Their lefty opinions are kept on the more subtle side so it doesn't bother me too too much.
The problem is they just have nothing interesting to say. Their Prequel critique was low-hanging fruit, but it was interesting to see enumeration of all the ways it sucked.
I can't think of anything where I've said "huh that's a great point I never thought of that", which is what I want from them. Their takes are pedestrian and I couldn't care less about them laughing at some bad movie on VHS nobody has ever heard of.
edit: actually I can think of exactly one thing, when they called Best of Both Worlds a Riker Episode. The whole thing is Riker's character growth, becoming captain, throwing the book away, and a non-pussy reason for staying #1 in later seasons. This is the kind of thing I wish they did more of.
I actually quite enjoyed the laughing at bad VHS stuff, but this
Their lefty opinions are kept on the more subtle side so it doesn't bother me too too much.
Became a lot less subtle over the last few years, which is what turned me off. That and the fact that they are aligned left meant the type of humor they are willing to try in #CurrentYear is a lot less funny than what they were willing to say a decade ago.
They quite literally are. They've stopped reviewing blockbusters and their main review show routinely goes over streaming horror shovelware. The burnout isn't hidden at all.
I find it really comforting. It means it's not just me.
99% of Blockbusters in the past five or six years or more are total garbage, and we all know why. I get the feeling RLM also knows why, but they also aren't allowed to say it because of the side they've chosen. There probably isn't enough money in doing fake positive review shilling, and they probably burned too many bridges for any of the big companies to be willing to pay them anyways, so there's really no other choice. Don't review them at all. They still have to run a channel though, because they've wasted too many years of their lives doing this to pivot to a real job now, so that only leaves shovelware left.
Their lefty opinions are kept on the more subtle side so it doesn't bother me too too much.
The problem is they just have nothing interesting to say. Their Prequel critique was low-hanging fruit, but it was interesting to see enumeration of all the ways it sucked.
I can't think of anything where I've said "huh that's a great point I never thought of that", which is what I want from them. Their takes are pedestrian and I couldn't care less about them laughing at some bad movie on VHS nobody has ever heard of.
edit: actually I can think of exactly one thing, when they called Best of Both Worlds a Riker Episode. The whole thing is Riker's character growth, becoming captain, throwing the book away, and a non-pussy reason for staying #1 in later seasons. This is the kind of thing I wish they did more of.
I actually quite enjoyed the laughing at bad VHS stuff, but this
Became a lot less subtle over the last few years, which is what turned me off. That and the fact that they are aligned left meant the type of humor they are willing to try in #CurrentYear is a lot less funny than what they were willing to say a decade ago.
Agree with pretty much everything else you said, but Best of The Worst is literally the most hilarious thing they've ever done besides Plinkett.
It was a lot funnier 7 or 8 years ago. The ones from the last few years just feel like they're bored and exhausted.
They quite literally are. They've stopped reviewing blockbusters and their main review show routinely goes over streaming horror shovelware. The burnout isn't hidden at all.
I find it really comforting. It means it's not just me.
99% of Blockbusters in the past five or six years or more are total garbage, and we all know why. I get the feeling RLM also knows why, but they also aren't allowed to say it because of the side they've chosen. There probably isn't enough money in doing fake positive review shilling, and they probably burned too many bridges for any of the big companies to be willing to pay them anyways, so there's really no other choice. Don't review them at all. They still have to run a channel though, because they've wasted too many years of their lives doing this to pivot to a real job now, so that only leaves shovelware left.
Well humor is subjective, but that's a really low bar isn't it?
One might say it's the best of the worst...
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