So, I've honestly REALLY gotten pretty burned out on the whole Internet reviewer thing over the past year. It was fun at one time, but then we got a ton of NC and AVGN rip-offs and while some reviewers were great, the whole formula of ripping bad movies or games or whatever medium to pieces got really stale for me really fast.
I have really been appreciating when people give a more critical and well thought-out analysis of things, rather than focusing on cheap humor. While I'm still not the hugest fan of Lindsay, I really respect the knowledge-base she has on what she reviews and that he actually puts genuine effort into researching stuff thoroughly (for the most part, anyways). There's also the stuff from Red Letter Media and Mr. Plinkett, which is also great.
But honestly, while negative reviews can be fun, I've always found much more enjoyment out of seeing people express a genuine passion for movies and giving out more positive and descriptive reviews. Its one of the reasons why I tend to watch more of James Rolfe's movie review stuff, and over the past few months I have watched David Rose's series, The DVD Shelf Movie Reviews. You can find all of these reviews at his website, Happy Dragon Pictures (http://www.happydragonpictures.com/). To be clear, though, these are really more like educational videos on the history of how these movies came about and were made more than flat-out reviews. But honestly, that's what I find to be more interesting these days. Granted that, I haven't really had the chance to check out the sources this guy uses, so I can't exactly vouch for the accuracy of his information, but he presents his videos in such a well constructed and intelligent way that it still holds my interest, even through his ridiculously long videos, including his Godzilla review (which is actually my favorite one, so far).
Now, I'm aware that these type of videos aren't really to everyone's interest, so some of you may find it boring and prefer the more comical and/or angry style reviews out there, but for me this is what I wish I was seeing just a little bit more of from Internet reviewers, these days. There's a lot of clear time and effort put into each of Rose's releases, and while they aren't really humorous or even short videos (though he does have a specific series of short video reviews, as well), they are thoroughly intriguing and honestly never fail to ignite the passion I have for watching movies deep down, which to me is much more effective than watching any negative review, as I like to be reminded at the end of the day of why I like movies, rather than why I shouldn't like them.
At any rate, I just wanted to see if anybody else enjoyed this review series, or even stuff along the lines of these types of reviews.
I've been watching DVD Shelf over the past year. It's certainly one of the best shows the Internet has to offer. The production values are fantastic and it's total brain food if you want to learn about movies.
Another recommendation is Jaimetud. (http://thatfellowinthecoat.com/jaimetud.php) He has some of the most seamless special effects and green screen I've ever seen in any Internet production. His From Pages to Pictures series compares movies to the books they were adapted from. He goes over the plot points in both versions, the changes made in the adaptation, and which one he feels is better overall.
Quote from: Daikun on May 27, 2013, 10:50:05 PM
I've been watching DVD Shelf over the past year. It's certainly one of the best shows the Internet has to offer. The production values are fantastic and it's total brain food if you want to learn about movies.
I'm glad to see someone else who enjoys this series. Its so criminally underrated. I mean, I know people who watch it, but its nowhere near as popular as a lot of mediocre series on TGWTG (IMO, anyways), even though it deserves a lot more views than it gets.
QuoteAnother recommendation is Jaimetud. (http://thatfellowinthecoat.com/jaimetud.php) He has some of the most seamless special effects and green screen I've ever seen in any Internet production. His From Pages to Pictures series compares movies to the books they were adapted from. He goes over the plot points in both versions, the changes made in the adaptation, and which one he feels is better overall.
That sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the recommendation. :thumbup:
I've finally been getting around to watching these, and I'm on episode 2 now. UHF is a fun one that I definitely need to watch again.
I have that Target exclusive of The Dark Knight, btw. I'm pretty sure the documentary on that exclusive disc aired on the History Channel around the time the movie came out, and I saw it there. It's pretty great, but I haven't pulled out my copy in a long time.
One thing I like about his reviews is that he's one of those reviewers that gets me into movies that I've never seen before. I honestly had no interest in UHF before, but after seeing his review it caught my interest enough to check it out, and I surprisingly enjoyed it for what it was. His 3rd episode also got me to watch They Live, which I think deserves its recognition as a cult classic after seeing it. Its got that John Carpenter style but also doesn't come off as pretentious with its message because the movie doesn't take itself too seriously for the most part. And believe it or not, I never actually knew that the "kick ass and chew bubble gum" line even originated from this movie. I always used to ignorantly think that Duke Nukem just created that term. :D
Also his review quality only gets better as the episodes go along. I think you may really enjoy his review of Batman The Movie (the 1960's one). Even if you have no interest in Adam West's portrayal of Batman, the history of that TV show and the movie and how he delves into it is so fascinating in so many ways, or at least it was for me. That's another film and TV series that I'll have to check out at some point down the line.
A positive review of the 60's Batman show? I'll have to watch that! :)
Quote from: Foggle on May 31, 2013, 05:33:20 PM
A positive review of the 60's Batman show? I'll have to watch that! :)
Its technically a review of the movie based off the show, but he covers the show pretty in-depth anyways, so I think you'd enjoy it. ;)
I love Adam West ,but hate Smallville.
Go figure.
Quote from: Avaitor on May 31, 2013, 06:02:38 PM
I love Adam West ,but hate Smallville.
Go figure.
Same. Adam West Batman is a big part of my childhood. <3
Oh sweet, World's Greatest Dad.
I don't know if you guys know this, but I admire Bobcat Goldthwait. A lot.
And that's yet another film which I need to see. Especially since he promised that there's a twist in it, but never actually spoiled what it was, for obvious reasons, I suppose.
As for Adam West, I'll go on record as saying that if nothing else, he's a WAY more "entertaining" Batman than Christian Bale.
Oh wow, I remember Young Hercules! That was Ryan Gosling?
I knew about his Are You Afraid of the Dark? episode and his MMC stuff, but not this. Crazy.
I do remember that I had a girlfriend around the time Lars and the Real Girl came out, and she wanted to see this movie very much. We broke up before that happened, but honestly, I never had much interest in it.
Two new mini-episodes released today!
Reign Over Me (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdmini_reignoverme-6599781)
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdmini_pelham123-6599782)
And he posted this on the TGWTG forum:
Quotemy next full episode - Twilight Zone: The Movie!
That reminds me that I still need to catch up with his mini-reviews, though while they are great, I do generally prefer his more in-depth reviews that he does in his normal videos. That said, I'm just glad to get more of David Rose's material whenever he manages to put it out. He's still my personal favorite Internet reviewer out of the ones that I have seen. Aside from him, there was Welshy who did great in-depth reviews (even if they were mostly for movies that I didn't care about, he made me interested in his videos), but now that he's officially quit making videos, I don't have too much else to turn to these days, so I'm still glad that this series is continuing, even if the episodes are released months apart.
I haven't got to his mini-reviews yet, but I can understand why he'd stick to ones like that. David really seems to do his homework for the main DVD Shelf videos, and that seems to take up a lot of time.
Yeah, its why I can't complain about how infrequent they come up. At the end of the day, its BECAUSE he spends so much time and work on making them that they turn out as good as they do. Its one of the best examples of quality over quantity.
I watched about 6 of his reviews last week because I'd never heard of him before. And, well... I'm sorry but I don't think his actual reviews are that good. He may have a positive viewpoint and a lot of monologue but... if I picked the right movie, I could talk for 30 minutes about behind the scenes info, etc. So, of the episodes I watched (UHF, Scrooged, Prince of Darkness, Arachnophobia), the only one I thought he really nailed was The Great Outdoors. This one because the clips and music cues helped in making his insights entertaining as connect-the-dots. He's lacking focus, a point (other than- this is what I like), and a personality. He's kind of dull.
Frankly... his style is a little more technologically advanced than Bad Good Flicks, but I'd recommend GBF - http://blip.tv/goodbadflicks/good-bad-flicks-episode-53-friday-the-13th-part-vii-the-new-blood-5166735 - over DVD Shelf Reviews.
Quote from: No-Personality on June 13, 2013, 10:57:43 PM
I watched about 6 of his reviews last week because I'd never heard of him before. And, well... I'm sorry but I don't think his actual reviews are that good. He may have a positive viewpoint and a lot of monologue but... if I picked the right movie, I could talk for 30 minutes about behind the scenes info, etc. So, of the episodes I watched (UHF, Scrooged, Prince of Darkness, Arachnophobia), the only one I thought he really nailed was The Great Outdoors. This one because the clips and music cues helped in making his insights entertaining as connect-the-dots. He's lacking focus, a point (other than- this is what I like), and a personality. He's kind of dull.
That's fine, but I disagree with you completely. I think his reviews are entertaining and informative, a real hard combination to make. In terms of monologues, I don't mind it when I find the actual material interesting. At the same time he is very humbled and doesn't let a lot of bias get in the way of his reviews. In contrast, I find reviewers like the Nostalgia Chick to be very insightful, and I appreciate the research put into her videos, but most of those videos completely fail to capture my interest and I find her to kind of be up her own ass at times to a point that kind of annoys me.
At any rate, there's nothing wrong with having completely different opinions, but I think this is a case where mostly everything you view as weaknesses in these reviews I view as strengths. Its not dull for me specifically because I prefer this style of review. Mostly I'm just interested in the background about the making and meaning of good movies, and I honestly don't care that much about other people's opinions, because mine are the only ones that matter to me, in the end. Its why I'm just not a fan of most Internet reviewers these days. In the end, they are all just people giving out their own opinions and either trying to be humorous or serious about it, but in most cases they just don't interest me. I like that David Rose typically tends to present more objective information in his reviews, and keep the subjective stuff to a minimum. I realize I'm in the minority there, but that's just what appeals to me more than the typical style of reviews.
I don't know what else to tell you. I know of plenty of reviewers who are informative but unless you're looking for a review to just say: oh, here's a random movie for me to review and the only thing it has in common with any other review I've done is that I recommend it... well, Welshy does the same thing and much better. I'm sorry, E-ken, but you need to know the reviewer. Subjective opinions are important since most of these series are run by personality of the reviewer. Unless they have a gimmick like Obscurus Lupa or Oancitizen where the films they review are all of a specific variety, thereby attracting viewers based on content of the movies they review, bias is kind of key.
I'm sure David is a nice guy. The overwhelming impression I get of him is: nice guy. But that is nowhere near enough for me to sing his praises. He does adequate research on the episodes I've seen but does not have staying power. In fact, from your very first post you've really been making a very big deal out of "he's positive and talks about the good in movies." So much so that I don't completely trust that you're valuing his ability over his attitude. And, yes you're right- I'm a big fan of The Nostalgia Chick. But it doesn't matter how far up her own ass you think she is, she is extremely engaging. Easily the most engaging reviewer on the internet that I've seen. Bar none. I say this after having sat through several of her videos as many as 6, 7 times a piece. In fact, as a practice I watch every video she's done multiple times so I know what I'm talking about when I defend her. They're reviews and pieces of entertainment both. And it's not just the research that speaks for itself, you see- she has a context. And a very interesting one. She doesn't just evaluate films and television by isolating them. She cracks the field of analysis open to the people watching them, the time in which they were made, why they might have been made, how they affected the industry in terms of success breeding copycats or recurring trends, etc. Research just sits there. As David proves conclusively with his style. Lindsay picks up the research and sees what a person can do with it. She's had her share of dud videos but even then, maybe 7 were of the sort I would never recommend anyone watch once.
That said, David seems to have some VERY long reviews on things like Godzilla. If he's an expert on that, it's possible he has a special niche that he just hasn't explored much yet. I will watch more of him and we'll see if I change my mind. But I can tell you, right about now, he needs a gimmick or to sharpen his analysis. Just sharing a buttload of behind-the-scenes info isn't enough.
Dude, if you're trying to start a conversation or debate or argument or whatever about this stuff, you should know that I REALLLLLY don't care that much about the subject-matter to bother with it. I can respect your opinion and all, but at the end of the day I still disagree with it. Look, I just like David's reviews because at the bare essence of everything, they are interesting to watch and entertaining. I find most of the more frequent and popular reviewers to be highly obnoxious and quite frankly very boring and stuck-up. That's my firm stance on the subject, and I really don't care what anyone else says to me because Internet reviewing as a whole isn't a subject I care about nearly enough to get into a thoughtful debate about what's good and what's not.
Do what you have to do.
Me on the other hand? I actually think calling these people stuck-up is absurd. And again another way to try and reward geniality over talent. If the former is chief in your definition of not boring, I'm not sure you have a firm stance on the subject so much as a different stance.
I have to admit, while I do like Rose's videos, I can see where NP is coming from. His Ed Wood video in particular barely touches on the movie, and is almost exclusively a history lesson about Wood's movies, which he occasionally connects to the Burton film, but barely got into its critical aspects.
Also, if I was doing a series like this, I don't think I'd go as detailed into each filmmaker's previous and later works like Rose seems to, since in a lot of cases, I'm sure that I'll come back to them again and don't want to tread water so easily. But his recapping of Nolan's history in Following doesn't feel so redundant in comparison to his Dark Knight vid, so maybe he's fine with what he does.
Quote from: No-Personality on June 20, 2013, 02:38:27 AM
Do what you have to do.
Me on the other hand? I actually think calling these people stuck-up is absurd. And again another way to try and reward geniality over talent. If the former is chief in your definition of not boring, I'm not sure you have a firm stance on the subject so much as a different stance.
Or, Maybe you can just learn to stop being an ass and understand that other people don't always have the same opinion as you. I've seen you come across with your opinions with the same attitude on other subjects, and its quite frankly the main reason why I'm not interested in debating this with you. Your rewarding "geniality over talent" comment is an example of that. Maybe that sounds clever in your head, but to me it just sounds needlessly condescending and obnoxious.
Also, I never claimed to have a "firm" stance on the subject in the sense that I'm saying that my view is right (because that would just be ignorant). Of course its "different," as that's the point of having a subjective view on something, which I don't quite think you seem to understand based on your clear tone that there must be a right and wrong about everything. If you want to just have this be about you being right and the other person being wrong, then suit yourself, you're free to see it that way. If you're going to try and force me to say that my way of viewing things is objectively wrong, then sorry to disappoint you, but that's not going to happen.
Either way, I don't see why you can't just let this whole thing go. You've already made your opinion clear, and I'm fine with that, but there's a point when you have to realize that I'm just not interested in having an argument about this stuff.
Quote from: Avaitor on June 20, 2013, 06:46:35 AM
I have to admit, while I do like Rose's videos, I can see where NP is coming from. His Ed Wood video in particular barely touches on the movie, and is almost exclusively a history lesson about Wood's movies, which he occasionally connects to the Burton film, but barely got into its critical aspects.
Also, if I was doing a series like this, I don't think I'd go as detailed into each filmmaker's previous and later works like Rose seems to, since in a lot of cases, I'm sure that I'll come back to them again and don't want to tread water so easily. But his recapping of Nolan's history in Following doesn't feel so redundant in comparison to his Dark Knight vid, so maybe he's fine with what he does.
I can respect that way of viewing things, but what you mention is the element that I like about these videos. Most people might not care so much about the nitty-gritty details behind the making of a film beyond what you might find the the DVD special features, but personally that stuff fascinates me. His Ed Wood review is not exactly one of my favorites, either, but its not like I'm saying that everything he does is perfect, either (I still did love the history aspect of that video all the same, though). Personally I love his reviews of films like They Live and Godzilla, though, but once again those are more like history lessons first with Rose's thoughts taking a back-seat, but as I've expressed earlier, I love that kind of stuff. Maybe its not proper to call them reviews other than for the sake of having a convenient word to label them under, but my point is that I like Rose's videos and style of narrating. Personally, I don't mind how long some of his videos are because I honestly don't get bored with them. That said, I can totally accept that they are not for everyone, but even if I'm in the minority, I will still gladly continue to watch and enjoy his videos as he releases them.
Quote from: Ensatsu-ken on June 20, 2013, 06:25:06 PMI never claimed to have a "firm" stance on the subject in the sense that
All I know is that you said "firm stance," those exact words. No attempt to take you out of context.
As for your opinions on me, I disagree. I just have a real passion for this format. You've already said you don't care enough about the subject to debate it. Now... you're saying it's just that you don't want to debate it with me. Seems if the latter were true, you would have said that up front.
But if you want this to be over, fine. Let it end here.
So, a new episode (http://www.happydragonpictures.com/) is up today. This time its on The Twilight Zone - The Movie. I haven't watched the review itself yet, but I'll post my thoughts on it as soon as I get around to seeing it. I will say that as a fan of the original TV series, I never really cared for this film, but from what I can gather it has always had pretty mixed opinions with people's thoughts on it differing between hating it, disliking it, liking it, or flat-out loving it. Personally I just dislike it but not strongly enough to say that I hate it. It'll be interesting to see David's thoughts on the movie, though.
It's wildly inconsistent, true. But very nostalgic for that whole E.T., Poltergeist, Gremlins era of the early-80's.
As an anthology film- the first 2 stories/segments aren't so great, the 3rd is full-on Joe Dante in his prime (which means excellent in every language), and the 4th is the best of the film. (Also excellent.)
I just saw the video. Its not one of this best videos, but still of his usual level of quality, in that I like his detail on the background of the Twilight Zone series and Rod Serling, as well as how he had a brief introduction to both the background of each segment of the movie and the directors behind them. On that end I still found it to be an enjoyable video.
Quote from: No-Personality on July 02, 2013, 02:43:59 PM
It's wildly inconsistent, true. But very nostalgic for that whole E.T., Poltergeist, Gremlins era of the early-80's.
As an anthology film- the first 2 stories/segments aren't so great, the 3rd is full-on Joe Dante in his prime (which means excellent in every language), and the 4th is the best of the film. (Also excellent.)
I like the idea of an anthology film myself (and choosing to do that for a Twlight Zone movie WAS definitely the right choice), but I suppose this one just didn't click with me as well as something like Creep Show did. That said, there are things that I appreciate about the film.
In a very unpopular opinion of my own, I actually kind of like the first segment of the movie, if only because its an original piece. Its no doubt that the controversy surrounding that piece really affected its quality, but I still found that for new material in the Twilight Zone Universe, it was surprisingly more faithful to Rod Serling's vision of the show than I would have expected it to be. Granted that you can see the clear differences in style and in how it portrays its message, but its till did feel like a convincing Twilight Zone episode to me, in the end. Its by no means a great piece, but I appreciated it.
The second short is easily the weakest one, and its based on an episode that I didn't even really care for in the original series, to be honest. So, there isn't really much I can say to it beyond that. I would also maybe chalk it up to Spielberg's emotional state at the time, but I am by no means excusing it for that. I don't mind so much that its trying to be upbeat, but it just doesn't feel even remotely close to something that Rod Serling or one of the original writers for the Twlight Zone would ever write, even though it is based on an original TZ episode, which I think says a lot.
The 3rd segment is enjoyable for what it is, but here is the problem with having these other segments be remakes (at least for me): I have no choice but to compare them to the original material, and I can admit that I'm incredibly biased as hell, so it ends up hampering my overall enjoyment of the piece. Its a Good Life is one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes, and I can't help but feel that this segment skews the message of that episode in a way that I don't care for, especially with the ending. On that note, though, while I thought the ending to the original episode was perfect, I do have to give credit to Dante for not flat-out copying it, so on that note I can just conclude that its not for me. I will say that I found the special effects to be absolutely amazing for its time, and even today they still hold a particular charm for me.
The final short is easily the best one, and once again based on one of my favorite episodes from the original series. Now, many people would say that William Shatner's performance in the original episode was a bit too hammy, and I'd certainly agree, but I still feel that he conveyed his character well enough to be taken seriously. The performance in the remake, IMO, was just as hammy, anyways, which I'm actually OK with as that was also part of the charm of the segment for me in the first place. One thing I will say in favor of the remake is that the design for the Gremlin was MUCH better than the joke of a design in the original episode. That alone probably gives that segment a pass for me, but because I'm biased, I still personally prefer the original short for various other reasons.
As it stands for now, I'm still not a fan of the movie, but this review has convinced me to give it a re-watch at some point in time.
If you saw the WB DVD or Blu-Ray, you've seen the movie in the best quality you ever will. I don't love the movie myself either but I always get excited when I rewatch it. It's a serious shot of nostalgia. Unavoidable. In fact, I like to call it my favorite Spielberg film... even though I don't like his segment in it anyway / either. And Jurassic Park is better. The reason why is pretty obvious: Joe Dante. And I look at the story, the characters, everything through The 80's Lens. I'm positive that even if I'd seen the original episode, I could separate it from this remake. Especially since Anthony really is A Type. Fully entrenched in his own time; he's perfectly sandwiched right between Henry Thomas in E.T. and Barrett Oliver in The Never-Ending Story. As for the story and flow, I look at is as a special effects showcase and a crazed funhouse of lights, colors, and cartoonish monsters. Frankly, this movie with its format is the perfect excuse for this since the film doesn't have to commit to a feature length threaded story like Poltergeist or, more importantly since I think the FX turned it into an all-out freakshow, John Carpenter's The Thing. The perfect excuse before Tim Burton at least.
I don't really care to label or stamp the Landis segment but I do think it's tied for weakest with Spielberg's. The two have a perfect split contrast. Landis's is so dark and stark (didn't mean that to rhyme) that it turns into a shock piece. Which, unfortunately, dates poorly instead of lasting as entertainment. The heart was in the right place but that's the best thing I can say about it. Spielberg's is so freaking cutesy and harmless that when I saw it for the first time... I assumed the twist would be malicious. And so instantly I thought Scatman was some brand of bad or evil. Which made him pretty creepy well before I think I finally realized: no twist. Although I still thought the last little kid (the caped adventurer one) was going to die or something. It's pre-Cocoon but Cocoon was better. Except for the racist/xenophobe story, the whole movie is hammy. By comparison, Lithgow could get away with murder. But... you have seen him in Ricochet and Raising Cain, haven't you? Those were formal auditions for 3rd Rock from the Sun compared to this movie (an audition for Footloose). Agreed about the gremlin. HOLY SHIT!!! I never saw him as a kid, you know? I must not have been paying attention. I saw the movie twice on cable and never noticed his face. Maybe it was a bad print or something. Bad reception. Clear as a bell on DVD thought and WOAH!!
Okay, I wish Rose would tone down his reviews. I'm watching his Godzilla review now, and wow, it's about 80 minutes long. Does he really need this much time just for a history lesson?
Edit: I was being way too harsh on Rose, but I do think that he's a little hit or miss with his reviews. But I very much like his Godzilla review. He gets a lot of interesting facts out, AND goes into its critical weight. Thumbs up.
His Godzilla review is actually my favorite one of his, so far. This may be where I personally have just far too different a taste in this stuff than both you and No-Personality, but I actually LIKE the history lesson aspect of his videos. As I've said, "reviews" aren't really the best thing to call these, even if Rose himself inappropriately refers to his videos as reviews. They come off more like retrospectives to me, but in the realm of retrospectives, I like highly detailed videos, and don't really mind the length in them.
The length of the Godzilla review would have bothered me if the whole thing was a slog, but as someone who actually had a genuine interest in everything Rose had to say about the history behind this movie, I never got bored while watching the video, myself.
I'm a little surprise, because I thought he was going to go into greater detail about the franchise, and while he does talk about the later films, Rose primarily sticks to the original, which is what movie he was tackling, and gets into great detail on it.
It's good enough for me to consider picking up the film while Barnes & Noble is having their annual Criterion sale. I love it, but it wasn't THAT high on my list until recently.
I also really want to pick up the original film myself. It shouldn't be too hard or expensive to find online, so I'll get around to that at some point in time when I get the chance.
New mini-review: Piranha 3-D (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvd-shelf-mini-reviews-ep-11-piranha-3-d-6636002)
He has started a new series called Foreign Flix. (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvd-shelf-foreign-flix-ep-1-the-raid-redemption-6639113)
These aren't super-long like his normal episodes; these episodes are about 10 minutes long.
This is David's? When I went on the site the other day, I swore I saw that another reviewer is doing this series.
Quote from: Avaitor on September 09, 2013, 08:26:30 PMThis is David's? When I went on the site the other day, I swore I saw that another reviewer is doing this series.
Yeah, you're right. I didn't watch the video before posting the link.
Yeah, tbh, your average foreign film doesn't seem to be the kind of thing that Rose would be interested in, some obvious exceptions not withstanding.
I'll watch this tomorrow. I'm definitely interested. I also have yet to see the last main DVD Shelf review, as well.
I just watched the first episode of the spin-off series for foreign films. Eh....It's obvious that this new guy doesn't have much experience, yet. He talks a bit too sporadically for my liking, and while it was fine to spend a little bit of time in the beginning to introduce the main concept of the show, he barely spent any time at all covering the movie itself, and failed to get me interested in it the way that David does with his full-length reviews. I'll probably give this guy a chance to come into his own, and maybe check out the next video or two that he posts, but if it still doesn't work out for me, then I'm probably not going to bother with this series at all.
Meanwhile, I still eagerly anticipate David's next main video.
New episode: Falling Down (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelf_fallingdownfinal-6672278)
Quote from: Daikun on September 02, 2013, 04:00:57 PMNew mini-review: Piranha 3-D (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvd-shelf-mini-reviews-ep-11-piranha-3-d-6636002)
A positive review about one of the most pointless remakes ever made? No thanks.
(The original
Piranha is one of the most underrated horror films ever made.)
His Falling Down review should have been 2 separate videos. The first 30 minutes or so is about the film itself, and the rest of the video is about films of a similar theme. I'm fine with that, but it's a bit misleading to call the whole video a review of that one movie. Thanks to the video, though, I am interested in checking out a few movies that I wasn't previously aware of.
New episode is up! (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelfhawaii_final-6931927) :joy:
Well, it certainly took long enough. I'll check it out in about an hour or so.
I hadn't watched of of this guys' reviews before, so I decided to check out his newest episode. Overall, I really enjoyed it. I appreciated how in-depth he went into the backstory of the movies as well as their use and connection to their Hawaiian setting. I thought his thoughts on the movies themselves were concise and qualitative, which was nice since many internet reviewers have a bad tendency to ramble. What most interested me was that it didn't feel like a typical review show, but more like a behind the scenes/travel/information show that'd air on something like the Discovery Channel or something like that. I like those kind of shows, which is probably why I found this video highly entertaining beginning to end despite it's nearly two hour length. I'll try to check out his previous reviews sometime soon.
To call this a review show would be misleading. Most of his videos tend to delve into the history of these movies and how they were made, which I personally find to be fascinating, hence why I like this show so much. His videos tend to be rather lengthy, but I don't mind it because as you said, he tends to stay concise and avoid rambling. My personal favorite review of his is the Godzilla 1954 episode.
The only problem that I have with this show is that it takes forever for a new episode to come out, but it's not hard to see why given the amount of research and editing that David has to do for each new video.
New episode! The Green Hornet (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelfgreenhornet_final_1-7040720)
It was another good review, even though it was for a film that I had no interest in. While I doubt I'd enjoy the film the same way that David did, it was enough to convince me to maybe give it a shot if it runs on TV or something.
As someone who did like the movie for what it was and had just as much knowledge of the source material going into it as David did, I think he did a good job highlighting it's merits and why it's not as bad as a lot of people seem to make it out to be, unlike The Lone Ranger, which was truly poorly-written, irredeemable garbage that had absolutely no respect for it's source material at all.
Belated Halloween episode!
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelf_texaschainsaw-7097726)
Whoa! I'm totally gonna get to this later. Although it make sense that this was belated, since despite being horror, I don't really associate Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Halloween at all. It's a classic summer movie.
Oh, I recently got to see his Hawaii episode, which was fantastic! My only problem with Rose's style of reviewing is how he would focus too much on the history of most of his subjects before and often times after the film he's reviewing in question, which doesn't always correlate to them, so with the limited time he had on the movies here, he went straight for his strengths in critique. There's some great material in there, and I also learned a lot about Hawaii as well. It and Godzilla are among my favorites of his, for sure, although I also give his Batman: The Movie review bonus points for being one of the best overviews on the Adam West series out there.
I actually really admire how much he goes into the history of each film that he reviews so in depth. Admittedly it's not something that everyone will be into, but you can tell how passionate he is about what he reviews, and how much work and research he puts into each video.
Anyways, I watched half of this review, and will watch the other half tomorrow after I get some sleep, but believe it or not I still have yet to see the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and this is really enticing me to finally watch it.
Also, my favorite review of his is definitely Godzilla.
New episode just in time for Christmas!
Bad Santa (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelf_badsanta_final-7130402)
Sweet, I love this movie! Can't wait to see the review.
Belated Robin Williams tribute: Good Morning, Vietnam! (http://blip.tv/dvdshelfmoviereviews/dvdshelf_goodmorningvietnam_final-7142656)
Since Blip is now gone, YouTube is The DVD Shelf's new home.
https://www.youtube.com/user/happydragonpics/videos
He's back! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zju75K3R7Cg) :shakeshakeshake:
New episode!
Stephen King's It (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPRG6ZXTF68)
He updated his Christmas specials episode. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISPnqG7lMkg)
Two new mini-reviews and a normal review!
Someone's Watching Me! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhX5-flvWKE)
Quick Change (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEUDZxVz9NE)
Groundhog Day (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkCKtwkvsCw)
In light of the release of The Lego Batman Movie, Dave lists off his favorite animated Batman movies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQXWfyWFZZI
Two new mini-reviews!
UHF (Blu-Ray update) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3vRSsBH3IQ)
The Compleat Al (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vdhjoc8MG8)
New review!
The Elephant Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuQgDf3AAtY)
Two new mini-reviews!
They Live (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtrBf5kY-R8) (Blu-Ray update)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4STQSSXHm4)
Two new mini-reviews!
World's Greatest Dad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHR-9OwGtmY) (Blu-Ray update)
Death to Smoochy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrOtu6cA4A)
Returns in 2019! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLyc0IlTeXQ)
Returns May 20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJdJmNcPYUo)
Returned, as promised!
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON7qaHQUeLo)
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpS7Y5D14XI)
David has launched his new series: Vintage Showcase!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V62zVr_nAm4
Double Feature: Freaked and Nothing But Trouble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi5hBuG3JNs
David's 20 favorite Summer movies (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO1SKiR6fKs
Wow. I'm behind.
Summer Movies Part 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgGb_7pb1DU)
The Cable Guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8lqFrUuWAY)
Big Trouble in Little China (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwVcWLdiQOk)
Double Feature: WNUF Halloween Special and Ghostwatch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMhhsoJJtyU)
John Hughes Double Feature: Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Dutch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNNylxt2EK4)
Black Christmas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt1kbDe_Q00)
Ten MORE Christmas Specials (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zoZ2nVc9b8)
A Christmas Story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVOIR8CQRp8)
Krampus (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekcGJjvWZkI)
Dave is ending The DVD Shelf. He sent out a PM to all his Patrons.