The Big Picture: E3-mageddon: Crossover

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I really hope that people "get" that the anti-thinker is a parody and don't tear Bob a new one

-M

Honestly, that bit was all but lockstep with the attitude/message I've been getting from the show lately, so... meh?

Also: Self-depreciating humour (and that is the best case scenario, and none of the options are graceful at all) doesn't work if the character is aware of the fact, and a lazy attempt to cross the line twice doesn't count as either being witty or metahumour.

 

[Crazy Zaul]

Well that was weird. I never bothered to watch Game Overthinker. I tried it 1 time and was like 'oh its just some fat sweaty guy in his pants talkin about games'. It was probly just an unfortunate choice of episode.

 

[Rob Gustafson]

Please, never do this again.

 

[Darth_Payn]

Well, the was... funny at first, until I heard Retrothinker and Antithinker speak. Those two sound like a couple of Freshmen-year Sociology courses personified. The ones that pin all the ills of the world on ALL heterosexual Caucasian human males throughout all time and space. Speaking as a Heterosexual Caucasian Human Male born in 1984, I find that line of thought insulting, as if everything wrong in the world is personally MY FAULT, when the worst stuff happened before I was born! In the grand scheme of things, I just got here! So Bob, please, DON'T DO THIS AGAIN!

 

[Silverspetz]

I really hope that people "get" that the anti-thinker is a parody and don't tear Bob a new one

-M

This is the internet, which means that they probably won't and instead just complain about how they don't like the sketches. And look, that is exactly what happened. Oh internet, you never fail to disappoint me.

Perhaps that's because it fails as a parody and feels too much like someones (Bob's) deep seated hatred and resentment for a group of people.
It's like when Kevin Smith used Clerks 2 to have characters moan about how he personally didn't like lord of the rings (or clerks the animated series where he has a go at Seth McFarlane) your basically just listening to the persons one sided argument for why something sucks and you should feel bad for liking that thing

Right, and which "Group of people" might that be? This isn't exactly the civil rights movement here people, and I should hope that there isn't a single person who actually Thinks the x-box Live trashtalk is "ok" and Worth defending.

The fact that people look at this and go "Bob hates people for liking something he doesn't" says a whole lot more about THEIR level of maturity than it does his. Bob doesn't like certain trends in video-games and what they say about the gaming Community as a whole, big fucking deal. I don't Think that is an excuse for people to go completely blind and miss the obvious, that Bob's characters are extremely broad stereotypes played up for Comedy. Yet people still blow it up as if he took the constitution and burned it.

 

[jFr[e]ak93]

It´s a trap, it´s a Game Overthinker episode in disguise, storysegments and everything! Not exactly what i was hoping for. I´m sorry, this was pretty awful and hard to sit through for me. Would have prefered a standard Big Picture episode, looking forward to the post-E3 video.

I was beginning to think I was the only one cringing.

That being said, Anti-Thinker had the odd gem... I do like making fun of bros though....

OT No Man's Sky looks like the sort of game that will take hours of my life away.
Dog fighting, space and dinosaurs. Why hasn't this happened sooner?

R6 could be decent to.

 

[LobsterFeng]

Call me a spoil sport but I found this very cringe inducing. I couldn't make it through the video.

 

[hickwarrior]

I knew people couldn't get through the episode the moment I noticed GO. It's... quite the preachy type of series it feels like. Especially the anti-thinker and his 'commentary' on the thing.

I get it, you dislike the trend. But don't keep dragging it on, just say your piece and move onto the next commentary. I'm just adding fuel to that fire, but it did feel poorly thought out at best.

 

[teamcharlie]

Nope. This was not a good idea. Which is a shame, because there's a whole bunch of content from Bob on video games which is unfortunately gated behind a painfully unfunny framing device. Maybe you could just, like, Moviebob some video games? I'd watch the fuck out of that. But 2 minutes of so-so exegesis from an unkind stereotype with 6 minutes of tiresome set-up is not something I'm up for.

Sorry.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Sorry Bobs? I guess ...

I anit seen shit out of E3 that gives me a reason to give even the slightest of fucks it exists.

Past games like Shovel Knight, IE stuff I already knew about. Yeah, nothing there. If anything it's been depressing, not for the same 'more of last years game with a bigger number and better shine' I kinda ignore that crap anymore, but because Warframe is apparently heading to the Xbone

:/ oh joy ... I don't see that being any good at all for the community.

 

[Jman1236]

The Xbox press conference definitely raised my opinion on whether or not I'll be using my xbox one as something other than a cable box in the next 12 months, Sony's press conference felt like a victory lap, and Nintendo....other than smash bros, it looks like their other big games are going to wait till after the hoilday rush. That's most likely a smart move, heck my wallet is already going to be hurting this October already with youmacon but now with a half dozen triple a releases in one month, it's going to be on life support(or I could just wait for x-mas).

 

[Stewart Marshall]

Is there an editor who looked at this before it was put on this website? If so, I think they need to take a long hard look at themselves because that is one of the poorest made videos I have seen put on a site like this. It was also a glorified advert for a show that does not air on this site.

 

[Biran53]

Despite sketch comedy not being your strong suit, I did appreciate some of the actual moments of insight.

Beyond that... E3 is shaping up to be another crappy year, with Nintendo being the only one to catch my interests. Shame on Microsoft for being oblivious, and shame on Sony for simply choosing to celebrate their victory over Microsoft.

 

[freedomfries]

If the over-thinker has a goat-tee (or a van dyke if you are one of those people who have to make sure all facial hair is completely, accurately defined.) shouldn't the anti-thinker as his self described mirror universe opposite have no goat-tee?

 

[Alfador_VII]

Good crossover, I might have to take another look at Overthinker sometime.

Also great work by Escapist getting a predictions video up after the conferences are over.

 

[Souplex]

I enjoyed the Game Over-thinker back when it was what the big picture is now.
Attention internet reviewers:
We do not care about your storyline crap.
That is all.

 

[schwegburt]

I love the Big Picture series. I even found the different perspectives, or lampooning of, to be kind of interesting. Your commentary has always had a solid degree of insight but inserting sketches and role playing to it . . . I'm not feeling it.

For the love of God, please never do this crossover again.

 

[Soulrender95]

Right, and which "Group of people" might that be? This isn't exactly the civil rights movement here people, and I should hope that there isn't a single person who actually Thinks the x-box Live trashtalk is "ok" and Worth defending.

The fact that people look at this and go "Bob hates people for liking something he doesn't" says a whole lot more about THEIR level of maturity than it does his. Bob doesn't like certain trends in video-games and what they say about the gaming Community as a whole, big fucking deal. I don't Think that is an excuse for people to go completely blind and miss the obvious, that Bob's characters are extremely broad stereotypes played up for Comedy. Yet people still blow it up as if he took the constitution and burned it.

I think either you misunderstood what I was getting at or I didn't properly explain it.
Instead of Bob mocking and parodying Dudebro's with a humorous and poignant point it feels more like a rant going "This sucks, if you think like this you suck" and yes I'd agree with the sentiment that people who act like that are almost universally terrible, but it's not funny as with Kevin Smith any point or joke made is just drowned out by the seething anger that he has towards the thing he's raging about.

Also let's talk about the extreme stereotypes angle, it's valid one I suppose but the trouble is if you go too extreme with it your character becomes indistinguishable from the thing your mocking, also even then just because something is an extreme stereotype that doesn't by itself make it "funny", it needs to have a point a payoff, just going "I am a white over privileged male in my mid 30's " in and of itself is not a joke, it has no setup no payoff, the "multi-dudes and multitudes" was closer to an actual joke.

In the end though humor is subjective and this style of comedy apparently doesn't appear to work here with this crowd
and thanks for the insult but I never said or implied anything about maturity or how it relates to Bob.

 

[Synonymous]

I liked: "Walt Whitman!" "The chocolate guy?"

 

[coheedswicked]

To quote MovieBob's emotional avatar: "WTF did I just see?"