#friendly space ninja

[ourladyofmaplemurder]

Riverdale is Bad and I’m So Smart

So, I was going to make a response video to Friendly Space Ninja's video on the finale...but honestly, there are just other things I'd rather do with my time...

I did, however, write a script for the video. You can read that here if you wish.

The short version is that people who talk about art the way he does are fucking idiots and I'm tired of being nice about it. If you don't know what you're talking about, either figure it out or shut the fuck up. **And let me clarify: There is a big difference from expressing a personal opinion to friends and standing on authority with a huge platform to provide "critique". Huge difference. Not understanding or not liking the finale is totally valid, (It wasn't necessarily what I would have done with the final season) but what makes me angry about this guy in particular is that he positions himself as an authority on media criticism and analysis. He then provides the shittiest fucking examples of both. I can't stand it.

Hi. So. Our dear friend Friendly Space Ninja put out another video about Riverdale. This time, he took it upon himself to discuss the finale. Anything for a click, right, buddy?

Well, he made all sorts of claims about the finale and the final season. He gave his thoughts on the show as a whole. And all of it, dear viewer is entirely worthless. Strong statement, I know, but hear me out.

He didn’t watch the latter half of season 5, nor season 6 at all. He didn’t even watch all of season 7. He watched the first few episodes with specific expectations and when those were not met, he skipped to the end only to be baffled by its conclusion, claiming that it was all meaningless and even going as far as to “explain” quote unquote that Angel Tabitha’s rework of the timelines erases the other shows that Roberto Agurrie Sacasa has made. This, by the way, demonstrates such a lack of understanding of the surface level plot, that I can’t even respond to it.

For these reasons, I will not be refuting his assertions as I did in my last video response to him. It’s simply not worth it. His video is so deeply stupid that picking it apart would be giving it more credit than it deserves.

I was very diplomatic in my last response video, but I really don’t wish to be this time. I really don’t think it’s worth it.

However, I would like to say a few things, just to give you a sense of why I am so fucking angry.

Firstly, I’d like to talk about the work of Barnett Newman. In particular, I’d like to talk about Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III. The first time I saw this painting, or even just paintings like it, I scoffed and said, “Why is something like this in a museum? It’s stupid. It’s just red, yellow, and blue. Is this even art?” Years later, however, I learned an interesting story about this painting.

In 1986 the painting was vandalized in an anti-Semitic attack. Daniel Goldreyer attempted to restore the painting in 1991. Should be easy, right? I mean, it’s just three colors.

However, the effort proved utterly unsuccessful as the depth of the color was incredibly difficult to replicate. The skill required to create this painting was far more than the untrained eye could perceive.

The first time I saw this painting, I did not understand it and condemned it as stupid because I was an arrogant prick.

And I’m sure hundreds of thousands of people who also don’t understand painting would agree with such a dismissive sentiment.

But just because I have millions of people agreeing with me doesn’t mean I know anything. It just means a lot of people don’t understand painting. That’s it.

Friendly Space Ninja’s video on Riverdale is the equivalent of someone looking at this painting and calling it stupid without understanding anything about abstract expressionism, painting techniques, and the works of Neoplasticism that this series was responding to.

It is watching Sunset Boulevard and complaining there is no color.  

It is the equivalent of an incel giving you dating advice.

But let me address Mr. Space Ninja directly and I won’t use any metaphors because I want this to be understood.

More than making a stupid response to Riverdale, your crime, Mr. Space Ninja, is arrogance. You look at a piece of art, you are utterly baffled by it, as you yourself say in the video, and you assume that the art must be the stupid one. It couldn’t be that it’s going over your head. No. It must be meaningless because you can’t grasp its meaning.

This is very troubling and also quite sad.

Though, I suspect you have no interest in providing useful insight into the works you discuss. It’s far more lucrative to provide inflammatory confirmation bias and, at the end of the day, that’s all you’re really doing. And to be clear, that is an insult. Wouldn’t want you to miss that. <3

Now, I also watched Alex Meyer’s video on the finale as well out of curiosity, as he also has a large platform. I haven’t watched his other videos because they seemed overtly negative about the show and I figured they wouldn’t be even remotely enjoyable. Curiosity won out though and honestly, though the sacred cow he is mocking is mine and thus, I disagree…I can’t fault him for this. There was a lot of care and thought that went into this. Even if he thinks the show is silly (and it certainly is) there’s a clear affection for it.

Not only that, but towards the end of the video he says this: “Time will be kind to your show. And all the chucklefucks like me with our kneejerk reactions? That's all going to fade away."

He also acknowledges the fact that there might be more to it than just the silliness. He doesn’t talk about it because he prefers to joke about the show rather than analyze it. He’s a jester, not a scholar. I could never fault him for that.

But I also don’t think anyone in their right mind would consider this critique. This is a comedy bit. And I’m not saying that comedy is less important or valuable than analysis. Not at all. It’s just different.

Anyway. Friendly Space Ninja. Fuck you.

#Riverdale #Friendly Space Ninja

[daisiesonafield-blog]

DWD - A REVIEW: a movie that doesn't know what it wants to be

"It feels like Olivia Wilde desperately tried to outsmart an audience for 2 hours straight and it didn't work".

"Don't Worry Darling just wasn't it".

#one of my fave media channels #dwd reviews #don't worry darling #i don't want it #Friendly Space Ninja #Youtube

[msclaritea]

Not a coincidence this is out, to try and explain why some adaptations work and some don't. Nothing on this explains why several female adaptations of written work have been targeted with hate campaigns. I'm sure there have been more that were sabotaged.

So, is Emily In Paris on Netflix, just another, "Let's Portray Women As Bad As Possible" project? This guy loves talking about her.

#DarkPhoenix #TheMarvels #ShadowandBone

#The Marvels #Dark Phoenix #Shadow and Bone #Friendly Space Ninja #Hollywood Insider #Netflix

[politicalprocrastinator]

You go through enough of a friendly space ninja video and it eventually stops being a first year lit student telling u about a show and becomes a french man having a hysterial breakdown

#It is quite funny when he starts screaming #Friendly space ninja

[sapphicicetia]

Current mood: watching reviews and video essays about series I've never watched and never will (instead of being productive)

#friendly space ninja #amanda the jedi #video essay #I just want to hear funny people's opinions #sarah z

[froggi-mushroom]

The king has spoken at last

#video #the idol #friendly space ninja #the idol hbo #Youtube

[notgoingwell]

#vid recs #friendly space ninja #the vampire diaries #vampire diaries #tvd #stefan salvatore #damon salvatore #elena gilbert #caroline forbes #video essays #video essay #media commentary #media criticism #media critique #critical thinking #criticism #critique #plot holes #inconsistency #writing problems #bad writing #storytelling #fictional characters #characterization #narrative #klaus michaelson #media analysis #media literacy #tvd klaus #julie plec

[randomyoutuberecs]

more friendly space ninja because i was looking through their videography yesterday and was just like "OMG REMEMBER THAT ONE??" for every other video

so i hope that's a good enough endorsement of this channel! this video is particularly funny--a very good comfort vid :)

(note that there's lots of yelling/ranting--all in good fun--in this one, though, for folks who are sensitive to angry voices!)

#random youtube recs #friendly space ninja #Youtube

[lucy-hp]

"Teen Wolf: The Movie - A Monumental Mistake"

"They want to make a sequel out of this atrocity" 🤣🤣🤣

#teen wolf #teen wolf the movie #roast #never going to watch this movie #friendly space ninja #Youtube

[potatotalksculture]

Potato Tweet: Watching Friendly Space Ninja‘s newest video essay on Gossip Girl 2021. And I might have an idea. The easter eggs are already out there.

So how about this:

Crossover of You, Emily in Paris and Gossip Girl 2021. Emily acts more and more strange, openly omits talking about her past and suddenly leaves Paris and everything she has there behind. She goes back to the US. She heads to New York for… some reason.

Joe Goldberg from You is actually Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl. Once a stalker always a stalker. He returns to New York to follow one of his once obsessions - Emily. The one that got away. (Credit for the You/Emily in Paris goes to Amanda the Jedi. A round of applause, please!) He becomes an English teacher at Constance. After Kate helped him clean his name it’s totally doable even if some people would recognize him as Dan.

In Constance he meets those crazy ass teachers who assume the role of the Gossip Girl and the seemingly woke students, who actually are all talk. He likes the first group as much as the latter - absolutely not. He hates all of them, following his trope of being angry about others bigotry whiteout acknowledging his own.

Emily needs to confront everyone on her way while trying to uncover the truth about Joe. She’s not naive or narcissistic, she’s been gaslit for many many years by Joe. Maybe some sweetheart of his after the marriage with Serena broke down? I think seeing her confronted with the teachers on the one side and the students on the other night cast some interesting light on her character.

The cage is back. People get hurt. And you see Joe Goldberg’s face while his voice readers some notes from Gossip Girl out loud.

Chills?

#you netflix #joe goldberg #emily in paris #Emily you crossover #Emily Joe Goldberg crossover #Joe in Paris #gossip girl #gossip girl 2021 #friendly space ninja #amanda the jedi #potatotweet #penny for my thoughts #personal blog #pop culture

[deanwithscissors]

just watched friendly space ninja’s teen wolf movie video, oh god, i deffo will not be watching it💀

#teen wolf movie #friendly space ninja #aj talks

[purple-s0da]

Just watched the new video by FriendlySpaceNinga, I was reminded of how much I like the first Narina movie, so I drew some art of Lucy discovering the lamppost. Hope y’all like it 😁

Here’s the video 🎥

#narnia #fan art #lucy pevensie #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #Narnia (2005) #friendly space ninja #movie classics #underrated #oh yeah listen to the music #Youtube

[goodjohnjr]

Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina: A Frustrating Waste Of Potential

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#Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina #Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina: A Frustrating Waste Of Potential #Devil #Friendly Space Ninja #Kiernan Shipka #Lucifer #Magic #Netflix #Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa #Sabrina #Sabrina Spellman #Satan #Video #Witch

[captainrandomobsessions]

Friendly Space Ninja made a 3hr video about CW's The Originals and it's the first show he's reviewed that I was like "i have to watch this." But I really don't like watching things out of order, even if they're different stories tonally. So I'm like "I have to watch all eight seasons of The Vampire Diaries before I even begin to watch The Originals." But The Vampire Diaries is more of a romance and it's not on Netflix. Like, I could pirate it or watch The Originals anyway but my brain hurts at the concept of watching it out of order so I guess I'll put on my eyepatch

#friendly space ninja #don't be fooled #the links lead to his videos on the shows not the wikipedia page or something #He just kept going on and on about the cast and performances and I was just like “i wanna see!”

[kaizoku-musume]

#Video #Friendly Space Ninja

[dreaming-for-an-escape]

Thanks! Now I won’t have to watch this pile of 💩

#teen wolf #teen wolf movie #friendly space ninja #Youtube