Matt lays out his preference for squibs over CGI bullet wounds, and expands it into a larger Marxist analysis about how profit concerns increasingly strangle creativity

  • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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    Matt's boomer level takes on pop culture are the funniest part of his vlogs. Edit: ok, I'm being a little strong on "all pop culture". Really I mean his squib thing is a prime example of an unexamined bias that he chooses to justify, even if it's a pretty pedestrian take to begin with. I don't find his explanation convincing.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      he addresses age (well, acclimation really) right at the beginning, have you heard this one?

      • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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        Yes, and I think he's reaching on this one. He goes further on the topic and it kind of becomes a meme in subsequent vlogs.

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        Really, I'm mostly referring to this topic; I feel he really does come into it "squibs are good", then builds a framework atop it to justify what starts out as a pretty pedestrian "practical effects are good folks" take. And I don't think he's willing to recognize it's a pretty boomer level "they don't make them like they used to" beginning to his discussion.

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          I don’t think he’s willing to recognize it’s a pretty boomer level “they don’t make them like they used to” beginning to his discussion.

          lol I just reminded you that he specifically addresses this

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            Yes, and I don't find his address of it convincing, particularly how squibs becomes a hobbyhorse for him later in the series.

            • emizeko [they/them]
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              if they ban me for shouting about squibs i'll face god and ride that hobbyhorse backwards into hell