It amazes me how much George Lucas seems to be a total doofus in all of their reviews involving him. All the "making off" documentary footage the reviewers use is so damning for him. The behind the scenes of the Phantom Menace are so embarrassing, with no-one daring to say anything against the guy. All the tense faces during the first screening, ...
And then in the Indiana Jones review, we see how it was Lucas that wanted a new film even though Spielberg said he was done with it. And how Lucas pushed for the Haunted House angle, and the alien angle, and ... and how Spielberg didn't want any of that but eventually caved in.
Lucas seems like a horrendous movie maker. I'd like to think the documentary footage speaks for itself, but perhaps the people from RLM paint a certain picture off him that's not entirely fair...?
Have you seen The People vs. George Lucas yet? It's just a documentary on the whole Lucas situation. Really well done. Seems like you are primed to see it, if you haven't already.
It amazes me how much George Lucas seems to be a total doofus in all of their reviews involving him. All the "making off" documentary footage the reviewers use is so damning for him. The behind the scenes of the Phantom Menace are so embarrassing, with no-one daring to say anything against the guy. All the tense faces during the first screening, ...
And then in the Indiana Jones review, we see how it was Lucas that wanted a new film even though Spielberg said he was done with it. And how Lucas pushed for the Haunted House angle, and the alien angle, and ... and how Spielberg didn't want any of that but eventually caved in.
Lucas seems like a horrendous movie maker. I'd like to think the documentary footage speaks for itself, but perhaps the people from RLM paint a certain picture off him that's not entirely fair...?
I love half in the bag too. I'm really considering ordering that Feeding Frenzy dvd, anyone watch it?
I usually hate the convention episodes, but this B-fest sounds intriguing.
Yeah, the No Brand Con video after the Scream 4 review was fucking genius. So awesome.The convention episodes are hilarious! The one where he repeatedly cuts to lying on the floor is brilliant.
WHOA!
OH MY FUCKING GOD YESPhantom Menace 3D Review.
Part 1: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-1-of-2-5943707
Part 2: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-2-of-2-5944409
IGN said:If people are ready and willing to pick apart Phantom Menace for its follies, why not point to the terrible choreography of the original trilogy too? And you can't say it's a lack of "technology," considering two things. One, the dogfight sequences in the original trilogy are still exciting to this day, and two, Hollywood had a long history of exciting sword fight choreography up to that point, none of which translates into the original trilogy
Hahaha
Edit: oh my god, it keeps on giving
They went and saw Red Tails. They weren't amused.
They were using a lot of incorrect facts and bad examples to support their arguments. And their overall knowledge on some of the topics was embarrassing.
1.Using The Blaxploitation movies as an example of an all black movies from Hollywood is incorrect.
The majority were independent movies, because Hollywood wasn't making movies with black cast. There were a few like Shaft but the majority were independent.
2. The assertion that there have been plenty of major movies made that feature a majority black cast.
They used Glory as an example, which anyone who has seen the movie will tell you the focus of the movie Col. Shaw Matthew Brodericks character. There have not been many major studio financed movies with a majority black cast.
3. Contending Lucas saying that he would like to have the characters be role models to young black teenagers.
They said that there were already role models for young black teenagers, as someone who was a young black teenager I can say that they are wrong on that part. The vast majority of images that young black males are driven to emulate are athletes and rappers, who really shouldn't be anyones role model for the most part. They say "well how do we know they dont like history", well there are reasons I could write a 5 page paper off the top of my head why looking for role models in history books isn't something that is likely to happen, but I dont want to get into that now.
3. They question why the movie was even made.
They said well there is Glory, and The HBO version of the Tuskegee Airmen so why do we need this movie. This really pissed me off the most. It came off as you already got 2 movies about black people in war why do you need more isn't that enough. Aside from the fact that 1 of the movies they brought up was on HBO a channel that not everyone has, the story's are still relevant because many are still unaware of the contributions that African Americans have made during WW2.
4. Disputing the fact that many black story's have gone untold.
They then flash 8 movie posters to dispute this. I know the reviews are meant to be comical but that came across as very ignorant. The vast majority of biographical movies out are about white people, and there is nothing wrong with that. But to say that black, Asian, Hispanic, Indian and others are not under represented is kind of foolish.
I could go into more points but I really dont want to spend the next couple of hours going into it.
Whoa, one of the people during the interview sketch was Jay from Half in the Bag. Heh, love retroactive recognition like that.
Phantom Menace 3D Review.
Part 1: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-1-of-2-5943707
Part 2: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-2-of-2-5944409
Oh. my. god. the skull and crossbones just kept going and going. ha ha.
LTTP - I feel like you can bitch about a lot of things when it comes to Red Tails, but not the intent behind it. At the moment, Red Tails and Miracle at St. Anna are the only two movies about the black experience in WW2.
Just so much normative whiteness at play that it boggles the mind.
So has anyone got a list of all the differences between this version and the original? omg dat ending
To counteract such spite, here's an articulate and well thought-out defense of Episode I from IGN: http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1218394p1.html
LTTP - I feel like you can bitch about a lot of things when it comes to Red Tails, but not the intent behind it. At the moment, Red Tails and Miracle at St. Anna are the only two movies about the black experience in WW2.
Just so much normative whiteness at play that it boggles the mind.
So, am I being completely crazy... Or is nobody in here talking about the far more exciting thing that RLM released today - Mike's full-length audio commentary for The Phantom Menace, performed in character as Plinkett?
I'm listening to it now...
NAILED IT! Though, not having the 3D glasses, I'm super excited to eventually get 3D glasses and see how this works. Sounds like they actually went above and beyond the call!They posted some link to a place to buy super cheap old school 3D glasses. Wouldn't surprise me if they did a huge joke by making their Episode 1 review "3D" and just troll everyone.
The dude with the red beard has been in a couple of their reviews, most notably the Transformers 3 review. The girl was "Rhoda Rhodenstein" in the What's Your Number? / Black Ninja review of Half in the Bag. Jay and Rich Evans ("Fake Plinkett") are regulars.Whoa, one of the people during the interview sketch was Jay from Half in the Bag. Heh, love retroactive recognition like that.
Holy shit listening now.So, am I being completely crazy... Or is nobody in here talking about the far more exciting thing that RLM released today - Mike's full-length audio commentary for The Phantom Menace, performed in character as Plinkett?
I'm listening to it now...
EDIT: There's a link to it at the top of the RLM homepage, so I guess if you followed a link straight to the 3D re-release post you have a pretty good excuse for having missed it.
IGN are right, there are probably 10 minutes in episode 1 that are interesting.
Phantom Menace 3D Review.
Part 1: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-1-of-2-5943707
Part 2: http://blip.tv/redlettermedia/phantom-menace-3d-review-part-2-of-2-5944409
So, am I being completely crazy... Or is nobody in here talking about the far more exciting thing that RLM released today - Mike's full-length audio commentary for The Phantom Menace, performed in character as Plinkett?
I'm listening to it now...
EDIT: There's a link to it at the top of the RLM homepage, so I guess if you followed a link straight to the 3D re-release post you have a pretty good excuse for having missed it.
Phantom Phriday is awesome