Rolling Stone Attack Critical Drinker & Toxic Critics - It Backfires

[@benironside1264]

Let’s never forget that the same people calling you bigoted or racist for not liking a crappy show, are the same people that removed Finn from posters and downplayed his character as the colour of his skin was having a negative impact on their sales in China !

[@scottieman2]

Progressive.

[@FUh_Que_-]

Also adds in to easily edit out any gay kiss scenes for different countries. If not for double standards Disney would have no standards at all

[@benironside1264]

@@FUh_Que_- exactly! they use diversity as a marketing ploy and a scape goat. I honestly think Disney has done more damage to diverse communities than any anti diversity groups have ever managed.

[@UnoriginalHandle69]

Wow. Disney, more like dick-sney

[@WarAuthority]

I don't need someone else to tell me the show is bad. Most of this stuff shown somehow make the star wars special look.. decent.

[@JonO387]

I have seen zero evidence of racism in any criticism of this terrible show.

[@crhkrebs]

Of course there is no evidence. It’s a way the “creatives” want to distract us from the real problems of The Acolyte: sacrificing good stories, good writing, good acting and good direction to concentrate on social agendas. Therefore, we must be racist, misogynist, homophobic and incels. Easier to label the fan base than to address the real issues.

[@jeremyallen5974]

The REAL racism is coming from the SUPPORTERS of the show

[@scousiered3124]

I have seen criticism of the DEI, which isn't racism, it is a pushback against racism/ sexism against majority groups.

[@samuel3253]

Come on the show wasn't terrible. Yes it had some terrible moments but it did have some very good ones and it's ratings were actually pretty good just no where near enough to justify $180 million which I'm baffled to see where it went. I mean, $180 million gets you dragons, massive battle scenes, massive sets, on location filming with lots of extras. It gets you Game of Thrones! I think the execs are trying to work out where the hell $180 million went.

[@tominator048]

No, the show was actually just fucking terrible.

[@edgarbm6407]

The Critical Drinker has a larger audience than Rolling Stone. No wonder they hate him.

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

@edgarbm6407 rolling stone had hunter s. Thomson as a writer b4 I was born but the "Great Shark Hunt" is a compilation of his works and articles. When rolling stone was cool. As a kid I read Huslter and enjoyed "asshole" of the month" and was hilarious comics. And decent prn. Not as good as Juggs They had short thicc white broads for a fvck book.

[@willvance7326]

This little string here made its way into my personal comment thread hall of fame 😂

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

@edgarbm6407 Vance, I've never heard of her.

[@AlexanderCheff]

He's got more integrity too. Especially next to that boomer rag.

[@fyfyi6053]

Dude I h8 this video. Why is it so hard for this person to say that hollywood h8 the critical drinker because they're far Ieft ?

[@redbird1928]

Imagine using the skin color of your actress as a shield against criticism for your terribly written show.

[@ManoredRed]

This is very common nowadays, happens all the time.

[@mistfitsable]

thats the exact game plan. whats crazy is they think keep doing it and thinking it will work and it never does. end of the day the only thing that matters is profit and viewers and you can lambast your fanbase as being "racist" all day long its not going to matter if they dont watch. Idk if their head is actually in the sand or if their agenda is so important to them that they dont care how much money they lose. Either way the agenda isnt working so idk why they keep bothering. If they put as much effort into making a good story and show as they do hating their own fanbase nobody would actually care how diverse the casting is, and theres plenty of examples of this and some are even pointed out in this video. Like mandalorian and ashoka, while not great but watchable and by all metrics were successful until the story went to shit, which had nothing to do with the diversity of the casting.

I don't really care. I consider them mentally ill. I mean before I thought they were misguided, but ever since all the clownshow that is called the Olympic games, I call them mentally ill, coz that's what they are.

[@burtie80]

That's why they keep doing it.

[@ScryeTheMindless]

If it wasn't her colour, it'd be her sex used at a shield.

[@drdassler]

Can't imagine why it's criticised. They did everything right. They threw $180m at someone woefully under-qualified, as creator, director, producer, writer, who immediately hired all her friends & a cast who didn't audition. All the source material was ignored & the whole story is just a lesbian fantasy from the writer. Everyone must be racist though.

[@fr57ujf]

Nice summary. Thanks.

[@jeesmith99]

Strange actress: yaass, yaass!

[@B0BBYL33J0RD4N]

They didn't ignore everything... they remembered that lightsabers go 'bzzzirrrrrrr', definitely $180m well spent. Ignore that the choreography is worse than the broom handle meme guy from back when.

[@dearcastiel4667]

@@B0BBYL33J0RD4N The lightsabers don't even look good or right, they are too thick and don't have the white core they are supposed to have, nore do they have the strong halo of color around the blade, instead they are literal glow-sticks, they stopped doing rotoscoping for them and are now just filming the plastic tube with leds inside, and it looks like shit (not to mention, the lightsaber really glowing usualy makes for very ugly images since now the lighting of the scene and character is thrown off by the prop casting a colored light everywhere, it looks like trash for everything but close-up shots)

[@B0BBYL33J0RD4N]

@dearcastiel4667 whoa whoa whoa. All I said is they vaguely went Bzzzirrrrr.

[@tjm11015]

Drinker always calls out actual racism, like Rings of Power making every backwoods village look like downtown LA but the they wont use middle eastern actor in a part that actually calls for it.

[@yewknight]

The problem wasn’t the bigoted fans, the problem was the bigoted writers.

[@AKeyearea8]

You mean marxist writers

[@xlr8r2010]

And the DEI casting director...

[@c3bhm]

The REAL racism is the NEO-racism of the "ANTI-racists". Total clown world.

[@SquirrelMaster69]

People obsessed with race all day are the REAL RACISTS! 🐿️

[@sirpepeofhousekek6741]

Based

[@mikeshinoda703]

Rolling Stone magazine is a complete joke. Those recent best of all time lists are a woke disgrace

[@clippy-v4q]

all the good writers left years ago

[@cristalblackstar8177]

The same magazing that praised Dylan Manlvany😂

[@ml5955]

RS magazine has been a rag for decades.

[@Lightgrenadez7777]

taylor swift on of the most influential guitarist of all time. sure, her and all 4 of her chords.

[@christopherwebb3517]

While I realize that "best of" lists are very subjective, Rolling Stone's lists are so over-the-top ridiculous that it's obvious that they're just farming for rage clicks.

[@incurableromantic4006]

Rolling Stone are the same magazine who were deeply, *personally* offended by "Sound of Freedom". Draw your own conclusions.

[@kman9884]

That movie did suck dick tho. That organization it’s based on is also garbage. They do literally nothing in terms of therapy to reintroduce their rescued folk into society. But yeah that article was buns

[@ortebalm09]

Never forget that the same person from Rolling Stone defended Cuties and enjoy using a rosary as anal beads.

[@Mechanical_Turk]

The Drinker isn't even "fandom". He just comments on shows and movies.

[@hotdogsarepropaganda]

He's a film critic, that's his job. Not to be a fan but to hold these multi billion dollar companies to a standard

[@zachb8012]

His commentary is intelligent and substantiated. They might not agree with every take, but anybody who gives a good faith effort to listen to his criticism would acknowledge that. Every time someone is called racist for for presenting an opinion the accuser disagrees with, the less weight those words hold. Like comparing a person you disagree with to the nootzies or fascists, leftoid weirdos so desperately want the words to mean something, but the most the words manage elicit from anybody outside of their terminally online echo chamber is a tired roll of the eyes.

[@zeehero7280]

if there was a drinker fandom it'd be about beer and stuff, not shows and movies 🤣

[@joelbaker9366]

You forgot about Tatiana. The second most expensive habit that Drinker has.

[@totesmagotes213]

The only reason he is popular is because he says stuff that a lot of people resonate with.

[@Salt-Upon-Woundss]

Calling people "racist" used to be a serious accusation, Now its a schoolyard insult.

[@bobhi2668]

Because the people with actual principles and life experience got eaten alive by a modern feminist movement birthed by academic elites who never left college

[@VictimOfReason]

Just like calling someone a communist during the Cold War it didn’t matter whether or not you were, it was just another version of doody head

[@DR-ww7rx]

Unless the mainstream media is calling you an ist and phobe you arent trustworthy. Thats how bad things have gotten

[@greyfriars6540]

@SkiesKurosawa Yep, along with 'phobe and far right.

[@skilletpan5674]

You poopy head!

[@VeniVidiVid]

Everyone’s a racist. 🙄 The word used to mean something important. Now it’s ridiculously overused and meaningless.

[@ashtonhartley2662]

The Drinker just says what people have been thinking for years.

[@AKeyearea8]

Sorta but he just likes explosions

[@scottbullock3045]

Actually, Will (Drinker) and Gary at Nerdrotic have more or less become the Siskel and Ebert of movie critics today. Sure, they are only together on screen for podcasts, Drinker's in Scotland while Gary is in Texas but they are just as good at what they do just as Siskel and Ebert were. Hence, all the attacks which just grows both of their channels.

[@c3bhm]

@@scottbullock3045 Drinker has a much better track record. If you go back to the 80's and look at the record of Siskel/Ebert, they absolutely blew it, over and over and over. SO many amazing movies that, at the time, S&E claimed were bad. They were ego-driven prisses, trying to sound smart and cool, but back then the public just didn't know any better.

[@scottbullock3045]

@@c3bhm cut me some slack bro. I was just a teenager back in the 80's 😆😂

[@AKeyearea8]

@@scottbullock3045 yeah but they have shit takes on film

[@JohnP538]

Rolling Stone Magazine has lost 62.5% of it's subscribers. Most of them put down the bong and got a job.

[@georgesiv2082]

And an haircut

[@Attmay]

The weed in the bong had to be paid for.

[@jonsturgill8868]

Hey! I resemble these remarks all except for subscribing to Rolling Stone. I'm a long hair bong user with a real job that supports Critical Drinker. I like his brutal honesty, no sugarcoating, no boot licking, just an honest review of things.

[@jasonreyes5872]

Kept the bong, just got a job

[@blatherama]

After they put down the bong, they read RS sober for the first time. That made them realize they needed to get a job.

[@jujub7829]

As a black woman i freaking hate when a bad show fails and big companies shield themselves by blaming it on 'racism' . The joke is, this big coorporations who claim to be 'inclusive' do not hear us, the concerned group and then this type of messes happen. It's already bad enough having to deal with bigotry as a minority in the 'geek' cycle and this does not help at all.

[@tyree9055]

You're just a pawn in the Liberal's pursuit of power. Of course they don't listen to you, because you don't really matter to them. Just the power that fooling the 'ignorant people,' that they represent, gives them. Welcome to the Conservative view... 🤣👍

[@randomcenturion7264]

We have gone from making what the fan wants, to making what the fan SHOULD want. The level of arrogance is staggering.

[@georgebailey8179]

George Lucas went to sci-fi conventions in the '70s to talk to potential fans and get an understanding of what they wanted before he made the first Star Wars film. Can you imagine the modern writers doing that?

[@robo5013]

@@georgebailey8179 It didn't hurt that he was a big fan of the genre to begin with.

[@martinjaramillo2429]

It is like mainstream media, they no longer read you the news, they tell you the news.

[@Loki.Lyesmyth]

Never underestimate the arrogance of ignorance.

[@BDaltonYoung]

It isn't surprising, though. People of a certain mentality always think their beliefs are pure and holy, and if they were in charge of everybody then the world would be perfect. Occasionally somebody like that is put in charge, and the results are catastrophic because they cannot accept that "good" people could ever disagree with them (since their beliefs are not just good; they're pure and holy).

[@andrewfleming8103]

A absolutely HATE that word "deserve", I see it improperly used far too often. The Critical Drinker does not deserve my respect. He has EARNED my respect. The same way Disney Corp. has earned my contempt.

[@debby8428]

well said

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

Bravo!

[@Bonsoirmonamie]

That’s inane. Deserve implies that someone earned it. You’re mistaking the actual word with the incorrect usage these people use. “I deserve because I’m x” isn’t actually being deserving

[@adlockhungry304]

It isn’t that we don’t criticize diversity at all. We do, but not because we’re against diversity, full stop. We just criticize a show for making diversity the only point of the show, sacrificing any commitment to the craft of good storytelling.

[@tandymiller775]

Agreed, theres a right way to present that diversity, and its NOT to focus on it and make it your selling point. Subtle and good story telling is the way.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Forced diversity should be criticized to no end.

[@andreysantiago6255]

The more I see how corrupt and stupid Hollywood is, the more reason I’ll have continuing watching the Critical Drinker and other critics for how intelligent they are at pointing out the flaws of every horrible movie that comes out.

[@karndorbad6536]

Let me introduce you to the democratic party

[@impudentdomain]

Well not only that but their videos are much more entertaining than that Hollyweird crap

[@andreysantiago6255]

@@impudentdomain thank you for agreeing with me 😃

[@totesmagotes213]

The best thing we can do is not give these movies and shows our eyes and money. Don’t hate watch. Just don’t watch it at all. These are companies and money is their ultimate goal.

[@pnut2552]

Nerdrotic showed KK the power of one... The Drinker joined up and showed her the power of two... Now the fan base are showing her the power of maaannnnnyyyyy!! 🤣😎

[@Falconer22]

That gave me a surprising lol, even though I knew where you were going.😂 That will NEVER get old! Love it❤

[@Wagnar6000]

The word racism does not mean anything anymore .

[@jeffconnally8973]

Au contraire. It just means 'I don't like you.'

[@TokyoXtreme]

I think "racist" is the only word that "folks" can call white people to upset them - although that's pretty much over now. The POC have tried for centuries to find a slur for whites, and it has always backfired. They might as well give up, because no such word exists.

[@clivemathieu9386]

Scary times. Words have meaning fir a reason

[@biffmarcum5014]

from my experience the one's throwing the label tend to be actual racists.

[@bubbajones5905]

It's become a shield for those who are on the wrong side of an argument.

[@Green_Tea_Coffee]

The last time Rolling Stone was relevant was so long ago Kurt Cobain was still alive.

[@Attmay]

I'll go even further. The last time they were relevant, John Lennon was still alive.

[@SocialDemocraciaPT]

legit

[@MrClawt]

Talk about a blast from the past.

[@troyherschler4052]

That one dickhead from rollingstone got an otherwise capable general fired for being too honest with him. That's about it.

[@Pavlovshouse-ud5ek]

Janice Joplin.

[@michaellepore5400]

The Critical Drinker is opinionated but he gives clear, rational, thoughtful, support for his opinions. And NONE of that is racist. Time to grow up Disney and admit a huge series of mistakes

[@andrewfleming8103]

Opinion is fine as long as it is intelligent.

[@FredScuttle456]

Drinker gets more Likes than any Disney movie.

[@MrCrazyrob666]

Just one big mistake, Kathleen Kennedy

[@2pointSummer]

@@andrewfleming8103 I think Drinker is doing just fine in that department, don't worry.

[@MrThebigcheese75]

Yes, he is opinionated but I've never found him to be racist. Maybe some of it is a bit close to the knuckle but tongue in cheek. He calls out low quality churn shows and cash grabs for what they are and praises good things too. If I believed he was racist or homophobic etc. I wouldn't watch.

[@jpettit27]

I cannot wait until the standard answer to being called a racist is “yes, and?”.

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

I like to use, "That's not an argument, it's just a personal attack."

[@WowJustWow37]

I’m black and have gotten so used to being called a bigot because of whatever I disagree with. It’s a badge of honor at this point

[@gabrielmambo5436]

You’re an Uncle Ruckus, bro, an Uncle Ruckus.

[@WowJustWow37]

@@gabrielmambo5436 funny part is I’m not, just a Trump voter.

[@SheonEver]

It means nothing anymore, apart from that you're disagreeing with a certain group of activist types.

[@WowJustWow37]

@@SheonEver precisely

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I'm a straight white guy and I've always tried to be consciously progressive...but I'm finding it harder and harder to give a fuck about "diversity" and "representation" in media anymore. They've gotten things completely ass-backwards.

[@1234JohnstoneStudios]

Rolling Stones: Attacks fans and calls them racist and sexist The fans: Did you hear something?

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahaha

[@crhkrebs]

@@thejessegrant let’s face it, Rolling Stone doesn’t care if it’s “culture writer” is accurate or incisive in her article. They have simply created a provocative hit piece and stirred up some more controversy. All this to hopefully provide Jann Wenner with a greater potential readership.

[@MrKrewie]

Honestly can't blame em, the only way they make some money and keep the lights up is to make up hate for muh clout

[@TheBathrobeWizard]

Other fan: I think it was the wind.

[@traviss9059]

I can't imagine what a person who pays (unironically) for a monthly subscription to RS looks like.

[@patavinity1262]

"Stand your ground and continue to produce loss-making series that no one cares about" Good luck with convincing them to do that.

[@cowetascore8476]

Rolling Stone has been a GARBAGE magazine for three-plus decades. Their taste in everything is awful. Music, movies and politics all crap.

[@Attmay]

Everything wrong with boomers is wrong with that magazine.

[@TheMasonator777]

The music rag that hates music, musicians, and music listeners. I for one don’t care about their boos. I’ve seen what makes them cheer.

[@victorcates9330]

The description of "vocal parts of fandom" is so condescending. It implies that fans should be taken less seriously for their audacity in speaking up. I guess if they thought it sucked (to the point of desecrating something that was important to them), they were supposed to shut the hell up. It's a cheap positioning to own the intellectual high ground. At this point, the last story that I remember from Rolling Stone was the hoax. I'm not even joking. That's the last time they registered with me.

[@mahbriggs]

@Attmay Be careful child! If you live long enough, you will be old your self

[@davidburke709]

What was it that Frank Zappa said about "rock journalists?" And to his quote let me add: They make up their "facts."

[@brutishfossil5022]

Racist showrunners call fans and critics racist. Sounds about right.

[@c3bhm]

"If fascism ever comes to America, it will come in the name of liberalism." -R.Reagan. If racism ever returns to America, it will come in the name of anti-racism. That's what we're witnessing, and these big corporations are facilitating it. They know what they are doing.

[@northernpaladin66]

Calling people 'racist' and 'antisemitic' has just become a way for a rotten establishment to attack those who dare to push back against garbage. The end result is the trivialisation of serious matters.

[@shannonia81]

A show gets cancelled and the fans get blamed. The immaturity and arrogance of entitlement ...

[@scottkoerner4622]

Eventually the money will run out. You can't keep dumping 180 million on a show that bombs. Either the higher ups will cave to the fans and give them what they want, the stockholders will demand a change or they go broke. I carry one thing with me from my economics 101 class: you can not create demand, you can only create supply to meet demand. If fans want a good story based on the tradition of the universe without all the politics and agenda driven garbage then give it to them or someone else will.

[@MSgt5J071]

​@@scottkoerner4622PROBLEM: Disney is financially supported by Black Rock, a multi trillion dollar corporation whose CEO has publicly proclaimed that DEI must be FORCED onto the American people. Stalin?

[@martijnklaassen3536]

Episode 1 showed that the writers don't know how to create characters. Episode 2 showed that the writers don't know how to write a investigation. Episode 3 showed that no one cared enough to keep the lore in the script. Episode 4 showed that the writers don't know how to create character development. Episode 5 showed that no one knows how to do action. 6 and 7 are just bland and boring. And Episode 8 showed that the writers can't write a good ending that makes sense. -Critical Drinker

[@blackleague212]

And how many episodes did you watch and judge for yourself? 0 none nada nothing! You people didn’t even watch the show.

[@martijnklaassen3536]

@@blackleague212 I watched 1, 2, 3 and 8. 3 just turned me off and waited for 8

[@terjehansen0101]

@@blackleague212 Well, if a restaurant has a 25 percent approval rate, would you eat there ?

[@TakinErEasyHere]

What do you mean "you people"? 🤔

[@Greatwhite1941]

​@@TakinErEasyHere this made me cackle, good job

[@jetteroheller]

I swear, my high school newspaper was better than Rolling Stone. The logic used in that was embarrassing.

[@markmunroe-hz8rf]

They know they've screwed up Hollywood But it is easier for them to use scapegoats like fans and KZbin critics.

[@thejessegrant]

It’s ridiculous

Hollywood is pushing globalist policy. The people who run Hollywood aren't stupid. They're ruthless, amoral capitalists who cooperate constantly with entities like the CIA and Pentagon. They know they're tanking their profits but they are being ordered to by the people who own and control the studios, who are taking orders from globalist central. To install globalism, they have to destroy national cohesion, and one way to do that is through constant propaganda and censorship that attacks the majority and its narratives and biases.

[@blackleague212]

@@thejessegrantI been saying critical drinker was racist from 3 years ago. That goes beyond the Star Wars jokes. There’s evidence throughout all of his essays. Some of which i have memorized because my brain is sticky and I tend to easily memorize things. He is a racist!

[@mahbriggs]

I remember decades ago, when "High Road to China" came out, the critics hated it! One prominent critic even begged people to quit going to watch it in the theaters! The local television news anchors looked at each other and said it was a wonderful movie and urged people to see it! I have long been of the opinion that the more Hollywood Movie Critics like a movie, the worse it is! There are exceptions, usually when part of a sequel to a huge hit, but over all Hollywood critics are just paid propagandist! That is why I like Critical Drinker, and a couple of other online critics! They tell it as they see it, not as some "High Culture" work of art!

[@JamesF-v4x]

@@blackleague212nobody cares. Cry more over your pathetic obsession over skin color and your absolute lack of intelligence or honesty

[@IncapableLP]

Seriously...being called "terrible" in any capacity by Rolling Stone, is a badge of honor! They never understood the concept of "good". There were multiple instances of them, trashing music artists, that are now considered legendary by everyone else.

[@teastrainer3604]

Their making this claim shows you exactly why the print media died and the mainstream media are in decline. They could say things like this and nobody could talk back to them. KZbin has changed that.

[@gustavolourenco5709]

It's an "I know what makes you aplaud" type of situation

[@aldunlop4622]

I used to love Rolling Stone magazine in the 90s, now it's selling it's soul, and has zero integrity.

[@dohanddonuts5716]

Go read the original review by Dave Marsh on Queen's album Jazz. Better yet, type this into Google: 10 Classic Albums Rolling Stone Originally Panned. This has the review with nine other albums.

[@dohanddonuts5716]

​@@aldunlop4622It never had a soul.

[@taylorlibby7642]

They will always accuse you of being what they are and of doing the things they're doing.

[@alexf6886]

When Michael Keaton was cast as Batman the screaming from some fans was deafening. I read an article in the late 80s calling people who like Trek TNG not true fans. A lot of people online absolutely hated Avatar. I could go on. They had zero influence on those things being hits because the mass audience supported them. Someone like Critical Drinker is not powerful enough on his own to convince enough people to avoid Acoylte or The Marvels or go see Deadpool for them to be made flops or hits. Disney has lost the room.

[@rowlandp6314]

Keaton did well as batman, TNG was great, never liked avatar though and certainly not enough to whine about it.

[@andrewfleming8103]

"Find a Scapegoat" has forever been a principle reaction of authority when confronted by its own failure.

[@mistfitsable]

@@andrewfleming8103 bingo

[@aikighost]

Exactly. The real reason they don’t like drinker, nerdrotic, Star Wars theory, etc is because they are strong independent voices that point out exactly what is wrong with the new sub par shows and then take the piss out of the large corporations coping and seething.

[@ricksomething]

Keaton was actually a terrible batman, and avatar was a bloated boring ripoff of dances with wolves. Your point is invalidated.

[@i_would_but_i_wont]

It's funny how Sam Jackson being in the prequels was met with excitement at the time. Everybody thought he was cool and that he'd add to the franchise. I don't remember any race issues being spoken of at the time. Now the edgelords who run Star Wars WANT race and hate to be the topic so they can feel like they have some righteous cause to pursue. Nobody asked for this shit.

[@JohnSmith-ff2pb]

He is my 3rd favorite character after Obi & Vader. Guess since he's not my absolute favorite and I don't equally love every character who happens to share his pigmentation that I'm a naught see.

[@cynthiajohnson9412]

It's not the Drinker's job to worry about what Hollywood thinks about him, it's Hollywood's job to worry about what he (and the millions of people who agree with him) think about them and their 'offerings'. Which turn out to be not so much offerings as force feedings we're required to eat, smile, nod, and claim to like. Can't for the life of me figure out what might be wrong with that business model. And Rolling Stone started out of as a San Francisco counter-culture, underground newspaper that gave the insider view on the rock scene of the early 70s. It was as if the Grateful Dead had their own magazine, lol and for decades they were considered a magazine for hippies and stoners. Now they're just another establishment propaganda rag, who showed their true colors when they drove out journalist Matt Taibbi, who worked there for something like 15 years before he got the boot for one too many questions concerning establishment orthodoxies. Eff them. Now Drinker and his kindred spirits are all we have that pass for counter culture (also known as the right to disagree), and we all better rally to protect them, while we still cling tenuously to the right to say 'no, thank you'.

[@Hummelsbusch]

Yeah, I remember vividly when Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back came out and George Lucas had the audacity to cast a black man playing Lando Calrissian. The fandom was so outraged and took to the streets to cancel it, make it disappear from cinema and put on display their disdain for this character because he was a person of color. Or maybe I mis-remember this...

[@luiznogueira1579]

Not to mention the outrage caused by the fact that Darth Vader was voiced by a black actor. I remember how the first SW movie faced massive boycotts. Or maybe that's just the Mandella Effect rotting my brains...

[@nunyabidness3075]

You guys and your facts. You just don’t get it. 😂🤣😂

[@scottkoerner4622]

Lando was the tits!

[@eily_b]

@@scottkoerner4622 You have not one brain cell that understands the concept of sarcasm, do you?

[@thomasmaughan4798]

"black man playing Lando Calrissian" More of a light brown if I remember right.

[@MarcoGarineiWriterOfficial]

We are living in a dystopian novel written by a terrible writer.

[@9871asmo]

I'm a 42 year old male, star wars has been in my life for its entirety, what ms Kennedy seems to purposefully ignore is that most of the IP fanbase is comprised of people like me, we enjoyed star wars because when we were young we didn't have much of a social life, we were shy and lonely, we escaped to fiction, we escaped the dread of our lives to these worderfull new worlds, we did it, we paid for it, and despite the fact that these IP's have a female audience, they are not as nearly as big as its male couterpart, so no, if they want to make money, if they want to profit they will have to return the IP to us, feminism and genderism has hijacked our entertainment long enough, and guess what, your people don't buy it, they dont care and never will, we do!

[@Teverell]

I'm a 43 year old woman who grew up kinda wanting to be like Leia but absolutely wanting to fly an X-wing because those are the coolest thing ever. The EU had men and women of all ethnicities - and more; it had alien characters who were just as fully fleshed out as any of the humans, and made the GFFA a simply incredible place to hang out as a geeky teen. I didn't care if the characters were black, white, male, female, Bothan, Gamorrean or whatever so long as the story was good - and the EU has some truly great stories. Just read the Thrawn Trilogy to see what I mean!

[@jeremyanderson3819]

​@@Teverellthe books were the best. Heir to the empire was the first in a long line of them for me.

[@NSGrendel]

@@jeremyanderson3819 Now they will start perverting the extended universe as they have run out of other ideas to pillage - they are going to try and win the fans back. Watch and see.

[@JJ-nu8qi]

It's not just that they are trying to reach a new audience it's that they publicly crap on the core audience. Even if you were on board with woke stuff, you still have to write a halfway decent story with complex relatable characters. That's really where they failed most.

[@WestSideGorilla1980]

44yo here. We spend the money on these movies and bring the kids or whatever. See how a white brit had his channel bumped over trash talking the wokeness.... Mr. H he went on rants and the algorithm got it's comeback.

[@ginolopez466]

The Critical Drinker is not racist . Its not the critics maybe its the writers.

[@docscratch1]

Agreed

[@AKeyearea8]

So what if he is racist. Who cares?

[@SumDumGy]

The irony being that a “vocal minority of fans” are complaining a show was cancelled that was never cancelled. It was never intended to continue in the first place, as is the case with almost all the shows they’ve produced so far.

[@MrVohveli]

Rolling Stone hasn't read the patch notes: The Racism card has been nerfed as it was OP.

[@dylanstacey3514]

LMAOOOO

[@pittviscous]

Rolling Stoned is obviously run by this same dynamic that Disney used to destroy Star Wars. I’m an OG from 77’ and would like to add the fact that the original movies always made us want to watch them again and again which is a stark contrast from this crap that Disney keeps pumping out!

[@davidburke709]

Don't forget that we had to WAIT for several years between SW and ESB (the "Holiday Special" does not count). Back then, it meant something to see a movie over 10 times in the theater. Now the idea is to drown everyone in a sea of content - much of it crappy - overproduced, poorly-written, poorly-acted, and tedious. In other terms: Christmas once a year - special, magical, something to look forward to. Christmas every day - "Damn, I wish it wasn't Christmas anymore."

[@Mangolorian-je3eo]

@@davidburke709true. We had something that made our movies awesome that todays kids will never know: scarcity.

[@rharvey9808]

I went to the cinema to watch Star Wars 13 times in 1977! Yes, it really was that good...and that unprecedented!

[@ClockworkWyrm]

Totally agree. Thus far the only new Star Wars content that even comes close for me is the Clone Wars cartoon (including the Genndy Tartakovsky series), The Mandalorian, and Rogue One. All the rest, including the prequels, can disappear and have 0 impact on my life.

[@bobleglob162]

Way back in the day when they praised Teenage Fanclub and scolded The Cult for their alleged sexism in "Electric" I dismissed them. If you read Rolling Stone, you aint rock n roll.

[@jukkasavolainen5620]

You should not ask "can the best of Star Wars survive the worst of its fans" You should ask can it survive the worst of its producers...

[@CognitiveDissident.]

The "best of Star Wars" has been doing just fine for nearly 50 years. Anything released by Disney doesn't even qualify as "best of".

[@ihaveallthequestions]

As a grown black woman I love critical Drinker and in no way think he's racist. People have a point with a Dei overload. Just Putting a black face in a high place doesn't mean equal it means token. We as black people also want good representation not just representation. Like he previously said Catwoman in the new movie was black and nobody cared because Zoe was very good

[@bigbootros4362]

Nice eyes

[@AKeyearea8]

I wish he was you shee buun

[@sup3414]

And yet many m*rons who follow him are still b*tching about the fact that she and Gordon were black...his circle consists of nothing but hypocrites.

[@sup3414]

"Nobody cared"? Oh you little ignorant grasshopper...

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

"Catwoman in the new movie was black and nobody cared because Zoe was very good" I didn't even know and thought ya was talking about halle berry till I finished reading that sentence, but that was 20 years ago. Don't remember if that was any good as I stopped remembering after the penguin. Then it was more moviestar as villain as moviestar. Kinda like scooby doo & batman & globe trotters with captain caveman. Guest star more than the character. Still if ya wanted black Joker people say Snipes in Demolition Man. That's a quick AI edit from being a real thing.

[@SimonWitt]

Nah, we're just all racist. A journalist said so and journalists always do their homework and are never wrong

[@nelsondawson9706]

Hopefully people get the sarcasm but I'm not holding my breath

[@sherileigh792]

There are very few real journalists left. And they obviously don't work at RS.

[@evanpaulsmithfalconfogolin6147]

Its like pretending the milk in the fridge didn't go bad and serving it to a guest, then after they throw up you blame them for it.

[@mikametcalf3783]

Critical Drinker and company have more fans than Rolling Stone and old media staples, and they are furious.

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

Yep. Old outlets are irrelevant and they act like they're important

[@marcuspitts2482]

Star Wars has no fans anymore. We have moved on while DEIsney has control!

[@samuel3253]

I'm still a fan.

[@ChaChaSlide_69]

​@samuel3253 But he used the word "we" in his statement. So he must be speaking for all of us. Shut up! 😂

[@vereor66]

​@@ChaChaSlide_69 its pretty obvious that was hyperbole... hes not actually saying theres ZERO fans across the entire planet lol, but we certainly outnumber you stragglers

[@t-casualrex204]

Honestly, that's just about the calmest and most analytical way to see all this shizzle, that I've ever heard. Well done! good voice, good content. Captivating.

[@brianculham1180]

People read Rolling Stone?

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahah I used to as a very young kid between about 6 - 13

[@JohnSmith-b6n]

It surprises me that it's still a thing. They've also had several big L takes.

[@bassman0704]

Good question

[@Tom-je4iq]

I don't

[@gazz1246]

People PAY to read Rolling Stone?🤦‍♂️

[@johncrafton8319]

Anyone painting the CD as racist hasn't actually paid attention to the CD's content.

[@malkmuslistener5459]

Nope, they just hear what they want to hear, if some article mentions CD is "right wing" (don't think he considers himself that, but I could be wrong) and all the sudden all these reeeeeing idiots think that means he's AUTOMATICALLY "raycist". There's no subtlety or nuance, just, 'someone said he said something bad, therefore rightwing raycist'. It's so tired.

[@Falconer22]

I enjoyed the CD before but never subscribed. Thanks, Rollingstone, now I have not only become a sub but part of the Patreon, which I never have before. F the mainstream media!

[@ubya308]

Hollywood in general, and Disney in particular have been putting out substandard films and tv shows for years now. Someone is finally calling them on it. I guess it's much easier to call your detractors bigots than actually to make good movies.

[@Attmay]

Substandard? That's extremely generous. These movies, if you can even call them that, are cinematic forever chemicals.

[@wumpusrat]

It's a very insular community of people who constantly praise each other and keep telling one another how amazing they are, and to just ignore all the "haters". The problem is if you're hearing nothing but how awesome you are you'll never improve, because nobody is putting a check on your rampant ego and giving you the constructive criticism you need to be able to actually get any better. If you think everything you do is awesome, why would you try to make it "better?" And when they put it out into a wider audience, they get gut-punched by the reaction of the actual public who doesn't hold back in telling them it's all crap. Which just causes their insular little community to circle the wagons even tighter and call everyone criticizing them *ists, *phobes, etc.

[@davidburke709]

"Substandard?" No. TEDIOUS.

[@scadian9]

@@wumpusrat well said mate.

[@sanderbroeders9184]

It's weird to me how big media companies buy the rights to popular media because of the big fan base, change everything , but then turn around and call the fans toxic

[@EndertheWeek]

They employ writers and directors who think they can do better ignoring the fans enjoyment of the original stories.

[@AndyCigars]

Rolling Stone has been woke and part of the liberal establishment for years now. I’d expect nothing less from them.

[@kaijukidsam]

Rolling Stone being mad that Drinker has more eyes on his videos than they do on their magazine or website.

[@heresyourproblem9939]

It's not going to divide fans, the fans of the Acolyte are not fans of star wars, and the Fans of star wars are not fans of the Acolyte, they are not the same demographic to begin with. There is nothing to divide.

[@bwestacado9643]

Acolyte fans are just the weird Twilight crowd. Same trashy "love story" and awful writing. It's just lonely cucumber buyers desperate for something to pickle to

[@Kevc00]

Do people remember when Rolling Stones was into serious journalism and embedded a reporter into a marine recon unit first over the border during the Invasion of Iraq in 2003?

[@hothotheat3000]

I’m Black. I’m a woman. Drinker is NOT a racist or a sexist.

[@Sauviller]

Sure

[@mrcassette]

@@Sauviller Sure what?

[@sup3414]

You must've never watched his Glass Onion review. I recommend watching Pillar of Garbage.

[@tomaka121]

How do you know that?

[@1TightMinute]

Are you non-binary?

[@ItsRageLadd]

Cause they don’t have the balls to say they f’d up they gotta blame everyone else for their failure

[@Jim87_36]

It’s they’re only tactic.. Improve their skills? Pff not them… “They’re perfect they way they are…”

[@NKA23]

Well, I guess it's kinda hard for them to accept, that they turned what for several decades used to be like a liscence to print money into a failing brand within only about ten years. They didn't just eff up. They effed up completely. By now the damage is so massive, it's almost impossible to repair.

[@muntjunk-plk3171]

It’s part of the ideology, just like in Stalins Russia. You can’t criticise the rules of the utopia it’s everyone else’s fault

[@judsongaiden9878]

4:52 "Capitulating." Five syllables.

[@ShayanGivehchian]

At this point I'm convinced they just use a diverse cast so in case it all goes tits up they can blame the criticism on racism and sexism.

[@abcdefghij337]

That is exactly what Hollywood does.

[@Senkoau]

It's a modern version of Blacksploitstion. Stick a black person in your media regardless of how much sense it makes, claim your amazing and this is stunning and brave then claim anyone who dislikes it is racist. A much version of the films that used to have black actors in ways that made sense to try and reach an African American audience.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

You found the formula.

[@jeesmith99]

Amazing that after decades of calling normal fans racists, bigots, and homophobes, the viewership dropped so low, they finally canceled a bad project. I personally don’t hate Disney, this is just business. Leave the blaster, take the cannoli.

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

I hate Disney with passion after I learned that they hired Brian Peck immediately after he came out of jail to work on a kids show. He was in jail for "really" liked little boys, but I can't go into detail here, but it's horrific.

[@andrewfleming8103]

I've loathed Disney ever since they added a gopher to Winnie the Pooh. It was an act of wanton cultural vandalism.

[@SoulSoundMuisc]

Shall we tell you about all the children that go missing forever at their parks? Or all the children that go missing forever on their cruises? Did you not know?

[@FallenAngel9979]

How utterly pathetic of Rolling Stone. I love the Drinker, and he’s never said ANYTHING even remotely racist. When you pull out the tired old race card, it means you’ve already lost.

[@Z_E_B_O]

0:40 the best? THE BEST?

[@scottkoerner4622]

Well technically the best at being the worse story is still the best so...

[@dotover9013]

Sad to see what became of Rolling Stone…..just a garbage rag at this point.

[@maxkillcount6232]

They literally glorified a terrorist on their cover.

[@spawn9129]

​@@SW-fn7clthe boston bomber

[@JamesF-v4x]

Been that way for decades. Remember their Duke rape fiasco?

[@danweber6972]

It's always been a far left rag.

[@EricDodsonLectures]

When *THE MESSAGE* eclipses the actual entertainment, you're headed for disaster.

[@brendanl7675]

This coming from the same Rolling Stone magazine that glorified one of the Boston bombers? I for one will never forget.

[@SurnaturalM]

They call him racist because they don't have anything to say. When you call someone by name, you have already lost the argument. Insulting someone isn't a valid argument. They know they screw up, and they use KZbin critics as scapegoat.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

100%. The fallacy of Ad Hominem attacks is immature; it means you don’t have anything insightful to say so you try to tear the other person down to make yourself look better.

[@LibertarianGalt]

Acolyte writers: white people crying was the goal Also: WhY nO oNe WaTcH 😢😢😢

[@nolanfischer4855]

Why do people keep trying to go after Drinker? It CLEARLY doesn't work.

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

Because stupid people think of themselves as smart. It is scientifically proven fact.

[@terminaterxx22]

"Vocal minority" yet they all have millions of subscribers and views. So delusional, they probably think ppl are hate watching the critical drinker cause that's the only views they get on any of their trash shows.

[@thejessegrant]

Hahahahahaha

[@dangreene3895]

Same kind of folks who would vote for a senile old man for President

[@farharbor3178]

exactly. Drinker's videos mocking acolyte episodes got more views than the acolyte episodes.

[@ChildOfTheWilderness]

But they're still not 1% of the fandom. These aren't the people going to Disneyland or Celebration & selling out the $700 Jedi Master VIP passes. Those are the people Disney cares about, not some nerds online who threaten to boycott shit but then watch it all anyway.

[@terminaterxx22]

@@ChildOfTheWilderness yeah you're right, that's why acolyte is a record breaking hit with fans pumped for the second season and the luxury star wars hotel is booked year out and totally not closed down. Limited events and in person spending at Disney have nothing to do with where Disney or starwars is today and everything to do with its legacy, nostalgia and touristic factor. Hell take all that away and the parks would still probably turn a profit due on it's own, just cause it's a state of the art amusement park basically any kid would want to go to for vacation.

[@wildfood1]

They are seeing racists under the bed.

[@Ratzfourtyfour]

If the Drinker had no point his views would tank like any franchise Disney touches.

[@puma51921]

The truth hurts. Rolling Stones has been a political weapon for many years now. I've never seen any quality in Star Wars since Kennedy came along.

[@ChimpingBulldog]

Ive not seen it since the Shadows of the Empire multimedia project.

[@glenmcl]

KK was involved in making Gremlins. She has been around a looooong time.

[@gyromurphy]

Ive been watching Critical Drinker, ItsAGundam, The Quartering, Nerdrotic, Geeks and Gamers and many more in that sphere for years now. Never once have I ever heard them say anything remotely 'ist and or 'ism

[@jasongrundy1717]

The Acolyte is objectively bad, you don't have to soft pedal it.

[@michaelwirth6843]

The problem is this guy is too afraid to say what he actually thinks.

[@DocMicrowave]

"Stop letting a vocal minority of toxic fans ruin Star Wars". Isn't that what we have been saying about them (the other side) for a few years now?

[@NoriKassidy]

No no, they think "that" particular minority is all right. It's any other minority that's bad.

[@BaxterD]

Its like the old saying goes "Money talks, bullshit walks", anyone trying to pretend otherwise when it comes to projects like this is just completely ignorant to how business works. The problem is that these companies recently have tried to place themselves on some moral high ground, placating to America in particular that has found itself entangled in a never-ending white knight for social issues campaign, in an attempt to be the ones who claim to be "the most diverse and the most inclusive". They continue trying to do their best with their bullshit to appeal to an extreme minority of their actual fanbase and in actuality appealing to absolutely no one. Because when it comes to push and shove, when it takes some real balls to actually stand with that moral integrity, they will always crumble to the all mighty dollar. Remind me, was it the fans or Disney themselves that removed Finn from the posters in China? There's zero reason to defend or protect these companies just because they spew all the right hot topic words, they only care about a profit. They will sever all ties the second that project doesn't do so, whether it is good or bad means nothing.

[@rossbabcock3790]

The term 'racist' has been thrown around so much, it really doesn't have any meaning anymore.

[@maxkillcount6232]

On no, the people who put a terrorist on the cover of their magazine is attacking others again.

[@svetlanaandrasova964]

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of a loser.

[@kennethbecker8555]

Rolliing Stone? That's an old band right? Never heard of this publication?

[@thejessegrant]

Ahahahaha

[@tribblefluffer]

Rolling Shithole is just the modern MAD magazine, it just refuses to admit that it's a joke.

[@Otokichi786]

"Modern MAD magazine!?" That is Slander! MAD magazine is/was a deflater of distended Hollyweird egos.;)

[@notchback93]

The bigger question is how Rolling Stone is even considered a publication worth paying attention to!

[@Maldoror1972]

Calling everyone racist who doesn't agree with you, is a very poor, immature and pathetic strategy

[@nicholasdelaney1407]

Hollywood and Disney are still coping from the Acolyte being cancelled BY THEM! 😂 They cancelled the Acolyte and they blame the fandom because they didn't like it?! 🤣 Maybe if they made a good story instead of pushing activism it wouldn't be so hated! 🤣🤣🤣

[@bearsonwelles3407]

That's the thing, they are acting like the Critical Drinker is the one who cancelled the show. He's a guy who makes KZbin videos. The people that cancelled the show are the ones saying it was cancelled due to racism, which seems like telling on yourself.

[@wutangclan2051]

Rolling Stone magazine.. zero fux given With 9 billion people on the planet, if Disney can't get enough customers, then that's on them..

[@nickmacarius3012]

It didn't mind the Acolyte. It was ok, but the only good thing that came out of it was the lightsaber choreography. Overall, it wasnt a success. What is a successful strategy to get people to universally hate your series is by claiming your audience is racist. We're not against women or someone of a different skin color is the lead actor, but what we are against is bad acting & writing, poor plot/story arc, and lackluster character development. For years Disney's Achilles heel with Star Wars is that it sacrifices good story telling for a political agenda. The Acolyte overall was just that, and it was bad product. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ryanwalsh231]

Literally NEVER heard racism come from the critical drinker

[@benironside1264]

@@ryanwalsh231 no he doesn’t at all. He doesn’t even offer a political view. He just gives a balanced assessment of the film and points out where chasing (any) political agendas over good film making has a negative impact

[@ryanwalsh231]

@benironside1264 that's why I like him.

[@benironside1264]

@@ryanwalsh231 same!

[@aToxicJester]

Uh... he gives a biased "anti-woke" point of view. I wouldn't say it's unbiased lol. If there's even a hint of "woke" on a film drinker will bash it. I like drinker and watch his takes... but even I can see the biased opinions.

[@ryanwalsh231]

@aToxicJester talking about racism though dude.

[@Tubinado]

There’s no sex appeal in films anymore. How the hell did the people in charge of films today forget something so obvious? I’m a straight woman and there are never any strong, sexy men anymore. Most stories aren’t that good that they can compensate for lack of sex appeal.

[@billrn98]

Thank you for the logical, respectful and analytical explanation of why Disney Star Wars decided not to move forward with The Acolyte.

[@bastianogr4960]

I'm not part of the Star Wars fandom. In fact, I've never cared about Star Wars at all. But I do care for movies and entertainment art in general, so I feel 100% qualified to hate every bit of The Acolyte, that I've seen so far, simply because it's anti-creativity, anti-art, and anti-merit. It's the laziest, stupidest, emptiest piece of entertainment I've ever seen. And looking at what Hollywood produced over the last 5 years, that's actually saying something. Now, the fact that the producers and certain media outlets constantly behave like whiney teenagers, just because they can't handle a valid reaction to their pitiful product, just makes it ten times worse.

[@jeremy2875]

Kennedy/Headley openly stated they did not like the original 6 Star Wars movies (too White, too male, too heterosexual), and stated they were going to recreate the Star Wars universe to suit their woke ideals. Storylines, and even Star Wars canon and mythology became secondary to promoting a social agenda. So they trashed what Star Wars fans loved over the past decades, and just expected them to accept and not complain.

[@sophdog1678]

They seem overwhelmed by the backlash, yet they persist in putting out garbage that loses money, They are incapable of accepting criticism - and learning from it.