Trivia / Reaction & Review

• Colbert Bump:
  • If someone purchased a movie from Emer's Amazon Wishlist, he'd give that person a shoutout in the episodes that cover the movies purchased. He did this in hopes of generating a Colbert Bump effect for those people.
  • He also did this for a good chunk of the films he reviewed, to the point where several people got to know indie or obscure films and studios through his reviews.
• Corpsing: Every so often, Emer would "break character" a bit and openly laugh at the film he's watching, or at his own comments. This is most evident in his review of Birdemic after he flips out about the kid demanding a Happy Meal on the beach and cracks up almost immediately afterwards.
• Creator Backlash: Emer publicly stated that he wasn't really proud of how the first episode turned out. He was also apparently ashamed of the rants he did before he started this series (which have been archived here), stating in his now-closed Ask.fm that they were "the worst things I've ever done".
• Died During Production: Due to sepsis coupled with complications with hernia surgery, he passed away after 625 episodes of R&R, also leaving his 700th episode viewer poll tournament mostly in the planning stages. It also left his playthrough of Resident Evil 7 unfinished. He ended that video by saying he hoped to stream more of the game, but passed before he could do so.
• Missing Episode: Or, rather, missing part of episode; due to a YouTube bug, the review of A Haunted House, which is supposed to be 20 minutes 48 seconds long, only plays up to 11 minutes 19 seconds, and considering Emer's aforementioned death, there's no chance of a reupload (However, downloading the video from Youtube fixes the issue).
• Schedule Slip:
  • Most of March and April 2012 saw only one episode. The reason for this was because Emer's laptop "died". Once he bought a new one, everything was back on track.
  • Happened again in mid-2014. Because of technical issues, his review of The Lords of Salem was a day late.
  • In October 2016, Emer missed two episodes because he was in the hospital.
  • Due to Emer's worsening health, he was forced to postpone all future R&R episodes starting in June 2017 (the latest, and ultimately final, episode up to that point was posted right at the end of May). Had he not died, this would have marked the longest hiatus in the show's history, at over two months.
• Troubled Production:
  • His review of Hobo with a Shotgun took nine attempts because the first eight were interrupted by things like his phone ringing, someone knocking at his door, and a siren going off at noon. He is clearly on his last nerve while explaining these interruptions.
  • His review of Women's Prison Massacre was less riddled with problems, taking about five attempts due to similar interruptions. As before, he was irritated, though more just because he was "sick and tired of talking about this godawful fucking movie".

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