Mike: *Whines that TPM took a few minutes before things started exploding and the Jedi started fighting. Wants the Jedi to constantly fight or kill people* Mike: *claps like a seal when things explode in TFA* Mike: *Throws a hissy fit that there's action in Rogue One*

33:05 I love how he says they’re miserable and joyless right as he plays a clip of everyone smiling and cheering

The prequels busted the doors open to an actual star wars universe, so many new planets, factions etc etc etc, the prequels had so many species, cultures, like queen amidala had clothing not found anywhere I had seen before, the gungan army vs droids was fresh, instead of another white armour army fighting for some reason

If the force was explained to him in rogue one he would complain about the film explaining something he already knew

There's plenty of non force users who say "may the force be with you" so that wasn't even a valid criticism to start with.

Obi Wan and Qui Gon weren’t “Gary stus” before the fight.

32:54 WTF dose this guy talk about? detaching Rogue One from Star Wars and treating it as it own separate universe inspired by Star Wars made it better for me. i absolutely love Rogue One and consider it the only good Disney Star Wars

Goku's scream will forever be a symbol of pain and "the struggle" 💀

Anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering(all us fans)

I love the prequels, Rogue One and RLM. Yes, it is possible to not let someone else's opinionated sarcasm bend you so far out of shape.

What a strange fat man. He likes 7 because, in his subjective mind, "it captures the magic and energy of the originals", but he hates Rogue One because, in his objective mind, it doesn't meet his metrics. By his own metrics, he should hate 7. Are we going to judge movies subjectively and objectively? Or are we going to pick how we judge movies based on our narrative?

Honestly, the reason I love Rouge One is because it's a more gritty and serious setting. It makes things for me personally more investing.

It is hard to listen to Plinkett's review because of that voice he puts on. I know it's probably just his character, but goddamn

Rogue One alone is a better overall movie than the entire 3 sequel movies together.

I love the entire saga episodes 1-6. Here's my favorite in order. 1- Revenge of the Sith 2- Star Wars I'm that old I still call it that 3- Attack of the Clones 4- The Phantom Menace 5- The Empire Strikes Back 6- Return of the Jedi And the Clone Wars. That's were Star Wars ends for me. I also find the middle of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi to be a bit boring. But I still ABSOLUTELY LOVE them!!!

Only one note, the heroes in the Phantom Menace aren't Gary Stues, they are paragons. Despite not showed in the story there are reasons for their power and mastery. They are like Gandalf in the Lord of The Rings.

I know it’s awful to think this but Plinkets voice just makes me want to go to the gym till I burn off a weeks load of calories

Does anyone else feel like Plinketts voice is like dragging nails on a chalkboard?

i have been sick of people bashing the prequels for twenty years thanks for making these videos

Plinkett's silly point about the movie being empty without context would be a terrible precedent to implement. Films in a universe don't have to stand in isolation, just as much as episodes in a series don't have to stand in isolation, and scenes in a movie don't have to stand in isolation. What matters is that the audience understands. And they understood what was going on in Rogue One.

I honestly think that Saw Gerra was set up pretty well. This is mostly because I have the benefit of knowing he was in the Clone Wars and how that affected his characterization. His backstory is that during the Clone Wars TV Series, Saw was part of a Republic-backed resistance movement on his homeworld on Onderon which due having join the Separatist willingly, made the prospect of a Republic campaign to retake it more difficult to pull off because they would come off as the aggressors. Saw's attitude in the film mostly comes from a combination of losing his sister during the Clone Wars and the fact the Republic he was supporting at first became the Empire leading to a situation of meet the new boss same as the old boss. Also I would point based on Mr. Plinket's claim about the premise without context, they were going to have the superweapon destroyed in the sequel. Plus the film itself establishes not everyone in the Rebellion believed the Empire had the Death Star thinking it was just a bluff to get the Rebels lured into a trap so obtaining the plans would prove they made it.

Justice League had "ample time"??? Wasn't there this huge story about how the former WB execs rushed it out before the new year so they would get their bonuses?

I’m so glad you pointed out the flaw in Rlm’s logic that they use on a lot of films. “Oh it was a film about a thing to get a thing” . You could simplify all films including new hope of you wanted to

Full disclosure. I subscribe to RLM and enjoyed the Plinkett reviews from an entertainment/funny prospective. I also like the prequels for the most part.

The biggest crack in the RLM veneer came with their Force Awakens review, I think. The vast majority probably came to their video expecting a break from the shill media gushing over that abominable film only to have Plinkett bitch about the prequels for 80% of the review, and then to provide the softest criticism imaginable while heaping a lot of undeserved praise. When superior film analysts rightly raked the film over the coals, and the nostalgia goggles lost their power, RLM was caught with their pants down. I find Mike, Jay, and Rich to be highly entertaining and often enjoyable content creators, but like anybody, bias can hamper the intellect. I do think they hit a few key points of the prequel's problems that other reviewers missed, but overall many of the points they make in those reviews demonstrate a very limited analytical acumen.

The Amazing Atheist did a really shit video about how the prequels suck and he and his friend’s entire argument was basically “go watch the Plinkett reviews.”

They jumped down R1 to save face after being called out for giving TFA a free pass for the same elements they used to rake the prequels. They’ve pretty much shut up about Disney Star Wars except to occasionally dig on R1, as if it’s somehow worse than the hot mess of the sequels.

I also think she said may the force be with us because in the star wars universe even the average person does know about the force, and many do treat it as some kind of deity

I liked Rogue One. I think It's the best Disney Star Wars film. Though, I really want to see the original version.

I know it wasn't the main importance in Rogue one but I would have loved to have more political in it. To actually see a Senate debate where you see how discontent some senators are with the rebellion or the empire's growing power. But the movie was original and new in comparison of The Force Awakens. And I can't stand Plinkett's voice so you are a more than welcome voice. Nice video.

Galen Erso did _not_ set up the exhaust port as the flaw in the Death Star. He was in charge of designing the central reactor, not a tiny little external vent pipe. The weakness he created was a subtle instability in the reactor, arranging it so that a small energy overload would set up a chain reaction that would cause the whole thing to explode. That was all he dared do. All he was capable of doing. He could only hope that someone would be able to figure out _how_ to exploit it. And that was genius on the part of the writers. They actually managed to set up the core premise of R1 in a way that did not conflict with the original _Star Wars_ . When the rebels got their hands on the plans and said they "hoped to find a weakness", they were telling the truth. While they had some general idea what the flaw was, assuming the intelligence they got was accurate, they still had no idea if it was possible for them to actually take advantage of it. In fact, it is likely that there were several ways to instigate the chain reaction, but most of them would involve being _inside_ the station at the time. The rebellion were just lucky to find one direct path into the reactor from the outside, and luckier still that some engineer had decided that it was not necessary to fully shield such an insignificant and obscure portal against external attack.

I was 13 or 14 when I saw Plinkett’s reviews way back in 2010. It was easy for me to be swayed because I was a dumb kid. I actually enjoyed the prequels growing up and have a lot of memories from the numerous times I watched them. It wasn’t until I was told to hate them that I started to view them negatively.

I will always love George. He is the man that started all of this incredible mythos and world and even if the prequel movies are a bit lazy when it comes to the film making aspect, his stories will always be legendary and ingrained into our culture and for that I am eternally thankful

To quote RLM: How embarrassing...

12:35 Allow me to add to your point here. During any point of the fight where the characters' faces are visible, their emotions are clear as day. Maul has his teeth gritted, brow furrowed and is silently furious throughout the fight, as is expected from a Sith. Qui-Gon is stoic, focused, but most of all calm and controlled, which makes sense for a Jedi Master. Obi-Wan, at least for the first part of the fight, is determined, yet also nervous, cautiously pressing on the attack until spurred on by the death of Qui-Gon, which makes sense for any young, fledgling type of character.

I remember when i watched Red Letter Media's video on the Phantom Menace just to hear what the fuss was about. #1: they almost put me to sleep because i found them fucking boring. #2: The argumentation was absolutely god awful. #3: i immediately stopped watching it and binge watched the Prequels. I fell more in love with the Prequels after watching RLM's bullshit video. So thank you, RLM, for making me reappreciate the Prequels after i almost fell into this garbage cesspool of bullshit hatred surrounding the Prequels. Obviously, it wasnt their intent.....but much appreciated.

How would he react if he knew that all those scenes of A New Hope were directed by George.

you're probably tired of hearing this, but I would highly recommend watching clone wars. It takes everything that was great about the prequels and expands on it exponentially. Especially in the later seasons

I personally DO NOT like Rogue One, but this was a good video with great points!

That "Show dont Tell" Darth Maul fight counterargument was a mic drop

I can just imagine rich evans laughing at this

I know you probably have your schedule for Revenge of the Prequels completely set out, but wait for 2020. Linkara of Atop the Fourth Wall just announced his anti-prequel videos will be coming on May 4th. Yeah. He has the audacity to do them on Star Wars day. I used to be a fan of him, but then when he explained his reasoning for liking the sequels and hating the prequels, I began to question all of his critiques before this, and this decision sealed the deal on him. I hope you tear into his reviews come May 2020 and make sure nothing is left behind.

15:46 "We suffered with them" *Oh my God how embarrassing!!!!*

Come on don't bully Pinkett he actually sounds like he is very slow in the head

When are the Chris stuckman and the redlettermedia prequel vids coming

Great video Nomz. I actually want to say that your feelings on RLM are quite similar to my feelings towards MisAnthro Pony, he’s biased, grasps at straws, twists the narrative and treats his personal opinions as FACTS! And it really freaking infuriates me. Again, Great video 👍👍👍👍👍

Rogue one was shit dude. Please tell me how any of the characters were likeable or rememberable

It's weird that Red Letter Media don't realise Rogue One builds upon the Star Wars staple of adapting WW1/2 movies and starwarsing them. Rogue One is a classic WW2 "mission" movie - in the Star Wars universe (just as part of A New Hope is taken from Dam Busters etc). The characters are faceless, unsung heroes. That's THE MESSAGE of the movie. Loved it.

I don’t know why people like his avatar so much, there no way in hell I could sit through an hour looking at this goon with that voice. I hate everything’s avatar is ugly too but nit that ugly and you usually don’t have to look at if for as long!.

Have to be honest , I have never like RLM. It bores me to hear him slobber through his dialog and what he did to Lucas has had far reaching ramifications that we all are now paying for. Ig he would have kept his ball warmer shut maybe we would be enjoying real star wars instead of this pathetic trash there dumping out now.

"I've Been Looking Forward To This".

What I find funny about the fact he saying “They aren’t going to stop the super weapon only to do it later.”. The whole movie is meant to show a rebellion that losing hope in stopping an evil empire. The final act of the film ends wit them given the rebellion something that can allow them to find a way to stop them. Rogue One you can say is a movie about not given up hope in the face of annihilation, that there is always hope for a better future.

I like the part of this video when Mr. Plinkett is speaking.

18:56 went from almost choking up a tear to laughing my ass off 🤣 well played sa'

6:03 Holy sh*t! A dude that says Abrams is better than Lucas? I don't know too much about cinema, but this statement told me everything about the story itself.

Yeah, I'm starting to hate the people who kept bitching about the Prequels and harping on George for literally no reason. It was that hate that made him give the rights of Star Wars to Disney. These people don't know anything about George. He wasn't lazy at all and had a clear cut idea but those idiots basically bullied him into thinking he wasn't fit to do anything with Star Wars anymore.

Also the scenes with Anakin and his mom hit me hard.

9:04 So wait a second. Does this mean that Plinkett, a "movie critic", really hates the Rocky movie???

Star Wars has changed all the movies really have problems but looking back on the prequels I'd honestly say they aren't so bad now because it's interesting seeing the fall of Anikan Skywalker

i feel liek plinkett doesn't even like the originals with some of these criticisms lmao

This Mr. Plinkett character just seems like an excuse to be very low energy when recording voice-over and get the benefit of self-deprecating humor without any self-awareness. 8:46 Is this really a filmmaking concept? I've only heard it applied to manufactured goods, buildings, or software before now; not artistic works. 37:00 As I recall the fatal defect that Galen Urso inserted into the Death Star's design was that damaging the reactor would cause it to explode destroying the entire battlestation. Therefore the complete plans are important for finding a means of damaging the reactor. I'd have to rewatch the movie to be sure (and I just might) but I don't think the exhaust port is ever mentioned in Rogue One.

Hey AnomelyInc, can you maybe do a video on Linkara on his video on The Force Awakens comic? While I haven’t watched it and don’t plan on to I have read the comments and they always mention Linkara ranting about people complaining about The Last Jedi in the beginning. Looks like he’s another shill for that film which is strange because he likes Star Trek more and considers Star Trek better than Star Wars.

Plinkett: why do I hear boss music?

I grow up with the OG trilogy. I absolutely loved the prequels and the clone Wars. Screw Disney's soy wars

Ah the Triangle of truth, or as I like to call it the Triangle of oversimplification because this concept is not new, tank enthusiasts use a similar triangle but many are seeing how oversimplified it is in how it doesn't address other factors just as if not more important for success. Really enjoyed this seeing this as well as hearing your arguments. I am not a fan of Rouge One, but I understand what they tried. I haven't seen their videos but I know I won't be forgetting their and others like Angry Joe's hand for leading Star Wars down the path it did. Never forget they called Abrams the savior.

28:50 “A stand alone story” “assuming the audience already had prior knowledge of Star Wars” that sounds pretty contradictory

The poster of this video is just mad because the pizza roll that Plinkett sent in the mail arrived cold and this video is his revenge.

I don't understand his dumbass point about "context", why would a movie made specifically in that universe need to make sense without it? The whole point is that it is made to fit that universe, would Harry Potter 6 make sense out side the HP universe? No, does that automatically make it a bad movie? No, that whole argument about "context" made no sense.

Anomaly inc I hated the nostalgia critics temple of doom review not just because it was nit picky and contradictory but because he said Jane Lloyd is 💩 even though he’s been through a lot 😡

I just see the reviews as parody of SW super fans. Pinkett also keeps women in the basement and kills cats. Its entertainment

Once you go after the prequel videos, you just might get on EFAP.

I do think that this movie is good though the way the rebels are shown to be a small gorilla force feels right and the empire finally is threatening and I love that

why does he sound like the troll in harry potter with the wand shoved up his nose?

Always hated RLM and yes, RLM is why Lucas retired and we have this shit now.

"I am One with the Force and the Force is with me" is a great addition to the spiritual side of the Force, in my opinion. I really felt it anyway.

I don't think general opinion on the Prequels had any influence on George signing a multi Billion Deal.

When I saw my first ever Star Wars film, which was Return of the Jedi, I instinctively knew what the Force was when it was mentioned later in it. How? Well, I saw Luke move his had and his foes would scramble at the beginning just like Vader strangled Director Krenic.

Love the joker clip. So on point man. More! We demand it.

I never watched the original video of this goon, but showing that scene from A New Hope made me realize something. Everyone talks shit about the Stormtroopers aim (which they were told to do), but the heroes missed EVERYTHING without being told to. when the trooper blew up the wall Han took like 5 shots and only hit 1. And when they are fighting by the trash compactor I don't think a single stormtrooper died

Love your vids, Revenge Of The Prequels vids are great, keep up the attack on Retarded Logic Media.

its funny he talks about rogue one being to get a thing which is what the force awakens is.

Yeah Mike's lazy says the guy who is just talking over video game footage. You must have worked real hard on this one.

Nice vid glad to see someone else who appreciates the prequels and Lucas, btw you should definitely watch star wars the clone wars its amazing

Somebody tell Mike of RLM that it's really not the best kept secret to making a great film is to have the best editor. The real ability to tell a perfect narrative is in the edit. DUH

At least RLM edit their videos

You seem angry. You want a pizza roll? Reply to this comment if you want me to send you a pizza roll

So, Lucas sold Star Wars because of Mike Stoklasa...?

Don't understand how to not like Rogue One. That one was the only one Disney got right. After seeing Roge One, I retained some Hope for the Sequels before it got utterly crushed by the last Jedi.

Rouge one is an example of why the dialogue in the prequels was so great. It's memorable.

Good lord Plinkett's voice he puts on is the most annoying thing i've ever heard.

The number one thing that made Darth Maul a total bad ass was that he was perfectly willing to take on two Jedi by himself. He didn't even pause or blink. He stalks towards them without any hesitation. All, and this is a martial artist of 35 years talking, ALL of him is completely confident in his ability to defeat them BOTH. Had he not been taunting Obi-Wan and just finished it, the prequels would have had a very different ending.

Dude did some thing happen to your mic at around the 19:00 mark?

amazing, every word you said was true

It's refreshing to find someone who's willing and able to call out those know-nothing know-it-alls over at Red Letter Media. As a fan of the prequels myself, I wouldn’t deny that they have some legitimate flaws or that there are people who can or have criticized these movies in a relatively fair, objective manner, but RLM are not among those people. While they may have made a few decent criticisms against those movies, they often just nitpicked and exaggerated any potential flaws they could find, many of which were usually little more than insignificant details. I would even argue that in some cases, they went so far as to actually manufacture flaws and tried creating problems where none even were. They also went beyond simply criticizing the movies and did a number of what could be considered personal attacks against Lucas himself. When showing footage from the Phantom Menace’s behind the scenes, their Plinkett character made several unsupported assumptions that seem to deliberately paint Lucas in a negative light, like seeing looks of “terror” and “mistrust” in the movie staff whenever Lucas was present. He later makes only partial retractions of these statements likely to shield against potential criticism while still ultimately planting these initial impressions of Lucas in the minds of many viewers. Besides their prequel reviews, the people behind RLM have displayed a rather shallow and narrow understanding of Star Wars in general and the stories Lucas wanted to tell. In their review of the Last Jedi, they argued that Star Wars doesn't lend itself to anything more than the original trilogy and or the Empire vs Rebels conflict. They’ve even compared the idea of having other stories within Star Wars to making an expanded universe out of Back to the Future, which is a considerably different franchise and universe. Yet they were still audacious enough to act like they understood Star Wars better than the very man who created it.

I'm glad that Plinkett, and Prequel Hate in general, is fading more and more into obscurity. I think that after the the bullying he incited against Ahmed Best and Jake Lloyd, he legit deserves to lose his channel. Even Simon Pegg, who also had a really annoying additude against the Prequels, but at least he did have the maturity to apologize to Ahmed Best when he realised it went too far.

Those prequels were so terrible they made 2.7 billion dollars without 3D, IMAX or opening night pricing. (I'm being sarcastic).

Love the Prequels. Especially Revenge of Sith. Best Star Wars movie, and the GOAT.

YES, thank you! ive been waiting for this one!. Gonna get some snacks and get cozy for this,

Why does Mr Plinkett's illustration make me think of the Disgusting Slob from CrashBox?

What happened to the audio at about the 20minute mark?