James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

[demicolon]

But I'm wondering, how does one go about making an AVGN movie, even if it's just 'made for TV' so to speak.

Clerks ripoff. Maybe a Dogma ripoff, as in affectionate parody to quote TVTropes. Or maybe a Galaxy Quest ripoff as @The handsome tard suggested.
Anything but a by-the-numbers Hollywood script that it was.

 

[p1138]

His notion that a movie has to be filmed in Hollywood to be seen as a "real" movie is even more stupid when one of his all-time favorites Rocky was shot almost entirely in his own city of Philadelphia.

It's just more of the same problems James has always had. Maybe it's because he wanted it to be "authentic"? I've said as much before in this thread, but look at how he still hasn't rented a warehouse somewhere and made a set. He's still filming in his basement for crying out loud. There's just no reason for that other than perhaps some autistic need for "authenticity", but he complains about how it makes shooting an AVGN video a pain in the ass because every time he changes angles he needs to completely tear everything down and set it back up again since there's no room to just turn or slide shit to get it pointed in the right direction for the next shot.

What I haven't seen him clarify, is if he actually storyboards things properly and films everything needed from one angle, then moves it and films from the next for those shots and so on as that would make his issues filming even worse.

 

[innocent jogger]

It speaks a lot about his most recent AVGN episode (Goonies) that there were a couple of comments about it followed by pages of mass debating about the movie again. His stuff really is that uninteresting these days.

 

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It speaks a lot about his most recent AVGN episode (Goonies) that there were a couple of comments about it followed by pages of mass debating about the movie again. His stuff really is that uninteresting these days.

Screenwave-era Nerd is for the most part very formulaic and inoffensive. There's nothing to really say about it beside "fix your hair, James." Except those occasional times the episode flat out sucks (like most of the episodes a few years ago) or the very rare times it's actually pretty good. I'd say it's about 80% bland episodes, 15% bad episodes, 5% decent/good episodes. And I'm being very sympathetic here.

 

[ZipDisk]

but he complains about how it makes shooting an AVGN video a pain in the ass

He overcomplicates everything. He'll rig three layers of equipment rather than use the proper tool for the job, and a lot of the time it only makes sense if you look at it through the lens of autism. He has to do it his way because anything else would be WRONG!

 

[Elaine Benes]

He's still filming in his basement for crying out loud.

I don't have a link handy for this, but according to people who've been to the Nerd Room, when he moved a few years back he actually set everything up from his old basement in the garage of his new house (right down to the floor tiles). This helps to explain the limited camera angles in recent episodes.

 

[p1138]

I don't have a link handy for this, but according to people who've been to the Nerd Room, when he moved a few years back he actually set everything up from his old basement in the garage of his new house (right down to the floor tiles). This helps to explain the limited camera angles in recent episodes.

If true, the fact that he moved the shit and still didn't have the sense to give himself any real space and needed to autistically keep it intact makes it even worse. Should have been moved to a warehouse, have the walls of the set be 20 feet apart, etc. He at least has a vague understanding of filming shit, he's seen how movie and tv sets are setup, you don't film the living room of a family sitcom show as if it actually has all 4 walls like a normal house would. And he absolutely could have afforded to move the shit from his basement, break it up properly into 2-3 different sets, and not have a visible difference on camera.

 

[Travoltron]

Is the "Nerd Room" really that important to the show? Seems like only the most autistic would care if he switched to shooting somewhere else more practical.

 

[Pissmaster]

Is the "Nerd Room" really that important to the show? Seems like only the most autistic would care if he switched to shooting somewhere else more practical.

It's iconic and cozy.

 

[Corbax]

Is the "Nerd Room" really that important to the show? Seems like only the most autistic would care if he switched to shooting somewhere else more practical.

There were three other Nerd Rooms before the basement, so no. He could have just set up a new one.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

Seems like only the most autistic would care if he switched to shooting somewhere else more practical.

James would care because he'd have to leave his house to shoot.

So yes the most autistic would, in fact, care.

 

[Sicko Hunter]

"Why didn't James cast his manchild autistic friend who can't act and hates being infront of the camera for a movie he wanted to break him into Hollywood?" HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

Is James the most successful internet video guy from his era? it seems like everyone else either gave us, is dead, or broke. i'm honestly sort of glad i can't remember anything before 2007, it seems like it was all very cringe.

 

[xXx: State of the Union]

"Why didn't James cast his manchild autistic friend who can't act and hates being infront of the camera for a movie he wanted to break him into Hollywood?" HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Fair point.

Counter point; why didn't he cast someone else as Mike?

 

[Lone Star]

Is James the most successful internet video guy from his era? it seems like everyone else either gave us, is dead, or broke. i'm honestly sort of glad i can't remember anything before 2007, it seems like it was all very cringe.

He probably wasn't the first, but he was certainly the most famous "I'm gonna just review shitty things" type of content creator. It's hard to think of anyone that had more of an influence on video content, at least on the YouTube side of things.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Is James the most successful internet video guy from his era? it seems like everyone else either gave us, is dead, or broke. i'm honestly sort of glad i can't remember anything before 2007, it seems like it was all very cringe.

I feel Nostalgia Critic is wildly successful still. Even if inspired by James to some degree, he had his own distinct style and Doug pretty much influenced a lot of reviewers for better or worse to this day. Whereas James' influence has dwindled and not many people emulate his style much nowadays.

I'd also put RedLetterMedia up there for similar reasons.

Another non-review youtube channel I think that is still successful from the 2000s (even if its the late 2000s) is Ray William Johnson since he is still doing pretty strong and getting views still in the 6-7 digits and has adapted to the new Youtube landscape.

 

[VeePeeN]

He probably wasn't the first, but he was certainly the most famous "I'm gonna just review shitty things" type of content creator. It's hard to think of anyone that had more of an influence on video content, at least on the YouTube side of things.

It really can't be understated, he was one of the first to really do something unique on the site that had an original format and a vision that was more than just a viral video, but a series like a professional media maker would put out.

Which is kind of sad, considering that after all these years, the youtubes potential was never fully realized and now it's just a husk of what it used to be and could've been.

There are the rare videos that are truly inspired and interesting, like the Kane Pixels backrooms vid. I understand he's built on that with more videos and lore, but I can't speak to their quality b/c I haven't watched them.

It just would be nice if youtube inspired more creative endeavours like Rolfe or Pixels. I mean, James first couple years of AVGN had some cool little moments with the homemade effects and shit. All the way to something like the backrooms, which reminds me of something you'd see on MTVs old Liquid Television.

 

[RX-78]

It really can't be understated, he was one of the first to really do something unique on the site that had an original format and a vision that was more than just a viral video, but a series like a professional media maker would put out.

Which is kind of sad, considering that after all these years, the youtubes potential was never fully realized and now it's just a husk of what it used to be and could've been.

There are the rare videos that are truly inspired and interesting, like the Kane Pixels backrooms vid. I understand he's built on that with more videos and lore, but I can't speak to their quality b/c I haven't watched them.

It just would be nice if youtube inspired more creative endeavours like Rolfe or Pixels. I mean, James first couple years of AVGN had some cool little moments with the homemade effects and shit. All the way to something like the backrooms, which reminds me of something you'd see on MTVs old Liquid Television.

The problem is that youtube is now a business, and that means creativity gets pushed out to chase yesterday's fad. You have no idea how many retarded zoomers are out there who, honest to God, think producing their version of the bland content will make them rich.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

I'd also put RedLetterMedia up there for similar reasons.

didn't realize they were that early on youtube i thought they got their start with their patreon in 2014. like i know about the star wars docs but i also assumed those came out in like 2013.

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

I'd also put RedLetterMedia up there for similar reasons.

didn't realize they were that early on youtube i thought they got their start with their patreon in 2014. like i know about the star wars docs but i also assumed those came out in like 2013.