Drinker's Chasers - Rey: A Character Without Character

[@dragonforks93]

Rey exists solely to be the face of the brand. She is not a character, she is a failed mascot for Disney Star Wars.

[@richardhockey8442]

Kathleen Kennedy's self-insert power fantasy fulfillment

[@Head173]

Failed so hard..

[@thisisnotachannel]

She's a failed mascot for militant feminism.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@Head173 Definitely

[@martindixon54]

@@richardhockey8442 Just like girl-boss whatsherface from Indy 5.

[@tiawen1945]

Rey is so powerful that she killed her own character arc. Truly amazing i'm literally shaking.

[@mar10ssj1]

It's more of a character upwards moving line than it is an arc. But that's assuming she has a character.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Wait - she had a character arch?

[@tiawen1945]

@@wilberwhateley7569 it was already dead before you could notice.

[@JoFa876]

She's so stunning and brave!

[@The_Truth_Logic]

It’s an insult to refer to her as a character at all. Patrick Star deserves more respect as a character than Rey Palpatine.

[@analogalbacore7166]

No question

[@HowToChangeName]

And if you lucky, even supposed idiot can be interesting, look Forrest Gump

[@rankoorovic7904]

Leave Patrick Star alone he is a legend 😂

[@The_Truth_Logic]

@@rankoorovic7904 on the contrary, it’s a compliment to Patrick!

[@finkamain1621]

@@HowToChangeName Or Simple Jack. You muh muh muh muh make me happy

[@mickeyxrat]

Years from now, schools that have writing courses will use Rey as the perfect example of how not to construct a character.

[@TinMan445]

More like how to construct a Mary Sue..

[@shawne7228]

Boring mary sue... What not to do.

[@SlideIX]

😂 people are already doing that

[@troymash8109]

There are already several courses using Disney's sequel trilogy as the example of how not to write a story. There's one class from Stanford that has videos online to view.

[@camberweller]

Those schools are probably teaching that Rey isn't perfect or political enough, so let's not hold our breath, friends. ;)

[@creepycassette]

I love how quotable the disney sequels are. Such gems as: “They fly now” “Im rey skywalker” “ Capture the droid if we can, but destroy it if we must.” It truly was a film of time

[@dantegaelach736]

Yeah borrowed time xD

[@stephenlacardeadu2218]

You forgot the best one "Palpatine returned somehow"

[@laganas2008]

I bypassed the compressor! Absolute gold.

[@Rihcterwilker]

"i'm the Spy" Says the Deus ex Machina plot device.

[@lordofthebricks1]

Don't forget line of all lines: ''Somehow, Palpatine returned''

[@creepycassette]

Weird how so many “toxic trolls” are out there who just want a well written story.

[@kevgamble]

The same trolls who flocked to see Wonder Woman and count Ripley and Sarah Connor among their all-time-favorite genre heroes.

[@graylykan2739]

@@kevgamble It's almost as if the so-called "toxic trolls" who "just hate women and minorities" aren't even "toxic", "racist", or "sexist" at all. 🤔

[@kevgamble]

@@graylykan2739 No doubt those people are out there. Just as there are disagreeable people on every topic. But it's dangerously cynical and lazy for studios to reflexively paint any criticism that way. That is toxic behavior, not to mention abuse of a power imbalance. Millions of people correctly see dreck for what it is. No PR spin can change it.

[@CleverGirlAAH]

@@kevgamble what a bunch of phobes!!

[@Magneticlaw]

Imaginary people.....they're everywhere......

[@captc0ck5lap60]

As a life-long sailor, the part where she, a woman who has never even _seen_ an ocean before, just sails on a jury-rigged dinghy through a storm like it's nothing boiled my piss.

[@scottsetzke7967]

As someone who has sailed only 2x in lake michigan on clear days. I totally agree even with 2 people that shit is fucking hard. Even on a clear day that water is no joke even a mile off shore.

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

Something something, the Force or something.

[@Lonovavir]

The force is magic and/or she graduated from Hogwarts is the excuse..... explanation.

[@aldunlop4622]

I hope your piss has now returned to normal levels lol.

[@MarcIverson]

Agreed, sailing is tricky, takes knowledge, and is not at all intuitive.

[@joe42m13]

Rey is definitely one of the characters of all time.

[@Valecto]

Indeed... as the saying goes: if you can't be a shining example, be a dreadful warning !

[@GIBBO4182]

Rey is such a great character, she’s literally the best at everything…what’s not to like!? 😂

[@tranquilitybase8100]

AND she's a Skywalker. 😊

[@toh6261]

I myself am the best at everything, so that's perfectly relatable 😁👍

[@ItoHiyori]

I mean, she gets to kiss kylo, that’s at least one point in the win department 😅

[@death-king1834]

@@ItoHiyori Yes, because who wouldn't want to make out with the emo psychopath that murdered his own father in cold blood and killed and hurt god knows how many other innocent people along the way?

[@BibFortunasBarber]

@@ItoHiyorikeep your reylo shit to yourself ya weirdo.

[@TheWarmachine375]

Rey is currently possessed by Palpatine who took over her body after being struck down by his granddaughter as he intended her to do exactly that, and stole the Skywalker surname for himself as a final insult to Anakin and his bloodline being extinguished for good. In the end, Palpatine ultimately won.

[@JefAnder]

Truly subverting expectations

[@fr0ck360]

This. I feel like the writers forgot Palpatine said this lol. They had one job.

[@beowulf1005]

But but but it was his OWN (Unlimited!) Power that was reflected back at him, so Skeevy Sheev really destroyed himself.🙄

[@whos-the-stiff]

Trans Sheev is truly trans.

[@zenitrulit2]

You're stealing from Children Of Dune!😅

[@dethspud]

"Just because you are a character doesnt mean you have character" ~The Wolf

[@remuslazar2033]

What Wolf?

[@dethspud]

@remuslazar2033 Winston Wolf. It's a quote from a character played by Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction.

[@mala6238]

👍​@@dethspud

[@NarrativeArcade]

The most baffling thing is how Hollywood forgot the basic rules of screenwriting. I'm an indie screenwriter, and the first thing you learn is to give your characters a "character spine". Basically a need and a want, and only when they overcome their need, will they get their want. That's what most people register as a flaw in a character. Rey never had this. And this was something I learned in film school in Los Angeles. I break this stuff down on my channel too. It's just insane to me how something 1st semester students have to master is being ignored now by massive productions.

[@guyincognito1406]

Because they’re communications and poly-sci space occupiers. Credentials include: can make fog on a mirror.

[@NarrativeArcade]

@@guyincognito1406 Oh, I met plenty of those types too. Usually the teachers never gave them more than 5 minutes of attention because no feedback would ever get through that wall of narcissism. Some did wiggle their way into writing rooms with the right politics... (unfortunately).

[@finkamain1621]

@@guyincognito1406 And there's too many of them working on the story. Even if you have 1-2 guys in this movie credited as the writers, they get feedback from pretty much anyone in a boardroom and even the shareholders

[@GoofTroop101]

She never needed to know her family, but she did want it. Then her motivations got meddled with even further into a garbled mess.

[@NarrativeArcade]

@@GoofTroop101 Yep, they did at least set up the minimum and then went nowhere with it. Johnson then crapped all over it.

[@Durwood71]

Rey's character is literally "knows everything and is loved by everybody". That's it. No flaws, no weaknesses, no need to learn and overcome obstacles. There's nothing else to her.

[@phonepunk7888]

When she finishes Han Solo's sentence after 5 minutes of meeting him in TFA, it's the kind of cringe writing you would see in a bad anime filler episode.

[@lesliedaubert1411]

No need for her then

[@ErikDeMann]

People that go out of their way to destroy other people's childhood memories, are a special brand of raving psychopaths.

[@RecluseBootsy]

Literally everything is being beaten like a dead horse. What a horrid timeline to exist in. 😢

[@nn-NeuralNetwork]

@@RecluseBootsy which cannon event caused all this?

[@HereTakeAFlower]

​@@nn-NeuralNetwork Harambe

[@guyincognito1406]

It’s not entirely clear but yeah it was Harambe or the particle collider.

[@troymash8109]

​@@HereTakeAFlowerWith Harambe went the last hopes of the West. 😢

[@robertcolvin4323]

I like that they touched on her first experience with rain and within five minutes show her swimming. My 10 year old daughter was confused about that in theaters.

[@vde1846]

The weirdest part is that she is introduced so well. You follow her daily routine, eking out a meagre existence as a scavenger, endlessly waiting for something, and with little to no dialogue we get her; an excellent example of show don't tell. And then she meets and starts to interact with the other characters of the film and suddenly she's just inexplicably good at everything, immediate trusted and liked by everyone, her only personality trait is that she's vaguely amicable and curious, and people constantly complement her even as she's stealing their roles in the narrative; an excellent example of a Mary Sue. Like everything in TFA: excellent set ups and initial ideas and technical details, utterly squanders on a bland, derivative, noncommittal story that goes nowhere and is then further torpedoed by the horrendous sequels. Just sad.

[@nightwishfan1991]

That opening segment with her is easily the best part of the film. The only time the film actually slows down and we get to know a character. Rather than the rest of the movie where we are just running from set piece to set piece with no time to explain.

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

Right? I think its precisely why I liked the beginning of The force awakens. She was interesting and mysterious and seemed to do what so many of us do,struggle in daily life. She was relatable Then as you say, she met other characters and instaed of letting her grow and developing her, they immediately turned her into Mary Sue,because they couldnt wait to let us know their new character is the best at everything

[@graylykan2739]

@@svetlanaandrasova6086 All this goes to show that, like everything else in the Disney Star Wars trilogy, Rey had so much potential that was utterly wasted. I remember my sister joked that Rey seemed like a Mary Sue sometime after we saw Force Awakens, and while I was waiting for Last Jedi to come out a year later and other people were discussing Rey's Sueness, I remained hopeful that in TLJ we would actually get to see Rey training and earning her abilities, discovering her past, building her relationship with the other characters, forming a pupil-mentor relationship with Luke, and developing as a protagonist. But while I wasn't ready to agree with those that criticized her in TFA yet, as I personally thought it was a bit too early to call her a Mary-Sue at the time, I wasn't going out of my way claiming everyone who criticized her was a misogynist. Unlike J.J. "They're afraid of strong women" Abrams. But then TLJ came out in 2019 and.... well, look how *that* turned out.

[@Klaaism]

Even that could have used tweaks, like show her using the force in a really ham-fisted, untrained way, say parkouring around the ruins. Which in turn could be a flaw with her having to unlearn her bad habits, which anyone in martial arts (or anything else related to muscle memory) can relate to. Visually interesting special effects with show-dont-tell storytelling as she flips around scavenging, maybe some near misses. Aye it's just so much wasted potential, which really makes the Disney films frustrating to watch.

[@vde1846]

@@Klaaism I like that idea a lot. In fact - apart from Rays inexplicable expertise - the way the force is presented is one of my favorite parts of TFA. All the rest of the worldbuilding is bland to outright horrible (like the whole move feeling like it takes place in a single solar system...), but the force powers feel genuinely creepy and otherworldly, which is fitting as we mostly see dark-side powers. Adding your idea to it would really take that to the next level.

[@Nickle_King]

A good quote should make the audience know who and what the character is. “I am Iron Man.” Showcasing Tony’s embrace of his new role in society, as well as his superiority complex and narcissism. A quote memorable enough to bookend his life in his series. “Rey Skywalker.” She takes the name of someone she knew and abandoned in the span of maybe a week. In that week, all he did was deny her training, grumble at her, and teach her things to try to get her to give up. This quote doesn’t mean anything. It doesn’t change who she is, what she does, her responsibilities. Heck, it doesn’t even give us an idea what she’s going to do next. We knew by the end of Return of the Jedi, Luke was going to try to train more Jedi. What will Rey do? We assume the same thing, but only because that’s what’s “supposed” to happen next. Really, does Rey seem like someone who can teach?

[@DiCelloPiano]

if shes female in Disney , she can teach , fly the Falcon , kick ass , use the PanderStone , play the piano better than me , Rey can literally do anything, anytime , anywhere , better :)

[@MrBonified66]

- Just point your hand at the starship and sort of grimace - I can't do it Master - Oh well, guess you just aren't stunning and brave enough

[@barnabusdoyle4930]

Actually, the ending of RoS had Rey in the desert. What I got from that ending was her going to be a hermit like Kenobi was. How many students did Kenobi train while in the desert?

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Not even a week, the way the movie is set up it feels like they only knew each other for a day….then Luke died.

[@DiCelloPiano]

@@mrbigglezworth42 The ashes of StarWars will probably have Rey as a : "key to everything" for the Jedi , not that I'll know because these things are impossible to sit through... crazy to see companies slow train wreck these days , it's strange and bizarre...

[@bigal3055]

You don't know anything about Rey after three movies? She is stunning and brave, Drinker. STUNNING AND BRAVE!! What else would you need to know about her?

[@countkilroygraf8816]

"I bypassed the character development."

[@rennmaxbeta]

Perfect 👌

[@davidsummer8631]

Making a character like Rey the face of your films is like a very successful band putting their touring musicians at the front of the stage while they play behind them

[@thisisnotachannel]

Pink Floyd did that during their 79' - 81' run of "The Wall"... but only for the first song.

[@kevgamble]

And now that they've ruined and burned up most everything left of the "original band", they don't even have that bit of goodwill left to mine.

[@LN-Lifer]

Yeah except the band behind the curtain can't play either!

[@mattcarper9853]

Rey. The real girl with all the gifts. So Stunning. So Brave.

[@Alexander84129]

Usually the main character is a blank slate so you can imprint yourself, but Rey is the first invisible slate in Hollywood history

[@mr_ozzio5095]

She reminds me of Orlando Bloom, dull and lifeless just filling a space in each scene...

[@Mark-in8ju]

That works for interactive video games, not passive movies.

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

"Usually the main character is a blank slate" not usually no

[@chronfront1358]

Rey is the definition of a self insert character. She is basically Kathleen in Star Wars

[@Mark-in8ju]

Blank Slate works for interactive video games, not passive movies.

[@viniciusvalois2634]

Just like 2023 Velma is a pure self-insert of Mindy Barfing... I mean Kaling.

[@Imylover]

Harvey Keitel had a magnificent line in Pulp Fiction, written & directed by the master Quentin Tarantino: "Just because you are a character it doesn't mean that you HAVE character!" Little did Tarantino know this little line would fit Rey Palpatine & the majority of the Disney SW characters in a nutshell.

[@docsavage8640]

😆 🤣 😂 imagine calling Tarantino a "master." Almost everything good he's done was plagiarized from earlier writers and directors.

[@mar10ssj1]

​@@docsavage8640 good artist are inspired by others. Great artist, STEAL.

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@mar10ssj1 Whom did Bosch and Escher steal from?

[@Klaaism]

@@docsavage8640 Welcome to modern Hollywood. Although, I still find his movies far better entertainment than Disney Star Wars, with the exceptions of Andor and maybe Mandalorian.

[@creepycassette]

First five minutes of the video: Chris stuckmann just got railed out and didnt even get a cuddle after just got the lamp knocked over on the way out.

[@clangerbasher]

It is more than the character. Daisy Ridley is flatter than a relief map of the Fens.

[@TheMyrmo]

Hey, the iddy bitty titty committee HAS SPOKEN!

[@josephkerrigan733]

Yes but I'd struggle to think of any actress that could perform the actions and deliver the lines that Rey did that wouldn't make me dislike them.

[@kri249]

She's flatter than her chest.

[@thisisnotachannel]

Nice!

[@leonrobinson8180]

Let's not attack the actress. She wouldn't give you the time of day anyway.

[@brendanmccallion2350]

The Stuckman discussion was absolutely elite 🍻

[@v12vanquish135]

Do you know which open bar they discussed it? Would like to watch it, need a good laugh.

[@vidmikes]

“The movie [The Flash] was very successful and good.” - Chris Stuckmann, 2023

[@brando3342]

😂😂😂

[@meanderinoranges]

You guys are really taking one for the team by watching Chris Stuckman.

[@jaded5957]

At least she had more than Finn. By the last film he was reduced to repeatedly shouting "Rey!"

[@leonrobinson8180]

They turned him into a literal runaway slave. Always running, even named by a white man.

[@och70]

Did anyone ever count of the number of times where John Boyega ran into a scene, hit his mark, and shouted "Rey!!" in the Disney sequel trilogy?

[@lmahu6627]

As reduced as his presence in the Chinese poster of TFA.

[@Paulafan5]

Finn had more character in 5 minutes of TFA than Rey did in the entire trilogy.

[@UnclePhil73]

Sad Chris used to call out bad movies. I loved his Hilariocity videos dissecting a bad film. But he got all corporate friendly and said he refused to be negative ever again. Haven’t watched him since.

[@jonbell3177]

He openly admitted that since becoming a dad, he'd only review a film if he liked it.

[@platform14]

It's a respectable strategy in that he's 5-year-planning himself into awards ceremonies and doesn't want to be seen as the jerk among other directors, I get that. It's just a shame that he kept his channel going under the guise of being the same destination when it's a pale imitation of its past purpose

[@GoofTroop101]

Chris stuckmann always had garbage takes. Dude is like walking around in wet socks.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@jonbell3177 A film critic/commentator really has to review good and bad across the board. He's using fatherhood as an excuse as not to piss off his meal tickets. He's lost all autonomy. Picking and choosing the _sure thing_ is not only a cuck move, it's also compromised his integrity.

[@kevgamble]

@@jonbell3177 Fatherhood had the opposite effect on me - it made me that much more intolerant of cynical garbage like the SW sequel trilogy. I feel like I have *more* obligation to call out, and steer my kids away from, this kind of slimy, insincere, malicious incompetence.

[@death-king1834]

Jar Jar fucking Binks has more character depth than Rey goddamn Palpatine. Hell, even the mouse droid that Chewbacca scares off on the Death Star probably had more depth than Rey when compared.

[@nicholasmallard2926]

That 🐁 Droid needs his own Movie Trilogy!😁

[@tankmaker9807]

He did get some good lines in the Family Guy spoof as well.

[@commandercaptain4664]

That was always a given. No need to compare.

[@kylepage7491]

"The garbage will do." - Rey Palpatine Yeah. That sums it up.

[@firstlast9846]

*I always thought* Kylo was gonna move away from the dark side and Rey towards it.. would be cool if by the third film - the heroes and villains had been switched.

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Drama is what you get when characters progress through some sort of transformation. You expect these hack writers to know that! How silly!😂

[@abcdefghij337]

They made those expectations, only to say “We don’t have the balls to follow through.”

[@Kilgore6549]

Now THAT would have been subversive.

[@milquetoaste7144]

That would have been really cool honestly, and maybe it would have actually had some sort of cultural impact like the OG and prequel trilogies did

[@JoJo-vg8dz]

Kylo committed the ultimate crime. Redemption is impossible in the eyes of normal people. He's a monster.

[@carlrood4457]

Quotes become great when they tie us to characters we've come to care about and remind us of the context in which they're spoken. "I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" means little without the story Michael told Kay about Vito and the band leader. Add in the scene with the horse head and it's clear the phrase means, "I'm going to kill him if he doesn't do what I ask." The last line of Casablanca is referencing the fact that these two guys, who clearly have a 'friendship' of sorts throughout the movie and like each other on a personal level, have both made a choice to throw off the cynicism they've been living with the past few years and fight together for a just cause. Their earlier relationship was all wrapped up in that cynicism. Now it's something new and better. If you just read those lines to someone who didn't know the context, they wouldn't seem so great either. To a fan, they're so tied that when you think of them, you "hear" them in the actors' voices. You remember the scenes where they said them and parts of the movies related to those words. It can even be objectively a bad movie if the delivery worked. Look at "Street Fighter". We remember "OF COURSE!!" and "For me, it was Tuesday." because Raul Julia decided to have some fun and ham up the role as only he could. The point is the quotes are a byproduct of the connection we make with the story and characters. Nobody really did that with Rey because there really wasn't anything there. There could have been. The seeds were planted. Rian Johnson poured weed killer on them.

[@scottmcfadyen293]

Well Said !!!

[@Mereologist]

Some quotes are so epic we know instantly where they came from and even smile as we're reminded of the whole story around them. "Do you feel lucky, punk?" "I coulda been a contender!" "We're not in Kansas any more!" "You shall not pass!" Rey has nothing like this... in fact, her quotes are more likely to make you ANGRY as you remember how flat and disappointing everything was.

[@JamesRDavenport]

Perfect example of your point that even a bad/cheesy film can have character and memorable quotes: "STOP eating my sesame cake!" The film it comes from is an epic turd. Yet it still gives insight into the personality of the character who said it.

[@Darkington]

Zack Snyder managed to make an entire cast of Reys in Rebel Moon.

[@Rich_H_1972]

Rey makes Jar Jar look like a Daniel-Day Lewis character.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Jar Jar was always Buster Keaton of space.

[@exeterjedi6730]

It was an uncredited cameo. He didn't break character for a month.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

One dimensional bland characters designed to be as least offensive as possible? How could this go wrong?

[@Durwood71]

This new director chick says it's her goal to make the characters as offensive to men as possible.

[@ComedicPause]

@@Durwood71 At least she'll be more interesting if she's hateable. The movie will be ass, but the content from these guys might be fun.

[@RB-bd5tz]

The fact that they are one dimensional and bland is part of what makes them offensive, though.

[@Klaaism]

I've had healthy cereal with more character development.

[@ПавелПаршин-к4ю]

My personal favorite Rey quote is:"I'm the avatar and you're gonna deal with it"

[@johnny.V03]

My favorite Rey quote is “It’s Reyping time!” Then Reyped all over the place.

[@och70]

I was about 10 years old when 'Empire' was released. I don't remember negative things being said about it. I do remember long, long lines at movie theaters, the "Wait...Luke's father is WHO?!?!?" reactions, and people seeing it multiple times.

[@tomchris60]

I was a 19 when Empire was released and Chris was right, the reviews were lukewarm to positive at best. While critics jumped on the Star Wars bandwagon in 1977, they seemed loaded for bear in 1980. Top critics that I read acknowledged Empire's groundbreaking special effects, but were mystified by the story's structure and the cliffhanger ending. Even worse, the publisher of Cinefantastique- the elite Sci-Fi/Horror film magazine at the time- HATED Empire and wrote a scathing review. Thankfully, Empire's critical standing would change after Return of the Jefi.

[@aldunlop4622]

I was about 15, and I remember when it ended going “what, that’s the end, keep going!” I would’ve sat there for another 2-3 hours.

[@tomchris60]

@Abraham-xi9ep That's right. I remember when Lucas and producer Gary Kurtz wondrously stated they planned to produce possibly 9 films. I don't think even high brow critics understood this at the time. Fortunately, many people (and some critics) close to Sci-Fi fandom understood that Empire was a darker, richer chapter in an expanding saga.

[@rustyshackelford4224]

​@@tomchris60 Very compelling indeed.

[@tomchris60]

Me too!!

[@bottlethrower1544]

Thanks for having Reaper on your show!

[@beartackle]

In Episode 7, I was intrigued by Rey and thought she could be interesting. I kept wondering how she knew how to use the force and other things without training. I then thought maybe she has amnesia and was trained earlier but doesn't remember for whatever reason. Then Episode 8 came out and I was done with the Star Wars franchise. The first 6 movies are good enough for me!

[@rolla2035]

The original intention was that Luke was helping her from afar. Remember when she's fighting Kylo and getting her ass kicked and she closes her eyes and then all of a sudden she defeats him? That was supposed to be Luke helping her. But Rian Johnson ruined all that and ruined the character of Luke.

[@nocrtname]

Yo I thought the same thing, or she had her memory wiped like Revan. She knows how to repair and fly the Falcon so well because she's flown it before but she just forgot. What a missed opportunity.

[@Splitter4416]

Same. I really wanted to give Disney the benefit of doubt because surely, SURELY Disney wasn’t going to be that lazy and incompetent with the most evergreen brand in American pop culture history…

[@och70]

I acknowledge only seven Star Wars movies. The original trilogy, the prequels, which are cinematic gold now that the Disney sequels exist, and 'Rogue One'.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Yeah I agree. I didn’t really mind her in the first movie. I thought the idea behind a scavenger waiting for her family was actually interesting. There was a lot of potential to explore that. I don’t think they took those ideas in the right direction sadly.

[@Nickle_King]

Can you imagine a situation where Rey had to deal with a problem with conversation and diplomacy? What would she say? What would she do? How many wars would she start failing?

[@digiscream]

The best part of this video is the plaintive "no..." at the end. Masterful editing there, sir :D

[@jamiecollins7915]

great quotes of rey -100 blank pages you can use as a note book.

[@savagedirk9267]

As someone who skipped school and stood in line for hours to see Empire I can assure you it was well received!

[@guilherme5094]

👍👍!

[@noelburland7169]

Rey was effectively created to replace the legacy of the Skywalker name. Instead of Anakin Skywalker redeeming himself and defeating Emperor Palpatine and then his son Luke successfully rebuilding the Jedi Order, they ended up bringing Palpatine back from the dead so that he could be defeated by Rey and had Luke's attempt to rebuild the Order fail. Now they are planning on new films where Rey is rebuilding the Jedi Order. All of this just takes a large, steaming turd on the legacy of the Original Trilogy and that just leaves me with feelings of sadness.

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Turd? No - more like explosive diarrhea all over it!

[@georgedavidson957]

in a genre absolutely overflowing with great female characters ... organa, ripley, conner, ivanova, aeryn sun, Vala Mal Doran, Uhura, Roslin, Thrace, Delenn, T'Pol, Amidala, Servalan, Deering .............. Rey Palpatine stands out as a soulless, featureless, nonentity with the character development of an amoeba other than the instant ability to the BESTETS EVAH at anything and be a smug pain while doing it. bizarrely intended to be superior to all of the above ....... !

[@TransformersBoss]

You forgot the best Rey quote: “Chewie!” (Screeched like a banshee)

[@MisterTee]

Regarding Stuckmann. I think she knows what he is talking about but is so intent on breaking in as a filmmaker that he won’t say anything that could ruffle feathers in the bubble he wants to join. He is like Campea in a way….just not vulgar and full of self hatred.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Being a _brown-nose_ in this manner will backfire. He's forgetting that his viewers on You Tube are also the same people who buy movie tickets. Audiences are tired of being sold out.

[@OmieBlue]

I used to really enjoy stuckmann’s reviews a couple of years ago. They were insightful and had unique perspectives. However, I've noticed a shift towards a more vanilla and predictable style. While I respect his hustle and wish him well in the industry.If his reviews are a prediction of what his movies will be like, it’s just not my cup of tea.

[@leyenda6149]

​@@virtuserableonce he started exclaiming he was a pansexual it was like saying anything disparaging about anyone ever again was off-limits

[@scottsetzke7967]

​@@leyenda6149wtf is that

[@atillathehungry3145]

I subbed to Stuckman for a few months until I realized he enthusiastically liked EVERYTHING.

[@leyenda6149]

That's why I stopped watching Cosplay Chris. He would never call a 💩 a 💩

[@non-applicable3548]

I liked Vee's idea of having her do fan service shots lmao

[@natetete1379]

The best character moments for rey were her seeing stuff for the first time. The "so much green" line I thought was perfect. However. She was referring to the green screen not trees.

[@rustyshackelford4224]

Well yeah ain't that the truth?

[@donaldneill4419]

Those quotes put Anakin's anti-sand rant into perspective.

[@abcdefghij337]

It’s genius in comparison if you consider all the metaphysical meaning behind it. Sand isn’t just sand, it’s the reminder of his upbringing as a slave.

[@olandir]

Really good point. I mean, we rag on and meme to death that sand rant, but we REMEMBER it. Everyone immediately knows what you're talking about, who he's talking to, why he's saying what he's saying. We know the speech/rant/quote. It's impactful enough that its endured. Compare that to the MOST memorable quote from The sequel trilogy "Somehow, Palpatine Returned"

[@Paulafan5]

I honestly didn't get why people freaked out over that sand line.

[@RoninCatholic]

@@Paulafan5 It's not that the line was an unnatural sentiment, but that it was very blandly and matter of factly written. Almost all the dialog in the prequel trilogy was stiff and wooden like that, getting the character's motive and desires across but often with more words or more formality than would actually fit the character's persona. Lucas's writing for the OT was stiff like that too, but he wasn't _the legendary Star Wars director_ at the time so the actors were more likely to question the wording and propose/adlib small changes for their characters, like Han Solo saying "I know" in response to Leia saying "I love you". Basically, the Star Wars prequels are mostly good ideas and the execution failures are mostly down to insufficient revision. Star Wars sequel trilogy are a combination of incompetence on the part of most staffers and active maliciousness on the parts of Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson.

[@commandercaptain4664]

Anakin was always right. Sand sucks balls.

[@CannonRaw]

5:20 "stop holding my hand!" My sister had an interesting interpretation of this line. She took it as Finn having no social skills from being a stormtrooper. So ehen is getting back his humanity he is essentially a child. If this was the case then all I could think was "that sounds stupid." In the time writing this. If Finn had a similar story to Kurt Russell's character in soldier. I reckon that would be significantly better. Shows the threat of the first order and the return of his humanity over the trilogy.

[@ArkhamsAngel13]

Funny you mentioned Soldier.not 5 mins ago I watched something about iit.just thought that was neat enough to mention.

[@felynecomrade]

As much as I like Finn (he and Kylo being the 2 best new characters in VII), he never really lacked humanity. It was never made abundantly clear that he WAS a cold-blooded murderous Stormtrooper. That would have made him even more interesting than he turned out, but Disney played it safer and had him never truly fitting in with the others.

[@heelmoxley365]

If I had a time machine I’d go back to all the excited fan boys in 2013-15, and inform them of everything.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

Better you go a year further back and inform George on what is going to happen to his beloved LucasFilm.

[@ReinoldFZ]

Some did it. We should have listened to them.

[@Dr.Harvey]

Nobody would believe you.

[@ItsaKindOfMagic86]

lol they wont believe you

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@ReinoldFZ Some of us did without having to, back when Disney became Disneyfilm.

[@doopdoopdopdop7424]

Wait she has quotes?

[@Gabelleroux]

6:30 Gundums comment had me in tears especially when everyone’s just like uhhhh okay. 😂

[@themetalvet8534]

I didn't remember any of those quotes until Drinker said them. For contrast, I had heard the "No Luke, I AM your father" line hundreds of times before I had even seen the movie.

[@Hello-bi1pm]

That's not a real quote

[@lukemix6463]

It’s “No, I am your father”

[@Shlogger]

Mandella effect

[@themetalvet8534]

​@@lukemix6463Got me there. I actually got it mixed up with the more famous misquote of "Luke, I am your father," lol

[@themetalvet8534]

@@Hello-bi1pm Yeah, I got it mixed up with the famous misquote of "Luke, I am your father." My point still stands, though. I heard several versions of it before having seen the movie it came from.

[@Marcell2aG]

Rey is like this....blank slate. A template. A humanoid base where a character hasn't been placed yet. Poor Daisy Ridley, man. This is gonna haunt her career.

[@gdr1174]

I love how she was a completely polished character right from the get go 😂. Absolutely no investment from the viewer required

[@needlesandsonics5819]

I took my 10 year old son who was a huge Star Wars fan and even bigger Darth Vader fan to see TFA. Once Kylo took off his helmet my son was sorely disappointed, but after Rey was the GOAT with no training at all we left the theatre and never watched another Disney Star Wars movie. We both still love the originals and that’s where our story ends.

[@rustyshackelford4224]

Why is your son a huge SW fan?

[@alexvesper7820]

...I can't remember a quote from any character in that entire trilogy. I do remember cringing a lot.

[@misterfevillord1588]

Somehow Palatine returned

[@HereTakeAFlower]

​@@misterfevillord1588 literally unforgettable

[@misterfevillord1588]

They fly now?!

[@finkamain1621]

A good question, for another time

[@trevorthornley8835]

The only lines, for me, that were memorable was, "impressive. Everything you said was wrong" and "that's not how the force works!"

[@AnitaLife27]

When Natalie Portman said she was already in Star bores, Taika Waititi asked daisy ridley to join his untitled Taika Waititi Star Wars project. She said she’d be glad to, since she had never been in a Star Wars project. 😂

[@tstockel]

Speaking as someone who in his teenage years saw Empire Strike Back me, my brothers and my friends all loved that film. Vader being awesomely Vaderish, the reveal of the Emperor, Boba Fett (who, we were sure was going to be utterly awesome in the follow up film), Yoda, Lando, the action sequences and the fact that the ending was so unexpected all contributed to a very memorable, enjoyable experience. And the reveal! Man, we were stunned. It was the twist no one saw coming. So I don't know where this myth about the movie being poorly received is coming from. Maybe he's just talking about the critics' reactions. It's true the movie didn't make as much as the first but that almost always happens with sequels.

[@aldunlop4622]

I was a teenager too, i loved it. I was surprised when it suddenly ended.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Rey is a neat character who has literally tens of lines in her movies.

[@GC_420]

The actress is so great in her talents...I cannot believe how many movies she is in at the moment!

[@knaudi86]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way about Stuckman. And no, I don't want to to get Stuckmanized

[@916hayabusa]

And daisys delivery is just as good as Alec guinesses too, someone giver her an Oscar.

[@finaltouchstudio_]

Honestly, the only line I can remember from Rey is “Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth”

[@SuperSaiyaGinge]

I had to go and check Stuckmann's reviews for the sequel trilogy after you mentioned him and my god, I forgot his stance on them lol.

[@calebharch7229]

We got 3 movies with Rey, and zero character development. Hey, maybe the 4th times the charm.

[@anthonylakich1727]

Chris Stuckman..the name says it all... he's like if a cardboard cutout reviewed Movies

[@thetequilaprofessor]

Rey is character fluid.

[@leyenda6149]

Yeah. She's not even character-adjacent

[@chrisbaker8533]

They left out the most important, consequential line in all of star wars.. "Reeeeeeeyyyy". I just couldn't get enough of finn yelling it. It was just so moving.

[@tjcarr8097]

I love Gundam’s screen here!

[@richarddoyle3420]

The 80's babe in 'The Road Warrior'. Kicks ass, shows fear. Tries to save her disabled mate, shot dead. That is way too hardcore now.

[@morganneher8643]

The force came to me in a dream and said very clearly: “Don’t see those movies” Made a wise decision I suspect I did lol

[@BH_UbaPapa]

This Chris guy is full of Cow Splatl!! I remember standing in line that wrapped around the corner In San Bernardino California for 2 1/2❤ hours to just buy tickets to see The Empire strikes back! Besides the latest Rock concert,This movie was all anybody at school was talking about. Yeh I'd say It was "Very well recieved".

[@leonbarry4133]

Making Rey the main character is like making James Rolfe the rhythm guitarist the frontman of your band. HISS!

[@mikespike3962]

"Signs" IS really good and I will die on that hill.

[@jasonotto9126]

Agreed 👍

[@rustyshackelford4224]

​@@jasonotto9126 Signs was a good thriller until the 3rd act.

[@jasonotto9126]

@rustyshackelford4224 yeah it was a little anticlimactic

[@LornRoberts]

I knew Rey was a wish fulfillment character when she was better at everything than all of the heroes in New Hope. Then she picked up force mastery in less than a minute, then put the beatdown on a Darth. The only two options for after that were apotheosis, or a heroes' death. She's all the Jedi.

[@kentlindal5422]

"Stop taking my hand." -Luke Skywalker

[@GtheMVP]

"Who are you?" "I'm Rey, Ray Palaptine" Chain lightning attack/kill. That would have made her interesting and explained her gifts.

[@heelmoxley365]

RAYvenge of the Sith!!

[@George-de6hd]

The funny thing is Chris fancy’s himself a “film buff” 😂😂

[@KCRvrRnnr]

You should do a roundtable about how Finn was grossly mistreated. What better backstory than a defecting stormtrooper who also checks off a diversity box (for those who care). Instead they treated John Boyega (who is an excellent actor) like a clown. Huge opportunity missed which could have made everything so much better.

[@Mereologist]

If they had been willing to slow way down and actually build the characters up instead of thinly copy them with extra diversity checkboxes, they had a LOT of potential. Rey could have been a sad orphan looking to develop a relationship with Han Solo, bonding over their knowledge of mechanics and the Millennium Falcon, which would have made his loss actually meaningful to her. Finn could have been something truly unique - a stormtrooper who defects - and exploring how this could even happen. The exception is Poe who has even less personality and background than Rey. Most people don't even mention him because he's nothing. But they could have actually made the effort to GIVE him something more than nothing. That could have been nice.

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

Retconning decades long and established lore about stormtroopers and how they’re all clones of one guy (who isn’t black) is not what I would give any focus to. It’s an insult to people that bothered to learn these little nuggets about the universe thinking they meant something and weren’t just ephemeral conveniences to be done away with at the first opportunity

[@Klaaism]

There's a really good fan film series with stormtroopers, and one related short film, The Flower, would imho have made a really poignant origin story for a sergeant who just had enough. The one final straw that broke him. kzbin.info/www/bejne/en7cXoudjsmkr8U

[@SalvadorButtersworth]

John Boyega is a clown, they only hired him because he has "boy" in his name

[@jlev1028]

​@roarbertbearatheon8565 Uh, you do realize, by the OT, most Stormtroopers were conscripts, right? The only thing the movie retconned was Han and Chewie's character development.

[@markmongan]

Yeah, nah, I was 5 when me and my cousin snuck into my uncle's study and found a vhs of a new movie. It was Empire. I've never been the same again.

[@juan_martinez524]

no quote will ever top "they fly now?"

[@finkamain1621]

"Somehow... Palpatine returned"

[@MmeCShadow]

"Something inside me has always been there" I think there was more to this line but I was too busy laughing. This is trying so hard to be profound but all I can think is that she's deeply upset by her pancreas.

[@carlrood4457]

The "something inside of me..." quote could have been a great line if it were actually shown to be relevant. If Rey weren't so damned confident and able all the time; if she had flaws and weaknesses, then it could have been a memorable reminder of her vulnerability

[@trevorthornley8835]

It was very on the nose.

[@leighsimmons2663]

Personality requires risk taking, because the character has to have opinions that be rebuked, make mistakes that can be judged, unlikable and likable aspects to make them human and rounded. Ray was made to say little, a corporate vanilla placeholder that offended nothing.

[@Aikurisu]

It's kind of sad when all of Rey's lines in the Disney Trilogy can be bested by even the most mundane throwaway line in Andor. And even then said Andor lines were still good by comparison.

[@supern0is349]

can u believe we are getting ANOTHER movie with this amazing character? i cant wait 🤣🤣

[@osmanyousif7849]

I’ve mentioned this before in Drinker’s video on female characters, but I’ll say this again. The reason Rey as a character failed is because she suffers from the “surrogate problem”. To summarize in short, check out what I commented in his video (Why Modern Movies Suck - Their Female Characters): Rey suffers this problem due to the fact that, as a “surrogate”, she’s not an ACTIVE character, as none of the Sequel Trilogy’s events really happen because of her. She literally just gets wrapped into the conflict and is just along for the ride, while conveying what is happening in our mind as the viewer. But she really isn’t all that RE-ACTIVE either, because as everyone has seen, nothing that gets thrown at her (figuratively, and literally), really has any effect on her or influences the plot. Even when the Trilogy tries giving Rey some backstory or character development, not only is it placed at the worst time of each movie, but again, it literally has no effect later on. Yet, for some reason the filmmakers, keep trying to make it sound relevant for later on, in order to keep us waiting. Now, even when a character is extremely passive, I can let it slide if it is for the development they receive and how they will react, in the climax of a story. But for some reason, Rey really doesn’t have that moment at all. Now, one can argue that this is because the series was trying to bring in so many plot points that I didn’t have time to focus on every character, to which I will agree with that flaw. However, it does lead to a much more bigger flaw with the series as well, when you realize that your main character could’ve just been cut out from the story completely, and nothing would’ve changed, from the story itself. But if your characters, especially if they’re the main protagonist (whether male or female), are almost completely irrelevant to the story and its conclusion, something has indeed gone wrong. It would be like if Sarah Conner, John McClane, or Harry Potter either weren’t there for the climaxes of their stories, or didn’t go through any of the development they went through, yet they made the final blow, despite showing more competent characters that can do so.

[@rustyshackelford4224]

Yep. Was having the exact same thought about Rey too. Was also saying the same thing about the Mario Bros in Illumination's SMB Movie once you analyze it and pay close attention, and mind you SMB's _trying_ to be your typical Hero's Journey story. It's really badly written like most Illumination movies once you put your thinking cap on...

[@osmanyousif7849]

@@rustyshackelford4224 , yeah. In all honesty, I think most can agree that the filmmakers should have switched around the characters that should have had the focus more on. Because Toad and Luigi were literally useless throughout the whole movie, unless the movie says they aren't, especially in what's suppose to be a story about the two brothers. And that's something I'm usually not a fan of.

[@Сайтамен]

I thought Drinker made this list himself for fun...but then I heard it was from ScreenRant. Makes more sense.

[@carlrood4457]

Let's admit it, the whole advanced screening system is a modern form of payola. You really shouldn't trust any pre-release reviews because they're bought and paid for with access to the next screening.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

"Rey Palpatine" "Rey Skywalker" *_PALPATINE!"_*

[@docproc144]

They could’ve given us a sequel trilogy starring Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker following his life after Return of the Jedi and showing him recruiting Force sensitives and building up his new refined Jedi Order with him as Grandmaster. And if they wanted a “strong female character” they could’ve just brought in Mara Jade and made her canon. She’s badass. But no, we have a trilogy and now an upcoming solo film for Rey “Skywalker.” What Disney’s done to this once great IP is nothing less than a slap in the face to long time fans.

[@Hello-bi1pm]

The goal is not female representation. The goal was to diminish American icons, that's the only thing that makes sense. That means every Luke appearance is minimized and his legacy diminished and when Favreau sneaked Luke into Mando he was punished.

[@loneronin6813]

"The garbage will do." I'm pretty sure Kathleen Kennedy said exactly that when she saw the final edit of the movie.

[@sollytom6266]

Saying "some movies didn't quite connect" is like saying "in 1939 Germany acted on a questionable decision."

[@wilberwhateley7569]

Or “Mr. Manson and his gang got up to a little too much mischief one night.”