Comments on: Brütal Thoughts With Jack Black http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/2009/10/09/brutal-thoughts-with-jack-black/ Hello world, may I take your coat? Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:31:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MrWumpus http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/2009/10/09/brutal-thoughts-with-jack-black/comment-page-1/#comment-10503 MrWumpus Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:31:32 +0000 http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/?p=2482#comment-10503 I totally agree, but at the same time, there's a thing about me where I do NOT ever get tired of things that I find funny. I can hear the same thing that I found funny once, and hear it again and again and never tire of it. I think Jack Black's ONLY humour comes from his metal shtick, he embodies it. And I like it. I have really shitty patience with some things (Waiting for games, Stupid people, Dane Cook), and saintly patience with others (Customers, Achievement Whoring, Difficult Video Games).<br><br>But this man, right here, (that's you Acre) said it right. The game is about how awesome Tim Schafer is making funny ass games. I just think that Jack Black did an incredible job of delivering those lines. Even if the jokes he makes up himself aren't all that funny. I totally agree, but at the same time, there's a thing about me where I do NOT ever get tired of things that I find funny. I can hear the same thing that I found funny once, and hear it again and again and never tire of it. I think Jack Black's ONLY humour comes from his metal shtick, he embodies it. And I like it. I have really shitty patience with some things (Waiting for games, Stupid people, Dane Cook), and saintly patience with others (Customers, Achievement Whoring, Difficult Video Games).

But this man, right here, (that's you Acre) said it right. The game is about how awesome Tim Schafer is making funny ass games. I just think that Jack Black did an incredible job of delivering those lines. Even if the jokes he makes up himself aren't all that funny.

]]> By: Acre http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/2009/10/09/brutal-thoughts-with-jack-black/comment-page-1/#comment-10502 Acre Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:58:41 +0000 http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/?p=2482#comment-10502 I'm just as stoked for this game as you are, but at the same time, I really hate these videos. Like, REALLY hate them. To me the whole focus in all of this game's marketing on "DUDE, JACK BLACK! JACK BLACK, DUDE!" really undercuts the whole point of the game, which is Tim Schafer's hilarious dialogue, not Jack Black's heavy metal shtick. I'm not even a huge detractor of Black like most, I just think that whole shtick has grown tired, and judging by how Year One flopped, I'd say most people are tired of it too, and trying to cater to an audience that maybe doesn't exist anymore makes the whole advertising campaign seem so misguided.<br><br>But hey, that's just me. :p I'm just as stoked for this game as you are, but at the same time, I really hate these videos. Like, REALLY hate them. To me the whole focus in all of this game's marketing on “DUDE, JACK BLACK! JACK BLACK, DUDE!” really undercuts the whole point of the game, which is Tim Schafer's hilarious dialogue, not Jack Black's heavy metal shtick. I'm not even a huge detractor of Black like most, I just think that whole shtick has grown tired, and judging by how Year One flopped, I'd say most people are tired of it too, and trying to cater to an audience that maybe doesn't exist anymore makes the whole advertising campaign seem so misguided.

But hey, that's just me. :p

]]> By: MrWumpus http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/2009/10/09/brutal-thoughts-with-jack-black/comment-page-1/#comment-9865 MrWumpus Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:31:32 +0000 http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/?p=2482#comment-9865 I totally agree, but at the same time, there's a thing about me where I do NOT ever get tired of things that I find funny. I can hear the same thing that I found funny once, and hear it again and again and never tire of it. I think Jack Black's ONLY humour comes from his metal shtick, he embodies it. And I like it. I have really shitty patience with some things (Waiting for games, Stupid people, Dane Cook), and saintly patience with others (Customers, Achievement Whoring, Difficult Video Games).<br><br>But this man, right here, (that's you Acre) said it right. The game is about how awesome Tim Schafer is making funny ass games. I just think that Jack Black did an incredible job of delivering those lines. Even if the jokes he makes up himself aren't all that funny. I totally agree, but at the same time, there's a thing about me where I do NOT ever get tired of things that I find funny. I can hear the same thing that I found funny once, and hear it again and again and never tire of it. I think Jack Black's ONLY humour comes from his metal shtick, he embodies it. And I like it. I have really shitty patience with some things (Waiting for games, Stupid people, Dane Cook), and saintly patience with others (Customers, Achievement Whoring, Difficult Video Games).

But this man, right here, (that's you Acre) said it right. The game is about how awesome Tim Schafer is making funny ass games. I just think that Jack Black did an incredible job of delivering those lines. Even if the jokes he makes up himself aren't all that funny.

]]> By: Acre http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/2009/10/09/brutal-thoughts-with-jack-black/comment-page-1/#comment-9863 Acre Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:58:41 +0000 http://blog.explodingwumpus.com/?p=2482#comment-9863 I'm just as stoked for this game as you are, but at the same time, I really hate these videos. Like, REALLY hate them. To me the whole focus in all of this game's marketing on "DUDE, JACK BLACK! JACK BLACK, DUDE!" really undercuts the whole point of the game, which is Tim Schafer's hilarious dialogue, not Jack Black's heavy metal shtick. I'm not even a huge detractor of Black like most, I just think that whole shtick has grown tired, and judging by how Year One flopped, I'd say most people are tired of it too, and trying to cater to an audience that maybe doesn't exist anymore makes the whole advertising campaign seem so misguided.<br><br>But hey, that's just me. :p I'm just as stoked for this game as you are, but at the same time, I really hate these videos. Like, REALLY hate them. To me the whole focus in all of this game's marketing on “DUDE, JACK BLACK! JACK BLACK, DUDE!” really undercuts the whole point of the game, which is Tim Schafer's hilarious dialogue, not Jack Black's heavy metal shtick. I'm not even a huge detractor of Black like most, I just think that whole shtick has grown tired, and judging by how Year One flopped, I'd say most people are tired of it too, and trying to cater to an audience that maybe doesn't exist anymore makes the whole advertising campaign seem so misguided.

But hey, that's just me. :p

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