Big internet critics I have no interest in watching

Odradek

Mysterious Mr. Enter

Confused Matthew

Yourmoviesucksdotorg

That one asshole who guested in Todd's Black and Yellow video, that guy is a piece of shit

PeanutButterGamer

Sredni Vashtar

I literally know nothing about the first guy except that he makes a fairly widely watched show whose name escapes me; and I know absolutely nothing at all about the third and last. The second sounds like a bit of a twit, and the fourth is one of those minor TGWTG people who did something I don't care about.

Imipolex G

why does anyone watch any internet critics

Princess Alice

I feel like Mysterious Mr Enter would work better as a blog or something.

Like, ostensibly he's doing the Nostalgia Critic thing where he talks about a show while playing clips of it, but to dodge copyright bots he uses exceedingly short clips in a loop and talks over the audio the whole time. You can basically listen without actually watching and not lose anything.

Sredni Vashtar

So, it's basically a podcast with minimal clips? Weird.

Odradek

Central Avenue said:

I feel like Mysterious Mr Enter would work better as a blog or something.

Like, ostensibly he's doing the Nostalgia Critic thing where he talks about a show while playing clips of it, but to dodge copyright bots he uses exceedingly short clips in a loop and talks over the audio the whole time. You can basically listen without actually watching and not lose anything.

That's how SFDebris does things, and I do like him.

Tre

I credit yourmoviesucksdotorg for introducing me to the wonder that is Cool Cat Saves the Kids, but other than that and vaguely knowing about PBG by way of JonTron I have no idea who any of these people are.

glennmagusharvey

Imipolex G said:

why does anyone watch any internet critics

Sredni Vashtar

Imipolex G said:

why does anyone watch any internet critics

I think Kyle Kallgren gave a very astute answer to this question in his rather elaborate Melancholia video. In a nutshell, video reviews are enjoyable to certain people because being able to see the face or at least hear the voice of another human being expressing their opinions on something feels more like a conversation. The opinion isn't being dictated to you (generally), but explained. It's a reassuring medium for a lot of people, which is incidentally why its fans can be so rabid and weird.

Imipolex G

I don't like listening to people talk, with three exceptions, so perhaps that's why I don't get it.

One-Winged Eagle

I do like listening to people talk, but I HATE video critics.

glennmagusharvey

Whether I hate the person depends on their style and content.  If they're matter-of-fact and talk about things that I am familiar with and provide meaningful content, I might find them interesting.  If they're overly caustic or overly hyped-up, or if they're talking about things I'm generally unfamiliar with in ways that I don't understand, then I probably won't find them interesting.