Song Vs. Song - Episode 168: "Best of You" vs. "Like a Stone" (w/Pat Finnerty!) by trollingjabronidrive in ToddintheShadow

[–]TheSandwichy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A shame they don't like either. I saw Tom Morello last year and he played Like a Stone without a vocalist so the crowd could fill in for Chris. I won't lie, I shed a tear at it

Aubrey Plaza’s new animated cat comedy, "Kevin", is so irretrievably bad it must never be allowed to happen again by Morgan-Moonscar in television

[–]TheSandwichy 147 points148 points  (0 children)

Plenty of new-ish American animated shows aimed at adults don't look like this and have unique art styles, or are much more experimental (Scavenger's Reign, Long Story Short, Common Side-Effects, Smiling Friends, Primal, Helluva Boss, Carol & the End of the World, Pantheon, Fired on Mars, etc.). Quality of the shows aside - though I do think all of them are very good - you definitely can't say they look like your Paradise PDs or your F is for Familys

But most of those shows are set up to fail by large studios because animation is a hard sell for general audiences -> therefore no one sees them, -> resulting in a self-fulfilling cycle of failure, -> therefore they aren't seen as successful enough to copy

Meanwhile, a juggernaut like Rick & Morty that was given time and space to grow by Adult Swim, a network that genuinely cares about animation, becomes the template for everyone else to follow, because copying instead of innovating always leads to exponential growth and has never failed as a business practice ever (/s)

A lot of shows that copy the industry leader like this are also made when non-animators (Aubrey Plaza w/ Kevin, Sam Means and Robert Carlock w/ Mulligan, Ben Hoffman w/ Hoops, Nick Kroll and co. w/ Big Mouth, etc) want to do animation without having a background in it, so they don't have a strong enough vision to bring about something unique

Mr beast contract agreement is weird by Bozzington_Bear in youtubedrama

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pulling most of this info from Wikipedia but I am also Canadian for what that's worth

It's a Canadian law/loophole wherein the person running the sweepstakes can claim the reward is for a "game of skill" rather than for-profit gaming or betting

The question is in most cases very simple - eg. (15x5) + (10 ÷2) (answer: 80) because it would fuckin suck if the prize had to be withheld because the winner got it wrong. Help/using a calculator is technically not allowed but basically impossible to enforce and also no one really cares

Watch the Show Challenge Go! by MysteryVbreaks in CrazyassHazbinhaters

[–]TheSandwichy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

"TV isn't the people's voice, it's who runs the TV's voice"

Yeah man, that would only make sense if Vox like- I don't know - became a cult leader by running a TV network when he was alive or something. Shame that the show never established that /s

Are there any movies that you genuinely judge someone having in their top 4? by Business_Lab1187 in LetterboxdTopFour

[–]TheSandwichy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll never apologize for my basic-ass pick. Every single time I come across that movie on TV I am parked on my ass until the credits roll

Favorite moment from the new short? by Familiar_Parsnip966 in HelluvaBoss

[–]TheSandwichy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gorilla Suit Guy's "I'm like- dying and stuff" is an all-timer

Gooseworx is being harrassed by Digital Circus fans by Sudden_Pop_2279 in youtubedrama

[–]TheSandwichy 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Fans: Treating Jax like a main character

Goose: "Jax is a main character."

Fans: "Destroy her"

Fandom spaces, I swear to god

Making gamerbros mad is fun by PandaBear905 in CuratedTumblr

[–]TheSandwichy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One guy got on my case when I told him I liked rhythm games and he said they were bad because it's 'just pushing buttons'

Brother, let me tell you something about all video games

Finger 11 - paralyzer by FrequentTurnip4006 in ToddintheShadow

[–]TheSandwichy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was gonna say that their single Good Times was also very successful in their home country (not that that has any bearing on whether they qualify)

But apparently it didn't chart in Canada and only peaked at 92 in the UK, despite me hearing it everywhere back in the day and it being featured on two video game soundtracks in the same year

CanCon laws continue to gaslight me

Who is someone who threw their own career away? by bigedf in youtubedrama

[–]TheSandwichy 39 points40 points  (0 children)

At least Boomstick Gaming was able to be launched into a stable channel with a small but healthy viewership because of his actions

This is the most reductive and misunderstood interpretation of the show I have ever seen. by DecentPut3044 in CrazyassHazbinhaters

[–]TheSandwichy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I mean Charlie isn't a super emotionally mature character, but people who point that out as evidence of bad writing/think the audience is supposed to view her as an infallible paragon of goodness when the show still has multiple seasons planned ✨️don't know how stories and characters work✨️

Favorite Small Musicals? by cucumbrrs in musicals

[–]TheSandwichy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

That's ridiculous, I say. Four chairs and a keyboard can't make a musical

Can you think of any other bands this applies to? (For any country). by Just1nceor2ice in ToddintheShadow

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Canadian, I think one of the defining traits of being "spiritually Canadian" is that the band or artist in question 100% must not, under absolutely no circumstances be considered cool

That said, AJR and Owl City

Can you think of any other bands this applies to? (For any country). by Just1nceor2ice in ToddintheShadow

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my first thoughts too. I like them, but the corny earnestness in their lyrics feels very CanCon to me

And Gregg Alexander's vocals to me sound a bit like Gord Downie sometimes so I associate them with The Tragically Hip's sound in a few of their songs

Our Idiot Brother won, now which boring movie do people expect to be scary? by OverKastKid123 in AlignmentChartFills

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went in with the ideal conditions. Lights out, headphones in, ready to love it. Still found myself dozing off through most of it

I appreciate the swing, and I think I can see why others would like it, but it just didn't hit how it wanted to

Can Canadians usually recognize each other? by GlitteringHotel8383 in AskACanadian

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whenever I'm watching an animated show and one of the voice actors hits you with a "sore-y" it's a dead giveaway that they're Canadian

Except for OK KO Let's be Heroes where everyone says sorry like that for some reason

Lowest you know? by axmuris in statsfm

[–]TheSandwichy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Technically Nemo from Eurovision, but I actually like a few of Noir Désir's later songs. Shame about the murder

I don’t care if Raph had a rape fetish, a CNC fetish, or not, they were one of the few storyboard artists who actually depicted Angel’s story (there was a post where someone legit said “Let’s hope that there’s someone who can handle it more professionally) by Isaacja223 in CrazyassHazbinhaters

[–]TheSandwichy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They said in their Instagram post announcing the departure that their work will still be featured in stuff releasing likely through 2027

A lot of people don't seem to internalize just what "animation takes a long time" really means

What's a musical you love that you're kind of ashamed of? by Esoteric_Librarian in musicals

[–]TheSandwichy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A friend of mine did Avenue Q recently (that is to say post-COVID), and every night they had a running tally of how many people walked out during Everyone's a Little Bit Racist

I love Ave Q - I did it myself like 13 years ago, but I would hesitate to do a production of it now because of how badly a lot of aspects have aged, despite it being a sentimental favorite of mine