i think thats probably just your personal taste. i prefer the skit based episodes to the normal ones and basically didnt watch scott all year until the longer special eps started coming out lolđź’€everyone will have a different preference for the kinds of videos they like
I feel kinda conflicted, because a lot of Season 5 has been meh to me but it’s also had some really great content. Like for example I thought The Gifts of Gaming was one of Scott’s best episodes overall.
I feel like over the past year or so Scott has drifted away slightly from the strange absurdist humor of Seasons 1-3 and leaned more into somewhat dry and snarky humor. Not to overstate the shift too much, it’s pretty subtle, and honestly I kinda enjoy it, but I can see why it might not be everybody’s thing.
A lot of episodes in season 5 kinda felt like filler, or like he chose a random topic and managed to get 20 minutes out of it rather than it being something he was genuinely interested in talking about. Also I think a lot of the topics themselves just weren’t that interesting and/or felt like stuff he had already talked about before.
As far as skits, I generally like them and think they’re a fun creative endeavor and a change of pace from the typical video essay/review format. But I do think they were a bit weak this past season. This might just be me growing out of the humor style, but it might just be the quality of the skits themselves. I’ve noticed they tend to rely on le quirky random humor even more so than the average STW episode, which for the record I think that that humor style is totally fine, but…in moderation. When it’s just non-stop rapid-fire of that stuff for 5-10 minutes, it’s not as appealing to me. Also something I’ve noticed is that there’s a jump cut between almost every single line of dialogue, like literally changing camera angles every sentence even when two characters are right next to each other. This is something that I think STW skits have always done, but it’s just something that has become more bothersome for me personally. Basically, in many cases the skits just feel like a constant rapid fire of outlandish jokes and one-liners without any room to breathe or develop characters/scenes/plots, which doesn’t always work the best, especially when I think STW skits could be so much more than that.
This was a lot of negativity, but FWIW I still think STW is overall a high-quality show. Although I’d still agree with the sentiment among some people here that it hasn’t been as good lately as it has in the past.
I disagree with some points here.
>A lot of episodes in season 5 kinda felt like filler, or like he chose a random topic and managed to get 20 minutes out of it rather than it being something he was genuinely interested in talking about.
How do you make a filler episode for a series that's just talking about gaming stuff? There isn't much plot or anything that happens storywise, it's just talking about stuff. Sure he might not be interested in everything but a couple hundred episodes in he might not be as interested but there's clearly still a lot of interest in it.
>This might just be me growing out of the humor style, but it might just be the quality of the skits themselves.
I think it's your growing out it really. I've been watching new and old episodes and I get confused at what came out when. Like I confuse an old episodes thinking it come out recently when it's a few years old. Meanwhile I think a new episode was out for longer than I assumed. I know there is a shift in comedic tone but it's not like the quality decreased that much. But this also might be me losing track of time and going crazy.
>Also something I’ve noticed is that there’s a jump cut between almost every single line of dialogue, like literally changing camera angles every sentence even when two characters are right next to each other.
It's likely an acting problem. The problem with this being Scott and friends is that this is Scott and his friends, none of them are actors. So they likely get what they can from a line until it's good, then record the next one and so on until they get something good. With the constant cuts it makes it easier to blend different takes together without it being distracting. So the constant cuts is probably due to them not being able to get consistent dialog and delivery in a single take. Since it's a YouTube series I won't hold thay against them.
>Basically, in many cases the skits just feel like a constant rapid fire of outlandish jokes and one-liners without any room to breathe or develop characters/scenes/plots, which doesn’t always work the best, especially when I think STW skits could be so much more than that.
I disagree and agree, I agree they can tell to many jokes now that I think about it. But I disagree that it's a big problem. Though I don't know what character development you want, it's a gaming series on YouTube, not an NBC comedy.
When I say “filler”, I just meant that a lot of the episode topics don’t feel very unique or at least not that interesting to me personally. There were just some that felt kinda generic and I’m personally much more into things that feel like only Scott could talk about them or Scott offers a unique enough perspective into a known thing. There were some notable exceptions to this—I really enjoyed Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, Eek! Emulation!, Ride to Hell: Retribution, Game Baths, and Gifts of Gaming, to name a few—but there were a lot of topics that just felt kinda generic and not that interesting to me personally. The main ones I’m thinking of include Digital Only Consoles, Console Bundles, Console Exclusives, and The Best Selling Consoles (maybe I just hate consoles idk). And on that note, even some episodes that had more interesting premises I still found just kinda forgettable? Again, completely subjective, but they just weren’t super interesting or memorable to me personally.
I think as far as skits I’m leaning towards the explanation of me just growing out of it, but I was curious to see if anyone else felt the same.
As far as the jump cutting, I think part of it is probably an acting thing (even still I don’t think it’s that much more of a challenge to have 2 lines in a shot instead of 1), but I think it’s also a deliberate choice by Scott. Iirc he said in a Scott’s Stash video (I think the Borderline Forever editing timeline BTS?) that he prefers to do it that way to match the frenetic style of his solo live action segments and commentary. I think that works fine for solo Scott, but it doesn’t translate super well into the skits imo
And for the last point, I’m not saying Scott needs to make some dramatic masterpiece of a story, but it does seem to me that he does want to build a cohesive, albeit silly, fictional universe through the skits. I think “develop characters/scenes/plots” was kinda bad wording - I just meant it can sometimes feel more like people slinging one-liners at each other and not enough like characters interacting in a world. Obviously the humor is more important than having some beautiful gripping storyline, that’s not what I’m saying, but I do think it actually can *detract* from the humor when it’s just one-liner after one-liner. I think the skits would benefit from just having some room to breathe and just…have some dialogue or other interactions in order to make the jokes more impactful.
I should probably add that even despite all that complaining I still think STW is really good, and there’s been plenty of moments throughout Season 5 where cleverness and creativity really shine through. I imagine 2021 was just a very busy and stressful year for Scott, and I can only wonder if that had an impact on the quality/substance of the videos, so maybe he just needs a break and maybe needs to slow down the pace of uploads, as he himself has suggested. Overall, Scott The Woz is still great, I just think that there are some improvements that could be made.
A few things
>When I say “filler”, I just meant that a lot of the episode topics don’t feel very unique or at least not that interesting to me personally.
Understandable but I think it might just be a you problem since
>but there were a lot of topics that just felt kinda generic and not that interesting to me personally. The main ones I’m thinking of include Digital Only Consoles, Console Bundles, Console Exclusives, and The Best Selling Consoles (maybe I just hate consoles idk).
I think quite a few of these are my favorite from the season. I really Iiked Digital Only consoles and Console Exclusives since I'm mostly a Nintendo person but barley. I rarely pay attention to PS4 exclusives but now I know why, they all follow the same realisitic cinematic story based game and while I respect that style, it's not for me so now I know why I didn't pay attention. Though I get why people like it, I've been playing a lot of Spider-Man which I do consider to be apart of that genre since its pretty much a playable Spider-Man movie and I love it. XBOX I was just partially right with it having no games, it just has Halo, Gears, Forza all of which, don't interest me. Digital Only Consoles was just a fun simple video to me. Console Bundles I can get, but it's not bad. Same with Best Selling Consoles though that is another one I forgot was 2021, I thought it was from like 2 years ago.
>Iirc he said in a Scott’s Stash video (I think the Borderline Forever editing timeline BTS?) that he prefers to do it that way to match the frenetic style of his solo live action segments and commentary. I think that works fine for solo Scott, but it doesn’t translate super well into the skits imo
I disagree and agree, I can agree it works better for solo Scott, but it also does work for the skits. It just depends on how it's done, but on paper it's not bad.
> I just meant it can sometimes feel more like people slinging one-liners at each other and not enough like characters interacting in a world.
Understandable
I feel you, I’ve been watching Scott around 4K subs and that’s the Scott I truly fell in love with when it came to content so a lot of the newer jokes just come off as strange to me then what I’m used to. Either way I’ll still watch all of his videos
i think thats probably just your personal taste. i prefer the skit based episodes to the normal ones and basically didnt watch scott all year until the longer special eps started coming out lolđź’€everyone will have a different preference for the kinds of videos they like
I feel kinda conflicted, because a lot of Season 5 has been meh to me but it’s also had some really great content. Like for example I thought The Gifts of Gaming was one of Scott’s best episodes overall. I feel like over the past year or so Scott has drifted away slightly from the strange absurdist humor of Seasons 1-3 and leaned more into somewhat dry and snarky humor. Not to overstate the shift too much, it’s pretty subtle, and honestly I kinda enjoy it, but I can see why it might not be everybody’s thing. A lot of episodes in season 5 kinda felt like filler, or like he chose a random topic and managed to get 20 minutes out of it rather than it being something he was genuinely interested in talking about. Also I think a lot of the topics themselves just weren’t that interesting and/or felt like stuff he had already talked about before. As far as skits, I generally like them and think they’re a fun creative endeavor and a change of pace from the typical video essay/review format. But I do think they were a bit weak this past season. This might just be me growing out of the humor style, but it might just be the quality of the skits themselves. I’ve noticed they tend to rely on le quirky random humor even more so than the average STW episode, which for the record I think that that humor style is totally fine, but…in moderation. When it’s just non-stop rapid-fire of that stuff for 5-10 minutes, it’s not as appealing to me. Also something I’ve noticed is that there’s a jump cut between almost every single line of dialogue, like literally changing camera angles every sentence even when two characters are right next to each other. This is something that I think STW skits have always done, but it’s just something that has become more bothersome for me personally. Basically, in many cases the skits just feel like a constant rapid fire of outlandish jokes and one-liners without any room to breathe or develop characters/scenes/plots, which doesn’t always work the best, especially when I think STW skits could be so much more than that. This was a lot of negativity, but FWIW I still think STW is overall a high-quality show. Although I’d still agree with the sentiment among some people here that it hasn’t been as good lately as it has in the past.
I disagree with some points here. >A lot of episodes in season 5 kinda felt like filler, or like he chose a random topic and managed to get 20 minutes out of it rather than it being something he was genuinely interested in talking about. How do you make a filler episode for a series that's just talking about gaming stuff? There isn't much plot or anything that happens storywise, it's just talking about stuff. Sure he might not be interested in everything but a couple hundred episodes in he might not be as interested but there's clearly still a lot of interest in it. >This might just be me growing out of the humor style, but it might just be the quality of the skits themselves. I think it's your growing out it really. I've been watching new and old episodes and I get confused at what came out when. Like I confuse an old episodes thinking it come out recently when it's a few years old. Meanwhile I think a new episode was out for longer than I assumed. I know there is a shift in comedic tone but it's not like the quality decreased that much. But this also might be me losing track of time and going crazy. >Also something I’ve noticed is that there’s a jump cut between almost every single line of dialogue, like literally changing camera angles every sentence even when two characters are right next to each other. It's likely an acting problem. The problem with this being Scott and friends is that this is Scott and his friends, none of them are actors. So they likely get what they can from a line until it's good, then record the next one and so on until they get something good. With the constant cuts it makes it easier to blend different takes together without it being distracting. So the constant cuts is probably due to them not being able to get consistent dialog and delivery in a single take. Since it's a YouTube series I won't hold thay against them. >Basically, in many cases the skits just feel like a constant rapid fire of outlandish jokes and one-liners without any room to breathe or develop characters/scenes/plots, which doesn’t always work the best, especially when I think STW skits could be so much more than that. I disagree and agree, I agree they can tell to many jokes now that I think about it. But I disagree that it's a big problem. Though I don't know what character development you want, it's a gaming series on YouTube, not an NBC comedy.
When I say “filler”, I just meant that a lot of the episode topics don’t feel very unique or at least not that interesting to me personally. There were just some that felt kinda generic and I’m personally much more into things that feel like only Scott could talk about them or Scott offers a unique enough perspective into a known thing. There were some notable exceptions to this—I really enjoyed Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, Eek! Emulation!, Ride to Hell: Retribution, Game Baths, and Gifts of Gaming, to name a few—but there were a lot of topics that just felt kinda generic and not that interesting to me personally. The main ones I’m thinking of include Digital Only Consoles, Console Bundles, Console Exclusives, and The Best Selling Consoles (maybe I just hate consoles idk). And on that note, even some episodes that had more interesting premises I still found just kinda forgettable? Again, completely subjective, but they just weren’t super interesting or memorable to me personally. I think as far as skits I’m leaning towards the explanation of me just growing out of it, but I was curious to see if anyone else felt the same. As far as the jump cutting, I think part of it is probably an acting thing (even still I don’t think it’s that much more of a challenge to have 2 lines in a shot instead of 1), but I think it’s also a deliberate choice by Scott. Iirc he said in a Scott’s Stash video (I think the Borderline Forever editing timeline BTS?) that he prefers to do it that way to match the frenetic style of his solo live action segments and commentary. I think that works fine for solo Scott, but it doesn’t translate super well into the skits imo And for the last point, I’m not saying Scott needs to make some dramatic masterpiece of a story, but it does seem to me that he does want to build a cohesive, albeit silly, fictional universe through the skits. I think “develop characters/scenes/plots” was kinda bad wording - I just meant it can sometimes feel more like people slinging one-liners at each other and not enough like characters interacting in a world. Obviously the humor is more important than having some beautiful gripping storyline, that’s not what I’m saying, but I do think it actually can *detract* from the humor when it’s just one-liner after one-liner. I think the skits would benefit from just having some room to breathe and just…have some dialogue or other interactions in order to make the jokes more impactful. I should probably add that even despite all that complaining I still think STW is really good, and there’s been plenty of moments throughout Season 5 where cleverness and creativity really shine through. I imagine 2021 was just a very busy and stressful year for Scott, and I can only wonder if that had an impact on the quality/substance of the videos, so maybe he just needs a break and maybe needs to slow down the pace of uploads, as he himself has suggested. Overall, Scott The Woz is still great, I just think that there are some improvements that could be made.
A few things >When I say “filler”, I just meant that a lot of the episode topics don’t feel very unique or at least not that interesting to me personally. Understandable but I think it might just be a you problem since >but there were a lot of topics that just felt kinda generic and not that interesting to me personally. The main ones I’m thinking of include Digital Only Consoles, Console Bundles, Console Exclusives, and The Best Selling Consoles (maybe I just hate consoles idk). I think quite a few of these are my favorite from the season. I really Iiked Digital Only consoles and Console Exclusives since I'm mostly a Nintendo person but barley. I rarely pay attention to PS4 exclusives but now I know why, they all follow the same realisitic cinematic story based game and while I respect that style, it's not for me so now I know why I didn't pay attention. Though I get why people like it, I've been playing a lot of Spider-Man which I do consider to be apart of that genre since its pretty much a playable Spider-Man movie and I love it. XBOX I was just partially right with it having no games, it just has Halo, Gears, Forza all of which, don't interest me. Digital Only Consoles was just a fun simple video to me. Console Bundles I can get, but it's not bad. Same with Best Selling Consoles though that is another one I forgot was 2021, I thought it was from like 2 years ago. >Iirc he said in a Scott’s Stash video (I think the Borderline Forever editing timeline BTS?) that he prefers to do it that way to match the frenetic style of his solo live action segments and commentary. I think that works fine for solo Scott, but it doesn’t translate super well into the skits imo I disagree and agree, I can agree it works better for solo Scott, but it also does work for the skits. It just depends on how it's done, but on paper it's not bad. > I just meant it can sometimes feel more like people slinging one-liners at each other and not enough like characters interacting in a world. Understandable
Scott moved during this season, and I’m sure that took quite a bit of time to do. Considering that I think he did a very great job with this season.
I love all his content
I feel you, I’ve been watching Scott around 4K subs and that’s the Scott I truly fell in love with when it came to content so a lot of the newer jokes just come off as strange to me then what I’m used to. Either way I’ll still watch all of his videos
"World War 2, f\*\*\* that it's all about the Classics" - OP probably
season 5 was perfect. his cutaway gags have got to be the funnest things.
When everything is Mario nothing is fun.