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The Nerd Crew: A Pop Culture Podcast by Red Letter Media
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The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I have my problems with the RLM crew, but I loved this. Yeah some of the stuff in here is a bit reductive of people's points against their Rogue One review, but a.) a lot of people really are unironically parroting all that stuff and b.) I am totally in tune with this wavelength of snark directed at geek podcasts
And I liked Rogue One!
And I liked Rogue One!
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
He just got banned.
theCalamity
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He got banned for actually not being very positive.
Vault Dweller 111
Member
Why?
Oh good! Thought it was way more serious than that. Don't joke around with shit like that OP.
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
They're talking about Rogue One... again?
tearsintherain
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holy shit that is a lot of star wars swag
I also had no idea mike was the one who founded RLM
I also had no idea mike was the one who founded RLM
theCalamity
Member
Shitposting, I think.
Anyway, I liked the video. Rogue One is gonna get a blow back a couple of months from now. Everyone will recognize it as being a being mediocre.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Its probably like $20 worth of junk from a Target but the way they have it setup is great, I've seen too many podcast studios set up like that
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Got in an argument with another member and drug it out into other threads they were posting in, IIRC.
It's similar to their hate for Ghostbusters/defense of the man-babbies who already hated it before knowing anything besides it having women. They're obsessing over it. : /
I'll watch this later but haven't been too impressed with their output lately.
I think you're confused, this is RLM's new podcast.
It will provide lots of positivity and not focus on the small nitpicks their reviews are known for.
Bananastand
Member
It gets them a lot of views pandering to people who feel the same.
KurtSloane
Banned
I like RLM but they where way off with their review of Rogue One.
Good movie and vetter than anything since the original trilogy.
Good movie and vetter than anything since the original trilogy.
They do have a tendency to judge representation as a gimmick. I don't think the Rogue One bashing is going as far as Ghostbusters though. Plus they're not nearly as bad as a lot of the "nerds" in their same demographic are. Jesus, the fact that they understand and respond to criticism in the first place with reasonable justification already places them above 89% of YouTubers.
Back-In-Black
Banned
Nah, I loved Rogue One but everything they said about the movie was correct, for the most part. Star Wars lives and dies by its characters and Rogue One has VERY slim characterization. My only difference is that I thought the film managed to put in enough characterization by the end such that I cared about the characters. It wasn't a whole lot, but it was enough for me to care about the fate of the cast.
Still, their points along with Jenny Nicholson's critique are all valid.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
Funniest thing they've done in a while outside of Previously Recorded reviews.
Back-In-Black
Banned
That Geek Crate bit slayed me.
theCalamity
Member
And the Nerd box
where is the podcast? I see a youtube video. I mean, I like that it's a video, but if I want to subscribe in audio form, where can I find that?
Watch the video, dude.
At this time it's YouTube only, but I'm sure an audio form will come soon.
He mocked one of Sculli's shitposts and both ended up getting the hammer for 2 weeks.
This seems to be trend, if we're going off how bitchy they were when it came to Ghostbusters.
It's a shame.
He could be here telling us that this is exactly word-for-word what he's been saying this whole time.
It sucks that this podcast had to break it to a community that thrives on small nitpicks.
Now, all of a sudden, what Bobby has been saying this whole time is going to be accepted as the common consensus.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I don't particularly mind them mocking how much large corporations will try to highlight how diverse they're being, but that seems to extend into genuinely not getting why representation matters at all, or at least being dismissive of it, in ways that happened too often for me to be comfortable calling myself a fan of their stuff anymore. Though they are better than a lot of critics at recognizing racist and sexist stuff in media, especially on Best of the Worst and stuff
Gamer @ Heart
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This kind of dick riding is why Bobby has such a fucking ego here and posts like a condescending asshole.
Anyway, I really like rlm so more new regular content is a plus for me.
This is more or less my feeling on the matter......there's more I could say tho I've discussed my thoughts on this before.
theCalamity
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Lifejumper
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Be prepared to say this every year.
1v1 him on Dust, my dude
She's not even the best new character in TFA.
Already Torn
Banned
Were they wrong about Ghostbusters? They definitely turned "go see this movie to fight sexism" into the main marketing gimmick, and nobody's talked about the movie since it came out.
This is pretty on the nose.
I love RLMs style and tone, and the guys themselves. I don't fully agree with them on their review of Rogue One, I don't think being pandered to in the ways the film did was the worst thing to happen to me at a cinema. I enjoyed the film but conversely it felt a tad disposable. I don't think I wish to revisit it on home release, certainly not in the way I wanted to see TFA again
For what this was going for, this podcast lampoon was A+
For what this was going for, this podcast lampoon was A+
It gets plenty of side-eye from me, especially now since Diego Luna shared that fan post.
Sectorseven
Member
Do they have a Patreon?
they've had one for a long while i think
They do. A lot of their content drops there first.
I'm confused about this term. Some people apparently use it to mean "correct" while others use it to call something an obvious or unsophisticated critique/statement. Which is it?
Triggerhappytel
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I kind of get the feeling in recent months that they've realised being negative or cynical about Star Wars is more popular than being positive. The Plinkett Force Awakens review was pretty poor and trying way to hard to be negative about what was generally a very decent movie.
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