Drinker's Chasers - The Best And Worst Of 2022

Join the Open Bar gang for this little reflection on the highs and lows of 2022, from Top Gun Maverick to Rings of Power, She-Hulk and Willow.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Disney used to touch our hearts; now they just touch us inappropriately.

[@derlich09]

Deep into your grundel.😬

[@Pdmc2016]

Its been this way for decades they just arent subtle anymore and the average you can see it

[@TheSupart91]

Lmaooo

[@bido573]

😂

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

There is a joke in there about "Baby" GooGoo being 50 years old, but CensorTube is listening.

[@matthewpelletier6900]

Nemik said it best. "It's easier to hide behind 40 atrocities than a single incident." There was so much crap this year we've forgotten half of it, or never even noticed it because they pushed us to not care anymore.

[@chileanyways196]

Wow

[@RossM3838]

Someone said that one death is a tragedy 100000 is a statistic

[@johnwolf2829]

@@RossM3838 That was Stalin.... who might as well be the acknowledged spiritual father of the Woke.

[@WolfRamAndHart]

Nemik...from Andor. Good Quote and a Season 2 is coming late 2023 or early 2014. I'm surprised they didn't talk about how great some of the individual arcs were. Especially Aldahani Heist and the Prison escape with Andy Serkis.

[@tjroelsma]

Even worse: many people now call what used to be mediocre "good", simply because it isn't utter trash like the rest of what Hollywood shits out.

[@GIBBO4182]

So many shows I haven’t even seen a single minute of because of you guys…Thankyou for your sacrifice! Saved me many hours of time

[@Bonesawisready926]

I hope the ad/patreon/superchat revenue is making these dudes at least hood rich.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

You didn't need these guys to tell you not to watch those shows. The trailers alone made them look bad.

[@neinne6693]

Just some of the Clips i saw about the Shows, like Jesus. This guy need some Therapy after them.

[@GIBBO4182]

@@TheMysteryDriver I kind of got the feeling they weren’t for me, but you never know. But when 2 or 3 people I like and respect their opinions all say it’s trash, I know it’s not worth my time!

[@misterelom]

One of my cousins makes fun of me cause I spend more time watching 70s/80s/90s classic sitcoms than most of these current overhyped shows but most of these shows I just found to be crap.

[@roxdotdev]

The deconstruction of Darth Vader or the deconstruction of Tolkien - it has been a bad year for legends.

[@74357175]

The "deconstruction" trend is awful. I remember when The ABC Murders came out in 2018, which deconstructed Poirot. As a huge Agatha Christie fan I remember thinking "WTF is this??” It was ahead of its time, because now it's the norm! 😂

[@74357175]

I think one of the crew here more knowledgeable about all the recent shows could do an episode tallying all the characters that have been deconstructed

[@kri249]

Deconstruction is what writers do when they're out of ideas, or have no imagination.

[@nelsonparsifalcantebury5083]

Deconstructed my ass. They can’t dent such a legacy, no matter how hard they try. It’s attempted blasphemy.

[@marbellaotaiza801]

You can only deconstruct stuff once, from them on, it's not deconstruction but it's own genre. Watchmen was a deconstruction of the superhero genre, the boys is not, is an entry in a new genre "superheros bad" I guess.

[@stevenkraft8070]

She-Hulk was the worst. They gained that honor when Jenn lectured her cousin (who had been chased by the government, tried to commit suicide, etc.) about how much worse she had it than him, because she had been "man-splained" a few times.

[@marychocolatefairy]

Yeah, I'm hard pressed to call any show worse than that. Because at least some other bad shows have maybe a couple likable actors/characters (even if they're not supposed to be likable, like RoP's villains!). And also some have good visuals. Not She Hulk. All the regulars were either boring or insufferable. Plus there's no real plot, as the last episode undid the one continuous plotline they had.

[@gladiatorscoops4907]

She Hulk was the worst for me. That was absolutely terrible and the lead was so so unlikable

[@eugeneshadwell6596]

'Is there anything worse than dating in your 30's?' Um, yes, half of humanity being wiped out by an alien warlord but, hey, your Tinder experiences are far worse, right? 🤨

[@gladiatorscoops4907]

Exactly right. She literally had no redeeming qualities nor in any way relatable. She was a selfish narcissist who thought the world owed her a living. Who in their right minds thought she would make a good show character? - oh wait writers that share those exact same qualities. She was a self-insert.

[@EvilExcalibur]

@@gladiatorscoops4907 Yup. To the point in which daredevil was only in the show to have sex with the self insert because the lead writer has the hots for him.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

She Hulk failed to understand about every aspect of coherent writing, human behaviour, actual average women, sanity, compelling characters......

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

The left can no longer define what a woman is.

[@casualcausalityy]

Don't worry, She-Hulk's in the same bar as me right now. I'll go talk to it.

[@tomcoop9750]

Don’t forget the misandry lol

[@skylx0812]

Gau's eyes went stone dead when she gloated that they pre-planned in advance to troll the trolls. The woman was lying like she looked. The industry is churning out women with 3rd grade levels of aptitude and maturity.

[@stevewhite3424]

@@skylx0812 As an investor I would question the value of spending millions of dollars to troll the trolls on Internet chat rooms but that is their level of mentality isn't it.

[@haitch2676]

Having watched Top Gun Maverick again last night, I can say that nothing Disney produces can come close anymore

[@dualwieldroxas358]

The funny thing is, Top Gun Maverick is not even a super amazing movie. It is great, but it is just so notable because so many popular films have been so bad.

[@Bayard1503]

Why not? Disney did Force Awakens and they both ripoff shamelessly A New Hope.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Iron Eagle 2 plot with modern filming and lots of practical effects

[@williampgalloway]

@@tommyboman7735 how was it indoctrination?

[@dualwieldroxas358]

@Brian Babin i said it was a great movie, i just said it is not necessarily an all time great. It just feels like such a breath of fresh air because it is a great movie among a slosh of mediocre movies

[@davidcanty7903]

That is a tough choice for the worst. Ring of Power, because of the insult to the Legacy of Tolkien.

[@Pdmc2016]

Came here to say this

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

They turned Tolkien's world into a 🐓ring, and then screwed us with it.

[@abominablesnowman3494]

100 percent. You took my comment. They were all awful, but this one was the worst

[@graemevaughey7432]

_Rings of Power_ stands as a towering indictment of the fact that *all the money in the world* is no substitute whatsoever for passion and talent. That show was staggeringly, monumentally, jaw-droppingly incompetant, and every single person involved should hang their heads in absolute shame (especially those in charge of signing off on it). What the hell were they thinking? And how could they even _imagine_ that this would go over well with audiences? I haven't see a fuck up this bad (and this expensive!) since... I don't know... Waterworld? Maybe?

[@sivad1025]

Rings of Power had _some_ level of technical competency. Kenobi has equally bad writing with the benefit of being absolutely terrible technically. And Kenobi was just as insulting to Lucas as ROP was to Tolkien.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Rings of Power. Not as bad as stuff like Willow or She Hulk in terms of actual quality, but far worse compared to its source material. Tolkien's work is a work of great cultural magnitude and Amazon's disgusting attempt to subvert it was thankfully met with righteous indignation from not only hardcore fans but general audiences.

[@TheWarmachine375]

MCU Phase 4 is just taking random side quests after completing the main campaign in a nutshell.

[@Pdmc2016]

Their side quests are gay as shit 😂

[@HDGaminTutorials]

I can tell your probably a falcon fan.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@HDGaminTutorials *you're

[@phoenixdzk]

More like just garbage DLC you have to pay for, then get judged when you say you don't want to play it anymore

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

@@phoenixdzk Very apt analogy. I stopped playing at Infinity War. Never bothered to watch anything since.

[@wesscotchdog9078]

If Rambo First Blood came out exactly as is ( never seen before ) tomorrow, it would be the biggest hit of the year. When 80s movies look like masterpieces, Hollywood has reached peak failure.

[@SpaceForce635]

I watched that movie again last night and was impressed with how much I enjoyed it.

[@davidsummer8631]

Im now watching and re watching more films from the 80s and 90s than I ever had before simply because of the dross we are now getting

[@Bonesawisready926]

That's still a damn good movie, and Stallone is actually really good in it.

[@jaketheberge1970]

First Blood is kind of an anti 80s film though. Imo atleast. It deserves way more praise. I went into it expecting something like Rambo 3 with a huge body count with a near unstoppable killing machine. Instead we get one accidental death and a PTSD victim snapping and breaking down in tears. That movie came out in the wrong era.

[@noggintube]

First blood is a cracker of a film - I'd also recommend the book as it's a little different (won't give it away for those who don't know) but a great story overall.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

I'm as surprised as you are that Drinker survived his New Year's Eve toilet duck cocktail challenge.

[@neverson42]

This is prerecorded. KZbin allows scheduled releases. Just sayin' xD

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

@@neverson42 True. He may not have survived. 🤣

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 The Toilet Duck brings you back. Where he keeps getting the replacement livers is another matter...

[@Gyrfalcon312]

Aaaahhhhh!

[@waynehewett4017]

He'd be very experienced in the type of challenge He's probably won that challenge for the past 6 years or longer

[@1estebanderas]

GO AWAY NOW, was the last thing someone told me last night after drinking so much at a new years eve party. I think I'm off to a good start for 2023 🥳😎

[@liamphibia]

I'm a little nervous of what 2023's upcoming movies are. Though I have hope.

[@Gyrfalcon312]

You sure it wasn't the Drinker himself? LOL

[@ultraparanoia]

Shit, where do you even begin: - Resident Evil - She-Hulk - Willow - Lord of the Rings - Kenobi ..... it's like chosing between eating shit or vomit, none are valid options.

[@Dschinghiss]

Morbius too

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

@@Dschinghiss Eh, that movie was at LEAST entertaining in a “so bad it’s good” kinda way. Especially with the scene of that guy dancing lmao Not for these shows or these movies however.

[@mjy]

I was pleasantly surprised (shocked even) by how much I enjoyed 'Andor'... though, I think a much better name for the show would have been simply 'Rebellion', since the show focused on so many different elements and perspectives of the rising rebellion against the Empire... on both sides of the fence almost equally, which was very refreshing.

[@thepickles8833]

Ahh, the first video of the new year, greeting me with such a flattering thumbnail. Thanks Drinker, you articulate monument of intoxicating wisdom

[@realhorrorshow8547]

I have never found the sight of women pretending to take a dump in front of me even slightly erotic.

[@GBDupree]

Yo, are you THE the can of Pickles! I remember you from the SBFP comment section, nice seeing you here!

[@goldmeistergeneral]

I thought Rogue One was the best thing Disney had made with the Star Wars IP outside of the first season of Mandalorian. So I finally caught up with Andor over Xmas and it was incredible, so much going on and you felt rewarded for actually following the plot and remembering characters throughout, that's what a good ensemble cast show does, like early Game of Thrones

[@TROOPERfarcry]

Rogue One had literally every protagonist be something *other than* a white male... and every white male was a villain. It was a woke-washed bit of mediocrity.

[@johnhughes2124]

I have to admit that I DO love the Willow Series, because Disparu's takedown of it is exceptionally funny

[@skylx0812]

I only hope he doesn't drink his way to Sid Viscious levels of unconsciousness.

[@sivad1025]

I was probably more excited for She-Hulk episodes than any other show (except Better Call Saul, a diamond in the rough) for the same reason. Analyzing the bad writing as rich, LA feminist fan fiction was so much fun

[@brunozachary]

I’d not heard of Disparu until this comment and you’re bang on. Super entertaining reviews of Willow chocked full of sarcasm has got me laughing. Thanks John Hughes.

[@makaron9363]

Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is also great. Nicolas Cage still got it and Pedro Pascal is also really good in it. Good story, good comedy, even some good action here and there. A lot of people forget about this movie and they really shouldn't.

[@JezaLoki]

I too am quite surprised there wasn’t more chatter about Unbearable weight… from movie lovers. For what it wants to be it’s practically a flawless film. The actors kill it, the script is smart, the jokes land, the pacing, editing, design are all spot on…

[@YodielandInhabitant710]

More like pedo-pascal judging his twitter tirades

[@turdfurgason8476]

This is like a PTSD support group. The groaning and sadness...😆

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

PTSD from seeing such bad shows, films and games.

[@JaesonFinn]

The Resident Evil series managed to throw cover for Welcome To Raccoon City, erasing the movie from memory.

[@Cunnysmythe]

I loved the way Mauler sung 'James Cameron' to the tune of 'Blame Canada'

[@tba113]

What infuriates me about the stuff we've had this year is that in about half of them, the writers _weren't_ just writing bad fanfic. They had some deep-vault lore at their disposal, and they face-rolled over the setting anyway. In the Halo series, for instance, I remember two things from the show that pissed off the fanbase. The use of Hunters as separate worms, for instance, _is_ kind of supported by the lore: in one of the novels, we see Hunters separated out from their hulking, armored warrior forms into their component worms. The Covenant was using them to work their way into inaccessible bits of Forerunner tech to clean them out. That had to be taught, too: originally, the Covenant wanted to eradicate them as vermin, since the Hunters preferred eating the Forerunner tech itself. Convincing them to serve as miniature walking tanks and not eat Forerunner tech is a big point in Covenant history: one of the Arbiters was described as being responsible for "the taming of the Hunters" in the opening of Halo 2. So, a boatload of the worms infiltrated into a ship's systems, chewing through vital components, would understandably ruin a ship in short order. Injecting them into an enemy ship as part of a boarding action makes some sense, and disassembling themselves into independent worms is a thing Hunters can do. But the individual worms themselves are quite weak. Pistol shots and rifle buttstrokes to unprotected worms from a normal human are enough to take down Hunters if you hit them in un-armored spots in the games. Despite this, a few dozen worms are somehow enough to overwhelm the entire armed, alerted Navy crew and Marine contingent of a UNSC warship in open battle? Bullshit. Dr. Halsey is another example. In the games, she's standoffish and possessive of "her" SPARTAN-II's, to the point that she hates the existence of SPARTAN 3's and 4's, but at the end of the day, it's no big deal: no one knows more about the SPARTAN project than she does, and it's a war for mankind's survival, so anything goes, right? In the show, she's a frigid misanthropic control freak, the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) she works for is a sinister spy agency, and the child abductions they're complicit in are the least of their crimes. In supplementary materials, the show's characterization of Halsey and ONI is... Pretty thoroughly supported. One of the preorder bonuses of Halo: Reach (back in an era when that meant something) was Halsey's personal diary, in a physical book format. In one entry, she reflects on having kidnapped over a hundred kindergarteners for the SPARTAN-II project, and the fates of the doomed flash-grown clone body doubles these children were replaced with. In-universe, flash-cloning is fine for replacing organs and such, but doing a whole person is too tall an order for the tech to handle. Such a clone will invariably die of sudden, aggressive, incurable cancers within a few years. Halsey's response to seeing the ONI surveillance reports on the nearly 200 families she'd just destroyed as they saw their healthy, brilliant children suddenly and inexplicably wither and die was to be shocked at these icky "feelings" she was experiencing, and to stop reading the reports. But taking that to mean that the UNSC as a whole is ultimately no better morally than the openly genocidal Covenant? Go home, Paramount, you're drunk. In broad strokes, these things _are_ supported by the lore, and demonstrate that the writers did some deep dives to find them. A single book, a throwaway line in one game, and a preorder bonus: these details were not easy to find. They frakking _knew_ these things, but then turned around and bunged them into the show in the worst possible way anyway. That is, IMO, the most infuriating part of 2022.

[@minion3806]

As a fanfiction writer and fan of Halo and more, I very much agree

[@SaraNightfire1]

I ate up the lore. Hands down Eric Nylund is my favorite author for science fiction for canon. And I read a lot of SW books when I was a teenager. I rp and tie the Halo lore with Red vs Blue and rp Spartan II. I always rp Halsey and her Spartan’s with the respect and reverence that is shown in Nylund’s books. Especially with the lore that many forget that she’s actually extremely neutral if it helps her Spartan’s and humanity. I never watched Halo because at first glance, I knew it was going to be bad. Especially since I saw all the red flags when it came to how they treated Halsey and her Spartan’s in 343 how this show was heading already. This was before I even saw defense of Chief removing his helmet. That was a larger red flag. The first thing I heard from the show was Chief fucking a Convenant spy. I think I broke my phone with the amount of rage I said to my friend when I told her that. This was before EFAP; this was before Halsey, the Mac Canon, Covenant, the teenage girl hero, and the “happy pill” (I know what it is, but it pisses me off too much to say the actual name). Every fucking scene, just listening to EFAP, fucking pissed me off so much, had so many issues, and was so far off canon and made no sense in any way possible that I could not be pissed off. I had to pause every scene and take a few minutes to calm down because I was that pissed. I stopped texting my friend halfway through because she was so furious she started to swear and rant, which she never does. I have seen worse adaptations; I have seen things that destroy my childhood more... I have never been so pissed off at a series so much that every scene fucking pissed me off so much I had to rant about it.

[@coltonwhite2518]

The halo show legitimately hurts my soul. Like most others I knew it was gonna be bad, but when I got to the part where the rabid insurgent girl is threatening to blame her people's massacre on the UNSC instead of the galactic doomsday cult of Aliens whose only goal is the eradication of humanity I was actually pissed off. Halo has it's moral grey moments, but at no point is the UNSC implicated to be just as bad as the Covenant because it objectively isn't. Not to mention the retarded insurgent girl's plan completely falls apart with just the bare minimum of thought but Miranda Keyes(who they race swapped by the way because of course they did...) acts like the girls got them cornered? The real Master Chief would've snapped that chicks neck like a chicken bone the absolute moment he perceived her as a threat to humanity let alone if it was a direct order. But the part that truly made me check out was seeing a high ranking *human* within the Covenant's hierarchy. The whole Goddamn point of the war is that the mere existence of humans threatens the Prophet's power and challenges their belief that they were chosen by the forerunners, the center of their religion. The Prophet's would never under any circumstances allow a human among their ranks, not even a willing defector. It completely defeats the entire purpose of the Covenant's great journey, which is the pinnacle of their goals and agendas.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Witcher Blood Origin: "I am the most hated show for not respecting the source material!" Rings of Power: "Hello there." Willow: "Join the club, we have jackets!"

[@derlich09]

Resident Evil: I'm here too! Shitting all over the place....😩

[@dualwieldroxas358]

Halo TV Show: "Is this where I sign in?"

[@aquapendulum]

Star Trek Discovery: "I still have a 4th season this year, you know?"

[@dogstar5927]

J J Abrams : “Hold my beer!”

[@gatertico4086]

Wheel of time:"there is lore and source materials?"

[@TibiConstantine]

The rings of power disappointment hits the hardest because most of us are LOTR ( books and movies) fans. They spit on Tolkien's grave. Best movies and series to come out this year: -Everything, everywhere all at once -All quiet on the western front -The Norhtsman -Top Gun 2 -The Black Phone -RRR -Better call Saul (season finale) -Severance -Terminal List -House of the dragon -Cobra kai

[@karmascamera5275]

2022 has honestly been stellar for horror films; things like *The Black Phone, Barbarian, X,* and *Pearl!*

[@butthz8850]

The Sadness is my top contender.

[@prizzarizza6015]

Bones and all aswell!

[@tetsuolionheart9611]

Also Speak no evil and Hellraiser

[@Styinee]

@@prizzarizza6015 joke?

[@prizzarizza6015]

@@Styinee not really, I quite liked it honestly

[@kcguardian]

For film and TV, Top Gun: Maverick and House of the Dragon were the top of the pile for me in terms of production and story. Cobra Kai is fun and enjoyable, knows what it is and doesn't try to be anything else, which makes it great. On Games: Horizon Forbidden West, Elden Ring, God of War: Ragnarok, and Pokemon Legends Arceus were top of the pile for what I played. It seemed to be a slow year for gaming, but 2023 looks to pack a huge number of releases in that are going to destroy a Gamer's wallet.

[@MrX-zz2vk]

I'm surprised Drinker & Friends didn't mention The Terminal List and Reacher as being among the good series and better offerings of 2022. Only 2 movies out of the whole year made the grade for me: Top Gun: Maverick and The Northman(Norseman). Both were badass. Maybe out of all the Marvel character stuff, Spiderman: No Way Home was pretty decent, but that one was more tied to Sony then Disney. I guess that's why it didn't suck.

[@kaliefaul1905]

@@MrX-zz2vk For me, 2022's best movies were Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. (The Northman's on my Amazon Prime queue - I simply haven't made the time to watch it yet.) I thought Top Gun: Maverick was meh, but then again, I've never seen the original Top Gun.

[@Enigmalake]

Depends on where you look. Same with music. God of War Ragnarok Elden Ring Plague Tale Requiem Horizon Forbidden West Signalis Tunic Immortality Scorn Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Sniper Elite 5 Triangle strategy Nobody saves the world High on Life TMNT Shredders Revenge Stray Two Point Campus Pentiment Kirby and the forgotten land Vampire Survivors Chained Echoes DNF Duel Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope Cult of the Lamb Modern Warfare II The Quarry Destroy All Humans 2

[@EyeInTheSky982]

Reacher S1 was amazing. Recommended. It's worth a watch or two. 🙂😁

[@sereksusvictar7888]

As was the Terminal List!

[@EyeInTheSky982]

@@sereksusvictar7888 I have yet to see Terminal List, but I want to. I've heard and read nothing but good things about it. 🙂🙂

[@georgechapman9688]

@@EyeInTheSky982you should it's great 👍

[@EyeInTheSky982]

@@georgechapman9688 If I ever get the chance, I will. 🙂🙂

[@nahkaboltsi6315]

@@EyeInTheSky982 terminal list was better imo

[@RolandDeschain1]

I watched BULLET TRAIN last night and that one was a lot of fun. Even though it does move towards the most ridiculously OTT climax I've seen in recent years.

[@kmb957]

It's a fantastic movie but wtf has happened to Sandra Bullock!? Shes looking more and more like Michael Jackson as she ages and she denies plastic surgery.

[@RolandDeschain1]

@@kmb957 Yeah, it's ridiculous. I don't think even her eyeballs are capable of moving these days. And I don't think botox is technically considered 'surgery'.

[@TheOrangeRoad]

Rings of Power for me. I was expecting the worst and I was still surprised

[@justlivin2499]

Best shows of 22 imo (Haven’t seen HOTD yet) 1. Better call Saul s6 2. Andor s1 3. Stranger Thing s4 4. The Last Kingdom s5 5. The Terminal List s1 Honorable mentions: . Reacher s1 . Wednesday s1 . All of us are dead s1 . Jack Ryan s3

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Best for me was the Galadriel riding the horse on the beach tampon commercial.

[@-F4K3-]

Surprised House if the Dragon was good, was not expecting that. Also really liked Bullet Train, crazy fever dream action movie lol

[@daisycooper9595]

Bullet Train was fun to watch, but I read the book it was based on prior to watching the movie, and the book ruined it for me. The casting of the movie was so diversity woke that it didn't make sense sometimes, especially the one British and black American "twins." The real villain is the prince, which was switched to a teenaged girl with daddy issues. Totally dumbed down the character from the book.

[@rokutaro]

Loved Andor and Tales of the Jedi though. Glad Mauler mentioned it. Pacing was bad in the beginning but it was perfect towards the end.

[@kaliefaul1905]

Best thing I've watched this year (on the Drinker's recommendation, mind you): Arcane. I've never played League of Legends, and I'm probably never *going* to play League of Legends (I'm terrible at shooters) - but HOLY FUCK, that TV show was amazing. I can't wait for Season 2!

[@jaycagey]

Just finished watching Severance. I didn't know what to make of it at first, but each episode drew me in further and by the last few episodes I was *fully* invested.

[@SteveLouisArnoldHR]

Great show but no one seems to talk about it sadly.

[@robotsaysbeebooboop]

What's it about?

[@jaycagey]

Look for “Severance - Official Trailer | Apple TV+” which does a good job of setting up the premise while avoiding major spoilers.

[@liamphibia]

It's honestly quite hilarious to think that two years later, we're gonna see a blue Hedgehog and a blue Navi fighting over who'll dominate the box office!😂 EDIT: Oh... well that didn't age well.🙁

[@liamphibia]

*Who'll be more bluer?!*

[@benjaminrockhill8356]

I don’t think there will be much fighting lol sonic will change its date

[@jgw9990]

@@benjaminrockhill8356 Poor cowardice! Sonic can win!

[@thetechnocrat4979]

I think DreamWorks can be a great contender with some of its animated movies. The Bad Guys was decent but Puss in Boots 2 was phenomenal. So, I have hope for them. Then there is Christopher Nolan with ' Oppenheimer '.

[@liamphibia]

@@thetechnocrat4979 Oh yes, DreamWorks have regain their glory in a new stylistic way. And without even attempting to beat Disney down!

[@cordyone]

Thanks for all your videos this year Drinker! As the film industry suffers under the grip of the mind virus it is so very comforting to hear a sane voice speak out and filter through the dross for those little nuggets of movie gold! Lest hope we have more to play with in 2023!

[@danielholguin7621]

My biggest surprise was Nope. I haven’t seen a movie that I’ve fallen in love with so quickly in a long time, but Nope was just so great. Loved the atmosphere, loved the characters, loved how surprisingly scary it was. You can just tell that there’s so much love poured into it.

[@ghostbased332]

Bullet Train, Puss in Boots 2 (surprisingly), Elvis, Smile, Werewolf by Night, Fall, and Violent Night are all from the ladder half of this year and are really good, I’m surprised no one in the EFAP crew has mentioned them

[@jessicajane2259]

Yeah he put Elvis in the thumbnail so I thought he would mention it

[@kaliefaul1905]

Elvis was absolutely atrocious. First movie that I ever walked out of, it was THAT bad. 90% of what I saw, consisted of Elvis' manager (who was, by all accounts, a complete asshole) glorifying himself. I'm speaking as the granddaughter of what's probably the biggest Elvis fan on God's green Earth, by the way.

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

@@kaliefaul1905 Ooo man, what a hot take. Lol but I respect your opinion nonetheless, even despite me enjoying the film. I thought it was an excellent tribute to The King himself!

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

I’m actually quite angry that Smile wasn’t watched by more people especially me. I heard that movie was great!

[@pontiffdoppio2770]

@@justaguyonyoutube4592 Smile was dogshit

[@chileanyways196]

Andor and Avatar (despite its many flaws I really enjoyed it) were my favorites of the year

[@rosidaze8681]

Agreed Andor is amazing and for Avatar it’s just some of the dialogue was so cringe and the writing dragged it a bit down but other then that I really liked it

[@chileanyways196]

@@rosidaze8681 Tony Gilroy and James Cameron should team up, imagine an avatar movie with Tony’s writing and dialogue with James action scenes and visuals

[@portela132]

Avatar good? Lmao dont Think so

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

@@chileanyways196 Aliens?

[@benjaminrockhill8356]

You’re in the minority of not liking it

[@TheWarmachine375]

Happy New Year 2023, Critical Drinker and His Awesome Friends!

[@RambleOn07]

You just convinced me to watch the shadow the hedgehog movie in theaters lol

[@ThePhoenixScribe]

Truly is the movie of our time. Especially when he was looking for that damn fourth chaos emerald.

[@robber233]

@@ThePhoenixScribe should be the 4th sonic movies post credit scene "At last! I found that DAMN fourth chaos emerald!"

[@evanphillips570]

Better Call Saul was amazing, Elvis film was good too

[@davidwalker5990]

I don't know why Mauler's "Can James compete with Edgy the Hedgy?" breaks me up so damn bad.

[@patrickrusso9919]

I died laughing at that

[@janinesunshine4998]

Reacher was one of the few outliers in 2022 and the complex and interesting characters made me stick around. The storyline was enjoyable too. Watched The Northman because of Drinker’s recommendation video. And it was definitely worth the time. So very few gems in the mountain of shit that was 2022 entertainment

[@juststained]

Yes, Reacher was my favorite streaming show of the year. Looking forward to Season 2. Andor was a big surprise also, could of shaved off an episode or 2 but overall solid.

[@zionharris9432]

Now I know exactly what to watch, been avoiding everything waiting for y'all and jeremy's lists

[@Arassar]

The story from Horizon makes me want to stick a pencil in my eye, and if I want to fight big monsters I can play Monster Hunter.

[@DarthQueefious]

Whilst I think Blood Origin is the worst bit of media in 2022, and what Disney did to Kenobi would have personally hurt the most if SW wasn't already dead, destroying a dead man's life work makes Rings of Power the most offensive. Sapkowski just cares about money so I'm not going to spend any time defending his work

[@davidsummer8631]

The Terminal List is this years Top Gun Maverick of TV shows no identity politics just straight forward action story telling.

[@TheGava4]

But the critics hated it!😂😂

[@davidsummer8631]

@@TheGava4 Which means it was a good show

[@TheGava4]

@@davidsummer8631 yep

[@justlivin2499]

I’d say BCS takes that spot

[@stephenchapman4534]

Fuck, I forgot about that show. Shit was great, seems like it came out so long ago.

[@olilyndale]

Happy Christmas and New Year guys. Thanks for all your hard work. You are our front line and only response the the tsunami of shit these studios spew out!

[@Lundarian1]

2018 (arguably sooner) and onwards felt like a race toward the bottom for Hollywood/Dismay

[@SvendleBerries]

Its been there in some form for the past 12 years or so from what I remember. 2015-2016 though, with Gamergate and Trump, is when it went into overdrive. Those two things completely broke the entertainment industry (along with everything else), as the only thing that mattered was being against all the "bad" things. And if you were/are not okay with everything being turned into blatant political propaganda, then that makes you a (insert ist/phobe here).

[@ZPositive]

Lightyear, Strange World, Rings of Power, Cowboy Beebop, Picard, She Hulk, Willow, The Witcher, Avatar 2, Wakanda Forever, Obi-Wan, Ms. Marvel, Resident Evil, Halo, National Treasure, Moon Knight, Woman King, Star Trek Discovery... What the F, Hollywood?

[@phoenixdzk]

The cartoons came in clutch this year. Arcane, Invincible, Legend of Vox Machina, Non comic book stuff was good- Northman, Top Gun 2, All quiet on the western front, RRR, 1899 was quite a mindfuck, everything everywhere, House of TD

[@robchuk4136]

Arcane and Invincible are 2021

[@TheStonewall117]

My brother in Christ, both Arcane and Invincible came out in 2021 lol

[@phoenixdzk]

Oh haha sorry I didn't watch them till this year! My bad

[@kaliefaul1905]

@@phoenixdzk Ditto with Arcane, and I've not seen Invincible at all (too gory for my taste).

[@gob919]

I would put Puss in boots 2 there

[@erisi236]

I had totally forgotten about that Halo show until it was mentioned in these kinds of lists

[@dualwieldroxas358]

Thankfully, it was so forgettable it does not harm Halo as much as something like Picard for Star Trek or Rings of Power for Tolkien

[@PhilosophicallyAmerican]

How dare you curse me with that reminder!

[@forrestredd2706]

The Northman and Everything Everywhere all at Once, both worked their way onto my favorite movies of all time list. So at least we got those. The two of those and the Lighthouse, are the only movies that stand out to me from the last few years.

[@VolvoImpala]

I'm glad to be hearing good notices about Bullet Train. I think I'll be checking that one out.

[@TheSupart91]

Happy new year drinker!!! 🎇🍾

[@jackmars931]

These guys don't really touch on horror, but things I liked this year: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - not as good as the original web series, but overall had some great stuff in it. Terrifier 2 - If you like practical gore effects, this really delivers Smile was good, and I like Barbarian too...but their endings made it like the year of the Giant Nekkid Grandmas. X was ok, but I actually really enjoyed Ruby

[@prizzarizza6015]

I thought Bones and all was also pretty damn good

[@tonkotsuproductions9146]

I recommend Pearl, I'd say it's much better than X

[@themetalpig7613]

Rings of Power has to be the worst purely because of how much money & resources they had at their disposal. They could've afforded the best of the best writers, directors etc.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

HAPPY NEW YEAR, DRINKER & EVERYBODY!

[@MichaelEKaz]

I'm glad you all talked about what is good. It's easy to point out what is bad, so it's important to know that there's still great stuff going on.

[@cpuuk]

Re Avatar 2: "An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly"- Charlton Heston.

[@inventgineer]

Muh boi, Drinky, nailing it at 12:08. I mean, you guys are so right: it's hard to remember all the INSANE amounts of shitty films and television shows in 2022, and harder yet to keep track of those few, gleaming "diamonds in the rough", as it were, but............as soon as you pointed out "Everything Everywhere All At Once", Will?.......shoot, it took me FOREVER to get around to watching that, but it really deserved all the accolades I can recall it getting from not only yourself but many others as well -what a simple, joyful, and very artistically realized delight. I'm glad that in the shitstorm of (generously called) "media" that was 2022, you did not fail to recall that good, joyful, and creative project to our minds 👍. I also appreciated you guys touching on "Bullet Train (2022)". I just watched that, for New Years Eve, with family and was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was gonna be shit, but it ended up being a really fun, silly time, directed by a former STUNT COORDINATOR, of all people (which says something awesome about it), and which felt like a direct HOMAGE to the director Guy Ritchie that I love so very much. Was it perfect? NAH, there were plenty of plot points, character choices, etc that I could pick apart if I really wanted, but.........I didn't feel the need to! It was so beautiful and fun in the (typical Guy Ritchie fashion) stylized, lots of comical/meaningful/playful call-backs to previous character moments/lines, great fight choreography befitting old-school cinema, etc.........that how could one NOT love it? It was loveable, heartfelt 'gangsta' comedy-in-dark-situations' fun-times that how could anyone NOT give it an easy pass? Here's to you and yours, gents. You're never perfect, your takes aren't always perfect, I'm not perfect, none of us is ultimately perfectly objective.........but you bring a lot of wonderful and useful critical analysis, call out bullshit as bullshit (even if I may not always agree ONE HUNDRED percent), and I appreciate y'all 🙏. Stay up and stay well, and please continue to stay open-minded, as is the only both rationally and spiritually healthy approach for any one of us dirty lil humans, lol😉.

[@Dollar_Store_Cacodemon]

One of my favourite films this year was Phil Tippett's stop animated nightmare, Mad God. Seen very little else that has impressed me as much as that. Flux Gourmet, Cosmic Dawn and The Northman would be other top movie picks. The Batman and Top Gun Maverick were decent as well.

[@thecloudtherapist]

I remember the days when Hollywood studios had to schedule their film releases so they don't clash with other blockbusters from other studios. That's how good we used to have it.

[@federerfanatic]

Just watched the first three episodes of Andor. Wow, very impressive production and immersive story telling. It's best not to think too much about the fact this is a star wars story, especially as it relates to the sequels. The point is, its made by true professionals who care about their craft. It would be interesting if Gilroy and Filoni could come together and discuss ideas.

[@jamescarr1265]

It gets even better.

[@amandawilkinsontarot7096]

Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@enyoowen.yookay]

I watches the Starsky and Hutch pilot again the other day. Pure class. Not a single scene is wasted.

[@azraiel1984]

Your speaking facts drinker. Keep up the good work 👍😇👍

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

*You're

[@UncleBernhard]

The Bear on Disney was really good and different. Highly recommended. I enjoyed the prison drama Black Bird on Apple with two fantastic performances. And Slow Horses with Gary Oldman is worth watching.

[@deathnutz]

The Apple sci-fi show Severance was really good. I’d say best sci-fi offering in a very long time.

[@Noone91875]

Yep. One of the best this year.

[@sunso1991]

so happy Northman got a mention, I got dragged by my wife to it because she love viking stuff and i was blew away and moved by the Northman movie. the cineotography, the music, and raw emotions i dont remember having such an movie experience for a long long LONG time.

[@klegdixal3529]

Everything Everywhere All at Once was good. i really enjoyed Sandman - only thing i could really hold against it is dropping the Brute and Glob.

[@clogs4956]

I had to pull out of Sandman very quickly; the ‘updated for the modern audience’ thing was painfully obvious. Gaiman f*d up on this one.

[@klegdixal3529]

@@clogs4956 personally i like Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer way better than Tom Ellis. Merging Johanna and John Constantine so the characters can be played byvone person makes sense when adapting source material. Girls who played Death and Rose Walker were rather good IMO. Lady who played Lucienne was a bit on the wooden side. Desire as a genderless character is straight from comics. As I've said rewriting Brute and Glob arc stung. I can but guess why they did that. The series was cast colour blind but doesn't feel like fulfilling quotas and you may be surprised how much of gay and transsexual themes Gaiman placed in his works 30 years ago.

[@clogs4956]

@@klegdixal3529 I know... I'm a fan of the original. I do date back to the Silver Age.

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

>She-Hulk in thumbnail Basically sums this year up, hopefully Clown World Year 3 will do better

[@kurtismolvik1988]

Didn't hear it in the video, but I gotta give a shout out to Puss in Boots Last wish! Even though it's supposed to be a kids movie, I loved it! Would definitely recommend for one of the best movies of 2022, even in the past 5 years. Was very refreshing to see, it was like something back to my childhood!

[@fyshkabob]

I’d love to hear Drinkers opinion on more horror movies. Prey is definitely more action than horror, and i haven’t seen Voilent Night yet. I’d consider 2022 a great year for the genre. Movies like Nope, X, Pearl, The Black Phone, etc have all been a breath of fresh air.

[@ericwadebrown]

Surprised there was no mention of White Lotus. I very much enjoyed that series. Best of 2022 in my opinion.

[@Sahil-pc2kr]

I saw Maverick 5 times in theaters. Probably the best mainstream Hollywood film of the last few years. Not to mention RRR. Those 2 were the standouts of 2022

[@patrickfinlay2074]

The review shows are better than the shows……… hats off drinker and co you guys have been solid

[@AscendingAdventures]

Violent Night, Cobra Kai, Terminal List, and Maverick were my favorites from this year.

[@BoredTAK5000]

I think it’s gotta go to rings of power. It’s a desecration of not only a dead man’s legacy but one of the best films ever. And yet the budget was so damn much.

[@Yup712]

The original “Willow” film is one of my favorites. I still don’t understand how it and Ridley Scott’s “Legend” don’t get enough love!

[@marychocolatefairy]

I was a preteen in the Philippines in the late 80s, and there was a period where I was watching those two and "Flight of the Navigator" just about every other weekend. I still like them a lot- they're just fun movies. I happily haven't heard of any attempts to tinker with "Legend", but Disney wants to remake "Flight" with a girl lead and directed by Bryce Howard. Fortunately, it keeps having problems getting off the ground.

[@Tatkirbologna]

Violent Night and Bullet Train are two movies very worth watching!

[@Whydoweneedhandles427]

Nope was so underrated and flew over a lot of peoples heads. Pun intended.

[@Stoic-Waziri]

Disney used to touch our hearts. Now, they just torch our hearts.

[@thetechnocrat4979]

DreamWorks came up with some good movies. The Bad Guys was a fun ride. And Puss in Boots is one of the best movies that they have made. It actually resonated very well with both adults and kids with its mature themes. So yeah, a couple of gems in an endless stream of trash.

[@jaydenhall2703]

Reacher also came out this year and that was awesome!

[@mesasavage]

The Northman for film and Andor for TV were the highlights of the year for me. Participation awards for both the new movie and series for Beavis and Butthead!

[@StreetPreacherr]

Was ANYONE ELSE expecting a surprise MAULER VIDEO ESSAY for NEW YEARS?!?!!? So disappointed not to see a proper new video from the Longman to finish off 2022.. :(

[@ViperChief117]

Gary needs to play Halo MCC, Uncharted and the God Of War franchise. Lmao

[@skyrimisforthenords8312]

"From" and "chronos" (if i remember right) were actually really great shows that flew under the radar and noone talked about but were actually really great

[@Pentti_Hilkuri]

In current year it's easiest just to list what wasn't bad, it's sometimes impossible to find "good".

[@gsigs]

I enjoyed "Wednesday," except the last episode blew it. Don't think I've heard The Drinker ever talk about it though.

[@mattcollins3591]

I actually really enjoyed avatar 2 🤷‍♂️

[@martyincanuckistan3635]

After the reacher movies I thought the series would be so-so but I’m happy it was solid .probably my favourite of the year

[@KGBSpyGeorgeCostanza]

Happy New Years from Kaliningrad

[@alphaexpress6881]

What are your thoughts on Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul? Worth watching and reviewing if you havent done so yet they are extremely good!

[@justaguyonyoutube4592]

Memes aside, the shows are peak perfection!

[@chrissullivan6403]

Severance is the best show of 2022 imo. The Menu was a fun little flick right at the end.

[@heys9583]

Criminally underrated film of the year was Bullet Train. Brilliant film 🙌