That Guy With The Glasses

[wiegeabo]

Isn't it obvious? It's Shark Week.

 

[Manic]

There needs to be a Kickassia version of that graphic.

 

[wiegeabo]

There needs to be a Kickassia version of that graphic.

 

[Manic]

Brilliant!

 

[Jordacar]

Did anyone else feel that Nostalgia Chick reviewing Hercules was a bad idea? The film was critical hit and financial yet she's nitpicking every little thing about the film.

No, you're the only one.

 

[PyroChamber]

Looks like they've redone the front page a little bit.

 

[wiegeabo]

And I'm loving the change. As nice as the sidebar of recent videos was, after about a week, stuff would get pushed aside and I wouldn't know what I missed. At least this way new vids are likely to stay visible longer. No more digging around pages for buried stuff.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

No, you're the only one.

Thank you! Its too much of a stretch. I know she isn't NCritic, but she's supposed to review bad films, not nitpick films that are actually good. Her wasn't review wasn't funny and it came off as annoying.

 

[The Battousai]

The movie does have rather lazy writing, though - I've always been confused by the gospel-singer muses (and only five, no less) and not-so-great songs.

 

[PyroChamber]

Thank you! Its too much of a stretch. I know she isn't NCritic, but she's supposed to review bad films, not nitpick films that are actually good. Her wasn't review wasn't funny and it came off as annoying.

She actually use to review bad movies almost like how Critic did, but at some point she decided that she didn't want to just be the "female version of the Nostalgia Critic" and started doing it the way she does it now.

 

[Manic]

I assumed the gospel singing muses were a take on the Chorus that showed up in Greek plays. Much like a musical (without the music), some Greek plays had a chorus chime in during or between scenes.

 

[The Squirrel]

NChick seems to review her movies as if she were writing a college essay. Which is cool, it works for her.

 

[The Battousai]

I assumed the gospel singing muses were a take on the Chorus that showed up in Greek plays. Much like a musical (without the music), some Greek plays had a chorus chime in during or between scenes.

That's a perfectly legitimate use of them - and I assumed that was their purpose - but that's not the part the confused me.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I loved the songs. They weren't as memorable as Lion King or Aladdin (and that one song in Mulan), but it had a great soundtrack.

Once again, I felt it was a stretch to review this film.

 

[The Battousai]

I don't know - being a music composition major I can't help but be irked by such an egregious inconsistency as using a Christian-based style of music (including lyrics like "gospel truth") performed by ancient Greek mythological characters.

 

[Sloth7d]

I wasn't bothered by the music personally. Hell if one of my favorite animes can be a series that has a hip/hop score, but is about samurai why not gospel Hercules? Plus I found it catchy myself. But at the same time I don't mind NChick nit picking the film. Really that's what most of the reviewers on thatguywiththeglasses does even if it's usually with bad films. In the end it's all for a laugh.

 

[The Battousai]

I wasn't bothered by the music personally. Hell if one of my favorite animes can be a series that has a hip/hop score, but is about samurai why not gospel Hercules? Plus I found it catchy myself. But at the same time I don't mind NChick nit picking the film. Really that's what most of the reviewers on thatguywiththeglasses does even if it's usually with bad films. In the end it's all for a laugh.

Samurai Champloo (which i'm assuming is what you're referring to) is entertaining despite its anachronisms (not necessarily the soundtrack, because characters aren't performing it on-screen, but moments such as beatboxing and others that don't fit in the time period whatsoever), but that doesn't excuse the out-of-place nature of several aspects of the show. It may add to its charm in a weird way, but still makes it harder for me to appreciate it.

In the case of Hercules, it isn't just the songs being out-of-place - they're being sung by non-Christian mythological individuals. That's what causes a mere anachronism to become strange and absurd.

I'd like to point out that I really like the movie anyway - it's just that I'm not going to ignore severe problems with the movie to protect my enjoyment of it.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I wasn't bothered by the music personally. Hell if one of my favorite animes can be a series that has a hip/hop score, but is about samurai why not gospel Hercules? Plus I found it catchy myself. But at the same time I don't mind NChick nit picking the film. Really that's what most of the reviewers on thatguywiththeglasses does even if it's usually with bad films. In the end it's all for a laugh.

I know, but usually with bad films there's more material (unless it's NCritic's Junior review) and there's a little more breathing room for nitpicking. With good movies it's much easier to come off as whiny.

 

[Sloth7d]

Samurai Champloo (which i'm assuming is what you're referring to) is entertaining despite its anachronisms (not necessarily the soundtrack, because characters aren't performing it on-screen, but moments such as beatboxing and others that don't fit in the time period whatsoever), but that doesn't excuse the out-of-place nature of several aspects of the show. It may add to its charm in a weird way, but still makes it harder for me to appreciate it.

In the case of Hercules, it isn't just the songs being out-of-place - they're being sung by non-Christian mythological individuals. That's what causes a mere anachronism to become strange and absurd.

I'd like to point out that I really like the movie anyway - it's just that I'm not going to ignore severe problems with the movie to protect my enjoyment of it.

"Anacronism". Thank you! I knew their was a word for that, but for the life of me I couldn't remember. I can't tell you how long I was hunched over the computer screen with a vexed expression trying to recall the earlier lessons of my high school English course.

But as far as the song goes, I see where you're coming from, and normally I would agree with how jarring such a mixing of two concepts can be; for instance I really hated JLA: Act of God for exactly that reason. However, in this case, it wasn't as if they were singing about Jesus or their God in the tune to Gospel. They were still singing about Hercules in the end.

Glad you like the movie anyway though.

I know, but usually with bad films there's more material (unless it's NCritic's Junior review) and there's a little more breathing room for nitpicking. With good movies it's much easier to come off as whiny.

I know exactly what you mean; I sat through ConfusedMatthew's (one of my favorite youtube critics) negative review The Lion King and The Incredibles. But I just don't feel the need to hold it against them unless they come off as trollish; like how I believe Spoony acts on ocassion, but even then I realise how boring it would be if I agreed with him on everything.

None the less I do agree. NChick was very nitpicky, especially with the drinking game that served no purpose except to show us the movie's motifs. It didn't really tell us why those recurring elements were bad. So it was essentially a waste of time.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

anyone know what happens to spoonys wrestling show it was there an now it's gone. did it gets it's own site

 

[wiegeabo]

Was there one after 8-6?

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

the last i seen he ripped on nxt and tna but it seems to have been deleted

 

[wiegeabo]

The last one I saw was the one with the kissing contest thing. I can never keep track of which program he's watching at the time.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

edit nope seems to be back

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

"Anacronism". Thank you! I knew their was a word for that, but for the life of me I couldn't remember. I can't tell you how long I was hunched over the computer screen with a vexed expression trying to recall the earlier lessons of my high school English course.

But as far as the song goes, I see where you're coming from, and normally I would agree with how jarring such a mixing of two concepts can be; for instance I really hated JLA: Act of God for exactly that reason. However, in this case, it wasn't as if they were singing about Jesus or their God in the tune to Gospel. They were still singing about Hercules in the end.

Glad you like the movie anyway though.



I know exactly what you mean; I sat through ConfusedMatthew's (one of my favorite youtube critics) negative review The Lion King and The Incredibles. But I just don't feel the need to hold it against them unless they come off as trollish; like how I believe Spoony acts on ocassion, but even then I realise how boring it would be if I agreed with him on everything.

None the less I do agree. NChick was very nitpicky, especially with the drinking game that served no purpose except to show us the movie's motifs. It didn't really tell us why those recurring elements were bad. So it was essentially a waste of time.

You hated the JLA: Act of God book or review? Because Linkara did a review about JLA: Act of God.


And yeah, I don't think she came off as trollish because she's very smart. But I think thats somewhat the problem with her. In some of her reviews she comes off as so smart that she can sound pretentious at times.