User blog:Motleycat74/My Retrospective on SML Movies

Okay, as an irate viewer of SuperMarioLogan's videos since December 2015, I think it's time I got this off my chest. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my retrospective on SML Movies today!

When I first began watching the series with "Bowser Goes To The Movies!", I started watching Logan's videos on and off for up to 9 months, up until August when I stuck around for as long as new videos were uploaded to the main channel.

I believe it was in April when I officially subscribed to the channel, and in personal taste, I found the videos to be genuinely enjoyable, namely "Bowser Junior's Happy Meal 2" and "Bowser Junior's Cookies!".

I daresay even some of the more hated videos I got a decent amount of entertainment from. Back in the day, SuperMarioLogan was one of my most favourite YouTube channels, and I was confident to see what Logan would put out next.

Through late 2016 and early 2017, I was virtually addicted to SML. I was holding out anticipation for Logan's up-and-coming projects. Some of the videos such as "Jeffy Sneaks Out!" were a little underwhelming, but I still came out of the new videos with a smile on my face.

Then, in mid-December of 2017, the unthinkable happened.

In July of that same year, Logan uploaded a vlog on his girlfriend Chilly's channel that YouTube had began demonetising his plush videos. This persisted all the way into December, when nearly all of his videos were either demonetised or age-restricted.

This understandably forced Logan to regulate the content in new videos going forward, as evident in "Jeffy Plays Minecraft!" (where Logan also announced his short-lived Patreon).

This resulted in certain 2018 videos, even those after the series became adult again, to have these forced morals that serve no purpose or importance to the plot other than to be preachy for no reason whatsoever.

I think you'll understand what I mean once you see this video I made in that very same year: https://youtu.be/3JycqEZ7H9M

One such example is "Black Yoshi's Koolaid Problem!". In the opening scene, where Dr. Finkleshitz uses a crack addict to demonstrate how much more powerful Kool-Aid is than crack, the former explains the dangers of crack to us like we're mindless children.

To paraphrase Michael Rosen, "We know that, you fool!"

Later on in the end, after the Kool-Aid Guy "assaults" Officer Brooklyn T. Guy, the following scene has Mario turn to the camera and inform us not to do bad things. What the fuck?! This scene has no point in being the closing scene. You could just take it out and cut straight to the SML Question.

This is the kind of shit that just bugs the hell out of me, and it's something Logan simply doesn't care to address now or further down the line.

It wasn't until sometime in late 2018 when I began to notice a decline in quality like everyone else associated with the fanbase and Logan's viewership.

I saw that the new videos were resorting to unnecessary filler and copouts that I personally found frustrating to even comprehend why Logan found it acceptable to put in the videos.

What if there was a big emotional moment in one of the new videos, and then suddenly, a character comes up with a cheap attempt at humour? All it would do is undermine any tension it built up to and ruin the experience for everybody.

Recently, the SML Patreon was closed down due to severe fan backlash over broken promises and missed deadlines, coupled with many loyal fans who had their wishes unfulfilled, such as video requests and merchandise.

I hadn't even realised these issues at the time until I watched dabhdude's videos, which explored the problems he and the other fans had with the new videos in 2018.

Overall, SML ain't what it used to be. Although I still get mild enjoyment with each and every new upload, the current slate of SML Movies is in no way as entertaining or thoughtful as it once was.

Today, SuperMarioLogan is seen as one of the most polarising YouTube channels on the face of the internet. And honestly, it's hard to blame them on the topic. The videos have been going through a noticeable downgrade from early 2018 and onward into 2019.

The spark is slowly but surely fading away for Logan as we speak, and if things don't improve in the coming months, the preferable option for Logan to consider is to end SML Movies good and proper.

I'm still holding out hope for the channel, however. I'm confident that if Logan will adhere to our desperate pleas to improve the series, things will certainly look up for him in the near and far future, and SML will be brought back to standards once and for all.

To round off this blog post, I think I speak for all of us when I say...


 * 1) FixSML