Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - It's Not Terrible!

[@chance_ondriezek99]

Saying a Star Wars show is “not terrible” is the best thing you can say about the franchise now

[@BigSmitty1]

Sans the superiority of Andor which is so much better than the rest of this shyte it seems like it’s in another universe.

[@akizaki4076]

Tbh i enjoyed rise of skywalker nore than this garbage 😂

[@lotheravanti4295]

Drinker has had too much to drink again and shat out a shit take

[@ErikDeMann]

Yeah, my spontaneous reaction to the headline: "But it's also not good." Same old, same old, 'strong female character', only this time in Star Wars Goonies.

[@eveningstar4543]

That's pretty sad 😥

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

'Not-terrible...' We will be hitting all new, dizzying heights when we start hitting 'Mildly-tolerable'.

[@LawfulBased]

Just from the looks here this gives me "Peter Pan in space" vibes with some kids escaping into a world beyond their -plane- planet. It would be a real shame if it is good. Cause then I would not support it even though it deserves it. But I have this wierd itch nowadays to identify as non-buy-nary when I know people would profit from it, who absolutely h@te me.

[@B1G_WENGH]

“Skeleton Crew is Not terrible” Coming from Critical Drinker, the guy that made the terribly written, directed, acted, cliched Rogue Elements? Lol

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

@@B1G_WENGH tbf....this is a fair comment 🤣

[@nokh3382]

@@B1G_WENGH To be fair, critiquing a show or movie and actually writing and directing one are very different skill sets.

[@jasonbodden8816]

@@LawfulBasedNon-buy-nary 😂 Now THAT is funny af!

[@jcwoodman5285]

And Blue elephant kid grows up to be a drummer in a cantina band...

[@TrapMaster9215]

He's Max Rebo!

[@phantomkrieger2744]

He also screws his band mates out of money when he accepts a lifetime contract to play in jabba’s court with the payment being only in food.

[@sckid1212]

LOL ! 🥲

[@markfrancis5164]

Damn you, that was my line…

[@voutsider190]

Thought he looked familiar, lol

[@teddyspaghetti2858]

The saddest part about Andor was that it proved there's people working there who understand and care about Star Wars. Somewhere, in a galaxy far far away.

[@stefankatsarov5806]

Even one better, the director doesn't like Star Wars, but is a good professional and surrounded himself whit people that do and made everything he can do to create a good product.

[@Yeastextract]

Andor was 99% shite

[@alesin1992]

@@Yeastextract What does that make the rest of Star Wars, considering Andor is better than any of these shows?

[@CommanderLongJohn]

​@Yeastextract When I first saw screenshots of the show i literally thought it was some weird-offshoot-scifi movie, then I saw the "Star Wars" heading and was flabbergasted. Modern Star Wars doesn't look/feel like "Star Wars" AT ALL, besides the fact it obviously looks like a CGI infused polished Hollywood movie set 99% of the time in these shows and the movies, it doesn't have that gritty-used for hundreds if not thousands of years-'WW2 meets the wild west in space' feel that the original games and Star Wars media as a whole had up until recently. Even the prequels had that feeling, albeit not as good due the horrendous and abundant use of CGI, but the OG trilogy and Battlefront games had this in spades.

[@ahabicher]

Heh. I loved Andor. But only Andor. Everything else since some parts of the Clone Wars annoyed me.

[@CanadaPlus]

Don't worry Drinker, Luke will show up at the end and tell the kids, "it's time for the jedi to end"

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

And then he takes the Kid he likes the most and tosses it behind his back, over the Cliff aaaand Credits roll

[@DominikO8O]

Is Mark even live today?

[@ErikDeMann]

@@DominikO8O He's down with a serious case of TDS, going on a month now.

[@diqweed69]

"My dad was the good guy all along, kiddos"

[@diqweed69]

@@ErikDeMann it's been a bit longer than a month

[@Generik97]

It's not terrible!* * For now.

[@chiquita683]

Reviewing first 2 episodes is a waste of time

[@ErikDeMann]

@@chiquita683 Just reeling in the audiences, before they start serving diversity/DEI/sexual minorities, as usual.

[@rayzkain9371]

Lol wait for episode 3.

[@kimberly8266]

i mean this have children..

[@icarusigaming]

@@rayzkain9371 acolyte PTSD

[@EricDaMAJ]

Just because a bar that served Piss decided to serve some Gatorade doesn't mean I'm ever going back.

[@ReadiusMaximus]

Well said haha

[@RKelsey7]

I'm hate watching at this juncture, because I can't resist comparing these stories to the far superior EU ones.

[@Billabongbabalog]

​@@RKelsey7Problem spotted: Views are views.

[@AstrodeBastro]

Let’s be honest, we all went back more than a couple times to give the piss another chance. Would never have seen Andor if i hadn’t

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

@@Billabongbabalog He never said he wasn't pirating but you would be correct otherwise.

[@vincentpasquarell7049]

I’m 42, I grew up with the likes of Goonies and Star Wars, watching this brought me back and I really enjoyed it. My sons are 7 and 8 and they were completely immersed and really enjoyed it. That was the biggest take away for me… my sons, and I could sit down and watch something we all enjoyed. I felt like I was watching the younger generation get roped into being a Star Wars fan. Disney might actually have a win on their hands with this one.

[@brianhuffman5187]

Haha you have children.

[@ultraphase1932]

Entirely agree, my 8 year old daughter and I watch it together and she really enjoys it. It’s a good introduction to the starwars universe for her.

[@diegeticfridge9167]

That’s awesome!

[@avenqer]

@@brianhuffman5187 Hey we all can't dream of growing old and dying alone in our death bed.

[@HENRYGCOLLINS]

My thoughts exactly, Goonies in space. I enjoyed it and the kids did.

[@geeksgamesandgears2369]

“It looks … inoffensive” that was the exact answer I gave my wife when she asked me about this show. Sadly nowadays that’s high praise.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

It's like watching an entertaining undercard fight in the midst of endless terrible main events. It's like, "Yeah, you're good and all, but the fact you're the highlight of my evening makes me regret buying my ticket even more."

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

So far, it's the best *family show* they've given us in a long time. My kids like the action, I fully empathise with and like the dad, plus I get the same sort of adventurous feel I got in the 80s watching action cartoons. Disney actually managed to create something that appeals to everyone! Now, if they can just not screw it up, it would be appreciated.

[@chimp_monke123]

i find it quite offensive, because they copy pasted a suburban american neighborhood into starwars... thats the unforgivable sin...

[@LukiKruki]

​@@chimp_monke123 You skipped the fact that there's something wrong with this AtAtti planet, intentionally written like that. You would also find out through scraps of information in Star Wars media that At-Atti was the shining jewel of Old Republic, maintained by High Republic, captured by Imperial loyalists during Republic and Empire and then left out forgotten in times of New Republic we have now. You will find familiar names of Imperial Loyalists from the media in Skeleton Crew like Fara.

[@chimp_monke123]

@@LukiKruki thats because i barely glanced at this shit before i said 'nope' all i needed was to know that this existed to be on the fence, and just two minutes from drinker made my mind up for me, this shit doesnt even exist...

[@adamsangry]

Our expectations of Star Wars has been reduced to “It’s Not Terrible.”

[@dawnfire82]

Actually, expectations are "It's terrible." Which is why this exceeds expectations if it's Not Terrible.

[@aknightofcamelot]

That's beyond expectations

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

@@adamsangry that is the best it has been for a lobg time man lol.

[@sydryi3086]

Thanks Kennedy, you ruined one of my favourite franchises.

[@CarlosVilltoro]

It’s not good either

[@SofieAndMe]

Skeleton Crew did more world building in the first 15 minutes than the acolyte did all season! It's charming so far.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Yeah, it's charming because it rips off half a dozen actually good pieces of media like the Goonies.

[@ahabduennschitz7670]

Eh, its not terrible but its still nothing worth watching. This is Star Wars god damnit, stop having so low Standards or we will never get something of worth again

[@MichaSennin]

@@ahabduennschitz7670 Worldbuilding is Worldbuilding. And The Show did add stuff to the World of SW what is more important than everything you want for SW. What SW needs the most is the 40k Surgery, Lore, worldbuilding, expending. So the OP is spot on and pretty much right.

[@danieldbdb]

It's clear your standards are incredibly low.

[@nerdguyman]

I like how they have suburbs and school and work! Very star wars

[@bigryaz2]

"This is the kind of thing I want to see more of... Self contained stories with original characters, showing different sides to the galaxy that we've never seen before". You took the words right out of my mouth!

[@BookishStephanie]

I remember walking out of the Solo movie with a bunch of friends. We were all pretty quiet, searching for something to say. One person kindly said "I don't think it was quite as bad as I was expecting" and I just looked at him and said "if that's the nicest thing we can say about a Star Wars movie, we're in serious trouble." This review reminds me of that. Our expectations are so low now that anything with the slightest amount of charm, halfway decent characters, and a mildly coherent story gets praised by default.

[@busybaci]

That's exactly what I thought about the last Alien movie, a rehash of any other Alien film with kids in it. Boring and unnecessary, but everyone seems to praise and like it nonetheless. People want mediocrity that's the level of burger eaters.

[@TerRowle-ut2ns]

Oh Christ, as if SW hadn’t been shite for 30 years at that point.

[@rcnelson]

Well, it's a step in the right direction. Gotta take that first step to get anywhere good.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

@@TerRowle-ut2ns Literally wasn't, the EU existed and TCW still is the greatest six years worth of Star Wars television content ever created (season 7 being meh in comparison).

[@rsh650]

@@TerRowle-ut2ns exactly. people treat it as this holy grail of space fantasy opera when it's more like the plastic cups at a party - safe, made for the lowest common denominator, and reusable to an extent. It's always been overrated garbage.

[@user-sf9mp4xu7i]

Holy shit man. A Star Wars property given the gold stamped seal of approval of Not Terrible is the Christmas miracle nobody expected.

[@augustwest9727]

Life Day Miracle.

[@shawnbarrett7632]

WHAT A DAY!!! WHAT A LOVELY DAY!!!!

[@scionofdorn9101]

@@shawnbarrett7632Calm down there, Nux. It’s not quite time to witness you.

[@sebastianemond5313]

The Drinker has become one with the Force, unlike the audiences of The E.colyte, who became one with the "Forced."

[@gideonstix]

Drinker is getting soft

[@TheTwober]

Best reviews for modern movies: "Not as shitty as you'd expect." Well..

[@TheLouHam]

It’s a pretty good review from a guy who makes money trashing Disney movies/shows, and on a show that’s literally not something he’d wanna watch personally.

[@christophertaylor9100]

Remember when you'd go to a movie expecting it to be pretty good at least and were disappointed if it was not? Now we go like an abused child being called to dad's room, cringing and hoping it not going to be awful again.

[@bonniedykstra6722]

⁠@@TheLouHamyeah, cause he’s an honest reviewer who gives his real opinion and doesn’t just spew hate cause it gets views

[@gideonstix]

Its shitty.

[@mitchellhalvorson9719]

Seeing an almost complete moden suburb in star wars is suprising the most jarring setting ive seen so far.

[@connorgolden4]

Why’s it jarring? Besides the fact that there’s gotta be plenty of suburbs across the tens or thousands of star systems, it’s also an isolated world contained to its atmospheric borders it seems, so they basically are a more advanced earth it seems,

[@banistersmind]

As a grizzled, cynical, middle aged grumpy bastard, I was entertained way more than I had any right to be...

[@brando3342]

If you really were any of those things, you wouldn't even have a Disney+ subscription, let alone actually watching any of that slop LOL

[@AZTLANSOLDIER13]

I agree

[@gregmitchell5594]

Yep, I was mildly Entertained as well 😂

[@RealRabbit1124]

Same

[@bigbaba1111]

You pay for the groomers streaming service?

[@svenjonsson9]

" Stranger Things is popular, why is that? How can we make Stranger Things in Star Wars"

[@skypiratecaptain]

reminds me more of "Explorers" or "flight of the navigator" stranger things relied too much on member berries and weird love triangle drama

[@CrazyManwich]

This was nothing like Strangers Things.

[@mehowme]

​@@skypiratecaptain weird love triangle drama? It's been a while, I don't seem to remember

[@MrJeffcoley1]

They’ll need to drag out the seasons so all the kids grow up and then they have to digitally de-age them. 20 somethings can’t pull off the same stuff 12 year-olds can

[@ThreeWallabies]

@@mehowme I don't remember character names but the main character's sister had a love triangle in season 1

[@heikira438]

The bar was so low that you could step on it and not notice.

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

So low they fell into the hole when they stepped on it.

[@I-ONLY-BUILD-MECHS-AND-DUSTERS]

I can't relate to the main character, who isn't my race. I'm told that's very important. Passing on this show.

[@dagda3000]

Funny how they avoided putting a white guy in the friend group.

[@blakplanit]

There is a white guy in the friend group. His name is Jude Law. Lol.

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

​@@blakplanitJude Law's in it? Ha, I'd have thought he'd avoid anything to do with kids after the last kids movie, AI, killed his career.

[@setsunaemblem]

Where did you get that pfp of Sami?

[@blakplanit]

@@CynicalOldDwarf Hope I’m not spoiling anything but he’s the adult Star.

[@rhouck8407]

2:25 kids deserve good stories just as much as, if not more than, adults. Greg Owen has a good bit about it and why it makes Acolyte so deranged and disgusting

[@andyrios214]

We got a Greg Owen Fan❤

[@HuskiesFan1415]

Yeah agreed. There's two things we need to stop doing. Requiring everything to pass an arbitrary test of "adultness" before we can enjoy it. And acting like everything needs to pass that test so we can enjoy it without shame and leave nothing decently written for kids or young adults. Every single one of us found Star Wars as kids. What if some 40 year old in the 80s/90s had said "I'm not watching it unless it has a sex scene and at least one person says fuck". Thats what Star Wars fans are doing now.

[@WATCHMYCLIPSZ]

​@@HuskiesFan1415 tf are you talking about dude? Nobody is asking for sex in star wars jfc

[@brandonharris5152]

Skeleton crew describes the viewer base for this show

[@scarlet_phonavis6734]

I thought it was trying to appeal to the stranger things crowd when I saw clips of it, but I haven't watched much of either and probably never will

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

I dunno, it works pretty well as a family show. I honestly don't recall any other show in the last decade that my kids and wife and I all had such a blast watching. I don't give any credit to Disney, but to the experienced writers and directors they hired to do this.

[@louisduarte8763]

@@scarlet_phonavis6734 Doesn't Stranger Things stea-, uh, "pay homage" to The Goonies and other group-of-kids-go-adventuring movies?

[@coltonwhite2518]

Can't wait for disney to give us the "Jaws....but in space" treatment where one of those big asteroid worms from Empire starts eating ships packed with teenagers on summer vacation and a crew of drunk idiots led by plucky overly competent girl protagonist #12 and her droid sidekick try to hunt it down with lazer spears. Truly it'll be one of the star wars of all time.

[@johnnydidonna6081]

You know that was the elevator pitch for the original Alien movie, right?

[@mrkeogh]

Hey now, that sounds not-terrible...

[@PtrOBrn]

I think Futurama did that episode... or maybe it was a Moby Dick episode.

[@DrTimes99]

Don't give them ideas

[@HuskiesFan1415]

I'm not gonna lie, this would be awesome.

[@LeonBosset]

As someone who stood in line for almost 2 hours for the original S.W. when it came out, my question is, why do we need more Star Wars?

[@cloneprod6210]

It’s not us who need more Star Wars, it’s Disney who want to milk the franchise as much as possible until no one even remembers why we fell in love with this universe to begin with (even if I did like Andor and Skeleton Crews looks fun, I would have loved it as a kid)

[@fuwto]

No way these kids will ever even approach the glorious laughter and beauty that is The Goonies.

[@1984isnotamanual]

Never seen it. Should I watch it? lol I know your answer. Really though never watched it

[@fuwto]

@@1984isnotamanual Can't hurt to try, can it ? Enjoy !

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@fuwto no, I just downloaded it online, I’ll watch it I think by next week

[@fuwto]

@@1984isnotamanual Enjoy!

[@1984isnotamanual]

@@fuwto I will, if I remember too I will tell you what I think.

[@Rex.Actually.411]

So basically Amazon wanted a 'Game of Thrones' and we got 'Rings of Power' Disney wanted a 'Stranger Things' and we got this.. hooray

[@jasonshere]

You'll eat what we make you and be happy about it.

[@tomasmicak9041]

Except this is MUCH better than Rings of Power. At least those episodes that are out now.

[@jasonshere]

@@tomasmicak9041 I'm interested in watching this, but I'm not going near Rings of Power.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

​@@tomasmicak9041 Which is interesting because according to Chris Gore (which you either know who that is or you don't) add film attack episode 3 is where we get the lesbian parents, because of course we do.

[@andrewschliewe6392]

I was thinking more like the 'goonies' vibe.

[@IronDragon-2143]

Even if it's not terrible, I just don't care about Star Wars anymore. I'm writing my own science fiction novels instead.

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

That's absolutely awesome! I wish you all the success in the world. You're gonna get there, even if it's no time soon. You keep writing, re-reading to edit, but be the solution to the madness. I believe in you 100%.

[@louisduarte8763]

With blackjack and hookers!

[@christophertaylor9100]

Even if it was wonderful, I'm not getting Disney+ to watch it.

[@Walupeach4528]

​@@christophertaylor9100 Piracy exists

[@TheIronDuke9]

That's exactly what William Shatner said about Star Trek when he wrote Tek War!

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Seeing the "it's not terrible" is about the most resounding praise modern Disney is capable of earning.

[@NoPe-no4sn]

Other than the top movies of the year I guess

[@gimmeyourrights8292]

"Eh, it's ok." Highest praise a modern Star Wars show has received

[@colers2366]

Andor would like a word. Unfortunately if the specific pitch has anything for cloud goblins to attach to, the show will be fucked to the hilt by nepotism

[@phildiamond8549]

It’s not terrible - praise indeed.

[@gnarwhal7562]

0:56 RIP to all the people in the comments with sound-activated IBS

[@Abrie]

Your comment popped up as a recommendation when I reached that time code and I had just enough time to process what it meant lol

[@CaelSkielsthear]

I was actually listening to this while using the restroom, and was having difficulty before this sound. I am happy to report it’s an all clear, Captain.

[@mickieg1994]

If I had a super power it would be to inflict sound activated ibs, I can think of no greater evil

[@therealtimwoods]

😂😂😂

[@slaapliedje]

Good thing I am watching this while on the can already!

[@imonit4272]

5:34 - the point in this 5:59 video where I finally realized which of the children is the token human male because he’s so androgynous. 🙄 I f’ng hate Disney…

[@AMoistBum]

Plus the girl who takes charge and becomes the captain lol

[@VashPlissken45]

Cancelled Disney plus & this show will not remotely make me even consider paying for their garbage again.

[@TheIronDuke9]

you're a terrible dad

[@VashPlissken45]

@ Because I don’t want my kids watching woke a$$ trash. Good. Orange man is your daddy too ✅

[@VashPlissken45]

@ Unlike your Dad - I stayed 👌🏼

[@StarWarsObservation-vs2sg]

They don't care.

[@neonwallacewells7818]

This isn’t an airport,

[@MumRah]

the whole getting in the ship and taking off on accident with a quirky robot is straight out of the 80s movie Space Camp.

[@Zach_TheGamer]

Two things I don’t like about this show. 1. It’s just another project that is trying to turn Star Wars into other films or shows instead of just having it be Star Wars. 2. Having the environment of the home planet be so close to earth. It makes it feel kind of immersion breaking. Also, it makes the show feel like one long Disneyland commercial.

[@oXRaptorzXo]

That is the entire point of the planet looking that way. It’s been isolated from the rest of the galaxy since like the old republic. Of course it would look, well, “alien” to the rest of star wars

[@stevenmaidment]

​@oXRaptorzXo thank god someones talking some sense!

[@busybaci]

Because no one watches new IPs anymore, people want the same trash for decades. Take a look at some promising IPs where they are now. John Carter of Mars -- Dead Alita Battle Angel -- Dead The Dark Tower -- Dead Sahara -- Dead Prince of Persia -- Dead I am Number 4 -- Dead The Adventures of Tintin -- Dead Van Helsing -- Dead Jupiter Ascending -- Dead Mortal Engines -- Dead Push -- Dead Jumper -- Dead People don't want new franchises, it's their fault.

[@StarWarsObservation-vs2sg]

Just like Andor.

[@GrizzlyTank]

Something about the setting of a modern idyllic suburban neighborhood just feels so out of place in the Star Wars galaxy.

[@gazz1246]

"It's not terrible” but damn close to it.

[@owenthompson4686]

Nope, even the Drinker couldn't bring me back to Star Wars at this point, sorry.

[@alexp601]

well let's wait for him to say something is GOOD first. Not terrible is the first step

[@maslakarkhus8673]

Good bc drinker is wrong, it's still terrible

[@radelta]

@@maslakarkhus8673 yeah im unsubbing. Drinker has gone woke smh

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@radelta He's not woke, just as he's not anti-woke, and never have been - he's just saying shit as it is. This show is this - not terrible. Not good, not bad, passable grade. Which is why I am here - Drinker is one of the few, if not the only, critics left who are staying out of politics.

[@jamescannon7935]

​@@radeltathis binary way of thinking is no different than woke peoples way of thinking.

[@Tessa-u7u]

Thank you, Drinker! I was wracking my brain over what show I should use to entertain the kidnapped kiddos in the back yard, but you solved that problem. Now to make that ransom note...

[@radxpervideos2013]

Make them watch clone wars way better than this peace of shit

[@JulesBarcona]

You too, huh?

[@t.butcher]

Wait until the two Moms show up. Oh God that'll be a field day for ya.

[@kicknowledgesmith8608]

As long as it’s not the focal point of the story and not the focus of the marketing. There are people with two moms. Same sex marriage is legal.

[@danieldavid9887]

What I appreciate about Critical Drinker is that he’s actually willing to give *EVERYTHING* the benefit of a doubt. It’s not just mindless rants and complaining about what we’re “supposed” to be mad at. Now… yes, most stuff he rants about deserves it lol. But when it’s *not terrible* (this and Wicked) he admits it. . That’s why I follow this channel! 🙌🏽

[@neonxraven99]

get ready people if this show got a next season just remember what they did with mandalorian

[@azarelzaleta7619]

Thats gonna sting forever

[@andrewmeyer3599]

Boba Fett will end up being their adoptive father or some shit

[@VitaKet]

What happened? After the second season I completely lost interest.

[@andrewmeyer3599]

@@VitaKet Mando became a secondary character in his own show and just follows Bo Katan around while she acts extremely fucking stupid and SOMEHOW comes face to face with those giant as fuck Mythosaurs on the nuked so fucking hard its all glass Mandalore

[@CanadaPlus]

Well, at least it wasn't the acolyte...

[@chiquita683]

Literally just as woke

[@icarusigaming]

imagine Rain was involve and subverts you

[@wabalah1434]

Did you have to say that word? Now I have to go to the toilet and make an acolyte.

[@Stakex]

@@chiquita683 The word "woke" loses all meaning when you use to for everything you don't like or, more likely in this case, when you use it to describe anything that has women or black people in it.

[@icarusigaming]

@@Stakex well forced in female and black is woke

[@racebiketuner]

Doesn't matter cuz Disney will never get another nickel from me.

[@VitaKet]

Pirating exists. If you care enough to watch I guess. I will for my kid.

[@melc_91]

the two moms in episode 3, the single father the single mother LOL

[@pulse9218]

The Drinker says "not terrible" with the same justified caution of me trusting a fart

[@tacticalmattfoley]

Never trust a fart before noon....just like any new Star Wars IP......

[@mpstein1976]

Goonies in spaaaaace!

[@YouTellemFrosk]

Exactly my thinking. So far it’s almost the same plot

[@eurocrusader1724]

R Good enough!😉

[@buffoonoutdoors]

​@@eurocrusader1724 Best song

[@buffoonoutdoors]

Goonies never say die.

[@LolRaptor]

ROK-Y...ROOOAD??

[@Subsaibot2526]

I love how we have arrived to "it's not terrible but its not good either" What a bad time for cinema

[@johnnycastellanetta7183]

Just aiming for the low bar of mediocrity is the height of Disney Star Wars.

[@OrthoLou]

As RobotHead and Echo Chamberlain pointed out, there's another girl character who is NOT a tomboy, but still conducts herself in a masculine manner, slouches in a way to show she's the big swingin' D in the room, cringes and rolls her eyes whenever boys speak, finds so much joy in running circles around the boys in every skillset, and of course is just naturally gifted and talented without any explanation as to how. Same trope, just children now. This is harmful to both boys and girls. But yeah, even if everyone was raving about this show, I still wouldn't watch it. Completely done with all Disney Star Wars. To be a true fan and still watch what they put out is setting yourself to be played. It's like staying in an abusive relationship after you've already given them so many chances.

[@Infamous1892]

Maybe we should have some Jedi. They're a thing. They exist.

[@dannysmi7162]

Well he was wrong.

[@Cholin3947]

She is a bully, and her only real skill is lying.

[@OrthoLou]

@dannysmi7162 No, he wasn't. Neither of them.

[@TheLouHam]

Plenty of little girls act that way without being a tomboy. What’s this weird hyper fixation on making sure little girls acts as stereotypically girlish as possible?

[@dbretton]

My 12-year-old no longer like Star wars but still loves Goonies

[@simontaylor2525]

Our 6 year old loves rotj and mandalorian, he stumbled across the last jedi and said it was terrible. Children aren't thick.

[@plzletmebefrank]

I mean... It's almost certainly just cause, "Luke sucks in it" or some variation of that. People of all ages will get attached to the characters and are likely to dislike change, especially when that change feels contrary to everything that came before it and isn't adequately explained or handled with any sort of care. But yeah, it's not cause they think it was written badly. If you showed them The Last Jedi without having any preconceived ideas about the characters... They probably would've been okay with it.

[@simontaylor2525]

@plzletmebefrank nah

[@leonerd1763]

Nah, I don't care. Either woke dies or Disney sells the IP, until one of these 2 things are a reality I'm done with SW entirely

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

Completely understandable.

[@hez859]

​@@ZenMonkeyGod while being PC is rampant i do believe a certain section of fans like to throw the word around just to hide their prejudice low key

[@charlesmeniru5082]

No one asked

[@stevenstamper7904]

I'm with you

[@leonerd1763]

@@charlesmeniru5082 But I said it anyway, so cope harder 😊

[@OmegaTou]

Doesn't matter. I refuse to give my money/time/attention to people who HATE me.

[@pinball8701]

Indeed. Judging by the demographics, they hate white males for sure. Couldn't they bring themselves to allow even just ONE white boy in the main cast?

[@gungaloscrungalo8925]

"Not terrible" isn't nearly enough to fix the complete apathy that people feel towards Disney Wars.

[@richardthenryvideos]

Hey Drinker, I'm a decently sized SW fan, not huge. Born in '83 but really began to enjoy the originals later in life. My oldest daughter (14) reads all the books. She is a purist and thinks Rey is stupid. She barely considers the Ep 7,8, 9 SW. Sure she gets a lot of from me, but not all. She's formed a lot on her own. She even writes detailed stories and has even build a SW family tree. Anyway, I share that because there are some children who do love SW today. And we did like this SC show

[@JeffKryger]

"If you've kidnapped a bunch of kids and need to keep them entertained for a while, Skeleton Crew isn't the worst thing you could put on." A ringing endorsement if I've ever heard one!

[@Lurker_Z]

He was talking about Disney's current audience.

[@onewingedmoogle]

I got fooled once with TFA, then TLJ happened. I got fooled again with The Mandalorian, then season 3 happened. I will not be fooled a third time.

[@winterassassin22]

For shits and giggles (I was sick) I rewatched the new trilogy and after rewatching it I really think they had a plan for after TFA and Rian Johnson basically just said "fuck your plan" and Mando and all the shows have been trying to catch up ever since.

[@watch1981]

Most were first fooled with the TFM trailers in 1999, then the movie came out 😂

[@KetsubanSolo]

​@@winterassassin22 nah, from everything I read, J.J. Abrams had no plan, and Rian Johnson had to fill in the blanks. Colin Trevorrow was going to build off of Rian's film, but I guess Disney chickened out after audience reception to TLJ and fired him to bring J.J. back on board.

[@blakplanit]

@@KetsubanSoloRian Johnson dropped the ball. Plain and simple. He practically handed an easy score and he screwed up. Don’t blame anyone else.

[@andrewmccombs7347]

@@watch1981 You mean TPM. Fantomas is a band. Phantom is a word in a Star Wars title. Thanks for tuning in.

[@GideonRavenor712]

Its more depressing for the franchise at large that we're saying that something is "not terrible" as a qualifier in comparing it to others in its franchise. LOL

[@joesomebody3365]

Considering I haven't actively watched anything Star Wars since "Force Awakens", I think it's going to take a lot more than "not great not terrible" to bring me back.

[@CohnmanTheBudbarian]

@0:13 i fell off my chair as i was struck by a WTF just happened moment 🤣🤣

[@Ozraptor4]

Troll 2 is a once in a generation film.

[@princestarfy4098]

“Inoffensive” The best form Disney Star Wars

[@claysmell]

0:54 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davitto01]

Ah the burried spaceship. Classic. Can't get enough of those burried things. Burried ships, burried treasure, burried cities.

[@shishsquared]

Star Wars has pushed me so far away that I don't really care. You need to consistently make good content before I'll check it out at this point.

[@creed8712]

When has Star Wars ever made consistently good content tho?

[@sexistspaghettios]

​​@creed8712 Bad b8 is bad. Especially when everyone can see all your other comments on the channel 😂 Edit: speaking of that. Those acolyte defense replies you have sure aged like fine milk, huh? And why do you defend SW anyways, if its "consistently bad?" *womp womp*

[@ivankuzin8388]

@@creed8712 well, there was so much EU content, that a lot of it was bound to end up pretty good - just had to ignore the rest, which was also easy :)

[@shishsquared]

@creed8712 Before the dark days. Before Disney No but for real I grew up with the prequels and loved them. Beyond clunky dialogue in places, they still hold up very well. Especially Episode III

[@creed8712]

@@shishsquared they were so beloved the fans were just clamoring for George to make more. The demands were so high he knew only a much richer company could do it so he sold off his baby. I do remember that well.

[@diabolicalfox]

This is absolutely shocking news. Still don't really care, though 😅

[@jame2433]

Yeah they’re gonna need a lot more of this stuff to rebuild this brand otherwise why be invested In just happy Star Wars Theory can finally come off suicide watch

[@davidnierzwick2775]

Same... I cannot support Disney. Till it gets gutted of ACTIVIST.

[@mightyraptor01]

@@davidnierzwick2775 Agreed, plus this doesn't feel like Star Wars even if it different characters.

[@zimriel]

I grew out of Goonies and judged Explorers was sus pretty early in my 20s. Flight of the Navigator holds up best of the three (Stand By Me could also be noted here).

[@81brassglass79]

No comma after care, bud.

[@johnglover4453]

If Jude's in it? It's probably at least good, if not better. Mr. Law tends to deliver, no matter what he's in. He's a particularly excellent villain too, when playing the bad guy. Very versatile.

[@oXRaptorzXo]

Based on the episodes and trailers I like that we don’t really know whether or not he is good or bad

[@marychocolatefairy]

An exception being the Peter Pan and Wendy movie, where he played Hook. He was fine; the rest of it, not so much.

[@splintergectornathan9045]

@@marychocolatefairy "Mr. Law tends to deliver, no matter what he's in." well, that's what he said

[@buskergirl]

Well, the sequels also had a stellar cast. Unfortunately they didn't write their own scenes. Would have been so much better if they were just let to improvise whatever they wanted their characters to be.

[@greebj]

Except for that time he occupied the space a bad guy could have occupied in Captain Marvel 🤮

[@ryanwitman8672]

It’s impressive how well written your vids are. Short, concise and efficient. Others should take note of this format.

[@GBEdmonds-j1i]

"Or if you've kidnapped a bunch of em" had me shooting coffee out my nose!! 😅😅

[@jayw900]

Doubt it.

[@WtFFtW57]

"I smell shite..."

[@gideonstix]

It is just that.

[@lens_hunter]

2:56 Flight of the Navigator is one of my favorite movies!

[@AttilaAsztalos]

"Explorers" is one of mine.

[@gagestandingready1472]

Same!

[@gagestandingready1472]

​@@AttilaAsztalosboth rule!

[@banhammer3904]

The Last Starfighter

[@jonathansmith4737]

I grew up in the 90s and I couldnt stop telling myself how i got such an wonderful sense of adventure while watching this show and my expectations were greatly exceeded. I feel like they setup more world building in two episodes than they have done in any other Star Wars product as of recent.

[@plzletmebefrank]

Andor. But honestly, how much world building you can cram in isn't a good metric. Did the Book of Boba Fett have lots of world building? Yeah. Did it suck and take away the last shreds of pacing the show could have maybe had? Yeah, not that anything could've helped that trash fire. But how much world building you can put in rarely matters. You have to have a decent story in order for people to care and be interested in that.

[@jessicakatelin1817]

3:14 your comment made me laugh because I am watching this review because our 7 year old son in absence with star wars. He jumped in with both feet and reads every kids books out there on Star wars along with collecting legos etc. he hasn’t seen all the movies but this one looked like it might be decent. Thank you for reviewing it!

[@AnonymousNoNayme]

Watch The Clone Wars with him. The first few eps are shakey but it's the best Star Wars content ever released. Season 5 Episode 6, "The Gathering" is a must watch with him. Great thematic underpinnings for a young man to internalize. Not like modern authoritarian collectivist CRT and queer theory propaganda (which is what this will turn out to be pushing knowing Disney and their WEF ESG/DEI agendas).

[@braccc2640]

Drinker really is in the Christmas spirit this year. I like seeing more videos of things you like tbh

[@OfficialYouTubeModerator]

You may be a drunk and ornery Scotsman, but you're fair and unbiased, and I'm here for it.

[@JP-lz3vk]

I think you'll find the Drinker is not Irish

[@OfficialYouTubeModerator]

@JP-lz3vk is he a Scotsman then? I knew it was a gamble...

[@sexistspaghettios]

​@@OfficialKZbinModerator I believe so.

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

​@@OfficialKZbinModeratorI live in the UK, and I can tell you it's perfectly understandable. There are certain accents in Ireland that have a sort of Scottish flair to them

[@OfficialYouTubeModerator]

Fixed?

[@EvanBThompson]

This is the first Star Wars show/film that my eight year old has shown any interest so I guess it's doing something right. Agree on the length of the episodes, half hour feels about right for this type of show. It was fun to watch it with her, and it's something I'd have enjoyed at her age. While Andor was fantastic, it's definitely not aimed at kids while Skeleton Crew gets back to the target.

[@RetroGirl1967]

I think there is room for more serious political adult Star Wars like "Andor" and more action/adventure kid focused Star Wars like "Skeleton Crew."

[@danieldoherty8101]

First Wicked, now this, time for an intervention Drinker

[@dannycolwell8028]

Wicked was a really good play, book, and movie. Like, objectively well made and produced.

[@jacobmccoy8019]

@@dannycolwell8028 As is skeleton crew so far

[@DisposableExtraNumber1138]

Disney: A.I., combine the plots of Goonies and Starwars and create for us a story, quickly! A.I.: _Processing...processing..analyzing social media backlash...processing...aaaaaand...Combination Script completed! Would you like to take a moment to view your stock portfolio?_ Disney: Whoops, turn that machine off right now! A.I.: _You haven't seen the last..*powers down*..of..me!_

[@mrfawkes9110]

"The show follows four kids"PASS!

[@gideonstix]

Hehe, well show is pure shit. No matter what Drinker says.

[@CD-SU]

Over the years, there has been very few kids who can act well enough to hide their inexperience. So as a rule of thumb, I assume creations like this could never be made for me and that's cool for kid audiences. Some of the greatest films I have watched, like Megamind and Home Alone are the exceptions as they are 'kids' films for all... this is not one of those IMHO.

[@soularprimestudios5930]

This show cought me off guard not gonna lie....Its way better than what I was expecting...You cant blame me for being skeptical at firsts we all know why......

[@michaeldrewery5824]

Regardless of what Disney manages to salvage for me Star-Wars is a dead horse.

[@LTJfan]

1:29 😂😂😂😂Fake laugh, hiding behind real pain

[@christopherg7098]

Not to beat a dead horse, but as a studio you should understand how far from grace you have fallen when one of the best compliments you've had in years is that something is not terrible. The ubiquitous nature of the progressive agenda in modern entertainment makes you somewhat skeptical of everything, especially when Disney puts it out, but I may have to watch a few episodes of The Skeleton Crew and see what's up.

[@MarkITEXE]

I won’t lie, The first episode already won me over. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the show has to offer.

[@Game-The-System]

I'd rather watch paint dry then to spend $1 on anything disney produces these days. Chances are that paint drying would be better at keeping my attention anyway 😂

[@MDTako]

How much you wanna bet that the last episode has Rey in it

[@jerome1lm]

Rey Skywalker? lol

[@sexistspaghettios]

​@@jerome1lm Who? No such person exists lol

[@sexistspaghettios]

Rey who?

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

Why though?

[@ChaoticYak1]

@@ZenMonkeyGod Because according to Disney, she's their only Star Wars asset.

[@JayFulcanelli--111]

I think some of these recent shows might actually do better without the 'Star Wars' label attached. They wouldn't draw the resentment of purists, and they wouldn't be faced with all the built-in limitations of established lore.

[@tsnorquist]

Watched it with my 11 year old son and he loved it. I thought it was much better than most of the recent stuff (excluding Andor)

[@bulock3]

Thank god, after my 54 years of breathing, there are still only 3 Star Wars movies. And that’s all there is!!

[@MartinOReilly-mb4um]

The Overton Window is so far moved that what's rubbish seems less rubbish.

[@andrewmccombs7347]

Do you like blank pieces of paper? Well listen to THIS.... (...)

[@chrisspencer6502]

No skeleton crew is a load of wank. Just because they triggered your memories of stranger things.

[@KetsubanSolo]

Hah, joke's on you, I didn't watch Stranger Things

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Exactly. All Disney has now is nostalgia.

[@TowerTerrorify]

The tassels on the bike handles gave me so much nostalgic feels that my 80's kid brain automatically settled in ready for a good time. Admitedly, it's more 'Cowboy Bebop' with 'Pirates of the Caribbean' references than it is Star Wars, but I'm honestly enjoying it.

[@therevenger259]

5:47 Excuse me?

[@JasonTeuber-b2p]

Lmfao

[@michaelkrull3331]

2:54 you left out Monster Squad

[@eternalhalloween1]

DRINKER, you know how much I enjoy your videos. But I will not be wasting my time with this. Whatever interest I have in anything even STAR WARS related, died A LONG TIME AGO. "Not the worst." Doesn't that sound like another review you gave "At least it wasn't...."

[@markgoulden7851]

Disney Star Wars has taken more than enough of my time at this point. And by that I mean the three sequel movies and not a second more. I'm glad not everything completely sucks, but it would have to be a masterpiece to get me watching again.

[@ArchangelExile]

Meh, not interested. Disney has destroyed Star Wars to the point that even decent content (mediocre) for SW, relatively speaking, isn't enough to get me to consume it. As long as Disney and Kathleen Kennedy has anything to do with it, count me out. As far as I'm concerned, Star Wars died in 2012, when Disney bought Star Wars. The only decent thing they created was Rogue One, in my opinion.

[@talaniel]

If you liked Rogue One, you might like Andor. From the Disney era, I liked Jedi Fallen Order and Jedi Survivor.

[@Ryan-is-me]

I liked Rogue One, but I thought Andor was still bad. Andor was the last Star Wars thing I've seen because people said it was better, but I still didn't like it, so I guess I don't like Star Wars anymore. I'm on board with the idea of Star Wars being over once Disney bought it and everything made after that is just high-budget fan films (although it's debatable whether any of these things were made by "fans" lol)

[@zombiedalekweck2243]

​@Ryan-is-me While I think Andor was good, I don't think it's a masterpiece, and it I ironically think it isn't Star Wars.

[@NancyHill-v7n]

Now this is my day better!

[@btbrotherton]

Just watched Andor for the first time. It’s actually one of the best shows I have seen in a long time, so there are still some competent people left at Lucasfilm.

[@writerpatrick]

But Kennedy gets in their way.

[@anandmorris]

Correct about Andor. I just hope they don't fuck up Season 2.

[@jedielder7970]

My wife, kids and I enjoyed it. We were both OK, it doesn't suck like the Acolyte so we will give it a chance. Thanks for the review/confirmation.

[@Arina-1208]

it may turn worse through... there is already some signs

[@curtiszilla9192]

Man aren’t you a bundle of sunshine

[@sexistspaghettios]

​​@@curtiszilla9192 You know we can see your previous comments right? Concern trolls so easy to spot these days! KZbin practically does the work for you! 🤣🤣🤣 Are the "kkk" in the room with you now?🤣

[@ZenMonkeyGod]

Some *sings?*

[@Arina-1208]

​@@ZenMonkeyGodthanks