The Downfall of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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  • @The-e8p
    @The-e8p 6 годин тому +227

    Rowley doesn't even have a role anymore. He's basically a Stan Lee cameo.

    • @stefunnyo
      @stefunnyo 5 годин тому +2

      true

    • @glowstonelovepad9294
      @glowstonelovepad9294 4 години тому +3

      It's because the last book took place during summer, not at school.

    • @athenictragedy751
      @athenictragedy751 4 години тому +1

      Sadly

    • @Cardbored359
      @Cardbored359 4 години тому +12

      @@glowstonelovepad9294 yea but in the last book (2023) where THE WHOLE STORY was about the school, but Rowley only has like 5 pages max

    • @Quaxo21
      @Quaxo21 4 години тому

      He may as well be a fucking cardboard cutout that only says ZOO WEE MAMA

  • @Necostamps
    @Necostamps День тому +351

    I started noticing this change when I found out that Chirag Gupta last appearance was in cabin fever. And other characters like holly stopped appearing as well

    • @ultimatetnt6245
      @ultimatetnt6245 19 годин тому +34

      holy crap your, wasn't holly Gregs biggest crush aswell?

    • @hunterolaughlin
      @hunterolaughlin 9 годин тому +28

      @@ultimatetnt6245In the movies, but in The Last Straw it was very brief and he gave up on her after she mistook him for Fregley.

    • @Strong_TGK
      @Strong_TGK 7 годин тому +12

      We don’t talk about Patty Farrel

    • @redi.c.e.6046
      @redi.c.e.6046 5 годин тому +5

      Eh, personally for me, it’s as visible as a high vis jacket that the downfall actually begins, and follows the last ‘true’ one of Hard Luck, at the Long Haul, which tbc, is a book I still really like nonetheless- that’s just simply where it’s clear to see the series… weeell… if I wanted to borrow coined terms from series like Sonic or FNAF… entered ‘modern DOAWK era’, if you will. That’s the difference, and that’s where I believe the turning point actually was.

    • @BlackSabbathfan
      @BlackSabbathfan 5 годин тому +7

      Don't forget Patty. She hasn't appeared since the last straw.

  • @bullmonty764
    @bullmonty764 11 годин тому +172

    The fact that the books have officially been “lol so random” for longer than they were down to earth is really sad for me as a life long Wimpy Kid fan.

  • @gooeydude574
    @gooeydude574 9 годин тому +78

    From what I understand, it turned into the children’s book equivalent of the Simpsons

    • @AlessandroPioltelli
      @AlessandroPioltelli 3 години тому +3

      Yeah it’s basically that…. It’s so cartoony at this point it’s not a stretch to say that

    • @CCABPSacsach
      @CCABPSacsach 3 години тому +15

      Dysfunctional family, flanderised roles, disappearance of character meaning… yeah it checks out

    • @consciousiota2161
      @consciousiota2161 Годину тому +1

      Whenever I see these pieces of media going on too long I always wonder what’s going on behind the scenes.

    • @Petalpool
      @Petalpool Годину тому +2

      @@consciousiota2161 Yeah same, are they forced to do this, so that's why? There can be endless reasons, but I guess we will never know.

    • @consciousiota2161
      @consciousiota2161 26 хвилин тому +1

      @@Petalpool From what I’ve heard, Scholastic has made him sh*t out book after book along as they still make a lot of money.

  • @andrewgin9478
    @andrewgin9478 8 годин тому +119

    I actually think The Long Haul is where the series started to fall off. I remember reading that as a kid and being really put off by how overly wacky and drawn out it was.
    Not only is it where they introduce the pig, but it just feels like it goes on and on with nonstop bad luck that never gets to breathe. I'm pretty sure one of the daily entries is over 80 pages long. It also feels out of line with the sense of karma from the early books because Greg doesn't even really deserve most of the stuff happening to him; he's being forced onto this awful road trip against his will only for everything to go wrong just because.
    Your opinion is your opinion of course, but The Third Wheel and Hard Luck were way more in line with the classic style to me. They tell way more grounded stories then the ones that came after.

  • @RandomCrapIUpload
    @RandomCrapIUpload 7 годин тому +66

    I agree so damn much with the “off the wall” stuff being annoying, the first few books did have their moments here and there, but they weren't stuff like dogs being able to text or cleaning robots attending classes, don’t even get me started on the damn PIG

    • @gavinstricklin9512
      @gavinstricklin9512 Годину тому +6

      I always thought the pig was made up by Greg so that when he says he’ll be famous and people read his dia-, I mean journal, they would have a laugh

    • @fireentertainment5
      @fireentertainment5 Годину тому +3

      Every time I see the pig, it made me want to eat bacon

  • @Toxoplasmosis679
    @Toxoplasmosis679 9 годин тому +111

    It appears that Lindsay lost her mitten

    • @danikvelocity3120
      @danikvelocity3120 4 години тому +14

      That was clever. Nice reference.

    • @thedeutschman9905
      @thedeutschman9905 3 години тому +11

      Diary of a wimpy kid became the very thing it mocked.

    • @BandKidBambi
      @BandKidBambi 2 години тому +4

      W reference

    • @captainofthecamp
      @captainofthecamp Годину тому +4

      Jeff Kinney went from making gags about unnecessarily long book series, to making an unnecessarily long book series. He became the very thing he disliked from the beginning!

    • @Toxoplasmosis679
      @Toxoplasmosis679 Годину тому +1

      @@captainofthecamp could you blame him though? He seems to make pretty decent money off of book sales

  • @dilomotion
    @dilomotion 5 годин тому +37

    I feel like the reason why these books are getting so unrealistic is cause of how the wimpy kid popularity has been dying, and i guess jeff kinney thought that continuing to make simple, relatable books, wouldnt sell. So he decided to make these books so out of hand and zany in order to reel in more kids and all that

  • @gregheffley715
    @gregheffley715 7 годин тому +71

    One huge problem in the new books is that greg doesnt do anything special in them he just narrates the world around him.

    • @italian_weirdo
      @italian_weirdo 4 години тому +10

      damn, even greg himself is disappointed.

    • @s_cabbage
      @s_cabbage 3 години тому +9

      There goes Greg talking in the third person again

    • @CCABPSacsach
      @CCABPSacsach 3 години тому +5

      Monday
      One huge problem I’ve noticed recently is that I nowadays tend to narrate the world around me. I think that should change. Today, I’m going to…. [input rest of story here]

    • @ChevyTheCat
      @ChevyTheCat 2 години тому

      I think that No Brainer is the worst offender of this. There's very few moments that tie to Greg, or when he gives his personal opinion

    • @Petalpool
      @Petalpool Годину тому

      Greg fr became the narrator

  • @kylenielsen5083
    @kylenielsen5083 7 годин тому +53

    In the most recent book i read, one from 2023, Greg was basically a narrator. He wasn't really a character with wants or goals to achieve, he basically sat around and watched things unfold.

    • @edinsworld487
      @edinsworld487 5 годин тому +1

      Was that Diper Overload?

    • @stefunnyo
      @stefunnyo 5 годин тому +1

      @@edinsworld487 no, no brainer, but the same thing happened in it, in my opinion

    • @kylenielsen5083
      @kylenielsen5083 4 години тому +2

      @edinsworld487 No Brainer. Didn't read Diper Overlode but from what I heard it at least is a Rodrick story. No brainer can't even be said to focus on side characters since they don't have arcs. It was like some kid at your school telling you a bunch of rumors.

  • @Livsedan
    @Livsedan Годину тому +9

    As someone who grew up reading the DOAWK series, I absolutely hated No Brainer, in fact I kinda gave up on the series after that.
    DOAWK has changed too much throughout the years and I believe it’s lost way too much of its original charm. My favourite book is The Last Straw, because it’s really relatable, feels realistic and it’s also entertaining. The newer books just aren’t that, here’s why (in my opinion):
    1. In the early DOAWK books, Greg was the main character. He lived a normal life of a middle school kid who went through real relatable events and situations. He was someone I could heavily relate to. Now he’s a cartoon character who just tells the story of what’s around him. The story becomes less about him, but instead of a fictional story. I miss the old books that had no plot. It was just the real life of a middle school boy.
    2. Loss of realism. At first the main challenges faced by Greg were real life struggles and situations that are relatable to many people his age. Such as the fear of growing up and puberty, fixing relationships with family members and friends, trying to become a better self. In the more recent books it’s just unrealistic situations one after the other. The Heffleys went from feeling like a real life family to a corny sitcom family.
    3. Greg and people around him have changed. In the early books, DOAWK was set in the 2000s, with Greg watching tv for entertainment, using a house phone and other 2000s things. Now it’s all modernised and it feels weird, like since when does Greg own a smartphone? Also, what happened to Chirag Gupta, Patty Pharell, Fregley and other characters from the early books? One last thing I’d like to add is I’m not a fan of the newer character designs. I prefer how the characters were designed in the early books: a lot less cartoony and more simplistic (which feels more realistic coming from the drawings of a middle schooler).

  • @ASH4Ix
    @ASH4Ix 14 годин тому +74

    I see custom subtitles, I subscribe

  • @consciousiota2161
    @consciousiota2161 Годину тому +5

    The reasons:
    -Greg not aging
    -The series becoming unrealistic
    -Jeff Kinney using the series as his soapbox
    -The series maintaining the status quo

  • @waddledee6642
    @waddledee6642 3 години тому +16

    Funny how when I started reading these books I was in 2nd grade and now I'm in my Freshman year of high school.
    And Greg is still in middle school.

    • @Cheez_Doodlezz
      @Cheez_Doodlezz 59 хвилин тому +2

      Im a softmore in high school i started reading these at like elementary school😂

    • @ethanol1586
      @ethanol1586 13 хвилин тому

      I was in elementary school when I started reading these books, and now I'm a senior in university, and he's still in middle school. At this point, I'm convinced im gonna finish uni before he graduates middle school 😂😂

  • @RenéSotoPenalba
    @RenéSotoPenalba 4 години тому +11

    I feel that the reason some of the endings feel rushed now is that every book is always 217 pages long. That’s not much. It worked before when Greg only wrote about small events with the occasional big events. But now, with the longer intros, bigger drawings, and more complex storylines, suddenly 217 pages is nothing.

  • @Coolman12333
    @Coolman12333 2 години тому +5

    when was the last time rowley has had a plot role 😭🙏

    • @RoccosVids
      @RoccosVids Годину тому

      Really never atp he just another forgotten background character

    • @MoeSzyslak20
      @MoeSzyslak20 Годину тому +1

      Since the first 8, Ithink old school, double down and the meltdown are the only ones he's been prevalent in. Even in old school he wasn't that involved though

  • @ibissquad4637
    @ibissquad4637 18 годин тому +39

    After book nine in my opinion was when the classics ended

    • @Plushtonium
      @Plushtonium 4 години тому +2

      Old school is the first of the new books but it is also the only good one. Honestly one of the best. Better than some old ones.

    • @rocbot9479
      @rocbot9479 4 години тому +1

      The ninth book is my least favourite, and the tenth one is my second favourite lol.

    • @nickih1267
      @nickih1267 4 години тому +6

      The meltdown was okay 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @supermarioplushes2517
      @supermarioplushes2517 2 години тому

      Old school was the last good one, and the meltdown was fine, but everything velar between and after is just a mess

    • @Lifetime10154
      @Lifetime10154 2 години тому +1

      The getaway, meltdown, old school, and big shot are great

  • @EmeraldProtogen
    @EmeraldProtogen 7 годин тому +59

    Hear me out: greg died in the long haul and thats the reason reality for him has been getting wackier and stuff that couldnt happen irl is suddenly happening, also why he is in middle school still

    • @Rock-Child
      @Rock-Child 5 годин тому +4

      GET OUT-

    • @アレファイト
      @アレファイト 4 години тому +3

      while you still can.

    • @s1llysunnyyy
      @s1llysunnyyy 4 години тому +11

      building on that theory!
      the Heffley family got into a car crash on the way to the motel. greg was the only one who didnt make it, the family distraught. his diary goes missing but entries keep on getting filled because greg is in heaven (or hell) writing in them. the reason they're so unrealistic is because gregs afterlife is so vastly different from earth, the stories make sense to him, but not to everyone else. or they're just exaggerated for them to seem cooler because of his narcissism. everything after the long haul has been a figment of his imagination, and the reasons why certain characters disappear or get smaller roles is because greg either forgets how they act or actually forgets them completely.

    • @nickih1267
      @nickih1267 4 години тому +2

      nah the pig killed him and took over the diaries

    • @CCABPSacsach
      @CCABPSacsach 3 години тому +3

      “Bubby said I was mean!!”
      “Manny, it’s been 2 years since the accident. It’s alright.”

  • @fvrlit
    @fvrlit 4 години тому +15

    Finally a youtuber who has actually good background music

    • @NinjaJay2001
      @NinjaJay2001 Годину тому

      bruh I'm hearing Nintendo music, which yes is good music but like 70% of the youtubers i watch use that music... do u need some recommendations of youtubers with good taste to watch?

    • @fvrlit
      @fvrlit 30 хвилин тому

      @ i’m talkin bout that piano in like the middle of the video

  • @ImTitan16
    @ImTitan16 8 годин тому +22

    The new book hot mess i think is the start of a new direction for DOAWK. Because its actually a somewhat orginal idea

    • @RandomCrapIUpload
      @RandomCrapIUpload 7 годин тому +2

      Funnily enough, it was the dog in that book that made me realise how much the series has deteriorated

    • @PeppersRpreppy9000
      @PeppersRpreppy9000 6 годин тому +2

      That was literally so unhinged

    • @waterscrice
      @waterscrice Годину тому

      i liked the family lore in the book, but i hope its going to be the last one revolving around gregs family and him going on vacations for a while

  • @catmobile20
    @catmobile20 6 годин тому +14

    The books were good until Third Wheel. Hard Luck was good, and since then the only really good books were Old School and Meltdown.

    • @C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl
      @C.O.B.R.A.-tu9dl 2 години тому

      Agree

    • @uzziahlatour1052
      @uzziahlatour1052 Годину тому +4

      Third wheel actually makes you feel bad for greg. This is impressive because hes a POS

    • @toyotagazooracer4455
      @toyotagazooracer4455 Годину тому

      Third Wheel basically introduces the drawn out plots. It’s basically just endless blabber that sets the scene for the climax.

  • @JordiumZ
    @JordiumZ 5 годин тому +9

    Old School was the last book I read

  • @lynnx4345
    @lynnx4345 Годину тому +3

    i feel like instead of the book's plot getting more nonsensical, he should have gone to highschool to mix up the seiries and change up the books in a more reasonable and sensable way.

  • @thepetekidyt
    @thepetekidyt 2 години тому +3

    No brainer was the biggest missed opportunity in the history of the series, book 18 could have had such a great story and characters, yet jeff kinney made a boring centered book with only school related stories

  • @iamthepizzaeater7906
    @iamthepizzaeater7906 43 хвилини тому +2

    Uh… I liked it… Don’t get me wrong, it’s not even close to touching on the best one (IMO Last Straw), but I did enjoy it.

  • @SylviaGrome
    @SylviaGrome 2 години тому +4

    Diary of a wimpy kid has now become the very thing it mocked
    We now just need a moment where Greg loses his glove with it being a huge plot point of a book and it’ll all come full circle

  • @Swxggybear
    @Swxggybear 3 години тому +11

    Anyone remeber sweetie the dog

    • @Dreidelium
      @Dreidelium 3 години тому +1

      they appeared in hot mess so yea

    • @SophieNotNora
      @SophieNotNora 3 години тому

      literally the best DOAWK character

    • @FursonaIdentityCrisis
      @FursonaIdentityCrisis Годину тому

      I always think back to that one part in the movie where Rodrick is sent to buy a dog bowl and it says ‘Sweaty’ but he’s like “I’m pretty sure it spells Sweetie dad 🙄”

    • @SophieNotNora
      @SophieNotNora Годину тому

      @@FursonaIdentityCrisis extremely funny /srs

  • @alexrobi1176
    @alexrobi1176 2 години тому +3

    I sort Diary of a wimpy Kid into 3 eras
    The classic era: books 1-6
    The transition era: books 7-10
    The new era: books 11-now
    The first 6 books are the best and the ones everyone loves. Books 7-10 are still pretty good but missing some of the original charm. Double Down is when the series really drops off and it hasn't been able to recreate that original magic.

    • @lapinajustleft
      @lapinajustleft Годину тому +1

      You could say they really DOUBLED DOWN on the the new era's general style 🥁🥁
      okay… ill see myself out 🚪

  • @finntube8278
    @finntube8278 Годину тому +2

    I used to read Diary of a Wimpy Kid when I was younger but as entered into 8th grade, I’ve fallen out of love with these books, they just aren’t the same anymore. The last book I read was Big Shot and I haven’t read another one since. I don’t know what happened, I just have developed new interests and I just kinda grew out of Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  • @WingedKey
    @WingedKey 4 години тому +5

    started to read the comments before i even started the video and i was SO confused about everyone mentioning a pig

  • @Stow_ic
    @Stow_ic Годину тому +3

    There is no downfall. We were just the last generation to actually read books.

  • @BlurplePrple
    @BlurplePrple 17 годин тому +30

    how does this not have a trillion views, this video is good

    • @BF-TREZ
      @BF-TREZ 11 годин тому +3

      Cuz there's only 8 Billion humans!!!

    • @LS_MURD0C
      @LS_MURD0C 5 годин тому +1

      Baby shark begs to differ

    • @LS_MURD0C
      @LS_MURD0C 5 годин тому +1

      @BF-TREZ

    • @BlurplePrple
      @BlurplePrple 5 годин тому +1

      @@BF-TREZ I guess.

    • @BF-TREZ
      @BF-TREZ 3 години тому

      @@LS_MURD0C
      *BOTS*

  • @Amogumogu
    @Amogumogu 5 годин тому +6

    I think that book 12 was where it fell of

    • @RealNoobKing
      @RealNoobKing 3 години тому +2

      Agreed, it’s when the formula started to break, but I’d say it mainly fell apart in 13 when there was the huge snow wall

  • @MugmanTheMugOfficial
    @MugmanTheMugOfficial 4 години тому +5

    I hate when people say book 1-6 are the golden age. No, book 1-8 are.

  • @EliasDoesEverything123
    @EliasDoesEverything123 12 годин тому +9

    I think the first 8 books were when the series was at it's best, though I like book 13 & 18. Those were good ones :D

  • @skip-4259
    @skip-4259 Годину тому +1

    My last one was Deep End for 2 reasons:
    1. I just generally lost interest by age (not the series fault)
    2. It was bad (the series fault)

  • @RylanPatterson-b8t
    @RylanPatterson-b8t 15 годин тому +11

    I can't remember but there were two diary of a wimpy kid movies that I really love the rest were just bad

    • @justcommenting5117
      @justcommenting5117 5 годин тому +3

      It's probably the first 2, maybe with the 3rd replacing one of them. Almost no one likes the 4th one and the 3 animations aren't exactly known as that good (tho the 3rd one is the best of the bunch)

  • @GomerCranjis
    @GomerCranjis 4 години тому +3

    No-Brainer is genuinely one of the worst books I’ve ever read. I’ve never sat through a book so muddled and confused before in my life.

  • @dewah7775
    @dewah7775 8 годин тому +15

    The new books basically jump around from random ass topic. The new book had like the last 20 or so pages be about the main subject of the book.

  • @RM-um9xx
    @RM-um9xx 3 години тому +3

    I decided to reread the series as an adult and the first handful got a couple genuine laughs from me. But the later ones like Old School I didn't even finish. Maybe they think kids don't like clever situational comedy or something?

  • @Lifetime10154
    @Lifetime10154 2 години тому +3

    I don’t care what anyone says but The Getaway is insanely underrated. People just dislike it because it’s a road trip.

  • @supervivo7069
    @supervivo7069 4 години тому +3

    As a long time fan, this is disappointing to hear. I remember getting Dog Days when it came out and seeing the movie in theatres a few years later. I stopped reading at The Long Haul because as I got older, it was annoying to see Greg still in middle school.

  • @Cheez_Doodlezz
    @Cheez_Doodlezz Годину тому +2

    Damn they massacred my boah like this 😢

  • @Miahasnoface
    @Miahasnoface 22 хвилини тому +2

    I don’t even know what grade Greg is in anymore

  • @RileyHerbst98
    @RileyHerbst98 3 години тому +4

    I did not click on this video to be told that i'm an ape.

  • @Akari_exe
    @Akari_exe День тому +7

    Underrated video in the making

  • @ilhanmohamed3495
    @ilhanmohamed3495 Годину тому +1

    I think No Brainer was when I just sighed and read DOAWK for the last time. The story is just so illogical in so many ways.

  • @Quaxo21
    @Quaxo21 4 години тому +3

    I liked the meltdown

  • @MoeSzyslak20
    @MoeSzyslak20 56 хвилин тому +1

    The first 8 and old school were great. The long haul was better than the new stuff but too outlandish. The meltdown is my favourite past 11, and is honestly pretty solid. I dont hate the getaway either. The others are mostly bad even though i enjoyed aspects of all of them

  • @MarmaladeMannn
    @MarmaladeMannn 9 годин тому +13

    If I’m being honest old school was quite a good one, felt like the first books again

    • @cchocolacola
      @cchocolacola 8 годин тому +3

      Old school was the best one tbh

    • @slaoqeubotoaq
      @slaoqeubotoaq 3 години тому +1

      Fr

    • @cchocolacola
      @cchocolacola Годину тому

      @@slaoqeubotoaq freaky ahh mephone pfp

    • @Petalpool
      @Petalpool Годину тому

      @@cchocolacola Ironic because the book is legit called 'Old school'

  • @cartoonboy6039
    @cartoonboy6039 6 хвилин тому

    I did a ranking video on every book in the series. The most recent book was No Brainer and while mentioning that book and the newer books. I realize, how much more crazy and unrealistic, the books got. At least I can say that Jeff knows how to make really great stories in the series, like Diper Overload and Big Shot. But damn, I look back on that one line from Old School, where Greg says that he feels like he has been in middle school forever and it is so true now.

  • @Silverlink385
    @Silverlink385 8 годин тому +3

    The OG 2004 book is the best ngl

  • @teddyw6137
    @teddyw6137 3 години тому +3

    10:05 IS THAT MANNY ON THE LEFT PANEL???

    • @dogebuddha
      @dogebuddha  49 хвилин тому

      I don't think this character's name was ever revealed in the Igdoof comics, but he is Igdoof's younger brother, and does make multiple appearances throughout the comics. He also does things to annoy Igdoof, so he's like Manny.

  • @subsecretinc
    @subsecretinc 8 годин тому +5

    I heavily disagree
    In my opinion every book is great and charming
    But that's your opinion

    • @CalvaryProductions1
      @CalvaryProductions1 7 годин тому +5

      Bro, put the fries in the bag. The modern books feel like something from a Marvel comedy!

    • @subsecretinc
      @subsecretinc 7 годин тому

      @CalvaryProductions1 ok, i agree they are kinda stupid, but still charming

    • @CalvaryProductions1
      @CalvaryProductions1 7 годин тому

      @@subsecretinc yeah, but it’s only the product of a lack of writing ideas

    • @MoeSzyslak20
      @MoeSzyslak20 Годину тому +1

      I still enjoy the new books, but they are objectively less grounded and a drop off from the first 8-10

  • @AngryEggs5177
    @AngryEggs5177 37 хвилин тому +1

    To me, Old School was the last of the elite, and the series started to really fall off after The Getaway, which was the last decent book. Everything else afterwards is trash and unnecessary.
    Also who remembers S is for Spanking?

  • @nfglegos
    @nfglegos 8 годин тому +6

    The first 10 are good except Third Wheel.

    • @Baby.chicken333
      @Baby.chicken333 8 годин тому +2

      What's wrong with the Third Wheel? Do people hate it?

    • @handelunavailable
      @handelunavailable 6 годин тому +1

      ​@@Baby.chicken333I can't recall but the book tries to make Greg likable but fails

    • @Baby.chicken333
      @Baby.chicken333 6 годин тому +1

      @@handelunavailable To me he is likeable, since he reminds me a lot of myself :) But maybe maybe others think differently, idk.

    • @supermarioplushes2517
      @supermarioplushes2517 2 години тому

      @@handelunavailableconsidering it’s Greg writing the book in the first place, it makes sense

    • @MoeSzyslak20
      @MoeSzyslak20 Годину тому

      Long haul was the worst of the first 10 though. Mostly because of the pig and some other random stuff

  • @magnetoonproductions9541
    @magnetoonproductions9541 5 годин тому +2

    I think the books kinda died down with The Ugly Truth.

  • @lachlanmc2335
    @lachlanmc2335 2 години тому +1

    I honestly like the wacky stuff more. My favorite one was the getaway

  • @linexi
    @linexi 30 хвилин тому +1

    they just keep adding stuff instead of expanding on canon

  • @CalvaryProductions1
    @CalvaryProductions1 7 годин тому +6

    With the newer books feeling more fantastical, I’ve always had a small fan canon that Greg’s life and world is controlled by some higher being.
    You know how Scarlet Witch manipulated an entire town to feel like an old sitcom in WandaVision? Well, I like to think that some higher force is controlling the world that Greg lives in in order to entertain him/herself, with some character like the pig acting as minions or spies for the higher being.

  • @ghostoflazlo
    @ghostoflazlo 13 годин тому +6

    I get your new but damn that audio quality is RUFF

  • @not4idenn
    @not4idenn 21 хвилина тому

    these books lost their charm after wrecking ball imo 😢

  • @Mario87456
    @Mario87456 6 годин тому +14

    What also doesn’t help is that Jeff Kinney is too afraid to try anything new. For example in Wrecking Ball and Hard Luck there was a opportunity for Greg to move into a new house in the former and move to a new school in the latter but instead something contrived forces Greg back to his old house and old school. He has also recycled several plots as well, why doesn’t he try something new like create a plot involving the Heffleys going to a dude ranch to stay and ride horses for example? Or have it where they win a trip to somewhere like Japan or Brazil or something. Still in spite of all that I still collect the books anyway, it will take something really significant like woke propaganda to get me to stop reading this series.

    • @RoccosVids
      @RoccosVids Годину тому +2

      Woke propaganda? The hell u mean by thqt

    • @RoccosVids
      @RoccosVids Годину тому

      That

    • @MoeSzyslak20
      @MoeSzyslak20 Годину тому +2

      Lost me at "woke propaganda"

    • @Mario87456
      @Mario87456 Годину тому

      @@RoccosVids Basically meaning that for example if he includes anything like a character being gay just so he can get a pat on the back for being “progressive” which is actually just virtue signaling.

    • @RoccosVids
      @RoccosVids Годину тому +1

      @@MoeSzyslak20ikr who does bro think he is

  • @SCPfan173
    @SCPfan173 4 години тому +1

    I agree, tho they are cool and all, the recent books feel more like a mid fanfiction from r\lodeddiper

  • @aiden4393
    @aiden4393 4 години тому +1

    ?? I think its still fine lol

  • @catmobile20
    @catmobile20 6 годин тому +2

    9:00 What book is this picture from?

    • @stefunnyo
      @stefunnyo 4 години тому

      its probably fan art, or something

    • @Dreidelium
      @Dreidelium 3 години тому

      idk but it looks like book 10-15

    • @dogebuddha
      @dogebuddha  57 хвилин тому

      It's from this article by Jeff Kinney: www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/13/magazine/diary-wimpy-kid-author-has-message-class-2020/

  • @andynachos2045
    @andynachos2045 2 години тому

    It was never good tbh we just liked it because you could relate to Greg being a douchebag

  • @GideonHannsz-ht3qm
    @GideonHannsz-ht3qm 55 хвилин тому

    frontiers music?

  • @thedeutschman9905
    @thedeutschman9905 4 години тому +3

    Thank you so much for this video, I’m glad you put it out and that I’m not the only one who thinks this series has been on the decline for some time.

  • @TroyNicklas-l6r
    @TroyNicklas-l6r 46 хвилин тому

    E

  • @HistoricalFanatics
    @HistoricalFanatics 12 годин тому +3

    ua-cam.com/video/Eal8qw8AuiQ/v-deo.html
    I’m so glad the LLBS exist (fanfictions) it’s always peak fiction

  • @skip-4259
    @skip-4259 Годину тому +1

    My last one was Deep End for 2 reasons:
    1. I just generally lost interest by age (not the series fault)
    2. It was bad (the series fault)