The Mysterious Mr. Enter

In the original Teen Titans cartoon Beast Boy could keep up with Raven and Starfire if he changed into an bird or an fast animal. That is still arguable though as I recall even in Teen Titans Starfire could fly to other planets which means she could fly pretty damn fast and Raven was more powerful than all the Titans combined if she couldn't keep control of her powers. Raven also was really good at long range teleporting in the cartoon if I recall corrects.

In the comics the power disparity is even worse by virtue of it being comics. So yeah, that particular complaint about Enter never really made any sense.

Edited by Wispy on Jul 21st 2020 at 6:41:21 AM

Mr. Enter seems like one of those right-wingers who claims to hate corporations (hence all his criticism towards Viacom), but still, believes in the power of the free market and thinks he is some sort of creative genius, but can't imagine why he can't get his ideas off the ground.

He once said ''Go indie if you can'', but that is easier said then done, there is a reason why a lot of cartoonists end up working for corporations like Disney, Warner Bros, Viacom, etc. Being an independent animator and making it big is pretty hard.

Edited by Overlord on Jul 21st 2020 at 6:57:33 AM

> Being an independent animator and making it big is pretty hard.

Without connections in the right place it's

IMPOSSIBLE.

My chief problem with Mr. Enter isn't the right wing talking points (since I am used to that point of view) or his indie hipster behavior, it's the undeniable fact that the man is miserable no matter what he's doing or what he's talking about. He's such a stick in the mud that he's hard to watch.

Yeah, I think a lot of people who claim to hate media corporations, but still believe in the ''power of the free market'' and their own creative genius, they are going to fail. You either will have to glad handle a lot or be willing to work with a big group of people that gives and takes a lot. I doubt Mr. Enter would be willing to collaborate much with others.

When he was screaming at some cartoon about helpful clowns from the 1980s, that no one remembers and has been off the air for 30 years, that is not fun and just seems petty.

eh i did not mind the little clowns of happy town review

as well its kinda fun to look back and laugh at this old stuff

look at linkara and his reviews of the tandy computer whiz kids comics

granted linkara is having fun poking fun at a goofy thing while enter legit raged about little clowns of happy down

I wouldn't mind it if he wasn't screaming at it and saying some silly clown cartoon that no one remembers wasn't trying hard enough.

He seems upset with it, rather than having a little fun with it. I can get his anger towards Spongebob or Family Guy, those are at least popular today, but getting angry over something that has never been relevant really just seems petty.

In my opinion, Growing Around was an interesting concept.

Also, a series made entirely of various stories surrounding characters and the world with the occasional story arc can still work. We're spoiled by the shows with deep stories, but series mainly focused on individual stories are still popular, it's just going to take the right execution (since it already has the hook) to make it stand out.

@Weirdguy 149 I used to be a fan of Enter, because early on he actually did have some good critical opinions. For example, one thing he pointed out is that slapstick works best if the character on the receiving end had the option of not doing the thing that gets them hurt (with the humor coming in part from their self-destructive persistence). To use a similar example (not one he gave), the better Squidward-episodes are ones with a Green Eggs and Ham-style to them: Squidward actually would enjoy doing things that Spongebob does, but he refuses to do them because he's stuck-up. This is funny, because it's relatable.

But yeah, back to Enter, the guy started to come across as a stick in the mud, and I think I figured out basically the reason why. Essentially, a lot of your Caustic Critic types are playing a character and intentionally playing up distaste comedically, such as Nostalgia Critic pretending to have a mental breakdown after seeing Baby Geniuses.

Mr Enter, however, is actually genuinely offended by most of the works he lampoons in an unironic way. If he is exaggerating his reaction to a work, at the very least he has trouble making it look like a joke. The more genuine-appearing nature of his distaste for a work comes across as...well, I hate to sound so harsh, but a little pathetic. Actually, he's kind of a deconstruction of Faux Horrific in a way.

The other issue is he also has Bile Fascination. When you're analyzing a work that's a true, Epic Fail, it's pretty hard to actually be insightful. If you're reviewing a complete trainwreck, you want your review to be a bit of a farce. Again, see Nostalgia Critic breaking down. Another example would be NC's review of Surf Ninjas that's a sarcastic "positive review". However, for someone like Mr Enter, it's mostly just him getting himself worked up.

Mr Enter's style is better for works that are good, or bad for complicated reasons. To use a video game analogy, Bioshock Infinite and Donkey Kong 64. Neither game is terrible, but they're also not as good as they could have been, for reasons that are complicated and are frequently misunderstood.

I didn’t watch his latest video. What did he say face masks? If he’s one of those anti-masker assholes who arrogantly and stupidly waltzes around Walmart endangering other people then he’ll have lost me permanently. I work a retail job and have zero tolerance for that sort of shit.

He says that they're security theater at best and probably actively harmful at worst because a gish gallop of seemingly common sense reasons.

Oh boy your in for a long ride.

• He immediately starts out with an verifiable wrong and racist conspiracy theory about people hugging Chinese and doing Chinese New Year things and spreading it that way to avoid being called racist.
• He mentions that a lot of Covid-19 deaths occured in nursing homes, okay fine. He then blames the deaths occurring there on people being forcible sent there which isn't how that works. They contracted Covid because they came across someone whom had it and it spread like wildfire from there.
• He immediately goes into an anti-lockdown spiel. Saying that it doesn't prevent the spread which is verifiable bullshit. He defends the anti-lockdown protestors and says that he doesn't fall into one of those strawman arguments regarding them which just comes across as pompous and idiotic.
• He defends Trump wanting to re-open schools, touting some really bizarre argument on mental health. Completely ignoring how that will spread Covid like mad.
• He says the lockdown orders are unconstitutional
• He pretty much says that masks are useless and are comparable to disposable diapers and condoms with no clue about wtf he is saying and what they are intended for. I wish I was joking. It's general anti-masker bullshit
• He then says that wearing a mask means you will catch Covid-19 and die, even going on further to use the stupid people can't breathe with masks on argument along with anti-science stuff along with deeming them as a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. He has no evidence for any of this.
• He claims that he doesn't like Trump which I do not buy at this point as right after that he claims that Trump was right about hydroxocloroquine. He doesn't even mention the side effects of that drug or how it doesn't fucking work and was never tested before Trump recommended it.
• I won't mention everything he said about the BLM protestors but lets just say this, I am seeing no difference between Enter here and any other racist anti-BLM person on the internet which is something I am really sad to say. He immediately blames the protestors for Covid-19 spreading (conveniently ignoring most of them were wearing masks, were social distancing, and scientists saying they didn't cause it to spread). He claims what the BLM protestors are doing is racist and are putting politics before health which is so hypocritical I don't even know were to begin.
• He then argues that AI Ds, HIV, and the common cold kill more people on average then Covid. That argument is used by anti-maskers a lot.
• To end his rather long lunatic rant he makes an argument in favor of anti-vaxxing and berates his own audience for wanting health and safety during this crisis.

I wasn't kidding when I said Enter likely just took an shotgun to his own reputation with this stunt. It's really that bad. I didn't even include everything. Long and short of it though. Enter has turned to anti-masking conspiracy theories, anti-wokeness, and every other shithead thing under the sun it feels instead of just staying quiet. He should of stayed quiet as he very clearly has no clue wtf hes talking about.

Edited by Wispy on Jul 21st 2020 at 9:10:39 AM

Sounds like he’s repeating that utter bullshit about having trouble breathing in one. I never really got that. If your breathing is so poor that your life is threatened by wearing a piece of cloth over your mouth and nose for 40 minutes, then you’re definitely beyond fucked if you get the virus and may want to consider getting your groceries some other way besides entering a busy store.

“Security theater” for who? The wearer or the people around him/her? Anti-maskers don’t seem to grasp that wearing one has never been about personal protection, but protecting those around you.

I've had some serious distaste for Mr. Enter for a while, just felt that not only does he come off as unnecessarily melodramatic over a lot of things, way more than anyone should be at most of the stuff he covers, but also he's been a bad influence on online animation discourse and gave way to many others also taking their qualms with cartoons way too seriously. So uh, I guess I feel validated is what I'm saying.

Sounds like he’s quickly devolving into one of those generic right-wing asswipes I see all the time on Twitter. Won’t be long before he starts touting some off-the-deep-end Qanon lunacy.

Yeah, I think I’m done with him. I can’t continue to support someone who preaches this harmful, ignorant trash to his followers. It’s a shame because I really did enjoy his animation videos.

Edited by Pat86 on Jul 21st 2020 at 9:27:58 AM

For a long time, I had hoped he would get better. I had been one of his defenders since I discovered him in 2014, and it felt empowering to see someone on the spectrum reviewing shows. I wish I could go back and get my younger self to realize he wasn't worth it.

I'm glad i unsubscribed when I did. Wish I had done so far earlier. I'll NEVER watch a single one of his videos again.

At this point, I think whatever was left of his fandom is gone.

Its likely gone. I think the only people left of Mr Enters fandom now are anti-SJ Ws and alt-righter types.

I think nothing torpedos your good standing in the Internet more than the anti-vaxxer stance. People get super pissed about that one for good reason.

im worried for his editor star giant productions she is a naive 23 year old who looks up to mr enter

Tbh, enter has always had problems even from the start. He's historically been bad at taking criticism (I get he has a fair amount of trolls on his back but he also brushes off good faith criticism along with them), focused too much on creators personally and not their work ( to the point that some fans harassed creators on social media over what he said), and while he can offer some good insights sometimes he just has no idea what he's talking about and is in way over his head. Like that time he said the new TMNT show has bad animation which is just demonstrably untrue and at best means he needs to word his criticism better.

I won't go too deep into his politics, but in retrospect at best he's always been kind of a clueless centrist who had some troubling concerns (like his fixation on false rape accusations). He wasn't completely unreasonable but over time he's just clearly gotten worse on this front and offering bad take after bad take. That's part of the reason why I unsubscribed from him months ago.

It's a shame because for a while it seemed like he was improving, he apologized and took responsibility for some of his mistakes and seemed to show some self-awareness about how he needs to be better at taking peoples feedback.

He just seems like a very disturbed person who needs serious mental health counselling and to learn to take himself less seriously.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Jul 22nd 2020 at 10:47:35 AM

i think the thing that doomed him was stopping MLP reviews

he had to be more objective with those had his point system and every thing

now he could still be nitpicky and stupid in those but over all he had to put more thought in his words

and he had a space out side of negativity and listened to fan feed back on things

seeing as he has not posted anything in almost 2 weeks it seems he has run back into hiding

After shooting off your leg with a shotgun, deleting/privating your social media presence and overall burning what little goodwill you have outside of your core, ride-or-die fanbase (The fact his video hasn't be ratio'd despite being a frothing, conspiracy theory addled, anti-masker/anti-vaxxer meldown and that people in the comments are agreeing with him and bemoaning the state of the world concerns me).

Yeah, it's only natural that you're gonna lay low until people move own from the fact you released a 1 hour racist tinged conspiracy theory ramble.

Its weird that he complains about how political entertainment today is when he, a guy people watch mainly to hear his two cents on animation, keeps going on and on stuff like this

also I'm dissapointed with his decision to cancel admirable animation

Cancelling Admirable Animations just seems to admit that whatever he's gonna be putting out in the future, it's bound to be angry and negative. Whether it's his cartoon reviews or his incoherent, nonsensical politics.

God I can't think of anything more tiresome than Mr Enter becoming yet another angry, reactionary political youtuber