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The Geek Beat: Why We Do What We Do
30 December 2009 3:32 PM, PST
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It's the last column of 2009, and one that follows on a maelstrom of commentary. I don't think I received a single comment or e-mail that didn't care intensely about Avatar one way or another. It's been fascinating and frightening to experience.
I feel as though movie fandom has taken a very extreme turn. Drew McWeeny noted back in May that it took a turn for the worse in 1999 after Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. "Fandom has changed profoundly in the last ten years, and it would be hard to argue that it's been for the better. Although I detest that sub-moronic oft-repeated metaphor about George Lucas 'raping my childhood,' I could be willing to agree that 1999 was the end of fandom's innocent optimism and the beginning of something rancid and self-entitled and angry, something that's more about tearing down and insulting than about celebrating or enjoying."
My professional
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- Elisabeth Rappe
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Star Wars And A-Team Video Mashup: A Possible Sneak Peek At The New Live Action Series?
30 December 2009 10:55 AM, PST
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Oh, please god, don’t let George see this. This is a wickedly executed A-Team and Star Wars video mashup that is perfectly done and also, perfectly cheesy. If George sees it, I’m certain he’ll feel compelled to be ah, influenced by it.
Which reminds me. Have you seen the breathtakingly perfect video review of “Episode 1: The Phantom Menace” bouncing around getting millions of views on the YouTube? I posted the links last week. I’ll post it again. I’m wondering if George may feel compelled to watch it, or at least the first bit (it’s 70 minutes). On behalf of the Sci-Fi community at large let me beseech you Mr. Lucas. Watch the review. Take the criticism and learn. Come back to us and to sanity. We miss you. Thanks to Topless Robot for the A-Team bit.
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- endymi0n
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‘The Phantom Menace Review’ Explains Why Star Wars Prequels Suck
28 December 2009 11:36 AM, PST
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Everyone knows The Phantom Menace is a terrible movie. You know it. Little kids with Anakin backpacks know it. George Lucas knows it, as he lies awake on his pile of Star Wars licensed gold. Even prequel apologists like me know it.
So, does anyone really need a 70-minute video review to tell us why we hate such a mind-numbing piece of woefully disappointing cinema? Yes, at least when it's produced by mad genius Mike Stoklasa of Red Letter Media.
Stoklasa's review doesn't simply trash The Phantom Menace, it explores the reasons the two Star Wars trilogies are so different, and examines the broader question of why some movies make people's eyes glaze over in awe and other movies make them want to slit their wrists.
The Phantom Menace Review is conducted in the same style as other Red Letter Media reviews. It's exhaustively illustrated with wall-to-wall footage from the film,
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- Ana Hurka-Robles
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70 Minute Fan Review of ‘The Phantom Menace’
22 December 2009 9:00 AM, PST
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By now, the likelihood that you’ve seen, or at least heard about the mega-review/breakdown of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is pretty certain. However, for those lucky few that have yet to enjoy it, here is the first video (of seven) that presents a meandering, yet quite funny, synopsis on everything wrong with the first of the three Star Wars prequels.
The filmmaker, who on his YouTube profile page, lists himself as Mike from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, uses his production company’s name, Red Letter Media, to provide a number of sci-fi movie reviews, fan-edits and original content (check out the ‘Dudebros.’ episodes for a laugh).
The review of Episode I has made it’s way into just about every corner of the internet; and I’m sure before it received the backlash that all these meme’s get, enjoy it for the fun that it is.
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- John Muth
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Mesa sayin' yousa have to check out this 70-minute video review of 'The Phantom Menace'
21 December 2009 1:30 PM, PST
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This is a few days old, but if you haven't checked out this 70-minute review of The Phantom Menace, then you're a menace to all the Star Wars: Episode I haters out there. Need an additional reason to sit through an hour-plus review? The series of awesome YouTube videos -- made by a man named "Mike" in Milwaukee -- won the approval of Lost and Star Trek's Damon Lindelof, who reportedly said about the review, “Your life is about to change. This is astounding film making. Watch All of it." So sit back and watch all of this
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- Kate Ward
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A 70-minute Takedown Of The Phantom Menace
19 December 2009 8:35 AM, PST
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A while back I blogged in response to all the lamenters of the decline in the number of film critics, writing that critics will have to find new forms of reviewing aimed at new online audiences. One critic who has just done that is, um... a serial killer named Mike from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. And he has done so not by crafting some kind of 30-second quick hit that you scan amidst flashing banner ads but with a hilarious, detailed, fan meta-critical 70-minute takedown of a film that most of you have probably already forgotten: George Lucas's Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace. Writes Peter Sciretta over at Slash Film:
And this isn’t your usual fanboy rant, this is an epic, well-edited well-constructed piece of geek film criticism. In
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- Scott Macaulay
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Funny Tpm review
17 December 2009 9:08 PM, PST
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If you guys thought you've had enough of the Star Wars prequels for one decade, you might want to make room for a little more.
Some dude named Mike from Milwaukee, Wi put together an amazing 70-minute long video review of The Phantom Menace that's equal parts hilarious and insightful. If you're still to this day a defender of the film that began the rapid decline of George Lucas's credibility, I suggest you don't watch it because it'll probably piss you off. But if you think Tpm is
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- George Merchan
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Why Phantom Menace Sucks Tauntaun Balls: The Definitive Text
17 December 2009 5:00 PM, PST
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· I hope you can carve 70 measly minutes out of your lives to watch this painstakingly researched, edited, argued and market-tested video review of why Star Wars: The Phantom Menace -- the Howard the Duck of the Star Wars series -- well and truly sucks Tauntaun balls. Well done, Mike of Milwaukee -- and have you ever considered a career change to Christmas special narrator? Your lilting tones comfort us. (We've embedded part one after the jump; click through to access the next six chapters.) [YouTube via /Film]
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Epic 70-Minute Review Of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
17 December 2009 3:59 PM, PST
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Let me say right off the bat that I understand 70 minutes is a long time. In fact, it is half the run-time of the film itself. I felt the same way when a friend first sent it to me, but, trust me, it is well worth it.
Posted by YouTube user RedLetterMedia this is an hour and ten minute reflection and review of the epic shit storm that was Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. But, trust me, it is unlike any review you have ever seen. Narrated by a man who sounds strangely similar to Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs, the first line of the seven part series is "Star Wars The Phantom Menace was more disappointing than my son," and it only gets stranger from there. Breaking down the film scene by scene, exploring Qui-Gon Jinn's secret drinking problem, the complete and utter uselessness of
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Watch This: 70-Minute Video Review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
17 December 2009 2:46 PM, PST
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Chances are you probably didn't like Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. You might be a Star Wars fan, or at least a fan of the original trilogy. After waiting in line for hours, days, weeks, you may have even written a mini 200-400 word review on an internet message board somewhere. If you were a working movie critic, you might have even written a 1,000-2,000 word review of the film for some newspaper or magazine. All of this exists in the realm of possibility...but what about a 70-minute video review?
Some guy named Mike from Milwaukee, Wi put together a 70-minute video review discussing the many reasons why the movie was horrible. And this isn't your usual fanboy rant, this is an epic, well-edited well-constructed piece of geek film criticism. In fact, the way I learned about the video was from Lost co-creator and Star Trek producer Damon Lindelof,
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- Peter Sciretta
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Reviews From A Parallel Universe: David Lynch’s Return of the Jedi
10 December 2009 10:00 AM, PST
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Continuing our pioneering look at movies from reality’s underside, Hug once again connects to her sister site in a parallel universe to bring you the kind of lowdown that would never make it to a hard copy publication on quality control grounds.
It’s a place where Western Culture has evolved to allow women to walk around bare breasted, where each and every human impulse is catered for in safe booths; there are ones for masturbation, suicide and the consumption of Dan Brown’s novels and in which film history reads differently. To our eyes it would look like the inane etchings of a bored and socially dysfunctional film journalist. You’re invented to be more thorough in your analysis.
In our reality the Star Wars series was dealt a fatal blow by its own creator with the interminable photo-chemical faecal matter known to some as The Phantom Menace
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- Ed Whitfield
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Boiling Point: Twilight
23 November 2009 1:47 PM, PST
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If you're a regular reader of the site, you've probably clicked into this article hoping to hear me tear Twilight a new asshole. If you're a visiting "Twihard," you've most likely come bearing fangs ready to tear out my throat over bashing your sweet Edward love child. So sorry to disappoint you both. See, this article isn't about Twilight per say. It's about the phenomena around it. And not the one you're thinking. Not the whole "how can anyone like something so much" or the "how much can tweens spend on movies" or whatever else. No, this is about the system of "cool" movie sites fighting the Twilight wave and then turning on each other.
There are a couple ways sites cover Twilight. Most of them take the "we're reluctantly covering this" route or the "can you believe this shit" pathway. Then there are the uber cool sites and pretentious authors who "refuse to cover that movie
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- Robert Fure
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Here's Why Roger Corman Deserves That Honorary Oscar
18 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST
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In 1939 the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Edgar Bergen for creating a funny puppet. Some people may have thought that was silly. They also may have found it silly that a strange little "cartoon" called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs earned itself an honorary Oscar. The legendary Bob Hope was given a fistful of honorary Oscars over the course of his amazing career ... and I don't remember anyone calling Bob Hope a brilliant actor or influential filmmaker.
In other words, these "honorary" awards that are handed out by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) can be given for any old reason they feel like -- and I for one am thrilled that they've decided to give one to Roger Corman this year. My illustrious colleague Eric Snider clearly doesn't feel the same way, and I'm here to tell Eric he's dead wrong. Wonderfully funny and a snappy dresser,
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- Scott Weinberg
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Here's Why Roger Corman Desrves That Honorary Oscar
18 November 2009 10:33 AM, PST
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In 1939 the Academy gave an honorary Oscar to Edgar Bergen for creating a funny puppet. Some people may have thought that was silly. They also may have found it silly that a strange little "cartoon" called Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs earned itself an honorary Oscar. The legendary Bob Hope was given a fistful of honorary Oscars over the course of his amazing career ... and I don't remember anyone calling Bob Hope a brilliant actor or influential filmmaker.
In other words, these "honorary" awards that are handed out by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) can be given for any old reason they feel like -- and I for one am thrilled that they've decided to give one to Roger Corman this year. My illustrious colleague Eric Snider clearly doesn't feel the same way, and I'm here to tell Eric he's dead wrong. Wonderfully funny and a snappy dresser,
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- Scott Weinberg
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Avatar: French Poster, 3 Hour Running Time Confirmed, Soundtrack Track Listing Reveals Entire Plot
18 November 2009 9:13 AM, PST
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Update: Fox has contacted us and assures us that the film's running time is "looking much closer to 2 1/2 hours".
Back in 1999, when I was still looking forward to Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace, I attempted to avoid any and all spoilers. I wanted to go into the movie not knowing what happened, partly because I figured that we all know what eventually happens, and I'd at least like to be surprised with some of these new characters. While doing the rounds at the local mall, The Natick Mall (which has since become yuppified and renamed "The Natick Collection"), I was checking out some extremely overpriced movies at Sam Goody when a friend approached me with the soundtrack to The Phantom Menace. He handed it over to me and said, "check out track Track 16!" And before thinking, I looked, to see the words "Qui-Gon's Funeral".
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- Peter Sciretta
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Remembering The Star Wars Holiday Special, even if we really don't want to
17 November 2009 4:03 PM, PST
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A long time ago (well, 31 years ago) in a galaxy far, far away (Television City isn't technically a different galaxy, unless you consider TV producers to be people who don't spend much time on planet Earth), an evil was unleashed upon the human race.
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the infamous Star Wars Holiday Special, a Christmas not-so-spectacular roasted by critics including some here at TV Squad years after it hit the air and even some of the franchise's most ardent fans.
That also includes George Lucas who once remarked at an Australian convention that he wished he could buy up all of the world's remaining copies of the show and smash them into oblivion with a sledgehammer. I wonder if 31 years from now, he'll be saying the same thing about Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace?
Continue reading Remembering The Star Wars Holiday Special, even if we
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- Danny Gallagher
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Bill Belichick's Fourth Quarter Colts Vs Patriots Fumble An Old Story In Hollywood
16 November 2009 8:00 AM, PST
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Everybody makes mistakes, even a three-time Super Bowl winning football coach like Bill Belichick. If a man like Belichick can cause a series of fatal game-changing events due to one bad coaching call — as he did during the fourth quarter of last night's game pitting his New England Patriots against the Indianapolis Colts — then you shouldn't feel too bad about breaking your mother's favorite vase or skipping out on "Drag Me To Hell" while it was in theaters. Alright, maybe you should feel bad about that last one.
But the Patriots head coach isn't alone in his ability to turn a single blunder into a catastrophic calamity — it's a storm that comes into port quite often in the hills of Hollywood. In fact, the following five film franchises have all seen similar collapses due to a fourth quarter fumble.
Batman & Robin
In 1997, the superhero movie genre almost died a dastardly death due to "Batman & Robin,
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- Josh Wigler
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New 3-D Star Wars Trilogy on the Horizon?
22 October 2009 8:18 AM, PDT
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File this one in the "We'll Believe It When We See It" category, but MarketSaw is saying an "absolutely connected," "trusted source" has let slip that, in addition to re-releasing the entire 6-part Star Wars trilogy in 3-D, George Lucas is planning on creating a new trilogy of Star Wars movies, filmed entirely in 3-D.
The article goes on to claim that Lucas is only interested in producing the trilogy, not directing, and that he may tap his friend Steven Spielberg, or perhaps Francis Ford Coppola, to helm one or all of the films.
Again, we'll believe it when we see it.
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A New Chapter in the Jedi Saga
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George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
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Nsfw Re-Edit of 'Star Wars' Mos Eisley Scene
20 October 2009 9:25 PM, PDT
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The folks over at Sci Fi Wire have unearthed a funny bit of YouTube goodness —a re-edit of a scene from the original Star Wars.
The sequence features the voice of British actor Peter Serafinowicz redubbing Alec Guinness' dialogue in a much more, ahem...shall we say, John McClane sort of way.
For those who may not know, Serafinowicz is known for voicing Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, playing Pete in Shaun of the Dead, and most recently appearing as Sctanley in Couples Retreat.
Be advised this is definitely Nsfw. Turn the speakers down so that the R-Rated dialogue doesn't make you the subject of tomorrow's informal water-cooler "talk" about work place ethics.
That aside, enjoy...
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[DVD Review] The Objective
17 October 2009 11:00 AM, PDT
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Poor Daniel Myrick. After all but setting the world on fire a decade ago with The Blair Witch Project (co-directed with Eduardo Sanchez), a film that managed to grab headlines in the summer of The Matrix, Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and The Sixth Sense, he returns now with The Objective, a film that is split by two opposing instincts: recapturing the glory of his initial success and expanding his vision to a scope that would suggest he’s ready to move on to a studio feature. Neither instinct is satisfied by either the film’s plotline or its execution, leaving us to wonder what movie he really wanted to make.
In the weeks following 9/11, the United States government picks up a strong heat signal emanating from the remote mountains of Afghanistan. The first suggestion, of course, is that the Taliban has gotten hold of a nuclear weapon,
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- Anders Nelson
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