Line #17 WebVideo/WhatWeHadToWatch


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3	''What We Had to Watch'' is a video {{review}} series written by and starring Garrett Snook, aka Il Neige (formerly DJ Il Neige), who reviews [[SoOkayItsAverage mediocre]] movies of the last 10-20 years, generally movies kids of the 00’s would have grown up with, as opposed to the Internet’s usual fixation on nostalgic 80’s and 90’s media. [[FollowTheLeader Citing influences]] from various current and former contributors of Website/ChannelAwesome, Il Neige takes them down with a good sense of humor and dry commentary along the way. You can also watch his work on Website/{{Geekvision}} and Website/TheAgonyBooth.
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5	His Website/YouTube page, containing mirror uploads of many of his older reviews, as well as a few Vlog videos, can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/user/DJilneige here]]. He was added as a producer to Website/ChannelAwesome during their talent search in 2014, then left the site in April 2018. He had also set up his own [[https://vid.me/IlNeige Vidme account]], but it is effectively defunct after the site shut down.
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7	Though he didn't upload a proper review in a few years for the series, Neige official ended the series in mid-2019, announcing he was just going to focus on his music parodies, although he hasn't made any significant updates on his channel for over a year. He's also created the theme song for WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall's Late Night Double Feature section.
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9	!!Relevant tropes:
10	* AbortedArc: A few.
11	** Initially, he called himself "DJ Il Neige," which was a reference to how he wanted to review musicals. However, when he realized that wouldn't leave him with a lot of films to review, he dropped that part of his act.
12	** In 2013, Neige made an announcement video after his ''Pokemon Movie 3'' review talking about plans he had for "Season 2," naming several movies he had in the works to do reviews on (including the third ''Twilight'' film, ''Dragonball Evolution,'' and ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets''). He then cancelled these plans at some point after due to how his real life schedule had overtaken his ability and want to write, shoot, and edit said reviews due to having graduated college and got a job in video editing, as well as his real life musical career still being a thing. He subsequently did his ''Pokemonth'' reviews and reviews of the first ''Spongebob'' movie that was teased a few times in previous reviews, ''Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children'' (the original theatrical release), and a defense video of ''Dragonball Evolution'' (one of the movies he promised to review as part of "season 2" years prior) before hanging it all up in 2019 to focus primarily on his song parodies. Although, he also promised to do a video on the later editions of ''Advent Children'' at the end of that video that never came to fruition for some reason.
13	** His joining of Channel Awesome in 2015 seemed to signal he'd be doing more regular reviews again, but he didn't produce a lot of them afterwards. And after the [=#ChangeTheChannel=] controversy in 2018 cause him and many other reviewers on the site to leave, this didn't come to fruition.
14	* AffectionateParody: The April Fool's Day video is one for [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Film Brain]].
15	* BerserkButton: Characters that he deems as loud, obnoxious and overall [[TheLoad useless]] characters that function solely as lame comic relief, especially Goon from ''WesternAnimation/TitanAE'', Mole from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Snails from ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'', Louis from ''Film/KangarooJack'', and BEN from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet''.
16	* BilingualBonus: Though the name isn't really related to his review style or content, "il neige" is French for "it snows".
17	* TheCameo: He did one in the crossover of WebVideo/TheRapCritic and Creator/MarcMues.
18	** He also has a small role in the Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda [[FanFilm fan film]] [[WebVideo/TheLegendOfZeldaTheSageOfDarkness The Sage of Darkness]], where he plays Link's father.
19	** He appears in Episode 6 of [[Creator/ApolloZHack The Reviewaverse Saga]], leading the "Topia Wing" in the battle against GEAR.
20	** He has a recurring guest role on ''WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera'', alongside [[WebVideo/TheIdiotsLantern The Wire]] and [[WebVideo/RBGProductions Spazzmaster]].
21	** He also makes a cameo in WebVideo/TheUnusualSuspect's reviews of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers'', ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
22	* UsefulNotes/BritishAccents: Affects one in some of his reviews that have British characters to parody situations they're in with jokes. Notably affects one in his review of ''Snakes on a Plane'' to signal Film Brain having taken over his body, though it's not the same one Matthew Buck usually speaks in, nor does he get the delivery down quite right.
23	* CausticCritic: Mostly subverted. While he is quick to point out flaws in a movie and tear them a new one, he is willing to acknowledge when he feels they might get something right.
24	* DullSurprise: In his own review of the ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'' movie, he points out that even the bad acting from high guardswoman with the "armor nipples of doom" can't top Creator/ThoraBirch as the Empress.
25	** Later pariodied in his April Fool's Day video, where the character goes through an identity crisis and a split personality tries to give Il Neige a HannibalLecture about his "lack of originality," but thankfully, Il Neige does snap out of his HeroicBSOD.
26	** He criticizes this as a serious flaw of the ''WebVideo/TheHeroOfTime'' FanFilm. He feels that the acting for Link is either being too overly dramatic when it isn't appropriate, or underselling his reactions to the point of coming off as bored or lacking any emotions.
27	* GoshDangItToHeck: Minus some minor examples, Neige tends to not use swear words much. Even censoring himself, like in his ''Yugioh: The Movie'' review where he says, "Then this kid (Yugi) came around and effed it all up."
28	* {{Infodump}}: Isn't too impressed with how the ''WebVideo/TheHeroOfTime'' film does this in regards to its exposition, feeling that it relies too heavily on people having prior knowledge of the Zelda series to be understandable, while being much harder to get into if you're completely unfamiliar with the terminology of the franchise.
29	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: It gets broken very easily, and Il Neige is constantly in danger from explosions, fires and other weapons that come out the screen.
30	* MauveShirt: Points out how this wasn't handled well in ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' in the scene when the other characters just sum up their life stories immediately after the big action scene without giving the audience a chance to attach themselves to the characters first.
31	-->'''Il Neige:''' "Honestly, the leviathan could've killed off any one of these characters, and I wouldn't miss any of them because I didn't know anything about them."
32	* MoneyDearBoy[[invoked]]: Il Neige theorizes that this is why many good actors took on the bad roles in their films.
33	-->'''Il Neige:''' ''[concerning Jeremy Irons' [[LargeHam over-the-top performance]] in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'']'': "Okay, [[SincerityMode no joke]], I think he [Jeremy Irons] was just wasted. I do. I think at this point in production, Irons was so fed up that he just got progressively more drunk while he waited for his paycheck."
34	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: During the ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'' review.
35	-->'''Il Neige:''' ''[in regard to Mr. Nebercracker]'' Just die already! Just die just die just die!
36	-->[[spoiler: Nebercracker apparently dies]]
37	-->'''Il Neige:''' Oh god, what have I done?
38	* NostalgiaFilter: Somewhat subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' review - the things he liked as a kid, he started to take issue with as an adult, and vice versa.
39	* ObviouslyEvil: Literally points this out with Commander Rourke in ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.
40	* PetPeeveTrope:
41	** EasilyForgiven: In regard to Jim forgiving Silver in ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' despite the latter betraying him, Il Neige himself took issue with how happy this ending came off in comparison to the more BittersweetEnding in the [[Literature/TreasureIsland source material]] and other adaptations, like ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''.
42	* PoesLaw: His Nintendo Song is meant to be a satire of people who deride Nintendo for being samey, yet absolutely praise [[Franchise/AssassinsCreed certain]] [[VideoGame/CallOfDuty non-Nintendo]] [[VideoGame/MaddenNFL franchises]] that [[{{Hypocrite}} do the exact same thing, but worse]]. That said, there were some who didn't get the joke.
43	* RunningGag: [[UnusualEuphemism Cheesecake]], usage of ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' quotes ("Do a barrel roll!") and [[BreakingTheFourthWall his fourth wall barrier getting broken]].
44	** Another in his ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'' review of not even bothering to get TheDragon's name correct, from calling him Didgeridoo, Daisy Dukes and ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution''.
45	** Anytime the characters pull off some crazy stunt, he yells, "EXTREME!!!" to a guitar riff.
46	* ShamelessSelfPromotion: His review of ''[[WebVideo/TheLegendOfZeldaTheSageOfDarkness The Sage of Darkness]]'' may have been motivated by the fact that it was made by his friends, and he has a bit part in it. Nonetheless, he claims to have been impartial.
47	* SharedUniverse: Becoming a Channel Awesome reviewer made him part of the Reviewaverse, though the cameos and crossovers helped beforehand.
48	* ShirtlessScene: In Rap Critic and Creator/MarcMues' first crossover.
49	* ShownTheirWork: Especially in the Top 10 Fictional Bands list.
50	* ShotForShotRemake: An element that he feels actively harms the ''WebVideo/TheHeroOfTime'' fan film, especially since he notes that it's applied very inconsistently, being so devoted to getting certain elements of the story nearly beat for beat with the game it's based on to the point of taking up a lot of screentime, while simultaneously not fleshing out the elements that Ocarina of Time overlooked in a compelling manner. Also zigzagged in that he notes that the unique elements are also weirdly utilized in a way that doesn't gel very well with the faithful parts, leading to a far less coherent film.
51	* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[WebVideo/RBGProductions Spazz]] says this when he's about to beat the [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown British]] out of Il Neige. His answer [[{{Catchphrase}} Oh come on]]!
52	* {{SpitTake}}: In the Kangaroo Jack review, the main characters and Il Neige partake in this after hearing what the main characters are drinking will make their testicles fall off.
53	* UnusualEuphemism: Cheesecake for anytime there's {{Fanservice}} on screen.
54	* ViewersAreMorons: He especially hates it when works aimed at kids talk down to their audience and/or are condenscending in manner (such as the musical segments being mediocre to bad just because they're aimed at children).
55	* WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: Whenever his fourth wall gets broken.
56	* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: {{Invoked}}. Points this out whenever a movie that's supposed to be aimed at children has either copious amounts of FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, [[VulgarHumor vulgar jokes]], or both.
57	-->''[after a crude joke was made]'' '''Il Neige:''' "Film/KangarooJack - an action comedy for the entire family!"
58	* WorldOfWeirdness: Set in the Reviewaverse, allowing a bunch of weirdness.

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