man that magneto video takes me back... I think this video was one of the first time I've thought "humm something isn't quite right with this guy".
I used to enjoy Robert reviews, not much else from him, he had his political jabs here and there, but whatever, as long as he reanted about movies it was fine.
But what surprised me the most about the Magneto was that Robert kinda sucks when he wants to make a point. He spend most of his time talking about bullying withou understanding the very basic, kids are cruel and pick on whoever looks meek and doesn't fight back, they may use racist or homophobe slurs, but the point ain't much about hating the "different", but picking on the weak, and even so, judging how Robert speaks about, it is as if his school was filled with Stephen King bullies.
Then he goes on about how "Nerds" and "nerd culture" have this fantasy that they were picked on because they were better than others, you know the bullshit moms tell their shitty kids that the means bullies will be the ones cleaning their pools, and it seems he is talking as if it is just a fantasy that it isn't very good to indulge with in real life, which is a sound position.
But then he gets to X-men, and talks about how society values jocks over intellect, this notion that he has that the mediocre masses hates the smart (like himself), and to prove by example, this simpleton mentions how people hate Bill gates, but love Michael Jordan... which just blows my mind and I'm not gonna waste time explaining how otherwordly stupid this is. But the point being is that he trully believes society as a whole hates the "superiors".
And he finishes that segment by throwing his safe line, it's just a hyperbole, but finishes saying that if mutants were real, and if he was one of them, he would side with Magneto.... but his arguments just a minute ago seemed to be against bringuing a fictional power fantasy into your life... the whole video feels disjointed.
Funny thing is, not long ago some randos on twitter brought up this video against Robert, and he said he thinks this is one of his worst works and he doesn't stand by it... and yet it sure does have a lot of stuff he is still repeating to this day...