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[Strange Wilderness]

Half in the Bag episodes were better when they didn't have several minutes of unfunny rambling at the beginning.
People don't go to theaters any more and film studios like money, only boomers use paper we get it.

Respectfully disagree. Half in the bag has always had opening skits that were random ramblings about the movie industry and pop culture that they overacted to. Mike and Jays poorly acted, over exaggerated openings have always been funny but if you think otherwise than just skip to the review itself .

 

[BlueSpark]

Half in the bag has always had opening skits that were random ramblings about the movie industry and pop culture

But back in the day they used to be funny and/or interesting, they used to have effort put into them.
Look how the skits used to be (just some good examples that came to mind, no particular order):

Half in the Bag: Deliver Us From Evil, Edge of Tomorrow, and Transformers 4

http://www.redlettermedia.com - After landing a new client, Mike and Jay waste time talking about a movie nobody cares about, a movie nobody saw, and a movie...

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Half in the Bag Episode 34: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and That's My Boy

ORIGINAL UPLOAD DATE: June 29, 2012 Mike and Jay hitch a ride from the worst green screen ever and discuss two more recent Hollywood flops: Abraham Lincoln: ...

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Half in the Bag Episode 35: The Amazing Spider-man

ORIGINAL UPLOAD DATE: July 8, 2012 The string of quality summer blockbusters continues with The Amazing Spider-Man. Mike, Jay, along with their new friend Ri...

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Half in the Bag: Robocop

Mike and Jay are joined by a real life Milwaukee police officer to talk about all things Robocop. Bonds are formed, emotional wounds are mended, and everyone...

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Mike just seems like he has no energy these days imo.

 

[Megaroad 2012]

Is it me or does David Spade look like a short David Bowie now a days?

 

[Strange Wilderness]

But back in the day they used to be funny and/or interesting, they used to have effort put into them.
Look how the skits used to be (just some good examples that came to mind, no particular order):

Half in the Bag: Deliver Us From Evil, Edge of Tomorrow, and Transformers 4

http://www.redlettermedia.com - After landing a new client, Mike and Jay waste time talking about a movie nobody cares about, a movie nobody saw, and a movie...

www.youtube.com

Half in the Bag Episode 34: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and That's My Boy

ORIGINAL UPLOAD DATE: June 29, 2012 Mike and Jay hitch a ride from the worst green screen ever and discuss two more recent Hollywood flops: Abraham Lincoln: ...

youtu.be

Half in the Bag Episode 35: The Amazing Spider-man

ORIGINAL UPLOAD DATE: July 8, 2012 The string of quality summer blockbusters continues with The Amazing Spider-Man. Mike, Jay, along with their new friend Ri...

youtu.be

Half in the Bag: Robocop

Mike and Jay are joined by a real life Milwaukee police officer to talk about all things Robocop. Bonds are formed, emotional wounds are mended, and everyone...

www.youtube.com

Mike just seems like he has no energy these days imo.

Has Mike ever had any energy? He's the kind of person who tells you he had a nightmare last night where he tripped off the sidewalk and tumbled onto the freeway where an 18 Wheeler was barreling toward him. The worst part was that he woke up before he got run-over. Half in the Bags opening skits may be about current pop culture but they have the same cynicism and self depreciating humor as the one where Mike tries to prop up the corpse of a dead elderly man who was living in the backroom of his vcr repair shop to con the government out of his pension and meager processions

 

[Guts Gets Some]

Half in the Bag episodes were better when they didn't have several minutes of unfunny rambling at the beginning.
People don't go to theaters any more and film studios like money, only boomers use paper we get it.

Or you know what you could do? Easily skip them. They're not like AVGN or NC skits that literally interrupt the review midway multiple times; they're right at the beginning or end, making them super easy to skip if you want to.

 

[Mola Ram]

Or you know what you could do? Easily skip them. They're not like AVGN or NC skits that literally interrupt the review midway multiple times; they're right at the beginning or end, making them super easy to skip if you want to.

They're also unlike NC sketches in that they do not fill me with an overwhelming desire to roll Doug Walker in broken glass, douse him in kerosene, and light a match while humming The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Although if I'm to be honest I always kinda have that urge.

 

[BlueSpark]

Or you know what you could do? Easily skip them. They're not like AVGN or NC skits that literally interrupt the review midway multiple times; they're right at the beginning or end, making them super easy to skip if you want to.

There isn't a clear end point on the rambling to skip to, but whatever.

 

[Guts Gets Some]

There isn't a clear end point on the rambling to skip to, but whatever.

Yeah there is, it's called "the trailer starts playing"

 

[ditto]

Half in the Bag episodes were better when they didn't have several minutes of unfunny rambling at the beginning.
People don't go to theaters any more and film studios like money, only boomers use paper we get it.

I mainly watch Half In The Bag for the Zaat references.

 

[BlueSpark]

Yeah there is, it's called "the trailer starts playing"

They start talking about the first film before they show the trailer and they don't stick to their format strictly enough to rely on that anyway.

 

[Guts Gets Some]

They start talking about the first film before they show the trailer and they don't stick to their format strictly enough to rely on that anyway.

But when there's a skit that you hate, the trailer always marks the end of it.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

Jay: We saw Jack and Jill in the theater!
Mike: I know...

 

[MCLOS Horthy]

For some reason what's-her-face in The Wrong Missy gave me a Robot In The Family vibe. Constant terrible babbling and yelling nonsense.

 

[Megaroad 2012]

Omg guys, I JUST realized Mike and Jay are subtlety endorsing President Trump by giving unanimous approval to The Apprentice.

You see, they subverted your expectation of what you'd think they like by liking it, but it was a dog diggity dogarinowhistle reference to President Trump's former show, the Apprentice where other pretty white women get raped by creepy power moguls.

God damn nazis. Hated them since they laughed at Ghostbusters 16.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Weird episode, The Assistant really does seem like boring shit, why'd they bother reviewing it?

Them reviewing a Happy Madison movie is always going to be entertaining though, I admit to laughing at the scene where David Spade wakes up to Missy whacking him off on the airplane.

Mike's haggard face startled me now that he's shaved. Gonna take time to get used to fam

but on a serious note, death to movie theaters for reals. I only go because I'm a weak willed sheep that can't wait until somethings on video or streaming and when I leave the theater it's usually in anger that I spent most of the time flicking candy at kids on their phone or people talking and not watching the movie

I'm over movie theaters as well, it's just never been the same since they made the switch from actual film to digital.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

David Spade is still David Spade

if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion.

Lapkus is good enough to make the word "zany" tolerable again.


Have movie reviewers gotten dumber recently or have I gotten smarter?

 

[BScCollateral]

Either we're both getting smarter, or reviewers are getting dumber. I tend to think the latter is true.

David Spade is still David Spade

Leaving aside the obvious snark, I'm not sure how many David Spade fans are out there jonesing for a fix. I guess "David Spade continues to David Spade" is fine, but it might be a dig at his range.

if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion.

I'd like to see a list of harmful movies.

Lapkus is good enough to make the word "zany" tolerable again.

Bury the word "Zany" with Lucille Ball. She earned it.

Have movie reviewers gotten dumber recently or have I gotten smarter?

 

[Flexo]

David Spade is still David Spade

if your algorithm somehow lands on it provides a certain harmless diversion.

Lapkus is good enough to make the word "zany" tolerable again.


Have movie reviewers gotten dumber recently or have I gotten smarter?

Reads more like coded messages sent by captured American soldiers.

 

[Guts Gets Some]

have I gotten smarter?

I can answer this part for you at least:

No.

 

[mandatorylurk]

I like to think Rich got married and went on honeymoon right as the quarantine happened and had to stay in Mexico or wherever and that’s why he hasn’t been seen for months until the end of the episode