History Awesome / RedLetterMedia

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWROBiX1eSc Science Man Analyzes Ghostbusters]] does a breakdown of all [=YouTube=] comments on the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' and discovered that, of all the people who watched the trailer, only '''0.08%''' of them left a negative comment pertaining to the GenderFlip of the cast. It vindicates most of the movie's detractors (who resented being labelled as misogynistic for simply thinking the movie didn't look very good) ''and'' its supporters (by showing just how marginally tiny the number of woman-bashers actually was).

* His comparing "Citizen Kane" to "Revenge of the Sith" and making it work, using their similar plots to point out WHY Citizen Kane is a well loved film (because it uses clever acting, scripting and angles to convey its plot) and why Sith is so bad (because it uses stale shots and wooden dialogue that says the plot instead of allowing it to happen naturally).

* His comparing "Citizen Kane" to "Revenge of the Sith" and making it work, using their similar plots to point out WHY Citizen Kane is a well loved film (because it uses clever acting, scripting and angels to convey its plot) and why Sith is so bad (because it uses stale shots and wooden dialogue that says the plot rather than lets it happen naturally).

* His comparing "Citizen Kane" to "Revenge of the Sith" and making it work, using their similar plots to point out WHY Citizen Kane is a well loved film (because it uses clever acting, scripting and angels to convey its plot) and why Sith is so bad (because it uses stale shots and wooden dialouge that says the plot rather than lets it happen naturally).

* His comparing "Citizen Kane" to "Revenge of the Sith" and making it work, using their similar plots to point out WHY Citizen Kane is a well loved film (because it uses clever acting, scripting and angels to convey it's plot) and why Sith is so bad (because it uses stale shots and wooden dialouge that says the plot rather than lets it happen naturally.

-->'''Plinkett''': I want to debunk a few myths about why [this film] is good, okay? Number one, "because it's [[TrueArtIsAngsty dark]]," no.

-->'''Plinkett''': I want to debunk a few myths about why [this film] is good, okay? Number one, "because it's [[TrueArtIsAngsty dark]]," no.

!!Half in the Bag:
* Their Half in the Bag video on Adam Sandler's ''Jack and Jill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from SNL, and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "Jack and Jill in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.
** The Awesomeness was enough for RogerEbert's editor Jim Emerson to do a [[http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/adam-sandlers-house-of-cruelty follow-up article]] to the Half in the Bag review.
* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the Paranormal Activity movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that Paranormal 4 makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.
* The reviews of ''RedTails'' and ''The People Vs. George Lucas'' make good serious counterparts to the Plinkett ''StarWars'' reviews, and at times are practically a film school analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of GeorgeLucas, including a pretty intellectual discussion over the morality of ExecutiveMeddling and whether or not Lucas has become a TrollingCreator.
* They call out the homophobic jokes in ''A Haunted House'' as bullying.
* Watching the first three ''Franchise/{{TRANSFORMERS}}'' films '''''at the same time''''' shows how formulaic the films really have been. The same scenes happen all at the ''same exact time'' in each film.

!!Best Of The Worst:
* Everyone, yes everyone, takes part in the delicious destruction of the American Flatulators tape. Completed with Rich Evans throwing a cement brick on top of the firey mess, thus being very cool about fire safety.

* Everyone, yes everyone, takes part in the delicious destruction of the American Flatulators tape. Completed with Chris Evans throwing a cement brick on top of the firey mess.

* Watching the first three ''Franchise/{{TRANSFORMERS}}'' films '''''at the same time''''' shows how formulaic the films really have been. The same scenes happen all at the ''same exact time'' in each film.

* Watching the first three ''[[Franchise/{{TRANSFORMERS}}]]'' films '''''at the same time''''' shows how formulaic the films really have been. The same scenes happen all at the ''same exact time'' in each film.

* They call out the homophobic jokes in ''A Haunted House'' as bullying.

* In the Star Trek: Insurrection review, Plinkett points out Picard's massive hypocrisy simply by playing clips of him giving a speech to Wesley on why Wesley's actions in one of The Next Generation episodes was wrong over clips of Picard doing the exact same thing in Insurrection.

** The Awesomeness was enough for RogerEbert to do a [[http://www.rogerebert.com/scanners/adam-sandlers-house-of-cruelty follow-up article]] to the Half in the Bag review.

* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the Paranormal Activity movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that Paranormal 4 makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

* The reviews of ''RedTails'' and ''The People Vs. George Lucas'' make good serious counterparts to the Plinkett ''StarWars'' reviews, and at times are practically a film school analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of GeorgeLucas, including a pretty intellectual discussion over the morality of ExecutiveMeddling and whether or not Lucas has become a TrollingCreator.

* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' is an excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the ''TheBlairWitchProject'' and ''{{Cloverfield}}'' scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the Paranormal Activity movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that Paranormal 4 makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' is a excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the TheBlairWitchProject and {{Cloverfield}} scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the Paranormal Activity movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that Paranormal 4 makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' is a excellent explanation of what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the TheBlairWitchProject and {{Cloverfield}} scary; that they aren't so much about the occasional 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]] when under threat. Mike compares the Paranormal Activity movies to Haunted House rides since there is nothing happening except for the scares. Jay compares the movies unfavourably to ''TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, saying that while some of those movies may be corny at least he can understand why people would want to go and see them. In the end they both conclude that PC4 makes ''Jack and Jill'' (see above) look like a masterpiece of effort.

* The review of ''Paranormal Activity 4'' explains what makes [[ApocalypticLog found footage]] movies like the TheBlairWitchProject and {{Cloverfield}} scary isn't so much the 'jump scares' as the [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters psychological breakdown of the characters]]. Mike calls it a Haunted House ride since there is nothing happening except for the scares.

* Their Half in the Bag video on Adam Sandler's ''Jack and Jill''. A vicious dissecting on the running themes in Sandler movies, whether it's the blatant ProductPlacement or Sandler shoe-horning in his friends from SNL, and that was just the beginning. They went on to explain how Sandler is the biggest scam artist in Hollywood. Ending it all with what can be described as "Jack and Jill in a nutshell" when Fake Plinkett's twin sister (Fake Plinkett in a wig) comes to visit while Mike & Jay purposely shove products in front of the camera.

-->'''Plinkett''': I want to debunk a few myths about why [this film] is good, okay? Number one, "because it's [[TrueArtIsAngsty dark]]," no.

-->Plinkett: I want to debunk a few myths about why [this film] is good, okay? Number one, "because it's [[TrueArtIsAngsty dark]]," no.

* The clip at the end of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review that juxtaposes Luke's decision to trust in his own abilities and the Force rather than fancy targeting computers in ''A New Hope'' with Lucas's increased reliance on CGI and technical wizardry while filming the prequels. The entire comparison is incredibly clever and the editing brilliant. The whole moment manages to be, frankly, emotionally affecting.

* The clip at the end of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review that juxtaposes Luke's decision to trust in his own abilities and the Force rather than fancy targeting computers with Lucas's increased reliance on CGI and technical wizardry. The entire comparison is incredibly clever and the editing brilliant. The whole moment manages to be, frankly, emotionally affecting.