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Post by devilfish on Jul 7, 2023 8:50:21 GMT -5
So…random thought for Friday.
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole the last few days, watching some videos from YouTube producers from a couple of years ago that I was a fan of. And I noticed something I want your opinion about it.
Back when the Internet review were boom was really happening, around 2010 to 2015 or so, is it just me or did all of the big reviewer start this weird trend, where they added all of these weird story lines and acting segments to their shows?
I mean for a few years there every single show would seemingly start with a 10 minute segment in front of a green screen where they would say something like “oh no! The evil Lord Zinyak has abducted me and he’s gonna blow up the world with his Calcinator Death Ray! And he’s locked me in the dungeon of his spaceship and there’s nothing I can do to get out… But first let me review superman 64!”
I think the one that abuse the privilege of the most was Linkara, who is seemingly obsessed with constantly including multi week storylines like the entity and other stuff… Where he, and he alone was the only one who could save the Earth from these evil aliens from his giant spaceship… but first let’s review this issue of action comics.
I just want to know why that was a thing 
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Post by thirteen3 on Jul 7, 2023 9:16:35 GMT -5
A thing to remember about all critics in general is that they are people who couldn't succeed or weren't very good at whatever it is they're criticizing. Many still have that itch to actual do the things they criticize, hence you get these little skits and whatever the hell Linkara did.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 7, 2023 10:15:40 GMT -5
A thing to remember about all critics in general is that they are people who couldn't succeed or weren't very good at whatever it is they're criticizing. Many still have that itch to actual do the things they criticize, hence you get these little skits and whatever the hell Linkara did. Linkara weirdly enough still references his old skits in his newer reviews and seems like maybe he'd like to continue with it if he had time but he seems to have completely abandoned actually doing them. His modern reviews are all mostly just straight up reviews now. Probably for the best because that whole "storyline/skit" aspect is probably the thing that's aged the worst from that generation of reviewers. And it's not just him, the former channel awesome people who used to do them seem to have all moved on from it, even Brad Jones who still actually works there for... Some reason.
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Jul 7, 2023 11:07:08 GMT -5
A thing to remember about all critics in general is that they are people who couldn't succeed or weren't very good at whatever it is they're criticizing. Many still have that itch to actual do the things they criticize, hence you get these little skits and whatever the hell Linkara did. Credit where it's due, Linkara realized some people didn't like his storylines so he started putting them at the end of his reviews so they were easy to skip.
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Post by pinja on Jul 7, 2023 11:53:12 GMT -5
RedLetterMedia still do it and I hope they never stop.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jul 7, 2023 11:56:43 GMT -5
RLM have been fixing Plinkett's VCR for over a decade now.
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Post by Main Eventer on Jul 7, 2023 13:13:31 GMT -5
Remember when the reviewers got together to make movies? I remember.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jul 7, 2023 13:14:57 GMT -5
Skits are never good.
They're just self-indulgent garbage.
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Post by Chiral on Jul 7, 2023 13:24:58 GMT -5
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 7, 2023 13:28:31 GMT -5
Remember when the reviewers got together to make movies? I remember. If only I could blot out the part of my memory of watching To Boldly Flee in its entirety.
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Post by Zombie Mod is not a ghoul. on Jul 7, 2023 13:46:46 GMT -5
“oh no! The evil Lord Zinyak has abducted me and he’s gonna blow up the world with his Calcinator Death Ray! And he’s locked me in the dungeon of his spaceship and there’s nothing I can do to get out… ” Where he, and he alone was the only one who could save the Earth from these evil aliens from his giant spaceship… but first let’s review this issue of action comics. been playing Saints Row 4 recently?
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Post by wildojinx on Jul 7, 2023 14:25:30 GMT -5
AVGN still does that, but at least most of his skits are limited to a single video (I heard Board James had a continuing storyline, but I didnt watch that series).
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 7, 2023 14:31:15 GMT -5
Always felt like a really strange thing for people to get hung up on. Generally very easily fast-forwarded past if you don't care and even if they can be self-indulgent hey, the person making the video's allowed to have fun with it too.
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Post by TWERKIN' MAGGLE on Jul 7, 2023 14:57:36 GMT -5
Guys, we're doing the FAN Anniversary movie right now!
Also, you're paying for it. And writing it. And paying my rent. And doing my laundry.
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Post by Gunhaver on Jul 7, 2023 15:11:22 GMT -5
Remember when the reviewers got together to make movies? I remember. If you told me I only had an hour to live, you could play any of those Channel Awesome movies and it would feel like I were living a thousand lifetimes. Goddamn prison sentences feel shorter than those movies.
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Post by eJm on Jul 7, 2023 15:17:47 GMT -5
Always felt like a really strange thing for people to get hung up on. Generally very easily fast-forwarded past if you don't care and even if they can be self-indulgent hey, the person making the video's allowed to have fun with it too. Yeah, I got why in a sense but in an age of YT videos being easier to skip through and people leaving time stamps in the comments and such, it’s nowhere near the end of the world as, say, having to watch something on TV live without the ability to fast forward.
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jul 7, 2023 15:30:29 GMT -5
Remember when the reviewers got together to make movies? I remember. If only I could blot out the part of my memory of watching To Boldly Flee in its entirety. 99.99% of the people who worked on it wish they could do the same.
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Post by devilfish on Jul 7, 2023 15:46:26 GMT -5
“oh no! The evil Lord Zinyak has abducted me and he’s gonna blow up the world with his Calcinator Death Ray! And he’s locked me in the dungeon of his spaceship and there’s nothing I can do to get out… ” Where he, and he alone was the only one who could save the Earth from these evil aliens from his giant spaceship… but first let’s review this issue of action comics. been playing Saints Row 4 recently? How’d you notice?
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Jul 7, 2023 15:49:04 GMT -5
AVGN still does that, but at least most of his skits are limited to a single video (I heard Board James had a continuing storyline, but I didnt watch that series). Oh man Board James is great. It's almost the exception that proves the rule. It starts off as a review of 90s board games and slowly turns into a genuinely fun existential horror story. While also still being about board games.
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Post by Fundertaker on Jul 7, 2023 15:50:47 GMT -5
Remember when the reviewers got together to make movies? I remember. If you told me I only had an hour to live, you could play any of those Channel Awesome movies and it would feel like I were living a thousand lifetimes. Goddamn prison sentences feel shorter than those movies. Eh, I can still get through Kickassia unscathed. More than that I'm with you. In the other thread about disgraced youtubers I mentioned that I remembered the Game Overthinker also did sketches on his videos... and quite frankly that and the intro with the characters are the only thing I rememeber about them. And we're talking about an abrasive personality like MovieBob here!
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