icons

this show is g4’s great answer to other networks biography shows like “bio” and “e! true hollywood stories” and what g4’s seems to have modeled this show after, “intimate portrait”. this show represents the best and worst aspects of g4. best because it shows the channel does have the potential to do some intelligent, and informative programming. the episodes are mostly great and even the most hardcore g4 haters will give the show lots of love. in fact, for many it’s because of g4 not wanting to do anything else as intelligent as icons that many lash out at the channel and it’s other shows.

it represents the worst of g4 because even though the show is almost always well meaning, alot of g4’s greed, ignorance, and personal politics manage to slip through and rear it’s ugly head. probably the earliest example of this was when the show was first getting started and doing great with viewers until g4 started abusing the shows name declaring all kinds of new, cr-ppy games that which some weren’t even out, icons. the first was the infamous tlor scandal where they declared a cr-ppy new game based on the license an icons before it was even out. then they did splinter cell and xbox icons, but again, this was way before splinter cell was what we all know today, all these we’re really just infomercials not histories. people on the boards we’re p-ssed and it seemed like g4 got the point and gave the sleazy cr-p a rest. once again though, the nonsense continued with more fake icon infomercials about hunter, tron, and onimusha and again people b-tched and the nonsense stopped for a while. as if the whoring wasn’t enough, the show then and now, hardly ever got any updates and even the reruns we’re hardly ever on compared to the other shows. to make it even worse, g4 insisted on an incredibly unfulfilling, and really downright disrespectful half-hour timeslot considering just how important and influential the subjects they cover are. still, the show trudged on and kept releasing good eps here and there. although again more letdowns, probably one of the absolute worst was when what probably should have been one of the most important icons ever, id, became nothing but a cheap promo for doom iii. the problem with these episodes is the staff that makes icons also does another show called “gamemaker specials” which is a dedicated game infomercial show. this should be great for everyone, but the problem is some of the powers that be force the staff to let both shows just “happen” to overlap with one another from time to time.

now, here’s the bad. the show of recent has totally been changed for the most part to make it as casual as can be. before there used to a nice variety of subjects, but now it seems like the suits upstairs pressure the icons staff to only do subjects that will lead up to a new t-tle they can make money promoting which makes hoping for any cl-ssic franchises getting covered slim to none. on average, there’s probably about one real icons each season, the rest is marketing.
“god is there ever going to be a new icons on soon?”

“yeah, but it’s just a sh-tty promo episode for the newest installment of t-tz n’ guns 2!”
a person who is a hobbyist mostly in photography and cubing. a very popular guy and a funny one too!

if you want to be an “icon” you have to be a cuber, photographer, a senator in your college, and be a funny guy! so can you be an icon? lol
icon is a maniniyut.
a convention that takes place here on l.i. that does not give enough back to there peeon’s (voluteers)but for the staff we get to listen to endless whining and needless babble all year as to who would be the next victim (actor or really boring archaic writer that few of heard of or care about). but hey we do get really hot shirts (only nerdy chick dig).

and they have alcohol at the masquerade!!!!
i’m going to the i.c.o.n convention.
i spend my entire weekend at the i.c.o.n. convention
a legend, rolemodel or superstar
rolling stones are icon’s for rockstars everywhere
the completed one that at times becomes confused in certain situations, but is always ready and is a mysterious natural born leader who decides upon mind threw wisdom of life…
thats the icon the wise one
most commonly used for aimor aol a little picture that says words and what not on your im.
i got my icon from iconator.com
one that people look up too. theicon
matthew_original icon, sometimes imitated