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[Lewa]

[ravenofroses]

[Grim Joker]

[elizibar]

[BanishedZaber]

[awakeasaurusrex]

It should also be pointed out that TribeTwelve took a TON of shit when it first started out, and still occasionally does. And people also have complaints about EMH and MH from time to time. (I've complained about how I feel the slow start to season 2 Marble Hornets has wasted all the momentum that season 1 established, and I know some people feel the same way.)

The idea that the big 3 are somehow considered to be above criticism is so incorrect it's laughable.

[HealthyAshes]

[Slendery]

[NoMoreGaems]

Oh my, yes, Tribe Twelve had (and has) its problems. The plotting early on was weak, Milo Asher is a visually and aurally repulsive character, Milo and Noah had very little screen chemistry (realistic, perhaps, but still distracting), and the acting in general was sub-par. These days, it's vastly better, but still runs into achingly long production times. We've been waiting on that thanksgiving footage for a month and a half now.

And maybe EverymanHYBRID's a sprawling, at times incomprehensible story in which Slenderman now seems to be playing second fiddle to an original character's split personality, and maybe Marble Hornets is still on the same schedule it was towards the end of Season 1, but all three series are still highly entertaining, and at times genuinely scary.

By contrast, there's nothing in Apple Of Our Eye that's scary or well executed. The characters are unlikable and indistinguishable, and the story they find themselves in is hardly captivating. And I'll confess that's the only other Slendervlog series I've managed to follow and review, since I couldn't watch more than a few videos of Jon's Club and both Experience of Evil and Closet Atrium turned out to be regular ghost stories... still sad that Closet Atrium died, I dunno how far the premise could have gone but their ghost looked great.

However, I pride myself on being able to find a good side to every situation, and I will say that Apple Of Our Eye's slenderman is... tall, a fair bit taller than the one in Marble Hornets or Tribe Twelve. Though it's been a while since we've seen them... also, it totally stole an idea I had to get an old camcorder off ebay and make a series using it, but the idea there was that the series was set in the 1980s so it would be an authentic 1980s camcorder. So maybe that's the real reason I dislike Apple Of Our Eye.

[The Rogue Wolf]

I think the reason the "Big Three" (MH, EMH, TT) seem to "get off easy" is because they've earned our goodwill by either bringing something new to the mythos or trying very hard to mix up something we're already familiar with. Marble Hornets was the original, of course, and EverymanHybrid has branched out into a multi-format experience (which admittedly makes it tricky for people like me, who don't use Twitter or frequent other social sites, to keep up- but hey, we have a Wiki for that). As for TribeTwelve, it was getting ragged on in the beginning for being a clone of MH, but the introduction of Grandpa Karl helped give the series a new horizon- and then those awesomely-edited "Observer" videos happened.

It also helps that the people behind each series are decent, fun guys and gals who want to engage and entertain their audiences.

[Lewa]

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

[Lewa]

[ChildOfAtom]

New video tonight Cats and Kittens!

[Slendery]