I generally find myself in the same camp, except for the fact that I often finding myself disagreeing with him and his world view quite a bit. But he's also kinda typical for an Eastern coast liberal, so I give him a pass most of the time.General Vagueness said:MovieBob's always been a mixed bag for me. I agree with a lot of what he says, including, seemingly, his general world-view, but he says a lot I don't agree with and even some things I find distasteful, and for as much as he seems like he supports people having open minds, I think he's stubborn and sometimes judges groups unfairly. (I never followed him on Twitter; I can only assume he's more insufferable there because nearly everyone with strong opinions is.) I kept watching him because his shows were usually funny or interesting and I didn't find his views distasteful enough to really be repelled.
The notice about his views not being their views is pretty standard, it's just usually tucked into the credits. I am curious why, specifically, they made it more prominent.
He got a good laugh from me with the whole "it's a different show" disclaimer followed by "COMICS ARE WEIRD"-- which, yes, I also missed quite a bit.
I don't like the emotes that are just still shots of his face; I got tired of the clip-art emotes from The Big Picture but they were more tolerable even after I got tired of them. I don't like the "cold close" with the cut to "TRUST IN BOB" and a tone. I really dislike the currency window-frame thing that's overlaid on the entire video.
Other than that, I think this is a serviceable entry into what he was doing before, not really good, but serviceable. I'll keep watching unless he gets canceled again or doesn't improve and get to actually actively good episodes, and even if I stop watching, I'll come back for Shlocktober or whatever he calls it this time, that concept is too good to drop.
As for the "TRUST IN BOB" bit, as well as the whole concept for the title... I think he's trying to horn in on Jim Sterling's territory by aping the "Thank god for me." Line. So if they met up in person and Jim found it particularly egregious, I would laugh myself silly if he popped Bob right on the nose for it.