For me it’s Skallagrim. This is a channel of a guy who specializes in ancient armory and weaponry, he also reviews swords and stuff that’s sold online and tests them. Pretty cool.
But then I started to not like him for some reason and it took me a while to put my finger on it. Until I saw the video where he tried criticizing weapons in video games. Then that was where I found problems with him as a channel.
His personality comes off very pretentious and one of those pseudointellectuals you know, who try sounding smarter than they really are. He even has the voice tone to back that with.
So yeah I really once loved his channel. Though whenever he goes on tirades about things that are meant for fantasy purposes which aren’t supposed to make sense when translated to reality, as well as try to poke at fictitious things that borrow from ancient history, I feel he misses the plot of his entire channel and why people like me once subscribed to it.
We didn’t subscribe to your channel for your stupid takes on - anything. We subscribed because you seem to know your melee weapons and historical backgrounds of said weaponry. Stick to those.
Regular Car Reviews definitely peaked long ago.
They’ve largely stuck to the same formula for the past decade-plus, hiding masters-level literary theory, and copious amounts of toilet humor, under the guise of automotive journalism. And there’s nothing wrong with sticking to the tried-and-true.
I still enjoy their videos, I make sure to watch them every Monday morning like clockwork. But they just don’t hit the same anymore. There’s not much that’s memorable about their commentary these days, unless the vehicle in question is unusual on its own, like the shuttle bus RV conversion they reviewed… four months ago. I had to scroll past a bunch of videos for cars I honestly forgot they’d reviewed, when I checked their channel just now.
I miss the anger. I miss the passion that resulted from it. Brian’s acknowledged this, and he’s mentioned how he’s just generally calmer and happier these days. And there’s nothing wrong with that. I admit to souring a bit to all the giveaway cars he’d review/advertise… especially how you’d enter these giveaways by paying FIFTY dollars, pre-shipping, for a crappy camping mug, with a vaguely car-culture-related picture on it. But not an RCR mug. And I respect him for having (largely) stopped doing those giveaways.
But, like, the last video of RCR’s that has actually stuck in my mind, was when they absolutely ripped into an Oldsmobile Bravada. And that came out nearly 5 years ago.
For me, RCR was one of those cases where I finally heard him talk about something I know a lot about, and he was so full of shit that I knew I couldn’t trust him on anything else. His VW beetle video from a couple years ago was so poorly researched, it was apparent not only that he was just paraphrasing Wikipedia and things people had told him, but that he hadn’t actually understood any of it himself. That and the engine building videos from his Falcon made me realize that he probably didn’t know what the hell he’s talking about with anything else, he just says it authoritatively.
Oh my god, they finally quit it with the constant giveaways? I could not stand those and completely stopped watching the channel.
The giveaways haven’t completely stopped, but they don’t make up every third/fourth review anymore. I think they only did two this entire year. And they’ve hardly ever pushed them when they did happen.
But yeah, I didn’t enjoy them either. Could’ve been better executed, at least.
Respectfully disagree. I was a fan from the first Honda Accord video and was a pattreon supporter when he opened it. I still watch watch every video.
It’s been so long. I can’t expect the same content as 10/15 years ago and I can’t exext the guys to be the same people. But the groove is there. The humor is there. It’s still raunchy and the furry stuff is different and fresh. I love RCR and I think the content still peaking.