Mike reading internet reviews
To match the usual cynicism of Red Letter Media’s comedy, Mike Stoklasa has a propensity for reading user reviews for films, often to highlight how an average moviegoer experiences a film, or to showcase particularly loud-mouthed contrarian opinions.
This often takes the form of Mike reading from a paper.
Examples
- Half in the Bag: The 70-Minute Rise of Skywalker Review: The episode begins with Mike, Jay, and Rich each reading an overenthusiastic review of the film.
- Half in the Bag: Fool’s Paradise and The Corporate Product Biopic Trend: Mike reads 5 star reviews of Fool’s Paradise, insinuating that they are generated by an LLM.
- Half in the Bag: Oppenheimer and The Hollywood Implosion: Mike reads reviews to Jay in the form of the trivia game Is the review for Barbie or Oppenheimer?
- Best of the Worst Spotlight: Wish Upon: Mike begins the episode reading Wish Upon user reviews in the voice of Harry S. Plinkett.
Variations
- Jay begins Half in the Bag: Fool’s Paradise and The Corporate Product Biopic Trend by reading confused comments on the trailer for Fool’s Paradise.