# Do you guys watch internet critics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073 "2014-10-21T21:16:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![exile3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@exile3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exile3D)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/1 "2014-10-21T21:16:50Z")
I love to watch the stuff from redlettermedia, tgwtg, videogamenerd, YMS, spoony I think those guys do a terrific job and deserve to get paid for this You watch this kind of videos? Do you know other good reviewers? ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/2 "2014-10-21T21:20:15Z")
I watch the Angry Joe Show for video game reviews. ---
**Author:** ![exile3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@exile3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exile3D)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/3 "2014-10-21T21:22:48Z")
yes ofc Angry Joe is funny as well i also like totalbiscuit and Lazy game review…as game theorists ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/4 "2014-10-21T21:35:09Z")
I watch Lindsay Ellis (The Nostalgia Chick)'s movie reviews because they’re a nice mixture of intelligence and humor. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/5 "2014-10-21T21:52:31Z")
Movie Bob and Yatzee of The Escapist are both really good and really funny. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/6 "2014-10-21T22:26:05Z")
I watch Todd in the Shadows and Rap Critic on tgwtg. ---
**Author:** ![exile3D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@exile3D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exile3D)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/7 "2014-10-21T22:55:23Z")
do you know accursed farm? this guy is a genius ! he is also on tgwtg…and Leon Thomas is very very informative as well ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/8 "2014-10-21T23:08:34Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I watch Lindsay Ellis (The Nostalgia Chick)'s movie reviews because they’re a nice mixture of intelligence and humor. Yep. I love Nostalgia Chick’s reviews. Funny and insightful. Nostalgia Guy also does some good reviews, but I find his presentation a bit annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/9 "2014-10-22T01:12:02Z")
I watch: Nostalgia Critic Angry Video Game Nerd Film Brain Spoony RedLetterMedia, especially Half in the Bag and Best of the Worst JonTron PeanutButterGamer I think Doug Walker(Nostalgia Critic), James Rolfe(Nerd), and JonTron are the best. However, Best of the Worst from RedLetterMedia is my favorite “show”, if you would. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/10 "2014-10-22T01:41:30Z")
I’ve tried watching some of the video game critics but they all seem to be some combination of “fast talking” and “yelling”. Sometimes more of one than the other but I haven’t found one yet who was actually watchable. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/11 "2014-10-22T01:42:53Z")
Watch them? I _am_ an internet critic! Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![danhanegan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb9ed0/32.png) [@danhanegan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danhanegan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/12 "2014-10-22T04:27:29Z")
I’ve watched Plinkett’s reviews on redlettermedia, more for his entertaining style than any expectation of getting insight into the movies. I used to always check Roger Ebert’s online review of any movie I was thinking of seeing, to help me decide whether it was worth spending the money on or not. Now that he has passed I don’t really have any go to site anymore for pre-watch filtering. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/13 "2014-10-22T04:30:29Z")
> [@exile3D](#): > > do you know accursed farm? this guy is a genius ! he is also on tgwtg…and Leon Thomas is very very informative as well I haven’t. I’ll check them out ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/14 "2014-10-22T15:46:01Z")
I watch Half in the Bag on Red Letter Media. I watch Belated Media on YouTube but he doesn’t post very often. Not sure if you would call the Everything Wrong with… and Honest Trailer guys critics but I watch those. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/15 "2014-10-22T15:59:30Z")
> [@danhanegan](#): > > I’ve watched Plinkett’s reviews on redlettermedia, more for his entertaining style than any expectation of getting insight into the movies. Huh, I watch Plinkett’s reviews for exactly the opposite reason. His general manner is definitely funny, but the whole “I’m a killer and kidnapper of women ha ha ha” is really grating and has been run into the ground. He has a ton of information about film theory, though, and I find his perspective very informative. I also watch Yahtzee, Movie Bob, Everything Wrong With, Honest Trailers, Super Bunnyhop, Errant Signal, and Matthewmatosis. I really enjoyed Errant Signal’s reviews of the Deus Ex series, Spec Ops: The Line, Assassin’s Creed, Thief, and Dishonored. Matthewmatosis had some entertaining reviews on Bioshock Infinite, The Last of Us, and Metal Gear Solid. ---
**Author:** ![pseudograph](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pseudograph/32/19768_2.png) [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/16 "2014-10-23T00:04:01Z")
No love for Jim Sterling from viewers of The Escapist? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/17 "2014-10-23T03:17:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I watch Lindsay Ellis (The Nostalgia Chick)'s movie reviews because they’re a nice mixture of intelligence and humor. And she’s normal cute. I like Critic, himself, for the other reasons. He is a good reviewer, except it’s hidden because he mostly critiques dreck. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/18 "2014-10-23T11:07:10Z")
> [@MrKnowItAll](#): > > Watch them? I _am_ an internet critic! Woo-hoo! Whatyaknow…that makes [two of us!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwAAW4G3xw0) ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/19 "2014-10-23T15:19:32Z")
A lot of these guys are entertaining, some are obnoxious, but most are actually kinda crappy when it comes to being critics and fall into common traps like nitpicking or just pointing out what everyone else already has. YMS is one of the few to point out things I haven’t thought of before, at least in his longer analysis videos – especially on more technical aspects, like lighting or camera shots. His Best of Year X is super handy. I’ve found lots of obscure gems that way, since he doesn’t just focus on the usual crapfest of big name Hollywood movies. Like RLM’s Star Wars vids he’ll also track down behind the scenes interviews that can be really funny when contrasted to clips from the movie. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073/20 "2014-10-23T15:42:18Z")
> [@danhanegan](#): > > I used to always check Roger Ebert’s online review of any movie I was thinking of seeing This is the only name I recognized in this entire thread. Which seems odd, being that I do watch movies and play videogames, and use the Internet every day. I’m pretty videophobic, though. Still much prefer reading stuff (even a transcript). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-watch-internet-critics/702073.md?page=2)