Drinker's Open Bar #7 (feat. Yellowflash, Geeks & Gamers, Nerdrotic and Fringy)

Christmas spirits are high (especially in my bloodstream) as me and the gang discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home and The Matrix Resurrections.
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[@trekkiifaann735]

Timestamp: 5:50 Matrix 4 8:15 NWH 22:10 superman / NWH 32:30 Hawkeye / Falcon 37:01 NWH 49:30 Matrix 4 1:10:54 jeremy leaves / Matrix 1:22:10 Witcher / Matrix 1:37:15 Resident Evil / Matrix 1:44:40 Star wars / Knives Out 1:53:10 Marvel Phase 4 2:00:05 Indi 5 / Uncharted 2:09:10 Arcane / Midnight mass / Doctor Who 2:17:10 GoT / LOTR 2:23:08 Yellowflash Leaves / Superchats

[@jamjamh4409]

I saw this after the spoilers lol thanks tho

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@premier1975]

Considering the first Matrix movie's superiorty over all the sequal and its cultural effect, did the wachowski's even direct that or was it directed by someone else and they were allowed to take credit for it......?

[@ghostinthecraig]

🍻🙌🏾

[@met3o708]

thank you so much

[@three2267]

Hugo & Lawrence may be the biggest winners in Resurections. Dodged the proverbial bullet in this tiresome unnecessary 4th install.

[@Galvatronover]

Yeah they bullet time Dodged this movie

[@KendoSwordsman]

I haven't seen it yet but I'm due to on Sunday with a mate. He's excited and I didn't have the gusto to break his hope based on the feedback so far from my trusted sources such as present company. I'm kinda dreading it now because I already know how bad it is. Oh well, there'll be an interesting conversation I guess afterwards. We've been there before with Star wars though. I knew that was gonna be a shit show from early on but off we went to watch our hero's demise and all.... Damn it... 😂

[@darthbiker2311]

God loves them both more than the others and delivered them from much evil.

[@xpurplethighs7596]

I really just wish Moss and Reeves also dodged the bullet..

[@bad-people6510]

Someone extended a theory to me that the movie was made bad on purpose as a middle finger to the studio for forcing it to be made. And thinking about the film it makes scary amounts of sense. It's got that Shawn Michaels vs Hulk Hogan energy.

[@jackusmc2542]

The beginning of the stream sounds like the beginning of a Joke, a Scotsman, Welshman and an Aussie walk into a bar!

[@Kakashi-gu3mi]

And history was made lol love these guys

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Merry Christmas Drinker, may those Superchats be enough for the “Extra Special” from Tatiana 😉

[@butthz8850]

Superchats, or Superchasers?

[@Yup712]

LMAO!!! Good one!

[@christopheredwards5337]

This is why I love replays. Saved this for Xmas day since I'm working lol and this is gonna help the shitty day fly by. Merry Xmas all and well at least I'm getting paid double time lol

[@cal928]

i literally walked out of no way home and went straight to the matrix 4 and it was night and day

[@jedifonz7684]

Shame you didn't do it the other way around....

[@CTSmerv]

I'm loving these Open Bars! it's like EFAP and FNT went on a bender!

[@ThabaniTBowseHadebe0909]

The Drinker with MauLer can't go wrong..Best intro by the way. Merry Christmas you filthy animals

[@ghostinthecraig]

Not to mention Trinity became level 💯 the minute she unplugged where Neo had to "learn"

[@dancivitello9080]

They really gave Neo the Luke Skywalker treatment in this one.

[@turtleanton6539]

Sad

[@thebitsanpiecesman4423]

No they didn’t

[@MrAhriman42]

Regarding the Mummy, Adventure/action movies, and such: I want a D&D movie that's just a very typical pulp adventure story, but in a fantasy setting. A fallen paladin and a reformed hexblade get together a crew to kill a lich (and take his stuff). I have most of the trailer figured out already.

[@SithisLich]

Spiderman:NWH showed how good Andrew Garfields Spiderman should have been.

[@happyhammer1]

I bet once they have exhausted expanding their respective multiverses, Warner Brothers and Disney will do a DC Marvel crossover. Sounds crazy, but the idea that Sony would let Spiderman be in the MCU was considered impossible before it happened.

[@mavezy]

Awesome chat with a great bunch of guys! Thanks and Merry Christmas everyone!

[@marychocolatefairy]

Re the lack of merch selling for the SW sequels- I have an 8 year old niece, and she has tons of things from the Mandolorian and the OT- books, dolls, pins, puzzles, clothing, etc. But not one thing from the sequels. Come to think of it, I don't think anyone in my Star Wars-loving family has anything from the sequels, except for the TFA DVD one of my siblings has. But that's it.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Interesting.

[@milkshakebarrage9581]

Ahem. Daily reminder that: 1. Demon Slayer has profited US$9 BILLION by the end of 2020, more than the entire Avengers Tetralogy combined with Captain Marvel added to it. 2. Matrix 4 is getting lower scores than Matrix 3. Have a nice day and a Happy Tomboymas.

[@Cleron_O_Andarilho]

They talked about demon slayer?

[@milkshakebarrage9581]

@@Cleron_O_Andarilho No, I just need to remind people of the state of M-She-U, WokeDC, and Woke Disney being beaten by one single manga/anime series.

[@ducminhduong9873]

It's crazy numbers, but reminder that the figure includes merch sales, which is the bulk of the profit.

[@zacefron8480]

Oh ok, that makes mich more sense now.

[@LiquidAwesomePersonified]

Aside from the obvious things about this movie (goblin, ock, toby, etc.) that i loved i think its worth mentioning that my favourite aspect of the film was that every single spider-man still had their own/unique suit/look. I was worried they would give Toby and Andrew an updated/modern "Disney" spider-suit in this movie that looked like their originals but with the robo-eyes and shit but NO!!! they didnt! and i *loved* it!! because yeah, obviously it helped to differentiate them but the suits themselves are as iconic as the actors so changing them would have totally ruined it the vibe. Also actually, i really liked when sandman showed up too and was just like "hey, remember me? you want some help?" i know mauler thought that was silly but i reckon it was perfectly fitting for a guy made of sand to ask if spider-man remembers him; peter regularly deals with all kinds of crazy crap across all universes so a dude made of sand might not actually be very memorable - in peter's life, meeting a dude made of sand is probably about as common as meeting someone who likes ice in their wine or honey instead of maple syrup on pancakes; sure it's weird but it happens.

[@dicksuekkerre4326]

It made sense because who knows how long its been in sandmans universe since theyve met (we saw tobeys Spiderman was considerably older). And sandman was in distressconfused. If you're in distress and you havnt seen some one in years and you are approaching them for help youd ask from the start do you remember me? It's not like they were child hood friends

[@scottski02]

MauLer's idea of Strange actually being Mephisto in disguise is a rare case where I would actually support an official retcon. Not only does that fit so much better for NWH's story, it would be a solid setup for introducing another intimidating villain to the MCU, something it desperately needs (among many other things).

[@laurenmasters]

This counts as a EFAP since fringy is here

[@vinceburris2538]

Love the sweater Drinker.

[@iagolives2007]

1:46:40 - The amount of Rose Tico toys that are still sitting on shelves now, after 4 years is embarrassing. Nobody wants them! Empty, vacuous pieces of plastic that probably cost millions to mass produce that nobody wants. Embarrassing!

[@clamhammer4277]

@criticaldrinker so glad you had Gary from Nerdrotic on. You two are both my favorite content creators on the Tube.

[@KendoSwordsman]

The original matrix is on right now on Sky. I'll enjoy that. It should have been left as a stand alone film in my opinion. Had that been the case it would have aged like Blade Runner did (well until 2049 came out that is, although as far as "reboot sequels" are concerned that's definitely not the worst example, far from it.) The first Matrix stands up really well if you ignore the rest of them though.

[@garywintle8023]

Animatrix is better than all the Matrix movies.

[@libertyprime6932]

Another all star line up, this is the golden age of media critique youtube 😁

[@davidgannon5388]

2:06:52 - I loved it when they were camped and talking about... the Book... of the *Dead,* and the ominous wind blew. And then Rick said, "It does that a lot around here..."

[@tommythompson7941]

Merry Christmas you intelligent bastards!

[@Yup712]

Merry Christmas Drinker!!! And Merry Christmas to Mauler, Gary, Jeremy, AZ, and everyone from Friday Night Tights, EFAP, Real BBC, Yellow Flash, and Geeks & Gamers!!!

[@skylx0812]

_"Ah, Christmas... Warm and rosy time. The hot wine steams, the Yule log roars and we're the fat thats in the fire."_ -The Lion in Winter The merriest and the warmiest. 😊

[@ghostinthecraig]

Matrix physically played with our emotions. We just didn't see it coming as hard.

[@richardbechtold2975]

love you guys... merry christmas!!!!

[@Kylenashari]

I wish someone would give me a Admiral Holdo Toy.. That way id finally have the truly unstoppable drive to go out, build a 500mw rail gun, make a slug that that could hold the toy, and blast it through the side of Prius with riotous, explosive, and concussive satisfaction,.

[@astolatpere11]

Big shout out from northern California. Merry Christmas all!

[@kalaharimine]

Merry Christmas All. Thanks for the effort lads.

[@solarsailer4166]

Happy Christmas Drinker!

[@azrialmarks8756]

Another way to look at the end is that when a man and a woman are united and become one only then can they create a miracle. Kinda like they were promoting a marriage between a man and a woman is the only way to create the miracle of life unintentionally.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

At least when Babylon 5 did multiple "the Ones" they were all for specific periods of time when they were needed most. Having multiple chosen ones all at the same time kind of muddies the waters a bit.

[@yung_wise5861]

Remember, in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, the 2 Peter Parkers look exactly the same. The only difference is what they've experienced so Tobey could come back if they killed him in this movie

[@Magnificent7Seven]

Love Arcane, watched it when it debut. So glad you have had a chance to watch it and enjoyed it!

[@JeThoreau_]

1:34:30 “you’ve gotta Dew batter, chicken!” Lmao at the crossover FatWS reference

[@UncleBernhard]

Damn, that Mephisto idea is great! That's why they earn the big bucks!

[@turtleanton6539]

Oh

[@Pedant_Patrol]

Really enjoying this.

[@CaptainTitforce]

Merry christmas guys! I have to go open some gifts, so I'll go away now!

[@Grandmastergav86]

Right....."Keanu Reeves isn't as quick at the Kung Fu he learned for the originals." I don't doubt that Keanu trained hard but the man behind the action, Yuen Woo Ping was a legend of HK action cinema and I'm not talking about the 90's stuff most normies know about. His pedigree was long established domestically before he worked in the States. It was YWP and his team that demanded the cast work on a strict training regimen. YWP/Sammo/Lau Kar Leung's choreographic work from the Golden Era of HK action cinema (1966-1994) is without equal IMO. It was rumoured that Keanu had as many as 13 stunt doubles (for the originals), I'm not saying he didn't try hard and I'm aware that he sustained a notable injury on the set of The Matrix which limited him significantly but the extent to which he was doubled was obvious. The same holds true for the rest of the cast. If you understand how action scenes are designed/constructed this is abundantly clear. I could go on a diatribe about how HK action directors never preplanned their action scenes and were masters of choreographing to the camera (without on-set monitors, they had very limited budgets and at best could rely on the rushes at the ends of shoots) and improvisation but I'll cut that short. YWP and his team had no involvement on this film and while I don't particularly rate the action in the original trilogy, it's significantly better than what's "showcased" in this travesty.

[@Not_Mr.G]

Right, it was not Keanu's age. Look at the John Wick movies. He is athletic enough to do some great choreography still. It is entirely how those scenes were trained for, staged, filmed and edited.

[@Grandmastergav86]

@@Not_Mr.G Yeah, I've scene HK stars roll back the years well into their 50's. Age isn't as big a limiting factor as you'd imagine, you can either work on raw ability or work around that (as is the case with Keanu et al).

[@alex9x9]

Ocean mahahan, take me by the hayahand...

[@adamw116]

I have to admit the whole meta wanting to "Return To The Matrix" storyline when it comes to modern Hollywood is both honest yet uninspired at the same time.

[@lourencomurteira9353]

The Drinker is the one that should be cast as Nathan Drake honestly

[@zaprowsdoweriii662]

Are people back at Peter Parker's high school wondering why they have all that Spiderman paraphernalia in their display case? Did all the newspapers naming Peter Parker as Spiderman disappear? Are the hours and days the best friends hung out just a black spot in their minds now or did they get filled with new false memories? Like, last Monday they spent the whole day together...so what is their memory of last Monday now?

[@gertballyhead]

magic

[@MediumRareOpinions]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYfKh3VpptisibM "A wizard did it"

[@MilkT0ast]

1:34:35 omg that’s funny “You gotta Dew Batter chicken!”

[@way-out]

~The Quintessential Drunklord~ That should stay 😆

[@SilasMckeeIII]

28 min: The literary term you are looking for is bathos, and Poe thought that it was a plague in writing. It is essentially using a serious moment to crack some kind of light joke even if it comes at the expense of characterization or the plot. a great example is Hulk/Banner in infinity war tripping in the hulkbuster on the way to the main fight. a competent doctor who is a universally known fighter (after ragnorak) in a multibillion dollar mech just trips out of no where while screaming how happy he is to play with the mech like a little girl would. it usually kills the emotion of a scene just for a quick laugh, most likely done because comedy sells tickets over well written stories, and disney knows that.

[@themovieguy6252]

'The Matrix Regressions'

[@fallskjermjeger.]

The world didn't forget Spiderman existing, but rather Peter himself

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Merry Christmas Critical, hope its another one you can't/won't remember.

[@ajmatheson2807]

Watching this in April 23 and hearing the predictions and where the boys were right and where they were wrong is fun.

[@theaverageDon]

Finally watched the Spider-Man movie so I now have the full context of everything from EFAP and Nerdrotic. I have to say, what's good is great and what's bad is Strang, literally. I absolutely hate the parts with Strange on an objective and world building level. The parts with Spider-Man, any of them, are great

[@garywintle8023]

Strange is just a plot device, just like he is in the comics.

[@Se05239]

Sadly, I got nothing else than water to drink but I'll drink to you nonetheless! Merry Christmas!

[@davidgannon5388]

1:25:15 - "Do you hear that, Mister Baggins? That is the sound of inevitability. It is the sound of... your death. Good bye... Mister Baggins." - "My name... is... FRODO!!!!"

[@RetiredMillennial]

It was so bad that I thought of doing my first video on youtube but then as time passed I thought I would just be shouting at the screen...ffs this was literally the worst thing I have seen lately, maybe because I was really into matrix back in the day, all 3 of them.

[@danelynch7171]

We need more people screaming at the screen. Might be entertaining. GOD F*CKING SPEED!

[@RetiredMillennial]

@@danelynch7171 lol yes probably but I would most likely be incoherent, that's how pissed off I was.

[@mjss88]

I think the big take away from Spider Man: No Way Home is a movie can have issues (the whole beginning plot line) but when a movies has well written characters, with meaningful arcs…that can cover a multitude of sins…and how they handled the three Spider Man characters together..that was huge.

[@davidgannon5388]

20:00 - I still maintain that Holland's first Spider-Man movie was "Captain America: Civil War." But "Homecoming" should really have been named "Growing Pains." (Just like Winter Soldier should have been called "Broken Shield.")

[@joeschmoe3665]

I still reiterate there is almost endless directions for the story to go after revolutions, even though I don't love the sequels but a fragile peace between humans and machines and the architect at least SAYS that all those plugged into the matrix will be free and their savior just died heroically. It's like a perfect backstory to build on.

[@theglanconer6463]

Happy X/mass you mad lads from besieged the Netherlands !

[@williamholmes7529]

I watched the last 40 odd minutes dying, I wanted the end credits so I could go for a piss 🤭

[@bobnewfart7630]

Merry Christmas Drinker.

[@hieronymusboss7705]

1) Based line-up. I don't know who Yellowflash is but he seems pretty cool. 2) The energy of this podcast was humming from the word go. Very fun to listen to. 3) NWH was like watching redemption on screen. It just felt good. Watching Arcane was like that too, honestly. 4) Gary has a shirt depicting Geralt of Rivia as an old comic. LOL 5) Gary also has a MauLer plushie on his arcade machine.

[@bad-people6510]

I love that in Avengers #3 Iron Man is looking for the Hulk so he pops in and asks other superheroes and he goes and asks Spider-Man if he knows anything and Spider-Man just tells him to fuck off.

[@MegaSpideyman]

😂

[@MrBigmorg3000]

I feel like Peter had to make his own suit, but not because he wanted to make his own. He had to make it because the Stark tech doesn’t know who Peter is. This means the suit would not work for him.

[@joshuaward7222]

Day late and a dollar short but Merry Christmas anyway lads!! Great panel!🤘🎄🤘🎄🤘

[@bocagelandscape]

My interpretation of the video caption... mauler: "and I'll tell you something else..." *passes out in drinker's lap*

[@cowsdotricks]

"I actually wanna go back, see it again" same! Usually only Godzilla 🐲 gets multiple views for me.

[@IowanLawman]

Trinity beating NPH. Someone should write a Kotaku or Vice article in the lines of *Why a straight white woman beating a gay man in the Matrix movie is not okay!*

[@autovonsmashenfacen4303]

Passion of the Christ, Mauler you're a legend.

[@jonbaxter2254]

Stuck home with covid, this will make things all better :)

[@xinko2939]

Wow Drinker with a Christmas hat looks better than I expected

[@bad-people6510]

John Walker has BEEN Captain America. He was Captain America long before Sam was, and that didn't take either. It's almost like there's more to a character than a name and a costume.

[@paranoyd70]

There are plenty of good movies out there...Unfortunately, they are mostly from the past. I could name many, but I'll just name one that comes to mind at the moment..."Romancing the Stone". Great movie with Michael Douglas.

[@lobalee1873]

I was excited for Falcon and the Winter Soldier originally, but the thing is I wanted to see more of Falcon, not the new Captain America. I didn't want him to try to be Steve Rogers. I wanted him to be Falcon. That's how I feel about a lot of the phase 4 MCU. I don't new versions of the old heroes. There are tons of different heroes in MCU. Introduce me to new people with new stories.

[@Chikara199]

ooh, love the sweater!

[@1701EarlGrey]

Have happy and healthy Christmas - I toast to you all and to good films!

[@UncleBernhard]

This was a great video! I love the vibe. I love that you kept out the politics. Sound effects would be cool, though. And more debate about story. You could dig deeper with your analysis. Like you do on your other videos. And disagree more with each other?

[@guyincognito82]

"They did a cover of that song by Rage FOR The Machine" says Gary LMAO @ 1:16:45

[@mikerescott8555]

I'd like to see a Spiderman/Black Cat teamup in the next Spiderman movie. Peter Parker deciding to stay forgotten at the end of No Way Home would be a perfect segway to introduce her, since MJ is out of the way and Gwen Stacy was already been used and killed off in the Amazing Spiderman movies.

[@davidharrah5065]

Princess bride!

[@macaulaygallacher1995]

Merry Christmas, one and all!

[@ghostinthecraig]

this movie was so serious it became laughable. Even Keanu Reeves acting had me lost for words

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

I’ve heard he was acting like he didn’t want to be there

[@dylanmaxwell4307]

Can't wait to see spider man now. Great show.

[@jasonshirrillmusic]

SYFY's Battle star galactica had the resurrection ship that brings back the cylons

[@bodybytacos6043]

Thank you boys

[@xpurplethighs7596]

Agreed with Drinker I actually didn't find MJ insufferable in the third film. She was actually a human

[@jpdominator]

I decided to watch the Matrix just before you guys started to discuss it. I’m disappointed with the movie. The storyline has some good parody. Cinematographers sucks these days. I wish they would have gotten the original. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. Cut. There’s a good movie in here somewhere. The current world seems to sucks. And this is a netflix scale production… it shows. I never fall asleep during movies. I’m struggling to stay awake for this one. The action scenes are so boring.

[@Chirishman343]

good movie with resurrection: The Mummy Returns lol

[@johnpanter9714]

Merry Christmas super nerds

[@KendoSwordsman]

Michael Keaton does a good villain actually. He was definitely the star of the Robocop reboot for sure. Although your man playing the good Doctor who's name I can't recall in my drunken stupor is also good in that flick. Unfortunately the guy who plays Alex Murphy did not live up to Peter Weller's performance. Try as he might. I'm not sure if that was his fault as an actor or not but he's a tad wooden like we've seen Hayden Christensen been at times. So I'm not really sure who to blame for that really..... Gary bloody Oldman... That's the doctor... Had to look that up... 😂 He's good in most things he does for his part though. Anyway.. That's all I've got for... Oh wait yeah... Fuck it.

[@GamingGardeningAndLayingSiege]

MauLers first words regarding the Matrix about sum up my take as well. Merry Drunkmas everyone.

[@timgiraud7591]

Seems like when the wachowskis had the chopadickoffame operation they sliced off the part that made cool movies…

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Exogenous hormones will change your brain in unpredictable ways.

[@SILVERONIN]

I'm not even gonna pirate Matrix Faux

[@wangbot47]

I loved that new spoodermans so fucking much.

[@whitethunderclap451]

A good movie with resurrection: Groundhog Day.

[@garywintle8023]

35:00 Rogers is a reference to Hamilton.

[@duffman2112]

There's a movie with Christopher Lambert called Resurrection that is actually really good. At least I remember it being good