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JeremyThompson529
Reviews
Naruto: The Abridged Comedy Fandub Spoof Series Show (2009)
Why Bother?
It's cute but parodying a parody of another anime is just like making fun of a joke somebody already heard before. And him having to mock Naruto's English voice (or mock the fandom for complaining about the voice, I don't know. It's hard to tell if all the jokes he makes in these parody series are done out of love or pure spite). Basically abridged series like this is basically "trolling" or hard reach attempts at levity when really it is just some editing project from a guy that had too much time on his hands and decent voice acting at best, even when playing characters straight as opposed to tired tropes for the sake of dragging out the joke. Perhaps it's odd to review a non-profit parody that doesn't claim to be better than the official release but it's series like these in which it's getting exhausting to be a fan or part of any fandom at all. (Regardless if it's toxic part or not)
Decent editing but the writing is embarrassing to the point I'd call it "cringe" but that word in of itself has lost all meaning. Not to say it's Martin Billany's fault, but he sure as heck knows how to beat a long dead horse when it comes to parody.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (2006)
Mediocre at Best but still fun to enjoy (especially if a fan of Yugioh)
Starting from basic editing, Martin Billany basically made this parody be a mere carbon-copy of late-night adult swim parody series of their own and basically made it a parody of itself. His comedic writing ranges from tasteless mean spirited and at times humorous especially when trying to pull references from all over the net and fandom to keep the series going. Calling him a legend or this series better than the actual show in my eyes is exaggerated. It's cute but a lot of the time I felt like it was more of a spit-take series to the original property than a love letter.
If you're a fan of the Yugioh series or just like to laugh, feel free to give it a watch but try not to take this series too seriously. The voice acting is fine and the editing is excellent but the writing feels almost like it's trying to be its own South Park as opposed to a parody of the actual Yugioh show itself. Martin may be a fan of Yugioh, but his this internet show definitely fails to show it especially when he takes way too much pleasure in putting down support characters with Seto Kaiba as his mouth piece while Yugi and his alter ego Yami have become stale and one note.
I do however give him props for continuing this series despite the legal and copyright issues he'd had to go through just to keep it uploaded.