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[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

My favourite part of Gladiator II is when Lucius finds Maximus living alone on a secluded island, hands him his old gladius, and Maximus simply tosses it away.

[@proffesordickfacejr.4886]

Mine was when it was over... And I watched the 1st one at home

[@planetbizzaro1839]

Movie sucked balls

[@sithisarcanis]

This parody still hurts since I understand the reference

[@thehermitman822]

I loved when he found the Matrix of Gladiatorship and became Maximus Prime.

[@leannerose6181]

Gremlins. Back to the Future. Those are all that's left. DON'T TOUCH IT

[@mykr0324]

The lighthouse was diverse. It was 50% black, 50% white.

[@Zac_Frost]

Clever lol.

[@SheldonAdama17]

Gladiator 2: Are you not entertained? Me: No

[@6trillionmiles]

5 middle aged men talking about a princess musical? AGAIN?????😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂nice beard drinker😉

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

Man if that's what passes for entertainment nowadays I'd rather be bored. 🙄😖👎

[@fictiontheorizer4253]

That's a biiig thumbs down.... Roman Style.👎

[@Sev_Auk]

So good to see Chris Gore back to his old "sharp" self, post stroke. His speech is back to normal and his wit and movie trivia recall are better than ever. Good on you Chris! You have always defined our media history in a way that we all can relate to and appreciate. Cheers, Sev

[@criticalcommenter]

I am glad he has recovered his health. That said, it was great not having him on any streams for a while.

[@captaintoyota3171]

​@criticalcommenter really? You just had to say that about a guy who had a stroke? Isnt life better not being an a hole? Jesus

[@criticalcommenter]

@@captaintoyota3171 Yes, really. I wish him good health but I don't like him on the show and I don't like his character from what I've seen. Having a stroke doesn't mean everyone has to love everything you do.

[@TKDBoy1889]

@@criticalcommenter Curious as to why you don't like him on the streams. He is better than a third of the guests who honestly don't add anything of substance beyond "OMG yes this woke product sucked" and "Oh God I cannot stop praising this show I worship at it's altar now"

[@criticalcommenter]

@@TKDBoy1889 See my previous comment.

[@toadsmoothy]

What the Jaguar ad says to me is "Clown Car." Just show the driver's door open, as though you are about to enter the car, show the luscious interior, have Sydney Sweeney all dolled-up sitting in the passenger seat, smiling at you, inviting you to enter (so to speak). Done. Jags will fly out the door. They knew how to do this in the 1960's. Men haven't changed and never will. Great car + sexy girl = Winner.

[@philipps1158]

They had a ad campaign not so many years ago where they used cool movie villans as market material. "And they all drive Jaguar" Its just so easy normally. Bring back the "cat" Logo, make it classy, make it fast. High quality. Atributes that meant Something within this car maker.

[@megalonoobiacinc4863]

that's the problem, games aren't a hobby or niche anymore. Its big money, so marketing guys took over

[@mykr0324]

Subculture became normculture

[@criticalcommenter]

Shame this comment is about 20 years too late. Gaming isn't a new thing. You think Nintendo, Sega, Sony etc didn't market?

[@TKDBoy1889]

@@criticalcommenter They marketed, but it wasn't mainstream. Gaming was niche, a smaller market that was primarily driven by creativity and passion because it wasn't seen as a massive gold mine. Once it hit the mainstream, finance and marketing guys became the ones leading the charge. There was actually an interview with a former developer who spoke about Blizzard both before and after they merged with Activision. Before the merger, the accounting guys were a small department primarily there to make sure expenses tracked. After the merger, that department grew and they actually began getting influence over creative decisions. Nowadays it's corporatized and most AAA creative decisions are decided by what's trending on charts.

[@orgANGmo]

​@@criticalcommenter there were a lot of studios and publishers. Now it's only like 3 or 4 big companies behind everything, and indie developers.

[@Chris-nn3vu]

​@TKDBoy1889 you thinkngaming wasn't mainstream 20 years ago? 😂

[@vermithrx1744]

The girl tweeting from her fridge was entirely manufactured by a social media marketing firm specializing in viral content. They also did the Star Wars mom with the Chewbacca mask and the Hangry Wingstop Girl. They're ads for products like Hasboro's Chewie mask and Wingstop's food. Ever notice it always involves a brand and a product they're selling? I hate to break it to you but most of the content going viral out there is fake, staged, and manufactured.

[@mat_tamarin]

Damn, good intel. I remember Land Rover doing the same, parking one of their new cars outside an expensive area of London with 'CHEATER!' and other unflattering things spray painted over it. People thought it was real and it went viral.

[@TKDBoy1889]

It also applies to non-branded stuff. So much of what we see go viral is specifically crafted for attention. The fact that an entire funny situation tends to be filmed from start to finish in perfect quality from the perfect angle is a dead giveaway.

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

that is the most soulless disgusting thing I've heard. I would expect nothing less from modern social media

[@TheRedGauntlet]

The allegory of Wicked with modern day politics was incredibly cringe

[@bradwan6677]

Musical written 20 years ago...yet some how it is a commentary in Biden dntrump? Better just stick to entertainment news

[@chileanyways196]

The story is 21 years old..

[@boykeschaafsma1117]

Agreed, the Trump and Biden thing? I feel some people get way too obsessed with this shit

[@TheRedGauntlet]

@@chileanyways196 The Trump and Biden thing

[@melissabarrera2441]

Even as someone who has broadly similar politics with Chris, that was hella cringe

[@Chris-gw2xg]

Nothing against Chris gore but every time he is on the panel and starts talking, he doesn‘t stop talking. Feels like he is the only talking…

[@HeyCousin]

I noticed multiple times throughout where he talks for almost 10 minutes without interruption

[@mat_tamarin]

He brings a huge wealth of experience and insider knowledge to the panel. I think it's just a case that when he speaks, everyone listens.

[@Morildrane]

Chris is amazing

[@colummccrudden101]

I don't get it but Chris is an absolute pleasure to listen to in general. His own views on the ups and downs of Hollywood are interesting if not fascinating to listen to. So I get your point, but it is massively misplaced. He isn't Endymion lol

[@ScorpionP2C]

Yeah these eps always go fast for me when he is on, because I skip forward all the parts where he talks as he just repeats the same things hes said for ages now. The guy is the epitome of "back in my day" without an original thought in his head.

[@terenceblakely4328]

Beau has the most impressive utube chair ever.

[@colummccrudden101]

Until he tries to be funny. I like him a bit but he absolutely melts me outside of history references

[@cringle4659]

In this divided world, we can all agree that Beau possesses one epic chair!

[@seaneads4018]

I took a shot every time Chris Gore awkwardly referred to Wicked as being gay and now I'm down two pints of Wild Turkey.

[@captainsalty5688]

It's the truth tho.

[@kbat942]

@@senoka4638man, it’s been really ridiculous how often he says something sexual or similar to Xray girl the last few nooner episodes

[@mrfafaa96]

He does say how much he likes sexy woman and that he is not gay a suspicious amount of times. Starting to think whether or not he might be deep in closed or something.

[@SumDumGy]

But are you any gayer?

[@seaneads4018]

@@SumDumGy I mean after two pints of Wild Turkey my sexuality is all over the place. Want to come over?

[@J.Hermansson]

I know exactly what Chris is talking about, regarding how I watched movies back in the day on TV. In Sweden, back in the day, we only had 2 TV channels, and on saturday they showed a movie. As Chris said, the whole family was watching, it was big thing. That's how I, as a kid, watched all the old classics.

[@eurodoc6343]

That was the US too as recently as the early 1980s, except we had 3 national networks, PBS, and a few regional UHF channels.

[@SumDumGy]

…back in the day.

[@J.Hermansson]

We got our third channel in 1987.

[@J.Hermansson]

Well sumgum for me back in the day was the end of the 60’s and beginning of the 70’s.

[@paulware4701]

Same here for the UK of the 1960s. BBC2 existed but like many people who owned old TV sets we couldn't get it, so all we had was ITV and BBC1. And most of the films on the telly back then were really old which is why people of my generation seem to be able to remember the forties and fifties even though we didn't live through them - we lived through them on the telly a generation later.

[@a_lost_one]

If you drive blindfolded... you deserve a Darwin Award. Sorry, not sorry!

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

I've drove with no headlights before,when the moon was full,but it was a VERY familiar route and it wasn't for long.

[@SusanDelgado1177]

The planet is overpopulated, so🤷‍♀️ i say bring on those challenges.🤣 The fewer the merrier🤡

[@bad-people6510]

It's not them I'm worried about, it's everyone around them.

[@criticalcommenter]

​@@SusanDelgado1177Is it? News to me. I thought the big issue was population decline

[@SusanDelgado1177]

@@criticalcommenter welcome to the real world, boo

[@davidcannon7487]

Jaguar is going to start making those little tiny clown cars for the circus.

[@teddyharvester]

They might, and then actual circuses won't buy them because the Jaguar brand is just too embarrassing and even they have standards higher than that.

[@SumDumGy]

…or nothing at all.

[@Irongrip62]

For the poster they should replace a character with more Dead Pools one by one, see how far they can push it adding more and more deadpools to it before being called out.

[@xitaris5981]

I feel like no one would call it out, considering that last Deadpool movie introduced Deadpool to the Multiverse and we've seen about 100 different Deadpools.

[@matthewcarroll2533]

Shang-chi is so prominent because they want to make sure they're marketing towards the Chinese demographic. They can't say no to chinese money, after all.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

Or Chinese authoritarianism,apparently. 🤨👍

[@dragonknightleader1]

He's not that popular in China either.

[@karannegi7199]

Yeah but that didn't really work did it? It barely broke even and Simu Liu is no movie star

[@matthewcarroll2533]

@@karannegi7199 It doesn't matter to these marketing idiots, to them it's all about 'optics'. (As if it isn't bad optics to do shit like this in marketing, but y'know...)

[@DenmarkRadar]

They cannot say no to any kind of money... The joke about if Al Qaeda or ISIS opened a streaming service is funny because it's so true.

[@kida-9294]

Can you believe it only took 55 days to shoot gladiator 2? Yes. Yes I can.

[@SumDumGy]

Can you believe it only took me five seconds to decide never to watch it?

[@TheBanshee90]

Me: eh why are they making a gladiator 2. It obviously isn't a franchise. It's Hollywood this creatively bankrupt? Yes yes they are.

[@terenceblakely4328]

Never... ever... look to Hollywood for historical facts.

[@paulware4701]

1:26:00 Decades ago, Roger Corman's company identified how to market by this simple metric: young boys will watch anything older boys will watch; older boys won't watch anything young boys will watch; girls will watch anything boys will watch; boys won't watch anything girls will watch. Therefore to attract the biggest possible audience, aim at older boys. It's still true.

[@festo512]

Too bad all his movies were poorly made

[@paulware4701]

@@festo512 Corman treated what he did as a business. His movies made money - in percentage terms, way more than a typical Hollywood movie. And they are still being watched today, half a century later in many cases. The man's name is a watchword for success.

[@festo512]

@@paulware4701 They made a small profit because they only cost a couple thousand to make. Nothing they did gets watched today unless someone wants to point out how crap those movies are.

[@paulware4701]

@@festo512 Repost that in open chat where everyone can see it and we'll let them be the judge.

[@festo512]

@@paulware4701 His most successful film was wild angels that made a whopping 15 million. Am I wrong?

[@asmith121]

I love the Wizard of Oz!!! I loathe Wicked... it is not a true prequel and just... tarnishes the charm of the Wizard of Oz

[@jonsimpson6240]

It has quite good songs, and is generally well acted on stage. I hate its story, it’s the first of the “villain was actually the victim” stories.

[@cynthiajohnson9412]

I just want to say that we're celebrating a day of appreciation here in the good ole U.S. of A. today, and just wanted to express my gratitude to Drinker and Mauler and the rest of the Open Bar crew for the laughter and insights and general fun that you folks have provided this year - especially in the last few months. It's snowing heavily here in VT and my electricity has gone off several times already today so I'm not sure I will be able to express my warm thoughts live later in the day - a gentle spring breeze is often all it takes to take down the electrical grid here (or it might just be at my house), and snow sends it completely into a tizzy. Anyway, thanks guys - love ya.

[@brianmichaelh23]

Social media and its dumb challenges have really rotted so many minds, Idiocracy

[@winterwolfsden]

I'm waiting for the "Oww my balls" challenge. I'm willing to assist in helping people complete that one...

[@descent3031]

Lucilla: listen if you want to join our conspiracy you'd have to really hate the romans. Lucius: I do! Lucilla: oh yeah? How much? Lucius: a lot! Lucilla:.... right, you're in.

[@bethwilliams4903]

Beau!!! Anytime Beau is on I’m one happy history nerd - shame it’s about Gladiator 2 😵‍💫

[@SirKeirStarmtrooper]

Good to see Beau on.

[@MaxIgnoramus]

Agreed, one of my favourite commentators

[@Eassstt]

Only found out about The Lotus Eaters during the US election lol. Great guys

[@davidgannon5388]

1:48:06 - They took the "Butlerian Jihad" and called it "the war against the machines," which is ripped off from Sarah Connor's intro to T2!

[@dragonknightleader1]

The idea of a Bene Gesserit show was always going to be bad regardless of how woke it is. It's a show about sneaky, elderly women using their shrill Voices to get what they want. There's nothing dramatic about that kind of story because they have a superpower your average person can't resist and everyone is terrified of them because they're successful assassins allowed to kill with impunity. That's why they're an antagonist in the original story.

[@gavinburke2572]

I never really considered the themes discussed with the original Gladiator that the first colleseum battle symbolized Romes over confidence and that things were beginning to crumble. I was 12 when I first saw it so these things didn't immediately imprint on to me 🤷🏻‍♂️ but just makes me love the original even more now the sequel should never have been made it took a big 💩💩💩 on the original

[@naildriver296]

so glad you repost the whole VOD of Open Bar. I was busy and not home when this was live so its nice to catch up.

[@chasehedges6775]

This is gonna be a great treat

[@TwistedReality13]

Didn't he used to clip it all out and release the whole thing at the end? I absolutely hate that approach, but I at least understand why creators do it.

[@4Everlast]

Ridley suffers from "faster more intense" syndrome. The MF's making 3 movies per year, and it shows.

[@gryphon7624]

I really like Chris Gore, but man, does listening to him talk give you a headache.

[@jhnshep]

Yea, I don't want to put him and AZ in the same bucket, but one screams and the other complains for minutes longer than needed.

[@SumDumGy]

That Marvel image should just be a black screen with only the Marvel logo visible at this point.

[@africanpenguin3282]

14 years ago I used a wide screen 1080 TV at my desk and it was great. I worked admin and I just needed to have my project documents actual print size which I just needed to ensure formatting was perfect, and still have my information I needed displayed on the other half with my original work monitor just to keep manuals open for reference. Do dual screens folks makes work flow so nice

[@davidgannon5388]

2:03:33 - "In 1979, we learned that in space, no one can hear you scream. ... In 1993, you'll learn that on Earth... _everyone_ can hear you scream."

[@laurelvanwilligen9787]

Those Jaguar crayons don't even look happy.

[@keithbalbi3927]

Having Peter Mensah be in the arena in Gladiator 2 and just have him die without a fight was criminal, considering he played one of the best gladiators in history in Spartacus.

[@darkrider962]

Less Chris Gore on this show going forward please!

[@IsUserADuck]

Why?

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

@@IsUserADuck They won't answer.

[@airyboo6443]

He is annoying, has bad takes, and is an industry plant.

[@IsUserADuck]

@@airyboo6443 first two are subjective, third needs proof

[@nahkaboltsi6315]

@@IsUserADuck just look what kinda slop he recommends, that is proof enough

[@TheREALSimagination]

After crossing the "current year"-threshold for Open Bar, you could start making predictions - serious or not - for the future.

[@kingvejita8827]

He was here.

[@Jwnorton]

How about having The Aristocratic Utensil on some time?

[@matthewcarroll2533]

That'd be incredible but I feel like they'd veer away from talking about entertainment the entire Open Bar, lol. (Not that I'd mind but I figure most people want to hear about entertainment and not politics)

[@BogaSlawa]

They might not be ready for that!

[@moe5020]

no thanks that dude is like 10 years too late to being an unoriginal anti-sjw with a cringy little rantsona.

[@docsavage101]

The Duelists1977 was Ridley Scotts best film and as it was based on Conrads story it wasn't bolloxed by Scott. Great sesh as always guys 🥃🙏

[@paularized1]

Welp, Wicked sounds shitty.

[@purplefidelity5162]

Not if you like Thai food it isn’t 🤓

[@SusanDelgado1177]

It sounds like woke trash

[@andrewcollier3495]

Gladiator 2, look at the shiny shiny things. Pascal was boring, lead guy was boring and Denzel, didn't really work in the roll. Plus to have comedy legends from Little Britain and Black Adder in the movie, made me think more of Life of Brian than Gladiator.

[@DrellKing]

Holy fuck Chris, is it good or not? The fuck is he on about.

[@staciepaul]

Imagine if Jaguar started their commercial with Whitesnake's here I go again, and when the chorus kicks in Tanya Katain flips to Sydney Sweeney doing carwheels acroos their new car.

[@nathanielabbate8747]

In the jaguar commercial why is the chicks afro Pacman?

[@jonathanlampkin6673]

Yeah no kidding.

[@Chris-nn3vu]

chick? 🤢

[@sharkc3396]

Mauler - Had two monitors for work since 1992, Currently I like (2) 32 inch 4K (for video) but some apps you wouldn't notice 720p, ergonomic position is important. I have my laptop on the side to listen to you gentlemen while working.

[@GeoMeridium]

Not sure they even needed much CGI for Shatner. He looks and acts way younger than most 93 year olds. Dude even went on a space trip a couple years ago.

[@Rolf97]

The new Wicked sounds woke af.

[@joshuasmith6909]

Chris, I appreciate your insight but sometimes I wonder what you’re trying to say. 😅

[@jack5001ful]

Chris gore basically said fire all the women to fix the games industry. #based lol

[@TheNorthlander793]

22:42 "Back to the Future" not rebooted is my surprise. Was it even discussed?

[@4Everlast]

Cliffhanger a bit of cheese?! MF it's one of the most adrenaline filled action movies ever made. That limp dicked Speed is what people hype, nah, Cliffhanger is where it's at.

[@elathiaskade7311]

Starting gimmick idea: significant books/comics published, starting the year Fellowship of the Ring was released (1954)

[@WesleyHill-md5cg]

Chris is terrible at recommending movies.

[@SumDumGy]

Truth! I find a pretty consistent pattern with hating the mainstream movies he recommends but loving the foreign and independent movies he recommends.

[@Zac_Frost]

Eh. He likes movies, and wants others to see everything and get a feel for what's good and bad on their own. I can respect that.

[@nemo616a]

It would have been funny if Deadpools head was roughly placed over She-Hulks like when stalkers insert themselves into photo's.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

It'd be more in line with the character,plus it'd be funny af. 😂👍

[@ragnarkoric]

Maybe Chris doesn’t understand it’s a panel of five. Shut up and let other people talk. You have Little Platoon on and he can’t get a word in.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

Or maybe Little Platoon wanted to wait to speak until he felt he had something valuable to "say", which "duhrwads" would not understand.

[@ragnarkoric]

@ you may be right about Platoon. Still stand by my statement that Chris doesn’t shut up.

[@christopherkelley1664]

He said so many words but didn't actually say if Wicked was good or bad. He just said it would do well.

[@matthewcarroll2533]

Yeah sorry CD, Tyson was paid to let Jake Paul win. Paul didn't take any shots because he didn't want to get clobbered back when it made Tyson mad. There's video footage of Tyson on the streets in his 50's knocking people out; I have no doubt he would've if Boxing wasn't corrupt and fake as fuck. (Been fake and staged ever since King took over the boxing scene, whether you like it or not)

[@RM_VFX]

Would love to see Tyson drop that youtube prick in one second.

[@enigmaodell6806]

I find myself skipping forward when Chris talks.

[@mrfafaa96]

I always play his 10+ minute rants at 2x speed. We get it Chris, you're old and have been around since the black & white era, you like sexy woman and are "totally" not gay.

[@ScorpionP2C]

Most of us do, shows in the metrics.

[@christopherkelley1664]

I'm always momentarily excited because when I see him I think he's TV's Frank from early Mystery Science Theater.

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Wait .. i just seen that bald guy earlier... For like, the first time... I think it was the Lotus eater channel... What a coincidence

[@proffesordickfacejr.4886]

They shouldve had deadpool waving to the audience... Or whispering into lokis ear

[@laurelvanwilligen9787]

As a smarter person said, you need only 3 keys to write modern movies. CTRL, C and V.

[@sethkaicer319]

We who are about to cringe salute you 😎

[@enfieldjohn101]

Glad you had a great time at the convention! They can be fun for me too, in small doses. 'Smart' appliances are actually rather stupid. Refrigerators, clothes washers etc. don't need to be online. You can tweet from the online interface on a refrigerator? Why? The only thing an appliance needs to do online, if anything at all, is maybe sending a canned alarm notification that it is breaking down or leaking water or something. They don't need to be able to get on social media. Who is Captain Falcon? Who is the blonde with the big stick in the lower right corner? I've fallen behind on my MCU stuff more than I realized. Shang Chi is still there because a marketing manager said to make sure the poster stayed as diverse as possible. There wouldn't be an 'Asian' character in there if they removed him. I agree, Chris! I hate to see franchises killing off our favorite characters on screen! I choose to ignore all these deaths in my 'head canon' and pretend they never happened. The studios are not passing the torch to better, or even equally good, characters in these scenes. The torch is being fumbled into the muck, the flame is going out and then some awful excuse for a new main character is picking it up and wondering what to do with it. The only franchise that was ever really any good at replacing main characters was Doctor Who back in the Classic era, but now New Who just keeps going from bad to worse with each new Doctor. The new 'Wicked' show represents everything wrong with Hollywood today. I am insulted by even the commercials and company tie-ins for it. The original play and the original novel of it are fantastic to be sure, but this new thing is horrid. 'The Acolyte' is an overt example, but this new thing is subversively so which is actually even worse. They don't do things subtly in movies or TV shows anymore, Beau, because most people today aren't actually paying full attention to the show. They are playing on their smart phone in the living room or theater while the show is on. Even when they go to live events that they paid a lot of money for a ticket to be there. I've seen people sitting in the really expensive seats at NFL games for example staring at their phones even when their team is on the verge of scoring a touch down. The arena has to show the best plays again on huge screens for those who missed it in real time. It's just unbelievable. Exactly! I think the 'You can't really sell it if you don't believe in it or love it' part is pretty much the crux of the situation that Hollywood is in when it comes to trying to make movies or TV shows appeal to sane men. Hollywood has been catering to women and crazy men for long enough now that they have forgotten how to appeal to the rest of us. Even when show runners today aren't actively trying to insult sane men, they still don't believe in or love the sorts of things that sane men love. It's really gotten bad when companies like Jaguar and Budweiser and Gillette can't remember how to appeal to sane men either. Those are brands that were historically very popular among manly men, but now they aren't. It's really weird. Dune is a wonderful thing - in the novels. So good. The attempts to dramatize it have never been 100% awesome. Each attempt has had something good in it. I can think of reasons to defend the previous dramatizations, but I can't think of a reason to watch Dune Prophesy. I really like Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson and their books. I'm about 90% satisfied with the two movies that they advised on (some bad casting decisions and some scenes that were longer than they needed to be), but this 'witches in space' thing is not appealing to me. The best things that Brian and Kevin wrote about were the Butlerian Jihad and the Mentats. Those stories are fantastic! We don't get much about that in the two movies made so far nor, it seems, will we get much about it in this TV show. That's too bad. I agree that a TV show about the Butlerian Jihad could have been epic and certainly would have been well-timed given all the stuff going on in the real world today over A.I. In Frank Herbert's time, computers were just starting to become important aspects of everyday life and he could see back then that relying upon computers could potentially be a disaster for humanity as a whole. He was right, by the way, it has been ruinous. Too bad that the current Dune projects aren't focusing on that better. I hate it when shows are disappointing, especially when you know the show cost a ton of money, but is still disappointing. I don't mind when a low budget show is somewhat disappointing because at least vast amounts of money weren't wasted. Open Bar is a better use of two hours of my time than watching crap like Gladiator 2 or Wicked or Dune Prophesy. I love this channel!

[@rogerborg]

Plot twist: Gladiator 2 is thrashing Wicked worldwide. Turns out that singing gay witches only plays well in one market.

[@WingedHussarJG]

Yup. G2 has now about 220 mln and Wicked 165 mln - total.

[@Alex_Fahey]

That's kind of what I expected. Gladiator to do well simply off of name alone and especially thrive in foreign markets unless it was the worst movie ever made. Wicked, as a weird ghey musical, to only have a chance of doing well in NA/EU markets and struggling elsewhere.

[@russvb6384]

Don't know that this notion will age well given that Gladdy 2 has an extra week of international coin in the early numbers matchup. G probably finishes higher outside North America, but domestic+international, doubtful.

[@snowman22ism]

2 hours in it looks like Gore is falling asleep..

[@rustyshackleford9017]

The sequel shoulda been Djimon honsou as a gladiator trainer who reunites with his family ❤❤❤ Jk. The story in one of the greatest films ever made was self contained. Didn't need shit for a sequel

[@dammitspock]

The only IP I can recall that had a good continuation/prequel was Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. Expanded the lore, great new characters & didn't shit on the original. Then Netflix cancelled it

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Mayler is soooo much easier to listen to ... Compared to Rags. Especially when rags is on other streams. Where no one can put rags in check.

[@hikari67]

As much as i disagree with Rags on pretty much all his takes i still think he'd be a better person to drink a beer with and have a good chat than 70% of the efap/FNT/drinker/btu/BBC crew. But yeah his character's a bitch.

[@Eassstt]

Same problem here, I fell of being a regular EFAP enjoyer because Rags just doesn't know when to shut up and let others talk or finish.

[@CplYakob]

@@Eassstt It's at the point where I skip ahead 5 minutes, every time Rags opens his mouth.

[@kbat942]

Especially on EFAPs when he starts getting in a disagreement with someone, and just gets really passive agressive and monotone instead of having a fair discussion and letting the other person talk

[@ManHamOrigins]

@@kbat942 One of these days Rags is gonna have a Rekieta style meltdown

[@paulware4701]

2:20:00 I have two monitors; I'd have three if my desk was big enough. I use them all the time for writing reviews, so that I can have the reference work on one (portrait) and the review document on the other (landscape). And I got the pair - reconditioned - for £69.

[@J.Hermansson]

Regarding Ridley. It's so sad cause her has made some of my fav movies. Bladerunner being my fav of all time, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down, for example.

[@festo512]

Blade runner is a crappy movie. You like it only because of the visuals.

[@J.Hermansson]

@@festo512 , well mr Fisto, we have to disagree.

[@festo512]

@@J.Hermansson Have you read the book? Do you think it was a good idea that Ridley Scott decided to throw out most of the character interaction?

[@J.Hermansson]

@@festo512 yes I have read the book. It’s still one of my fav movies, and yes the visuals, the music, the characters, the story, and some of the dialogue. And some nostalgia, I don’t know if you watched it when it came out, but back then I had not seen anything like it. I loved it and still do. And nothing you say will change my mind.

[@festo512]

@@J.Hermansson You want to give a guess why it bombed in theaters and why the sequel failed?

[@Gguy061]

Going forward, I want every Jaguar ad to feature either Beshine or Chelsea Charms

[@marcoj.t.l.3116]

"I'll say this..."

[@abadgermostaquatic8955]

Frank Gore spitting absolute truth 👏

[@moe5020]

What I learned from this is to watch Dune Prophecy and skip Wicked. Thx chris

[@SumDumGy]

I’ll watch neither.

[@emptyforrest]

the absolutely most stupid thing about the jaguar ad was no mention of cars where made or shown. unless you actually know the brand from the start how would you know what the ad was about?

[@christopherkelley1664]

That's what happens to people who don't know what Dunkin (donuts) is. Dunking what?

[@sadaomao7425]

It's creepy how much Chris is gushing about Wicked.

[@HungryForTastyFoodAndComicArt]

... which indicates you are under 25 years old.

[@christopherkelley1664]

He never really says it's good, he just says it's gay and will make money, it's gay and will make money, it's gay and will make money, it's gay and will make money...

[@SkyExplosion]

Actually the battle.of Carthage had nothing to with commodus, he didn't set it up or try to away and he even enjoyed the surprise ending of who won

[@belarge]

I've listened to this 2x and still my brain refuses to connect enjoying Thai Food with seeing the Wicked film.

[@princeofruins3287]

i bet they're doing the The Bene Gesserit are misunderstood and totally not evil, thing.

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

Caracalla may have been insane but it's pretty rotten to portray Geta, the teenager murdered by his older brother Caracalla, as equally insane

[@mat_tamarin]

2:31:33 Start of Chris Gore's superb gaming rant.

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

ty

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Gladiator II: The Legend of Maximus' Gold

[@chasehedges6775]

That would be a perfect alternative title for an unnecessary sequel

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

I saw what you did there. 👍😏

[@colummccrudden101]

Cant understand the Chris Gore hate. He is an absolute titan of knowledge in the movie industry. Always find him to be interesting.

[@mat_tamarin]

Truth!

[@wrylucifer]

2:13:21 It’s not League, it’s a Japanese show that adapts a Japanese light novel that’s a spin off of a Japanese Visual Novel called Fate/Stay Night.

[@Jon-u5j8u]

Chris, take your damned meds....

[@kbat942]

Lmao he’s been getting more and more unhinged lately, esp on the Nooner

[@jknetwork6211]

Penguin carrying television hard this end of the year huh?

[@chasehedges6775]

I’m giving credit to Colin Farrell for this one. Dude is fantastic

[@micahthomas705]

At hat point in Wicked do I need to start the Pink Floyd album? Only question I have.

[@McMahonHater]

00:36:23 The way the first Gladiator is described by Little Platoon is very much like comparable to modern Hollywood. Drinker, Nerdrodic & G&G are like Maximus and Hollywood is Rome

[@1000sofusernames]

Paul Mescal exuded year alpha male. He's a nice guy who got bulked up. Crowe had menace

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

He does menace well,check out his role as Bud,a crooked cop in the movie L.A. Confidential,if you've never seen it. 😊👍

[@Snake11Baron]

Thankfully never made a joker sequel

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

That is the most drunkly fantastic coincidence that the episode reviewing 2024 is at the end of 2024. Absolutely no way it was done on purpose, but as i always say with a smile when drunk, "it is what it is."😂 Edit: i didn't know there was a big debate about two monitors, thats insane. I bought a 30 some inch ultrawide for a first monitor when i built my pc for like $200 that was awesome. Then a few months later i bought my 59 inch lcd ultrawide and i use the old one for discord and audio, and sometimes web browsers if im gaming. And same thing as drinker said, i can have three full size tabs on the lower monitor without being crowded. I fully encourage the multi monitor setup for anyone on the fence.

[@SumDumGy]

No, MauLer, Unification was just simply bad. You weren’t missing out on anything. It didn’t make any sense whatsoever.

[@nelrock3641]

Always felt the best Dune was the series the SyFy channel did.

[@terenceblakely4328]

The Dune universe is a horribly bleak, evil universe where any good that pops up is inevitably corrupted and/or destroyed. Initially an interesting read until you realize what kind of universe it is.

[@commentingisdangerous7530]

warhammer 40k was heavily inspired by dune amongst other things. they admit to openly ripping it off, and making satire of it. people love the bleak grimdark of 40k, so there are people that like that stuff.

[@terenceblakely4328]

I actually like Warhammer 40k lore because it is so over the top unlike Dune.

[@Don9872]

@@commentingisdangerous7530 the difference between the two is that warhammer is ridiculous in how over the top it is but still has crap tons of stories about your regular soldiers doing self sacrifice and other heroic things to stop the worst from happening.

[@CarrionCrow993]

I appreciate Mauler stepping in for the ladies and disassociating us from this anti-man style crap.

[@ZachVaught-gd8kf]

Critical drinker I am a number one fan for you and I look for the best for you and word of advice limit Chris Gord’s talk time to 10 minutes per hour max if you ask me, I would limit it to five

[@duncanidaho2097]

So the highest grossing films were comic book superhero based?? Pathetic.

[@TheDreamfinder99]

And the “live action” lion king. Cinema is officially dead.

[@ChancellorOtomovonBismarck]

​@@TheDreamfinder99Greetings. Welcome to 6 years after that happened

[@Chillbilly204]

I propose that instead of finding something new, you keep telling movies and news of the year each episode, just jump back to the beginning of film lol go back to 1925 of 26

[@andrewmasseo51]

Foreign markets boys less words simpler arcs