For me it’s Skallagrim. This is a channel of a guy who specializes in ancient armory and weaponry, he also reviews swords and stuff that’s sold online and tests them. Pretty cool.
But then I started to not like him for some reason and it took me a while to put my finger on it. Until I saw the video where he tried criticizing weapons in video games. Then that was where I found problems with him as a channel.
His personality comes off very pretentious and one of those pseudointellectuals you know, who try sounding smarter than they really are. He even has the voice tone to back that with.
So yeah I really once loved his channel. Though whenever he goes on tirades about things that are meant for fantasy purposes which aren’t supposed to make sense when translated to reality, as well as try to poke at fictitious things that borrow from ancient history, I feel he misses the plot of his entire channel and why people like me once subscribed to it.
We didn’t subscribe to your channel for your stupid takes on - anything. We subscribed because you seem to know your melee weapons and historical backgrounds of said weaponry. Stick to those.
Binging with Babish - used to be a fantastic set of recipes and takes on cooking that I really enjoyed trying to make, then got into the serious money and jumped the shark, both in “I bought my brother a Tesla/fulfilled a fan dream” and “this week we’re using this dehydrator” ways (that meant I just wasn’t going to be able to even imagine using the techniques and knowledge on show).
Ohhh same. I use to love his stuff then realized I hadn’t watched for awhile. I went to the channel, saw the videos and remembered why I stopped lol
It was the migration from cooking demonstrations to celebrity presence content (Babsih tries every X, Babish ranks every Y).
Cooking demos keep the focus on the food; techniques, presentation, and results. Plus having an entertaining and charismatic host.
Now those videos lean on the now-recognizable host being entertaining and charismatic, and doing… whatever. And it kind of makes sense in a marketplace-y sort of way. I can watch anybody cook, but Babish has the corner on Babish content, so why not lean into that? Also I’m sure the guy gets tired of making the same content over and over again, so he’s trying to find something interesting that catches on.
I see Nat from Nats What I Reckon doing the same thing. And good on them for trying new stuff.
Babish did recently do a bit of a “Yeah, even we’re bored with this now” video and has gone back to his roots a bit.
It looks like he also spun off another channel to host the “Ranked By Babish” style content called Beyond Babish
Which is a fine alternative. Sometimes I want food content, sometimes I want food adjacent. He is very good at both IMO, but the reasons we gave a shit about his opinion isnt because he makes ranking lists.