Open Bar

[@lonepigeon68]

If Platoon and Mauler debated it would be the polar opposite of the presidential debates of late. Informative and nuanced. They could just take the opposite sides of an argument, whether or not they believed it.

[@jacksonperez5615]

Extremely easy to have a civil debate over movies

[@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5]

it would be the longest debates ever

[@captbuckyohare5585]

I reckon they could find something to debate for fun. MauLer seems to place more importance on character writing, character set ups and payoffs, and character consistency than anything else, whereas Platoon (while still very much a character cheerleader) goes into much more academic detail on the craft of writing, plotting, writing influences, thematic content etc and I'm sure there's something out there with great characters but muddled plotting or thematic focus, or, something with great graft in its conception, competently made, and thematically rich which also goes off the rails with it's characters. Depending on your point of view, Midnight Mass could fit both those moulds.

[@MegaSpideyman]

​@@captbuckyohare5585Interesting summation.

[@เจมาร์ท-ห7ต]

Like that fight in Borat😂

[@MandoWookie]

@25:00 it wasnt the Emperor that cloned Luke, it was mad Jedi clone Joruus C'Baoth. And the clone wasn't sentient, it was literally just a meat puppet controlled by C'Baoth, which is established earlier in the Thrawn trilogy that C'Baoth can do mind control, but it leaves the victim essentially braindead afterward. And yes it was from Lukes hand he lost in the duel with Vader on Bespin, the Empire managed to recover it and his lightsaber. Edit to add: Oh and it should be noted that all three books have clones & cloning as a big plot point, from C'Baoth being a clone, Thrawn using the clones, and how this particular type of cloning has intrinsic problems that are a big factor holding the bad guys plans together.

[@PBRatLord]

Tartakovsky's Clone Wars is a must watch. Some of the voice acting (looking at you Anakin) isn't the best, but it's pretty much just 2 hours of Band of Brothers inspired action and mini war stories from across the galaxy. Some top-tier fan service in terms of getting to see clones and jedi going all out. Grievous is absolutely LEGENDARY in it too, his intro goes unreasonably hard. Visions does have a couple of really good episodes for a non-canon series just having fun with the IP. A traditional ronin tale, a jedi and master hunting down an ancient Sith, and a pair of adoptive sisters split apart by the Empire and forced to clash. Haven't seen S2, but at least those three stood out in my mind.

[@J.Hermansson]

Fantasy for me is Tolkien, CS Lewis, Michael Moorcock, Ursula K. Le Guin, Robin Hobb and Anne McCaffrey.

[@Denien82]

It's unbelievable how some authors seem not to understand that sympathizing with a villain in a movie doesn't mean you would do the same in real life. You can connect with Tony Soprano cause he's funny and somehow honorable. In a world (the mob) where everybody is horrible, he's more likable than most. It doesn't mean that you would like a real mobster. If you would, your mental issues do not come from watching a movie... 😂

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Bobby was likeable, Tony never had the makings of a varsity athlete

[@MegaSpideyman]

It's just the same with many other crime shows, like Love/Hate, Boardwalk Empire, Sons of Anarchy, Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.

[@vermithrx1744]

My uncle and 2 cousins are in prison for being accused of being in the mob, which they are not and never have been and did not commit those crimes, and I like them.

[@MegaSpideyman]

@@vermithrx1744 I'm sorry about that.

[@amylou2283]

Took my 11-year-old son to see The Wild Robot. Beautifully animated, good story. I do have thoughts on how they could’ve tightened up the last third (but I’ll wait to see Drinker’s review before I post that). Son loved it. I liked it. Being my age, “The Iron Giant” is stronger, in my opinion.

[@SuperTelecom]

Thankyou for the recommendation Drinker, I picked up a bottle of Highland Park today. Keen to give it a crack next weekend

[@signfree1]

33:00 i heard drinker talk aboot Battleship, i instantly thought of Battleship (2012) movie, it was a underrated movie. Drinker & Mauler need to do review on Battleship (2012) movie.

[@davidgannon5388]

25:45 - I act in local plays, and was in one musical (Once Upon A Mattress). Fortunately for both the audience and me, my role was a non-singing and non-dancing one, though I was on stage just about every scene!

[@toxicbrood9002]

The king?

[@STTPMASFTNE]

Lost World is nowhere near as good as the first, but the cliff/bus sequence is one of Spielberg’s best.

[@shaunlester7429]

I haven't rewatched the movie for ages, but I do remember there being some cool shots/sequences. The raptor chase through the long grass being one. Too bad about the poorly written characters, the incredibly dumb moments and overall story.

[@SumDumGy]

It was the classic case of telling the author the studio was going to make a sequel to the movie based on his best selling novel. He had a choice to crank out a sequel novel to base it on or the studio would do the film on its own. That doesn’t tend to yield an equal quality result. Look toward Hannibal as a similar example.

[@shadowhawk3395]

My personal fav scene is when Michael Creighton gets eaten by the Rex in San Diego

[@captbuckyohare5585]

It's not true that WB can't make a Batman tv show because Fox and post-acquisition, Disney own the rights. This would be evident given the dozen or so animated Batman and Justice League centric television shows WB has produced over the course of the last 32 years, along with the sludge pile of live action shows which mention, feature, or involve cameo appearances of some version of Batman (Gotham, Titans, Arrowverse, Penguin.) WB simply see Batman as a premiere blockbuster movie machine and avoids making a Batman centric (as in he's the Main Character) show in live-action for the same reason Disney doesn't make a live-action, alternate casted tv version of Wolverine. They don't want to. It's one of the reasons why Bruce Wayne never appeared on Smallville, despite an effort to do so on the show's part because, at the time, WB Films was flying with the Nolan universe and were hyper protective of the character.

[@Rew101]

Last orders!! I’ll have a pint of stela please 🍺

[@gingerbill128]

If tea is available i will just have a cuppa.

[@morganseppy5180]

I will take belgian ale or some local brew

[@danielunderwood5217]

You say that a 60 year old joker wouldn't work. Cesar Romero who played Joker in the Batman TV series was actually 59-61 years old. I think it could work. In fact, that could be a nice change from the 30ish Ledger/Leto Jokers and the 50ish Nicholson/Hamill/Phoenix Jokers. Approaching the joker from an old man perspective would be new and interesting. It would be "joker humor", but coming from a different place in life. There is a difference between the nihilism, purpose, or meaning between how: 1. a young man feels looking forward into his life 2. a middle-aged man feels in the prime of his life looking forward and back 3. an old man feels at the end of his life looking back. And honestly, I think it is harder to write a young joker that competes with Ledger, than an old joker in a class of his own.

[@vincentbreeden259]

Doing well. Thank you.

[@JFraser360]

Cheers, Gents! 38:30 Alien: Romulus/Rogue Elememts 44:46 Game of Thrones Shows

[@panad0r]

Book recommendation: Malazan Book of the Fallen. Awesome high fantasy, fresh setting, very few tropes etc., a huge cast of characters, spanning multiple continents and eras. Absolutely NO handholding/exposition, love it, but makes it hard to get into.

[@strambino1]

Glad to hear you had a fun New England trip drinker! See you all Thursday!

[@kskryhlmand]

Sitting in the metro, drunk, on my way home after celebrating my aunt and uncles 50 anniversary Doing just fine. Just no more alcohol

[@MrsMacLover]

don't miss your stop mate

[@J.Hermansson]

regarding numbers to scale a movie. There is a guy that have been talking about Rings of power that uses numbers for lore, cinematography, costume, score and so forth. And he explains why he gives the score. It works pretty well. Council of the Rings I think he is called.

[@DisposableExtraNumber1138]

😂 I also pay to see a barfing T-rex. _"Blah, this pool water tastes worse than toilet duck!"_

[@serviusm9523]

It is sad that Transformers One underperformed. It is a good movie. It was not amazing, but I was pleasantly surprised with what they did

[@iPsychoMantis]

Shrek at the table with Darth Vader would be cool.

[@PBRatLord]

@@iPsychoMantis I find your lack of layers disturbing

[@iPsychoMantis]

@@PBRatLord *searches shrek, finds chris farley's version, catatonic state*

[@dudekidhairwhite]

Pregnant Sonic should be at the head of the table

[@jorgemoreno8191]

My sister signed up for D+ when she came back from her first trip to Disneyland in May and cancelled it in the summertime, right after watching the acolyte

[@EatTheHomeless674]

Glad we’re back.

[@gregorylieber8362]

At home: I am laying down to sleep at 7a because I work third shift. I'm charging you lads with putting me to sleep with your dulcet tones.. Good luck boyos!

[@eldestgruff]

I used to care about ASOIAF but honestly I'm just going to enjoy the shows if they are well done but I'm kind of done with it from a literature point of view. I've waited so long that my enjoyment of the universe has completely turned to apathy. Same with Kingkiller and Gentleman Bastards. I can't care anymore because I know they will never be finished. Those 3 douches have made the writing world exponentially harder because now many readers are too gun shy to pick up a series if it isn't already finished for fear of getting invested in a series that will never have an ending.

[@SumDumGy]

You used to care about what now?

[@eldestgruff]

@@SumDumGy A Song Of Ice and Fire aka Game of Thrones

[@SumDumGy]

@@eldestgruff Thanks. Makes a lot more sense to me now!

[@genmaicha.lapsang]

Good Morning, Everyone.

[@BetaRayBill32]

I doubt it would ever happen in the movies but DC and Marvel were able to cooperate enough to do multiple issues of a JLA/Avengers (or Avengers/JLA) comic. I can imagine WB getting desperate enough to agree but not Disney.

[@paulware4701]

8:50 T-rex drinking out of swimming pool. I put Blu-Loo in our garden water feature to keep the seagulls from drinking it. Result: blue seagull poop everywhere. Wild animals will drink and eat anything! (a bit like Americans)

[@caesarjergens]

GG Allin and the murder junkies is as such not a very good documentary but the subject is so out there that it becomes interesting. And he died shortly after filming was concluded, he was at the first screening of the documentary and apparently liked it. Dude gave a whole new definition to the word self destruction.

[@sethflix]

Okay, I'm down to just watching "personalized" videos now after this.

[@myNameWasNobody75]

Lara Croft is not gay. She just likes to explore. No artifact is off limits.

[@J.Hermansson]

Highland Park, good choice.

[@ajivins1]

I didn't mind the Synthetic in Romulus but groaned when he said THAT line...

[@i_liek_bois]

43:10 i like the idea that 15 seconds of true effort is more than rop producers (and sw) gave.

[@MarkoJuhaniMussalo]

That Joker (not the character joker) was not about good or bad, it was about people breaking a person until he does not give a fuck and people who break other people rarely know they are doing it. Cause they think violence is a sickness or just wrong*, not anyone's fault, but there is a reason to everything and yes it was. So when your boss or anyone in your life just kicks you when you are down... this character, makes you understand that dynamic. So you don't treat people like dirt. which you do, if you think violence is something peasants do, cause you are a bit better and when you are a bit better... you judge and push people to break. *No amount of "you are wrong",prison rape movies, cameras, rules or cops is going to help you, when someone breaks. Cause non of it matters, when you don't matter to anyone and people who do not see it as their fault, will never need to think about their part in it. That is the feeling you have inside when you understand it and that's why you drive trough people in GTA and enjoy violence in entertainment. It's vindication, but in a safe format, only it's not a safe idea for people who think you are trash and treat you like trash.

[@Bootheal]

I’m doing well tonight! Thanks for rhetorically asking.

[@andrewsmallacombe9468]

46:09 "It's Sauroning time!"

[@calebemert2253]

Yojimbo! Extra shots 🥷

[@shamalamon]

I'm great! Thanks for asking!

[@justthedecoy4687]

Can't wait to see Mauler review rouge elements

[@piercedbylight]

Dungeon Crawler Carl is the biggest "fun" book on my Sci-Fi/Fantasy book groups. Close to Doulas Adams in the recommendations

[@belongaskip]

0:54 I'm tired, boss.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Delighted to finally see this up! Looking forward to digging in!

[@strambino1]

Good to have Drinker and Mauler back!

[@MegaSpideyman]

@@strambino1 Absolutely!

[@odinsett8824]

The Eternal Champion Series by Michael Moorcock.

[@kevbot4250]

Good morning welcome back gents

[@J.Hermansson]

Regarding good books. Check out Stephen Donalson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Good stuff.

[@nelsonrumley2618]

director cut "Rebel Moon" is head and shoulders above the original.

[@TibiConstantine]

Surprised Drinker hasn't seen The Iron Robot yet.

[@WillFredward7167]

Now I want to see an Iron Giant Wild Robot crossover. I loved both of those movies and I think it could work

[@micahthomas705]

My first movie in theaters was Conan the Barbarian.

[@Ponczo123]

Is it me or last order is worse with each new episode when I started watching it post that they read was actually a genuine interesting question for them but now it mostly contains the most basic statements that everyone say in open bar and It fills like someone coming out in 2024 and saying "HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT I FOUND OUT SUN ISN'T SPINING AROUND EARTH"

[@pablorages1241]

Bring back the "old white guys" who knew how to write a Hollywood movie while keeping the audience as the priority

[@MrSupertallblackman]

That Batman Disney tv rights thing is not true.

[@sharkc3396]

Older actors, like Boarderlands?

[@Dakforever1]

TIRED, I'm very tired

[@morganseppy5180]

Same! Both tired and fatigued. I'm tired of the stress, the work, and lack of sleep

[@McMahonHater]

What's that... middle aged actors bring Grab-your-ass to a film. Well we can't have that anymore sorry.

[@pablorages1241]

The quality of movie writing generally has fallen BADLY ... and the movies made for streaming services are difficult to watch ... they stick one big name actor in the movie just to get peoples attention but they are so obviously phoning it in ... they look so bored ... anything for the money

[@mjbull5156]

I suppose a conversation between Spock and Vader would go like the one between Spock and Khan in Space Seed: Khan: "Tyranny, sir? Or an attempt to unify humanity?" Spock: "Unify, sir? Like a team of animals under one whip?"

[@keitholeary8542]

Oh look who’s crawled out of the bar to upload some videos

[@TheFolros]

I am doing well, I have steak.

[@snekks7497]

I'm alright

[@AlexxanderLuthor-lq5ih]

how to contact Critical Drinker for a product/project review ?

[@MegaSpideyman]

His e mail should be on his main channel

[@morganseppy5180]

He's an accomplished author, so I'm sure the info is public

[@FiniteSA]

Good 🌄

[@PhilomenaMerritt-e5e]

Enjoyed every second vid! You did great!

[@B1PFilms]

Hehe

[@scottishcelts2040]

Anymore for anymore

[@solidwarfare]

First?

[@cairohopkinson6530]

Fourth

[@tylergoodman3560]

Who would be the better bounty hunter: Wolverine Deadpool Spider-Man Batman Flash? 🤔🎉

[@Brian_Boru]

Blunty hunter

[@ganonthecannon]

I mean obviously of all those Batman is the best detective but it's going to be pretty tough to compete with a guy who is a forensic chemist (ergo very intelligent with some forensics training) that can run faster than the speed of light.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Why Spider-Man, Batman or Flash?

[@morganseppy5180]

I think Wolverine would be really good

[@annjacobs7764]

Wow, this is insane! Keep it up!

[@laurencecharles7919]

What’s insane about this ? They literally do this every week

[@staceyjordan4502]

​@laurencecharles7919 it's a bot

[@laurencecharles7919]

@@staceyjordan4502 Never

[@charlemagne2116]

Mauler sounds so uninterested

[@danielberry4765]

Weeeeeeeelsh

[@fakeytube6698]

He has Star Wars Outlaws on the mind and just wants to get back to playing it.

[@cynthiajohnson9412]

How am I doing? Well, it sounded like Drinker actually wanted to know how we're all doing, and he wasn't just being polite, so I'll indulge him. And since he apparently can't get the deep philosophical conversations he craves with his stripper friends (or so he says) I'll give it to him on levels. And from the sounds of it, he get his other needs met plenty by his stripper friends, so he can get his philosophical needs met from rando commenters on the Internet. So in that spirit, physically, I'm fine. I've got three cords of firewood sitting uncovered in my driveway right now and I'm kind of looking forward to moving it on to the porch and stacking it neatly, out of the rain and snow. Makes me feel good to take care of basic needs like heat. Simple, straight forward jobs where you know exactly what needs to be done and how to do it, are very nice. When you feel you're getting pushed to the edge of reason (by all kinds of stuff), just doing basic physical work pulls you back into reality. And you sleep well after doing it. And right now I'm burning wood I cut myself from trees the loggers knocked down then left sitting in the mud (I hate waste). I went out in the Spring with my little bow saw and cut and hauled wood in and it feels great to get Woody, my soapstone woodstove, all fired up and my house all cozy. Emotionally I get a little melancholy every year when dark winter looms on the horizon. But I have an intuition that it's gonna be pretty mild and the loggers are supposed to be coming back and bringing more sunlight - so I've got that to look forward to. More sunlight is always welcome. Philosophically, inner peace is always my goal, and I'm not letting anything get in the way of that. I've worked too hard to achieve the peace I have now, so I'm pretty zen. I get ruffled and then I get my feathers smoothed again. That's life. And as far as I'm concerned everyone should have inner peace as their first priority. Or in other words, stop dumping your crap on other people. You know who you are, woke idiots. And you have no right to go crap dumping on behalf of other people, as well. Keep your sanctimonious hands off of other people's crap. MYOB, as they used to say. We empaths have our hands full all ready, and no one else needs any extra garbage on their plates either. And you don't actually have to worry about war and mayhem in other parts of the world either. Vote for peace, stand for peace, speak for peace, and leave it at that. Seek inner peace and as they say 'as below, so above' and visa versa. I had a week not too long ago where everywhere I went people were telling me about their 'trauma'. My neighbor's lesbian partner's mother showed up at my door (WTF?). I've never met the partner and I've only talked to the neighbor once. Anyway, the mother was from RI and I invited her in to hear the news from my home state. And in the hour she was here she mentioned her past trauma three times. Well, I'll just leave that all packed up where it is, thank you very much. And then, I was just talking to this woman at the cheese display at a local store about Parmesan and before I know it she's telling me about her life's trauma. I just wanted to talk about cheese. I get up to the checkout and the clerk blurts out that her doctors want her to have surgery. Jesus, I need to start charging for my counseling services. On the plus side, it does provide perspective. Nothing I've experienced in life would I classify as trauma. So I feel very lucky (not privileged, just plain lucky - I know plenty of white, economically well off people who suffered trauma at the hands of their supposed caregivers). But I also believe in the law of attraction. Which means if you have suffered trauma, you need to deal with it or you will just compound the problem by attracting more. I saw this work out in camp as one of the two drivers who served the whole, large camp system. I went into the job doing daily meditation and committed to simply dealing with whatever got tossed my way. The other driver (mid-twenties) had a wonky energy she brought with her from unhealed past stuff. Anyway, I drove kids to the airport and picked them up dozens of times and I never had a problem. Not even a delay. The other driver just had the worst luck - shit was always happening to her - crazy, weird circumstances. Anyway, you live long enough you notice patterns of attraction. Crazy energy attracts crazy energy. And when I was younger, I had weird energy shit coming my way (I didn't have a peaceful mind), now when I hear stories from people about crazy stuff that happens to them, I wish them a nice day and sidestep them as quickly as possible. How's that for deep? P.S. The best compliment I've ever received came from a little girl at camp (about 11) who told me, 'I like to sit next to you because you have good energy.' It doesn't get any better than that. My goal in life is to be the person that feels good to sit next to. P.P.S. I bet Drinker doesn't ask again how we're doing. lol P.P.P.S. I don't care that that's a horrible picture of me. But in fairness I don't actually have green blotches on my face, as shown. I have no idea why the camera is so grainy. My first selfie, no shit. And I never look at other people's pictures and I don't much care that other people do. The last picture I had up was an old photo of me wincing at getting my picture taken. I thought it captured my spirit (and my feelings about Google) so I left it up for years and years. I created this Google account to collect spam and I never really thought about that picture, until guys started hitting on me on-line. They all seemed very nice, but I never wanted to be valued for my looks alone, so then when I switched to 'Jobs Over Jabs' I didn't have to think about it again. I was actually in the process of stripping lead tainted varnish off the woodwork in my dining room in the old picture - old clothes, no make-up, and I was holding a piece of steel wool in my hand. I thought it was a funny picture. I wasn't trying to misrepresent myself, I just didn't think about it. Now, I'd rather have a bad picture of myself up then have anyone think I was presenting myself as other than what I am. But again, I don't have green blotches on my face.

[@Jram2427]

I was the 269th view. 😏

[@ChapaczNorek]

You reserve judgment before playing Ghost of Yotei but it was alright to upload a grifting nonsense on Assassin's Creed?

[@redbearington3345]

Apples and oranges. There's nothing negative about Ghost of Yotei yet. Literally no information even known about it yet beyond its a new mc. Plus suckerpunch has a track record of great games. None of these things are true about Ass creed afro samurai or Ubisoft.

[@ChapaczNorek]

@@redbearington3345 Ubisoft has over 40 years of great games tho.

[@redbearington3345]

@@ChapaczNorek except they dont though, and just look at their last decade of public statements and works, its a lot of bad, especially from Assassin's creed as a franchise. Ubisoft as a reputation of being anti gamer, anti consumer, engaging in shady business practices, selling incomplete games to sell you the missing parts. Their games are just the same game with a reskin of deminishing quality. Releasing unfinished and buggy. There's a reason their stock is the lowest its ever been and theres serious doubts the company will even exist in a years time, and its certainly not because they've got "40 years of great games" Its because all they put out anymore are crap games.

[@ChapaczNorek]

@@redbearington3345 "the company will even exist in a years time" yeah, yeah, I've heard that in 2003, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2018, 2020. Keep on dreaming.

[@redbearington3345]

@@ChapaczNorek 2018 Ubisoft stock was 23 dollars a share. in today its 2 dollars a share. The only one dreaming is you. Also going run and hide from all the flops and failures I mentioned because you have no comeback for that, just pretend what you pulled out of your ass now is an actual comeback for reality? You didnt hear that in 2003 2007 2008 2012 2018 or 2020 because in all those years the company was worth more and have a better reputation that it does now. I also doubt you heard that from ubisoft themselves like you are now. The company itself is publicly looking for someone to buy them. Which gets us back to the beginning of you pretending Ubisoft is in anyway equal to Suckerpunch. Suckerpunch has no failed games, has no negative public perception, isnt looking to be bought out because they are failing.

[@Gojeto346]

Saying “Make your own decisions” to someone saying we should Boycott Disney+ is kinda weird…

[@EmptyAltruism]

And it’s your decision if you listen to him or not. They don’t say “boycott whether you think it’s a good idea or not….”

[@shaunmartin454]

Not at all. You should make your own decisions and not just be swayed by knowing someone you look up to or follow says to do a thing.

[@Gojeto346]

@@shaunmartin454nah it’s super weird for someone who’s adamantly against Disney to not agree that they should boycott it, just because someone shares their opinion or stance on something doesn’t mean everyone listening or looking up to them should follow their every whim and wish. But not agreeing with something your whole channel is basically built on IS weird.

[@Gojeto346]

@@EmptyAltruismyou don’t think it would be weird if I said “we should jail all criminals” and he said we should make our own decision? like yeah obviously everyone needs to make their own decision, but fence sitting by answering like that when his whole channel is built on bashing the shitty behind the scenes goings on at Disney AND the quality of the work they put out not being worth your money, it’s super weird he wouldn’t be able to just agree and move on and instead avoid taking a stance on it. It’s weird. My comment never once said anything about why doesn’t everyone jus listen to drinker or why isn’t drinker agreeing with me, it’s simply stating it’s weird for him to suddenly not vocalize his dislike for Disney now.

[@atfbproductions7458]

​@@Gojeto346I think it's weird you keep using the word "weird" it's almost like you're a parrot regurgitating a certain word that's been repeated by certain political affiliates lately