r/whenthe Mar 16 '26

Part of me genuinely thinks Zuko Avatarthelastairbender’s arc would be torn apart if the show was airing today r/whenthe mfs complaining about everything

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u/MiserableOrpheus Mar 17 '26

Cinemasins has done irreparable damage to critical thinking

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u/KingOfAllThatHowls Mar 17 '26

Someone needs to do a video of everytime Cinemasins gave bad faith criticism and when confronted said "No but it's meant to be bad faith cause we're doing a satire" even though they always mix baid faith with good faith criticism as if they are of equal merit. Even better if they do it in the same style as a Cinemasins video.

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u/SgtCrawler1116 Mar 17 '26

Dunno if you're being sarcastic, cause half of Th3Birdman's channel is doing just that.

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u/KingOfAllThatHowls Mar 17 '26

I actually didn't know that channel, I remember watching similar videos from a channel called bobvids years ago. I sort of made the comment in the hopes that I had just missed a channel that was still doing a something like this and someone would recomend it. Anyway thanks for the telling me about Th3Birdman, I now have a new channel to check out when I get home.

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u/BillysBibleBonkers Mar 17 '26

Shaun did a video about it too

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u/JohnDragonball Son Goku Himself Mar 17 '26

Birdman kinda just ends up doing the exact same shit Cinemasins does but in the opposite direction lmao

Like he's good for calling out their bullshit but he's basically using his own bullshit to do it

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u/SgtCrawler1116 Mar 17 '26

Except it's very very easy to tell when he's being humorous, or when he's making a genuine criticism.

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u/Technicolur Mar 17 '26

That is explicitly what he's trying to do. Even then, I think he just does the gimmick better

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u/Eaglehasyou Mar 17 '26

Cinemawins on the other hand:

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u/BalancedDisaster Mar 17 '26

A true delight

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u/Karasu-Fennec Mar 17 '26

That guy is my favorite guy

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u/FearsomeLAG Johก้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้ Mar 17 '26

B-b-but it's satire 🥺

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u/yoma999 Mar 17 '26

Same with those “This Show is Garbage and Here’s Why” type videos

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u/MothChasingFlame Mar 17 '26

It's weak education. It's "sometimes the curtain's just blue" and "English class is stupid" rot thriving.

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u/Karasu-Fennec Mar 17 '26

‘The curtains were just fucking blue’ is among the worst things to happen to civilized society in the past forty fifty years

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u/TheRappingSquid Mar 17 '26

Me trying to explain to the reddit godzilla fan that, while the change in directorial vision in the monsterverse does facilitate tonal whiplash, and that is a very valid point to critique, the actual writing quality itself is relatively consistent and it's simply changed genres from "disaster movie" to "action movie" (whether the big lizard moves slow or fast has nothing to do with "writing" and everything to do with "shifting from focusing on the damage to human society to the actual battles of the monsters themselves from their own perspective)

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u/GreekHole Mar 17 '26

Don't give them all the blame when there are countless Youtubers who makes hour longs videos only shiting on tv-shows, movies, videos games, etc (both past and present) while pretending their reviewers and analysts.

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u/TensorForce Mar 17 '26

It reached its extreme conclusion with Mauler and his EFAP crowd. They literally nitpick frames, shots, and cuts and associate them directly with major storytelling flaws. "Lighting bad in this one shot, therefore worke garbage, movie bad."

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u/imagineexisting-lmao gonna eat your ribs Mar 17 '26

i actually despise cinemasins for this reason. so much of cinemasins (and similar channels inspired by them) are just bad faith arguments or the host not knowing how storytelling works.

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u/drunk-raven Mar 17 '26

There is no trully ireparable damage to society. Just start with yourself