@Dex Stewart
I admit to mostly overlooking his Personal Time vids. I tried one once. I forget which one it was. I think I even mostly agreed with the opinions he shared. I just found it to be boring. I’m not there for the Greg, I’m there for Pinkie saying, “yes.” I’m there for the way he makes fun of things. But I got my fill of that too. I don’t really need more.
@Cryosite
I also like his Personal Time videos.I just like his style of humor,and his personality.I really liked the two episodes we got of the Nepotism series too.I just like black cynical humor.
@Dex Stewart
RDP was pretty great, but MAS, Greg’s solo work, was always much too cynical and bitter. It was pretty doomed to failure because the show always had a far more optimistic and fantastical view of Equestria than he did. The other issue is that his parodies were self-defeating in that the characters from the show grow and progress, while his parody sought to emphasize minor traits of the characters and had to remain static. His “advanced” view of things relied on sticking to those traits and simply couldn’t continue to make fun of the series in the same way anymore. His cynical views on Rainbow Dash in particular just wound up making him dislike the show more and more.
Greg’s other works, Simintelligent, Steb, and Nepotism Adventures are all fairly lame. Not in the “just tossing that label on ‘cause internet” lame, but lame in the sense of something with an injured limb. If an RDP video like his parody of My Little Dashie was a healthy and whole walking being, it feels like the humor and writing for his newer things does so with a permanent limp. You can tell the same style of humor is there. You can tell the same sort of voice acting and writing is there. But it feels like some chunk of bone or muscle is missing, or arthritis has destroyed a joint.
He’s a smart guy, and I like that he’s learned a skill and developed it over time. I like that he’s doing what he wants to do. But I don’t really feel like we would enjoy it if either RDP or MAS were to be rebooted (again), or picked back up and continued. His original cynical joke wasn’t good enough to carry it along for the length of the series, and it simply isn’t as funny when repeated too many times. I to, sort of, miss that point in time in my life when those things were new and I’d heard those jokes for the first time. But I don’t really think Greg has it in him to tell new jokes well, nor find a way to re-tell the old jokes to good effect.
There’s also that conversation Rainbow Dash has over the phone with his parents. As far as I know, there’s no CGI animation of it. But, that doesn’t make it any less fun to hear.
There were, or are, some CGI animators on YouTube that did a great job of depicting events in Rainbow Dash Presents Bittersweet. The “Sorry” conversation between Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, the conversation between Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie in her room, and Rainbow Dash following Pinkie’s orders to roll her off of the bridge.
I admit to mostly overlooking his Personal Time vids. I tried one once. I forget which one it was. I think I even mostly agreed with the opinions he shared. I just found it to be boring. I’m not there for the Greg, I’m there for Pinkie saying, “yes.” I’m there for the way he makes fun of things. But I got my fill of that too. I don’t really need more.
I also like his Personal Time videos.I just like his style of humor,and his personality.I really liked the two episodes we got of the Nepotism series too.I just like black cynical humor.
RDP was pretty great, but MAS, Greg’s solo work, was always much too cynical and bitter. It was pretty doomed to failure because the show always had a far more optimistic and fantastical view of Equestria than he did. The other issue is that his parodies were self-defeating in that the characters from the show grow and progress, while his parody sought to emphasize minor traits of the characters and had to remain static. His “advanced” view of things relied on sticking to those traits and simply couldn’t continue to make fun of the series in the same way anymore. His cynical views on Rainbow Dash in particular just wound up making him dislike the show more and more.
Greg’s other works, Simintelligent, Steb, and Nepotism Adventures are all fairly lame. Not in the “just tossing that label on ‘cause internet” lame, but lame in the sense of something with an injured limb. If an RDP video like his parody of My Little Dashie was a healthy and whole walking being, it feels like the humor and writing for his newer things does so with a permanent limp. You can tell the same style of humor is there. You can tell the same sort of voice acting and writing is there. But it feels like some chunk of bone or muscle is missing, or arthritis has destroyed a joint.
He’s a smart guy, and I like that he’s learned a skill and developed it over time. I like that he’s doing what he wants to do. But I don’t really feel like we would enjoy it if either RDP or MAS were to be rebooted (again), or picked back up and continued. His original cynical joke wasn’t good enough to carry it along for the length of the series, and it simply isn’t as funny when repeated too many times. I to, sort of, miss that point in time in my life when those things were new and I’d heard those jokes for the first time. But I don’t really think Greg has it in him to tell new jokes well, nor find a way to re-tell the old jokes to good effect.
Rainbow Dash, do not abdicate your duties to Pinkie.
Pinkie: You are inadequate!