How Critical Drinker Nuked Marvel & Did What Thanos Couldn't

Disney Marvel has been attacked online over the last 2 years for their terrible movies, with one of the major critics being The Critical Drinker who hasn't hesitated to call out Disney for their horrible movies. But in this final video essay on The Critical Drinker I wanted to break down how he has in a way helped save blockbuster cinema and even though he utterly nuked Marvel they seem to now be listening and are implementing what many fans have been asking for and hopefully this means the MCU and Disney as a whole will improve moving forward.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:35 - Marvel's audience mistake
04:28 - Debunking toxic fan argument
07:12 - He saved the MCU
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[@unseenmal]

To be fair, Drinker didn't nuke Marvel. Disney nuked Marvel and Drinker just showcased it to the world

[@wickedgummybear3104]

Yeah.. the title is just a lie.

[@notofthisgod32]

Exactly. They did it to themselves

[@chasehedges6775]

@@notofthisgod32 Karma and consequences are real

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

Disney is stuck in *throw (more and more) money at it* mode. Buy a studio to get the IPs it holds (for a HUGE sum), order more content based on the IPs to be made (ignoring what made the IP valuable) and set a very high budget for that, make deals (e.g. with McD and Hasbro) to promote - and merchandise the hell out of - the movie(s). And finally, imitate something (butterbeer!) that works for the competition... again ignoring what made that idea work (worst of all; fail to make it good - organoleptically¹.) ¹ look, taste, mouth feel, aftertaste, scent, temperature ... all the things your sense *organs* ... well, sense.

[@Silverblade416]

Well. Yeah. An atomic bomb mess that Disney thought they could hide. . . Like 3 people in an elevator, one of them just rips a shart out, and it's actually an obvious one. Or hiding a pine tree in a jungle.

[@ryankwatemba4071]

Marvel is an example of the last piece of my childhood being ruined by a bunch of fat middle aged women

[@chasehedges6775]

Same here with Star Wars.

[@thumperjdm]

Karen from the MCU reads your post, and immediately says, "I want to speak to your manager!" ;-))

[@simondancaster8334]

Yepp. Along with every other once-beloved IP. Due to their sheer incompetence they hired the worst hacks they could scrape from the unqualified underbelly to make all our nightmares come true.

[@shayla106]

@@norish1264Wow m, Disney ships really are pathetic and dumb . You do realize that when they make remakes of classics m, they are counting on the fans who have grown up to bring their children to see their new crap right? So maybe insulting the childhood of people you want to pay is a dumb strategy. Maybe you should apply to work at Disney because you took the same approach because arrogant people like you feel entitled to the new generation watching this crap. Sadly for you Disney shills, Disney has pissed of the original fans and the new generation doesn’t care enough to see this crap.

[@maddogziggy]

made by women that never read a comic book growing up....imo the good movies are the ones with years and years of comics to draw from....these new M.she U..movies are just making stuff up to fit an agenda

[@karachaffee3343]

If one drunken Scotsman can destroy the world's largest entertainment conglomerate --it could not have been in very good shape to begin with.

[@zbr76]

True! As much as I respect the Drinker, if one critic can land a brutal blow, Marvel's in a bad way.

[@notofthisgod32]

Some guys KZbin channel has NOTHING to do with this. People watched their movies & shows, & they sucked, so people quit watching. It's that simple

[@user-jh5dq9vc1v]

If time is right, if place is right, then Hero will appear...

[@svenp6504]

The drunken Scotsman is truly an OP character...

[@msumungo]

Well, one certain failed Austrian painter almost managed to destroy the World.

[@gamerkingdom1442]

Mad respect to Critical Drinker. His videos are 10 times more entertaining than whatever the HELL Disney and the other Hollyweird companies have been trying for the last few years!!

[@protorhinocerator142]

I would definitely watch 10 CD videos before watching The Eternals.

[@rrmackay]

he and the drinking crew did a bit where they showed the KZbin review videos getting a larger audience than the actual movie.

[@exhaustguy]

You think an entitled studio would give folks like him (he is a published author) along with Robert Meyer Burnett some level of creative control of ongoing IPs. If nothing more an advisory role with the ability to take questionable show runner decisions before the producers and studio heads.

[@alanparsonsfan]

It's very clear from the moment.He starts that he is a successful author and deeply understands the storytelling process. He wouldn't be successful if he didn't understand that comma and it makes the lack of it coming from the studios these days glaringly clear to him. It also doesn't hurt that something that desperately deserves to be savaged, gets savaged by him.

[@user-zn5qm2yq9h]

Someone made the joke that more people watched The Drinker's review of Madame Web than those who saw Madame Web in theaters.

[@LivelyChap]

It also helped that the two Dune movies dragged their nuts all over Disney’s face.

[@persona83]

Good call. I probably would not bother watching Dune had the Drinker not reviewed it. Great movie.

[@ryank9782]

@@persona83 that's sad

[@persona83]

@@ryank9782 I know, I never meant to be guided by critics, but the current Hollywood situation kinda forced me to rely on such content before spend my hard earned money in some woke BS.

[@AravindR-fi9cw]

@@ryank9782 You mean smart.

[@ryank9782]

@@AravindR-fi9cw no sad you cant form your own opinions and an echo chamber for help

[@martijnklaassen3536]

We gotta respect the drinker. BELIEVE THAT!

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯

[@chasehedges6775]

He’s the best

[@norish1264]

He's a old man complaining like a grampa that the latest captain marvel movie wasn't for him. He pathetic but he made sure to sit down and write a full and even longer script than the movie lol that's sad.

[@norish1264]

When it comes to nerdrotic drinker heel vs baby face y'all realize these are just middle age men complaining on the Internet how they don't like movies and shows not made for them. Think about that and believe that lol they're sad as fk

[@heybro6105]

And Nerdrotic

[@SharpAsRavenClaws]

I think Nerdrotic is also a part of the things you’re talking about.

[@gammafrost]

Oh he certainly is. I love how these guys are tanking Disney.

[@Salfordian]

Agreed, big time

[@venturefray]

Fo sho!

[@robertfitterman3777]

I think he is equally a part of it. I love Critical Drinker, but Gary is just as influential!

[@ThingAnderson]

Hail the fellowship!

[@billylocke9633]

I am more than okay with Criticsl Drinker getting all this praise and “Backlash” but I honestly think he was just best at articulating how the audience felt. That’s why he is such a lightening rod for all of this. He represents the majority of movie goers.

[@falls2488]

its foolish to think disney has givin up pushing their agenda.

[@CollaredConsulting]

Very foolish. Some people are addicted to being suckers and still want to empower those that hate them.

[@thomasvarley380]

Agreed , they'll just try doing it sneakier . They think were all morons and won't notice .

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

Precisely - Disney/Marvel and the rest of their fellow travellers in Hollywood do not see us as customers, nor even as consumers - to them we are simply pay pigs. They think they are entitled to our money and perceive themselves as Olympians deigning to waste their time on sub-humans who should by rights be worshipping them and fighting one another for the chance to kiss their boots. They will at best make a few hearted mea culpas and lie about how they mean to change, but they are assuming that all this will blow over and it will be back to business as usual in a few months at most. They might try to sneak their politics in through the back door a bit more, stay under the radar for a while, but the basic attitude that they are superior and we should know our place as modern day serfs has not changed. They will be back to their old tricks, probably sooner rather than later. Disney and co. probably have entire research teams feverishly working even now to try to find something, anything, with which to discredit people like the Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic, and if they can't find it they are more than capable of manufacturing it.

[@sleepinggorilla]

Or to believe Disney is even aware of Critical Drinkers existence. Just because you’re a fan. Does not mean anyone else knows who they are.

[@echoesofmalachor3700]

@@sleepinggorillamaybe but the drinker and people like nerdrotic have had their names smeared across how many Disney-sympathetic media outlets? Haven’t both been on shows like Piers Morgan? I’d wager they are definitely on the radar.

[@mahatmarandy5977]

“Vote with your wallet” If you don’t like something, don’t financially support it. It’ll lose money, and eventually the people who make the thing will eventually get the message

[@bobross1829]

very true, but Disney is so far left and political it took a long time and they actively fought their own audience

[@IVIRnathanreilly]

Some people are too mentally undeveloped for this, so it takes a while. They need their new toys.

[@MrSqurk]

Even in pirating, you can see these movies are just failing. Some random episode of a show I have never heard of will outperform them. It says a lot when free is too high a price.

[@AravindR-fi9cw]

Vote with your time, money and attention.

[@bassman8144]

I’ll never forget that these studios and actors hate me.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Like they told us for YEARS, unceasingly. Why would I support someone who’s verbally abused me and lads like me for the pure fact that we just don’t like the slop they try to shove down our throats.

[@brandonabiggs]

Hear hear! 🍻 She-Hulk and Thor 4 were pretty clear. If you were born with a twig and berries, These movies are not for you. You're useless, dumb, misogynistic, and deserve to be uncomfortable at the behest of women, both real and imagined. You've never done anything to help humanity and if you speak up for yourself, you're a toxic patriarchist that just wants to keep women (both real and IMAGINED) under your thumb. Well, Dis... message received. How do you like dem road apples you're eating? Deadpool won't save Marvel. If God Himself descended to earth in Iron Man armor, even He wouldn't be able to save marvel. Tragic watching the downfall. But at least we have the Drinker to bring the comedy. Funny how life has all these little ironies

[@dwizzy79]

Right

[@bobross1829]

Very true. This is why you become an adult and stop looking up to or caring about rich people who do not care about you.

[@barneymiller4088]

The other big problem is getting the actors to shut up. Actors have always been borderline crazy, but we didn’t know it. They now insult their audience and expect that won’t affect the box office. The 2024 Oscar may be a sign they are learning to not insult their audiences.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Only took them ten years

[@bobross1829]

They always did it. People like Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Sean Penn and many others have always been super far left. The issue now vs. before is the movies themselves are reflecting Hollywood's politics. No one cared Tim Robbins was super far left in real life, because the movies he was in had nothing to do with his politics. Bull Durham? Great baseball movie. Shawshank? Great movie. Stephen King adaption, no politics.

[@alanparsonsfan]

CD and Nerdrotic were invited on a discussion by Piers Morgan. Theme was that the Oscar's themselves are way past their prime and falling rapidly. Excellent discussion with two ladies on as well.

[@famousmortimer7933]

>Shawshank >no politics Are you feigning dullness?

[@sambeckett2428]

The Romans knew how to treat actors. Theatre (and film as a form thereof) is wonderful, but actors are trash; merely a necessary evil until technology makes them obsolete.

[@richardmiddleton4634]

Kathleen Kennedy called in a nuclear strike on Disney. But I think South Park was the one who drove the dagger home as far as getting people to realize how bad things had gotten.

[@p.bckman2997]

One trait that has made the Critical Drinker influential is that he appears quite likeable. The same goes for Ryan George's Pitch Meeting. While tailored for humorous effect, Pitch Meeting is letting some truth bombs slip through every now and then. Humor and likability are important parts of why "just some guy on KZbin" can can have way more effect than the millions spent on PR-firms by big studios.

[@kyledabearsfan]

Good, because the Critical Drinker actually speaks for a lot of the people who generally dont get a voice. Hes speaking up for a vast chunk of the money Disney could make.

[@JoeMacStevens]

The Marvels was my most anticipated movie of last year. Not because I wanted to see the movie, I could not wait to see Nerdoditc and Critical Drinker tear it apart. They did not disappoint

[@theobserver3753]

It’s not just Disney it’s the whole Hollywood.

[@edrosa3485]

That point was driven home when DoomCock was literally made a villain in She Hulk.

[@randallminchew6780]

I’m sick of seeing energy bolts shooting out from people’s hands.

[@Towkeeyoh]

The real problem really isn’t about the energy bolts shooting out from people’s hands, all of video games and anime still have fans of characters doing that. But the problem is when it’s over used, it’s cheapened, not having a good reason and story incentive for the energy bolts so there’s no weight behind its meaning. How the character even got the power and mechanics behind it, also adds to an immersive world building, without that it would feel super generic. Finally, the cgi, editing and sound design would add to its impact, the artists now are so overworked, the quality compared to even Ironman 1, pales in comparison and thus feeling very empty and without impact. If these basic things aren’t fulfilled, any ability or action from the characters will feel just as annoying as those energy bolts and an absolute chore to watch. TLDR, I kinda see where you’re coming from and am on your side, but I’m just so sad about everything I’ve just listed.

[@alexiachimciuc3199]

I understand. I'm sick of plastic armors and weaving capes 😅

[@sadahiko9623]

Massive respect to Critical Drinker and all the real fan of honoring the course material and telling a good story including you. We all make the difference.

[@chasehedges6775]

Exactly

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

The Critical Drinker is the new Ebert. I thank him.

[@chasehedges6775]

Definitely.

[@chasehedges6775]

“I HATED, HATED HATED this movie.” - Roger Ebert, North

[@stevepalpatine2828]

He's way funnier than Siskel and Ebert ever used to be.

[@Dan_-]

​@@chasehedges6775 Missing a few "HATED"s there.

[@anthonyobryan3485]

I'd say he's closer to Gene Siskel. Roger Ebert has never understood what his audience wanted.

[@gabrielboorom2683]

*Disney/Marvel:* You turned our fans against us! *Critical Drinker:* You have done that yourself!!!

[@inchaoswetrust]

I can only thank the Drinker for his relentless work, he saved me lots of time and money

[@ahwayzcool4630]

I pretty much wait for Critical Drinker's review of a movie before i go see it now. Ive waisted some money on crap movies and CD's take of certain movies was EXACTLY they way i felt about them.

[@barneymiller4088]

The problem now is that the reviews running the movies/shows into the ground are more entertaining than the actual movies, the movie now has to be quite good to be better than these reviews.

[@robo-nidai4236]

Marvel: You ruined my empire! Drinker: Your empire was already falling apart. I just highlighted how the emperor is now acting like the court jester.

[@beaker2000]

Drinker isn't alone inn this, others highlighted Disney's corruption in very effective ways also.

[@sammuslu2992]

I see what you did there 😅 "Inn"

[@GourSmith]

But none as succinctly, gracefully and comedically as the Drinker

[@TheFaithfulDragon]

nerdrotic@@GourSmith

[@GourSmith]

@@TheFaithfulDragon See the above comment 👆

[@persona83]

The Drinker is a star now but there are great people fighting the good fight like Nerdrotic, YellowFlash, Dave Cullen, Ryan Kinnel, Melonie Mac, etc.

[@heybro6105]

Nerdrotic needs this much love too

[@thumperjdm]

I can get something from watching Critical Drinker that I can't get from MCU's recent movies...entertainment.

[@DocMicrowave]

The bar has really been set low thanks to Disney and the MCU. But yeah, Drinker cleared that bar by a mile.

[@rianmacdonald9454]

SPOT ON. and Pitch meeting with Ryan George - way more fun to watch than the movies they talk about.

[@thumperjdm]

@@rianmacdonald9454 Absolutely! My wife and I are hooked on Pitch Meeting!

[@chasehedges6775]

I would rather watch Waterworld and Ewoks The Battle For Endor and Revenge Of The Sith over anything from the CURRENT MCU.

[@AverageJoe483]

Hahaha I actually like Waterworld 😂

[@chasehedges6775]

@@AverageJoe483 Same. Dennis Hopper and Tina Majorino as The Deacon and Enola are great, respectively

[@chasehedges6775]

@@AverageJoe483 It’s a fun film

[@STICKOMEDIA]

Everywhere I go I see chasehedge6778, keep preaching fellow brother in arms

[@littlejimmy7402]

While You are at it, take a look at "Ishtar". The movie itself doesn't really deserve the rep it has, especially when it's compared to anything Disney SW/Marvel has put out in the last 6-10 years or whatever. That's the funniest part, the movies that are stamped out these days don't measure up to even the critically panned movies from decades past. I will watch "Damnation Alley" again before I watch "The Marvels". 5h!t, I'd watch "The Star Wars Holiday Special" before anything after "End Game" (Yes, again! I liked it when I was 10)

[@chasehedges6775]

Like many people who miss the 50s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, I miss the early to mid 2000s and Ealry to mid 2010s. Those decades were 🔥 for movies

[@ericpowell4350]

Yes! I started noticing the slow creeping march towards wokism in the mid-2010s. If you go back, you can see how some shows (eg Stargate Universe) were cancelled early to usher in the woke programming.

[@chasehedges6775]

For me, i started to notice it back in late 2018 and 2019 with Captain Marvel and Endgame and I also noticed The lack of passion and creativity with The Lion King Remake. 2019 Was the year fun and creativity died, IMO

[@DocMicrowave]

80s movies rocked! Birth of the summer blockbuster. The other decades you mentioned were good too in different ways. Most things far more entertaining than anything that has come out in the last 5-10 years.

[@DocMicrowave]

@@ericpowell4350That's why I hope they never try to reboot Firefly.

[@DocMicrowave]

@@chasehedges6775I noticed it most prominently picking up steam in 2015 with the 'Miss-led' Ghostbusters movie.

[@johnsimpson8974]

I think there should be a requirement for any writer, producer and director to read the comic of whatever movie they are producing. Knowing that a majority of them do not shows and I feel they are using characters as a platform to spread their political messages instead of showing who that character really is in the comics.

[@AHFAN11]

it's such a shame

[@exhaustguy]

Not only that we are hearing many stories where they are actively discouraged form doing so. I find it interesting that in the MCU book, it stated that Feige attempted to get comics to the actors doing the early Marvel movies pre-MCU.

[@bobross1829]

I dont think that would change anything, because even if they read it, they would not care

[@markkenny2001]

I saw The Critical Drinker talking to Piers Morgan on Piers Morgan Uncensored with Nerdrotic.

[@Salfordian]

Yes funny how Piers knew it was these two but this channel doesn't

[@slygeebee7575]

​@@Salfordian perhaps a touch of gingoism crept in..?

[@alanparsonsfan]

Saw it also, a great discussion!

[@JoaoMariaNunes]

it doesn't make me angry, it makes me sad, how a great Franchise was created by Martin Goodman, and later improved by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others was destroyed.

[@dabadshoes8658]

I mean yeah it is because of guys like you that I can save my money for films that are actually worth my time. Also, it's why I am subscribed to you and why I watch these channels in general because as someone who does film as a subject in school it is something that I hope to continue doing in future and I want to entertain audiences. You guys are showing me the right ways to do that and I cannot wait for the day I get to direct a small budget film.

[@r200ti]

The drinker has been at the forefront of a big shift in who we listen to before we choose to invest our time and money in a movie. He certainly deserves his success and I hope the current trajectory of him becoming a bigger voice than the studio shills that we have had to put up with continues. Also good to see a video celebrating his work instead of trying to get views and subs by opposing him.

[@andrewah15]

I’ve been entertained more by The Critical Drinker rather than watch the movies being criticised. I’m glad that The Critical Drinker and other critics are around because they have highlighted that these movies are insulting our intelligence with poor quality storytelling. Godzilla Minus One has definitely set the standard for a great movie. Hollywood should definitely take note.

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

Drinker is a joker ... but also a pretty good and sensible critic. He deserves to be taken seriously - and *yes,* he is smart enough to not take himself too seriously. Of course that makes it hard for numpties - like Disney and its remaining fans - to hit back at the Drinker. 😊👍

[@kelvaris1]

Echo lasting 2 seconds against Daredevil was disgraceful.

[@rjdiggs738]

I watched one of his podcast clips about a week ago and one of them made a really good point. They said that Disney was trying to target an audience that just doesn’t exist. For so long, marvel was trying to make these all female superhero movies but men & women are very different. Boys have always loved superhero movies, video games and comic books. Girls have always been into more feminine things and are more likely into different genres like reality shows, drama, certain horrors and shows like Euphoria. Growing up, I always tried to get my nieces into superhero movies but were never really interested and always referred to more drama related shows like euphoria. It’s not to say that they don’t like superhero movies completely, some of em do like certain ones out there and same goes for women in general but like you always been saying for years now, story matters the most. It’s time for marvel to remember who has always been their hardcore fans since the very beginning.

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯

[@chasehedges6775]

Trying to target an audience that doesn’t exist. EXACTLY

[@exhaustguy]

And the girls/women who like super hero movies like the same types of movies as the men. My daughter is utterly disgusted about what has happened to the MCU. She grew up watching super hero movies with me (she is 26 and I am 60) From the second or third MCU on, we have seen every MCU movie in the theaters within the first week until The Marvels. She won't even bother watching MCU series after She Hulk (I at least give them a try). She is there "target" audience based on demographics, and boy did they miss the target. Same with Dr. Who (which she and her sister came to watch on their own and I was a late adopter of the new Dr. Who - I watched the earlier Dr. from Baker through Davison completely and dipped back in from time to time through McCoy). She stopped consistently watching Dr. Who when the Impossible Girl become such a ridiculous plot device (never even made it to the girl boss Dr. Who).

[@slygeebee7575]

The answer is so simple - put masculine hunks in it and the women will watch. The most popular characters have been Iron Man, captain America, Thor, Black Panther, Starlord. Men liked Black Widow and Scarlet Witch, Nebula and Gamorah. Not exactly rocket science!

[@CesarHILL]

Honestly the last really great marvel affiliated production was "Legion" A total psychedelic trip in crazy land

[@deanog2577]

I do not have your faith in seeing any meaningful change.

[@maghurt]

Things always go up and down, you gotta wait awhile. Hopefully, we won't be pushin a 100 when it happens, ;D

[@Gengh13]

Maybe with the sort of hostile takeover it could improve.

[@lifeneedsmorechill]

I still remember watching critical drinker when he was having less than 20k subscribers and of how well deserved his success is.

[@professorprofesserson728]

He didn't. He just covered it and gave his opinion.

[@trollmaster4523]

To be fair if a movie can easily be deconstructed, criticised and downright properly judged by a KZbinr with plenty of people backing him then maybe something is definitely wrong with said show. I mean look at Kung Fu Panda 1,2, 3 and Puss in Boots the Last Wish? Do you see people saying how much those sucks? No! Of course not instead we have someone like Critical Drinker praising Puss in Boots.

[@ParkerCS2]

Sell Blade to another company! Sell Deadpool to another company!

[@crossgordon4376]

elon musk and nelson peltz wanting to take over disney is what forced disney to finally listen to ppl like critical drinker and their own fanbase, not because they wanted to but because they didn't wanna lose control of disney

[@peterc2219]

The Critical Drinker: the man, the myth, the legend!

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahaha

[@Certified_Futbolero]

Just watched Benny Johnson's video with Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic Don't deny it Jesse. You, Drinker, Nerdrotic, Endymion and Yellow Flash are the crusaders of stopping Woke

[@ocox8659]

Who gave the Critical Drinker the infinity stone gauntlet 😂😂😂

[@TheCuratorWillBQuytOperational]

Fun fact about Drinker: His review of Batwoman Season 3 Episode 1 got more views than the actual episode itself 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stimpsonjcat67]

His fan base crowdfunded a movie in like 30 minutes. He's the new studio. I can't wait for all his movie credit endings "Go away now!"

[@bardejoscolan1516]

Sorry. Disney and the Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar franchises made movies for a so called modern audience, not realising, that this modern audience is to small to get a financial success. The normative majority of the audience don't want The Message in the movie, the traditional audience, this is the normative majority, only want good entertainment. And the traditional audience don't trust Disney anymore. With ore without the yt content creators. There are polls describing this fact. Excuse my bad English language pls. And Jesse, thx a lot for your content.

[@jaz9684]

Not yet. I saw a video which said that they might still release eternals, antman 3 and so on but not the way as originally intended. Worst off its the same old crap but just titled differently.

[@juliusjs9278]

We believe in Drinker. We believe in HeelvsBabyface. They will save the industry

[@leydenomestead6809]

$25 Canadian per ticket for a new release, and if you go to the concessions stand it's another $25 to $30 for snacks. Cineplex pushed Madame Web at such a high level, even after Dune part 2 came out. If I am going to spend that kind of money I am sure as heck not going to see garbage like Madame Webb

[@davidwindell]

Drinker jumped all over these bad movies right after Endgame, but other shill channels like screencrush continued to praise and defend these movies (even doing their own fan blaming) through all of phase 4, but over the last 4-5 months even those channels are admitting how terrible the releases are, and basically pretending they weren’t worshipping at Marvels feet the entire phase 4. Glad to have actual voices of the fan- calling out the movies that might have nice liberal messages but terrible scripts and CGI. We don’t care if they throw some political messages in the movies, but the actual movies need to be good. That’s the issue.

[@machupikachu1085]

Even Endgame had cringy Woke moments. So much so that a fan did and edit and got called out for being misogynist.

[@nicklau594]

Don't be so sure about Deadpool 3. Deadpool 2 was absolute trash. I highly doubt that 3 will be any different

[@user-ie8os4ms4d]

Deadpool 3 is going to be like every latest MCU movie, a way to launch the next product. There's so much lifting Deadpool has to do the plot is surely going to suffer from it

[@adamshalashaska5698]

that is a fact, the only thing that was good and entertaining about this latest phase of the mcu, is the youtube reviewers bashing them to bits.

[@combatking0]

Phase 4 / 5 Marvel Writers: "Sit and listen because we're smarter than you!" Audience: "You haven't demonstrated that."

[@vincebravo674]

This is great. Without common sense KZbinrs then we will not be getting good movies again. Like I've said before. If Hollywood, Disney, and these horrible celebs just take a look at 2022s TOP GUN Maverick then they will still continue to make great/good movies. Heck the best kids movies of the 2020s is DreamWorks Puss In Boots The Last Wish and the Super Mario Bros Movie. My parents and I really liked those movies. But unfortunately they still did not listen and with this year's Oscars being the fourth worst ever we will never know if they will ever continue to make good movies again.

[@johnnycotton3217]

I think your giving the critical drinker too much credit

[@dvdraymond]

Ryan George's Pitch Meetings is the other one along with Critical Drinker's videos that I wait for and watch before deciding to go to any of these questionable movies any more.

[@runningriot9814]

He didn't nuke marvel, he just articulated what we all felt after watching their latest offerings

[@infiniteagony5495]

After phase 3 it's MSHEU not MCU

[@paulbrawley2595]

I love the time Nerdrotic showed a clip of one of the Marvel/Disney officials slipping and calling the MCU the M-SHE-U!

[@SecretHero914]

Never call the audience a minority because we’re in the millions which is far from small

[@julybug9795]

Benny Johnson now uses Drinker’s audio clip “The Message!” Cracks me up every time.

[@stephanclemens2348]

If the Culture War was Waterloo, The Drinker would be Blücher, not Wellington. This Battle was going on way before he surfaced.

[@odjob77]

I remember how everyone did not expect anything from House of the dragon, except woke propaganda. But when it released, everyone admited they were wrong and that the show was good. I respect people that can change their mind when it's needed.

[@exhaustguy]

I thought the insertion of the Velaryons was well done, and it does bode ill for them when you consider their not around for GoT (pretty appropriate for GoT). Still waiting to see what the Hobbits do to ethnically cleanse themselves to get to The Hobbit starting point. I always knew you couldn't trust those little buggers.

[@odjob77]

While I dislike what they did to house Velaryon, it was still coherent in the story, so I will allow that. It's not like Rings of power where every race looks like something out of Los Angeles.@@exhaustguy

[@famousmortimer7933]

The bar must be set incredibly low if you thought that show was good.

[@Crest28]

The movies failed because they were terrible not because of KZbin critics like drinker. Like the drinker but the % of movie fans that actually watch him is extremely small, probably less than 10%.

[@BruvahSulaiman]

It wasn't just Drinker. Plenty of us have only watched the Pitch Meeting videos by Ryan George for all or most of the post Endgame Marvel content. Some ppl only watch Drinker when they watch Tyrone Magnus reacting to Drinkers videos.

[@DaDitka]

I'll believe it when I see it. Remember, the "MESSAGE" is extraordinarily powerful and more important to some than money. The only optimism I can conjure up is that maybe (MAYBE) the shareholders will revolt because they see the money as more important. Otherwise, I'm simply not holding my breath.

[@ohnohobojoe]

If Marvel is going to truly prioritize story first, I am not going to have high hopes for the first few that come out. It is going to take a lot to get their stride back and have engaging plotlines after all these years of "message first" and blaming the fans for the sub par performance.

[@TotalyRandomUsername]

Had no idea the Drinker hat such influence, but yes movie critics became a big thing with him.

[@chalkdemon8019]

It wasn’t just critical drinker, it was Gary from Nerdrotic, Jeremy from Geeks n Gamers, Jeremy from the Quartering, DoomCock, Drunk 3PO it was a bunch.

[@anonygent]

Beat me to the punch. Doomcock should get a lot of credit for being in touch with Disney insiders and letting us know ahead of time what's coming.

[@sollytom6266]

At 1:25. Hollywood didn't ignore the people they wanted to watch their movies. Hollywood pandered to the people they wanted even though those people don't watch movies. The people Hollywood ignores are the people they NEED, because those are the people who do watch movies.

[@buryitdeep]

Dont give money to company that hates you.

[@vCuda]

It's not about money It's about sending a message

[@NathanaelPotoski]

I think we need to keep pushing. Even if Disney/marvel does actually change, we should still boycot them. Boycot them into the dust so that they are forced to sell their intellectual properties to other studios who will see the power of the fans and live every waking moment in perpetual fear of deviating from the source materials so that they can force messaging on us. The collapse of disney needs to be so final and complete that no company will dare to be like them ever again.

[@michaelh.2322]

I can honestly say the Critical Drinker has saved me a ton of time and money. I see his review, and based upon his critique, I watch it or not. My 12 year old kid has seen through the MCU's idiocy and incompetence and stopped watching it two years ago. They need good stories....and good actors again...

[@Deadrack1]

During this time I also lost a lot of respect for other channels that blatantly pretended to "love" these awful movies just so Hollywood would invite them to premiers. For me it was "Reel Rejects". I don't even watch their content anymore.

[@jjab6356]

So, it was raining, and my plans went amiss, bored, I watched The Marvels. They had three pretty good characters and a Macro story, but seemed timid introducing Micro stories. I thought the Ms. Marvel character could have been a bit more mature, as a little blurb indicated she had accomplished the feat of saving a city. I wanted to know more about Cap. Rambo, she was interesting, but all I got was a flashback and a blurb about hurt feelings. Well, OK, how about Cap Marvel herself? Surely...a blurb about guilt, a flashback, something about marrying to save a world, but bones, no meat. They are trying so hard to create a "strong woman" and all we get is a soupcan...no soup. You can't have a micro story if you restrict your characters.

[@transformerstuff7029]

I keep forgetting America Chavez exists.

[@yourpalanon8182]

Imagine naming a character after the country you hate.

[@regdexter4014]

The Drinker didn’t do nothing but show us what Disney wanted us to see

[@FemMuscle]

You make very easy to understand analysis videos, even for not native English speakers. Thank you!

[@MrZindel123]

It's simply really ." GET WOKE GO BROKE "

[@bladerunner3314]

Now game devs have to realize this too.

[@user-ps1ft1hy4j]

I'm amazed how high Groundskeeper Willie has raised himself from the common milieu into national prominence. I didn't even know his shack got electricity!

[@ruperterskin2117]

Right on. Thanks for sharing.

[@JJDBaca]

HEY!!! The first rule of Critical Drinker Club is "You don't talk about Critical Drinker Club."

[@dudewithachannel1163]

I don't think one guy complaining to his echo chamber made Disney and Marvel do anything lol People like this don't deserve credit for change or any actual critique, the only real thing they do is enable people to think seven hour long videos about nitpicking a movie are deep critiques

[@Kpizzle1289]

I just don't care anymore. Disney/Marvel was too busy spreading 'the message' and ruined all the good stuff they just bought up. Marvel and Star wars specifically. I just don't care for their products anymore. I'll never pay to watch a Disney movie ever again, if I can help it.

[@RealEvilLordExdeath]

It wasnt the arguments by one guy. Or a collective of online guys. Dont imply everyone is just an idiot and wasnt able to see how awful the movies have become without someone telling them. Hes great, he has solid arguments but he just speaks out what everyone allready thinks.

[@zerillisguren7720]

Remember, Bullying large company's works.

[@wiliwillow5555]

As much as I want to believe this new MCU will have a lot of hype behind it if/when Disney gets its act together, I don’t think anything could compare to what it was like before Endgame.

[@Mashangi]

The best part about drinker is that he isn't just some super fan arguing. He is an established author with a series of successful books, he knows a thing or two about writing so it gives his critiques so much more weight.

[@theonlyjjparker]

Drinker, Mauler, and Platoon are a lethal combo.

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

I've only been to the theater once- to see 'dune'- in the last 8 years. I get more entertainment from reviewers on utube- disparu, drinker, Mauler, little platoon- than I ever get from modern amerikan movies. I only ever care to see new starwars is coming out so I can see what Auralnauts and Charlie Hopkinson do with it. I'll stick with Asian films if I'm in a serious mood.

[@redsie1]

you forget the shareholder war going on right now which is also playing a massive part in causing the changes.

[@fr0ck360]

I can’t thank Drinker enough for opening my eyes to see weak narrative since Captain Marvel. His videos helped me to set some standards and being critical enough when watching movies