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I really liked Weird Video Games on BT.  Actually, that was the only thing I liked there.
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PiedPiper posted:It really grinds my gears that almost every web-reviewer thinks that he just HAS to show all of his nerd credentials in the background, like comic books, action figures, VHS tapes, huge-rear end posters, etc. RLM's style, on the other hand, is more subtle and inviting. I think you hit on something when you called it inviting. Maybe I'm a self-hating nerd, but the Nerd Credential Background is really an uninviting tableau for me. It's daresay a creepy background, in that I can't understand the mentality of it. I don't own or display posters, I stopped owning action figures when I stopped being a child, and any books/dvds are just interspersed with non-nerd titles in such a way that you'd have to pan in close to identify any of it.
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Jun 18, 2014 18:40
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MisterBibs posted:I think you hit on something when you called it inviting. Maybe I'm a self-hating nerd, but the Nerd Credential Background is really an uninviting tableau for me. It's daresay a creepy background, in that I can't understand the mentality of it. I don't own or display posters, I stopped owning action figures when I stopped being a child, and any books/dvds are just interspersed with non-nerd titles in such a way that you'd have to pan in close to identify any of it. The weirdest is Phelous who has like 5 copies of the same game in the background sometimes along with all the other stuff.
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Jun 18, 2014 19:07
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MisterBibs posted:I don't own or display posters Because, like, I'm such a 90s kid, you guys 
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http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/43723-jurassic-park-3 The movie that killed my childhood  Seriously who though that killing the T-Rex was a good idea? That and who thought it was a good idea for the other T-Rexes to not get revenge on the Spinosaurus? Fun fact: the T-Rex that dies is said to be the grown up baby T-Rex from The Lost World Why do people hate the Lost World
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Jun 18, 2014 21:05
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I love the ending of JP3, if for no other reason than it felt like they badly wrote themselves into a corner, prompting the whole 'SEND IN THE ENTIRE NAVY' thing.
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Jun 19, 2014 00:00
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OldTennisCourt posted:The weirdest is Phelous who has like 5 copies of the same game in the background sometimes along with all the other stuff. I'll give Phelous some credit: he films in a room obviously dedicated to that purpose whereas it looks like most reviewers set up a "stage" area somewhere in their living space.
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Jun 19, 2014 00:46
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achillesforever6 posted:Seriously who though that killing the T-Rex was a good idea? That and who thought it was a good idea for the other T-Rexes to not get revenge on the Spinosaurus? Fun fact: the T-Rex that dies is said to be the grown up baby T-Rex from The Lost World Jack Horner posted:I would say that Spinosaurus is definitely more ferocious and nastier than T. rex. My hypothesis is that T. rex was actually a scavenger rather than a killer, rather than a predator, and we see that in this movie more than we see it in the other ones. Spinosaurus is really the predatory animal here, that actually goes after T. rex. achillesforever6 posted:Why do people hate the Lost World
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I take a fifth stab at the Ranma 1/2 manga, this time with a little less sexism and a little more kung fu old people.
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Jun 19, 2014 05:22
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Tarquinn posted:I really liked Weird Video Games on BT. When I did poke the site, he was the only one I ever looked at. His posting was so irregular, on top of Blistered Thumbs' terrible layout (there were no straight up show/creator listings like TGWTG has) that I just stopped checking. Which is too bad. I hope he makes it somewhere.
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Jun 19, 2014 05:57
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achillesforever6 posted:http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/43723-jurassic-park-3 Because it's not very good? Mind you, I can't really comment - I don't get all the hate for JP3, I think it's freaking hilarious and enjoyable.  
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Jun 19, 2014 07:39
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Fossilized Rappy posted:That would be Jurassic Park paleontological consultant Jack Horner. Jurassic Park 3 should have had Bob Bakker as its consultant.
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I can only speak for myself here, but I like JP and the Lost World in and of themselves for two very different reasons. It's when I start comparing the two to one another and to III that the disparities start to emerge. The three films are actually three different genres sharing a common label. There's no consistent tone running through all three and I think a lot of people look down on the sequels because they want them to be Jurassic Park when only the first one alone is Jurassic Park. The Lost World, meanwhile, is an action adventure film. It foregoes the powerful emotions and thought-provoking moments of the first one in favour of having some vaguely interesting people going to an incredibly interesting place and having an exciting, mostly impact-free adventure. It's lowbrow action schlock, but it's mostly fun action schlock. I enjoyed it the last time I watched it, but it was a completely different type of enjoyment compared to what I felt the last time I watched the original film. Jurassic Park III, on the other hand is a survival horror film. It's smaller in every respect compared to the first two, both in focus and narrative ambition. It's also a piece of poo poo, but that's another matter entirely. It's just one of those film series where each iteration seems like its part of a completely different series despite sharing a contiguous story universe, like what Die Hard's turned into. nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 08:25 on Jun 19, 2014 |
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Jun 19, 2014 08:21
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DStecks posted:Brad's got a new Cinema Snob out, this one about cult classic The Stepfather. the part where he losing his identity is really good in the bathroom, i thought it was a ok review but his last few was better. it also didn't help he just did friday the 13th part 3 where he did some of the same jokes. but this forum have a hard on for hating bard i notice. EDIT: i am talking more about people saying brad is racist and homophobic becuase he did a podcast with josh once upon a time and less about hating on old schtick. i still think mommy dearest is his best review this year when it comes to leaking out his pesonal bias on a film since really "worst movie of the 80's" it is not. Cyron fucked around with this message at 12:43 on Jun 19, 2014 |
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Jun 19, 2014 12:22
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My then-12-year old brother and I were doing a Jurassic Park marathon one day, and just stopped 30 minutes into JP3 because he was picking apart how every single thing that happens in that movie is caused by the characters making the stupidest possible decision.Cyron posted:the part where he losing his identity is really good in the bathroom, i thought it was a ok review but his last few was better. it also didn't help he just did friday the 13th part 3 where he did some of the same jokes. but this forum have a hard on for hating bard i notice. Brad Jones is the only TGWTG contributor I still watch with regularity, I'm not criticizing the schtick because I hate him; I don't. I just wish he'd tone down the Snob schtick a bit, because really, are film critics who reflexively hate horror movies really still a thing that need to be taken down a peg? Because the new wave of horror movies seems to be pretty well-liked by critics, and 80's style slasher flicks (the ones Brad loves and the critics hate) don't really get made anymore for theatrical release.
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Jun 19, 2014 14:24
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DStecks posted:Brad Jones is the only TGWTG contributor I still watch with regularity, I'm not criticizing the schtick because I hate him; I don't. I just wish he'd tone down the Snob schtick a bit, because really, are film critics who reflexively hate horror movies really still a thing that need to be taken down a peg? Because the new wave of horror movies seems to be pretty well-liked by critics, and 80's style slasher flicks (the ones Brad loves and the critics hate) don't really get made anymore for theatrical release. Brad is a lot like other internet critics where when he tones down the character or leaves it aside all together he's much, much more enjoyable. I really find this the case too with James Rolfe and Doug Walker. I'm pretty burned out on the AVGN and NC shtick but when they just talk about something they like or dislike, play a videogame with friends, do a vlog, etc it's considerably better. With Spoony it's a bit harder since it really feels like there's a pretty blurred line between Noah and Spoony or whatever you wanna call his 'character' for reviews. Tracula fucked around with this message at 14:43 on Jun 19, 2014 |
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Jun 19, 2014 14:37
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Tracula posted:With Spoony it's a bit harder since it really feels like there's a pretty blurred line between Noah and Spoony or whatever you wanna call his 'character' for reviews. I used to be a pretty hardcore Spoony fan, and I never saw any compelling evidence that he's playing a character at all.
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Jun 19, 2014 14:56
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Yeah that's just him. I do find it funny that he's done more reviews this year since I stopped paying attention since seemingly all of 2013.
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Cyron posted:EDIT: i am talking more about people saying brad is racist and homophobic becuase he did a podcast with josh once upon a time and less about hating on old schtick. i still think mommy dearest is his best review this year when it comes to leaking out his pesonal bias on a film since really "worst movie of the 80's" it is not. I know he has grown up but him being disgusted at a kid getting beaten up for nearly two hours and finding the Razzies to be dishonest shlock is such a low standard of "Oh look, he's good people!" that at this point I really, really am starting to feel sorry for Brad for how low the standards are. "Oh, he didn't shriek like an harpy and said that the girl had a wire hanger fetish and too pretentious for talking about her trauma to two strawmen business people for a movie. He's the gold standard here, folks."
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DStecks posted:are film critics who reflexively hate horror movies really still a thing that need to be taken down a peg? Because the new wave of horror movies seems to be pretty well-liked by critics, and 80's style slasher flicks (the ones Brad loves and the critics hate) don't really get made anymore for theatrical release. I enjoy the hell out of him, but I don't think Brad has ever really gotten over the death of the 80s slasher film. Sure, the new wave of horror seems to be liked by critics, but Brad isn't generally a fan of the new wave of horror movies. Case in point, Brad hates Scream, but more than that he hates how audiences embraced it. On Radiodrome he mentioned that he felt that Scream/Scream-type movies allowed filmmakers and audiences to say "I'm smarter than the folks who made slasher movies in the 80s", like it's a bad thing.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah that's just him. I do find it funny that he's done more reviews this year since I stopped paying attention since seemingly all of 2013. ... No one? http://spoonyexperiment.com/game-reviews/ultima-runes-of-virtue-part-1/ And gently caress you anyways
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Kunster posted:I know he has grown up but him being disgusted at a kid getting beaten up for nearly two hours and finding the Razzies to be dishonest shlock is such a low standard of "Oh look, he's good people!" that at this point I really, really am starting to feel sorry for Brad for how low the standards are. "Oh, he didn't shriek like an harpy and said that the girl had a wire hanger fetish and too pretentious for talking about her trauma to two strawmen business people for a movie. He's the gold standard here, folks." I literally never understand what you say in this thread. Like, I know all the words, and you probably have an opinion I could agree or disagree with, but somehow they are never put together in a way I can parse.
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Jun 19, 2014 20:39
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... Come on it's not that hard. I watched the Mommy Dearest TCS episode to check what was up, and both points he made that could be perceived as a positive ("Mommy Dearest as a piece of media was mistreated, specially by the Razzies" + "The portrayed child abuse was hard to watch"), weighted that with what the other guy said as a judgment of his character, and saw it was sad that the standards for "Well, that's a righteous fellow" were this low. The quote unquote part was just me ragging on Doug Walker's performance on his reviews, both old and new, and using that as a way of showcasing that maybe the standards of judgement are really low.
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Xander77 posted:On that note... who wants to see a naked Spoony dance at the camera while going "I'd gently caress me... hard"? It does amuse me that nobody even bothered to link Spoony's new review till your post. It's just really kinda bland more than anything. Some bits are okay, some are really force and unfunny. It's just agressively "meh" all around.
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Jun 19, 2014 21:06
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The Vosgian Beast posted:I literally never understand what you say in this thread. Kunster posted:I know he has grown up, but him being disgusted at a kid getting beaten up for nearly two hours and finding the Razzies to be "dishonest shlock" is such a low standard to be defined as a decent person. I am really starting to feel sorry for Brad for how low his standards are for being a good person. I can't parse the rest of it either, and to be honest I'm not sure how much I got right of the first part.
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Jun 19, 2014 21:32
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Cannot Find Server posted:Jurassic Park 3 should have had Bob Bakker as its consultant. I still like the Lost World because I enjoy the set pieces, Jeff Goldblum, Peter Posthelwaife, and the soundtrack which I think is on par with the original.
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Jun 19, 2014 21:53
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MisterBibs posted:I can't parse the rest of it either, and to be honest I'm not sure how much I got right of the first part. I mean folk's standards, yeah I definitely hosed up there. Sorry about that!
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Ok, this was my bad, that edit was badly. i only brought up mommy dearest just to say it was one of his better reviews this year. the first part is based on a old post who said that brad is racist by taking a tweet out of context and saying he defend everything josh handly do and say on the internet.
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Jun 19, 2014 21:56
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I think you're talking about my posting, haha. I tend to be more harsh with more influential/notorious/famous folk.
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Jun 19, 2014 22:01
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Kunster posted:I think you're talking about my posting, haha. I tend to be more harsh with more influential/notorious/famous folk. I was. i do agree with that that josh handly is a dried out turd, i was about to call him a tool but tools can be useful. but i don't think brad like josh that mush.
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Jun 19, 2014 22:06
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Josh Hadley is terrible. I don't think there's any disagreement about that and he's not working with Brad anymore so I don't see why he keeps getting brought up.
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Tracula posted:Brad is a lot like other internet critics where when he tones down the character or leaves it aside all together he's much, much more enjoyable. I really find this the case too with James Rolfe and Doug Walker. I'm pretty burned out on the AVGN and NC shtick but when they just talk about something they like or dislike, play a videogame with friends, do a vlog, etc it's considerably better. The review must go on is probably the best thing Doug Walker has ever done and I doubt anything he will do will surpass it. Then again, I also really liked the lost in translation demo reel video so my taste is probably not very good.
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Tracula posted:Brad is a lot like other internet critics where when he tones down the character or leaves it aside all together he's much, much more enjoyable. I really find this the case too with James Rolfe and Doug Walker. I'm pretty burned out on the AVGN and NC shtick but when they just talk about something they like or dislike, play a videogame with friends, do a vlog, etc it's considerably better. I do think the snob is running it corse mainly for him running out of mertial, i can see him fhinishing up the friday the 13th films to at least 8, and staying alive but i have no clue what his 300th review will be. But i feel like james (or even red letter media since i am sure most people know them due to planket) can live fine on the internet fine, he do more 80's dan and reviewers, and the midnight screenings can give him the cheep and easy cash. and none of that is bad IMO.
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watho posted:The review must go on is probably the best thing Doug Walker has ever done and I doubt anything he will do will surpass it. Then again, I also really liked the lost in translation demo reel video so my taste is probably not very good.
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I think Doug's best thing is Disney-cember. They are super short so you don't get a lot of annoying schtick. It's very review focused.
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Liar Lyre posted:I think Doug's best thing is Disney-cember. They are super short so you don't get a lot of annoying schtick. It's very review focused.
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New One Hit Wonderland: Biz Markie - Just A Friend I saw the music video (with different audio so Biz Markie's "singing" was a funny surprise) for this earlier today and was wondering what song it was from. Nice that I know now. Celery Face fucked around with this message at 00:10 on Jun 20, 2014 |
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achillesforever6 posted:I personally have a soft spot for his countdown videos and Old vs New. That and his regular reviews with Rob who I'll always like since he can do good impressions/characters. I do agree with you on that,he did take a bit to get a good flow to put in the demo reel folks but i will say i loved every review i saw since his comback. i hate the old vs new spider man because that fangirl pissed me off for the fact i know people who act like that on facebook.
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Celery Face posted:New One Hit Wonderland: Biz Markie - Just A Friend Biz Markie is a legend.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Biz Markie is a legend.
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