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Alien Romulus - Critical Drinker Reviews (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago by jet@hackertalks.com to c/showsandmovies@lemm.ee

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So I have to admit, I was cautiously optimistic about this one. The trailer promised a stripped down, back to basics approach to the Alien franchise, with a fresh new cast and a talented horror director at the helm. But does it live up to the promise?

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[–] MBM 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did not expect to see people share Critical Drinker on Lemmy

[–] jet@hackertalks.com -2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

His gruff no nonsense reviews appeal to me, and I've never been disappointed by anything stamped with drinker recommends

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFz_00sC7mo6MosxP6XeYpwoAtkdVUpq1

That's the entire reason I watched the menu and it was amazing

[–] MBM 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My impression is that he mostly makes money off calling things woke (spreading The Message/forced diversity/Mary Sue/cancel culture/etc.). The Menu is great though.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah I'd just put that down to no nonsense reviews.

If a media property spends more energy on politics then the story/writing itself that's a reasonable bit of critical feedback.

He celebrates empowerment when it's motivated properly in the story, like his love note to Arcane. https://youtu.be/W3h6Pszege4&t=481

[–] jet@hackertalks.com -3 points 10 months ago

I usually agree with the critical drinker, here I'm going to respectfully disagree. I think the analysis of the film is absolutely correct. The analysis of the source material is correct. But the takeaway of people being unexpectedly enthusiastic for the film I think is incorrect.

Everything exists in a context, and the context which this film released in is one of demand and hunger, there hasn't been an equivalent well put together film for quite a while. And even if this film copies much of its structure from past films in the series, it's still relatively fresh amongst the current movie options. I think people are excited because it's the best available, even if it isn't innovative. And I can't fault people for that.

People like watching Shakespeare productions, even though it's been done before, and I think the same can be said for alien. A good retelling, even if it's not masterful, can be very rewarding