I wanted to wait a few years before I wrote a review. See The Good The Bad and The Ugly of long-term content before putting my two cents in. I prefer to do that with real people, who are speaking off the cuff and have to fill up content on a regular basis. You Can't Hide Who You Are. And what you are. At this point, I can say that I enjoy not only the character of nerdrotic, I think The Man Behind the coke bottle glasses, has done what so many people have espoused since the early '80s, about getting clean. Becoming a better person. Taking the opportunity to get Beyond a criminal past and become a productive part of society. These are things I had no idea about this person. I just liked the energy and passion for all the things us Geeks like. And then over a period of time, you hear him talk about his troubled past. He owns it, owns his addiction and crimes that put him behind bars. He did what everybody hopes will happen with a misspent youth. He became a clean and sober adult, a father and husband, partner to his wife. And a productive part of society. This is what I was told what America wanted to have happened with those people that had crime and substance and alcohol issues in their youth. If you did right. Then Society would fully back you and not throw your past in your face. Unfortunately it seems like every few months that's exactly what happens to this guy and his family. Somebody that's trying to make a few bucks and get clicks on whatever streaming site that they have started or a journalist that has no ability to come up with a new story. The point that this guy and says hey, you can't be a conservative. You were a problem young adult. You are a hypocrite. So that's enough about the guy behind the coke bottle glasses. Now concerning the content. It is exactly what geek stuff is supposed to be about. He has passionate positions on almost every aspect of what is considered nerd or geek content in the US over the last 50 years. He only comments on those things that he has a passionate opinion on and has knowledge of. I'm not sure if you've ever spent more than 5 minutes with a group of nerds discussing a topic they are all passionate about. If there are 10 nerds discussing this subject, they will collectively have about 47 widely disparaging opinions on those subjects. And they are passionate in defending their side and saying why the other side is 173% completely wrong. If you have ever been in a comic store. And there are five people in there that actually have been reading comics for more than 5 minutes. You are going to hear diatribes and treatises on those comics, which can vary from the storyline of those comics from year to year. Based upon the author's and artists and anchors that were custodians of those characters before another group took them over for the next run of comics in that series for a few years. Star wars, star trek, Babylon 5, farscape, firefly. You are going to hear rages back and forth on what was good and what was bad. Since so many of the comic stores went away of the dodo bird in the last 15 years, due to the horrendous mismanagement of American comic industry. YouTube and other places are where that conversation has gone to. And for some reason, the disagreements that were embraced in those stores for decades. Has now become problematic to those that only want to blow smoke up the back side of those that create the product. With no consideration towards those that actually have invested decades in that product. The fans. If your personality is to only agree with what the manufacturer of a product produces, regardless of the quality. Then you will enjoy about 75% of those sites that say they are for geeks and nerds. If you however have a discriminating taste in quality. And are not afraid to say that the emperor wears no clothes. Then nerdrotic and some other people like him out there. Are more your taste. Disagreement is not problematic. Passion is not problematic. Passion is what creates the fandom that keeps the IP ongoing for decades and decades. Just about every form of entertainment that human beings enjoy. At least enjoy long-term, must have some form of conflict, and conflict resolution. It's what creates interest. Any show without conflict will die a slow withering death on the vine. Like a Vineyard without water. Disagreement over quality is not problematic. Agreement over qualities is very problematic. I hope you give this guy a try. He's surrounded by some great talent. They don't all agree on everything. But they are passionate about what they like and are much more passionate about what they like being turned into corporate, boardroom approved, Bland mush oatmeal.
