The Critical Drinker and Shallow Conservative Critique

[@FancyTophatDude]

Painting Oda and One Piece as a conservative anti-woke work can truly only come from someone who has absolutely no idea what this story actually is.

[@theGIFTcast]

Dude literally has a Che Guevara picture on his desk

[@pitbullnamedcupcake8485]

The sheer irony of being a “film critic” while possessing absolutely zero media literacy is as hilarious as it is sad

[@LOL-zu1zr]

Bro is like: big boba woman means conservative and not woke

[@EdgarJ00]

thinking about one piece as a conservative work is as bad as thinking it like a progressive/woke work just because there's some trans there and there. one piece is just a good adventure manga/anime about adventures with almost nonexistent political messages and that's it. we may start to recognize this, so we may avoid another progressive fans meltdown against oda calling him transph*obic just because he ended up not recognizing Yamato as a man just because she refers herself as such, ignoring the reason as to why she considers herself as such (yeah, that actually happened).

[@walterbiggenback4678]

He did the same thing with lord of the rings and most things he critiques. Its clear he uses his influence and presumed 'chadness' to pretend he's deep in the lore while spewing his antiwoke message.

[@moonbeamsun9066]

His Midsommar review was “I hate how people misinterpret this movie!” *proceeds to also misinterpret the movie*

[@JoseBird]

An earlier version of this video included some silent footage at 43:55 that was taken from a Drinker video. It supposed to be a clip of Drinker complaining about "modern audiences" that I was contrasting with Benedict's statements about the same thing. Somehow the audio got dropped when I was exporting the file, so I've edited it out of the live version and it'll be updated once it finishes processing. Apologies for the mistake!

[@basty_gaming5750]

Oh... Sorry

[@Thelastunicornlover]

❤

[@molokoplus0612]

You should probably just apologize for this channel altogether. Because it sucks.

[@noriyakigumble3011]

It’s funny because Oda directly stated that one Piece is in one part about masculinity and manhood. It’s about exploring what it means to be a man through rejecting traditional notions of masculinity defined by others. And yet whenever the drinker brings up masculinity in their review; it’s almost never about the values and actions of said masculine characters in their own right, but whether or not they are superficially upstaged by a woman. The absolute antithesis to what Oda intended. Basically, if the drinker existed in one pieces universe; he’d basically be one of the townspeople disregarding and laughing at Señor. Pink because he is “effeminate” It’s funny to see how drinker gets the story so monumentally wrong; even when it’s ostensibly positive about values he pretends to care about.

[@ApexGale]

Do you think drinker would get mad over how often the men cry in One Piece? In the anime Zoro cries when he loses to Mihawk, Luffy cried numerous times (when Shanks sacrifices his arm, when the Kuma incident happens on Sabaody, when Ace dies, when he reunites with Sabo, and so much more). Luffy isn't the traditional Western hero - he isn't stoic, or "cool." If Oda had wanted to write the captain to be that way, Zoro would be the main character, but he isn't. He also doesn't know that the women are the major brains of the crew. Without Nami as their navigator they would literally have never reached the grand line. And without Robin to translate the poneglyphs they'd never find Laugh Tale. It's just so stupid how he feels like he has to put women down, when the Straw Hat Pirates are a *team.* They each have their own weaknesses and strengths, but the one thing they don't do anymore is try to hide their emotions from one another.

[@noriyakigumble3011]

@@ApexGale it’s very true; I’m reading a great book by Leo Braudy that talks about how we construct masculinity through images and behaviors relating to war in both peace and wartime; and a detail that really stuck out to me was comparing the medieval song of Rolo, which depicts a Burgundian knight that is strong enough to slash men in half with a single sword swipe but is also tender and vulnerable enough to cry rivers upon rivers of tears at the death of his companions; which is UNTHINKABLE to the 21st century definition of hyper masculinity in the west. I definitely think the drinker would fall into that trap of “euugh they got men showing FEELINGS, ermmm how Woke!!!” But I also think there’s another grosser angle to this. The Drinker has a very narrow and, dare I say, derogatory sense of masculinity that speaks to insecurity. Any scene where a man is vulnerable or upstaged, in his mind, has to be balanced by a woman being comparatively denigrated to keep his ego fed, “I may suck, but at least I’m Better than a woman”; like with the Kuina scene, you can see him doing mental gymnastics where he takes Kuinas issue of identity and internalized sexism as an admittance that women CANNOT be better than men. I don’t think the Drinker has a programmatic view of what masculinity is. I think he just hates women

[@ApexGale]

@@noriyakigumble3011 Yeah, it's frankly kind of alarming how he seems to have extremely one dimensional views of how women "should be" in stories. If he'd ever actually watched the One Piece anime, he'd probably get mad over how Nami is always the member of the crew who is there to knock sense into the rowdy boys when they start getting carried away. This idea of "men will always be inherently stronger than women if they both train the same amount" just goes to show that mindset - this idea that no matter how much a woman tries, if the man she's competing with puts in the same effort, she would just naturally fall behind. Like, he completely tosses aside the fact that they're in a fantasy story where characters can get godlike powers. Koby as a character literally exists to show the exact opposite of what Drinker implies: yeah, he's a man, but as a character overall he is meant to represent the idea that hard work can easily beat out even the Devil Fruits. So this idea that in a fantasy world where someone can punch a hole through an island, only men can achieve that sort of feat...is frankly ridiculous and such a surface level reading of a story that it further proves CD has no interest in media analysis at all.

[@miticaBEP07]

He’d be one of the townspeople laughing at Pica’s voice. And dying.

[@morganqorishchi8181]

The Critically Alcoholic defines masculinity entirely in relation to women. It's not about who you are, what you do, what you think or what you believe, it's about what the women around you are doing. It honestly feels like he can't understand the idea of forming opinions on a character in and of themselves. Women are the metric by which all men are measured. I have no idea how he arrived at this conclusion and I'm confused why he's this obsessed with it.

[@BatMan-qr3kf]

The comment about how it's because of Japanese culture that men are stronger then women in the show is wild to me. There are so many anime and manga where women, usually teenage girls, destroy fully grown men in a fight easily.

[@darksaint0124]

The Japanese main duo of the beta male and alpha female is very common in light novels, manga, and anime.

[@kappadarwin9476]

Yeah the rugged alpha chad these guys hype up is nowhere to be seen in those types of stories. They are often painted as bad people too because they care more about power, pride and self indulgence. CD pretty much wants a protag that acts like DBZ Vegeta when he was more of a jerk.

[@zephyr8072]

CD: I HATE HOW WESTERN HOLLYWOOD CONSTANTLY HAS SMALL WOMEN BEAT BIG STRONG MEN. Also CD: *forgets that manga and anime practically invented this* This seems to stem from a particularly bizarre sort of conservative weeb culture that idealises Japan as some sort of bastion of “traditional masculinity”. It’s somewhat similar to the alphachad Andrew Tate types who are convinced that slavic women are traditional and submissive and therefore superior to degenerate western women then move over to eastern europe and are surprised no one will date them.

[@steve94183]

@@kappadarwin9476 And Vegeta got his but kicked by a girl (Android 18).

[@starmaker75]

Yeah let's not forget the whole "soft/feminine boy and tomboy/masculine girl duo" (or the ralsei and Susie duo I call it) that manga is using alot

[@DrowningInChocolate]

i laughed out loud at the "unlike other shows the men aren't getting outsmarted by the women" because one of the first things i thought about live action one piece is that nami carries the team's one and only brain cell. this isn't a critique of live action one piece--i loved it--it's just how this particular team's dynamic comes across.

[@Kirferyan]

“Outsmarted by the women” NAMI LITERALLY WORKS AS A SPY AND, IN THE MANGA, CONSTANTLY MAKES SMART AND COMPETENT PLAYS TO KEEP BOTH HER TEAM SAFE AND ARLONG HAPPY WHAT IS THIS MAN ONNNNNNN

[@endergeek236]

​@@Kirferyan Yeah. Like, remember when she stabbed her hand to make it look like she killed Usopp? That was fucking metal!

[@somik-i3x]

Yeah, SHE IS THE NAVIGATOR OF THE SHIP, she has the only braincell until other crew are in.

[@saladman420]

If nami wasn’t there they wouldn’t have made it out of the grand line 😭

[@lazilypunctual2863]

That’s pretty much how it is for the gang in the East Blue in the anime haven’t read the manga but I can’t imagine the dynamic being much different

[@MarcellusMaize]

Critical drinker lost me with his across the spiderverse review. He praises the movie for like 99% of the video then suddenly drops the whole “Peter is being humiliated and undermined in order to make miles look better” shit. Despite the fact that Peter being a dorky father of his daughter with Mary Jane is basically fan service for Spider-Man fans. Also completely ignores the fact that Peter is clearly still a badass since he was the only one who was able to catch up with miles (besides Miguel) and has a whole ass convo with him. It truly felt like he just needed to find something “woke” to complain about to satisfy his fans.

[@ForsakenKrios]

I’ve never liked him, but out of curiosity I watched his Andor review because I figured he would find a way to complain about it, despite the show being, ostensibly, the antidote to the criticism of generic corporate slop they hide behind as a critique. Lo and behold, he spends the review praising it, then randomly goes on a tangent about how woke it was but you could ignore those aspects. The wokeness? The lesbian characters. Whose sexuality is secondary, hell even tertiary, to their characters and role in the story. And the fact that they had a committed, but strained, relationship underneath everything that he had to complain about it offhandedly. Out of obligation to his business model? His “deeply” held reactionary beliefs? So frustrating countless people eat this up.

[@ElkiLG]

@@ForsakenKriosThe grift is too powerful. You gotta pander to the weirdos to keep the grift going.

[@KamiSanzo]

In Spiderman 2 the game, Peter is indeed hamulated and shoved to the side to make Miles the star look better. I haven't seen the across spiders movie nor said review, but it's hard to imagine that wasn't the case

[@MarcellusMaize]

@@KamiSanzo it’s not the case at all, the spiderverse movies respect Peter in a way that most comics don’t even do nowadays. There’s more of a case to be made in Spider-man 2 admittedly. The passing of the torch theme is heavy handed for sure but I’d still say it’s a huge stretch to say he was humiliated or shoved to the side considering he carries like 80% of plot in that game.

[@nkemnoraulmanfredini7286]

No,he wasn't@@KamiSanzo

[@Fluttersniper]

That comment from the Drinker about feminists getting offended by Zoro and Kuina tells me he completely missed the point of Zoro’s entire character. Zoro lost *over two thousand* duels to Kuina. He doesn’t agree with Kuina’s assessment that her gender would make her a weaker swordswoman. His first sword, Wado Ichimonji, is Kuina’s sword. He intends to carry that sword to the ends of the earth and become the greatest swordsman in history, in *her* honor. This gender neutrality of his gets him into conflict with the unbreakable chivalry of Sanji, and fuels their rivalry. Sanji would rather die than hit a woman because it’s his code as a man to never direct his strength towards the fairer sex. Zoro would cut an enemy woman down without hesitation because he knows there is more to swordsmanship than just speed and strength. Remember: TWO. _THOUSAND._

[@phoenixfire6433]

The comments on his One Piece video are painful to read. The absolute lack of literacy makes me just want to scream into a pillow somewhere.

[@OllyRoger]

Except there's examples of Zoro sparing women because of that? While I don't back Drinker's dumb grifter bullshit, let's not pretend shonen anime is a fountain of positive reinforcement for women. I mean, it's literally in the name? 🤷‍♂️

[@crazagres1839]

@@OllyRoger Zoro like literally cuts a chick in half. He gives zero fucks. He spares people Generally when the conflict isn't as high stakes, but that's it lol. He's obviously not a mindless killer, he wouldn't even be able to travel with Luffy if he was.

[@purplephantom2441]

Actually Zoro struggles with hurting women. In Sanji‘s case it’s strength. In Zoro‘s case it’s weakness.

[@Ajspecial1000]

@@purplephantom2441the opposite maybe actually watch one piece before commenting

[@phoenixfire6433]

In his recent video about the Oscars a lot of his fans were saying that since Boy and the Heron won Best Animated Feature, somehow it was some gigantic anti-woke win. Ah yes. A movie directed, animated and brought to life by a feminist and environmentalist who was constantly trolled for his publicly left-wing views and even criticised the Orange Man as a “terrible choice” is somehow a win for “anti-wokeness”.

[@charlesb.phillips5337]

These people consider any thing that "beats" or isn't Disney to be anti-woke, which makes it very funny is that you could say that the Disney movie was the less woke of all the nominees.

[@phoenixfire6433]

@@charlesb.phillips5337It seriously was though. Elemental is by no means specifically “woke” at all.

[@rickrollfan777]

I dont wanna watch his video on the oscars but I'm curious if he said anything about any of the other nominees because a lot of the films that were nominated seem a step above his usual fare. I wanna know if he ever mentions watching and comprehending movies like Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, or even Oppenheimer.

[@dyrr836]

​@@charlesb.phillips5337 It's very funny that Disney somehow ended up the poster boy for "wokeness." Nothing more leftist than a hyper capitalist megacorp trying to create a monopoly and lobby their way into changing entire laws to make even more money.

[@thedukealastor]

@@rickrollfan777I wouldn't doubt that he's watched more than half of the movies, but the discourse he engages in doesn't focus on neutral "Oscar bait" like Oppenheimer or Past Lives (haven't seen AoaF so I don't know about that one). He too often hyperfocuses on films that reinforce THE MESSAGE he wants to deliver to his audience but lacks the self-awareness to recognize this despite the fact that he is capable of offering intelligent discourse.

[@Nightmarewrath]

Silent Hill 3, and The Handmaiden would make Jordan have a meltdown just for the female main leads. If Kill Bill came out in today's time, he'd foam about Beatrix defeating the crazy 88 guys, calling it BS or "that's illegal."

[@CT-1975]

" strrong femayle charactuh baits theu bad goiys cos of course she das"

[@Thumperoo]

bad example: Kill Bill is actually a GOOD film and Drinker can spot quality when he sees it, usually. Reducing it to one soundbite is not only reductive, it's actually intellectually dishonest. But hey sure, you all do what you do... it's a free internet after all.

[@DriscolDevil]

​@@Thumperoo So you admit all of it is bs and he only complains about those things based on how the movie made him feel? You really can't pretend that Beatrix isn't an unrealistic power fantasy.

[@lich109]

​@@Thumperoo You're defending the guy who critiqued the Boys Season 4 without watching it.

[@mish375]

@@lich109 Honestly, no one can take someone seriously when they critique something they never saw. Drinker's been misrepresenting a lot of films for a while now, so this isn't surprising. I'm just surprised that he actually admitted he never watched it. The grift is real with him.

[@jayendrakurukulasekara6610]

Who is here after his The BOYS S4 review? He didn't even watch it, yet he posted one.

[@kleindropper]

It wasn't a review, it was an explanation of why he won't even bother with The Boys now after giving season 1 a glowing review

[@jayendrakurukulasekara6610]

@kleindropper yeah, but he's basing this decision on the backlash the 4th season received. You can't call yourself a decent movie critique if you decide to boycott the movie based on Twitter reviews.. it's ironic that he says that he hates politics or overly political messages only on shows that don't agree with his politics. But he was quick to recommend "The sound of freedom" and "Lady ballers," movies that glorified right-wing politics. There's nothing wrong with liking movies that agree with your political view, but don't go to criticize shows or movies for being overly political, just because its politics doesn't agree with yours.

[@kleindropper]

@@jayendrakurukulasekara6610 Wait, you disagree with the politics of Sound of Freedom? So you think children should be trafficked as sex slaves?

[@jayendrakurukulasekara6610]

@kleindropper @kleindropper no. The creators utilized the plot of the movie to push Trump's project of continuing to build the wall between Mexico and the US to shut out illegal immigration and by extension human trafficing as well. There are multiple interviews, one of them with Trump where they advocated for this. My issue is that, by doing so, the creators only addressed one part of the human traffiking issue, one that matches the conservative rhetoric. You have to understand that a significant rate of child trafficking takes place through LEGAL CHANNELS, literally in airports and not by running under a broken piece of fencing. This is why you always see PSAs urging the public to watch out for individuals who look like they are in danger. Therefore, when you make a movie about trafficking portraying it as an issue that can be solved with a physical barrier, it shows that they have little understanding of the subject and are only using this issue to push an agenda.

[@kleindropper]

@@jayendrakurukulasekara6610 The US is the biggest customer so the wall will definitely help, and its peanuts compared to what they are spending on the Ukraine bloodbath or the $150B-$200B we are spending annually to take care of the illegals Biden's border surge; and now we have over 85,000 kids "lost" by Biden. Shame on you guys for not wanting to solve the problem.

[@JeddtheJedi]

31:57 when he's explaining why he likes the animated Mulan movie, Drinker says it teaches us that "a person's worth isn't defined by the size of their muscles", but he routinely gets upset about women defeating men in fights because women necessarily have smaller muscles than men and brings out charts and diagrams showing muscle size.

[@sebastianocampo71997]

Men is factually physically stronger than women like duh.

[@maxxymrice6200]

You don't always need big muscles to be a great fighter. Usually, people don't win fights by being the biggest and strongest, but by being the best fighter with the best combat skills, resourcefulness and unpredictably.

[@maxmfpayne]

​@@maxxymrice6200he showed a clip of Kill Bill at one point, The Bride uses a samurai sword almost exclusively, the fist/knife fight being with Vernita Greene (no idea if I spelled that right tbh) who's another women of comparable size at that. They also beat each other's asses. Most of the time, her weapon of choice is probably more suited to a woman if anything. She's faster and more agile, it makes sense she'd be awesome at it after all the training she endured.

[@crestren5996]

Its so...odd too because its an animated film directed towards family audiences written to show that you shouldnt treat people differently based on their gender, in the case of Mulan, she is strong as a man regardless of her status as a woman and she has proven herself strong. He could not grasp the lesson from a KIDS MOVIE

[@Imbalanxd]

​@maxxymrice6200 this is why weight divisions definitely aren't a thing and people definitely wouldn't be liable to die if they fought in the wrong class professionally

[@eevee6930]

I will say the live action Mulan accidentally changes the message to "women can are just as good as men and can be heroes if they get the chance" to "special women with superior genes and abnormal psychical ability can compete with and outdo men" I don't understand why they had to put the chi thing in because it feels more like a way of justifying her talent when the entire point is that women don't need to be special to be as good as men. That's why in the original she's just a regular girl with no special gifts. You might say she's smarter than the men but I read that as her simply rejecting toxic masculinity and it's obsession with strength over wit. The men can be just as clever as her if they reject their gender roles and stereotypes, which is how they buy Mulan enough time to save the day when they decide to put on drag(a very literally breaking of gender expectations).

[@PuddingXXL]

So true! He just outright forgets that Mulans Squad crossdresses to flirt and distract the guards. It makes me wanna scream in frustration. I'm not a fan of the new Mulan movie because of the Chi and how the Emperor is done. It's certainly not because Mulan is OP but moreso because of pacing and narrative issues regarding Mulans motivation in the third act.

[@vlastelinprislic286]

You don't mind her being a block of wood without a character arc though?

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

''I don't understand why they had to put the chi thing in because it feels more like a way of justifying her talent when the entire point is that women don't need to be special to be as good as men.'' But they do. Women aren't half as physically capable as men normally. And if you train both, that disparity only gets bigger, not smaller. I hate how many comments like this still exist. Why do you people not make all sports unisex if you're so confident women can compete with men?

[@raffzz453]

​@@TheStraightestWhitestWe found the Critical Drinker fan.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@raffzz453 And as crazed leftists usually do, they don't respond to a single argument you made, assume random shit about you, and then try to assassinate the person making the argument based on those assumptions rather than tackling it, likely because they have none of their own because they are living in La La Land and the argument consists of facts they cannot deny.

[@imoutofluck7836]

hilarious to me that he uses original mulan and star trek in particular as an example of media that doesn’t have leftist political messaging

[@pengwin_]

The Star Trek example might be one of the best examples of poor media literacy I have ever seen from a reviewer.

[@Kamfrenchie]

But that's because the original Mulan is pretty far from current leftism culture. She doesn't win because she's physicly stronger and has more chi, etc. She wins because she takes advantage of her wits to make up for the strenght disparity

[@1kaz1]

​@@Kamfrenchie she wins because of her wits but it's not to make up for anything, the male characters fail at the same things she does

[@dyrr836]

Mulan especially is a movie that takes place in China (scary), stars a woman (woke) who disguises herself as a man (gender politics) and has mild romantic tension with a male character while doing so (forced LGBT themes). Like you don't even have to dig very far to see how on paper it's everything that rightoids whine about lmao.

[@mr.dalerobinson]

@@Kamfrenchiewhat’s ‘current leftism culture’? I’ll tell you what it’s not - the childish strawman argument RWs desperately want to believe in. It’s always been primarily about class and wealth inequality, like how the right has always been about keeping establishment exploitation continuing.

[@quantumblurrr]

As a Scottish guy, please know that this guy would universally be considered an incel weirdo here, he checks all the boxes

[@poppyburner470]

Hasn't he got children? 🤔

[@knivesdive3278]

@@poppyburner470 So does Elon Musk 😉

[@autisticDementia]

@quantumjourney1 based on the context that you used “incel” here you probably don’t even know what incel means 😂

[@bastek66]

@@poppyburner470 It's just throwaway insult used by left side just like cuck and soy is used by right side.

[@erenliebert4576]

@@knivesdive3278 then by definition they are not incel, come up with a new term

[@answers_to_penguin]

I find complaints about Star Trek suddenly going woke baffling. If there was ever a show that was open about pushing a progressive worldview, its star trek. It's like complaining about it suddenly going space.

[@thedarter]

Breaking news: Pirates of the Caribbean suddenly pushing pro-ocean agenda

[@TheLizardKing752]

I didn't care for Picard, but being too progressive was never a criticism that crossed my mind.

[@sgnox7781]

It`s like he has no issues with progressive media when its done right crazy you figured that out lmao. Problem with modern star trek is that its written like complete crap.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

@@sgnox7781 You know I don't care about Star Trek anymore when I'm far more excited about the man who played Data reprising his role as Mr. Wheeler from Night Court.

[@shitmandood]

😆

[@phangkuanhoong7967]

It's quite sad that they still haven't found a new meme besides the screaming person. Also, the drinker calling himself an anarchist is the joke of the century.

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

They can't leave that poor women alone and she wasn't raging at all she was yelling while in a good mod

[@gregvs.theworld451]

@@USSAnimeNCC- As if context and facts are going to get in the way of their feelings.

[@steve94183]

We should just bring up the PRONOUNS guy from now on in all our videos. Never let them live that moment down.

[@zephyr8072]

Considering what a toxic joke Trump turned American politics into which is still going on right now, the woman had every right to act like that. Not that people like CD would admit that of course, he has a fanbase of MAGA blowhards to pander to.

[@weirdofromhalo]

Anarcho-capitalists exist, even if it's an impossible ideology.

[@yusufkadar]

What stands out to me about these kind of film bros is that they don't even seem to actually like movies; it's just that you can engage in the culture without any outstanding knowledge or skill. As long as you know the talking points, you can make a personality (even a career) out of it without having anything that insightful to say.

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

Ah, but Critical Drinker is a bit smarter, because he sprinkles in a few reviews for movies he likes, and never explicitly reveals his personal stances on issues so as to retain plausible deniability that he doesn't engage in the culture war grift.

[@pancakes8670]

It's the same mindset behind AI Art bros imo. They don't seem to actually like artists at all, it all feels like a spite movement. Like they don't actually care about what constitutes as "Art" or "Film Making", and instead their concern is stowing anger and frustration.

[@KickinRadTopHat]

It’s ironic how far CD types reach to justify their anti-woke complaints considering these guys are some of the first people to moan “it’s not that deep bro” any time they see any kind of art that asks the audience to consider more than the most blatant surface level interpretation.

[@Susanoo7108]

What's more annoying is that if these guys have a sizable audience, and if they really cared could make an effort to get them to watch stuff mainstream crowds wouldn't know about. But nope, they stick to mainstream stuff that's served to them and pray it's mostly bad to make them money.

[@albertogarcia305]

This kind of thing is SO EASY. Drinker was probably a warehouse worker or some other blue collar shit. Found how easy it is to use this grift and took his "talents" here. He's a loser that found a shortcut without actually having to work or use his brain or have any talent.

[@flamethrower5234]

What I always find really funny is that people like this claim, "I hate how everything is political now!" But then they go and make a move, tv show, etc. and it's more political than most of the stuff their criticizing. So they don't hate political media, they hate media with politics different from theirs. It's one of the many hypocrisies these people have.

[@eko9554]

Like daily wire’s Mr birchum and lady ballers. I find it funny that for the premiere of lady ballers, he said that they’re trying to take out politics in movies yet his film was a political satire. Btw Moana 2 and Inside Out 2 have way more better reviews than those 2 I mentioned.

[@baphometwingsof666]

Don't ever let Critical Drinker watch or read Chainsaw Man, it might be seriously lethal for his mental health.

[@Peasham]

Considering how hard they bungled the adaptation I fear it'd only confirm his biases.

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

man, given his views i think he's likely less conservative than me and i love chainsaw man, you need to get out of this tribalism mindset my guy.

[@jakepara]

​@skyguyflyinghigh if you're worse than him you should seek a therapist tbo

[@skyguyflyinghigh]

@@jakepara good job proving my point, you don't even know me or my opinions yet called me "worse than him" because i sway more right wing than a pretty centrist dude as if being slightly more conservative than the literal middle automatically makes you a worse human being in need of therapy ? tribalism man.

[@jakepara]

@skyguyflyinghigh unfortunately it does. Conservative thought is always on the side of those who are opressors, for for it is the dominant thought of the bourgeoisi.e If you stated that Drinker is less conservative than you, than God forgives what kind of nasty opinions and worldviews cross your mind. Since his is already pretty f#ckd up

[@WilsonMayberry]

I will never forget the time he thought Oldboy (2003) and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon were both Japanese. Really amazes me how popular he is.

[@thevilified6041]

Lol, yeah that’s pretty bad for a “film critic”

[@joebloggs2908]

@@thevilified6041Except if it was the interview I just watched, he didn't forget. He was talking about Japanese or Korean movies being popular, then when asked about which Japanese movies he liked he mentioned those two and then mentioned that they weren't Japanese.

[@eko9554]

I found out he got famous during 2018-2020 which is weird considering I thought he got his start around 2013-2017. His username sounds outdated and being an anti SJW is very dated in that time.

[@KhiemNguyen-ly1wz]

Well Oldboy was adapted from a manga so I supposed you could considered it Japanese if you squint

[@TiggerTiger-le8kc]

@@thevilified6041 He's not actually a critic, he just rants about stuff he doesn't like.

[@StevoDesign]

I liked Drinker for a while because was dunking on trash that I already thought was trash, but over time it became obvious that he framed almost EVERYTHING in terms of feminism and diversity. It got really boring and he just seemed more and more like a hateful, narrowminded person. I'm not surprised by any of his takes in this video haha.

[@LordyT34]

Yeah same, it felt like it stopped poking fun at left wing pandering to just being hateful. Everytime a woman or person of color appears he claims that's where all flaws come from.

[@spikem5950]

Yeah, I liked Drinker for a time because a lot of what he was critiquing at the time was genuinely just dogshit, but the fact that he can look at a bad or sub-par movie and his takeaway is "it's the wokeness, that's why it's bad" is beyond infuriating.

[@spencerantoniomarlen-starr3069]

Check out his Drinker Recommends videos, they are different. I've had a similar experience but not as dramatic as yours.

[@brandonhaag52]

@@LordyT34this^. Honest facts

[@StevoDesign]

@d00mshr00med That's kind of nonsensical. This video shows examples of criticisms and praises that he's made that are framed that way when they have nothing to do with the things he's praising or criticizing. That's the point of this video and my comment.

[@andremira]

I'm not a subscriber to his channel, I don't even share the same opinions and yet KZbin constantly recommends his videos to me as soon as he posts them, on the other hand it took three months for the algorithm to recommend this video to me, that says a lot.

[@LegoFan9o5]

I don't know how effective it actually is, but there is always the option to "Don't recommend channel" on any video KZbin spits out at you. More to the point, it's sad how lazy grifting can so quickly proliferate the platform, especially since one seemingly fine review on an unrelated topic can quickly squirrel you and your feed into the depths of the "Right Wing Review" rabbit-hole.

[@LivvorMorthis]

​@@LegoFan9o5from personal experience, it works for like 1 week to 1 month, then the channel pops right back up

[@11ldevendrakumaragrawal27]

​@@LivvorMorthis true

[@Bookworm214-y3d]

The opposite is true for me, i love his takes and would search for reviews by him but none would come up.

[@kaplingnag7267]

@@Bookworm214-y3d damn thats really weird. KZbin sucks

[@HEX_17]

Using a picture of Eiji Aonuma when talking about Oda is the funniest thing

[@charlesb.phillips5337]

When Akira Toriyama died I saw some News report that used pictures of Hayao Miyazaki and Go Nagai.

[@ShinigamiKristak]

@@charlesb.phillips5337 oof

[@kenlee4356]

​@@charlesb.phillips5337how do you even f up that badly?

[@charlesb.phillips5337]

@@kenlee4356 Being generous I'd like to think that is a mixture of laziness and misunderstanding, in fact when I googled Oda the third image was Eiji Aonuma and next to it Akira Toriyama, also some mangakas are very private and there's few or even any pictures of them.

[@viktorthevictor6240]

Me knowing nothing about anime, I thought for a split second Eiji had a hand in One Piece.

[@gnocchidokie]

Basically Drinker's opinion on men and women in film seems to boil down to "men depicted in movies are exceptional examples of men, and women depicted in movies are exceptions to 'real life' women."

[@TBOTSS]

He has never hinted let alone said anything of the sort.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

yeah, he somehow has no problem with Men doing insane Superman shit, but if a woman can fight, holy shit! that's not realistic, and that's what I despise with people like these, they're cowards who can't outright say they want women to be portrayed in an ultra-traditionalist backwards way and very conservative, so they twist themselves into pretzels and they're stupid enough that even then they make no sense because why should women be portrayed completely realistically in a movie or a show? since when we watched something and were like "that's not possible IRL", that's literally what movies and series and literature are all about, they're fun because they're not realistic I find it pathetic how slimy people like Drinker and Nerdrotic are with how much they desperately try to hide their backwards ideology as 'reason'

[@destroyerofturtles5024]

@@TBOTSSliterally just watch the first 10 minutes of the video.

[@TBOTSS]

@@destroyerofturtles5024 I watched the whole thing what are you talking about?

[@joshuawilliams8252]

​@@TBOTSSHe basically says that in every review.

[@jayendrakurukulasekara6610]

In regards to him boycotting The Boys s4 due to it being overly political. You can't call yourself a decent movie critique if you decide to boycott the movie based on Twitter reviews.. it's ironic that he says that he hates politics or overly political messages only on shows that don't agree with his politics. But he was quick to recommend "The sound of freedom" and "Lady ballers," movies that glorified right-wing politics. There's nothing wrong with liking movies that agree with your political view, but don't go to criticize shows or movies that are overly political, just because it doesn't agree with yours.

[@almalone3282]

How is sound of freedom right wing? I mean the production company is but the film has the same message as a fast and furious movie. Family good, hurting kids bad.

[@jayendrakurukulasekara6610]

@almalone3282 The creators utilized the plot of the movie to push Trump's project of continuing to build the wall between Mexico and the US to shut out illegal immigration and by extension human trafficing as well. There are multiple interviews, one of them with Trump where they advocated for this. My issue is that, by doing so, the creators only addressed one part of the human traffiking issue, one that matches the conservative rhetoric. You have to understand that a significant rate of child trafficking takes place through LEGAL CHANNELS, literally in airports and not by running under a broken piece of fencing. This is why you always see PSAs urging the public to watch out for individuals who look like they are in danger. Therefore, when you make a movie about trafficking portraying it as an issue that can be solved with a physical barrier, it shows that they have little understanding of the subject and are only using this issue to push an agenda

[@almalone3282]

@jayendrakurukulasekara6610 That has nothing to do with the vacuum of the film (I don't disagree with you but all that Trump stuff happens outside of the film, I'm talking about the film universe of sound of freedom).

[@eko9554]

@@almalone3282There are people who actually work in stopping human trafficking and criticized sound of freedom for being sensationalized and inaccurate.

[@almalone3282]

@eko9554 I mean yea, the lead character wasn't doing things by the book. He didn't get official approval, remember. It was basically a "one man" (he had a team, but he was the glue keeping the team together) mission to save trafficking victims.

[@lennyward7662]

I used to like him when i was more conservative. Then i watched a review of a show i liked and realized that he was completely misrepresenting it. It made me realize how disingenuous he is. I cant believe i ever took him seriously, because hiw can you come to meaningful conclusions on art when you watch them drunk?

[@eko9554]

I think it’s easy for far right KZbinrs to pretend to be media critics like Possum Reviews formerly known as Dr Shaym and The Dave Cullen Show. Just like how Dr Phil pretends to be a doctor.

[@nyanuwu4209]

You got out. That's great.

[@eko9554]

@@nyanuwu4209 I did aswell at the end of summer 2022 as I realized most of them are against me. I’m emo, Asian, and a Disney fan.

[@lennyward7662]

@eko9554 I used to love Possum. I laughed at his jokes about Biden because I thought they were good natured at first.

[@laurentiuvladutmanea3622]

@@eko9554 Personally, I started to got out back in 2016, when the anti-sjw movement was in its older form, and when the right was actually gaining political power.

[@purpleblah2]

Whenever he says "men are bigger, faster, and stronger" the DK rap starts playing in my head

[@PatrickWDunne]

His coconut gun can fire in spurts! If he shoots ya, it's gonna hurt!

[@samfann1768]

He has no style, he has no grace! This kong has a funny face…

[@Jane-oz7pp]

THEY'RE THE LEAD MEMBERS, OF THE DK KREW

[@phoenixfire6433]

And then there’s Chunky! he’s dead

[@optillian4182]

He's the first member of the DK Crew! Huh!

[@scratwichman]

Of all these shallow conservative movie reviewers, Critical has always come across as the most sad and insecure to me. He puts on this “I’m a tough, whiskey guzzling, aviator wearing, see the harsh world as it really is, badass” persona that is just so easy to see through.

[@eko9554]

Even tho Critical Drinker is one most greediest KZbinrs I’ve ever seen. He’s one of the perpetrators that caused the anti SJW resurgence since 2022 including Andrew Tate.

[@DontThinkso-kb9tc]

LMAO

[@BulgarianReaper]

​@eko9554 The anti-SJWs have existed since 2014. Except they were a counter-movement made by the left to combat the radical left. Ever since 2017 onward, it got highjacked by right-wing grifters for profit

[@cmonman3639]

​@@eko9554People hate SJWs because SJWs are assholes. And "most greediest?" lmfao

[@sethraelthebard5459]

@@eko9554 And we who can still think rationally will forever be grateful to him. The SJW mindset is a mental disorder that should be relegated back to the asylum.

[@stardusst]

one thing that i'll always find funny about conservatives is how much they mock the left for being constantly "triggered" and easily offended. disregard that most people that come here to defend the critical drinker are just like "nuh uh! you're a soyboy left wing and he's a chad based sigma male"

[@eko9554]

They got offended over Disney just for having lgbt characters in strange world and Baymax. Yet people threw tantrums when Disney didn’t have lgbt representation.

[@BroadMeadow-d9s]

Well, the left did invent trigger warnings, microaggressions, safe spaces, and sky screaming. What did you expect? You got professors in universities now warning students about things that might emotionally upset them in assigned readings. This is what the left has given us.

[@mercurylincoln755]

Everyone gets triggered about stuff. Most movies and shows praise leftist thinking and mock right-wing thinking. So yeah not really fair to call out republicans when they constantly get bashed in almost all forms of modern media

[@TheMrrccava]

And Drinker just gets pettier and pettier as time goes on. It's wild how you can track it if you watch something from years ago to last year.

[@BulgarianReaper]

Dawg they got mad because in GTA 6 they showed mostly black and Hispanic people The game is set in Miami, which consists of mostly black and Latino residents. But that doesn't matter, gotta get them rage-bait clicks

[@Ryusuta]

Critical Drinker is an Elon Musk stan. That is literally all you need to know about him.

[@aa-tx7th]

thats gross bet that guys an incel like muckrat 🤮🤮🤮

[@Ravum]

What does "stan" mean?

[@Ryusuta]

@@Ravum An overly obsessed fan, effectively.

[@Ravum]

@@Ryusuta First time I've seen that, thanks for the info.

[@Ryusuta]

@@Ravum No biggie. The reference is originally from an eponymous Eminem song about an overly obsessed fan.

[@christiandecoster6132]

Favorite Critical Drinker moment (was a while ago so I might have some details wrong) was when he parroted that line about how "Japan's film industry is doing great because they're not political" and when asked for some Japanese movies he liked he stuttered, said he didn't watch any but that he heard Shin Godzilla (a movie with a ton of explicit political satire), Parasite (not Japanese, also explicitly anti-capitalist) and Squid Game (not Japanese, not a movie, explicitly anti-capitalist) were all good. Edit: I was wrong. He said Oldboy, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Battle Royale (which the host came up with and he agreed with). None of which are new, only one of which is Japanese so the point still stands that he was talking out of his ass. Just like I was, I guess.

[@ninavale.]

Godzilla...not political XD movie literally about a monster born from nuclear radiation and that was because of the trauma from Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Which were very much political. They happened during WW2...which is as literally political as things can get. CD honestly has zero research or critical thinking skills. despite his name. I guess he calls himself 'critical' because he's overly critical a.k.a negative about stuff XD

[@christiandecoster6132]

@@ninavale. Shin Godzilla is even more blatant, hitting you over the head with scenes of the government stubbornly failing to contain Godzilla.

[@eko9554]

Japan has punk bands there. He thinks they only make jpop or city pop there.

[@christiandecoster6132]

@@eko9554 Japan has so much great art across all mediums that pushes boundaries politically and culturally, and then some dick whose only ever watched anime ten years ago will go "ah yes, the apolitical country for non-wokeness."

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

I always hit 'em with the classic "Love & Pop" with Tadanobu Asano from Shogun being a super creep lol.

[@Scoopsdepoop]

The Critical Drinker was once called a dork by a woman when he was younger and has been on a war path since.

[@pitbullnamedcupcake8485]

His sheer distain for women and love for macho tough guys leads me to believe that Drinker has some deep thoughts that he’s too uncomfortable to confront.

[@LOL-zu1zr]

@@pitbullnamedcupcake8485average conservative

[@Njordin2010]

@@LOL-zu1zr simple ad hominem

[@susiek4593]

@@Njordin2010average conservative 👍

[@Njordin2010]

@@susiek4593 honestly? i get more insults and ad hominem from the left than the right. we need a more healthy debate culture. you both can do better than that.

[@ShockArcl1te]

I get weirded out when reactionary types try to funnel down movie fights between men and women to just "stronger person wins." It's like they've never heard of agility, dexterity, or stealth. More over, weaponry usually evens the playing field dramatically, since it doesn't matter how much muscle mass you have if she can just slit your throat or shoot you. It's grade school playground logic to just default to "strength wins everything." I'm very tempted to say none of these guys have been in an actual fight, and certainly none of them has been in a fight with a woman trained in fighting.

[@MrGameadd1ct]

The other thing that also bugs me is that the heroes are EXCEPTIONAL and EXTRAORDINARY people. Yeah sure, you pull a random man and a random woman off the street, the men will probably win more than 50%. You pull a random man and Ronda Rousey, shes winning the majority of matches. Now you put Mike Tyson, and Ronda Rousey in an evironment where they can use their various skill sets and creativity, we've got no idea how it'll go. Tyson might have legendary bob and weave, but can he dodge a slam? Can Rousey even get into position with Tyson's rush. Can she tire Tyson out, like how Holyfield did?

[@ShockArcl1te]

@@MrGameadd1ct Women can play mind games just as well as men can. What if Tyson underestimates his opponent? What if she wants the win more? What if he keeps falling for a feint? What if she reminds him of a childhood friend? But no, surely it's all about a single stat on the character sheet. /s

[@yurifairy2969]

This guy has clearly never been in a fight with a woman before. Strength isn't everything. All it takes is one good hit to the temple and you're on the floor, doesn't matter who you are.

[@kristinatellefson4149]

Yeah, real history has plenty of badass women in it so what's wrong with having fictional ones? One of my favorites is Milunka Savic.

[@sirrivet9557]

I know biological women who have beaten men who had knives in fights. These clowns would so easily lose a fight to any women their weight from a ghetto.

[@ManiacX1999]

The great thing about the drinker is how you can become one too! Take a shot everytime he says "woke" and you'll be a mumbling alcoholic after 4 videos

[@daelen.cclark]

Or dead from alcohol poisoning.

[@gbrow1604]

Except for the fact that he doesn't even use that word and you're clearly pulling things out of your ass.

[@phoenixfire6433]

I’m not that fond of ethanol, thanks.

[@optillian4182]

I'd rather live, thanks.

[@jbofficial32]

I would be alive for over 100 years! Critical Drinker: "Woke. If there's one word I would like to erase from the English language, it would probably be that. It's a word that I try to avoid in my own reviews as much as possible because just like racism and sexism, it's been overused so much over the past few years that it's basically lost all meaning and relevance. It seems like every piece of online discourse about a new movie, TV show or video game inevitably devolves into whether or not it's woke, without really understanding what that word even means, and how to measure it." The rest can be found in his "what is woke" video. One of his best videos.

[@KittenoftheBroccoli]

Jessica Jones: **beats a-hole guy at arcade strength test** Critical Drinker: "Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Women aren't able to do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[@akhimahathir2004]

@@liamphibia L

[@brettdavidson3866]

Not Really That's Modern Critical Drinker to you

[@the_res]

One thing that always bothers me about conservative criticism of fantasy and fictional movies is whenever a woman beats a man or whatever, it's touted as unrealistic because he's bigger and stronger than her. But whenever a male protagonist beats a monster six times his size or a giant or a dragon, its just really cool, despite the same fundamental issues - the monster is 'bigger and faster and stronger'. Drives me utterly crazy. There's this concept of an underdog that some reviewers are completely blind to in pursuit of 'realism' disguised as subtle misogyny. reminds me of what he's talking about literally four minutes into this video about the ONE PIECE movie - realistically, there's bigger flaws with its authenticity than a woman being able to beat a man, because its a FICTIONAL MOVIE.

[@starofjustice1]

I've always thought it was funny how they love movies with dragons and orcs and trolls for the hero to kill, but they're scared brickless of LGBT people existing.

[@marcello7781]

They are just a bunch of bitter sexists too fragile to realize that women stronger than them exist and to shallow to realize that it's a work of fiction.

[@yungmuney5903]

'Fantasy for heeeee 🤤 🤤 🤤 🤤 but not for SHEEEEE 🤬🤬🤬'

[@CheesyFungus]

I'm not an apologist for TCD, but I think his issue is more with the shitty writing. When you write a story, you build a world and set the rules for that world. If it's fantasy where it's been established there are super or magical powers, outrageous skills or strength that are not based on their psychical appearance, and this character has those powers (male or female), then it's totally fine for captain marvel to fly through a space ship or Wonder woman punching people into next week. But if it's a gritty real world action flick based in reality and the character has at no time been revealed as having strength or elite fighting skills, then most of the time strength and size will win. So a small women (even if she's a skilled fighter) punching a big hardened brawler in the face in a street fight and knocking him out breaks the rules for this world and our expectations. It feels wrong and takes you out of the story. He usually calls out that better written female action characters (in worlds grounded in reality) will use speed, skill and weapons to overcome a larger man, not just punching them in the face. It's an attack on bad writing, not strong women.

[@Mant111]

@lw9515 But there's no reason for her to be physically stronger and quicker than all the elven men around her.

[@jjoe7078]

You just need to see how hard he rips into anything marvel and just how easy he goes into “lady ballers”. It’s so obvious he’s a right winger and doesn’t want to piss off his anti woke audience.

[@lukepearson5931]

I can't believe he called it a rough gem and the dw a rising studio like they are going to replace all the major studios and not just give up on making movies like the wwe and regret it down the road because it was a waste of money.

[@xibalbalon8668]

I wonder if he gets mad at being called a conservative or bias. Because Lady Ballers is a prime example of things he claims to hate. A movie designed to be an political statement first, art second, exists to attack a specific group of people, funded by political ideologues, and aimed to be watched as a virtue signal. But it's right wing so it's just normal.

[@Sugarman96]

It's also very telling that the only indie movies he reviews are conservative propaganda pieces.

[@BaronVonQuiply]

_"I'm totes a lefty, fellow kids, but gosh darn, aren't republicans swell? They really are the bees knees and their policies are groovy. I'm a lefty by the way, don't call me a centrist, that's next year. Yup, big ole lefty doing big time high level idea lefty things like.... uh... voting for Mitch McConnell because he's so cowabunga, dudes!"_

[@nolabets3130]

@@BaronVonQuiply too wordy

[@3dartxsi]

It is really something for a guy who melts down every time he sees a woman failing to conform to traditional gender roles in a film or TV show insisting that normal men just don't show emotion. The lack of self awareness is unreal.

[@Aspirider0220]

​@@myuugithere is barely much of a difference with the drinker

[@pitsburg91]

@@myuugi I've actually seen said videos, and the thing is, if he likes the story, he tends to finally let go of his agnst against FICTIONAL films characters and who they can beat during fight scenes. As Jose pointed out, the discourse he is trying(and failing) to establish falls flat when his hypocrisy is shown in regards to male characters being able to beat waves upon waves of enemies(at times bigger than the protagonist). Also, when drinker DID mention the female heroes he liked, he did so after making the Ms. Marvel video in which he once again showed his bull**** hypocrisy by mentioning that female heroes tend to pass around the hero name. This is pathetic, given that he ignores the many Robins, the many Flash mantle holders, Antmans, Spawns, etc. Drinker is an angry incel that just cant admit that he hates current films, but needs to segway his hate into other things that piss him off, ergo anything that pisses off new-wave conservative zealotry. And before you mention that he also attacks the daily wire films...those were some mighty soft gloves he used for said reviews, INCLUDING the one for terror on the prairie, given his newfound love for gina carano AFTER her firing from Disney, seriously before that happned he admitted that she was hot but heavily criticised her role as an actress, only to later make a simp video about her.

[@3dartxsi]

@@myuugi yeah... The thing is, pointing out times when he has approved of female actions heroes would actually make him look worse. The way Jose makes it look, Drinker is just bad at critiquing media, including the examples you mention makes him look like a hypocrite. In a lot of ways it mirrors the case of Dirk Benedict. I distinctly remember him appearing in promotional materials for the reimagined series when it first premiered, and not only did he clearly approve of gender swapping Starbuck, he commented that he thought that Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck could kick his Starbuck's ass. He can't just be a bigot, he is a hypocrite too.

[@pitsburg91]

@3dartxsi Basically, Drinker liking a few female characters while shitting on others for having similar builds and fighting capabilities just makes it seem like he wants a get out of jail free card, essentially he has token female characters lol

[@YEY0806]

​@pitsburg91, his like a sexist "I have a black friend" guy

[@Rowlandi11]

Man this video was so carthartic. A perfect deconstruction of his whole shtick. Thank you. Feels like Drinker and his ilk have dominated the KZbin space for the past 3-5 years. Really glad to see a video like this survive the onslaught from his fan base

[@Tonberry2k]

So excited for this. I got roped in and watched 3-4 of his reviews before he started whining about “woke” and I noped out.

[@steve94183]

Even if you take all his whining about "woke" and diversity out, he's just a terrible reviewer in general. He just flat out lies about the movies he reviews to make them seem better or worse depending on what agenda he's trying to push.

[@Jimyrt.]

Was hoping for an unbiased criticism and praise as I like those sorts of videos but the continual mentioning of “wokism” and such really put me off.

[@HormoneMuncher94]

same here, watched like two reviews and in the second one he started whining about abby from last of us part2 and I was like "maaaaaaaan, not another one :/" and noped out :D

[@Afgrahamistan]

I struggled trying to get though his horribly bad caricature voice of an alcoholic, I know he's exaggerating his real accent but it just sounds like someone doing a bad impression of a cartoon character.

[@Tonberry2k]

@@steve94183 Oh for sure. With so many thoughtful reviewers out there, why would anyone watch this dope (except to refill their rage-meters)?

[@cheatsheet3325]

In the name of realism, all fights should look like MMA.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Sweaty muscle men tight shorts rasslin' all over the ground? Hell yeah

[@Snipergoat1]

How about they just obey the laws of physics or make it look like the heroic girlboss has something to do with her victory and not like it's a stuntman jumping into she is supposed to be doing.

[@amateuroverlord8007]

lol most fights in real life look nothing like MMA.

[@54032Zepol]

​@@amateuroverlord8007you mean I didn't have wrestle on the ground naked with the other guy? Oh no!

[@zephyr8072]

@@Snipergoat1 I assume you want this with the men too? Or do you only notice fight choreography when women are involved?

[@Sugarman96]

I don't know if this is something Jose touches upon, but YMS points out a relevant issue with CD. CD claims to be a critic who loves movies and uses broad strokes to paint years as good or bad for movies, but he doesn't actually watch that many movies. His media diet consists of blockbusters and whatever Disney puts out, he doesn't go to festivals, he doesn't cover any foreign films, it's just whatever's trending at the moment.

[@The2012Aceman]

Actually he was confronted on this with EFAP, and YMS conceded that Critical Drinker DOES review indies, but his most popular critiques are about the most popular movies. Which… is obvious.

[@Sugarman96]

@@The2012Aceman What indies? A24 movies?

[@starmaker75]

Yeah I'm not munch cinema/movie guy(like I have seen my fair share cult and underrated movies and historic films) and yet I probably know more cinema stuff then drinker at time. I mean drinker doesn't really recommend or review that many "out there" or "cult" unless the popularity was slread. Like the closest I can think is maybe " sound of freedom". Hell even nostalgic critic had a fair amount of cult films reviews

[@ashb7]

It's probably good he doesn't review too many indies and festival films. With his staggeringly awful media literacy even when it comes to mainstream movies/TV/gaming, I don't think the world is ready for his takes on content that'd require him to at least exert a modicum of brainpower.

[@ijones36]

I always felt this is like saying a game reviewer reviews too many triple as. Most people are only gonna play triple A games and the most popular indies and double As. Like... yeah. Those are the main things in gaming cultural. If youre reviewing things in a broader cultural context, ofc indie and festival films arent gonna enter the conversation. Most people cant afford to go to film festivals and dive into indie films, even people who love movies. When discussing the state of movies in the modern day, only talking about what 99% of people watch is fine.

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

I love how the guy says Japan is conservative in its storytelling and yet if you come across a game like Persona 5 Royal for example, its story is as progressive as you can possibly get. Challenging stereotypes for women, men, the corrupt justice system, the hypocrisy against sex crimes against minors never being taken seriously, the corporate greed taking advantage of workers, just to name a few… And that’s not even the only example of that either. Yes Japan is a relatively conservative country but the majority of the art you find there is very much not.

[@breezyvonweezy723]

Drinkers habit of reducing everything down to physical strength and ability is so funny to me. Like is he just going through life trying to get in a fist fight with everyone every day?

[@richardnance2862]

He does talk about that a lot, but I'm pretty sure he's talked about characters' motivations, decisions making sense etc. You're free not to like him, and yes his style gets old, but be honest in the points you make.

[@breezyvonweezy723]

@@richardnance2862 ironic that you’re upset about me accurately describing him in a KZbin comment when this dude constantly misrepresents and twists the narrative of the movies he reviews.

[@Ramblebar]

Critical Drinker is obviously somebody who has never been in an actual fight in his life and in fact has folded when having his bitch card pulled more times than he count also he also comes off as a drinker of white claws and smirnoff ice instead of "rugged" and "manly" whiskey and scotch!!!

[@ANTIStraussian]

​@@breezyvonweezy723 my favorite part is how alien and Terminator are grand fathered in from being woke because they are cool. But if the movies came out today he'd rip them apart for "a woman beating a Terminator or alien"

[@bossycoconut847]

​@@ANTIStraussian I think Drinker would like them still. When a female character is good, he often gives them genuine praise but will often still have to make weird comments about "The Message". When a female character is boring or meh, he will always bring up "The Message" and make jokes about the character being a woman, LGBT, non-white etc. But he will ignore boring or bad white male characters without needlessly ridiculing their identity as a White male. He's sort of like a racist who doesn't mind the "Good ones".

[@cplus14]

"They made One Piece right-wing, as Oda intended." Do people take this unripe brain seriously?

[@zephyr8072]

His fans are even more ignorant of anime and manga than he is, and fully buy into the fabricated notion that Japan is one of the last bastions of alphachad masculinity against the degenerate west. So yes.

[@Tacom4ster]

They numb themselves with cherry flavored blue pills

[@CapslockGoD]

Man... they will be preeeetty upset at the direction One Piece takes.

[@mrptr9013]

​@@CapslockGoDI want to be a fly in the wall when they learn about Big Mom

[@zephyr8072]

*Critical Drinker wails in despair* "You were the chosen one! It was said you would destroy the woke not join them! Bring alphachad masculinity to western media, not leave it in transness!"

[@TempoTronica]

Let's just take this moment to acknowledge that critical drinker would absolutely hate the animated Mulan if it came out today. He'd likely highlight the scene where Yao misses the rope, and would say, "in this movie, male characters are all bumbling idiots who can't accomplish anything, while Mulan is hyper competent and always saves the day despite her companions incompetence. Edit: you guys have done a great job showing you're not offended by other people's opinions. ~Jack Saint. Edit 2: I am noticing that a lot of you are leaving comments that make arguments I've already addressed. So I'm gonna periodically update this one with text from other comments I left. For those of you trying to counter me on this, almost none of your responses are actually worthwhile to me. All of them miss the point, and none of them actually counter what I've said. The fact is that the criticisms of other female heros he's presented to us are not levied consistently. Many of the things he dislikes about other female heros applies to the female heros he likes. So let's go through some of this. The reason why he doesn't dislike Mulan, is because of nostalgia. Bear with me, cause I am terrible with names. 1) Mulan manages to defeat her teacher during be a man. Sure, she has trained for it, but in another analysis CD essentially claimed that a woman would not be able to out-compete a man like this, even with training. Yet, with Mulan it's OK. 2) when Mulan disarms the bad guy, sorry, I cannot remember his name, it's seen as being due to her ingenuity. But disarming a seasoned sword fighter with a folding fan would take a ridiculous amount of strength. Something which would be caught and talked about if the movie came out today. 3) if we are willing to accept Mulan being so competent due to training, have you ever considered the fact that Captain Marvel was trained by both the US and Kree militaries? 4) why is fighting with ingenuity over raw physical strength bad when Captain Marval does it, but ok when Mulan does it? Captain Marval couldn't beat her main male rival in a competition of strength and hand to hand combat. She only ever beat him by using her powers. She recognized at the end that she could only beat him using her own skills rather than fighting on his terms. Not to worry though, I don't expect anyone to actually listen to what I'm saying here. It's just gonna continue with the whataboutisms, and other such deflections. I'll admit that ingenuity isn't really the correct term. Sure enough. But the fact of the matter is that she realized she couldn't take him without using her powers. She had spent the whole movie thinking she had to be able to handle him with raw physical strength, in hand to hand combat. It was a major blow to her sense of self worth. And the story was about overcoming that. By ingenuity, I meant that she fought within her means, using the tools she had that he lacked, instead of letting others dictate how she should go about the fight. The struggle of earning her power is irrelevant here for two reasons. 1) CD has already made claims that women cannot compete with men, even with training. This can be seen in the video we are commenting on. 2) It's still not being applied consistently. Plenty of characters got their power without any struggle or sacrifice. Captain America saw Steve undergoing training, sure. But he saw no advancement from the training. His only shining moments before getting the serum was that bit with the flag and the moment with the grenade. Both of these stem from previously established character traits and did not come about due to training. He had no physical attributes, or combat skill after training. That was all the serum. Superman has powers cause he landed on a planet with a yellow sun. Spider man got bit by a spider. Now, you could make an argument that sacrifice/struggle came about anyway. After all, each of the characters mentioned above had something to lose, and/or lost something after gaining powers. Think uncle Ben, for example. But different characters have different struggles. Carol Danvers is the most powerful character in her movie, as we can both agree. But is the conflict she was dealing with one that could be dealt with through raw power alone? Not a chance. Most of the film saw her against her own emotions and self worth, or against a foe that could be anyone. Her view on the conflict at hand in her movie was a primary struggle. One that is not easy to deal with. It's not an easy feat to look at your core fundamental beliefs and change your mind, after all.

[@colinjfordham]

I read this in his voice exactly lmao

[@a.f.schmied1571]

No, most likely he wouldn't. Just like he didn't hate Everythin Everywehe All at Once, a movie with a mostly female main cast, a strong fighting female lead that can even overpower men, a main character who is a lesbian, and a meek and pacifist beta male.

[@GirtheAlienGoldfish]

Then he'll just forget the entire part where Mulan is using her wits to fight an opponent that she knows can utterly annihilate her if she tried to overpower him. He'd seriously miss the entire point that regardless of her being outclassed by him as a warrior, her mind is stronger. Not one person takes him down, an ENTIRE TEAM takes him down because they used their brains to work together and find a solution. In Chinese media, Puck-like characters are valued over strength-focused characters. Education and knowledge beat strength and sheer force every time. This extends to Japanese media, somewhat.

[@llamaczech]

He'd also hate Sarah Connor. She doesn't actually do anything but is treated like she does everything, she goes on random feminist rants about how all men know how to do is destroy because they can't give birth, she doesn't have character development she self actualises (because those are two separate things apparently), she acts "like a man."

[@zephyr8072]

@@llamaczech She also beats the ass of a strong, heavy set asylum orderly who is trained to deal with and restrain psychotic patients, takes Dr. Silberman hostage and easily menaces Miles Dyson. There goes Sarah Connor the GIRLBOSS humiliating all men she comes across again!

[@Cida_hanal]

It amazes me how 40-50 yo guys like him, Tyrone Magnus or Nerdrotic are crying on the internet over things like Marvel, Star Wars or Disney. Like seriously.

[@eko9554]

Inside Out 2, Moana 2, and Encanto did so well. I’m pretty sure they said nothing about Encanto in 2021/2022 because it would show their true colors.

[@justvibingowo736]

He's in his forties💀????bffr

[@EmeralBookwise]

The expectations of male stereotypes are honestly one of the things I hate most about being one. I don't see any of myself in those types of stoic emotionally closed-off badasses, and I've spent far too much of my life feeling like a miserable failure for failing to live up to such standards.

[@dionysusNME]

And that is the real tragedy of the stupidity and self loathing Drinker and his cohorts spread

[@kzumf]

"I am not like other men" - doesn't mean others don't enjoy a capable strong man or a leader in movies. It's okay to have an opinion, but look at how men are portrayed in media in recent years. Stupid, incapable of getting something done, weak, expendable or just plain evil. That's why you don't like being one and are eager to claim, that you're not like "Male stereotypes". And that's why it's a good thing that people are pushing back against modern media and wokeness. It not the Nobel cause it began as anymore

[@Morgan597]

You should feel like a failure. Man up.

[@josh-oo]

I see the emotionally closed-off part of myself in those stoic, emotionally closed-off badasses, and I hate it. I'm only emotionally closed-off because no one ever cared if I was sad or angry or happy when I was growing up, unless it was to mock me for it, so now I'm terrified of showing emotion around other people. Strong male role model, right here. /s

[@vincentmalloy4424]

The first time that I ever saw a character on screen that I could say, "oh my... it's me... that's me on screen" was Shrek. lol

[@AJ-nn5yl]

The rejection of women beating up men due to realism is so funny to me because watching almost any action movie involving hand to hand combat between 2 men is so clearly beyond realism. Movies like The Bourne Series, James bond, Mission impossible, John wick, etc, feature lengthy hand to hand combat scenes where even the 1v1 man on man combat scenes have both characters persevering through fight ending, crippling injuries, with inhuman endurance; as well as remarkably quick recovery time after the fight scene is concluded.

[@chrispaige8880]

Again, this is a straw man - the heroes you mention are depicted as being unusually skilled. If you've set up that your female character has unusual skills, fine, but these films don't do that. It's just Rey who's never seen a light saber in her life instantly knows how to use it better than a Jedi master to which he objects. Had they established that Rey (like Bond or Bourne or Wick) had special training over years, then nobody would object.

[@Las645]

I wouldn’t say it’s beyond realism considering what MMA fighters endure. They fight for hours, don’t see how that part is unrealistic.

[@AuspexAO]

@@chrispaige8880 One day, you're going to have to get over Rey. Maybe not years after the films, but definitely one day.

[@DiegoXRA]

​@@chrispaige8880No amount of skill would help John Wick survive most of the stuff he went through if it was realistic .

[@LineOfThy]

@@chrispaige8880 and everyone agrees - ray sucks ass.

[@JustSomeDinosaurPerson]

Used to watch Critical Drinker during the Disney Star Wars hate train hype. But quickly had a falling out and stopped watching after his "reviews" constantly devolved into finding some way to complain about "wokeness" or interject something about "identity politics". Some of it was so embarrassing because it would take up more than a quarter of the review video instead of actually spending time talking about the film itself. It finally got to me and gave me a much needed wake up call. Dropped him and got off the train immediately. Edit: Hearing drinker talk about how female characters being better and stronger than male counterparts not flying in japanese culture just shows that this man doesn't watch anime at all. Female fighters in anime are VERY often the far more skilled and talented ones lmao

[@WildFungus]

he really started struggling to make those claims stick immediately and started to collect a bunch of idiots immediately as fans. good for him.

[@weirdfkit]

Ur mom bad take 😂. Critical drinker is the best

[@thecodfather6280]

@@weirdfkitOh no, the 6 year olds are here.

[@kcurran9913]

I used to actually like his videos before he went off the deep end. It really annoys me that he did just to appease the far right.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

No. Star wars truly is as shit as the Drinker says.

[@DeadPianoPlayer]

He called deadpool woke for having a black girl in it who has been in marvel since the first looking series. Wtf?!

[@HS-ig4ly]

your first mistake was thinking he actually cares about the content of any piece of media enough to do one google search

[@samb8744]

Remember when Chris Ray Gun said he was offered a big deal by conservative funders to make his content explicitly conservative, but he said no? Critical Drinker just so happened to blow up after this revelation and 100% was a benefactor in that deal, which is why he so heavily pushes Sound of Freedom. Like so many other conservative channels, his popularity is inorganic and propped up by millionaire donors

[@Hoganply]

Yep, it's all a consipiracy. It's not like his outlook could resonate with anyone genuinely or anything.

[@slevinchannel7589]

My fellow Leftist's often have their brain melt at hearing simple explanations or claims lie "IF Toph or Katara or Zuko or were written to be Gay back then but all the rest, the quality and all, was IDENTICAL, then we would have no f-ing issue. But we very much would have if they now change it post-seriesend" Drinker looks too much through a rightwing-lense but at least his Criticism is on Point and his 'Why modern movies s-ck'-Video-Series is absolutely amazing

[@Los499]

​@@HoganplyOh, there are plenty of morons who would like that sort of content, but I think he's talking about the channel's exposure outside the moron demographic.

[@MrTheevilmage]

@@slevinchannel7589 " Drinker looks too much through a rightwing-lense but at least his Criticism is on Point" No they aren't its some of the worse, dogshit media analysis ever. The fucking Nostalgia critic is a better reviewer than the Critical drinker and Doug walker is playing a character!

[@zennistrad]

I think the Critical Drinker is a tool but this seems like a stretch.

[@nathanhartono91]

Channels like this aren’t meant for people looking for insight into the movies/tv they watch. I don’t think most of his audience even watches the things he “reviews”.

[@seeleunit2000]

I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case.

[@novelty_thief]

Man that's a real sad circlejerk Drinker has going on

[@MrOzzification]

Yeah these types of channels are just doing outrage politics because they know its gets attention. Its not about doing real analysis or display a serious passion and appreciation for craft. But politicizing every new piece of media (the very thing they accuse the left of doing). They primarily exist to tell their audience what they want to hear and validate their pre-existing biases. There's a very interesting video from a channel called "Pillar of Garbage" covering the Xmen outrage and uncovers that a lot of these "new thing bad cuz woke" channels are funded by old media reactionary figures. There's a clip where one of the creators outright says all they do is make mountains out of molehills. Its clear that's been the game they play but its always nice to hear an outright admission.

[@theobell2002]

He's doing the "modern video games are bad because woke" grift but with movies.

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

Most people don't. That's the thing.

[@brionosullivan1992]

CDs comments at 26:55 is absolutely bonkers to me. The idea that you can’t relate to character because they don’t act like someone you know is crazy. I don’t know anyone who actually acts like, let’s say, Spike from Cowboy Bebop. But that’s exactly why he’s an interesting character! He’s a strange self destructive guy, but he’s well written and three dimensional. Obviously characters need to be relatable in some sense yes, but if every character acts like someone you know they’ll never surprise you. What a boring way to see media.

[@skeletonbuyingpealts7134]

CD's favorite genre is Coffee Shop AU

[@yungmuney5903]

His real point is that men aren't being what they 'SHOULD' be, y'know, everything that your typical reactionary macho patriarch misandrist fetishize about men. They can't cry, have to be stoic, tough everything out, be violent and aggressive, fuck many women as they can etc.

[@braintrust12]

wow really?! that’s a legit insane take to me. i thought Spike was incredibly relatable. his confidence, his terrible win-loss record when it comes to bountyhunting, leaving old food in the fridge, getting annoyed with your coworkers, feeling stuck, feeling bored, feeling self destructive… basically everything about Spike and everything he has to endure is something I’ve seen men in real life deal with. More often than not, the “men” is me. Seemed like a based take by drinker to me: if the characters behave in ways that are counter intuitive to the experiences and expectations of the audience, then the audience will be detached. In the end you can have your “surprise” and “subverted expectations,” but no one will care because they couldn’t relate to the character.

[@Gvjrapiro]

@@braintrust12 That's just not really how audiences have been shown to react, though. Like some people might relate to specific aspects of a character, and some people might not, but the notion that people get "detached" when a character doesn't act like the viewer or something the viewer has directly experienced.. As a recent example, Lucy from the new fallout show has some relatable qualities, but also starts off the series being pretty fundamentally detached from the average viewer. She's sheltered, peppy, and naive. Besides that, she belongs to a vastly different culture. But when we as viewers see that different culture, when we see her talk openly about something as bizarre as casually sleeping with your cousin (jesus) the audience doesn't just check out because they can't relate, they use that difference as a point of humor, as a bit of a look into the setting, and as a point of comparison we can use as she grows and comes into contact with others. This isn't some new "subvert expectation" fad, people just generally don't need a laundry list of "x is like me, I need to relate x to my life" to find a character interesting or fun.

[@braintrust12]

@@Gvjrapiro i think you’re missing the point. It’s not that the audience “checks out” when they can’t relate to the protagonist. on the contrary, the audience can’t get invested in the protagonist’s struggle to victory when the protagonist is unrelateable - therefore, there is no drama. That’s screenwriting 101. There’s a reason the protagonist in literally every critically acclaimed movie is relatable and doesn’t want to screw their cousin. case in point: it’s relatable to the audience when marty mcfly becomes panicked and disgusted when his mom starts flirting with him. everybody in the audience agrees it’s disgusting to flirt with your mom. therefore, marty mcfly - an all time great protagonist. Maybe there’s a reason he’s marty mcfly and there’s a reason Lucy from the new fallout tv show is “lucy from the new fallout tv show.” Also you’re vastly overestimating how many characteristics the protagonist needs to share with the audience. It’s not a “laundry list,” it’s like 2 or 3 things: the protagonist is 1. down on their luck 2. pure of heart/intent 3. has an ambition or some kind of goal in the face of adversity. That’s it. Luke Skywalker, indiana jones, harry potter, spiderman, ripley, forrest gump. There’s a reason all those characters are written with those same 3 qualifying characteristics and considered all time great protagonists.

[@yuki2320]

Another terrible take from Critical Drinker would be his rant of Princess Peach from The Super Mario Bros. Movie. His "critique" (if you can even call it that) claims that Princess Peach's portrayal is a woke agenda pushed by the studio, even though this isn't the first time that Peach herself was a badass decades before this movie came out. i.e. Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Princess Peach, or even various Mario Sports games, but Drinker never brought those up.

[@eko9554]

Geeks and Gamers also did that too. Saying how it’s a red flag that she was leading even tho she’s part of the authority. Such a snowflake.

[@yuki2320]

​@@eko9554 What Anti-woke brainrot does to an mf.

[@akhimahathir2004]

​@sjwsmasher4398L

[@mlgodzilla4206]

@sjwsmasher4398that’s not an insult lmao

[@BulgarianReaper]

He's not the only one. A KZbin channel known as KnightsWatch complained that Peach was wearing trousers in the trailer

[@grfrjiglstan]

2010s commentary: “Japan is misogynistic, and that’s bad!” 2020s commentary: “Japan is misogynistic, and that’s good!” Sometimes things do go from bad to worse.

[@muddman34]

Nobody would ever say that manga/anime doesn't have a problem with the writing of the women characters but him saying that the japanese wouldn't put up with domineering female characters overpowering men is insane. Japan loves their strong domineering female characters. If Chainsaw Man ever gets a live action CD is gonna lose his shit when Denji gets his ass handed to him almost every arc by a woman, sometimes more than once.

[@zephyr8072]

@PenguinEconomics-st2ws If he did he wasn't as blatant about it.

[@thealphaincel1619]

Just because you personally don't like it doesn't make it misogynistic. Grow up.

[@starmaker75]

​@@muddman34yeah it like sure manga and anime do have problems writing women/girls at times, but acting like there is no dominant female characters in them is a level of willfully ignorance, like you have to be living under a deep rock for like 40 years or probably even more.

[@zephyr8072]

@@starmaker75 They have no idea about most mange or anime. Frankly it comes across as them projecting the stereotype of the submissive asian woman onto it.

[@eliasgibson2878]

I used to watch drinker until I picked up on his hypocrisy. He gets mad at "modern movies" for not having pure evil bad guys and "always giving them sob stories" but then complains when nazi characters are villains without sympathetic traits. He talks about how its a good thing that James Bond is unrealistic because it's a power fantasy but women being strong is bad because it's unrealistic. He has no concrete views or beliefs, he'll make any argument to defend right wing values even if those arguments go against other arguments he's made

[@DimT670]

They dont actually contradict themselves if you understand hes just a sexist. Women arent allowed power fantasy because they are women, men require it. 0 contradictions here in his mind. Hed decry realistically strong women too. hes the kinda guy to mock a top female weighlifter even tho shes stronger than 99% of men because he thinks shes doing something wrong because shes a woman I remember once having a conversation of this type with a dude of this ilk on quora about women in medieval fights etc, he baseically went "ok enjoy yout 6 feet tall buff amazons, but most women arent like that". And i was like "but were talking on the context of joining an army, do you not think its more likely that the physically gifted would join? Is vikings or the last kingdom full of 1.78 tall lanky dudes or fat men who get wheezy after a stroll? It doesnt make sense

[@Edax_Royeaux]

I remember in the span of two weeks, he was complaining that Hollywood was making remakes (he was moaning about Highlander), then in another video complaining Hollywood isn't making enough remakes like the The Mummy 1999 film because "fun isn't allowed anymore". If there ever was someone guilty of fun policing Hollywood films, he even conveniently failed to mention The Mummy 1999 was a remake to push his narrative.

[@rokkarokka120]

@@DimT670i wonder how much women are into Weapons and Gun parts, and how much men are into gossip and fashion, percentage wise.

[@milesmohrien8964]

@@rokkarokka120i think you would be surprised

[@kagutsuchi969]

@rokkarokka120 Do you think these interests are biologically innate or taught? Do you think men are genetically predisposed to like cars and sports, and that women have a genetic drive to enjoy spa days? Or is it more that boys are taught that certain interests (ballet, poetry, sewing) aren’t “for men” and therefore are wrong for the them to participate in under threat of communal ridicule and emasculation and likewise for girls?

[@ScarecrowSkye]

why does TCD always end a sentence sounding like hes so angry that hes holding back tears? holy fuck it is so grating

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Kinda answered your own question there.

[@refitdan]

Sounds like he's straining one out, on the toilet, to me.

[@quietone2674]

He's Scottish.

[@theviniso]

Rage baiting is profitable.

[@celtickawaii57]

He's secretly a sad drunk and seeing a strong female character makes him cry.

[@shinndig1293]

This guy has singlehandedly ruined film criticism for an entire generation.

[@eko9554]

Facts

[@CabezasDePescado]

I think YMS and CinemaSins have also affected how some people perceive movies. Is all the same realy, YMS is practically the opposite of TCD but is also awful, i find him very obnoxious actually. Specially how much he nitpicks and pretends to know about filmmaking.

[@eko9554]

@@CabezasDePescado I used to watch YMS like in early 2021 but that was when I was 14. His voice is so annoying and sounds like he’s from 2015-2018. His regular voice sounds way better on livestreams. I wish more people criticized YMS.

[@The7thDraconian]

He's not helping things, but he's just a symptom of a larger problem.

[@albertthepeacock8020]

He really made dense people think they're experienced movie critics who know how the film industry works but can't form their own opinions

[@qlka8609]

"Japan loves conservative media" yeah, one of the most popular drama in Japan airing lately was 2nd season of comedy-romance about gay couple... and no, they don't make fun of them beeing gays

[@eko9554]

Imagine his reaction to yuri and yaoi

[@OdaNobunaga15]

@@eko9554 Just goes to show how full of shit he is and why people shouldn’t take him seriously.

[@theshire9173]

Really? What's it called?

[@blackRXrider]

He'd cry about all the gay characters in Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.

[@justsomeguywithoutamustang6436]

What are you implying? As a conservative gay currently living in Japan, there's plenty of content catered to us. But you westerners injecting your politics where you see fit make life harder for us here 🤦

[@HurricaneDDragon]

It’s very interesting that Drinker equates having a loving family with “fanatical loyalty”. I think I can guess how close he is with HIS family.

[@lukepearson5931]

It say on the KZbin wiki that he has a wife and two sons but I'm wondering if that is just something he put in there himself.

[@youtubeviolatedme7123]

Not exactly. Drinker doesn't explicitly mention Echo's family. He says that Echo is "unlikeable" but the problem is that Drinker intentionally doesn't explain why he thinks Echo is unlikeable.

[@sharkenjoyer]

"Daddy can I have a hug please?" "NO!! I AM NOT SUCCUMBING TO THE WESTERN WOKENESS AND BECOME A SOY BOY BETA WHO IS SUBMISSIVE! NOW COME HERE SO I CAN BACKHAND YOU SO YOU GROW UP TO BE A STRONG ALPHA LIKE ME"

[@TurboMintyFresh]

You are literally insane and should stay off the internet@@sharkenjoyer

[@RememberTheDead]

Fun fact: Eiichiro Oda has a picture of Che Guevara in his office and Dragon (heroic leader of the Revolutionaries in One Piece) is an admitted riff of Fidel Castro, so the idea he's apolitical is pretty funny.

[@rennscott5808]

kinda goes to show who made this video. Left of Che

[@xmlthegreat]

​@@rennscott5808 Dawg what are you trying to say?

[@jonatanrobledo9812]

No shit I never liked one piece then. I can smell the work a fan of that psycho-communist genocider from miles away.

[@connyslayer4661]

Honestly, i am not even surprised about that fact. After studying social studies for a pretty good while and reading the One piece manga i can see alot of powerful themes of freedom and social political ideas to empower the masses to overthrow oppression very easily. So the fact that he has those things at his desk, doesn't even surprised me. One piece is a perfect example of how to use social politics in an powerful eventful manga very well. Politics is not the problem , it's about the usage of politics that matters. One piece is brilliant because it uses alot of themes that we know and expresses them perfectly through it's story and characters.

[@jonatanrobledo9812]

@@mattmcdonough3282 the only thing El Che made a revolution against, was the life of those that he didn't like. He was a psycho that enjoyed torturing people. Not a hero.

[@wolfganghendery8298]

The funniest thing about the drinker is his own book dark harvest he uses all the tropes he claims to hate so much like the impulsive childish girlboss who easily can beat many men much larger than her in hand to hand combat. He should review his own stuff and rip it apart lol

[@JalalAsif-ep9ni]

…..he has a book!? Smh

[@wolfganghendery8298]

​@@JalalAsif-ep9ni yeah it's self published and it's a wish fulfilment fantasy about killing terrorists and banging chicks and drinking whisky. his fanboys will claim it's amazing but it's objectively bad

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

Me: watches one Jordan Peterson lecture. KZbin for six consecutive months: How about some old guy screaming about the "M-She-U" on stream, and the worst comment section in the history of telecommunications?

[@TheFriley4]

Well, what did we learn? Jordan Peterson, not even once. Lol

[@eko9554]

Jordan Peterson is like dr Phil

[@henocksherlock3340]

Sounds better than what you consoome on your lousy leftie reddit/twitter threads, where you ramble of being a dog-walker for 20hours/week🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MrEvldreamr]

Thats just the algorithm. Youre either a bleeding heart communist or the kuklux klan nowadays

[@rodolfodoce]

youtube is a reactionary platform, just use the israel genocide of the Palestinian people and how youtube is practicing hasbara all the time.

[@fallenhero3130]

I think one of the issues with KZbin is that many creators combine being a legit film critic offering critique with also being entertainers. In addition to Critical Drinker, you also see Doug Walker, CinemaSins, and many others try to have it both ways as well. On the one hand, they'll offer a critique that may make valid points. But when their reviews are inaccurate/misleading/lacking, they then pivot with "Well, we're comedians first, not essayists. The point of our reviews are to be funny videos more than real critiques." And by trying to have it both ways, the critique ends up being shallow.

[@jtlego1]

They're the Shrodingers Douchbag of movie-based content creators.

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

Except the Drinker has never purported to be a comedian, nor has he ever backpedalled on an opinion he's shared. He's had his share of dumb takes, and he's even openly admitted when his initial impression of a film was incorrect or misleading.

[@Titleknown]

To be fair, I still think you can be funny and also smart. Look at Thew Adams or, for more dry humor, Kevin Perjurer!

[@l3mmycaution]

People who started as amateur filmmakers and crafted reviewer personalities (James Rolfe aka AVGN, Stoklasa aka Plinkett) seem to be the only ones who can make the distinction between the actor and the character... Probably because of their filmmaker background

[@eko9554]

They’re basically like dr oz and dr Phil. They aren’t actually part of their occupation but easily fooled the world that they were. This also goes to the education genre, I’ve seen many political essayists as educational but they don’t have a teaching license and make a million dollars while an average teacher doesn’t make that much money which is unfair. Those types of channels should be called opinion pieces.

[@Loggodover]

I always find it funny when these people say "modern movies are never good" and then when a good one comes out they say "this is the first good movie in years" and then completely ignore it's existence after 2 weeks so they can pretend the next one is the first good one in years Edit: check the replies if you need your daily "stupid argument from someone with awful film taste" fix

[@eko9554]

Yup. If they lived before the 21st century, they would say the same thing. They’re blinded by nostalgia. Just like how I’ve seen the over hate towards minimalistic art (which I do like it), in the 2030s and 2040s people will say it’s nostalgic just because it’s 2010s. Probably in the 80s people say they hate movies and hate Memphis design.

[@redtiger8275]

Yup, an infinite loop

[@Cybrix]

Bad movies used to just be bad, they didn't preach at you.

[@eko9554]

@@Cybrix Then how come you learned themes or social commentary in stories?

[@Cybrix]

@@eko9554There's a difference between human and universal values and ideological values. If you can recognize the clear shoehorning of ideology in christian "entertainment", you can recognize it in the vast majority of current-day Hollywood's output.

[@cheesebucketman1606]

I made the mistake of watching his "review" of the boys season 4 it had zero critique on the show itself and just constantly talked about the creators and their opinions.

[@Maverick0687]

I saw the first two episodes of the boys and the white bashing and hypocritically racist dialogue is so on the nose i had to pause it and process if i actually heard it right.

[@charlesparr1611]

@@Maverick0687 Whitebashing? Snowflake indeed.

[@kleindropper]

The video was about why he wasn't even going to bother to watch season 4 after giving season 1 glowing reviews. Geezus are all of you this dim?

[@cheesebucketman1606]

@@kleindropper The boys season 4 - how to destroy your audience. That sounds like a review to me.

[@kleindropper]

@@cheesebucketman1606 And here's the summary of his review: - Used to be a fan, even gave the rare "Drinker recommends" to season 1 - Checked out after season 3, saw where it was headed, the parody show became a parody of itself; no longer a rebellious and edgy show that hit all sides. - Went to check ratings for season 4. Uh oh. 51%. Audience approval has fallen off a cliff as much as GoT - Watched an Eric Kripke interview where Kripke told him to go watch something else if he didn't like it. "OK" Drinker said. - Of course everyone understood the politics of the show but previous seasons were still fun, funny, and entertaining. but it has degraded as the show has gone on. - Drinker has better things to do than watch a bad show that has fallen off a cliff. Why are you getting mad at Drinker for doing exactly what Kripke told him to do?

[@ratbaby3107]

Ironic that he cites the original cowbow bebop as "anti woke" or an example of what he wants, and then complains about women kicking mens ass. As if Faye Valentine isnt right there, kicking ass.

[@ratbaby3107]

Also he acts as if cowboy bebop and it's characters arent already really grounded and surprisingly realistic. I don't think he's actually seen it

[@zomebody5529]

@@ratbaby3107 critical drinker just doesn't have much media literacy

[@Kamfrenchie]

Nah he's fine with mowen character kicking ass if there's a good reason

[@USSAnimeNCC-]

They're the one actaully pushing an agenda an agenda that enforce patriarchy, gender roles, and sexism and misogyny whlie they complain when someone say women are as capable as men or men can human instead of a cold and cutoff

[@RariettyC]

​@@ratbaby3107 Him complaining that the Netflix show made Cowboy Bebop's characters "more grounded and realistic" just proves that to me. Most of the characters felt so much more cartoon-y in live-action. The live-action show's tone leaned very heavily on comedy, and most of the plot points and character beats that they directly lifted from the anime came off as more absurd and exaggerated. Not saying that the anime didn't also have comedy, but the anime felt like it gave itself more permission to realistically breathe and contemplate while the live-action version felt like it had more pressure to keep throwing zany jokes and action scenes at its audience. To me, live-action Cowboy Bebop felt like a bunch of distilled stereotypes about what Westerners assume anime is "supposed" to be like, i.e. quirky and action-heavy, with minimal interrogation about what makes an individual anime like Cowboy Bebop distinct and special. Critical Drinker seems to be a victim of assuming those stereotypes himself.

[@adam346]

22:47 YES, he complains about women being unnaturally strong or able to hold their own against men but when you look at ANY 80's action movie where one man over-powers multiple others or can simply whizz through a firefight without getting a scratch, throw steel pipes through people (Commando) ect... he doesn't have the least bit or sense of irony in how he critiques modern *super-hero* movies and *fantasy* movies to anything that came before it... I have so many gripes with this guy as a critic... because his critiques aren't that, they are just shallow pandering to a conservative audience because thinking must hurt or something.

[@spenser9908]

Men and women are different. You didn't know this?

[@meciocio]

​@@spenser9908who ever said men and women are not different?

[@adam346]

@@spenser9908 on a physical or societal level? Because in fantasy and sci-fi... those are almost completely meaningless?

[@zephyr8072]

@@spenser9908 Okay. How does this inform a fictional storyline again?

[@spenser9908]

@@adam346 In a sci-fi setting there automatically should be no difference between men and women?

[@MasteroftheRitz]

Drinker comes off as a dude who was beaten up by a girl at one point in his life and has never gotten over it.

[@bigpest]

More like lost a running race to a girl once in 3rd grade.

[@pitbullnamedcupcake8485]

He got beat up by a girl in P.E. Class back in middle school and that was his villain origin story 😂

[@qorso]

Bro needs to take the fujimoto method to heart.

[@CybershamanX]

Hence the unhealthy drinking persona. Go figure. 🙄

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

Yeah, he hates women so much he married one, get your head out of your ass

[@gleesinnpiano2653]

The comments section of his videos made me embarrassed that I ever thought he was a good critic. Nobody throws hissy fits over minorities in movies the way conservatives do.

[@eko9554]

Yet they call liberals snowflakes

[@philasoma]

What are you talking about? So-called progressives are the ones throwing the hissy fit over minorities in movies. They also implicitly show their racism - or lack of cultural understanding - by being unable to write new shows for these characters. They just remake classics and edit out the white characters because they literally can't come up with new ideas or write true, authentic diverse material. Leftists love the illusion of diversity. But it's really the diversity of the heart that matters. You and your ilk are such simpletons and you lack the ability to even see it. There is an ocean of human experience around you, but you'll never experience it while looking through life with the diseased lens of American leftism.

[@laurentiuvladutmanea3622]

@@philasoma „So-called progressives are the ones throwing the hissy fit over minorities in movies” Since when? That never happens, and you know it. „They also implicitly show their racism - or lack of cultural understanding - by being unable to write new shows for these characters. They just remake classics and edit out the white characters because they literally can't come up with new ideas or write true, authentic diverse material” Dude. It is not the writers chosing to make remakes. It is the business owners who are responsible for the remakes, and you know it.

[@Mant111]

I mean Josè lied almost every 20 seconds in this video, so...

[@danielm7274]

How?​@@Mant111

[@edithendlesshobbies]

As a feminist, I actually used to like his videos. The comments he made on how some marvel heroines are overpowered with no personality really struck me as the marvel writers writing one dimensional female characters. However as I saw him constantly taking jabs at feminists made me understand that his observations were not coming from the same place of wanting better female representation as myself (not to mention his complete misunderstanding of what a feminist actually is, which is not a TikTok SJW)

[@eko9554]

He still thinks it’s 2016-2017. Thank god I was only a kid who watched Roblox, toy unboxing, cartoons, and Disneyland videos. Not some edgy young teen.

[@fjotolffjolle2236]

«As a feminist…» You already lost me after those words…

[@CrazyTreehuggingElf]

I am a simple woman. When I hear the word female representation, I cringe.

[@ci7210]

As a girl who watches his videos, I feel that if representation was never his problem, why bring it up in a review in the first place. You can criticize something like the Last of Us 2 story without complaining Ellie being gay or Abby having muscles. I always feel he needs to complain about wokness in some form to appease his audience

[@spriteking3944]

​@@fjotolffjolle2236Grow up

[@johnleeka3282]

I think its funny how drinker complains about a woman beating up a man being “unrealistic” but in john wick 4 there is a character who is blind and is able to take out dozens of trained killers without breaking a sweat(something FAR more unbelievable than a woman beating a man) And yet as far as i remember drinker never had a problem with that and most likely just “suspended his disbelief” And his argument doesn’t even really make sense considering that im pretty sure he likes kill bill, which by his own logic is probably the worst case.💀 (Bride killing an entire dojo of ninjas)

[@TheGrayExplorer]

The problem with your rational is nuanced. The Bride didnt win the fight because she was stronger than the men (which is where the disbelief needs to be suspended) the bride won because she was more skillful (no suspension of disbelief required) the same could be argued about the blind character in JW4

[@philipdawes2661]

If you take the battle of Stamford bridge, famous for the viking warrior who held a bridge against the pursuing victorious anglo-saxons while his own army retreats in defeat - the guy was huge with matching strength (ended by being stabbed by a spear from beneath the wooden bridge) - this is believable not just because it actually happened, but because the guy had the stature, skill and location to make it possible. If you remove both the stature and the capability then it becomes 'fantasy', size matters, skill is important but is not a panacea. Criticals', and others, point is that the women shown usually lacks the stature (sometimes the skills too, why editing it vital, but even good editing cannot disguise a lack of it) - Kill Bill, both films, are realistic in their portrayal, if subject to artistic licence, most so called 'mary sue' types are lacking, in obvious ways, realistic requirements and portrayals. eg Galadriel escaping from prison in amazons Rings of Power. There are lots of good examples of 'strong female warrior' types that are not lambasted, because they are 'realistic' rather than 'complete fantasy' types. Authenticity and realism matter, they separate actual stories from puff pieces.

[@thefatherinthecave943]

@@TheGrayExploreryou’re subscribed to critical drinker

[@johnleeka3282]

@@TheGrayExplorer that doesnt make it any less realistic, even if the bride was more skilled, there were like at least 1 hundred ninjas that kept outnumbering her. If that scene came out today it would be flamed and labeled as “woke” Black widow is more skilled than any of the goons shes beat and drinker still mentions how he has problems with that in the mcu If that scene came out

[@TheGrayExplorer]

@@johnleeka3282 the bride is facing henchmen. Conveniently one at a time too. You’ll have to remind me which black widow scene your referring too. They’ve all kinda melded into one now.

[@ew275x]

I remember a quote from his TVTropes page which seems to have been cut to the extent of: "People accuse me of hating women, black people and gay people and Arcane has all of those because the show is excellent, so explain that libs!" and yeah it's a problem that media featuring or made by those groups has to basically be perfect for people not to crucify them and deem it trash.

[@The7thDraconian]

I swear to god, some people treat Arcane like it's the media equivalent of their black best friend.

[@jacobjohnston3983]

Critical drinker saying that women fighting men doesn’t look good on screen because man are bigger and stronger and it doesn’t feel real. It’s so funny because he’s also talking about one piece. Reminder that most of the enemies that Luffy fights throughout the series tower over him and often outweigh him 10 times over. Even in the live action, Arlong is massive compared to Luffy, but that’s not a problem to Drinker, is it?

[@HolyknightVader999]

One Piece is one step away from calling for a revolt against the bourgeoisie aristocracy considering how evil the World Government is, and how it oppresses the poor and controls information.

[@bepis4795]

That honestly sounds a lot like modern "right wingers" and their views.

[@SmittyWerbenJag3rmanJenson]

​​@@bepis4795 Right wing populism is not the same as socialist/freedom based revolt

[@fin4314]

Considering how all pirates are shown as evil except for like 3 crews and countries not affilated with the government get constantly raided and destroyed by them, thinking that One Piece is simply "government bad >.< " is just as much of a shit take Monarchies aren't even the targets of the revolutionaries, they just want the top Celestial Dragons gone

[@crazygreek6341]

@@fin4314and the bad pirates are what? A reaction from the people that are oppressed and exploited by the system. Just because the world in nuanced and realistic doesn’t mean, that oda isn’t a leftist and one piece is not a story about freedom and rebellion

[@fin4314]

@@crazygreek6341 Piracy exploded as a result of Roger's execution, it was always there, but its pure greed for the one piece that motivated the great age of piracy. Where you took that bullshit "Pirates are just oppressed people fighting back" from I have no idea If Oda is a leftist then he's a prime example of what a leftist creator should be, cosidering his story is nuanced and actually good

[@NicolasCaja]

"the anarchist in my wants the rightwing propaganda outlet succeed" beyond parody, lol

[@GreenMoonGirl]

"The anarchist in me wants the complete and total diametric opposite of anarchy." -Drinker

[@lostalone9320]

Anarchism isn't right or left wing. Seriously, it's not. The fact that you even think that collectivist anarchism is a more natural idea than individualist anarchism is farcical at best.

[@barabinson270]

@@lostalone9320please learn the history on anarchism before spouting non sense. Anarchism has been a leftist idea since its conception. Right wing "anarchists" are just LARP-ers who don't understand how the world works

[@sharkenjoyer]

​@@lostalone9320dude... Anarchists are anti estabilishment It is directly tied to punk culture, they all hate laws, police states, they want millionaires to not exist, they literally are the epitome of "woke". Being an anarchist and being a conservative righty is fucking antithetical, an oxymoron, spears and shields, contradictory by definition as what anarchists are against conservatives are all for Are you also a conservative advocate for gay rights? Are you a black person with a confederate flag on your truck?

[@MadDoodles]

@@lostalone9320Lots of words to say “I don’t know what Anarchism means”.

[@Hr07hgar87]

The name critical drinker is an oxymoron. Its a play on critical thinker and people rarely think critically when they drink

[@DoggyHateFire]

It also sounds like an angry reviewer from 2008.

[@youtubeuniversity3638]

MAYBE it could work for someone who reviews actual drinks, possibly.

[@aSimpleTailor]

Actual drunk reviews would be funny. Like drunk history.

[@pancakes8670]

I think that's the point, as it's meant to be a joke. However, that means he's jokingly admitting he doesn't actually do any critical thinking lmao.

[@HaHa-lx9yo]

The thing about critical drinker saying women beating men in combat is not believable because men have denser bones and are generally bigger is so funny to me because superheroes are constantly fighting villains way bigger than them. Spiderman has fought rhino who is significantly bigger than Spiderman himself. But as Spiderman said it in the ps4 game, “If the guy’s bigger, you gotta be faster”. Women can generally leverage their “smallness” to beat the “bigger” men by being faster and more agile.

[@EmCeeDrue]

"...I had reach, but she had flexibility"

[@easyegg9760]

Women aren’t stronger than men

[@tehy123]

Do you have any actual proof to back up this statement or are you just entirely basing it on fights you saw in comic books?

[@DylanJo123]

We should get rid of weight classes and gender segregation in sports, I agree

[@easyegg9760]

@@DylanJo123 haha this is satire right? I made a factual comment on this thread and it got deleted. It went along the lines of “M3n are stronger than W0m3en.” Apparently that’s controversial on KZbin

[@lizb7271]

6:10 "That kind of shit wouldn't fly in Japanese culture." I can't say I understand the nuances of gender and media in Japanese culture, but Black Lagoon is a thing which exists and has a bunch of strong women kicking arse and is definitely the kind of thing he would complain about, at least if it were written by a western writer.

[@DylanYoshi]

Anime has regularly portrayed strong kickass female characters since at least the 80's. Cat's Eye is about a group of female thieves who regularly outsmart the male-dominated police force (whose only female member is the one that's able to get on their tail) as well as defeat male opponents in combat. Dirty Pair is a sci-fi series about a pair of agents who kick ass and cause an absurd amount of collateral damage in the process. Black Magic M-66 is a Terminator-inspired anime about a reporter trying to expose a pair of robots that have gone on the loose, as she ends up the only survivor (along with the girl she saves) while all the male soldiers sent to rally in the robots are slaughtered by the dozen. All three of these came out in the 1980's and are all about powerful women, and while shows about powerful women have shrunk and grown in popularity in the decades since then, they've never properly gone away. This Critical Drinker fellow just has no idea what he's talking about.

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

Strong women are often depicted in anime, but I don't think it's actually desirable in Japanese culture. Japan is a highly patriarchal society that places a lot of gendered expectations on women, to the point that they have to change the pitch of their voice to sound more feminine to men. There's always been a tug and pull in Japan with creating strong female characters that retain their femininity. This is seen in the Magical girl genre, which goes as far back as the 1950s with the introduction of Princess Knight. There's a pretty good book on the subject called "beautiful fighting girl" if you want to learn more.

[@lizb7271]

@SleepyMatt-zzz I probably won't read that book, but thanks for the recommendation. Yeah, I definitely don't think Japan is some bastion of gender equality by any means, just that Critical Drinker is a berk who doesn't know what he's talking about. I think it is fair to suggest that the violence of Black Lagoon's women is not wholly unconnected to sexualisation; it definitely has the vibe of "I love a woman who can kick my ass".

[@DylanYoshi]

@@SleepyMatt-zzz It's true that Japanese society is basically a patriarchy, but anime in particular has historically had a lot of left-leaning people working on it- Many animators were also involved in far left political activism. Two of the biggest animators of all time, Hayao Miyazaki and Mamori Oshii are both products of this. For manga, you can also look at Rumiko Takahashi, who made two of the most popular manga ever, Urusei Yatsura and Ranma 1/2 (the former of which Mamoru Oshii also worked on the anime adaptation of), both of which emphasize what gender dynamics were like at the time. Ranma in particular is especially noteworthy, because it focuses on characters who struggle with the assigned roles of gender in their lives, with a toxic masculine protagonist that's forced to confront his feminine side and a female lead who is a tomboy that's struggling to live up to the traditional expectations of a woman. Nowadays it's easier to be cynical about anime with how many male power fantasy isekai there are, but ultimately that's just one genre and you still do get a lot that are more progressive, and there's certainly a greater quantity of LGBTQ anime than there once were. The short of it is that while Japan's society sucks, and there certainly are some regressive anime out there, a lot of trends do arise from how many influential animators were anti-authoritarian leftists and that's pretty easy to see.

[@Nozomi621]

​@@DylanYoshi Miyazaki... you mean the man who forced his wife to quit her animation career to become a full-time housewife? The same Miyazaki that's close friends with Hideaki Anno, a closet Japanese nationalist who is pro-imperialism? Gonna have to disagree with you there. He may have said some progressive statements over the years... but you, actions speak louder than words.

[@durzio9630]

Why the fuck does drinking skeptic talk like that? Its like if an announcer from WatchMojo was doing a drunken macho man randy savage impression.

[@kai615k]

scottish paul joseph watson

[@A.M.intheAM]

You mean you don't like how he emphasizes and growls out the last word of every sentence? Shocking.

[@AdumbDriver]

I've never watched a video of his purely because I heard his voice once and my soul said 'nope'

[@mikem4314]

i think the idea is that he's acting like he's drunk while doing the review. its epic reddit humor that went out of style like 10 years ago and is frankly embarrassing coming from a like, 40 year old man

[@connorsullivan1855]

Right? It would be fine for like a 10 to 20 second joke about someone watching a movie drunk, but how does this guy have an entire youtube channel where every video is him pretending to arguely slur his words? He's making Doug Walker and the rest of channel awesome look like scholars of comedic writing.

[@zephyr8072]

Ah Critical Drinker, the archetypal man who goes giddy over references to men being stronger than women on average, who also comes across as someone a not particularly strong woman could snap in two.

[@kingpinpasta2934]

He Has the mentality of a 12 year old boy who put a sign up on his room saying: “No Girls Allowed”

[@drawingboard82]

He's also a hack trashy novel author who publishes as "will Jordan". His novels feature a large Alfa type going around causing mayhem. The guy is nothing more than a confused incel.

[@Caelinus]

He has to LARP as a strongman to compensate for the fact that he is a bad art critic who clearly does not work out. How else is he supposed to tell us all how not-feminine he is if he is not performatively hating on feminine things constantly?

[@Kamfrenchie]

really ? you think an average woman could break him in two ? He looks fairly average at worst, not someone that is particularly prone to being beat up

[@zephyr8072]

@@Kamfrenchie He looks like a whiny, weak little man. regardless of anything else. The exact type I've seen more than once who gets decked by a woman for talking crap then runs away crying cause he got beat by a girl. Also I didn't say average. I said not particularly strong. Also also the fact that this has clearly triggered you is hilarious.

[@Law-of-EnTropy]

the writer of the Gundam Series was literally inspired and motivated by Boys Love readers because of how much passion and investment they have for his characters. this is why queer themes continue to exist in the series for as long as it has been out there

[@StonedCabbage]

I’ve been a Gundam fan for over 20 years and not once have I ever noticed anything queer in it at all.

[@PROPAROXITONO]

imagine when he find out that one of Oda's desires was to portrait women as more than just romantic partners in manga culture, he wanted to lift the women roles in manga stories when he started one piece...

[@Zuuh-su7oy]

Wait until he gets to the part with anti-government drag queen revolutionairies whom are unequivocally the good guys lol

[@tVt2000]

I’d say he did pretty good

[@wizzlepants1274]

Kishimoto has literally never met a woman. Oda has a lot of lifting to do in this regard

[@poissonfou]

That's why he reworked the females caracthers looks halfway through the story and made their boobs bigger and clothes more revealing?

[@Justanormalperson777]

​@@poissonfouw take

[@kaisim980]

I have this friend, we both used to ocasionally watch Drinker until we started to pick up on his stupid patterns. We used to play this game where we would predict the things that he would say in a review before watching it, because he is one of the most predictable human beings on this website.

[@monkiking778]

Bro my sister and I started doing it to he really is just a Brocken record 😂

[@jtheconqueror121]

Yeah, really. Drinker uses the same freaking “jokes” and memes for almost every video to the point where it got incredibly boring to listen to because he just says the same shit on repeat.

[@Dagmahra]

Yes, it was like that for me too. I got tired of his constant negativity so I stopped watching afret a while.

[@handles_are_a_bit_rubbish]

@@jtheconqueror121 I swear to god if I have to see that clip of Tyrion vomiting one more time...

[@Mystigo1587]

Yeah, he's definitely a grifter

[@SepiaWolfe]

I do think there's problem with the writing in a lot of current movies, but Drinker does tend to focus in the wrong direction and miss opportunities for valid criticism, good or bad.

[@acacia8261]

People likes to take sides, even the guy that makes this video is clearly biased towards one side

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

Drinker is just kind of unqualified to be a decent critic in general. Not only does he lack basic media literacy(Which, if you are trying to understand something on a higher level than "I like this movie/piece of media", you kind of need), he also doesn't really see the forest for the trees, in a sense, when he doesn't even really discuss the film aspects of films. He just complains that there is a single female main character shown to be comparable to the other main leads.

[@eko9554]

People like drinker don’t care about helping the movie industry. All he cares about is money, looking superior, ratings, being greedy, exploiting people, having cult of personality, disallowing minorities working in showbiz, having his own politics in media, and having his group having more representation than others.

[@BLACKSTA361]

​@@acacia8261Both sides are starting to get really annoying no joke. If you don't agree with them on one bit then you're a hard-core right winger or leftist. Anyone watching this chaos from a neutral point of view can see that both sides are acting like absolute jokes. Even the Presidential Election in 2020/24 has been just about picking sides than actually listening to the policies any of these candidates are suggesting What people don't understand is that many these individuals dont care about you and are only using you for monetary gain (youtubers etc) or to get voted into a high ranking position

[@Ijustusethistocommentstuff]

@@BLACKSTA361Honestly, it's still about policy, it's just that both are clearly incompetent in their own ways, but one's actively hostile to the systems of governance, and literally has a 1000 page manifesto saying how they will take away pretty much everybody's rights and destroy the environment if their currently-being-criminally-prosecuted candidate wins, in more flowery language then a Shakespearean gardening store catalogue. The more apt comparison would be choosing between either "chocolate cake baked by a terrible chef", and "being shot in the chest with a harpoon gun, and then Hannibal Lecter tries to help you".

[@tombillington8564]

His real name is Will Jordan. He’s from the small town of fife in Scotland and was once in the army. It’s at this point that he decided to rip off jack reacher and make up in his head his own version. “Ryan Drake”. He essentially wrote fan fiction for years claiming he wasn’t ripping off anyone and then when that didn’t bring the money in, he started reviewing game of thrones on KZbin. It wasn’t getting him the views he wanted but then when all hope was lost, he watched an episode he didn’t like. He made a video on it bitching about it and his fans loved him being a miserable bastard. Fast forward to today and his calendar may as well say “September, bitch Rings of Power and if there isn’t any women to bitch about, find something to nitpick at”. Next year, he’s got Snow White on his calendar and essentially anything from Disney. It’s the most cynical way of making money on KZbin. I wish KZbin would change its business model but that’s on them

[@eko9554]

If Will actually watched Inside Out 2 or Encanto and enjoyed it then he wouldn’t review it

[@DoctorWondertainment-sb9ee]

Did you actually read the book? Or is this your third hand take from someone who also didn’t read it?

[@akhimahathir2004]

​@@DoctorWondertainment-sb9eeL

[@malikarsyasakani]

He WAS in the army!?

[@xibalbalon8668]

Seeing how Conservatives analyze media is always fascinating. It almost never makes sense and is always filled with contempt, passive aggressiveness, fear mongering, and the most superficial interpretations.

[@Superfan303]

And i thoughy i was the clown😂😂

[@Meyveda]

To be fair the same is with the woke cult people, that’s why I find these comments entertaining.

[@Wheelman2004]

@@Superfan303Care to explain why you disagree?

[@Superfan303]

@@Wheelman2004 the other guy gave a good reason and y'all can be as mad as you want but the public hates these movies the drinkers critisicm is a valid observation

[@Wheelman2004]

@@Meyveda Anyone who unironically uses the term "woke cult" has nothing of value to say.

[@zenmaster8]

Wait till drinker finds out about the trans guy character where everyone respects his identity

[@Alex_Vir]

And the whole nation of crossdressers.

[@caegray6987]

There's a trans actor in the live action show too. Certain conservatives seem to think that if a media is popular it must be *because* it's conservative, and ignore any evidence to the contrary. Or maybe that's just the narrative they're pushing to their audience

[@Animefan24711]

And Kikunojo the trans swordswoman who came out around the same time Drinker was criticizing wokeness in media.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

this reminds me of anti-woke anime viewers who think 'Japanese Culture' is the last bulwark against 'western degeneracy/wokism', meanwhile they point to the most wokely written anime ever, my jaw literally hits the ground analyzing how their brain works, it should be studied by neurologists

[@Scaash]

People act like he just hates Trans characters and not that he is pointing out how pandering it is to the LGBTQ+ community that it is. If it apart of the story and has been well astablished I know I dont have a issue with it. It's when they take alread astablished characters and change them. I like my respresentation of my group to be authentic not some gotcha shock wow factor like it has become

[@sammonroe882]

The algorithm kept reccomending this guy to me relentlessly... I watched two videos... Found it amusing how insecure he was, seemingly honing on any scene where a woman can be perceived as upstaging a man and going into a hysterical variation of "That's not the way this is supposed to happen!" Also realized this is the exact type of person that would have(and probably did) go on multiple blog posts in 2006 all about how "James Bond is ruined because the actor has blonde hair, and that's not the way I want it!" And noone who gets that bent put of shape about such silly things should be taken seriously...

[@mergele1000]

The three dots next to one of his videos -> "Do not recommend channel"

[@pw6002]

Conservative critics: "This show is bad because it's woke. That show is good because it's not woke."

[@eko9554]

That’s what happened to the Mario movie. Some conservative channel made a YT short titled Mario Movie is not woke. Most of the comments aren’t being skeptical and believe that there is this “woke” thing in movies. Edit: it was made by a conservative organization called foundation for economic foundation

[@Venoxisguides]

But most things that are woke suck ass.

[@eko9554]

@@Venoxisguides Well can u define woke?

[@Venoxisguides]

@@eko9554 Victim mentality, forced diversity, strange hiring practices that hire people based on their race or sexuality to score points with social justice warriors, i cant even name all of the shows/movies that have been destroyed by this kind of thing, but if you try and point any of this stuff out your just called a "bigott" or a "racist", i'm neither fyi.

[@eko9554]

@@Venoxisguides No it actually means to be aware of a racial injustice and was positive slang made by black activists until conservatives stole it to describe things they don't like for their personal gain.

[@Mavisdundundunnnmanston]

Has CD never seen Spy X Family? Yor is clearly a powerful fighter, and hardly traditionally feminine in how she cant cook.

[@MDSpencersLs]

No no no don’t give him ideas

[@somik-i3x]

Also, Yor got the more masculine motivation of '' I will put myself in danger for the people I love and will do anything to keep them safe'' compared to Loid motivation that is ''I want peace in the world''.

[@andrejg4136]

Milia Jenius (Macross) walked so Yor Forger could run.

[@zephyr8072]

It wouldn't surprise me at all if CD took a look at Spy X Family, saw that Loid and Yor are PRETENDING to be a traditional family unit and took that at face value. Because he's so shallow he'd be unable to fully analyse a puddle.

[@sgnox7781]

He prabobly didnt but he has no issues with characters or shows like that, for example he loved blue eyed samurai and the female lead beats everyone and is not femine at all.

[@krusnik94]

As someone who has trained in martial arts and is a man, it really bothers me when people talk about fights with any expertise when their argument always boils down to "the bigger person''s always going to win" which shows me how little you know about fighting, leverage, balance, speed or positioning. I'm also really glad you pointed out the 1 vs many argument as if there's a difference between men and women when taking on multiple attackers. Here's a tip for all of you whether you're male, female or whatever. If you are faced with multiple attackers... run

[@Szriko]

rip to your skills but i'm built different i'd win

[@probableflaws3597]

As if right on time I just saw a video of a HS inter gender wrestling match where the girl wiped the mat of her male counterpart. Doesn’t mean it always happens or happens even regularly, but I think it allows for the suspension of disbelief when it’s a media based on imaginary characters with special abilities

[@m0ejo324]

One of my favorite things to point out is in Spider-Man 2 video game on PS5 with MJ. I point out that she has been trained by Sable, using the element of surprise and using her weight motion to knock someone down and fully knock them out with the taser gun. It is so annoying that at this point I ignore them.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

One of the wilder things I've seen was a breakdown on how the trope Conservation of Ninjitsu, aka the type of thing Jackie Chan's always pulling off in his flicks, had several grains of truth in it- separating opponents to take them on easier, group fights in general harder to ensure on the side with more attackers, less confident attackers may not perform as well due to confidence that 'the rest of the group has it, I can take it easier' and so on. It's another way how knowledge of fighting styles and 'might makes right' can fall apart in practice under the myriad of circumstances that can happen out of your armchair.

[@LimpDogma]

​@probableflaws3597 lmao bet you had to search for something like that

[@holylight2428]

Those guys like things out of spite instead of liking things for their own enjoyment, what a miserable way to live I pity them.

[@PercyTinglish]

Ironic comment

[@moe5020]

cope lol they like everyone like shows that are good and not cringe simple as

[@zacheryeckard3051]

​@@moe5020For the love of god, think *then* type.

[@IvanValance]

this is some projection

[@purplecrowbar1332]

All of the replies to this comment prove the poster’s point lmao, what a waste of life

[@ChristianIce]

This video aged like fine wine.

[@juanrollel3693]

like rotten milk that it come out as

[@ChristianIce]

@@juanrollel3693 Butthurt fanboy spotted.

[@metadata4255]

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[@akhimahathir2004]

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[@ChristianIce]

@@Garrettmoron Verified KZbinrs are not real people.

[@jadewedge6082]

"The anarchist in me" I almost yelled in disbelief while I'm sitting in a VOICE CALL. THE ANARCHIST IN HIM? Holy shit.

[@aisnota5192]

Yeah. A REAL anarchist is a bald guy who hates Superheroes more than Garth Ennis, for upholding the status quo, and hates Wes Anderson movies for "having too many white guys"...... fuck.

[@ninegearcrow]

Every bootlicker thinks THEY'RE the radical and everyone else is the conformist, even as they're giving the leather another coat of saliva polish.

[@theobell2002]

Inside you there are two anarchists

[@jadewedge6082]

@@theobell2002 Apparently the two anarchists inside me weep

[@hoominbeeing]

It's probably less of a declaration of his politics and more of a way of saying his impulses for wanting no rules. It's used in the same way "the classroom was in anarchy after the teach left" would be used.

[@adrianwagner8202]

Even though this comment won't be seen by many, I still wanna show my appreciation to José for calling out these hypocritical, conservative reviewers who try to mask their malicious worldview with their so called "criticism". It's one thing to really go in depth about the writing and filmmaking, but watching it through this cynical lense that tries to paint progressive ideas as the cause for the declining quality in movies, is just a fundamental misunderstanding about art and just serves to brainwash their viewers with their outdated ideology. I'm sick of those people, and for the bottom of my heart: Thank you! Keep up the great work.

[@DjTrustNo.1]

could you check back on the fallacy of "...is just a fundamental misunderstanding about art and just serves to brainwash their viewers with their outdated ideology." in regards to the bits and beats that are jeseted down our throats since quiet some years when just wanted to go to the cinema? Because otherwise we have two sides with the same tactics and other values, and both suck, but one is forcefully in power while the other is raving against it. Always suck the corpo and push the underdog when you comply with the values, dontcha? :D Or you do not even understand anything and just make pretend? Funny eitherway, had a laugh and move on.

[@ShadowMewto]

Based

[@ShadowMewto]

@@DjTrustNo.1you are so close to getting it……

[@aisnota5192]

There is an organization dedicated to calling out the Chuds.... granted, they're not professionals, but it's never been about that.

[@eko9554]

These conservative reviewers need to be seen as televangelists. They don’t care about helping entertainment industries, they care about exploiting and manipulating people in for their financial gain. They just live in million dollar homes and buying so much action figures, games, and dvds.

[@munkyzzb7504]

This guy Critical is so obsessed with gender and identity it's crazy. It's what he accuses leftist of but it's insane and overwhelming how much he is. I didn't even think about gender identity in most these scenes

[@nolabets3130]

That's gaslighting, Hollywood has never been this bad with the virtue signalling unrealistic shit they spew, there's a reason his stuff is resonating with people, the new writers are awful at their jobs and input left wing politics into everything, he's got the subs and views for a reason and he's affecting theatre ticket sales in a big way

[@blaiddenjoyer3206]

​@@nolabets3130 Buddy I highly doubt he's affecting ticket sales 'in a big way' ticket sales are down because movies have shit writing from execs pushing out unfinished garbage like no tomorrow, a saturation of the market that's mostly filled with garbage made to make a quick buck. There's no art to movies much now, but it's not 'leftist ideas' that are the problem. Most of the classic movies people like have some leftist theme (The Matrix was written by two trans woman and critiques capitalism and has a trans allegory in the blue/red pills, Parasite is a critique of capitalism, Barbie is a huge in your face 'girlboss feminism' movie, Oppenheimer had some critique on McCarthyism imo). The real problem is capitalism sucking the soul out of art. Because that's what movies, games, books, and songs are, and they deserve to have time taken so they can be at full potential.

[@frozencloudzzful]

They have been doing it for decades. Sit down please.

[@nolabets3130]

@@blaiddenjoyer3206 So the writers have no blame in this, it's literally their words on the page but they have no blame they are perfect lol, only thr "evil execs" come on, also capitalism is the reason these movies can even be made in the first place and the reason your so-called favourite writers can even be paid 🤣 none of this exists Without capitalism which is "if you create a good product you make profit" Blows my mind when you people rag on capitalism and it's the only reason your life is as comfy as it is Drinker and all of those guys in that circle did not become that big in the last 5 years for No reason, it's because normal people who aren't brainwashed left-wing ideologists have started to notice the pattern and the correlation between inserting the most insane part of left-wing ideas In every legacy franchise with a sledge hammer. Also I used to be a leftist time to stop calling it "left" time to call them psychos because the people that don't think gender exists or they LITERALLY hate white people should not be associated with a political ideology, they are just crazy.

[@nolabets3130]

@@blaiddenjoyer3206 Also Barbie tricked a lot of people including myself, I took my 3 sisters to go see it because all the marketing and the trailer show that it was gonna be a fish out of water comedy starring Barbie in the real world, the trailer never mentioned patriarchy once and when you get in the movie it is just full-blown freshman level sociology horshit, what happens if they release a Barbie 2, ppl won't be tricked anymore. That marketing was brilliantly deceptive.

[@MalkuthSephira]

the really specific way Critical Drinker is permanently angry is so oddly disconcerting. he talks like every single word is being forced out through gritted teeth (it actually sounds like it, too. say some words, then force them out through teeth you're actually gritting, i'm serious), and it gives him this air of always being one wrong move away from exploding in rage and breaking things. it's legit stressful to listen to, makes me feel like i'm on alert in case he boils over and i have to throw hands in self-defense lmao

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

You sputtered out this gibberish in fear over online content you remember watching 😂. Don't worry about "throwing hands." You cannot even order food without anxiety. A hobbit could take you. 🤣

[@Billiamwoods]

​@@MerlinTheCommenter What?

[@hughjanos3992]

@MerlinTheCommenter post bmi redditor