Line #9 Awesome/BennettTheSage


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3	* His {{review}} of ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'', which he explains was ''very'' hard to do, considering the [[TearJerker reputation]] it has would make any dissenting opinion of his come off [[HePannedItNowHeSucks as petty and/or nitpicky]]. Regardless, Sage flat out nails it, going into detail about how the movie seemed to be less of a stand alone story and more of a cautionary tale for the youth of Japan. Bennett even [[ShownTheirWork brings up statistics]] of how crime rates amongst the youth skyrocketed in the 1980's because of conflicts between the privileged newer generation, who were enjoying [[JapanTakesOverTheWorld the wealth and success of Japanese industry]] and their parents, who had to live [[CrapsackWorld in Japan]] after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII the second world war]]. Sage states at the beginning that he didn't like this movie for more personal reasons rather than just because it was sad. After deconstructing the movie's purpose (guilt tripping the youth of Japan into respecting the sacrifices their parents had made just growing up), he just demonstrates an amazing sort of bravery to get so involved and determined to critique a movie of such acclaimed proportions. It was a very impressive, sobering review, and you can watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TuvoRVR2FY here]].
4	* In his review of ''Odin'', Sage demonstrates impressive knowledge in physics during his ripping apart of the movie's lack of logic during a scene where the spaceship demonstrates its hyperspace drive capable of reaching relativistic speeds while going after an SOS signal it was seeking out, six days after departing from base.
5	* In the review of ''8 Man After'' he learns that the hero of the original ''Manga/EightMan1963'' series was just deleted from his cyborg body, KilledOffForReal basically, with no explanation as to why or how. A comparison of how Creator/DCComics [[EvenEvilHasStandards does character death more gracefully]] has Linkara cameo to remind us of [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], to which Sage angrily counters (to the point his shouting causes feedback in the audio) that Ted got some [[DefiantToTheEnd final]] [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner lines]] and [[BoomHeadshot an on panel death]], whereas the hero of the original anime got ''[[DroppedABridgeOnHim none of this]]''. Linkara, whose rage is practically legendary, backed off.
6	** He also called out Sachiko on calling out the new 8 Man, as she was making it look like she was ''in favor'' of the psychotic football-playing cyborgs that murdered a stadium full of people.
7	** It's also linked to something many have wanted Sage to review, as at the end, Sage revealed that he was gonna review ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', from the creator of '''''Manga/ViolenceJack'''''.
8	* At the end of the ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' review, Sage takes out ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' as if it were the next review. It's even the uncut version, so rare that it can't even be found as a torrent... and he keeps it that way, throwing the rare VHS off a bridge into a stream with a 'good riddance' and spit.
9	** Though, to by the look of things with the [[TheStinger cryptic after-credit bit]], looks like it isn't gonna be the last time we seen that VHS tape as due to the darkness and red light coming out of the box before briefly on screen the words "VIOLENCE IS COMING" pops up in red before cutting to black. Either he didn't really throw the tape off the bridge or he's just not doing the uncut version.
10	*** Or maybe it was a bootleg tape; but, only time will tell...
11	* In ''Literature/AWindNamedAmnesia'', it's revealed that [[AliensAreBastards aliens were the ones responsible]] for enforcing LaserGuidedAmnesia upon humanity and reduced them to rioting savages and that the reason they did it was both because they wanted to eliminate a threat and to make humans be happy. Sage simply called them out on their bullshit, going with a rant about the hypocrisy of using technology to essentially destroy humanity as a civilized species... out of fear that humanity might become advanced enough [[MoralMyopia to do the same thing to the aliens.]]
12	* In the ''Manga/{{Guyver}}'' film review, Sage getting tired of Critic's insults, calling him out and refusing to apologize or back down. Especially satisfying for anyone angry at the latter for acting like an asshole in reboot reviews.
13	-->'''Critic''': How can you not see it as bad? Was your brain and soul a package deal when you sold them?\
14	'''Sage''': Critic! ''Shut up''. Alright? I just wanted you to have some fun riffing on a dumb movie with me, okay? You don't need to insult me.
15	* In the ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' review, the entire episode is about him working up the bravery to admit, on camera, that sometimes you need to admit that sometimes there isn't a way to do something, and that rarely, you have to KnowWhenToFoldEm. In a quite good mini-movie.
16	** Not to mention, despite the fact that he can't show the anime itself, he manages to clearly show how horrible and gruesome it is, just by talking about the content and playing the audio in one scene.
17	* During his ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' review, [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Oancitizen]] comes on to criticize him for [[ArtisticLicenseReligion lackluster analysis]] of UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} within the show. By the end of his review, Oancitizen is ''applauding''.
18	* In each of his ''Manga/LoveHina'' reviews, he repeatedly calls the show out for its blatant misandry and [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale unwarranted abuse of its male lead]], simply because he's male and possibly has a love life, while playing all of it for laughs.
19	* Mark the Engineer earns one in the ''Super Toolshed'' episode "Knight Makes Right," which was made right after he got in a car accident with his beloved CoolCar. While the whole situation sucked, he was quite proud of the fact that he was able to replace a single broken part and drive his car home... meanwhile, the other people in the accident probably had to total their car.
20	** Mark explains that this is largely a result of shifting design paradigms and safety standards- his car was made in a time when [[TheyDontMakeThemLikeTheyUsedTo every car was made with a high-grade steel chassis]], while modern cars (like the other one in the accident) have frames that are primarily constructed from fiberglass and aluminum with built-in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone crumple zones.]] While newer models are much safer, [[OlderIsBetter Mark's older car was far sturdier]], and was thus able to get off with minimal damage.
21	** To add to Mark's awesomeness, he goes on a tangent about the diagnostic tools built into many modern vehicles. Specifically, the model of car he crashed into came standard with On-Board Diagnostics Mark II, which has built-in telemetry that constantly measures how fast a car's going and can't be erased. He's [[LaughingMad laughing like a madman at this,]] since it means [[LaserGuidedKarma it means the other guys won't be able to lie about their speed at the time of the accident.]]
22	* Putting in four hours of work to make the panty-shot [[OverlyLongGag counting gag]] in the ''Anime/AgentAika'' review have all the shots. That's dedication.
23	* His analysis of how screwed up Manga/{{Inuyasha}} and Kagome's relationship is. He perfectly lays out how much of a {{Yandere}} Kagome is and even goes so far as to compare her abusive treatment of Inuyasha to a bad S&M relationship.
24	** He also calls out the StatusQuoIsGod ending to the third movie, noting that to get a new necklace on Inuyasha Kagome pretty much tricks him and then refuses to remove it even after the danger's past, admitting out loud she doesn't ''want'' to remove it. [[WhatTheHellHero And then]] [[KickTheDog she tells him]] [[DudeNotFunny to]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext sit.]] Bonus points occur when Bennett and Mark view this scene in the Nuts & Bolts commentary on this episode, with Mark outright calling Kagome a sociopath when she does this.
25	* The ending of his review of ''Manga/{{Fake}}'', a gay anime, has Bennett reveal that the reason he chose to review it was because of an email from a fan. Said fan wanted to know if there was any gay-themed anime that wasn't yaoi or shonen-ai, and despite Bennett's searching, he couldn't find one. Bennett goes on to say that even lesbians have positive portrayals in anime, but gay men have none, which is "fucked up" and "[[GayAesop depressing no matter how you slice it]]."
26	* In his review of ''De:vadasy'', Sage is unafraid to tackle the thorny subject of DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale - specifically, the scene in the second episode of the OVA where the scientist Misako sexually assaults the male protagonist Kei, ostensibly to gauge his compatibility to pilot the titular robot. Sage points out not only the {{squick}}iness of the scene due to the age differences between the two parties (Misako is an adult, but Kei is still a young teenage boy), or the fact that [[KarmaHoudini Misako is never called out on her behavior]], but also that it -- like many other scenes in the OVA -- blatantly rips off a similar scene from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' without attempting to understand its original context.[[labelnote:Explanation]]At one point in ''The End of Evangelion'', Misato is mortally wounded, and in a last-ditch attempt to motivate Shinji to get out of his funk and into his EVA, kisses him and hopes that [[HormoneAddledTeenager his hormones]] will give him the strength to stop sulking around. ''De:vadasy''[='=]s version of the scene simply has Misako spying on Kei after witnessing him arguing with his roommate Naoki, then calling him into her office for a private examination (with all security cameras turned off so no one can see what's going on) and mounting him. Though Kei tries to laugh it off when pressed on the encounter by Naoki, the anime still shows dark, looming shots of Misako leaning on top of him, hinting that he's trying to suppress a traumatic experience.[[/labelnote]]
27	* Alucard. '''[[Manga/{{Hellsing}} THAT]]''' Alucard, threatened to "rip [Sage's] asshole out of [his] eye socket" if he ever reviewed the original Hellsing anime. Sage ''does this anyway'' despite the threat, and everyone knows Alucard doesn't threaten, he ''promises''. Sure, he calls Integra out of concern on this, but he still goes through with it despite the risk. It takes ''balls'' to go against the [[WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged fuckmothering vampire king]] like that.
28	** Adding to this, Alucard never shows up in the review after the opening. That means that Sage not only defied him, ''he got away with it!''
29	* More of an awesome moment for ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'', but worth mentioning. Sage has been vocal in the past about his hatred for vampires, so you'd expect him to apply this same bias to ''Bloodlust'', right? ''Wrong''. Throughout the review, Sage has pretty much nothing but praise for the entire movie in animation, storytelling, and pacing. He doesn't even mind the melodrama of "vampires bemoaning that they're monsters" that Mayerling espouses to Charlotte because of how well acted it was. The film was '''that''' good.
30	* His "Oldtaku, New Tricks" review of ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'' has Sage being pretty sincere about not liking it completely but praising the stuff he likes (and being outright ''venomous'' about the stuff he doesn't like, such as sarcastically "praising" yet another TournamentArc and labeling Minoru Mineta a full-blown example of TheScrappy complete with a PrecisionFStrike). Sage does all of this knowing that, as the "new hotness", [[HePannedItNowHeSucks he will probably get flak for it]]. But Sage reserves his most piercing vitriol for when [[https://youtu.be/9qyYkxRsodI?t=482 he calls bullshit]] on a scene where Tomura Shigaraki gives a "WhatIsEvil" speech to All Might. Sage argues that not only is such a speech a {{cliche}} that has been driven into the ground by every StrawNihilist in anime history, but the fact he's leading a ''terrorist attack'' '''''on a school''''' in the middle of doing it -- and that he's the leader of an organization that calls itself "the League of '''[[CardCarryingVillain Villains]]'''" -- brings Shigaraki to unspeakable levels of [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]].
31	* In his review of ''Manga/IDreamOfMimi'', ''[[LovableSexManiac Suave]]'' manages to highlight the crucial difference between the main character of this and [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tenchi]].
32	-->'''Suave''': [Tenchi's female {{Love Interest}}s] all came into Tenchi's life separately and for not-altogether related reasons. But they stayed because they like Tenchi and they liked Earth! And why ''wouldn't'' they like Tenchi? Even if he wasn't [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan considerate and kind]], at the very least, he was aware of their feelings and wasn't some clueless ''dipshit'' about it! Being someone that other people want to be around takes effort and consideration! [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech You don't just bubble along in life attracting people, blow them off whenever it suits you, and treat them like crap, and expect them to be there the next day]]! Because you know what happens? [[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore They tell you they're gonna leave for smokes and... never come back]].
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