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New Half in the bag, featuring Into the storm, and Ninja Turtles. BUT gently caress THAT CUZ THERE'S MORE TALKING ABOUT  !!!!BOYHOOD!!!!http://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-into-the-storm-and-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ edit: haha darn beaten, but this deserves two links to fully appreciate how loving GREAT BOYHOOD IS
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I demand more movie reviews with Rich just sitting there with his arms crossed.
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Aug 15, 2014 19:57
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I never got into RLM. Where do I start?
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Aug 15, 2014 20:11
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LoonShia posted:I never got into RLM. Where do I start? Best of the Worst. For Half in the Bag, try Jack and Jill and Resident Evil.
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Aug 15, 2014 20:12
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I suppose it wouldn't hurt to start with the thing that got them popular, their Star Wars prequel review series. Their Star Trek TNG movie reviews are also a good spot, but after that, you can pretty much just watch any old episode of Half in the Bag.
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gently caress you Jay Escape from LA is awesome and just as good as Escape from NY 
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Escape from LA is only good if you consider it to be a satire of the staleness and unoriginality of sequels.
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Aug 15, 2014 23:43
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It does have pretty badass ending though.
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Do not even ask posted:Escape from LA is only good if you consider it to be a satire of the staleness and unoriginality of sequels. I watched them in reverse order, so I felt Escape from NY wasn't nearly as over the top and thus a little less entertaining. Nothing beats Kurt Russell surfing his way out of LA.
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Same here except I thought to myself "Why is the first one so much better?" At least LA had Bruce Campbell in it.
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Aug 16, 2014 00:01
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e X posted:It does have pretty badass ending though.
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That basketball scene is horrible imo. I saw it for the first time last year after putting off for so long (and it worked out because it's set in 2013! It was meant to be), and I actually dug it for a while. It was goofier, but Snake owned, and had some good scenes, like the Bangkok Rules scene, or the plastic surgery one. But man, that basketball scene dragged forever, and the movie never recovered. But the surfing scene was hilarious.
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Aug 16, 2014 13:03
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Todd's got a new One Hit Wonderland: "Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede
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Aug 17, 2014 15:54
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wins.
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He had the wrong opinion because he didn't like it.
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Aug 17, 2014 18:46
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Bro Team (I guess it sort of meets the IC criteria if loving JonTron is covered) is in dire straits, mostly due to Machinima's doing.
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Aug 17, 2014 19:10
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Form a union or something already, ya'll internet goofballs.
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The last Retsutalk had a bit of a focus on bullet-hell shooters, and then Jontron did a thing on them  (Also featuring Samurai Zombie Nation - one of the Spoony one's first; and Cho Aniki, which is Cho Aniki and needs no further description.)
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Not that big of a shock, they both acknowledge eachother's feedback and Slowbeef has been streaming bullet-hell stuff for weeks. Altho all of those shooters that Jontron covered aren't exactly Bullet-Hell. I wish he would have poked more at Fantasy Zone other than "Man, Powerups. Totes like Iphone game amirite" because him sort of suspecting that there was something a bit messed up going on the background is sort of right on the sequel. SZN also had an amusing story of being the Westernized version of a game that was a bit less weird in the original version, it being a Tengu Head instead of a Samurai Head. And if he had played it until the end the whole "Darc Seed needs people around the house" makes a bit more sense than he expected.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:He had the wrong opinion because he didn't like it. Todd also hates Depeche Mode, don't take his opinions too seriously
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Aug 17, 2014 21:14
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How can y'all talk about amazing basketball scenes and not even mention this gem from Catwoman? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlmRId2FVQ
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quakster posted:Form a union or something already, ya'll internet goofballs. Just don't deal with Machima. They have a history of loving their clients.
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Huh, for some reason I always thought it was Suede too. When he showed footage of the band, for some reason I thought it was some kind of Star Wars tribute act with Luke singing...and then I realised that's just what the lead singer looks like. But yes, I can't say I like this song, there's something extremely uncomfortable about oogga-chugga-oogga-chugga. Like..racial stereotype uncomfortable. And it coming from a native american stereotype novelty song makes a lot of sense. Still, lots of interesting stuff about the song - I had no idea it had such a long history before this particular version. I'm surprised he didn't mention the fact that the other side of Jonathan king's single was..."I don't want to be gay." Uhhhhhh....
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Yup, my skin still crawls like gently caress at the sight of Jimmy Savile. Child molester, Incesstual corpse fucker, friend of Margaret Thatcher and presenter of Top of the Pops. Ugh.
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Gonzo McFee posted:Yup, my skin still crawls like gently caress at the sight of Jimmy Savile. Todd apparently watches a lot of his show during research. I think he said that it never stops being uncomfortable.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:Todd apparently watches a lot of his show during research. Try that but for all of British TV.
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Benne posted:How can y'all talk about amazing basketball scenes and not even mention this gem from Catwoman? Clearly a charge, no basket.
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Infamous Sphere posted:Huh, for some reason I always thought it was Suede too. For years I thought the song was an original David Hasselhoff song. The fact that it isn't just makes me dissapointed
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For some reason I always thought it was Neil Diamond. That may have just been Kazaa lying to me. Wouldn't have been the first time.
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That was a weak as hell video. I can't name a single actual criticism Todd had of the song, it all just came back to "I don't like it" and "~just listen~" as if this beloved pop song was supposed to be self-evidently lovely. Todd is usually pretty decent at recognizing that taste in music is insanely subjective, and drat good at articulating precisely why he does(n't) like a song, but that OHW is a pretty massive failure of both of those skills.
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After listening to the BJ Thomas version, I can somewhat appreciate why he dislikes the Blue Swede version. The original is relatively underplayed and nuanced-- it's a kinder, softer "Hooked on a Feeling." The Blue Swede version is such bombast in comparison. That's why it stands out to most people, but most people don't have the quieter version as a point of comparison. I guess it's the same as Todd's complaint against Pseudo Echo's cover of "Funky Town" (except that no one likes Pseudo Echo's version of "Funky Town"). Often (not always), when you amp something up to a ridiculous degree, you gut out whatever made the song interesting/fun/original. Personally, I like the Blue Swede version, but upon hearing the original, I think I like it better. Of course, I like the flying-on-a-motorcycle/fur-clad-toboggan-surfer/random-alien-a-minute-in Hoff version best. You don't beat Mitch von Malibu.
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Kunster posted:Bro Team (I guess it sort of meets the IC criteria if loving JonTron is covered) is in dire straits, mostly due to Machinima's doing. This sucks, broteam is a cool guy.
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Ronk a Donk posted:Of course, I like the flying-on-a-motorcycle/fur-clad-toboggan-surfer/random-alien-a-minute-in Hoff version best. You don't beat Mitch von Malibu.
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On the off-chance you read this Lupa, thanks for introducing me to "Bernard and the Genie." I had a memory of your review today, fired the review up up, found the movie itself online and it was a welcome pick-me-up. Keep doing what you're doing girl, it does have an impact.
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mind the walrus posted:On the off-chance you read this Lupa, thanks for introducing me to "Bernard and the Genie." I had a memory of your review today, fired the review up up, found the movie itself online and it was a welcome pick-me-up. Keep doing what you're doing girl, it does have an impact. Oh thank you! It was a really fun Christmas movie; much more heartfelt than I expected. Glad it lifted your spirits!
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I was going to post the unintentionally hilarious single cover by Jonathan King that Todd showed in the video and then...uh, yeah.  I did get a chuckle at the Blue Swede cover of Half Breed joke as I'm a half-Swede. It really wasn't a very fun review to watch. Todd's fixation on the "ooga-chaka" thing gets old halfway through. I do understand his vitriol, though: when a band puts out what you perceive as an inferior cover that eclipses the original, that can be a tough one to swallow. But even by his own admission the original (as a whole) wasn't that great to begin with, so why get so upset? His frustration with the subject matter becomes an obstacle in enjoying the video. The Hasselhoff version alone is worthy of a video for the sheer goofy  of it all. But here, had you sneezed at the moment Todd mentioned it, you would've missed it.Look at this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8 Ghostpilot fucked around with this message at 10:06 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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David Hasselhoff is very precious.
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KayTee posted:The last Retsutalk had a bit of a focus on bullet-hell shooters, and then Jontron did a thing on them What's the one he mentions at about 1:30? The colorful one where you're fighting a giant mermaid? Sounds like he's saying "Herodius" or "Theordius". It's hard to understand him sometimes but I'd like to know what that one is.
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cubs2084 posted:What's the one he mentions at about 1:30? The colorful one where you're fighting a giant mermaid? One of the Parodius games; dunno which one offhand though.
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On his pissy "Wow Japanese suuuuure are weird" during the Artichoke part, he glossed over GyNoug. I'm surprised THAT didn't pop on his description, but again there are very good reasons (Both sort of challenging and well the cybernatic bleeding making GBS threads dick on stage 5. NWS) The game is Parodius 2/Gokujou Parodius for the SNES.
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Miss Wallace posted:That is the greatest Hasselhoff video of all time, followed by Jump in My Car. In third place? DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwC_ej9qS_k
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