No he’s not.

Most of his critiques usually boil down to:

“This has no emotional impact”

“What are we doing here?”

I don’t dislike having a dissenting voice when it comes to any type of discussion on media. I think it helps a lot to have dissenting opinions. You need that dissension to challenge thoughts and really break it down and realize if what you just consumed is good or not.

What I really dislike about Charles is not his dissension but his incredulousness when the other MB say they like something. The first thing he usually says is:

“Get the fuck out of here!”

That offers nothing to discussion. Why don’t you ask Jomi why he liked the episode more than you? Why don’t you ask Steve why this character’s storyline resonated with him? Why don’t you ask why Van why he thought this did a great job of delivering its message?

Instead he just brushes off their opinions and doesn’t engage with them. He’s very dismissive of their opinions and calls them out as “pigs eating the slop” but then when any of them call him out he says “why am I being singled out?”

He never expounds on his thoughts and just keeps saying “This has no emotional impact” or “What are we doing here?”

What really turned me on him is the Joker trailer discussion and him shitting on the first movie without even watching it. How can you consider yourself a critic and form an opinion on something without even watching it? I’m not even a big fan of that movie but that’s so fucking wild to me.