The Real Abed
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Congrats, James! Also awesome episode. A lot of high-quality editing there.
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Angry Video Game Nerd
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Devilgunman
Member
Wow, the new episode is great! Man he must have had put so much effort in editing with all those green-screens.
grim-tales
Member
Great episode, very funny and some top notch editing!
alfredofroylan
Member
Great episode, I still remember the Sonic 06 thread on GAF, fun times.
Dangerblade
Member
Best episode since...I can't even remember the last one I really enjoyed. Big Rigs maybe? Anyway, good times.
Dark Ninja
Member
Great Episode! I love when he tries to be more informative rather than try to make a small movie out of the review. Keep it simple James!
Mr. Enigma
Member
Xbox 360 games now? When's Bomberman: Act Zero?
grim-tales
Member
The last episode (Power Rangers) was a great episode IMO, and Berenste/ain Bears (Halloween 2016) was awesome.
MrCunningham
Member
He's also forgetting that Dr. Robotnik is human as well.
Cow Mengde
Banned
I'm disappointed the ending wasn't talked about in this episode. Then again, can you blame him for not wanting to finish this game?
Congrats to James, happy for him!
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
It was a good episode but I felt that the Power Rangers one was the best of the current season.
balladofwindfishes
Member
It's kind of weird to have him review such a "new" game and refer to stuff like Twilight Princess. It almost feels out of character.
BassForever
Member
It's kinda funny that he predicted nearly 10 years ago that he would be there long enough that he would be reviewing games of last gen. At least he's not a grandpa yet
https://youtu.be/l7XIbwtMl4Y?t=316
I have a question for fans of Rolfe:
How's his reputation feeling these days? I'm still a fan of his output and consider him to be a decent guy, but I wonder what the world thinks of him about a year after his Ghostbusters 2016 segment.
I personally saw zero issue with what he said. He was frank about not wanting to encourage remake culture and that he'd vote with his wallet, but there was a major witch hunt that ensued against James after that video went live.
Do you think the odd stigma some had about him has subsided since?
How's his reputation feeling these days? I'm still a fan of his output and consider him to be a decent guy, but I wonder what the world thinks of him about a year after his Ghostbusters 2016 segment.
I personally saw zero issue with what he said. He was frank about not wanting to encourage remake culture and that he'd vote with his wallet, but there was a major witch hunt that ensued against James after that video went live.
Do you think the odd stigma some had about him has subsided since?
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
No one cares after it turned out to actually be an objectively bad movie.
Kudo
Member
Majority of people supported him, as seen by the like bar in Youtube.
Noisy people just started the fight out of thin air when anyone could see the movie was going to end up like it did, and I think James Rolfe couldn't have handled the situation any better, just ice cold silence, props to him for that.
I don't think it affected him in any way, if anything it increased his fanbase, possibly with the wrong crowds though but can't help it.
Changing topics, I don't know why this isn't uploaded on their main channel but:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Live Stream - Part 16 - Cinemassacre Plays
James finally made an appearance in the streams it seems during Breath of the Wild launch giving it a try.
Really enjoyed watching the clip, you can see James is not that familiar with new gen games yet.
Noisy people just started the fight out of thin air when anyone could see the movie was going to end up like it did, and I think James Rolfe couldn't have handled the situation any better, just ice cold silence, props to him for that.
I don't think it affected him in any way, if anything it increased his fanbase, possibly with the wrong crowds though but can't help it.
Changing topics, I don't know why this isn't uploaded on their main channel but:
Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Live Stream - Part 16 - Cinemassacre Plays
James finally made an appearance in the streams it seems during Breath of the Wild launch giving it a try.
Really enjoyed watching the clip, you can see James is not that familiar with new gen games yet.
*cough*as he goes to see the 80 billionth version of godzilla*cough*
He has no problems with Sequels, like he stated in his Ghosbustersvideo
I know I just threw a grenade in here and that's a bit of a dick move when I'm gonna just drop it after this post, but he also sees Godzilla *remakes*. And Classic Movie Monster *remakes*. Like, ffs, all his favourite movies are or have been remade and he likes some of the remakes better than the originals.
There's a definite element of hypocrisy to his protest, and denying that is silly. Just... stop taking it so fucking personal that some people on the internet took issue with something he said. You don't need to defend him. He's not at risk of losing anything. Everyone has blind spots and he announced one of his in bold letters with a clickbait title. Of course people reacted.
I like James. I like what he does. That doesn't mean I or anyone else have to like every random opinion he has.
There's a definite element of hypocrisy to his protest, and denying that is silly. Just... stop taking it so fucking personal that some people on the internet took issue with something he said. You don't need to defend him. He's not at risk of losing anything. Everyone has blind spots and he announced one of his in bold letters with a clickbait title. Of course people reacted.
I like James. I like what he does. That doesn't mean I or anyone else have to like every random opinion he has.
shanafan
Member
I watch everything Cinemassacre.. even the bad Let's Plays with Ryan and Mike. Well, they are fine but Ryan can be too much at times. I really do miss Bootsy. Going from Bootsy to Ryan is just a sharp contrast.
Anyways, I didn't personally care for James's opinion about the Ghostbusters movie. I saw the movie, and I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. But, if he doesn't want to see it, then he doesn't want to see it. I just shake my head with a small smile "Oh James..", and move on to the their next video.
I think it actually blew over quite quickly because the YouTube comment section still likes to talk about a certain part of Mike's body constantly.
Anyways, I didn't personally care for James's opinion about the Ghostbusters movie. I saw the movie, and I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. But, if he doesn't want to see it, then he doesn't want to see it. I just shake my head with a small smile "Oh James..", and move on to the their next video.
I think it actually blew over quite quickly because the YouTube comment section still likes to talk about a certain part of Mike's body constantly.
Still. Godzilla doesnt do Remakes. And he brought up his hate for Remakes up in Monster Madness a lot of time years before Ghostbusters.
GustyGardens
Banned
I felt that the reaction towards James' Ghostbusters video was sort of unfair. ComicBookGirl19 had very similar opinions, but no one seemed to care. They both wanted the original cast to pass the torch, rather than completely reboot the series as if they never existed. For the most part, people seem to have forgotten about the video and it never really seemed to phase James or Cinemassacre as a whole.
Personally, I liked the Ghostbusters movie. It wasn't the original, but I thought that it did some pretty good stuff. My biggest problem was with some of the characters and how they were portrayed.
Personally, I liked the Ghostbusters movie. It wasn't the original, but I thought that it did some pretty good stuff. My biggest problem was with some of the characters and how they were portrayed.
Oh, you mean the american adaption that he hates and for which he doesnt give a shit?
Yes, the one that he saw.
The hypocrisy isn't that he didn't *like* it. It's that he refused to *see* it and proclaimed as much in a 6 minute long clickbait youtube video specifically about how this one movie is apparently a bridge too far.
Pretty sure he's still gonna go see the next Dracula movie too, whenever that happens, no matter how bad it is.
The hypocrisy isn't that he didn't *like* it. It's that he refused to *see* it and proclaimed as much in a 6 minute long clickbait youtube video specifically about how this one movie is apparently a bridge too far.
Pretty sure he's still gonna go see the next Dracula movie too, whenever that happens, no matter how bad it is.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
Not a remake.
BassForever
Member
James like the 2nd American Godzilla originally but rewatching it he realized it's a lot more flawed then he remembered. He's mostly excited for KK vs GZ
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
James' film and television history videos are great. I'd love to see a lot more of them.
brianmcdoogle
Member
I don't know if the tweets Bootsy made a while ago still exist but it sounds like Mike, and maybe James, just ghosted him and started ignoring him. He says he might still do Bootsy Beats on his own YouTube channel.
Honestly, I've stopped watching almost every video saved for the rare AVGN episodes, especially because of the Ghostbuster video, the Monday show with the gamer gate people, and the kind of toxic fan base that grew after those things. And that said, they haven't been good in a while. That Christmas episode is easily the worst thing he's put out, and barring the Power Rangers episode, I can't tell you the last time I really enjoyed one. I really liked the Beatlejuice episode, but that was more than 2 years ago. Mega Man and Paperboy were fine. But stuff like The Crow, or Darkwing Duck... can't remember a thing about them.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Bootsy will go on to discover his true calling as a Justin Verlander body double.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The Bootsy thing is just weird.