TGWTG Kyle Kallgren / Oancitizen / Brows Held High - Afraid of the Eggnog Ninjas, "Male Feminist" that Abuses Women, 2nd-rate Cinema Snob, Hugh Hefner A-Log, Fat Creepy Incel Cuck

[Y2K Baby]

Bennett the Sage

Ah, yes, Bennet "Who uses flamethrowers to clear out trenches?" the Sage. Lol.

 

[TiggerNits]

In the Hercules video Lindsay also went and said how all the Disney characters in the 90s had only clumsiness as their flaws ("a whole decade of Bella Swans", she muses), but iirc correctly, only Hercules and maybe Mulan had that problem? I can't recall the other characters being particularly clumsy in such a manner.

This doesn't really matter but since Lindsay tries nowadays so hard to be seen as "the Disney Expert" in the TGWTG circle, it's funny how easily we can debunk anything she says.

Turns out when trying to make a character connect with a normal, healthy young child, the easiest way is to make them likable, friendly and a little clumsy. Clumsy works for 2 reason. 1, slapstick is funny and 2, little kids can't keep from falling on their ass for more than an hour. It helps to have them have a flaw they can identify with, not some over developed backstory of trauma that only edgy teens and broken adults really connect with

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Not fully sure what conext Lindsay compared Superman and Rocky to Hercules (and I don't care enough to watch).. But Superman Returns and Rocky III respectively have the titular heroes falling from grace/having to regain former glory. Not necessarily defending Lindsay, but I can see how a comparison could be made.

The comparison was specifically about hero origins.

 

[Professor Iris]

On a side note, you have to be a special kind of asshole to dislike Brad.

It's a good thing I was never a fan of Oancitizen to begin with, otherwise I'd have to give at least half a fuck about it, and that's half a fuck too many.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

On a side note, you have to be a special kind of asshole to dislike Brad.

It's a good thing I was never a fan of Oancitizen to begin with, otherwise I'd have to give at least half a fuck about it, and that's half a fuck too many.

He didn't appreciate being the Coke Zero version of Brad and being the Diet Coke of Phelous, who himself was the Diet Coke of Brad. He never knew it, but he could never be the Cherry Coke that was Welshy.

 

[Magic Sun Daddy]

He didn't appreciate being the BIG, BLACK DICK version of Brad and being the Diet Coke of Phelous, who himself was the Diet Coke of Brad. He never knew it, but he could never be the Cherry Coke that was Welshy.

Welshy is my nigga. I fucks with him.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Ah, yes, Bennet "Who uses flamethrowers to clear out trenches?" the Sage. Lol.

Show me where he said it

 

[WEEDle]

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

That hairline went from tweenage goofball to slasher villain. If he's so desperate to not go full-on chrome-dome then he should get some hair plugs instead. Do something with it, Goddamn.

 

[Doctor Stan]

He doesnt have a receding hairline so much as one in full retreat, Jesus fuck.

 

[UnKillFill]

That hairline went from tweenage goofball to slasher villain. If he's so desperate to not go full-on chrome-dome then he should get some hair plugs instead. Do something with it, Goddamn.

Or at least invest in a Dickensian newsie cap. I think he could pull it off.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Bennett the Sage is pretty good and tries to keep apolitical. I always think Bennett would make a good standup comic. Brad, Lupa and Phelous are okay as long as they dont get triggered (Lorne Kates can fuck off through).

I thought Lupa was cool. Then I followed her on Twitter and saw her tweets.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

I thought Lupa was cool. Then I followed her on Twitter and saw her tweets.

The Baywatch and Charmed videos are filled with borderline bitchy comments about the women as well.

 

[Echo_Ender]

What I realize the most about Channel Awesome is that Kickassia was the most stupidest thing and also the best thing that could ever happen to all of the fans. It destroyed the illusion that these guys were badasses, they were fucking 20-40 year olds making a shit movie all together and I think that was the actual thing about the movie that was supposed to be the big point. But the CA team fucked it up by taking in the prideful naive internet kids and this is where it all leads at the end of the day.

Kickassia was what broke the most of my friends out of their Channel Autism phase.

They weren't making a shitty movie intentionally because they could and having fun with it like the Red Letter Media guys did with Space Cop.

No, most of the CA folks had zero self-awareness and legitimately thought they were making some sort of brilliant comedic work of art that would make their careers take off.

My friends all realized that without already lulzy material to play off of (The stuff they 'reviewed'), all of the CA folks were just cringy, awkward wannabe-actors shouting in-jokes, catchphrases, and old memes. They were just a sad bunch of delusional adults trying too hard to be funny.

 

[BigTubboWithLittleChina]

Dress up in a crap cosplay and scream a lot. LARPers do that for shits 'n' giggles. Doug and his sorry crew regard it as a brilliant career move.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Kickassia was what broke the most of my friends out of their Channel Autism phase.

They weren't making a shitty movie intentionally because they could and having fun with it like the Red Letter Media guys did with Space Cop.

No, most of the CA folks had zero self-awareness and legitimately thought they were making some sort of brilliant comedic work of art that would make their careers take off.

My friends all realized that without already lulzy material to play off of (The stuff they 'reviewed'), all of the CA folks were just cringy, awkward wannabe-actors shouting in-jokes, catchphrases, and old memes. They were just a sad bunch of delusional adults trying too hard to be funny.

I never liked Channel Awesome, mainly because TVTropes shoves that shit down your throat so hard that it's impossible to get away from. Also, when Channel Awesome was in its heyday, I wasn't much of a movie lover as I am right now. Thankfully, I went with RedLetterMedia, because at least they aren't autistic and they are self aware.

 

[Echo_Ender]

Dress up in a crap cosplay and scream a lot. LARPers do that for shits 'n' giggles. Doug and his sorry crew regard it as a brilliant career move.

Pretty much this in a nutshell.

They thought acting like cringy idiots was high art somehow and not just pandering to their obsessive fans.

I never liked Channel Awesome, mainly because TVTropes shoves that shit down your throat so hard that it's impossible to get away from.

TVTropes is responsible for a lot of CA's problems. The obsessive autists over there would quote the TGWTG crew every other word and shoehorn them into every page.

This made a lot of those folks, particularly Doug, Lindsey, Linkara, Angry Joe, and Spoony, think they were hot shit with tons of fans and massive popularity. When they, at best, had a niche appeal to a really small audience.

The egos went out of control. And the rest...is history.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

The Baywatch and Charmed videos are filled with borderline bitchy comments about the women as well.

I couldn't get into those videos, so I missed that. The amount of times she's freaked out over random stuff and dragged it out is such a turn off. Combined with political freak outs.

 

[Lurk Jurk]

That hairline went from tweenage goofball to slasher villain. If he's so desperate to not go full-on chrome-dome then he should get some hair plugs instead. Do something with it, Goddamn.

He had wigs on in a Nostalgic Critic cameo a little while ago and he looked 15 years younger. Shave it and get a rug at least. It's okay, Film Brian.

 

[Magic Sun Daddy]

Kickassia was what broke the most of my friends out of their Channel Autism phase.

They weren't making a shitty movie intentionally because they could and having fun with it like the Red Letter Media guys did with Space Cop.

No, most of the CA folks had zero self-awareness and legitimately thought they were making some sort of brilliant comedic work of art that would make their careers take off.

My friends all realized that without already lulzy material to play off of (The stuff they 'reviewed'), all of the CA folks were just cringy, awkward wannabe-actors shouting in-jokes, catchphrases, and old memes. They were just a sad bunch of delusional adults trying too hard to be funny.

I pin most of the blame on Doug, seeing as how he and his brother wrote the scripts. One of the biggest problems that arise from attempting to pull off these big crossover events is how unintentionally alienating the premise is.

Let's say I were a fan of Handsome Tom. I only go onto the site because they happen to host his content and I have no interest in watching anyone else on CA. Low snd behold, I catch wind of the up-and-coming anniversary special and I hear that Handsome Tom is going to be in it. Even though I don't care about people on the site, I'm interested in seeing what role he plays or what type of jokes he'll be telling. I sit down and watch, wading through the bits I don't care about only to discover that he barely has any lines and the only joke they could think to use was "lol, he's really tall". What incentive do I have to watch the other specials if the person I'm most interested in either doesn't have any lines, isn't in it at all or is forced to rattle off shitty out-of-character lines written by a discount Seth MacFarlane?

Personally, I think the best way to have done an anniversary special would be to give every contributor a theme to work with and allow them to go wild with it. The anniversary is announced months prior, giving everyone time to prepare and promote their projects. Maybe have a poll with fans to see what they want the theme to be to keep things from getting too predictable. I would suggest making it into a contest but it would naturally have to be determined by fan vote, which would result in it being turned into a popularity contest.