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Red Letter Media |OT| of Movies, Murderers, and Pizza Rolls
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As someone who ignored their gaming stuff because PreRec is kinda bad, I never realized how fun their game streams were. Jack and Rich play so well off each other. Heck, even when Jack is by himself he has interesting things to say.
I've been going through some of their YT stuff and it's super fun.
I've been going through some of their YT stuff and it's super fun.
Mike is really good thinking on his feet, lol.
Grinchy
Banned
I love all these guys and I love video games but I hate their stream. I don't have an explanation. I've tried to get into it but I just can't.
Their content has always taken a bit to click with me, I don't know why. For the longest time I just skipped the non-critique portion of their Half in The Bags (I found their humor tedious)... then I watched them again and didn't mind it, then I liked it.
Kinda the same thing happened with their gaming stuff. I've never found Jack that funny in their movie stuff, but I found his solo stuff entertaining, and some of the videos where Jay joins them are funny due to his cluelessness and the way he interacts with chat.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The stream is just a podcast with some video game stuff in the background. That said, I skip the solo streams
Lionel Mandrake
Member
Really want to go home and watch this.
brotkasten
Member
Started watching the new BOTW and Mike looks so ooold.
E: oh god, this is so good.
"we're not on half in the bag. This is not how it works!"
E: oh god, this is so good.
"we're not on half in the bag. This is not how it works!"
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Ignorance is no excuse, of course, but I'm sure he wasn't aware it's considered a slur. In fact I bet that once the feedback gets to him, he'll apologize on the Pre-Rec stream. If not tonight then Sunday. They're usually pretty good about that sort of thing.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Among friends you forget to be politically correct, I say this with experience. This is assuming he was around one more person. If not I'd warrant a slip of the tongue but you never know.
BassForever
Member
Anyone have a little native american in them?
More_Badass
Member
"It wasn't especially large, but it felt hard"
/dead
/dead
Admiral Woofington
Member
Nope. I have a hot latina in me
I'm getting How Not to Make a Movie!
http://redlettermedia.com/pre-rec-why-mario-is-more-immersive-than-call-of-duty/
Why Mario is More Immersive Than Call of Duty
Why Mario is More Immersive Than Call of Duty
brotkasten
Member
I'm not a huge fan of Pre Rec, but it's good and short enough to watch it.
But damn, if they don't deliver a good amount of gif material for the gaming side.
But damn, if they don't deliver a good amount of gif material for the gaming side.
It's almost like Sony released the Order just to give Rich and Jack more ammo when ranting about modern games.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
I wonder if jack is going to bother having patience for it at all considering his stance on story and cutscenes.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Boyhood didn't win, Jay and Mike are you still alive?
RedLetterMedia made their name by sidestepping the kind of snark that usually characterized the fanboy whining about the Star Wars prequels and replacing it with thoughtful, sneakily intelligent criticism.
their review of Boyhood was lazy and snarky, independent of the actual opinion, and demonstrated exactly why Half in the Bag is nowhere near as good as their in-depth reviews
(I posted this in the Oscars thread but I figure it's probably more topical here.) As someone who loves those Star Wars prequels and thinks that they're smart, talented guys, I think that HiTB review was where I realized why I don't like Half in the Bag.
their review of Boyhood was lazy and snarky, independent of the actual opinion, and demonstrated exactly why Half in the Bag is nowhere near as good as their in-depth reviews
(I posted this in the Oscars thread but I figure it's probably more topical here.) As someone who loves those Star Wars prequels and thinks that they're smart, talented guys, I think that HiTB review was where I realized why I don't like Half in the Bag.
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
I thought their critique was fine. They saw Boyhood as an average film, buoyed completely because of how it was filmed over 12 years. I agree with them on that. And it's not like that method hasn't been seen. Even today, a TV station was doing a Darleen themed Marathon of "Roseanne" and called it the Girlhood Marathon.
brianmcdoogle
Member
I'll agree with this. I find Half in the Bag to be fun and great and entertaining even on rewatches, but I cannot understand how people can think they are as rigorous or intellectual in their film criticism as Siskel and Ebert. They tend to gravitate to showy, "weird" (I loved Under The Skin but did Jay do much praising outside of that it was strange and creepy?) or true story ghost movies (seriously, what is it with Mike and movies about ghosts? Does he really believe in them?).
I really like what they do (and I'm going to say something negative in an OT...) but people and themselves shouldn't elevate their stuff into some undeserved higher existence.
Sadly, now that Boyhood lost, we just might get that joke even further beaten into the ground.
Admiral Woofington
Member
It won't be from them though. Outside of "be cool about fire safety" they don't tend to run jokes down to the ground, the crazy fanbase does.
And I watch them as entertainers first, thoughts on their reviews second. I can't count on my hand how many times I watch HitB withmy friends and we say "eh I'll disagree with them here, but whatever I still love them"
He's just got a soft spot for them. Everybody's got a crappy genre of movies that they enjoy, whether for nostalgic reasons or otherwise. I bet Mike was really into the behind the scenes stories on movies like The Exorcist and Poltergeist when he was a teenager.
He certainly seems excited by ghost stories.
Also, this image came up in the search for "red letter media paranormal activity":
brianmcdoogle
Member
That's amazing.
Anyway, I just mean he always seems super excited to see movies that are "true stories" about ghosts. He made Jay go see that movie last year that had Eric Bana in it that looked and sounded awful, but it was a true ghost story so they saw it. He just seems peculiarly eager to see them and is always more invested in and disappointed in them than Jay. Here's one that starts about 6 minutes in where he seems just incredibly let down.
Maybe it is because Jay dated the ghost. Or I'm crazy.
Did you watch their actual review, or one of their comedic responses to being attacked for being among the 2% of reviewers to give it a score of 49% or lower?
Jay: I wish the movie was about Patricia Arquette. She was the most compelling, interesting character.
*Patricia Arquette wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Boyhood*
Yeah, that was actually the last HiTB/RLM thing I watched way back in August. I posted something to similar effect in the Boyhood thread back then, I think.
Like I said, I like the guys... it's just when I realized I was kinda done with HiTB. the looser format isn't for me and, tbh, I don't really think it plays to their strengths either.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Bitch about button prompts... next video is The Order 1886. They really are chasing the big bucks on youtube. lol
Admiral Woofington
Member
They need their Boyhood.
I thought Alien Isolation was that already.
The Order is being shit on by most everyone so it's not a similar case.
Admiral Woofington
Member
True. But their Alien Isolation review didn't really bother me that much. Their complaints aren't far off from mine, even if it seems like I enjoyed playing the game more.
brotkasten
Member
Maybe it takes another 12 years before the movie gets an Oscar.