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Space Cop will fail and deservedly so.


Red Letter Media are the living embodiment of the smug, detached Gen-X ethos.

I'd venture to guess that none of them have felt a single sincere conviction about anything since childhood. They exist as polyps upon the colon of culture, satiating themselves on the perceived failures of others (i.e. "The Man") while adding nothing new to the discourse aside from ironic complaint.

They're a group of insecure, lost, rapidly-ageing burnouts who silently believe they could do a better job of making films than the professionals in the industry. Yet, they lack the ambition and ability to actually enter the very industry they're obsessed with. They choose instead to mess around and make student film piss-takes well into middle age.

They are awful, awful people. I've met thousands just like them, and the last thing we need is for these people to gain any attention for their navel gazing.

Please, IMDB users, do not aspire to become anything like these people. Theirs is a lonely and pathetic road leading to depression and a life devoid of real purpose.

I hope they disappear and their disaffected followers stop subsidizing their lifestyle. Perhaps that would force them to do something productive with themselves.

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You're just jealous because Red Letter Media managed to make a 2 hour film in one long take, which is impressive because they only had about 15 minutes of usable light each day.

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satiating themselves on the perceived failures of others


That I think doesn't jive with their attitude from what I have seen. They offer sincere critique to lots of stuff that most people wouldn't even watch, and discuss what they think did and didn't work. And they are willing to admit when they have no idea what a film was trying to achieve. They strike me as more interested than judgemental, much more so than other critics who can be quite smug and tear down anything they dislike. Simultaneously, they display humor about films, as well as about themselves.

Space Cop will fail and deservedly so


Will fail to do what, exactly? It is already a complete work, the movie is done. You are welcome to dislike the results. Maybe they wanted you to hate it, so that would be a success!

they lack the ambition and ability to actually enter the very industry they're obsessed with


What does that even mean? They do make movies. What more does one of your "industry professionals" do - profess to make movies? I don't aspire to be like RLM, but I think that being like RLM would be a more worthy aspiration than trying to be like Hollywood - who in the digital age, nobody needs anymore.

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Op is an idiot.

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You missed the point.

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The irony is that you're doing the exact same thing to them, which makes you even worse.

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Well, that rant convinced me, I'm buying Space Cop. 😃

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