Oh dear God, this is bad. The first thing to say what's wrong about this web show right off the bat is the main character's name, as he calls himself "Metal Gear Ben". The codename "Metal Gear" should only be applied for the powerful machines (most notably REX, RAY, and ZEKE). The character Ben is NOT a Metal Gear in any way. This may be a parody on Metal Gear, but if ScrewAttack were trying to spoof something, at least they could've made sure they got their facts right. But instead, they just looked like Seltzerberg, who have poor knowledge in the films they make fun of.
The other thing that's bad about Metal Gear Ben were the awful jokes. When you hear one of the guards saying "I get it, we wear green to blend in with the trees", a minute full of horrendous gags involving radio transmissions, "your mom" jokes, and talking about building bridges with muffins, you just want to scream in agony at the abysmal comedic value. The last time I recall having such terror from bad jokes was watching Epic Movie.
The worst thing about Metal Gear Ben is seeing James Rolfe casted as one of the villains. He may have been a very nice guy and a then-associate with ScrewAttack, but seeing him wasting his talent on this pile of vomit was very depressing. This horrible excuse of a Metal Gear spoof did not deserve to have someone prolific as James Rolfe. It's just like when Crispin Glover was cast in the role of Willy Wonka in Epic Movie. You had to cringe at how someone who played a great role like George McFly in Back to the Future sinks down to appearing in complete and utter crap. The role ScrewAttack gave Rolfe was a villain named "Mega Mantis", who was meant to be a parody of Psycho Mantis, but the setting seemed to be based on Metal Gear Solid 3. Wrong game! It's even worse when they bring up jokes about cats as if we don't have enough of them from lolcats.
Maybe the show got better three or four episodes in, but that's not enough to stomach the Seltzerberg-level lazy, nasty slapstick.
The other thing that's bad about Metal Gear Ben were the awful jokes. When you hear one of the guards saying "I get it, we wear green to blend in with the trees", a minute full of horrendous gags involving radio transmissions, "your mom" jokes, and talking about building bridges with muffins, you just want to scream in agony at the abysmal comedic value. The last time I recall having such terror from bad jokes was watching Epic Movie.
The worst thing about Metal Gear Ben is seeing James Rolfe casted as one of the villains. He may have been a very nice guy and a then-associate with ScrewAttack, but seeing him wasting his talent on this pile of vomit was very depressing. This horrible excuse of a Metal Gear spoof did not deserve to have someone prolific as James Rolfe. It's just like when Crispin Glover was cast in the role of Willy Wonka in Epic Movie. You had to cringe at how someone who played a great role like George McFly in Back to the Future sinks down to appearing in complete and utter crap. The role ScrewAttack gave Rolfe was a villain named "Mega Mantis", who was meant to be a parody of Psycho Mantis, but the setting seemed to be based on Metal Gear Solid 3. Wrong game! It's even worse when they bring up jokes about cats as if we don't have enough of them from lolcats.
Maybe the show got better three or four episodes in, but that's not enough to stomach the Seltzerberg-level lazy, nasty slapstick.