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[Flexo]

On Trek 3, one of my favorite jokes is when Curtis-Saavik chews out David with a line that goes something like, "you used protomatter? how many people have to die for you to learn your lesson?"

Yeah but protomatter hasn't killed anyone - the only people killed are by other folks fighting over it. In fact, protomatter brought Spock BACK to life which means the answer to her question is apparently negative one.

 

[moocow]

Yeah but protomatter hasn't killed anyone - the only people killed are by other folks fighting over it. In fact, protomatter brought Spock BACK to life which means the answer to her question is apparently negative one.

Well, the planet does self-destruct at the end, so presumably the rhetorical device still works overall. David and Kruge bit it there too, after all.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

I hope they keep doing whatever they want, especially if it makes their fans angry.

I've been watching their stuff since the beginning (pre-Phantom Menace review) and I think some of their actions are questionable to say the least. It's mostly just fatigue, since they're my go-to background noise channel.

What actually annoys me is that they can't put a single sentence together without saying "like" and/or "you know". "It's, like, you know, and then it's like, I don't know" - Like Like Stoklasa

 

[Drag-on Knight 91873]

What the hell is the point of discussing the same movie AGAIN after 6 years? You'd think they're running out of movies to watch. Same with Friday The 13th.

In fairness, modern movies aren't worth talking about in the first place. That includes movies they recommend too.

 

[Hentai-Semitism]

In fairness, modern movies aren't worth talking about in the first place. That includes movies they recommend too.

I keep finding movies to watch, even though I'm about the same age as them and have been watching a movie a day for the last 4 years. 95% of them were made before 2000. I actually wouldn't mind if they stopped discussing new movies altogether, but it would probably hard to attract viewers with just old stuff.

 

[Gromit the Claymation Dog]

I'll see what I can find, but I originally read about it in an old Something Awful thread, and it was documented in a professional journal.

The NExt Generation has a huge crossover between its fandom and diddlers. The dude who was restoring the bridge set and was going to open a TNG museum got busted with tons of material, and something like half his core team on the project were on the registry or accused as well.

“Huge crossover”
Lists like 3 guys

 

[Acoustic Virgin]

I hope they keep doing whatever they want, especially if it makes their fans angry.

In a way I agree -- not so much the angering the fans bit, but these hack frauds are most fun to watch when they are enjoying themselves. If that means autistically fixating on their favorite handful of movies over and over again (or playing trivia games, or reading album names, or doing a poor job restoring movie props, or whatever other nonsense they get up to), and clearly having fun dong it, I'd prefer that over them watching my personal favorite movie and having a miserable time.

 

[frozen_runner]

In a way I agree -- not so much the angering the fans bit, but these hack frauds are most fun to watch when they are enjoying themselves. If that means autistically fixating on their favorite handful of movies over and over again (or playing trivia games, or reading album names, or doing a poor job restoring movie props, or whatever other nonsense they get up to), and clearly having fun dong it, I'd prefer that over them watching my personal favorite movie and having a miserable time.

Yeah. They've managed to avoid audience capture so far. That's a good thing.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

“Huge crossover”
Lists like 3 guys

I lost the thread where it was being talked about, but there have been multiple research papers about the phenomenon. An FBI behavioural anaylist has talked about it in a bunch of places over the years.

 

[Gromit the Claymation Dog]

I lost the thread where it was being talked about, but there have been multiple research papers about the phenomenon. An FBI behavioural anaylist has talked about it in a bunch of places over the years.

If it is a real phenomenon then I’m in bad company. It does make me wonder though how the Star Trek universe deals with pedophiles, I don’t think they’ve ever touched on that subject

 

[Samuel Fuller]

If it is a real phenomenon then I’m in bad company. It does make me wonder though how the Star Trek universe deals with pedophiles, I don’t think they’ve ever touched on that subject

Wesley Crusher was sent off with one, so I guess pederasty is more acceptable in the Trek universe.

 

[Introvertigo]

Patreon Update:

We're stepping back into the black void to examine recent box office numbers...

 

[Starman John]

Patreon Update:

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We're stepping back into the black void to examine recent box office numbers...

More doomtalking about movie theaters. Yay. Not like it's the only thing they constantly talk about on Half in the Bag.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

More doomtalking about movie theaters. Yay. Not like it's the only thing they constantly talk about on Half in the Bag.

Considering Minecraft made more than half a billion dollars so far, they could be talking about a possible turnaround. A rising tide lifts all ships. Which is why 2019 caused so many box office records to be broken, because Avengers Endgame doing well got more people into cinemas to watch other stuff.

But it could also be too little too late.

 

[Coolio55]

If it is a real phenomenon then I’m in bad company. It does make me wonder though how the Star Trek universe deals with pedophiles, I don’t think they’ve ever touched on that subject

Well... Star Trek is a Sci-Fi show...
What was that thing about Sci-Fi writers again... ?
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[Problematic User Forever]

I mean, can theaters support the type of viewers who got Minecraft to that number? Maybe I just have a messed up algorithm but I've seen a ton of videos of kids just being absolute retards during that movie.

 

[Wild at Heart]

Are they ever going to Re:View more David Lynch movies? I just watched them all (besides Lost Highway) in theaters last month, and would love to hear Jay and Josh 1 talk about them. I need someone to help me understand what the hell Inland Empire was... please! There was a BotW episode where all the Lynch movies were on the table in the screening room, but I can't find the exact episode.

I also think they should do Re:Views on more of the movies that are actually IN the Re:View intro. They put them there for a reason. Just retreat into the past and show these kids what good movies used to be like.

Lastly, I actually went to see "A Minecraft Movie" and was pleasantly surprised by it. This feels like the first "Gen A" blockbuster, where children are collectively chanting memes of a movie before ever seeing it. A surreal experience, as back in my day, we made memes AFTER seeing a movie. I didn't enjoy it in an ironic way, I was just happy seeing something funny and light that showed off Minecraft, a game that I first played when I was as old as some of the kids in the theater. And it was actually funny, no pretentiousness or ironic "lol isn't this sooo weird?" , just laughs. If the RLM boys actually finished the movie, they would see that its a very concise simple comedy that appeals to kids and celebrates the cultural touchstone of Minecraft which has been around for 15 years plus.

 

[I'm a Silly]

I need someone to help me understand what the hell Inland Empire was... please!

[...]

Lastly, I actually went to see "A Minecraft Movie" and was pleasantly surprised by it. This feels like the first "Gen A" blockbuster, where children are collectively chanting memes of a movie before ever seeing it. A surreal experience, as back in my day, we made memes AFTER seeing a movie. I didn't enjoy it in an ironic way, I was just happy seeing something funny and light that showed off Minecraft, a game that I first played when I was as old as some of the kids in the theater. And it was actually funny, no pretentiousness or ironic "lol isn't this sooo weird?" , just laughs. If the RLM boys actually finished the movie, they would see that its a very concise simple comedy that appeals to kids and celebrates the cultural touchstone of Minecraft which has been around for 15 years plus.

and this last one held my interest more than the others bc it was really good at getting into the technical details of digital remasters:

re. MeinKraft:
Uwe Boll Podcast on Xitter posted a Hollywood Reporter article about it, and it seems like a revival of the old Rocky Horror [Minecraft] Show.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Considering Minecraft made more than half a billion dollars so far, they could be talking about a possible turnaround. A rising tide lifts all ships. Which is why 2019 caused so many box office records to be broken, because Avengers Endgame doing well got more people into cinemas to watch other stuff.

But it could also be too little too late.

I'd also say that they can even notice all the big billion dollar movies, some of which even became in their own right (like Barbenheimer) that got more people into theaters.. However....

More doomtalking about movie theaters. Yay. Not like it's the only thing they constantly talk about on Half in the Bag.

Yeah another soliloquy into how movie theaters are dying with streaming on the rise would just be a pretty insufferable video since yeah, they constantly do this shit on Half in the Bag, I think its more annoying than when they bring up reviews, since at least the reviews they make fun of could be weird or funny while they say the same shit about theaters.

 

[moocow]

Wesley Crusher was sent off with one, so I guess pederasty is more acceptable in the Trek universe.

In fairness, the "traveler" can literally just phase in and out of our reality at will, so it's not like they could have really done anything to stop him. And that little shit-eater Wesley happily traipsed off with him willingly, after all.

lol did that little send-off for Wesley happen after Roddenberry's death? Because if it did, that's fucking funny. Sending Gene's perfect widdle angel off to spend his life with a creepy pedophile after Gene wasn't around to "protect" the little shit anymore is just such a perfect "fuck you" from the cast & crew to Wil Wheaton.