Poll: Do you like Moviebob's material?

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Random Argument Man

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When it comes to reviews, the guy is giving an opinion. I can disagree on it. I can take his suggestion. However, I don't act like it's the holy bible. His Big picture stuff gives good trivia and background on some obscure stuff. When he goes on "opinion mode" on certain subjects...I take the time to think it over. However, like his review, I won't mind the fact that he gives an opinion.


The only thing that bugs me his that he always dismiss the 90s. The only reason of why he does so is "I wasn't living the greatest years of my life back then". Fair enough, however, why does he continue doing so?
 

AceAngel

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I was kinda OK with him, until the following:

- The Expendables (his utmost hate for it, and skewed stats he used to claim it did the best in the office).
- Scott Pilgrim (his utmost love for it, and skewed stats he used to claim it did the worst in the office without waiting a month).
- Splice Review (claimed to be a mind bender movie with non-cliche lookout, when it was none of that, the movie even pulled the cheap 'movie is something bigger trailer' underhanded marketing).
- Transformers (the way he keeps on worshiping the theme but hating Micheal Bay for it for the sake of forced satire is insane).

Other things include:
- Halo (everything he said was wrong, when a simple Wiki search was enough to teach him everything he needed to know).
- Sucker Punch (everything he was said was wrong again, when even the actors knew what was up in the interviews).
- Nostalgia (his love for everything old, and concertizing anything new as a fad also isn't very nice).
- Fanboysim (he put his nose in stuff/games that don't concern him, especially since he didn't experience said narrative, and tell people to 'grow up', yet he himself injects a good dose of fanboyism for the stuff he likes).
- 90's Sucked (I'm pretty sure every age sucks, just because you were younger and got laid more often in the late 80's, early 90's vs. the later 90's doesn't mean you can keep on touting that like a concept of proof).
-Verbal Diarrhea (half of his videos, especially stuff he doesn't like is filled with pointless chatter, almost like an episode from Family Guy, minus any hint of humor, Sucker Punch is a main example of this).

I'm honestly surprised with all the mistakes, sometimes even outright ignorance he displayed in the year 2012, a year where information is at the tip of your fingers, people still think he's voice is ample food for thought and good for discussion.
I'm also surprised that many good shows where let go on the Escapist in favor of critical-ignorance instead of critical-thinking. It almost feels like he sometimes recycles already told about statements of certain movies or games, instead of experiencing them himself, since his comments are generally broad, non-specific or have slight erranous understanding. Not to mention, any video he makes which doesn't have any controversy in it are the ones with a 'duh' statement or just for fun (Hercules and Twilight).
His also uses alot of 'Jade Trick' statements in his opinion, meaning he will say something, say it's his final point and that nothing will change that point and anything said after that won't be heard, essentially forcing a 'I win because I said so' argument followed by a childish 'also I have a shield, so back at you'.

All in all, I stopped watching him ever since Splice I think or maybe a little later, I'm seriously not amused, entertained nor thought anything from him, especially one who has so much personal baggage and how lets it fly off in his videos at his audience so often.
 

Aulleas123

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Yes, I like Bob.

I disagree with him on a few things (such as certain political/social views, movie and story opinions, emphasis on unimportant details, etc.) but the sign of a true lover of culture, particularly our 'geek' culture is the ability to have the debate and discussion about stuff in our culture, and Bob does a good job of that. Like Aristotle said: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Bob seems to be able to present his ideas and opinions in his way and I don't mind it so much. Plus, there's a lot of little factoids there too, so I'm not going to complain so much.

Of course, I do have agreements with Bob on quite a few things too, but I tend to enjoy listening to someone who I agree with about 50% of the time, otherwise I'll be either turned off that viewpoint or find it boring.
 

Tomaius

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Bloody love Bob. Love the Big Picture and Escape to the Movies. Game overthinker I think hes a bit to obsessed with retro gaming, but different strokes for different folks and the show over all is of a good quality.

In fact I love him to the point where when I decided to make my own vlog I used TGO as a reference point on how to do things.
 

RookwoodX

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I rarely agree with Bob on movies. I feel like he is a classic geek, whereas me and probably most of the people on this site are about 10-15 years younger, neogeeks if you will. We just don't appreciate the same things. But I still watch his stuff because it is entertaining and I do enjoy a different perspective.

That being said one of my pet peeves is people bitching about bitching. Don't do that again Bob. I will gladly listen to all those old tired arguments over someone arguing that people shouldn't have opinions.... popular opinions though they be.
 

jmiller1980

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Always came across as the same knowledgeable individual to me. My biggest problem with Movie Bob is his stereotypical film-major-snobness. Like so many critics of movies, Bob seems to have forgotten what kind of movies that the normal man on the street seems to like.
 

Jolly Co-operator

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I like all of his material that I've seen so far. Yes, he's very opinionated, and I don't always agree with him, but at least he's rather upfront about his biases, so I can usually tell when to take what he's saying with a grain of salt. Besides, even when I disagree with him, his videos still manage to be entertaining, and he often provides some interesting information.

Captcha: "Which one is biggest?" I would answered with something clever, but unfortunately, it only allowed me to answer from a drop-down menu of pre-selected options. It just feels like such a missed opportunity.