"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy." - George Orwell, 1984
"She betrayed you, Winston. Immediately-unreservedly. I have seldom seen anyone come over to us so promptly. You would hardly recognize her if you saw her. All her rebelliousness, her deceit, her folly, her dirty-mindedness - everything has been burned out of her."
Normal corporations will ruthlessly pursue industrial espionage cases, but corporations that deal with military technology will just eliminate leaks with prejudice. Like the Boeing whistle blowers. Regardless of whether giving the third world digital files on how to build nanotechnology would help them in some way, or lead to their destruction, or just be met with indifference.
That, and if she even mentioned the possibility of leaking sensitive information like that, she'd no doubt be promptly arrested for violated the NDA she certainly signed, plus violations to national security.
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
I honestly don't care about most of these modern bastardisations but your videos are just so informative and entertaining. Definitely one of the best critic UA-camrs out there.
I also enjoyed the source material differences and explanations that the Despot provided. I found the Despot after I watched the first 3 episodes of Rings of Power when it was released. I was thinking, "this series sux. Is it just me thinking this way?" That day I found the Despot, Nerdrotic, and the Critical Drinker. I prefer watching hours of reviews than watching the product itself. It is much more entertaining. I have a fear of missing a gem, but these guys' opinions have saved me from watching crap. I will watch movies they recommend... Sisu... that recommendation was from RLM... who I discovered years ago thinking "the star Wars prequels weren't very good. Am I the only one who thinks this way?"... and then I found Mr Plinketts review of EP1.
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
Sshe was a terrible character.SHow itself was alright. THat MI5 director or whoever he was should have jujst told her to shut the fuck up and do as she is told.
I quit during the first episode: Two female scientists visit a bar, a nice guy approaches them politely and they respond with blatant contempt. I'm so done with this demonic portrayal of basic human interactions.
@@RobNeeth no, the scene is in the video at 11:10. These diabolical men hating writers turn a perfectly normal interaction between a man and two women into something very ugly.
@@OOL-UV2 Or it would be like Gain of Function research, weird labs, glassware drops, scientists eager to keep the money flowing, MSM pretends it doesn't exist etc.
@@DespotofAntrimI find it terrifying what exactly they told us about that boat scene. Think about it, they wrote it from their perspective and they don't have any qualms in attacking without provocation, not planning anything ( putting unmasked pillars right from the water in a part of the canal where everyone would look at the shore to be sure they don't hit something, not planing planing how to protect from cutting the "thingy" they have been looking for) and destroying everything ( families and children) if they show the slightest opposition.
Speaking as an experienced programmer -- when someone asks me what I do, I tell them, "I'm a programmer". I don't prattle on like an insecure child who mistakes @$$hole for confidence. If I could dumb down my response even further, I would. What I do for a living never comes up with my family or friends unless they speak about something in that domain. This means 99.99% of the time, I don't mention any detail about my job. Who TF does that?
Was thinking exactly the same thing. I say just I'm a programmer, I don't start flexing on my projects and accomplishments when I've just met someone socially. How utterly obnoxious, have none of the writers ever interacted socially with female scientists, or any educated people for that matter? And what, should should only less educated women ever get approached by men?
The answer I usually gave was "I work with computers" or "I work in I.T." (because in most white collar companies, everyone works with computers). People with no interest in technology don't ask any more questions. If they are actually interested, I'll go into details.
The scriptwriters that have exactly ZERO life experience and they write in what they have said when they have been 12 years old. Honestly now, that seemed cool in my mind when I was 12 but it sounded cringe after that age.
The infinite irony of Hollywood telling the impoverished working class how they should solve the world's problems while they sit on thier piles of gold
@@Sue_Me_Too ah yes, that worked out well in the past, every single time it's been done. just like communism, which im sure you abhor because of historical reasons. gotta love demagogues.
Billionaires pleading for donations towards a goal they could meet themselves without giving away 0.01% of their wealth is my favourite, knowing the poor give by far the biggest % of their money to charity and the even poorer, while they swan round boasting about the tax saving they dressed up as a virtue boosting donation 😂
@@arostwocents Haha yes indeed, or when a disaster happens and disaster relief charities try to raise $10m to save and change lives, and the best billionaires can do is tell thier followers to donate...
Great stuff as always Despot. Casting Eisenberg as Luthor is like casting Danny Devito as Jack Reacher, you dont even need to watch or listen, you can look at a photo and go "what the fffuu.."
I can't stand that kind of performance as it is.. the overly neurotic, unthreatening nerd, pretending to be confident and outspoken by refusing to shut up. And that's all eisenberg can do.
@@georgeray1906 Luthor is supposed to be cunning, dangerous yet controlled, and extremelly manipulative, being socially inept wouldnt fly whit Luthor. To portray Luthor is like portraying Batman or Superman, you have to find the RIGHT actor.
I'm reminded of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Miami in 2018, which was immediately followed by the engineering design company scrubbing all of their "All-Female Engineering team!" promotional material from their website. Apparently the claims weren't even true to begin with.
I am still trying to figure out why the books are considered good personally. The basic plot starts okay but then goes deus ex stupid with the nano technology.
I highly recommend reading the first book. It will join u instantly. The girl in the beginning is what hooked me on the book. But she didnt dir instantly. The way it was described was amazing. Ahe was sitting there being lit up and its said the bullets felt like rain drops that had more force behind them to jerk her body around. The opening of the first book sums up communism so well and its SHOCKING how much like the left it really was.
@@jamiespinks3657 Tbf I liked it. People usually just act like comic book writing is great when in reality its atrocious. I welcome when they change things.
Having read the Three Body series, I don't understand how you could adapt the story with Western characters. The entire outlook and philosophy of the series is deeply rooted in Chinese anti-Communism. You cannot separate the first book from the Cultural Revolution.
Even the later novels clearly contain notes of "what foolish things people will do for supremacy, not knowing the consequences, and later not caring," the exact mindset a Chinese man criticizing his historically militaristic government would have.
The fact you included Napoleon's clip just elevated you from despot to God Emperor. Love both you're channels and you should now systematically take control of all major studios
@@crakhaed it's not Despots channel. It's Napoleon Blownapart, no joke one of the most underrated content creators. He does MMA videos, history's other shit long form. Just another dude who's passion and style are undeniable. Def recommend a sub
Auggie is the "perfect" netflix version of a woman : bossy, obnoxious, she is also emotionally weak so you better walk on eggshells around her. I wouldnt mind that character if they had normal man who can put her in her place.
@@crakhaed I can't take credit for that name, he's actually a UA-camr that talks about old and new MMA stuff, and he has a voice like liquid gold, mmmm mmm!!!
Thomas Sowell is a treasure. Vision of the Anointed is an essential read. In a saner society it would be mandatory for all college students. The Quest for Cosmic Justice is another great take.
Oh my sweet, sugar-free, Colombian, Vanilla fudge, overpriced, almond milk, gender-neutral, net zero frappe. Wow, just wow. Tell me you're not a casting director without telling me you're not a casting director. Eisenberg's high-pitched, soy-boy, mentally challenged depiction of Luther is a perfect representation of modern youth and villainy. His laugh-based vigour and theoretical intelligence combined with the humour of a nervous toddler make him a phenomenal choice to combat an unstoppable alien symbol of moral duty. Literally, the only better choice would have been Chris Stuckmann.
I liked that movie, even if I agree that it has a lot of flaws. But as someone who is not really into the deep lore of both characters, I liked the bizarre angle Snyder came from when adapting them for his movies. Was it a good adaptation? It seems like it is not. Is it a movie I can enjoy? Yes, even with its many missteps. But I also understand Superman and Batman fans disliking it.
@@DespotofAntrim it has to do with nepotism and an incestuous industry that elects not by following talent but ideology alone. And even the few ones who have potential soon sink into that swampland.
Haven't heard of the books or the show, just here to listen to The Despot for an hour and change. Learned something I didn't know, so I'll count it as time well spent.
A much better sci fi show that actually portrays adults as intelligent, determined, focused, and well intentioned but morally gray, while not losing focus on the sci fi aspects is the Expanse. I have not read the books, but judging the show on its own merits, it is quite compelling. It’s a great example of how sci fi shows should be, not the lazy, seen-it-before shit that is modern Star Trek and Star Wars, or the pretentious, box checking, ‘adults written by adults with the minds of children’ that is shows like this and Rebel Moon. Highly recommend the Expanse
My favorite sci-fi show! I love the actual science parts plus the political maneuvering that would absolutely be all over human expansion into space. Add to that brilliant casting and talented actors makes it compelling, even on rewatching.
It was good for 2-3 seasons, but then they felt the need to lower the stakes tremendously and leave the most interesting and compelling plot threads forever hanging in the air. Instead, it veers off into being about a normal human terrorist who takes a ridiculously long time to be defeated.
Immediately after i read, "a show that portrays adults as intelligent..." I knew you were talking about the expanse. It's so sad that in a decade, no other sci-fi show even comes close. Please if I'm wrong I'll love a recommendation.
I dont know much about chinese sci fi novels but my cat was a street cat 5 years ago but now it is comfortable enough to come to me by itself while im in bed so i can pet it 😊.
Our channel is based in Canada. It's truly shaking to hear a Scot make a joke reference to our "healthcare" system when talking about the self-deletion in 3-Body Problem. Canada is almost completely the world envisioned in 1984.
@@billjacobs521 Oops! It was 50/50 call, Irish or Scot lol. We're over here working to try to get enough people out of their stupor and save Canada. There are great signs, especially in the province of Alberta. Elections next year, so we'll see what happens.
Snyder's Lex Luthor was a self insert. The quirks and hair were exaggerated. However, Snyder really believes he's a genius. It makes sense he completely changed the characterization. I have no doubt, had the Snyderverse gone on, he would have ended up saving the day somehow.
Imagine if Lex Luthor didn’t even get out of his chair when confronted by Superman, lights up a cigar, and nonchalantly explains the situation involving Doomsday, all the while exuding a dark calm and subtly menacing energy. He should always be in control of his demeanor, or his surroundings, and should never give way to jittery and anxious seeming emotions or cadences.
ONE casting switch I can think of that went "white" was Rico from Starship Troopers, in the book he's Filipino. Casper Van Dien killed it for what the film was aiming for, highly different than the Rico we get in the novel but so was the overall plot.
13:42 _"a country kilometre³"_ Better yet, a country quettametre. Thanks to the Metric system's November 2022 update, we can now express distances using a unit greater than the width of the observable universe... for some reason.
@Gyrfalcon312 Wait, why was I using metres when parsecs exist? 😂 A quettaparsec in metres is 30856776 followed by 39 zeroes. That's so ridiculously huge, it renders the unit effectively useless, because one quettaparsec is 7012,9036,3636,3636,3636.363636 (etc; "36" is a repetend) observable universes wide. Hey Despot, I found you an upgraded superlative. 😃 A country quettaparsec is... probably the size of God, or Zack Synder's misplaced confidence.
Seeing Sowell referenced in any cultural commentary gives me genuine hope for the future. That man needs to be on the forefront of basically any political and social conversation.
Naw, only one CEO has the ability to communicate the charisma and dark energy of Lex Luthor, and that is Tim Cook. He proved his acting chops in Apple’s propaganda piece that the Despot has already covered. ;D
Thank you for this analysis. I saw very few people discuss the numerous issues you have highlighted here and it irked me to no end. I thoroughly enjoyed these books and the only other channel that discusses them is Quinn's Ideas but he wears rose-tinted glasses about it. I truly wish you would do an indepth analysis of the books. Masterful work.
Mexico is a fairly developed country with a lot of industry , highways , urban centers etc. Ongoing civil war non withstanding. It always rubs me the wrong way when it's portayed as if it were Haiti.
It's sort of funny; the very people you'd generally think would want to depict second and third world countries accurately are the very ones who instead make them as pathetic as possible so they can either lionize them or guilt-trip the first world. Every depiction of Africa we get is 100% huts in the wilderness, too.
Yes, you are definitely my favorite youtuber now. You are also very underrated as well. I will fix that! After I become a nurse and get my own money, I become a channel member. I have just finished my access course, so I still have 4 more years to go. Plz continue posting great videos like this until I become financially dependent. 🙏
Hell yes, i just came to check last night to see if there was anything new. There wasn't so i rewatched some older videos. And now here you are just as i finish with Sauron Tate and Stand-in Legolas again. 😀
Your videos always give me a chuckle. A few months ago I was visiting Melbourne and walked all over listening to your videos, and last weekend I walked all over Sydney doing the same. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Furiosa, but at the same time depressed to hear what has become of one of my country's best cultural exports.
Hey man thanks a lot for the tip! Furiosa is good, not great, it's too long and you really feel the run time. On a positive note Furiosa's failure is another blow to the insufferable girl boss trope, even though Furiosa is not herself a girl boss.
I don't understand how this was even made. The main chick character sounds like she is literally destroying humanity on purpose and everyone is supposed to just be cool with it?
Thank you! As a fan of the novels I was shocked that people found this adaptation as anything other than an insult to the books. Watch the Chinese version, it's actually quite good.
W krajach gdzie niema wolności słowa autorzy muszą ukrywać to co chcą powiedziedz przez niedopowiedzenia , metafory, aluzje. Dla widzów z tych krajów są one cytelne jednocześnie natyle ukryte ze cenzura pozwala je opublikować.@@henryneubert7798
I love your videos, Lord Despot. They're always interesting and insightful. But this one truly shines as a magnificent display of your talents for both writing and analysis. Keep up the good work. We eagerly await your conquest of Hollywood, followed by the world.
I was very excited to read the novels because of the respect I have for your intricate, thoughtful, hysterical videos. Besides some intriguing concepts, I was extremely disappointed as the novels went on. There were so many directions the story went in, as you point out, that were completely unbelievable and nonsensical. Just one huge example is sending out the ENTIRE earth spacefleet to meet the first droplet. UGH. The books were so frustrating I wanted to slap myself in the face multiple times. I won't go on anymore. Love your videos! Thanks! NOTE: I just tried watching The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare... I had to stop it when the character Eiza Gonzalez was playing became too pretentious for me to continue watching... not even knowing who she was or even in 3BP.
You have a rare talent for both contrasting better movies, better stories, improving a bad story and keeping it entertaining the entire time you do it.
I also rolled my eyes, when i saw Eiza as the nano tech engineer. They needed that star value for the show, i guess - but still could've hired someome else for that character. But overall, though being a "sci-fi" show i couldn't sit through the intermitent "central perk cafe friends scenes", so i skipped most of them to the good parts. I wanted to know more about the trisolarans though 🙌 I checked out the lore, so i am excited for the dark forest part of the story! 🙌
It's funny about Jesse Eisenberg... All he had to do was just be exactly like he was in The Social Network... That would have been the PERFECT note for Lex.
I'm really not surprised this show's writing is considered smart, since we share oxygen with people who think George Floyd was murdered, Kyle Rittenhouse shot three black men and Nelson Mandela was a peaceful revolutionary that didn't kill a shit ton of black people.
George Floyd is at best a case of police incompetence and questionable use of restraint techniques. Agree on Kyle Rittenhouse and I haven’t looked into Nelson Mandela.
Haha you refused to watch the Tencent version because of 'state censorship'? That's pious and worthy of you. It's a family show, you'd know if you'd watched it, in the Chinese edition of the book the struggle session occurs in the middle of the book, in the Red Coast flashbacks. In the show there's a scene with Ye and her dad on his deathbed during the cultural revolution where they share a few words and he dies, as the result of being fatally struggle sessioned. It's not as explicit as the book/Netflix show but it's there and the characterisation of Ye is (consequently) much better in the Tencent show. She doesn't shag the Silent Spring guy and Mike Evans, and the scene with the Trisolaran traitor is put into the virtual reality game to be witnessed in the last episode, with the ETO's interpretation of what the aliens look like. It's excellent. You can't watch it now without paying for Tencent membership so whatever, you'll never know. Atomic girl is also great in the Tencent show. It's a family show, smart Chinese six year olds could watch it, the Netflix version isn't either family friendly nor smart, unless your family's weird. You didn't pick up on the wrecking of Sophon. Where did the Trisolarans get her design from? In the books she doesn't appear until the third novel, the one which you despise, and she's initially a peace envoy, no sword, just tea ceremonies. If you don't like the third book then I guess it doesn't mean so much that they've wrecked her 'dramatic reversal' but for those of us that like the third book it stinks. Liu's 'trilogy' (plus) is fairly meta. The first book is 'mystery science fiction' (carrying on from the prequel 'Ball Lightning'), spooky Forteana and hard science. The second book is 'military science fiction', all from a non-Western perspective, and the third is 'cosmic science fiction', which has elements of surrealism as well as farce, then the spin-off 'fan novel' The Redemption of Time is pretty much 'comic book science fiction', with added fantasy, open comedy and sexual tension with a 'meta' 'fourth wall breaking' conclusion which was nerdgasmic. It all happened in a previous universe. Reminiscent of the ending to 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', the movies, where *spoiler* the universe is reset and Shinji emerges from the train station into 'our world'. The 10 to 1 dimensional/repeating universe isn't 'nihilistic' it's just standard Eastern mysticism, reincarnation, 'eternal return' etc. The aforementioned 'Evangelion' has a similar plot point with everyone being turned into 'an ecstatic oneness' ('tang'), losing their individual egos and senses of lonely individual suffering, a bit like the Changelings' home planet in DS9 too... ...so yes the third novel is somewhat farcical with the plot contrivances, to say the least, but I took it as ideological satire for the most part. Nobody killed Xin when they should've because they were 'evolved enlightened pacifists', although they had no trouble executing Wade. Hypocrites. This ideological nonsense crept into the series earlier with America and the UK being the only countries to veto the suspension of copyrights on intellectual property, then with the notion of 'escapism' being banned for no good reason. The books are filled with those wacky commie-centric asides, the veneration of the French Revolution and so on. Another thing you've missed by refusing to see the Tencent version is an AI Leonardo da Vinci acting suspiciously camp while using Duchamp's Fountain on a plinth as a seat, in the VR game. That was pretty wild. The Tencent version was great TV, practically a Chinese Twin Peaks in places (that short scene where the random scientist on protective lockdown gets a sophon in his eye and face-plants a glass coffee table, probably the most violent scene in the show, or atomic girl's equally-short fight scene on the train, not in the book. Memorable stuff). I hope Tencent can get their Dark Forest out before Netflix. Fun review. 👍
Chinese TV doesn't have age rating like Western TV, so brutal struggle session as portrayed in the book are not allowed on TV, but interestingly allowed in films, most recently in Forever Young (2018). In EP27 we do learned about how Ye's father died, he was murdered by a red guard just like in the book. Also in EP6 through the narrative from Da Shi we do learned about Ye's younger sister was the one who reported their father to the Cultural Revolution Group. In EP11 when the officer shows Ye the documents we can actually see what's on it, and it's basically Ye's sister denouncing her father. Netflix's depiction of Cultural Revolution only looks good during the struggle session, outside of it it was really cartoonish and laughable, meanwhile Tencent's Cultural Revolution, though the struggle session was never depicted, feels way more authentic and dreadful then Netflix's.
Your Majestry the Despot, I really enjoy your videos. Could you please review one of my favourite movies; 3 Idiots, it is a Bollywood film with a really wholesome message.
An ancient king, called "Erc" by name He ruled the land, that was his fame And County Antrim was his claim 'Twas then called "Dalriada". - from "Dalriada" copyright by Truman Keesey
"A decent effort" is a combination of words that I didn't expect from you regarding this show, haha. I'm glad though, because that pretty much how I feel about it too. If someone doesn't want to read the books, but thinks they'd be intrigued by its ideas, this show is worth watching for that alone. However, if one goes in expecting a masterpiece, well yeah, they will be disappointed.
I dunno, from what I've heard from people who have NOT read the books is that it's pretty bleh, so it almost seems like appreciating it as an adapation is what drives interest.
👏👏👏👌 To everything you said. I couldn't agree more. I believe Netflix didn't even want to make it, they just didn't want anyone else to. They cherry picked all the best plot points and tucked and tucked the rest of it up so bad I'm embarrassed that I was 3xcited to watch it. Great review. I share the same sentiments but don't have your vocabulary to voice it so thankyou😊😊
Well you're all crazy but not all ridiculous fanatics. It's not leftist that's the issue, it's the cultural Marxism. And "leftist" can mean anything from moderate left to radical, just like "right wing" goes from Conservative to Fascist, and the left thinks they are all the same thing. Although as usual the extremes are closer to each other than he moderates are.
@@lordfarquaad8601 So is racism or ethnic hatred inherently right wing then? Historically nationalism has included racism and ethnic hatred; especially, in Central Europe and the Balkans.
I don't entirely agree. The recasting of characters by itself isn't a problem. The problem is either incompentence or whatever twisted logic was responsible for the choice of actors. There are plenty of older actors, male and female that can project the gravitas of a leading nano-scientist. But noone competent would have "young model with no experience" as their main choice, just like noone cast a toned bodybuilder as Oppenheimer. The characters predictably devolve into sitcom templates, just like several other low quality shows on netflix. Some Korean shows suffer from the same problem, trying to cast former boyband members into "serious" roles they are no experience or competence for.
I think the big problem is that people don't carry themselves the same way, even amongst men. Anthony Hopkins, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have both played characters with gravitas but Hopkins is no Terminator and Arnold would be an awful Lecter. Women can deliver commanding performances but not just by acting like men- that's probably why generally older actresses do it better they've got the life and work experience to know what actual confidence and power looks like.
Hey Despot, loved another masterpiece by the one ruler to rule them all! Someone mentioned you have another channel? If so, could i have the name of it to check it out myself? Thanks, brother, and love the critique!
Hey Daniel. Glad you enjoyed the video. I don't have a second channel yet but will be making a second channel when I hit 100K. It will be for shorter videos, live stream clips and some music.
@@DespotofAntrim ah, dude! You will definitely be hitting 100k soon! I've watched and subscribe to many good UA-cam channels and your definitely one of the most hilarious and intelligent reviewers I've ever watched. For sure you won't have a problem growing. Take care, brother and it's pretty awesome you take the time out to respond to your people.
i love this channel and how it makes me feel about my understanding of the english language, because I can barely comprehend what he´s saying in his incredibly well written rants unless I pay very close attention to each and every word. To be honest, I have no clue on what is neither a "despot" or an "antrim", and even less what a "despot of antrim" is, and I have too much pride to search it on Google Translate.
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers−out of unorthodoxy."
- George Orwell, 1984
Great book.
"She betrayed you, Winston. Immediately-unreservedly. I have seldom seen anyone come over to us so promptly. You would hardly recognize her if you saw her. All her rebelliousness, her deceit, her folly, her dirty-mindedness - everything has been burned out of her."
based
"misplaced maternal compassion" - Jordan Peterson 2024
evolution demands than males be able to manipulate females, and using force is less effective than other means since mating is the goal.
"I'm afraid that's not how it works."
"It does if I give it to them."
No, seriously, that's not how it works. That's not how anything works.
"Logistics is a lie from big corporations to suppress the third world!!!"
-Her Probably
Normal corporations will ruthlessly pursue industrial espionage cases, but corporations that deal with military technology will just eliminate leaks with prejudice. Like the Boeing whistle blowers. Regardless of whether giving the third world digital files on how to build nanotechnology would help them in some way, or lead to their destruction, or just be met with indifference.
@@AliceBowieThis made me so angry when watching it. She would not leave the building after pulling that.
That, and if she even mentioned the possibility of leaking sensitive information like that, she'd no doubt be promptly arrested for violated the NDA she certainly signed, plus violations to national security.
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
I honestly don't care about most of these modern bastardisations but your videos are just so informative and entertaining. Definitely one of the best critic UA-camrs out there.
The source material was made by a chicom so it's trash anyway.
I also enjoyed the source material differences and explanations that the Despot provided.
I found the Despot after I watched the first 3 episodes of Rings of Power when it was released. I was thinking, "this series sux. Is it just me thinking this way?" That day I found the Despot, Nerdrotic, and the Critical Drinker. I prefer watching hours of reviews than watching the product itself. It is much more entertaining. I have a fear of missing a gem, but these guys' opinions have saved me from watching crap. I will watch movies they recommend... Sisu... that recommendation was from RLM... who I discovered years ago thinking "the star Wars prequels weren't very good. Am I the only one who thinks this way?"... and then I found Mr Plinketts review of EP1.
+100
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
@@davidfrancisco3502 Whaz a "chicom"??🤔
'Not so much 'stepping over' people as 'mounting atop' them.'😂
The Kamala Harris school of professional advancement lol
#SMALLVILLE was the best Superman series (in my opinion) .....Lois & Clark was kinda OK but nothing special, maybe bc it was targeted on actual children (6-12yrs) and not aimed at teens or young adults!
Women making physical threats while looking like they could be destroyed by a 14-year-old boy is my favorite genre of cinema.
Metoo and lack of due process gave them superpowers.
Sshe was a terrible character.SHow itself was alright. THat MI5 director or whoever he was should have jujst told her to shut the fuck up and do as she is told.
If she said that to me I'd say "No you won't , ha!"
@@kpsk8031 yeah the superpower of calling in the government
ooooooooh scary
Agreed.
Even if zero people ever watch or care , they need to never, ever change this model....
15:45 That’s hilarious, the bridge collapsed right as they cut the ribbon, what timing.
It was a load-bearing ribbon 😂
It is weirdly impressive how that ribbon held the bridge together.
Baltimore Key Bridge rebuild a few years from now. BET.
That ribbon really tied the bridge together.
The hand of fate has no spare time for the rest of the world because it must make comedic, well timed interventions in african bungholes.
I quit during the first episode: Two female scientists visit a bar, a nice guy approaches them politely and they respond with blatant contempt. I'm so done with this demonic portrayal of basic human interactions.
I also quit in the first episode, due to it being incredibly boring
"Basic human interactions"? Is that newspeak for "men"?
@@RobNeeth no, the scene is in the video at 11:10. These diabolical men hating writers turn a perfectly normal interaction between a man and two women into something very ugly.
There's a lot of bullshit like this in this show, but hey at least the best character in the show is an old white guy. :D
The scene would have been fine if he'd responded by expressing interest in their work. Of course, they didn't do that.
That makes sense, giving terrorists the instructions for military-grade nanotechnology, definitely won’t have any consequences!
Even is it does, she meant well, and that's what really matters.
@@OOL-UV2 Or it would be like Gain of Function research, weird labs, glassware drops, scientists eager to keep the money flowing, MSM pretends it doesn't exist etc.
@@DespotofAntrimI find it terrifying what exactly they told us about that boat scene. Think about it, they wrote it from their perspective and they don't have any qualms in attacking without provocation, not planning anything ( putting unmasked pillars right from the water in a part of the canal where everyone would look at the shore to be sure they don't hit something, not planing planing how to protect from cutting the "thingy" they have been looking for) and destroying everything ( families and children) if they show the slightest opposition.
Komba ya foever 😂😂😂😂
@@DespotofAntrim That's what I told my ex after I had a go at amateur open-heart surgery on her dad.
Speaking as an experienced programmer -- when someone asks me what I do, I tell them, "I'm a programmer". I don't prattle on like an insecure child who mistakes @$$hole for confidence.
If I could dumb down my response even further, I would. What I do for a living never comes up with my family or friends unless they speak about something in that domain. This means 99.99% of the time, I don't mention any detail about my job.
Who TF does that?
"how dare you hit on me, don't you know I'm smart!?"
Was thinking exactly the same thing. I say just I'm a programmer, I don't start flexing on my projects and accomplishments when I've just met someone socially. How utterly obnoxious, have none of the writers ever interacted socially with female scientists, or any educated people for that matter? And what, should should only less educated women ever get approached by men?
The dialogue in this show had me rolling my eyes so much.
The answer I usually gave was "I work with computers" or "I work in I.T." (because in most white collar companies, everyone works with computers). People with no interest in technology don't ask any more questions. If they are actually interested, I'll go into details.
The scriptwriters that have exactly ZERO life experience and they write in what they have said when they have been 12 years old. Honestly now, that seemed cool in my mind when I was 12 but it sounded cringe after that age.
"after fixing Mexico's water faucet"
Despot, you kill me bro
The infinite irony of Hollywood telling the impoverished working class how they should solve the world's problems while they sit on thier piles of gold
Don't forget the totally not diverse owners who somehow never get diversified and men baded.
What is it they say, "eat the rich" ??
Well, I'm hungry.
@@Sue_Me_Too ah yes, that worked out well in the past, every single time it's been done. just like communism, which im sure you abhor because of historical reasons. gotta love demagogues.
Billionaires pleading for donations towards a goal they could meet themselves without giving away 0.01% of their wealth is my favourite, knowing the poor give by far the biggest % of their money to charity and the even poorer, while they swan round boasting about the tax saving they dressed up as a virtue boosting donation 😂
@@arostwocents Haha yes indeed, or when a disaster happens and disaster relief charities try to raise $10m to save and change lives, and the best billionaires can do is tell thier followers to donate...
Great stuff as always Despot. Casting Eisenberg as Luthor is like casting Danny Devito as Jack Reacher, you dont even need to watch or listen, you can look at a photo and go "what the fffuu.."
spot on boot
Looked like a trash impression of Heath Ledger's Joker
@@oxydoxxo Not even that, he looked like a kid whit Aspergers.
Zack Snyder doesn't understand how to properly portray DC Comics characters on screen.
I’d like to see Danny Devito as Jack Reacher.
Jesse Eisenberg playing his Joker while portrayin Lex Luthor is peak Snyder. Would've thrown him off set for trying that.
The sad thing with Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor is that it might've worked if Jesse channelled his role as Mark Zuckerberg in the Social Network.
I can't stand that kind of performance as it is.. the overly neurotic, unthreatening nerd, pretending to be confident and outspoken by refusing to shut up. And that's all eisenberg can do.
@@georgeray1906 Not even,
Mark Zuckerburg is hardly the apex of humanity.
@@georgeray1906 Luthor is supposed to be cunning, dangerous yet controlled, and extremelly manipulative, being socially inept wouldnt fly whit Luthor.
To portray Luthor is like portraying Batman or Superman, you have to find the RIGHT actor.
Jesse Eisenberg , aka the J3wk3r. xD
Fuck IMDb- The Despot is the true unbiased movie reviews
No, that would be Schaffrillas Productions
I'm reminded of the pedestrian bridge that collapsed in Miami in 2018, which was immediately followed by the engineering design company scrubbing all of their "All-Female Engineering team!" promotional material from their website.
Apparently the claims weren't even true to begin with.
Interesting. So they were just run of the mill immoral and not that and stupid.
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I stopped watching "3 Body Problem" 13 minutes in when we are introduced to Eiza's character at the bar... I said to myself, "Nope, I'm done."
I am still trying to figure out why the books are considered good personally.
The basic plot starts okay but then goes deus ex stupid with the nano technology.
When I first saw Jesse Eisenberg's character in a trailer I thought he's meant to be Joker.
I highly recommend reading the first book. It will join u instantly. The girl in the beginning is what hooked me on the book. But she didnt dir instantly. The way it was described was amazing. Ahe was sitting there being lit up and its said the bullets felt like rain drops that had more force behind them to jerk her body around. The opening of the first book sums up communism so well and its SHOCKING how much like the left it really was.
He is not serious enough for joker.
@@Ferdinand208 it was just the laughing maniacally and saying crazy things that gave me the impression
That would have made more sense then casting him as Lex Luthor
@@jamiespinks3657 Tbf I liked it. People usually just act like comic book writing is great when in reality its atrocious. I welcome when they change things.
If she looks constipated, then thats them trying to look "badass" 🤣
Having read the Three Body series, I don't understand how you could adapt the story with Western characters.
The entire outlook and philosophy of the series is deeply rooted in Chinese anti-Communism.
You cannot separate the first book from the Cultural Revolution.
Even the later novels clearly contain notes of "what foolish things people will do for supremacy, not knowing the consequences, and later not caring," the exact mindset a Chinese man criticizing his historically militaristic government would have.
The fact you included Napoleon's clip just elevated you from despot to God Emperor. Love both you're channels and you should now systematically take control of all major studios
The despot taking over Hollywood would unironically save Hollywood.
What's his other channel?
@@crakhaed it's not Despots channel. It's Napoleon Blownapart, no joke one of the most underrated content creators. He does MMA videos, history's other shit long form. Just another dude who's passion and style are undeniable. Def recommend a sub
@@gariongama awesome thanks for the correction and rec! 😁
*your
'He *embraces the idea of Canadian health care* as a means of ending the emotional and sexual distress....'
I nearly spit out my bratwurst.
Auggie is the "perfect" netflix version of a woman : bossy, obnoxious, she is also emotionally weak so you better walk on eggshells around her. I wouldnt mind that character if they had normal man who can put her in her place.
How many people caught the "We welcome refugees" 1/10th second flash towards the end?
Timestamp or are you talking about the show?
Well spotted.
@@DespotofAntrim Mr. Despot was this in the show or your video?
@@tobechukwuaneke9467 around 1:05:12
@@ndi4926 Thanks.
Dude Napoleon Blownapart has such a smooth ass voice, I love when all my fave people know each other lol
Napoleon Blownapart XD
My name is Napoleona Bonaparte since the new stupid lgbtq laws. It was as close as I could get to Napoleon as a man kek
@@Noqtis hahaha love it!
Blownapart is great 😂
@@crakhaed I can't take credit for that name, he's actually a UA-camr that talks about old and new MMA stuff, and he has a voice like liquid gold, mmmm mmm!!!
@@StaceAyyy dope appreciate the info 😄👌
Thomas Sowell is a treasure. Vision of the Anointed is an essential read. In a saner society it would be mandatory for all college students. The Quest for Cosmic Justice is another great take.
Oh my sweet, sugar-free, Colombian, Vanilla fudge, overpriced, almond milk, gender-neutral, net zero frappe. Wow, just wow. Tell me you're not a casting director without telling me you're not a casting director. Eisenberg's high-pitched, soy-boy, mentally challenged depiction of Luther is a perfect representation of modern youth and villainy. His laugh-based vigour and theoretical intelligence combined with the humour of a nervous toddler make him a phenomenal choice to combat an unstoppable alien symbol of moral duty. Literally, the only better choice would have been Chris Stuckmann.
well said jimmy
Nice, I read this whole thing in Karen iphone? ‘s voice
@@theabhorrentchef7226Though it was non playable sheep😅
@@theabhorrentchef7226clearly Non playable Sheep. That's his signature introduction. Karen iPhone is the female slug thing that reads scripts.
But non-playable sheep is excluded from one video for being obnoxious user id Twitter/tiktok without single independent thought
Thanks for showing Thomas Sowell some love. Should be required reading.
I felt the same, and feel the same on your latter point. :)
0:18-0:29
The warehouse fight. It's like it's straight out of the Arkham Games and Wonder Woman's introduction.
I liked that movie, even if I agree that it has a lot of flaws. But as someone who is not really into the deep lore of both characters, I liked the bizarre angle Snyder came from when adapting them for his movies. Was it a good adaptation? It seems like it is not. Is it a movie I can enjoy? Yes, even with its many missteps. But I also understand Superman and Batman fans disliking it.
That’s the best part of the movie.
And to think fight choreography has only gotten worse. I just watched The Acolyte...
@@DespotofAntrim it has to do with nepotism and an incestuous industry that elects not by following talent but ideology alone. And even the few ones who have potential soon sink into that swampland.
Haven't heard of the books or the show, just here to listen to The Despot for an hour and change.
Learned something I didn't know, so I'll count it as time well spent.
Got me to order the books anyway. I think I have heard of them before.
A much better sci fi show that actually portrays adults as intelligent, determined, focused, and well intentioned but morally gray, while not losing focus on the sci fi aspects is the Expanse. I have not read the books, but judging the show on its own merits, it is quite compelling. It’s a great example of how sci fi shows should be, not the lazy, seen-it-before shit that is modern Star Trek and Star Wars, or the pretentious, box checking, ‘adults written by adults with the minds of children’ that is shows like this and Rebel Moon.
Highly recommend the Expanse
My favorite sci-fi show! I love the actual science parts plus the political maneuvering that would absolutely be all over human expansion into space. Add to that brilliant casting and talented actors makes it compelling, even on rewatching.
True that. Too bad we have to wait to see if they'll adapt the later books. But what we've got on the show is a pretty complete arc at least.
It was good for 2-3 seasons, but then they felt the need to lower the stakes tremendously and leave the most interesting and compelling plot threads forever hanging in the air. Instead, it veers off into being about a normal human terrorist who takes a ridiculously long time to be defeated.
Immediately after i read, "a show that portrays adults as intelligent..." I knew you were talking about the expanse. It's so sad that in a decade, no other sci-fi show even comes close.
Please if I'm wrong I'll love a recommendation.
Also you have the chinese adaption which is pretty good although slow.
YES! Despot using Napoleon Blownapart clips definitely represents the Venn diagram of my interests.
I dont know much about chinese sci fi novels but my cat was a street cat 5 years ago but now it is comfortable enough to come to me by itself while im in bed so i can pet it 😊.
Gaining the respect and admiration of a feline is tough work, good job m8
Our channel is based in Canada. It's truly shaking to hear a Scot make a joke reference to our "healthcare" system when talking about the self-deletion in 3-Body Problem. Canada is almost completely the world envisioned in 1984.
I think he's Irish, but yes, Canada is a world leader in regression.
@@billjacobs521 Oops! It was 50/50 call, Irish or Scot lol. We're over here working to try to get enough people out of their stupor and save Canada. There are great signs, especially in the province of Alberta. Elections next year, so we'll see what happens.
When a Despot video drops, it is not a crime, but a reason to celebrate.
Snyder's Lex Luthor was a self insert. The quirks and hair were exaggerated. However, Snyder really believes he's a genius. It makes sense he completely changed the characterization. I have no doubt, had the Snyderverse gone on, he would have ended up saving the day somehow.
Imagine if Lex Luthor didn’t even get out of his chair when confronted by Superman, lights up a cigar, and nonchalantly explains the situation involving Doomsday, all the while exuding a dark calm and subtly menacing energy. He should always be in control of his demeanor, or his surroundings, and should never give way to jittery and anxious seeming emotions or cadences.
I felt so annoyed by the human characters that I was basically rooting for the aliens.
Yeah, I honestly thought the aliens were really nice in comparison, being equally disgusted with the humans and I was
A single death is too good for Auggie. We are going to need an infinite death loop for her. Diavolo will finally have a friend.
Hope the three Body Problem universe has a hell, Fingers crossed
My favourite Irishman strikes again
Thought he was scottish but im american and stupid
@@pokemasterhamertime77He is the Despot of Antrim, which is an Irish county in the province of Ulster.
Ulsterman
@@smythharris2635 he is from Northern Ireland, which is a region of the UK.
ONE casting switch I can think of that went "white" was Rico from Starship Troopers, in the book he's Filipino.
Casper Van Dien killed it for what the film was aiming for, highly different than the Rico we get in the novel but so was the overall plot.
I think he meant in modern movies. It used to happen all the time. John Wayne as Genghis Khan is the best example, I think, for sheer hilarity.
That's hilarious! I'm trying to imagine a little fella playing Rico when Casper is such a giga Chad.
13:42 _"a country kilometre³"_
Better yet, a country quettametre. Thanks to the Metric system's November 2022 update, we can now express distances using a unit greater than the width of the observable universe... for some reason.
@Gyrfalcon312 Wait, why was I using metres when parsecs exist? 😂 A quettaparsec in metres is 30856776 followed by 39 zeroes.
That's so ridiculously huge, it renders the unit effectively useless, because one quettaparsec is 7012,9036,3636,3636,3636.363636 (etc; "36" is a repetend) observable universes wide.
Hey Despot, I found you an upgraded superlative. 😃 A country quettaparsec is... probably the size of God, or Zack Synder's misplaced confidence.
I love your content my dude.
The hatred of tri solarins in your critique of Deaths End. Fantastic. Humanity numbah won
Seeing Sowell referenced in any cultural commentary gives me genuine hope for the future. That man needs to be on the forefront of basically any political and social conversation.
sowell is a brilliant man
Best part is that shitlibs can't play the racist card on him since it goes against their dogmas.
He's also a brilliant writer. He writes in a clear, direct, unpretentious style that is often funny and relatable.
And he’s still at it at 93. God bless him.
Love the shoutout to my boy Napoleon Blownapart!
Still livid about my custodes...
The world needs a Despot review of Young Woman and the Sea.
The World will get one (at some point...)
@@DespotofAntrim ZA WARUDO!
JUST CAST JEFF BEZOS FOR LEX LUTHOR FFS!!!!
Naw, only one CEO has the ability to communicate the charisma and dark energy of Lex Luthor, and that is Tim Cook. He proved his acting chops in Apple’s propaganda piece that the Despot has already covered. ;D
Nice to see Dumb & Dumber are continuing their legacy
Thank you for this analysis. I saw very few people discuss the numerous issues you have highlighted here and it irked me to no end. I thoroughly enjoyed these books and the only other channel that discusses them is Quinn's Ideas but he wears rose-tinted glasses about it. I truly wish you would do an indepth analysis of the books. Masterful work.
Mexico is a fairly developed country with a lot of industry , highways , urban centers etc.
Ongoing civil war non withstanding.
It always rubs me the wrong way when it's portayed as if it were Haiti.
It's sort of funny; the very people you'd generally think would want to depict second and third world countries accurately are the very ones who instead make them as pathetic as possible so they can either lionize them or guilt-trip the first world. Every depiction of Africa we get is 100% huts in the wilderness, too.
Developed vs not.
Parts of Democrat run cities look like bombed out war zones.
Beautiful review, beautiful observations :) keep it coming bro
Yes, you are definitely my favorite youtuber now. You are also very underrated as well. I will fix that! After I become a nurse and get my own money, I become a channel member. I have just finished my access course, so I still have 4 more years to go. Plz continue posting great videos like this until I become financially dependent. 🙏
Dude is famous in the resistance since the new star wars movies. Watch his star wars 7-9 reviews. Epic stuff
Despot, your channel has very quickly become one of my favorites. Great video, love your breakdowns.
Despot, I didn't know our youtube algorithms are in sync, I too have been binging Napoleon Blownapart videos.
Hell yes, i just came to check last night to see if there was anything new. There wasn't so i rewatched some older videos. And now here you are just as i finish with Sauron Tate and Stand-in Legolas again. 😀
Your breakdown of something I would never read or watch is good enough to keep to the end.
Your videos always give me a chuckle. A few months ago I was visiting Melbourne and walked all over listening to your videos, and last weekend I walked all over Sydney doing the same. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Furiosa, but at the same time depressed to hear what has become of one of my country's best cultural exports.
Hey man thanks a lot for the tip! Furiosa is good, not great, it's too long and you really feel the run time. On a positive note Furiosa's failure is another blow to the insufferable girl boss trope, even though Furiosa is not herself a girl boss.
I can't get enough of your parody titles 😂
I don't understand how this was even made. The main chick character sounds like she is literally destroying humanity on purpose and everyone is supposed to just be cool with it?
"Mexico's water faucet". That is killing me.
I absolutely love the background clips Despot uses in every review!
You are the first I see having the same hate for "Death's End". For so long I felt like taking crazy pills.
It's so was obvious when I re-read it how bad it was. I qas vaguely disgusted at myself for ever liking that book.
Thank you! As a fan of the novels I was shocked that people found this adaptation as anything other than an insult to the books. Watch the Chinese version, it's actually quite good.
I disagree on your opinion on the Chinese version. For example, they didn't show Ye Wenjes story that led to her contacting the aliens.
W krajach gdzie niema wolności słowa autorzy muszą ukrywać to co chcą powiedziedz przez niedopowiedzenia , metafory, aluzje. Dla widzów z tych krajów są one cytelne jednocześnie natyle ukryte ze cenzura pozwala je opublikować.@@henryneubert7798
I thought the Tencent version was terrible TV it looked like a perfume commercial
Despot of Atrium referencing Napoleon Blownapart made my day. Two of my favorite UA-camrs.
I love your videos, Lord Despot. They're always interesting and insightful. But this one truly shines as a magnificent display of your talents for both writing and analysis. Keep up the good work. We eagerly await your conquest of Hollywood, followed by the world.
Yeah! Shout out to Napoleon-blownapart! Criminally under subscribed! Hail to the despot, mighty be his ternary
Pretty epic, enjoyed this more than the actual show haha
the mulligan clip gets me every time 😂
I was very excited to read the novels because of the respect I have for your intricate, thoughtful, hysterical videos.
Besides some intriguing concepts, I was extremely disappointed as the novels went on. There were so many directions the story went in, as you point out, that were completely unbelievable and nonsensical. Just one huge example is sending out the ENTIRE earth spacefleet to meet the first droplet. UGH.
The books were so frustrating I wanted to slap myself in the face multiple times.
I won't go on anymore.
Love your videos!
Thanks!
NOTE: I just tried watching The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare... I had to stop it when the character Eiza Gonzalez was playing became too pretentious for me to continue watching... not even knowing who she was or even in 3BP.
It's next to impossible not to enjoy this channel
You have a rare talent for both contrasting better movies, better stories, improving a bad story and keeping it entertaining the entire time you do it.
I love your lesbian descriptions of the female characters! You should write the script for the next season!
I love the clips that you use and parallels to historical events like the RU revolution.
Thomas Sowell wisdom applied to movie critique!!
You are my hero Despot 🙌👍👍
First time I am seeing this channel-will _not_ be the last. *Subbed!* 👍
Thanks! Welcome to the channel.
I also rolled my eyes, when i saw Eiza as the nano tech engineer. They needed that star value for the show, i guess - but still could've hired someome else for that character.
But overall, though being a "sci-fi" show i couldn't sit through the intermitent "central perk cafe friends scenes", so i skipped most of them to the good parts. I wanted to know more about the trisolarans though 🙌
I checked out the lore, so i am excited for the dark forest part of the story! 🙌
his·tri·on·ic. Nice. Made me pause your vid to this look up. Great videos, editing, commentary. Appreciate your content, Belfast. Keep killing it.
Took the character from book 1, a Chinese man and turned into two sassy girlbosses. My god
The Despot is the best UA-camr yet. Every single video is digital gold!
It's funny about Jesse Eisenberg... All he had to do was just be exactly like he was in The Social Network... That would have been the PERFECT note for Lex.
That was what they originally wanted, but Zuckerberg is a stock holder so...
Just finished full review.
Just brilliant!
Nothing else need be said
Big up Napoleon Blownapart.
Yay! Another video by our glorious Despot of Antrim!
I'm really not surprised this show's writing is considered smart, since we share oxygen with people who think George Floyd was murdered, Kyle Rittenhouse shot three black men and Nelson Mandela was a peaceful revolutionary that didn't kill a shit ton of black people.
George Floyd is at best a case of police incompetence and questionable use of restraint techniques.
Agree on Kyle Rittenhouse and I haven’t looked into Nelson Mandela.
As soon as I found out D&D was involved with this show, I knew I couldn't waste my time watching this.
Your reviews are genuinely inspired. I miss karen iphone tho
The Despot is undefeated!
Haha you refused to watch the Tencent version because of 'state censorship'? That's pious and worthy of you. It's a family show, you'd know if you'd watched it, in the Chinese edition of the book the struggle session occurs in the middle of the book, in the Red Coast flashbacks. In the show there's a scene with Ye and her dad on his deathbed during the cultural revolution where they share a few words and he dies, as the result of being fatally struggle sessioned. It's not as explicit as the book/Netflix show but it's there and the characterisation of Ye is (consequently) much better in the Tencent show. She doesn't shag the Silent Spring guy and Mike Evans, and the scene with the Trisolaran traitor is put into the virtual reality game to be witnessed in the last episode, with the ETO's interpretation of what the aliens look like. It's excellent. You can't watch it now without paying for Tencent membership so whatever, you'll never know. Atomic girl is also great in the Tencent show. It's a family show, smart Chinese six year olds could watch it, the Netflix version isn't either family friendly nor smart, unless your family's weird.
You didn't pick up on the wrecking of Sophon. Where did the Trisolarans get her design from? In the books she doesn't appear until the third novel, the one which you despise, and she's initially a peace envoy, no sword, just tea ceremonies. If you don't like the third book then I guess it doesn't mean so much that they've wrecked her 'dramatic reversal' but for those of us that like the third book it stinks.
Liu's 'trilogy' (plus) is fairly meta. The first book is 'mystery science fiction' (carrying on from the prequel 'Ball Lightning'), spooky Forteana and hard science. The second book is 'military science fiction', all from a non-Western perspective, and the third is 'cosmic science fiction', which has elements of surrealism as well as farce, then the spin-off 'fan novel' The Redemption of Time is pretty much 'comic book science fiction', with added fantasy, open comedy and sexual tension with a 'meta' 'fourth wall breaking' conclusion which was nerdgasmic. It all happened in a previous universe. Reminiscent of the ending to 'Neon Genesis Evangelion', the movies, where *spoiler* the universe is reset and Shinji emerges from the train station into 'our world'.
The 10 to 1 dimensional/repeating universe isn't 'nihilistic' it's just standard Eastern mysticism, reincarnation, 'eternal return' etc. The aforementioned 'Evangelion' has a similar plot point with everyone being turned into 'an ecstatic oneness' ('tang'), losing their individual egos and senses of lonely individual suffering, a bit like the Changelings' home planet in DS9 too...
...so yes the third novel is somewhat farcical with the plot contrivances, to say the least, but I took it as ideological satire for the most part. Nobody killed Xin when they should've because they were 'evolved enlightened pacifists', although they had no trouble executing Wade. Hypocrites. This ideological nonsense crept into the series earlier with America and the UK being the only countries to veto the suspension of copyrights on intellectual property, then with the notion of 'escapism' being banned for no good reason. The books are filled with those wacky commie-centric asides, the veneration of the French Revolution and so on.
Another thing you've missed by refusing to see the Tencent version is an AI Leonardo da Vinci acting suspiciously camp while using Duchamp's Fountain on a plinth as a seat, in the VR game. That was pretty wild.
The Tencent version was great TV, practically a Chinese Twin Peaks in places (that short scene where the random scientist on protective lockdown gets a sophon in his eye and face-plants a glass coffee table, probably the most violent scene in the show, or atomic girl's equally-short fight scene on the train, not in the book. Memorable stuff). I hope Tencent can get their Dark Forest out before Netflix. Fun review. 👍
Chinese TV doesn't have age rating like Western TV, so brutal struggle session as portrayed in the book are not allowed on TV, but interestingly allowed in films, most recently in Forever Young (2018).
In EP27 we do learned about how Ye's father died, he was murdered by a red guard just like in the book. Also in EP6 through the narrative from Da Shi we do learned about Ye's younger sister was the one who reported their father to the Cultural Revolution Group. In EP11 when the officer shows Ye the documents we can actually see what's on it, and it's basically Ye's sister denouncing her father.
Netflix's depiction of Cultural Revolution only looks good during the struggle session, outside of it it was really cartoonish and laughable, meanwhile Tencent's Cultural Revolution, though the struggle session was never depicted, feels way more authentic and dreadful then Netflix's.
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@@jeremybrimmer1990 😎
You, you there. May your favorite book series get a Netflix/Amazon adaptation.
You're sick!
Shame on you
African books don't get adapted Ha!
Your Majestry the Despot, I really enjoy your videos. Could you please review one of my favourite movies; 3 Idiots, it is a Bollywood film with a really wholesome message.
I've never seen it but I will give it a watch. Thanks for the recommendation!
When did additional series of this come out? How soon after the first? I remember watching the first recently and there was no more 😂
An ancient king, called "Erc" by name
He ruled the land, that was his fame
And County Antrim was his claim
'Twas then called "Dalriada".
- from "Dalriada" copyright by Truman Keesey
"A decent effort" is a combination of words that I didn't expect from you regarding this show, haha. I'm glad though, because that pretty much how I feel about it too.
If someone doesn't want to read the books, but thinks they'd be intrigued by its ideas, this show is worth watching for that alone. However, if one goes in expecting a masterpiece, well yeah, they will be disappointed.
I dunno, from what I've heard from people who have NOT read the books is that it's pretty bleh, so it almost seems like appreciating it as an adapation is what drives interest.
Napoleon Blownapart clips are a sign of refined taste
👏👏👏👌 To everything you said. I couldn't agree more. I believe Netflix didn't even want to make it, they just didn't want anyone else to. They cherry picked all the best plot points and tucked and tucked the rest of it up so bad I'm embarrassed that I was 3xcited to watch it. Great review. I share the same sentiments but don't have your vocabulary to voice it so thankyou😊😊
As a lefty I’m Always looking forward to your videos. Not all of us are crazy I promise.
Well you're all crazy but not all ridiculous fanatics. It's not leftist that's the issue, it's the cultural Marxism. And "leftist" can mean anything from moderate left to radical, just like "right wing" goes from Conservative to Fascist, and the left thinks they are all the same thing. Although as usual the extremes are closer to each other than he moderates are.
@@justforever96 Fascism is and always was a left-wing position. Its nationalism is (debatably) the only right-wing position inherant to it
@@lordfarquaad8601 So is racism or ethnic hatred inherently right wing then? Historically nationalism has included racism and ethnic hatred; especially, in Central Europe and the Balkans.
I love you added Napoleon Blownapart!!!! Great Content recognizing great content!!!!
I don't entirely agree. The recasting of characters by itself isn't a problem. The problem is either incompentence or whatever twisted logic was responsible for the choice of actors. There are plenty of older actors, male and female that can project the gravitas of a leading nano-scientist. But noone competent would have "young model with no experience" as their main choice, just like noone cast a toned bodybuilder as Oppenheimer. The characters predictably devolve into sitcom templates, just like several other low quality shows on netflix. Some Korean shows suffer from the same problem, trying to cast former boyband members into "serious" roles they are no experience or competence for.
I think the big problem is that people don't carry themselves the same way, even amongst men. Anthony Hopkins, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have both played characters with gravitas but Hopkins is no Terminator and Arnold would be an awful Lecter. Women can deliver commanding performances but not just by acting like men- that's probably why generally older actresses do it better they've got the life and work experience to know what actual confidence and power looks like.
An excellent critique by our feared/beloved despot. Sadly, with the absence of Mr Reflection I can not see myself in this.
Hey Despot, loved another masterpiece by the one ruler to rule them all! Someone mentioned you have another channel? If so, could i have the name of it to check it out myself? Thanks, brother, and love the critique!
Hey Daniel. Glad you enjoyed the video. I don't have a second channel yet but will be making a second channel when I hit 100K. It will be for shorter videos, live stream clips and some music.
@@DespotofAntrim ah, dude! You will definitely be hitting 100k soon! I've watched and subscribe to many good UA-cam channels and your definitely one of the most hilarious and intelligent reviewers I've ever watched. For sure you won't have a problem growing. Take care, brother and it's pretty awesome you take the time out to respond to your people.
i love this channel and how it makes me feel about my understanding of the english language, because I can barely comprehend what he´s saying in his incredibly well written rants unless I pay very close attention to each and every word. To be honest, I have no clue on what is neither a "despot" or an "antrim", and even less what a "despot of antrim" is, and I have too much pride to search it on Google Translate.
Too much pride?
Or too dumb?😁😁