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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
Here's to 500 pages of hackfrauds talking about movie reviews from a depressed fat alcoholic, a skinny closeted alcoholic, and a fat bald guy with a laugh that has charmed the hearts of millions. All set in some warehouse in the doldrums of Milwaukee who owe their success to one of them complaining about how the Star Wars prequels were the most disappointing thing since his son. While Plinketts son hanged himself in the bathroom of a gas station, the unfortunate reality of RLM is that they will always be reviewing movies: forever. They will never find peace. They will never stop watching schlock.

Stab You in the Back said:
I fucking love the Nostalgia Critic.
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What are your thoughts on A BAT CREDITCARD!!!! *shoots airsoft pistol at nothing*

Feet Seeking Missile said:
Star war is for children.


Star Trek is for men
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Star Trek is for Boomers or Boomers at heart (Mike)

Dammit Mandrake! said:
NuTrek is for "women"
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Do troons even watch that shit? I can't see NuTrek appealing to anyone outside of rich Hollywood celebrities and hanger-ons who know nothing of the world outside of their gated communities and Twitter feeds.
 
Strange Wilderness said:
Do troons even watch that shit? I can't see NuTrek appealing to anyone outside of rich Hollywood celebrities and hanger-ons who know nothing of the world outside of their gated communities and Twitter feeds.
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No, they pretend to watch it. Television ratings anymore are comprised mainly of the "like the idea of watching" crowd. They don't actually watch it, but they talk about it nonstop on the internet and buy the merch.
 
SteelPlatedHeart said:
Picard is currently a robot with the memories of Picard, and I’m betting the twist of season 2 Picard is that Q is dying somehow and this will be his last big hurrah. Since they killed Data season 1, season 2 will kill Q, and then robot Picard will finally die for season 3.
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I hate that I called this.
 
Internet War Criminal said:
I think part of the problem is you haven't really looked too much into 60s and prior cinema, and also


what it seems you like is movies, or flicks, not actual cinema.

You see, a lot of people would look at Jaws (the original blockbuster) as the beginning of the end. Star Wars? Movies for children where for maybe the first time, characters were created specifically with the idea of selling toys came first. Raiders of the Lost Ark? Again, popcorn flick.

That doesn't mean the movies I highlight are bad (aside from Star Wars), but they are not great movies. They are not higher culture.

If you look at the same era, you have The Godfather I/II, Chinatown, The French Connection, Alien, Night of the Living Dead, Rosemary's Baby, The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Midnight Cowboy, Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Love and Death, and so many more.

There's nothing wrong with liking flicks or even shlock, after all I defended early Steven Seagal in this thread, and Independence Day. However you can't talk about the devolution of American Culture and present fucking Star Wars as some kind of pinnacle when in many ways it was the beginning of the end.
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I think this is only true in a modern context, with hindsight.

When you look at "classic" cinema, most of it was just as cynical as you portray Star Wars. People look back fondly at films like Cleopatra and Ben-Hur as masterpieces of the Cinematic Epic, but the context of both was a cash grab. Cleopatra was produced at the very end of the Italian film revival that began in the 50's, where Hollywood realised Rome had the best studio production lot in the world, great tax breaks and massive Roman sets pre-built (still used today), and Ben-Hur was produced because MGM has some cash lying around in Italian banks from previous productions. Stanley Kubrick is remembered with time as a film auteur genius without exception, despite the fact a lot of his films were made just for a buck despite his perfectionism. My favorite director, John Carpenter, was a working director, as is Sam Raimi, and they have no illusions about film being both art and product. It's inherent to the business, much like how old plays or great paintings look like masterpieces today but were at times extremely derivative, using many stock characters and stock techniques, because certain styles were in vogue and the artists had to work quickly to meed demand. Most of the time these works were intended to and preceded the Lucas-style peripheral salesmanship by advertising their art to prospective buyers throughout Europe, knowing they would be displayed and prestigious.

It's been the beginning of the end since forever. Hollywood was dying when everyone made derivative comedies in the 20s/30s, Hollywood was dying in the 60s/70s when the Epics began to bankrupt studios, Hollywood was dying in the 90s/00s when the old guard trend-setters like Lucas and Spielberg began to lose influence to the current studio system, and now Hollywood is dying in the 10s/20s because of sequelitis and IP resurrections. Star Wars was a pinnacle, just like Night of the Living Dead was for horror and the Godfather was for crime films. We cannot pretend certain films are low culture and others not when they were intended for the same tactics of mass market appeal and chasing trends. The only difference is that most of these films had no room for sequels, where Star Wars did. Had Coppola not needed a buck in the 90s, we'd not have Godfather III. If he needed a buck today we'd be up to Godfather V and it would be like the current season of the Simpsons.
 
Dammit Mandrake! said:
No, they pretend to watch it. Television ratings anymore are comprised mainly of the "like the idea of watching" crowd. They don't actually watch it, but they talk about it nonstop on the internet and buy the merch.
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They don't even buy the merch. Sales have tanked and licensees are pissed off because JJ tried to move the focus to his Trek line and cut out OG Trek. (Supposedly)
 
Patreon Update:

Hello Friends. This is Mike. Wait. No, this is Rich Evans. I have been editing a very epic BOTW episode over the past week. It's finally done and hopefully should be posted soon. I have not had a chance to watch episodes 6,7, or 8 of Picard and have been avoiding spoilers. Now, that this edit is done I will probably watch those and begin work on the next Picard video. That or smash my fingers in a car door over and over again. One or the other. Stay tuned!
 
SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW... BEFORE YOU LEAVE A COMMENT: Here’s a handy list of fun facts that we are aware of but didn’t specifically mention in the video:

1. The character in 100 Million BC that Mike refers to as "William H Macy" is played by Christopher Atkins, most well known for his role in Blue Lagoon but he also played a main character in previous Best of the Worst movie Beaks: The Movie.

2. The helicopter pilot in Stone Cold is played by Gregory Scott Cummins, the same actor from previous Best of the Worst movies Hack-O-Lantern and Action USA. He also plays Mac’s dad on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

3. The role of Ice in Stone Cold is played by William Forsythe, who we just recently mentioned as being in Raising Arizona in our Darkman re:View. Yep, we know that’s him!

4. The elderly police chief in Bog is played by Aldo Ray, who previously appeared on Best of the Worst as the pizza shop owner in Shock 'Em Dead. Please visit www.pepperonipizzapiepeephole.com for more info.

5. In addition to his roles that we mention at the start of the video, Jack Quaid also stars in a Star Trek TV show. So as a reminder, these are all things we are aware of. You don't need to tell us. Good night and good luck!

They're opening up a pandoras box
 
Mola Ram said:
Jack Quaid, who is not only an actor but the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan.

That's the silver lining here. We're one step closer to getting that Randy Quaid BotW episode.
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>Jack Quaid
>Relatives: Randy Quaid
>Randy Quaid
>Through his father, Quaid is a first cousin, twice removed, of cowboy performer Gene Autry
>Gene Autry

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Bro, when do we get him on BotW?
 
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