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[2 Dollars and a Cassio]

MauLer has said that he intends to make an 'A Critique...' for every mainline Star Wars film. Assuming that he only finishes one instalment a year and that the critique for each film is six parts, he'll be finished by the time he is 73 years old.

Someone else in this thread has already said it, his patrons are being taken for a ride.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

MauLer has said that he intends to make an 'A Critique...' for every mainline Star Wars film. Assuming that he only finishes one instalment a year and that the critique for each film is six parts, he'll be finished by the time he is 73 years old.

Someone else in this thread has already said it, his patrons are being taken for a ride.

He set his goals too high and he is a incredibly lazy, easily sidetracked, and a perfectionist to boot. Apparently his next video will be on the Boys, which he should have made last year when it was still hot, which is a sad tendency for him. And that is not even bringing up all the other things he has planned but hasn't even started. He has squandered this pandemic, which should have been a great opportunity for him to expand and put work out, now that people are stuck at home and have the time to watch him. But instead the only thing he has expanded is the EFAP Movies, which are his second-laziest format after EFAP itself, doing one every other week or so and he doesn't even edit them. He'd rather play video games all day and do reaction videos with his friends than put content out that he would be proud of. He is doing a great job of destroying what little respect I have left for him.

 

[OTView]

MauLer has said that he intends to make an 'A Critique...' for every mainline Star Wars film. Assuming that he only finishes one instalment a year and that the critique for each film is six parts, he'll be finished by the time he is 73 years old.

Someone else in this thread has already said it, his patrons are being taken for a ride.

I can't imagine he'd do 6 parts for every single movie after finishing TFA (assuming he even does). He's only done 3 of 6 parts for TFA, and he's already obviously bored of working on it, so I'd *assume* he'd do something more manageable like 2/3 parts.* The completion time is probably accurate though, fact I'd wager it might be more like 1.5-2 years per part based on how things have been going recently.

*This is assuming he even gets around to it, and it doesn't just get discarded like some other projects...Actually, now that I think about it, didn't he say he wanted to do a video (videos?) on the God of War games? Or at least the newest one? What happened to that?

 

[2 Dollars and a Cassio]

He set his goals too high and he is a incredibly lazy, easily sidetracked, and a perfectionist to boot. Apparently his next video will be on the Boys, which he should have made last year when it was still hot, which is a sad tendency for him. And that is not even bringing up all the other things he has planned but hasn't even started. He has squandered this pandemic, which should have been a great opportunity for him to expand and put work out, now that people are stuck at home and have the time to watch him. But instead the only thing he has expanded is the EFAP Movies, which are his second-laziest format after EFAP itself, doing one every other week or so and he doesn't even edit them. He'd rather play video games all day and do reaction videos with his friends than put content out that he would be proud of. He is doing a great job of destroying what little respect I have left for him.

And all for the low low price of £1,285 a month! The disrespect for people's money and himself is... I don't know what it is

Good point about the Pandemic. As if he wasn't lucky enough with the wild success and popularity of the TLJ and TLJ critique (deserved success too; they're among the most eloquent explanations of the films' issues) when things were normal, a gigantic influx of potential viewer time comes his way and he does essentially zero with it. I don't even know how you have the patience and good will to partially watch and post the EFAP stuff, it's insufferable. It made me laugh when he put a relatively strong shout out for EFAP towards the end of Part 3; offer me a desert of piss strewn toilet seat after a steak dinner and I'm probably gonna say no.

EDIT: New last sentence.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

I can't imagine he'd do 6 parts for every single movie after finishing TFA (assuming he even does). He's only done 3 of 6 parts for TFA, and he's already obviously bored of working on it, so I'd *assume* he'd do something more manageable like 2/3 parts.* The completion time is probably accurate though, fact I'd wager it might be more like 1.5-2 years per part based on how things have been going recently.

*This is assuming he even gets around to it, and it doesn't just get discarded like some other projects...Actually, now that I think about it, didn't he say he wanted to do a video (videos?) on the God of War games? Or at least the newest one? What happened to that?

MauLer has said he'd do many things. Remember his GoT reviews? He hasn't finished them. Remember when he said he'd make a video on Joker? On Knives out? TLoU2? Whether he'll actually act upon his words is a mystery even to himself. All I know is that it will take way too long and when it will come out it will be pointlessly bloated beyond belief.

 

[Xerxes IX]

He set his goals too high and he is a incredibly lazy, easily sidetracked, and a perfectionist to boot. Apparently his next video will be on the Boys, which he should have made last year when it was still hot, which is a sad tendency for him. And that is not even bringing up all the other things he has planned but hasn't even started. He has squandered this pandemic, which should have been a great opportunity for him to expand and put work out, now that people are stuck at home and have the time to watch him. But instead the only thing he has expanded is the EFAP Movies, which are his second-laziest format after EFAP itself, doing one every other week or so and he doesn't even edit them. He'd rather play video games all day and do reaction videos with his friends than put content out that he would be proud of. He is doing a great job of destroying what little respect I have left for him.

MauLer's work ethic is so bad. Being a perfectionist makes all his bad habits worse too, because a lot of people end up being chronic procrastinators because they don't want to work on something they won't get perfect. I wonder if he's put himself in a dilemma where he won't take the time to record and edit his critiques because he needs those hours for his EFAP podcasts. Then of course he chooses EFAP because it's the easy one to do. At least when he disagreed with Hbomberguy years ago he made the kind of critique videos he had been doing. Modern day MauLer would put Hbomberguy's DS2 video on EFAP and call it a day.

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

MauLer's work ethic is so bad. Being a perfectionist makes all his bad habits worse too, because a lot of people end up being chronic procrastinators because they don't want to work on something they won't get perfect. I wonder if he's put himself in a dilemma where he won't take the time to record and edit his critiques because he needs those hours for his EFAP podcasts. Then of course he chooses EFAP because it's the easy one to do. At least when he disagreed with Hbomberguy years ago he made the kind of critique videos he had been doing. Modern day MauLer would put Hbomberguy's DS2 video on EFAP and call it a day.

It should also be noted that the DS2 videos only took him two months. Look at him now. Also the EFAPs are no excuse. They only happen for one day every other week usually. He has every other day to work. It's video games and sheer laziness. That's the only explanation.

A prerecorded EFAP continuing the DCEU trend.

 

[2 Dollars and a Cassio]

It should also be noted that the DS2 videos only took him two months. Look at him now. Also the EFAPs are no excuse. They only happen for one day every other week usually. He has every other day to work. It's video games and sheer laziness. That's the only explanation.

I had a bit of sympathy when TRoS came out. MauLer always wanted the TFA critique to make reference to the rest of the saga, so a rewrite of his previously finished(?) script was going to delay things considerably and was at least somewhat appropriate. Regardless, he initially intended for the TFA critique to be finished before the release of TRoS

"This video is going to be about fifteen hours long, cut across six videos releasing weekly" (https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=3592)

Though in the exact same video on the same topic he also says:

"It's not going to be quite like my usual release schedule that involves one video per week from the release of the first video." (https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=9661)

(To that end I don't think he's the immense re-drafter he claims to be, not to mention the video essayist touchstone the comments on his videos imply him to be. I'm just going to leave this url here: https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=559)

So, yeah, the goals were set too high as you said. But not one video a year too high. Video creation of that kind and on that scale undoubtedly takes a while. Sometimes eight hours of editing that kind of thing might produce as little as one minute of video on a bad day. But spending entire years for 3 hour pieces of what amounts to voiceover work, basic timeline editing, and finding the right images and video to demonstrate his points (on top of essentially being paid quite a comfortable amount for it all) etc. is really hard to swallow. I really believe that spending an average of six to eight hours work on the project a day (as you really should be spending with that kind of monetary donation a month if you have any respect for your fans) would have yielded a finished series by Q1 of 2020 at the latest.

EDITS:
- Put the first paragraph at the end and added to it.
- Inclusion of the third URL

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

I had a bit of sympathy when TRoS came out. MauLer always wanted the TFA critique to make reference to the rest of the saga, so a rewrite of his previously finished(?) script was going to delay things considerably and was at least somewhat appropriate. Regardless, he initially intended for the TFA critique to be finished before the release of TRoS

"This video is going to be about fifteen hours long, cut across six videos releasing weekly" (https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=3592)

Though in the exact same video on the same topic he also says:

"It's not going to be quite like my usual release schedule that involves one video per week from the release of the first video." (https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=9661)

(To that end I don't think he's the immense re-drafter he claims to be, not to mention the video essayist touchstone the comments on his videos imply him to be. I'm just going to leave this url here: https://youtu.be/95mL3us0HSQ?t=559)

So, yeah, he goals were set too high as you said. But not one video a year too high. Video creation of that kind and on that scale undoubtedly takes a while. Sometimes eight hours of editing that kind of thing might produce as little as one minute of video on a bad day. But spending entire years for 3 hour pieces of what amounts to voiceover work, basic timeline editing, and finding the right images and video to demonstrate his points (on top of essentially being paid quite a comfortable amount for it all) etc. is really hard to swallow. I really believe that spending an average of six to eight hours work on the project a day (as you really should be spending with that kind of monetary donation a month if you have any respect for your fans) would have yielded a finished series by Q1 of 2020 at the latest.

EDITS:
- Put the first paragraph at the end and added to it.
- Inclusion of the third URL

I had forgotten about that. If he would just admit publicly he shot too high and that he wants to move on to things that are more relevant, I'd don't think anyone would criticize him for it. He would probably be better for it, too. Though to be honest this DCEU trend he is moving onto is cheap, in my opinion. But it is par for the course for him to latch onto trends late, maybe not this late, though. He's trapped between his own pride and his viewers expectations. I have some sympathy but it is mostly his fault. His general behavior and massive ego he's developed doesn't help either.

 

[Shieldman]

A prerecorded EFAP continuing the DCEU trend.

Live on Drinker's channel.
Gotta give it to them, they didn't become enemies after that Bly Manor 'debate'

 

[buying gf]

MauLer has said he'd do many things. Remember his GoT reviews? He hasn't finished them. Remember when he said he'd make a video on Joker? On Knives out? TLoU2? Whether he'll actually act upon his words is a mystery even to himself. All I know is that it will take way too long and when it will come out it will be pointlessly bloated beyond belief.

You know what video I know for a fact will be released, on time, and will be at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be? GDELB.

 

[2 Dollars and a Cassio]

You know what video I know for a fact will be released, on time, and will be at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be? GDELB.

You're probably right. I wouldn't be too surprised if he thought that shit validates his 12-13K a year.

 

[Korpon]

You know what video I know for a fact will be released, on time, and will be at least 20 minutes longer than it needs to be? GDELB.

It's funny how in one of those YouTube comments recently posted, he said about Quinton: "Just getting tired of Quinton poking at other content creators while hiding behind the wall of parody", Isn't that what he does with GDELB?

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

You're probably right. I wouldn't be too surprised if he thought that shit validates his 12-13K a year.

I've said it before, but MauLer doesn't care about his patrons. When they complain to him he says that if they think he's not doing enough to validate paying him, they should stop paying him. He is leeching off of them and knows it. Superchats, too.

 

[2 Dollars and a Cassio]

I've said it before, but MauLer doesn't care about his patrons. When they complain to him he says that if they think he's not doing enough to validate paying him, they should stop paying him. He is leeching off of them and knows it. Superchats, too.

If he didn't rely on Patreon as his primary source of income, I wouldn't have an issue with that attitude. What an absolute ass.

 

[Audioponics🎵⛲]

I've said it before, but MauLer doesn't care about his patrons. When they complain to him he says that if they think he's not doing enough to validate paying him, they should stop paying him. He is leeching off of them and knows it. Superchats, too.

Pay pigs: "Nooooooo! You can't just stop creating content, we are paying you!!"
Mauler: "I don't care. What are you going to do about it?"
Pay pigs: "Nothing"
Mauler: "Thats what I thought. Now pay up, daddy needs new booster cards!"

 

[PenguinSuitAlice]

Another EFAP with some Fandom Menace people, I assume considering Nerdrotic is here. I can feel them prostrating to him. As I said before, they seem terrified of him. I will watch it since I have neglected EFAP for a while.
It's a Patrick Willems video. It's been a while. Further dedication to superhero movies, it seems. May be entertaining. I really hope I don't end up defending him.

EDIT: They are being very contrarian, and pausing before Willems makes his point to go on several-minute tangents. I really should be used to this by now, but you'd think they would have learned that they shouldn't pause so readily, name of the podcast or no. It's to their detriment.

EDIT: I'm not surprised that they do not know about the R-rated DC cartoon movies. I doubt they watched the Batman/Justice League cartoons either, judging by the MoS EFAP Movie. Though I am surprised that Nerdrotic and the other two haven't either. Unless they aren't bringing it up to oppose MauLer.

EDIT: MauLer and co. have a rather high regard of 'realism' in films. We've already discussed this, but MauLer really has a specific taste that he thinks should be a standard. He'd probably deny this, but he often does this without thinking.

EDIT: So far I'm agreeing with Willems, but he may say something stupid yet and hasn't come to his point yet.

EDIT: MauLer says he doesn't care about your knowledge of the source material but your argument when Willems tries to justify his argument with his 'nerd cred'. I disagree with this, especially with adaptations, but I'll roll with it. This is interesting because this is something I've always held against MauLer even when I was a fan, if I haven't made that clear from previous posts.

EDIT: MauLer confirms he has not read Watchmen or Dark Knight Returns. He acknowledges they are entry-level as an argument against Willems but doesn't seem to know much past that.

EDIT: The Fandom Menace trio are talking about their knowledge of comic history that I know nothing about while MauLer and Rags are notably silent.
...until MauLer brought them back to basic arguments I've heard before about children's properties enjoyed by adults.

I not sure if I've said this before but MauLer is such a layman he drags down everyone around him to his level, which is why I am uncertain about other EFAP member's knowledge because they roll with his lack of knowledge because they don't what to oppose him.

 

[Cemila Mandes]

It's funny how in one of those YouTube comments recently posted, he said about Quinton: "Just getting tired of Quinton poking at other content creators while hiding behind the wall of parody", Isn't that what he does with GDELB?

That's been a pattern with MauLer. Just like Quinton pussied out on a discussion with him, MauLer pussied out on a discussion with Jack Saint.

 

[Shieldman]

That's been a pattern with MauLer. Just like Quinton pussied out on a discussion with him, MauLer pussied out on a discussion with Jack Saint.

If I remember correctly, a Saint+Taxxon teamup only accepted a conversation if Rags was not present. obviously Rags got mad and refused to budge. Afterwards, Mauler refused to engage (outside of twitter snipes) because Saint "wouldn't engage in good faith" or something similar.

 

[Elescondido]

If I remember correctly, a Saint+Taxxon teamup only accepted a conversation if Rags was not present. obviously Rags got mad and refused to budge. Afterwards, Mauler refused to engage (outside of twitter snipes) because Saint "wouldn't engage in good faith" or something similar.

I think it was only Taxxon which is fucking hilarious because have you looked at him? is clear that he is a barely functioning autist and Mauler is still afraid of him.
Mauler only seems to like 1 on 1s with people who are afraid of him like literature devil or bitches like IHE