Drizzlehell
Banned
Nerdrotic
HellvsBabyface
Mauler
Melonie Mac
And a bunch of other channels led by guys with English sounding accents who all focus on one thing - shitting on woke Hollywood.
I watched Drinker at the beginning when his channel was just taking off, and after a while I even started looking into those other channels that I mentioned once they started appearing together on various podcasts. It was pretty cathartic for a while to have someone finally speak up about all those movies and TV shows that sucked, and unlike the people who are usually motivated by prejudice and bigotry in criticising movies with THE MESSAGE, guys like Drinker actually made some convincing and reasonable arguments. I suppose it's because he's like a published author or something, so he definitely knows how to write compelling scripts for his videos too. But the more I consumed that type of content the more it started to grate on me because channels like that pretty much thrive on shooting down things that are very easy to make fun of, especially if your specialty is pandering to the audience who just wants to cathartically hear someone more eloquent than themselves validate their frustration with "woke" movies.
Don't get me wrong, much of the stuff that they tend to criticise IS a dumpster fire, but even when you catch a glimpse of them actually praising something, they will usually do it through the same type of lens. So, as a result, whenever something's good in the eyes of a Drinker, it's usually in part because it's not one of those "woke" films, and it has a manly man doing manly things. It's a generalisation of course, but there's definitely a trend to be found in his content and it's all very transparent and tiresome sometimes. Yes, there are bad movies coming out these days, but when did Hollywood ever NOT release shit movies that sucked for one reason or another? There's also more than one way to look at movies than through this vaguely political lens, but I feel like because he puts so much focus on that aspect, and because he's so popular, he kinda contributes to creating this toxic echo chamber for people who won't even bother engaging with something if there's a chance that it has THE MESSAGE in it.
I mean, am I crazy or does anyone else see this? If you go looking for something then you can find it pretty much everywhere. I could probably make some pretty convincing arguments that every 80s action movie is actually about the main character struggling with his homosexuality, but I doubt that was the actual intent of the filmmakers.
HellvsBabyface
Mauler
Melonie Mac
And a bunch of other channels led by guys with English sounding accents who all focus on one thing - shitting on woke Hollywood.
I watched Drinker at the beginning when his channel was just taking off, and after a while I even started looking into those other channels that I mentioned once they started appearing together on various podcasts. It was pretty cathartic for a while to have someone finally speak up about all those movies and TV shows that sucked, and unlike the people who are usually motivated by prejudice and bigotry in criticising movies with THE MESSAGE, guys like Drinker actually made some convincing and reasonable arguments. I suppose it's because he's like a published author or something, so he definitely knows how to write compelling scripts for his videos too. But the more I consumed that type of content the more it started to grate on me because channels like that pretty much thrive on shooting down things that are very easy to make fun of, especially if your specialty is pandering to the audience who just wants to cathartically hear someone more eloquent than themselves validate their frustration with "woke" movies.
Don't get me wrong, much of the stuff that they tend to criticise IS a dumpster fire, but even when you catch a glimpse of them actually praising something, they will usually do it through the same type of lens. So, as a result, whenever something's good in the eyes of a Drinker, it's usually in part because it's not one of those "woke" films, and it has a manly man doing manly things. It's a generalisation of course, but there's definitely a trend to be found in his content and it's all very transparent and tiresome sometimes. Yes, there are bad movies coming out these days, but when did Hollywood ever NOT release shit movies that sucked for one reason or another? There's also more than one way to look at movies than through this vaguely political lens, but I feel like because he puts so much focus on that aspect, and because he's so popular, he kinda contributes to creating this toxic echo chamber for people who won't even bother engaging with something if there's a chance that it has THE MESSAGE in it.
I mean, am I crazy or does anyone else see this? If you go looking for something then you can find it pretty much everywhere. I could probably make some pretty convincing arguments that every 80s action movie is actually about the main character struggling with his homosexuality, but I doubt that was the actual intent of the filmmakers.
