Least Favorite Brony reviewer

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

CR? 

 

Maybe he just has hope that it'll get better in the future? IDK, I guess I just can't say since I don't really know him, lol. 

With CR, you don't wanna know

[Freewave 1,145]

I was just thinking, is there that one brony reviewer you just don't like or can't stand? Well here's the thread for that. So , as the title states, which one is your least favorite? 

 

For me, it would have to be Byter. It's not the fact that most of his reviews after season 2 were negative (though it kind of makes his reviews slightly frustrating) it's the fact that when I read most of his reviews, I scratch my head and wonder why he's still in the fandom if he seems to hate the new episodes so much to the point where he only liked I think 2 episodes this season. 

 

So discuss away!

 

TBH threads such as these really shouldn't be posted. While I think reviewer channels are pretty useless as everyone should be able to get the finer points of a children's show it's another to go after people who create such content and criticize them. Then who's next? Musicians, artists, or writers? As soon as anyone puts enough effort into this fandom to create fannon to be horse famous people begin to start critiquing and criticizing them and yes we don't need to create such drama. It just seems that we drive people out with this incessant negativity.

 

Post what and who you LIKE if you want to start a thread with what you recommend but don't feel you need to start a thread to COMPLAIN about those who take the time to MAKE fannon while you sit on your ass and criticize it. It's so self-centered and toxic to do so.

[WsConanRoyal 63]

With CR, you don't wanna know

 

Um...ok then, lol. BTW: isn't there a brony on the ThatGuyWithTheGlasses website? I just thought of that. I think one of the reviewers there did a two part review on the history of My Little Pony.

TBH threads such as these really shouldn't be posted. While I think reviewer channels are pretty useless as everyone should be able to get the finer points of a children's show it's another to go after people who create such content and criticize them. Then who's next? Musicians, artists, or writers? As soon as anyone puts enough effort into this fandom to create fannon to be horse famous people begin to start critiquing and criticizing them and yes we don't need to create such drama. It just seems that we drive people out with this incessant negativity.

 

Post what and who you LIKE if you want to start a thread with what you recommend but don't feel you need to start a thread to COMPLAIN about those who take the time to MAKE fannon while you sit on your ass and criticize it. It's so self-centered and toxic to do so.

 

There's nothing wrong with discussing things you don't like. Yes, these reviewers do put effort into this fandom, but that doesn't mean we should just sit by and stay silent when we believe they've done wrong. I'm a reviewer myself, and I THRIVE off of feedback, both positive and negative. Negative feedback helps promote growth for reviewers, and quite frankly is necessary. I'm not only for it, but I encourage my viewers to tell me if I did something wrong, or just poorly in general. If people leave the fandom or reviewer community because of negative criticism, that's on them, not the people critiquing them. It just means that they can't handle negative criticism, which as noted, it necessary for growth as a reviewer. Also, just to note, I'm also a writer, which you mentioned. I encourage criticism in that field as well. 

Edited July 12, 2014 by Conan Royal

[Pinklady 346]

I barely watch any of those reviewers. Whenever I watch such a review, I feel some kind of dumb clueless fan...

They give me the feeling i'm too stupid to understand an episode myself and make my own opinion because they almost all sound like guys with a university degree in MLP anylising.

 

Not many of them sound like sympathic and enthousiast fans who enjoy watching an episode, and I have no clue why.

Edited July 12, 2014 by Pinklady

[KokuraiNoSenshi 3,465]

TBH threads such as these really shouldn't be posted. While I think reviewer channels are pretty useless as everyone should be able to get the finer points of a children's show it's another to go after people who create such content and criticize them. Then who's next? Musicians, artists, or writers? As soon as anyone puts enough effort into this fandom to create fannon to be horse famous people begin to start critiquing and criticizing them and yes we don't need to create such drama. It just seems that we drive people out with this incessant negativity.

 

Post what and who you LIKE if you want to start a thread with what you recommend but don't feel you need to start a thread to COMPLAIN about those who take the time to MAKE fannon while you sit on your ass and criticize it. It's so self-centered and toxic to do so.

 

Haven't you noticed though, everyone here has been really friendly & agreeable. No one is attacking each other, only putting out their opinions on who they feel are better or worse. I have seen tons of people post anger towards Mr. E, but I am not mad at them for difference in opinions... We are all having a calm discussion about our own opinions, & while those may seem mean you must realize; Entertainers have this all the time. They have supporters & they have haters. This is what you get when you create content, there is no way to please everyone. If someone likes Byter & hates Mr. E, I won't get mad at them for it. I may not get it, but hey, that is their decision & their tastes.

 

Also, after reading your link, yes, people can be harsh. But again, even the person in the blog admits that there are some good people in the fandom... This shows he has haters & fans, despite the uneven amount in favor of the former. I feel bad for him, I really do (despite him using autism as a seeming synonym for retarded, something that as someone with autism I am highly upset about, not so much in an angry way & more of a hurt way). I don't like to see anyone get bashed for something they love & created, but this is the way humans are; We judge things & making decisions based on our likes & preferences. So while some of us may not like this reviewer or that critic, it is all personal choice. No one is outright assaulting these people, or making threats to them; We just don't like a certain group  -_-

 

TL;DR Everyone has opinions, & while I agree some people take it too far, I don't feel like anyone here has been doing that... Everyone here seems to be fairly reasonable towards each other, & saying "TBH threads like this shouldn't exist" just makes you into what you are angry about, a person bashing someone else's interest...

[Virgil 686]

There are only a handful of reviewers I really pay attention to, so I generally stick to a specific few analysts to keep up with all or must of their stuff.

But as far as my least favorite and this may be unfair criteria in some sense; Drowning in horses (horseshoes?).

I have only watched one review of his ( I think it was for flight to the finish ), parts of his review were rather good and well made but then he put forth the most bizarre and shocking headcannon about Fluttershy ( he put the cannon in headcannon, as to how it felt hearing it, and I'm not going to say what he suggested because it would be highly inappropriate in subject matter ); which upon looking at prior episodes that would have to suggest certain attitudes or signs to make it true, I found it to be completely ridiculous and a quick look at a few scenes from previous episodes disprove it in a heart beat.

 

Although, my main beef with him came about because of his both foolish and potentially dangerous comments on a vid Saberspark made in regards to trying to avoid bullying which was aimed at middle/ high school. Horseshoes responded to the vid which suggested a cautious approach for younger bronies until they got out of high school ( since after that nobody cares what you do for the most part ) which quite literally may be what keeps them alive for those years, though he did say if someone wanted to be more outspoken they should just be prepared to take flak for it, which was a reasonable vid for the most part; horseshoes suggested a borderline aggressive attitude towards people that didn't like bronies in general. To the point of you should physically fight a bully at school.

 

30 years ago, I would have said something similar don't get me wrong, but now a days bullies don't fight you one on one and if you can beat them in one scenario, that doesn't get them to back off. It means after school is over they bring a bunch of their friends and shoot or stab you. If the vid was still online you could see his responses to my polite replies, recommending a general attitude of caution on the streets. He somehow thought that I was suggesting wearing a bright RD shirt in a bad neighborhood; I had in mind a nice area and at most maybe a RD button.

 

The vid probably gotten taken down due to that blowheard spreading his, F everyone who doesn't like bronies attitude, and Saberspark not wanting some impressionable youth taking that guy seriously; since I was the only one that confronted him.

 

So TL;DR Drowning with Horseshoes is a bad analyst, who probably gets views because he can shock people; and promotes anti-social behavior which would make Flutters cry.

[Zygen 6,066]

I personally don't watch many reviewers on MLP episodes, I'm usually to busy watching the show or doing other stuff, I think the only real reviewer I watched ever was like digibrony, and I only watched a few of his reviews. I think I've watched a few others, but I don't remember any of them.

 

So I can't really say I have a least favorite reviewer really. Although I do like to watch the show before I watch reviews, because otherwise I feel influenced by their opinions to much.

 

But I don't mind hearing what others think of an episode, sometimes it may make me appreciate the episode more, if I don't agree then I just kind of don't agree and that's that idk.

 

Again I really don't watch/read many reviews for much of anything, so I can't really say I have much experience, these are just my thoughts based on my limited experience.

 

I'm ok with reviewers as long as I don't feel they are trying to say their opinion is law, which can be hard I guess with a review at times, but still.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

I'm just curious since I didn't watch it, what was so biased about it

I'm curious what some of his criticisms were on episodes. Like some examples

 

Shit, I can't find the blog post someone made detailing them. Let me do some Google-Fu and pull up some people that made better and more detailed complains about him than me:

 

https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/97116/thoughts-on-chad-rocco-aka-cr-aka-the-familiar-faces-guy

 

and that's all Google could find. I also can't link to TVtropes because his fanboys keep whitewashing most all the criticism of him off his pages. 

[Jeric 46,890]

This is going to come across as unusually biting for me, so take this with a grain of salt

All of them could benefit from an MFA course in writing (Anthony C seems to be the only one that has a concrete understanding of theme and story context). As analysis goes, they are all mostly terrible. I mean, if you want to see a real analysis of a piece of media ... watch Crash Course Literature I or II on You Tube. Then come back and tell me that these guys are worth raving about.  Now I understand that these are fan analysis videos, and shouldn't be taken seriously. I would agree, except they come across and wanting to be taken seriously. Be careful what you wish for is a phrase that comes to mind.

Also, most of the time people will gravitate to whomever gives them the most bang for their buck when it comes to confirmation bias. I watch them and do enjoy them myself, but for different reasons entirely. I freely admit to liking Tommy Oliver's review on Art of the Dress, but feel he misses the mark on Applejack. That is my own personal bias leading me to my judgment about his opinion. Likewise, Dr. Wolf comes across is a little too nice and positive, which continues to draw me to his channel whether or not it's genuine ... because I have a strong desire for people like to actually exist in this world. That's not a knock against Dr. Wolf -- I get the same suspicious feeling when I watch the aforementioned vlogbrothers videos, so it is really more a indictment of myself.

I don't watch any analysis for a thorough review of characters, plot structure, theme, etc. I can do that myself. What I watch them for is how they personally relate to specific episode's and characters. When the analyst breaks down his or her personal connection the review begins to feel honest. That is what I like. That is why I prefer reading the threads on MLPForums for other views on characters and episodes over the opinions found in the analysis community. Simple because they are filtered through individual tastes and insight without being packaged as a anymore than that.

And to answer your question, Gibbontake and AnY. Not a fan.

 

/soapbox

 

 

Edited for stuff.

Edited July 12, 2014 by Jeric

[mars 4,863]

Anyways I am so surprised nobody said..

 

KIMI FUCKING SPARKLE!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lgqdPdXbOl0/Upercp9ycVI/AAAAAAABnSk/LoXJCZcwwC0/s1600/1.PNG

She is worst PONY! WORST REVIEWER AND AND....*sigh* ~_~ she is just the worst of the worst...

 

but how can you hate on the world's only pegasister reviewer

 

but I don't really like Tommy Oliver, just cause his voice is really bad.

anddd that one guy with the Wolf. I forgot his name, but his reviews are boring!

Oh, and Digibro. Only because he disappointed me greatly.

[Cosmonaut 76]

I like almost all of the Brony Reviewers, but Chad Rocco AKA CR takes the cake. He accentuates the negativity on a level that challenges the Nostalgia Critic and the Angry Video Game Nerd (I like those guys though) AND hated "A Canterlot Wedding" and Season 3 so much that he left the fandom and hates the show for that. Even Digibrony doesn't go that negative!

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

TBH threads such as these really shouldn't be posted. While I think reviewer channels are pretty useless as everyone should be able to get the finer points of a children's show it's another to go after people who create such content and criticize them. Then who's next? Musicians, artists, or writers? As soon as anyone puts enough effort into this fandom to create fannon to be horse famous people begin to start critiquing and criticizing them and yes we don't need to create such drama. It just seems that we drive people out with this incessant negativity.

 

Post what and who you LIKE if you want to start a thread with what you recommend but don't feel you need to start a thread to COMPLAIN about those who take the time to MAKE fannon while you sit on your ass and criticize it. It's so self-centered and toxic to do so.

FYI, it kind of kills my desire to listen to him when he uses autism as an insult and acts like his age and place in life makes him better than everyone else.

 

I understand where he's coming from, but it's hard to back him up when he's talking like a /mlp/ brat.

Edited July 12, 2014 by Shoboni

[Megas 28,300]

The biggest problem with CR is that not only does he act like a massive douche in regards of anything since S2 in general, but he's still being a little brat about it when he should've gotten over it by now and just takes out his negativity on everyone else, bronies or not. 

 

Even some of his anti-brony fans are getting tired of it

[Virgil 686]

 

 

All of them could benefit from an MFA course in writing (Anthony C seems to be the only one that has a concrete understanding of theme and story context). As analysis goes, they are all mostly terrible. I mean, you want to see a real analysis of piece of media ... watch Crash Course Literature I or II on You Tube. Then come back and tell me that these guys are worth raving about. Now I understand that these are fan analysis videos, and shouldn't be taken seriously. I would agree, except the come across and wanting to be taken seriously. Be careful what you wish for comes to mind.

Anthony C is to me, what I would consider the only real "analyst" of the bunch, which is probably why I always look forward to whenever he comes out with a vid. Most of the others are just, meh; and if they pick up on something it is likely because they come out with a vid every week, so they have to hit on something at some point

 

 

What I watch them for is how they personally relate to specific episode's and characters. When the analyst breaks down his personal connection the review starts to feel honest. That is what I like.

Yeah, this is probably why I like guys such as MLP Silver-Quill, Firebrand, or Dr. Wolf, because they may not be the best in terms of strict analysis; they do generally do a good job of at least telling my they think something about a character and why they relate so strongly with it.

Although I think Silver-Quill is rather close to being an analyst in some respects, and he has some of the most entertaining vid reviews out there I think.

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

Shit, I can't find the blog post someone made detailing them. Let me do some Google-Fu and pull up some people that made better and more detailed complains about him than me:

 

https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/97116/thoughts-on-chad-rocco-aka-cr-aka-the-familiar-faces-guy

 

and that's all Google could find. I also can't link to TVtropes because his fanboys keep whitewashing most all the criticism of him off his pages. 

From what I read, he sounds like one of those people who got into the show only because Faust was working on it

[Jeric 46,890]

Isn't Kimi Sparkle a parody of brony reviewers/analysts?

 

 

Yes, the joke behind that one is pretty funny.

[LZRD WZRD 1,929]

This is going to come across as unusually biting for me, so take this with a grain of salt

 

All of them could benefit from an MFA course in writing (Anthony C seems to be the only one that has a concrete understanding of theme and story context). As analysis goes, they are all mostly terrible. I mean, if you want to see a real analysis of a piece of media ... watch Crash Course Literature I or II on You Tube. Then come back and tell me that these guys are worth raving about. Now I understand that these are fan analysis videos, and shouldn't be taken seriously. I would agree, except they come across and wanting to be taken seriously. Be careful what you wish for is a phrase that comes to mind.

 

Also, most of the time people will gravitate to whomever gives them the most bang for their buck when it comes to confirmation bias. I watch them and do enjoy them myself, but for different reasons entirely. I freely admit to liking Tommy Oliver's review on Art of the Dress, but feel he misses the mark on Applejack. That is my own personal bias leading me to my judgment about his opinion. Likewise, Dr. Wolf comes across is a little too nice and positive, which continues to draw me to his channel whether or not it's genuine ... because I have a strong desire for people like to actually exist in this world. That's not a knock against Dr. Wolf -- I get the same suspicious feeling when I watch the aforementioned vlogbrothers videos, so it is really more a indictment of myself.

 

I don't watch any analysis for a thorough review of characters, plot structure, theme, etc. I can do that myself. What I watch them for is how they personally relate to specific episode's and characters. When the analyst breaks down his or her personal connection the review begins to feel honest. That is what I like. That is why I prefer reading the threads on MLPForums for other views on characters and episodes over the opinions found in the analysis community. Simple because they are filtered through individual tastes and insight without being packaged as a anymore than that.

 

And to answer your question, Gibbontake and AnY. Not a fan.

 

/soapbox

 

 

Edited for stuff.

I agree that Antony C comes across as one of the smarter and more knowledgable reviewers. However he really missed the mark in several places in his A Canterlot Wedding Review. Maybe I should check out his other stuff though

[Virgil 686]

anddd that one guy with the Wolf. I forgot his name, but his reviews are boring!

 

If you mean Dr. Wolf... I watch his channel time to time more for his videos on the fandom or his discussions with others. So his episode reviews aren't the best, but his discussions with other bronies or other youtubers are what I find interesting about him.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

From what I read, he sounds like one of those people who got into the show only because Faust was working on it

 

That may be a factor, considering he's attacked the current staff(I think he even directly insulted Megan on Twitter) multiple times.

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

That may be a factor, considering he's attacked the current staff(I think he even directly insulted Megan on Twitter) multiple times.

What are some of the stuff he's tweeted

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

What are some of the stuff he's tweeted

 

Like I said, I can't find links now because his fanbrats keep white-washing his TVtropes page(which the site I generally hit-up to find records of internet drama because it's more mature about discussing than sites like ED)

[Jeric 46,890]

If you mean Dr. Wolf... I watch his channel time to time more for his videos on the fandom or his discussions with others. So his episode reviews aren't the best, but his discussions with other bronies or other youtubers are what I find interesting about him.

 

Right, he actually engages his viewers, and builds on the commentary left by Bronies. The others do this ... but I notice that they have a tendency to focus on just negative comments and become defensive at times. Dr. Wolf will instead use the thoughtful comments to build on additional ideas. I also think it's a bit meta that he offers the other negative analysts a more positive spin of their issues with his mock therapy sessions. 

 

His potential story ideas are decent as well.

[Virgil 686]

 

 

I also think it's a bit meta that he offers the other negative analysts a more positive spin of their issues with his mock therapy sessions.

Yeah, I think those are great . He also seems to be one of the best about engaging with his viewers questions and comments, which is very commendable.

[Azureth 687]

I liked Digis early reviews, but in S4 he seemed to, how shall we say, go off the deep end a bit? Even with his explanation I still think his new OC is in bad taste.

 

That being said, I LOVE DRWolf001! He by far has the most fair reviews I think. And I love all his other videos as well.

Edited July 12, 2014 by Azureth

[baba_booey 4,304]

I haven't watched many brony reviewers before, but I don't really like Digibrony. He over-analyzes everything and has no personality whatsoever. It feels like he's just sitting there going "I uh.. like Pinkie Pie and uh.. she must have lots of things going for her like uh.. she might have a weird reason for working on a rock farm and uh.. yeah."

 

You get my drift.

 

Also, I feel like anyone that doesn't shut up about S2-4 being "OMG TERRIBLE" is stupid. I know people have their opinions, but geez, there's no need to point out every single flaw in those seasons.