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| 3 | ->''"I've analyzed this film with a team of cheerleaders, and they came up with one unanimous conclusion: that if I let them go, they promise they won't tell nobody."'' |
| 4 | |
| 5 | ''Mr. Plinkett Reviews'' is a [[VideoReviewShow movie review web series]] by WebVideo/RedLetterMedia, and the company's BreakoutHit. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Mike Stoklasa performs in voiceover as Harry S. Plinkett, who painstakingly {{review}}s terrible films and sub-par offerings of beloved franchises. The character of Mr. Plinkett is a cantankerous old man prone to mumbling, mispronouncing words, and getting sidetracked on unrelated tangents. His {{review}}s are heavily sprinkled with increasingly overt insinuations that he is a SerialKiller who murdered his wives and regularly kidnaps other women. The reviews were an early trailblazer for long-form video essays, often extending beyond an hour. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [=RedLetterMedia=] earned mainstream attention with the Mr. Plinkett review of ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Star Wars: The Phantom Menace]]'', and it remains their most popular and celebrated offering. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[folder:Works reviewed by Mr. Plinkett]] |
| 12 | * ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' |
| 13 | * ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'' |
| 14 | * ''Film/StarTrekInsurrection'' |
| 15 | * ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' |
| 16 | * ''[[Film/ThePhantomMenace Star Wars: The Phantom Menace]]'' |
| 17 | * ''[[Film/AttackOfTheClones Star Wars: Attack of the Clones]]'' |
| 18 | * ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith]]'' |
| 19 | * ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/BabysDayOut'' |
| 21 | * ''Cop Dog'' |
| 22 | * ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/StarTrek2009'' |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' |
| 25 | * ''[[Film/TheForceAwakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' |
| 26 | * ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' |
| 27 | * ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Star Wars: The Last Jedi]]'' |
| 28 | * ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' Season One |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
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| 31 | ---- |
| 32 | !!''Mr. Plinkett Reviews'' uses the following tropes: |
| 33 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 34 | |
| 35 | [[folder:A-D]] |
| 36 | * TenMinuteRetirement: At the end of his ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' review, Plinkett sadly rolls away into the sunset in his wheelchair, reciting [[http://www.bartleby.com/103/32.html 'To An Athlete Dying Young']], looking very much like it's the last episode... then he suddenly remembers that he needs to review ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' movies and the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' movies and ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''... |
| 37 | * AbandonedWarChild: Plinkett implies he fathered one during the Vietnam War during his review of ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. |
| 38 | * AbortedArc: |
| 39 | ** Plinkett being apprehended by the police. It happens at the end of his ''Phantom Menace'' review, it's mentioned that he's "in the clink" in the ''Attack of the Clones'' preview, [[note]]The preview of the latter review seems to suggest that the ghost of Music/JohnnyCash magically and inexplicably broke him out of jail.[[/note]] and then it's never mentioned again. |
| 40 | --->"Stay back, coppers, I'm packin' heat!" |
| 41 | ** There's also how in earlier reviews Mr. Plinkett clearly and regularly abducted people. It seems weird how Mr. Plinkett in later reviews gets feedback from other people about describing characters from the old and new prequels instead of them fleeing in horror or being kidnapped. |
| 42 | * AbusiveParents: In the commentary for the History of Plinkett Documentary, Plinkett reveals that his father used to hit him. [[UnreliableNarrator At least according to Plinkett]]. Mr. Plinkett is very probably one himself. He considers his son to be a disappointment in the same league as Film/ThePhantomMenace, and states that he [[DrivenToSuicide hanged himself in a gas station bathroom]]. |
| 43 | * AcCENTUponTheWrongSylLABle: It's very common for Mr. Plinkett to mispronounce certain words, such as "proa-ta-gone-ist" and "anal-sis." |
| 44 | * AccidentalMisnaming: |
| 45 | ** He jokingly calls Jango Fett "Boba" in the ''Episode II'' review. Some viewers took the joke at face value and thought that he seriously couldn't see the difference. |
| 46 | ** Also Ewan [=McDonald=] instead of [=McGregor=], and William Shakesman/Shatner/Shakespeare. |
| 47 | ** Senator Music/PaulMcCartney's hearings on [[RedScare Soviet spies]] were a milestone in U.S. history.[[note]]As were the Salem Wolf-Man trials.[[/note]] |
| 48 | ** Rose [=McGowan=] plays Creator/KateWinslet. |
| 49 | ** "Even [[Creator/LaurenceOlivier Sir Laurence Oliver]] couldn't read these shitty lines!" |
| 50 | ** He thinks Rose's fiance in ''Titanic'' is called [[Series/TheCosbyShow Cliff Huxtable]]. |
| 51 | * AffablyEvil: Plinkett gives off an air of this at first glance, what with his insightful criticisms and snarky quips. He can even come off as an endearing and harmless (if senile) old man with his confusion about everything and enthusiasm for Star Wars and Star Trek... that is until his insanity and horrible actions start to slip through. |
| 52 | * TheAlcoholic: You'd need a drink, too, if you had to review these movies. |
| 53 | -->"Maybe It's time for another vodka gimlet... ''[trips over furniture]'' GW'OOH FCK!" |
| 54 | * AllIsWellThatEndsWell: Following his duel with Nadine, subsequent hospital stay, and near-assassination, Plinkett cheerfully returns home to...[[spoiler:microwave his cat]]. |
| 55 | * AlternateDVDCommentary: Mr. Plinkett and the Half in the Bag characters had made audio commentaries, which can be seen on the site's [[http://redlettermedia.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp.]]. |
| 56 | * AluminumChristmasTrees: Invoked in the ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' review where Plinkett states that the scene where Mutt uses a snake as a rope to get Indy out of quicksand couldn't happen since the snake would get ripped in half. |
| 57 | -->'''Mr. Plinkett''': I don't know, it just doesn't seem realistic to me. Now go ahead and post comments about how people have used snakes as ropes for years in the Amazon or whatever, you fuckin assho- |
| 58 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Mr. Plinkett himself. Apparently, he made out with George Lucas, and he compliments William Shatner's merkin (a pubic wig) in the Star Trek review. |
| 59 | * AnythingButThat: "''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' is the worst thing ever made by a human... except for the bagpipes." |
| 60 | * {{Angrish}}: Several minor occasions scattered throughout the series, usually with The Scary Voice, but the best example would have to be when confronted with the asspull of Yoda telling Obiwan how to talk to Force Specters. |
| 61 | -->And then Yoda tells Obiwan that he should talk to Qui-Gon's ghost! (LaughTrack plays) WHAT THE FUCK?! No-one-evermentionedanyoneeverdevertime 'bout talkin' to ghosts!!!!!!" |
| 62 | * ArcWords: |
| 63 | ** The entire quote by Creator/GeorgeLucas, [[OverlyLongGag constantly repeated]] in the reviews of all three prequels: "And again, it's like poetry, it's sort of, they ''rhyme''. Every stanza kind of rhymes with the last one. [[TemptingFate Hopefully it'll work]]." |
| 64 | ** Another quote by his NumberTwo, Rick [=McCallum=], repeated almost as often: "It's so dense, every single image has so many things going on…" |
| 65 | ** "What is wrong with your ''faaaaaace''?" |
| 66 | ** "You might not have noticed... but your brain did." |
| 67 | * ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: |
| 68 | ** Mr. Plinkett says, "I don't think I've ever seen a movie like this, with mind rape, child slave labor, guy getting impaled on a spike and then pulling it through his own guts, horrific scenes of death, close-ups of Marina Sirtis." |
| 69 | ** He even does a ''positive'' example of this, listing two really important good things cultures with technology has before listing something far less important. |
| 70 | -->'''Mr. Plinkett''': Plus they (savage cultures without technology) don't got things like antibiotics, indoor plumbing, or Taco Bell. |
| 71 | ** Elsa Schneider's ListOfTransgressions include "Nazi, Whore, Liar, [[HeManWomanHater Woman]]." |
| 72 | ** He complains about the recent trend of ''Star Trek'' movies all being revenge films. "I'm filled with so much hate I don't know what to do with it! Usually I turn it into murder. Or complaining at the Post Office about the price of stamps." |
| 73 | * TheArtifact: Plinkett's ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' review is divided into a whopping seven parts. This was done to circumvent a limit that [=YouTube=] placed on videos that restricted them to being under 10 minutes. This limit is no longer in place, and the more recent Plinkett reviews are all single videos that are well over an hour in length. |
| 74 | * AsHimself: "Man In A Black Cloak" |
| 75 | * AscendedMeme: Yes, Kathy's [[http://www.amazon.com/review/R3KRPHVARXOVVL/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg1?ie=UTF8&asin=B003E1QDQW&cdForum=FxUG6SGWERM6L3&cdPage=1&cdThread=Tx3EF38NV0NNHJ5&store=movies-tv#wasThisHelpful review]] of ''Cop Dog'' was indeed real. Well, not the "[[PrecisionFStrike Motherfucker!]]" conclusion. One must wonder what Kathy thinks of over 1120 people voting her review as helpful. |
| 76 | * AuthorAppeal: |
| 77 | ** Mr. Plinkett isn't the only foul-mouthed sociopathic elderly person Stoklasa's created, ie. ''Recipe for Disaster''. |
| 78 | ** Mike is a fan of the famous jazz artist (and Plinkett's contemporary) Frank Sinatra, to the point that virtually every review has featured Rat Pack-era music. Often, the lyrics double as jabs at George Lucas, as well. |
| 79 | * AuthorUsurpation: [=RedLetterMedia=] is probably still best known for the Plinkett ''The Phantom Menace'' review, to the point that it's still the first thing mentioned on their channel description. However, the Plinkett reviews have gradually lost prominence on the channel as their other series gained traction with viewers. |
| 80 | * AxCrazy: He's killed several of his ex-girlfriends and wives, several Koreans, and now needs to go because his cat isn't going to milk itself. |
| 81 | * BaitAndSwitch: In the Episode 3 review, he talks about the "funniest scene in movie history". He goes through the part when Vader arises in detail, and shows the moment as...[[spoiler: Yoda telling Obi-Wan to talk to Qui-Gon's ghost.]] |
| 82 | * BaitAndSwitchComment: |
| 83 | ** In the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review, he jokes that "Sith" has an appropriate anagram: [[spoiler: Tshi, which he claims is Chinese for "Disappointed in the cooking of the duck meat" (of course it's a made-up word that doesn't actually mean anything in Chinese).]] |
| 84 | ** Another good one from the same review, where he rants about how reviews have called the movie better because it's DarkerAndEdgier: "My ''[[ToiletHumour stool]]'' is dark! And doctor says that's bad! I don't know why he thinks he knows so much about interior decorating, though. ''[{{rimshot}} and a picture of a leather stool]''". |
| 85 | ** At the conclusion of the ''Ghostbusters (2016)'' review, a stuntwoman is splattered by white slime coming out of a hose. Plinkett says the crew was enjoying it because it looked like... it was going to be a great visual effect[[note]]and not the obvious bukakke metaphor[[/note]]. |
| 86 | ** "Fuckin' Ray Charles could have seen that coming… [[spoiler:and he doesn't even know anything about Star Wars!]]" |
| 87 | ** "''Avatar'' ushered in a new age of 3-D film-making. [[spoiler:And by age I mean six months]]." |
| 88 | ** Chalks up the misfire of ''Star Trek V'' to an issue of ego. "'''James Doohan's''' ego was out of contr--!!...[[Creator/WilliamShatner wait]]." |
| 89 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: "Special effects are just tools. A means of telling a story. People have a tendency to confuse them as ends themselves. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing." -- '''''George Lucas'''''. |
| 90 | --> '''Plinkett:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORWPCCzSgu0&feature=youtu.be&t=579 You said it brother...]] [[DoubleTake Wait]], ''you'' said that?! |
| 91 | * BeenThereShapedHistory: Plinkett claims he was responsible for the ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'' sinking. |
| 92 | * BetterByADifferentName: In a variation, he says that ''Film/StarTrek2009'' actually ''is'' better if you think of it as a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie instead of a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' movie. He also says that it's a better SW film than the prequels. |
| 93 | * BigBad: George Lucas fills this role in the Plinkett Reviews continuity if you count ''Revenge of Nadine'' as part of it. |
| 94 | * BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At the end of the ''Phantom Menace'' review, he says that the part where a floating pizza roll told him to go murder his wife was really strange. ''[[LampshadeHanging Plinkett himself states he doesn't understand how it fit into The Phantom Menace either.]]'' ([[StrawmanHasAPoint But he thought it made a good point.]]) Continued in the conclusion of his ''Titanic'' review, Plinkett ends up rambling about how James Cameron was very inaccurate. [[spoiler:He goes on to mention how ''he'' actually crashed the ship because another talking pizza roll talked him into it, the ship was unmanned as Plinkett's mother was having sex with the captain at the time, aliens caused the ship to snap in two, his father died hiding in a suitcase, and the whole thing was covered up out of embarrassment.]] [[invoked]] |
| 95 | * BigShutUp: |
| 96 | ** "[[Franchise/LawAndOrder Fred Thompson]], shut yer trap! SHUT UP! Let her go look for her baby, she'd probably've found it by now. ''You'' [[PoliceAreUseless haven't gotten shit done!]]" |
| 97 | ** Gives one to Rick [=McCallum=] during a later use of the "its so dense" line. "SHUTYOURFUCKINGFACE!" |
| 98 | ** He berates George Lucas' "It's like poetry" line once or twice, but eventually gives up and mutters, "Okay, yeah, we get it. Thank you." |
| 99 | * BigWhat: |
| 100 | ** His discovery of the ''Revenge of the Sith'' DVD inside his ''Baby's Day Out'' case. |
| 101 | ** The results of the [[Creator/EastmanKodak Kodak]] printer challenge™. |
| 102 | ** And again in his review of ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': |
| 103 | -->'''Picard:''' No, there's a chance we could hit the dish, it's charged with antiprotons. We could destroy half the ship!\ |
| 104 | ''(cut to Picard unloading a phaser at the dish)''\ |
| 105 | '''Plinkett:''' [=WhaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAT?=] |
| 106 | ** Palpatine, after Plinkett preempts his demands for more reviews by linking him to a gay porn video. |
| 107 | -->'''Palpatine:''' I was not going to ask for a review of '''THAT'''! |
| 108 | -->'''Plinkett:''' [[IronicEcho I have foreseen it]], though. |
| 109 | ** And Palpatine again after answering his cell phone: |
| 110 | -->"Hello? The Phantom Menace in 3-D? [=WHAAAAAT?=]" |
| 111 | ** Then when he finds out that ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' won't be released in December 2014 but December 2015. |
| 112 | --->'''Plinkett:''' '''''WHAT?!''''' 2015?! I don't even know I'll ''live'' that long! |
| 113 | * BigWordShout: Picard's magically teleporting photo album. You know what ''that'' spells: '''''[[spoiler:LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''''' |
| 114 | * BizarroEpisode: [[invoked]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2lnI_XqHSU ''Recipe for Disaster!'']], the replacement video for ''Baby's Day Out'' because [[ExecutiveMeddling FOX wouldn't let him upload the review to YouTube]]. |
| 115 | * BlackComedyRape: Each of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' reviews have lines about "the Force" being used on women. Another running gag is a reference to the pinball table scene from ''Film/TheAccused''. |
| 116 | -->"Haha. Rape jokes. I love 'em!" |
| 117 | --> (on Picard disobeying orders) "In fact, Picard's orders get violated more often than Councilor Troi." |
| 118 | --> "Remember in ''[[Film/StarTrekNemesis Nemesis]]'' when Riker fought that alien for mind-raping his wife? I don't know why he did that, you'd think he'd want to give the guy a fifty dollar bill!" |
| 119 | * BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: |
| 120 | ** He originally tried to extort money from his viewers by claiming it was for his grandkids' ear medicine. |
| 121 | ** While shilling ''Half in the Bag'' [=DVD=]s, he offhandedly mentions that they have such a big surplus, Plinkett is forced to store them in front of [[ShameIfSomethingHappened the only fire exit of a children's orphanage]]. "Order ''today''." |
| 122 | * BlandNameProduct: Parodied in the ''Episode III'' Review Epilogue when Nadine meets Emperor Palpatine. |
| 123 | -->'''Nadine''': What do you want, man-in-a-black-cloak-who-is-not-a-trademarked-character-of-Lucas-Limited? |
| 124 | -->'''Palpatine''': I see you know my name. |
| 125 | * BookDumb: |
| 126 | ** "I ain't never read one a 'dem [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse Star Wars books]], or any books in general for that matter!" |
| 127 | ** "The only things I've ever read is the directions to my fleshlight." |
| 128 | ** "I mean, even when ''Cop and a Half'' half-assed it, it was still ''three-quarters'' cop! ..Wait, gotta check my math on that. [cue [[HardWorkMontage montage of charts and calculations]]] --Yeah I'm right." |
| 129 | * BrainBleach: Mr. Plinkett advocates drinking the real deal to make all memories of the prequels go away. |
| 130 | -->"Fuck the pain away, fuck the pain away, fuck the pain away..." |
| 131 | * BreadEggsBreadedEggs: In the ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' preview, Plinkett says he uses the phone for phone sex, ordering pizza, and pizza phone sex. |
| 132 | * BreadEggsMilkSquick: |
| 133 | ** "Classic ''Franchise/StarTrek'' images are as identifiable and well-known as, like, the [=McDonald’s=] logo, Santa Claus, Superman, and dog crap." |
| 134 | ** ''The Dog Who Saved Christmas, The Dog Who Ruined Christmas, The Dog Who Got Shot Out Back for Ruining Christmas...'' |
| 135 | ** "''Star Trek V'' is what they call a 'train wreck': good intentions gone horribly wrong. |
| 136 | --->"Trains ''usually'' have good intentions: To move people, cargo, {{hobos}}, et cetera..." |
| 137 | *** "I'm all for recycling things. Glass, paper, [[HumanResources people]]..." |
| 138 | * BreathlessNonSequitur: So, ''so'' many. Particularly among Plinkett's digressions about his past victims. |
| 139 | * BreakoutCharacter: The Plinkett ''The Phantom Menace'' review going viral essentially put RLM on the map. It took years for the channel to develop a following that wasn’t simply waiting for the next Plinkett video. |
| 140 | * BrokenBird: Nadine the Hooker seems to have become one, as the trailer for the ''[[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Episode III]]'' review shows her heading to Plinkett's house to kill him and apparently being insane herself. |
| 141 | * BuffySpeak: |
| 142 | ** "Every character is ''dumb''! But who's the dumbdest? Let's find out..." |
| 143 | ** Mmm, pizza rolls. They're hot, and pizza-y. |
| 144 | ** "Pass the [[SuckinessIsPainful Vicodins]]. No wait, we need [[InstantSedation Ambiens]]. ...well, we sure need somethingens." |
| 145 | * ByNoIMeanYes: As he starts talking about the close similarities between the plot of ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'' and ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''. |
| 146 | -->"And I'm not mentioning this to say, like, they [the Nemesis writers] ripped off that plot or anything, but what they did do was rip off that plot." |
| 147 | * CaneFu: His duel with Nadine. |
| 148 | * CaptionHumor: |
| 149 | ** "''[[ArtisticLicensePhysics 7 Metric Tons?!?!?!?!?]]''" |
| 150 | ** Inserting sexual innuendo into "what could have been [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the greatest lesbian sex scene ever put into]] [[Film/BabysDayOut a children's film.]]" |
| 151 | ** "??????????????????". (Most often used during clips of anything said by Creator/WalterKoenig in behind-the-scenes interviews.) |
| 152 | ** The mom in ''Cop Dog'' calculating the cost of the psychotherapy her son needs. |
| 153 | * CatsAreMean: His theory for why there aren't more direct-to-DVD movies featuring cats instead of dogs. |
| 154 | ** ''Cat Cop''. [[{{Tagline}} He's a cat....and a cop....whatever]]. |
| 155 | * CausticCritic: Mr. Plinkett criticizes a lot of the movies he reviews. It's deconstructed because he is not a very nice person outside his reviews either. |
| 156 | * CharacterCatchphrase: |
| 157 | ** "Oh? ...[[FridgeHorror Oh]]! ...[[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow Ohhhh]]..." |
| 158 | ** I'll [[DoubleEntendre get deeper into that]] later..." |
| 159 | ** ...So let's dive right in! ''(*cut to someone drowning/falling to their death*)'' Huh huh huhhh. |
| 160 | ** WHAMMO! SHABOOMZ! BLAMMO! |
| 161 | ** And then the dumbest thing ever happens... |
| 162 | ** MadLibsCatchphrase: "[movie title] is [[WorstWhateverEver the worst thing since]] [whatever]. |
| 163 | ** "Now I've anal-yzed this scene with a team of scientists/engineers/perverts/from the Hair Club for Men/cheerleaders/dead people/two experts on the field of love, porn star Joslyn James and Tiger Woods/etc." |
| 164 | ** "You might not have noticed [some visual element of the movie he's discussing] -- but [[SubliminalSeduction your brain did]]." |
| 165 | ** (says something shocking) "''Any''way..." |
| 166 | ** "Hit it, Johnny!" (used as a transition to another topic or a montage) |
| 167 | * ChildHater: {{Zigzagged}}. While Plinkett claims in the Episode I review that "nobody likes little kids, especially little kids who can't act," the Indiana Jones review repeatedly shows that he has a bit of a soft spot for "sexy Indian children." |
| 168 | * ClickbaitGag: Red Letter Media has mocked the use of flashy titles and thumbnails to compensate for shallow content in videos about the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise. So far, they've parodied this in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Clickbait Video!", "The top ten things YOU didn't know about Darth Vader's suit!", and "Star Wars Film/RogueOne Trailer Breakdown No. 6,387." |
| 169 | * ClusterFBomb: Plinkett is fond of these. |
| 170 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: |
| 171 | ** After condensing his reviews of dog-themed kid's movies into one unintelligible, mumbling cacophony, Plinkett concludes that it was a horrible idea: |
| 172 | --->"I totally forgot to include ''Karate Dog and Santa Paws''!" |
| 173 | ** In an update video, Plinkett awakes to find himself BuriedAlive with a lot of [=DVDs=] and a player lying around in his coffin. |
| 174 | ---> Why would they bury me with these movies? They must not want me to review them... |
| 175 | ** From his Kingdom of the Crystal Skull review when dismissing George Lucas' insistence on including aliens in the film: |
| 176 | ---> "Why is he so important. Since when does being a billionaire that owns the company making the movie mean you have some kind of say in it?" |
| 177 | * CountryMatters: |
| 178 | ** When analyzing the Star Wars Ring Theory, Plinkett asks several times if the structure of the franchise forms a circle, calling it a "big C." Whenever he says "big C," however, the screen shows an infamous clip of Creator/JenniferLawrence being rude to a reporter at a press conference, implying the ''other'' kind of "big C." |
| 179 | ** He more bluntly calls Jar Jar a loathsome cunt in the Episode 3 review, asking if a male dog knows who is a female dog by sniffing its cunt in the Cop Dog review, and referring to one of the female characters in Titanic. |
| 180 | * CreatorsApathy: [[invoked]] Plinkett often seems so genuinely uninterested in actually reviewing his movies, that sometimes he doesn't even care to finish words or to enunciate them whatsoever properly. This works perfectly with Mr. Plinkett's trademark sloppy style, as the sloppy style itself seems coordinated with brilliant craft. Implied in the ''Star Wars'' reviews. See, for example, the mention of two Jedi Knights in the ''Phantom Menace'' [[OpeningScroll title scroll]] or the difference between Gungas and Gungans. |
| 181 | * CreditsGag: ''(Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)'' had some good moments but overall it was pretty disappointing. [[{{Anticlimax}} That's the end thanks for checking out my review!]] |
| 182 | * CreepyBasement: |
| 183 | ** The most memorable and frightening scenes take place in Harry's creepy, dilapidated basement; contents include a plastic bin, several piles of various debris, a refrigerator containing flesh eating cockroaches, more than one human skeleton, one or more living victims to be occasionally tormented by Plinkett, and a Titanic promotional popcorn tub. |
| 184 | ** A popcorn tub ''filled with bones.'' |
| 185 | ---> "[[EvilSoundsDeep GET OUT OF MY POPCORN TUB! JAARG-!]]" |
| 186 | * TheCynic: Generally characterizing George Lucas as "a businessman first, and a filmmaker second." Of course Lucas changed the title of "''Revenge'' of the Jedi" to "''Return'' of the Jedi" because revenge is incompatible with the Jedi philosophy, but Plinkett jokes that it was because "he discovered that having a word with one less letter in it would save him $916 annually on the cost of printing the logo on countless T-shirts, action figure boxes and posters". |
| 187 | * DamnedByFaintPraise: |
| 188 | ** Out of universe, Mike Stoklasa (Mr. Plinkett's actor) claims that Jar Jar Binks, who is usually picked on as one of the major flaws in ''The Phantom Menace'' and is considered by Plinkett to be annoying, is one of the few things that actually makes sense in the movie due to having a coherent story arc. Plinkett echoes this in his ''The Phantom Menace'' commentary track. |
| 189 | ** The things he likes best about ''Revenge of the Sith'' are things that ''aren't'' in ''Revenge of the Sith...'' and Palpatine. |
| 190 | ** Plinkett says that ''Baby's Day Out'' is in fact what it says it is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about a baby out loose in the city]]. The one positive about the movie. |
| 191 | ** Finally, the only kid in [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith this film]] that talks dies. And all of 'em die. These are positive changes. |
| 192 | ** [[invoked]]So, what else did I like? [{{beat}}] um... I guess I liked it when [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing Anakin got burned]]. [[EndingFatigue I liked it when it was over]]! |
| 193 | ** Before complaining some more about ''Crystal Skull'', I thought it'd be fair to point out some of the things I liked about the film. [-Don't worry, this won't take long.-] |
| 194 | ** ''Titanic'' aimed for the middle. And it hit the target ''perfectly''. |
| 195 | * DecidedByOneVote: Where did the ''Star Trek'' franchise go horribly wrong? ''[Why hello, [[Film/StarTrekGenerations Generations]].]'' Now, I ain't sayin' no one in particular is to blame... ''[Unrelated publicity video of Rick Berman]'' |
| 196 | * DeliciousDistraction: Subverted and combined with {{Squick}} of the highest order. Plinkett is at one point comparing the {{Filler}} in the ''Star Wars'' prequels to the filler in Twinkies, when he suddenly goes "Mmmm...[[spoiler:I like to fuck my cat...]]" |
| 197 | * DemonicPossession: During his ''Avatar'' review he [[NoodleIncident mentioned]] experiencing one once. |
| 198 | * DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: |
| 199 | ** "Qui-Gon Jin and Obi-Wan Kenobi should have been combined to form a new character, called Obi-Wan Kenobi." |
| 200 | ** ''Star Trek: The''....Star Trek." |
| 201 | ** ''Cop Dog'' is the worst cop film since ''Kid Cop'', ''Film/CopOut'', and ''Cop Cop''. |
| 202 | ** And then ''Film/StarTrek2009'' becomes ''Space Adventure Film - Set in the future ...'' [[RecycledInSpace OF SPAAAAAAA--]]! |
| 203 | ** When weighing the faults of ''Titanic'''s leads, Plinkett can't find any aside from [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth a tendency toward suicide]] and [[PokeThePoodle littering]]. He then lists off the memorable traits of Hockley (Billy Zane): Objectifies women, beats woman, and tries to shoot at women. |
| 204 | --->"He ''also'' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint has no faults]]!" |
| 205 | * DiscriminateAndSwitch: |
| 206 | ** "Even Music/RayCharles could have seen that one coming. And he doesn't know anything about ''Franchise/StarWars''." |
| 207 | ** "In this new situation, ''without'' the Indians, Picard's suddenly willing to defy orders and risk everything to save white peop-- [[LastSecondWordSwap I-I MEAN, save people he's grown attached to!]]" |
| 208 | ** "Anakin's just sitting there like a retard! [--- Oh, can I still say "retard"?-] Anakin is just sitting there like an exceptional individual." |
| 209 | ** "Who's this dog's trainer, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Vick Michael Vick]]? [[spoiler:([[DontExplainTheJoke Didja get that joke?]] It's because Michael Vick would often throw passes that would go well ahead of the intended receiver...)]]" |
| 210 | ** "Once again, drug 'em out of retirement for one last shot at embarrassment." [cue images of Brett Farve and UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan] "--hey, how'd these sports images get into my review? |
| 211 | ** The [[UsefulNotes/BlackHoles supermassive black hole]] should not be confused with a supermassive black '''ho'''. ...Y'know. ''(beat)'' Which is a large tool I use to garden with." (''Star Trek V'') |
| 212 | * DontExplainTheJoke: |
| 213 | ** "That must be why they call him Qui-gon Gin. [-'cuz he's always drinkin' gin.-] |
| 214 | ** "So Yoda might be a powerful Jedi, [[StrangeSyntaxSpeaker but wise he is not]]. [-(Get it? I--I did like a Yoda thing?)-] |
| 215 | ** "Maybe he should download a program into his brain about child care." [-(That was a ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' joke! Didya get it?!)-] |
| 216 | ** The Cop Dog is suffering from "post-partner depression. Geddit? ''I SAID [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Shields#Postpartum_depression GEDDIT?]]'' |
| 217 | ** Although Plinkett also subverted this: His attempts to save time [[spoiler:by giving the description of four different films at once]] are acknowledged as a bad idea [[spoiler: not because his speech was incomprehensible, but because he forgot two films he wanted to describe. He then discusses ''six'' films at once.]] |
| 218 | * DoubleEntendre: |
| 219 | ** "What red-blooded male ''wouldn't'' want to dock his canoe in Creator/{{Natalie|Portman}}'s port, man? ''(RimShot)'' |
| 220 | ** How about a night in [[Creator/MeganFox Megan's foxhole]]? |
| 221 | ** Hey, baby. Looks like you're a [[Characters/StarTrek Trill]]. Maybe I can put ''my'' worm inside you, huh huh huhh. |
| 222 | ** Maybe Anakin was spending too much time in Obi-Wan's outer rim. |
| 223 | ** "Take 'er to warp speed! [-(But don't forget to [[ButWeUsedACondom vulcanize your nacelle]].)-]" |
| 224 | ** "[[Creator/ChrisPine Chris' Pine Tree]]" |
| 225 | ** "Hey, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Chapman Anna.]] I wanna ''spy'' on your ''pie''. ''(beat)'' I mean, I wanna ''translate'' into ''Russian''. ..meh I dunno, [[OverlyLongGag that's all I got]]." |
| 226 | ** Kate's heart will go on, but [[Creator/LeonardoDicaprio Leo's]] ''hard-on'' will go on. |
| 227 | ** Let us all take a minute of silence for the two "That's what she said" girls. |
| 228 | ** Why does Kirk randomly battle a CatGirl in ''Star Trek V''? Because Shatner feels Kirk always needs a scene where [[CatsHateWater he gets a pussy wet]]. |
| 229 | ** "So [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]] has spent decades feeling bad about how Data ''blew himself''... wait, sorry, ''(sounds of papers flipping)'' it continues onto the next page... blew himself up.'' |
| 230 | * DoWrongRight: Not five minutes after being introduced to Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, Plinkett is shouting advice at the droids on how to kill them (as Plinkett has experience in that area). Such as poisoning the tea they gave them, letting them get back onto their ship before they blow it up, and using carbon monoxide instead of a highly visible gas due to it being odourless. |
| 231 | * DrivenToSuicide: Plinkett's second wife killed herself in a bathtub out of guilt when he found she had been stealing his money. [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident Yep]]. |
| 232 | * DroneOfDread: One can be heard near the end of the ''Baby's Day Out'' review, as the sheer number of plot holes and inconsistencies [[GoMadFromTheRevelation begin to overwhelm Plinkett]] and [[SanitySlippage drive him over the edge.]] |
| 233 | * DropTheCow: He usually cuts a segment short really abruptly (like in mid-sentence) if his picking on a point is beginning to ramble. |
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| 236 | [[folder:E-P]] |
| 237 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: |
| 238 | ** Back in 2005, Mike Stoklasa did a precursor videos to his Star Wars reviews, called the [[http://www.redlettermedia.com/noooo.html United States of Noooo!!!]] which explored what he considered to be the JumpingTheShark Dethroning Moment Of Suck of Star Wars, namely, the scene when Darth Vader utters a BigNo after Palpatine tells him Padmé is dead. While rather funny, the video is also a very ordinary talk-to-the-camera video, without the antics that made Plinkett's reviews famous. Stoklasa's uncannily good imitation of Palpatine's voice can already be heard in this video. |
| 239 | ** The early Pinkett reviews of the Star Trek films are also this. Plinkett's sociopathic tendencies are only hinted at, his victims are never shown, the reviews are shorter, and the reviews aren't as chronologically organized as the later reviews. |
| 240 | * EasilyForgiven: Nadine waves the white flag in her ''Revenge'' video. Unfortunately for Plinkett, it seems he's made an even [[Creator/GeorgeLucas worse enemy]]... |
| 241 | * EEqualsMCHammer: Plinkett when calculating how much movies suck: |
| 242 | -->'''Plinkett''': Ok, I gotta add in the puppy factor, plus two... times square root of pi... 56 point 92 point 986, multiplied by the factor of puppy, added to the compound equation... and then equals-- |
| 243 | * EpicFail: Once compared ruining the ''Star Wars'' saga to ruining mashed potatoes. |
| 244 | * EscapistCharacter: Makes a case in his ''Crystal Skull'' review that Franchise/IndianaJones is designed to be this, so making him older dilutes this element. [[invoked]] |
| 245 | * EverythingsLouderWithBagpipes: Believes they are "the worst thing ever made by a human." |
| 246 | * EvilCripple: The official Plinkett promo image features him in a powerchair, with one leg chopped off. He alludes to having polio. The end of the 3rd Star Wars review also has his basement prisoner calling him "El diablo en una silla de ruedas" ([[BilingualBonus The devil in a wheelchair]]). However, his ''Force Awakens'' video shows him with two intact feet and sitting in a armchair. |
| 247 | * EvilLaugh: There's his usual 'huh-huh-huh' when he finds something humorous, but he gives one hell of an unsettling laugh in his most recent Star Trek review. |
| 248 | --> "I know a black hoe once tried to scramble my brains (Shows picture of a well followed by a scream) but don't worry...everything turned out [[VisualPun well]]...huh huh huh (Scary Voice) HA HA HA HA HA!!" |
| 249 | * EvilSoundsDeep: |
| 250 | ** Harry's voice is fairly deep anyway but will drop a few octaves and gain a flavor of reverb when he gets angry. |
| 251 | -->"You're going to watch it! You understand?! LOOK AT ME!! YOU'RE GONNA WATCH IIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!" |
| 252 | ** He also does this to Creator/PatrickStewart's voice during his ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' review to show the difference between "TV Show Picard" ([[SomeCallMeTim we'll call him Larry]]) and [[TookALevelInJerkass "Movie Picard"]]. |
| 253 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: During the review for Attack of the Clones, Harry is discussing how uninterested he feels about a battle between two expendable armies (Clones and Droids) and mentions that at least in the Phantom Menace, the audience might have felt something for the Gungan Army. Before he can complete the sentence, he realises that he is using the Phantom Menace as a ''positive'' example. |
| 254 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: Plinkett claims that he has sex with hookers, the Millennium Falcon and his cat, and even claims that he fucks sharks for breakfast. |
| 255 | * TheFaceless: Mr. Plinkett's face actually has been seen in several instances, both in illustrations and in a still photo from one of the ''Star Trek'' reviews. Throughout the ''Star Wars'' material, however, Mr. Plinkett seems to be abiding by this trope; we see only his first-person perspective while he wanders through his basement and captures women. |
| 256 | * FakeOutOpening: During the commentary on the teaser trailer for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', the examination begins with a rough fan film, confusing Plinkett. |
| 257 | -->'''Plinkett:''' ''This'' is the trailer for the new J.J. Abrams ''Star Wars'' film? Jesus ''Christ'', it looks ''amazing!'' |
| 258 | * {{Fanservice}}/ToplessnessFromTheBack: The inclusion in his Avatar review of the iconic shot of Rose from Titanic dropping her robe to show her butt to the audience. May also apply to his sex puns (with accompanying sexy pictures) for Megan Fox, Natalie Portman and Chris Pine. |
| 259 | * {{Flanderization}}: Applies to Plinkett himself; in the earlier reviews his penchant for murder is just hinted at with a few offhand comments, while in the later reviews we actually see him tormenting his victims and his serial-killer tendencies are mentioned much more often and become much more central to his character. |
| 260 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: "DON'T TRY TO ESCAPE LIKE THE OTHER ONE!" He says near the end of the Episode II review to the two girls making the Puzzles. |
| 261 | * ForWantOfANail: Reviewing ''Star Trek'' (2009) creates an alternate timeline where Plinkett's cat is still alive. Cue the chaos. |
| 262 | -->"Bambi's alive in this timeline! ...Only, now she's my first cat. [[MindScrew I'm so confused]]." |
| 263 | * FourthWallMailSlot: Parodied in Plinkett's occasional [=YouTube=] updates where Palpatine harasses him into making reviews, although these mostly exist so he can show off his impressive Ian [=McDiarmid=] impression. |
| 264 | * FreudianExcuse: |
| 265 | ** Plinkett's serial killer tendencies make a lot more sense the more we learn about his past. His father died on the Titanic when he was six, and Plinkett has a history of mental illness. Not to mention that he's senile. |
| 266 | ** In the ''Episode III'' review, Plinkett mentions that he once threw a psychologist out a window for asking about his "dear mother." |
| 267 | --->"[[spoiler:Bury them under the floorboards, Harry. No one has to know. It'll be our little secret.]]" |
| 268 | * FreudianSlip: |
| 269 | ** "I'm sure they cleared it with PETI.' |
| 270 | ** "Now, onto the excrement!' |
| 271 | ** The Impo[--r--]tence of Darth Vader. |
| 272 | * FunWithAcronyms: '''H'''ome '''I'''nfant '''C'''omedy '''I'''njury. (Or "hickey".) |
| 273 | * FunctionalAddict: [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty Soon you will learn to appreciate blow]]. |
| 274 | * GagDub: |
| 275 | -->'''[[WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles Frozone]]:''' [[Film/PulpFiction English, motherfucker! Do you speak it?!]] |
| 276 | * GilliganCut: From the Force Awakens review: |
| 277 | --> '''Interviewer:''' What if someone else, besides you, came to you and said 'I want to make episode seven'. Could you see that happening? |
| 278 | --> '''George Lucas:''' No. |
| 279 | --> '''Plinkett narration:''' Star Wars episode VII... |
| 280 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: In his review of ''The Phantom Menace'' when a plot hole so enrages him he begins to wonder if someone was screwing with his meds, leading to an... [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment interesting scene]] in which he repeats "Who's fucking with my medicine?!" while he scoops several [[RunningGag Pizza Rolls]] into a paper envelope before slurring "What's wrong with me?!" and blacking out. |
| 281 | ** And again in his ''Attack of the Clones'' review upon seeing the prop from Star Trek that has red lights moving back and forth in one of the clips from ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' and then seeing PKE meters being used in [[Film/TheyLive another movie]]. |
| 282 | -->"Do those guys have PKE meters? Am I going insane?! MY BRAIN IS COLLAPSING IN ON ITSELF-okay, back to the review." |
| 283 | ** [[RuleOfThree Finally]], in ''Revenge of the Sith'', he has an almost pitiful breakdown as he realises just how much of the film refers back to the original trilogy. |
| 284 | -->"Oh god, all I hear is Star Wars inside my brain! Someone help me!" |
| 285 | ** In ''Film/BabysDayOut'', he starts ranting about all the physics liberties and coincidences that he eventually starts repeating [[Music/{{Peaches}} Fuck the Pain Away]]. |
| 286 | * [[SugarWiki/GushingAboutShowsYouLike Gushing About Sequels You Like]]: "I love ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Empire]]'' so much I [[[WhyDontYouMarryIt bleep]]] it." |
| 287 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Stop feeding us this pig slop! I'm only ''half''-pig. |
| 288 | * HandicappedBadass: An evil version in Mr. Plinkett. Despite having one amputated leg, he is at least able to kidnap several women and fight his way through numerous police officers at the end of his Phantom Menace review (despite being shot at least once). |
| 289 | %%* HearingVoices |
| 290 | * HeroAntagonist: Nadine, the kidnapped prostitute who tries to break out of Plinkett's basement while he's trying to record a review. |
| 291 | * {{Homage}}: Nadine is one to [[Film/KillBill The Bride]]. |
| 292 | * HopelessWithTech: It's a wonder Plinkett can put together a review. He still thinks "digital downloads" involve stuffing money in the disk drive until movies come out.. |
| 293 | * HurricaneOfPuns: Via some clever quote mining with ''Titanic''. |
| 294 | * {{Hyperaffixation}}: Stupid grandkids, stop leaving toys in his creepy basement™. And stay out of his creepy house™. |
| 295 | -->"I've behn keepin' a record of it here'n mah creepy notebook." |
| 296 | * HypocriticalHumor: A RunningGag, such as him confusing UsefulNotes/WorldWarI with the Cuban Missile Crisis or the Nazi invasion of France with the French Revolution. |
| 297 | -->"Geez, you stupid people need to learn your history right." |
| 298 | ** "This film is racist against Chinamen!" |
| 299 | ** "Babies are fragile! This kind of disgusting, misleading and irresponsible film should've never been made! Now to talk about my favorite scene: The one where Baby Bink is trapped in a gorilla cage and nearly EatenAlive..." |
| 300 | ** "Can't they leave this sex stuff out of a kid's movie? I mean, kids have up until they're eight to start havin' sex, leave 'em with those precious few years of innocence, for God's sake!' |
| 301 | ** "What kind of an idiot would take the time to [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs review a children's movie, anyways?]] You must be a real stupid asshole." |
| 302 | ** ''Generations'' and ''Crystal Skull'' convinces Plinkett that it's time for retirement, and he [[RidingIntoTheSunset Rolls Into the Sunset]] for good. --Wait, who's gonna review ''The Matrix'', ''Twilight'', and ''Film/RedTails''? "Shit, I ain't even ''close'' to done yet!!" |
| 303 | ** "Hey, anyone see the keys to my red Lamborghini?" (ItMakesSenseInContext.) |
| 304 | ** After several shot-by-shot comparisons of ''Titanic'' with previous films based around the ship, Plinkett confesses that it's too much to sort out; he's too busy for this. He then continues to play an endless stream of camera shots cribbed by James Cameron and stitched back together, talking over them for a solid five minutes. |
| 305 | ** "George Lucas is kinda mocking the civil rights movement and the memory of Dr. Martin Luther Jones." |
| 306 | ** After slamming Lucas for selling out and using the prequels to sell merchandise, Plinkett takes a time out to promote the "[[ProductPlacement Kodak Printer Challenge]]". |
| 307 | ** In the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' review, he states that it isn't ToiletHumor ''per se'' that is bad, since [=RedLetterMedia=] hasn't exactly shied away from it (cue scene of Plinkett's explosive diarrhea splattering J.J. Abrams and George Lucas in the ''The Force Awakens'' review.) |
| 308 | * TheImmodestOrgasm: Ends up breaking his TV. |
| 309 | * InherentlyFunnyWords: "Pantaloons". |
| 310 | * InnocentInnuendo: His home recipe book, ''Eating Pussy''. [[spoiler:"First you have to take a cat. And it's gotta be alive, 'cause then it's the freshest meat." *turns on rotary saw*]] |
| 311 | * IronicNurseryTune: ♪ [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory COOOME WITH ME...AN' YOU'LL BE...IN A WOOOOOORLD OF PURE IMAGINAAASHUUN...]] ♪ |
| 312 | * IsThisThingStillOn: |
| 313 | ** Pausing during the ''Baby's Day Out'' review to phone-order sex toys (using Rick Berman's credit card), unaware that he has left the mic on. |
| 314 | ** Accidentally cutting and pasting his AIM chat (in which he's [[ChubbyChaser propositioning an offscreen fat woman for sex]]) into the episode title. |
| 315 | * {{Joisey}}: Plinkett lives in Atlantic City, and pronounces "Joisey" in that way. In his Star Wars: Episode III review, he also refers to the Cedar Lane Theater in Teaneck. This is, in fact, a real theater in Northern New Jersey, that's sadly closed down. |
| 316 | * JumpScare: Allusions to the murder of Mrs. Plinkett are often followed by an abrupt scream and split-second cut to a crash site or a blood-covered bathtub. |
| 317 | * JumpTheShark: {{Lampshaded}} and {{Discussed}} InUniverse. Palpatine tells Plinkett to stop jumping the shark, and Plinkett responses thus: |
| 318 | -->"Look bitch, I don't jump sharks. [[AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast I fuck 'em for breakfast]]!" |
| 319 | * JuxtapositionGag: One of their more effective ways of showing contradictions or any comparsions. |
| 320 | * KnightOfCerebus: The entire Nadine arc was essentially this done to the Plinkett Reviews (with judicious use of SnapBack at the end, of course). |
| 321 | * LaughTrack: Employed sarcastically during the Prequel reviews, such as when Anakin and Padme are in a romantic mood, or when Yoda tells Obi-Wan to talk to Qui-Gon's ghost (preceded by a "[[BigWhat WhaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaat]] the ''FUCK''?!?!" from Plinkett.) |
| 322 | * {{Leitmotif}}: Many of Pinkett's lists are narrated over the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udvQECNtPiw "Oranges"]] |
| 323 | * LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: Mike ''loves'' this. |
| 324 | ** The first example was his interviewing of co-workers to get their impressions on the Prequel characters. The bombastic John Williams score screeches to a halt as they search for words to define Qui-gon or Padme. |
| 325 | --->"...monotone?" |
| 326 | ** During the CreditsGag in KOTCS, Plinkett plugs a few of his [=YouTube=] comments. "I Squeeze Gats" abruptly stops when he reads a (presumably real) comment from one of [=YouTube=]'s innumerable trolls. |
| 327 | * LittleStowaway: Little Plinkett stowed away on the ''Titanic'' in a suitcase, [[PersonOfMassDestruction inadvertently dooming the ship]]. |
| 328 | * LongList: |
| 329 | ** Those directors who are exempted from his advice to follow the [[TheHerosJourney traditional story arc]] in films: Creator/TheCoenBrothers, Creator/DavidLynch, Creator/PaulThomasAnderson, Creator/StanleyKubrick, Creator/AlfredHitchcock, Creator/LarsVonTrier, Creator/DavidCronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Creator/QuentinTarantino, Creator/JohnWaters, Creator/WesAnderson, Creator/SamPeckinpah, Creator/TerryGilliam, Creator/MartinScorsese, Creator/WernerHerzog, and Creator/JimJarmusch. |
| 330 | ** He lists off the current competition for movies, such as Video on Demand, Mobile Video, Creator/{{Netflix}}, Netflix Watch Now, Satellite Radio, Digital Cable, HD Cable, Blue Ray Player, Redbox, [[TheInternetIsForPorn Internet Porno]], Amazon.com, Amazon.com Watch Now, Amazon.com Watch Instantly, [[RuleOfThree Amazon.com Watch Spontaneously]], iTunes, {{podcast}}s, iPhones, Online Web Series, iMax Theater, [[RedundantDepartmentOfRedundancy Internet Porno]], VideoGames, Platform/{{Wii}}, [[Platform/{{Xbox}} X-Box]], Platform/PlayStation, video games you play live, Website/{{Facebook}}, Facebook for [[UsefulNotes/GoingMobile Mobile Phones]], HD Flip Video Camera Videos, HD Flip Video Camera Video Web Series, HD Flip Video Camera Video Interactive Web Series Uploaded to Facebook via iPhone Mobile App, 3D Movies, Website/YouTube, [[VlogSeries Vloggers, Vlogs]], Creator/{{Hulu}}, Streaming Video, and the Zoo. |
| 331 | ** His list of film adaptations, remakes, and sequels in the last 5 years. |
| 332 | ** The list of things a woman looks for in a man: |
| 333 | --> '''Female voiceover:''' "Does he have a good job? Where does he live, and what kind of car does he drive? He needs to be confident without being too arrogant. He needs to be funny, but not like goofy funny. He needs to be tall, but not TOO tall, or like weird tall. He should be spontaneous, but only when I'm expecting it. Handsome is a plus, and handsome with good hair is better. No baldies! LOL! He needs to know the exact time to say ALL the right things. He needs to know the right time not to say anything. He really needs to know how to treat me like the woman I am both in the bedroom, and when we’re out on the town. He needs to be family oriented and good with kids, but not TOO good with kids like in a creepy clown way. He needs to be intelligent, or at the very least money smart so we can know how to invest for retirement, the kid's college fund, and our funeral expenses. He can have his friends and do things with them, but ONLY when it's convenient for me. He needs to care about me, but not be too controlling. Y'know sometimes I just wanna go out and have fun with the girls, and he needs to be ok with that, and not get all like HEY where are you going?" |
| 334 | --> '''Plinkett:''' OK stop! Thank you. |
| 335 | ** Averted with the list of things a man looks for in a woman: |
| 336 | --> "Number 1: Is she hot? Number 2: Seriously bro, how hot is she?" |
| 337 | ** All the creepy things Anakin does and says that ought to put Padme off him. |
| 338 | * MadnessMantra: Fuck the pain away. Fuck the pain away. FUCK THE PAIN AWAY. FUCK THE PAIN AWAY. FUCK THE PAIN AWAY. |
| 339 | ** [[GratuitousGerman Geschlechtsverkehr der Schmerz entfernt.]] |
| 340 | ** "Oh, no! OH, NO! Somebody please make it stop! I'm gonna fuck my cat, then eat my cat, then kidnap a hooker and fuck the pain away!" |
| 341 | ** During the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' review, he goes into the movie's gratuitous and egregious use of references to other movies played over a scene of the actors in the ''Ghostbusters'' remake dancing. He intersperses "Remember [X Movie]?" with an increasingly annoyed, but still polite "Stop dancing!" |
| 342 | * {{Malaproper}}: Related to the trope below, he does this with names. Thus we have Boba Fett instead of Jango Fett, Queen Armadillo, Ewan [=McDonald=], Kate [=McGowan=], Cliff Huxtable, General Grievance, William Shakesman/Shatner, et cetera. |
| 343 | * MaliciousMisnaming: Of disliked (and hated) Star Wars characters are given this treatment; for example, characters like Queen Amidala, Count Dooku, and General Grievous are called "Amig-dahlen", "Doh-koo", and "Grievance" respectively. |
| 344 | ** He finds the new characters from ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' so uninteresting he frequently calls them something other than their real names. Of note is him referring to Admiral Clancy as [[SirSwearsALot Admiral Fuckface]]. He even forgets [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Seven of Nine's]] name once because of how different her character is here. |
| 345 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Mike can imitate virtually any Lucasfilm character. |
| 346 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm: Over the course of the ''Attack of the Clones'' review, Nadine becomes increasingly sympathetic towards Plinkett. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the end, when it turns out to have been a ruse, which allowed her to escape... but then DoubleSubverted in ''Revenge of Nadine'', when she discovers that her time with Plinkett has impressed upon her a disdain for bad movies which ultimately leads her to save his life, so that he can make more reviews. |
| 347 | * MeaningfulEcho: His review of the crappy no-budget child movie ''Film/CopDog'' opened with the deliberately goofy critique "Cop Dog is neither a cop nor a dog" (because Cop Dog isn't a police dog for most of the movie, and is a ghost for about two-thirds of it). When he reviews ''Series/StarTrekPicard'', he opens with the much more serious critique "''Star Trek: Picard'' is neither ''Star Trek'' nor Picard" (because the tone is so wildly off as to border on [[invoked]]InNameOnly and Picard is out of character). |
| 348 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: Lots. "But when it gets going the story starts to suck, like someone pulling a thread out of a sweater until the sweater eventually sucks." |
| 349 | * MisanthropeSupreme: "Fuck [[ChildHater kids]]! Fuck [[HypocriticalHumor the elderly]]! Fuck [[SoMyKidsCanWatch families]]! Fuck everyone!" [shows photo of Earth] |
| 350 | * MomentKiller: Nadine's heartfelt speech at Plinkett's bedside. |
| 351 | -->''([[ToiletHumor farts]])'' "My balls itch!" |
| 352 | * MoodWhiplash: Whenever Plinkett's other hobbies come up out of nowhere in the middle of a detailed analysis. |
| 353 | ** One of Plinkett's complaints about the Trilogy, specifically noted in the ''Sith'' review, when he says the opening leaps between comedy, slapstick, dismemberment, and drama indiscriminately. It trails into a discussion about the use of Tone in films, and how comedies like ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'' don't start off with someone [[Film/TheAccused getting violently raped on a pinball machine.]] |
| 354 | ** Plinkett spends the first half of his ''Titanic'' review, talking about what makes it good, saying it might be his favorite film. Then near the end of Part 1, he says "So let me, tell you why it SUCKS." |
| 355 | ** The last several minutes of the ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' review includes an uninterrupted montage of moments from all the previous ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series' (excluding ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' of course) captains leading their crews in an inspiring display of Star Trek's former optimism that's clearly from Mike's heart... which then directly contrasts with a montage of the graphic imagery and cynicism of [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]]. He makes his point very clear. |
| 356 | * MultipleChoicePast: Plinkett, who always seems to have a different recollection about his youth (which contradicts all of the ''other'' recollections). |
| 357 | * MysteriousStranger: Plinkett points out that in all three Star Wars prequel movies, the Trade Federation/Confederacy have little reason to trust or follow this mysterious shadowy figure who keeps calling them. |
| 358 | --> '''Grievious''': Yes, Lord Sidious. Wait, who are you again, and where are you from? |
| 359 | --> '''Sidious''': You don't need to know who I am or where I'm broadcasting this hologram from! Just do what I say! |
| 360 | --> ... |
| 361 | --> '''Grievous''': ... who ''are'' you?!? |
| 362 | --> '''Sidious''': STOP ASKING ME WHO I AM |
| 363 | * NegativeContinuity: While the original Star Wars prequel reviews delved increasingly deep into Plinkett's homicidal madness, to the point that there's a subplot of him holding prostitutes hostage and getting into a shootout with police, later videos make no attempt to create a continuing storyline. |
| 364 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His descriptions of how his wives, girlfriends, prostitutes and Koreans came to their untimely ends is hilarious in its terror. |
| 365 | * NonSequitur: |
| 366 | ** In his reviews, Plinkett is prone to going off-topic and start blabbing about pizza rolls or his dead wife. These non-sequiturs begin to increasingly convey that Plinkett is an unhinged madman. |
| 367 | ** In his commentaries, Plinkett is prone to making side observations, comments or jokes that come out of nowhere and have nothing to do with the film, presumably to fill in gaps where he doesn't have anything to say about the movie. |
| 368 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: In his review for ''Avatar'', Plinkett says that, in real life, the tribal cultures that the Na'vi portrayed could be every bit as screwed up as the modern ones. |
| 369 | * OneSteveLimit: Averted. Over a picture of Rick [=McCallum=]: "Fuck you, Rick Berman! Ya ruined ''this'', too?! STOP RUINING-- wait. That ain't Rick Berman. What is it with Ricks?" |
| 370 | * TheOneThingIDontHateAboutYou: |
| 371 | ** According to Plinkett, the only good thing about ''Revenge of the Sith'' (that's actually in the movie) is Palpatine, because "he's the only character with any passion" and "pure evil and he loves it". |
| 372 | ** During his review of ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', he says that, while the film in question was definitely not without its flaws, just about the only thing he's legitimately willing to give the prequel trilogy over it is the fact that ''The Force Awakens'' is a [[RecycledScript "soft reboot"]] for ''Film/ANewHope'', whereas each one of the prequel films at the very least tells its own unique story, even if he thinks those stories are awful. |
| 373 | * OnlySaneMan: The ''First Contact'' guy, who points out how ridiculous Movie Picard and Padme's plans are. |
| 374 | --> "Get back in the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reviews..." |
| 375 | * OpinionMyopia: [[invoked]] PlayedForLaughs in Plinkett's Episode III trailer, where Palpatine shows a 108 page rebuttal he wrote to the TPM review. His opening lines explain how Plinkett is a stupidpants because he didn't like the prequels, and how the prequels were extremely complex "like a very deep game of chess where both players don't know how to play chess." This is in direct response to an actual rebuttal that surfaced on the internet that was 108 pages long. |
| 376 | ** "So do the prequels basically expose Lucas as being a shallow, emotionless [[ExecutiveMeddling businessman]]? I'll let ''you'' decide! -- [-but the answer is yes.-]" |
| 377 | ** "So, y'know. ''You'' might like the characters, you know... If you're stupid." |
| 378 | ** "Now, whether an idea is good or bad is subjective...[-Except for here, these are all bad ideas-]." |
| 379 | ** "Again: A matter of opinion, but mine is right." |
| 380 | ** "I guess ''everything'' is a matter of opinion, unless it's ''my'' opinion, and then it's ''right''!" |
| 381 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: Mr. Plinkett kills the Rich Evans Mr. Plinkett, who is apparently more famous. |
| 382 | * OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: From ''Revenge of Nadine'' |
| 383 | --> '''Nadine''': What do you want Man-in-a-Black-Cloak-[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial who-is-not-a-trademarked-character-owned-by-Lucasfilm-Ltd?]] |
| 384 | ** In the teaser for his ''Star Trek'' rifftrack, Plinkett refers to his guests as "Man" (Palpy), "Creature" (Jar Jar), and "James Doohan" (Boss Nass). He's now living in fear of Creator/{{Disney}} suing them. |
| 385 | --->"Wassa matter, Palpy? ''[[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mouse]]'' got yer tongue?"\ |
| 386 | "FUCK YOU." |
| 387 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: As far as Plinkett himself goes, doesn't anyone else think him saying that he really liked ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' was weird? Twilight is about a 100-year-old guy who looks young for his age who stalks someone [[FridgeBrilliance ...Oh, wait.]] |
| 388 | * OverlyLongGag: "With these fucking Star Wars prequels, I'm always forced to go back to Screenwriting 101, and a big four-letter word that comes to mind: 'FUCK' ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'CRAP'. ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'SHIT'. ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'PISS'. ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'POOP'. ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'GARBAGE'. [Beat] ''(Yoda stares)'' Naah I'm just kidding the word is 'TONE'." |
| 389 | ** Having a creepy [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor]] hand -- [[BrickJoke oh wait, we're done with that part, right?]] |
| 390 | ** The Star Trek Goldshirt briefly appears in the ''Phantom Menace'' commentary with some questions. This time, Plinkett opens fire on him with a 12-gauge. |
| 391 | ** Also the ShoutOut to ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'' in his ''CopDog'' review, which doubles as DontExplainTheJoke. |
| 392 | * OverlyNarrowSuperlative: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]: "''Star Trek: First Contact'' is the 3967th worst film ever made." |
| 393 | ** Played straight with "WhatCouldHaveBeen the greatest lesbian sex scene to ever appear in a children's film." |
| 394 | * {{Padding}}: [[invoked]]Plinkett points out that ''The Phantom Menace'' is this to the prequel trilogy as a whole in the first part of the ''Attack of the Clones'' review because the latter film would have been a good starting point. This is because of the deaths of Darth Maul and Qui-Gon, making their introductions pointless, and the fact that Anakin is a completely different character due to the ten-year TimeSkip. |
| 395 | * ParallelPornTitles: ''Star Trek: Hiserection'' |
| 396 | ** "We couldn't have a picture of [[PowerTrio Kirk, Spock, and Bones]] on the cover. It'd be waaay too gay. We'd have to call it ''[[ShockSite Three Guys, One Saucer]]''. Huh huh huuh." |
| 397 | ** The real life "''TIT''anic 2000" is mentioned in his review of ''Titanic''. |
| 398 | * PetTheDog: Plinkett will occasionally temper his criticism to give credit where it's due. |
| 399 | ** Plinkett's review of ''Revenge of the Sith'' contains one of these in regards to Creator/HaydenChristensen, saying that Hayden himself is not a bad actor, just one handed bad lines. |
| 400 | ** He liked Mutt Williams in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' and praised Creator/ShiaLaBeouf as a good, natural actor. |
| 401 | ** He also notes in his review of the ''Ghostbusters'' remake that the leading actresses are talented and funny in other works, even noting that Leslie Jones gives the best performance since she seems to be the one taking the role somewhat seriously. He also plays with it by saying that, despite deserving the lion's share of the blame for how the movie turned out, Creator/PaulFeig seems to legitimately be a really nice guy unlike a lot of directors one could complain about, and that if anything his problem is that he's ''too'' nice, since he came off like he was just happy to be there, seemed to think everything that was filmed for the movie was hilarious, and ultimately seemed like he was willingly relinquishing authority over how the movie turned out to the cast. |
| 402 | ** In the ''The Last Jedi'' review, Plinkett notes that, even though he felt Creator/RianJohnson ultimately screwed up the film on pretty much every level, he was also by all appearances very serious and passionate about making the film, and evidently put a lot of thought and work into attempting to put a new spin on ''Star Wars'', and comments that Johnson deserves at least some respect as an artist for that fact. |
| 403 | * PlaceWorseThanDeath: Welcome to Coruscant, home of the mid-air collision. And ''boring scenes.'' |
| 404 | * PoliticalOvercorrectness: USA! USA! Oh wait, I mean [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain Adventure Man]] and [[Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Multinational Joe]]. |
| 405 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: "I'm like Sinead O'Connor, and you're a picture of the Pope. [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Prepare to get torn up]]." |
| 406 | * PretenderDiss: In ''The Force Awakens'' review, he takes a moment to insult all the other online critics who made their own reviews of the Star Wars prequels in imitation of him. |
| 407 | * PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Inserting Music/DrDre songs into his ''Star Wars'' reviews. One [=YouTube=] description even reads, "I squeeze gats." |
| 408 | * ProductPlacement: |
| 409 | ** By the way, have you guys seen ''Film/CopOut''? It's amaaaazing. [[-{{ahem}}-]] I ''said'', it's amazing. Check it out...! [sound of cash register] --oh, there it is. |
| 410 | ** And there's his plug of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1B_1dprjVY Kodak Printer Challenge]]! [[spoiler: [[AngerMontage It doesn't end well. At all.]]]] |
| 411 | ** ("This review sponsored by Applebee's. Proudly serving shitty food and weak alcoholic drinks to fat middle-aged moms everywhere.") |
| 412 | -->"''[[BrickJoke MOTHERFUCKER!]]''" |
| 413 | ** And, of course, Totino's Pizza Rolls - [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall which goes meta]] whenever a Pizza Rolls ad is played before or after a video. |
| 414 | ** [[http://www.chunkyschicken.com/ CHUNKY'S CHICKEN!!!]] [[spoiler: Yes, they actually went to the trouble of creating a fake website and "promotional video" for the sake of a gag.]] |
| 415 | [[/folder]] |
| 416 | |
| 417 | [[folder:Q-Z]] |
| 418 | * RageQuit: Plinkett gets fed up with listing how much ''Into Darkness'' references previous Trek works, and just summarily ends the review in disgust. |
| 419 | * RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: In his ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' review, he claims that women's list of what they look out from men is a bit longer that a list men look from women. Cue a woman listing all the things she looks from men until Plinkett interrupts her. |
| 420 | * RiseFromYourGrave: It looks like Palpatine buried him alive in between reviews. He escapes by punching his way out as [[Film/KillBill "L'Arena" by Ennio Morricone]] plays. |
| 421 | -->"[[TaughtByTelevision I saw this once in a movie]]. It was called ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars 2}}''.'" |
| 422 | * RuleOfSymbolism: The original, shorter Abrams ''Trek'' review. A girl gets dragged into an alley by the movie poster, then comes out looking disheveled yet satisfied. The idea was that Creator/JJAbrams took a bloated franchise and ruthlessly twisted it into something marketable again; Mike thinks this is a good thing in the long run. Of course, he had to address the joke in his extended review, explaining that he doesn't really believe Star Trek was "raped". |
| 423 | * RunningGag: |
| 424 | ** Oh? You want a [[RunningGag Pizza Roll]]? Let's go down to my [[CreepyBasement basement]] and get you a Pizza Roll... |
| 425 | ** [[MyGrandmaCanDoBetterThanYou My dead wife could've done a better job]]. [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment And she's dead]]. |
| 426 | ** This movie is the most disappointing thing since my son. |
| 427 | ** Oh my GOD! What is wrong with your FAAAAACE?! |
| 428 | ** [[AWizardDidIt It was the will of the Force]]. |
| 429 | ** It's like poetry, it sort of rhymes. |
| 430 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTbsluR-Jug PALPATINESBEHINDITALL]] |
| 431 | ** The proper term for website/webpage is "webzone." |
| 432 | ** [[PlotHole How did you know x?]] Did you read the script too? What's that on the ground over there? Is that the script? |
| 433 | ** Kirk getting jabbed with a hypospray every time Creator/JJAbrams reminds us the heroes are straight. Straight as a die. ''Straight'', you hear me? |
| 434 | ** Hit the music, [[TheGhost Johnny!]] .....oh, that's right, [[Music/JohnnyCash Johnny]]'s dead. |
| 435 | ** The [[{{Redshirt}} goldshirt]] interrupting the review with a few questions. Outside the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek]] reviews, usually has Plinkett trying to keep him out. |
| 436 | --> Excuse me, sir? I have a question... |
| 437 | ** Plinkett saying "analsis/anal-ize" (or "analgy") with Spock making an [[FascinatingEyebrow inquisitive face]]. |
| 438 | ** "Shut up, I'm talking!" |
| 439 | ** "I just ''said'' that!" |
| 440 | ** During the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' review, the squealing pig. |
| 441 | ** [[Film/StarTrek2009 UhhurroOOouurraaa.]] |
| 442 | ** ...and Kevin Bacon. |
| 443 | ** [[Series/StarTrekPicard Picard]] repeatedly asking questions like "Why?", "What?" or "I don't understand" whenever a plot hole or confusing story element comes up. |
| 444 | * {{Sampling}}: "I Squeeze Gats" is the instrumental version of Music/SamCooke's "Shake" overlayed by a sample of Music/TheNotoriousBIG's "The What". |
| 445 | * SanitySlippage: |
| 446 | ** The chapter introductions to ''The Phantom Menace''. They start out with fairly basic titles, but degenerate into "Is It Time For Death Yet?", and, "Oh God Make It Stop Please Make It End" |
| 447 | ** Plinkett's fragile mental health deteriorates even further at the end of the ''Film/BabysDayOut'' review, culminating with him repeating "[[MadnessMantra Fuck the Pain Away]]". |
| 448 | * SayingTooMuch: Plinkett does this a lot. |
| 449 | -->"[''Star Trek: Generations'' is being cheap]. Cheap like my wife. That's why I killed her in that [[RunningGag fake car accident]]- I mean-" |
| 450 | * SelfDeprecation: The entire character of Plinkett could be considered a lampooning of Stoklasa's own age and crotchety views. |
| 451 | ** "I like to anal-lyze things." Lampshaded in Stoklasa's review of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1YuvUQFJ0 Prometheus]].'' |
| 452 | ** Reckons that ''Titanic'' is marketed to retards. Cue shot of proud Wisconsinite Jack Dawson. (Red Letter Media is based in Milwaukee.) |
| 453 | ** He describes Frank Griswald from ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' as getting scammed by everyone "because he's dumb and from Chicago." Stoklasa is himself originally from Chicago. |
| 454 | * SequelHook: "Wait. ...There's a PUPPY in this film?" |
| 455 | ** "Y'know, I haven't seen ''Film/{{Star Trek V|The Final Frontier}}'' in a looong time. Maybe I'll give it a look..." This served as a preface to his audio commentary. |
| 456 | * SeriousBusiness: |
| 457 | ** One riled up Star Wars fan threatened to punch Stoklasa in the face if they ever met in real life. |
| 458 | ** Unrelated to RLM, but a direct nod to Plinkett: a forum poster on [[Franchise/WingCommander WingCenter]] compared that "terrible person called Mike Stoklasa" with another web personality, The Spoony One (for his unflattering views on the ''Film/WingCommander'' film), and said they deserved to die in a car fire. Spoony referenced this in his ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' review, but left out the part about Plinkett. |
| 459 | * ShapedLikeItself: "The fact is that this script feels rushed and not thought out, probably because it was rushed and not thought out." |
| 460 | * SharedUniverse: The RLM Expanded Universe. |
| 461 | * ShootTheTV: Plinkett's [[spoiler:ejaculation]] is powerful enough to do this, albeit unintentionally. |
| 462 | * ShoutOut: |
| 463 | ** Most younger viewers don't get the pinball table reference, which is a reference to the infamous rape scene from ''Film/TheAccused''. |
| 464 | ** One of the Jedis lying in wait for Darth Maul is none other than...[[MemeticMutation Star Wars Kid.]] [[invoked]] |
| 465 | ** The questioning security officer in the ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'' review mentions an [[Franchise/{{Saw}} Officer McGillicutty]] as a possible [[SuicideMission candidate for puncturing]] the [[ViolationOfCommonSense tube full of highly pressurized, flesh-melting gas.]] |
| 466 | ** Mr. Plinkett's name is itself a reference to a character in an [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen Twins]] video that Mike and Rich lampooned in college. The character in the original video is "Mr. Plinkiss," but the guys misheard the name. |
| 467 | * ShownTheirWork: Compared with the earlier TNG reviews, Stoklasa clearly makes an effort to begin the ''Phantom Menace'' review by piquing your interest and establishing his credentials as anything but an angry {{Fanboy}}. The first ten minutes include an explanation of basic storytelling, familiar examples of other movies which use those techniques successfully, lists of (better) filmmakers who don't use them, and interviews with people which demonstrate the poor characterization in ''The Phantom Menace''. |
| 468 | * SickAndWrong: "Darth Vader should ''never'' say the word 'Padme'. Or [[Series/SesameStreet Snuffleupagus]]." |
| 469 | * SickbedSlaying: After Plinkett is hospitalized by Nadine, [[spoiler:George Lucas]] himself arrives to unplug his respirator. |
| 470 | * SignificantAnagram: Mr Plinkett on the title of Episode 3: "[...] if you simply rearrange the letters in the word 'SITH,' you could spell out a different word that just might predict what this movie was gonna be: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope TSHI]]']] [[note]](which is Chinese for 'disappointed in the cooking of the duck meat.')"[[/note]] |
| 471 | * SimpleCountryLawyer: "Now, I'm not an expert..." |
| 472 | * SimpletonVoice: Mike originally tried recording a review in his natural voice, but decided it was boring. His "annoying TV personality" voice is closer to the original recordings. |
| 473 | * SinisterSilhouettes: [[spoiler:George Lucas]] at the end of ''Revenge of Nadine''. |
| 474 | * SmashCut: Plinkett has a bad habit of getting cut off before he can finish his senten- |
| 475 | * {{Smurfing}}: The [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection Ba'ku]] ''love'' to ba'ku. |
| 476 | * SoWasX: James Cameron is a man clearly dedicated to his craft. ...But then again so was Jim Jones. |
| 477 | -->"But Cameron had much better results. Eleven less people [[DrivenToSuicide died from cyanide poisoning]]." |
| 478 | * SpoofAesop: ''Baby's Day Out'' has a lesson all of us can relate to. "If you live in a [[BigFancyHouse giant mansion]] and want a picture of your baby in the paper, you better care about your baby too, or else he'll get kidnapped, crawl across a busy street, and a truck will drive over him." |
| 479 | * StalkerWithACrush: Towards the woman held captive in the ''Attack of the Clones'' review. He just needs someone to share his pain! |
| 480 | * StealthPun: He refers to the Neimoidians as the "Shatnerians", a double pun on the fact that their actual name sounds like Leonard Nimoy's surname, as well as how they talk much like the typical Shatner parody. |
| 481 | * StrawFan: |
| 482 | ** Palpatine is a rather cathartic TakeThat toward RLM's overzealous fans, as he constantly makes outlandish requests (such as for a review of to of a ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' ''video game'', and compare it to ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kido Senshi Z-Gundam: Hot Scramble]]'') and berates Plinkett for not posting updates fast enough, and criticizes them for being stupid once they are released. He also hates Creator/ChristopherNolan with a passion and often demands that Plinkett exposes him as the hack Palpatine sees him as. |
| 483 | --->"If you didn't like the ''Star War'' prequels then you're [[BigStupidDoodooHead stupid-pants]]." |
| 484 | ** The ''Crystal Skull'' opens with a [[FourthWallMailSlot YouTube comment]] calling him a "fat homo" for splitting his time between ''Half in the Bag''. Later on, Plinkett mentions that audiences love "sameness and predictability", then interjects with the tired pizza roll gag. |
| 485 | ** "Enough of this sellout crap! When's the next Plinkett review?! Oh wait, [[GotMeDoingIt I'm me]]." [[invoked]] |
| 486 | ** A [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic Douchey McNitpick]] sound-alike from ''Titanic'': |
| 487 | --->'''[[Website/{{Twitter}} Tweet]]:''' Technically, the ''Titanic'' didn't split down the middle. It split between the third and fourth funnels, which is not really in half! CHECK YOUR FACTS!\ |
| 488 | '''Plinkett:''' ...W-What? What the fuck?\ |
| 489 | '''Tweet: UNSUBSCRIBE! |
| 490 | * StylisticSuck: Mr. Plinkett apparently does the editing himself, which tends to result in lines getting cut off before the he's finished talki-- Anyway, it's something that he does a lot, 'cuz he don't understand all that "ediditing" stuf-- |
| 491 | * SubvertedPunchline: The alternate commentary track featuring Mr. Plinkett for ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'' has a gag where Plinkett explains that the movie's producers were worried about placing the actor Creator/DeForestKelley in the woods... because his last name sorta sounds like "killer". |
| 492 | * SuddenlyShouting: In the ''Cop Dog'' review: |
| 493 | -->You never see, like, a "Cat Cop" movie. Why? Why not? I guess it's because CATS ARE FUCKING CREEPY. |
| 494 | * SurrealHumor: During the ''Episode II'' review at one point a levitating probe droid impossibly shows up in Plinkett’s basement. |
| 495 | * SwordDrag: Nadine in the trailer for the ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' review. |
| 496 | * TakeThat: |
| 497 | ** Countless stabs at Creator/GeorgeLucas. |
| 498 | -->"Creator/JJAbrams should have directed [[Franchise/StarWars the prequels]], and George Lucas should have directed people to their seats in the theater. Huh huh huh" |
| 499 | ** Plinkett hates ''Franchise/StarTrek'' producer Rick Berman. |
| 500 | ** In the ''Revenge of the Sith'' review, when talking about Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon ''not'' being in the film as [[DamnedByFaintPraise one of the good things about it]], he ponders that if the Falcon had appeared, its original owner might have been a terrible, generic looking CGI character. When the Falcon pulls into Cloud City in the video, the character sitting in its cockpit is ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''. |
| 501 | ** "The euphemism for autograph booths is the "celebrity zoo"; places where endangered B-list actors go after their habitat (''Star Wars'') has ceased to sustain them." |
| 502 | ** "[T]his is just some random crappy Indiana Jones adventure. Lord knows they're have been plenty of ''those'' already." ''(cue'' ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' ''title card)'' |
| 503 | ** He also lets loose a few against Creator/MichaelBay in general and the ''Film/{{Transformers|FilmSeries}}'' movies in particular. |
| 504 | ** "If cancer were pretentious, it would be called ''Film/GardenState''." |
| 505 | ** "The entire senate is filled with stupid idiots. *picture of the US Senate* ...y-yeah, okay, that's true. Yes. But I was talking about ''this'' senate. *shot of the Galactic Senate from the ''Star Wars'' prequels*." |
| 506 | ** Plinkett takes a lot of digs at online reviewers. He mocks the blunt fan service in ''Star Wars'' marketing as well as the easily manipulated fans who lap it up. He also frequently slams the various online review channels that settle for nitpicking plot minutia rather than actually critiquing films. |
| 507 | ** From ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'': |
| 508 | -->I can't remember the last time a beloved pairing produced such an embarassing turd. Not since Chaz Bono. |
| 509 | ** In the ''The Force Awakens'' review, Plinkett claims its not surprising that Rey does not display romantic feelings for anyone considering that she grew up only with Creator/SimonPegg as company, though this is probably just an easy joke rather than a real jab at Pegg. |
| 510 | ** While discussing Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio in ''Film/Titanic1997'', he notes how, with very few exceptions, most child stars grow up to be talentless hacks - listing Creator/EdwardFurlong, Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/CoreyFeldman, Creator/CoreyHaim, Creator/MacaulayCulkin, Creator/GaryColeman, Danny Bonaduce and Creator/KevinBacon. |
| 511 | ** There's a lot in the ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' review, mostly towards the executive producers and Creator/PatrickStewart for imposing his own ideas on what the show should be, but also towards Creator/WilWheaton for acting like a brown-nose. |
| 512 | ** In the ''Picard'' review, while showing a scene from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' featuring Creator/StephenCollins, he says, "Thank you, sex pervert". |
| 513 | ** Plinkett really dislikes Creator/JenniferLawrence and occasionally plays a snippet of the interview where she infamously barked at a reporter for looking at his phone while she was speaking. He'll also show screencaps of her with unflattering facial expressions and indulge in some CountryMatters wordplay. |
| 514 | * TakeThatAudience: |
| 515 | ** His portrayals of "audiences" who enjoy the films he vilifies. Often shown as [[{{Eagleland}} morons queuing up at fast food places or fat women eating cake]]. |
| 516 | ** A personalized greeting for those who purchase the ''Episode 1'' commentary track: |
| 517 | -->"Hello and welcome. You've made the right decision. You've chosen to listen to my droning, monotone voice for 136 minutes rather than the actual soundtrack to this movie. [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs For that I applaud your common sense and good taste.]]" |
| 518 | ** About 5 minutes into his ''Star Trek V'' commentary, Plinkett suddenly says: |
| 519 | -->"Why are you watching this movie? In fact, why are you listening to me ''talk'' about this movie? Why are listening to this commentary? ''What the hell is wrong with you!?''" |
| 520 | * TantrumThrowing: The most brutal murder of a printer since ''Film/OfficeSpace''. |
| 521 | * ThatPoorCat: Plinkett manages to do this inside [[spoiler: ''his coffin'']]. |
| 522 | * ThatsWhatSheSaid: "Hey! Only guys are allowed to do that!" |
| 523 | * ThisLoserIsYou: |
| 524 | ** Not necessarily [[AudienceSurrogate applied to Plinkett]], though as a {{Satire}} the reviews feature archetypes of the dumb masses and the FanDumb. See also TakeThatAudience and TakeThatCritics. |
| 525 | ** The closing argument in the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' review: "We are all average. [[WorldsSmallestViolin I'm so, so sorry]]." |
| 526 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: |
| 527 | ** A running gag has Plinkett break his train of thought to start rambling about pizza rolls or start making some for himself. He’ll even offer to send pizza rolls to viewers so inclined. |
| 528 | ** Whenever Plinkett mentions a beverage, it’s almost always a vodka gimlet. Given that he’s TheAlcoholic, this is fairly often. |
| 529 | * TrustMeImADoctor: After Plinkett [[GloveSnap puts on his rubber gloves]] before beginning his review of ''Revenge of the Sith'', he says, "Trust me, I'm a doctor... kind of." |
| 530 | * UnreliableNarrator: |
| 531 | ** With Plinkett's nigh-constant fits of insanity (not to mention the amount of booze and drugs he takes), it's impossible to take practically anything he says for granted. Apart from his opinions on films, which are invariably spot on. |
| 532 | ** Nadine isn't exactly truthful, but then again, she's trying to escape Plinkett, so the entire "baby" might be a ploy. |
| 533 | * TheUnseen: Plinkett. Justified, as he's always behind the camera. |
| 534 | * VideoReviewShow: Leans about as far as is possible on the "Show" end of the Sliding Scale of Review vs. Show while still actually managing to conduct a thorough and comprehensive review. |
| 535 | * VillainProtagonist: Mr. Plinkett is frequently implied to be a serial killer and kidnapper, along with outright stating it occasionally. |
| 536 | * VivaLasVegas!: In half in the bag 139, Mr. Plinkett and Jay run off to Vegas to get married after they learn Mike wants to take all of Mr. Plinkett’s money. |
| 537 | * WaxingLyrical: "Paradise City, [[Music/GunsNRoses where the grass is sand and the girls aren't pretty]]." |
| 538 | * WeAreExperiencingTechnicalDifficulties: BAM BAM! "Plinkett! Open up! We have a warrant for your arrest!" |
| 539 | -->"Oh. [[DissonantSerenity Hold on, let me get my gat]]." |
| 540 | * WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Plinkett has a starring role in RLM's film ''Feeding Frenzy'', in which he's wearing a tacky jacket with an American flag emblazoned over it. The jacket frequently reappears in ''Half in the Bag''. |
| 541 | [[/folder]] |
| 542 | |
| 543 | !!The following tropes are discussed in ''Mr. Plinkett Reviews'': |
| 544 | |
| 545 | [[folder:A-D]] |
| 546 | * AccidentalInnuendo: {{Conversed|Trope}} InUniverse. He points out in his ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' review that a lot of the dialogue sounds sexual out of context. |
| 547 | * TheAlcoholic: Plinkett makes the case that Qui-Gon is one, as an explanation for many of his questionable decisions in ''The Phantom Menace''. |
| 548 | --->'''Plinkett:''' Does anyone smell gin? Hey! It’s 11:30 in the morning! Who’s been drinking? |
| 549 | * AllThereInTheManual: Plinkett ''abhors'' this trope, or at least despises the fact that fans so often invoke it to explain away the all but incomprehensible plot and setting of the Star Wars prequels. |
| 550 | -->(From ''The Phantom Menace'' review) "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG1AWVLnl48#t=5m47s ...Point is, I'm still not sure what the [Trade Federation] ships were there to do.]] And [[BerserkButton don't any of you f[beep]gots tell me it was explained more in the novelization or some Star Wars BOOK]]! What matters is the MOVIES! I ain't never read one them Star Wars books, [[BookDumb or any books in general for that matter]], and I ain't about to start. Don't talk about them stupid video games, or novels, comic books or any of that fucking crap. I seen enough of that shit." |
| 551 | -->(From the ''Revenge Of The Sith'' review) "[[https://youtu.be/bYWAHuFbLoc?t=1395 But several questions remain that aren't told to the audience. AND I DON'T CARE IF IT WAS TOLD TO US THROUGH THE FUCKING BOOK OR WHATEVER!]]" |
| 552 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: |
| 553 | ** InUniverse: Plinkett claims that ''Cop Dog'' was originally meant to be a dark psychological thriller directed by Creator/ToddSolondz. |
| 554 | ** He's taken aback when he learns that Captain Janeway hasn't been imprisoned by now. |
| 555 | ** Qui-Gon Jinn is a drunkard, and wanted to sleep with Shmi Skywalker. |
| 556 | ** Anakin's a megalomaniacal psycho from the very start, and getting burned and put in a robot suit is just a formality. |
| 557 | ** Any given part of Palpatine's plan could have been easily foiled if the Jedi weren't [[NewAgeRetroHippie a bunch of disorganized hippies]]. |
| 558 | ** Jar-Jar Binks was inspired by Tara Reid on a bender. |
| 559 | ** Padawans are raised in a creepy, cult-like environment where they lose all their free will. |
| 560 | ** The Old Republic is composed entirely of asexuals. The only person in the universe getting any action is Creator/JimmySmits! (Not counting Palpatine, who gets aroused by hatred, and Shmi who was [[MysticalPregnancy making out with the Force]]) |
| 561 | ** The maid in ''Baby's Day Out'' is the baby's real mother, and Mrs. Cotwell is into servant sex. |
| 562 | ** The kid in ''Cop Dog'' is a jibbering lunatic. |
| 563 | ** They don't call him "[[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kit_Fisto Kid Fisto]]" 'cause he's into chicks, if you know what I mean. |
| 564 | ** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wesley Crusher]] is bisexual and in a relationship with [[MemeticMolester The Traveler.]] |
| 565 | ** Really, he sees a closeted gay subtext in nearly everyone. Anakin and Obi-Wan, Indiana Jones and Mac, Chekhov and Sulu, [[InterspeciesRomance Scotty and Keesner]], [[FoeRomanceSubtext himself and George Lucas]]…. |
| 566 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: In the Sith review, Plinkett suggests that the Clones should have been the villains of the Clone Wars from the start, like an army of monsters attacking the Republic from somewhere in space, instead of a conveniently disposable army for the Republic. This was the original backstory for the Clone Wars in ''Legends'' material. His argument is that if they were, the Republic would've been forced to draft countless ordinary men into service, dying by the millions to fight the war, which would have added some tension and emotion to the conflict and (along with the other consequences of such a brutal war) made Palpatine's obvious power-grab seem more justified in-universe. |
| 567 | * AmusingInjuries: One of the reasons he doesn't like ''Film/BabysDayOut'' is that so much of the slapstick in the film seems to be beyond what a human could shrug off. He gives particular attention to a scene where one of the crooks is thrown across a room by a gorilla, hits a metal cage, ''bends the iron bars'' upon doing so, and is still only stunned for a moment, pointing out that the guy should have been killed on impact. He believes that "cartoon violence works in cartoons only." |
| 568 | * TheArtifact: Considered Indy himself to be this in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', since an AdventurerArchaeologist doesn't fit in with what's intended as a 50s sci-fi throwback. He credits the indecisiveness involved in retaining Indy as being the main reason the film's sci-fi elements don't work. |
| 569 | * AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[invoked]] He argues that a major reason for why ''Film/BabysDayOut'' failed is that it focuses so heavily on cartoonish scenarios and violence, but is filmed in live-action. This causes a lot of scenes to come across as painful and worrisome rather than cute and charming, such as a StrayingBaby wandering under a moving truck or the StupidCrooks being inflicted with incredibly lethal-looking injuries. |
| 570 | * BoringButPractical: Plinkett offers several better, more practical plans for the Jedi and Queen Amidala to get to Coruscant from Tatooine in ''The Phantom Menace'', as an alternative to Qui-Gon's convoluted bet with Watto for a replacement hyperdrive: |
| 571 | ** Trade the Queen's broken starship for a less flashy, but fully functional ship that can get them to Coruscant. |
| 572 | ** Hire a transport pilot or smuggler to fly them to Coruscant, offering them whatever Republic credits they have as collateral, then paying them more when they reach their destination (which was the exact plan Obi-Wan used in ''A New Hope''). |
| 573 | ** Instead of taking Watto's claim that he's the only one with a T-14 hyperdrive at face value, try shopping at another junk dealer who will accept Republic credits (or mind trick them like they tried to do to Watto) and get the needed part. |
| 574 | * BrokenAesop: |
| 575 | ** Just [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection relocate the fuckin' people]], ok? It's what we did to the Indians on Earth, and look how ''that'' turned out! We have so many wonderful casinos. |
| 576 | ** Plinkett argues at length that the ''Star Wars'' prequels retroactively have this effect on much of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. In the latter, TheReveal that the "great warrior" and master of the Force, Yoda, should turn out to be a small, physically unintimidating creature was intended to illustrate that the Force had an ephemeral quality that went beyond the physical. By contrast, in the prequel trilogy, where the same small, unintimidating creature has to engage in physical combat despite severe handicaps, the implied Aesop is much more cynical. That the DVD Special Features have George Lucas on record explaining that he did this based on the oh-so-flimsy logic that, in Lucas' words, "everyone's looking forward" to seeing Yoda fight because "we haven't seen him do that yet" didn't help matters either. |
| 577 | ** Plinkett feels the anti-racism theme of ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' in regards to the Romulans and the androids fall flat because for the Romulans, most of them are portrayed as sinister, violent, or ungrateful to Picard for trying to save as many of them as he could; and for the androids, they're able to be easily swayed by Sutra into agreeing that organic life should be eradicated and Soji comes very close to letting in the robot space octopus. |
| 578 | * CardCarryingVillain / ObviouslyEvil: The reason Plinkett likes Palpatine in ''Revenge of the Sith''. |
| 579 | ** He mocks General [[AccidentalMisnaming Greviance's]] use of this in his name. |
| 580 | -->"Also on this ship is Commander Nefarious, Captain I'm A Bad Guy, and Admiral Bone To Pick (but they didn't mention them)." |
| 581 | * CharacterShilling: Plinkett argues that one of the biggest issues of the Star Wars prequels is putting way too much focus on the story of Anakin/Darth Vader and making him seem like the center of the universe (which was unquestionably inspired by his real life popularity), arguing that his role should have been a [[SmallRoleBigImpact small part of a bigger story instead]]. He also has difficulty believing that Anakin was really a good friend or a good person as Obi-Wan implied in ''A New Hope'' going solely by whats shown on-screen in the prequels (and not taking tie-in materials into account), arguing that all signs pointed to him being a lost cause from the start. He also points out how the opening of ''Revenge of the Sith'' does this in a blatant attempt to backtrack and remind us that Anakin is still a good person (by arbitraily wanting to aid some convieniently disposable Clone Pilots under heavy fire) despite Anakin having been shown ruthlessly slaughtering an entire tribe of Tusken Raiders out of revenge in the previous film. |
| 582 | * ComplexityAddiction: |
| 583 | ** Plinkett notes that the whole plot of ''The Phantom Menace'' hinges on Palpatine setting into motion his insanely convoluted, 13 year long scheme to get into power by having the Trade Federation stage an invasion on Naboo so he could take advantage of the crisis to advance himself politically. But Plinkett points out that Palpatine's entire plan could have been easily foiled from the beginning if Queen Amidala turned out to be a coward and just signed the treaty. |
| 584 | ** Plinkett breaks down how much the [[Series/StarTrekPicard Zhat Vash]] make their whole goal of trying to find the synth planet ''way'' harder than it has to be and ends up making them looking like terrible spies. For instance, Commodore Oh ordered the murder of Sutra's sister when they could have captured her and interrogated her, or were unable to find Bruce Maddox even though he still goes out in public and works at multiple facilities. Not to mention how the Zhat Vash organizing the destruction of Mars leads to the banning of synthetics across the galaxy, which would make finding the synth homeworld even ''harder'' since all the androids would either go into hiding or be deactivated. |
| 585 | * CompositeCharacter: In his ''Phantom Menace'' review, Plinkett suggests that Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi should have been combined together to form a character called [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Obi-Wan Kenobi]], since Obi-Wan could have basically served the same role as Qui-Gon, who Plinkett considers to be a pointless addition to the film. |
| 586 | * CoversAlwaysLie: He points out in his review of ''Cop Dog'' that the covers make it out as if the film is a lighthearted romp focusing on a crime-solving dog, when the actual film is rather dark in its subject matter and doesn't feature the dog doing cop things at all. |
| 587 | * CozyCatastrophe: Points out that the reason it's hard to care about the Clone Wars in the prequel trilogy is that it never really seems to affect anything. Aside from the war being mainly between equally disposable robots and clones, Coruscant, where most of the focus is, is still just as lively and active in the third movie (when the war's been going on for quite a while) was it was in the first. |
| 588 | * DarkerAndEdgier: Not a fan of this one, as shown in his ''Franchise/StarTrek'' and ''Franchise/StarWars'' reviews. Ever more so if its simply for the sake of being Dark. Like how it's utterly unnecessarily for there to be rape in ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''. He also lambasts ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' for its more nihilistic tone that clashes with the rest of the series, and points to ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' as an example of Star Trek doing this correctly because it showed a different political side to things and was still able to tell well-written sci-fi stories. |
| 589 | * DenserAndWackier: This was his main problem with ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', The actors just constantly shouting ad-libs over each other and the bright, in-your-face visual style and just about every single character being portrayed as a total idiot completely ruins the tone of the film, which he compares to a toddler in the back seat of a car screaming for the driver's attention. He especially contrasts this with the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 1984 original]], which used a much more dry, deadpan tone, better comedic timing, and more believable, down-to-earth characters. He eventually sums it up as the original adhering to 'less is more' and the remake opting for 'more is more' where everything needs to be bigger, brighter, and louder. |
| 590 | * DesignatedVillain: [[invoked]] He has this opinion towards the villains of ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'', claiming that Spalko doesn't do anything particularly evil besides being a communist and working for her government, and the film also tries to establish that 50s America isn't particularly great either (in comparison to the villains of earlier films, who would usually KickTheDog enough to establish that they're bad people [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by the standards]] of Nazis and cultists). He's also played it for laughs a few times, such as claiming that [[Film/StarWarsEpisodeIIAttackOfTheClones Jango Fett]] was just trying to make his way in the world, and [[Film/Titanic1997 Hockley]] "has no faults." |
| 591 | * DevilInPlainSight: Plinkett points out this trope in the Star Wars prequels, pointing out that despite how shady and conspicuous Palpatine makes himself look with his transparent political orchestrations, [[INeverSaidItWasPoison talk of Sith Lords and other Jedi matters he should have no knowledge of]] (including asserting very suspiciously [[NotSoDifferentRemark that Sith and Jedi aren't so different]]), nobody figures out that he's the villain until he all but outright tells Anakin that he's a Sith Lord in Episode III. |
| 592 | * DumpMonths: Coined the phrase "fuck you, it's January!" to mock the low standards for movies released during that month. |
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| 596 | * EnsembleCast: One of the things he points out about ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' is that the film doesn't really have a defined protagonist, with the various candidates for the role (Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Anakin, Padme, Jar-Jar) all failing to drive the plot or having swathes of the movie where they're not really doing anything or haven't even been introduced yet--Qui-Gon is the closest, but even then, he gets mortally wounded halfway through the climax and the film basically continues without him. He argues that while [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools this is not a bad thing inherently]], in the case of ''The Phantom Menace'', it mostly just contributes to the film feeling unfocused. He notes particularly that the film has a swathe of time where Qui-Gon is running around doing stuff and forming a bond with Anakin, while Obi-Wan is basically just hanging out on the ship--in his view, it should be the other way around, as it would give Obi-Wan a clear character arc and anchor the film. |
| 597 | * ExpandedUniverse: Plinkett hates this. He hates when the main story has plot holes explained outside the movie [[AllThereInTheManual via tie-in materials]]. He also came down heavily on ''Film/RogueOne'' for being a new story in an established universe, which he considers cheating (it's a big cause of the review's broken base). |
| 598 | * ExtremeDoormat: In the ''Ghostbusters'' review, Plinkett notes that director Paul Feig's constant fawning over the cast seems to indicate an unwillingness to give them strong direction, thus leading to the constant ad-libs. |
| 599 | * {{Filler}}: Plinkett considers the entire Podracing sequence of ''The Phantom Menace'' to be this and that it adds absolutely nothing to the plot, and notes that Qui-Gon could have easily gotten everyone off Tatooine by just selling the Queen's ship to Watto off the bat, and then discreetly getting off the planet to Coruscant on another ship that wouldn't draw attention to themselves. |
| 600 | * FillingTheSilence: A major criticism he has with Ghostbusters is how the constant ad-libbing pads the film with awkward and unfunny dialog while also killing dramatic tension and comedic timing. Plinkett demonstrates this by comparing scenes in the film with ones where he edited the dialog out; the quieted shot actually does convey a appreciable sense of ominousness, and could have nicely set up a well-written quip to break the tension. |
| 601 | * {{Flanderization}}: |
| 602 | ** Plinkett feels the way The Force was presented in the original trilogy had an ethereal quality to it that inspired genuine awe and wonder (using Yoda's mere existence and character to demonstrate this), also due in part to how sparingly and carefully it was used and presented (such as Yoda humbling Luke by successfully lifting the X-Wing out of the swamp), and that the prequels trivialized it by playing up the powers aspect of it way too much, turning it into an excuse to show characters constantly spamming force telekinesis and the super acrobatic abilities it allows, making it come off as a mundane way to show off fancy effects and video game stunts. |
| 603 | ** Plinkett says that ''Film/StarTrek2009'' took minor character traits from all the original ''Franchise/StarTrek'' crew members and electrified them, to make the characters more interesting. |
| 604 | * FourLinesAllWaiting: Plinkett tears into ''Episode I'' for this happening at the climax. Well, not him so much as selected clips of Lucas and co. looking less than comfortable about having done this and not being able to change it so late in production. |
| 605 | * FranchiseKiller: Plinkett blames [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine the Dominion War]] for creating a rapid burnout and causing the temporary death of ''Franchise/StarTrek''.[[invoked]] |
| 606 | * FutureSocietyPresentValues: Plinkett feels this was to the detriment of ''Series/StarTrekPicard''. The series' not-so-subtle commentary on current political issues didn't make sense in the franchise's universe where humanity has moved on from those things by now, and the show makes it look like people have regressed. Certainly, the franchise tackled various social issues, but they would usually examine it through the lens of interactions with aliens or time travel. |
| 607 | * GambitRoulette: One of his biggest issues with the prequels is that Palpatine's plans depend so heavily on a thousand different factors working out in his favor, despite the fact that so many things could go wrong and nobody but him is in on the entire plan. He goes somewhat into detail on this at the beginning of ''Revenge of the Sith'', arguing that the entire scheme would have been derailed if, for instance, Grievous decided to kill Palpatine instead of keeping him as a hostage (Grievous doesn't seem to know Palpatine is Sidious), Anakin died in the process of trying to reach Palpatine, Dooku went off-script and spilled the beans after Palpatine told Anakin to kill him, Anakin refused to kill Dooku, or Grievous kept the good guys in their rayshield prison instead of bringing them right to the bridge. |
| 608 | * GuiltyPleasure: He considers ''Film/StarTrek2009'' to be this. Also his [[IncestSubtext granddaughter]], Crystal. |
| 609 | * HamAndCheese[[invoked]]: The one thing in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' that Plinkett says he likes is Creator/IanMcDiarmid's Palpatine -- just because Ian is clearly having the time of his life. |
| 610 | * HarpoDoesSomethingFunny[[invoked]]: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. Plinkett cites this as the biggest flaw in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' that isn't directly the doing of Creator/SonyPictures. While giving your actors room to ad-lib can greatly improve a comedy film, it's obvious that Paul Feig's direction in many scenes only went as far as going "Say/do something ''funny!''" This makes the humor come off as too broad, unstructured, and divorced from the action much of the time, in contrast to the original, where the ad-libbing was kept consistent with the action by complementing and building off of jokes that were already in the script. |
| 611 | * HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: Harry explains the somewhat tacked-on nature of the Spock/Uhura romance as a case of the [[BuryYourGays NotGays]] wherein the director draws undue time away from the plot in order to establish that a character is in fact heterosexual. He then goes on to show how other characters have a case of the [[BuryYourGays NotGays]] and begins to refer to it as the disease the director seems to think it is. He also points out how it's also done in dog movies. |
| 612 | * HollywoodTactics: One of his big complaints about ''The Last Jedi'' is how blatant this trope is there. He thinks that instead of being AcceptableBreaksFromReality in the service of story and spectacle like in previous ''Star Wars'' movies it just makes every commander on both sides look like complete idiots. |
| 613 | * IdiotBall: Another pet peeve of Plinkett, such as Padme being transferred to be "processed," even though the villains not knowing what happened to the Jedis ''and'' the fact ''she's central to their entire plans''. |
| 614 | * IdiotPlot: [[invoked]] |
| 615 | ** A major part of why Plinkett becomes angry to the point of murderous rage - and arguably why he has a penchant for butchering hookers - is that not only are the characters in the ''Star Wars'' Prequels "flat and uninteresting" but they're also TooDumbToLive on a galactic scale. A grand hall, full of thousands of delegates listen to a megalomaniacal speech from Palpatine, an obvious despot, yet no-one seems to notice even when he starts ranting about genocide of the Jedis? Not even Anakin (supposedly full of midichlorians which presumably enhance his perception) during a private meeting, where Palpatine mentions that the Sith and the Jedi are quite alike while a klaxon RedAlert blares out in the background. He sums it up that if the characters had displayed the slightest bit of common sense or rationale, Palpatine's plot could have easily been foiled. |
| 616 | ** {{Discussed}} in the ''Star Wars'' reviews. Plinkett contends that if any of the characters had exercised even the tiniest amount of common sense in the prequels, Palpatine's plans would have been easily thwarted and Anakin wouldn't have become Darth Vader. |
| 617 | ** He also argues this with ''Star Trek: Picard'', claiming that a lot of the plot seems to be fueled by the characters making decisions that make no sense--for example, the attack on Mars, where the Romulans apparently decided that the best choice to pull their FalseFlagOperation would be staging a strike on a fleet preparing to save the Romulan race from annihilation, or the creator of the androids burying the true goal of the program behind layers of fake memories rather than simply giving them the mission normally. He cites this to be due to the creators prioritizing a sense of mystery and countless twists and turns over creating a plot that actually makes sense. |
| 618 | * InformedAbility: Plinkett ''loves'' pointing these out, such as Anakin's alleged pilot skills. |
| 619 | ** He dedicates a larger part of his ''Picard'' review to some of these. |
| 620 | *** He notes that the series treats it as a given that Picard and Data were the closest of friends and Picard, above all others, never questioned Data's humanity... before showing a bunch of clips from ''Next Generation'' that suggest Picard was no stranger to questioning Data's nature, making insensitive remarks, or being impatient with his quirks, and ''Geordi'', not Picard, was Data's closest friend. |
| 621 | *** He finds it rather comical that the Romulans are supposed to be expert spymasters when, in an era of teleportation, their idea of a kidnapping is a standard home invasion barely a step above your average street gang, and they try to suffocate an android. |
| 622 | * InNameOnly: Much of his critique of ''Picard'' owes to its failure to capture the original tone and morality of ''Star Trek'', such that it feels like it could be any given series. |
| 623 | * ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars[[invoked]]: Plinkett argues (pretty convincingly) that ''Film/StarTrek2009'', despite its somewhat-dodgy plot and its [[TheThemeParkVersion loose]] adherance to the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' ethos, works brilliantly at exactly what it set out to be: a compelling action-adventure film precisely calculated to make as much money as possible. And saving the franchise. He also averted it by using ''Film/CitizenKane'' as a contrast to ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' when explaining why the latter fails, although he admitted this wasn't entirely fair. |
| 624 | * KidAppealCharacter: Ruthlessly deconstructed, especially in the case Phantom Menace-era Anakin. |
| 625 | -->"Kids' imaginations don't work that way!" |
| 626 | * LighterAndSofter: One of Plinkett's complaints about ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''. Indy only murders one enemy, and even Plinkett is confused about how the enemy died (why would the poison dart be poisoned on the ''wrong'' side?) |
| 627 | * LostAesop: He notes this of the depictions of [=McCarthy-era=] America in ''Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'', with Indy being wrongfully treated with suspicion by the government, characters lamenting the atmosphere of paranoia, one of his buddies changing sides explicitly because "I'm a capitalist, and they pay", and the protesters being shown sympathetically--all of which seems to be going for a vibe of "the US isn't so great, either." But nothing ever really comes of this, because the Soviets are still treated as self-evident antagonists, the conflict has almost nothing to do with the Cold War in general, and most of the movie doesn't even take place in the US, so really, all it does is undermine the stakes by making it seem like the villains have a point when they're not really supposed to. At one point, he noted that the movie seemed to do a better job of showing the US government as bad than showing the main antagonist as bad. |
| 628 | * LostInMediasRes:[[invoked]] One of Plinkett's criticisms of ''The Phantom Menace'' is that the film rushes through its setup so quickly that it doesn't even take time to properly establish fundamental story points to give an audience a clear understanding of whats at stake, such as ''why'' the Trade Federation are invading Naboo and are risking their entire organization by going along with Darth Sidious' oblique plans. He also scoffs at how the film lazily over-relied on [[AllThereInTheManual tie-in materials to explain these story gaps.]] |
| 629 | * MerchandiseDriven: Plinkett felt that Star Wars started heading his direction as early as ''Return of the Jedi'' (mainly singling out the presence of the Ewoks) but really got out of hand in the prequels. He also joked that the reason ''Return of the Jedi'' had its name changed from ''Revenge of the Jedi'' was because having one less letter would've saved hundreds of dollars in George Lucas' ink fund. |
| 630 | * MisBlamed: InUniverse. He points out that Lucas gets the majority of the flak for the prequel trilogy, but that things still could've been better if someone, ''anyone'', had the courage to stand up during production and tell him that his ideas were terrible. |
| 631 | ** He also holds this view on Hayden Christensen's portrayal of Anakin Skywalker in the prequel films, saying that he's not a bad actor, it's just that nobody could make some of the scenes and dialogue written for that role look good. |
| 632 | ** He also defends the cast of ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' and says they're all funny actors who have been in plenty of good roles, and instead directs the blame to director Paul Feig for giving the cast no real direction, instead just having them ad-lib everything and sit back laughing at all of it. |
| 633 | * MyWayOrTheHighway: In the review of ''The Last Jedi'', Plinkett unfavorably compares Admiral Holdo's iron fisted leadership style to the leadership style of [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Jean Luc Picard]], who was willing to listen to and consider others opinions, and was willing to give even his worst enemies the benefit of the doubt if it was clear it would make a situation better, to make a point of just how unhelpful and incompetent of a leader she is despite the film presenting her actions as noble and necessary in the big picture. He also points out that it is rather strange that the Resistance, who are supposed to be the good guys and ostensibly more egalitarian that the First Order, operates its chain of command in such a strict and authoritarian way. |
| 634 | * NeverTrustATitle: One of his main complaints about ''Cop Dog'', declaring that "Cop Dog is neither a cop nor a dog"--since not only is Marlowe not a police dog after his first appearance, but Marlowe also dies and becomes a ghost not long into the film. |
| 635 | * NoHuggingNoKissing: In his review of “The Force Awakens”, Plinkett states that the lack of romance in the film made the cast feel robotic and alien to an extent compared to the original series where romance and sexuality was pervasive. He states that he would have settled for romance of any kind, including either Rey and Finn or even [[HoYay Finn and Poe]]. Similarly, he notes that a romance subplot in the Ghostbusters remake would have given the characters some personal stakes, even suggesting that Holtzmann should have had a romance with the Mayor's assistant. |
| 636 | * OriginStory: Plinkett takes the Star Wars prequels to task for being this, arguing that they overall weren't a story that neeeded to be told, and that overfocusing on Anakin and [[CharacterShilling making his story seem like the center of the universe instead of a small part of a bigger story]] because of his real life popularity actually came to the detriment of the series, and that ''how'' Anakin became Darth Vader is nowhere as interesting as what he does when he ''is'' Darth Vader. |
| 637 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: |
| 638 | ** A major problem Mr. Plinkett has with the ''Next Generation'' movies is that Picard acts like an angry, vengeful, action movie character rather than a diplomatic captain who uses violence as a last resort. Years later it would get even worse in ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' with how Picard will make stupid decisions for no reason other than to move the plot forward. |
| 639 | ** Also, Plinkett points out how the Borg in ''First Contact'' randomly act like Frankenstein's monster. Plus Obi-Wan has random moments of being foolhardy and showing off in Episodes II and III. |
| 640 | ** Also considers Palpatine using a lightsaber and everything Yoda does in the prequels to be this. |
| 641 | * PinballProtagonist: Plinkett's explanation for why he doesn't consider Anakin the main character in Phantom Menace, due to him having little to no control over the events going on around him, even pointing out that him blowing up the trade federation ship at the end was an accident, and also because Anakin was first introduced a bit into the film's second act. |
| 642 | * PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: |
| 643 | ** Examined and eventually subverted in his review for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', where he dedicates a small part of the video to Disney going out of their way to give the movie a diverse cast, the way Disney marketed and promoted this diversity, and why Disney would do so. He does conclude that the diversity isn't a bad thing at all, but that it's something most moviegoers, especially children, won't really care about all that much, and that it was most likely only done to make the movie more marketeable to people who ''would'' demand such a thing. |
| 644 | ** They also subverted this with discussion about ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'', especially notable because of this trope being the crux of the controversy surrounding the movie. The channel does discuss the controversy in a couple of videos[[note]]They question in their ''WebSeries/HalfInTheBag'' video why Sony seemed to be playing up casting women in the lead of a sci-fi movie as something inspiring when it really isn't anything particularly new or revolutionary and also questioned why they picked ''Ghostbusters'' of all movies to be made into female empowerment movie when giving the same treatment to a macho action movie like ''Film/DieHard'' or ''Film/FirstBlood'' would have had a bigger impact. In a separate video, they also came to the conclusion that Sony intentionally manufactured, or at least fanned the flames of the controversy by intentionally leaving [=YouTube=] comments from actual misogynists up while specifically removing comments that were critical of the film for other, unrelated reasons in order to make it look like sexists are the only ones that don't like the movie and sexism is the only reason not to like it[[/note]], but overall seem to take the position that it isn't really anything to make a big deal out of either way, and that there are ''plenty'' of perfectly valid criticisms and reasons not to like the film that have nothing to do with the cast being women, chiefly the [[HarpoDoesSomethingFunny directing]] and [[DenserAndWackier tone]]. In fact, the Plinkett review itself pretty much ignores the issue entirely. |
| 645 | * PoliticallyCorrectHistory: Plinkett accuses Indiana Jones of indulging too much in this trope, and haphazardly at that. Because the film is set in [[RedScare the 50s]] and uses a [[ValuesDissonance once-acceptable]] target (the [[DirtyCommunists Russians]]) as the villains, the filmmakers try to compensate by playing up the flaws of 50s American culture...with an evil Men In Black subplot [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse that goes absolutely nowhere]] and nonsensical lines like, "Of course I sold you out. I'm a capitalist." |
| 646 | --->'''Plinkett:''' But people have been greedy since the dawn of time! |
| 647 | * PopularityPower: |
| 648 | ** Plinkett argues in the ROTS review that this kicks in for Darth Vader. Before the PT, Darth Vader was an iconic character and a symbol of the Empire, formerly a good man gone bad, but only one aspect of a larger story. However, in the prequels he becomes Space Jesus and the most pivotal man in the Galaxy. Plinkett believes this is because Vader is a popular and iconic figure, his life is central to not only the story, but to the in-story universe as well, when it was not suggested in the OT. |
| 649 | ** Plinkett also questions why in the world Padme would bother thanking R2-D2, "a piece of equipment". Why would the queen be ordered to clean a dirty droid? If she's thanking inanimate objects, why not thank ''the spaceship''. This, despite in previous films R2-D2 was treated as just another machine by Luke and others. Once again, R2-D2 is famous to the ''viewer'', not to the characters in the film. |
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| 653 | * QuestionableCasting:[[invoked]] Plinkett delivers one for the casting of Creator/SamuelLJackson as Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels. While Jackson excels at playing bad motherfuckers who yell, curse and beat people, he is utterly ill-suited for the role of a wise and serene Jedi Master. Plinkett suggests that Creator/MorganFreeman, Creator/ForestWhitaker and Creator/SidneyPoitier would have been better choices if Lucas wanted an African American actor to play a Jedi, but none of them has Jackson's box office appeal. |
| 654 | * ARealManIsAKiller: Believes that a ''good'' Indiana Jones movie is reflected in how many people Indy brutally murders throughout the film. |
| 655 | * RedShirtArmy: The biggest problem with the Clone Wars concept, as far as Plinkett is concerned, is that we have two armies of faceless CGI mooks (clones vs droids) who can die by the hundreds onscreen in large battle scenes, with no consequence or emotional impact on the audience. |
| 656 | * RomanticPlotTumor: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. The ''Attack of the Clones'' review becomes increasingly sidetracked by the Plinkett/Nadine storyline, as a deliberate contrast to the Anakin/Padme storyline in the movie. |
| 657 | * RootingForTheEmpire:[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. |
| 658 | ** Not technically rooting for the Empire, but Plinkett wonders how Obi-Wan automatically knows the Trade Federation attack on Naboo was unprovoked. |
| 659 | ** Less than 5 minutes into his ''Phantom Menace'' review, Plinkett is giving the Trade Federation advice on the best ways to murder Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan. |
| 660 | ** Mace Windu decapitating a poor working stiff who's just trying to make his way in the universe.[[spoiler:(Jango Fett)]] |
| 661 | ** In ''Crystal Skull'', [=McCarthyite=] America terrifies Plinkett way more than Spalko does. |
| 662 | ** Vader throwing poor Palpatine down a mine shaft. |
| 663 | ** Maybe the [[Series/StarTrekPicard Zhat Vash]] were right about the androids, considering they almost let in a robot space octopus hellbent on eradicating organic life. And for a non-villainous but still portrayed as in the wrong example, maybe Admiral Fuckface and the rest of Starfleet were right about the Romulans, considering how most of them are Jerkasses at best. See BrokenAesop. |
| 664 | * DarthWiki/RuinedFOREVER: {{Discussed}} InUniverse |
| 665 | -->'''Mike (The United States of Noooo!!!):''' ''"[that scene] ruined everything. Not just ''Star Wars'' movies, but every other type of movie ever made."'' |
| 666 | -->'''Plinkett (''Star Trek Generations'' review):''' ''"It ruined everything. And not just ''Star Trek'' movies, but everything."'' |
| 667 | * [[invoked]]RunningTheAsylum: What he thinks is ultimately one of the biggest problems with ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' was director Paul Feig giving a cast full of otherwise competent actors essentially zero direction and instead just letting them ad-lib everything. He even directly compares Feig's directing style on ''Ghostbusters'' to a school teacher directing a cast of young children by letting them do whatever they want and just sitting back laughing at how cute it is that the production has gone off the rails. He especially hates this compared to the original film, which mostly used constructed jokes and well-done comedic timing, whereas the 2016 remake is full of the actors all yelling and quipping over each other which just blends together into constant noise. |
| 668 | * ScaryBlackMan: Plinkett's primary gripe with Mace Windu is that he ''didn't'' adhere to this trope, and that the character was a complete waste of Samuel L Jackson's [[TypeCasting talent for playing this type of character]]. Moreover, he argues that Jackson was cast specifically to attract viewers who would expect him to be this trope. He says if they wanted to cast an African American actor then someone like Creator/MorganFreeman or Creator/ForestWhitaker would have been more suited to playing a wise Jedi Master. |
| 669 | * SceneryBasedSocietalBarometer: Discussed in the review of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Plinkett points out that the effects of the war could've been shown affecting Coruscant, thus highlighting the issues to the audience. Specifically, he claimed they could've seen the bustling nightlife slow to a stop as the film progressed and explored the idea of a draft being placed on the citizens of the planet. |
| 670 | * SellOut: Plinkett takes more than a few cheap shots at the fact that George Lucas' franchise is a licensing juggernaut. |
| 671 | -->"But it (the title of ''Revenge of the Sith'') also harkened back to the original title of “Return of the Jedi” which was supposed to be “Revenge of the Jedi”. Buuut at the last minute Lucas had decided to change the title from “Revenge” to “Return”, because he discovered that having a word with one less letter in it would save him $916 annually on the cost of printing the logo on countless T-shirts, action figure boxes and posters.[[note]]Note that this was absolutely not the case in real life--J.W. Rinzlers ''The Making of Return of the Jedi'' revealed that Creator/{{Kenner}} had to destroy over 250,000$ worth of toy packaging due to the 11th hour change in the movies title.[[/note]] Hey ink’s not cheap kids! The man runs a business. However by 2005 Lucas had saved up well over $1000 in his ink fund, so he could afford that extra letter." |
| 672 | * ShotReverseShot: An extensive deconstruction of this technique forms a pillar of Plinkett's criticism against the cinematography of ''Revenge of the Sith,'' as well as that of the Prequel Trilogy at large. To summarize a ten minute discourse: it's a workmanlike technique whose overuse makes for boring cinema, it doesn't mesh well with the dynamic and free-form camera angles found in entirely computer-generated action scenes, and it takes the viewer out of the film by making it abundantly clear that dialogue is always taking place while characters are sitting or are languidly walking back and forth on a greenscreen runway. |
| 673 | * ShowDontTell: Plinkett's adamantly stresses visual storytelling as a virtue of the original films (particularly highlighting the opening of ''A New Hope'') in contrast to how much blatant exposition though talking is given in the prequel films. |
| 674 | * SmallReferencePools: He takes issue with ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' constantly and gratuitously overusing references to other famous movies. This later culminates in PopculturalOsmosisFailure in the scene from the movie where Holtzmann briefly sings Glinda the Good Witch's "Come out, come out, wherever you are" song from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' to lure a ghost out of hiding and Paul Feig admits on the commentary track that, despite having paid ''thousands of dollars'' just to put that one line in the film, he doesn't actually know what movie the song originally came from and assumes it was from "some Disney movie" (Fellow movie reviewer {{WebVideo/Bobsheaux}} even left a comment saying that he never watched a Paul Feig movie before and, after finding that out, he'll make sure he never will). |
| 675 | * SpecialEffectFailure: Plinkett considers this a big problem with the prequels due to their over reliance on CGI. He argues that the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy benefited from the limitations faced with practical special effects, which includes the problems Lucas faced during production because of using practical effects. He has a particular hatred for the overuse of the lightsaber effects in the prequel movies, seeing as how they were much easier to produce than they were during the production of the original trilogy. [[invoked]] |
| 676 | -->'''Plinkett''': The human eye can detect fakeness real easy. [[DragQueen It's not too hard]]. |
| 677 | ** Parodied near the end of the ''Episode III'' review when he claims that the CGI took a drop in quality for the climatic fight, when he's showing the basic CGI outlines/paths. |
| 678 | * StrangledByTheRedString: [[invoked]]A major part of his critique of ''Attack of the Clones'' is this, noting that Anakin and Padmé's romantic arc basically amounts to Anakin acting like a dumbass creep at best and a total psychopath at worst, and Padmé inexplicably deciding to marry him despite barely knowing him and having every reason to cut ties with him. |
| 679 | * StrawmanHasAPoint: [[invoked]]In his ''Picard'' review, he grumpily points out that the GeneralRipper admiral who claims that Starfleet should just let all the Romulans die is ultimately validated, as nearly every bad thing in the show comes down to the Romulans being a bunch of {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder to the point that they seem to prioritize screwing over the Federation [[StupidEvil over the continued survival of their species.]] |
| 680 | * TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: [[invoked]] |
| 681 | ** Plinkett regrets the missed potential lesbian sex scene between the mother and the nanny in "Baby's Day Out" since Lara Flynn Boyle and [[Series/SexAndTheCity Cynthia Nixon]] have "done their fair share of dirty roles, why can't they make room for that here?". |
| 682 | ** He points out that the Clone War from the Prequel Trilogy had its impact greatly lessened by the fact that the heroes are pitting their disposable army of clones against the villains' even more disposable army of robots. After a disclaimer that he doesn't normally want to speculate on how to "fix" the prequels, he goes into detail about how it would've been more interesting if the clones were an invasive force attacking Coruscant from some unknown source in space and inflicting such damage that Coruscant was forced to institute a draft, resulting in millions of deaths, the vibrant, futuristic society shown in Episode I becoming far more run-down and barren by Episode III, and making Palpatine's tricking the people and senate into giving complete power to him so easily more believable, since it would parallel the tactics of many real life dictators. |
| 683 | ** He points out that Anakin's temptation would have been more effective if he were portrayed as a kind family man from the beginning, who only loses his way and falls to the Dark Side at the end of the trilogy, whereas in the actual series, he's portrayed as already being unstable from fairly early on. |
| 684 | ** Plinkett wishes that ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' had limited its scope to focus on more episodic, emotional, character-driven plots that were actually ''about'' Picard, like the creators of the show originally promised. Instead, the show includes a plot with a galactic-scale with a bunch of characters that are more important than Picard himself. To illustrate his point, Plinkett throws out a bunch of original plot ideas that they could have done instead. |
| 685 | * Administrivia/TropesAreTools: While acknowledging many good filmmakers stray away from traditional structure, Plinkett argues that Lucas shouldn't have for the Star Wars prequels. Credits classic Star Wars characters for being memorable partly by fullfilling certain archetypes like the HerosJourney, FishOutOfWater, LoveableRogue, DamselInDistress, TheMentor, and gay robots. |
| 686 | * TrueArtIsAngsty: Invoked in ''The Nerd Crew'' about ''Film/RogueOne'', [[DeadpanSnarker stating]] that war films aren't supposed to have any CharacterDevelopment. |
| 687 | -->'''Mike:''' It's not meant to be [[AirQuotes "enjoyed"]] ''per se'' as a conventional film. |
| 688 | * UncertainAudience: [[invoked]]He believes that one of the reasons ''Crystal Skull'' proved so controversial was that the premise was a lot more muddled than the prior ''Indiana Jones'' films, which were straightforward GenreThrowback affairs to old adventure serials and films like ''Film/GungaDin'' and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. ''Crystal Skull'' aimed to be an homage to 50s sci-fi films about aliens, but it ran into the issue that actually going all the way and making something in the style of films like ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill'' or ''Film/TheWarOfTheWorlds1953'' would result in something that no longer felt like an ''Indiana Jones'' film. Consequently, they ended up simply grafting aliens and Cold War paranoia into an otherwise-standard Indy plot, which resulted in the film feeling a lot less coherent than its predecessors, since it ended up being too weird for established fans but not divergent enough to draw in new ones. |
| 689 | * TheUnfairSex: Although focused on more in the WebVideo/HalfInTheBag episode for the movie, he takes issue with the portrayal of both sexes in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016''. Of major note are the fact that while Janine in ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'' was portrayed as a smart, sarcastic character who was perfectly capable of taking care of herself, her male equivalent Kevin in the remake is for some reason portrayed as being dumber than a brick. On the other hand, he takes issue with the fact that the guys making up the team from the original were mostly (at least most of them) portrayed as pretty professional all around and ranged from DeadpanSnarker to TheComicallySerious, even if they tended to bumble their way through things a bit just by nature of being in way over their heads, whereas in the remake, the women making up the team are, mostly because of the HarpoDoesSomethingFunny directing style, all portrayed as childish goofballs that don't seem to be taking anything that happens seriously and seem to have no real motivation for what they're doing. |
| 690 | * ViewersAreMorons: Lampshaded and discussed in several reviews. |
| 691 | * WagTheDirector: [[invoked]] Discussed; Plinkett believes that one of the problems behind ''Picard'' was that the actors (Patrick Stewart in particular) were given too much creative control over the series, stating that most actors don't have the creative chops necessary and if given the chance they'll use it to feed their overinflated egos. |
| 692 | * WalkAndTalk: Criticizes what he believes to be a misuse of this technique in the ROTS review. Because most dialogue scenes are shot on a short greenscreen runway, there isn't much room for dynamic or frenetic motion. Having that would mean that Lucas would have had to alter his cameras' positioning, which he was unwilling to do, and results in scene after scene featuring two characters slowly walking down a hallway, talking, until they reach a point where they turn and face each other so that the dialogue can end in a ShotReverseShot exchange. This pattern, far from looking natural, actually accentuates the limits of Lucas's use of CGI. |
| 693 | * WarIsHell: Plinkett argues that the impact of the Clone War should have been much more visible, with mass conscription and millions dying, which would have added tension and drama and made Palpatine's power grab more justifiable in-universe. Instead, life in Coruscant seems to just carry on as normal and the war is treated like some minor inconvenience out in space. |
| 694 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen[[invoked]]: [[InUniverse Mike's promotional popcorn tub]] for ''Titanic'''s initial release date suggests a more action-oriented film, including the tagline, "Collide With Destiny." Compare to the finished tagline, "Nothing On Earth Can Keep Them Apart." |
| 695 | -->"But something DID keep them apart. It was an iceberg! Oh wait, it said 'nothing on Earth', [[DontExplainTheJoke an iceberg's in the water]]. I get it..." |
| 696 | * WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: [[invoked]]He takes this view of ''Cop Dog'', pointing out that the film is rather melancholy in tone, spends an awful lot of time focusing on the trauma of the kid losing his father, and outright kills the titular dog less than halfway in--all things that make the film too dark for most kids, despite the film being undeniably aimed at a young audience. He contrasts this with other kids movies in the same general field such as ''Karate Dog'' or ''Firehouse Dog'', which, though certainly not ''good'', are at least exactly what you'd expect from films with those titles. |
| 697 | -->"''Soccer Dog'' is about a dog who plays soccer! There's no weird ''[[Film/TheExorcist Exorcist]]'' crap in it. And most importantly, Soccer Dog never gets hit by a car and dies. He plays... fucking soccer. And goddamn ''Firehouse Dog'' takes place in a firehouse, and the dog becomes a firehouse dog! Get it? Gee, I sure wasn't expecting that from a movie called ''Firehouse Dog!'' Fuck." |
| 698 | * WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief: According to Plinkett, gets broken when characters act like weird, unrelatable space aliens (which they are) and by seeing live-action actors put into physically impossible and unsurvivable situations, such as in Baby's Day Out and Attack of the Clones, that serve only to draw attention to the artifice. |
| 699 | ** In the ''Attack of the Clones'' review, he criticizes the idea of Dooku being able to use Force Lightning. Specifically, he explains how in ''Return of the Jedi'', that Emperor Palpatine being able to use Force Lightning was more of a storytelling tool than a literal ability, meant to demonstrate just how powerful and evil Palpatine was, and imply that he has even more abilities like that up his sleeve. After all, if Palpatine wanted to kill Luke, he could have just strangled him. When Dooku does it, he claims he can't take it seriously because it trivializes the impact of the ability, likening it to a power-up a video game character gets from reaching Level 50 Sith status. He claims he was honestly surprised that Yoda didn't start shooting out green lightning at him too. |
| 700 | ** Speaking of Yoda, he describes the reserved, mentor like Yoda of the original trilogy as a believable character who was there to demonstrate an ethereal quality of the force. For the prequels, he criticizes his over the top, "windmill on a pogo-stick" style of fighting and acrobatics as cartoony and completely unbelievable, seeing them as just a way to show off fancy effects and video game style stunts while flying in the face of the original nature of Yoda's character. |
| 701 | * WolverinePublicity: Plinkett mocks ''Revenge of the Sith'' for heavily hyping up Darth Vader's appearance (in his iconic armor) in all of the trailers, commercials, merchandise and tie-ins, even though Vader only has 2 minutes of screentime in the entire movie. |
| 702 | * WorldOfJerkass: {{Discussed| Trope}}. |
| 703 | ** Plinkett states that he found it hard to care about the fate of New York in ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' as every side character seemed to be either TooDumbToLive or extremely unpleasant jerks. |
| 704 | ** He also found this to be a major problem with ''Series/StarTrekPicard'' because of how it traded the optimistic future where humanity has genuinely managed to move forward for a future filled with unpleasant and foul-mouthed characters in a much more cynical setting. |
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| 706 | * YesMan: Everyone surrounding Lucas during the making of the prequel films, but especially his right-hand man Rick [=McCallum=]. This backfires when he finally sees the rough cut of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': |
| 707 | -->'''Plinkett''': Rick [=McCallum=] is frozen in utter shock at how horrible the movie was. Internally, he regrets not challenging Lucas on some of the things he was worried about. |
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