"angry" gamers/critics

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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
I will never watch their clipless reviews. They're worse than Demo Reel.

Doug needs to just start making original content and I don't mean anything like Demo Reel. Demo Reel was still a show about nitpicking other people's movies, it had horribly unfunny humor and it was filmed poorly. They need to pay James Rolfe to teach them how to not suck at studio filming, budget their fucking money & how the equipment they do have is meant to be used; I still remember when they had Brad Jones talking into a shotgun mic that was meant to be mounted on cameras when he was standing at a podium.

Also, no, absolutely NO game shows. Nobody wants to watch a scripted reality program & everybody knows that's exactly what he'd do, because that's exactly what he's done. If you're going to use a script for something, make it worthwhile.

Actually, now that I mention it, why did people fund the gameshow anyway? Surely to God they all knew what Demo Reel was like and that Doug was balls out incompetent. He should set up a Patreon given that his fans are retarded enough to continue funding his dumbass.

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Whenever I see anything by Doug these days, all I can think of is this:
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Also, no, absolutely NO game shows. Nobody wants to watch a scripted reality program & everybody knows that's exactly what he'd do, because that's exactly what he's done. If you're going to use a script for something, make it worthwhile.
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I'd argue that scripted reality programs is probably the best way for them to go. Obviously they don't have a massive budget and reality-style programs are notorious for their popularity and cheapness to make. Not to mention their original content (their movies, demo reel) have been shit. With the right set up and post-production decisions a game show or fake reality show or whatever could be more profitable. As it is they just made a cheap game show with fanboys.
 
MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
I will never watch their clipless reviews. They're worse than Demo Reel.
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I was a proponent of the clipless reviews after the first one. My reasoning was that Doug would have to work harder to explain his thoughts on whatever the movie was, rather than just use clips and scenes to make increasing lazy jokes at the film's expense. But really, it just gives him and his employees more of an excuse to play dress up for his recaps. No real change other than that and the fact they're only there to take advantage of whatever big at the moment for views.

If Doug ever tried doing legit reviews, you'd see his audience drop off the face of the Earth.
 
On a somewhat positive note, James Rolfe recently released an AVGN episode all about the series' 10th anniversary. A decade producing stuff on YouTube is pretty insane to imagine, but anyway, congrats man.

Very Clever Nickname said:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SelfDemonstrating/BumReviews

Jesus Christ. Spergier then the sum of it's parts.
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TVTropes has been a huge CA circlejerk for the longest time. NC and Linkara have fucking nightmare fuel and tear jerker pages.
 
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China and Crystal said:
On a somewhat positive note, James Rolfe recently released an AVGN episode all about the series' 10th anniversary. A decade producing stuff on YouTube is pretty insane to imagine, but anyway, congrats man.
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Say what you will about James, but I have an immense respect for the guy on a variety of levels. The "angry expletive-spewing negative critic" spiel has long since worn out its welcome thanks in part to the Channel Awesome chucklefucks and its wannabes (who are all by proxy derivatives of the AVGN) driving the concept into the ground, but even the more recent AVGN episodes are still 100x funnier than anything CA as a whole has shat out in the last 5 years alone.
 
Debrotherized Luigi said:
Say what you will about James, but I have an immense respect for the guy on a variety of levels. The "angry expletive-spewing negative critic" spiel has long since worn out its welcome thanks in part to the Channel Awesome chucklefucks and its wannabes (who are all by proxy derivatives of the AVGN) driving the concept into the ground, but even the more recent AVGN episodes are still 100x funnier than anything CA as a whole has shat out in the last 5 years alone.
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I believe a big part as to why this is would be because the members of Channel Awesome hold each other back by putting a limit of what's acceptable to publish. We've seen an example of this with Spoony's basement fucking joke on Twitter, the one that Lupa didn't care about until months after he wrote it. It's very clear that this bungle of so called "friends" will strangle each other at the first opportunity and force each other off the site.

Thus, nobody ever makes risque jokes, unless it happens to be Doug Walker who owns everybody at Channel Awesome.

It also doesn't help that the majority of their viewers come from Tumblr.
 
MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
I believe a big part as to why this is would be because the members of Channel Awesome hold each other back by putting a limit of what's acceptable to publish. We've seen an example of this with Spoony's basement fucking joke on Twitter, the one that Lupa didn't care about until months after he wrote it. It's very clear that this bungle of so called "friends" will strangle each other at the first opportunity and force each other off the site.

Thus, nobody ever makes risque jokes, unless it happens to be Doug Walker who owns everybody at Channel Awesome.

It also doesn't help that the majority of their viewers come from Tumblr.
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I think it's actually because everyone on CA takes themselves and their reviews WAY too seriously, whereas you can plainly tell that Rolfe is still just fucking around and having fun. Plus while he does play up the "angry" aspect of it, he doesn't rely on his screaming as the sole source of comedy for his reviews.
 
Count groudon said:
I think it's actually because everyone on CA takes themselves and their reviews WAY too seriously, whereas you can plainly tell that Rolfe is still just fucking around and having fun. Plus while he does play up the "angry" aspect of it, he doesn't rely on his screaming as the sole source of comedy for his reviews.
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Not giving a shit is also one of many reasons why these hack frauds are so funny and worth watching:

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Debrotherized Luigi said:
Say what you will about James, but I have an immense respect for the guy on a variety of levels. The "angry expletive-spewing negative critic" spiel has long since worn out its welcome thanks in part to the Channel Awesome chucklefucks and its wannabes (who are all by proxy derivatives of the AVGN) driving the concept into the ground, but even the more recent AVGN episodes are still 100x funnier than anything CA as a whole has shat out in the last 5 years alone.
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Yeah, it's obvious that James, despite the whole AVGN thing having far worn out its welcome, still wants to make this out of passion. And knows a thing or two about filmmaking, even if his movie wasn't all that great (though still miles better than any CA clusterfuck).

Doug and his cohorts are just pandering at this point. Or are just shitty "reviewers" from the get go with no idea of how even the basics of joke writing work.
 
Count groudon said:
I think it's actually because everyone on CA takes themselves and their reviews WAY too seriously, whereas you can plainly tell that Rolfe is still just fucking around and having fun. Plus while he does play up the "angry" aspect of it, he doesn't rely on his screaming as the sole source of comedy for his reviews.
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Yeah, even though the recent/post-movie AVGN episodes aren't quite as gonzo as some of the older ones (I chalk it up to him becoming a father and getting older), they still have a few funny moments. And Board James was pretty good, too.

He also seems to have a good sense of self-awareness and doesn't get wrapped up in drama like everyone over at CA does (I know he's friends with Doug, but from what I've seen, Rolfe keeps a considerable distance between the other CA numbnuts and himself), because outside of getting roped into some dubious Kickstarter, he's actually had a fairly drama-free career on the internet IIRC.
 
Very Clever Nickname said:
Quality over quantity, a idea that seems to have gone over the idea of most of the "reviewers" on channel awesome...
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I think it's a similar reason as to why Rhianna has to keep pumping out music. Her handlers know if she slows down she'll become irrelevant. Same thing with CA. If they don't pump out a review every week to satisfy the fanbase, the fanbase'll get bored and go elsewhere.
 
TheImportantFart said:
I think it's a similar reason as to why Rhianna has to keep pumping out music. Her handlers know if she slows down she'll become irrelevant. Same thing with CA. If they don't pump out a review every week to satisfy the fanbase, the fanbase'll get bored and go elsewhere.
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Didn't she also take a years-long hiatus and came back with more hits?
 
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