The Mysterious Mr. Enter / Jonathan Rozanski's "Growing Around" - IndieGoGo Campaign Failed, John going off the deep end, "Turning Red" is ignorant about 9/11 (later retracted)

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

You don't understand, he's doing them right! He's the world's best writer so he's doing it but better! Idiot!

Come on, dude. You can troll better than that.

 

[Burmese Rice Farmer]

Come on, dude. You can troll better than that.

do I have to write like a fucking redditor and end every ironic sentence with /sneed

 

[Grumpy Pickle Rick]

do I have to write like a fucking redditor and end every ironic sentence with /sneed

What?

No, dude, I was kidding . I wasn’t being serious.

It was a bad joke, okay?

 

[Mr Roboto]

I think another problem Enter, and people like him, have is: what is the message? What are you trying to accomplish with this story or idea? What is the purpose of it? What are you communicating?

Paraphrasing slightly, but I think he's said that the message is "showing kids that it's okay to grow up"

However, this is contradicted in pretty much every episode where it is shown that the adults of this world have it a lot worse than the kids. I'm pretty sure one of Max's defining traits is that he's scared of growing up, which isn't a surprise considering he'll have most of his rights taken away and forced to live the rest of his days out miserable at having lost everything

 

[Massively Strong Greed]

I'm pretty sure one of Max's defining traits is that he's scared of growing up, which isn't a surprise considering he'll have most of his rights taken away and forced to live the rest of his days out miserable at having lost everything

And yet, doesn’t he already live a miserable life? He’s the show’s “Megward the Wizard,” constantly either afraid, annoyed, or embarrassed because the world forces him into a dress.

 

[Burmese Rice Farmer]

Paraphrasing slightly, but I think he's said that the message is "showing kids that it's okay to grow up"

However, this is contradicted in pretty much every episode where it is shown that the adults of this world have it a lot worse than the kids. I'm pretty sure one of Max's defining traits is that he's scared of growing up, which isn't a surprise considering he'll have most of his rights taken away and forced to live the rest of his days out miserable at having lost everything

Makes you really wonder what the suicide rates are in this world, doesn't it?

 

[Tragedy of the Senate]

Paraphrasing slightly, but I think he's said that the message is "showing kids that it's okay to grow up"

However, this is contradicted in pretty much every episode where it is shown that the adults of this world have it a lot worse than the kids. I'm pretty sure one of Max's defining traits is that he's scared of growing up, which isn't a surprise considering he'll have most of his rights taken away and forced to live the rest of his days out miserable at having lost everything

I've tried to think of this from multiple perspectives, but I can't see how a single episode shows that growing up is fine. Most are focused on the kids doing random things and lack the adults, which doesn't relate to growing up at all. And whenever the adults are given the spotlight, it's shown that their lives are miserable, despite what Enter claims.

The only episodes I can think of with a message relating to growing up are the first one and the creepy one with Max and Molly becoming forced best friends. The former just states that growing up is okay without providing any kind of evidence, and the latter's message is, "Sometimes your best friends will leave you, so try everything in your power to destroy their new friendships, and if that fails, just give up."

Then again, Enter is the guy who said, "The morals need to make sense to me first and foremost. Most of these episodes are me dealing with my own issues and beliefs." You can't make a show with several morals about growing up for kids when all these morals are aimed at you, a grown man who refused to grow up.

 

[CoconutCat]

Paraphrasing slightly, but I think he's said that the message is "showing kids that it's okay to grow up"

However, this is contradicted in pretty much every episode where it is shown that the adults of this world have it a lot worse than the kids. I'm pretty sure one of Max's defining traits is that he's scared of growing up, which isn't a surprise considering he'll have most of his rights taken away and forced to live the rest of his days out miserable at having lost everything

I've tried to think of this from multiple perspectives, but I can't see how a single episode shows that growing up is fine. Most are focused on the kids doing random things and lack the adults, which doesn't relate to growing up at all. And whenever the adults are given the spotlight, it's shown that their lives are miserable, despite what Enter claims.

The only episodes I can think of with a message relating to growing up are the first one and the creepy one with Max and Molly becoming forced best friends. The former just states that growing up is okay without providing any kind of evidence, and the latter's message is, "Sometimes your best friends will leave you, so try everything in your power to destroy their new friendships, and if that fails, just give up."

Then again, Enter is the guy who said, "The morals need to make sense to me first and foremost. Most of these episodes are me dealing with my own issues and beliefs." You can't make a show with several morals about growing up for kids when all these morals are aimed at you, a grown man who refused to grow up.

He mentioned in multiple places that "growing up" is a central theme of the show. This is a universe where "growing up" means something radically different than it does in the real world, and it's quite literally impossible to handle it realistically in a single episode, much less the entire series.

 

[Icarus B. Nezzer]

Meanwhile, Twitter's having a field day with Enter's last post.

https://twitter.com/redbuddi/status/1270596925302153216

 

[Lurk Jurk]

He mentioned in multiple places that "growing up" is a central theme of the show. This is a universe where "growing up" means something radically different than it does in the real world, and it's quite literally impossible to handle it realistically in a single episode, much less the entire series.

It seems to me the concept would be more suited to "don't be in such a hurry to grow up." But a series doesn't need to be explicitly about morals to communicate an idea. But it needs to do something with the premise.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Meanwhile, Twitter's having a field day with Enter's last post.

https://twitter.com/redbuddi/status/1270596925302153216

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This one sure knows what's up:

I believe this is from one of the former Growing Around VAs, the name looks familiar and she mentions how her voice appears in some of his videos:

My favorite part of Enter's whole rant is that he thinks wearing a mask is super detrimental to mental health:

(I'm pretty sure those states would adjust that law in these circumstances? lol.)

 

[Be patient I have lurkism]

Meanwhile, Twitter's having a field day with Enter's last post.

https://twitter.com/redbuddi/status/1270596925302153216

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Rate me optimistic, but I guess not all hope is lost when you scroll down a Mr Enter DA post full of bullshit rambling and the most visible comments are not unwarranted conversations about unrelated anime

 

[CoconutCat]

It seems to me the concept would be more suited to "don't be in such a hurry to grow up." But a series doesn't need to be explicitly about morals to communicate an idea. But it needs to do something with the premise.

That's funny because Enter actually complained about that moral in his Sabrina review, and in his Max's Many Birthdays commentary he goes on and on about how GA doesn't use it.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Looks like he's censoring and blocking anyone who disagrees with him on that journal. Lots of things being marked as spam, which given he doesn't do that to any of the speds constantly sperging over their favorite animes, suggests to me he's upset over differing opinions yet again.

 

[MadokaCommissioner]

Hi, I'm the individual who commissioned the Madoka review. I'm just here to let you know that Mr. Enter did refund me after saying he couldn't do the Madoka review.

Though after doing so, he immediately blocked me from DA, YouTube, and Patreon. Even canceled my Patreon subscription.

I have a feeling he didn't refund me because he couldn't do the review, but rather because he wanted to block me.

I had asked him the day before he refunded if it would be alright for me to offer a rebuttal to a claim in his "Homer Badguy" review. He said I had oversimplified his claim, and I apologized for that, but explained my argument would be something that should apply to 99% of cases. Literally the day after he says he can't do it, returns the money, then blocks me.

I ended up refunding the money on PayPal, because I don't really need it. I've always been okay giving money to creators with the possibility that I may never get anything in return. And honestly, being refunded under false pretense just made me unable to look at that money as anything bit a $300 slap to the face.

Probably should have donated it or something, but my stupid pride just made that money sting. Anyway, I can offer proof of this stuff if you want. I'm just sharing it so you know the truth behind the Madoka situation.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Hi, I'm the individual who commissioned the Madoka review. I'm just here to let you know that Mr. Enter did refund me after saying he couldn't do the Madoka review.

Though after doing so, he immediately blocked me from DA, YouTube, and Patreon. Even canceled my Patreon subscription.

I have a feeling he didn't refund me because he couldn't do the review, but rather because he wanted to block me.

I had asked him the day before he refunded if it would be alright for me to offer a rebuttal to a claim in his "Homer Badguy" review. He said I had oversimplified his claim, and I apologized for that, but explained my argument would be something that should apply to 99% of cases. Literally the day after he says he can't do it, returns the money, then blocks me.

I ended up refunding the money on PayPal, because I don't really need it. I've always been okay giving money to creators with the possibility that I may never get anything in return. And honestly, being refunded under false pretense just made me unable to look at that money as anything bit a $300 slap to the face.

Probably should have donated it or something, but my stupid pride just made that money sting. Anyway, I can offer proof of this stuff if you want. I'm just sharing it so you know the truth behind the Madoka situation.

Do you have any messages he sent to you?

 

[LiquidKid]

Looks like he's censoring and blocking anyone who disagrees with him on that journal. Lots of things being marked as spam, which given he doesn't do that to any of the speds constantly sperging over their favorite animes, suggests to me he's upset over differing opinions yet again.

Eventually he’s gonna ban his entire audience

Hi, I'm the individual who commissioned the Madoka review. I'm just here to let you know that Mr. Enter did refund me after saying he couldn't do the Madoka review.

Though after doing so, he immediately blocked me from DA, YouTube, and Patreon. Even canceled my Patreon subscription.

I have a feeling he didn't refund me because he couldn't do the review, but rather because he wanted to block me.

I had asked him the day before he refunded if it would be alright for me to offer a rebuttal to a claim in his "Homer Badguy" review. He said I had oversimplified his claim, and I apologized for that, but explained my argument would be something that should apply to 99% of cases. Literally the day after he says he can't do it, returns the money, then blocks me.

I ended up refunding the money on PayPal, because I don't really need it. I've always been okay giving money to creators with the possibility that I may never get anything in return. And honestly, being refunded under false pretense just made me unable to look at that money as anything bit a $300 slap to the face.

Probably should have donated it or something, but my stupid pride just made that money sting. Anyway, I can offer proof of this stuff if you want. I'm just sharing it so you know the truth behind the Madoka situation.

Yeah, can you provide some of these messages and a censored version of the refund receipt(to avoid your personal info). The elusive nature around the Madoka review has been a major topic for a while, so any facts need verification.
On another note, assuming you’re telling the true, why would you give your refund back to him if he didn’t deliver on the promised video? It’s been so long that any normal person, even a diehard fan, would want something in return. Did you at least ask for a video of him publicly apologizing for not being able to watch a 12 episode anime?(or was it 13, I only watched it when it first came out so I truly cannot remember)

 

[Just_a_Bored_Guy]

Hi, I'm the individual who commissioned the Madoka review. I'm just here to let you know that Mr. Enter did refund me after saying he couldn't do the Madoka review.

Though after doing so, he immediately blocked me from DA, YouTube, and Patreon. Even canceled my Patreon subscription.

I have a feeling he didn't refund me because he couldn't do the review, but rather because he wanted to block me.

I had asked him the day before he refunded if it would be alright for me to offer a rebuttal to a claim in his "Homer Badguy" review. He said I had oversimplified his claim, and I apologized for that, but explained my argument would be something that should apply to 99% of cases. Literally the day after he says he can't do it, returns the money, then blocks me.

I ended up refunding the money on PayPal, because I don't really need it. I've always been okay giving money to creators with the possibility that I may never get anything in return. And honestly, being refunded under false pretense just made me unable to look at that money as anything bit a $300 slap to the face.

Probably should have donated it or something, but my stupid pride just made that money sting. Anyway, I can offer proof of this stuff if you want. I'm just sharing it so you know the truth behind the Madoka situation.

Would be willing to offer a timeframe to when this was?
Or maybe what you said about his Simpsons review?

 

[MadokaCommissioner]

Do you have any messages he sent to you?

Sure

 

[coach_mclurk]

Sure

Watching a cartoon and giving my impressions on it for $300 + ad revenue + patreon? Nah, too much effort. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a cartoon to make.