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He never contradicts his main audience

posted a year ago by BigMom (1930)
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He is followed mostly by right-wing MCU haters,and he is pretty smart,he knows how to make money,so you can always predict how his reviews will be:

- Marvel movie: it will sucks,because "the message!"

- Movie/tv show with minority leads: it will sucks because "the message!"

- Movie/tv show with a male lead,from a indie director: it will be good,because "no wokeness!"

Like,he recently criticized Rings of Power and Black Panther 2,and probably they even really suck (i havent watched them) but,seriously: does anyone thinks he was "allowed" to like them?? Imagine if he for some reason liked them,and made a video about that: his audience would criticize him so much! But he has books and merchandise to sell,so he plays it safe and gives his audience what they want: video where he makes fun of those products. Also,him like other right-wing youtubers,were ready to criticize also House of the Dragon and accusing that show of wokeness,they made videos against that show a few weeks before the show came out. But,when they saw that the show was actually liked even by their main audience,the right-wing people,they immediately changed opinion and made positive videos about House of Dragon. Him and other youtubers like him,change opinion based on what its convenient for their buisnesses.

[–] emori (3072) a year ago

Rings of Power of power truly deeply sucked )))

He does give good reviews to things he likes. He cant review every movie because why would he. Youtubes often review movies that are being advertised in press. When there is hype - people will click to see opinions.

I dont always agree with movies he likes. But that his personal taste and I have mine. No one can agree on everything.

When there are good movies with non-whites in lead and no wokeness - he wont criticize it. Youtubers criticize it when there is very obvious diverse hire out of charity. And usually those movies and show suck because woke people cant create anything good.

Everyone were ready to criticize House of Dragon. But it wasnt as bad as everyone thought it would be. So they gave positive reviews.

It can make impression that he criticizes only movies with diversity hire and wokness. But its because he choses bad woke movies to do that. As his audience likes to hear reviews on bad movies.

[–] SandyR (7330) a year ago

He sounds genuinely surprised any time he likes ANYTHING coming from Hollywood these days.

[–] Martoto (4085) a year ago

He's not a reviewer or a critic. He's a content generator for a specific audience that likes being told what they already want to hear.

[–] liscarkat (16483) 6 months ago

There is no audience that likes being told what they don't want to hear. Try telling a woke audience what they don't want to hear. But first be sure you have a police escort, and don't let them find out where you live.

[–] Martoto (4085) 6 months ago

......For instance his dipshit audience wants to hear the word "woke" said all the time.

[–] Corbell (8096) a year ago

I recall him liking Blade, a marvel movie with a "minority lead".

The "message" is a real problem with modern..culture.

Pretending otherwise is not rational.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

He also liked Everything Everywhere All At Once, a movie with a mostly minority cast, one of whom was gay. He’s discussed in his videos about the difference between “woke” and “diverse”, and he was man enough to admit when he was wrong about something.

The OP clearly hasn’t done enough research.

[–] Corbell (8096) 6 months ago

I missed that video. I will try to find it tomorrow.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

Here you go, when you have the time:

https://youtu.be/FmnzpHu2Tjc?si=HomeL5aibGouShad

[–] Corbell (8096) 6 months ago

Cool thanks. I have to leave for work, like in moments. But will check it out tonight or tomorrow.

[–] moviefanatic505 (6000) 6 months ago

Not surprising a person like you would like the critical drinker. Let him do the thinking for you. As dumb and shallow as he is he has a larger brain than you do.

[–] Martoto (4085) 6 months ago

"Woke" is when there is already an audience wishing to be reaffirmed about their paranoia/prejudice toward a film or the people making it.

"Diverse" is when there's no identifiable, pre-existing market to exploit with clickbait takedowns.

Big rule in marketing. Play to the market you know about. Don't put any resources into anything you don't know if there is already a market for.

If JLC had been in the media praising the movie's diversity or identifying a lack of diversity elsewhere, I can guarantee you he would not waste time feeding off the inevitable anti-woke backlash, regardless of the content of the film.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

If that’s really how you see it, then it's no wonder you people have no idea what's going on. It must be exhausting having such a warped view of the current culture.

[–] Martoto (4085) 6 months ago

There's little more cringeworthy than the defense of "oh what about that one thing he praised despite the cast being diverse?"

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

That one thing? He also liked Alita Battle Angel, One Piece, the first Wonder Woman, Aliens, Terminator, Blade, the list goes on.

Like the OP, you clearly don't know what you're talking about.

[–] Skavau (9067) 6 months ago

He could perhaps expand his palette to look beyond the MCU and Star Wars then.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

He has. Feel free to check out his library at your leisure.

Disney products bring in more views, which every content creator cares about, but if there's something else he wants to bring up, he does so.

[–] Skavau (9067) 6 months ago

And he's missed a lot more shows. Most of his content is MCU, Star Wars, franchise films and action schlock (overlaps with the former)

If he only focuses on the MCU because money, then fine, but it's borderline grifting then. He's not really giving an honest overview.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

Well, those are the most prominent shows and movies being misused after all, and they take up a lot of release slots throughout the year, so there's much to discuss. Those franchises used to be beloved by many, now they're mouthpieces being used by people who seemingly dislike the core audience, hence why audiences tend to care more about those.

With that said, you could always find someone else that reviews whatever movie or show that you like if Critical Drinker is over-looking it.

[–] Skavau (9067) 6 months ago

>Well, those are the most prominent shows and movies being misused after all, and they take up a lot of release slots throughout the year, so there's much to discuss.

Movies? Maybe.

TV shows? Absolutely not. Not even close. Disney/franchise schlock is not as prominent in TV at all.

>With that said, you could always find someone else that reviews whatever movie or show that you like if Critical Drinker is over-looking it.

I just use IMDB ratings to find new stuff.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (16140) 6 months ago

Definition of audience captured.

[–] emori (3072) 6 months ago

I actually saw his praise shows and movies that I personally dont like and thought he would trash them. Like House of Dragons for example.

But his problem is that he became predictable and is releasing videos only about woke movies/shows eh doesnt like and there are same complains about them. Its very rare that he is releasing praises. So you just know everything he will say in new video. And it become boring and repetitive.

I used to watch all his new videos. But now I see new video about some movie and instantly know everything he will say. So I dont even click. And even before repetitiveness was his big problem. Like he is releasing 7 minute video. But you can watch first 3 minutes and then turn off. Because he keeps repeating same messages.

Not to mention he uses in a loop same few video second of trailers. So you watch same freaking fragments 10 times before he finishes. Its like - put some effort into editing. Use from open sources few trailers, clips, pictures. Slow down speed. But not show 40 seconds of same fragment 10 times in a loop. Its exhausting.

[–] einsteinfountain (920) 6 months ago

One of the things I can't stand is he knows exactly the audience he has. They are folks who actively sit and look for anything that goes against their political ideology. If it does he hones in on it. Fake outrage is what I call him. It honestly creates a toxic way to look at things.

[–] Crocodile (2948) 6 months ago

The thing about House of the dragon is that the right-wing youtubers were ready to trash it,and before the release they made videos about how woke it was etc. then it came out,they saw that people was liking it and that it kinda became the "anti-Rings of Power" (as they were released in the same period) so they immediately jumped on that bandwagon,just to follow their audience.

[–] Crocodile (2948) 5 months ago

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[–] Sparky (2303) 6 months ago

I suspect his consistency has much to do with the consistency of the crap that Hollywood produces.

[–] Skavau (9067) 6 months ago

Except he's very selective in what he checks out. He gives a misleading impression.

[–] [deleted] 6 months ago

It's all a big hate echo chamber. Losers band together and get outraged in unison over stupid bullshit.

Does anyone else hate movies and tv shows with women, non-white people and non-heterosexual people? You do? Ha me too, did we just become best friends? Go woke go broke! Wooooooo!

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

Is that what you think they’re hating on? Women, non-whites, and non-heterosexuals?

[–] [deleted] 6 months ago

I don't watch this bozo but as far as I'm aware he's one of the most popular 'go woke go broke' dudes on youtube, dudes who hate on 'woke' entertainment.

For a lot of those dudes anything that features women, non-whites and non-heterosexuals is 'woke'. Strong female protagonist? A 'Mary Sue', feminist propoganda. Non-whites in strong roles, some characters are LGBTQIA+? Forced diversity, 'woke' messaging.

[–] LanceDance (1069) 6 months ago

Well there you go. You don’t watch him, so you don’t know what he, his peers, or his audience, are criticizing.

He loves movies like Aliens and Terminator, and shows like Buffy and Xena, all of which star strong women. He praised recent movies like “Everything Everywhere All At Once” and “Alita Battle Angel”, which starred minority women in main roles, with the former having an Asian lesbian as a major character.

People never had a problem with diversity, and still don’t. They have a problem with studios’ half-assed pandering to niche audiences while antagonizing their core audience. That’s what wokeness is: pretending to support diversity and inclusion so that they can actually push their bigoted and divisive agendas through popular IPs.