Phelous - We Wish You A Turtle Christmas

[JoDaNa1281]

[Paul]

Wow, that was pretty funny and I didn't know about those weird French modeling photos. I still think "Gotta Get A Gift For Splinter" is pretty catchy.

[Deleted]

Was going to ask if this was the first thing he and Allison did separate reviews of but then I remembered Birdemic.

[Mozenrath]

I love that Phelous does make a point of being clear that he doesn't hate everything he reviews. It does feel good that we're moving away from the "every youtuber has to just be irrationally furious that things exist" as this big demand of reviewers.

[Bobeddy]

Gonna give this a watch later.

I was convinced Phelous already did a review of this a few years ago.

[eJm]

Dec 11, 2019 10:10:27 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I love that Phelous does make a point of being clear that he doesn't hate everything he reviews. It does feel good that we're moving away from the "every youtuber has to just be irrationally furious that things exist" as this big demand of reviewers.

It's one of those weird things where you watch reviewers start their stuff going "Well, I guess I have to be the one to review this abomination" and you end up thinking "...Why? Like, you don't have to. It's not your mission statement or anything..".

[Paul]

Dec 11, 2019 10:22:52 GMT -5 Bobeddy said:

Gonna give this a watch later.

I was convinced Phelous already did a review of this a few years ago.

It's funny you say that because I could have sworn he did, too... but I guess he hadn't.

[Mozenrath]

Dec 11, 2019 10:24:28 GMT -5 eJm said:

Dec 11, 2019 10:10:27 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I love that Phelous does make a point of being clear that he doesn't hate everything he reviews. It does feel good that we're moving away from the "every youtuber has to just be irrationally furious that things exist" as this big demand of reviewers.

It's one of those weird things where you watch reviewers start their stuff going "Well, I guess I have to be the one to review this abomination" and you end up thinking "...Why? Like, you don't have to. It's not your mission statement or anything..".

Yeah, like, AVGN kinda had to do ET at some point, that was so infamous and so in his wheelhouse, but most of these people, it's not really that obligatory unless it's a patreon or subscriber goal or something, like Civvie 11 doing Duke Nukem Forever. Still, you should not review something if you're going to just be miserable doing it, usually. That has some majorly diminishing returns.

[eJm]

Dec 11, 2019 10:44:24 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Dec 11, 2019 10:24:28 GMT -5 eJm said:

It's one of those weird things where you watch reviewers start their stuff going "Well, I guess I have to be the one to review this abomination" and you end up thinking "...Why? Like, you don't have to. It's not your mission statement or anything..".

Yeah, like, AVGN kinda had to do ET at some point, that was so infamous and so in his wheelhouse, but most of these people, it's not really that obligatory unless it's a patreon or subscriber goal or something, like Civvie 11 doing Duke Nukem Forever. Still, you should not review something if you're going to just be miserable doing it, usually. That has some majorly diminishing returns.

Like it was fine at a time when there wasn't as much content and I'm not expecting everyone to do video essays (something I'm working on isn't that but it isn't ranty either) but there comes a point where it just comes off as boring. Especially when it's all you do.

[JoDaNa1281]

Dec 11, 2019 10:10:27 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I love that Phelous does make a point of being clear that he doesn't hate everything he reviews. It does feel good that we're moving away from the "every youtuber has to just be irrationally furious that things exist" as this big demand of reviewers.

He actually said that in a tweet, when someone asked him about hating Dingo movies...and he responded that he doesn't hate them, he wouldn't keep doing them if he did.

[thirteen3]

Ah, that time of year when the internet reviewers review Christmas things the other internet revers reviewed last year.

Review.

[Deleted]

Every year my christmas party has a theme for what we will all watch and then everyone has to bring a movie of that theme. Some years ago the theme was Christmas specials for something that wasn't involved in Christmas (so none of those stand alone specials like Grinch or Rudolph). I brought this to the party and everyone hated me for it haha.

[Paul]

Dec 11, 2019 13:21:06 GMT -5 @mrsirdrdaddy said:

Every year my christmas party has a theme for what we will all watch and then everyone has to bring a movie of that theme. Some years ago the theme was Christmas specials for something that wasn't involved in Christmas (so none of those stand alone specials like Grinch or Rudolph). I brought this to the party and everyone hated me for it haha.

I would've had a blast watching it!

[JoDaNa1281]

Dec 11, 2019 12:37:05 GMT -5 thirteen3 said:

Ah, that time of year when the internet reviewers review Christmas things the other internet revers reviewed last year.

Review.

Phelous at least does some things to make his reviews different.

[G✇JI☈A]

Dec 11, 2019 10:24:28 GMT -5 eJm said:

Dec 11, 2019 10:10:27 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

I love that Phelous does make a point of being clear that he doesn't hate everything he reviews. It does feel good that we're moving away from the "every youtuber has to just be irrationally furious that things exist" as this big demand of reviewers.

It's one of those weird things where you watch reviewers start their stuff going "Well, I guess I have to be the one to review this abomination" and you end up thinking "...Why? Like, you don't have to. It's not your mission statement or anything..".

And eventually they make the video where they scream at their audience demanding “WHY DO YOU MAKE ME DO THIS!?”