The Mysterious Mr. Enter

Ugh...

So why's he feel the need to take on Legend of Korra? I've heard some people say the show had a case of Sequelitis, but I really don't know enough to say myself.

During his recent Totally Spies reviews he mentioned that show would probably make somewhere in his top 10 shows he hates but other people like?

I think The Legend of Korra is his numero uno pick for that list and chances are he's making the video just to elaborate on his personal opinions about it and why he doesn't like it as much as others.

I've heard plenty of people complain about Korra's first season even when it came out. I wasn't super into it myself from the few episodes I watched, so I never finished it.

I've heard it doesn't actually get good until Season 3, but the sheer bile I've seen people give it is really off-putting from what I've observed.

I liked Legend of Korra fine. For me, it was season 2 that was my least favorite because Unalaq just felt like a retread of Tarrlok. It even got to the point where I was seriously wondering if we'd ever have a villain who wasn't a waterbender. Fortunately, seasons 3 and 4 gave us an evil airbender and an evil earthbender (as well as the first female big bad in the franchise).

My only other real issue with the show was Naga. She didn't really have a purpose besides being Appa 2.0. See, in the original series, Appa had a good reason to be part of the cast—he was Aang's last connection to his people, and he served as the Gaang's primary mode of transportation. Naga wasn't like that. She doesn't have any cultural connection to Korra, she isn't really used as transport once the New Team Avatar gets a car, and she can't even waterbend. She's basically just there because Nickelodeon said "you have to have an animal sidekick".

edited 7th Aug '17 10:52:08 AM by ElSquibbonator

I just worry Enter is gonna wind up going on a long rant about this and it's gonna wind up hard to get through. The guy has cooled down some but it's hard for me to sit through some of his Atrocity reviews now because he's still so vitriolic that it gives me a headache.

That's not an exaggeration, I had to pause one of his reviews once to take some aspirin, for some reason his yelling in whatever one I was watching felt painful.

That seriously seems like something that you should get checked out with a doctor.

Well today's my lucky day then.

So quick question, is his Korra review going to be multi-part as well?

I would assume not, because most of them are just stand-alone episodes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLeeeuzYIts

Here is his second part review for the Totally Spies animated atrocities.

There is a LOT to lay into in Korra, genuine writing issues, haphazard characterization, not one but several excruciatingly awful romance subplots, and punch out endings.

These are contrasted with several utterly brilliant things they've done, world building that feels truly unique, the prequel story of Avatar Wan which feels like IT should have been the live action movie, and genuinely good performances from A-list actors like JK Simmons.

I kinda wonder if Enter, given his Caustic Critic style, will note these positives or go in deep on the negatives. While I have my issues with the show and think Bryke needs an editor badly to make good television, there's a lot of good that gets lost in the vitriol.

I wonder which episode he'll pick out of the bunch. I'd say either that shipping episode in the first season or anything from Season 2 aside from Beginnings.

He might mention some of the positives since he usually tries to be a bit more fair and even-handed when he reviews things he doesn't like. I guess it depends on just how much he dislikes it.

RE: Mr. Enter taking on CN: (sharp inhale) Yeeeeah, I'm against this as well. Not that I don't think CN's schedule is overstuffed with Teen Titans Go (it is), but because what's the point in it?

It's not like it'll trigger CN into proving him wrong, will it? He'd have better luck ranting at a brick wall. Long ago, I made the assumption that Enter was a god among YouTubers, but as someone said to me (paraphrasing): "You greatly overestimate his reach."

And if he does go through with it and if by some miracle, it gets some form of official acknowledgment, how likely would it be that said acknowledgement will just be another controversial episode of TTG in which the Titans fight a villain who bears an uncanny resemblance to Mr. Enter?

As I type this, I'm reminded of the Wander Over Yonder episode "The Troll". The idea of that episode (from what I understood) was that talking smack to a bad thing (whether it's a person or perhaps in this case, a TV channel) doesn't make the bad thing go away. If anything, it just makes the bad thing bigger and worser.

So if everyone's been chastising CN for their TTG obsession with no visible effect, what are Mr. Enter's chances of making a difference?

edited 8th Aug '17 11:12:03 AM by TargetmasterJoe

Pan-Pizza from Rebel Taxi has in the past made fun of the sheer amount of focus different two-bit You Tube reviewers have given to ranting about Teen Titans Go and how it's become a dead horse to discuss. When it came out, it was deserving of vitriol, but now? What's the point? We know it's shit now so there's not much of a point to getting angry anymore. Hell, Enter's honestly been less critical than some people, he's acknowledged episodes that he thought were actually good before.

If it's any consolation, CN this week is returning to a better schedule with GO! being scaled back, the original Teen Titans being rerun in the mornings, and the return of their other shows too. Still kind of a dick move that they even did it in the first place.

We all know what we're getting with Go! Mean spirited humor that is incredibly cost efficient to air. At this point their pleas for attention are just that.

I feel the same way about Go. In the beginning, there was a reason to give it (negative) attention and draw light to its shortcomings, but at this point it's a well that's dried up. There isn't a whole lot new to say about it.

So that dreaded Cartoon Network in 2017 episode is up

Ok, so let's see -

1. Overplaying shows is bad regardless. And while I agree, I disagree on the holiday marathons. But really, who is gonna watch Cartoon Network all day on Thanksgiving anyway? The Iron Giant marathon is because the film literally drove Ted Turner to tears, and it gives the staff the day off, the same reason local networks play the Yule Log on Christmas. I get it.

2. Powerpuff Girls is the reboot no one wanted.

Wait is that it?

Mostly yeah, hes not that melodramatic in video, basically he feels like 2017 is CN's worst year, but hes not going to say doom and gloom since Nickelodeon has shown that the networks have habit of coming back after really sucky years

And so the detractors overreacted.

It was still a stupid idea to do.