lol, has the potential to be pretty hilarious.
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lol, has the potential to be pretty hilarious.
Skiptastic
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Yeah, I'm considering picking this up with Feeding Frenzy for shits and giggles. We'll see. If I do, I'll report back on both subjects. Probably update the OP with my actual opinion on FF.
OH SHIT
Totinos pizza rolls suck, but Totinos pizza stuffers are amazing.
http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-silent-house-and-john-carter/
Half in the Bag: Silent House and John Carter
Half in the Bag: Silent House and John Carter
Saw FF for the first time a few days ago...it was pretty good. Liked the behind the scenes stuff more though, hah.
Oh shit! Oh shit! Yes, if they get into video games...I don't even know.
I hope they cover the whole series as well, but I don't know how much good content he can get out of ME 1 and 2 though. (I've yet to play 3, but obviously I've heard it's ending is horrible.)
I think I'd like their reviews more without the stupid voices and his Plinkett or whatever it's called character storyline. I guess it's done to keep 2 hours of him talking entertaining, but it gets in the way of their usually good insight. I don't mind HITB as much.
Curious to see what they do with ME. Being Star Trek nerds I'm sure they see a bunch of other stuff I usually miss.
Curious to see what they do with ME. Being Star Trek nerds I'm sure they see a bunch of other stuff I usually miss.
Really? I think the voice and weird storyline makes it unique. I think there's a little too much of the storyline in the Episode 3 review, but it's not bad.
Eh, I think they kinda know this since the Indy review has much less Plinkett jokes.
Skiptastic
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I disagree. I find that it adds a layer of humor and irreverence to a more thoughtful and educated criticism. If it was a sixty minutes of talking over clips of the movie and explaining flaws in plot, character development, and so on in a normal voice, it would seem more like a classroom lecture than entertainment.
I really enjoyed the ending. I should've seen it coming.
I felt that way too for the first few moments of watching the Episode 1 review but it quickly grew on me and I love the character now. The thing I like about the schtick is that the movies are so bad that even this deranged murderous lowlife can break things down and school the movie makers about everything that sucks about them. I agree that sometimes they go too far with the "storyline" stuff though.
Regulus Tera
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That ending was hilarious.
Red Letter Media is now a video game review show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDv_WTwprk&feature=g-all-u&context=G294d210FAAAAAAAAAAA
It was alright I guess hopefully it gets better like Half in the Bag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDv_WTwprk&feature=g-all-u&context=G294d210FAAAAAAAAAAA
It was alright I guess hopefully it gets better like Half in the Bag.
Well that was completely awful, Evans is way too bland.
Skiptastic
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I think it was intended to mock video game review shows from the 90s...
Not quite sure why they're doing this but whatever.
Not quite sure why they're doing this but whatever.
I haven't watched the review yet, but does anyone else think it's funny how many different internet shows are starting to use the same, generic, I'm guessing free, music?
I'm not shitting on anybody because I know that licensing is expensive usually, but there has to be more than like 4 free tracks out there.
I'm not shitting on anybody because I know that licensing is expensive usually, but there has to be more than like 4 free tracks out there.
Well, usually game reviewers on youtube use some variation of those 5 8-bit-era tunes.
metal cover of the tetris tune, midi version of a normal song, or a straight original NES tune, from those 5 famous games.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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Agreed, them reviewing game as they do films could lead to something different for the medium, this is far too in line with what the mainstream game press does (just without the connections to have the content earlier.)
Bad music aside, I thought that was fairly good.
The only thing that I can definitely say that they could improve on was the integration of the actual review (being the footage) and the live action stuff, which I thought was hilarious (per usual). If they can integrate that a little better, which they've already successfully done with movie reviews, than I don't see why this couldn't be another hit.
The only thing that I can definitely say that they could improve on was the integration of the actual review (being the footage) and the live action stuff, which I thought was hilarious (per usual). If they can integrate that a little better, which they've already successfully done with movie reviews, than I don't see why this couldn't be another hit.
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The game review was JOKE.
That's why he kills the guy at the end. He gets stupid emails asking him to review games, so he did this thing. It's not serious. He did it to show how boring it is. Even the name makes it obvious "Game Station 2.0", the most retarded generic name ever, and they have the random girl at the beginning, cause game TV shows always need some random girl as a host.
Anyway new review here, love the ending lol http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag/the-hunger-games-and-jeff-who-lives-at-home/
That's why he kills the guy at the end. He gets stupid emails asking him to review games, so he did this thing. It's not serious. He did it to show how boring it is. Even the name makes it obvious "Game Station 2.0", the most retarded generic name ever, and they have the random girl at the beginning, cause game TV shows always need some random girl as a host.
Anyway new review here, love the ending lol http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag/the-hunger-games-and-jeff-who-lives-at-home/
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Oh god, found this old gem in my Youtube favorites:
http://youtu.be/Q_bYePrGpIg
http://youtu.be/Q_bYePrGpIg
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hahaha nice
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This has always been one of my favourites on RLM.
Skiptastic
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ElectricBlue187
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the only thing that was kinda funny is they showed Batman Beyond instead of Batman: The Animated Series
damn when is the next Plinkett review
the rest of this stuff is awful
damn when is the next Plinkett review
the rest of this stuff is awful
Stephen Stills
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Half in the Bag is better than the Plinkett reviews, which I love, imo. Just great stuff.
crimzonflame
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Love Half in the Bag.
Escape Goat
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hate the blonde guy in half in the bag. Its like hes constantly trying to get his buddy's validation.
It's a weird dynamic. The main guy seems to mostly shrug off the other guy's opinions, which lends sort of a desperate quality to the interaction at times.
Alpha-Bromega
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i love half in the bag!!
Ahah, thought the same thing, but Jay seems like a cool dude anyway.
I think in terms of tastes they kinda compensate each other.
Mike and Jay are well-suited for reviews of stuff that's currently in the theater, and they don't have much usable footage beyond online trailers, but Mr Plinkett is well-suited for randomly reviewing movies that have been out for 14 years and are available on DVD, and can be ripped apart scene-by-scene.
Half in the Bag is good, and there's very little wait time, but the Plinkett reviews are so epic good that I think they're worth the longer wait.
And while I like the way Mike and Jay do their thing, they're essentially doing the same thing a lot of other people are doing at any given time (talking about current movies). I mean, who's going to tear apart something like Transformers (Michael Bay reboot) if Mr Plinkett doesn't do it? The sheer number of movies out there that could use a Plinkett review is astonishing once you think about it (especially since he doesn't even need to review bad movies).
But while I prefer Mr Plinkett, I can't begrudge RLM for doing what they might more enjoy more instead, like making their own movies, or making unfunny deliberately-bad ironic videogame review shows.
Half in the Bag is good, and there's very little wait time, but the Plinkett reviews are so epic good that I think they're worth the longer wait.
And while I like the way Mike and Jay do their thing, they're essentially doing the same thing a lot of other people are doing at any given time (talking about current movies). I mean, who's going to tear apart something like Transformers (Michael Bay reboot) if Mr Plinkett doesn't do it? The sheer number of movies out there that could use a Plinkett review is astonishing once you think about it (especially since he doesn't even need to review bad movies).
But while I prefer Mr Plinkett, I can't begrudge RLM for doing what they might more enjoy more instead, like making their own movies, or making unfunny deliberately-bad ironic videogame review shows.
I agree with this. I watched some Half in the Bag and it was decent, but they're normally reviewing movies where they only have the preview to use for scenes. Then they delve so far into the movie that it spoils it if you wanted to see it. So they would be best viewed after watching the movie yourself IMO, but at that point, I would rather see the in-depth scene ripping Mr Plinkett reviews.