Zero Punctuation: LEGO Indy

[SaintLonginus]

Am I the only one finding these reviews less and less funny everyday?
The earlier reviews are still hilarious to this day, but I dunno about now. :/
*Waits for fanboys to toss beer bottles at me filled with pseudo-wit*

I'm not gonna win any awards for originality by saying this, but the intro is awful.... >_<

 

[Playbahnosh]

Alright! I won't repeat everything already said so I just [INSERT WHINE ABOUT CR*PPY INTRO/OUTRO]...ing, but I really [INSERT WHINE ABOUT MISSING RIPPING OFF COPYRIGHTED MUSIC]. But my biggest disappointment is [INSERT RANT ABOUT YAHTZEE SELLING OUT] STINKY KETCHUP!!! DUH!!! YOU STUPID, IGNORANT [INSERT RANDOM CURSING HERE] meh...

Please don't do this again...
Thanks.

 

[Entharion]

Nice work Yahtzee, but I'm not crazy about the new intro style...I miss the music selections.

Seconded... I liked that, kinda random

 

[deplorable]

'bratz hey kids lets all dress like french tarts'

cracked me up, so true... brilliant, as always.

 

[SatansBestBuddy]

Yahtzee has jumped the shark.

Now let's see how long he'll keep resembling funny with videos that are sandwiched inbetween pointless ads.

 

[FanDam]

Really? Crappy warmed-over metal music? That's what you want as your intro songs?

 

[MaDsPLoiTz]

I prefer the old style intro and outro of somehow-related-to-the-game songs.

 

[DerGermanGuy]

Nice one, keep on like this. I'm sad about this new opening but I think i get used to it...
Well I had to.

 

[Sejs Cube]

Nice review. Not so hot on the music intro/outro. Was fond of the previous style. The music was clever and tailored to the game (etc), which was a nice touch. Copyright or no, the new bit just feels .. impersonal.

 

[poonsniff]

Jumping the shark? No.
Draining some of the homespun wit? Yes.

Samples of music up to 30 seconds are fair game under the fair use agreement, don't know if that helps any...

Fair use is a defense used when being sued by a company for copywrite infringement. The change will avoid any such suits from being filed and to me the change is justified even though I will miss the old format.

For anyone who couldn't quite understand some of the jestures in his review of the movie that was not made, my interpretation is as follows.

Yatzee, while contemplating the best way to take over the world, gets pleasently surprised by a trailer for the new Indy 4 film. Seeing this gives him a massive erection which drives him to spend an exhorbitant amount of money to see it in the theater. His general enthusiasm is quashed by extreme puzzlement at what he watched. Thus he thinks Lucas is tosser and gives a big fuck you to Mr. Franchisicide.

 

[kibayasu]

I imagine the format was changed perhaps because of the amount of advertising revenue Zero Punctuation makes The Escapist. And while I always liked the (occasionally) more subtle humour in the music choices, I'm here for the reviews.

 

[Jack Spencer Jr]

Are we still complaining about the new intro?

Good. Because I'd like to rebut something Yahtzee said on his website:

I'd like to point out that if the reviews had had original music and an intro like that from the very beginning no-one would have cared.

While true, that's like saying that if your wife had been a man all along, you wouldn't be taking her sex change so hard.

 

[josh797]

terrrific job yahtzee this was a return to form for u in my opinion. i havent laughed this hard at one of your reviews in a while. but please please get some music. i understadn you dont want to rip off licensed stuff, so why not get some licensed music. this other shit is just that, shit.

 

[romitelli]

The chosen intros and outros were smart, and the new one is just... mediocre.

 

[GlenRice41]

I know i haven't been posting much up until recently but i watch all your reviews. Though i think the new opening is good, can't you add in a music selection with the new opening? To me the music selections u had set a tone for your review.

 

[Lightzy]

Escapist Mag: "Hey Yahtzee, listen, you rock too hard. our servers can't handle the kind of crazy traffic you get"

Yahtzee: "Thanks, you too"

Escapist Mag: "Right, so we need you to dumb down your reviews a bit. Stop using brilliantly selected musical choices that open and close the reviews appropriately and to put some stupid rock intro that has nothing to do with anything instead. you know, something that viewers have to suffer through to get to the review. and then a bit more suffering at the end. just to make them think twice, you know, if to view it or not."

Yahtzee: "Err."


*Yahtzee then proceeds to do the Indy Lego review*

 

[OurGloriousLeader]

Infinite enemies is too a cardinal sin...

 

[Poptart Fairy]

While true, that's like saying that if your wife had been a man all along, you wouldn't be taking her sex change so hard.

It's only the same if you're a big enough twat to feel sexually attracted to Yahtzee's music selections.

 

[dustrider]

Sweet jesus christ on a pogo stick.

Escapist, please sort out your video hosting. two days after the new ZP and it's 5 minutes for the damn thing to load.

People bitching about the intro, make your own damn music selections then. It was just another way for Yahtzee to show his exemplary universal knowledge of all things cool anyway. Life goes on, though a little sadder and shorter.

Yahtzee, way to bend over for the man, copyright's a *****. I've got some soothing cream if you need it.

 

[Jack Spencer Jr]

Jack Spencer Jr stfu

It's only the same if you're a big enough twat to feel sexually attracted to Yahtzee's music selections.

Wow. What snappy comebacks. Apparently putting fluoride in the drinking water was a bad idea.