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S-Alpha posted:Oh boy, Mike and Jay went to go see Grown Ups 2. Needless to say, they really loved it, and thought it deserved its spot at the box office. edit: So the mental decline they go through is 1.) Apologetic Critics 2.) lovely 'Enthusiast Press' PR Critics 3.) Too stupid to function 4.) Adam Sandler Fans Did I miss any of the stages? Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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Mutation posted:That's the best thing they've done in a while.
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Would be nice if they stop with Half in the Bag for a bit and whack out another Plinket essay. Too many reviews/discussions with a couple of friends just jabbering on about what they just watched and not a whole lot of thesis grade dissection. Is there anyone else that does anything with the same kind of depth and breath as the Plinket videos? Preferably nothing in the TGWTG circle.
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Terminal Entropy posted:Would be nice if they stop with Half in the Bag for a bit and whack out another Plinket essay. Too many reviews/discussions with a couple of friends just jabbering on about what they just watched and not a whole lot of thesis grade dissection. Is there anyone else that does anything with the same kind of depth and breath as the Plinket videos? Preferably nothing in the TGWTG circle. So maybe Plinkett is imminent? edit: Might also be a Spacecop thing. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 07:07 on Jul 17, 2013 |
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achillesforever6 posted:Watch their Jack and Jill review, it really breaks down the massive scam that Adam Sandler is pulling on the general audience. I'm a huge fan of RLM, but their Jack and Jill review is one of the absolute best tearings-down of how Hollywood functions. 80 million to make that piece of poo poo. 80 million dollars. Just remember that.
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Terminal Entropy posted:Would be nice if they stop with Half in the Bag for a bit and whack out another Plinket essay. Too many reviews/discussions with a couple of friends just jabbering on about what they just watched and not a whole lot of thesis grade dissection. Is there anyone else that does anything with the same kind of depth and breath as the Plinket videos? Preferably nothing in the TGWTG circle. First thing that comes to mind is This guy, who even rips off Mr Plinkett as an opening joke. He mostly does videogame stuff and his updates are pretty sporadic at best, not to mention he did quite a few videos about the Mass Effect 3 ending which I thought were pretty well done.
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Jesto posted:Doug and Robb, despite reviewing movies for a living, somehow don't know what The Hero's Journey is. They specifically mentioned Joseph Campbell and the monomyth though. Also that other movies have done it and it dates back to people telling stories around the fire. Star Wars is just their go to example apparently. I'd much rather watch Rob do Avatar vlogs though, he doesn't seem to miss obvious spell it out to you themes and information.
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Jesto posted:http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...e-rings-moments How much nerd-rage will this incite? I don't know if I can even watch this if it's so pandering and stupid to stoop to going to call Sam and Frodo gay and using such a recycled opinion of "just use the eagles" or "just use Tom Bombadil" (I know he's not in the movie).
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Jesto posted:http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vi...e-rings-moments The whole "Gay" thing made me roll my eyes as that seems to be the norm on the internet and I have long since stopped caring. But what annoyed me was Doug's crappy imitation of Enya and bringing up "I'm a mothafucking T-Rex" song again. He really does try and get the most mileage out of all his jokes doesn't he.
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Alacron posted:First thing that comes to mind is This guy, who even rips off Mr Plinkett as an opening joke. He mostly does videogame stuff and his updates are pretty sporadic at best, not to mention he did quite a few videos about the Mass Effect 3 ending which I thought were pretty well done. I don't know whether to be happy or annoyed that TUN uses a bunch of hip-hop instrumentals as his background music. On one hand, he has good taste in beats. On the other, it's kinda hard to concentrate on the potentially wildly diverging path the narrative of a RPG can take when, "Who said a black man in the Illuminati, last time I checked that was the biggest racist party," keeps popping into your head.
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New Half in the Bag. I kind of like how they kept doing the flashbacks to the Grown Ups 2 review whenever they bring up the box office numbers.
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Today's episode of game grumps on 'mickey mousecapade' has been 10 full minutes of non-stop laughter. absolutely hilarious. Mickey Mousecapade
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Al-Saqr posted:Today's episode of game grumps on 'mickey mousecapade' has been 10 full minutes of non-stop laughter. absolutely hilarious. I enjoyed this way more than I probably should have. You really have to know a lot of bad AVGN ripoffs to really appreciate it.
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Mace Bacon posted:I enjoyed this way more than I probably should have. You really have to know a lot of bad AVGN ripoffs to really appreciate it. Yeah I can see how a lot of people could hate it or think it's dragging a joke, but holy poo poo he hits every single trope that the awful AVGN ripoffs use that it's amazing. "WOW GAME DESIGNERS HOW ABOUT SOME CONSISTENCY?"
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Danny is really a breath of fresh air. It's awesome to have a cohost that actually lets jokes happen instead of shrieking over them.
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I just hope they improve steam train. I'm not sure why but they just don't work with it. Maybe they need to script things?
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Spoony continued to be a grumpy nitpicking shithead in his vlog of Pacific Rim. Guy couldn't just have fun with the movie and made it SERIOUS BUSINESS.
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ZeeBoi posted:Spoony continued to be a grumpy nitpicking shithead in his vlog of Pacific Rim. Guy couldn't just have fun with the movie and made it SERIOUS BUSINESS. I was a fan since '08 or so, but I'm pretty much over him now. Notice his propensity to pick up the squeaky-toy and play catch with Oreo whenever Miles speaks. I was just shocked at how  his con riffs where; he spent a large portion of the time simply watching it with the audience in silence as though he was contributing something by his mere presence.Chuck Sonneburg (aka SFDebris) has to be my favorite critic at the moment. He manages to bring reasoned, scholarly approach without becoming droll or didactic. I've only watched a fraction of the shows he reviews, yet I have seen every one of his reviews at least once -- actually managed to pick up enough about Star Trek and Dr. Who to be able to contribute to the conversation. His videos are simple and free of the over-production that tends to follow other reviewers as their egos become inflated. He also keeps a rigid schedule, which is far more important to building a viewer base than the vast majority of reviewers realize. If you have any interest in science fiction (heck, even if you don't), I can't recommend him highly enough.
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ZeeBoi posted:Spoony continued to be a grumpy nitpicking shithead in his vlog of Pacific Rim. Guy couldn't just have fun with the movie and made it SERIOUS BUSINESS. Well he said it was gonna suck before it came out, and it's not like Spoony the great is gonna go back on what he said.
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I kinda adore Folding Ideas, it's a cool show that can really make you think when he gets into the real nitty gritty details on his topics of the day, but for some reason his newest episode on Man of Steel and collateral damage kinda feels... hollow. It's really hard to place my finger on why, he's not being vague, he's including details relevant to the topic, but for some reason I just don't know where he's going with this. Like, okay, collateral damage is something that's being swept under the rug in a lot of recent superhero movies with hollow justifications of "that's whats needed to stop bad guys", that is a strong starting point, so where are you gonna go with this? Oh... that's your ending point, too? No musing on losing touch with the human factor of being a hero? Nothing about the links between reality and fiction? Okay, alright, you do have those points in there, but you're skimming past them so fast or hinting towards them without actually pointing them out that they barely register. It's almost as if he's trying to start the internet argument about the political message of Man of Steel without being willing to follow through and actually have his own standpoint on the matter... though the sarcasm on "it's okay" is so thick it's pretty easy to guess that he finds it all kinda disgusting. Just kinda threw me off, he's usually pretty good at having an opinion while still being objective and thought provoking, but here he's leaning towards trying to be thought provoking alone and it's just coming across as... empty. And repetitive.
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How the poo poo does Doug spend so much time in each episode obsessing over how to pronounce various names? They're constantly spoken in the goddamn show itself, what's wrong with you?
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OldTennisCourt posted:Yeah I can see how a lot of people could hate it or think it's dragging a joke, but holy poo poo he hits every single trope that the awful AVGN ripoffs use that it's amazing. Yeah that episode of Game Grumps gave me some wicked flashbacks of all of those terrible AVGN ripoffs that used to be everywhere a few years ago. It's weird that pretty much all of those bad reviewers are gone now since there used to be so many reviewers who were inspired by James and tried to make AVGNesque reviews. Now it seems like a lot of contemporary video game reviewers generally try to emulate either Jon Tron or be analytical like the Plinkett Reviews. Which is much better than having manchildren pretending to be mad about video games and sperging about poop.  Also apparently this was the review that inspired that Game Grumps video.Game Dude Archives: Mickey Mousecapade Review:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywokdc8Am68 LateToTheParty fucked around with this message at 09:23 on Jul 21, 2013 |
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SatansBestBuddy posted:I kinda adore Folding Ideas, it's a cool show that can really make you think when he gets into the real nitty gritty details on his topics of the day, but for some reason his newest episode on Man of Steel and collateral damage kinda feels... hollow. No, the sense I get from listening to it is that he's trying to draw out some dark implications about ideological complacency without turning the whole thing into a quagmire of bitching over the specifics of American foreign policy. I mean, there's a lot in there, implications of the NSA, warrantless wiretapping, American imperialist interests in the Middle East, "Homeland security", police abuse of power, ever-centralizing power, and a lot of other legitimately scary things that are happening around us, but coming right out and saying "these movies are, intentionally or otherwise, training you to be complacent as the government shrinks your civil liberties and cock-slaps the rest of the world into submission", I mean, he might as well just wrap that puppet's head in tinfoil for the episode. Sure, it's probably true, but that doesn't mean you won't sound crazy saying it. I think the point goes further because it doesn't set off the "America gently caress Yeah" defence reflex. Also he's probably trying not to outright repeat everything David Wong said in his column about basically the same thing. So maybe he is a hack.
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Xander77 posted:How the poo poo does Doug spend so much time in each episode obsessing over how to pronounce various names? They're constantly spoken in the goddamn show itself, what's wrong with you? Blame Rob, he's kinda hung up over pronouncing them the way they're spelled in glorious Nipponese, and he's probably bugging Doug to do it, too. Which is a shame, since pronouncing everybody's names wrong is one of the things the movie did that absolutely deserves to be lambasted for, but if Rob is mucking up the problem then it may end up being given a pass. EDIT: LFK posted:coming right out and saying "these movies are, intentionally or otherwise, training you to be complacent as the government shrinks your civil liberties and cock-slaps the rest of the world into submission", I mean, he might as well just wrap that puppet's head in tinfoil for the episode. Yeah, I guess that's my problem with this episode, he dances around the issue instead of talking about it. I say, put on the drat tinfoil hat and dive right into the deep end, cause you're not accomplishing anything when you're dodging around the issue so much. If you want to talk about it, talk about it, if not then why the hell are you bringing it up at all? I actually do think he's got the rough draft of a good episode here, but if he's too scared to actually explore these huge, complex, intricate issues surrounding the US government's power tripping policies they try to justify as necessary, then seriously don't bother at all, cause merely suggesting there's a correlation without actually examining what the implications are is doing a disservice to the entire idea. SatansBestBuddy fucked around with this message at 10:38 on Jul 21, 2013 |
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SatansBestBuddy posted:Blame Rob, he's kinda hung up over pronouncing them the way they're spelled in glorious Nipponese, and he's probably bugging Doug to do it, too. Which is a shame, since pronouncing everybody's names wrong is one of the things the movie did that absolutely deserves to be lambasted for, but if Rob is mucking up the problem then it may end up being given a pass. Well, at least we can take comfort in the fact Nik cares enough in the other Last Airbender review for all of us. 
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My next Animorphs Book Guide is up, this time on #34 The Prophecy, the one where Cassie gets possessed by the ghost of a character from the Hork-Bajir Chronicles.LateToTheParty posted:Yeah that episode of Game Grumps gave me some wicked flashbacks of all of those terrible AVGN ripoffs that used to be everywhere a few years ago. It's weird that pretty much all of those bad reviewers are gone now since there used to be so many reviewers who were inspired by James and tried to make AVGNesque reviews. Now it seems like a lot of contemporary video game reviewers generally try to emulate either Jon Tron or be analytical like the Plinkett Reviews. Which is much better than having manchildren pretending to be mad about video games and sperging about poop. So glad that's not a working model anymore. Was recently reminded about how awful that stuff was when I stumbled on this guy. Checklist: fake rage, stupid gimmick, admitting to liking certain parts of the game and then treating it like it's completely awful, poo poo tons of factual errors (including misspelling "Scholastic" as "Schoolastic") and ending the video with the game's destruction (kind of...). Yeeeah, things have definitely gotten better.
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Do you like board games? No? Watch Shut Up and Sit Down. If you actually like board games, watch Shut Up and Sit Down. It's like Top Gear for games. Their board game reviews are more than just them playing the board games. Instead, they arrange the game pieces beautifully and their style of review is charming in that it's filled with jokes and the hosts' 'character' shines at every review. Usually they make 'episodes', which consists of a single theme and embedded with three to four board game reviews. Each episodes are 30-45 minutes long and enjoyable. It's available on their old website. However, I don't recommend those for newcomers. On their new website and the Penny Arcade TV page, they list individual board game reviews. I recommend checking those to see if their style interest you. I personally recommend 6 Reviews in 12 Minutes episode, which is like a crash course to the show: there's the interaction between the hosts, the unusual filming locations, high video quality and a few jokes. If you find that you liked them, try the longer episodes. My recommendation: https://vimeo.com/32609360. This show really makes me want to play board games. Sadly I have no friends 
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toanoradian posted:Do you like board games? No? Watch Shut Up and Sit Down. If you actually like board games, watch Shut Up and Sit Down. Great recommendation! They're very entertaining while also giving you a good idea of what each game is about and what your play experiences are likely to be like. Also, if you're just getting into board gaming as a hobby, or wondering why board gaming has had such a renaissance over the last decade, their video on The Board Game Golden Age is an excellent (though 40 minutes long) video to watch.
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ZeeBoi posted:Spoony continued to be a grumpy nitpicking shithead in his vlog of Pacific Rim. Guy couldn't just have fun with the movie and made it SERIOUS BUSINESS. Spoony is one of the biggest self hating nerds I've ever seen. He's a gigantic loving dork but he feels the need to act like h's above it all. See also his  "Heh Mass Effect 3 ending sucked? loving nerds, it ruled." or this "Pacific Rim? You mean loving nerd bait movie for nerds? I'll pass."
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OldTennisCourt posted:Spoony is one of the biggest self hating nerds I've ever seen. He's a gigantic loving dork but he feels the need to act like h's above it all. So he'd fit right in on SA then!
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Todd posted a new One-Hit Wonderland of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" the great '80s hit. http://blip.tv/todds-pop-song-reviews/one-hit-wonderland-i-ran-so-far-away-by-a-flock-of-seagulls-6619165
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FlamingLiberal posted:Todd posted a new One-Hit Wonderland of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" the great '80s hit. I read Todd's warning about the 80's hair, but holy poo poo he wasn't kidding 
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FlamingLiberal posted:Todd posted a new One-Hit Wonderland of A Flock of Seagulls' "I Ran (So Far Away)" the great '80s hit. I think Todd fell asleep in the middle of editing this episode (or he was too distracted by the hair). At around 7 minutes in he kept in several different takes of him saying "It's Ziggy Stardust for the new wave era!" dijon du jour fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Jul 22, 2013 |
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I hear that song in the most inappropriate places, the most infamous for me was when Toonami was showing this old anime called Saint Seiya but they replaced https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br5HLUbA8Gg with...this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpxrsEAIMT4
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Yeah, that's the Bowling For Soup cover used at the end of the video. It's certainly an interesting choice for an anime OP; didn't help that it looks a lot more like a generic AMV than anything else.
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dijon du jour posted:I think Todd fell asleep in the middle of editing this episode (or he was too distracted by the hair). At around 7 minutes in he kept in several different takes of him saying "It's Ziggy Stardust for the new wave era!" He's fixed it. He's so right though: Space Age Love Song is actually a pretty awesome song. EDIT: \/ I'm surprised that Todd didn't touch on how much Mike Score loathes "I Ran" because it's all people expect them to play when he knows they've got more interesting songs. Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Jul 23, 2013 |
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Mokinokaro posted:He's fixed it. Yeah, this is the first time I've heard it; that and "Transfer Affections" are pretty good songs. And he's absolutely right about them being a band for '82-'83, though. It's a real shame that they wound up being known more for their hair than the music, because Space Age Love Song is a song I can imagine a lot of bands being proud of.
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You know with the new Wolverine movie coming out, I'd like to see either Infamous Sphere or Rantasmo do a Queer Theory look at Bryan Singer's filmography; specifically my personal favorite "The Usual Suspects". Sphere, would you be interested in doing something like that? And while I'm here, I'd love to see Oancitizen review a Hispanic film. He's done all other cultures from French to Dutch and everything in between; it'd be good on him to focus on Latin America. I've heard that we've become huge in literature over the past decade and there's no shortage of films or directors to choose from ("Y Tu Mama Tambíen", "Pan's Labyrinth", etc.).
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ZeeBoi posted:Spoony continued to be a grumpy nitpicking shithead in his vlog of Pacific Rim. Guy couldn't just have fun with the movie and made it SERIOUS BUSINESS. I'm glad of Spoony's nitpicking sometimes. Like he says, it was "just OK." I saw Pacific Rim in 3D and I was pretty underwhelmed. When it was over I said to my brother "Well, that was a movie.  " I didn't hate it, but I didn't have much fun either. I can't even remember the names of the protagonists. The dual pilot brain drift stuff wasn't necessary, or was poorly executed. And I do agree that the the title is stupid.
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