It was so cool to follow Mark’s journey and appreciation while promoting this film.
This is probably “old man yells at cloud” territory, but this is a weird trend. I don’t know if I could ever take a film seriously when the credits show the director as “Markiplier” or “Jack’s Septic Eye” or whatever else nonsense screenname a youtuber chose when they were 14.
I understand the marketing of it all, but use your real fucking name. You’re not just making youtube videos here, you’re presumably employing hundreds of people to make what is supposed to be a professional product. It’s just cringe, I dunno.
I got this really cool book about fake video games, and it’s presented very well. But there’s just something about “by Super Eyepatch Wolf” in fancy writing that makes me cringe every time I see it. Like dude, you’re an adult. Stop.
Do you get upset when bands or artists use the name of their group instead of their real names when promoting stuff? If not, please try to explain how that’s different.
I hate that Pink Floyd guy.
Pen names have been in use for ages. Dr. Seuss and Mark Twain for example.
Music artists do that all the time, common to have alter ego. Not sure if this is that much different.
He has a very marketable name. No one would know who Mark Fishbach is. Most people don’t know who Martin or Charlie Esteves are. And they’re kind of widely famous.
It’s part and parcel of the marketing. You would have never heard of the movie otherwise. Captain Sensible and Rat Scabies are odd stage names, and yet the Damned are still one of my favorite bands.
I have no clue who Markiplier is either to be fair. Literally the first time I’m being exposed to this person.
It is for a lot of people. Who ironically would not have ever heard of him if he hadn’t used his screen name. And that’s no crime. He was marketing first and foremost to his audience which you aren’t in. And that’s okay. But it was also smart on his part.
I may be getting old enough to be in old man yells at cloud territory. But honestly hating on someone for a screen name etc is kind of. It’s like, cmon man. Get with the sexagenarian kids on this. There was a guy named after a loaf of meat for gods sake. Anyone remember Simply Red? Is Pink still relevant? Iggy Pop, Jonny Rotten, Sid Vicious, Ziggy Stardust? Grand Master Flash, Run DMC, Salt and Peppa, Kid and Play, Hammer? Were Lux Interior or Poison-ivy Rorschach weird stage names? If that makes their music bad, I think I’d rather stay sick. It’s all about branding. If it works it isn’t stupid.
Is Markiplier putting “Markiplier” in the credits, or are you getting twisted at headlines that are OFC going to use the name he’s most known by and not written by him anyways?
iirc he’d listed as both Markiplier and Marcus in separate places in the credits
I’d still recommend watching it regardless of you’re thoughts on that. None of his youtube persona appears in the film, and it’s genuinely an incredible scifi horror movie on it’s own. The fact that it was made by such a small independent team just makes it even more impressive.
YES.
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Lol, ok so I had to figure this out. In brief, no, Markiplier hasn’t abused any pets afaik.
Recently though, Taylor Nicole Dean showed her pet snake Tofu apparently ‘holding a grudge’ against Markiplier. She has apparently been credibly accused of mistreating her pets resulting in some of their deaths. I didn’t bother finding out the details.
But the latter story is probably where the wires got crossed, the more you know or something I guess 🤷🏼
