Red Letter Media

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

Red Letter Media will start sucking hard with this year. They're leaning on the left-field now more than ever.

How so? They seem to be doing the same shit.

 

[biozeminadae1]

How so? They seem to be doing the same shit.

Take for example the last BoTW - they had to preface the Hulk Hogan stuff with all that Nigger bullshit. They couldn't have just shut the fuck up about it, they had to make a deal out of it. Fuck 'em.

 

[ddlloo]

Take for example the last BoTW - they had to preface the Hulk Hogan stuff with all that Nigger bullshit. They couldn't have just shut the fuck up about it, they had to make a deal out of it. Fuck 'em.

Not everything in the world is deliberate and calculated partisanship. They were initially mocking aspects of cancel culture as much as they were mocking HH for dropping an N bomb. Then they mocked him some more because he can't act and they thought they could spin some gold out of the overall situation, which is pretty standard.

I thought they overplayed it a bit (they do that with plenty of things), and I also found it occasionally grating because I have sympathy for HH in that situation, but at the same time it's kinda endearing that cuckoldry was so funny to people that are relatively normal. Some of the jokes were pretty good too.

I think you're just reading into it a bit too much, and that we should all just be thankful that Josh didn't feature.

 

[biozeminadae1]

Not everything in the world is deliberate and calculated partisanship. They were initially mocking aspects of cancel culture as much as they were mocking HH for dropping an N bomb. Then they mocked him some more because he can't act and they thought they could spin some gold out of the overall situation, which is pretty standard.

I thought they overplayed it a bit (they do that with plenty of things), and I also found it occasionally grating because I have sympathy for HH in that situation, but at the same time it's kinda endearing that cuckoldry was so funny to people that are relatively normal. Some of the jokes were pretty good too.

I think you're just reading into it a bit too much, and that we should all just be thankful that Josh didn't feature.

Nobody likes the Wizard... :'<

Anyway, it doesn't have to be calculated, that whole improv skit put me off of watching the video. Honestly, it's been happening quite a lot the past two years.

 

[Newman's Lovechild]

I still enjoyed their review, though that isn't saying much since they can spend an hour talking about shitty 80s instructional videos and still make it entertaining.

I don't know. Normally I would agree, but this review was just above incoherent babbling in my ears. After I struggled through their last BotW too, I might lean more towards @biozeminadae1's prediction. I know, two mediocre vids isn't much of a basis for anything, and it may not be anything to do with a political swerve or burning out on shitty nostalgia bait, but it does look like there's a hint of burning out.

 

[RollerGator]

I don't know. Normally I would agree, but this review was just above incoherent babbling in my ears. After I struggled through their last BotW too, I might lean more towards @biozeminadae1's prediction. I know, two mediocre vids isn't much of a basis for anything, and it may not be anything to do with a political swerve or burning out on shitty nostalgia bait, but it does look like there's a hint of burning out.

I was kind of annoyed how they barely talked about the movies at all in the Christmas video.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

Take for example the last BoTW - they had to preface the Hulk Hogan stuff with all that Nigger bullshit. They couldn't have just shut the fuck up about it, they had to make a deal out of it. Fuck 'em.

Again, gen x liberals. That's how they are. "Oh, that guy said 'the N-word'!? How embarrassing!" and shit like that. Just be glad there not taking a moment to look at the camera and say "we here at Red Letter Media believe Black Lives Matter. We are going to give all ad money from this video to BLM and we suggest you do to. If you don't think Black Lives Matter, you can go else where"
I've seen fucking ASMR channels do that after never talking about politics.

 

[biozeminadae1]

Again, gen x liberals. That's how they are. "Oh, that guy said 'the N-word'!? How embarrassing!" and shit like that. Just be glad there not taking a moment to look at the camera and say "we here at Red Letter Media believe Black Lives Matter. We are going to give all ad money from this video to BLM and we suggest you do to. If you don't think Black Lives Matter, you can go else where"
I've seen fucking ASMR channels do that after never talking about politics.

I'm not American, so I don't understand the generational gaps in your culture - why are they like this? Was the Greatest Generation bad at parenting that it created all these types of liberals? I don't get it.

I was kind of annoyed how they barely talked about the movies at all in the Christmas video.

What?

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

I'm not American, so I don't understand the generational gaps in your culture - why are they like this? Was the Greatest Generation bad at parenting that it created all these types of liberals? I don't get it.

Short answer: Jewish control of media and education

Spoiler: Long answer

You have no idea how bad the Baby Boomers, the generation after the "Greatest Generation" fucked up with raising their kids. Long story short, didn't do anything when the education system got super Jewed and was all about "rights and equality", let their kids get raised on TV, movies and video games (often pushing left-wing messages), and never sat down and told their kids how the real world works. Booms believed all the bullshit about "stopping racism" and "being on the right side of history" and it spread to all the next generations, getting worse and worse. Gen Xers are just slightly more anti-racist, generically pro-LGBT, somewhat self hating white people.

 

[Rotollo 2]

This review is a near hour of mike and jay saying

Red Letter Media will start sucking hard with this year.

They're making space cop 2?

 

[reptile101]

Not everything in the world is deliberate and calculated partisanship. They were initially mocking aspects of cancel culture as much as they were mocking HH for dropping an N bomb. Then they mocked him some more because he can't act and they thought they could spin some gold out of the overall situation, which is pretty standard.

I thought they overplayed it a bit (they do that with plenty of things), and I also found it occasionally grating because I have sympathy for HH in that situation, but at the same time it's kinda endearing that cuckoldry was so funny to people that are relatively normal. Some of the jokes were pretty good too.

I think you're just reading into it a bit too much, and that we should all just be thankful that Josh didn't feature.

he said nigger and fucked someone and they would not shut the hell up about how evil he was.

 

[BScCollateral]

Not one of their better reviews in my opinion.
RLM loves metacommentary; I do not. At any rate, I consider the original Matrix film C-List at best; not bad but not worth buying or rewatching. It's extraordinary to me the Wachowskis were able to coast for 30 years of hundred-million dollar "meh" on the momentum of a single marginal film.
RLM liked the metacommentary of half of the Wachowskis; I really couldn't care less, but I'm not about to stop watching them over this.

 

[Grand Wizard Wakka]

While I do think that movie also indulges in memberberries, that does not excuse Matrix for doing the same damn thing.

"But Matrix winked at the camera, which made me feel smart!"

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I'm not American, so I don't understand the generational gaps in your culture - why are they like this? Was the Greatest Generation bad at parenting that it created all these types of liberals? I don't get it.

You just asked a massive question about parenting trends. Academic Agent covered it in depth, but here are my opinions on the subject. Before the Boomers, the generations before them were pre-WWII and largely beholden to roughly the same Christian morality understood in 19th century. "Spare the rod, spoil the child." After WWII, the founding myth of the Western world was established as the anti-Nazi history (while covering up our connection to Stalinist Russia) and the Boomers were the first generation to receive this "understanding" of history.

Boomers- This generation is the post WWII generation and the genesis of modern counter-culture. The lionization of the Hippies and the Civil Rights movement start here, as well as Doctor Spock's general rejection of "Spare the rod." I would say this generation is where the "Fuck you Dad!" attitude came from, which include rampant drug use, pretending that drug use is superior to alcohol use, the fetishization--and lack of actual understanding--of Eastern philosophies, and the belief that non-violent resistance is the only effective and legitimate form of effecting political change. On the individual level, it is expressed as an unwillingness to spank and Boomers have a weird neurosis on this form of punishment.

80s media, such as Quantum Leap and Back to the Future, also idolizes the 50s. Carsey Werner productions, such as That 70s Show, are Boomer Truth regime shows. For a long time, American media catered to this demographic, which is why many people on this site blame Boomers for our society's general dumbassery.

Gen X- I personally hate this generation the most due to their arrogance in the arts. Academic Agent uses Daria as a psychological example. I use Holden Caulfield. While I could not say that all Boomers were hippies, I can definitely say that all Gen Xers are metalheads that think their art is the bestest art ever! Their art is fine largely for its willingness to experiment, but best is overselling it. Their blasé attitude led to the belief that being blase was cool, that cynicism was the path to wisdom, not a tool. It's extremely noticeable when watching both Battlestar Galacticas. The original with Lorne Greene was effectively Exodus in space. The one produced by Ron Moore is Gen X art at its pinnacle, where everyone is a cynical jerk, faith can't possibly be real, and grim-dark decisions are the correct ones.

Millenials- These people became narcissist, dangerhair faggots due to two generations of parents that were permissive or so self-absorbed in the profundity of their thoughts and culture that they neglected to check these perpetual children. Boomers failed to discipline their children properly and Gen Xers taught them that nothing really matters.

So, to actually relate it to RLM, they--and the Wachowskis for that matter--hipsterism is more important than actual storytelling and creativity. It's reflected in the movies they make. Space Cop would have been funnier if the cuts were snappier and they finetuned the straightman/comedic relief between the two cops. Instead, weird or straight-up bad decisions in filming locations make it not work.

Bring on the Moai.

Academic Agent on the Boomer Truth Regime

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0MloTwGgjj3Z84ZVNeLhBiUpCG0m1CM

 

[biozeminadae1]

You just asked a massive question about parenting trends. Academic Agent covered it in depth, but here are my opinions on the subject. Before the Boomers, the generations before them were pre-WWII and largely beholden to roughly the same Christian morality understood in 19th century. "Spare the rod, spoil the child." After WWII, the founding myth of the Western world was established as the anti-Nazi history (while covering up our connection to Stalinist Russia) and the Boomers were the first generation to receive this "understanding" of history.

Boomers- This generation is the post WWII generation and the genesis of modern counter-culture. The lionization of the Hippies and the Civil Rights movement start here, as well as Doctor Spock's general rejection of "Spare the rod." I would say this generation is where the "Fuck you Dad!" attitude came from, which include rampant drug use, pretending that drug use is superior to alcohol use, the fetishization--and lack of actual understanding--of Eastern philosophies, and the belief that non-violent resistance is the only effective and legitimate form of effecting political change. On the individual level, it is expressed as an unwillingness to spank and Boomers have a weird neurosis on this form of punishment.

80s media, such as Quantum Leap and Back to the Future, also idolizes the 50s. Carsey Werner productions, such as That 70s Show, are Boomer Truth regime shows. For a long time, American media catered to this demographic, which is why many people on this site blame Boomers for our society's general dumbassery.

Gen X- I personally hate this generation the most due to their arrogance in the arts. Academic Agent uses Daria as a psychological example. I use Holden Caulfield. While I could not say that all Boomers were hippies, I can definitely say that all Gen Xers are metalheads that think their art is the bestest art ever! Their art is fine largely for its willingness to experiment, but best is overselling it. Their blasé attitude led to the belief that being blase was cool, that cynicism was the path to wisdom, not a tool. It's extremely noticeable when watching both Battlestar Galacticas. The original with Lorne Greene was effectively Exodus in space. The one produced by Ron Moore is Gen X art at its pinnacle, where everyone is a cynical jerk, faith can't possibly be real, and grim-dark decisions are the correct ones.

Millenials- These people became narcissist, dangerhair faggots due to two generations of parents that were permissive or so self-absorbed in the profundity of their thoughts and culture that they neglected to check these perpetual children. Boomers failed to discipline their children properly and Gen Xers taught them that nothing really matters.

So, to actually relate it to RLM, they--and the Wachowskis for that matter--hipsterism is more important than actual storytelling and creativity. It's reflected in the movies they make. Space Cop would have been funnier if the cuts were snappier and they finetuned the straightman/comedic relief between the two cops. Instead, weird or straight-up bad decisions in filming locations make it not work.

Bring on the Moai.

Academic Agent on the Boomer Truth Regime

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0MloTwGgjj3Z84ZVNeLhBiUpCG0m1CM

Thank you for answering with even more detail.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

The Matrix Resurrections is the new Gremlins 2. - Mike

That is one of the worst takes I have heard RLM ever say.

Edit : I finished watching the review and they indulge in the only thing I really hate about RLM.

"It was meta and that excuses it from it's flaws." The entire first act was the worst part of the movie, it was mega in the most shallow, meaningless way possible.

"They are remaking it, and are going to just talk out of their asses about all the things people liked about the first movie, in the most heavy handed, jaded, sanitized, stereotypical way possible."

and RLM gives it a pass because "META GUYS."

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

RLM has been slipping for a few years now, but I think this review really takes the cake. They're basically at a point of being faggy Josh-esque hipsters who care more about meta commentary than a film not being absolute garbage. The idea that the film should get a pass for being shit because Matrix fans are cringey or whatever is fucking rich coming from the people who published the Star Trek/Plinkett reviews.

The fact that they seem to rate everything on streaming more lenient simply because they didn't have to lug their asses to a movie theater is also getting old. Yeah, movie theaters suck that doesn't mean garbage should get a pass just because you didn't have to put much effort into watching it or already paid for the streaming service. That's why Netflix is as shit as it is today.

 

[BubbleButt]

Best of the Worst is about the only thing worth watching anymore. Kind of hope they do a scavenger hunt again soon

 

[mandatorylurk]

I've grown to judge movies less harshly if they're up on a streaming service compared to if I go to a theater or rent them, but it's never made me swing from it's bad to it's good. It could be more emblematic of the modern time where it's all just inoffensive, forgetful time killing.

This and the Chooper best of the worst spotlight were some of the weakest they've ever done.

 

[The Ugly One]

I'm not American, so I don't understand the generational gaps in your culture - why are they like this? Was the Greatest Generation bad at parenting that it created all these types of liberals? I don't get it.

I'm gonna add to what Drag-on Knight said.

WW2 and the successes of the American space program created an American faith in government like never before. The fact that the USA was the only industrial power in 1947 to not be a smoking ruin also meant that Boomers enjoyed an unprecedented level of prosperity as children. Basically, Boomers were the first generation for whom being a teenager/young adult was pretty awesome. They had TV, rock music and arena concerts, transistor radios, and were the first to enjoy "the college experience." Their WW2-gen parents didn't really know what else to do besides give their kids the best.

Problem is, the Boomers grew up into a world still controlled by the WW2 generation. They were also the first generation to have to leave adolescence before they were ready. Each successive generation has had even cooler toys in their youth, and thus resented having to grow up even more, trying more and more to delay adulthood further and further. Part of the reason Millennials are so childish in their 30s is nobody ever made us grow up. Boomers don't make us wear ties at work or humiliate us for decorating our cubicles with Star Wars toys the way WW2 gen bosses would have done to them.

Boomers- This generation is the post WWII generation and the genesis of modern counter-culture. The lionization of the Hippies and the Civil Rights movement start here, as well as Doctor Spock's general rejection of "Spare the rod." I would say this generation is where the "Fuck you Dad!" attitude came from, which include rampant drug use, pretending that drug use is superior to alcohol use, the fetishization--and lack of actual understanding--of Eastern philosophies, and the belief that non-violent resistance is the only effective and legitimate form of effecting political change. On the individual level, it is expressed as an unwillingness to spank and Boomers have a weird neurosis on this form of punishment.

This is not a trivial point -- you're describing the late Silent Generation here. The late Silents didn't fight in WW2 or Korea, they were largely overlooked by popular culture and the government, and they were the first to adopt this cynical, detached attitude toward The Man, The Establishment, etc. Boomers weren't old enough to go to Woodstock. In fact, it's sort of fitting that the Silents are so so ignored and overlooked that people credit the Boomers for everything they did.

The relationship of this stuff to Boomers is the same as the relationship between Gen X rockers like Eddie Vedder and Chester Bennington have to Millennials. They produced the popular media the Boomers consumed as teens and young adults and influenced them, but the Boomers are just as much formed by the explosion of prosperity as they reached their 30s in the 1980s as they were by the Beatles records they listened to in high school.