Comments by "buddermonger2000" (@buddermonger2000) on "The Critical Drinker" channel.

Yeah I have to agree and I commented something similar on his most recent video. I think he's a expecting too much to see "Strong Female Character" to realize where the differences are. I mean here, she's his wife and just wants to know what the hell is going on because Mark left her in the dark. She's capable but not overpowered and most of the time she was saving it was saving Steven who's genuinely the one who's so weak. It's not like she really saved Mark. Also worth noting... she never really won legitimately or if she did was really for the reason that she's a main character. Like it was evident that Ethan Hawk was basically toying with them the entire time and it's evidenced when he just pulled a gun and shot Mark outright after he was sufficiently standing in his way. Two in the chest and that's it. And she was completely helpless to it too. She couldn't do shit. And her superpower part was explicitly temporary with her deal as per the agreement: "Just for this" and when she did tell Mark how to do that spell she was told how via that goddess so it's not like something SHE knew. She was even successfully tempted by Ethan Hawk so realistically she "lost" that battle of wills with him. So I kind of don't agree with his take here really.
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@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Yeah it's just been shit. However I'll always enjoy Moon Knight for having the balls to have its main Villain just shoot the hero. Like come on he's just a normal dude. Shoot him. And here... he does. It does do a fairly good job at making Ethan Hawke feel entirely in control too. Issue is more just poor execution on ideas arguably from studio rigidity as it is almost as formulaic as the rest.
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4:46 See, here's my contention, I think the issue is seeing her as a supporting character. Given how the entire intro was about her and developing her, i think it's safe to put her as main character in her own right. This would basically put her as the protagonist and miles the dueteragonist. And i think this can be supported with the rest of the film as we never really leave her perspective but for the time we spend with miles, until they meet again, at which point they're either together or time is split between the two. For an analogy i can pull from, it's the original pirates of the Caribbean where we're introduced into the 2 protagonists of the story, William and I think Emily. They're roughly the first 10 to 15 minutes of the movie up until the introduction of captain Jack sparrow. Jack sparrow is basically the third protagonist in the film, but he's used as more as a major supporting character as he is only ever shown at the side of the two protagonists having moved from one to the other. This translates to our perspective actually being on Emily and William at any given time which puts them as the protagonists and not Jack. To tie this in, we see Gwen and Miles used in exactly the same fashion. We don't really break from either of their perspectives and they're the only ones given that level of time and development. This implies it's their story together, not just miles, much like how Pirates of the Caribbean was William's and Emily's together, not just William's or Jack's.
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I think it's also worth noting that said Kaiju battle was mostly in the background and not the soul of the fight. It was a parallel fight to give extra clarification and I guess not have Khonshu be completely useless. In that end I'm kind of fine with it.
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@amaneyugihanako-kunofthesi8849 Even then it looks like they were kind of fighting it in making the kaiju battle in the background to parallel with the more grounded fight between the main characters.
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@JohnnySilverFinger On top of that she's stronger than STEVEN. Not Mark. Once Mark is in the picture she's relegated to the backseat. And on top of that, things usually end up worse when it's just her and Steven. That pair is clearly weaker in the story.
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Yeah but it's still a problem and here was an opportunity to in some form correct that mistake. And then did nothing.
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He starts off by noting the advantages and that it made a lot of money. One of which was infinity war hype which is why even captain marvel had a lot of people go to see it. When did he say it was a masterpiece?
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My theater was actually relatively quiet, and me enjoying it made me the loud and annoying guy at the theater. Not everyone can be happy
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@Lawrence_Talbot To be fair... that wasn't her fault. She was asked the question. How was she supposed to respond? I mean in context. Clearly... the writing for that scene is kind of dumb.
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@Lawrence_Talbot Looking on it from her respective I kind of see it as "I have superpowers and I really don't have time to explain do I'll just say yes" even though reality that interaction was just for "the message" a tiny bit.
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Tbh given he was only there 2 years, I'm not sure there really was much option. Unless he decided to personally cancel development of everything in production, most of that would've been in greenlit and in production before he even took the helm. Anything that would have come out under Chapek would be coming out right about now at the earliest. It would take probably another year to see what was greenlit under his leadership. And that would only be the very beginning as well which would be when he hadn't had enough time to move. It would take over a year to see what he greenlit after he established himself.
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Man praised a movie from Bollywood and All quiet on the western front. Not sure how that stacks up. But was he even disingenuous? He starts off by saying it made a bunch of money and why. Nothing he said contradicts this video. "Black Panther had a stellar cast, hype leftover from infinity war, and a sociopolitical movement behind it which wanted its success" doesn't mean it was good. In fact by completely omitting his ideas about the plot it says how bad it is through omission if that is all the praise he can give.
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Genuine question: in Moon Knight where was "the message"? Like I genuinely do not know where in that show that it was. There was no mention of race and the only thing from the woman was that She wanted to be included and told things when she was left out. I guess you slightly have it with her getting powers from Tawetit but that was very specific and there wasn't anymore afterward. Plus she didn't even do much with those powers. She always took a back seat to Mark who was always more capable. She was only more capable than Steven since he was made to be the "safe" man who was out of his depth since he didn't even know what was going on with himself. I think you're kind of stretching things a bit there.
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@nickporter9264 Tbh, even 30 years ago Japan was simply very wealthy, not in any position to really assert itself on the world stage as it knew America was its master and not 10 years prior in the 80s America went to Europe and Japan and told them to stop manipulating their currencies to undercut America. And they did.
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6:45 For evidence of him not actually doing that, it was under him that in the parks that toy guns were no longer allowed to be sold. Small thing. Very small. But very clearly done not for financial reasons. And it was under his leadership. He's 100% the problem.
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@emblemblade9245 That's because the writer actually knows how to write and knowing the power of his medium knew he could basically fuck with anything he wanted. Honestly he's an incredible writer who knows how to tell a story with realistically his only restriction being "continue to make us money with your series that you love making"
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It's just that since it features a situation that has happened and is politically charged in the news they call it "exploitative"
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9:00 You know what makes this worse? Could've done it. Could've used the very same trick they used twice on Reva and on the Grand Inquisitor: could've stabbed him and then had him survive.
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Nah everything he says has a point. There's nothing that is untrue of what he says. Pointing out flaws doesn't make you triggered.
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Okay I don't think it's quite that which is being discussed here. It's more of "I'm the dangerous one when you're one order away from trying to kill me?" and it seems drinker here has understood That as well. He's also correct in it being completely stupid. They point guns at the Hulk too. Why? Because he's a Rampaging Monster destroying things. And she's holding thousands hostage for the sake of a fantasy.
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7:20 I wonder if it's just her way of personally dealing with the terrible script and role so she based herself off of AOC because then it's fun.
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Two comments: I do find interesting that this is simply a criticism of the writing and not even the goal of the writing and a perfect example of letting your goal get in the way and actually ruin your attempt at it because you were blinded by it. I also find it interesting that, had these rules not been in place, we would have well formed and actually strong female characters. Characters who have depth and genuinely stand along their male counterparts. But that takes work. And maybe having a temporary submission to the male heroes who came before. And that hasn't been allowed for 10 years.
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@Cobalt20 Yeah the reason is the motivation and outcomes which in Strange's case both positive. He breaks them for selfless reasons and saves others. She breaks them for selfish reasons and enslaves others.
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@Yourghostuncle Lmao honestly. Probably why he wasn't exactly scared of dying in infinity war. Mother fucker already did it thousands of times and knew he'd be back to life in a moment (to him at least).
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1:45 Her name is literally "Cruel Devil"
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@jcdenton2187 Yeah I kind of got that with his characterization of Layla in Moon Knight. I absolutely expected "Strong Female Character" and was presently surprised to NOT have that and it really did seem like he was cherry picking for a through-line. One which did not exist and you'd catch if you were at all paying attention. But he also seems to not care at this point and it seems about probably where his mind is at at this point. He's not exactly invested anymore and whatever investment he did have earlier was eroded by everything that came out prior so why would he be so now? Even more so considering almost everything else fits with the rigidity and issues that come with all other Marvel things I think he just doesn't care anymore to see what might have influenced certain things and just call them stupid.
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I'll defend wonder woman 1984 in that that movie was just not built around it. It wasn't the traditional and the movie was never about it. The villain fit the themes and it seems that the struggle for wonder woman is never actually against the villain but what's around him. Except for the cop-out in the first movie which seems like it was tacked on for a cheap fight scene and resolution because that took away from everything it was trying to say. Basically wonder woman movies have a theme and the villains have been in service to that theme and works especially well with wonder woman because she's basically a goddess among men and can honestly kick the ass of basically all of the villains with her little finger as soon as she gets to them. So it's a respectable narrative choice and one seemingly made intentionally unlike the other ones that are examples here which are clearly the result of ineptitude and incompetence.
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Daisey Ridley can't act
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"It was in the comics" isn't really an excuse. If everything bad about the movie is from the comics then it's a bad comic too. The two aren't mutually exclusive. And regarding the "colonizer" thing Wakanda here would have the least legs to stand on as they hypothetically let it Happen and did nothing. If they're roughly a century ahead due to this super material any Europeans in Africa should've been completely expelled from the continent. So... really dumb.
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Where do I watch this?
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I'm like number 1800. Nothing more. Just seemed neat
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@Josh-hh2cu I mean... it's not like he's all knowing or something and was mostly distracted as he was focused on other things and moving forward with her for all intents and purposes "defeated"
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To be fair... how did she get in charge in the first place and how did she get there? She's the only Valkyrie left. Everyone else is dead. Also she was only in charge because whiny fat Thor had given up and became a hermit so she was already leading. She was de facto leader already and then he gave her de jure. Also It was supposed to be temporary. Though.... we know it isn't.
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 @TheCriticalDrinker that's what we pay you for
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@Lawrence_Talbot What was cheesey?
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@JohnS-il1dr absolutely
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With hindsight we know it went terribly
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To be fair... femLoki is Enchantress, a Villain in the marvel universe, and it looks like the Loki series was setting her up for that future role and scarlet Scarab was explicitly temporary at least in the slow (but from that little girl we know it's not). Kate bishop is also explicitly a wannabe that fails constantly so I think she's fine.
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@setakh I don't think Hawkeye was really humiliated. He was doing the humiliating of the naive Kate the whole show until the very end to show that she'd grown which at that point had been kind of earned. Loki I can see it a fair bit more, but in that show as well he was basically given an arc to pursue that direction so it seems less jarring at least. He starts off as the Loki we know and then is kind of beaten into his current self. I think the second season will really determine if he's actually just a shadow of himself since Thor basically went through the same thing and ended his movie as king but Loki was snubbed of that chance at the last second due to the end with Kang. So for him I'm curious to see how he ends that second season. Dr Strange seems the most issue here and his issues began with No Way Home in being irresponsible, but I think that was somewhat justified with him simply trusting Peter too much. But being fine with Wanda's hostage of a town is character assassination of someone who willingly killed himself on two separate occasions to save the universe and basically told Thor and Loki to GTFO because they were too dangerous. He's been a no nonsense character and at this point he shouldn't he our of his depth in the multi-verse even if it's new to him. It seems to have been the case only to accommodate other characters.
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@setakh So the thing with Hawkeye is that it takes place in Holiday of 2025 which is a few years after endgame. And if you know old age at all, it comes slowly... then suddenly. So he's slowing down and getting older. For him, he'd already been like mid 30s by the time of Avengers so nearly 20 years later he's slowing down. Him being feeble is a conscious choice and yeah just a function of getting too old. What you said about Loki is why I kind of see it more there what you're referring to. I don't think they made him dumber per se since he was still incredibly intelligent, but he was humiliated a fair few times in combat even if he was never the greatest combatant and realistically seems to have been basically de-powered and effectively sidelined. Which is why I'm curious to season 2. If it remains the same yeah it's done but I do have a feeling it'll reverse now that Enchantress is seemingly out of the picture. I don't think there's any saving Dr Strange or Scarlet Witch. The latter specifically since she's dead now. Even though the darkhold corrupts people wow did she fall EASILY. And Dr Strange did way too little in context. That'll always be a stain on his character from now on in terms of writing and characterization.
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@setakh Yeah. Honestly just watch the video from midnight's edge about reshoots for the movie. Seems like it was the behest of a very eager overseer who wanted to sideline strange in his own movie in favor of America Chavez.
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@setakh Yeah watch it. But Summary of the problems: realistically it was outlined from the studio anyway the requirements so directors are only there to attach a name and collect a paycheck. But the previous version Chavez was more sparky and strange was genuinely just a side character in his own movie. This is actually an improvement. I'm going to guess Fiege kind of overlooked the way the interactions went until final product was being reviewed and realized "Yeah this is bad and needs to be fixed but our deadlines are too tight to do anything more so let's just tone this down"
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Glad to hear an honest review of this. I'm not sure how experienced the writer is, and if this is their first outing this is a great start. If it's not, then they need to find a better writer. Overall not a bad start to a new studio it seems.
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Remember that none of these announcements are for us the audience, but instead for the out of touch investors who they hope don't have good memories in order to justify their continued investment and capital. If they're "announcing projects" they don't have to address the destruction of the brand because they're "working on it"
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Cleavage. Also objectively her costume in MoM is more interesting design wise and still does her justice. But you know no cleavage there.
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Apart from the Pale Orc who didn't exist, much of this is just Tolkien's Hobbit. It was just basically a children's book as you said. Super simple, but not worth a trilogy. Just a 2 and a half hour movie would've done this.
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I want more of this it sounds so fun. But nah only got 5 minutes to hear about sadly.
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