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Not to change the subject but I was just thinking about this. Has anyone ever actually seen or heard Bob actually talk about the technical aspects of cinema in a way that demonstrates real understanding or expertise, as opposed to just regurgitating pop culture argument bullshit? Angle, field, focus, lenses, frames, spacing, shot techniques, editing, lighting and palette?
Like, for example, talking about how in The Shining Kubrick uses wide-angle lenses in confined spaces and narrow-angle lenses in open spaces, and long takes with tracking shots, to deliberately portray the Overlook as architecturally impossible and leave viewers constantly disoriented and confused? That kind of stuff.
For the life of me I can't think of any time Bob even demonstrated actual expertise or authority even with cinema. When he talks about cinematography he's usually pussy-aching about something that's currently being discussed for which information can be found with a simple Google search, and when he talks about the history of Hollywood he basically just plagiarizes Wikipedia articles. I might have missed something, but I did watch a hell of a lot of his videos back in the day when I was just getting interested in cinema before I realized how big of a turdblossom he is, and looking back on it he really didn't have much more than the most basic and simplest information and no real insights.
Like, for example, talking about how in The Shining Kubrick uses wide-angle lenses in confined spaces and narrow-angle lenses in open spaces, and long takes with tracking shots, to deliberately portray the Overlook as architecturally impossible and leave viewers constantly disoriented and confused? That kind of stuff.
For the life of me I can't think of any time Bob even demonstrated actual expertise or authority even with cinema. When he talks about cinematography he's usually pussy-aching about something that's currently being discussed for which information can be found with a simple Google search, and when he talks about the history of Hollywood he basically just plagiarizes Wikipedia articles. I might have missed something, but I did watch a hell of a lot of his videos back in the day when I was just getting interested in cinema before I realized how big of a turdblossom he is, and looking back on it he really didn't have much more than the most basic and simplest information and no real insights.