Good review; I think he's talented, as well. I, however, honestly didn't know that he would remove comments expressing dissent prior to reading this review. Shame on him for that.
"You can run, but you can't hide from the Buzzinator!"
Removing comments that criticize him? That's just low. You can actually learn from the people who criticize you. And if not just explain your point to them or just ignore them for the time being if your don't have time. Deleting them? No. Just no.
Insulting your viewers (without reason mind you. Some people actually deserve it sometimes but to an EXTENT. Regulate what you are saying to them.) for disagreeing with you is just wrong for obvious reasons.
"H.T.'s animation being "too cartoony"
- And people call me biased?
I haven't watched the guy but after reading this I don't plan to at all. Removing comments that criticize you is just unprofessional and clearly shows how you refuse to accept your flaws.
Plus the bias for what he thinks animation should look like makes no sense. Since there SHOULD be different art styles around since there would be variety instead of making people feel as if they are seeing the exact same thing they saw in another animated movie.
Plus throwing insults at people who like a film he doesn't? If it was the other way around (with the people insulting his reviews and him being the victim) then fine, go ahead and start insulting (I had to deal with this recently). I may not agree but that's more justified than if THE VIEWERS LIKE A FILM THAT YOU DON'T. Like it or not, some people will disagree with you. Deal with it. Not everyone is like you.
"I'm done writing this and I hope he learns from this."
-He better learn from this. Nobody is going to take him seriously if he's going to insult people who don't share the same opinions as him.
Can you (Warner 14) give examples of Ani-Mat removing comments that criticize him on YouTube?
"You can run, but you can't hide from the Buzzinator!"
Yes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech/WebOriginal
Go to the bottom of the page. That comment was removed on his list of 2013 on Youtube. Also, form looking at the Youtube page, I also noticed he's been cherry-picking the comment section: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l78_IMBP7J4
Whereas on the Mr. Coat one, it isn't: http://thatfellowinthecoat.com/animatbestworst2013.php
Ryochi Mayeabara - With all due respect, I heavily disagree with some points. The concept of insulting someone on either side is both pointless and counterproductive, not to mention something I consider a double standard. It doesn't solve anything and defeats the purpose of making a comment.
Also, even though I've had my own disagreements with some your reviews and comments (not to mention the multiple reviews in one review sub-page before which is considered against the rules of TV Tropes), I can at least try and understand where you're coming from and I usually do even then. Ani Mat however, is someone who I can't even fathom sometimes with his mindset, even if I do like a lot of his stuff and agree with him. Otherwise, I appreciate your comment and I want to thank you for it. Also, I think Ani Mat's grammar in his scripts could be better (it's a pet peeve of mine).
Damn it. I wish there was an edit tool for comments.
"Yes:https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/TheReasonYouSuckSpeech/WebOriginal Go to the bottom of the page. That comment was removed on his list of 2013 on Youtube."
-yeah he honestly deserved it.
"With all due respect, I heavily disagree with some points. "
-who doesn't disagree? Half of the people in the site disagrees with me.
"The concept of insulting someone on either side is both pointless and counterproductive, not to mention something I consider a double standard. It doesn't solve anything and defeats the purpose of making a comment."
-hmm I agree. I don't really insult people on the internet anyways (correct me if I am wrong). I just feel its more justified when its the victim that's doing the insulting.
"Also, even though I've had my own disagreements with some your reviews and comments (not to mention the multiple reviews in one review sub-page before which is considered against the rules of TV Tropes), I can at least try and understand where you're coming from and I usually do even then."
-if it were against the rules then tvtropes shouldn't put an episode tab when listing the type of review you are writing. There wouldn't be a point to reviewing just a single episode if they did this which makes it more baffling that its apparently against their unmentioned rules.
I could talk a bit more about this if you just ask.
And thanks for at least understanding.
"Damn it. I wish there was an edit tool for comments."
-you and me both.
And before someone decides to be a smartass.
-who doesn't disagree? Half of the people in the site disagrees with me.
I mean that every single time I point out a flaw, everyone goes batshit insane and passes off glaring flaws in my opinion as nitpicks.
I don't usually mention fanbases...but the legend of korra community is especially guilty of this. Half of the people who post there can't just calm down. The rational ones are more likable in my opinion but the ones that keep telling me to "stop writing reviews" just show me that they don't respect other people's opinion. Even when I like the episode.
I'll still write reviews for the show but the community is just ridiculous (in my opinion) and honestly, to me it seems like they're kissing up to the show even when I point out glaring issues.
And some dude deliberately came to my liveblog and told the person who asked me a question to basically disregard my opinion and that its not fact.
First of all, it was never fact to begin with and second, he clearly has no respect for anyone's opinion other than his.
Ok I'll stop rambling now since I'm probably boring your to death by this has been really ticking me off lately.
Maybe it's more a pet peeve people have. I think that you should at least be wary of how you word your own criticisms because I've noticed that people HATE it (me included) when people word criticism in such a way that it makes people feel like they aren't allowed to say anything about it and they could feel alienated from your (or other people's) mindset. Maybe start a sentence of criticism with "I think that..." and work your way up from there in your reviews. I don't mind your reviews too much though but I think this can be a little helpful in the long run so people won't get all annoyed. I try to at least understand where your detractors' mindsets are coming from and I hope you understand too for next time you write a review.
Also, I think it's more in regards to using comments to continue the review and other things that annoy people. Also, I'm glad that you're doing live-blogs instead of the multi-review thing in the actual review sub-page and I'm glad that you're not continuing the reviews through large comments. TV Tropes has rules against that and people HATE it when others clog the review sub-page with numerous reviews from one person, let alone the comment thing.
I have to agree here. He\'s still one of my favorite internet reviewers, if only because of how genuinely he presents himself (something that the Nostalgia Critic, for an example, lacks), but yes, he still has his flaws. Another of which is the fact that he gives Happily Ever After\'s animation a 7/10 for simply being better than what Filmation usually puts out (in truth the animation is much like some sort of TV special) and yet he gives Sausage Party\'s animation a 5/10 and Shrek Forever After\'s a 6/10 despite the fact that both are objectively better. He\'s also wrong for hating Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. It\'s not the fact that he simply doesn\'t like it, but I swear the guy has a genuine bias against Sony (Sausage Party is exempt due to being made by Nitrogen). He went as far as to call Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs the worst movie ever released in theatres. Granted this was before Food Fight and Norm of The North, but even then considering he\'s an animation historian, or so he claims at least, he should know damn well that there are objectively worse films that have been put in theatres.
@The Real Yuma I agree. Ani Mat\'s bias against Sony and cartoony animation makes him look like an arrogant asshole since he doesn\'t consider cartoony animated movies to be \"actual movies\" and he uses the word \"cartoony\" for animation in movies he doesn\'t like (which is stupid). Not to mention how hypocritical he is considering he made a long video praising the Looney Tunes (which I like too but I\'m not biased) which is so cartoony it\'s absurd. \"Cartoon\" are just another word for animation. We do not need bias in reviews.
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An Otherwise Talented Individual Who Has Some Major Problems
Ani Mat is a critic who I started watching around the time of his first Animation Lookback on Walt Disney Animation Studios, which I remember enjoying and seeing his new potential on the horizon. I've enjoyed most of his material because he has a relatable liking to the mediums he would usually discuss and review. One series I like from him is usually the Animation Lookbacks because there would be some new information about a piece of media I may not have heard of before.
However, I have noticed an unpleasant trend going on in some of his videos and that would be the insults thrown at the viewers if they happen to like a film he doesn't. This practice was pulled in his his top 10 list of 2013
. Now, I'll be honest and say I do agree with most of his choices. Even Cloudy he had every right to not like the film if he so desired and criticize if he felt the need to. That's not why I'm writing this review though. What annoyed me most about it was something he said that was so insulting and borderline condescending, that I've been more watchful of his videos from then on because I like most of his content. However, he had been insulting his viewers before with his review of Hotel Transylvania (which I saw the film and I'm mixed about it) and his ridiculous argument about H.T.'s animation being "too cartoony" (which doesn't make any sense because animation can be whatever it wants to be and the film has it's quiet moments when it does).
There's also the fact he constantly makes flat-out absurd comparisons to films he doesn't like and the films he's comparing are nothing alike. The fact that he's able to make awful assumptions about his own audience and still get money from his Patreon and Blip accounts is absolutely inexcusable. I could go on and on about the blatant hypocrisy regarding his reviews. His Cloudy 2 thoughts are scarily similar to Armond White's condescending and inaccurate review of Toy Story 3, a film I know he likes and I do too, his bias for what he thinks animation should look like or his removing of comments criticizing him on his YouTube page (saying you're entitled to opinions is a cop-out) but I think I'm done writing this and I hope he learns from this.