Open Bar #83 - Last Orders

[@Gojeto346]

I’m learning that Mauler thinks everything is black and white and completely categorized individually. You can have a complete story in the lord of the rings and have all the pay offs and lessons and everything you could ask for, doesn’t negate the fact that there would still be life to live after the ending of the books/movies. It also doesn’t negate the fact that some people are gonna wonder what that life would look like in a more realistic sense. That doesn’t make it bad to want to dissect a complete story further, it just doesn’t make a complete story now incomplete.

[@poppag8281]

where did mauler says that?

[@rpgadventurer32]

13:19 -I have to strongly disagree with you two about the "Angrboda issue" in God of War Ragnarök. No, they can't get away with this. Angrboda was never described with "dark skin" in the Norse mythology. That never happened. She would have looked - as a human - like the Scandinavians - who created her, no different to the other characters. In European art she was often portrayed as a white/pale woman with brown/ginger hair. What they did here is to purposefully race swap her and culturally appropriate her character and the frost giants' entire story, and that's without mentioning the "Americanization" of some of the characters' defining personality traits, especially Odin. There's no justification to do what they did which was directly related to "The Massage" and to American identity politics. Even her VA admitted this was related to "representation" and "diversity" in an interview after winning a political award for portraying what was easily the worst character in the worst part in the game. In total, they race swapped 3 characters! and they also distorted the way the remaining different realms looked like making them more "international looking", instead of representing a more appropriate fantasy and/or European settings. None of these "changes" happened in the first game which actually had a great visual and cultural representation of all the characters and the different realms that were shown as part of the first game.

[@chapman2001]

I don’t care what angrbodas voice actress said she didn’t write the game

[@jonbaxter2254]

Some African Gods are called pale or golden skinned... let's make a game set in Africa and make one of the gods white.

[@rpgadventurer32]

@@chapman2001 And? You don't care for the VA - the one who acted this role - being interviewed and explaining the position of the writers and the company when it comes to this character? She got the award because of the fact, and it's a fact that her character was changed because of DEI politics for pure "representation" and "diversity"! It was revealed in a way you can't deny, considering the writers or the company themselves did not contradict her claims. The race swaps were a clear political decision that was made to get political results and that "prestigious" award for the VA was just one of them. There's no legitimate creative justification for the cultural appropriation they committed in this game, none. Can they do that? yes, they could race swap all the characters if they wanted to, it's in their right to "interpret" this world however they want even if it makes no sense, but I as a costumer - and a fan of the first game - will still call them out on their bad creative and/or politically motivated decisions. A few months before the game came out, one of writers themselves had the nerve to actually try and gaslight the fans on Twitter, blaming them for racism and bigotry for calling out the race swaps in the upcoming game, but that was before the game came out and before the company's DEI motivated actions were fully exposed by the reveal of their "creative" collaboration with "Sweet Baby Inc", which exposed the true reasoning for all of the weird "unnecessary" creative changes in the sequel, when compared to the first game.

[@Mooxieclang]

I fully look forward to Ryan Gosling as a god when Kratos goes to Africa

[@MannyNamiro]

I don't really care about God of War either way, but excusing raceswapping a figure from Norse mythology is giving them an inch when you know they will take a thousand miles. That's how you get Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, and Suicide Squad. You do have to point that crap out, else they will just keep pushing the envelope.

[@MannyNamiro]

And same with all the art assets in Dead Space remake. If it doesn't matter, why do they keep changing it?

[@MegaSpideyman]

Maybe so.

[@Gojeto346]

YES!!! These guys genuinely don’t understand that politics is now inherently tied in with American media. It’s so annoying to see them excusing shit and then complaining about it getting worse, they need to grow a pair and either educate themselves on things going on or just shut the fuck up. I’m so tired of hearing them dance around issues and retardedly asking why when all the answers are right there.

[@chapman2001]

@@MannyNamirothey didn’t change anything though they only added gender neutral bathrooms which is bit of a stretch its basically a shared toilet/washroom

[@chapman2001]

Dude it’s an adaotation that never stated it wanted to be accurate to norse mythology lmao believe it or not kratos isn’t a character in greek mythology and he didn’t kill all the gods

[@TheAllomar]

"Angrboda is described as dark-skinned in the Prose Edda".... No, she isn't. She is literally described as "pale as death" frost giant. So no, not african - more like the ice king guy in Game of Thrones. Their is NO mention of black people in the Prose Edda, because vikings were NOT aware africans existed.... The first black person to enter Scandinavia was a slave named Gustave Badin, who arrived in Sweden in 1757. And no, Svartálfar (Black elves) weren't black people - they were called "black" because they avoided the light, and because their dark nature.

[@chapman2001]

So? Who actually cares? The creators of Ragnarok never wanted to create an accurate retelling of norse mythology

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@chapman2001 I'm not a gamer and have no stake in the game itself, but if you're using figures from Norse mythology and adapting Norse mythology, why would you not make the characters somewhat accurate to what you're using? If you don't want to do that, why are you using Norse mythology in the first place? Use a different mythology that has the kinds of characters you want.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

@@chapman2001 Consoomer.

[@EmptyAltruism]

@chapman2001 I care

[@Soridan]

@@chapman2001 The people insisting that "it's not a big deal, get over it" care quite a lot going by their reactions when people express dislike over it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@marsoelflaco5722]

It's illegal to discriminate based on an individual's ethnicity, sex, sexuality, religion, etc., but in some forums, it's required to hire individuals based on those classifications.🤷🏽‍♀️

[@marsoelflaco5722]

@@SargoyDopamine-xh9bq "Diversity hiring" doesn't do anyone any favors.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

@SargoyDopamine-xh9bq It's a shame that this person actually bumped out a candidate that was probably more qualified and actually wanted to do the work.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

@SargoyDopamine-xh9bq That person ruined workplace morale. Horrible.

[@Valehass]

Not in the UK, the BBC has been doing it for years now.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

@Valehass Say what!?! 😲

[@MegaSpideyman]

Delighted to see this up now, especially to hear my fave Superman and Batman questions answered. I'm very glad to see MauLer's here for it, it wouldn't be the same without him.

[@shogunofharlem8240]

Have they never heard of the term The Long March Through the Institution?🤔 Just because a work of art is not utterly and intrinsically woke does not mean it has not been subverted. The world of Academia did not become woke in 1 single day. It took literally decades. It is happening to gaming right now, and even frontliners such as Mauler and Drinker are oblivious to it.

[@Gojeto346]

They’ll excuse this and then next month wonder why everything is still getting worse. It’s getting annoying.

[@theincrediblezit8792]

You people are completely hopeless. They are obviously aware of it, but they’re not going to cry and complain about every single tiny “woke” element in every single piece of media ever. Because then you just start to look crazy and unhinged to the average person, which is something that they wisely understand.

[@XFlaviousX]

Yes, Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister. Are both excellent. Well worth the watch.

[@caesarjergens]

Agreed, having worked for the government for around 12 years it is very recognizable even if our government is constructed differently and we are talking about 20+ years later.

[@StephensCrazyHour]

They are the greatest comedies ever made. They capture the essence of the fundamental problems with governance.

[@bengordon4690]

Hows The Wire going, Mauler? Beware-everything else will seem paper thin afterwards but it will give you that top shelf writing hit that you need❤

[@SumDumGy]

Amazon (U.S.) has been consistently *not* offering your first book for several months now, based on my observation in my wishlist.

[@TheDeadCritic]

I loved Ragnarok but Angrboda was clearly just a box check. It's disrespectful.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

SITH = Strength Intuition Training Honor 🤨👍

[@sirosagaming8228]

Ah, yes. Honor. Something the sith have in spades.

[@susandolan9543]

According to Norse mythology, Angerbodia was a Juton, or Frost Giant. She was the mother of Loki's evil children...Jormungander the Midguard Serpent, Fenrir the giant Wolf who kills & eats Odin and Hela who was cast to Nethilhiem, the land of shadows where those who died common deaths. It was also referred to as Helhiem. She was half maiden half crone.

[@wrylucifer]

34:14 that’s not Nick Fury tho, it’s literally just Sam Jackson and this goes for when this happened in the Ultimate universe in the comics as well. He not only doesn’t look like him but he also doesn’t act like him either. I mean yeah, it’s not hard to “fucking nail it” when the character is literally you but with an eye patch.

[@DSas2300]

If the gender neutral bathroom is so inconsequential, I would have to ask... Why expend resources to add it in at all?

[@morganseppy5180]

I guarantee it's the new poop room

[@xitaris5981]

That spiderman/truck-kun joke was top tier, but apparently too niche for Drinker :P

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

42:00 This conversation is *classic the "Dune vs Lord of the Rings," debate.* On one hand you have the classic self sacrificing heroism of Frodo and on the other you have... Paul Atreides (no spoilers). I think that Drinker is right, both kinds of stories work and present something important to say.

[@knowltonmens7319]

"I know many authors who use subtext, and they're all cowards." -Garth Marenghi. From Garth Marenghi's Dark Place.

[@yolanda8563]

Drinker will love Garth's trip to Scotland... he'll find it relatable.

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

"I'm one of the few people who's written more books than I've read."

[@jonbaxter2254]

Sometimes I think I prefer these chiller streams with just these two pals. Has a very cozy feel to it, like a nice pub with a fireplace.

[@clydefrog203]

a fireplace? Do these uh pals happen to have gay passionate sex there too?

[@raymond-thecrumpledlecturer]

Comment No. 1. Great show last week.

[@mc-zy7ju]

The aliens in Signs being demons better explains why they are harmed by water of all things.

[@davidgannon5388]

34:08 - Nick Fury got race-swapped in an alternative timeline series called "The Ultimates." They drew him to look *exactly* like Samuel L. Jackson. When SLJ was offered the role, his kid showed him the Ultimates comic, and that convinced him!

[@jaredbledsoe-sams1361]

10:25 i agree, the game as a whole isn't woke, but it has woke elements in it. How else do you explain random black girl in norse mythology?

[@BetaRayBill32]

If a Disney director made the same kind of comments defending race-swapping Angrboda as these two are making here Drinker would mock them then play a funny video clip. I don't understand why it's so hard to acknowledge that this particular thing was obviously an ideological decision. If it didn't ruin the game, fine, that's completely reasonable. Don't try to sell me on the idea that something blatantly ideological isn't just because the game is good.

[@Gojeto346]

Just because Ragnarok wasn’t entirely woke doesn’t mean we should just excuse the woke elements. It’s okay to call out unnecessary race swaps every single time they do it. Calling the entire game woke is wrong but saying it’s not woke at all is also wrong. We have to keep their paws out of it and that means noticing what they’re doing and telling them to stop right away, not excusing it.

[@chapman2001]

It wasn’t woke when they race swapped red for the shawshank redemption

[@Gojeto346]

@@chapman2001yeah cuz morgan freeman is actually talented and not just a clear case of skin swapping😂😂😂 your argument is literally invalid it comes from a time before woke was weaponized against the masses. I’m also pretty sure there were definitely fans of the book who were mad and just not very vocal about it like in today’s world. Try again.

[@Silenthero66]

​@chapman2001 No because an African American in an American prison happens to be extremely appropriate and Morgan Freeman is an incredible actor. Complete disingenuous false equivalence.

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Stop saying "woke", it's embarrassing

[@JammedClipper]

Take a chill pill dont sound so offended, it makes you look like one of them. Its 1 black character. Get over it

[@dontshootmex5588]

Drinker, Truck-Kun is what anime fans call the trucks that always seem to run the protagonists over in the Isekai genre. It's quite the trope actually.

[@rupertbath2748]

Legally Blonde is one of the better of the quirky ditsy comedies aimed mainly at teenager girls and is carried by Reese Witherspoon doing what was back the default Reese Witherspoon type of film. I watched at the time with my then girlfriend and I did laugh a couple of times but the plot was so obvious like Sweet Home Alabama was (we had a rule I'd choose one film to and next time she choose). Of the films from that era of her career that really worth checking out is Election (fantastic Matthew Broderick performance) and Pleasantville which is one of top 10 favourite films.

[@DSas2300]

Chris Gore's value lies in insider access. His actual takes are usually pretty poor imo.

[@morganseppy5180]

He and Gary are a product of the 80s. I appreciate their perspective (i was a youngling at the time, my memories are fuzzy) even if I disagree with the conclusion

[@Gojeto346]

He doesn’t even have insider access that anyone cares about, he literally has the same amount as regular shills and that’s why he still acts like one. He’s a fucking hack.

[@ZhaziTheBeast]

Angrboda being black is like 2% of Ragnarok's wokeness In GoW 4 WARRIORS WERE MEN, AS THEY HAVE BEEN FOR ALL OF HISTORY AS THEY ARE NOW AND AS THEY ALWAYS WILL BE IN ALL GOOD REALITIES. The savage midgard raiders, the undead draugr warriors and the warrior-like creatures were all men! GoW 5 COMPLETELY changes this to where gender just doesn't affect one's role in combat, which for one is a disgusting attitude towards women, when I was playing Valhalla and chopping a woman's arms off I didn't feel like a noble warrior, I felt like Patrick Bateman, and secondly completely recontextualizes the antagonists. When war is the domain of men it's fine to have a story about Masculine evil because it shows men are responsible for protecting and can fail at that, becoming tyrannical and evil, but when men aren't special at all because women can protect just as well, now that "Toxic Masculinity" (words Mimir lliterally uses to describe Odin, Thor, Magni, and Modi) is the only thing in the game special about men, making the whole world that has been built fundamentally anti-man. You might think "Shut up, just look at Kratos and how the game values his fathering of Atreus" but none of that is about fatherhood, just about parenthood. In every way, Freya is portrayed as the superior parent, she did most of Atreus' raising, taught him to hunt, fished, and even beat Thor in combat (I hate how they try to tell a grounded story about an alcoholic racist 400 pound man, then have a women defeat him during one of his drunken rages, try that irl and it'll end much more tragically), something Kratos failed to do. Lysandra was a far better character, who was completely right in her critique of Kratos' conquest but didn't have to be a "Bad-ass" because that's not what women are. Consider as well the main characters in the Game's conflict and their morality compared to their gender. The diverse Vanaheim group, made up of plenty of women and even a norse-black(?) man are completely morally righteous, while the Asgardian gods Are all white, with the males (Heimdall, Odin, Thor, Maqni, and Modi) all being evil (I guess Thor decides to not be so bad for literally 2 seconds) And the 2 women being good, Thrud being cartoonishly good compared to her siblings, and Syf having been good for 20-something years and desperately trying to get her stupid husband to reject his Toxicly masculine upbringing. And of course there's Freya, the villain of the last game who selfishly kept her son from ever living so that she wouldn't lose him, and inevitably loses him regardless. Ragnarok choses to focus almost entirely on her forgiving Kratos, and reflecting on how she's been victimized by Odin, rather than her accepting that SHE was the one who took the life from her own son, and Kratos only put down the monster she created. She should have been forced to realize this and been reduced to a sobbing mess by the realization she failed as a mother and that there's no one to blame for her child's death but herself (much like Kratos at the end of GoW). GoW5 instead spends hours in the main story and side quests whining about how she's been victimized by the toxicly masculine Odin, and how she's so sad because Kratos 'killed' her son, which is the WORST version of woke, that intense focus on Victimhood and how SHE's been wronged. Ultimately I just want one of you damn Europeans to acknowledge that there was a complete shift in gender roles between 4 and 5, and maybe you're okay with it, maybe you see no difference between killing men and women, but at least acknowledge the change was made, and that that might be why a large portion of people consider God of War Ragnarok to be "woke." I for one hate it, a world where there's no clear difference between roles of each gender isn't a world I give a damn about saving, let ragnarok destroy the nine realms, at least Sparta kept it's women behind high walls manned by men with spears. "Battles are ugly when women fight." -CS Lewis

[@piercedbylight]

I liked Dark Harvest very much

[@Magnificent7Seven]

According to the Gibson script, Aliens were created by the beings found on the ship in the first film. Plot elements were stolen from the script by those that did Prometheus. I have heard the script is still available online. It's a good read!

[@DSas2300]

I personally can't wait to see the Battle Misters.

[@huntercressall9728]

Don't know if you remember Titian Maximum but yes, Gina's Trail could be stop motion done by Stoopid Monkey productions and it would rock! (Bob Iger voiced by Seth Green).

[@grayjedioutcast3550]

Patrolling the Mojave makes me wish the Drinker would watch and review Young Sheldon.

[@ScooterDoge]

Old fashioned, White Russian, Espresso martini…excellent choices. I prefer the same things.

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Why are people recommending Percy Jackson? It’s an extremely mid children’s show. And they DEI’d it too.

[@louise4c]

TREMORS!! Great movie

[@DSas2300]

Can we at least agree that Ragnarok is an outlier, who knows why, but an outlier when it comes to Sweet Baby Inc. That usually they are a sign of doom otherwise, yeah?

[@Gojeto346]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they just had less input because Corey Barlog still cares about the franchise, but seeing as he left the director position for Ragnarok I’m only hoping they don’t continue distancing him from it and include more sweet baby Inc. stuff, cuz if they do the next god of war is ruined

[@rpgadventurer32]

It's not an outlier at all. It suffered from the same exact issues of race swapping and cultural appropriation as the other games they interfered with. It had forced female empowerment moments that were completely unnecessary and the worst part of the game involved their race swapped character Angrboda. They also race swapped 2 other characters in a Norse mythological setting! This is not acceptable.

[@chapman2001]

@@rpgadventurer32they never stated that they were an accurate representation of norse mythology though

[@chapman2001]

@@rpgadventurer32what forced female empowerment moments

[@surobyk]

@@chapman2001cope

[@deoxxys]

Bookmark endpoint of segment 17:44

[@captaindropkik]

have you guys heard of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace?

[@mdmn-ARCA]

1:00:55 - regarding the "aliens are actually demons" possibility for Signs, this is actually the opposite of what happens in Childhood's End, benevolent aliens arrive and offer to help humanity advance, but they wait 50 years to show themselves because it turns out they look like archetypal devils. There was a TV miniseries adaption a few years back with Charles Dance playing the main alien.

[@cosmicbarrilet86]

Still waiting for the review of Society of the Snow :D

[@MegaSpideyman]

@MelvinDeeply Hello there! I hope you're doing well. I was just wondering if you know what I could do if my Superchat wasn't read?

[@chadreese9501]

I’m constantly a little surprised every time “Reacher” gets a pass for his Mary Sue character and story.

[@ramert32]

Kinda agree yeah.

[@chapman2001]

You say that but i’d disagree because he believes he’s hot shit but in 99% of fights he gets his ass kicked and then wins in the end

[@TheZombiehunter24]

I don't want to be that person but my superchat wasn't read! It was a $5-$10 one that below the stream started. It wasn't read doing the stream and it wasn't here! It was saying, "I'm confused! Is Tom Holland still Spiderman! I keep hearing different people say he is or isn't! But he is one of the few heroes not ruined in the MCU so maybe it's best they do nothing'

[@PeaceOrUtterDestruction]

35:00 I want to see Mauler do Interstellar

[@johnsmith651]

Drinker and Mauler have a blind spot when it comes to woke games

[@angrybatman1019]

Like?

[@tubetorpedo]

Whole idea about actors having to represent the character even in animation or they cannot be playing it is asinine (black actor > black character, asian actor > asian character etc.). Whole point of being an actor is play something you are not. Or what next, you need a murderer to play a killer?

[@arberreka2242]

The problem I had with Ragnarok was the main character. That thing wasn't Kratos. It changed the whole premise and the story. Not saying woke or not, besides the point. It changed the whole character.

[@lordvile1209]

dog soldiers is fucking great

[@TheMajorBlazer]

It's more likely that Mac is the Thing. He smirks when Childs takes off the flame thrower and drinks a swig of his beer...

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

It's hard to tell where the neon ends and the Drinker begins.

[@tylergoodman3560]

Keep up the good work drinker and mauler. 🎉

[@myNameWasNobody75]

We need more Gingers.

[@cousingoober]

Any chance of a review of "Pissed Off Postman Sweeney Pat The Racist Countryside"

[@adde27]

This whole "Angrboda is black in the Eddas" nonsense is the same as when they tried to justify a fat Thor in the games as well: "he's described as eating a lot in the Eddas!" He wasn't, though. He was *drinking* in a competition, and it was (unknown to him) sea water. Loki was the one who ate in the competition, and it was *meat*, not pastries. Further, the use of "black" in the Eddas are a reference to one's nature (like the Svartalfr) or the Draugr, who had "black skin" (or blue) - but only becuase they were dead (and even then, also described as "corpse-pale").

[@dragonback6075]

No open bar #84 tonight 🤔

[@Mooxieclang]

Just call it Angrbroda in black face

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

Goes Wrong show is phenomenal. Especially the episode “The Lodge”

[@wolfvermilion]

🎉🎉

[@caesarjergens]

I looked up Phil Mitchell, now I want him in an Avengers movie. 😀

[@protalghulnist4126]

27:40, 28:20, 30:00

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

The new God of Bore games are rubbish and that man-child broke your mind, MauLer.

[@lordmcsmith]

Ah man, gottem. /s

[@jonbaxter2254]

Phil Mitchell vs Captain Marvel though?

[@TheChilipepper77]

Ragnarok isn’t bad because of the whole sweet baby inc or woke bullshit, it’s bad because the combat is atrocious and tedious, there’s no reason why it should take more than 2 hits to kill a drauger, there are 3 weapons in the game that do not feel any different from each other and they all feel like slapping an enemy with a wet noodle. The camera is way too close to kratos back so you can’t see anything on the battlefield, imagine playing the Arkham games and the camera never leaves Batman’s back. The fight with heimdall makes no sense, he’s supposed to be a god who can see everything but can’t see the exploding spear next to his feet? And there’s another boss fight that is the most unfair broken thing imaginable, this game is literally not designed for that kind of boss fight (don’t remember the name of the boss but it’s the one with 3 spirits in the snowy ice area). The “game” focuses too much on story and less on gameplay, 80% walking and talking is horrible game design, the story becomes rushed in the third act, aside from kratos and brok, none of the characters are likable and even kratos is pushing. The game even thinks you’re an idiot by having boy tell you how to solve the puzzle every 3 seconds. It’s a “game” that so desperately wants to be a movie. Go play the original trilogy, aside from graphics, 3 literally does everything 2018 and ragnarok do but better

[@Moscoe...]

Hello

[@helenline1790]

10:00 25:40

[@Silenthero66]

I understand that ragnarok is good, and the writing itself isn't woke... but they made a nordic frost giant *black*. That doesn't bother you, even a little bit? I accept that sure, maybe it doesn't take anything away from the writing or the story but... it *is* a ridiculous race change that's simply an objective fact.

[@Silenthero66]

Having a frost giant be portrayed as someone of African decent is objectively fucking stupid and woke. Better wording for you?

[@superbusstarodub]

le objective expert @@zogwort1522

[@strambino1]

Great show, I hope to be on time for a super chat one day.

[@Brandon-tk2rw]

marvel should do King DEI....

[@J.Hermansson]

Yes Minister is great, I also love Open all Hours.

[@ImCptnAwesome]

29:55 Does Chris Gore know that Black voice actors exist? They're much easier to find than alien reptiles, too!

[@emuman09]

Pretty sure the first bunch of chats he already read

[@00marinevlad00]

😅😊🎉🎉 Male advice. 28:26 Good advice for young men ❤❤ and 😅😂😂😅 at your self reflection & take on the Q

[@THEremiXFACTOR]

I watched My Hero back in the day😅

[@musicaladdiction4147]

Eventually it will be straight White men will that are going to be the underrepresented ones in the movie industry. What are they going to do then because they will need to make something good then and actually make some money from the movies and shows they are making 😂 We started saying the far far left about a year ago so keep it up guys and it’ll catch on, definitely more of a change than fetch if you get the reference.

[@-ReynardFox]

I cant drop this thought Drinker I feel like you couldn't find a Jack Daniels neon light so you settled on a chippy open sign instead.

[@briant4468]

Don't forget cavill in highlander reboot ! Lol

[@FunkMastaMegaFlex]

The Thing was beaten. Carpenter said The Thing video game is the sequel and the thing aliens are vanquished.

[@jamsbasketball9676]

My superchat wasn't read. :(

[@MegaSpideyman]

Sorry about that. I feel like mine wasn't, either.

[@martinw6371]

What was the superchat?

[@MegaSpideyman]

@Joshua Do you know what I could do if Drinker missed my superchat?

[@jamsbasketball9676]

@@martinw6371 My superchat was asking if good storytelling made him more empathetic. He was very considerate with everyone during the meet up in Orlando.

[@Gojeto346]

Again Mauler misses the point of mine and others problems with Chris Gore, he wants to act like you guys and have a critical mind but falls for nostalgia baiting every single time. He lied about ass shots in the film and made that a big part of his recommendation. He still wants to be apart of Hollywood bro, he talks about his Hollywood friends and his old days in Hollywood and his recommendation of The Flash was hypocrisy in wanting good filmmaking and supporting bad. He gave a review like all the other shills did and that’s what we have a problem with. Hes a hack. We see through it.

[@1richardlee]

Hello drinker and mauler please can you both do a review of the bodyguard. 1 of my favourite movies of all time.

[@Plasmadolphin69]

Drinker guessed living room right first

[@typicalsomeone5073]

Monkeydust and jam both great British comedies

[@MaryRohwer]

Drinker, I cannot imagine you liking Legally Blonde at all. I think a lot of women miss rom-coms and would like to hear a good critique of a chick flick and to be updated if there is anything at all worthwhile coming out.

[@fearoffema]

Drinker, keep the Atari 2600s name out yo goddam mouth

[@stephanlee8338]

GREAT PHARAOH

[@steffen89able]

Angrboda being black is clearly their input. But you know, things can have woke elements without it being a problem to the overall experience.

[@themagicalblingbling]

Not going to lie, I could not stand Guardians 1 when I saw it (though admittedly it has been almost 10 years at this point and I have not rewatched it). Even back then, Marvel humour just never appealed to me. I found most of the characters (especially Chris Pratt) to be annoying, the villain was forgettable and the plot was so utterly predictable, you could at any time say down to the minute when the next generic plot beat would happen. I looked at my watch right after the prison escape hoping the film was nearing its ending and became despondent to see it had only been about 30 minutes. Guardians 2 was a huge step up in my eyes. Haven't seen Guardians 3 and unfortunately, I just don't care enough about the MCU anymore to bring myself to watch it.

[@Zara-Bari]

And here I thought I was the only one who thought that movie was annoying and bland. I also marked it as things starting to go wrong with the franchise (though admittedly I never saw Dark World or Iron Man 3, so can't comment on that), pretty much because of the overbearing weight of comedy and rapid fire introduction of so many new characters (characters who are nearly all laden with quippy one liner style dialogue, making them all the same). And where are we now? Absolutely drowning in Marvel humor and too many characters to invest in even if they were good, with new characters completely crowding out the old ones.

[@kaykath4575]

👍👌👏

[@musicaladdiction4147]

Attractive is subjective except for one thing, confidence is always attractive you can be overweight with ginger hair but if you’re confident and authentic it will always win people over as friends and someone will fall for you. It’s just human nature and we are all programmed that way like it or not

[@The_child-catcher]

I'm getting really tired of Mauler's coping and seething over god of soy. It was a bad, woke, boring game. I'm also getting tired of his gaslighting when it comes to synthetic man. He keeps saying synthetic didn't play the game when he obviously didn't pay attention to synths video. Synthetic man's main argument was about the fact the damn game was mostly cutscenes and loading screens, he really didn't go as hard on the story as it honestly deserved.

[@MrSupertallblackman]

I like that you completely ignored the fact that Drinker also praised it.

[@eagleactual321]

The synth man simp squad continues to push their lies over a year on. How long is this gonna last?

[@TheBlackAdder1964]

Synthetic Man’s criticisms were shit as was his video entirely and Mauler said he didn’t pay attention to the dialogue or story (which is true by Synthetic Man’s own admission in his awful Spider-Man 2 video) and he was fucking awful with the mechanics It was surreal that you have NPC’s telling you the solution to the puzzles and he was still fucking it up lol

[@Gojeto346]

Nah Synthetic man is still a retard and the game isn’t entirely woke and is still a very good game. It just has woke elements creeping in that cannot be excused because by doing that it only makes things worse. Don’t jump to extremes because it has something you don’t like in it.

[@YikersGrossout]

Wrong ragnarok is goated

[@Magnificent7Seven]

No 2001 is overrated trash!

[@TheBlackAdder1964]

Anyone who thinks Synthetic Man’s God of War video was good needs to be institutionalised then again all of his videos are crap especially his Elden Ring one

[@chapman2001]

Fr they cannot be allowed to breed

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

"People who don't like a dull game should be put into a insane asylum! REEEEE!" very sane comment 👍

[@TheBlackAdder1964]

@@TheAutistWhisperer Your reading comprehension is as shit as Synthetic Man’s ability to take in basic information

[@turtlebot323]

@@TheAutistWhispererthat’s not at all what he said, he said people who think his video is good, but keep up the good work maybe one day you’ll develop the ability to read coherently.

[@angrybatman1019]

​@Kesyabasturd just keep slapping yourself on the back guy. You must have the attention span of a fly if you thought it was dull

[@ImCptnAwesome]

34:07 Nick Fury is not a race swap. He's Nick Fury II, the son of Nick Fury. The character was Black before Samuel L. Jackson played him.

[@ImCptnAwesome]

@@shinken6636 oh, I see.

[@MannyNamiro]

@@shinken6636 No, I'm pretty sure changing a character's race is a raceswap, no matter how you justify it.

[@jbbj9720]

love the critical drinker but he is no JIM LAHEY ---- lahey is the LIQOUR. hey drinker....you should start to get into japanese scotches

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

Japanese Whisky.

[@jbbj9720]

@@Eagle-eye-pie indeed. had some on super bowl sunday and it was very good. two different styles from the same distiller

[@susandolan9543]

According to Norse mythology, Angerbodia was a Juton, or Frost Giant. She was the mother of Loki's evil children...Jormungander the Midguard Serpent, Fenrir the giant Wolf who kills & eats Odin and Hela who was cast to Nethilhiem, the land of shadows where those who died common deaths. It was also referred to as Helhiem. She was half maiden half crone.

[@The.Nasty.]

Half maiden and half crone…. sounds like a Nordic butterface.

[@MannyNamiro]

I guess black people can finally see themselves as monster birthing witches just like the rest of us.

[@rpgadventurer32]

Yea, and as a human she would look like a Scandinavian woman as she was portrayed in European art. Reflecting the people who created the mythology like all other characters.

[@The.Nasty.]

Did my butterface joke actually get auto-deleted by KZbin? Youre kidding me…

[@chapman2001]

@@rpgadventurer32ok this is an adaptation that never stated they wanted to adapt norse mythology accurately