claiming that there was with zero proof, zero screenshots and zero credibility.

[@superbusstarodub]

He's a new zealander

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@AnoneemusNoename Aye, it's basically putting out a fire. You 'win' because the fire is out, but everything is still burned to ashes...

[@chrisscena9509]

Briana Wu is a dude.

[@hope-cat4894]

I remember someone making a game where you punch Anita. That was the go-to example I remember being brought up during that time.

[@Zardox-The-Heretic-Slayer]

@@hope-cat4894 aye that game predated gamergate, that was made because she was a complete grifter and had been caught in black and white saying she knew nothing about games and then starting that kickstarter. people were pissed off with her con and to this day she hasn't been reprimanded for it nor has she fulfilled any of the KS goals and she obviously has the money to do so if she can have cope-weddings and shit like that.

[@Dude-co6cx]

What doesn't make sense is losing money to get a better interest rate on loans...unless it's money-laundering and fraud.

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

Agree

[@JeThoreau_]

Welcome to how the fiat financial system works. Money laundering and fraud. Bitcoin fixes this by replacing the central banks

[@johnlaney2211]

They are spelling out why my gaming has recently shifted to indie games

[@viviennewestwoodruinedmylife]

Indie games are wayyy more woke because no one cares about them. All i see is generic looking minorities in a generic open world. Maybe theres a few good ones but most are shit.

[@Jackfromshack]

AA is still great also

[@callmeej8399]

Like all entertainment these days I just go to the past, (aside from Nintendo and from software for games)

[@undercomposition]

To go against what Mr H said at around 48:00, it's not that video games are more niche than movies because they are not. It's that participation is not passive. You actively play videogames rather than just watching a show or movie. The participation creates a greater bond to the user so they feel responsible for protecting the medium.

[@BootySweat4491]

True. It’s why horror movies do nothing for me, but horror games (even the shitty ones) scare me to death lol

[@MichaSennin]

He also dismisses the simple but overall known fact that the gaming industry globally is bigger than the entire music and movie industry combined. that alone makes his statement entirely pointless.

[@IndenturedYoutubeSlave]

it blackrock and vanguard are the ones forcing the companies to comply through invest and corporate loans/lines of credit.

[@imantsjansons5009]

I asked Google about their biggest shareholders, and there they are both between them: Vanguard group 7,16% and BlackRock 6.17%. So no wonder about the "17th century British king eating a watermelon" in Gemini interpretation.

[@theupperechelon7634]

The third one is State Street and you have the unholy triumvirate known as the ESG tyrants.

[@Relugus]

Blackrock is an Israeli backed subversive operation.

[@pezdispencer113]

None of these SBI defence articles never mention the targetted harrassment campaign people at SBI did to try to destriy the Steam group that only lists their work. They also tried to get the creators Steam account banned.

[@Dunebat]

I laugh at the fact that the Sweet Baby Inc. CEO and the villain from Stephen King's "The Perfect Storm" both have the same motto: "Give me what I want and I will go away."

[@chillpengeru]

Big Trouble in Little China is a good example of "im the main character!" when really theyre not at all and its hilarious and well done, and somehow also not mean spirited.

[@Jordo246]

I can't believe there's people STILL denying that all this propaganda is being put into our entertainment when there's literally a myriad of these consulting agencies who job it is is to literally insert propaganda into entertainment.

[@Acemanveryspecial]

And they're very overt about it too.

[@BaiHuJ]

Strong shwing from Mr H this week in a good panel

[@Blu3-Fir3]

You guys only scratched the tip of the iceberg, this rabbit hole goes much, much deeper. Sweet Baby Inc. is just ONE of many such consulting companies. While they might have gotten exposed, there are plenty of others that the people who work there can move to at any time. It's why they don't fear getting fired or losing their career because *everyone* involved in this thing is connected. Sweet Baby's origins go back all the way to Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn. And, those two were just the "faces" that were used as industry consultants before it was decided to switch to becoming a faceless company. Additionally, this is about way more than politics and the culture war grift - it's an epidemic of corruption that has completely infected the video game industry.

[@mabusestestament]

Corruption?

[@Blu3-Fir3]

​@@mabusestestamentThese companies are all in bed with one another, and the video game industry is willing to turn a blind eye to the blatant corruption and nepotism because they get a blank check from their "consulting work". That's what I mean by corruption.

[@mabusestestament]

@@Blu3-Fir3 Ah okay in that sense, thanks for elaborating🍻

[@Blu3-Fir3]

​@@mabusestestamentNp 👍

[@NathanCassidy721]

The whole company was started when the sister of Alec Holowka used money she inherited from his self-deletion to start Sweet Baby Inc in the first place. A paper trail was found last week to where it was revealed it was started to the tune of $7.7 million dollars. And the reason for Alec Holowka’s death? False accusations from Zoe Quinn.

[@AvarllanTelesto]

Its also the fact that suicide squad was Kevin connroy's the voice of batman for nigh 35-40 years last acting roll before he died and they sent Batman off in such a disrespectful way at the same time is also why people aren't happy with how that went.

[@hope-cat4894]

The killing of Batman in the game reminds me of that G4 interview question where they asked if you would cancel Batman. They have such a weird hate fetish for the character just because he's a billionaire.

[@Girlycard1000]

@@hope-cat4894and he’s a straight white man, it’s the trifecta of everything they hate.

[@Sven-w6o]

Miles Morales is Miles Morales. Peter Parker is Spider-Man🕸️

[@ravenRedwake]

He’s a halfbreed nwah.

[@docsavage8640]

Miles Morales is pandering to an audience that doesn't exist, just 20 years ahead of time.

[@HowToChangeName]

Miles is like Falcon replacing Captain America, they both good and have characters but they just never stand a chance to replace the real deal

[@macmcleod1188]

​​​@@Holybeatdown nah. Not really any more than any of the various Santa clause horror films are Santa clause. He's a different character and they reused the name to ride on the Spiderman character's popularity. And no more than the murderous Snyder variants of Batman and Superman characters are the real Superman and Batman. And no more than the mostly humorless paper white Domino is the same character as the dryly humorous and semi self-aware mixed race Domino from Deadpool. Even tho I like the one from the movie more, she's not the same character. She's a new, similar character.

[@beavers1978]

​@Holybeatdown Miles has very little traits that makes him stand out from Peter's other than the superficial. His personality, morals, and characterization are either identical to Peter's or severely undercooked when he tries to stand out on his own. Miles as a character is squarely placed in Peter's shadow and doesn't have an arc to move himself away from it. He's just there to fill the same space when Peter's not around, leaving the question of why bother to include Miles if he has nothing to make him special or unique. The only Spider-Man that can truly rival Peter is Miguel O'Hara since he's ACTUALLY unique and different.

[@kevinoneil5120]

Imaging the level of narcissism at play here... people who make it their life's work to PICK at other people's creations and PICK out the things that make *them* feel icky, they really have the stones to call unsatisfied customers "picky babies"

[@bart_fox_hero2863]

Gamers collectively allowed this for years. A lot of the inclusivity narrative stuff didn’t cause noticeable pushback against big studios. Fortunately it seems like the grifters have finally outstayed their welcome

[@finaloblivion799]

Gamers, didn't. Consumers did. They're always chasing that next hit of dopamine.

[@Jaze2022]

I don't play AAA games so don't know what happened there. But the one that stood out to me was battletech. Loved the franchise but the story & characters made me uninstall.

[@compostsmurf5519]

You actually think mass market gamers and the hard-core are the same thing?

[@bart_fox_hero2863]

@@compostsmurf5519 Nope, didn’t say or imply that. What’s your point though?

[@Mrguypersonmandudebro]

Lets be real here. We all knew the Beta cucks would turn on the woke ideology as soon as they realized its not going to get them laid.

[@AdamMisnik]

"The Bad Batch" is fun TV adventure stuff. It not being great cinema should not be held against it.

[@Ganon999]

This hyper political plague taking over almost every aspect of corporations and entertainment is so uncanny. It's obviously normal for everyone to have their opinions and beliefs, the problem now is they are being constantly forced on the public and immediately judged for not worshipping them. This whole movement of hysterical identity politics is truly a dangerous road, whatever your beliefs are there will always be an absolute scale of morality that we shouldn't ignore. Anyone manipulating the public with identity politics is absolutely not morally good, not even close.

[@go_rilla262]

Mr. H: "...it's organized chaos." MauLer: "WHY'D YOU SAY THAT NAME?!?"

[@lore_shards]

😂 MaRTha!

[@Anise_Katratzi]

Alway great to see Disparu on open bar

[@TheAurgelmir]

Disparu's comment about "Why can't you lower your standards?" First answer: Well we like attractive things in our games, it's escapism from reality. Second answer: If we are talking about lowering standards - why are we going after men? It's clear that in the current year it's women who's got too high standards anyways.

[@TheStacanova]

The back story for “From Dusk til Dawn” is interesting, the idea for the film came from a special effects guy, who wasn’t a writer & he’d been pitching it to writers for awhile & no one liked it. So, when Tarantino was making Reservoir Dogs on the cheap, the effects guy said he would work on the film & do the effects for the movie at “scale” price, saving QT tons of budget, on the condition that QT would write his film idea into an actual script. So, QT wrote it, but didn’t want to Direct it, so he tapped his buddy Robert Rodriguez who loved the script & the effects guy who had the original idea, did all the special effects on it.

[@jogregg6442]

It's not just the money that makes Iger cling to his position, it's the power, the status and the acceptance by the genuine heavy hitters not only in Hollywood, but throughout the United States, including the government, i.e. the political heft. All of these things come with being the head of the largest and most powerful entertainment company in the world.

[@Anthony19byrne]

Drinker. Yes Kotaku is not as powerful as it once was ten years ago but remember these people have connections to other people in other media outlets that still have power & they will use them, like they did back then to gain control over what is happening.

[@Blu3-Fir3]

Correct, and the same goes for everyone who works at Sweet Baby.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

Penske Media - former racing team owner Jay Penske, son (billionaire baby) of Roger, who runs Penske Racing and owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the entire Indycar championship, Penske Trucking and Truck rental, international car dealerships, and is the US distributor for Shell motor oil and Aus/NZ importer for MAN (VW) trucks, Western Star trucks, Dennis buses/trucks, Allison transmissions and Rolls-Royce power generators - and this is not a full list! Technically they are all separate, but... The Penske's are colossal, with fingers in MANY pies....

[@anthonysaylor8120]

I find it infinitely funny how the head of a company called _Sweet Baby_ derides her customers as "whiny babies."

[@mark4asp]

She's called the CEO - so yes - we can call her that. Chief Enforcement Officer.

[@The_Truth_Logic]

Destruction of the agenda leads to the prospering of quality. Hail!

[@joshua5174]

I remember being a die hard fan of Funhaus at the beginning, back in the day when they first moved to Rooster Teeth, and tbh seeing what went down, I'm surprised RT lasted this long. They were prime content producers based on edgy gamer stuff but got infested by a new generation of "woke" failed movie/ tv producers that actually hated the content and audience they were producing for. Think Fox from G4. I remember seeing the shit scared look in their faces towards the end when making jokes, like I know we're not allowed to say this stuff sort of thing. Hence why the OG team broke off to do their own thing. Losing Meg Turner was huge too.

[@Creativitys_Vanguard]

Zack Snyder should give the employees at Sweet Baby Inc public fashion tips.

[@Nastuf]

Saw it coming from a distance of 10 years. It was fun to watch everyone keep denying it was happening because we need them to lay their plans out in AND wait till it has spread like wildfire. Like it or not they know the average person pretty well.

[@Magnificent7Seven]

That would be a great pannel topic. They say it's all for ESG money but that begs the question how are they compensated. Is it the availability of credit. You would still have to make profit to pay these loans back!

[@ChaoticYak1]

I really like this panel. I think everyone had good contributions and 5 is manageable. Plus, completely shallowly, I love hearing all the different accents.

[@samwallaceart288]

But they're all Anglophone white men, they're "identical"! Lol

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@samwallaceart288 Of course, but they don't sound the same. :D

[@angelmessenger8240]

Hey, I'm 65 year old woman and I like gaming and I'm not the only one.

[@terryhill5509]

I'm 67 (woman) and I'm a gamer too. Love these panels.

[@Nairneh]

Mr H is right. Please bring us back games that work are mostly bug free on launch. We are tired of playing beta for a year after a supposed release of what should be a finished product. Its like buying a car and being told: "We'll fix the unclosing windows soon, and please don't mind the holes the machines made in the ceiling, we'll patch them asap..."

[@Utah.76]

I just wanna say I love this whole critic circle.Gore and nerd and all not present as well. Good shit. Getting my seven year old into it as well as I flood him with awesome 80s and 90s cinema. He asked me if i was watchin a Drinker video the other day and before I could answer he proclaimed that if so, he wanted to watch. I WAS SO DAMN PROUD!

[@TheAurgelmir]

Yeah, exactly. Nobody is saying SBI is actually responsible for the games being bad, but it's a damn good indicator of poor judgement at a managerial level for the companies that hire them. Which in turn is an indicator of how their games will turn out.

[@andyward8430]

Zach’s response to the no killing rule for Batman is so appropriate and sums up who he is so well. I’ve noticed throughout life that a lot people that grew up very privileged and “vanilla” for lack of a better term seem to think it’s so cool and edgy to act like a child as an adult.

[@JeremySayers38]

Yes, it is like the "i can't cook or clean" flex many people say. It is a sign of being rich and pampered.

[@andyward8430]

@@JeremySayers38 that’s a very good example.

[@theupperechelon7634]

Strong panel again. These guys with Az and Little Platoon should be on every time, though, I understand why you mix it up.

[@Sketchborne]

Is basic "supply and demand" not a thing anymore?

[@spartanhawk7637]

Modern companies for the most part appear to believe that they can manufacture demand somehow when...uh...no, short of using addictive substances, I can't name a single point in history where that's been accurate.

[@docsavage8640]

If Socialists understood economics they wouldn't be Socialists.

[@spudg8558]

The big assumptions underpinning that are a fair market and rational actors. In this case, companies are doing "irrational" things from a profit standpoint because of forces outside of the market. Add in extra incentives or interference from the goverment, media, etc to the corporate and activist pressures and supply and demand is no longer king. Whoever controls those institutions effectively controls the market.

[@TheAurgelmir]

It is. Which is why all the progressives hate free enterprise markets.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Thanks to ESG - no. Maintaining access to credit from the likes of Blackrock, is more important than sales.

[@AdurianJ]

SBI would have gotten away with murdering Batman. The Straw was that it was Kevin Conroys last time as Batman

[@tristencameron6028]

Correct. People wouldn't have been nearly as mad if it wasn't : 1. One of Kevin Conroy's last performances as Batman 2. The Arkham batman

[@Enigma75614]

@@tristencameron6028I wouldn’t have minded if it wasn’t for those factors.

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

1:56:00 Yes, it's insider trading if you do that. Regardless of whether it's 'you' or you tell a friend, it's illegal to place a trade based on "Material Non-Public Information" (MNPI). MNPI includes selloffs, closures or layoffs amongst other things. On that basis then, it's better TO tell the staff first as they can't, legally, use the information. Often though that doesn't happen to prevent leaks.

[@descent3031]

How do you talk sweet baby inc and not give a hat tip to Az? He's been sounding the alarm on them for months before anyone cared!

[@asherdales]

1:41:28 You're talking about the villain of KFP 1 Tai Lung. He spent his entire life with the expectation that his destiny is to be the Dragon Warrior. Tigress is just the opposite side of the coin where she learns to accept the disappointment with dignity and grace while Tai Lung is driven to madness.

[@vrika4280]

Super H (talking about his decor): It's organized chaos Bauler: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME?!! Dx

[@christiansmith9306]

You'd think after 10 years of this, they'd be tried of losing by now.

[@NathanCassidy721]

If you know anything about GamerGate, which is where a lot of these people came from, you’d understand that they don’t see it that way. For them the ride never ends.

[@samwallaceart288]

It's terrorism rulebook; actually winning means needing to deliver on your promises and be held accountable---losing is the victory you never need to back up, never need to work for, never need to answer to; as long as you're losing, you're the good guy

[@b.a.p.2731]

1:31:56 mauLer just casually doing a spot on David Lynch impression 😂😂 then morphing into Leo freaking out in his trailer 1:40:51 😂😂

[@MikeHeldTheWorld]

Can I get an audio version of this podcast anywhere? Doesn't appear to be on podcast services. Thanks.

[@frankybrown6957]

Perfect. I am sick and now I can skip work and be entertained for 3 hours. Love it. Thanks you guys

[@Go_n_shogi]

When I got my Harley Wuinn tattoo in 2006 I thought, “here’s a cool fringe character that I won’t get sick of.” Fast forward to 2024…😑

[@dragonknightleader1]

Yeah, tatoos are like that.

[@andrewmontague9682]

Regretting a tattoo? Who’d have thought such a thing could happen? 🙄

[@cympimpin20]

Is that like the Chinese knockoff version of Harley Quinn?

[@Go_n_shogi]

@@andrewmontague9682 I’m sorry your life is so pathetic that you feel like you need to go through KZbin comments to belittle strangers and try to stir up sh*t.

[@Go_n_shogi]

@@cympimpin20 I’d probably prefer that actually. At least it would be a funny story rather than an explanation.

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

Love the all English Panel. We have a Scottman, A Kiwi, a Welsh and 2 Brits (2 think) 😁😁😁 SBI is probably frothing in the mouth now! 😂😂😂

[@Soridan]

But Scots and the Welsh are Brits too.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

"Sweet Baby Inc. doesn't do what most gamers think that they do." No,they do far worse. 🤨 "But we don't have to try it! AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY IT!" - Fugazi - 'Repeater' "Am I so out of touch? No,it's the children who are wrong." - Principal Skinner - 'The Simpsons'

[@macmcleod1188]

The thing is, if Miles Morales Spider-Man doesn't suffer the same as Peter Parker spider-man, then he's really not spider-man. Suffering, and persevering is one of the character traits of the real spider-man.

[@romankotas448]

There does need to be a Batman Beyond parable, I would like that

[@Nairneh]

I swear before I properly listened to the intro (and actually looked at the subtitles) I heard "Oh, look its Mauler and Drinker... They're reviewing the latest stinker..." And then when I actually sang it in my mind, it turned into Az's voice - and went on loop.

[@tjjordan4207]

Just hearing about these activists (they’re not journalists) keep being delusional and coming up with excuses in order to avoid being responsible and accountable is tiring and pretty much reaching a level of apathy by this point. They’re just children who never experienced anything outside of their bubble and expect to be handed everything in life, and for everyone to listen to their delusions. Their failures are on them, not us.

[@MrMongoly]

Just FYI, when I use to have to deal with Insider Trading law, I can tell you that if you have insider information you are not allowed to trade until the information becomes public.

[@MrsMacLover]

My Sunday evenig is saved. I was afraid I was going to have to watch Argylle. Thanks for the upload!

[@iainmcdonalds4018]

I actually kind of like the first of the new Tomb Raiders, despite some of it's narrative flaws (going zero to 100 in the okay with murder was *not* a good idea). The problem was at the end of that game, you were supposed to see how a fairly normal girl in Lara, became a hardened badass which was symbolised with Lara wielding 2 pistols ala classic Tomb Raider. Then they proceeded to effectively ignore all that development in subsequent entries instead of being a more updated version of her old character. Like maybe she'd try just a bit harder to not completely extinct a few species, or at the very least, feel a bit bad afterwards :D

[@ArwenUndomiel406]

„He made the argument that viewers are not suffering from franchise fatigue.“ That made me laugh hysterically.

[@OlBoldNBrash]

The irony of sweet baby inc destroying Spiderman's character more than J Jonah Jameson is insane

[@rupertbath2748]

Lucasfilm should look at some of the people making fan films which are so much better than what they are producing. The fight scenes are so much better done than what Disney hhve put out and they tell stories by people who understand and love these projects. Reach out get them involved, let them pitch and idea. Given they have produced some amazing stuff on tiny budgets, imagine what they can do on a modest one.

[@irishbob26]

Finally. Been waiting for this bar to open. Cold cider in a colder glass please.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Always good to see Echo

[@orgANGmo]

The core audience of helldivers 2 is people who like to have fun while playing, specially with friends. The most succesful games are like that.

[@megalonoobiacinc4863]

I mean, I'm guy, and in Witcher 3 i can acknowledge that Geralt looks pretty damn good (especially considering his age!). This doesn't make me feel bad, so i don't see why women would be annoyed at playing a sexy femme fatale or something. You kinda get into the role you have in an 'RPG' after all!

[@kevinoneil5120]

It's pure narcissism.

[@hinugundamB]

@@kevinoneil5120 no, they are straight up lying to increase their influence. A lot of these hot girl characters are designed by women to begin with.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

It's a story as old as time. Bitter feminists will always find something to be offended about and complain about it. Don't see anyone complaining about the never ending stream of super hot men in movies and video games. Apparently gay men and horny women get to have a "gaze".

[@MrMikellsof88]

What Disney gets wrong is that they made a series with the end goal of explaining the origins of Snoke and NuPalps. First, we know cloning is a thing. Secondly, any real fan of the franchise knew already that cloning Force Users was possible (Palpatine clone, Joruus C'baoth, etc in various novels). What fans hated wasn't the fact that there was a Palpatine clone. We hated that he was THE SAME PERSON with all the knowledge and memories of the original. It was just another example of them taking a popular story arc from the canon that people enjoyed and butchering the hell out of it to put a retarded spin on it so they could say they came up with the idea fresh. Edit: They could have thrown a younger actor in the role to play a fresh Palpatine clone. Keep the imperfect clone thing if you want to and maybe put in a throwaway scene of him downloading his memories into the next one to continue on (again not a very Palpatine thing to do to entrust your legacy to someone else). It would have been SLIGHTLY better than the route they took which has now been memed to oblivion.

[@nicholascowling7052]

Iger saying he's seen these productions three or four times doesn't mean that he's seen them as a whole three of four times. I took it as, he's seen so many parts that have been shown to him (Probably for approval or different shots/cuts) that it's the equivalent of watching the production three or four times for him.

[@majorfomo7895]

Zack Snyder doing Scott Steiner math 🤣

[@ianscott9396]

The male characters should have Dad bods ... so I don't feel self conscious.

[@tommyherbertson8037]

COMMUNITY NOTE: Zack Snyder did not claim that Rebel Moon would be more succesful than Barbie if it was shown in cinemas, he pointed out, that by streaming it on a portal, he propably was able to reach more people in the end than a very succesful cinema released movie was able to do

[@strambino1]

When sweet baby inc killed Batman, they jumped the shark.

[@Boomstick4life]

I'd say its was when they talk $#@! About the dragon ball z creator right after his death

[@Fardawg]

Never forget that it was writer Michael Arndt (who I believe was a choice of Lucas originally) who pushed Luke out of Episode 7 because he said he couldn't figure out how to write Luke without him taking away from Rey... Arndt was supposed to write the first script and treatments for all three films (a plan!?) but couldn't even finish a full draft for Episode 7 in time. All he had was a series of notes. This forced Lucasfilm to ask Lawrence Kasdan to stop working on the Solo script and to very quickly write Episode 7 with Abrams (Kasdan also gets left out of the blame most of the time). Abrams was only hired to direct, not write, but was forced to work with Kasdan to hammer out something with the limited notes they had. Because Arndt had pushed Luke out of the story outline, they couldn't easily write him back in with the limited time they had, so they left him as a teaser at the end. And originally Abrams shot the film so Rey found Luke with rocks levitating around him. It was Rian Johnson who "asked" Abrams to take out the rocks because he decided Luke would be cut off from the Force. It has also been said that the idea of Luke being in self-exile was part of the story even when Lucas was still there, which doesn't fit with other things Lucas said about his trilogy ideas, but I think the idea likely evolved while he was working on it and he left after Arndt pushed Luke out of the script into just a cameo. Lucas reportedly described Luke as being similar to Col. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now in that he was a recluse and Rey (who was likely Han and Leia's daughter originally) having to go "down river" to find him and bring him back. But that story was supposed to take place in Episode 7, not Episode 8. Again, it was due to Arndt that that arc for Luke was pushed to Episode 8, which is where Luke was reportedly going to die. But we would have had Luke back to himself by the end of 7 and throughout 8 rather than killing him off right after he comes out of his depression, which was a stupid choice that should have been changed.

[@stephenenglish2211]

Honestly, I’d love to see if you guys have ever watched and/or have any thoughts on the HBO show “Tokyo Vice”. Seems like an underrated gem that has flown underneath everyone’s radar, but it’s a great show and deserves some attention.

[@blatherama]

Batman also let Liam Neeson die in Batman Begins. "I won't kill you...but I don't have to save you." Snyder's contributing nothing new, except indiscriminate murder and A New Cope.

[@Penttipistooli]

2:08:20 Hear! Hear! Happiness is great. The show is filled with all kinds of quirky characters that you can root for and the main couple is super adorable.

[@ifstatementifstatement2704]

"Lens flares slow mo" LOL

[@OsellaSquadraCorse]

@35:45 - replace Ryan Gosling as 'Ken' with James Corden, same clothing... see who complains.

[@jdlizzard62]

Godzilla Minus One won an Oscar!!🥂

[@o00nemesis00o]

yay

[@jdlizzard62]

@@o00nemesis00o and the Hollywood Godzilla never got that kind of praise and recognition lol

[@myNameWasNobody75]

There's a reason why some entertainment is called "brainless". Movies, tv shoes, sports, games, we're supposed to turn off our brain and enjoy ourselves. The moment you try to put people to "think" in these products, you're missing the point.

[@dubiousn00b24]

Anita Sarkisians birthday is the saddest thing I've heard in a while

[@schwartzy65]

Wasnt there 2000 cgi effect in the fury road? Personally i always wanted old mad max with mel gibson... His beardy gruffy look is just perfect.

[@oldjoe2776]

The people who don't want attractive characters in video games are themselves generally unattractive. It's jealousy. They know people don't want to look at them. They can't force attractive people in real life to be unattractive, so they pick the low-hanging fruit of attacking fictional attractive characters.

[@wardenunknown]

2:22 Bob gave this poor man PTSD

[@TheJrade]

I am a bit sad that my favorite internet critics so badly misunderstand the appeal of Helldivers. HD2 is popular because it IS so revolutionary. The fact that all they can see is bugs getting shot speaks poorly of their critical abilities.

[@tylerskiss]

Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway are the two most direct films Lynch made. Mulholland Drive has multiple videos “decoding” it, but the shorthand is it’s about a starry eyed young woman who is broken by Hollywood corruption. Lost Highway is about guilt and the moment of a man trying to escape his inevitable execution.

[@Nairneh]

Bob Iger: "We will make less stuff so we can focus on quality. So we will put the money the other projects would have, to fund executives to direct directors we cast for the movies we haven't cancelled".

[@insensitive919]

Happy Birthday Anita!

[@AMiserablePileofSecrets]

7:33 There is something you guys should know about is the definition of racism. 🤓 According to the left, racism equals prejudice plus power, as viewed from a historical perspective. They say that whites, white men in particular, have always had all the power; so the left says only white people can be racist. Some person of color can be as bigoted as the day is long. But if they are not white, their bigoted comments are not considered racist, because--historically speaking--their culture had no power. ⚖️ This is why, for many years, a visible minority could tell a racist joke at work, and it would NOT cost that person his job. (Nowadays, that is starting to change...) 🤔

[@Soridan]

"because--historically speaking--their culture had no power." Which just belies their ignorance and condescending view of non-whites. There have been plenty of mighty kingdoms and empires beyond what white europeans have made, with signifcant influence on history and culture that can be felt even today. They are so hyperfixated on one specific slice of the modern West that it would be funny if it wasn't repulsive.

[@hybrid9mm]

40:50 hits the nail head dead centre (I was taught this by my grandmother best advice ever). As a gamer I can confirm we don’t forget. It doesn’t matter which game i play this topic is being discussed.

[@TheAurgelmir]

Elden Ring had massive issues on PC at launch, but people didn't have massive backlash because the game was overall good - and it wasn't hyped up beyond what it was, nor did it include any woke stuff.