If that's the case I find it interesting you would come into this topic and post "Is this supposed to be funny?"
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Red Letter Media: Star Wars The Last Plinkett Review
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If that's the case I find it interesting you would come into this topic and post "Is this supposed to be funny?"
It's a continuation of previous plinkett reviews. It comes with the territory.
I just texted my friend group that this just came out and one responded simply with "Jedi Plinkett Smith"
Haha, what. Plot elements aren't nonsensical because you can invent some type of solution to make things happen in a different way. You know, sometimes decisions in stories are made in the name of smart storytelling, to service the narrative in the strongest fashion, even if they sometimes clash with diegetic elements. In your case, I honestly never thought of that or heard of that idea.
I saw the movie for the first time last weekend and thought it was a steaming turd of a movie. There wasn't much about it that I liked. This should be interesting!
Because it was about a movie that interested me and I remembered people mentioning RLM before and I was curious. Sorry for breaking into your select club, I'll let myself out now.
I skipped around to half a dozen different places and caught a complaint every time, so...
I can't wait for this bullshit to be linked by star wars elitist like it's some sort of unbeatable trump card against liking the movie.
Are they bitching about diversity in this one too?
Fuck RLM.
Are they bitching about diversity in this one too?
Fuck RLM.
Yeaaah I think I'm gonna pass. Plinkett's stuff is just not very good in the current era of video essays. He always has some nice points to say, whether I agree or not, but eight minutes in it's all been jokes about the death of Star Wars and Ryan Johnson in particular without actually establishing an actual thesis. It's incredibly cumbersome and meandering when compared to any of the actual cinema criticism channels like Nerdwriter or Lessons From The Screenplay.
I mean... he didn't do much worthwhile with the story, that's for sure
It really put me off their content.
I think I just got tired of their schtick as they started leaning harder into it. I replaced them with Double Toasted quite sometime ago, but now that Goodwin, Girts and Danielle have left DT, I am left with a bit of a void for this type of content.
If it had been a solo review, they would be saying 'these films need some independent film makers with a voice to make them different rather than some Hollywood hack'.
There's a shitty joke toward the end about referring to ships as "she." I can almost hear the neckbeards jizzing on their keyboards.
They are funny but have terrible taste in movies and don't really know anything about good film. Honestly the best case scenario for youtube movie reviewer types.
Except it has the best story and best screenplay of any Star Wars film since 1980's Empire Strikes Back.
See how much fun opinions are.
Oh and RLM is pure trash. They showed their true colors in the TFA review complaining about inclusion and diversity. Nothing but a bunch of white straight dudes who can't see the world beyond the mindset of white straight dudes. Yawn.
Wasn't he extremely dismissive of the bullshit that 'fans' were talking about? Like calling Rey "Mary Sue" and stuff.
That doesn't make up for the fact as a white straight dude he complained about diversity/inclusion in SW. At all.
Right? Stealth drop just when the work day is getting started. Gotta a meeting here shortly so I have to wait until lunch time.
Nope... Not for me anyway.
I don't mind the sw prequels at all and I found those reviews funny but I felt they were not playing to an audience as much as they created one that they now constantly play to over and over and over again.
I have no idea why people made them out to be the gospol truth when it comes to criticism of film. I used to think they were just an act.
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It was a good while ago that I watched the TFA review. Will have to have a look again.
They didn't bitch and moan about diversity in the prequel reviews.
They unpacked the prequel trilogy well enough, with good specific examples of where the characters and storytelling went wrong. Since then they've declined, with only the occasional half-insightful Half in the Bag episode.
I have to watch his videos on low volume to try and minimize the damage that voice does to my mental well being.
Haven't watched it yet, I'll need to watch the movie first. I am aware of them disliking the movie far more than Force Awakens. The Plinkett review for that one was bad by Plinkett standards because it wasn't as focussed. It was meant to adress the 'sleeziness' of the whole franchise but Mike especially was very okay with the film. The Ghostbusters one was similar in this, but worked faaaar better simply because the movie was just terrible.
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That's what I don't understand... What do they want exactly? This is why I feel its all playing to an audience.
Shit.. I totally seemed to have forgotten that :(
After the complete, and deserved, decimation of Ghostbusters, I'm in for this. Rip it to shreds.
the prequel reviews were fun. Now he panders to the alt-right with complaints about diversity and inclusion. It is just gross.
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