Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[elder god]

And Jordan Peterson.

Yeah, all those fat neckbeards who do nothing but spend all day on a computer, don't leave their basement, eat shitty food, only consume stupid action movies, and think themselves superior even though they aren't particularly bright, skilled, funny, athletic, etc. Not like our Bob at all!

*Sigh* Still sperging about Star Wars.

Maybe it wasn't as good, maybe people are suffering from Star Wars fatigue and are tired of a new star wars movie every year when we used to never get them that fast. Also, way to jump onto the idea that Solo had the bad reception because it wasn't as SJW-ish (I haven't seen it, this is according to my friends who have) as TLJ, not figuring that maybe TLJ is as much to blame for a bad reception for Solo as Solo is. I can agree that these movies shouldn't be tentpole movies, but just because they throw in a bunch of lore from the expanded universe, shouldn't be the only thing we look at when we ask whether a movie is good or not.

"Take that (Jeremy/Chris/Ralph), I'm the superior critic!"

And what part about Bob isn't casual? Seriously, answer me what part about Bob isn't casual. His tastes revolve entirely around what is popular, his observations are either completely obvious or fucking stupid by missing points that make him look casual. Is it the "knowledge" he dumps from Wikipedia? For all the "casual sounding batman lovers" out there, at least many of them try to have something unique to say and many are actually knowledgeable in their field of interest. Bob's only claim to fame was working for a mildly respectable website back in the infancy of video game journalism, and they dumped him for his unprofessionalism.

 

[ChevroletBlackboard]

Look, the primary reason for why Solo is doing poorly financially because Disney released on Memorial Day Weekend, which is box office cancer. This is a film fact that's been known of for years. There's also the aforementioned burnout of a new Star Wars film just fix months after Last Jedi (not to mention all the backlash from that particular debacle), the controversy surrounding Han's casting alongside that the film wasn't promoted until three months before release, the Lord and Miller version being cut, poor reviews pushing people away and behind the scene troubles.

Solo was doomed for these reasons (mainly the first), which anyone with perception skills can see. It being "Anti-SJW" or having a white lead had nothing to do with that. In fact, it's a sign of how much trust for Disney Star Wars has fallen that a Han Solo movie is doing badly in the box office. Han, the most popular hero of the Original Trilogy and the one we all wanted to be as kids.

 

[Oh Long Johnson]

My favorite part of his Star Wars sperging is his initial defense of the box office numbers, immediately followed by, "It's doing way, way worse than I thought it would, which makes my other opinions over there just that much more correct!"

Eat a dick, Bob.

 

[RockVolnutt]

My favorite part of his Star Wars sperging is his initial defense of the box office numbers, immediately followed by, "It's doing way, way worse than I thought it would, which makes my other opinions over there just that much more correct!"

Eat a dick, Bob.

That too. He first was defending the movie and saying it's not struggling in the box office......followed by not denying it and doing this unoriginal "No U" take.

You'd have to wonder if people who watch his videos pick up on that.

 

[Sissy Galvez]

The idiots trying to control a narrative on twitter and garbage movie review sites don’t realize the masses don’t read their shit. Star Wars will continue to slip if they don’t make changes and a narrative built on false equivalences won’t hold up. Only to those who live in the bubble and lack self awareness.

 

[UglyOldJafar]

Look, the primary reason for why Solo is doing poorly financially because Disney released on Memorial Day Weekend, which is box office cancer. This is a film fact that's been known of for years. There's also the aforementioned burnout of a new Star Wars film just fix months after Last Jedi (not to mention all the backlash from that particular debacle), the controversy surrounding Han's casting alongside that the film wasn't promoted until three months before release, the Lord and Miller version being cut, poor reviews pushing people away and behind the scene troubles.

Solo was doomed for these reasons (mainly the first), which anyone with perception skills can see. It being "Anti-SJW" or having a white lead had nothing to do with that. In fact, it's a sign of how much trust for Disney Star Wars has fallen that a Han Solo movie is doing badly in the box office. Han, the most popular hero of the Original Trilogy and the one we all wanted to be as kids.

Wait, you guys wanted to be Han?
Sorry, but I always prefered to be Vader. Badass, able to choke a bitch with just a thought, wielding a sword and basically second in command to Tarkin.

As for this thing, Solo failed. Let both sides now just complain and whine. One part will blame it on the SJWs, the SJWs will blame it on white men or some shit and meanwhile in China a bag of rice is falling, which is of equal relevance for the sake of the entire world.

As for Bob, let him just spew his verbal diarhea as long as he wants, at the end of the day all he can do is go to bed at 8am and cry himself to sleep because the Minion's studio makes still the Mario movie.

 

[ChevroletBlackboard]

Wait, you guys wanted to be Han?
Sorry, but I always prefered to be Vader. Badass, able to choke a bitch with just a thought, wielding a sword and basically second in command to Tarkin.

As for this thing, Solo failed. Let both sides now just complain and whine. One part will blame it on the SJWs, the SJWs will blame it on white men or some shit and meanwhile in China a bag of rice is falling, which is of equal relevance for the sake of the entire world.

As for Bob, let him just spew his verbal diarhea as long as he wants, at the end of the day all he can do is go to bed at 8am and cry himself to sleep because the Minion's studio makes still the Mario movie.

I said heroes for a reason, I think there's an overall even split between kids who wanted to be Vader and Han. It's just more that a lot of people these days say Han was their idol growing up.

 

[Mola Ram]

I said heroes for a reason, I think there's an overall even split between kids who wanted to be Vader and Han. It's just more that a lot of people these days say Han was their idol growing up.

What about those of us who wanted to be the Emperor? Force lightning for days, biznitch.

 

[Red Hood]

I think the most likely explanation is that he was initially interested in media criticism, but as he moved into the online space politics started to creep into things by virtue of the people he ended up hanging out with.

The underlying zealotry's always been there though. That kind of thing doesn't just appear.

At least Razorfist has an excuse for politisperging since he was initially a political science major.

I feel like Bob adding politics to whatever movie he's watched legitimizes his choice to be a fat idiot that does nothing but consume media (in his own mind). And he only likes blockbusters and capeshit, so in his mind he's trying to legitimize that disposable pop culture ephemera.

 

[Zaryiu]

I was the weird kid that wanted to be Luke

 

[Lensherr]

I feel like Bob adding politics to whatever movie he's watched legitimizes his choice to be a fat idiot that does nothing but consume media (in his own mind). And he only likes blockbusters and capeshit, so in his mind he's trying to legitimize that disposable pop culture ephemera.

I've said it before on this thread, but part of me WANTS desperately to see Bob attempt to tackle legitimately challenging cinema (think Paul Thomas Anderson and Werner Herzog films), films that don't need some ham-fisted sociopolitical analysis brought forth upon them due to the depth that they come packaged with, just to see him proverbially flail about as he's out of his depth. It would be a sight both embarrassing and glorious to behold.

 

[Positron]

Now that you mention it, why did Bob get into media criticism in the first place? Why not political science if that's the bulk of what he spergs about?

I can think of several reasons, top among them is that manchildren who watch The Escapist and TGWTG are easily impressed, which encourages Bobby. Political critics has a slightly higher barrier to entry; Bobby's own rants impress no one except equally wacky jobs like Nash Bozard.

Also don't forget Bobby only become a political rant in 2016, when he at first gloats about Rodham's inevitable victory, turning into a drooling maniac when things didn't go his way. It is like a toddler yelling "fuck you dad": he would rather be talking about his toys, but emotion has the upper hand.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

I've said it before on this thread, but part of me WANTS desperately to see Bob attempt to tackle legitimately challenging cinema (think Paul Thomas Anderson and Werner Herzog films), films that don't need some ham-fisted sociopolitical analysis brought forth upon them due to the depth that they come packaged with, just to see him proverbially flail about as he's out of his depth. It would be a sight both embarrassing and glorious to behold.

Bob can't tackle cinema that is deeper than a piss puddle, so I approve of him failing at this.

 

[LaughingJoke]

That Kayleigh Donaldson chick is fucking insufferable. She somehow manages to top Lindsay Ellis in the smug, bitchy female internet critic department.

This was her reaction to the YouTube adpocalypse a while back:

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Should tell you all you need to know. She's a Cinemasins a-log too:

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Look at her face in the thumbnail and tell me it's not the most punchable thing ever.

Of course cucks like Bob roll over and take her asinine opinions right up the arse.

That's a Sin.

 

[Gordon Cole]

I've said it before on this thread, but part of me WANTS desperately to see Bob attempt to tackle legitimately challenging cinema (think Paul Thomas Anderson and Werner Herzog films), films that don't need some ham-fisted sociopolitical analysis brought forth upon them due to the depth that they come packaged with, just to see him proverbially flail about as he's out of his depth. It would be a sight both embarrassing and glorious to behold.

Spoiler: Film sperging

He at least likes PTA. IIRC he reviewed Phantom Thread and The Master, and those and Inherent Vice made his best of lists for their respective years. Whether or not he actually understands him or is trying to look less like a hack is a different subject altogether.

While I don't know his opinion of Herzog, I'd imagine it's something that stems from a hilariously wrong interpretation combined with surface-level understanding.

As for art house movies in general, he's stated that he hates most of them, (Look up his thoughts on Michael Haneke for a good example.) which leads me to believe that the only reason why The Handmaiden and The Neon Demon were his two favorite movies of 2016 was because he wanted to look cool and they had lesbians.

 

[Lensherr]

Spoiler: Film sperging

He at least likes PTA. IIRC he reviewed Phantom Thread and The Master, and those and Inherent Vice made his best of lists for their respective years. Whether or not he actually understands him or is trying to look less like a hack is a different subject altogether.

While I don't know his opinion of Herzog, I'd imagine it's something that stems from a hilariously wrong interpretation combined with surface-level understanding.

As for art house movies in general, he's stated that he hates most of them, (Look up his thoughts on Michael Haneke for a good example.) which leads me to believe that the only reason why The Handmaiden and The Neon Demon were his two favorite movies of 2016 was because he wanted to look cool and they had lesbians.

So what you're saying is that he's likely putting on airs in order to appear that he knows what he's talking about.

 

[Gordon Cole]

So what you're saying is that he's likely putting on airs in order to appear that he knows what he's talking about.

I mean, that's basically the TL;DR version.

 

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

So what you're saying is that he's likely putting on airs in order to appear that he knows what he's talking about.

I mean, Bob's part of the same crowd that thinks they'll be living in space in their lifetime and that Brianna Wu has any kind of genuine shot at a career in politics. Pretending they're geniuses just because they agree that they are is something dunces like them have been doing since high school.

 

[RockVolnutt]

You kinda have to wonder what "Bob-vision" is like considering his literacy skills. He has trouble with Wikipedia summaries of children's stories like how the other day he somehow how thought microscopic planets were time travel instead of....really tiny planets. He embraces it when it's brought up that he made a mistake by "fiction ain't real, friendo" and then arguing that it doesn't matter because Google exists.

 

[Flexo]

I can think of several reasons, top among them is that manchildren who watch The Escapist and TGWTG are easily impressed, which encourages Bobby. Political critics has a slightly higher barrier to entry; Bobby's own rants impress no one except equally wacky jobs like Nash Bozard.

Also don't forget Bobby only become a political rant in 2016, when he at first gloats about Rodham's inevitable victory, turning into a drooling maniac when things didn't go his way. It is like a toddler yelling "fuck you dad": he would rather be talking about his toys, but emotion has the upper hand.

Never let it be said I don't occassionally unzip my mercy.exe file, but this isn't quite true. Like I said before, I knew Bob and his blog way back in the day when he would sperg about movies (I think I even ran into him first on Libertas). He really did once have a passion for movies and video games first and foremost.

Whether that's the case now, I won't say, but he could probably be a case study on the effects of social media as it does seem he's allowed his politics to warp his priorities.

I've said it before on this thread, but part of me WANTS desperately to see Bob attempt to tackle legitimately challenging cinema (think Paul Thomas Anderson and Werner Herzog films), films that don't need some ham-fisted sociopolitical analysis brought forth upon them due to the depth that they come packaged with, just to see him proverbially flail about as he's out of his depth. It would be a sight both embarrassing and glorious to behold.

Go do a search in his video archive you pussy! Pick out a challenging film you enjoy and see how badly he did. Let's see... I don't see Inception or Interstellar (probably the brainiest blockbusters we've had for awhile) but I do see the Martian. And he just did a "GEM" video for Buckaroo Banzai...

Look, the primary reason for why Solo is doing poorly financially because Disney released on Memorial Day Weekend, which is box office cancer. This is a film fact that's been known of for years. There's also the aforementioned burnout of a new Star Wars film just fix months after Last Jedi (not to mention all the backlash from that particular debacle), the controversy surrounding Han's casting alongside that the film wasn't promoted until three months before release, the Lord and Miller version being cut, poor reviews pushing people away and behind the scene troubles.

Solo was doomed for these reasons (mainly the first), which anyone with perception skills can see. It being "Anti-SJW" or having a white lead had nothing to do with that. In fact, it's a sign of how much trust for Disney Star Wars has fallen that a Han Solo movie is doing badly in the box office. Han, the most popular hero of the Original Trilogy and the one we all wanted to be as kids.

We have a winner. It wasn't just one thing that killed the movie, but dozens of them piling up. Solo should be studied by studios as a prime lesson in a movie's death by a thousand papercuts.

I was the weird kid that wanted to be Luke

I always wanted to be IG-88.