Quasi-psuedo- official Atop the Fourth Wall thread

Our favorite lamp reviewer targets the Target Lamp once again:

It's actually a review of Murder Mansion, done in the style of Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews.

Has Linkara ever reviewed any of the Conan The Barbarian comics?

Not yet.

I would love for an actual full fledged April Fools lamp review video instead of it being a Bait-and-Switch.

Edited by AFan on Apr 12th 2024 at 2:20:38 PM

Wonder if he would count that as Patreon worthy.

That said though, on the top of my head, I'd like to see a Comic Sins video sometime.

Everyone would be expecting that. If you want it to be a surprise you don't put it out on April Fools. You make a random date

Another year, another video where Linkara breaks his "Top 15 Comics I'll Never Review" list. This time, Linkara takes a look at Marvel Versus DC:

1. Kind of am surprised this wouldn't be done outside of Patreon. It is after all something with a Clone Saga tie, especially a snafu regarding Ben functioning as Peter.

2. As far as Joker remembering Spider-Man, it can be argued that perfect merges (i.e. all citizens don't recognize anything being off like in the mini) occasionally happen. Unlimited Access has Access mentioning an incident with Batman, Spider-Man, Kingpin and Ra's al Ghul. Basically the second Spider-Man/Batmam team up.

I'm still disappointed we never got Elektra vs Lady Shiva.

Learning that Kyle Rayner crossed over with the Silver Surfer once is funny considering the Surfer's DEATH BATTLE! opponent was Martian Manhunter.

Edited by windleopard on Apr 13th 2024 at 7:24:17 PM

Wouldn't be much of a fight, Shiva wins easy.

A more even fight would be Shiva vs Shang-Chi.

Linkara reviews another issue of Mr. T and the T-Force, in a year where we desperately, desperately need his help:

When he was talking about the cover, I was expecting him to make a reference to that Low Tier God meme.

Patreon review time again, as Linkara takes a look at the David Cronenberg movie eXistenZ:

Ok, so that leaves SPD, Mystic Force, & RPM left to do in terms of remaking.

Do you think Linkara would like Hazbin Hotel?

I maintain that Lothar is a much more competent villain than Mesogog and the latter is only considered a better villain because he has a scarier look and voice.

Lothar:

• Kidnaps the Wind Ninja students and turns Kanoi into a guinea pig in the first episode.

• Manipulates the Thunder Rangers to his side.

• Came up with a plan to overflow the Abyss of Evil with fallen monsters and generals.

• In the Ninja Storm/Dino Thunder team up, Lothor is the one doing all the heavy lifting. He breaks out of the Abyss with his own power, kidnaps and impersonates Kanoi and controls the Wind Rangers only being foiled by Mara and Kapri.

Mesogog:

• Loses the Dino Gems in the first episode and then the Dino Zords in the second one.

• Captures Tommy to make him unlock the black Dino leading to Tommy becoming a Ranger for the fifth time.

• Creates an evil Ranger by accident and then ends up unintentionally turning him good when trying to kill him because he was duped into thinking Trent betrayed him.

• Contributes almost nothing to the team up between him and Lothor.

• In the finale, he separates himself from Mercer which means the Rangers have no reason to hold back when fighting him and then absorbs Dino gem energy to become Mesomonster which makes him vulnerable to the Dino gems.

Being successful in their plans has nothing to do with making a good villain. See how many people hate god Joker running circles around Batman.

Sure. But that's the standard by which Mesogo and Lothar are often judged by.

And it's not like Lothar is a boring invincible villain. He's just more sinister and clever than his silly demeanor would imply.

Most people often criticize Lothor for being silly than his overall competence IIRC. It doesn't matter if he's competent if they don't think he should be written as such.

Do you think Linkara could review a Mad magazine parody of superheroes (or even any franchise he's interested in like Star Wars, Star Trek, or The A-Team) for Comic Book Quickies, or would that be too outside his wheelhouse (he did review that Power Rangers parody comic back in the day, but most of that review was talking about how unfunny it was).

Linkara's clearly criticizing him for being incompetent. It's why he compares Lothar to Divatox and uses clips where Mesogog calls Lothar a moron.

It's one of those disconnects between tangible success and the way the character is played.

Divatox is very silly... but also blew up the Command Centre and was never defeated so is one of the most successful villains in the history of the show.

Well, she wasn't defeated in direct combat but she was defeated just like all the other villains via the Z-Wave.

I know, semantics, but just had to get that off my chest.

Characters are only as competent as audiences believe they are, otherwise it's get called bad writing, and it's up the writer to sell that the character is competent through charisma and feasible feats of strength or intelligence. If a character spend 90% of the time acting like a buffoon then most aren't gonna accept that he's actually a villainous mastermind all this time.