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BigRed0427 posted:Like, you don't like the movie. Fine. But when you say the new ghostbusters is a notch above loving Pixles a big red flag goes off for me. Then your making a second video...why? They also made second videos for Prometheus and Terminator: Genisys, because they have a raging hatred against androids receiving film roles that simply can't be contained, and they have to subtly leak it out in coded videos for internet super sleuths to dissect.
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Beefstew posted:They also made second videos for Prometheus and Terminator: Genisys, because they have a raging hatred against androids receiving film roles that simply can't be contained, and they have to subtly leak it out in coded videos for internet super sleuths to dissect. But didn't they do the Terminator one because it was a confusing,nonsensical mess? The movie,not the video.
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I still feel strange for actually kinda liking Terminator Genisys. There were loving plot grand canyons but seeing Arnie as the T-800 again was great plus JK Simmons had the best line. "Goddamn time traveling robots! Covering up their goddamn tracks! I hate them!" Plus I'll agree with Mike and Jay that a movie about Arnie working as a construction worker and what he did to pass time while waiting for Sarah and John to show up would be genuinely fun to see. Tracula fucked around with this message at 22:29 on Aug 2, 2016 |
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Hell, they made three videos on Prometheus. One for their review, one ripping on it, and one joking about the "questions will be answered" tagline for the DVD release.
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Aug 2, 2016 22:31
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CelticPredator posted:I'd agree that it is. Pixles would've been a pretty forgettable dull movie if it weren't for the blatant narcism from Sandler. Ghostbusters not having it, does give it a slightly higher edge. Oh poo poo, he's a snitch?
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Asuron posted:I mean considering there were quite a few people in this thread who were calling James Rolfe sexist and all sorts of crap because he made a video explaining why he wasn't going to see it, I wasn't expecting a better type of reaction than the stupid one you gave here but still. Wasn't that like two people who immediately got corrected? The general takeaway I got from that whole thing was, "Why did he feel like he needed to explain why he wasn't watching a movie to the internet, especially in vlog format?"
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Aug 2, 2016 23:04
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Might be because the first part of his AVGN Ghostbusters video alone has nearly six million views so people were gonna be breathing down his neck and asking constantly what his thoughts were.
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Aug 2, 2016 23:15
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Puppy Time posted:Wasn't that like two people who immediately got corrected? The general takeaway I got from that whole thing was, "Why did he feel like he needed to explain why he wasn't watching a movie to the internet, especially in vlog format?" This thread alone went on for about two pages about it, then tried to link him as a puppet of AlphaOmegaSin or whatever. Then he was featured in a video that was shared in the thread about "manbabies" hating the new Ghostbusters. Even though James didn't even bring up the gender aspect as a problem with the movie. Much like most of the other negative reviews. Compare this to the recent Star Wars. The Force Awakens was an amazing movie and great revival to a stagnant franchise that boosted the representation of women and minorities in lead roles. Abrams has always argued for diversity quotas when casting his projects - this goes all the way back to Lost (which I'm still an apologist for, ashamedly). I also have immense respect for Abrams because he admits when he's wrong - he apologized about overusing lens flares, he admitted that putting Alice Eve in her underwear in Star Trek: Into Darkness was sexist and unnecessary, and he's been very receptive to the criticisms of TFA. Paul Feig, on the other hand, routinely doubles down when faced with criticism, and clearly doesn't understand the process of filmmaking as much as Abrams (in spite of the latter's many faults and palpable Spielberg-envy). Diversity in film is a serious issue. Tokenism is a serious issue. People decrying films with diverse casts as "pandering" or "bowing to the PC police" is an issue. There's no reason Ghostbusters can't have four female leads. The first one had four male leads. It's great that these talented women can find work and exposure in an industry dominated by men. And yet the still deserve better than this. And y'all are fooling yourselves if you don't think a ruthless corporation like Sony can co-opt feminist criticism to use as a bludgeoning cudgel to market a mediocre movie. It's the same poo poo as "Escape From Tomorrow" claiming that it's the "movie Disney doesn't want you to see!" They were feeding imaginary controversy for publicity. Did they end up attracting the ire of a bunch of shithead MRAs like Aurini and such? Sure. gently caress those guys. gently caress their misogyny. At the end of the day, what you're left with is a lovely movie and a bunch of manufactured drama that captivated two extreme sides for free publicity.
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Beefstew posted:This thread alone went on for about two pages about it, then tried to link him as a puppet of AlphaOmegaSin or whatever. Then he was featured in a video that was shared in the thread about "manbabies" hating the new Ghostbusters. Even though James didn't even bring up the gender aspect as a problem with the movie. Much like most of the other negative reviews. Lol okay dude, your favorite internet critic man isn't a sexist if you really don't want him to be
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Don't worry, all. The tasteful analysis of Ghostbusters 2016 is out now!
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The math for the trailer they brought up was the most entertaining part for me and underlines how pointless this whole stupid mess was.quote:38 million views If you watched it and liked it, you're entitled to your own ppinion._
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Lol okay dude, your favorite internet critic man isn't a sexist if you really don't want him to be Come on. It's a decent post and what's stupid is that anyone who says that Rolfe isn't sexist just gets dog piled instantly and laughed at. It's really rather annoying.
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Aug 2, 2016 23:58
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Tracula posted:Come on. It's a decent post and what's stupid is that anyone who says that Rolfe isn't sexist just gets dog piled instantly and laughed at. It's really rather annoying. Okay, your fave ALSO isn't sexist
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The math was kind of.... not very good, and also completely meaningless though? It makes a weird assumption that everyone that watched the trailer is someone who actively engages with youtube, making comments and so on rather than just casual users who just watch a video and get on with their day (also it's the number of views and not the number of people that actually watched the video so there's another assumption). Even the percentages on how much comments were to do with women felt useless cause it made the assumption that youtube comments have any semblance of substance. The sad thing is, and this is probably the thing I don't like the most about the video, is that it's (intentionally or not) apologetic towards the people who were attacking the movie based on the fact that the movie feature women; which they kind of acknowledge that they exist, but also kind of make it sound like they "weren't a big deal". A lot of people are going to watch that and see "Hey look, there weren't that many sexist people to begin with. What's the big deal? Sexism isn't a problem. Leslie Jones is a thin skinned [choose your favourite slur here]. Hashtag FreeMilo".
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Afal posted:The sad thing is, and this is probably the thing I don't like the most about the video, is that it's (intentionally or not) apologetic towards the people who were attacking the movie based on the fact that the movie feature women; which they kind of acknowledge that they exist, but also kind of make it sound like they "weren't a big deal". A lot of people are going to watch that and see "Hey look, there weren't that many sexist people to begin with. What's the big deal? Sexism isn't a problem. Leslie Jones is a thin skinned [choose your favourite slur here]. Hashtag FreeMilo". People can misconstrue what Mike/Jay/Rich are actually saying all they want, but what's clear is that they're tired of being lumped in with the MRA/anti-feminist/racist/etc. crowds simply for not liking Ghostbusters 2016. The whole point of the video is that they can dislike a film without being a part of a loud, vocal minority of assholes on the internet.
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Hating Ghostbusters 2016 doesnt make you sexist hth.
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I really did like James's response to the Ghostbusters video.
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KKall posted:I didded a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdewjDYBJg Kyle, please come back and save us from rolling the boulder of Ghostbusters discussion up the hill of the Internet Critic thread. Speaking of which, you convinced me to watch Waiting for Godot (2001 version) and it makes me want to watch more plays like it. I wouldn't even know where to start though. Are there other pieces like it? Does SA have a Theater/Play Megathread with a bunch of recommendations? Also, if I wanted to stay away from local theater but wanted to take part in the classic plays, should I just read them? Is there a venue to watch theater online?
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Aug 3, 2016 01:34
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Innuendo Studios put up a really good video last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N6y6LEwsKc
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Akett posted:Innuendo Studios put up a really good video last week. Between this and Waiting For Godot/Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead my brain's been through a lot today 
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Kyle , I could have sworn you'd made a video looking at Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. Was it someone else or am I just imagining things?
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Akett posted:Innuendo Studios put up a really good video last week. Definitely play The Beginners Guide first before watching. It's made by the same guy who made The Stanley Parable and is amazing. Worth the play and the video is great too.
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Gnome de plume posted:Kyle , I could have sworn you'd made a video looking at Rosencrantz & Guildenstern. Was it someone else or am I just imagining things? He did one on the Tim Roth/ Gary Oldman version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdewjDYBJg
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TheMaestroso posted:People can misconstrue what Mike/Jay/Rich are actually saying all they want, but what's clear is that they're tired of being lumped in with the MRA/anti-feminist/racist/etc. crowds simply for not liking Ghostbusters 2016. The whole point of the video is that they can dislike a film without being a part of a loud, vocal minority of assholes on the internet.
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achillesforever6 posted:I know this is a pretty weak argument point, but if Jay/Mike/Rich were the MRA assholes people think they are wouldn't they have loving hated Mad Max Fury Road? Or Force Awakens If they were the godawful MRA assholes people suddenly think they are, we would have learned about it a LOOOONG time ago, seeing as how they've been in the internet spotlight for going on 10 years now and have been pretty up front and open with their personal views and real personalities since at least Best of the Worst started like 3 years ago. They are known quantities at this point.  I'm kidding, christ
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Okay, your fave ALSO isn't sexist If you don't want to make an valid and earnest argument, please just don't say anything. The irony is that this kind of discourse it actually hurts other individuals who want to use the word 'sexist' in a valid context rather than using it as a catch-all dog whistle for things that you don't like just to make you feel better about yourself. EDIT: Your post would be fine if it was funny. It wasn't. Like the new Ghostbusters movie.
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I got one but I'm too afraid to make jokes
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Annointed posted:Jim Sterling did a video about how Survival Games have become babysitting simulators. I feel bad because I've completely forgotten the source, but somebody did a really good critique of survival meters, which then went on to influence the Subnautica devs to modify how their systems worked. From a player psychology perspective, constantly showing the meter and worse still, showing the meter immediately tick back down from 100% to 99% soon after filling it up just stresses the player out and steals attention away from the bigger picture.
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MrSlam posted:I got one but I'm too afraid to make jokes That one's been floating around the Red Letter Media subreddit for years now, along with AIDS Moby as a nickname for Jack, which apparently was a nickname given to Jack by one of his own real life friends, so make of that what you will. e: It comes from one of Garrett Gilchrist's online rants against Mike, Jay, and Rich post-Gorilla Interrupted and the collapse of their friendship. He falsely claimed that Mike was actually a huge racist/white supremacist, so people started using facetiously it to make fun of Gilchrist. nine-gear crow fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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John Murdoch posted:I feel bad because I've completely forgotten the source, but somebody did a really good critique of survival meters, which then went on to influence the Subnautica devs to modify how their systems worked. From a player psychology perspective, constantly showing the meter and worse still, showing the meter immediately tick back down from 100% to 99% soon after filling it up just stresses the player out and steals attention away from the bigger picture. I can attest to that. It always feels like I'm not making any headway. Instead of thinking "okay I'm good for now, time to explore", I start thinking "oh poo poo where's the nearest pile of everything."
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Miss Wallace posted:That's not me in the video, that's Phelan's sister Kyna. Well thats embarrassing, she doesn't even have the same hair color. I'll blame the tedium of retail keeping my mind unfocused. Annointed posted:Jim Sterling did a video about how Survival Games have become babysitting simulators. For some reason I was expecting him to talk about survival games with open world pvp and how you can't log off without fear of your poo poo being destroyed.
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No game has done survival better than STALKER, and nobody seems to want to emulate them. Inventory management is not fun. Survival should come from dealing with the environment, not handling hunger and thirst meters. Granted, neglecting those meters will get you killed in STALKER, but you are far more likely to be killed by a bullet or a dangerous anomaly in those games.
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Arcsquad12 posted:No game has done survival better than STALKER, and nobody seems to want to emulate them. Inventory management is not fun. Survival should come from dealing with the environment, not handling hunger and thirst meters. Granted, neglecting those meters will get you killed in STALKER, but you are far more likely to be killed by a bullet or a dangerous anomaly in those games. but that would be fun, interesting, and most damningly, make the developers think about and spend time designing the environment instead of just plugging in a random terrain generator
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Alaois posted:but that would be fun, interesting, and most damningly, make the developers think about and spend time designing the environment instead of just plugging in a random terrain generator I think that's why people are highly skeptical of No Man's Sky.
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Arcsquad12 posted:No game has done survival better than STALKER, and nobody seems to want to emulate them. Inventory management is not fun. Survival should come from dealing with the environment, not handling hunger and thirst meters. Granted, neglecting those meters will get you killed in STALKER, but you are far more likely to be killed by a bullet or a dangerous anomaly in those games. Pathologic is the only game I can think of.
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Alaois posted:but that would be fun, interesting, and most damningly, make the developers think about and spend time designing the environment instead of just plugging in a random terrain generator
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KKall posted:I didded a thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEdewjDYBJg Was the 13:37 video length intentional? I can't wait to get to the end of the video and find out it is and make a total rear end out of myself.
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Hey everyone, new episode! This one's on a comic made by the US military to explain Don't Ask Don't Tell to their soldiers. It's dry, out of touch, homophobic and horribly illustrated, hooray!
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I also have a new episode! The Doctor Who Book Guide looks at "Timewyrm: Apocalypse" by Nigel Robinson, which is about a utopia with a daaaark secret! Because you just can't have a normal boring utopia. Also, I've taken the plunge and am trying to make the Pop Arena into my full time job. Starting this week, I'll be posting new content every Wednesday and Saturday, with new Doctor Who Book Guide videos every other Wednesday. I'll also be reposting a lot of my lost Blip content on Mondays, and have reposted a lot already, including my videos on Sandman, Cybersix, Guardians of Ga'Hoole and Welcome to the NHK.
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