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I make videos about things I like, except when I don't.
Angstrom Levy Didn't Work (Invincible Season 2)
Invincible season 2 was overall great. Tons of characters like Mark, Amber, Debbie, Atom Eve and Omni-Man were more fleshed out, along with worldbuilding elements like the Viltrum Empire. That said, one notable weakness was in the antagonist who wasn't: the dimensional traveler Angstrom Levy. In this video I explain how Angstrom fails to really challenge Mark about his dark potential future, how that future isn't really foreshadowed by the characters as they actually act, and how adding a multiverse to Invincible makes a promise to the audience that the show never fulfills.
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Skyrim Intro by Hadvar
Suffering from Success by DJ Khaled
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bee. by GroovyDominoes52
Skyrim Intro by Hadvar
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Percy Jackson Succeeds where Harry Potter Fails (and vice versa)
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.4 месяца назад
Disney’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians (PJO) is a show of substance over style. Its worldbuilding, character arcs, and mystery plot are all very well-written, and present multiple key advantages over its inspiration and rival in Harry Potter. Despite this, it’s somewhat lacking in moment-to-moment fun in the form of fight scenes, effects, tension, and humor. It’s a rare case of a modern franc...
Why The "Anti-Woke" Narrative Works
Просмотров 4 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Well, guess I might as well drop my most controversial video now! There's been a ton of takes about how "wokeness," "identity politics," "The Message," etc, are ruining movies, TV, and games as we know it, espoused especially by channels like The Critical Drinker, Nerdrotic, TheQuartering, HeelvsBabyface, RK Outpost etc. These creators' claims are ridiculous and they're rightfully mocked by man...
Is "Wokeness" Ruining Modern Entertainment?
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.6 месяцев назад
Please leave comments, I'm interested in seeing some some discussion! As long as it follows the RUclips community guidelines and stays on topic. Over the last few years, we've seen an increasing number of takes that "wokeness," "identity politics," "virtue signaling," "THE MESSAGE," and the like are to blame for the poor state of the current movie, TV, and gaming industry. In particular, there'...
What Killed The Movie Star?
Просмотров 2 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Up until the 2010s or so, the movie star was *the* main draw to most movies, and there were a ton of iconic lead actors recognizable to just about everyone. Nowadays, though, that's hardly the case, as franchises are much more of a selling point. In this video essay, I talk about how social media and the current studio climate have made it difficult for stars to emerge, and how directors might ...
The Star Wars Worldbuilding Problem
Просмотров 7408 месяцев назад
Star Wars under Disney, especially in recent shows like Ahsoka and The Mandalorian, has started to feel stale, like there aren't many new ideas to explore in the galaxy far far away. In this video I try my best to explain how we might have gotten here, how the worldbuilding of the Force, the Jedi, and the Empire makes it difficult to move beyond those concepts, and how upcoming projects like Th...
Why Video Game Adaptations are Good Now
Просмотров 433 тыс.8 месяцев назад
(I'm aware the Witcher was originally a book series, and the TV show is more or less an adaptation of those. So it might've been a little misleading to include it here.) Just a few years ago, video game adaptations were the laughingstocks of the film world and were basically unheard of on TV. More recently, though, we've seen success stories like Five Nights and Freddy's, Mario, Arcane, The Wit...
In Defense of Universes Beyond
Просмотров 11011 месяцев назад
Putting Lord of the Rings and Fortnite in MtG is fine, actually! Well, sort of, not entirely, and I explain why in this video.
The Rise and Fall of Dank Memes
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
A video essay retrospective on that edgy phase of internet culture that dominated in 2015, 2016, and 2017. I try to cover its whole history, including the RUclips drama fiasco with Idubbbz and Leafy, the Rare Pepe phenomenon, the backlash toward "normies," and the influence of cringe culture on social justice movements and the Hillary Clinton campaign. I spent way too much of my teenage years a...
D&D Honor Among Thieves Beats Marvel at its Own Game
Просмотров 342Год назад
Ok, this movie is pretty epic. It's got some flaws, but overall, I couldn't have asked for a better first Dungeons and Dragons movie (no, that thing from 2000 doesn't count). Honor Among Thieves is clearly built from the Marvel mold, taking lots of inspiration specifically from Guardians of the Galaxy, but it executes humor, character work, worldbuilding, and action scenes better than just abou...
The Problem with March of the Machine's Story
Просмотров 34 тыс.Год назад
The epic conclusion to the Magic the Gathering Phyrexian arc is here, and it's less than perfect. In this video, I specifically talk about its mishandling of Elesh Norn and her philosophy, as she was honestly dumbed down and turned into a far more generic villain than she used to be. Phyrexia All Will Be One summary: ruclips.net/video/cYYEVzIUENc/видео.html As of now there doesn't seem to be a ...
Minecraft in D&D!!(?) My Thoughts
Просмотров 990Год назад
This was quite the surprise. Here are my thoughts on the Minecraft mobs released as 5e statblocks on D&D Beyond, along with the upcoming campaign that’s a Minecraft DLC. #shorts
Joker 2 Can Save Cinema - Here's How
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The upcoming Joker: Folie a Deux will be a musical co-starring Lady Gaga, and that’s basically the best news I could have heard about it. Not because that’s what I was clamoring for all along, but because it’s a fresh concept that could push back against superhero fatigue and once again prove the value of mid-budget, original filmmaking. Those kinds of films have been through hard times recentl...
Three Fantasy RPGs Better than D&D (at some things)
Просмотров 10 тыс.Год назад
With the recent drama surrounding the WotC, the OGL, and other publishers like Paizo drawing attention to their own licensing, it seems like very many gamers are considering leaving Dungeons and Dragons for other games. Now that Wizards have seemed to learn from their mistakes (at least for now) and reverting to the old OGL, D&D certainly won't die completely, but other systems are starting to ...
Stop Making Prequels
Просмотров 401Год назад
Over-reliance on fanservice and nostalgia is a big problem in today's movie and TV landscape, and I think one major symptom of this problem is the massive volume of prequels we've been seeing lately. From Star Wars shows like Obi-Wan and Andor to fantasy projects like Rings of Power and the Fantastic Beasts movies, I think there are just too many of them. While prequels can be good, they come w...
Why wasn’t cyberpunk edge runners mentioned
I'm having trouble with my party. They say I'm railroading in a way that discourages exploration through intimidation. They say that I have way too many traps, Way too many enemies, And way too many locked doors. I put ways around everything And alternative situations for them to handle it in different ways. Stealth, environmental damage, One of my characters has 10 f****** grenades (which can Homebrew open doors) which she ignores the blast radius of and just throws them directly on the enemies, no matter if they're melee players in range. I want to keep giving them stuff for them to have more options, but they don't use the things I give them, they don't explore the maps that I made even though I write descriptions with them and be sure to highlight key points of interest along with possible solutions. Sometimes they find out what they're supposed to do, but most of the time they literally knew nothing at all. I had an NPC, greet them and talk to them and then walk away after giving them as some exposition. An hour and a half later and nothing was said or done. It feels like I'm enjoying the game less and less.
The most cruel people I've ever met are woke leftists. I've never had a conservative try to threaten my family or job when I was on the left but now that I'm conservative I can't share a single personal detail. I've repeatedly had leftists try to ruin my life for simple disagreements. Most Americans and especially people in the world do not agree with far left perspectives. They're not conservative either but every poll does show that normal Americans don't agree with gender and race intersectionality. 70% of Americans for example believe you can't change your gender. Gallup showed this - not a right wing organization. So why is our media obsessed with a fringe belief system from 1 side?
I would argue that the Black Forest WAS the jungle/rainforest of Western and Central Europe. They just cut it down, all of it, over millenia. Never the less? Thanks for the video. I would encourage all gaming groups to strive for something a bit different from the status quo.
You can absolutely create a challenging and scary dark fantasy campaign at higher levels. Creating a good story with minimal villain reveals and lots of mystery to unravel. Making the stakes higher than just dying. It does require players who can get invested in their characters though.
Cypher System shout made.
The Witcher is an adaptation of the novels, not the games.
The Rookie season 3 episode 1-2 that was it for me,how I managed the last two season it was watchable but season 3 sucked love to see if I was alone thinking that season was dead or would kill the show for myself,it went woke but tha was it was doing from season one,God I hate it when the catfish with a show,for the first two season then drop the MESSAGE
Yes. And I'm a lifelong democratic voter and member of the LGBTQ community. This current obsession with pushing a progressive narrative at the expense of entertainment is turning the escapism so many of us turn to for relief from the constant pressures of our lives and jobs into little more than an extension of the hyper-partisan hellscape modern US politics have become and the result is that people like me, who were starting to find empathy from an otherwise antagonistic public, are now finding ourselves at the end of the pitchfork again. I don't tune into a Netflix fantasy series or whatever to be lectured (badly) on topics I'm already well-versed on and neither does anyone else. This stuff has to stop.
the boy's season 4 lazy boring woke star wars the acolyte lazy boring woke
More unintelligible and nonfunctional drawl from pseudo-intellectuals.
The Boys has more interesting characters and Invincible has more powerful characters
Invincible had a better 1st season but boys is a better show overall
Torchbearer isn't a massive departure from D&D, it's a return to the beginnings of D&D.
These people world view isn't base on love for other 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Right off the bat this video has bias by showing off the ratings of each game adaptation in the thumbnail, but it doesn’t specify which ones a critic score or audience score. This is called gaslighting by presenting the things they want you to see, but ignoring the parts that they don’t want you to see.
Wokeness is absolutely the problem, In the book Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics by Mikhail Bakhtin the idea is brought forth that the reason Dostoevsky's books are of higher quality than other works is because he explores a diverse array of philosophies. In modern Hollywood movies, most people working in these companies live in the same place and share the same worldview (and with companies wanting to copy past success) this leads to all films feeling the same. Intersectional make low-quality movies for the same reason Christians make low-quality movies they are too dogmatic to understand any other philosophy. You have proven this in this very video claiming everyone who hates these movies is either stupid or sexist, therefor if you were to write a villain inspired by these people all they would be is sexist or an idiot and that is just boring and predictable. It also disgusts me that you find these large companies taking a piece of art, and changing it into something different to pander to fans as acceptable. These original works should be considered art and should be respected, the original authentic design of the creators should be respected. The fact you are happy to see characters getting race-swapped or having their core beliefs changed to align with a modern philosophy shows you have no respect for the art of movies. I write books and I love each of my characters like they are family, the idea of some corporate executives coming in taking the work I created, (which is what Marvel has done to many of their creators)and changing my creations sickens me,
Sorry for all the dislikes, one of the better takedowns of this anti woke grift
*CHA'ALT*
I find it fitting that, while others have set good examples of great video game adaptations in movies or tv shows, Sega and Nintendo, some of the biggest studios in gaming, set the standard. Pikachu set the bar, Sonic showed it could be consistently profitable if cast and crew know and loved the scource martial to follow it. Mario, led with one of the biggest films of that year, showing it has potential for big money, and huge success.
When bro lists ranger as a less powerfull class
This setting is so underrated that it didn’t even made it into this video. A Desert, or the Al-Qadim book setting of dnd. Like desert campaigns are so fucking underrated, yet full of tons of potential if you know how to use it. From potential creatures, exploration, and overall stories that you can tell in said setting. If you’re a Dm and you wanna surprise your players with something they never dabbled in, buy the book of Al-Qadim, or make your own desert setting. You won’t regret it
This is absolutely brilliant, thank you, good Sir! 🙇♀️
I am a GM, not a DM. Just to let you know. Thank you for the video.
Did you ever make that follow up video?
I thought you meant "Campaign Settings" in the title and got way too excited to see Ghostwalk mentioned 😢
The players need at least one unassailable place that is 'safe'. They shouldn't ne able to make a permanent base there but it needs to exist as one bastion of purity/sanity the players can access.
Runequest Dragonbane Forbidden Lands _and maybe_ Symbaroum
General rule of thumb, dont trust Rotten Tomatoes. Alot of their accounts who review for the public have been shown to be bots and their critics are bought and paid for.
If only Invincible were as live-action as The Boys: With Ryan Potter as Mark Grayson, Jon Hamm as Omni Man, Zoey Dutch as Atom Eve and Sandra Oh as Debbie Grayson.
Where is The Crying Blades?
When the elder beings are the autorithy on the world 🤣🤣
Yeah, you wish that video game movied where that good They're not.They're just stupid and pathetic compared to superhero movies
Varaven sounds awesome
I’m glad you brought up the fact that they we didn’t get to see Mark confront an evil version of himself this season. They’re probably gonna whip out next season like a trump card
Personally I'd modify #4 slightly, to "Anywhere on the Elemental Planes that's *not* the City of Brass". Seems like that's the one place in the Inner Planes that everybody and their blink dog thinks of by default, to visit or adventure in.
I think the worst sins were Elsh Norn inexplicably tying herself to the glistening oil (which is NOT how the oil works) and then all the completed heroes just... Getting better.. blah. I could look past the mishandling of the phyrexia plot but they basically said phyrexia is over so.... Wow, just killing off the most iconic villain in magic history because they didn't know how to write their way out of the hole they dug? Laaaaame.
riot games' arcane: (league of legends) is bullcrap.
I still remember back when Uwe Boll almost ruined video game adaptations
I think this is the most boring multiverse plot I ever seen. Even worse than MCU
I respect your opinion on season 2 but man these are bad takes....
Yes he did
as someone who also haven’t read the comics i feel you, W video
Season 3 you’re in a for a treat
He took off the helmet too early and doesn't know which Armstrong he is. No he is everyone and become crazy for revenge. He don't see the difference between the dimensions he just saw what Invincible did. Armstrong is not a problem of the show. In my opinion it is Amber. The best moment of the whole show was when Mark and Amber broke up. And I hope so much she will not show up again.
You're weird.
"bro did not read the comics"-🤓 I'll be honest...while I do agree with some of your takes, I do believe it was because they could only do so much with 8 episodes, and what they DID do with Angstrom, I feel like they did as best as they could
It’s mostly because of how they rearranged the story. In the comics everything happens at different times. Angstrom gets beat near to death really early on in the comics and based off the ultimate collection. They tried to end it off with a bang in the show. That’s why they tried to make angstrom a big deal. But later in the show angstrom will begin the invincible war.
@@big_boy_productions huh???? How will he do that if bro died? I thought he was the only one who could dimension hop. I maybe I do need to read the comics
@@progenitorgod1155 Bro my bad 😥. Yeah angstrom somehow didn’t die he was beaten to mush though and survived.
Respectfully, you misunderstand angstrom
Someone hasn’t read the comics haha
Bro read the freakin comics
no
@geoj *the reason why this video is trash*
Invincibles multiverse did it better
Bro did NOT read the comics
This is true
That's exactly what I'm saying
So why do we need to read the comics to enjoy a character? I HAVE to spoil myself on what could happen?
@@Tucj-zh1dyno stuff is going to HAPPEN in season 3 that I can promise you. That’s all I’ll say mate but he’s an amazing character