Do normies actually believe whatever is easy to nitpick and make fun of is bad? Thanks to RLM we know the answer

Do normies actually believe whatever is easy to nitpick and make fun of is bad? Thanks to RLM we know the answer...

>The prequels are good because this guy I do't like think they're bad

they gotta talk about something, endless drags about pointless weaknesses on otherwise superb movies.

They are a bunch of losers, which is quite obvious

That voice and character are middle school tier

All e-celebs are cancer. Quarantine board when?

>pretending the prequels are le epic kino plebfilter just to spite Disney
>even though Disney now profits from the prequel trilogy
Go buy that prequel boxset ironically to stick it to the Mouse, and don't forget to see Jango Fett: a Star Wars Story in theaters 2022. Reddit gonna be so mad xD.

>otherwise superb movies.
>prequels aren't just decent action movies anymore, they're genuinely superb films
The prequel apologists have gone too far.

Mike doesn't know anything about storytelling and he doesn't take film making to be an art form in an way.
He only likes Star Trek, shlock, and tired formulas that need to be adhered to because, according to him, that's what it's all about - ironic when you consider that all they ever fucking talk about is how repetitive Hollywood is... yet one of Mike's complaints about Episode 7 was that Rey and Finn didn't make out and that there wasn't a romance angle.
Jay is the only person there that genuinely seem to enjoy movies without preconceived ideas of what they should be.

They really started popping up around the time Disney bought Lucasfilm.
The prequels are a property Disney owns at the end of the day, and the prequel apologist's mission is to shill that property.

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As far as YouTube reviewers go RLM are actually pretty good about staying away from nitpicky centric criticism. Seems like a weird thing to level against them. I guess Plinkett does it but that's part of his character as an obsessive basement dweller weirdo, and even the prequel reviews are primarily focused around why they fundamentally fail as films rather than just laboriously pointing out plot inconsistencies.

>"Are the things that are most obviously not good considered bad?"

Cut your dick off you don't deserve it

Basically, yeah.
Rich also has Mike's overall "fuck it" attitude and tastes, but where Mike doesn't give a shit about artistry in film, I feel that Rich at least respects it even if it doesn't matter to him.
The trio consists of Mike, the schlock critic, Jay, the film critic, and Rich, the comic relief.

>yet one of Mike's complaints about Episode 7 was that Rey and Finn didn't make out and that there wasn't a romance angle.
He was complaining that there was no romance period and it was so sterile compared to the OT. I agree in that it's a part of shit lifeless characters but I wouldn't wanna see that shit in TFA unless it's his idea of Kylo Ren trying pickup lines in an interrogation scene.

>Do normies actually believe whatever is easy to nitpick and make fun of is bad?
Yes. Retards actually use "jokes" from CinemaSins when bashing movies.

>> and even the prequel reviews are primarily focused around why they fundamentally fail as films

They fail as popcorn flicks, not as films. What they think TPM is lacking (eg a main character) isn't needed for a film, it's needed for a popcorn flick optimized for normie enjoyment. It's a lot like music. Not every song needs to have a drop... Certain kinds of songs do...

Really? Rich is the worst of them all with his cynicism. I've never heard him like anything, and any HitB episode he's on he sounds like the whole ordeal of watching the film was a chore. Mike gushes about movies all the time. He likes his nostalgia movies, and schlock, and some sincere movies too. Rich would never say A Ghost Story was his favorite of the year

You're mistaking indifference for cynicism.
He would've made fun of A Ghost Story and laughed at it, but he wouldn't have given a fuck about it other than some temporary humor.

I'm sorry, but this needs to be said.

RLM are the living embodiment of the smug, detached Gen-X ethos.

I'd venture to guess none of them has felt a single sincere conviction about anything since childhood. They exist as polyps upon the colon of culture, satiating themselves on the perceived failures of others (i.e. "The Man") while adding nothing new to the discourse aside from ironic complaint.

They're a group of insecure, lost, rapidly aging burnouts who silently believe they could do a better job of making films than the professionals in the industry. Yet they lack the ambition and ability to actually enter the very industry they're obsessed with. They choose instead to fuck around and make student film piss-takes well into middle age.

They are awful, awful people. I've met thousands just like them, and the last thing we need is for these people to gain any attention for their navel gazing.

Please, Sup Forums, do not aspire to become anything like these people. Theirs is a lonely road leading to depression and a life devoid of real purpose.

I hope they disappear and their disaffected followers stop subsidizing their lifestyle. Perhaps that would force them to do something productive with themselves.

Yeah, I've noticed that while Jay seems sick of blockbusters doing the same thing, Mike has grown to enjoy them. This is most evident in how divided they were in regards to Jurassic World. Jay hated how lazy and safe it was, while Mike actually appreciated that.

I think it boils down to what Mike and Jay said about George Lucas as a director.
Some directors can't handle subtlety or nuance, and are at their strongest when they have simple films that focus on a main protagonist, and the OT was a good example of a simple story well told.
And there's really nothing wrong with that concept. Movies like Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, Dirty Harry, etc. worked in spite of, if not because of, their simplicity. In the case of Back to the Future, all Zemeckis did was take a coming-of-age high school protagonist and wrapped him in a time travel plot. Even Star Trek, for all its lore, is ultimately just a collection of basic science fiction stories, as seen through the eyes of a basic, ideal protagonist.
Mike's always been all for simple stories as long as they invest him. His main complaint about the prequel trilogy wasn't that it was too complex, only that it was too complex for a director of George Lucas's abilities, and in that case he was right. There was no single protagonist in the prequels, the plot focused on politics, loyalty, and the challenge of faith, and it ended up being a tragedy with a glimmer of hope that lead into the OT.
Conceptually the prequels were brilliant. What fucked them up was George being mentally incapable of making such an ambitious space opera work as a feature film.
Mike will always settle for "good enough" depending on what he's watching. TFA fell under that definition for him. The protagonist was clearly established. The plot was a stupid treasure hunt and a reprise of the Death Star (which to him was "adventure movie" enough to be acceptable). And it ended with a small cliffhanger, promising more to come.
TFA was a pile of overly safe by-the-numbers shit, and even Mike acknowledged that. He just figures that schlocky science fiction is for people who shouldn't handle a complex story.
I feel he took JJ taking the chair was JJ's acknowledgement that he learned his place.

Pretty sure Jay doesn't like the prequels though

Any Patreons here know when the next video is supposed to release? Been a while.

lol yes but you realize where you're posting right?

the internet, Sup Forums, and the world RLM developed in online is fueled by irreverence

As much as I like the boys and disagree this is pretty decent pasta

Watch episode 7 of HITB. It's a meme.