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I'm not just talking about say video games, but tv shows, movies, music and pretty much everything. Most mass media critics are trash cause their job is to criticize mass media and break down mass media into determining whether or not it's a enjoyable experience. However the problem with most mass media critics nowadays is they feel as though they're the ones who determine what constitutes as a good movie.

tv, television, movie, internet critics suck cause most of them try to gatekeep and think they're the ones that determine what the public considers "good"

Mass media critics are a joke with their inflated one-sided opinions and their knowledge on certain topics as if they've not watched/played/listened/read/ate what they're reviewing. It's the experience the reviewer has that can determine the outcome of the review, which is why alot of people hate alot of "reliable" critics because they make it seem like they didn't appreciate what was given to them or reviewed the item without giving it time imo. I usually prefer to read random people or certain youtuber's (like videogamedunkey and his dunkviews for example) or I'll just dive into the specific media myself and determine if I like it or not than reading someone saying that they liked/hated the media they reviewed.

This isn't actually true. I feel like people never actually listen to what these people say before they get all pissed at them for criticizing their media. I am no fan of Anita's video game criticism, but in every video she made, she said that its ok to enjoy problematic media, and enjoying problematic media doesn't make you a bad person.In fact, I don't recall any person saying that liking a bad film / media / video game makes you a bad person.

The literal most I've seen of this is people thinking people who like loli shit are pedophiles.

It's not that they criticize what people like and more the way in which they go about it. The review style of a lot of critics feels like they're lowkey implying that anyone who likes what they dont like are unintelligent or casuals or some shit. It's most apparent when they attack other reviewers for praising things they hated.

The crux of the issue is that they (along with most people) can't differentiate between an objective claim and a subjective one, and instead of seeing their opinions for what they, just opinions, they instead start treating them like facts. I dont care if you rip apart something i enjoyed, i really don't, but i do care when you try to make me feel stupid or tastetless for liking it.

I just wanna say that in this thread one of the big points we're discussing is why you shouldn't dog other people for having different opinions than you. With this spirit in mind i think its kind of unfair that bubblegum was downvoted just for not agreeing with everyone else in the thread.

But adding more since i was too busy to before. There are a few reviewers i'm finding myself drawn to because they can provide in depth analysis and critique without making you feel shitty. One of them is Lindsey Ellis who used to go by the title nostalgia chick. I'd suggest checking her out.

I think one of the worst reviewers who i can think of that displays the negative traits i listed was a guy named thatanimesnob on youtube.

I'm honestly glad I'm fucking no longer watching people like Doug Walker or Mr Enter like I unironically did when I was like, 12. Most Internet Critics are arrogant morons who have zero actual idea how their medium works aside from the fact they've consumed a lot of works in that medium. They try to toxically control their fans to vomit their fucking opinions everywhere & villanize people with opinions that aren't their own or those with basic independent thought.

Funny enough considering I remember numerous times both my above examples verbally abused anyone they criticized for making stuff that wasn't to their one-sided tastes yet when they got criticized they deemed them as no more than 'trolls' & did the same things they did to the people they criticized in their reviews oh and pretty much now zero people take Mr. Enter as anything more than a fucking Oversensitive Idiot who's own biases about humor, writing things in a certain fashion, etc completely dictate any actual objective analysis about animation & Doug Walker recently got exposed as a Greedy Narcissist who has done utterly shady garbage & also neither have any actual talent in creating the mediums the mediums they talk about.

Oh and don't even get me started on other examples I could have used like Lily Peet, Spoony, Moviebob, Cinemasins, etc.

I still watch some reviews on the internet but the only critics I have any actual fucking time for anymore are either the ones who actually analyze or have some actual credibility in the mediums they talk about or at least are humble & humorous throughout their videos, sometimes there's a bit of both [Anim8ball, Pieguyrulz, pan-pizza, accursed farms,PBG, Brutalmoose & Recently Quinton Reviews]

I'm planning on making reviews myself but more or less expect it to be far more analysis-like with some occassional dark & down to earth jokes.

Mass media critics have a wide platform to screech their disdain for whatever the fuck they find offensive. It's no different than tirades I, you or anyone else has gone on except they're heard by the masses and not a few lurkers. This whole thread is the exact same shit they do except for an audience that puts money in their pockets. Are you better than these people? Absolutely. You're not trying to impress anyone by writing this nor will you earn cash for it so it's a genuine opinion you hold.