Red Letter Media just recommended to not see this in the theater.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKfOQQfcpaQ&ab_channel=RedLetterMedia
I saw it Saturday and have to agree.
RLM bores me these days.
shareWhy? I still like them.
shareThey seem to have lost their edge a bit, and I don't find myself laughing at their videos like I used to. Plinkett reviews were the best (now nonexistent), but something like Nerd Crew was hilarious and genius. Or Scientist Man.
They don't really do much like that anymore. Barely any weird shorts or anything, just these kind of stale Half in the Bags (which rarely have storylines now) and re:Views... which are okay, but my motivation to watch them has gotten lower and lower. And I've never really liked Best of the Worst.
Also, when I noticed that they remove critical comments, my respect for them went down a few pegs. That wouldn't stop me watching their vids obviously, just a side note.
Scientist Man was awesome, I wish he would come back.
shareThey remove critical comments? Not a fan of that.
shareYeah, unfortunately. I first noticed it when I was using my main account - one that had been subbed since like the first week of the TPM review, and I had actually traded PMs with Mike in like 2009 when YT still had that functionality. Years later I noticed my comments weren't showing up, and it turned out I was blocked. Confused, I checked my history and there was like one potential comment where I said something about the editing of a certain video, and that was it.
Out of curiosity I made some other comments from another account, and those were also removed/account blocked. This was a few years ago but it was kind of a fuck-you as a long time fan. Massively hypocritical on their part as well - that they make their living on being critics, but can't handle even mild criticism leveled toward them.
But anyway, like I said this is neither here nor there... sad behavior but didn't affect my overall enjoyment of their videos.
I don't think it's massively hypocritical. Yes, they criticize movies, but it's not like their criticisms are then added to the films' credits.
shareYou're comparing a film's credits to a comment section meant for discussion? Sorry but that doesn't make any sense.
If you make your living from being a critic of other people's work, you should be able to handle the slightest bit of criticism of your own work. Otherwise you probably are a bit of an insecure coward, and a hypocrite.
If they don't want discussion or people's opinions, have the backbone to disable comments entirely. But no, they want comments... as long as they're positive, which just circles back to the original point. And by positive I mean to them specifically - if you're bashing other people and their work, all is well.
I noticed they started losing their edge when they were soft in their review for Force Awakens. After ripping the prequels new ass-holes, they were surprisingly lax with Episode 7, even though nearly every criticism they had with the prequels applied to Force Awakens as well. It was because of their underwhelming review of Force Awakens that I stumbled upon E;R, who gave a much more satisfying review that reminded me of the Plinkett days, and I've watched E;R ever since.
I still watch some Half in the Bag vids, and I still get some enjoyment out of RLM, but I agree that they're not what they used to be.
I can mostly give them a pass for their initial Half in the Bag on Force Awakens, because a lot of us got sucked into the hype for it. But the hype faded quickly - it's one of those movies that gets substantially worse on every rewatch, and the multitude of issues become very apparent.
What's kind of annoying is that they still defend it, and stubbornly refused to course correct. The "Star Wars Awakens" Plinkett might be the worst one they've put out. You're totally right that the E;R vid on it was so much better, but Mike did a solid job on The Last Jedi Plinkett and it was a good return to form imo.
They are not as good as they were back then, but I am a fan of theirs. Their competition simply cannot keep up with them. So many YouTubers that post cinema related content there are either boring or too boring to not become pretentious (in a pathetic way, I mean). The fact that RLM is free for everyone is fantastic, and long may they continue.
shareI RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE...A LOT...RLM ARE MY SPIRIT ANIMAL AND ONLY GET BETTER WITH AGE.
shareNever really liked them. The "humor" is insufferable and beaten to death like an old horse for a long time now and they still do it. Their "characters" are just trollish/annoying and the amount of absolute low level fart jokes don't help either.
When they actually seriously talk movies, I enjoyed it... but since the rest dominates, I just unsubscribed ages ago.