Red Letter Media

[urr13 account]

It's Gen X, something went horribly wrong with them. They all became twats. Just tune out half of what he says and you'll still be able to enjoy the show.

 

[khaine]

What has happened to them? Super Girl feels like Ghostbusters 2016 all over again. A shitty product getting slammed for being shitty, with people trying to claim misogyny. I guess cos they actually care about Ghostbusters, but back then they stood up and defended people for calling it shit. These days they just go 'eh, I don't understand why anyone cares'.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I normally don't care at all about competition in showbusiness, but I understand that those companies spend their money both on promoting their products and criticizing their rivals' products. How does Like Like Stoklasa not get it after discussing movies for 14 years?

Culture Crave used to be just one guy, but was bought 5 years ago by Dexerto, a British media company.
Variety is owned by Penske Media Corporation. Their other brands include Rolling Stone and IndieWire. They're based in NY and LA.

Those people aren't peaceful and kind, they all have connections in Hollywood. They produce their own mainstream media and/or get paid to write favorable reviews for their clients. It's all a big ecosystem, just like any big business.

The post by Culture Crave isn't even questionable. It's about a big Hollywood movie's box office, that's it.

 

[Nigger Respecter]

Mike Stoklasa has become such a fag in the last decade.

You’re an actual retard. He hasn’t changed at all. You’ve just become a more sensitive chuddie who wants the people in his phone to tell him exactly what he wants to hear

 

[Beelzebub's Lawyer]

I haven’t watched 6 of the last 7 videos they released

I fucking hate how little research they do into anything at all, making their takes absolutely awful.
It's your fucking job, work a little bit.
Literally anybody else who makes videos about media, even dudes who have 2k subscribers, are doing a way better job.

BOTW, at least to me, isn't funny anymore.
The gimmick is stale, all the good jokes have been made already.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

I fucking hate how little research they do into anything at all, making their takes absolutely awful.
It's your fucking job, work a little bit.
Literally anybody else who makes videos about media, even dudes who have 2k subscribers, are doing a way better job.

BOTW, at least to me, isn't funny anymore.
The gimmick is stale, all the good jokes have been made already.

I think they want to be like a less gay Stuckmann and not rock the boat or garner controversy, reserving their really hot takes for movies from the '80s. They're like fifty now and this is basically the last real job they're ever going to have.

 

[Beelzebub's Lawyer]

They're like fifty now and this is basically the last real job they're ever going to have.

So why are they phoning in their job?
I think that what was said in this thread before is true, they look down on YouTubers and they hate that YouTube is their job.
They wanted to be filmmakers and they failed while so many others have succeeded and are succeeding.
They hate their audience and they refuse to work hard for them.

 

[Rarghs]

I watched Carolina Caroline and enjoyed it, it wasn't as good as Dinner in America and Snack Shack which I both liked. I probably wouldn't have discovered this directors stuff under my own steam. Thank you friend simulator media, thank you.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

So why are they phoning in their job?

Because they can. They can get same views, little to no controversy, and people still treat them like authorities on movies. Why put in extra effort now? It's time to coast. Goddamn I hate Jay so much.

As for the rest, probably. There was definitely some bitterness under the surface when they were talking about the broccoli haired fagaloon and his 4chan ripoff. But it's their own fault. They were too scared to try and make a real movie and get made fun of, so instead made an obvious piece of garbage like Space Cop.

 

[Karamanlis]

You’re an actual retard. He hasn’t changed at all. You’ve just become a more sensitive chuddie who wants the people in his phone to tell him exactly what he wants to hear

I'm not gonna say you're entirely wrong, but you're not entirely correct either. He used to crack jokes that he'd never make today. Like the urban market stealing his television, and the general "misogyny" in the Plinkett reviews. Or how about that Best of the Worst episode on Deathstalker in which they must've said the word "rape" about 5 dozen times? Is that something he'd do now? I actually don't know. Haven't watched BotW in a long time.

 

[urr13 account]

I fucking hate how little research they do into anything at all, making their takes absolutely awful.

It does seem like they are weirdly ignorant of things, and the assumptions they make are often wrong, I think it's to give their videos an off-the-cuff feel.

It's not just when dealing with vaguely "politized" things either, in their Alien Romulus review they repeatedly insisted that the CGI return of Ash and all the callbacks must have been studio notes forced on the director, but if you watch any interview with Fede all that shit was him through and through.

But in RLMs mind it's always pure director trying to make good movie then studio comes in and makes it cringe, in this case that doesnt even make sense though because why would a studio randomly want to bring back a dead actor with CGI for 30 seconds, its not like its a Darth Vader type thing where you can put it in a trailer and make money bringing back Ash is clearly something only a certain type of fanboy, which for good or ill Fede is, would pull for.

They already had their take on Supergirl a year ago, the actual films quality doesnt matter, go back and rewatch their James Gunn superman review it is straight up bizarre.

 

[TheHarbinger]

But in RLMs mind it's always pure director trying to make good movie then studio comes in and makes it cringe.

They (rightfully) criticized Lucas's direction for the Star Wars prequels. But seem to have become too afraid to go after any established directors or producers anymore. A big studio director is lauded and defended like a heroic figure. The current batch of YouTubers who just made films are treated like pariahs or weak amateurs. They act like they are established hollywood insiders instead of the retards who made Space Cop. It's just bizarre.

...go back and rewatch their James Gunn superman review it is straight up bizarre.

It's like they are YouTuber influencer faggots being paid to like the movie.....but they can't bring themselves to fully commit to selling out. And you can hear the apathy and disinterest in their voices. "Yeah....the movie was......fine". Then they give zero examples of why the movie was fine and just talk around the actual movie by discussing random other topics. Compare this to their reviews of capeshit and studio slop from even a few years ago and they are openly laughing at these big budget "endless trash" films.

 

[Dog Rough]

It's Gen X, something went horribly wrong with them. They all became twats. Just tune out half of what he says and you'll still be able to enjoy the show.

Gen X were mostly ignored, now the boomers are dying it's their turn.

It will happen to you.

 

[Beelzebub's Lawyer]

He used to crack jokes that he'd never make today.

My favorite was "Peep this, my nigs" from either the Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones review.
2026 Mike would not even let someone else say it in one of his videos.

in this case that doesnt even make sense though because why would a studio randomly want to bring back a dead actor with CGI for 30 seconds

Well, in this particular case:
1. It's Disney, they did this shit already in the past.
2. The entire Alien: Romulus movie was just a greatest hits album from this IP, bringing Ash back felt like a corporate decision to me as well.

However, I would totally believe that Alvarez himself made that decision.
He only makes movies in pre-existing franchises (Don't Breathe was the one original thing he got hired by Sam Raimi all the way back in 2011) and I think he wants to keep being there and making movies so he just puts a lot of callbacks in his movies because people like those for the most part.

 

[Lint Licker]

I fucking hate how little research they do into anything at all, making their takes absolutely awful.
It's your fucking job, work a little bit.
Literally anybody else who makes videos about media, even dudes who have 2k subscribers, are doing a way better job.

BOTW, at least to me, isn't funny anymore.
The gimmick is stale, all the good jokes have been made already.

I was slightly amazed at their total lack of familiarity with Alex Ross Perry in their midyear review video. ARP was one of the younger up-and-comers in the 2010s, he (briefly) made an arthouse star of Elizabeth Moss, and has recently done some interesting, atypical documentaries, but he was a total blank to them. They spend too much time watching crap on Vudu because it's, uhh, funny or something.

But speaking of people doing a better job at research, I recently discovered the channel Hollyweird Bablyon which has done deep-dives on old made-for-TV movies and abandoned series from the '70s and '80s that no one besides a few esoteric gay guys could possibly care about or even be aware of. Hard to see RLM producing anything similar, but then that was never really their remit.

 

[urr13 account]

However, I would totally believe that Alvarez himself made that decision.

Corporate has probably never even seen the original alien. It was all Fede in this case.

 

[TheHarbinger]

However, I would totally believe that Alvarez himself made that decision.

Alvarez and the A.I. program clearly used to write the last few Alien and Predator movies and shows.

 

[strumpets exeunt]

He used to crack jokes that he'd never make today.

I think about this image at least once a week.

 

[seal]

these guys are so easy to please

They've always liked a lot of superhero slop, but their reactions to the Star Wars sequels is really what did it for me. Their reactions to the Star Wars shows made me think they might be a bit retarded.

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

Gen X were mostly ignored, now the boomers are dying it's their turn.

It will happen to you.

No one thinks Millennials are cool, even though we were MK Ultra'd into wokeness.