Is there more prostitute-murder in this one? Because as great as his nitpicky formalist critique is, I could really do without the jokes about prostitute-murder.
posted by Rustic Etruscan at 7:53 AM on December 10 [6 favorites]

In case other people are wondering: yup, more prostitute-murder. Also it's not nearly as clever as the other ones he has done

Also Titanic was, is, and continues to be great.
posted by likeatoaster at 8:07 AM on December 10

Yeah, his critiques of the Prequels were actually really spot-on but the "dramatic" arc of the narrator sucked. I had the impression that the weird prostitute-murder bit was a way of winking at the audience, as though the actual author wasn't comfortable having an in-depth theory of all the ways the Prequels didn't work on his own, and had to put that critique in the mouth of a weird psycho basement-dweller with misogyny and violence issues (including murder and I think rape).

Which was at once totally unnecessary and not funny and, I think, ultimately undermining of the whole endeavor. The critique is sound, and it's okay to have it. The other stuff, definitely not cool. Please, if you're reading this, cut it out.
posted by gauche at 8:14 AM on December 10

Is there more prostitute-murder in this one?

No. (She's not a prostitute this time.)

The unnecessary side-plot bullshit is a real shame, because Red Letter Media is excellent (possibly the best) at the actual criticism part.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:20 AM on December 10 [1 favorite]

For those who enjoy his informed criticism but are put off by the over-the-top portrayal of Plinkett, their ongoing Half in the Bag series is great. It does involve Plinkett, but it has less misogyny and more just slovenly behavior.
posted by gilrain at 8:21 AM on December 10 [2 favorites]

It would be sweet if there was a cut of the Plinkett prequel reviews without any of his stupid murderer stuff. I have seen quite a bit of it, and I'd like to see the rest and show it to my girlfriend, but I have zero interest in that stuff and less than zero interest in exposing her to it.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:37 AM on December 10 [2 favorites]

adamdschneider has it right.

I really enjoyed the Star Wars reviews, although I couldn't understand why he thinks rape and treating humans like shit is funny. But i thought he'd realise his mistake and be over that by now.

Wrong.

So as soon as it appeared in this one I turned it off because if he doesn't know that that gag is beyond tasteless, then his opinion that is worth listening to.
posted by devious truculent and unreliable at 8:47 AM on December 10