The Friday the 13th one is another comfort vid for me, but it is shocking how it's Jay that carries the whole thing despite being just a guest that isnt into video games at all. Talked about movies, geeked over how well the game represented the series, and was genuinely into playing it despite kinda sucking at it.
My problem with the video, is that they say people who care about the Star Wars continuity errors should care about starving African children instead. Then their very next video is about spending money on some Star Trek prop. Granted their Nukie money went to a charity, but I find it hypocritical to spend money on some plastic bullshit in one video and preach about inequality in another.
Pre the Prequels and most of the EU: I'd always imagined the Jedi to be some kind of Shaolin monk/Justice League that had a temple headquarters somewhere on a planet that looked like an old Chinese mountain painting. Like the Justice League, they didn't get involved in mundane crime, but did the jobs you'd only expect superheroes to do. I imagined their main opponents to be some sort of Evil Sith League of Evil that always had to be kept at bay. It turns out they were just a bunch of space hippies who did diplomatic shit and were beholden to a decadent, hi-tech government. They wouldn't even lift a finger to fight slavery on a planet where it was common, or go back and buy the freedom of a slave who was the mother to a kid they just recruited. You can argue that they didn't have the resources to rescue every slave on the planet or weren't allowed by the rules of their organization to interfere at that location, but such rules just make the Jedi look lame. Tarl Cabot managed to kickstart a slave rebellion and he was just some ordinary dude from Earth with no resources, in a film made by Italians and a bunch of sunburnt extras for $5.75.
I tend not to take that shit seriously. I get it, it's hypocritical of them to shit on people for wanting Star Wars to have a continuity while also being in emotional pain while discussing the inconsistent and lore-ruining nature of Picard, but at the same time I do understand their perspective, even if it's ignorant. From Mike and Rich's angle Star Wars sucked long before the mouse got their hands on it, so they're more interested in seeing Star Wars try to do something "interesting". It's why I think they were somewhat lenient regarding TLJ; for all of Rian's retardations, at least he was trying something new that wasn't the protracted lightsaber fights that Mike and Rich seem to hate so much. But they're so out of touch with what Star Wars is and has done that they see something middling like Andor or mid like The Acolyte and think "huh, this isn't just a bunch of swooshy lightsaber fights, that's new".
That was a much better video. Also Jay not caring about Star Wars is based no wonder why he wasn't going to be a part of the recent Re:View. Also Also Jay mentioning the Dune popcorn bucket...Jay finally watch Dune Part 2 confirmed!!!
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Remember when The Nerd Crew was ironic?
Honestly, I think more people wouldn't give a shit if the video wasn't boring and uninteresting.
One causes the other. People who genuinely don't care do not make a hour long rambling video about how lame it is other people care.
