https://youtu.be/Wji-BZ0oCwg
WOOP!
This is pretty good casting: http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/04/07/compare-your-mon-mothmas-with-these-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-images
IDK if there was never a separate thread created for after it actually got released.
but...
Rogue One according to various* infamous prolific YT nerds!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzTNdgjvlr0
(can you guess which ones were obviously paid to recite pre-approved sound bites in their "reviews"?)
(and is there any doubt that "social" media is where the eyeballs are at now, and "mainstream" media is so close to dinosaur status that even Disneycorp can't ignore that fact...)
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Collider
IGN
RedLetterMedia
Schmoes
Screen Junkies
Similar, but better -- because MORE RLM HELL YEAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odj6NHsWe00
FAN SERVICE!!!
^ PS: the "vs. Collider" video clips came from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExTt4j69zI -- as one comment called it: "15 minutes of pure sarcasm" (and Rich's laughing at the end was almost a cathartic release for the viewer!)
So are you just watching sarcastic reviews of the movie on youtube, or did you actually go see it?
I did go and see it, took a couple of the kids, and I thought it was well-done and fun to watch.
I saw it Saturday and it was fun to watch but there was virtually no character development. It's strange they could have made either a spy movie or done it like The Dirty Dozen or something, had a good long geeky discussion with friends after the movie. We're all looking forward to Episode VIII though I can tell you that much.
Of course it's less about Star Wars here and more about so-called nerd vlogs that gush over it rather obviously, RLM took a big time stab at what is either staggeringly blind nerd-service or YouTubers with something to sell
Which reminds me hey have you heard about LuteCrate? It's a new service that for only $800 a month sends you a crate full of stringed instruments! No other service offers anything close to this and at just dollars a day is a real steal for music geeks everywhere
:)
While I have not yet seen Rogue One, I still find the RedLetterMedia guys to be a reliable source of funnies.
Maybe they exaggerated stuff in their review, maybe their points are valid (many SW fans were underwhelmed by the flat characters, for example) and tough for mindless fans to acknowledge, maybe something else idk.
I just think Mike and Jay and Rich are extremely good at what they strive to do -- entertain me (even when I am not familiar with the material being covered -- e.g. the recent DC Comics films). I hold no actual position on Rogue One being worthy of hate or of 11/10 ratings. Not yet anyway.
PS this was extra funny and worth the share because of its meta-ness. They satirized a certain downside of fandom including the formuulaic paid reviewers that have always been around. Some of those reviewers hopefully laugh at themselves when they are targeted :)
I'll say this, it's a fun movie, as far as Star Wars films go its sort of in the middle
I heard that ~50% of the movie was re-shot... which makes me curious what the original cut was like (I'm guessing more character development, less battle) at times it felt like watching two movies intertwined with each other. Some complaints people had I could kinda see (CG characters) but didn't bother me as much. What does bother me is how I can barely remember names of important characters
Anyway worth seeing if anything for Sassy 70s style Vader
You mean the Vader that is (allegedly) the result of those studio exec pushed extra reshoots so he can kill a bunch of people with his light saber a ton? Which is what always made him a unique timeless standout iconic villain right...
I guess gotta remember it's a War Movie, gritty and realistic so no need to get attached to or learn about characters since they will just die anyway...
#SoIHaveHeard
Jeebus Darren, you always do this - berate something without even bothering to watch it because you watched some reviewers berate it.
Mr. A, the problem I had with remembering people's names was because they didn't pronounce them very well yet they were esoteric names. Like, I was sure it was "Hiro" for the blind guy (a classic name given the role and actor's race), in the credits I finally found out they were actually saying "Chirrut". The character, however, will stand out to me for quite some time. Just like my son really noticed K2SO's straightforward no-nonsense say-what-you're-thinking personality (and really liked it).
Saw Gerrera was one character that stood out to me as completely undeveloped. I'm guessing there were scenes that set him up more, but were then cut.
There were lots of little background bits that I liked. Lots of attention spent making people look the same as in the old movies, lots of tie-ins, but also some glimpses of characters from the Star Wars Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels cartoons, which are canon. Although I must admit I wasn't geeky enough to realize when they talked to Captain Antilles in the background, that wasn't Wedge Antilles (Luke's buddy) but rather Raymus Antilles (from the planet Alderaan).
As for this being a "war movie" where you don't bother getting to know characters because they're just going to die... How many rebels can you name that die in the trenches during the attack on Hoth? Which pilots can you name that blow up while attacking the Death Star / Death Star 2?
Anyway, this movie is set shortly before the Battle of Yavin, which happens during Episode IV: A New Hope. And I think they did a very good job blending old and new together to make this look like it would fit between Episode III and Episode IV.
Darren is reiterating one of the bits from the RLM videos, it's a running gag thing :)
K2 was the best IMO, apparently a lot of his dialog (and even the bonk on the head) was ad-libbed, it was really fluid an natural. I feel like there wasn't enough setup for me to get really attached to many characters (which takes the gas out of the ending). TBH I liked Vader at the ending, linking things to ANH
Also there were some scenes that made me a 10 year old kid again, so much fun!
:DING: points to nose and Mr. Analog
I don't have the energy to berate. That requires concentrated focus on a subject. This time of year is far too depressing for that!
I would rather just binge-chuckle some Half In The Bag until unable to keep my eyes open.
TBH when I see that movie I probably won't respond much more than a "meh, whatevs" at worst considering how I have never been a huge SW fan anyway. Hoping for a fun time though, I aint THAT cynical yet.
But overall speculating vicariously thru others is what I just do sometimes, like in this case -- but never intended it too deeply.
PS amazing to think that if Wash wasn't killed off in Serenity then all these terrific characters and voices by Alan Tudyk might have gone to someone else. Good for him having such high profile success here!
Quote from: Darren Dirt on January 09, 2017, 09:31:09 PM
Similar, but better -- because MORE RLM HELL YEAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odj6NHsWe00
FAN SERVICE!!!
^ PS: the "vs. Collider" video clips came from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExTt4j69zI -- as one comment called it: "15 minutes of pure sarcasm" (and Rich's laughing at the end was almost a cathartic release for the viewer!)
Now that the new "Last Jedi" trailer -- and an Amazing Poster! -- have been released, Film Gob did another mash-up of RLM vs Collider. And it is Big FFFFFF@%&#ING NEWS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Jn0ZihMgw
The latest RLM Nerd Crew ep, in its full 14 minute gloriousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqSkEbY_N8
Wins
https://youtu.be/zJuF9n2c248
How it should have ended
https://youtu.be/RjR71XpAu0I
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 19, 2017, 05:55:44 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on January 09, 2017, 09:31:09 PM
Similar, but better -- because MORE RLM HELL YEAH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odj6NHsWe00
FAN SERVICE!!!
^ PS: the "vs. Collider" video clips came from this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sExTt4j69zI -- as one comment called it: "15 minutes of pure sarcasm" (and Rich's laughing at the end was almost a cathartic release for the viewer!)
Now that the new "Last Jedi" trailer -- and an Amazing Poster! -- have been released, Film Gob did another mash-up of RLM vs Collider. And it is Big FFFFFF@%&#ING NEWS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Jn0ZihMgw
The latest RLM Nerd Crew ep, in its full 14 minute gloriousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTqSkEbY_N8
OK I watched all three of these links and I've gotta say... I'm not a fan :(. I want my time back. RLM guys are really not for me, and Collider is a bit much as well. Glad you like them though, but I'll pass on future links I think.
Quote from: Lazybones on April 19, 2017, 06:01:27 PM
Wins
https://youtu.be/zJuF9n2c248
How it should have ended
https://youtu.be/RjR71XpAu0I
I like the Wins one :D
This was RLM at maybe 20%, a lot of the content here was inside jokes and callbacks to previous Nerd Crew... which itself was mocking Collider.
Also, "3" links???
DEM PLANS. :D
Also loved the Leaf On The Wind reference. #Wash
I like the NERD CREW parody because it rips on the relentless stupid corporate sponsored videos and the like which are so forced it hurts. The subtext is real nerd joy vs somebody was paid to say "cool" style nerd joy and I love it
It's okay to be excited about stuff!
It's okay to have a channel where you talk about what excites you!
It's NOT okay to have some giant evil multimedia company co-opt "nerd joy" and turn it into a 20+ minute long commercial!
They just point this out as hilariously as possible :)
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 20, 2017, 07:02:10 AM
This was RLM at maybe 20%, a lot of the content here was inside jokes and callbacks to previous Nerd Crew... which itself was mocking Collider.
Also, "3" links???
Two from the Post, and one in the Quote (ignored the second one in the quote).
Yeah still not for me.
The larger problem on YouTube is how corporate media has crept in and overtaken real content made by real people. Looking at the top 100 YouTube channels how many of them are outside of traditional media? And not just directly but how many of them aren't subsidiaries, for example Maker Studios is owned by Disney, who in turn owns sub-networks and so forth. This isn't uncommon, here's a list of some of the bigger networks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multi-channel_networks
We've seen a shift over the last 5 years or so from people doing their own content to people being paid by corporate overlords to do their own content, it was an incremental but steady shift. There aren't many YouTubers left that operate independently / autonomously, those that didn't opt into networks early on have had a much more difficult run of trying to keep what they do profitable, but they are doing it in the massive shadow of these organizations that formed and then were bought up by groups like Disney and Sony
Anyway, I like it because it's such a dead-on poke in the eye to the obvious schilling that goes on in the YouTube world
This is the pinnacle of the roasting (compared side-by-side with actual schills)
https://youtu.be/fo4LOs8cQsk
Anyway I'll shut up about it now :)
Quote from: Melbosa on April 20, 2017, 09:00:40 AM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on April 20, 2017, 07:02:10 AM
This was RLM at maybe 20%, a lot of the content here was inside jokes and callbacks to previous Nerd Crew... which itself was mocking Collider.
Also, "3" links???
Two from the Post, and one in the Quote (ignored the second one in the quote).
Yeah still not for me.
Oh yeah -- so actually FOUR links. But the first 2 were a "quote for context" basically. Sorry for the confusion. And for your impression that the latest RLM Nerd Crew is representative of what level they are normally capable of...
Also, the Cinema Wins for "Rogue One" was a great share. Now I don't have to watch the actual movie ;)
Quote from: Mr. Analog on April 20, 2017, 09:19:51 AM
There aren't many YouTubers left that operate independently / autonomously
Quite true up until this month.
And NOW, this month, virtually ALL of those survivors - whether 25k subscribers or 2.5 MILLION subscribers - have discovered a sudden and unexplained/unjustified REMOVAL OF ADS on virtually all of their videos** (even when advertisers specifically REQUEST to be shown in that producer's videos!)
We're talking about folks who were growing and had a regular dozen or hundreds in $ ad revenue per day or week, now getting PENNIES.
**Including on safe videos that are not at all controversial, don't have dishonest or click-bait titles or keywords, don't swear or include any copyrighted footage, etc. Youtube is doing a really WEIRD thing the past 10 days or so, and all the Big Names on YouTube have been commenting on it - possibly an over-reaction by youtube to some PR embarrassment re. automated ad serving, with an automated algorithm gone overboard that will soon be corrected, but possibly not... possible YT has decided to @%&# over virtualy everybody except Cats and Makeup Tutorials (and of course VEVO etc.)
YouTube has been pushing creators out for a few years now by making changes that sweep away any income consistency and there's been a significant crisis growing where if they change how monetization works a creator might be sunk, period.
For guys that make their living off of YouTube it has been devastating. Many are moving to other direct donation based platforms like Twitch and Patreon, I don't blame them at all really. In fact I've been subbed to a few good content creators for a couple years now and that's the kind of content YouTube used to generate, that's what I want to watch.
YouTube will eventually only contain highly produced / low content programming (like television) so Alphabet is unintentionally taking the You out of YouTube by rewarding the entertainment industry and not individual creators (which of course they will deny up and down with slick videos that puke out doctrine contrary to their actions.) Its going to cost them in the long run I think, people will go to where fresh content lives on other services.
RIP in Pieces YouTube
I was very sad when Vsauce1 moved to YouTube Red. https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce
Quote from: Lazybones on April 20, 2017, 02:26:09 PM
I was very sad when Vsauce1 moved to YouTube Red. https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce
God yes. I'm also sad for a lot of people paywalling behind Patreon because
1. I am not infinitely made of money to support all the content I absorb
2. Content gets stolen and reposted anyway
Paywalls just don't work for anybody
The other thing that sucks is if you have a Patreon and people get the rewards and then dump you before the pay deadline, effectively picking your IP pocket.
NERD CREW: The Last Nerd!!!!!!! EPISODE V
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv8q1ENfWBA
Actually, it's just them making fun of all the trailer-boners for the neeeeeewwwww SW:TLJ trailer. "It broke new groooouuund" probably again I dunno.
Very Cool(tm)
https://redlettermedia.bandcamp.com/track/star-wars-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story-commentary-track
YUP. This is a real thing.