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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
I don't hate Macaulay Culkin's pet gimp, but as with some other guests, his seat would have simply been better filled by anyone from the RLM crew.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
Hey new guy, you don't get to look annoyed when Mike and Rich start talking Star Trek on account of the fact that I don't even know who the fuck you are and you're incredibly unfunny.

Also, Winter Beast over Roar? WTF?
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I don't hate the guy. He's better than Josh.
 
Intelligent Calcium said:
I don't hate Macaulay Culkin's pet gimp, but as with some other guests, his seat would have simply been better filled by anyone from the RLM crew.
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This is sort of a recurrent problem with RLM. Pretty much everyone who isn't Jay or Mike got a round of hate or at least a "Who the fuck are you?" before audiences warmed up to them. Generally this is why I try to keep an open mind whenever they bring new people on.
 
Locomotive Derangement said:
This is sort of a recurrent problem with RLM. Pretty much everyone who isn't Jay or Mike got a round of hate or at least a "Who the fuck are you?" before audiences warmed up to them. Generally this is why I try to keep an open mind whenever they bring new people on.
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The problem is that Rich, Mike and Jay have such a good rapport that the fourth person, whomever he or she may be, feels like a disruption. Josh is an absolute tool, but he's actually one of the least disruptive guests since Mike and Rich will often team up to shut him down.
 
Stab You in the Back said:
The problem is that Rich, Mike and Jay have such a good rapport that the fourth person, whomever he or she may be, feels like a disruption. Josh is an absolute tool, but he's actually one of the least disruptive guests since Mike and Rich will often team up to shut him down.
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They mentioned somewhere, I believe on that Bunny Ears podcast actually, that they try to warn people to gear up for the evening because its a long haul. You have to sit through three movies and then afterwards film the roundtable discussion which could take a few hours more. This has the disadvantage of everyone being really tired and loopy by the end, so I think the more inexperienced guests fall victim to that.

Also, knowing Mike, I'm sure he deliberately leaves in the most humilating moments he finds. We know he does this with Rich because they'll point it out, but you can see a in a few episodes where someone will say something offensive or stupid and then look really embarassed and worried for a minute. I think this is why Jack sort of deliberately plays this up now and just keeps going whenever he says something offensive.
 
Locomotive Derangement said:
They mentioned somewhere, I believe on that Bunny Ears podcast actually, that they try to warn people to gear up for the evening because its a long haul. You have to sit through three movies and then afterwards film the roundtable discussion which could take a few hours more. This has the disadvantage of everyone being really tired and loopy by the end, so I think the more inexperienced guests fall victim to that.

Also, knowing Mike, I'm sure he deliberately leaves in the most humilating moments he finds. We know he does this with Rich because they'll point it out, but you can see a in a few episodes where someone will say something offensive or stupid and then look really embarassed and worried for a minute. I think this is why Jack sort of deliberately plays this up now and just keeps going whenever he says something offensive.
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"That's staying in."

I would like to see how Oswalt does on RLM. Yeah, yeah, he's on the anti-Trump train, but if he can keep that out, fine. I mean, other famous Wisconsinites went berserk after the election. Like everyone from Mystery Science Theater 3000. And Oswalt's part of the new-MST, along with Felicia Day...

Okay, I'm worried.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
Hey new guy, you don't get to look annoyed when Mike and Rich start talking Star Trek on account of the fact that I don't even know who the fuck you are and you're incredibly unfunny.

Also, Winter Beast over Roar? WTF?
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I am 99.9% certain that was a planned bit where he was the stand-in for Jay's blank disinterest in Star Trek, because Mack was busy beating Mike to the punch. Look at the behind the scenes Mack posted, they're intentionally planning bits for the show:
 
Locomotive Derangement said:
This is sort of a recurrent problem with RLM. Pretty much everyone who isn't Jay or Mike got a round of hate or at least a "Who the fuck are you?" before audiences warmed up to them. Generally this is why I try to keep an open mind whenever they bring new people on.
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Maybe some truth to that, but I saw some troubling things that you wouldn't expect from a first timer. Like I said, acting annoyed with the Star Trek talk. That's Jay's bag.

*EDIT * OK that might have been planned *EDIT*

Also, taking an EDGY shot at... Kevin Smith? Yes, Smith has become a pathetic, blubbering shill, but Clerks was a pretty clever movie for its time and he is still making movies while this dude is making bunny ears.

Plus, this guy was on his phone A LOT. Once during the roundtable I'm pretty sure. That probably annoyed Mike.

His "nobody wants a Charlie-in the Box" voice was really annoying too.
 
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Starscreams Cape said:
Maybe some truth to that, but I saw some troubling things that you wouldn't expect from a first timer. Like I said, acting annoyed with the Star Trek talk. That's Jay's bag.

Also, taking an EDGY shot at... Kevin Smith? Yes, Smith has become a pathetic, blubbering shill, but Clerks was a pretty clever movie for its time and he is still making movies while this dude is making bunny ears.

Plus, this guy was on his phone A LOT. Once during the roundtable I'm pretty sure. That probably annoyed Mike.
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I didn't care for most of his contributions, but he didn't try to dominate the room like Max Landis did, so I can tolerate it.
 
Let me posit this. Even though I've generally liked McAuley Culkin when he's on RLM, is anyone worried he's going to start having too much influence on the show?
 
Absolutego said:
I am 99.9% certain that was a planned bit where he was the stand-in for Jay's blank disinterest in Star Trek, because Mack was busy beating Mike to the punch. Look at the behind the scenes Mack posted, they're intentionally planning bits for the show:
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I presumed this was an in-joke about Mac being a Star Trek fan as well and his buddy giving him shit for talking about Star Trek too much with other nerds. As a Star Trek fan I can attest this is pretty much exactly how people treat you when you start yarning on about it.

Starscreams Cape said:
Also, taking an EDGY shot at... Kevin Smith?
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The hell are you talking about here? The comparison to Clerks was more about how unstructured the composition was, something that Clerks was lauded for at the time.

Starscreams Cape said:
Let me posit this. Even though I've generally liked McAuley Culkin when he's on RLM, is anyone worried he's going to start having too much influence on the show?
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This is a more relevant concern, though it seems to me that he probably just stayed in Milwaukee for a few weeks and shot most of his stuff all at once. I'm more bothered by the idea of them getting involved with celebrities and star power as time goes on. So far the people they've had on seem to generally share their interests (even Max Landis seemed to appreciate terrible movies despite being a loon), but I'm more worried they'll slip and go full Will Smith on us at some point.
 
Locomotive Derangement said:
The hell are you talking about here? The comparison to Clerks was more about how unstructured the composition was, something that Clerks was lauded for at the time.



This is a more relevant concern, though it seems to me that he probably just stayed in Milwaukee for a few weeks and shot most of his stuff all at once. I'm more bothered by the idea of them getting involved with celebrities and star power as time goes on. So far the people they've had on seem to generally share their interests (even Max Landis seemed to appreciate terrible movies despite being a loon), but I'm more worried they'll slip and go full Will Smith on us at some point.
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I'll have to watch it again as I was just coming into the room but it sounded like he was being a snarky little fuck when mentioning it.

As for Mac's potential undue influence...maybe we already saw it with putting his buddy on the panel over someone like Jack.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
Let me posit this. Even though I've generally liked McAuley Culkin when he's on RLM, is anyone worried he's going to start having too much influence on the show?
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Well, guesting a lot is not a problem (the Canadians are basically adopted at this point and it didn't change anything), but with Culkin there is always the underlying interest of promoting his own brand and the guy he keeps bringing along gives off the same vibes as those LA circlejerkers that randomly materialize around RL streamers and minor celebrities, but maybe I'm reading too much into it. That said Culkin's funny, they had plenty of opportunities to sell out already and are very self-aware about that kind of stuff, so I'm not worried.
 
Starscreams Cape said:
As for Mac's potential undue influence...maybe we already saw it with putting his buddy on the panel over someone like Jack.
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I mean, if you've ever sat down and watch RLM's How Not to Make a Movie documentary (which I reccomend by the way, especially if you're down with a cold or something), its pretty clear that Mike is perfectly willing to be an asshole when someone pushes an idea he doesn't like. I'm pretty sure that, had Mac tried to force anything, Mike would probably have told him to fuck off and I bet Rich wouldn't have been having it either. Jack and Jay seem to be more willing to go with the flow.
 
Definitely would've preferred Jay or even Jack or Josh as the fourth. Between him getting flustered and annoyed during the discussion of who the antagonist of Roar was and ultimately not choosing Roar as BotW because it made him 'too nervous' (causing Mike to have to try to explain what Best of the Worst actually was), Shawn felt out of place and detrimental to the episode, plus it's not like he really brought anything to it or was particularly funny.

Some of their other guests might not be great but they usually have ties or experience in the industry that lets them occasionally add something interesting to the discussion. Shawn felt like some rando off twitter.
 
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