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Favorite recurring character? (Select 4)

  • Jack / AIDSMobdy

    Votes: 257 24.0%
  • Josh / the Wizard

    Votes: 77 7.2%
  • Colin (Canadian #1)

    Votes: 460 42.9%
  • Jim (Canadian #2)

    Votes: 230 21.4%
  • Tim

    Votes: 386 36.0%
  • Len Kabasinski

    Votes: 208 19.4%
  • Freddie Williams

    Votes: 274 25.5%
  • Patton Oswalt

    Votes: 27 2.5%
  • Macaulay Culkin

    Votes: 541 50.4%
  • Max Landis

    Votes: 64 6.0%

  • Total voters
    1,073
Mike should recommend TigTone then Jay should recommend Smiling Friends only to have Rich come out and declare that smiling friends sucks!
Then Jack comes out of the closet and say's the video game The End is Nigh was garbage while also being inferior to Super Meat Boy. Then the trio, Mike/Rich/Jay, take some some chainsaws and chainsaw rape Jack live on a Youtube premier.
 
Mike should recommend TigTone then Jay should recommend Smiling Friends only to have Rich come out and declare that smiling friends sucks!
“It gave me AIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDS!”
 
Mike mentions (and Jay agrees) they've been watching and enjoying TV more than movies, pointing out they don't care about watching The Batman. Which strengthens my feeling they've gotten too used to couch potato reviewing stuff. They aren’t scared/don’t care about getting Covid in a theater but just don’t want to go.

I was waiting for Mike to recommend Smiling Friends but that might be too on the nose.
I don't care about the movie experience either considering how expensive it is plus ads. All for one movie. Back in the Golden Age, they'd give you two movies or one 4 hour movie. Now? One 2 to 3 hour movie, a middle ground that pleases no one.

I'm aware of discount Tuesdays, but what if every other day, theater chains also offer the old A-B movies for lesser known movies like Green Knight bundled with old releases that show at the dollar theater? At $26, it better be a good feature film, not an okay one, but what if it's two okay movies with ad intermission?*

*Where I'd be stuck buying concessions.
 
Loved the near jokeless ten minutes of "w-w-w-well actually". WHO CAAAAAAAAAAAAARES JUST MAKE FUN OF MOVIES
 
I've got to admit the Bruce Willis Controversy and things adjacent to it bother me a lot because I can't really come to a decision one way or another.

There's two films in particular, Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) and this weird Brazilian superhero thing I can't remember that used actors who were apparently seriously mentally disabled. I really don't believe they understood they were "acting;" it looked like they were being shot the same way you get film of a tiger or infant; roll film and try to splice it all together. At the same time they didn't seem to be unhappy or uncomfortable; they were laughing and smiling and apparently having a fine old time.

I mean, of all the hideous fates I can imagine, "Make two million for my heirs for a week's work" is pretty low on the totem pole. Still, it bugs me and I don't exactly know why.
 
I mean, of all the hideous fates I can imagine, "Make two million for my heirs for a week's work" is pretty low on the totem pole. Still, it bugs me and I don't exactly know why.
It's probably because it's apparently working. Or at least is a good tax write off. Because it keeps happening. The thought that someone watched the clips they show and derived enjoyment from it is mildly offputting. Like, I'm an oldschool MST3k watcher. I'll laugh at fuckups fucking up at acting all day long. But when you're watching a scene like Drag-On described above, the 'yeah' scene, and it's pretty obvious the bad acting is because they're actively impaired, the feels kick in and it's a little hard to understand why anyone would -like- this.
 
I've got to admit the Bruce Willis Controversy and things adjacent to it bother me a lot because I can't really come to a decision one way or another.

There's two films in particular, Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) and this weird Brazilian superhero thing I can't remember that used actors who were apparently seriously mentally disabled. I really don't believe they understood they were "acting;" it looked like they were being shot the same way you get film of a tiger or infant; roll film and try to splice it all together. At the same time they didn't seem to be unhappy or uncomfortable; they were laughing and smiling and apparently having a fine old time.

I mean, of all the hideous fates I can imagine, "Make two million for my heirs for a week's work" is pretty low on the totem pole. Still, it bugs me and I don't exactly know why.
There's way worse examples then those two. You have The Sentinel (1977) that used real human deformities during the Hell sequence at the finale. If you want real fucking human exploitation than look no further than the movie Goodbye Uncle Tom.
 
I've got to admit the Bruce Willis Controversy and things adjacent to it bother me a lot because I can't really come to a decision one way or another.

There's two films in particular, Tod Browning's Freaks (1932) and this weird Brazilian superhero thing I can't remember that used actors who were apparently seriously mentally disabled. I really don't believe they understood they were "acting;" it looked like they were being shot the same way you get film of a tiger or infant; roll film and try to splice it all together. At the same time they didn't seem to be unhappy or uncomfortable; they were laughing and smiling and apparently having a fine old time.

I mean, of all the hideous fates I can imagine, "Make two million for my heirs for a week's work" is pretty low on the totem pole. Still, it bugs me and I don't exactly know why.
For me it's because the films are genuinely awful, specifically with nearly no craft or care put into them. They aren't simply hiring Bruce Willis to be a solid part of the cast for their film, they're hiring Bruce Willis so that they can cheap out on every other aspect of the film as they churn it out as fast as possible. The quality of the film is a complete afterthought, the main things that matters is that the public hasn't cottoned on to the type of films Bruce Willis stars in recently, and that they can get enough footage to pad a feature length run time. It's pure exploitation of Bruce Willis, his reputation, and his current circumstances. Even assuming he's fully cognizant of what he's signing up for, it's still a dogshit practise.

Alzheimer's or not, it's a sad situation.
 
Mike should recommend TigTone then Jay should recommend Smiling Friends only to have Rich come out and declare that smiling friends sucks!
They really need to do a ReView of either adult animation and talk about what works and what doesn't work for shows like Smiling Friends and Rick and Morty, or talk about shows and movies where they have done voice work for. I would love to see an episode where Mike and Rich talk about their careers outside RLM and their thoughts on the shows. I know Rich was a voice as a fat arrogant nerd on a spin-off of the Loud House so it would be funny to see them talk about the show and the fallout from the reveal that the Loud House creator was a pervert.

Or Hell have Rich and Jack do another series about video game adaptions into movies. Have them talk about the Sonic movie and how it is one of the best video game adaptations out there even after the awful teaser trailer and the studio correcting Sonic's design. Have them do another re-watch of the Resident Evil movies where they laugh at the ridiculous scenes that are copied shot for shot from the games.

*Where I'd be stuck buying concessions.
You just need to get gud at smuggling stuff into theaters. Most theater employees don't give a shit so if you keep drinks and snacks in your pockets and they don't notice them. Out of sight out of mind. If you're really paranoid you can do what me and a friend did once where we snuck in snacks and drinks where I taped them to my body and she hid some in her bra.
 
You just need to get gud at smuggling stuff into theaters. Most theater employees don't give a shit so if you keep drinks and snacks in your pockets and they don't notice them. Out of sight out of mind. If you're really paranoid you can do what me and a friend did once where we snuck in snacks and drinks where I taped them to my body and she hid some in her bra.
You miss my point. I was referring to the fact that theaters make most of their money from concession sales. Half of a ticket has to go to the studio. Therefore, the priority of a theater manager has to figure how to sell the most food.
 
You miss my point. I was referring to the fact that theaters make most of their money from concession sales. Half of a ticket has to go to the studio. Therefore, the priority of a theater manager has to figure how to sell the most food.
Sorry I thought you were complaining about overpriced concessions at theaters and giving you advice on how to avoid paying those outrageous prices.
 
They really need to do a ReView of either adult animation and talk about what works and what doesn't work for shows like Smiling Friends and Rick and Morty, or talk about shows and movies where they have done voice work for. I would love to see an episode where Mike and Rich talk about their careers outside RLM and their thoughts on the shows. I know Rich was a voice as a fat arrogant nerd on a spin-off of the Loud House so it would be funny to see them talk about the show and the fallout from the reveal that the Loud House creator was a pervert.

Or Hell have Rich and Jack do another series about video game adaptions into movies. Have them talk about the Sonic movie and how it is one of the best video game adaptations out there even after the awful teaser trailer and the studio correcting Sonic's design. Have them do another re-watch of the Resident Evil movies where they laugh at the ridiculous scenes that are copied shot for shot from the games.
I think they're just not that interested in doing interesting stuff and that's why they never do it. I kind of suspect Jay is following someone's guide to uploading content that reads "Keep it the same, don't alienate your existing audience, upload roughly on this schedule."

If I knew people like you in real life I'd say "hey let's do our own Youtube show we can do it better than these funny-but-lazy fucks" but I don't. If you do, start your own RLM ripoff show. Are there any existing RLM ripoff shows? It's not a hard format. You can fix every fuckup in editing.

If you're really paranoid you can do what me and a friend did once where we snuck in snacks and drinks where I taped them to my body and she hid some in her bra.
Did you eat your goobers out of her bra? That's a power move.
 
Mike mentions (and Jay agrees) they've been watching and enjoying TV more than movies, pointing out they don't care about watching The Batman. Which strengthens my feeling they've gotten too used to couch potato reviewing stuff. They aren’t scared/don’t care about getting Covid in a theater but just don’t want to go.
The Batman wouldn’t make for an interesting discussion, they’ll either say it’s okay or Jay will slam it as “Baby’s First David Fincher Movie”.
 
I think they're just not that interested in doing interesting stuff and that's why they never do it. I kind of suspect Jay is following someone's guide to uploading content that reads "Keep it the same, don't alienate your existing audience, upload roughly on this schedule."

If I knew people like you in real life I'd say "hey let's do our own Youtube show we can do it better than these funny-but-lazy fucks" but I don't. If you do, start your own RLM ripoff show. Are there any existing RLM ripoff shows? It's not a hard format. You can fix every fuckup in editing.
Yeah you do not want me doing a RLM ripoff show. At best it would be three minutes of interesting content followed by 27 minutes of autism.

RLM works because all involved are legitimate friends and it is what makes their videos authentic and genuine. It's like that show Critical Roll where the key to it's success is that those involved are all genuine friends and can have legitimate banter that other ripoffs fail to understand.

Did you eat your goobers out of her bra? That's a power move.
I don't even know if she snuck the candy in her bra. After we got in we both went into the bathrooms and pulled out our candy and drinks. I scotch taped two bottles of soda to my stomach but I have no idea how she got the candy in. For all I know it was in her pants pockets and she just made up she kept it in her bra because we joked about it at lunch. It was less of a master infiltration and more of two idiot teenagers brought in snacks and drinks because the apathetic ticket taker didn't care.
 
Mike mentions (and Jay agrees) they've been watching and enjoying TV more than movies, pointing out they don't care about watching The Batman. Which strengthens my feeling they've gotten too used to couch potato reviewing stuff. They aren’t scared/don’t care about getting Covid in a theater but just don’t want to go.
This crossed my mind as well and you know what? Good for them.

They're at a point in their career where they don't have to do cons, don't have to do sponsored ads, don't have to have a set schedule, and now don't have to watch the latest capeshit for views. They're watching what they want to watch (BOTW aside) and are probably happier doing it. Can't say I blame them. I'll watch just about anything they put out even if it's just shitting on Picard for 2 months straight.
 
Don't see an issue with staying at home and watching a movie.

Going to the theater last few times has been miserable with my screening of the Batman pretty much being me turning around and telling some stupid thot and her boyfriend to shut the fuck up multiple times for three hours because she had a running commentary through out the film.

at this point I rather just have movie night with the better half and save the $100 I'd blow on tickets and stuff.
 
That seems to be your problem. You're going to some overpriced ritzy theatre populated by obnoxious jackasses like yourself. I've never had a problem in my local theater with its 70 year old seats, inoperable Ms. PacMan machine and super cheap tickets.
I go to an inner city dump that has seats disintegrating :(
 
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