Open Bar #29 - Willow Disaster, Avatar 2 Impressions, Jennifer Lawrence Invented Everything

[@Nick-wo3vi]

Say what you want about Jennifer Lawrence, but the way she refused to move to the back of that bus and give her seat to the white man was stunning and brave.

[@Shockguey]

And that huwite man was Harvey Weinstein. #StandAgainstAntiSemitism

[@dragonknightleader1]

Jennifer Lawrence was truly the first woman to oppose segregation and Rosa Parks has her to thank for it. Also, Jennifer Lawrence was the first woman to lead the slaves through the Underground Railroad.

[@prometheusjackson8787]

I wish we had segregation back

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

I bet on a bus, she stands in front of the yellow line.

[@colinstewart3531]

I remember in school reading about how she fought for French independence and inspired Joan of Arc. Just incredible.

[@MisterWileyOne]

Today I learned Jen was the student protester standing in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square. So Brave.

[@jabrockobiden9434]

I think she was the burning monk too

[@AlphariusandOmegon]

You forget stunning, she's so stunning and brave.

[@benjamingrant5970]

Except in JEN'S version,she grabbed those tanks ( _actually_ secretly being driven by cis-het-hwyte- *MEN!* ),swung them by the cannon barrel like in Ang Lee's Hulk,and threw it into the Marianas Trench, creating World Peace™️ and temporarily halting climate change©️!!!!

[@aterriblesliceoftoast]

But, that never happened? That’s what I heard from a mate of mine, he’s from China actually

[@marsoelflaco5722]

She was also Mary Hays, aka Molly Pitcher. The US owes its independence to her.😉

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

*So* looking forward to *Jennifer Lawrence's* next movie *_"Inventing Everything Everywhere All At Once."_*

[@marsoelflaco5722]

It's going to be directed by Taylor Swift. 😉

[@viktorvondoom5950]

Nice one 👍

[@AS-fu1kd]

So glad Jennifer Lawrence invented Cinema. Hunger Games was the first movie ever made

[@chasehedges6775]

Snow White and Wizard of Oz(1939): HOLD MY WICKD WITCH!

[@sarov7658]

@@chasehedges6775 snow white sounds racist should be snow black

[@bartsullivan4866]

@@sarov7658 Give it time they are recasting the new live action with a black chic I believe.

[@birbshid]

Stunning and brave

[@AS-fu1kd]

@@bartsullivan4866 so heroic

[@bigorange2082]

We’re so lucky Jennifer Lawrence was there to stand up to Pharaoh and said “Let my people go!!”

[@fredbloggs5902]

It brought a tear to my eye.

[@daveeyes]

I am literally shaking.

[@Klaaism]

So stunning so brave

[@mykr0324]

It was cool when she built that massive ark aswell. You go guuuuuuuuuuuuuuurl!!!!

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

As usual, you are erasing history no one has heard of. Jennifer Lawrence is the one who gave Moses the two tablets. Also, guess who's actually responsible for the Burning Bush? Jennifer Lawrence. (No surprises there.)

[@pushitlpvo]

When Jennifer Lawrence landed on the moon and said “That’s one small step for “they”, and one giant leap for “ them” kind.” So amazing

[@stophatingeachother9762]

Lol stop I thought you were saying she literally said that in the interview and I was like no way 😂

[@bigorange2082]

An inspiration to us all.

[@pushitlpvo]

We hold these truths to be “selfish”-evident, that all “them” are “of birthing people” endowed by “the void” with certain “documentation”, that among these are “unions”, “taxation, and “the pursuit of grievance.”

[@pushitlpvo]

@@stophatingeachother9762 to be clear.. Jennifer Lawrence landing on the moon.. was a possibility?

[@patrickjuma1373]

I hate that i understand this sentence without problem

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

Remember the Romans treated actors with suspicion and contempt, never taking them seriously, because if someone is good at pretending/faking then they’re dangerous and untrustworthy right off the bat.

[@chasehedges6775]

Interesting. What if the actor was still loyal to Rome tho?

[@dragonknightleader1]

@@chasehedges6775 How would they know? Actors are people who fake emotions professionally.

[@winstonsmith8240]

Don't put your daughter on the stage Mrs Worthington.

[@CodeeXD]

@@chasehedges6775 you can't know they are loyal to Rome. They professionally play pretend for a living

[@Soridan]

Not just the Romans. Actors were treated with disdain until the birth of cinema. That's when they became widely celebrated instead of being treated like degenerates.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

I was shocked and amazed to discover that Jennifer Lawrence took out Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

[@lliamthrumble]

She was also Custer. Now that is stunning.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Shout out Magog for shouting out Gena Davis - everybody forgets she was the highest paid actress in the world at one point *and* a legitimate Action Heroine.. the 90's is starting to feel like a _long_ time ago

[@leannerose6181]

The Long Kiss Goodnight is criminally underrated

[@fredbloggs5902]

Being the highest paid is probably easier when your husband is the director.

[@ab-gail]

@@fredbloggs5902Every time?

[@lliamthrumble]

Imagine an actress being paid millions for her first movie role talking earnestly about fighting the oppressive glass ceiling to a bunch of people that have to scrape by just to survive.

[@SaviorCross]

I'm too busy scraping by to notice.

[@williamroberts6803]

Garden party was her first movie roll after years of tv rolls. She didn’t get paid millions for her first.

[@ardendragoon]

She isn't speaking to us. She is talking to her hollyweird bubble.

[@lliamthrumble]

@@ardendragoon imagine talking to other actress' and telling them she was the first action female lead role...

[@lliamthrumble]

@@williamroberts6803 we're ever so lucky she paved the way for women to be allowed on tvs. Up until she arrived, men had to dress as women because noone would accept women being actors at all

[@kongfeet81]

when Jennifer Lawrence stood before parliament and said “…we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air…” Truly inspiring

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

You know, a woman invented the rear view mirror... By placing her vanity mirror on a dashboard of a car. That was Jennifer Lawrence. She invented it, and didn't really use it again.

[@DavidRexGlenn]

Can Jennifer Lawrence still be considered 'woke' seeing how she's not awake to whose shoulders she's standing on?

[@Oakshield2]

that's great hahahahah

[@hansgruber9685]

You talking about Harvey Weinstein’s shoulders?

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

"Woke" is (and always was) shorthand for "completely ignorant to reality" - so yeah, she can...

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

@@hansgruber9685 So tasteless...but so good! 😂😂😂

[@winstonsmith8240]

🤣👍

[@half-bakedpotato1078]

Even Twilight is more fondly remembered than the Hunger Game movies. The most memorable thing about them to me is the fact that I hit a deer on the way back from watching the Catching Fire 😂

[@stevecrescini2081]

The original flag raising at Iwo Jima was done alone by Jennifer Lawrence but the negative was lost so luckily there were a few Marines around to try it again

[@leannerose6181]

🤣🤣

[@daveeyes]

Thank goodness Jennifer Lawrence was there to invent the atomic bombs and end World War II. "Behold, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

[@stevecrescini2081]

@@daveeyes And pilot the Enola Gay!

[@Crimson28]

7:25 “I’m sorry, what?!” is the best reaction to that story 😂 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@THEGM1234]

Legends say that Jennifer Lawrence was chosen to be Jesus' mom. But she decided to delegate the task to Marry. What a pioneer.

[@uncimark]

Looking forward to the upcoming documentary Jenifer Lawrence of Arabia. People need to know what she did there

[@NoBody-dp8bd]

Ha!

[@leannerose6181]

Omg best comment 🤣

[@losingisntloosing.stopit1396]

😆

[@NathanCassidy721]

Okay that’s a good one. LOL

[@vishnu79]

Imagine being Warwick Davis. You starred in a very well made, cult classic movie. You enjoyed making it, you did really well with it, and people know you for your role in it. So you spend years and years talking to producers and studios trying and hoping to get a sequel made, and finally one day, decades later, Disney comes to you and says "Hey there buddy, we're finally making that sequel you always talked about, do you want in?" You show up at the meeting, maybe meet some of your co-stars, do a meet and greet........... And then you get handed the script. I'd phone it in too, if I were him.

[@chasehedges6775]

Poor guy😞

[@leannerose6181]

Yeah he definitely deserves better than this 😭

[@chasehedges6775]

@@leannerose6181 He _really does_

[@benlewis5312]

Willow is a B movie at best. Warwick could have always said no, but he wanted the money. No shame in that but no need to feel sorry for him either

[@vishnu79]

@@benlewis5312 The original Willow movie has a fairly dedicated fanbase, myself among them. I grew up watching Willow, Barbarians, Conan, Ladyhawke, The Labyrinth and Dragonslayer, none of which were theatrical blockbusters, but were great movies, nonetheless, mostly because the actors really put their all into the productions, and you could tell. Warwick, Kilmer, and Ron Howard spent almost a decade through the early 1990's trying to get a sequel made, maybe for money, maybe because they liked the characters and story, who knows, but Lucas never greenlit anything. Some actors seem to actually enjoy playing certain characters. Henry Cavill seems to have a connection to the Witcher and Superman characters, enough to actually care about them at least. Karl Urban has said that Judge Dredd was one of his favorite characters and that he'd be do a sequel in a heartbeat, even if the movie wasn't a mega-hit. I think Warwick liked the character, and was excited by the offer from Disney to finally get the sequel he'd tried to get from Lucas all those years ago. Go watch his performance in the original, and then watch his performance in the show. Pay attention to his voice, his inflections and tone, his animated-ness, his interactions with the other actors. It's night and day.

[@kb8074]

I love these. Hail drinker. There was never a male led youtube channel before him.

[@stevecrescini2081]

I’m pretty sure Jennifer Lawrence was a male led KZbin channel before him

[@captaindropkik]

I love how Drinker, EFAP, Chrissie Mayr, Nerdrotic and all the others are all propping up loads of lesser heard content creators. Like a brilliant lil community growing up!

[@jeffray5609]

F ya!

[@arkhamwarden1205]

The girl from Willow and Falcon and the Winter Soldier was also in Solo. There's definitely something going on with her behind the scenes.

[@bradcarver8127]

Her character in Solo was a lamer version of her already lame character in FATWS

[@Soyuz2578]

I'm saying she's blowing all the higher ups while passing herself off as a carpet muncher

[@Jizzlewobbwtfcus]

I actually never even heard of anyone making a series of Willow until these guys brought it up. All I can think of saying in my head was "WHY!? Wtf do we need a series for that for? Stop bastardizing much loved classics that were already done from start to finish in one film?" That Han Solo film was beyond awful I can't even remember anyone in it.

[@Don-ds3dy]

As disgusting as the men in Hollywood can be and as much as she acts like an emotionless board...I have a really unsettling idea of what goes on behind the scene.

[@brandonvallier4214]

@@Jizzlewobbwtfcus because it's not for us its for the kids and I don't mean they are "kids shows". The purpose is generally to indoctrinate the youth with their world views. If they corrupt all the classics with their views it does pass towards the kids. The saying "you are what you consume" is very true for children as they dont have a proper filter to accurately break down the information they receive. This is why the phrase kill the past or variations of it continue to show up. This is also why they depict anyone against their views as vile. It's why the older popular characters are dragged down and made to look bad because the goal is to instill this concept into the youth aswell. They also want to warp morality of children due to the absolutely messed up morality of most protagonists these days. The way most heros do things that are generally reserved for villians or anti-heroes but they don't get addressed and are in fact praised for it. This is why they hire random "activist" writers that have nothing to their name. They are hired to write as activists. This doesn't fit all recent shows/movies but it does for a lot.

[@chasehedges6775]

The Willow show looks pretty bad, Warwick looks miserable and Jennifer Lawrence is truly one of the actresses ever.

[@fozzybaws2359]

Underrated comment 🤘

[@chasehedges6775]

@@fozzybaws2359❤

[@vishnu79]

It is bad, and I can only imagine the amount of sadness and despair Warwick Davis feels watching his previous accomplishment with the original Willow being crapped all over with this.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@vishnu79 Temuera Morrison feels the same way about how they handled Boba Fett.

[@Hgh38]

@@vishnu79 Yea I didn't watch it but I can see the actor has a lot of passion for his stuff. With my knowledge of Star Wars and current mcu, I definitley feel bad for him.

[@lornayounger1414]

The conversation regarding Jennifer Lawrence's cluelessness reminds me of a comment I saw on Twitter about JK Rowling being the first female author of prominence.

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

"With the benefit of hindsight..." Oh, wait, its Jennifer Lawrence. Doesn't apply. (p.s. I feel bad for her. We've all gotten carried away and said stupid shit. That said, she COULD turn it around by embracing the memes and not being a sperg about the backlash!)

[@tiahnarodriguez3809]

@@sambathelionking In fact, Jennifer Lawrence has written under several pen names including: JK Rowling, Jane Austin, etc. She is a truly stunning and brave individual.

[@arturogomez1647]

For Barbarella in 1968, Dino de Laurentiis decided to use a lead woman because he watched the Hunger Games in 2012

[@apocolipsthegeekguru2980]

Omg Magog's "They call me Tim" reference at the start made me burst out laughing. Shame on the rest of the panel for either not getting it or not even chuckling lmao

[@The_child-catcher]

I've never heard of him before but he is a legitimately funny guy. It's a shame the panel didn't get a lot of his jokes.

[@leannerose6181]

I laughed too,come on guys!! Classic line

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

I have feeling Magog would fit in perfectly with my brother and I, who communicate mainly in offhand Predator quotes or Futurama references...

[@roncondon4679]

The holy hand grenade.....

[@matthewcarroll2533]

@@roncondon4679 ... of Antioch! Brother Meynard, how dare you not speak the full name of The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch! lol

[@andrewmurray1084]

Hey Drinker, on the off-chance you read this, might I ask if you and Shadiversity have ever considered doing a stream together in which you discuss, compare and contrast your respective writing processes, creative approaches & literary inspirations, as published Authors? I think it’d make for some really intriguing & compelling listening! Also, are you at all familiar with the “Revelation Space” series by Alastair Reynolds? It’s a fabulously imaginative, immersive, mature, thought-provoking, and action-packed, grimdark, cyberpunk, Lovecraftian space opera series; that I honestly think you’d utterly love!

[@teamhonn]

That would be very cool

[@jdogg448]

That would be very cool

[@damienfritz5626]

That would actually be pretty insightful. Maybe bring Razorfist on as well to mix up the genres.

[@verazollinger6862]

Omg, I do love Reydonlds!

[@electricelephant7471]

Harvey Weinstein: "I am ALL the men." Jennifer Lawrence: "And I am ALL the women!"

[@TraditionalAnglican]

And they both deserve each other!

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

You just don't get it. Jennifer Lawrence was the original Black Widow. She even shot the whole movie. But the evil industry trying to hold her back pulled a trick and just renamed her movie to "Red Sparrow", and Jennifer Lawrence only got paid 650 Trillion USD. Both Red Sparrow and Black Widow bombed. Evil industry. Poor Jennifer Lawrence. Done dirty by everyone.

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

Every Mark Twain quote is actually written by Jennifer Lawrence.

[@wesheiser7531]

Thank you, Disparu, for often mentioning Coupling! It was the best sitcom ever made.

[@patrickjuma1373]

Until jeff left ......then a hit and a miss,but yeah the first 3 seasons are a masterpiece ...damn i miss jeff

[@wesheiser7531]

@@patrickjuma1373 Yeah, just wasn’t the same without Jeff. Things like ‘giggle loop’ are forever in my vocabulary.

[@patrickjuma1373]

@@wesheiser7531 the man with two legs.....words like unflushable ,the spank man..the zone ., cupboard of love ....steve long monologue rants!!Damn the brits and their great black comedies!!

[@skylx0812]

Lawrence was about to claim to be the first black actress that ever... but, Viola's eyes said she'd sell her white A in a heartbeat if she did.

[@LBPhotoworks]

I totally get what Chris is saying about Avatar 2 because that's exactly my take on part 1. It's not a "deep" movie, the plot could basically be explained in two sentences, the characters are nothing special or remarkable, the dialogs were bad even back then but the visuals are still stunning today and although great CGI is probably not a reason to get people into cinemas these days, there is nothing wrong with a bad movie that is just nice to look at. Call it guilty pleasure. That said - I can't wait for your reviews :D

[@incurableromantic4006]

I appreciate Chris supplying some context for the James Cameron quote.

[@tjroelsma]

Stephanie Ruhle destroying both Jennifer Lawrence and Viola Davis with one simple line is the stuff of legends.

[@marsoelflaco5722]

A couple of self important "meat puppets" blowing smoke up each other's rear ends.

[@chasjetty8729]

Wonderful how Jennifer Lawrence conquered Wales, Scotland, and the civilized Irish and created the United Kingdom.

[@TraditionalAnglican]

And how she nearly destroyed the Romans as Boudicca and led the Germanic tribes as Arminius!

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

She once parallel parked a train.

[@etme1000]

Or, Her Majesty, as I call her.

[@mistydolphin2524]

"Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie." Sigourney Weaver: Am I a joke to you? Uma Thurman: I think she is picking a fight.

[@skorpion7132]

About 5 minutes in and I'm calling it right now, Magog is an awesome dude!

[@BetaRayBill32]

I did not expect a joke about Elektra to turn into a Disparu origin story.

[@FlamingoSandwich]

20 years ago i remember having a conversation about what all the gender studies students(and other equally nebulouse degrees) would actually do for work and now i found out they are all writers (screen, book, or comic) who are awful and have managed to blackmail themselves into jobs and it makes me sad. honestly what happened to the best person for the job!?

[@Barrachoinfinitum]

I was speechless as Jennifer Lawrence bravely stood alone against Horus Lupercal in defense of the Emperor during the siege of Terra. 😂

[@Barrachoinfinitum]

@@sambathelionking And she alone carried the Emperor's body to the Golden Throne. Rogal Dorn was unable to rival her level of girl-boss and stepped aside.

[@sts25186055]

JLaw protects.

[@sirchadiusmaximusiii]

“Avatar 2: Jennifer Lawrence did it first”

[@JosephFrostsGhost]

Disparu should become the third host of Open Bar. He works so well with Drinker and MauLer and I’d love for him to always be on Open Bar.

[@barnham9388]

Jennifer Lawrence - dropped out of school aged 14 without any qualifications, messes around with some middling TV and movie roles, totally lucks into The Hunger Games without anything to back it up, rides that luck the best her limited talent can manage, drifts into the semi-obscurity of actor short on talent, intelligence or education but still clings to the idea that she has any relevance. There’s a parallel universe in which she’s living in a trailer in Alabama, a single mother, working in a diner (oh wait, sounds like a good film opening…..).

[@MrSmeg17]

It great that at Christmas we can take time out to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jennifer Lawrence 😇

[@Langley_Ackerman19]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I guffawed thanks

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

I was in complete disbelief when I discovered that Jennifer Lawrence and Meghan Markle are the same person. Jennifer is the chick, playing a chick, disguised as another chick.

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

She invented white face.

[@Usmvalor3]

I don't often go to the cinema, but when I do I see the exact audience reaction You guys talk about. Speaking from Polish point of view. In cinema near where I live, Top Gun Maverick had screenings 1,5 month ago. Ended in early november... And I seen it near my birthday in mid june. To be more recent, in the same cinema Strange World has already only one screaning a day with 5,5 audience rating. Meanwhile, those mad lads decided to start playing a little dated Demon Slayer: Mugen Train at the same time and let me tell ya... It crushes SW: rates over 9 and screens 3 times a day. In a country that still has some reservations towards Japanese entertainment.

[@richardpage9474]

Nobody is going to remember The Hunger Games. They'll be talking about Alien and Aliens until the end of time, real Aliens will show up after our ashes have blown away and say find it on a USB drive and say. "Damn that was a cool historical documentary."

[@jackmesrel4933]

Hell, I forgot the Hunger Games existed entirely, and it would've continued like this if not for this Open Bar XD

[@chrissonofpear1384]

Eh, at least those four films, were well written generally (as were the books)

[@TheSaxon.]

Jennifer Lawrence was the first female actor to headline The Fappening.

[@chasehedges6775]

“WHAT NOOO…” - Mark Whalberg, The Happening(2008) 😂

[@ronniejdio9411]

Lawrence should have been the choice to play the new black panther.

[@TheAutistWhisperer]

Is anyone really surprised the Willow show turned out to be bad?

[@chasehedges6775]

Looked bad just from the trailers and marketing

[@chasehedges6775]

Warwick Davis looked like he didn’t want to be there.

[@TraditionalAnglican]

Appalled, not surprised - It’s like being surprised when a train crushes a car, a drunk crashes an aircraft or a politician lies to get elected! 😂😂

[@marsoelflaco5722]

Weeping Willow.😉

[@daveeyes]

With Disney making it, and that Crone Kennedy making characters to get off on? (Can I say that KK is probably gay?) A bad movie was guaranteed.

[@laurenaspreyart]

6:58 It’s funny because I used to think the opposite. 5 year old me thought I could only relate to female characters especially if they were Disney princesses. When kung fu panda came on tv one day, I thought “ugh, boys film”. I watched it anyway since it was animated and I loved it. A good story is a good story. And I didn’t have to be a male, anthropomorphic panda and lover of kung fu, to relate to him.

[@TheInterestRates]

Jennifer Lawrence brought down the Berlin Wall and sang, "I've been looking for freedom!".

[@fredbloggs5902]

It brought a tear to my eye.

[@1ChristFollowingNerd]

It’s interesting Chris enjoying Avatar 2 the way he described it seems to have more to do with him rather than the film. Like Hollywood has been so bad, the bar set sooo low, he’s just happy to have a positive cinematic experience. WHICH I TOTALLY GET.

[@Alex-eq7uh]

Super cool stream, happy to discover Magog! looking forward to the next one!

[@Dreelman]

Kind of surprising no one pushed back on what Chris Gore said about Cameron's statements on testosterone. No issues with Chris's opinion on Avatar or any other of his interventions, but James Cameron was not misquoted. Journalists selected that particular quote and put it on headlines for shock value, yeah. The man still said what he said. If something, reading it in full context makes the statement much worse. He's basically calling out, and rejecting, toxic masculinity-which he says is something he regrets from his youth years-by using the "testosterone is poison" methaphor. No misquote, just pure cringe. And it's not the first time Cameron displays that kind of attitude.

[@krubereats8877]

Important note about Disney: while it often looks like their money comes from the parks they have actually relied on their media for the lion share of their profits for some time. If the parks take a dip the board has historically not lost their mind, the fact that their cash cow-Disney+, which they sacrificed their other media for- is losing money, is very very scary for the board

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

Yes. AND merchandising. I'm not a westerner. But I haven't seen a single kid in my country that doesn't have something with Mickey's face on it. I've seen streetkids that panhandle and beg for alms and their little mugs are plastic mugs with Mickey and Minnie on them.

[@daveeyes]

I still have fun taking a 12,000 volt neon sign transformer, a homebuilt capacitor, and two coils to make a Jennifer Coil. Thank goodness she invented AC so that the world could have electricity. I'll go into her Nuclear Reactor inventions later.

[@etme1000]

Later on, she sacrificed herself to clean up Chernobyl. Thank you, Jennifer.

[@jedibusiness66]

Jennifer Lawrence invented the first printing press.

[@sirchadiusmaximusiii]

“Avatar 2: More Blue CGI cats for stupid self-flagellating hippies”

[@chasehedges6775]

😂😂. The younger actors are gonna be 10/10 tho

[@Soyuz2578]

I was amazed to learn it was Jennifer Lawrence that actually went back in time and wrote the Gettysburg address on the back of a napkin and handed it to Abraham Lincoln

[@TraditionalAnglican]

And said the speech while Abe’s lips moved!😂

[@fredbloggs5902]

It brought a tear to my eye.

[@losingisntloosing.stopit1396]

Silly man! Jennifer Lawrence can't read and write! She obviously had it transcribed from her tablet. Which she created of course

[@etme1000]

A. Lincoln then mansplained it.

[@CodeeXD]

Jlaw was so brave when she stood up to those dogs and firehoses

[@moserfugger6363]

The Willow show had so much potential. I was really looking forward to it. Warwick Davis (who I really like) returned, Ron Howard was (somehow) involved and I hoped Jonathan Kasdan at least has a shred of the talent his father had. But no, it's typical Disney+ garbage. Greetings from Germany :)

[@samuelaritan3766]

Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, and Willow…it should have been a Golden Age of high fantasy.

[@MemorableVirus]

@@samuelaritan3766 they'll turn it around and say no one likes fantasy movies or something, it's never their fault for producing garbage no one could like

[@Magnificent7Seven]

"We loved it, it was much better than cats! We will watch it again and again!"

[@richtea615]

2:30:57 A heroic figure hoves into view.

[@bobhouses2036]

Jennifer Lawrence is the greatest pokemon master. She was actually the first female member of the elite four and first female champion

[@martinrosendahl9134]

People always forget Diz in Starship Troopers when talking of females doing action. Dina Mayer is / was prolific in several action movies. Johnny Mnemonic is another one on her roster..

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Jennifer Lawrence was the first black superhero

[@Drawnartist]

Jon Carter of Mars was written by Edgar Rice Burrows. The guy who wrote and created Tarzan! Cmon. They aren't comics or short stories either but full novels. My dad used to love them and bought them all for me.

[@jessekoepp3928]

Them talking about Hollywoke is far more interesting than what's being made in actual Hollywierd.

[@coyoteone6197]

They're definitely going to drag out and ruin Dragonslayer as well. Remember the plot of the thing? The kingdom was appeasing the dragon by sacrificing young maidens chosen by lottery. One of the main characters, a young warrior, turns out to be a girl whose father hid her from the lottery by disguising her as a boy. The dragon is established as female too - there's a clutch of eggs. The whole thing is perfectly positioned for a godawful "feminist retelling".

[@gzz8551]

I loved when Stuart Weaver starred in the great action movie Aliens from 1986.

[@jimmyfrancis817]

Thanks for another great listen. You guys are on the money and keep up the good work! Unfortunately the attitudes that have plagued Hollywood these past years are also very present around Europe and elsewhere including here in Sweden where films are generally funded by governmental grants. Perhaps a change will be coming here as well soon though. I want to give a shout-out to two Swedish female action stars that I've had the honour of working with and that have preceded the "Hunger Games" with approximately 40 years each. Firstly Christina Lindberg whom did the action vengeance film "Thriller" / "They Call her One Eye" (1973). Tarantino mentioned this film as his inspiration for "Kill Bill". Secondly, Inger Nilsson, whom immortalised Astrid Lindgren's "Pippi Longstocking" and her adventures. Though most of her stories are her using her superpowers for good in common day situations, I would argue that films like "Pippi on the Seven Seas" (1970), with her battling pirates is a classic action adventure story, making her a female action/adventure superhero. Films many of us during several generations now have grown up on.

[@bloodrunsclear]

What’s really funny is that Katniss in the books is actually dark skinned, so Jennifer’s first ‘heroic’ role was ‘whitewashing’. Oopsie!

[@ronniejdio9411]

Mauler and drinker w chris gore is top shelf. All time greats . Disparu and magig are good too

[@swiftersunite]

After hearing Mauler’s list on what ‘Marvel humor’ is, I think I made a realization. It’s jokes for people who don’t care about cinema as an art and don’t care about getting invested in good story telling. That’s why none of the jokes come from the characters, but from an outside meta perspective where the writers talk about how stupid the comic book movie is. It’s an outsider pointing at the nerd culture and mocking it while still milking it for all its worth

[@adamwest8256]

If watching modern Hollywood movies is the equivalent of trudging through the desert and Avatar 2 is a glass of water, sure the water is hot and has a couple of dead flies in it, you're still going to drink it.

[@chasehedges6775]

I’m less excited for Avatar 2, honestly. The younger actors in it look awesome tho

[@chasehedges6775]

Hollywood is now making content.

[@HyoureiKyouran]

Why bother if mediocrity is the best Hollywood can produce?

[@SuperAllelujah]

No I don't think I will let me starve

[@glasstuna]

I just stay out of the desert now.

[@WayStedYou]

I would like to thank Jennifer Lawrence for causing the big bang. Or is that how she got her roles? I don't remember.

[@AlphariusandOmegon]

Jennifer Lawrence also invented the black square on Instagram and the pronouns in the bio because shes so stunning and brave.

[@bigorange2082]

Without Lawrence the Berlin Wall would never have fallen. God bless her.

[@gusmlie]

Spot on Chris, ‘money does not equal quality’.

[@sigurdholbarki8268]

I suspect if the script for Willow had been written by AI it would have been substantially better

[@jflanagan9696]

“Citizen Lawrence”, easily the best movie ever created. Fight me.

[@squidiotnoise]

genuinely the highlight of my week.

[@chasehedges6775]

The Drinker delivers

[@happyhedgehog6450]

Edie Falco is the general. I really like that actress, she was amazing in Sopranos.

[@adamwest8256]

Omg, Britain sounds a lot like the south here in the US! They close schools for a heavy frost 😆

[@natsohigh5552]

You don't need to watch a film to know about it. Alien and Terminator are apart of pop culture.

[@fullmetalsmile]

Way back when, creative endeavours were an excuse to hire the best people. Writers, production designers, directors, actors, a composer with a125 piece orchestra with choir, a poster artist with vision, all possessing the fire and passion to birth the most compelling vision possible, so the audience would get drunk on the result and come back for more.

[@chasehedges6775]

“Creative” being the key word here. ❤

[@fullmetalsmile]

@@chasehedges6775 Hence, way back when. :)

[@makkrowmazztikk7003]

Nah, that takes money and talent.

[@fullmetalsmile]

@@sambathelionking 😂😂😂

[@mattp6089]

OH GOD! Chris is right. Avatar 2 is about Whalers on the Moon (of Pandora)! I'm sure Futurama will be around for its royalty cheque later. I thought Avatar 2 was a basic 90 minute story CRAMMED into a three and a half hour runtime on the one side, and a visual spectacle on the other. I weakened in my stance against Disney for Jim Cameron and I'm sort of certain I shouldn't have and sort of glad I did.

[@DuckSith]

"She only has 4 Arrows": You forgot theyre Mary Sue'ing it. You'll get 5 enemy lining up & she'll Hawkeye it with 1 arrow going right though all 5, headshots. Or they'll be like Yondus' arrow, from Guardians of the galaxy.. because.

[@FeatherRanching]

Disparu's metaphor of the ship is interesting. It suggests that the ancient mariners already developed the solution for intransigent leaders: in naval tradition, the captain goes down with the ship.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

Marvel humour is straight out of a 90's American sitcom. It's like there's a temporary parallel universe that lasts as long as the canned laughter should, then the real narrative continues.

[@johnmcternan4157]

They're insecure that the audience will lose attention. Maybe they're right unfortunately judging by what's popular.

[@stoneymahoney9106]

@@johnmcternan4157 I get the distinct impression some focus group somewhere told Marvel they really like the humour of Iron Man and "The Decision Was Made" to incorporate it into the core MCU formula, even though it only really works for Tony Stark.

[@chasehedges6775]

Love this content. Also, Avatar 2 looks meh and mediocre and generic but I’m excited for the younger adult/child actors and their performances, especially Bailey Bass and Trinity Jo Bliss. They looks so awesome in the interviews.

[@フフウェイ]

You can totally program a game in your bedroom and have success with it. There are even recent examples of this like Vampire Survivors. You just can't make something along the lines of God of War in your bedroom, but indie games are some of the best and most beloved games that come out. It's been like this for years now, ever since all major studios went down the shithole.

[@Drawnartist]

Choo Choo Charley

[@jabrockobiden9434]

Pretty sure nerdrotic came up with freckle Jesus. Because her characters can always do no wrong.

[@valentinegonsalves7322]

Yeah, because all her garbage actions are portrayed as "actually the right thing"... And the actress has a stupid smirk like she knows she's gonna get away with her bs. That's the annoying part.

[@itzybitzyspyder]

Magog brewing meth potions just like grandma used to.

[@peterw5864]

Bring Chris gore back!!

[@callumdimmick870]

I feel the need to comment on the conversation about the willingness of a character to sacrifice themselves for others and understanding their situation. That can be good to an extent but the trope I hate the most in fiction is where someone goes ahead with a self-sacrificial plan that is unjust and should never have even been considered on moral grounds just because someone told them to. I can understand willingly laying down your life for the sake of friends family or country, but a lot of low quality books and movies have a damsel in distress moment wherein the female does something self-sacrificial that should not have been done if you look at the situation logically in the male lead has to go save them. Though sometimes in modern works it is the other way around. Either way I've always found this highly annoying.

[@numinous2506]

When she won the Olympics and rose a single defiant fist in the air. She is truly one of the human beings of all time.

[@aurorauplinks]

You forgot the part where Jennifer was the first person attacked on the internet...

[@shykorustotora]

1:22:00 Funny enough, I skipped Andor for this exact reason, because Boba and Kenobi killed my enjoyment for Star Wars shows. I'll have to go back and watch it now

[@briandain8432]

Red Sparrow was what Black Widow could have been, Winter Bone was a wicked White Trash epic of her early career, but she definitely killed X-Men.

[@colinstewart3531]

James Cameron is basically the progressive Michael Bay.