by Guest » Tue Dec 18, 2018 12:30 pm
sometimes he'll say something in the james and mike mondays vids that's actually kind of funny. not so much with the avgn vids. i really think he could still do the avgn vids and bring them back around to being at least mildly funny as well as having interesting info on obscure bullshit, but he needs to inject some improv, just natural first reactions to the games into them. i know he plays the games for hours before writing the script for ideas and footage. don't know if he's in costume as the nerd and recording himself during that. but that's exactly what he should do, for several hours and just try to come up with shit to say to make himself laugh about it.
if he got like ~5minutes of material that way, including maybe one good rant where he goes on some tangent comparing the game to something else, stuff like he'd do on james and mike, and combined that with some scripted researched background info on the game and maybe a few scripted jokes, it'd be a huge improvement. i mean legit off the cuff rants like he sometimes does on james and mike. natural real shit. not his stupid scripted rants where he gets all verbose, trying to sound smart or poetic by using a million big words or whatever other shit which is just dumb and not funny. he needs to inject some of his actual self (james) into the avgn. james is funnier than the fucking 'the nerd'. and honestly, i think the original avgn vids came off as totally natural, quickly laid down rants, from james, instead of his idea of what the nerd should say.
his fucking problem is that the idea of the nerd being a 'character' went too far. when i first discovered avgn, saw the first several vids, i didn't even think of it as a character. i mean i knew this guy was exaggerating his persona and wearing the white shirts for comedic effect but when i later saw vids of him describing avgn as a character it just really struck me. there wasn't really a need to paint it like that. but he did, and so mentally for him it became like he's an actor in a show and directing real films like he always wanted to, or whatever. instead of just some guy goofing off online. he did the same fucking shit with board james. those early vids could've just been james rolfe talking about board games. but nooooo, it had to become a distinct new 'character' which then spins out of control and turns into a really retarded 'plot line' almost as bad as those you'd see at TGWTG.com.
i just think he's one of those people who can't write comedy for shit. he overthinks it. he tries too hard to be funny and it's not funny. he could be funny if he stopped trying so hard to be pro. inject some natural chaos, some of his real personality, which is lost the moment he 'becomes the nerd'.
sometimes he'll say something in the james and mike mondays vids that's actually kind of funny. not so much with the avgn vids. i really think he could still do the avgn vids and bring them back around to being at least mildly funny as well as having interesting info on obscure bullshit, but he needs to inject some improv, just natural first reactions to the games into them. i know he plays the games for hours before writing the script for ideas and footage. don't know if he's in costume as the nerd and recording himself during that. but that's exactly what he should do, for several hours and just try to come up with shit to say to make himself laugh about it.
if he got like ~5minutes of material that way, including maybe one good rant where he goes on some tangent comparing the game to something else, stuff like he'd do on james and mike, and combined that with some scripted researched background info on the game and maybe a few scripted jokes, it'd be a huge improvement. i mean legit off the cuff rants like he sometimes does on james and mike. natural real shit. not his stupid scripted rants where he gets all verbose, trying to sound smart or poetic by using a million big words or whatever other shit which is just dumb and not funny. he needs to inject some of his actual self (james) into the avgn. [b]james is funnier than the fucking 'the nerd'.[/b] and honestly, i think the original avgn vids came off as totally natural, quickly laid down rants, from james, instead of his idea of what the nerd should say.
his fucking problem is that the idea of the nerd being a 'character' went too far. when i first discovered avgn, saw the first several vids, i didn't even think of it as a character. i mean i knew this guy was exaggerating his persona and wearing the white shirts for comedic effect but when i later saw vids of him describing avgn as a character it just really struck me. there wasn't really a need to paint it like that. but he did, and so mentally for him it became like he's an actor in a show and directing real films like he always wanted to, or whatever. instead of just some guy goofing off online. he did the same fucking shit with board james. those early vids could've just been james rolfe talking about board games. but nooooo, it had to become a distinct new 'character' which then spins out of control and turns into a really retarded 'plot line' almost as bad as those you'd see at TGWTG.com.
i just think he's one of those people who can't write comedy for shit. he overthinks it. he tries too hard to be funny and it's not funny. he could be funny if he stopped trying so hard to be pro. inject some natural chaos, some of his real personality, which is lost the moment he 'becomes the nerd'.