Reaction and Review

Hellsing920 gets ready to watch something (possibly) awful.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the Reaction & Review page on All The Tropes!

A web series from Emer "Hellsing920" Prevost (most people either call him Emer or Hellsing), a self proclaimed "D-List Internet Celebrity", where he watches movies for the first time. First, you see him react to it, then he reviews it. No movie is off limits as long as Hellsing hasn't watched it before.

The origin of this series is somewhat interesting. During an episode of "Sunday Night Live" (a live streaming show that Hellsing and a few others used to do), there was a scheduled live commentary of Kickassia. However, due to technical difficulties (and a general hatred for what they were watching), the commentary had to be scrapped a few minutes into the movie. Shortly afterwards, Hellsing (who was experiencing the technical problems) announced during the show that he would make a video reacting to and reviewing Kickassia. The rest is history.

It should be noted that in this series, almost no movie is off limits. The only piece of criteria that Hellsing has set is that they have to be movies that he hasn't seen. This is to ensure genuine reactions during the Reaction portion of the videos and a mostly unbiased review for the Review portion. However, he is not above driving the Bias Steamroller if the movie features an actor he dislikes (most of the cast of Kickassia) or if he genuinely dreads watching the movie (Mr. Wrong). The series has generated some amount of fame since then.

You can check it out by going to this link.

List of films/series covered on Reaction & Review (in order of appearance in the series)
And so, without further ado, it's time to kick back, relax, and check out the tropes:

"Tonight's film is from filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, a guy who's been known for making things like Sin City and Planet Terror and Machete and (Beat) Spy Kids."

"God damn!"
"God damn it all to hell!"
"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to an all-new Reaction & Review."
"So, it's time to sit back, relax, and check out [insert movie title here]."
"Thank God it's over!" (usually when the movie is horrid)
"Fuck this movie!" (usually when the movie is exceptionally bad)

  • Caustic Critic: Just watch when he finishes a movie that sucked. He will rip the film apart. The more he hated the movie, the more venomous he becomes.
  • Chuck Norris Facts: Emer gives one in his review of Forest Warrior:

"Chuck Norris is such a shitty actor that the only director who would regularly cast him in starring roles was his brother Aaron Norris."

"Remember kids, if you dip your hands into molten gold, you will get magical golden gloves."

"I think that every puppet film should actually have gunplay. That was just awesome."

"If I was in her situation and if I had to star in something this awful, I would go gay too. Alright? So, I do not blame her at all. I wouldn't have blamed her anyway."

  • Old Shame: Hellsing has publicly stated that he isn't really proud of how the first episode turned out. He is also apparently ashamed of the rants he did before he started this series.
  • Parental Bonus: Emer mentions this trope by name and describes it in his review of The Cat in the Hat.
  • Plot Hole: Hellsing seems to revel in pointing out and mocking them in the movies he watches.
  • "Previously On...": At the start of his Mr. Wrong review, he reminds the viewers that he announced his dislike towards even doing that movie in a previous episode.
  • Public Domain Soundtrack: When the series finally started using a Theme Tune, it was Charles Gounod's "Funeral March Of A Marionette"
  • Reaction Shot: Duh. Look at the title of this series.
  • Retreaux: The opening for the series is made in the style of an old style movie, complete with tinny sounding music and film grain.
  • Rule of Three: Every time a title card shows up to show how much time has passed, we always hear a clock tick three times (with the Kickassia episode being the one exception to this).
  • Running Gag: No matter what movie it is, Hellsing just can't seem to escape dick mutilation.
  • Sanity Slippage: If a movie is bad enough, Emer will slowly go from his cool, calm, and collected self to a borderline psychotic as the movie progresses. No example shows this off more than his review of Birdemic.
  • Schedule Slip: According to Emer's Twitter feed, he hasn't been able to upload anything during the month of March 2012 because his computer "died". Thus, we haven't seen any new episodes lately.
  • Self Deprecating Humor: In his review of Gladiformers, he mocks the fact that he didn't pick up on the camera's focus messing up until the end of the video with a subtitle reading "Good eye there, fat boy".
    • He also did this in his Forest Warrior episode while he was having a major stuttering fit with a subtitle reading "Spit it out, lardo"
  • Shout-Out: Any time he does a movie that was purchased from the Amazon wish list, he gives a shout out to the person who sent the movie.
  • Squick: Some of his reactions could be used as the definition of what a Squickky moment can do to a person.
  • Stock Subtitle: Emer snarks about the use of these during his review of Hellraiser Revelations
  • Take That: Emer does this quite a bit. Whether it be a shot at previous movies he has covered (such as his shots towards Kickassia), or something almost unrelated (his shot at Spider Man Turn Off the Dark during his R&R of the Superman Musical), he will find something to jab at during his videos.
  • Tempting Fate: A few times, Hellsing has named this trope after saying that the movie he is about to review could be decent.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: After watching any particularly bad film, the Review portion of the videos becomes slightly less a review (he still talks about the films faults, but not that much) and more a long winded attack against the filmmakers, the crew, the cast, or even the fans of the film.
    • The most triumphant example of this would have to be his review of Slaughtered Vomit Dolls. The review is 10 minutes long and it is just Hellsing unleashing hell on filmmaker Lucifer Valentine and the film he gave to the world.
    • Possibly topped by his review of Birdemic: Shock And Terror.
  • This Is Wrong on So Many Levels: From his review of Let My Puppets Come:

"So, we just had Pornocchio screwing a talking, ya know, vag. There are far too many things wrong with what I just said. And yet, I just saw that. This film is -- Beat -- warped."

  • Time Passes Montage: This is how the "Reaction" part of the videos is shown. We get highlights of his time watching the movie, with title cards (complete with the sound of a ticking clock) informing us how much time has passed since the last clip.
  • Verbal Tic: Because of his stutter, Hellsing seems to have developed a few verbal tics. The most common is dropping the phrase "ya know" in the middle of sentences to seemingly keep himself from stuttering too badly.
  • Widget Series: Looking at the tags on his review of Executive Koala, he has both "Weird Japanese Thing" and "WJT". Judging by the movie, they seem very appropriate.
  • Xtreme Kool Letterz: Emer discusses the phenomenon in his review of Bloodz vs. Wolvez.

And, with that, we come to the close of the Reaction & Review TV Tropes page. Until next time, ladies and gentlemen, take care, and I will see you all in the near future. Peace.

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