In the early days of this site, and back when Channel Awesome was still the site every reviewer wanted to be part of, one of my recommendations was TJ Omega, host of a show called TJ TV. The tagline says it all: taking revenge on my childhood. Not that every show he reviewed was bad, but they were all kind of weird. Sometimes they were weird in a good way, and sometimes it was Van-Pires, but I’m jumping ahead here.
TJ (Tyler James) found the review and let me know it wasn’t his first, or only, review gig. While TJ TV was on Blip before Maker Studios ransacked it to look pretty for Disney, he had a YouTube toy review show called Plastic Addict, looking at poorly designed toys, including Transformers. In fact, mostly Transformers. While the scripted shows are something he doesn’t have time for, he still discusses toys and related media on YouTube. The thing is sometimes kids finds those reviews, so he wasn’t comfortable putting more colorful language into his show. You know…swears.
One of his Patreon stretch goals was bringing back TJ TV without the language, and he recently hit it. The new format matches his usual daily discussions but he’s still looking at weird and terrible shows. For example, Van-Pires, a Power Rangers wanna-be that makes Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills look like it has more effort put into it. If you’ve never heard of this show before, I’m sorry. And if you have…learn that we share your pain because I made the mistake of watching a couple of episodes when it aired. It’s worse for Tyler…he watched the whole thing in 2024. Since I’m under the weather today, we’re watching this. Which tells you where my head is right now.
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