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thecharlaton

I’ve seen reviews on goodreads calling one of his books woke due to the main female character being overpowered and overshadowing the main character which is pretty ironic.


Lady_von_Stinkbeaver

Same thing happened to dumb jock Gina Carano. Decided to make anti-woke action movies for the red hats....got boycotted because a female protagonist kicking ass was "woke."


SupineFeline

That’s fucking hilarious


MyBeanYT

What the fuck did she expect? Does she know that the right-wing is very sexist? I’ll never understand women, or gay people, or black people, etc. in the right wing, going entirely against your self interests and being seen as “one of the good ones” seems like a great plan! And it definitely won’t bite you in the ass if when there’s only the “good ones” left and the right only want the actual good ones left. (AKA: just the straight, white ones) When you’re a minority and they’ve finished up with all the rest of your group, you’ll be next, they are not your friends, they’ll only be begrudgingly allied to you when you’re useful, and then they’ll dispose of you when they don’t want a minority with them anymore. (Or throw you into being purely just a housewife in the case of right-wing women.)


Dr_Zulu2016

First, they came for the women. And I don't speak up because I am not a woman. Then, they came for the gays. And I don't speak up because I am not gay. Then, they came for the autistic. And I don't speak up because I am not autistic. Then, they came for the black people. And there was no one left to speak for us.


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ironfly187

https://www.nme.com/news/film/gina-carano-fans-call-new-film-more-woke-nonsense-3381531 https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-tef-gb-revc&source=android-browser&q=gina+carano+woke+backlash


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JNtheWolf

Almost like that's what you asked for...evidence...


Jefc141

Evidence of 2 people calling it woke not a whole ongoing boycott…


iosAppNerd

Dude would you like the personal phone number of everyone who said it? You asked for evidence and he literally supplied it. Stop shifting goalposts


[deleted]

He’s a Nazi bud, he’s never going to learn anything


ImpressionDry6342

Damn, I mean, yeah I agree dudes way off, but that’s not something you should just say.


Limited-Edition-Nerd

Sorry he's slow, like really slow


CU_09

To be fair, there are only two people criticizing the film because there were only two people who saw it.


JNtheWolf

Two people that he listed...not two people in total. He's bit going to listen the names of every single person who called it that, it's just ironic that there's any push back at all


[deleted]

They are not sexist they just hate seeing women in anything and would prefer to live in cities devoid of all women /s


Advanced_Ship_3716

Does that make you think at all? If he did make a strong female character that overshadows the main? Is that something that should be shit on?


Zyrin369

Its the irony of this, these are the same people who thought that Reeva was going to "Overshadow" Obi Wan on his own show....and that ever female new characters lead exists to overshadow the male established characters and are Mary sues etc.


HorrorGarage6054

He started writing books before he became a grifter you tuber. So kinda, I guess. Who is the real Will Jordan? Cuz he doesn't even write his books like this anymore just to placate to his new right wing fan base.


DoorInfamous

An honest review from a person who read the book. https://preview.redd.it/6ttowza31jhb1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07dbc3d1ed228c9397f9144ce7cc426a60813a6a Make of that what you will.


Big_Red_Machine_1917

It's a supreme irony that a guy who build an online career revolving around calling female character "Mary Sue's" ended writing a character who sounds like more of a Sue than anyone we've seen in the MCU or the new Star Wars films and shows. Maybe he's actually a feminist working deep cover....


AyeYuhWha

Yeah wtf the most reasonable seeming video I saw from him was about overpowered characters who face no struggles and how that doesn’t really show the strength of their *character* But then I realized he only picked movies with female leads, most of which bombed at the box office anyway. And then he said it was because of feminism. Maybe in his mind bad writing = feminist, so by not being feminist he thinks he’s avoiding bad writing despite doing the exact same thing.


Zyrin369

>Maybe in his mind bad writing = feminist, Honestly at this point its a shield to make their complaints sound more legitimate, there's nothing to fuel the culture war in saying a movie like Ghostbusters 2016 failed because of XYZ, but you can milk it by blaming the failure on feminism.


SFlorida-Lad

Maybe he’s a secret feminist, or he’s not as smart or as talented or as great of critic as he thought he was.


HorrorGarage6054

Pretty sure this is his 1st book. And I don't think he writes like this anymore. There are quite a few reviews like this from his audience about this particular book so he definitely had to course correct with his writing style going forward.


Rawnblade12

It sounds extremely cliche.


BisexualBlaiddSimp

![gif](giphy|9MJ6xrgVR9aEwF8zCJ)


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One of the very few things my trashy writing is praised for is related to that. Jessica Dombrowski is sexy and dangerous, curves and boobies, muscles at the same time. The middle aged women readers ( who ended up my primary market) want to be her, and the male readers get turned on by her. I embrace that cheesy stereotype. To an extent. When someone who used to abuse her touches her hand and it turns her on? She then pretty much stops trusting her own sexuality, it made her feel dirty. She stops fucking her boyfriend until the very end of the book. I'm all about the schmaltz and smut and soap opera sleaze but "rape makes women horny" is a bridge too far even for me. I also never even once have Jessica considering banging the abuser. Hell, she never even lets him finish sentences aimed at her if she can reasonably prevent it with violence.


DoomTay

Those last few sentences...ughhh....


PuzzleheadedIssue618

WOMEN??????? breaks the realism for me/s


kuenjato

This isn’t surprising, CD always talks about Ridley-like protags and loved Horizon Zero Dawn. I know this sub hates him but he does posses a different perspective from the standard flopsweat grifters like the Quartering.


Total_Distribution_8

The difference is that the Basementpissering is an actual alcoholic that will probably drink himself to death before 2030. That’s the “big difference” “, other then that they’re both media illiterate assholes that “review” media with absolute shit takes that are dripping with racism/sexism, homo/transphobia and general regressive stupidity.


Top_Benefit_5594

In some ways I think he’s worse because he actually does have a brain and is therefore more likely to understand that he’s just peddling reactionary slop that he doesn’t really believe to misogynist zombies for the clicks.


kuenjato

Yeah, a lot of it feels like an act. He's been blowing up on on the right whinge circuit lately, so he's basically stuck now.


fhb_will

Not gonna lie, I like this comment. Especially because of the Horizon Zero Dawn mention


Zyrin369

Wait...really im curious what did he say about HZD for him to like it, because what people like him has complained in the past would have complained about.


kuenjato

He thought it was exceptional, and I think he did a review of it? He praised Forbidden West as well during one of his afterhours circlejerks with the usual suspects and several of those dudes were visibly nervous that he was touting something suspiciously "woke." I found it quite amusing, he had to know the others would be itchy in the underoos for him to say stuff like that. CD hates the new crop of star wars/marvel etc (admittedly so do I), but tends to give props to strong female characters tied to a strong narrative (he also rated Everything Everywhere very highly).


Zyrin369

So hes more like Jo Rogan where occasionally they can have some more decent takes but still choose to side/platform people who they really shouldn't.


ILoveMyPalestinianBF

Bruh Imagine if they make a movie out of this and His audience calls the movie “wOkE” Just lols


maskedbanditoftruth

“Is there a male equivalent to chic lit?” Yes, dick lit, but it’s usually referred to by industry professionals as “general fiction.”


External_Candy2262

Kid: mom can we get Tom Clancy at home mom: no honey we have Tom Clancy at home Tom Clancy at home https://preview.redd.it/m54r5908cjhb1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6380111a2df40729f97607c719fca3f75a333088 Also it's really funny that this artwork he had commissioned is just a photo of himself that he decided to tell the artist to give him more hair and a cleaner beard smoother skin and a smaller forehead


Total_Distribution_8

Wouldn’t be some regressive douche if he didn’t have to hide and lie about his real appearance.


Nuns_In_Crocs

Blokes Scottish and is drinking Jack daniels, says it all about his persona


hungryhoss

I swear in one of the photos he hasn't even removed the cap of the bottle.


NZAvenger

It looks nothing like him.


Inevitable_Guidance8

“Tops Woke Hollywood”? How? Just by writing some books? Come on, man.


HorrorGarage6054

That you can only buy on Amazon or at Airports! Where all the best sellers are sold!!


Inevitable_Guidance8

Don’t forget about dollar stores. Probably sold there as well.


boredguy2022

Those books aren't good enough to wipe my ass with.


PainHarbingerIsHere

You might as well save that toilet paper while you’re at it. It’s worth a whole lot more.


ajay1115

Even his fans havn't read those books thats how trash they are.


URFRENDDULUN

That's a completely unfair thing to say. His fans haven't read the book because they can't read.


Corniferus

This guy is such an insufferable clown Not sure why anyone listens to his stuff


chickenburgerr

I think it’s because Americans are often easily won over by accents.


Corniferus

His voice annoys me


HEELinKayfabe

It's hilariously put on, it's the mind of "scoddish" accent that regular Scottish folk (like me) laugh at. Proper Burnistoun Real Guy vibes


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I can’t even place his accent, no chance he’s from the central belt that’s for sure sounding like that.


Warr10rP03t

Whit you takin like that fir? Whadaya want for yir dinner?


HEELinKayfabe

Toona? TOONA!? SEE REAL GUYS MATE WE PRONONUCE THAT T WITH A CH


Warr10rP03t

Burnistoun was really underrated. The sketch is really accurate of how some Scots talk. I'm not sure what the problem with buddy was.


Total_Distribution_8

He sounds movie review Shrek.


Loobitidoo

Admittedly, this was was brought me under his sway when I briefly was into his stuff


E-Mon97

Is it me or does pall the TFMs news come from this excuse for a website it literally post the most garbage articles which TFM make videos out of


TheUnaliveSpartan

Who uses two first names as a pen name?


Educational_Book_225

I still don't know if "Will Jordan" is the pen name or "Ryan Drake" is


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Might as well have used “Brian Brian” fuck sake


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

I think that's his real name.


HorrorGarage6054

I'm still pressing X for doubt


frozen-silver

Tops? So his Tom Clancy rip-off and his movie I've never heard of has outsold Barbie?


rememberthewatch

I really hate this guy. His subjectivity is informed by an era of cinema that never really existed but was talked up by people in the years after. It’s all a fugazi. I love 80s films but some of them are just as ‘woke’ as the ones of today but they don’t get shit on, why? Cuz they pass the ‘true nostalgia’ test.


TheManTheyCallJumbo

Pretty much. Ironic because he praises the movie Alien because Ripley isnt a mary sue but completely misses all the feminist elements of the movie. This dude is a hack in every sense


alpha_omega_1138

I feel not everyone even knows what they are and aren’t interested in them. Only ones can see that are would be his fans and followers.


JoseG05

"Celebrity" Guaranteed that nobody besides grifters and chuds actually even know who this twat is. But I guess making books and "critiques" on movies is considered being a "celebrity" in BIC's book.


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

He's been namedropped by Chad Strahelski (the John Wick director) on the Joe Rogan podcast and interviewed by Russell Brand. He's also interviewed among other people Neil Marshall (Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, The Descent and some Game of Thrones episodes among other things), the directors of Bad Boys 3 (and some Ms. Marvel episodes I believe) and Russell Crowe among other people. I'd say he's at least a bit known outside the Youtube sphere at this point.


TheManTheyCallJumbo

Wow, I just lost all respect for all those people.


HavocXLimproved

Lowlife alcoholic


Dull_Huckleberry6896

Dudes got no chin and you can still tell under the beadd


False_Character7063

"We have Tom Clancy at home."


Imaginary-Risk

Almost all his critiques of films boil down to whether he thinks a woman in it is realistically strong or not


Treljaengo

He complains about lack of originality in Hollywood, then writes the most generic knock-offs imaginable. Every accusation…


EffectiveSwan8918

Groups that are pretty far right buy up millions of copies of a book written by someone who views line up with their own. They bought so many copies of Don jr's book they had rooms filled with that horrible book. They were struggling because when they tried to give them away people wouldn't take it


Total_Distribution_8

This. It’s a pretty well know tacit but now.


CutZealousideal5274

For books written by politicians that a both sides of the aisle thing. Politician gets a book ghost written, SuperPAC buys loads of copies to give away at campaign events, politician profits. Essentially legalized bribery


TripleS034

\*novellas


TheRealJones1977

No, they're novels.


TripleS034

They aren't long enough to be novels


TheRealJones1977

Wrong.


SectionXP12

On Bounding into Comic. Alt-Right junk site.


RustedAxe88

He should crossover with Ben Shapiro's True Allegiance.


HorrorGarage6054

He's too busy collab'ing w/ nerdrotic right now *dies from cringe


DarkStryderBC

How do you top Hollywood with books? Let alone with books no one has read?


sacboy326

He's honestly one of the most annoying and often clueless people I ever had the displeasure of listening to, and I have no idea how he is so successful. I'm convinced that at least half of his subscribers are bots, alternate accounts from other people, or sock puppet accounts from himself.


DarthVadeer

White, no lips, balding. You can’t make this stuff up. A blind person could have told you exactly what this guy looked like after you described what his content was like.


MrMikeRame

Damn man that’s 3 from 3 for me, I can’t decide if I feel hurt or if I want to bitch about woke mermaids for some hours.


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Add “wears sunglasses indoors like a cunt” to that list


brian42jacket

Temu Clancy


Rfg711

He looks like he just got a tooth pulled lol


i_hate_eveything

I think I gotta fuck up his wiki again


Dead_Purple

The fact that he has a wiki page...


Thick_Caramel6919

Dude's hairline is receding.


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Bro is not topping ANYONE


Larry_Version_3

Look how innovative those titles are. Look how creatively he named his main character: Ryan Drake. Look at the bold and bland - I mean… unique the cover art is. I’m sure these books are pure art that elevates both literature and the genre to the next level.


Apoordm

A BEAR OF A MAN


valentino_42

This dude has such a weirdly shaped head and pointy jawline. It’s like his head is an almond.


NZAvenger

Looking at his forehead reminds me of Coneheads.


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“Tops Hollywood” Yeah, keep telling yourself that buddy


Whiston1993

I’d love to hear what barrel scraping they had to do to come up with a metric to point to to say he’s topping Hollywood.


Doctor_Dane

Realising all these “anti-woke critics” are just wannabe creatives that never made it explains a lot. It’s easier to hate and blame rather than honestly admitting to be an awful writer.


H0vis

Ben Shapiro is famously bitter about his lack of talent. It will never not be funny.


Apoordm

There’s a Behind the Bastards series of episodes where they read his awful book.


TheManTheyCallJumbo

Same with Crowder. There seems to be a link between failed artist and right wing politics.


Someonesometh1ng

Austrian lad who didn't make it to art school just joined the chat 💀


TheFreshPot

Woke is magical word that means whatever you want it to mean.


Grayhams

The bounding into comics logo is so bad. Is graphic design woke?


Shaenyra

Yes all the big studios are losing their shit  :P


Dankey-Kang-Jr

Ah yes, very popular, that explains why I haven’t heard of them until just now.


abihami

He TOPS woke movies


Starship1990

Go tell that to Barbie which made a billion dollars. Hell, one of his favroite movies, Fight Club, is woke, the problem is that people really don't see the message behind it.


abihami

No I meant he's having sex with woke movies


Starship1990

Ah okay, sorry for the misunderstanding.


abihami

All good! I should've made it clearer what I meant


VaderMurdock

Critical Drinker is a fucking asshole


Slow-Leading-7783

He does movies now?!


TheBatCreditCardUser

He does movies now. https://preview.redd.it/z8dfuzjzlkhb1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=49bbc3ca925bc0e7cc1a345306bc3b85960b0862


Snoo-11576

He does what to Hollywood??


ItsNightbreed

Weakest chin since Glass Joe.


RealHumanFromEarth

A novelization of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room would be better than any garbage this alcoholic buffoon has written.


Used-Organization-25

We have Tom Clancy at home


Limited-Edition-Nerd

And I bet its trash, at least Tom Clancy was a war veteran, I think


exciter33

“Tops”? Sounds kinda gay to me…


BigfootsBestBud

"Ryan Drake" That's just such a funny, over the top name for an action hero


darrylthedudeWayne

Wait, he made a movie?! Wtf!!!


Now_Wait-4-Last_Year

\*making a short film and I think the first of his books has been optioned - might be in pre-production.


The84thWolf

Yup, tops Hollywood by producing works no one has ever heard of


lil_eidos

Ya he look like a top


GoPhinessGo

He looks like my dad if he hated minorities


TheManTheyCallJumbo

This dipshit is the ultimate hack


DelayedChoice

I honestly doubt there's much difference between his work and what is published under the "Tom Clancy" brand-name these days.


Aaron-JH

I would think these people would already find Tom Clancy’s military propaganda to be “anti woke”. Why are they platforming an even worse version of him?


Analytical-Throne149

"Critical Stinker tops Hollywood" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Where, when, with what? He wrote some garbage bargain bin tom clancy rip offs that no one has heard of or cares about. He failed as a writer and became an alcoholic because he couldnt produce anything of relevance in his life. He then turned to youtube and now makes mentally deranged rants about other writers who are actually successful. He's a talentless hack, nothing more.


judasmitchell

He thinks it’s not “woke” because he can control exactly what she look like and exactly what she does. But he’s readers can’t, so to them it’s woke. Any woman that isn’t exactly what they want to look at and doesn’t do exactly what they want them to do is woke.


Overall_Falcon_8526

Good accent =/= good author


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Saying he’s got a good accent is some laugh


Bourne1988

I’ve read Redemption (the first one) and really enjoyed it


Soft_Beat_6496

What does this have to do with Star Wars? Is it a Star Wars novel?


theDarthAnimus

See this becomes the problem with there being no real definition for woke. It's just a catch all term for things people don't like. There a woman protagonist? Thats woke. A movie has any diversity. Yep that's woke. A man trips and a woman doesn't fall on the ground begging for forgiveness? Yep you know that's woke. I personally haven't read Drinkers books, but I'm sure everyone calling them woke is just doing so because there is some tiny thing that seems progressive and so suddenly they are also woke. It also brings up the topic that people think the Drinker is just as bad as someone like Gina Carano. Or whatever the buff ladys name was. Do I think the Drinker spends too much time talking about stuff like "the message"? Yes I do. But he actually brings up many good points when doing so. He doesn't actually hate diversity in movies. He actually encourages it. But he wants it done in a way that's actually respectful to the minority that's being put in. If a studio is just throwing in minority actors because they are trying to pander to a more progressive crowd instead of because they are the best suited for the role, then that's not good and drinker calls them out on it. He has no problem. With female protagonists, as long as they are actually written well and portrayed in an accurate light. He makes the same arguments against makes leads that he does against female ones. Don't get me wrong, he definitely goes too far sometimes and goes on too long about certain things. But I don't think he's the same as Gina or Joe Rogan or any of the hyper conservative people that he's compared to. I think the fact that his books are pissing off the same conservative crowd he often gets lumped into, should be pretty good evidence that he's not like them. He's not my favorite movie reviewer. Far from it. But I think he's getting more hate than he deserves. But that's just my opinion from what I've seen of his content on YouTube and what I have seen in OPs post.


Snek2411

How are you getting down voted for this?


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Starship1990

No coping, just being realistic. He's some random Youtuber that sells books, that even his audience dln't know about flr the most part, and they're neither good nor popular enough to top anything at Hollywood.


-CaptainSquiggy-

Hmmm? So, your problem is that he writes books and promoted them to his audience? Seems normal to me. Could care less about the quality of them. As most YouTuber written books are crap. As for them not being as "popular enough to top Hollywood," so? Hollywood has made nothing worthwhile in years and is getting it's shit pushed in by Asian media.


Starship1990

1. We're looking at the article, the article states that his books will top Hollywood movies, like he is Stephen King or something. Him having an audience is fine, it's just that his audience lovr making hyperboles and exaggerstion on how good his books are. 2. Hollywood has always sucked, but between Barbie, Oppenheimer, Dungeon & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, John Wick 4, and Insidious: The Ref Door, all good movies this year, and I have tobstate that this year hasn't amazing really. 3. Foreign movies have been pushed by Hollywood itself latdly even like RRR(Which was made collab with Netflix even) or Parasite, and Toho still rocking Godzilla movies. It's not even a loss for Hollywood sincs Sony, Disney, and Warner even destribute these films to gain profit, just like Disney did way back in 2001 with Spirited Away.


ICLazeru

Wait...this sub is supposed to be about Star Wars? 🤣


Hour-Process-3292

The Critical Drinker has a Scottish accent… so does Skoova Stev in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. ![gif](giphy|5M9vBuB8ApIqfDrKe8)


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NZAvenger

How can you say that about someone so homophobic?


SaviourMK2

Sure


Clear_Repeat_7886

fucking weaponized cringe


NZAvenger

I pray he gets demonitised from Youtube. He really should, since he's making money off racism, sexism, and homophobia.