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He's also known to dabble in the various ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchises and for this reason he's often compared (and paired) with [[SF Debris]], and he's borrowed one of SF Debris's catch phrases ("Too good for 'em, I say!") in a couple of reviews.
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* [[Art Evolution]]: He changed his old face icon in late-2008 to his current one (The One Above).
* [[Author Appeal]]: He has a strong interest in philosophy, being most annoyed by those films that claim to pose philosophical conundrums but he thinks don't (such as the Matrix sequels).
* [[Berserk Button]]: [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Woodstump.]] Just, [
** Although he mostly keeps his anger in check (i.e., down to a state of mild irritation at best), definitely do not, if you are a screenwriter, have a character make two contradictory statements ''in the very exact same scene'', or you will be kindly instructed to '''''KEEP THE FUCK TRACK OF WHAT YOUR CHARACTERS ARE SAYING''''', as happens in his ''[[Knowing]]'' review.
* [[Bias Steamroller]]: "Like almost all Animes ever made, the world in which [[Spirited Away|this]] is set is not very well-defined."
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* [[Brick Joke]]: In his [[Deep Space Nine]] review, early on Sisko is stabbed by a creepy Bajoran kid. Near the end of the review.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Several, including "Oh no, I'm sorry, that's what someone who ''wasn't'' retarded would have done," "[[A Wizard Did It]]", and "You're better than this!" (shouted at a photo of the writers).
** Used to review ''Star Trek: Generations'' and ''Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End'': "Oh! No one take evasive action, or anything. We'll just float here and DIE!"
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* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: In ''[[The Matrix]]: Reloaded'' review part 3, Matthew gets distracted by Persephone's cleavage.
** Admits that [[Scarlett Johansson]] managed to do this in ''[[Iron Man 2]]''.
* [[Divergent Character Evolution]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140919134400/http://www.confusedmatthew.com/Stan%27s-Corner.php Stand-In Stan]. Stan seems to be taking almost the opposite approach from Matthew's with his own reviews: instead of criticizing movies of which public opinion is positive to neutral, he takes unpopular films and picks out the good parts. He also posts more general videos about religion and politics (especially where the two have been mixed). Though Matthew himself occasionally does this as his real venue is any film where he feels the love or the hate is largely unwarranted. See [[Pet the Dog]].
* [[Expository Theme Tune]]: ''See'' the page quote,'' above''.
* [[The Faceless]]: Until recently, that cartoon face was all the visual reference we got on what Matthew looks like. Then Stan started posting live action videos and told us that despite them being identical twins, they still don't look the same (most notably Stan highlights that he has put on weight.) Finally, Matthew showed his face in a recent video but has taken that back down.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Near the end of his review of ''[[Knowing]]'', he summarizes the film in the style of The Colonel from ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''.
{{quote|"Right, stop that. It's silly. Very, silly indeed. Started out as a nice little idea about a small girl's paper predicting future events and now it's just got silly."}}
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]:
** Generally not the case though. He doesn't show much egotism, rather he is simply very opinionated, very opposed to common viewpoints on movies, and (most importantly) VERY LOUD!!!!!!!
* [[So Okay It's Average]]: His opinion of several movies, including ''2010: The Year We Made Contact'' (which he nonetheless considerably prefers to its predecessor) and the Tom Cruise version of ''[[War of the Worlds]]''
* [[Something Completely Different]]: "Matthew's Favourite Movies", a new segment devoted to [[Gushing About Shows You Like]]. He was concerned that only talking about what he disliked meant his critical position could not be fully appreciated.
** He has also begun new video series "Observe and Report", brief commentaries on strange things outside the world of cinema, and "Mini-reviews", for films which he does not consider bad or confusing but have a few things he wants to discuss. These often consist of the other films in trilogies where Matthew has made a conventional review of the remaining parts, such as ''[[The Matrix]]''.
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* [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: He took issue with the way in which [[Titanic]] played fast and loose with the actual events, feeling that a very real human tragedy was overshadowed by a hackneyed love story. He also considered the film's fabrications such as the wholly undeserved [[Historical Villain Upgrade]] of William Murdoch and Third Class passengers not being allowed on the lifeboats to be very offensive.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Calls Rhodey out on this in [[Iron Man 2]], pointing out that even if he's worried about Tony Stark accidentally harming someone while drunk in the Iron Man suit, intentionally stealing a spare suit and starting a robot fight is most likely end with someone getting either killed or injured.
* [[Your Secrets Safe With Me Superman]]: He will sometimes refer to characters by the name of the actor playing
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