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[Drag-on Knight 91873]

I have no intention of ever watching the new Matrix movie but the meta bullshit definitely sounds pretentious and dumb, the kind of thing an asshole college student might be impressed by because he just discovered Philosophy 101, and idk why the guys were slobbering over Lana Wachowski's neon pubed ladydick. I don't give a fuck about some troon's parents dying of embarrassment over their sons being weird perverts, I just want to hear amusing movie banter from a couple of alcoholic Wisconsinites.

But I think Half in the Bag has been treading water for some time now, it's still moderately entertaining but the boys ran out of their best jokes a while back and middle age takes the edge off people. At least they're not doing the cringey "comedy" storylines anymore.

Well, the key problem with the Matrix as meta is the first one was already a Philosophy 101 kind of movie. Which literally happened to me in a Philosophy 101 course. So, a movie that retells that same story again but META was always going to be pointless at best. I get not caring about movies this year because they're all forms of nostalgia bait, but it's clear that a pointless nostalgia-bait movie is objectively worse than a mea-culpa (Ghostbusters Afterlife) or a stunt casting (No Way Home) nostalgia bait movie.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

Wait a minute Max Landis did a META ? According to Mike, Jay&The Gang this makes it the best review ever!

Too bad he didn't do meta stuff in his movies. *Wamp wamp*

 

[Dom Cruise]

It was weird rewatching early episodes and hearing shit like that and realizing how quickly everything changed from where that was a maybe slightly off-color joke to being a horrible slur in like three years.

I really miss the early 2010s and regret not appreciating them more at the time, it was a time in which you could still make edgy jokes and the internet wouldn't have a meltdown.

 

[Rootbeer]

I really miss the early 2010s and regret not appreciating them more at the time, it was a time in which you could still make edgy jokes and the internet wouldn't have a meltdown.

I'll never forget "fagshenanigans", I can't even fathom Jay saying something even close to that today.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

I'll never forget "fagshenanigans", I can't even fathom Jay saying something even close to that today.

To me, the question is do they make jokes like this when cameras are off or have they drifted left enough to never make jokes like this again?

 

[Rootbeer]

To me, the question is do they make jokes like this when cameras are off or have they drifted left enough to never make jokes like this again?

If it's just Mike and Rich together, I'd bet yes.

Literally any other regular on RLM? Probably not. I can't imagine Beardfat making jokes about anything except twitter approved boring targets (Republicans, Christianity, White People, Trump).

edit: Although Colin seems like a pretty cool guy who seems like he knows how to take a joke, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't follow any of these guys' twitters.

 

[BubbleButt]

If it's just Mike and Rich together, I'd bet yes.

Literally any other regular on RLM? Probably not. I can't imagine Beardfat making jokes about anything except twitter approved boring targets (Republicans, Christianity, White People, Trump).

edit: Although Colin seems like a pretty cool guy who seems like he knows how to take a joke, but maybe I'm wrong. I don't follow any of these guys' twitters.

The less said about Canada Jim, the better.

 

[Tank Man]

When can we get a Dirty Work re:view? Jay talked about it on Twitter when Norm Macdonald died. With Bob Saget having died on january 9, I think it deserves a retrospective. With Mike, preferrably.

 

[Taarna]

I feel like they've been drifting more into the SJW direction in recent years often complaining about exploitation of women in movies, never acknowledging that it's those women choosing to participate in movies where they for example have to be nude etc.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

I feel like they've been drifting more into the SJW direction in recent years often complaining about exploitation of women in movies, never acknowledging that it's those women choosing to participate in movies where they for example have to be nude etc.

It's always been here and there, but like I said just be thankful they aren't telling YOU how much they love BLM and all that shit. I just don't really care about movies anymore, so if they stop being funny and get political, I'll stop watching.

 

[Taarna]

It's always been here and there, but like I said just be thankful they aren't telling YOU how much they love BLM and all that shit. I just don't really care about movies anymore, so if they stop being funny and get political, I'll stop watching.

Might still come.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

Might still come.

It will be really funny to see the reaction to it. I'll be here to see the seething lol

 

[KrewlKween]

I wonder what those long-term projects are? New Plinkett review? Another ranking video series like the one on John Carpenter movies?

"hopefully have more info on later in the year" strikes me as something collaborative with another entity. Maybe like another fake ad a la George Foreskin grill for someone. Or more voice work since Mike really seems to be loving the VO gigs. Or we'll finally get that RLM ghost hunting video, god willing.

 

[StarkRavingMad]

It's always been here and there, but like I said just be thankful they aren't telling YOU how much they love BLM and all that shit. I just don't really care about movies anymore, so if they stop being funny and get political, I'll stop watching.

This.

I know I spent a few posts making my case against the recent Matrix movie and all, but this isn't the first time I've disagreed with RLM about a movie. At the end of the day, I didn't find the actual video to be that funny or entertaining. I disagreed with them on a handful of points made about Ghostbusters: Afterlife, for example, but I thought the video in of itself was hilarious. "Nostalgia bukkake" is a classic line from them already, lol.

If the channel ceases to be funny altogether and/or they get soapboxy with their politics, then I'm out. Disagreeing with them about a shitty Matrix sequel alone isn't going to be the thing that makes me clock out.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

This.

I know I spent a few posts making my case against the recent Matrix movie and all, but this isn't the first time I've disagreed with RLM about a movie. At the end of the day, I didn't find the actual video to be that funny or entertaining. I disagreed with them on a handful of points made about Ghostbusters: Afterlife, for example, but I thought the video in of itself was hilarious. "Nostalgia bukkake" is a classic line from them already, lol.

If the channel ceases to be funny altogether and/or they get soapboxy with their politics, then I'm out. Disagreeing with them about a shitty Matrix sequel alone isn't going to be the thing that makes me clock out.

I hear Jay can be a political asshole on Twitter. Thank fuck I don't follow YouTubers on Twitter lol Not sure about Mike or Rich. We know what left-wing fags a lot of their guests are.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

I hear Jay can be a political asshole on Twitter. Thank fuck I don't follow YouTubers on Twitter lol Not sure about Mike or Rich. We know what left-wing fags a lot of their guests are.

Really? I've been off twitter for a few years now but I always just remember him just randomly tweeting about shows/movies he was watching and stuff. I don't remember him ever getting political. That was always Josh, Jim and Jack to a lesser extent.

I'm positive that Mike and Rich consider themselves left leaning (they'd have to be coming out of Northeast, Illinois IMO) but I've always gotten the feeling they just don't really give a fuck about politics.

 

[Gaear Grimsrud]

On Sunday night Adult Swim showed the entire season of Smiling Friends.

Mike was in the pilot already, and he also made a cameo in one of the new episodes.

Just a quick shot of his face in a trippy sequence of a character dying and entering Hell.

James Rolfe was in that same sequence.

 

[Sneeds_Sniggerly]

Really? I've been off twitter for a few years now but I always just remember him just randomly tweeting about shows/movies he was watching and stuff. I don't remember him ever getting political. That was always Josh, Jim and Jack to a lesser extent.

I'm positive that Mike and Rich consider themselves left leaning (they'd have to be coming out of Northeast, Illinois IMO) but I've always gotten the feeling they just don't really give a fuck about politics.

Mike and Rich are the true "passive progressives" *ba dum tiss* They have the kind of generic 1990s values liberals that watch a lot of TV and movies from the 60s to 90s would have, but don't really get into it unless they see something "far right" and poke light fun at it. The farthest they have ever gone in modern politics was that one Half in the Bag where Rich says "Vote Trump!" At least Rich is cool with Holocaust jokes lol

I saw it some pages back here that Jay was talking shit about people that don't want to get the jab but I guess he then deleted it. I think I've seen stuff on /tv/ from his Twitter too. I wonder if they just have a "no politics" policy for the main 3.

 

[ditto]

I wonder if they just have a "no politics" policy for the main 3.

From a business sense it's wise to keep politics out of the final product. Just because it dates so poorly.

Imagine watching BoTW from 2012 and they're sperging about Paul Ryan and government shutdown or some shit that's irrelevant now.

IIRC Rich made a Flint water supply joke in 2016 and Mike basically said now it'll be over by the time you watch it.

(Shitting on Harvey Weinstein is timeless)

 

[MrHoneyBadger]

From a business sense it's wise to keep politics out of the final product. Just because it dates so poorly.

And because absence of american politics makes it easier for non-American people to watch it. I imagine if they were constantly political sperging it would be incredibly dull to watch if you have no idea of what are they talking about.