Quasi-psuedo- official Atop the Fourth Wall thread

I have to say, even with "simplified rules", I found that Yu-Gi-Oh contest entirely impenetrable. I hope it was more fun for anyone who knew what the hell was going on. Why couldn't it have been a Pokemon duel, or something? Gen 1, Red vs Blue, something like that.

Man the "Konami is evil" narrative really is hilarious when there are far worse evils, but knowing who he subscribes to, it doesn't surprise me.

To be honest I saw the twist with the Infinity Gauntlet coming a mile away

It's time for Atop the 4th Wall's still another 15 mistakes-video of 2023:

Edited by jouXIII on Jan 8th 2024 at 3:55:57 PM

There are 53 Mondays this year, so he gave himself a little wiggle room with that resolution.

I think Linkara still missed the fact that Crazy Quilt is wearing, well, a quilt, made up of strangely shaped patches of differently coloured fabric. That should have been the dead giveaway as to who he was.

Linkara's first proper review of 2024 starts with a look at Batman vs. the Predator #1:

State of the Wall

Upcoming schedule:

• Yesterday: Ben 10 series 1 episodes 1, 9, and 13 [Patreon]
• 29/01: Gokaiger episodes 14, 22-24 [Patreon]
• 05/02: The Empire Strikes Back official comic adaptation
• 12/02: MegaMan/Sonic: Worlds Collide [Patreon]
• 19/02: Youngblood: Strikefile #5
• 26/02: Marvel vs DC [Patreon]
• 04/03: Kickers, Inc. #2
• 11/03: ExistenZ [Patreon]
• 18/03: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1-3
• 25/03: Delicious in Dungeon #2-3
• 01/04: Target Lamp III: This Time It's Personal
• 08/04: Moomins and the Comet Chase [Patreon]
• 15/04: DC Challenge #6
• 22/04: Late Night Double Feature: House on Haunted Hill
• 29/04: Avengers Disassembled [Patreon]
• 06/05: Secret Wars II [Event Comics Month]
• 13/05: Infinity Crusade [Event Comics Month]
• 20/05: Convergence [Event Comics Month]
• 27/05: Dark Knights Death Metal [Event Comics Month]

The next History of Power Rangers will cover Once and Always and Cosmic Fury. While they're only one hour-long special and 10 regular episodes, the fact that there's no filler means it's almost as much work as a normal season.

There's a new shop if you want to buy merchandise.

Midroll ads are returning in 20-minute videos because the cost of living has increased, YouTube pays worse than Blip, and Patreon income has plateaued.

Edited by VampireBuddha on Jan 24th 2024 at 5:20:31 PM

Oh damn, there's some really good content coming this year.

Linkara looks at the original Ben 10 animated series, specifically episodes 1, 9 and 13.

I remember I watched a few episodes,the thing I remember the most was Paul Eiding voicing Max Tennyson

Linkara's out with the latest episode of History of Power Rangers, as he takes a look at Power Rangers Cosmic Fury alongside Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always:

If there is one criticism I could make about Once & Always, it's that Billy's desire to bring back Zordon felt rather underdeveloped. It doesn't help that this is the first time we've seen any of the Zordon Era Rangers' feelings on Zordon's death since it happened back in 1998.

As for not making Billy gay or bisexual, I imagine David Yost felt it would be seen as making Billy an extension of himself rather than just being his own person. George Takei expressed similar sentiment when the Star Trek reboot movies made Sulu gay.

Billy being the one to stab Robo-Rita reminds me of Donnie being the one to kill the Shredder in that dark future episode the 2003 Ninja Turtles show. Watch out for The Smart Guy.

Linkara's comment about the true enemy of Power Rangers being money makes me wonder how fans view characters like Anton Mercer, Mr. Collins and Andrew Hartford these days.

Back when I watched Operation Overdrive for the first time, I amused myself while watching some pretty bad episodes by imagining Hartford as a Mister Burns-esque evil millionaire who secretly hated all the rangers and only kept them around as expendable minions.

"Spencer! Release the hounds!"

Speaking of stuff with people in spandex(😉) and rubber suit monsters:

He just posted his review of The Empire Strikes Back comic adaptation.

I really liked it. Though, seeing that jab at Hayden Christensen's acting still feels oddly mean and I don't know why, because I don't he meant for it too.

Edited by Bullman on Feb 29th 2024 at 9:24:12 AM

So does anyone else not like his critiquing of the hallway scene from Rogue One? It just felt like he was complaining that he was acting differently than how he prefers the character, comparing his slaughter of the rebels as him in 'Uber God-Mode'. Also I din't agree with his critique of Solo with how Han isn't 'allowed to win', treating Han like he should have always been this ultra successful smooth-talker who can easily get out of any situation and gets what he wants. I feel that Solo is essentially a Year One for his character, so of course he wouldn't be as experienced as how we see him in A New Hope.

The Patreon review of World's Collide Act One and the first coverage of a Mega Man comic on the the show.

Edit:Yeah, can't figure out why this isn't showing up, so here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzaXE7kXrlg

So Mega Man, easily of the best comics from last decade, but hey, why support it when many just preferred to hate read the big two.😏

Edited by Antiyonder on Mar 20th 2024 at 2:11:57 AM

As an aside, all those Hostess Fruit Pie advertisements that Linkara covered in his reviews made me realize what this clip from Dexter's Lab was parodying.

Edited by costanton11 on Mar 20th 2024 at 10:12:07 AM

And so far, video embed is good. Subject of this AT 4 W, YMMV😅:

Man Linkara should just stop giving attention to that troll, since it's quite clear the troll is getting the attention.

Context please

For the past few years, Lewis has been getting spam emails from some troll with an extremely loose grasp on English who is livid that Linkara liked The Last Jedi and basically spams him anytime he talks about Star Wars, announces he'll do a Star Wars review, or most recently if he liked something Star Wars related on his Twitter feed. He also apparently tried to harass some of Linkara's friends at one point as well.

Lewis has basically kept a very long Twitter thread on his emails (censoring private details, of course), just dunking on him and just being really damn confused about why he's so angry and constantly harassing him over liking The Last Jedi.

Edited by chasemaddigan on Mar 28th 2024 at 10:39:54 AM

Jesus.