Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "The Acolyte Episode 6 - Revenge Of The Cringe" video.

  1.  @choreomaniac  : The casting couch is a tradition as old as Hollywood itself. No nepotism, no Hollywood.
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  2. Interesting comment, that. But tell me? Am I the only one wishing the Drinker could maybe move on now? “It’s funny how we all revert to type, sooner or later, isn’t it?” Says the guy who gave us a really entertaining video about Werner Herzog and then wheels out the safe old Star Wars clickbait. Cue the memes we’ve all seen a thousand times (literally) and the echoing, “the message,” voice, as though we all have the memories of goldfish.
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  3.  @LúneIstar  : Huh, I see wot u did there . . . 🤤
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  4.  @NathanSommer-c8l  : Yeah, don’t get me wrong. The guy still makes me larf, (I’m here aren’t I? 🤷‍♂️) but I’ve been following him for years, since back when he was a wee timorous beastie who ran naked in the heather with the rest of the wild haggises for the pleasure of just a couple of thousand viewers. And back then he was original, eclectic and way funnier. Now, I feel like he’s allowed himself to become enslaved by the algorithm, banging the same drum because it guarantees his biggest audiences, rather than just talking about what genuinely interests him and the things that made him fall in love with cinema and TV in the first place. You have to admit, even if you don’t agree with me, that you seen and heard a LOT of his gags a thousand times, right? Eventually, he’ll wind up sounding like that old guy who lives in the basement, complaining about movies being too loud now, or something. And the only audience that will stick with him will be the bigots and angry 50 year old virgins who just want to see him stick it to the, “lib-tards.” If he wants to get some of his old magic back, he should talk more about what he loves, less about what he hates. Sure, still complain about what he hates, but for crying out loud! A blow by blow account of an entire series that we already know he hates and why??? That’s not educational, or informative, and it’s getting less and less entertaining. The other day he released a riveting video on Werner Herzog’s movie, Fitzcarraldo, which was excellent on every metric I mentioned in my last sentence. With new and different material, he was forced to write new and different witticisms, whilst giving his audience a bit of genuine insight into the movie making process and a look into the world of a truly unique and fascinating project that could have destroyed everyone involved! That was a taste of the old Drinker that drew me into this channel. I miss that guy. I just don’t want to see him become the type of algorithm chasing hack that he ridicules. And I don’t need to hear the same old gags, getting older with each repetition. I’m a fan.
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  5.  @Naesil89  : Well, exactly. But that, “free money,” is also something he has to work hard for. He is becoming a slave to the algorithm. And in a few years he’ll end up with only a specific audience who aren’t interested in his insights and just want to hear him sticking it to the people they don’t like. He used to be less repetitive and more interesting when he talked about the diverse things he hated as well as the things he loved on screen. Did you see his video on Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo the other day? Educational, informative and entertaining. A touch of the old Drinker I first started following back when he had a couple of thousand subs. That movie nearly ended the lives, let alone the careers, of all involved and Drinker’s take was fascinating. I miss that guy.
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  6.  @NathanSommer-c8l  : My first response to you got zapped by the algorithm. No idea why? I’ll just say, “funny,” yes, but the same old gags, over and over? That’s just taking his audience, the algorithm and his once more creative abilities for granted. He’ll end up enslaved to that algorithm, with an audience that aren’t interested in anything other than kicking Disney and, “wokery.” Film criticism will be forgotten. But hey, he’ll have money, so . . .
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  7. “It’s funny how we all revert to type, sooner or later, isn’t it?” Says the guy who gave us a really entertaining video about Werner Herzog and then wheels out the safe old Star Wars clickbait. Cue the memes we’ve all seen a thousand times (literally) and the echoing, “the message,” voice, as though we all have the memories of goldfish.
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