Same.
I have little patience for rants (I refuse to dignify it by calling it a "critique") of this nature in the first place. 5 minutes is generally the most I give it. The fact that this rant has been separated across four videos means that I don't even have the patience to watch 5 seconds of it.
Well, given that you haven't even seen it, you wouldn't know if it's just a rant. It brings up a lot of valid points, and EQG is full of flaws which is why the review is so long.
I saw the first video before I went to work today. Yeah, the tone seems to remain pretty consistently condescending to not only the movie, but to the people watching. It's snarky to the point that I can't tell if the tone is supposed to be genuine or not.
Hell, even the "compliment" to the premise is used to bitch about things like "Why don't we see very much of the human world?" and "Why doesn't Twilight make a remark about how different Equestria is than the alternate world on destiny?" and "Well why doesn't she stay with one of the mane 6?" Personally, I think that while it could be interesting to see these ideas, I don't see how they detract from what the movie is.
Yeah, I'm aware that the review points out other perceived flaws. I'd argue against them more, but I only watched the review once. The thing is, other than complimenting the premise (which is just an excuse to bash the movie for being different than how the reviewer would write/imagine scenes), the "critique" doesn't really give the movie much credit for...anything.
Oh yeah, there was something along the lines of "Twilight concealed her true motive in the beginning, and that makes the reveal to the alternate friends invalid." Oh yeah, because concealing truth has NEVER been used to drive or justify a story/conflict on MLP (or in TV/movies in general).
I dunno, I haven't seen the entire set of videos, but so far the tone (and arguments themselves) aren't really compelling me to watch the rest. Shit, the only reason I think I might watch them (if I do) is out of curiosity.
Actually, if I recall the first video snidely says "But we still have dolls to sell." after bashing the idea that the movie gives itself a reason to have a story. I have a hard time believing/accepting that it actually used that argument on a franchise that's merchandise driven. It was one of the bigger things that made me wonder if this was supposed to be a parody of snobby fans or not. If it was genuine, I think it's a good indication to the reviewer's likely attitude to the movie before it was even released.
