Just in case anyone is unsure, yes, this is a parody, as well as a commentary on the quality of most TV Tropes reviews.
I\'m not gonna bother commenting on the quality of TV Tropes reviews, but the idea that the character limit isn\'t overly limiting and that anyone who has a problem with it is just poor at explaining themselves succinctly is a bit silly.
Plus this just isn\'t a very good parody in general, because the subject material being lampooned is inherently shallow and the parody itself is even shallower than that. Like, yes, everything being needlessly drawn out is the point, but there\'s also no real punch or gag there, making it just as tiresome as what it\'s lampooning.
This is hilarious. I\'m glad I realized it was a parody in time.
This brought a smile to face.
Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
I\'m glad to see some people liked it.
MFM, I\'ve found that people who can\'t write a good review with 3,000 characters tend not to do much better with a more lenient limit. They tend to end up including more that they otherwise wouldn\'t be able to fit in, but it does nothing for how well they write or describe their opinions. Perhaps they might be able to elaborate on something they would only be able to mention in passing, or provide examples that they otherwise could not, but if they can\'t do so well (or, alternatively, if they can do so well and concisely), it doesn\'t make much of a difference.
As for the lack of a \"punchline,\" you could say that this haphazardness is the reflection of the poor organization of some reviews, with several ideas crammed into one paragraph (which is longer than it has any right to be), and a lack of anything resembling a flow.
Best review on the site 10/10.
This review was humorous, it speaks a lot for how a good chunk of reviews on here are just filled with snarkiness and unlikability.
An old review, I know, but I come back to this every few months. I feel like so many TV Tropes reviews are full of unimaginative smug snark that read like rejected Cinema Sins videos, and then when people take issue with them, it becomes a war ground were it\'s not about informing people on why they feel the opposite, but bringing down others and turn the whole thing into a flame war as long as a journey to Mars. I\'ve seen a fair amount of reviews call people \"butthurt\" because they got angry at their review, and while they\'re definately some childish people who need to learn to not take anything as seriously as brain surgery, it\'s not doing you any favors when you say stuff like \"I don\'t understand how anyone could like this piece of crap!\" or proceed to insult every element of whatever they\'re reviewing as if it was born from Hell itself. Of course people are gunna take issue and want to start a fight when you\'re basically calling something many people like an \"overrated and overhyped mess\" or something like that. It shouldn\'t be a shock when people get annoyed at you for shit like that.
Honestly, just once, I\'d love to see a review with like, 30 comments or something that wasn\'t a dumpster fire of a flame war, and was just instead people having a kind of calm discussion about the piece of media they feel about. But that\'d require some of these guys to tone it down and actually review the media as if it were media, and not a natural disaster that \"only braindead babies can enjoy\". But then again, I guess the forums are for things like that.
I don\'t wanna be a \"necro-poster\", but it\'s something I feel strongly on. Why have a reasonable discussion about something when you can instead flail your arms in the air and yell at eachother?
" I'm the princess! Everyone has to do what I say!"
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3,000 Characters Is Too Short For This Poorly Formed Opinion
First, let me start off by saying that 3,000 characters is nowhere near enough to do any half decent review (It is, however, enough for me to complain about this limit).
It's quite fortunate that you're on TV Tropes already, and presumably know what the site is, because you won't hear any explanations from me. Having to tell you about this would distract from my telling you why I hate this site so much... and now that I think about it, so does this paragraph.
The fact that any user with an account in good standing can edit this site leads to all sorts of idiots making horrible edits that show off their stupidity to the internet. What? You want me to give examples? Perhaps explain what I mean and tell you why I feel this way? You imbeciles! My word count is sorely limited, and actually taking the time to back up my opinion would take away from expressing it!
Another thing I would like to point out is the horrible, horrible, choice of a lampshade for the site's logo. The damn thing makes so sense at all and is horribly distracting to look at. I'm losing sleep at night thinking about it, and even more when people try to tell me I'm overreacting to minutiae.
No, I didn't ask you to tell me why it's this way. This review is to express my opinion, not learn anything about what any of you fools think. It might be nice if anyone out there agreed with me, but actually persuading the uninformed of my opinion would, you know, require making the effort to make a coherent argument. It's not worth the effort, thank you very much, so I'll spend my remaining words however I damn well please.
The page design sucks, too, and so does the choice of font text. Do you need more explanation, nimrod? I. Don't. Like. It. Simple enough for you pinheads? You can make a hell of a lot more assertions about your opinions if you don't elaborate on them. Anyone who dismisses your opinion as poorly reasoned is just jealous of your methods' efficiency.
I do suppose there are some cool things about this site, though. The ability to post reviews is pretty nice, since it allows me to share my opinion with all of you. So does the liveblogging feature. The YMMV page is also a good dumping ground for all the complaints I have about shows I don't like, even if they don't really fit the trope I'm using. By including this paragraph, I avoided making this review entirely negative, and actually convinced you I made an honest effort too cover all aspects of this work, without wasting too many words. See? I'm a genius!
Let's get back to the negative. I hate the 3,000 character limit on reviews because it actually forces me to trim down my reviews, leave stuff out and carefully think about how to best express my points. If I had my way, and couldn't get rid of the limit, I'd at least make it 3,000 words, which would be a step in the right direction.
Oh Crap! Now I'm almost out of characters. TL;DR? TV Tropes sucks and I don't care what you th