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The only thing worse than skits was when guys like Linkara started having lore
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Apr 18, 2019 16:31
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I just want them to be funny if theyre going for it. From what ive seen of ppl like contrapoints and hbomberguy the videos are informative, its just that the humor misses for me most of the time. I like shaun because he doesnt really try to be funny, its just some humorously ironic remarks here and there.
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Apr 18, 2019 16:34
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Mel Mudkiper posted:The only thing worse than skits was when guys like Linkara started having lore I remember once long ago someone linked me to a Linkara video and the first ten minutes of the video was him pretending his house was a spaceship and a robot version of him was attacking it. It did not really inspire me to watch more
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Apr 18, 2019 17:02
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Well, speaking of the video review trends of the 2000s, I just put up a video on Mogworld, the first book by Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. I ruminate on Yahtzee's career, including Zero Punctuation, natch, and the general cynicism and apathy that defined the first wave of video reviewers.
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Apr 18, 2019 17:26
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Mel Mudkiper posted:The only thing worse than skits was when guys like Linkara started having lore I think Linkara gets away with it since his whole schtick is about reviewing Comic books
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Apr 18, 2019 17:30
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SgtSteel91 posted:I think Linkara gets away with it since his whole schtick is about reviewing Comic books gonna hard veto that one
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Apr 18, 2019 17:36
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tbh whenever I watch a linkara video I just skip the lore bits
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Apr 18, 2019 17:46
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Junpei Hyde posted:tbh whenever I watch a linkara video I just skip the lore bits Last time I checked, he wised up and put that at the end of his videos anyway, right?
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Apr 18, 2019 17:54
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Junpei Hyde posted:tbh whenever I watch a linkara video I just skip the lore bits This except with any video with that stuff
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Apr 18, 2019 17:56
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the best linkara thing was mega64 mocking his power rangers rant.
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Apr 18, 2019 17:56
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Andrast posted:This except with any video with that stuff Same but also in video plugs.
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Apr 18, 2019 17:58
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Anyone watch this doc on the fall of Channel Awesome? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcEJJpt3Y5k SgtSteel91 posted:I think Linkara gets away with it since his whole schtick is about reviewing Comic books
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Apr 18, 2019 18:07
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ArfJason posted:I just want them to be funny if theyre going for it. From what ive seen of ppl like contrapoints and hbomberguy the videos are informative, its just that the humor misses for me most of the time. I enjoy hbombs jokes and his informative videos, although him guffawing at whatever stupid thing is the topic of the week in a really fake way can be a biiit too much sometimes
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Apr 18, 2019 18:08
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Hel posted:Also more people than Americans are going to be caring about Notre dame burning than the local American shitshow of the week, even on the English speaking internet. The distinction isn't that a cultural tragedy is less worthwhile to "care about" than a human tragedy, or that Americans engaging with a tragedy occuring in France is somehow inauthentic, it's that the engagement (whether it's a French guy or an American or whoever doing it) is only with the image of the tragedy. For example, when Grenfell tower caught fire in London, locals complained about residents of other areas of London coming just to see the burnt out tower block in real life, who had no particular interest in the plight of the now-homeless residents - to have an authentic engagement with just the image of tragedy.
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Apr 18, 2019 18:27
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McCloud posted:I enjoy hbombs jokes and his informative videos, although him guffawing at whatever stupid thing is the topic of the week in a really fake way can be a biiit too much sometimes I think one of my favourite hbomb things is his look directly to camera when he starts listening to Davis Aurini's complaints about Ghostbusters 2016
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Apr 18, 2019 18:39
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Fil5000 posted:Davis Aurini's complaints about Ghostbusters 2016 jesus christ what I feel like that would have to be locked in a sacred tomb underneath a church for the good of mankind
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Apr 18, 2019 18:43
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To sum up the thread's opinion - skits in of themsevles are not bad, they are just hard to do well? I admit to bias - I adore the theatrical framing of Contrapoints and Philosophy Tube because playing with the visuals makes it seem like there is a reason that they are a video instead of a podcast. Besides the wonderful invention of closed captions making it more acessible. ( And I really like skits, just in general but especially Linkara's and was wondering the whys behind it. Thank you all for your thoughtful answers ! )
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Apr 18, 2019 19:04
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even with rlm i skip through the intros to half in the bag until i see the first trailer and those aren't even long.
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Apr 18, 2019 19:08
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Mel Mudkiper posted:jesus christ what Here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY172rzvbWE
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Apr 18, 2019 19:29
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Sometimes the world gets me down and I feel kind of blue, but then I’m reminded of how Davis Aurini vanished like flash paper at some point in 2016 because he was too pathetic even for incel nazis who complain about Star Wars. It’s a real shame about the nazis, however.
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Apr 18, 2019 19:33
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gags are fine and goofs are fine i'm even fine with bits but take this tip: for my viewership, please lay off the skits
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Apr 18, 2019 19:39
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I've been watching Hmbomberguy, Lindsey Ellis and Foldable Human so I love skits I can't get enough of them. Dan's whole Fortnite bit with the in game character being him was fun. I guess they've fallen off for other people though. Anyone remember the last time James Rolfe had to fight a video game character in hand-to-hand combat?
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Apr 18, 2019 19:41
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I’m glad the imperative to play a character in order to do analysis has mostly withered away. It seems like inheritance from James Rolfe, who also shouldn’t have done it, that got oversimplified into a way of excusing preposterous, thoughtless hyperbole, and for a while I could really see some producers chafing under the obligation. Like, “version of myself who’s a thoughtless jerk or who cares too much about something I actually care about” is needlessly confusing and only necessary if a person can’t produce a nuanced perspective (or is forced by economic reality to pander to 14-year-olds who won’t accept nuance).
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Apr 18, 2019 19:48
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I think Allison's Baywatching series is my favourite thing to come out of the sketch style video review. The show is unbelievably stupid but incredibly entertaining, and Allison's enthusiasm for the silliness is infectious. Carnivore Mitch and wimpy Eddie are pretty awesome. There's no negativity and a lot of research put into the videos. I never thought I'd find the production history of a cheesecake beach show so intriguing.
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Apr 18, 2019 19:50
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I think people like Contrapoints and Hbomberguy and Foldable Human took that artform, the artform of the skit, and just examined it and thought about it. While the rest of the internet were like, "SKITS?! These are LAME. Who could POSSIBLY enjoy them!?" the more inspired video creators saw potential in the skit. I hope all the people that made fun of them years ago feels especially silly right now.
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Apr 18, 2019 19:51
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McCloud posted:I enjoy hbombs jokes and his informative videos, although him guffawing at whatever stupid thing is the topic of the week in a really fake way can be a biiit too much sometimes Precisely this. Its something thats bothered me since forever from the few Youtube people ive seen, never really had a reason to bring it up till now.
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Apr 18, 2019 19:54
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DoubleCakes posted:I think people like Contrapoints and Hbomberguy and Foldable Human took that artform, the artform of the skit, and just examined it and thought about it. While the rest of the internet were like, "SKITS?! These are LAME. Who could POSSIBLY enjoy them!?" the more inspired video creators saw potential in the skit. I hope all the people that made fun of them years ago feels especially silly right now. Theyre as bad as skits in rap albums
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Apr 18, 2019 19:55
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Imagine the worst acted snl or mad TV skit or any other TV show or movie with the shittiest actors, now realize that the best YouTube skit is worse than that
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Apr 18, 2019 20:07
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i can only understand ideas that are framed as a discourse between grotesque caricatures wearing Spirit Halloween Store makeup shrieking at each other Plato, famously known as the original "influencer," used the same technique in his wildly popular "Dialogues of the Dead"
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Apr 18, 2019 20:25
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DoubleCakes posted:I think people like Contrapoints and Hbomberguy and Foldable Human took that artform, the artform of the skit, and just examined it and thought about it. While the rest of the internet were like, "SKITS?! These are LAME. Who could POSSIBLY enjoy them!?" the more inspired video creators saw potential in the skit. I hope all the people that made fun of them years ago feels especially silly right now. I don't know, if I do watch a video with a skit I usually just skip it. I like to hear what people think, not so much how they act. corn in the bible fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Apr 18, 2019 |
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Apr 18, 2019 20:33
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Todd in the Shadows couldn't upload his Trainwreckords on Larren Hill, so instead he uploaded a One-Hit Wonderland on Jump Around by House of Pain. Did I forget that this is the last patreon request for One-Hit Wonderland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOGkD7xW2c
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Apr 18, 2019 21:25
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Phelous' skits are my favorite because I like that dumb sense of humor and Halloweenie was one of my favorite things to watch during October
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Apr 18, 2019 21:32
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Mel Mudkiper posted:jesus christ what That's how diablo started ya know
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Apr 18, 2019 21:55
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I am pretty sure clicking this link is analogous to the opening of the ark
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Apr 18, 2019 22:41
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Mel Mudkiper posted:I am pretty sure clicking this link is analogous to the opening of the ark its hbomberguy's response to davis aurini's video so it's more like watching indy and marion as their tied to the pole and all the nazis melt
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Apr 18, 2019 22:51
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I was actually thinking of ol Aurini the other day because I was watching a cheap movie set in an elite university and they could only afford one bust so every scene had that same bust in a different spot and it reminded me of the infamously migratory Aurini skull
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Apr 18, 2019 22:56
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The Bunny Perspective guy has been posting weird rambling videos... I think they're edits of Twitch streams... since #ChangeTheChannel. Apparently his issues with Lindsay Ellis made him sympathetic to GamerGate?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpRFgdVLfmU
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Apr 18, 2019 23:18
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Weird how those creeps always seem to choose the same few targets out of the dozens of people who have spoken up, most of whom have been more aggressive. Curious indeed. And I guess Aristotle was right about some people, that rather than being formed by their experiences, their experiences merely nurture the fascist that they always were, helping them uncover what was always directing their choices and determining their actions. gently caress all that nazi filth.
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Apr 18, 2019 23:27
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TheMonkRocks45 posted:Todd in the Shadows couldn't upload his Trainwreckords on Larren Hill, so instead he uploaded a One-Hit Wonderland on Jump Around by House of Pain. Did I forget that this is the last patreon request for One-Hit Wonderland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBOGkD7xW2c It sucks that he can't upload that Trainwreckords (which you can watch on his Patreon page if you subscribe) to Youtube because it is one of his best. It falls somewhere between  and  because the performance itself was an absolute trainwreck (for example, Lauryn Hill was having legal issues with her backing band at the time so she put on a one-woman show... having only learned how to play a musical instrument in the past year) but the underlying mental issues she was clearly dealing with just make it feel exploitative to watch (the performance, not Todd's video). I hope he can eventually get that video published in a way that he can monetize it because he absolutely deserves to get rewarded for the effort he put into it.
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Apr 18, 2019 23:42
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Sometimes the world gets me down and I feel kind of blue, but then I’m reminded of how Davis Aurini vanished like flash paper at some point in 2016 because he was too pathetic even for incel nazis who complain about Star Wars. Didn't he get shoved out because even the chudosphere couldn't stand him?
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