Open Bar #95 - Rings Of Power Demolished, Doctor Who Disaster, Fleabag Takes On Tomb Raider

It never rains but it pours. Amazon's long-awaited teaser for Rings of Power Season 2 finally released, and got promptly destroyed. Doctor Who released some of the worst episodes of TV ever created, and nobody celebrated the announcement that Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Tomb Raider show has been officially greenlit. Join me, MauLer, Gary, Shadiversity, Ryan Kinel and Despot of Antrim at the Open Bar.
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[@DavidByrden1]

"Do you know why a rock sinks and a boat floats? Because the rock looks downward." "But rocks don't have faces. You can't tell which way a rock is looking. You're not making sense." "Do you know why a little girl gets her head slapped?"

[@jessekoepp3928]

🤣👍

[@matthewshanks3684]

Brilliant

[@TheREALSimagination]

"... Do you know why a little girl does not float...?"

[@blackscorpionstinger]

@@TheREALSimaginationEveryone float here!

[@TheREALSimagination]

@@blackscorpionstinger Hm

[@petesturtevant7642]

The funniest part of the whole stream was the Drinker thinking the US Federal debt was $ 10 trillion. It's over $34 trillion. 😅

[@radu-andreinitu3961]

Its been skyrocketing since '08. Though US debt dosen't matter as much as for other nations due to the USD being world reserves currency + alternative is austerity and look at how that went for Europe(Italy, Spain, France, UK have a equal or smaller GDP than before the '08 crash). Crazy that the US government can just borrow so much money. 124% debt to GDP ratio and yet the gov dosen't seem to want to attempt to do something about it.

[@squibbsounds]

@@radu-andreinitu3961try skyrocketing since the 80s when the “bull” was let loose. Read more 👍🏻

[@Tsar-Czar]

Because they can just start a war. That is America's number one product.

[@spartanhawk7637]

Nah, what’s really funny is that the GDP of the actual planet is like 85 trillion. We gotta start mining some asteroids or something.

[@ottomattix86]

​Everyone just wait till it all falls apart. Won't be us though! 😅

[@samaelament]

Hearing about Amazon owning part of IMDB explains why ROP has a 7/10 rating. Real believable, that rating.

[@LittleMopeHead]

Henry Cavill: .....fuck.

[@criticalcommenter]

Lots of people liked it. You're just in a KZbin bubble.

[@rsh8057]

@@criticalcommenter I'm glad you liked it. You're very special. Keep watching it and be happy.

[@samaelament]

@@criticalcommenter What's the ratio of liked it to disliked it? To what degree can this bro trust? What does it look like when a production studio launders money?

[@criticalcommenter]

@@samaelament i didn't say it didn't have people who dislike it. I'm just saying there are still plenty of people who like it. Mandalorian is a perfect example of this. Almost everyone on KZbin trashes it as a terrible show. And it is terrible. It's still pretty popular though. Plenty of people think it's great and happily watch it. Snyder movies are another example. The Kong and Godzilla movies are another. There are tons of people out there happy to watch shit

[@NightSkyKing]

I never knew Ian McKellen was gay until this podcast Goes to show u how lil a thing matters compared to how great of a person someone is as well as, in the case of acting, how amazing they r at portraying a character other than themselves Same goes for Kevin Conroy Never knew he was gay until a month after his unfortunate passing Absolute legends the both of em

[@don.keebles]

The difference is these 2 men never let it define them. So they never really brought it up. Unlike the modern day LGBTQ cultists who cannot wait to tell the world about their orientation and get offended when people don't care.

[@councilofkarens729]

So is Luke Evans (The Hobbit, Dracula Untold). You couldn't tell, because he's an actor, he's a f*ing professional (as is Sir Ian McKellen)and it doesn't define him as a person, it's just a facet of his personal life.

[@baffledking9902]

Almost like some people have a personality outside of a single attribute, unlike you know, modern audiences.

[@NightSkyKing]

@@baffledking9902 exactly that They need more normal human interactions in their lives

[@councilofkarens729]

@@NightSkyKing Are we certain that these people are human? Sometimes seems more likely they are empty shells just being filled with BS talking points they hear repeated in their very small social bubble. They don't have the life experience, nor the intellectual capacity to question or examine these ideological fallacies.

[@GlabtharTheDestroyer]

In his now infamous quote, Russell T Davies said, quote "Time and society and culture and taste has moved on, and there's a problem with the Davros of old in that he's a wheelchair user who's evil. And I had problems with that, and a lot of us on the production team had problems with that, of associating disability with evil, and trust me, there's a very long tradition of this." After which he proceeded to remove one of the disabled communities best villains in the name of representation. Hilarious. Now, applying his own logic to his own work we have the Maestro, a trans non-binary character. Again, applying his own logic, that is, we cannot represent a villain as being disabled because people will then associate disability with evil, it stands to reason that Russell must not only be happy to represent trans and non-binary people as evil, but actively encourages it by omission of other groups on the grounds that he doesn't want to represent them that way. It's the truly perfect example of letting your morals and beliefs be dictated by what you think others think is right rather than what you think is right. Any group should be able to be represented as both villains and heroes. By "sparing" the disabled community the "indignity" of awesome villain characters he's necessarily said that identifying trans and non-binary with evil is perfectly acceptable. Great job Russell, gotta love that cognitive dissonance for all to see.

[@Korschtal]

So does that mean that if someone is a villain, then the implication is that the group they represent is evil? Did he really think about this, given that he's now got a drag queen/trans villain...

[@johnmcternan4157]

He can't make everyone happy.

[@brickgarden]

Psychology is fascinating. The people that scream that everything is racist and sexist are doing the most racist and sexist stuff. It goes to show RTD probably dislikes this side of himself and more likely pushes it out into the limelight to ‘find acceptance’ from others, rather than just accepting himself and making a normal show (I’m married to a therapist so I’m constantly having all this broken down for me lol)

[@Korschtal]

@@brickgarden The theory of intersectionality, which is the theoretical background for much of what we know as "Woke" ideology, says that racism (and by extension sexism) is only possible if you have power. Therefore, it's possible for a man to be sexist, but a woman can't, be sexist toward men Equally, a white person can be racist, in fact, to be white is to be racist, but a black person can't be racist to a white person because a Black person by definition has less power. In other words, as far as the Woke ideologues are concerned, they aren't being racist or sexist because it's impossible to be racist against white people and/or men. I know this is absurd, but it's the (very convenient) theory.

[@6vitamin]

@@brickgarden - if you expect certain criticism, you “monopolize” the words that will be used against you, by using them first. So you call everyone racist and fascist, then they cannot call you those things without sounding ridiculous, ie “nun-uh, you are!” - also Jungian psychology, the “shadow self”, the things you are afraid are within you, you see that person everywhere you go, and in all others Note all the Western Bernays-style social engineering, where our managerial class calls out other nations for things they themselves do, and are about to do.

[@frea2191]

All i cloud think about when i saw that "why do boats float"-scene in the show, was the Breaking Bad meme "yeah, science!"" 🤣

[@goodputin4324]

cloud?

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

All I cloud think is an extremely common phrase. I bet you haven't even heard of 'I cloud give a damn?

[@kingleech16]

@@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms I cloudn’t care less if there’s a could in the sky.

[@LukePeiffer]

YEAH BxTCH! MAGNETS!!

[@combatmittens]

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they cloud, they didn't stop to think if they shroud.

[@jaymenza5196]

Without respect, it's nothing more than fan fiction and should be treated as such. Have we ever let bad fan fiction kill the originals for us? We should ignore it

[@inthefade]

The last 5 years of all franchises will have to be retconned eventually.

[@tommymarco]

How I think of these movies as well, bad fan fiction that is being ignored

[@AnnaMarianne]

*hater fiction

[@petriew2018]

the problem with 'ignoring it' is the smooth brained egomaniacs who wrote this trash will argue the lack of criticism is proof it was popular.... because nobody's bad mouthing it Not calling it out as the utter trash it is will just result in even worse trash because the narrative will be how nobody disliked it because nobody said they disliked it

[@Grivehn]

Exactly the way I think of it. With the caviat its anti-fan fiction. Its made by haters. Haters of the franchises, and haters of the fans themselves.

[@mattp6089]

A gay actor played Barney Stinson on How I Met Your Mother. Remind me who gave a shit about that again... Other than loving it because NPH is a good actor.

[@william9170]

The biggest womanizer in television was played by a gay man.

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

Exactly.

[@furiousfilth1768]

I have friends who are into the MESSAGE! I describe what is happening in our nerd space. The answer I always get is “why do you care” and I always say, if your ideology has to destroy culture and not make anything new and regress us all to being only about race and sexuality. What does that say about your ideology.

[@jac8awol]

I know what you mean. It infects every hobby space and it's sad to see how few people notice how it always makes things worse

[@DSVlad]

my answer is simpler, "because it's shit"

[@dalegarywebb]

They ain't no friends.

[@HerohammerStudios]

How are you friends with these people?

[@johnnydragongaming]

"Rocks are sinky" just cracked me up 😂😂

[@NotDeadYetJim]

“It is a barren wasteland, riddled with wigs and ash and dust, the very wigs you wear are a poisonous fume. Not with ten thousand wigs could you do this. It is folly.”

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

Thanks Boromir 😂😂😂

[@Whocaresanymore970]

Californication was about a guy, Hank Moody, who sleeps around constantly with women, but it was only the surface of the character, and it is made clear that it is part of his self-destructive behaviour. His behaviour is not portrayed as something positive that people should replicate; Hank is miserable and heartbroken. He is acting out in a childish manner, he screwed up his family and he hates himself for it. The show appears as decadent, but in actuality it has a conservative message.

[@caesarjergens]

I havent watched it but in everything I read about it was always made clear that he is basically an addict, and like all addicts is leading a self destructive life.

[@Blu3-Fir3]

Speaking of Wheel of Time, I've been reading through the books recently. One of those series I consider a timeless fantasy epic and what did Amazon do with it? Hand it to a talentless DEI hire with zero respect for the original source material that they are adapting.

[@jessekoepp3928]

That show literally took less than 30 seconds before it *destroyed* the lore and totally misrepresented what was going on and why. I honestly couldn't quite get to the end of the first episode cause I was *enraged* at how they butchered so much of it. (all in the name of "the message" and their holy panderstone of course) That idiot woman who ok'd all those changes should be tarred and feathered for what she did, and then removed from being in charge of anything except a lemonade stand in rural Alaska. I never thought I'd get to see a Wheel of Time show cause the story is just so big and epic, and then what did I get? Woke slop that had almost nothing to do with the source material. 🤬

[@sebode87]

​@Rotom0479😂😂😂 are you a professional comedian? Or just part time?

[@Fyrecide]

Drinker, I can see what you’re trying to say about Ncuti Gatwa and casting a “cool, young” actor, or trying to make him “current,“ but I’d argue both David Tennant and Matt Smith were both cool and young/hip types of doctors. The difference is, their sexuality and gender wasn’t all that they were. You weren’t constantly reminded how they were straight and male like as if that was a personality trait. They had depth, gravitas, personality, and the emotional range. More importantly, while they were consistent in many ways, they were also quite different due to their experiences and the time in which they took place. Not to mention, the stories that they were involved in weren’t some thinly veiled commentary on the current day politics. There was certainly hints of that sprinkled around, and there were always bits of progressive ideas sprinkled in as well, but they were more like afterthoughts or accents rather than the main attraction.

[@TheKanistan]

i agree, echo chamberlain made a whole video about how the main issue is that the doctor isn’t supposed to be cool and extroverted, but one need only look at david tennant to know that that’s not the problem.

[@PerkulatorBenny]

My favorite take on mitril: "It's a metal with a silvery shine, veins of it are extremely rare and it's much harder to work with than iron, but when handled by a sufficiently skilled craftsman it's both lighter and stronger than steel. ...Hang on a second. We have that in real life! It's not a magical super-metal, it's aluminium!"

[@FirestormAlpha]

Sounds more like titanium

[@unacceptableviews1505]

Titanium fits the bill better. Also let me get your take on this: Sting glowed blue 'when orcs are near' right? Isn't it made by Elves from back in the early times? So the glow must indicate a magic of some type? I mean, withholding my d&d references, how is that not a magical blade? You see what I'm getting at? I would be interested in your take. Cheers.

[@spartanhawk7637]

The glow is the result of elven forging techniques, not the metal itself. Sort of the way we can turn steel silver, blue, or black using different heat treatments.

[@Madonnalitta1]

*mithril

[@triciacarr5019]

Neither AL nor Ti are stronger than steel…but both are lighter. Trade-offs.

[@nicholascowling7052]

@1:46:30 Agree with Shad. Over the past, what... 10+ years or so?? especially in a work/public setting, it was frowned upon or thought of as being non-inclusive to say "Merry Christmas". Instead, people were encouraged to say "Happy Holidays".

[@baconghoti]

We had this in a previous work environment for Easter. We used to get a chocolate egg and a Happy Easter card. It was changed to Happy Spring Break for religious sensitivity along with the introduction corporate email on Eid and Diwali. So being an ornery b*st*rd I put a complaint into HR that they were no longer recognising the Pagan Eastre and were being discriminatory. In the complaint I said we the (actually non existent) Pagans would be happy with reinstallation under the Christian term to avoid confusion in spelling; that or they needed to no longer recognise the Hindu and Muslim days. After some confusion and annoyance in HR it was changed back.

[@mikau69]

Ncuti Gatwa seems to me just another influencer/streamer that could be doing make up tutorials, try on hauls and "trendy" dances everyone else is doing.

[@reshypoo9447]

1:43:00 - When a straight person is shown to be purely sexuality-focused (the be-all, end-all of their character), it's usually either done in mockery of that character, and/or the show is a comedy.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

At least we now have confirmation that the Doctor's specialty is proctology. 🙃

[@spartanhawk7637]

Oh my

[@ValentinG23]

Assman 😂😂

[@Ramdileo_sys]

at 2:36:13.... anybody have reference of this arrow films guys??.--. they sale current and very old fiscal releases for collectors.... supposedly are pressed original disks... not burned with PC..--... they are based on UK and must have license or something from the studios for sale all this stuff I guess..--..

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

😂😂😂😂

[@THARG67]

'He looks like that nasty type of gay' said by a gay fellla i know

[@tkthetank]

Someone on the Rings of Power S2 trailer comments quoted the prank on Elija Wood by Dom Monaghan on LOTR bonus features saying “When will you wear wigs?” and that killed me.

[@HalbdaemonKite]

I sometimes get the feeling that some companies deliberately sabotage their physical releases. Lucifer. DVD but no BluRay. So you only get HD on Streaming. Game of Thrones. Dothraki are not subtitled on the DVD unless you turn on the closed captions. Disney released Kim Possible Season 1 and 2 on DVD. But no 3 or 4. Sailor Moon HD Remaster. HD only Japanese Dub. German Dub is a separate video in the old SD quality. Whatever the hell that Buffy BluRay was.

[@Maladjester]

"Rocks are sinky" That's higher caliber writing than anything the RoP writers came up with. I'm 100% serious. It's funny, it was intended to be funny, and it accurately mocks its target.

[@raghavarora8175]

I didn't knew about Clarkson's farm until you guys talked about it , I started watching it and I love it thanks for recommending it

[@BenjaminRose37]

24:15 “Marty, you're not thinking intersectionally!”

[@t3rr0talabode52]

Okay, on Drinker's point about Phoebie-whatsherbucket: Think of her as the "Silver Surfer" from the MCU. Yes, the Silver Surfer doesn't destroy worlds himself, but if you see him visiting a planet, you're going to avoid vacationing to that planet for the next little bit due to the knowledge that Galactus is going to eat that planet soon. As the panel pointed out, Hollywood had a perception of her as "next-big-shot-geek-and-feminist-writer/producer". Even if she didn't DIRECTLY contribute to that, she serves as a sign that the higher ups are going to prioritize DEI stuff in the plot and production, so actually... yeah, it IS deserved, just not because of her direct actions.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Doctor Fleabag: Tomb of the Rings

[@ExarKun0]

I skipped this weeks FNT because of the guest but hey, here's another FNT for this week, with much less screaming!

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

Which guest?

[@edistoorbust]

Probably talking about comic book girl. She hurt some of chats feefees.

[@compostsmurf5519]

​@@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6mscomicbookgirl 19, twas a stinker

[@frederickrose3967]

the fact that an actor happens to be be gay is such a deflection by the show creators. Sir Ian Mckellan is gay as a 3 dollar bill and I'd watch his performance as the Doctor in a heartbeat. Its that the Doctor isn't gay and Gatwa fails to impart any of the Doctor's qualities into his interpretation of the role.. He's a bad Doctor

[@Goro_Maj1ma]

​@Rotom0479🤡 🤡 🤡

[@malcolmroxburgh7746]

The boats are floaty floaty, the stones are sinky silky...

[@councilofkarens729]

Boats float because they stand on top of all of the sunken rocks.......

[@marda0maranwe]

Speaking for myself , I am glad for all the memes and jokes this show gave me. The phrase " The sea is always right " is pure gold . It never fails to lighten up my mood.

[@thebeekeepingboomer2212]

Hey, nobody told me Joy Behar was going to be on Doctor Who. I mean, nurse what. 😅

[@Zac_Frost]

Nurse What or Nurse Why is all I'm going to call it from now on. Doctor Who died a long time ago.

[@DisposableMillennial]

They should have got that guy who played Nordberg in the Naked Gun movies to play O.J.

[@acendiatmedia8747]

In regards to Clarkson's Farm. The "new farming" is standard stuff. My girlfriend is getting a PHD on plant science, she specifically works with animal feed and tests mixed crops with grass. All the soil testing and using crops like peas to get nitrogen into the soil (nitrogen fixing) is common practice in most places. My guess is that Charlie usually has that done behind the scenes and this was thier way of incorporating it into the show.

[@Msh42069]

I still have Command and Conquer on my computer. I absolutely love that game. It’s definitely the game that got me interested in gaming.

[@Tsar-Czar]

I play a game called Warpath. Its like a modern version of C&C.

[@eefthebeef3047]

@Rotom0479 The original game or the entire series?

[@eefthebeef3047]

@Rotom0479 Well I disagree.

[@Msh42069]

@Rotom0479 what’s your cup of tea then? I’m always open to trying a new game

[@Msh42069]

@Rotom0479 oOhHhH tHaNx BrUh BeAnS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol. Wtf man, you don’t have a single name to throw out there as a recommendation when someone honestly asks?

[@moverdam]

Next to Bloodshot and Groot. Vin Diesel was also the Iron Giant

[@esmannr]

1995. . . You named about eight great movies. Now they can't put out one!

[@hplovecraft8795]

Great Guests this week, this is the gold standard of youtubers at the moment. Bout time we had despot on FNT

[@jonbaxter2254]

Clarksons Farm is so perfect. Really wholesome tv

[@slyjester3315]

Vin Desiel's best role was Saving Private Ryan because he didn't survive past the first 20 minutes

[@Blu3-Fir3]

Hard to say what Fleabag will do with Tomb Raider, but I have no faith in it considering how poorly the series and character of Lara Croft has been handled in the past decade.

[@BloodSplatterArtist]

Dr who moralizing is technically on point for the franchise, it was built from the ground up for moralizing just like star Trek was. The only real problem is that it's been hijacked to push bad morality and the writers aren't nearly skilled enough to hide that.

[@TheAyeAye1]

Russel T. Davis deliberately destroying the franchise just out of spite. He's a bitter old man who just needs to have his work be ignored.

[@samuel5591]

Sounds like he should go to Hollywood to be the rest of them like that

[@DisposableMillennial]

I think Davies went super gay from grief when his husband died.

[@JackBurtonPCE1986]

FYI, James Garner played the original Bret Maverick on the 1950s TV version, hence his role in the film adaptation.

[@matthewanstey5185]

Indiana jones dial of whatever Last James Bond movie , Tomb raider last movie … Don’t know I thank this whole panel for taking the bullet for me watching these horrible movies You gentlemen have faught hard and I’ve always agreed mostly with your opinions on films and tv shows Thank you gentlemen again You deserve a parade

[@Penttipistooli]

The Fall Guy is my favourite videogame adaptation. It's about the partygame where the goobers of all colors of the rainbow compete on the obstacle course right?

[@edouardlemieux6297]

Hey Drinker, I really enjoy these discussions and have been a fan of yours for awhile. Do you ever think of making these available on Spotify as a podcast format?

[@Nickle_King]

Calling it. The two not-halflings, the adventurous one and the tagalong, will become the blue wizards.

[@Nickle_King]

@Rotom0479 get a life kid. This kind of comment section trolling is just sad.

[@christianefiorito3204]

In 1995 I was the first year in Moçambique, working in a district hospital. We together with a mennonite missionary made it to have the first Email in The district of Inhambane. Pegasus email. We had to phone the capital with our modem. There was no phone in the whole district and still no cellphone. So our house was allways full of people wanting to Email home on my 500 mb PC on windows 95.

[@J.Hermansson]

I like Timothy Olyphant, he is great in Deadwood and Justified.

[@nbaker771baker4]

Drinker you’re a legend !!!

[@Zac_Frost]

I petition we change the name of Doctor Who to save the memory of what it used to be. From now on, I'm only going to refer to it as "Nurse Why" or "Nurse What."

[@andrewp8284]

I saw another comment that said “Nurse What” lol that sounds good to me

[@Zac_Frost]

@@andrewp8284 The show proper died when the Whitaker era started and they started to put identity politics and *_THE MESSAGE_* above telling a good story. Even before that, the cracks in quality were showing a bit, anyway. That was just the death nail.

[@6vitamin]

2:24:06 // Ryan “Dog” Kennel ladies and gentlemen. I would’ve George Costanza’d out of there on that high note.

[@TCBoggs]

Ace Ventura 2 was funny. I still laugh when thinking about the rhino scene.

[@All-Heil-Prince-Vegeta]

The 90's where awesome! 😎

[@preppen78]

The decade of epic fly-kicks kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWizhIxtgL6Hns0

[@All-Heil-Prince-Vegeta]

@Rotom0479 Yes they where my friend. :))

[@andrewgreenwood2745]

They where?

[@All-Heil-Prince-Vegeta]

@Rotom0479 See youre "likes" against mine? The 90's where the shit! 80's where better. Nothing wrong with nostalgia. Are you a "woke" asshole?

[@All-Heil-Prince-Vegeta]

​​@Rotom0479 Hey, if thad's youre opinion. Cool man. Its not mine. Agree to disagree then. I loved the 80's and 90's. And as a child i watched alot of movies in the 90's thad where from the 80's so im sort of counting them in. To me it was awesome! 😎

[@kaizer4506]

My older brother still defends this show and wants me to give it a chance. It’s bewildering

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

He likes shaite then

[@FF-tp7qs]

Sauron learned how to disguise himself from Team Rocket

[@logicumkapernicus7919]

Russel Trans Davies should just use the quote from Hot Fuzz on his destroying Doctor Who. " I brought you into this world i think it's rather fitting that I should be the one to take you out of it ".

[@germanxmascookie]

@20:45 When I become an old man, I'm totally going to use the expression, "Nothing funnier than watching idiots go down the wrong path."

[@dannycool69]

Absolutely fantastic panel, really enjoyed this 👏 🍻

[@criticalcommenter]

Did you miss shad being there? The guy is a moron. I guess it's funny to laugh at him

[@Oversight85]

Best open bar I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks gents.

[@user-ru5gm9zs8y]

I wish this show was longer. One of the best guests I've seen and very nice episode.

[@badpexalpha2873]

I don’t know Pertwee was pretty cool as the doctor. Someone mentioned that Chiwetel Ejiofor would be a perfect casting for the doctor, and I totally agree. He has the gravitas, cleverness and conviction needed for the role. PS, Streetfighter with Van Damme was a silly fun video game adaptation.

[@macmachine]

Doctor Who would be a step down for a Hollywood A Lister like him.

[@gordonmacdowell8117]

“And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the wig passed out of all knowledge.”

[@MaxPower-ke5rq]

Wheel of Time was and is a waste of time. Dude put out something like 20 or 30 300-400 page books that went nowhere slowly. Each book was the size of a dictionary filled with nothing. I got about 7-10 books in before I got completely disgusted and dropped the series. I like the premise, I liked SOME of the characters, but the writer completely milked it, having whole books that went on a complete ramble about things that didn’t even pertain to the story

[@Goro_Maj1ma]

Wow, it's been a while since I've seen a commenter's opinion that is this level of pure unadulterated garbage. Congrats dude you won the $hít take award. 😊

[@greatkhan7278]

1:26:10 claiming things "aren't made for straight white men" is an outright lie. These films/series were made in America/Britain for (primarily) American/British viewers, and to a further extent the Western hemisphere. And as much as it pains leftists to admit, and they're doing everything in their power possible to change that now, the demographics of the Anglosphere are slanted to hetero Caucasians. So (until recently) they absolutely 100% were targeted towards straight white men and/or women. Now that isn't to say no other nationality or cultured person couldn't watch and enjoy them - provided their morality belief system is inline with our own, and cultural relativism has proved that isn't a given fact - because it was never exclusively white only entertainment, but they used to want to make a profit, and to do that they made it for their audience, which means it was most definitely white centred.

[@David_the_Psalmist]

It's like how Korean TV and movies are made for Koreans, yet liked by large swathes of people across the world, even their mortal enemies in Japan. Of course, it's only a matter of time before *that* becomes a problem to the usual suspects.

[@Juhno]

Referring the Doctor Who discussion. Sometimes it feels like the vast majority of great TV series and movies are it just by coincidence. Several film directors come to mind who have come to "save" IP after decades of being away.. and effing it up even more.

[@_Loadie]

the best movie vin diesel has been in is still the iron giant. as far as im aware, advent children isn't strictly an adaptation, its a straight up sequel/epilogue. hotd vs rop is basically the mountain vs farmer maggot.

[@compostsmurf5519]

That an pitch black are the only 2 movies of his iv willingly rewatched.

[@Sarc37]

He had a small role in Saving Private Ryan.

[@allletters4750]

Dr.who vs the head witch in Hocus Pocus

[@larshoneytoast722]

I'm calling it now, guyladriel saves halibrand from something or another and then they hook up

[@redbumbabboon1]

Street fighter 2 the animated movie for me as best video game adaptation. Only recently found out Brian Cranston voiced Fei Long 😂

[@TallisKeeton]

4 things they did to one of the most loved charachters from the books - the hobbits : 1. they made them appearing on the historic map of Middle-Earth way too early - in 2d age not in 3d age, which is lame, bc the Dark Forces will have long time to eradicate them. Their migration was actualy for the reason of hiding in another part of continent from the influences of dark forces in Anduin Valley. 2. they made them nomads though the hobbits were never nomads, only migrants, seeking a new safe place and they did it only once. One migration - from the south of Mirkwood forest (Legolas homeland) to north-west of continent in Eriador (Arnor kingdom). All 3 clans have migrated to the Shire, though not in one group, - Fallowhides, sort of braver, taller, elite of the hobbits - a bit similar to elves, fairhaired hunter-gatherers from the woods (Mirkwood), good archers, good musicians, most influenced by elves. - Harfoots, most agricultural clan, brown hair, stockier, shorter than Fallohides, and the most timid of the 3 clans, good craftsmen, mostly influenced by dwarves. - Stoors - mostly fishermen living around the tributaries of the Great River (Anduin) and more inclined to intrigue, secrecy, and falsehood, mostly influenced by Gondorians. 3. they made them cruel idiots. Nothing for Gandalf to be inspired by when he will watch them at their first meeting, when they would have helped him - a tall dangerous stranger - during a dire winter, when they themselves got so little to sustain. Galdalf was impressed by their care for each other, for their neighbours and for strangers, and by their bravery in protecting their land against packs of great wolves during this dire winter. Where is their legendary loyalty, and inclination for orderly farming, and for resourcefulness ? They got archers to protect the group and in the long road they need animals for food, tools and transport - if not horses (too big) - they need goats and sheep and dogs to travel and to get food. These idiots are unable to hunt, to protect themselves (dogs, knifes, stones, whatever!), to make goat chese at least ! the easiest protein food one can afford during long migration :) they can not eat only fruits - they would not have strenght to carry such big wagons, and how can they have those clothes without any agriculture, any tools, and any trade ? They have no tools and agriculture to produce textiles but they have books ? :D They need either leather or flax or papirus (or smt like that) to produce books. There is no trade bc they run from strangers :D there is no tool bc they are only eating fruits and slugs - they even dont have wood tools to make another tool :D How these ppl survived at all? :D 4. they made them dirty, as if they were wallowing in a leaf mold. In real prehistory these ppl would not be able to survive. These are Amazon twisted creatures - I refuse to see in them our beloved hobbits. :(

[@colinclement2752]

This was a great conversation you guys had. Everyone on this panel is awesome👍

[@gaylesyboo]

Agree.

[@akashajones6079]

Everyone? Really? You know Shad the yeller/ Mr. full of s*it is on this right?

[@TeutonicKnight92]

Hold on, but Celeborn is the father of Celebran who marries Elrond and is the mother of Arwen. If we don’t get Celeborn we don’t get Arwen

[@mulderscully2054]

Boats float, rocks sink, sand gets everywhere and there’s always a bigger fish.

[@compostsmurf5519]

Praise the Don.

[@nemo616a]

Tolerance should be good enough cause that's the best their ever gonna get.

[@MrAtlas2112]

Despot AND Gary?!?!?!!!?? My cup runneth over!

[@NerdsNeverSleep]

So funny. I literally shared the BBC Maestro scene from Who, and Facebook denied my post stating the video content goes against their Community Standards

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

BWUHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@irishbob26]

Love that intro.

[@Naruga]

I know someone that worked on the creature designs etc for this and feel bad for them that all their effort is going into Rings of Power of all things.

[@RhysCallinan-hf7qx]

Whenever they do the Belisarius "Do it. Kill her" quote I'm always reminded of Christopher Walken.

[@cavey92347284life20]

I think Gary should bring in his wife for that episode of either FNT or Nerdrotic live. Just to cover rings of power wigs

[@ecjarvis6790]

Drinker, please review Dragonslayer (Disney, 1981). It shows where Disney's head has been at for a long time, yet at the same time is also one of the greatest Fantasy genre movies ever filmed.

[@greatkhan7278]

PWB should be a Coronation Street actor and thats about it

[@doublet147]

38:35 Mad props to Critical Drinker on the 'Quantum Leap' reference. I wonder what percentage of viewers truly understood that?

[@ThorneyedWT]

I honestly start to think that Mauler is gaslightning people with unbridled Arcane praise. Man, it had some good things going, but it also has huge world building flaws, some abysmal character interaction (or better say lack of it), several confusig direction choices an so on. Stop it, or you'll wake my own inner long man. And it won't be nice thing to behold. Because i'm not only long. I am also big. And rude. And srsly, wtf.

[@user-mi8wn3ex1j]

The mystery boxes for season two of rings of power are going to be balrogs, ents, the haradrim and the blue wizards

[@just_blumpin_off]

If Az would get a child size wig and wear it on the very top of his head he would come close to Halbrands forehead. He could start and OnlyWigs account and charge 199 month

[@darwinxavier3516]

As one of the alphabet people, all these smug unworthy "creatives" trying to coopt hobbies in the name of their dogmatic slacktivism need to...unburden themselves from material corporealism.

[@bradenmickan4789]

The world needs more fly kicks

[@gigakuma]

Need a time machine to go back and show Tolkien ROP so in his last will he can write that Jeff Bezos is forbidden to ever adapt his works.😂😂😂

[@brilton1]

I really just have to say that the theme song for Open Bar is bleeping brilliant, whoever did it is awesome. This is not a subjective opinion.

[@BlackhaloZ]

Gary nails this one. Phoebe is the kiss of death. Not that she is terrible, but the forces that put her IN are the same ones that ruin everything.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

When you owe the bank a thousand dollars, it's YOUR problem. When you owe the bank a million dollars, it's THEIR problem. When the country owes 35 trillion dollars, it's EVERYBODY'S problem.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

@Rotom0479 You've missed the entire point of the comment. Good Lord. Anyway, you also confused 'problem' with 'fault'.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

@Rotom0479 Are you trolling me, or do you genuinely not understand my OP?

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

@Rotom0479 If you aren't trolling, then please read my original post again. Particularly the second sentence. You're arguing about something completely irrelevant.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

@Rotom0479 It is irrelevant to my post. Nowhere does it mention 'fault', or what you 'should' do. Please reread it. Honestly, it's not that difficult.

[@PaulSimonMcCarthy-fu6ms]

@Rotom0479 OH here, to save time: the bank can afford a debt of 1,000. The bank cannot afford debts of millions, and countries cannot afford debts of trillions. I mean, that's pretty obviously what I'm talking about. You've just forced me to ruin a famous quotation, but there you go.

[@TheKanistan]

Best open bar guest lineup

[@leborhal7450]

Yeah... fans of genre totally hate gay actors... I mean, I remember the great divide when all the Star Trek fans suddenly refused to like TOS when we found out Tekai was gay, or the great nerd upheaval of the 2000 when fans refused to go watch Lord of the Rings because Sir Ian McKellan was gay. The great schism over Modern family when every refused to watch it because Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Or the outrage at NPH being cast in Starship Troopers and How I MEt Your Mother.... Oh wait... none of that happened and all those things are beloved by audiences across the board of genre geek and normie alike. Turns out Shootie Gaywhat and Russel T Davies just suck.

[@user-ib3hk7rq3n]

I remember being told the elves were hwhite supremacists...🤔

[@RianTurnerPUA]

Technically, there is/are storyline in Twisted Metal, but it's more about Calypso playing Evil Genie; twisting the wish(es) of the winning driver (a la The Monkey's Paw). So there is something you could stitch together, but only with about as much coherence as Mortal Kombat has (given how many times its characters suffer fatalities)

[@akashajones6079]

Me: Let me try this open bar video. *Shad logs on* Me: Oh, never mind....

[@GimbleOnDew]

Current US debt is not 10 its 34 TRILLION, Every citizen has $103,203, The debt per taxpayers is $266,952.

[@khawk9958]

I like his little chuckle after he said 10 Trillion, like it was some crazy number.