Was the golden era of experimental critique and analysis as it’s own form of entertainment. Yeah, a lot of it was cringe, especially in hindsight – but at least these people were producing something different.

I know a lot of them were also ripping off things that came before them as well; TGWTG’s Nostalgia Critic emulating famous movie critics Siskel and Ebert; Noah “Spoony” Antwiler was doing his own MST3K type of content; And so on.

And I know that a lot of the people associated with TGWTG, ChannelAwesome, and BlisteredThumbs turned out to be problematic, or just outright garbage people… but for a brief moment, they did create something interesting.

I miss those cringe ensemble collaborations.

That’s a paladin.