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Movies on a Budget!

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Summary: Ryan Higa answers the common fan question of "When are you going to make a feature length film?" By showing us how some of your favourite movies would look if he directed it. I have to say Ryan may just be the king of making entertainment suitable for most ages without lessening the comedic factor. This was a good video and it was fun to see the bootleg or cheap versions of some popular films like Frozen and Fast and Furious but in ordinary situations. Although this video was meant to highlight how bad these movies would be if he made them with his editing and production skills I'm certain if Ryan did make a feature length film it'd be a lot better than the examples in the video. This video was different in that it was an ad video to promote his new film but unlike some other ad videos it didn't appear as if he was changing himself or his usual video style. Often you know a YouTuber is doing an ad video because their voice changes and they start u...

Why Group Chats Are Horrible

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Summary: iisuperwomanii talks about the negative aspects of the ever popular group chats One thing I've always liked about Lilly's channel is how relatable the humour is and this video is an excellent example of this. I'm sure most millennials are in at least one if not multiple group chats whether it be on imessage, whatsapp or Facebook messenger so I'm sure the majority of her audience could relate to the struggles of them. She uses her usual brand of humour to make light of issues than can usually be a pain such as having so many group chats with the same people in for different things, overactive group chats and making the decision whether or not you want be that person that leaves the group chat. I have personally experienced some of the first world problem issues that she mentioned so I can empathise with her reactions to these situations. Having been a fan of Lilly's since before her channel had her first million I can say that her channel has evolv...

Ramona: Episode 1 (Meet Ramona)

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Summary: Thisisacommentary introduces us to a brand new character Ramona and her crazy life. This video certainly is different from his other ones due to the fact that it is comprised of his snapchat story. It has a lot of small clips of him in the Ramona character using this hilarious filter to aid him in his comedy. If you can ignore the noticeable clip changes then it will almost start to feel like a regular video. The new character Ramona breathed a bit of life into Tre's channel, as Watermelondrea while hilarious has been done almost to death. A new person with a new backstory which is equally as funny might just be enough to hold people's interest on his channel. As usual Tre packed in all the jokes to leave us all in stitches and further showcased his immense talent and acting ability. I personally admire how when he gets into character he becomes that character as it really adds to the viewer experience. However although I liked the video it seems some people w...

LETS TALK ABOUT SEX..

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Summary: ThatcherJoe and friends turn the heat up and play the voting game This video was slightly reminiscence of the Never Have I Ever challenge with the youtubers asking each other revealing questions for our entertainment. I have to say I haven't watched a thatcherjoe video in awhile, although I am still subscribed to him, as none of his videos of recent have appealed to me. They all seem to be the same video with a little variation, a prime example is his 75 accents in 5 minutes video. We all know Joe can do accents but it seems like he's milking it a little now, I'm sure he has 20 thousand videos doing accents now. Anyway this video stood out to me because of the title which I honestly thought was just click bait. I was surprised that he was doing a video that was not PG to appeal to his tween fangirls and me being on the older side of  teenagehood (I'm 17) I was interested to see him step outside of his cookie cutter image. This video was definitely enter...

CRAZY BIG BUBBLE BATH

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Summary: To celebrate their 5 year anniversary the Janoskians decide to fill their pool up with bubble bath soap. This video is classic Janoskians, something so random and stupidly simple that it veers on the edge of boring and entertaining. More than not it is on the entertaining side though. It's funny to say that I watched a whole 7 minute video of grown men jumping off of a roof into a bubble filled pool, but despite this I did enjoy it. Though I don't quite know why, maybe it's just something to give my brain a rest or maybe it's the fact that they are shirtless for most of the video that appeals to me. Either way I did enjoy it. If you are expecting complex ideas and stellar production I'd suggest not watching the Janoskians as the premises of their videos are not ever really thought provoking but then again they aren't meant to be. The essence of the Janoskian channel is a group of friends having fun and getting up to mischief. So what if their act...

The YouTube Factory feat. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Lilly Singh, and More!

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Summary: Lilly Singh takes The Rock on a tour of the super secret YouTube video creation factory. This video was the second instalment of a video done of Lilly's channel which I have already reviewed so check it out. Anyway I was pleasantly surprised with the video, it had a lot of collaborations from top Youtubers which was probably to help The Rock get to the massive 800k subscribers in only 4 WEEKS! Of course the production quality of the video was top notch because The Rock has the capital to put a lot into his videos. Also from reading the description box there were at least a dozen people on the production team so no wonder they could include all those special effects. In a way this takes away from the video because it's not authentic YouTube, it's just traditional media trying to craft something to fit in the YouTube space. It does work in this video to an extent but it takes away the personal aspect of YouTube which makes it so popular. Hopefully The Rock...

How To Be a YouTube Star (ft. The Rock)

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Summary: Lilly Singh uses her awesome YouTube knowledge to teach newbie The Rock how to become a YouTube sensation. When this video first popped up in my subscription box I was slightly confused but intrigued. I had read somewhere, on Buzzfeed I think, about The Rock having a YouTube channel now so it would only be a natural progression for him to feature in his friend iisuperwomanii 's video. What was surprising to me is that the video had only been up for half an hour when I watched it but it somehow had a whopping 250,000+ views ALREADY! Which really just shows the power of YouTube and traditional media stars coming together. The video itself was very tongue in cheek and showcased both Lilly and The Rock's acting abilities. They both played fictionalised or exaggerated versions of themselves with Lilly's not so secret lust for The Rock being a running gag throughout. I was impressed with how The Rock seemed to fit into the YouTube video like any other Youtuber w...

A DISS TRACK AGAINST MYSELF (Roast Yourself Challenge)

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Summary: Lilly does a diss track about herself for the Roast yourself challenge This challenge was started by Ryan Higa as a reaction to the so called 'Youtube Drama' that has been occurring recently which I have no clue about. I guess I have been slacking on my duties as a Youtube Fangirl. ;D . Anyway he challenged Superwoman as well as few other youtubers to roast themselves like he did so I guess we have him to thank for this funny video. Lilly becomes her very own hater in this video and talks about some of her flaws like how she can't do her makeup and dresses like a tomboy which makes us realise that just like you and I youtubers are mere mortals who have imperfections too. This was one of the first in what has now become a YouTube trend which I personally I have relished in. If you are a fan of the youtuber making the video then it makes it all that more funny as there are lots of inside jokes and throwbacks in it. I can say this is one trend much like the...

Review of the Janoskians

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Number of subscribers: 2,265,000 on main channel 4 million + on all channels Genre: Pranks, Public trolling , Comedy My quality rating: 6/10 Like my previous review on Tyler Oakley  //check it out here http://theyoutubejunkie.blogspot.com/2016/05/tyler-oakley-review.html//   I used to be a much bigger fan of the Janoskians than I am now. However the other day I did a little binge of some of their new videos and now feel informed enough to talk about the current state of their channel. The Janoskians originally came onto my radar through a video called Awkward train situations 2 (which will be down below feel free to watch it) which I saw all the way back in 2012. My 13 year old self found this video sooo hilarious that she cried with laughter at this video and subscribed to them. After this for the next year or so I had an obsession with the Janoskians I watched all their videos even their stupid vlogs on awesomnesstv and I downloaded their music - gra...

10 Crazy Ways People Quit Their Jobs

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Summary: Alltime10s brings you a video about the craziest and unusual ways people have quit their jobs. The first thing I noticed when watching this video was a strong sense of deja vu that I often get while watching these top 10s / fact videos. It seems as if every top 10 channel does the same video with like one variation in it and all decide to put the videos out at the same time. I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but I honestly wonder if all these channels get together and plan what videos they are going to do next. Or if they see one channel getting a lot of views for a video and copy it with lightning speed. Which does seem like the more realistic view but not the most exciting. I have to say that this video was perfectly okay, although I have literally seen this exact video before on TheRichest and I'm sure you can understand why this took away from my view of the video. At least 3/4 of the stories they told were the same and I'm sure they even used simi...

The Sidechick Lawyer - Timothy Delaghetto

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Summary: Timothy Delaghetto- sorry Timmy H Parker turns into a lawyer for the day to help all you poor people of the world with your side chick and side man problems. First of all I'd like to say this video honestly made me laugh, like literally laugh, not just a simple lol in my head that I'd usually do for a video. I know some people may find Timothy's brand of humour a bit childish and not very refined but I really like his videos. The video had an amazing concept which seems so simple yet no one has really thought of it, one comment even said that although this was a joke this could be a legitimate business. My intensive business knowledge tells me there's definitely a gap in the market for something like this; with side chick culture becoming bigger and bigger as the months go by. Long gone are the days when you'd be shamed for being a side chick or having one and the fact he can make a joke out of this is great. Timothy has always had good quality vi...

Review of Tyler Oakley

Hiya welcome to my new series the Youtuber Reviews. Hope you enjoy it!!! Number of subscribers: 8,096,000 Genre: Lifestyle, Positivity, Comedy, Vlogger etc My Quality Rating: 4/10 As you can see from the figure above Mr Tyler is quite a popular person on YouTube, having 8 million and counting subscribers on YouTube alone not to add the millions he has on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat the list goes on. You could truly call Tyler the Queen of Internet. But as we all know being popular doesn't necessarily mean good quality. I'm sure we've all noticed our favourite Youtubers make it big then the quality of their videos start to decline leaving us poor fangirls at home crying over their old videos... One thing I can say about Tyler Oakley is that I used to be a HUGEEE fan of his and the important word in this sentence is used to be. Whether this is because of his video quality declining or what videos I enjoy watching changing as I've gotten older is a mystery...

I Dare You: GETTING TASED! (ft. Timothy Delaghetto & Anna Akana) - NigaHiga

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Summary: NigaHiga is back at it again with another I Dare You video featuring the hilarious and talented Timothy Delaghetto and Anna Akana, as well as the usual gang whose names I've now realised I don't actually know. awkward.... This video is a part of a series that NigaHiga has created which shows him and a group of people doing all sorts of crazy dares and challenges (the kind they tell you not to try at home) all to win a coveted spot for their name on the ball of lame. // Side note: the ball of lame is basically a ball of tinfoil that they write their names on// Unfortunately this video didn't stick out as being one of the greatest in the series and it didn't even make me laugh out loud once. Yet it does still do it's best to try to be entertaining. I'm starting to wonder if the appeal of the series is starting to wear off especially since Youtube is a place where you can see hundreds if not thousands of videos of people humiliating themselves an...

The Most Honest Q&A Ever! // iiSuperwomanii / Lilly Singh

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Summary: iiSuperwomanii does something all her beloved team super knows she hates, the dreaded Q AND A!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! However she decided that since she couldn't give them a 'proper' video this would have to do and that she would put a spin on the mundane, repetitive youtuber Q and A. To make this video so vastly different from the others that came before it Lilly did something that a lot of Youtubers have trouble doing to their fans telling the TRUTH GASP!!!! Usually Youtuber Q and A's are filled with disgusting and disturbing questions that come from the true academics of our society. Gems such as "would you rather have poop come out of your eyes every time you blink or have diarrhoea every time you sneeze" are a staple and really helps the fans get to the core of the youtubers personality and their inner soul, beliefs and morals. All I can say is thank gaa this wasn't the type of question that came up in this video. Because if I hear any more o...