💼 Careercow Andrew Dobson (aka Tom Preston)

[Von Clausewitz]

Unlikeable characters. Uh...wasn't that the point?

Interesting to see that his "no fictional animals must be harmed" stance existed back then as well.

Nah guys, I hate to White Knight here a litte, but:
You are grave digging. Although I like to shake my head at Dobsons opinions and antics as much as the next guy, this review is nearly 6 years old. I think no one should be held accountable or be criticized for an opinion, they wrote down over half a decade ago, since I believe that every person can change completely over that period of time. I don't want to be judged by the bullshit I wrote half a decade ago and I don't want to be judged in five years by the stupid bullshit I might write down today without realizing it. Even if his opinion hasn't changed one should judge him - and any person, really - by the opinions he holds in the present. However, if he admits that his views haven't changed, fire away.

 

[MMX]

So can we count Dobson as being marginally worse than Hitler?

Well to be fair Hitler didn't join Goodreads/create sock puppets just to give his book a five star review.......hes guilty of a lot but not abusing the Goodreads system.

 

[Stud2Stud]

This jerkoff attacked his own girlfriend because he was so ass-blasted that her Jewish family didn't give him a perfect Christmas that he flipped out and well, did what we know he did.

Emphasis added.

He did nothing of that sort. He was moping and sulking and made a passive aggressive post online about how much she sucks at empathy or something (not expecting his gf to read it, I assume).

That's a big part of the general "WHAT THE FUCK, MANG!" that should not be ignored. Instead of being a mature, grown adult that faces his problems, he made a fucking "woe is me" blog entry. . .

Let that sink in: This guy possibly had a sexual relationship with a girl, that could have potentially lead to offspring (if the gods had been cruel enough), and he's not even man enough to talk to his gf over his poor hurt feelings. Due to a lack of Santa.

 

[MayMay]

Emphasis added.

He did nothing of that sort. He was moping and sulking and made a passive aggressive post online about how much she sucks at empathy or something (not expecting his gf to read it, I assume).

That's a big part of the general "WHAT THE FUCK, MANG!" that should not be ignored. Instead of being a mature, grown adult that faces his problems, he made a fucking "woe is me" blog entry. . .

Let that sink in: This guy possibly had a sexual relationship with a girl, that could have potentially lead to offspring (if the gods had been cruel enough), and he's not even man enough to talk to his gf over his poor hurt feelings. Due to a lack of Santa.

Well sometimes "attacked" can mean "publicly bitched about online"

But yeah, important distinction. This isn't ADF we're dealing with, just AD.

 

[MMX]

Nah guys, I hate to White Knight here a litte, but:
You are grave digging. Although I like to shake my head at Dobsons opinions and antics as much as the next guy, this review is nearly 6 years old. I think no one should be held accountable or be criticized for an opinion, they wrote down over half a decade ago, since I believe that every person can change completely over that period of time. I don't want to be judged by the bullshit I wrote half a decade ago and I don't want to be judged in five years by the stupid bullshit I might write down today without realizing it. Even if his opinion hasn't changed one should judge him - and any person, really - by the opinions he holds in the present. However, if he admits that his views haven't changed, fire away.

For whats it worth I agree with you but I honestly don't think Dobsons changed much if any during this time.
His zero tolerance policy to animal harm is still in effect.....he brought it up because he was worried about Mad Max being triggering.
His recent batman rants have shown he cant handle anything remotely gritty in his super hero movies, he wants everything to be like the golden age of dc comics (ignoring the fact golden age batman actually killed more people back then and had a gun.....Sorry for being a batspreg) or the campy Adam west show. Even the family friendly Avengers movies were triggering and problematic to him.
Given his recent comments on the Killing Joke I doubt hes found any new respect and appreciation for the work of Alan Moore.

 

[John Titor]

Nah guys, I hate to White Knight here a litte, but:
You are grave digging. Although I like to shake my head at Dobsons opinions and antics as much as the next guy, this review is nearly 6 years old. I think no one should be held accountable or be criticized for an opinion, they wrote down over half a decade ago, since I believe that every person can change completely over that period of time. I don't want to be judged by the bullshit I wrote half a decade ago and I don't want to be judged in five years by the stupid bullshit I might write down today without realizing it. Even if his opinion hasn't changed one should judge him - and any person, really - by the opinions he holds in the present. However, if he admits that his views haven't changed, fire away.

Well sure, that's how I feel about his stance on anime. He sounds like he's got a major hateboner for it but he says he's gotten over it so I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. I pointed the Watchmen thing out because I believe he has a tendency to miss the points in the things he likes to watch/play.

Emphasis added.

He did nothing of that sort. He was moping and sulking and made a passive aggressive post online about how much she sucks at empathy or something (not expecting his gf to read it, I assume).

That's a big part of the general "WHAT THE FUCK, MANG!" that should not be ignored. Instead of being a mature, grown adult that faces his problems, he made a fucking "woe is me" blog entry. . .

Let that sink in: This guy possibly had a sexual relationship with a girl, that could have potentially lead to offspring (if the gods had been cruel enough), and he's not even man enough to talk to his gf over his poor hurt feelings. Due to a lack of Santa.

I think this story gets misinterpreted the most. He didn't get assblasted for lack of Santa, but he did get assblasted at the thought that a Jewish kid (gf's nephew) would grow up without meeting Santa not realizing Jews don't need Santa or they can still give gifts without Santa. One thing's for sure, he's such a mopey whiner about how Christmas is not the same when he was young and I'm not sure where anyone got the idea he said something offensive about the Holocaust.

 

[AnOminous]

Watchmen has no likeable characters? Night Owl II and Silk Spectre are pretty much normal people, they're pretty interesting, sympathetic and well written.

Not talking about the movie, but while Rorschach is not exactly "likeable," he is the one actually admirable character in it.

Every character in Watchmen is morally compromised, most to the point of being actually despicable. The two you list are the ones whose level of compromise still renders them sympathetic.

Rorschach is the one actual hero in the story, willing to die for the truth.

He may be a crazed fascist, but he is the only character who can really be described as heroic in any way.

Given his recent comments on the Killing Joke I doubt hes found any new respect and appreciation for the work of Alan Moore.

Yet another reason to hate him. Alan Moore is more left than most SJWs, and you don't see much praise for him, because they actually don't even fucking understand his work.

Dobson has no respect for those vastly more talented than him, part of the reason he will never, ever improve.

 

[Pickle Inspector]

I can't think of any way, a podcast would benefit from Andrew Dobson being a part of it...

...wait. I can.

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Although, where Karl seems to be an absolutely likable person...

Karl is also a more successful cartoonist than Dobby.

 

[MMX]

Not talking about the movie, but while Rorschach is not exactly "likeable," he is the one actually admirable character in it.

Every character in Watchmen is morally compromised, most to the point of being actually despicable. The two you list are the ones whose level of compromise still renders them sympathetic.

Rorschach is the one actual hero in the story, willing to die for the truth.

He may be a crazed fascist, but he is the only character who can really be described as heroic in any way.

Makes me consider how Dobson would get on with a show like Breaking Bad or the Wire, shows that are generally considered some of the finest TV ever seen. He would likely just dismiss the whole thing as mean spirited and complain about soggy knees.
Even a show that would at least in part appeal to him such as Orange is the new Black (cause Lesbians) would just be dismissed as triggering due to a lack of everyone giving each other consent hugs and braiding each others hair.
He seemed to pretend to be a fan of game of thrones without actually knowing anything about it but quickly jumped ship when Brianna declared it "problematic".

 

[kyz]

 

[Von Clausewitz]

No. Just no. Batman is a modern mythos.
Giving Batman a new origin is like rebooting Jesus.
In my humble opinion, Batmans tale resonates as much with peoples hearts as the "Monomyth" does.
Batman is a tale how determination and a strong character can overcome revenge and injustice.
Batman is a tale (if not THE tale) about how a hero is born through loss and grief.
And in my humble opinion: "Batman" is a tale loss and growing up.

And this could be a reason why Dobson hates Batman so much. Doboson is not determined, he is not the hero he wanted to be and he hasn't grown up. He just got bitter. But Bruce Wayne, screw him, he is rich, so he had the possibility to become the hero.

Also, the video is just a bunch of fast blabbered overanalyzing. Simply put: Bob doesn't realize that Batman isn't one continuous storyline, but multiple reboots of the same character, that all start over at the genesis/early days of the character. And he doesn't even acknowledges a story idea like "Batman Incorporated".

Retweet:
I usually ignore his retweets, but man...! I could tell you about some little four-letter-word, that was all the rage in my country, about eighty years ago ...

 

[Mummy Man]

What Dobson doesn't seem to understand is that in a more simple history like Star Wars or any Marvel movie ever, the need of a likable protagonist is more imperative and necesary to carry the story along, but in a story in which the whole point is to subvert the cliches of superheroes comicbooks, is totaly valid, and expected to have a range of moraly dubious character that don't act as you would come to expect.

This seem to be a classic case of a guy who's only point of reference is Hollywood and Dysney movies, believing that things like character arcs and likable protagonists are somehow needed in every single story ever writen.

 

[Arcanineinchnails]

Didn´t he bitched a lot about horses dying in GoT when he tried to watch it?

 

[CWCissey]

Didn´t he bitched a lot about horses dying in GoT when he tried to watch it?

More than likely he turned off screaming when the Mountain hacked the horse's head clean off.

 

[MMX]

More than likely he turned off screaming when the Mountain hacked the horse's head clean off.

Oh he would have dropped out way before that....probs episode two

Spoiler: Early game of thrones minor spoiler

When Lady the Direwolf is executed

.....that would have been all the triggering he needed given his reaction to the dog scene from watchmen.

 

[Foltest]

Anyone who uses one of the moving blobs video for his argument, is an idiot and that Dobson use it, does not surprise me.

 

[AzureGaru]

I can see where he is coming from because killing animals is sometimes used as a cheap shock value but he is such a bitch about it. He thinks he is a protector of animals when he still eat BicMacs and probably wears leather.

I like animals but I'm not gonna act like I'm a saviour of them because one time was nice to a stray dog when I still eat meat and I know slaughterhouses are pretty shitty.

 

[CrimsonKnight]

[MEDIA=twitter]626224430495043586[/MEDIA]No. Just no. Batman is a modern mythos.
Giving Batman a new origin is like rebooting Jesus.
In my humble opinion, Batmans tale resonates as much with peoples hearts as the "Monomyth" does.
Batman is a tale how determination and a strong character can overcome revenge and injustice.
Batman is a tale (if not THE tale) about how a hero is born through loss and grief.
And in my humble opinion: "Batman" is a tale loss and growing up.

And this could be a reason why Dobson hates Batman so much. Doboson is not determined, he is not the hero he wanted to be and he hasn't grown up. He just got bitter. But Bruce Wayne, screw him, he is rich, so he had the possibility to become the hero.

Also, the video is just a bunch of fast blabbered overanalyzing. Simply put: Bob doesn't realize that Batman isn't one continuous storyline, but multiple reboots of the same character, that all start over at the genesis/early days of the character. And he doesn't even acknowledges a story idea like "Batman Incorporated".

Retweet:
[MEDIA=twitter]624129377706614784[/MEDIA]I usually ignore his retweets, but man...! I could tell you about some little four-letter-word, that was all the rage in my country, about eighty years ago ...

Dobson may block a shit ton of people, but he is afraid of what they might say. He has shot himself in the foot one too many times and continues to do so. Many people (including some celebrities) know of his antics. Dobson has essentially buried his career (if he hasn't already).

 

[Roger Rabbit]

I discovered this man today, in fact. Oh lordy. Where to begin?

Well, honestly, he makes comics that basically show he never paid attention in class. Waste of money, but OK.

Then he rips off much better shows and comics. Fine....

Then, he makes half his cast women, yet makes them look halfway stupid.

Are you sure they didn't clone Chris?

 

[MMX]

I can see where he is coming from because killing animals is sometimes used as a cheap shock value but he is such a bitch about it. He thinks he is a protector of animals when he still eat BicMacs and probably wears leather.

I like animals but I'm not gonna act like I'm a saviour of them because one time was nice to a stray dog when I still eat meat and I know slaughterhouses are pretty shitty.

I agree that killing animals can be used as cheap shock value but Dobson is one of those people who watch a cavalry charge in a movie and instead of thinking "damn check out the carnage" thinks "OMG those poor horses, they didn't choose any side in this meaningless human conflict".
I think he actually may have bitched about this in the Lord of the rings or Hobbit movies. So dude dying of spear wound is all fine and dandy but the horse had better be fucking fine or my feels are gonna be hurt.

Remember Dobsons sole concern about the violence in mad max wasn't the human cost but if any dogs were harmed.