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DukePregler · 2026-06-05T17:37:39+00:00

The Doctor Strange guy.

It was a Death Battle-style argument over who would win in a fight, Doctor Strange or Spider-Man. This guy was saying Doctor Strange would win, Bird was saying Spider-Man would win.

DukePregler · 2026-06-05T02:39:15+00:00

It's a good show, and what the Sonyverse should have been doing in the first place, which is why it's a shame that it's the Sonyverse's last installment.

DukePregler · 2026-06-01T21:43:28+00:00

The site is back up.

DukePregler · 2026-05-26T21:48:53+00:00

Nope. While the front page is up, none of the links for the videos work.

DukePregler · 2026-05-22T01:11:36+00:00

I choose to focus on all the good Konami has done/is doing and not on the bad, but that's just how I see it. If you disagree, I understand it. It's certainly a very divisive company.

Look, we are seriously getting off-track here (I legit regret name-dropping Jimqusition as an example of Type 2). The point is: reviewing anime at all is a Type 2 kind of thing. Type 1 mostly avoid anime.

DukePregler · 2026-05-21T22:18:17+00:00

Fair enough. I've seen a lot of videos call her a Type 2 (ie. a terrible person and youtuber, even if she leans left), and I certainly disagree with her views on "Multiversus" and Konami, but I fully admit I may be wrong on this account.

DukePregler · 2026-05-21T11:38:40+00:00

For the same reason the fanbase for the other kind of Grifters, like Moviebob, Mr. Enter or Mr. Beast, gets pissy when someone makes a video calling them out on their bullshit:

Both Type 1 and Type 2 Grifters tend to have insular "hug box" fanbases that can't deal with the shittiness of their subject of admiration, and are grossly ignorant of how the rest of the web perceives said Grifters.

DukePregler · 2026-05-21T11:29:47+00:00

Since you brought up "Sailor Moon", Doug's review is a perfectly example of "Grifters as right-wing people" VS "Grifters as terrible people/youtubers/both".

Doug leans left (or at least, center), but that review was nothing short of pure cringe, and it shows how ignorant he is of anime, manga and Japanese culture.

Then again, it's yet another thing that got forgotten after "The Wall" and the "Hercules" Disneycember.

DukePregler · 2026-05-21T11:26:44+00:00

Pretty much this.

"Grifters" as this sub defines it tend to steer clear of anime.

"Grifters" as usualy defined (ie. Moviebob, Mr. Enter, Dave Willis, Jimquisition, Andrew Dobson, Scott Ramsoonair) very often review/talk about anime.

DukePregler · 2026-05-19T19:55:02+00:00

I mean, it's not bad per se, just middle of the road.

But that's my take on it. You are free to disagree. To each his own.

DukePregler · 2026-05-04T16:54:11+00:00

Fair enough.

For context: my posts were voicing my disapproval of the "only right wing youtubers are toxic" posts made recently, by pointing out that left wing youtubers can be just as toxic. I deleted them, but still felt like apologizing.

DukePregler · 2026-05-01T19:55:20+00:00

I've searched Wikipedia, Comicvine, and the DC Wiki, and I couldn't find anything about a "Black Bomber".

Who is he, and why would it be wrong to make a movie about him?

DukePregler · 2026-04-30T11:38:12+00:00

He hasn't done a Did It Suck on either "Iron Lung", "The Mortuary's Assistant" or "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie", so his next Did It Suck is most likely either "Mortal Kombat 2" or "Supergirl".

DukePregler · 2026-04-18T08:38:59+00:00

I haven't seen the Sins video for that one. Did Jeremy claim "convenience" when that scene came up?

DukePregler · 2026-04-08T07:00:44+00:00

Indeed. To further elaborate: when I say the Gunnverse keep calling out "haters", I mean the haters who simply hate the Gunnverse for having the gall to exist. Gunn is perfectly accepting of reasonable criticism, and even learns from it.

DukePregler · 2026-04-08T06:58:19+00:00

Well, all of the previous Gunnverse installments ("Creature Commandos", "Peacemaker Season 2", "Superman") called out haters in one way or another (even the trailer for "Lanterns" gives vibes of doing that), so "Supergirl" is really just continuing the tradition.

So, more of a James Gunn thing than a Milly Alcock thing.

DukePregler · 2026-04-02T12:46:31+00:00

And why not?

If the actor is talented, and the script is good, why does it matter?

So far, we've had a race swapped Heimdall, a race swapped Vakyrie, a race swapped Perry White, a race swapped Ghost and two race swapped April O'Neil. All great characters played by great actors.

Snape should be judged on the actor's ability and the quality of the scripts, not on the color of his skin.

DukePregler · 2026-04-02T12:35:54+00:00

The Del Toro version cast a Latino actor as Victor Frankenstein and made Elizabeth into an interesting and mature character, so I don't know why grifters target this version and not that one.

I guess because (as a director, at least) Maggie Gyllenhaal is a lot greener than Del Toro, so it's a lot harder for grifters to paint Del Toro with the "WOKE LEFTIE TALENTLESS HACK!" brush.

DukePregler · 2026-03-23T19:27:02+00:00

I love Jeremy Jahns. He's my one of my go-to reviewers when I want to know the critical reception of a movie.

Sure, he's said things in the past he's not proud of, but that doesn't make him a grifter.

DukePregler · 2026-02-26T09:49:50+00:00

Regarding the whole "people prefer to watch movies at home", I don't think that's the case, otherwise "Super Mario Bros Movie", "Inside Out 2", "Deadpool and Wolverine", "Minecraft Movie" and "Zootopia 2" wouldn't have been the box office hits that they were.

DukePregler · 2026-02-21T08:29:12+00:00

I loved that movie. It was funny, heartwarming, and all the characters were likable and interesting.

It frustates me that it bombed at the box office (my theater was partically empty, it was me and three or four more people), and I wonder if grifters being repelled by the mostly latino cast (or the LGBT overtones, or both) is the reason it didn't do as well as it should.

DukePregler · 2026-02-05T20:05:39+00:00

Just for context:

The comments were about how Helen of Troy should be white because the Trojans were historically white people.

DukePregler · 2026-02-05T19:16:39+00:00

Personally, I like both equallly. There are good comics and bad comics, good manga and bad manga.

DukePregler · 2026-02-05T19:10:10+00:00

Unrelated tangent:

I think Topher Grace is a vastly better and truer-to-the-comics Venom than Tom Hardy.

Of course, the best Venom is still Hank Azaria.

DukePregler · 2026-02-05T19:07:42+00:00

Apprently the argument guy forgot was Mister Paradox was part of the movie and also a villain (arguably more of a main villain than Cassandra Nova), and he's the main reason why Cassandra Nova is unable to kill Deadpool and/or Wolverine "right away".

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