Comments by "" (@MonkeyJedi99) on "The Critical Drinker" channel.

I noticed this problem, without being able to fully articulate it, when they "remade" the movie Red Dawn.
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@frankn356 Nah, the main character (a Pacific Islander/Inuit) will fall for a half-panda Timorese refugee who is fleeing an abusive arranged fiancé who is an oil company CEO.
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I saw this a couple of days ago with a friend who said, "This is supposed to be the Marvel movie that most closely follows the comics!" So after seeing it, I went home and perused the internet to find out, nah. Not even close. In the comics, none of the Eternals are one-power beings, but instead have a suite of powers all in common to include strength, high resilience to damage, FLIGHT, and teleportation (though some were apparently better at teleporting than others). Then they each had an extra 'something' that they were either alone in, or at least FAR better with than the others. - Also, they weren't robots or manufactured beings, but humans evolved by the Celestials, much like the Inhumans were. And, Druig was the bad guy Eternal in the comics. - So, the movie Eternals could hardly be farther from the comics' Eternals if the writers tried. - I agree with CD. WAY too many brand new characters. We could have done without Gilgamesh and Thena, and the speedster whose name I can never remember, as well as Kango. Side note, does it bother ANYONE that the character Kango is portrayed as a major influence in Indian culture, acts in generations of Bollywood films, and is played by a Pakistani comedian/actor? Don't get me wrong, I like Kumail Nanjiani as an actor and a comedian. I can only assume the role was written that way because either the writers knew nothing about Pakistani culture, and/or we the audience are expected to know nothing about Pakistani culture.
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I would also reference the scene in ST: TNG Redemption II [Data has been assigned to command the USS Sutherland] Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hobson: Excuse me, sir. I'd like to request a transfer. Lt. Commander Data: May I ask why? Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hobson: I don't believe I'd be a good first officer for you. Lt. Commander Data: Your service record to date suggests you would perform that function adequately. Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hobson: No, no, no, that's not what I mean. I don't think I'd be a good first officer for *you*. Lt. Commander Data: Why? Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Hobson: Frankly, sir, I don't believe in your ability to command this ship. You're a fellow officer and I respect that, but... no one would suggest that a Klingon would be a good ship's counselor or that a Berellian could be an engineer; they're just not suited for those positions. By the same token, I don't... think an android is a good choice to be captain. Lt. Commander Data: I understand your concerns. Request denied.
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It seems like the fight choreographer was allergic to having guns fire right-side-up or have melee attacks NOT have useless spinning. I don't know if the herky-jerky fight scenes are your edits to avoid copyright strikes or the film's editor(s) trying to make things more "actioney". I suspect the latter to be true.
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He did use AI. Authentic Idiocy.
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@swaghauler8334 Meanwhile I had a 2nd Lieutenant who was incapable of keeping track of his own weapon, radio code book and even his helmet. I pretty much saved him about three years of ass-chewings with my constant cat-herding of him, keeping him out of the way of the E6 who was actually running the platoon.
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I blame (at least in part) "participation trophies".
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From Christopher Titus: "So Thomas Jefferson said "Every generation needs a new revolution". Now our grandparents had World War II, fought the Nazis. Our parents had the Civil Rights Revolution. Our generation has... Shamwow and Prozac. That's it, man. We just went through the worst decade since disco and how did we deal with it? We bitched on the Internet, got medical marijuana cards, and played Grand Theft Auto" This ties into Efe Aydal's post as well.
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A short number of years after the movie came out, a sandwich shop/convenience store one town over from me was robbed at sword-point by a guy wielding a reproduction katana based on the one in the movie. So it had impact.
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Do you mean the composer? If so, it's Mahler. Gustav Mahler.
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That's Emma Stone? I though it was Carly Rae Jepsen after a three week bender! And what's with the dude from A Clockwork Orange? Is he an ultra-violence fashion consultant?
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@Maybeabandaid9 Oh! Okay.
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Also, if you listen to a story told by a 6-year old, you start to understand the Tarantino style better. As in, they start somewhere in the middle of the end, then sprinkle the beginning, middle and the end in unequal parts, leaving you wondering what really happened. And what the neighbor's cat had to do with their art class...
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@richardhockey8442 That is why I prefer "The Renegade Cut" version of that movie, where all traces of the planet Ziest have been expunged.
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@thehoerscorral8565 The part of the Exegol fleet that pissed me off was that we are supposed to believe they could not find UP with both hands unless the magic transmitter was working. Bith please!
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At least Justice League had characters for whom there was at least a general awareness. - You would think Mickey Marvel would have learned from the tepid response to the Inhumans show, which had a (short) season to develop characters, had fewer of them, and still left a lot of people saying, "Meh." I watched the Inhumans series over three days, and there were characters for whom I still no bleeps about. The king who can't talk without killing people? blech. The queen with hair-based "superpowers" who gets shaved bald? yawn. Sabrina the teenage lightning bender? bland. The giant teleporting dog was more sympathetic than most of the named characters. - This Eternals group probably works okay in a comic format, where they can devote huge chunks of storytelling to establish each character. But like you said, to jam all ten into a single movie? Even at 3 hours, that's an average of 18 minutes per character, if they do NOTHING except introductions.
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Hey, there is currently a surplus of Lensflarium in Hollywood, and it is apparently too expensive to store over the long term.
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It was done best in "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka'"
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I'm really glad my dislike of Melissa McCarthy kept me from seeing this piece of roadkill.
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@krausewitz6786 All of these 'movements' have been vocal minorities of the total population. Even if the cause they are voicing is right AND righteous, it is still largely a minority expressing their concerns. And the quote I shared is from a comedian who uses humor to shine a light on life.
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I am shocked, outraged and offended! (That I once ever contemplated seeing this movie.)
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If they are going to the trouble to remake it, they may as well go full Ghostbusters and cast only "appropriate*" female actors for the main roles. *Appropriate in this context means they must be non-hetero, or non-binary, or some other non- that will make the minority Twitter hyenas happy. - Highlander 2? Ah, fuck Zeist. (I prefer the "Renegade Version") But on the plus side, Michael Ironside chewed some great scenery. Highlander 3? not completely painful. Highlander the Series? Mostly great in my experience. Highlander Endgame? I barely remember that one. Highlander The Source? Someone deserves a beating for THAT one! Make it two beatings and a weekly lecture about learning from one's mistakes.
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@Ishkur23 Wow. This is so... right.
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I read a lot of good series written or co-written by Michael Anderle, and except for one series I have never been disapointed. - I recently stopped reading a 6 book series by a different author about halfway through book 2 because the characters were so MONUMENTALLY dumb. They would have a character development in one one part of the book, and shortly thereafter go back to square one in their decision making skills. I was actually shouting at the book at one point when it took almost three chapters for a character to ask another "What did you mean when you said _______?" instead of just ignoring them completely, when their insight had "saved the day" in the first book. (Also, it slightly irks me when characters on a space ship or in a building interact with "the ground" when they're actually interacting with a floor/deck.)
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@crayonconsumer69 Yeah, low-grade remake with Chris Hemsworth in the lead. From 2012. In the remake the combined Soviet/South American/Cuban invaders are replaced by NORKS (North Koreans). Because North Korea somehow has the population and airlift capacity to invade the continental US all on their own? And it was the North Koreans after the filmmakers knuckled to pressure to change the script from the Chinese being the aggressors. Because kowtowing to China has been the modus operandi in Hollywood for decades now.
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@jezebelrose6897 I am completely unaware of a YouTuber by the handle Mauler.
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I can remember watching many an episode and trying to tell Picard through the screen, "Pay attention to the Klingon!" Then something happens, and the Klingon was right.
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What the HELL is that draw grip in the thumbnail? Whomever taught that actress how to fire a bow needs to be trebuchet ammo!
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Movie reviews should be about the movie. I actually REALLY liked the movie. I think Brie Larsen played the role quite well. I don't like Brie Larsen's politics and 'ism statements, but if people were allowed to like Michael Jackson's music (I don't) even while he was having sleep-overs with children and an chimpanzee, then I can like this movie even while disliking the star's personal statements. It's not like Brie is having sleep-overs with children and a chimpanzee... - If people don't like a person, judge the person, not the product in which they were only one part. - IF this seems like I don't agree with Drinker, understand that I don't HAVE to agree with everything he says. I still watch these videos, and agree more than I disagree. Particularly the awesome examination of Ghostbusters 2016!
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