weirdsoup said:
Jesus, yes, we get it. Bob has big butt-hurt over Kevin Smith and his movies not living up to some mythical standard that Bob thinks they should have attained.
Did the guy blank you at a convention or something? Just move on for god sake
At this point I'm starting to wonder if he's seriously this focused on Kevin Smith, or if it's just become part of his schtick. If sincere, the focus is approaching obsession. I'd shudder to think what his reaction would be if someone genuinely hurt his feelings. Like, do exes have to change their numbers and leave the state? If schtick, the joke is old and tired. I don't even like Kevin Smith except for Dogma (I do love some Dogma), but damn - if Smith is so dissappointing and irrelevant STOP BRINGING HIM UP ALL THE TIME AND LET HIM BE DISSAPOINTING AND IRRELEVANT! When he comes out with a new movie or something, do your review, take your shots, and. move. on.
Either way, self-righteousness has been his thing for a long time. I thought maybe he would find another angle, or mature in the way he presents his critiques, but neither seems likely. He preaches, blatantly points fingers - quite literally with that little graphic of the finger pointing at the audience (most frequently seen in Overthinker segments) - singles out segments of the gaming comunity and society in genereal and lectures them, and exposes (and dwells on) his personal beefs. Even when I agree with him (and I usually do), it's like that annoying uncle following you around proseletyzing. Something is off when the audience can agree with the speaker and yet want to hear LESS. Imagine then, the response of those who dissagree / those he intends to pursuade.
It's different from the way Jim does it. His self-righteousness is obviously played for laughs, exaggerated to the nth degree, played up with a quasi alter-ego, and is so over the top and tongue-in-cheek that it comes back around to being parody. It's overtly funny, and that humor lets the audience enjoy the criticism as a form of comedic entertainment. The biggest difference is I can DISAGGREE with him (rare, but it happens), and yet want to hear MORE.
I'm not saying Movie Bob should try to be, or immitate, someone else. Rather, there is simply a difference between finding clever, entertaining modes of argument and pursuasion on the one side - and incessantly pounding on about the same topic for weeks on end on the other. There's a difference between self-righteousness played for laughs, and actual self-righteousness.