"angry" gamers/critics

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Asa_Spades60 said:
I don't get angry critics/reviewers. For one, they're reviewing things that either aren't meant for them or they should have outgrown years ago (though, there are some kids' cartoons out there that can be enjoyed by adults due to the more adult jokes being more readily understood, like Animaniacs and Rocko's Modern Life). For all their talk about studios ruining childhoods, they seem to do it quicker by nitpicking stuff that would go over kids' heads anyway and most parents would dismiss as harmless entertainment. For another, it's never intellectual or even interesting, just squawking about why this TV show/movie/book/comic is bad and shouldn't be watched (and that's another thing: are these angry critics/reviewers so narcissistic that they think everyone has their mindset?). No look at as to "Why?" or even a brief history behind the scenes of its creation, buried by stupid jokes and catchphrases or, in the case of MysteriousMrEnter, a dour attitude and a lot of severe mental/emotional issues. It's all so tedious.

I prefer to read a review like this than watch something like this. Then again, that's probably all just me and I'm considered "too old" to "enjoy" something like this. To that I'd say, "Good."

Oh, and here's another angry reviewer/critic you should be picking apart: Troy Steele from http://www.bloggerbeware.com/. He's the MysteriousMrEnter of Goosebumps books (Goosebumps being those 1990s kids' horror books written by R.L. Stine) and his trigger book (the book that makes him go into a frothing rage) is Chicken, Chicken, number #52 of the original Goosebumps series about two farm kids who turn into chickens after being cursed by a witch.
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I like the Plinkett reviews, but they actually criticise the films more than the Channel Autism crowd do. The part where Plinkett asks people to describe characters from the original and prequel Star Wars to vastly different results is a clear way of showing the problems those films had with making strong characters. Angry criticism can work if the critic can actually make a strong criticism of the film rather than screaming "BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT!" at it.

I was always quite fond of Brad Jones as well, but he was more exasperated than angry. Most of his Cinema Snob reviews were free of lame skits and tard rage.
 
I hated the "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" trope. A lot of those scenes were cherished childhood memories of those movies. Not to mention, a lot of this shit didn't even fit what Doug and Lindsay defined as BLAM.

- The original scene from All Dogs Go to Heaven. Doug and Lindsay defined a BLAM as "A scene that comes right the fuck out of nowhere; has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot; is WAY over the top in terms of ridiculousness, even within the context of the movie; and after it happens, no one ever speaks of it again." Yes, I copy and pasted this straight from TvTropes. I dunno why the Nostalgia Critic & Chick didn't understand anything about suspension of disbelief in childrens cartoons, but this is all wrong. And the "King Gator" scene in All Dogs go to Heaven frankly is the worst thing to name this out of. In the actual sequence in All Dogs go to Heaven, Charlie and the Little Girl had just run away from the evil dog overlord Carface who is actually brandishing a chaingun laser. Yes, a chaingun laser. It was just meant to be a regular machine gun, but the censors wanted it toned down and a laser isn't as taboo as a real weapon. Anyway, back to King Gator. So, I don't see how this isn't as "WAY OVER THE TOP" compared to the following King Gator scene. They also describe the BLAM as having "Little to no bearing on the plot", and that "After it happens, it never gets brought back up and no one speaks of it again."

WELL GUESS WHAT DOUG AND LINDSAY!

King Gator ACTUALLY HAS A WHOLE NOTHER SCENE! And he repeats a part of the random song!

Ooops, suddenly, it looks like the original "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" isn't one at all!

Now, more examples.

- The Labyrinth. Nostalgia Chick's original BLAM. The whole story of the Labyrinth is actually an allegory for needing Christ in your life. To make a long story short right now, Sarah gets involved with bad hoodlums who are trying to molest her (Take of her head!). This was because she had tossed Christ out of her life. Christ, in this case, is Hoggle, the troll man. I've watched Labyrinth my whole life, I've always loved how much development Hoggle gets.

Now, one more.

- In "We're Back." ....... Doug...... The Death of the Main Villain of the Film....... is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment????? WHAT! You said that a BLAM has "Little to no bearing on the plot of the film." HOW IS THIS LIKE THAT?

I'm sure there's also more in my head somewhere too.
 
The only angry critics Ive ever watched are AVGN and Nostalgia Critic, which I still enjoy. Everyone else always came off as boring to me
 
Asa_Spades60 said:
Oh, and here's another angry reviewer/critic you should be picking apart: Troy Steele from http://www.bloggerbeware.com/. He's the MysteriousMrEnter of Goosebumps books (Goosebumps being those 1990s kids' horror books written by R.L. Stine) and his trigger book (the book that makes him go into a frothing rage) is Chicken, Chicken, number #52 of the original Goosebumps series about two farm kids who turn into chickens after being cursed by a witch.
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Wow. Reading his blogs are something.
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TrippinKahlua said:
I hated the "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" trope. A lot of those scenes were cherished childhood memories of those movies. Not to mention, a lot of this shit didn't even fit what Doug and Lindsay defined as BLAM.

- The original scene from All Dogs Go to Heaven. Doug and Lindsay defined a BLAM as "A scene that comes right the fuck out of nowhere; has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot; is WAY over the top in terms of ridiculousness, even within the context of the movie; and after it happens, no one ever speaks of it again." Yes, I copy and pasted this straight from TvTropes. I dunno why the Nostalgia Critic & Chick didn't understand anything about suspension of disbelief in childrens cartoons, but this is all wrong. And the "King Gator" scene in All Dogs go to Heaven frankly is the worst thing to name this out of. In the actual sequence in All Dogs go to Heaven, Charlie and the Little Girl had just run away from the evil dog overlord Carface who is actually brandishing a chaingun laser. Yes, a chaingun laser. It was just meant to be a regular machine gun, but the censors wanted it toned down and a laser isn't as taboo as a real weapon. Anyway, back to King Gator. So, I don't see how this isn't as "WAY OVER THE TOP" compared to the following King Gator scene. They also describe the BLAM as having "Little to no bearing on the plot", and that "After it happens, it never gets brought back up and no one speaks of it again."

WELL GUESS WHAT DOUG AND LINDSAY!

King Gator ACTUALLY HAS A WHOLE NOTHER SCENE! And he repeats a part of the random song!

Ooops, suddenly, it looks like the original "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" isn't one at all!

Now, more examples.

- The Labyrinth. Nostalgia Chick's original BLAM. The whole story of the Labyrinth is actually an allegory for needing Christ in your life. To make a long story short right now, Sarah gets involved with bad hoodlums who are trying to molest her (Take of her head!). This was because she had tossed Christ out of her life. Christ, in this case, is Hoggle, the troll man. I've watched Labyrinth my whole life, I've always loved how much development Hoggle gets.

Now, one more.

- In "We're Back." ....... Doug...... The Death of the Main Villain of the Film....... is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment????? WHAT! You said that a BLAM has "Little to no bearing on the plot of the film." HOW IS THIS LIKE THAT?

I'm sure there's also more in my head somewhere too.
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You're asking for a halal thread if you keep making posts like this.
 
TrippinKahlua said:
I hated the "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" trope. A lot of those scenes were cherished childhood memories of those movies. Not to mention, a lot of this shit didn't even fit what Doug and Lindsay defined as BLAM.

- The original scene from All Dogs Go to Heaven. Doug and Lindsay defined a BLAM as "A scene that comes right the fuck out of nowhere; has little to no bearing whatsoever on the plot; is WAY over the top in terms of ridiculousness, even within the context of the movie; and after it happens, no one ever speaks of it again." Yes, I copy and pasted this straight from TvTropes. I dunno why the Nostalgia Critic & Chick didn't understand anything about suspension of disbelief in childrens cartoons, but this is all wrong. And the "King Gator" scene in All Dogs go to Heaven frankly is the worst thing to name this out of. In the actual sequence in All Dogs go to Heaven, Charlie and the Little Girl had just run away from the evil dog overlord Carface who is actually brandishing a chaingun laser. Yes, a chaingun laser. It was just meant to be a regular machine gun, but the censors wanted it toned down and a laser isn't as taboo as a real weapon. Anyway, back to King Gator. So, I don't see how this isn't as "WAY OVER THE TOP" compared to the following King Gator scene. They also describe the BLAM as having "Little to no bearing on the plot", and that "After it happens, it never gets brought back up and no one speaks of it again."

WELL GUESS WHAT DOUG AND LINDSAY!

King Gator ACTUALLY HAS A WHOLE NOTHER SCENE! And he repeats a part of the random song!

Ooops, suddenly, it looks like the original "Big Lipped Alligator Moment" isn't one at all!

Now, more examples.

- The Labyrinth. Nostalgia Chick's original BLAM. The whole story of the Labyrinth is actually an allegory for needing Christ in your life. To make a long story short right now, Sarah gets involved with bad hoodlums who are trying to molest her (Take of her head!). This was because she had tossed Christ out of her life. Christ, in this case, is Hoggle, the troll man. I've watched Labyrinth my whole life, I've always loved how much development Hoggle gets.

Now, one more.

- In "We're Back." ....... Doug...... The Death of the Main Villain of the Film....... is a Big Lipped Alligator Moment????? WHAT! You said that a BLAM has "Little to no bearing on the plot of the film." HOW IS THIS LIKE THAT?

I'm sure there's also more in my head somewhere too.
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I can agree with you on this much - what's described here is definitely a shitty trope, a lazy/stupid as fuck way to summarize things happening in a medium, and should not ever be applied when making proper critiques, if you ever want to have any credibility as a critic(al person). However, I'm with @Pointless Pedant in that you might want to watch yourself, m8...
 
There he goes again taking shots at an easy target while simultaneously being late to the party. Why does he even bother anymore? This is just lazy as fuck.
 
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