plasmawave
Banned
I would not be surprised if writers took notes from them for what to do and not to do in their movies.
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I would not be surprised if writers took notes from them for what to do and not to do in their movies.
DoctorFling
Member
I would really love a Ghostbusters 2016 Plinkett review, I feel there's a lot of material to be mined from it. I don't know who this Chris Struckmann guy is but he seems like a big baby.
TonkatsuAddict
Member
Totally agree, I would love to see them do comparisons of parallel scenes and go into why they worked in the original and why they fell flat in the new. The one I keep thinking about is the first "sliming" scene in each movie.
In Ghostbusters '84, the scene is not funny because Venkman gets covered in slime, heck, we don't even see the actual sliming. It's funny because the characters are funny, with Ray and Egon reacting with more excitement toward the supernatural phenomenon than with concern for their friend's well-being. Their actions are both believable based on what we've seen of them so far and continue to inform us about their characters. It's a character-building scene made funny by their personalities.
Ghostbusters '16? It's a scene of one of the girls having slime projectile vomited all over her for what felt like five minutes and then making a comment about how its getting in all the cracks. Which is funny because...uh, vomit and girly parts? Because the only thing funnier than puking is the fact that girls have more cracks than boys.
I'd love to see people who know movies a lot better than I do go through and do that with the whole movie.
DoctorFling
Member
Agreed, the remakes' weird action scenes need to be discussed too. It was like they were trying to make a superhero movie towards the end, was such a weird shift.
DoctorFling
Member
Those would be great, there's some A-grade Zack Snyder quotes that could become the new "poetry".
The really mediocre summer blockbuster season this year has proven to me that we need Plinkett
You might get a kick out of RegularCarReviews then. I'm pretty sure there's a hint of Plinkett influence/inspiration from some of those
BassForever
Member
When we finally get a new plinkett review and it doesn't live up to the legacy someone needs to do a plinkett style review of plinketts new review.
Acerac
Banned
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull?
Part time.
for real. soooooooooo much behind the scenes material and interviews thanks to youtube compared to the prequel material he had to work with.
and snyder says some fucking duuuuuuuuuuuuuumb shit
BassForever
Member
The sad thing is Mike clearly doesn't have a passion for comics the way he does for star wars/trek and IJ. A ghostbusters plinkett review is likely since he's so passionate about the original film and he despised the remake.
Man he really caught some feelings over some harmless joke.
He felt so bad about BvS that he wrote his own script that changed the ending. He's a soft lad for sure.
broncobuster
Banned
I'd say something about a critic having thin skin but I seem to recall the few reviews of his I saw posted are of the Jimmy Fallon variety.
What's that?
marvelharvey
Member
Any true RLM fan would love to be called a prick by Rich Evans.
Wow he spent a lot of time explaining how much of a fan he is, yet if that was the case, then he wouldn't have taken that joke personally.
If Wil Wheaton was a real Star Trek fan, he wouldn't have run crying to his dressing room after Shatner told him he'd never let a child fly his ship.
Ether_Snake
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Damnit I thought it was really going to be an hour.
Also, they really are masters at whatever it's called when you make a really funny joke right when it ends, surprising you even when you thought you figured what would happen.
Also, they really are masters at whatever it's called when you make a really funny joke right when it ends, surprising you even when you thought you figured what would happen.
QualityPixel
Banned
Yes! I've been binging on Regular Car Reviews the past few days after seeing the review of the PT Cruiser on Jalopnic. Good stuff, just click on the first video and let the playlist roll.
DoctorFling
Member
he just wants to show up on botw
"Scientist man, I'm CIA."
Robot Pants
Member
Jesus, dude. It's a minute in and I'm falling asleep. Get to the point
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Heh, this guy is entertaining.
Edit: Okay, I'm kind of addicted. I finished the PT Cruiser episode and moved on to the Police Interceptor episode from the sidebar, and am now on the first DeLorean episode. Of course the second episode is next. What have you done?
He saw the joke, and recognized that it was a joke. But he's a sensitive guy and it got under his skin and made him kind of uncomfortable. One day he had a case of the feels, and he was looking at the sign he put up years ago saying "Go watch RLM, they're awesome!" and he thought to himself "Do I really need to keep this sign up?" and he took it down.
Later he realized that he has a private message line straight into RLM, and he thought "Eh, why not?" and sent them a message saying "Hey, just wondering, do you guys hate me or something?" and they responded saying that no, they like him, and they explained the joke and apologized for making him feel bad. Now he's happy again because having confirmation that RLM knows he exists and actually likes him cheered him up.
Then the internet noticed that he had taken down his RLM sign (which he forgot to put back up again), and said "Oooh, it's on. RLM vs Stuckmann. Fight fight fight!" So he needed to stop and explain (he hadn't planned on saying anything about anything).
Spieler Eins
Member
The good thing about RLM is that they are adults that don't get into embarrassing Youtube melodrama nor upload whiny videos justyfing themselves over redundancies.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
He's a prick.
Preempting RLM with a Plinkett-style review (a rip-off, really) of TFA was a dick move.
TBH I after I heard that story I thought Wil was a big baby, now I wasn't there, but just from the tone of the whole thing it sounded like Shatner was clearly joking when he said it. And then Wil had to go crying to Gene who made Shatner apologize. PUH-LEEZE, grow some skin, Whil.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
When I saw the scene with the boat, I laughed. It was exactly what they said it would be. lol
I had seen all of the Plinkett reviews but have completely missed out on everything else they have done, so this past weekend I've been starting the fantastic journey of watching all of their videos. I haven't laughed so much in a long time, this is some incredible stuff. I've missed out on so much over the years!!
People glamour and drool for a new Plinkett review but Red Letter Media is so fucking much more. Even their commentary tracks on Bandcamp are worth a listen.
Definitely, so far the recap shows they've done have been my favorites, short snippets on noteworthy movies. I plan on picking up the commentaries, which of them is the best one to watch first? I'm thinking the Alien one.
Watch them all but I personally love the Halloween and Alien ones the most. Followed by Jurassic Park and Terminator.
Jack and Rich are streaming Quadrilateral Cowboy.
Sorry i'm an hour late.
Sorry i'm an hour late.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i dont know why anyone cares about this guy. also he seems pretty sensitive to an obvious joke
Grinchy
Banned
I'm shocked that anyone could even watch that video. I made it about 20 seconds, looked down at how long it was, and closed the tab. I could tell it was going to be some insanely long-winded whine about nothing.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh wow, that would have been terrible.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
i question it further than that -- why does anyone actually care? he's not even that interesting of a personality. maybe his reviews are good/funny but its not like a written narrative is the same as a cell phone blog video thing
Guy has 700k subs, more than RLM, so I dunno, I'm sure someone cares.
plasmawave
Banned
What do you guys got against him? I like his reviews.
What do you have for him? I dislike his reviews.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Stuckman is okay.
RLM is better.
But I watch a LOT of people on YouTube of all kinds.
If I don't like someone's style, I just don't watch it.
RLM is better.
But I watch a LOT of people on YouTube of all kinds.
If I don't like someone's style, I just don't watch it.