Line #18 Awesome/StuartAshen


1	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYwLGYVrUn4&feature=feedu An Exciting Supernatural Opportunity!]] in which Ashens basically analyzes and tears apart a spiritual con artists' junk mail. It helps that the man is a Doctor of Psychology, so he knows the tricks being used and how susceptible certain people would be. This PrecisionFStrike sums it up:
2	--> You astonishingly vile fuck.
3	* Occasionally he'll find something that impresses him, and these moments are awesome not for Ashens but for the product he's using. Examples include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SK7FRDWGIw Chef Tony's Smart Lids]] which worked so well that Stuart actually began to use them on a regular basis[[note]](though he later admitted in a livestream that it stopped working after going in the microwave a few times)[[/note]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojatBoMZubk&t=15m05s the CybikoExtreme's racing game]] with easy-to-handle controls and smooth 3D graphics ''on an LCD screen on a texting device made in the year 2000.''
4	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC22h8h2vco#t=16m00s PopStation watch 9]], Stuart complains about how the music for one game (Submarine Invasion) has been remixed rather poorly. He then starts the game, and the "level start" fanfare plays. After that...
5	--> '''Stuart:''' My goodness, that music was quite exciting and actually fit what was going on!
6	* [[https://youtu.be/UXVWiHEDe4M?t=140 The destruction of a cheap dinosaur skeleton toy.]]
7	* His completely random blowtorching of a wrestling action figure at the end of the Kinder Surprise Poundland Special.
8	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbQXeH97NE Game King Showcase]]. ''How'' was he able to read all those BlindIdiotTranslation plots, in that epic voice, without bursting into laughter? (More than likely a large number of takes.)
9	* Stuart destroys a Franchise/StarWars Storm Trooper figurine in a press while [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GyVG2_cUng rattling off everything bad to come out of Star Wars and its prequels.]]
10	--> [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises Your punishment must be more severe]].
11	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vv8wfV5LPI&t=7m29s The Shelf of Battle]]
12	* While [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aCeg-EbOAI reviewing a Tomy Racing Turbo toy]], it gets broken at one point. In the following video, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDNIQQYocPs dismantles it]] and actually manages to fix it in the process.
13	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OLzgsommc Horrible Histories Mystery Bag]].
14	--> '''Ashens:''' Execute ''that'', you [[PrecisionFStrike fucker]].
15	* [[NauseaFuel Disgusting though it is]], Ashens eating the food he reviews. This isn't really towards foreign food, but rather the stuff that came from shady places or have a really bad reputation. This includes the stuff from Poundland [[note]]people avoid buying bootlegged food from that place (as well as Dollar Cashier and Dollarama) since they came from places like China, which may contain very harmful chemicals[[/note]] (the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpIVAzPdQMo Instant Cupcake]] and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJgHZya3qR4 Delicious Mallows]]), the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2UsLamksB4 Bean Boozled Jellybeans (with Dan)]] or the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVza_AnhQ3E Whole Chicken in a Can]], which the latter is considered to be the most vile thing he reviewed thus far. Considering he has to risk himself getting sick just for the sake of a review, it shows how brave that man is.
16	** Double-awesome when it ends up being something he genuinely likes despite the dubious nature. Like the Chicken Tika Hot Pot, the Korean Brocoli Juice or the aforementioned Delicious Mallows.
17	** Special mention goes to the foodstuffs that are [[WayPastTheExpirationDate years, if not decades out of date]], though for understandable reasons he usually only takes a tiny nibble out them if he tastes them at all. The gold winner is probably the bottle of olives that were ''180 years old'' when the episode was filmed; though he refused to put them anywhere near his mouth [[NobodysThatDumb for obvious reasons]], just the fact that he managed to feature food that was literally OlderThanRadio is pretty awesome in its own right.
18	* Watching Ashens [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z14SlZ1i7rc violently mangle]] a dancing [[TheScrappy Jar Jar Binks]] is ''extremely'' gratifying for anyone who was less than pleased with the way the prequels went down. Not much of a surprise, since Ashens himself is a long-time fan of the original trilogy, judging by another video where he used a flat hand press to destroy a rubber Stormtrooper.
19	* The first Ashenscast for Stand Up To Cancer achieved 106% of its donation goal... ''Before he started talking''. He finished with well over 1200%, totalling upward of 6000 pounds.
20	* His [[TakeThat epic trashing]] of the ''Hareraiser'' games for the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum in his lecture ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouvi-fwrfIY Hareraiser (The Worst Game Ever)]].'' Especially awesome is his closing remark, considering the many controversies in modern gaming such as DLC, pre-order bonuses and the like.
21	--> For [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo £17.90]] ([[CrackIsCheaper for purchasing]] ''two games'', ''Hareraiser: Prelude'' and ''Hareraiser: Finale'') you got [[ObviousBeta a few lines of BASIC code]], where a few years previously you could pay far less for [[Literature/{{Masquerade\|1979}} a book full of beautiful art]]... So, in these days of [[RevenueEnhancingDevices dubious]] [[PreOrderBonus "pre-order bonuses"]] and [[VersionExclusiveContent parts of games]] being held back for [[DownloadableContent DLC]], do take some solace in the fact that you are at least getting a ''game'', and not receiving... well, for want of a better description, some random bunch of tree pictures as part of an [[GetRichQuickScheme iffy get-rich-quick scam]] from [[SnakeOilSalesman a bunch of cheaters.]] And ''that'' is why I think that ''Hareraiser'' is the worst game ever.
22	* Towards the end of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHbd_1NVu4 Poundland Father's Day Special]], Ashens showcases a moment of awesome for Poundland with their response to a tweet made by [=ThamesLink=].

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