The thing to remember here is that neither the original poster, nor the commenters, are mad about this. Neither am I. It was beautiful, seeing somebody’s D&D campaign play out on the big screen. All the funny, creative parts, and none of the stupid stuff.
Although the past and ongoing scheduling issues are just a little bit too on the nose.
#commissionearned
Why did the Paladin joined late and leave early? He spent the first quarter of the campaign trying to convince the DM (Hasbro) to allow him to run Drizzt Do’Urden (one of the few lore-permissible instances), but was shut down. As a result, the player went along with the campaign as a Paladin until he found another game that would let him play as a Drow Ranger.