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My Review of YouTube Channels (Jeremy Jahns, Collider, etc)

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I gotta be honest, I only watch YouTube. So I watch a lot of YouTubers. Just thought I'd share my opinion.

Jeremy Jahns
- One of my favorites. He gets to the point, very short videos, but he has an incredible way of entertaining ppl. His knowledge of film is pretty darn good too. He's been around for a while and is prolly the most famous of all the movie reviewers.

Chris Stuckmann - Prolly my second favorite. Jahns is more comical whereas Stuckmann is cool bc he's more serious and talks about film in more depth. He's extremely educated in the history of film.

Collider - Hit and Miss, imo. I do enjoy most of their shows, but Mark Ellis truly hurts the show. His humor is so forced and predicatable. He seems like an okay guy, but I don't think I laughed at one thing he's said. But he's not the star of the show, there is a lot of other ppl on there. Jon Schnapp is my favorite. I like Jon's opinions and he seems like a cool dude. My only complaint is the dude should clean up. He looks like a total slob and a stereo typical guy who lives in mom's basement - and he's a legit filmmaker who has a lot of credibility, so for his own sake, comb his hair and dress nicer. Perri seems like a sweetheart in real life. Her opinions generally suck though. The problem I have with Collider is they have a lot of ppl rotate on the show and none of them are that interesting. They have that asian dude on a lot, I think his name is Doug and he is terribly boring and has ZERO personality. They tried to put Jeremy Jahns on there , but Jahns didnt work well with the crew. The only super interesting non-predictable Collider did was took shots at John Campea, lol. Another small issue I have is it seems Collider is a corporate production which means they could be bought by studios to say good things about their movies. Grace Randolph hinted at this in the past. Honestly, Collider seems SO DESPERATE to break into mainstream and be accepted as a household name, its absolutely pathetic. The discussions on there are G-rated. Not even PG. If u listen to that silly intro music , I always cringe. "Bring your family to sit around the computer and watch COLLIDER EVERYONE !!!" No thanks. We're good.

Beyond The Trailer - Grace Randolph. Very intelligent woman with a very credible opinion on movie topics. Her voice annoys the heck out of me. I dont find her incredbily entertaining, but she's okay.

John Campea - I can't stand Campea. He comes across as a guy who thinks he's the expert of movie news. He talks as if nothing he says could possibly be wrong. Maybe I dont know enough about him, but I'm not sure why ppl think he's an expert. As far as I know, he just asks celebrities questions about their upcoming film and thats it. I know he did blogging, but just bc u have opinions doesnt make you an expert. Jon Schnapp made the Superman doc, so he's a legit filmmaker. Have no idea why ppl take Campea as credible at anything. Him talking about sports is pure 100% cringe. He has no clue what he's talking about. Maybe he knows hockey bc i dont follow that , but literally everything else he is wrong.

Jody's Corner & Jay-3 Entertainment - I LOVE these guys !!!! They are comic book guys straight from the hood !! Their arguments are just hilarious and epic. They keep it real and are small enough to call out bigger channels bc they have nothing to lose. They have HUGE personalities. They do live streams of each movie they attend and its just them gathering around talking about how cool the movie will be - and its SUPER ENTERTAINING! They have die hard fans that donate hundreds of dollars each live stream. Jody is great, love Jay-3, Savage Jackson is hilarious, and Ronin is the knowledgable one that everyone likes bc he's the encyclopedia of comic book and movie stuff. They are small, but you guys should check them out. Patty Jenkins knew who Jody was from his channel and was in his wonder con video.

Screen Junkies - Terrible. Not my cup of tea. Their opinions are pure garbage and I dont understand the dynamic of the group. They all are just random ppl with not a lot of knowledge talking about film to get clicks. They are trash.

Nostalgia Critic - Meh....I hate to say it bc it sounds like everyone else but 'he USED to be good'. Yeah, he just doesnt appeal to me these days. He was revolutionary with YouTube as a huge personality back in the day. It was him for movies and Angry Video Game Nerd for video games. But as other channels grew, they just seem to overshadow him greatly. Not a fan of him anymore, but I dont dislike him.

What the Flick ? - Prolly the worst of the worst. They are too old to seem credible on their opinions. I kinda feel bad for them bc they are these old film snobs who obsess over Oscar movies and boring art house films - but they can not cross over to YouTube where younger generation is at. They simply can't connect with today's YouTube audience, imo. They get like 20k views MAX on their average movie reviews. They are snobs, super liberal if you're into that, but overall just an AWFUL channel.

theFlickpick - He's Chris Stuckmann's buddy. Love this guy ! He's entertaining, he just comes across as a cool fan boy of all movies. He's like a big kid, but can speak intelligently about reviews of film. He's good.

Tyrone Magnus - Over rated. He is a 'reactor' to things and he doesnt really have that big of reactions on anything. Its strange he's so famous. He's not a bad guy, but it seems like he is only into 'comic book' things bc that is what got him famous. But he seems like more of a work out / sports guy.

Reel Rejects - Two dudes on a couch with zero intelligence. No thanks.

Andre the Black Nerd - Wayyyy too much energy for me. It comes across as annoying to me. He's a good guy, he really is a true fan of the things he makes videos about. But just over reacts to things on purpose for entertainment value doesnt work for me, because it comes across as fake.

Red Letter Media
- Greatest of all time. I click on every single video asap. Its hard to explain why they are so great. Honestly, they have the great sense of humor. Mike is awesome. He is truly brilliant guy with his story lines and humor in all the videos. In case you guys dont know, RLM got famous for their Star Wars prequel reviews as 'Mr. Plinkett'. But they do movie reviews called 'Half in the Bag' and its brilliant / entertaining / fun. My only complaint is Jay. Jay tends to always 'agree' with Mike no matter what. He lacks confidence and comes across as insecure. But Rich Evans is an icon. He's the greatest YouTube personality ever. They did 'Nerd Cast' which mocks Collider and Jedi Council, which Collider actually responded which was interesting bc i thought Collider would ignore it bc of afraid of getting into YT drama.

SchmoesKnow - Kristian Harloff & Mark Ellis. This one is WEIRD for me. I dont find Mark Ellis funny at all - but I tend to really like his opinions on film. I think he's a good dude. The weird part of this show is that I am 95% sure Kristian and Mark pretend to get along on camera, but I think they hate each other behind the scenes. Another strange thing that happens is they do reviews of movies and sometimes they havent seen the film!!!! Seriously, I dont know how that is even possible, but they manage to do it. They are desperate for clicks, so they gotta put out movie reviews asap - gotta be first online. Entertaining videos, but not the greatest.

Angry Joe - I like Joe. I didnt like him a while ago , I think he got political, but he is a true fan of video games and movies. Big Star Trek fan. Entertaining. The whole 'Angry' gimmick is pretty old, but I like his channel.

Pat the NES Punk
-Honestly, how can you dislike Pat ? Such a good dude. He is interesting, very smart intellectual guy and throws in a lot of pro wrestling talk which I like. My only complaint is his partner on the show, IAN ! OMG, he is the most negative person I've ever seen in my life. All he does is complain and act like everything is the worst thing ever. He is TERRIBLE.

Kevin Smith - You can't be into our geek culture and not look at Kevin Smith as the icon of us ! Love him. Only complain is that his movie reviews are like 2 hours long. And with his connections to Hollywood, he is incredbly biased. He gave BvS a great review, Last Jedi a great review, TFA great review....all bc he is connected to all these filmmakers, he went on the TFA set. His partner is a good guy and cool to listen to.

Jenny Nicholson - Not my cup of tea. Her gimmick is being socially weird and a dark sense of humor. It doesnt work for me. I cant listen to her past 5 minutes.

Cinemassacre - This is James the angry video game nerd channel. He doesnt really do video games any more, he's obsessed with horror classic movies, but the other guys on the show are great and review current movies too. They are a great group of YouTubers, imo.

Double Toasted - I can't stand this channel. No thanks. "Yo, we cool, we say whateva the f we want , we awesome yo". No thanks..

boogie2988 - He's the super heavy dude that talks about various things, mostly video games, but also movies too. I like him as a person and he has good videos. He sometimes cant stop talking about his weight and his terrible past - some of his stuff gets too depressing for me to get into. I hope he gets healthy and wish him the best. I'm happy he makes a living off of YouTube.

HelloGreedo - He is a Star Wars only channel. He's okay I suppose, but I have to disagree with him on a lot of his opinions.

Steve Shives - Arrogant as heck !!! OMG.....Just a straight up a-hole !! I can't stand this guy.

Oliver Harper - UK's best YouTuber, imo... Most of you prolly dont know him, but he puts WORK into his history of movie videos. SO much great information. Oliver sounds like Michael Sheen. But when they do commentaries on movies - his friends are so funny. Its extremely entertaining and I HIGHLY recommend this channel. He's a true collector of film too. He specializes in 007 & Star Trek, which is great to see instead of the usual comic book movies & Star Wars.

Brad Jones aka Stoned Gremlin Productions - He has an interesting channel. They see all the terrible movies in theaters and get in their car, turn on their camera and review the film mostly making fun of the film and their theater experience. I dont always agree with their opinions, but highly entertaining channel. He also eats and drinks random strange food like hot spicy oreos or spicy butterfingers. He ate 1989 batman cereal and nearly got sick. Great channel and I like the gimmick. He's friends with Nostalgia Critic, btw - so Doug will go on the channel from time to time to watch movies with him.

Schitzo-Cookie - OMG...Only 2k subscribers and I'm lucky enough to found her....If you're a male , one click and you'll know EXACTLY why I'm her biggest fan....Just wow....She is a swedish YouTube (English speaking) who reviews comic books only. But wow.....Ummm.....Yeah.......One click and you'll be like "oh that SHH dude was right". Yeahhhh.....I want to eat some HOOTERS wings right now.

Philip DeFranco - As a person, he's awesome. I agree with everything he says. His opinions are 100% correct, imo. But his content is unwatchable to me. He only does YouTube news and world news and its all horrible negative terrible stuff. Its content that will depress you for days bc he takes the worst of the worst in news stories and goes into detail about it. And then he'll talk about YouTube gossip. What Jake and Logan Paul are up to. Just non-sense crap. All his content is terrible. I wish he did a different show bc he is a good guy.

Geekvolution - Ah man, where do I begin ? I like Captain Logan. I love his passion for comic stuff. But good god, does he like to talk. One time, I was listening to one of his Superhero Rewinds, and I literally fell asleep. He goes into weird territory with his commentaries and opinions. Listen, I'm a nerd. I admit this everyday. I'm on YouTube all the time. But Logan is one of YouTube's biggest nerds I've ever seen in my life. But he's old guy, I think he's married with kids. But man, this guy must have been stuffed into every locker growing up. But he hated Last Jedi, so he'll always have my support. His opinions are good. But the way he designs his channel and tries to organize it with all these different 'specials' like Captains Log, SH rewind, how we felt about..., he made me watch ....., and they are all so long and boring sometimes. Like any other brilliant student , his mind just wonders and goes and goes and goes. He doesnt stop talking and thinking. He just ran a Batman marathon where he and his other friend watched and commentated every single Batman video. Like ALL of them. Movies, direct to video stuff, Batman 66 - its like 120 hours of content. He is a machine. And he doesnt even have that big of a following, I think he just likes do it. He is from Kansas and they had some comic con there and it was interesting to hear how excited he was.

Casey Neistat, Scarce, Jenna Marbles, Tana Mongeau, Asian Jake Paul, Logan Paul, Jake Paul, Zoie Burger, Keemstar, SniperWolf - All YouTubers who make videos that teens like. All are cringeworthy awful awful awful content. Please stay away.

PewDiePie - I like him, just not my type of content. He makes really good points and is super intelligent. Just cant get into the 'HIGH ENERGY' for clicks videos.

Mr. Sunday Movies - Australian guy who makes super entertaining videos with hilarious commentary. Great channel.

IDubbbz - Although his content is consumed by teens, I really do find this guy super entertaining....If anyone has ever heard of the Tana Mongeau & Idubbz fued, that was one drama that I enjoyed bc he completely destroyed that Paris Hilton-wannabe. His popular 'content cop' is worth a view even if you're old like me.

Comic Book Girl 19 - Awful. Disgusting. Sloppy. I can just smell the cigarrettes through my computer when watching this nasty person. I applaud her for having opinions that she stands by and keeping it real with her audience, but I just dont like her as a person. And one video , a movie review, she starts crying and balling in the middle of the video and it was so strange and out of place. This girl is an emotional roller coster with no control over emotions. Her X-Men knowledge is pretty awesome tho and I do enjoy her opinions on X-Men films as I agree with her in that area.

h3h3 - One of the few non-movie / comic / video game / wrestling shows I will watch. He's entertaining and very smart when criticizing people.

Wrestle with Wregret - Pro Wrestling channel , if you're into WWE, this is the PERFECT channel for you. He's awesome.

Overall, I def recommend Red Letter Media, Jeremy Jahns, Chris Stuckmann, Pat NES Punk, Mr Sunday Movie, Cinemassacre, Oliver Harper, Jodys Corner, Jay-3 Entertainment, FlickPick as the best content creators on YouTube right now, imo.... Stay away from Collider, Double Toasted, Jenny Nicholson, and John Campea - IMO.

Anyway - what are your thoughts on YouTube Channels ? I'd love to hear what other ppl think and maybe I can discover some new YouTube Channels I've never heard of.
 
I think I've watched 10 of the channels mentioned. I used to binge on Jeremy when I first discovered him, but then Tech YouTubers slowly took over my channel habits. The Nostalgia Critic lost points with me since he got more and more skit heavy and the very strange fallout with Lindsay Ellis and others a couple of years back.
 
Dunno what happened to my original post... but Double Toasted is one of the better YT channels out there.
 
Red Letter Media is a cut above for me, but I enjoy many of the channels mentioned like Chris Stuckmann, Double Toasted, Kevin Smith and Jenny Nicholson.

Not a big fan Screen Junkies though.
 
I laughed at your review of Pat the NES Punk. I can't tell you how many times I've met him, but he's a HUGE dick in real life. The funny thing, is if you just casually watch him, I could agree with your assessment on him and Ian, but in real life, Ian is laid back and incredibly chill, while Pat is just a smarmy bastard who is trying to one up everyone around him. It's almost opposite of what you see on their podcast.
 
Red Letter Media and Double Toasted are my go to for reviews because they don't sugar coat anything. Screen Junkies and Collider seem like they're always walking on eggshells with reviews either because they're afraid of fan backlash or losing their connections with the studios. Jenna Marbles actually has a pretty decent podcast she does with her boyfriend I believe. H3H3 is awesome with their videos and podcast. Also enjoy Joe Rogan's channel. Giant Bomb I feel is the video game equivalent of Double Toasted, they give really honest reviews of games.
 
RLM is my favorite, I also watch Mr. Sunday Movies and the DeFranco show. I think I checked out Collider ONCE when they Bashed Dan Aykroyd for not liking what Paul Feig did with Ghostbusters for almost 10 minutes straight. They won't get one ounce of respect out of me. I wasn't a PewDiePie fan for the longest time (thought he was super annoying), but after the last few years he seemed to have changed his format and matured a bit. He's entertaining to watch now.
 
Double Toasted - I can't stand this channel. No thanks. "Yo, we cool, we say whateva the f we want , we awesome yo". No thanks..[/quote]Really? They feel like anyone of us casually talking about movies, but with a microphone and a camera instead of message boards and text.

Oliver Harper - I like his retrospectives.

I agree about Geekvolution
 
Double Toasted - I can't stand this channel. No thanks. "Yo, we cool, we say whateva the f we want , we awesome yo". No thanks..
Really? They feel like anyone of us casually talking about movies, but with a microphone and a camera instead of message boards and text.

Oliver Harper - I like his retrospectives.

I agree about Geekvolution[/QUOTE]

Awesome you know who Oliver Harper and Geekvolution are. They arent that big of channels. Harper retrospectives are some of the best videos on YouTube, imo. They are about 20-30 min for each one and give a great inside look of each film he discusses. Just a fantastic series of videos.

Yeah, Geekvolution....I think he would be one of the best if he shortened his videos and made them more entertaining somehow.
 
I like Stuckmann. He almost always expresses himself intelligently and he just comes across as a genuinely nice, down-to-Earth guy. My only issues with him are 1) the unnecessary, forced swearing that stumbles out of his mouth when he’s trying to express a strong negative emotion about something and 2) the equally forced and obnoxious “freak outs” and shrieking laughs he’ll sometimes do because he thinks they’re funny or something. They are not.

The Nostalgia Critic just isn’t as good as he used to be. I hate to say it, but the quality has gone down. Funnily enough, I think Doug Walker is ten times more entertaining when he speaks to the audience as Doug Walker. He’s also a lot more natural. I’ve noticed that he plans out literally ALL of his facial expressions and gesticulations as the NC and it looks positively robotic.

The Flick Pick is ****ing annoying and I refuse to watch anything he’s in. I don’t know how the guy has anything resembling a fan base.

For the longest time now, I’ve felt that the Schmoes 1) don’t actually like each other (to the point where I’m surprised if they ever do a review in the same studio, let alone the same room) and 2) are positively STRUGGLING to stay relevant. It’s a little embarrassing to watch at times.

The Black Nerd has an infectious energy that he can’t quite capitalize on because he goes from funny to annoying in 3 seconds flat.
 
I like Stuckmann. He almost always expresses himself intelligently and he just comes across as a genuinely nice, down-to-Earth guy. My only issues with him are 1) the unnecessary, forced swearing that stumbles out of his mouth when he’s trying to express a strong negative emotion about something and 2) the equally forced and obnoxious “freak outs” and shrieking laughs he’ll sometimes do because he thinks they’re funny or something. They are not.

The Nostalgia Critic just isn’t as good as he used to be. I hate to say it, but the quality has gone down. Funnily enough, I think Doug Walker is ten times more entertaining when he speaks to the audience as Doug Walker. He’s also a lot more natural. I’ve noticed that he plans out literally ALL of his facial expressions and gesticulations as the NC and it looks positively robotic.

The Flick Pick is ****ing annoying and I refuse to watch anything he’s in. I don’t know how the guy has anything resembling a fan base.

For the longest time now, I’ve felt that the Schmoes 1) don’t actually like each other (to the point where I’m surprised if they ever do a review in the same studio, let alone the same room) and 2) are positively STRUGGLING to stay relevant. It’s a little embarrassing to watch at times.

The Black Nerd has an infectious energy that he can’t quite capitalize on because he goes from funny to annoying in 3 seconds flat.

Completely agree with you and if you read my OP , we see it the same way. Except Flick Pick - when he calms down, he's a mature down to earth guy like Stuckmann, imo.

But yeah, I think Schmoes will pack up and move on soon. Did you see their reviews where the other one didnt even see the film and the doesnt even realize it until the middle of the video, its obvious these two dont have any communication. Kristian is married with kids and Mark Ellis is a party single guy. These two have nothing in common besides movies and they always give vibes that they secretly hate each other. They do try to be relevant on YT and it doesnt work. Kristian should stick to Jedi Council and talk SW. Mark Ellis should not try so hard to be funny. Ellis has a passion for stand up comedy, not really Collider or YouTube.

Black Nerd is super annoying when he gets high energy. I dont know why high energy attracts so much attn on YouTube. Like Logan Paul and all that crap. Its so cringe, I have to stop watching.
 
Your original post actually inspired mine. I’ve noticed that we do have some of the same thoughts. :yay:

I’ve experienced Flick Pick through crossovers with Stuckmann. I’m sure he’s a nice guy in real life, but I’ll never watch his videos.

I used to notice a weird tension between Harloff and Ellis, but chalked it up to their personalities. It wasn’t until some time last year that I started to think that maybe they just genuinely don’t like each other or get along. For a long time, they would do reviews on their shared channel with guests and not each other and it was the weirdest thing
 
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Your original post actually inspired mine. I’ve noticed that we do have some of the same thoughts. :yay:

I’ve experienced Flick Pick through crossovers with Stuckmann. I’m sure he’s a nice guy in real life, but I’ll never watch his videos.

I used to notice a weird tension between Harloff and Ellis, but chalked it up to their personalities. It wasn’t until some time last year that I started to think that maybe they just genuinely don’t like each other or get along. For a long time, they would do reviews on their shared channel with guests and not each other and it was the weirdest thing

Agreed. It wont be long before they split for good. They prolly only stick around bc they both have to do the collider show. It is really interesting to hear Campea not like Collider anymore. Campea is such a PG rated guy, he fit in with Collider like a glove.

Do you like Jeremy Jahns ?
 
Jody's Corner is LIVE! At Black Panther Opening Night - He's in Los Angeles, so its West Coast time. The whole crew is there. He'll shut the stream down when they go in theater, but will continue the stream after the film and give initial thoughts without spoilers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkxKDzqw8Bs
 
All I can say is you watch way too much YouTube. Can't say I watch many of these with regularity, but here's a breakdown of the ones that I do watch every so often:

-I watch Jahns' stuff every now and then and he seems okay.
-I agree with you that Collider is really hit or miss, especially with their reviews. Only things I really care for are Schnepp and when they're discussing breaking news or box office results.
-Tyrone Magnus's trailer reactions are good if I need a good laugh.
-Double Toasted is fine. I like their trailer reactions better than their reviews but both are entertaining enough.
-Kevin Smith is a good listen if you want to listen to someone nerd out for a couple hours while also dispensing a bit of comic and film-making knowledge. Him and his co-host have really good chemistry.
-Ecomog Media Group has some really funny reaction videos that I enjoy
-Joe Rogan has a very eclectic group of people on his show but they're very enjoyable, especially with how natural the interviews drift off into other topics and how even political discussions don't devolve into silly bickering. His best guests are definitely some of the comedians and athletes he brings on.
 
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All I can say is you watch way too much YouTube. Can't say I watch many of these with regularity, but here's a breakdown of the ones that I do watch every so often:

-I watch Jahns' stuff every now and then and he seems okay.
-I agree with you that Collider is really hit or miss, especially with their reviews. Only things I really care for are Schnepp and when they're discussing breaking news or box office results.
-Tyrone Magnus's trailer reactions are good if I need a good laugh.
-Double Toasted is fine. I like their trailer reactions better than their reviews but both are entertaining enough.
-Kevin Smith is a good listen if you want to listen to someone nerd out for a couple hours while also dispensing a bit of comic and film-making knowledge. Him and his co-host have really good chemistry.
-Ecomog Media Group has some really funny reaction videos that I enjoy
-Joe Rogan has a very eclectic group of people on his show but they're very enjoyable, especially with how natural the interviews drift off into other topics and how even political discussions don't devolve into silly bickering. His best guests are definitely some of the comedians and athletes he brings on.

I do watch alot of YouTube, its more entertaining than cable, imo (except I love sports). But I even know Ecomag Media Group, I forgot to mention them. I like those guys, but their reactions are fake and they play characters. They pass it off as real, but admit they play characters in other videos. Then the main guy will have 'heart to heart' videos about emotional real stuff, its really weird. I like them, but its so fake, I cant watch them regularly.
 
Agreed. It wont be long before they split for good. They prolly only stick around bc they both have to do the collider show. It is really interesting to hear Campea not like Collider anymore. Campea is such a PG rated guy, he fit in with Collider like a glove.

Do you like Jeremy Jahns ?

I’m familiar with him, but I’ve never really watched his videos. Doesn’t seem like someone I’d regularly watch.
 
I think Jahns is too hyper. whereas Back Nerd walks a good balance between insightfulness and comedy.
In terms of movies, Stuckmann is my favorite. Articulate, and introspective. I like that his are mostly serious.

Nostalgia Critic used to be good when it started but his videos are less funny . Also, he does not NEED 30 PLUS MINUTES FOR A VIDEO. Brevity is the soul of wit dude
 
Some really good educational channels I recommend.

Numberphile - Short mathematic videos featuring a wide range of math teachers all geeking out about various equations and numbers. A lot I goes over my head but I like the enthusiasm from the presenters.

Simone Giertz - crazy robot inventor who's work bench is in her bedroom.

Tested - Adam from Mythbusters tech and science show, featuring one-day builds, behinds the scenes movie interviews, general space, tech and science podcast.

Alternate History Hub - animated series about alternate history, asking what if questions about specific world events. Not so much educational as it is fun speculation, but it's still goes into detail about the real events.

The Great War - A complete break down of World War 1 that started in 2014 where each week new videos explain what happened during the same week of the war 100 years ago.

Meet Arnold - Hilarious animated series that puts it's poor lead character Arnold through all sorts of hell explaining what science can do to your body.
 
This is an interesting discussion topic. I may bookmark this and check out some of the people I've never heard of.

RedLetterMedia is great. Something about their comedic timing and presentation works really well.

I like Nostalgia Critic a lot. I actually don't mind their newer reviews as much as some people. I actually think the idea of parody skits is a bit more unique than just showing clips from the movie. I don't really get the hate for this. In some ways I enjoy Doug and Rob's thoughts on movies more than the NC reviews.

HelloGreedo comes and goes for me. He's great at presenting his topics and organizing his thoughts. I like the mystery surrounding him. He's very down to earth, I like how accepting he is of people's opinions. The main thing that rubs me the wrong way about him is that he seems to have something of a 'screw the fans' mentality.

I can't say I get the love for Chris Stuckman. I haven't watched a whole lot of his stuff, but nothing I've watched has impressed me on any level.

I don't care for Beyond the Trailer. I disagree that she's knowledgeable about filmmaking, sometimes she seems to miss the entire point of a movie. She seems to make a huge fuss over small things.

I really don't get the love for Jenny Nicholson. She seems like she's trying too hard to be RedLetterMedia, and quite frankly - I don't find her funny, or think she has anything new or interesting to say. Overall she seems kind of unremarkable, her channel feels like some amateur teenager who should have a hundred or so subscribers, not a YouTube celebrity who's on Screen Junkies and whatnot.

I din't see her on this list, but I'd recommend checking out
Lindsay Ellis
(known as "Nostalgia Chick" on Channel Awesome, although it seems she's kind of left them.) She's extremely knowledgeable about filmmkaing and offers unique and interesting perspective on movies.
 
Some really good educational channels I recommend.

Numberphile - Short mathematic videos featuring a wide range of math teachers all geeking out about various equations and numbers. A lot I goes over my head but I like the enthusiasm from the presenters.

Simone Giertz - crazy robot inventor who's work bench is in her bedroom.

Tested - Adam from Mythbusters tech and science show, featuring one-day builds, behinds the scenes movie interviews, general space, tech and science podcast.

Alternate History Hub - animated series about alternate history, asking what if questions about specific world events. Not so much educational as it is fun speculation, but it's still goes into detail about the real events.

The Great War - A complete break down of World War 1 that started in 2014 where each week new videos explain what happened during the same week of the war 100 years ago.

Meet Arnold - Hilarious animated series that puts it's poor lead character Arnold through all sorts of hell explaining what science can do to your body.

If we are going into non-movie stuff, I like Ben Heck Show. He takes about video game consoles and combines them. He is so intelligent when it comes to technology. One of his famous show is that he is given the SNES Playstation prototype and fixes it to make it work.
 
Anyone got thoughts on ASMR channels?
 
I follow a number of these channels

-Collider: I actually frequent the website alot. It's probably my go to source for movie news. I used to religiously watch Movie Talk and TV Talk. I subscribed late last year when I realized I wasn't really watching their videos. Now I'm hearing there's a lot of stuff going on behind the scenes and a lot of the talent was let go. Anywho, the biggest problems I have with them are. 1) They don't take legit criticism well on how to improve (this is actually common with a lot of the YT Film Community), 2) They only really get excited for SH movies and Star Wars. I love both, but I don't need it all the damn time 3) They clearly pull their punches to not ruin relationships.

DoubleToasted: Been following Korey and Martin since 2009 when they were Spill. Big fan of them. I do think they need to trim a lot of fat. Now Korey has been running his own site for over 20 years, but he even admits he's not up on all the internet stuff.
They had like 5 podcasts that are like the same thing and they're all like almost 3 hrs long. I mean one of the podcasts is someone calling in over Skype and it's so laggy. It's good to have content, but they need some variety. Also they need to get rid of the on air talent
They also don't need every review to be like 30-40 minutes. They should be editing their reviews. At least the video reviews. I know it takes time, but if you cut down on all the other unnecessary things it could work and probably help the site grow. People don't want 30 min reviews for everything. Die hard fans do sure, but not your average joe.
Im a subscriber but I rarely actually go to the website because the player they use is so laggy and terrible and because, again, the lack of variety in content.
Some reviews Korey needs to let people talk. They're are a few, not a lot, where it is just Korey talking and the other guys chime in but then Korey just keeps on talking. I know it's Korey's site, but he needs to let others go. I noticed this with the Transformers 5 review, the JL review, the TLJ review, and I hear it's the same for the BP review
Again, I love these guys. I'm a subscriber, but they really need to trim some fat.

Jeremy Jahns
: No real complaints. He's great. He's short, sweet, and too the point. He has a lot of energy, but not an annoying amount. He has his fanboy moments, but he's good.

Screen Junkies: Their movie reviews are just ok. But since Andy Signore left they've been lacking. And clearly Signore had to go and what he was accused of was terrible. But he did bring an energy to the channel that's been lacking since he left. The new Movie Fights is so boring. I loved the chaotic energy of the previous iteration. Now it's just like Movie Disagreements. Honest Trailers is still good. Honest Trailers commentary is meh.
The movie reviews are fine, but Dan literally admitted to not really giving his opinion on JL because he was afraid to get another death threat. And Ive never gotten a death threat and I get being scared. But if your scared to give your opinion, maybe don't be a movie reviewer? Even besides that the movie reviews aren't that funny. And I primarily watch movie reviews to laugh.

Schmoes: Yeah they're fine. I'm still subscribed nothing to really say. Their live show was so good then crashed and burned.

I don't get the love for Chris Stuckmann. I think in terms of numbers he's the 2nd biggest YT Movie reviewer other than Jahns. Which is weird to me because Stuckmann has no personality to me. Jahns has charisma at least.
 
^^ Awesome review, BlackMan.... I'm not big on Screen Junkies at all.....Stuckmann appeals to me because he's very intelligent with his reviews and gives thoughts on certain details we might not think about. He gets to the point and isn't all about HIGH ENERGY to get clicks like 99% of YouTubers.
 

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