Half in the Bag: Comic Con 2019, The Picard Trailer, Streaming Services, and Midsommar

[@heyitsme4751]

Picard: *gains a sense of finality and peace in Star Trek TNG* Alex Kurtzman: No one’s ever REALLY gone

[@Mantis42]

I hope all of Picard's dialogue is variations on "I'm fucking OLD let me RETIRE!"

[@3AHoles]

I hope he says "I'm too old for this shit" at least 3 or 4 times.

[@dasboom7133]

Get up Picard, we got franchises to burn.

[@pickle7056]

@@Mantis42 "I'm too old for this ship!"

[@marcino457]

To be completely honest they already threw that ending into the dumpster by putting him in more movies, but you could always pretend they weren't canon. It's gonna be hard to ignore an entire show named after him though

[@doublep1980]

The way Rich Evans says Alex Kurtzman´s name with disgust and contempt is just great.

[@kalibos]

@private_johnny_rico when Rich Evans is disgusted by you, you've got problems

Well earned

[@mgs85]

The way we all should. Kurtzman is on my shit list of don't bother with, along with Lindelhof and Abrams (among others).

[@cadens.308]

“AlexkURTZmun” *vitriol welling up in Rich’s eyes

[@Beer_Dad1975]

@@Jose_Hunters_EWF_Remixes I think you need lots of dirt on people to blackmail them first.

[@Dimensiom]

I have to admit, the aging effects used on Patrick Stewart for Star Trek: Picard are very convincing. He genuinely looks like his character aged thirty years since the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[@HimTortons]

I agree. Its amazing how far cgi has come in 30 years

[@kubli365]

@@pixelsheep8939 put away that shit because it ain't funny no more. Go back to trying to make creative quips to people who miss the joke. Fucking shit's annoying.

[@cole5953]

@@kubli365 I'm guessing you miss jokes a lot. Now you have r/woosh PTSD.

[@HogtreeOctovish]

@Mike Nah. It's just that it's lazy and spammy. Also when it's just text without any emoticon or similar, you can't easily tell if someone's making a joke or if they're making an idiotic statement because they actually believe it. Poe's Law exists for a reason. Same with people who spam the word "oof". Either explain why you think it's an "oof" or don't clog the comments with idiotic, lazy responses.

[@alanpennie8013]

Dimensiom Nowadays there's literally nothing TV can't do.

[@DmitryBrant]

Just came here to congratulate Rich on the amazing prediction of the girl being Data's daughter. Rich truly has a superpower of predicting dumb writing.

[@o_o_o_o_o-o_o_o_o_o]

I think he was referring specifically to Lal though? But yeah close enough.

[@Arttekot]

But it was Jay!

[@Xantheus07]

Alex Kurtzman

[@btarczy5067]

Maybe the Fungal medichlorians give Rich his power! And bring back incredibly beloved Discovery android character as well.

[@ChristianNorthernNJ]

You just saved me a bunch of time and frustration. Thank you.

[@smartalec2001]

Finally, Picard will come face to face with his greatest nemesis - *children.*

[@Grobut81]

There's going to be children? Ohhh.. well maybe the Earth doesen't need saving, maybe it's just time to go, ya' know?

[@randybob275]

I'm a role model

[@FlyfishermanMike]

They'll forcehim to celebrate Captain Picard day!

[@Mifian]

"I am too exhausted to be exhausted." Me too, Mike, me too.

[@FeliussRexx]

I'm so exhausted that I can't even

[@darrelsam419]

Same.

[@PhantasmPhoton]

once you switch over to negative energy you'll wonder how you ever did it any other way

[@KorporalNoobs]

"Me too, Mike, me too" This sentence is aestheticly pleasing.

[@NealX]

"I don't even give a fuck about not giving a fuck so I do give a fuck... wait, what?"

[@rocksolid72]

Mike: “I’m watching the premiere and that’s it” Rich Evans two years later in the Picard season 2 video : “Why did we watch Picard season 2?”

[@mightyasterisk8333]

Rocky_Persinger oh I'm sure the world will be ended by two years

[@PuRpLe9HaZe6]

@@mightyasterisk8333 I wish I could be that optimistic

[@Cotcan]

Rich Evans a year later in the Janeway season 1 video: "Why do we keep watching these shows?"

[@LichuStar64]

Same reason they do best of the worst. Masochism!

[@cutchyacokov]

@@LichuStar64 Best of the Worst seems pretty fun, I think you mean Wheel of the Worst/Plinketto at least. Black Spine Edition is even worse. That might be masochism.

[@JAMSP00N]

"I'm going to watch the premiere and that's it." - Mike Stoklasa, a liar

[@r2dezki]

He watched it to fuel his anger.

[@anonymouss4635]

Every time he thinks he's out, he goes back in of his own free will.

[@MickHaggs]

He's an absolute masochist. Or maybe a sadist since he makes Rich Evans watch and discuss them..

[@UrielSepsis]

@@MickHaggs Hell, I would watch it if it meant Rich had to watch it, too. Oh wait, I... I did watch it... oh... no. OH NO! /dies

[@Dorian-_-Gray]

I do enjoy Jay calling out a bunch of people for saying the RLM guys "hate everything". It's really deserved when they think they _agree_ with the RLM guys, mega-loser comments about _"I haven't watched a new movie in ten years, everything sucks now."_ While RLM's latest review is instead, _"Pretty good!"_

[@arcand25]

Rich Evans has been Mike's Tyler Durden this entire time.

[@ramigilneas9274]

Alex Arcand Why would you imagine a more embarrassing version of yourself as your alter ego?🤔

[@user-mq6kd6mf1v]

More like his Donnie

[@geofreycrow9663]

@@ramigilneas9274 You may not like it, but Rich Evans is what optimal masculinity looks like.

[@ramigilneas9274]

Geofrey Crow I know, I guess I am just jealous. And I wish I had the same masculine laughter as Rich.😢

[@ericv00]

4:57 Further proof that the official RLM canon is that Mike is hallucinating everything as he dies from liver failure.

[@edmundscycles1]

Ohhhhh myyyyyyy gaaaaaaawd

[@JeffMustDie]

THATS RIGHT JAY!

[@harrisonjohn4301]

How embarrassing....

[@alcosmic]

Wait, what happened to the spot on Jay's shirt?

[@harrisonjohn4301]

Allen Caruselle the Ewok death cult came and absorbed its dark energy, thereby removing it entirely.

[@lqcrow]

The way Picard smiles and says "Engage" in the trailer is like how I imagine Patrick Stewart says it at a convention when a fan asks him to says his iconic line. No authority, no "umph," just a smile and "Okay kids, get ready, 'cause I'm gonna say that line you all love so much."

[@zackzack5313]

Aaaand Yuck! ... I mean, CUT!!!

[@deanopain]

I'm worried that was the best take. He's so old and tired in that scene.

[@davidd4696]

lol

[@ramadansteve6573]

"By Grabthar's Hammer...what a savings."

[@yunggolem4687]

Well.. he is like 85 or something. Definitely lost some pep from his step since the 90s.

[@CaptWesStarwind]

I love how they literally call out every stupid idea Kurtzman could come up and then Kurtzman delivers on all of those stupid ideas.

[@AdyB86]

Have you considered that Hollywood are watching at the guys predictions videos and just say "Yeah. Let's do that. It sounds great" 🤯. I blame the RLM guys for all the bad ideas in Hollywood 🤣

[@quarterburnt]

Alex Kurtzman realizing ideas for Picard season 2: “What’s this Borg Queen they’re talking about? Is that actually a Star Trek thing?”

[@hayberdasher8625]

Kurtzman is such a hack writer I would believe anything about him as long as it's negative

[@Wilburgur]

Can't wait for "Rich Evans Reacts to the Cats Trailer"

[@NSGrendel]

@generic generic They are just going to use found footage?

[@ZhuDaoLong]

Don't you mean REEEEEEEEEEact? But seriously I would like to watch Rich consume skooma

[@averyjackblack7420]

Reeeeee

[@thetrustysidekick3013]

Oh dear god please make it soon.

[@AkumaADemoncus]

Remake the Cats trailer in Oblivion and make it anime. uwu

[@Patrik.Larsson]

That CGI Rich Evans takes uncanny valley to a whole new level!

[@TKinfinity01]

Patrik Larsson That’s not CGI, it’s a hologram.

[@pezdispencer113]

CGI Rich Evans? You talk as if Rich Evans is a real person or something.

[@Benjamin_Bratten]

A full HOUR of my drunk uncle simulator!

[@mangotheif]

I can’t breathe!

[@cfurtado2761]

oohhhHHHH MYYY GAAWWWDDDDDD!!!

[@surlyunicorn9461]

My drunk uncle wasn’t nearly this cool.

[@donk8961]

Someone finally nailed what this show feels like

[@sosurreptitious]

Mike isn’t drinking in this he seems sharp as a tack tho I like it

[@101kid4]

Jay called it, she is Data's child.

[@AscendantStoic]

That guy is a psychic 🤣

[@theotherLewbowski]

Shes a borg

[@rockyseverino9230]

That was Rich Evans, not Jay.

[@aspiealchemist]

@@rockyseverino9230 wrong.

[@rockyseverino9230]

@@aspiealchemist no I'm not.

[@IronMan9771]

Take a shot every time they say the name Alex Kurtzman, and by the end of the episode, your liver will be in the same condition as Star Trek

[@senajabeen1076]

😂😂😂😂

[@HiDesert004]

Or you’ll have a Mike Stoklasa liver!

[@Digger318]

or dr. McCoy lol

[@Toanuriamer99]

"The girl is the key to all of this. If we can get her working... Because she's more of a Kung Fu character than we've had in any Star Trek show before." - Alex Kurtzman

[@onyxosprey]

That's gonna be great. That's gonna be great.

[@DrewKW96]

Star Trek: Enter the Dragon coming next Fall!

[@blakestone75]

Remember that episode of Star Wreck when Captain Padme had to save the gunga’s from the Borg Federation Army by traveling through de planet core at warp 10.4?

[@jaspermorrisey630]

Toa nuriamer I may have gone too far in a few places...

[@MarkKlingman]

She breaks new ground

[@BooMannFoo]

Mike willing Rich into the scene to talk Trek is the greatest moment ever.

[@paragon7554]

"Are you talking about Comic-con, or politics?" "Both. They've merged completely."

[@JPWack]

It's like the weaponization of hype

[@ericsilva4472]

Maniacal Villains run the world & our illustrated media preaches to us. Yes, merged completely.

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Indeed they've been merged for years now

[@leoveas9965]

@@sorryifoldcomment8596 lmao who gives a shit about gamergate

[@nRommeln]

Watching Mike's disgusted face about Jay's ignorance of Star Trek made me laugh.

[@xxRAWxx]

"Like what you want, don't let it define you as a human" Words to live by

[@Scort93]

Got a timestamp bud?

[@mrwednesdaynight]

22:29 or there abouts

[@Siresly]

Don't let Jay's words define you.

[@countbrackmoor]

"I'm gonna watch the premiere and that's it" Yeah RIGHT, Mike

[@Davidsworldtravels]

I mean he watched both seasons of discovery. This HAS to be better. I think?

[@Shl0kk]

Yeah - you know Mike's the abused spouse who believes Kurtzman won't hit him again :)

[@countbrackmoor]

Mark my words: Mike will watch every episode of this show until the bitter end

[@aelix56]

I mean Picard is the cutest of borgs, how can you not

[@pinfarmer]

It is a bad discovery show with Picard as a guest star.. ugh I don’t care anymore

[@casbyness]

"Comic Con will never end..." 2020: Challenge accepted.

[@thomaskittock2866]

Big oof

[@DinosaurFan88]

Thank God for Wu Flu, threw a spanner into the works of many terrible, terrible things.

[@jongerbergerdecht5579]

Temporary

[@olotocolo]

@@DinosaurFan88 "thank's god milions of people died, because we wont have that completely non-compulsory event i never actually attended"

[@ThadMiller1]

@@andrewmaginnes5382 You must have a happy life. ^^

[@tigerhawk1138]

I like the way Mike fumbles through his paper notes like an elderly person.

[@isaakhaley4471]

"The elderly are a plague"

[@DubsBrown]

If people booed more things, I might be interested in Comic-con. Imagine being able to humiliate lame trailers and ideas when the producers are right there.

[@calimarine92]

I always wonder about that. Like do they only let certain people in? Half the trailers are dog shit but the fans, who should hate them more than anyone, cheer like drunk monkeys for every single one.

[@Marinealver]

The response to that is to turn it into an invite only (like what they did with E3). You see the studios have so much clout they can pick their audiences now. We live in an age where companies get to chose their customers, and the customers soon can not refuse to pay.

[@sacrecharlemagne2262]

@@calimarine92 I think it's just a matter of cost, both money and time. Not only will you be spending money on tickets, lodging and food just to be there at the event but each panel you attend means waiting in line for hours. The audience for any panel is going to be filled with ultra-fans because they are the only ones committed enough to go through all that bullshit just for a trailer and a q&a. They decided before they entered the room that they would probably like what they see because they need to justify the time and money they spent to get in.

[@Oosode]

@@sacrecharlemagne2262 Well...I wasted 4 hours so far.

[@martinrosendahl9134]

@@sacrecharlemagne2262 seems pretty accurate.... ultra fans are kinda dangerous to regular fans the way they celebrate everything. Like Marvel.. I was a huge Marvel fan as a kid, had hundreds of comic books with spiderman hulk & X-men primarily (it was the 80's you know) but all this Marvel crap that for a major part does not compute with the universe that the comic books established just keeps getting spat out in incredible volumes and it's long since I came to the point that I straight out dislike Marvel.. it's become a Marvel I can't recognize... me, a former ultra fan. Those new fans might be ultra - but they're not real Marvel fans.. they just celebrate the movies to an ridiculous degree. But they are the ones spending a lot of bucks - so the producers love them... and ofcourse they want them to tell the rest of us how great every single movie is. Fuck Marvel - fuck ultra fans - fuck comic con...

[@Roboshi2007]

Mike 2019: "I'm gonna watch the premeir and that's it" Mike 2020:"Rich why did we watch all of Picard?" Rich 2020;"Because you made me"

[@seana3052]

Mike 2021:"Rich why did we watch all of Picard Season 2?" Rich 2021;"Because you made me"

[@TimThomason]

@@seana3052 Mike 2022: "Why did we watch all of Picard Season 3?" Rich 2022: "I died of a massive coronary last year. You're not on KZbin. You're in a sanitarium."

[@Roboshi2007]

@@TimThomason Mike 2023 "Why did we watch Picard Season 4? Jay 2023; "Because disney owns it, disney owns everything now, do we have to review Captain marvel 3 now?"

[@thelippyserver58]

@@Roboshi2007 Timeline on point

[@billnguyen4148]

"Bear with me" would have been the perfect title for Midsommar

[@LumpyAdams]

More like Not Wicker Man.

[@osterro]

"Bear down for midterms

[@kaloyanenev9652]

Hearing Mike say the names of all 3 billion superhero shows was the best thing ever

[@FieryWACO]

He didn't mention Legion. Whycome?

[@CBright7831]

Quentin Tarantino talked about going to Comic Con in the 70's where only William Shatner and Jack Kirby was there. Sounds like a fun time to me.

[@Madbandit77]

Yeah, because being a geek, at that time, wasn't as such a cool, hip thing like nowadays. Geek culture was for anyone who didn't fit in school or a 9-5 job. Nowadays, it's like being a sports fan, and sports fans are nuts.

[@zamnodorszk7898]

No other audience members, just the two of them in a room talking

[@davidstinger1134]

@@Madbandit77 Yeah, good thing most of them are fat, otherwise they'd be punching each other like sports fans.

[@joesabbers2042]

Roy Phillips this is the most accurate statement on nerd culture I’ve seen in a while

[@BananaMana69]

There's still smaller comic cons in smaller cities that are kinda like that. The one in my city used to he pretty small and nice but as the years go on it gets bigger and loses more of its soul sadly.

[@KainGerc]

Alex Kurtzman just saw 'Logan' and said: "I'll just write that, but with space 'splosions'

[@bagel_bitez1]

I love watching this in 2022, particularly the Picard and Disney+ conversations.

[@wiredupauhi]

So basically Mike just hallucinates every other member. Everyone else is just Jay.

[@vaughnmonroejr.7122]

Jay is his imaginary friend Susan

[@JaredWeiler]

Macaulay Culkin is just a dementia hallucination...it all makes sense.

[@Kamboshin]

Jay is a figment of Mike's imagination too, he disappears during one of the old Half in the Bag episodes and Mike keeps monologuing. Even Plinkett is probably just another spawn of his deranged mind, a mask that he puts on when he commits his most heinous crimes, which would explain why Plinkett sometimes has his voice

[@icantbelieveitsnotnews2828]

Jumpy McCauly Caulkin is definitely a hallucination.

[@FrenchHardBread]

I’d like to imagine that our whole world is the product of Mike’s drunken mind, we all live only in his senseless dream, and Mike is about to wake up with the horrible hangover.

[@stgenerations]

That fade from Jay to Rich with that jazz was just *DYNOMITE*

[@AdamHoy2006]

I wonder if they got Jim and Colin to work their CGI magic..

[@igotsnothin8061]

What fade?

[@TheIronyoshi]

Rich wasn't in this video

[@XainEisenhart]

"I'm gonna watch just the premier, and that's it." - Mike lying to himself and/or us. Mike is gonna watch every single episode of Picard, even if its terrible.

[@mixedbagclips2511]

And we will be watching every single episode of him and Rich ranting about it

[@nickolasallen7734]

I for one, actually enjoy you guys talking about the business aspects of Hollywood.

[@FilthyManatee]

How does a show like this keep getting a star like Rich Evans to show up?

[@robertcameron3392]

That 1 million subscriber money and cake. Probably just cake.

[@PortCityBalrog]

@@robertcameron3392 coke*

[@Mr72Dolphins]

Free insulin shots

[@NobodyCaresALot]

As a God, Rich Evans can bilocate and be in multiple places at once. The alter only needs to be lit and something Star- related being discussed in hushed prayers for Him to show up.

[@gojiratar1132]

Simple, they keep him hostage.

[@eamon4800]

They tore into Alex Kurtzman so much I had to look up what exactly he has done. Then I read he wrote Transformers, The Mummy and the Amazing Spiderman 2. This Picard show is doomed.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

Oh.

[@QuantumElectricians]

Yup.

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

Damn.

[@GramLikesBread]

Wow.

[@mrnat3058]

Right.

[@jgmiller804]

Picard saying “engage” in the trailer gave me “part time” Indy vibes.

[@Artyom1247]

Cold fish

[@anshkaushik7920]

Why did you use that take. You know, the worst one?

[@PregnantOrc]

It sounds more like he is talking about the old N-Gage phone/console than engage.

[@Byrvurra]

Star Trek VII: So Very Tired.

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

He sounded as tired as he looked

[@Kurzula5150]

Patrick Stewart summons the energy to say 'Engage' again only by the will of Grabthar's Hammer.

[@darkstar932]

By Grabthar's Hammer, By the Sons of Worvan, Mike and Rich need to do a Re:View of Galaxy Quest. I'll just keep posting it in the comments and hope.

[@Byrvurra]

RIP Alan Rickman

[@keithrichards8526]

Rickman could have done Galaxy Quest totally mute. His facial expressions alone deserved every award in existence.

[@JakeMackinze]

What a savings

[@vernontk]

"If you don't like it when we're negative, shut this off now." *edge of my gd seat*

[@billybobby4637]

Mike and Rich talking about Star Trek has quickly become my favorite subject on this channel.

[@Robotsoccer1]

As they were ragging on Alex Kurtzman, I was thinking "why are they beating this guy up so much? Surely he's not this bad." They I looked at his credits and I despaired.

[@michaelmichaelson2014]

It's looking bad, but Fringe was pretty good. Maybe he can channel that as opposed to pretty much everything else he's ever been involved with (I have my doubts but I'm trying to be optimistic here).

[@Robotsoccer1]

@@michaelmichaelson2014 Never seen Fringe but I hope you're right. I liked...*looks at notes*...I mean the JJ Star Trek wasn't great by any means but it was competent. Not so much for Into Darkness. And I guess the original Transformers is better than bad but easily the writing was the worst part. At least he's not as much involved now.

[@LittleCthulhuOne]

@@michaelmichaelson2014 Fringe was good the first season and then they made the X-Files mistake of following a main story. Since this seems a one story focus, then this have more reason to be bad

[@monkeymagic00001]

I checked alex kurtzmans filmography and all i can say is ha ha ha ha fuck star trek and fuck all the people who allow that hack to carry on working in this industry unless they really don't respect the viewers intelligence.

[@vonnshlabbah]

Jj kurtzman lindaloff orci that whole group of jj related people are all shit at writing and shit at directing . They are all talentless hacks

[@sweetamishbutter7]

"If you don't like it when we're negative then shut this off now" That is the only reason I watch you guys

[@tubesdemenue4209]

Yes, they say cynicism "warning", I consider it a promise.

[@alphaxion]

The trigger for me was in the trailer they said "we want you to be the captain we remember"... they were talking to the audience, not the character. It's gonna be Star Trek: The Reference

[@digitalwitness2706]

Star Trek: Dank Space Meme

[@LessDevoid]

Oh god, it's going to be like the new Star Wars movies. "I saw a tribble and I clapped!"

[@gkraith2995]

[POINTING AND CLAPPING AT STAR TREK REFERENCES]

[@richarddufault]

"space mercenaries in black leather flying around and punching each other" - Mike Stoklasta describing what Star Trek is now.

[@3AHoles]

He's not wrong

[@S0LIDUS]

he actually said this in the video as I was reading it, lol, made it much better.

[@prolamer7]

In 30 years this definition will seems to people too complex and intellectual, In tha time ST will be about who will do louder fart...

[@Pulsar047]

Is it just me, or is literally every video RLM uploads thoroughly enjoyably? I can't think of another channel that is as consistent in that regard.

[@Pulsar047]

@@sweetreamer5101 It wasn't that long, and it was at least interesting to hear Mike explain it, even if the theory is utterly nonsensical.

[@bobbobson110]

I still remember all three Transformers: The Last Knight reviews. I think they took them down.

[@stevepisano5566]

That's because it's about family. That's what's so powerful about it.

[@Xfactories]

58:45 I think Mike missed the point where Peter gets possessed in 'Hereditary' after throwing himself out the window. That's why he casually strolls on in.

[@sednoid]

Mike and Rich are responsible for like 80% of my Star Trek knowledge at this point.

[@eggory]

That Rich Evans replacing Jay Bauman bit was a hilarious and delightful stroke of genius.

[@Lassenissen]

"If you don't like it when we're negative, shut this off now." You clearly don't know your audience, Jay.

[@htut80]

Ikr. I love watching them shit on stupid movies and shows.

[@FuriousGorge]

Ahem, DC movie fans.

[@music79075]

Im under 30 and grew up watching reruns of TNG with my Trekkie Father. I always saw Picard as an emotionally distant but caring and driven Old man. The kind of man who would give advice but let you fail and only help you further if you asked for help. Who would otherwise watch passively despite you hurting yourself as he felt that the pain was a lesson in itself. Apparently he is just some doting old grandpa who totally kicks bad guys butts.

[@TheStayAtHomeAtheist]

I saw an interview with Sir Patrick where he said when Jonathan, as Riker, says it was an honor to serve with him, he was supposed to say, "The honor was mine" or something to that effect. He said he was so emotional that he couldn't form the words.

[@hingeslevers]

Omg.. :'(

[@sithsquid1]

They so should have used that in the episode.

[@Waffles1313]

Long form discussion about the industry and audiences is genuinely my favorite type of RLM content. Well, that and when they make fun of old people. Those are definitely the top 2.

[@Swishy_Blue]

20:51 "Group Excitement" is a nice way of saying "Mob Mentality".

[@jinvid]

Basically Twitter IRL.

[@danieltrevinoc]

I love how Mike at 53:20 just calls him by the name of the character the actor plays in The Good Place

[@DevyanshBahri]

Yeah same lol

[@luiginastro8831]

He does it with the actor who played Nick Miller in New Girl as well!

[@Thewrittenwordremain]

A new Red Letter Media video! Makes my unemployment worthwhile

[@RadicalValkyrie]

same.

[@giltpr]

Damn. Same here.

[@morecrapforputdowns]

Ha same here! But not for long!

[@punchdaggercraft181]

Ouch...

[@spaceartist1272]

well, thats just like your opinion man.., i m free dude

[@agentcarter2219]

"It looks like Picard, the character, was dropped into Star Trek Discovery". Oh God! That is all you need to know about Picard 2020.

[@ocdgeek4449]

Hugo/Nebula/Pulitzer winning author Michael Chabon is the showrunner, and the show was the idea of acclaimed Trek novelist Kirsten Beyer (famous for uncrapping Voyager with her beloved and best-selling post-series novels). Beyer, Alex Kurtzman and Akiva Goldsman met with Stewart, who took the meeting with the intention of turning the project down but was intrigued enough by their discussion to ask them for a three-page document outlining Beyer's ideas. Goldsman then invited Chabon to work on the project as well and the four ultimately produced a 34-page document that they sent to Stewart. Needless to say, he loved it. In Beyer and Chabon I trust. This looks amazing

[@katanatsunami]

@@ocdgeek4449 ahahhaahahahahahahahahahaaaaaa

[@cosmoborsh]

- Final plot twist of the show: everybody besides Mike are just figments of Mike’s sick imagination. - Shyamalanian BWAAAAM final twist: Mike himself is a second persona in the mind of Alex Kurtzman, trying to cope with his existence.

[@JockoJonson17]

I would clap. 👏👏👏

[@jessec.3069]

Didn't that first one already happen in another episode?

[@Bacteriophagebs]

@@jessec.3069 One of the Wheel of the Worsts, yeah. But there it was just the Canadian visual effects artists who weren't real.

[@TKinfinity01]

The Borg cube will be a new Death Star type weapon that ONLY the girl can destroy. MARK MY WORDS, THAT WILL BE IT.

[@SmokesOnMe]

Yup

[@simonegreco1958]

Wait are you referring to SW? Because Rey had fuck to do with Starkiller

[@simonegreco1958]

@@brettvv7475 ...what?

[@emothegunslinger]

The way you brought Rich in for the Picard talk was glorious.

[@emothegunslinger]

@@Thy_Boss If you really want to know, glorious might have been a slight exaggeration. To speak rationally, i liked it because Rich has something to say about Star Trek while Jay does not care about that franchise. So a discussion with Jay would have been kind of pointless or uninteresting. But as you can see, saying it this way is kind of stuffy, and who really reads statements longer than one sentence these days. Also, a Rich Evans entrance, no matter how badly done, is allways glorious.

[@esotericVideos]

Mike: I want to talk about Star Trek. Jay: Only if I get to talk about some obscure artsy horror movie.

[@bernielopez7429]

this is literally the first i've EVER heard of Yahoo Screen

[@stgenerations]

And the last

[@Raymanta82]

Fake News!

[@FuriousGorge]

What the fuck is Yahoo Screen?

[@RandyHawkeye]

I know it was kinda harsh to vaporize Jay like that so Mike and Rich could talk about Star Trek, but never send a boy to do an elderly person's job.

[@IgnatiusThorogood]

"Are there other eggs?" -Rich Evans, 2019

[@CylonDorado]

Now the movies are kind of like actual comics. There’s a million of them, so you just pick and choose the ones you want. And if there’s a cameo in the one you read, it’s like “oh, neat.”

[@pfclex6737]

Comics suck and movies based on comics suck

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

And most of them are trashy nonsense. Its exactly like the comics now

[@CylonDorado]

Ku Ku Klock Yeah, it’s kind of like it always was though. Movies, anime, and comics all have the average to pretty good popular ones, the awful but still somehow popular ones, some really creative gems, and the average to awful rest.

[@markednomad3630]

I'm calling it, she's the daughter of the Borg Queen and Picard.

[@infantiltinferno]

That’s my hack bet too. She fucking nicked his DNA and she’s the future queen. Laziest way to do it - it’s gonna happen.

[@txmagyar32]

Time travel shenanigans, she IS the actual Borg Queen. Predestination paradox, that everything up to this point Borg and Federation related leads up to the actual creation of The Borg...............somehow. Section 31 created The Borg.

[@Aethgeir]

@@txmagyar32 I read this comment and I can now taste barf for some reason

[@samuelG009]

MarkedNomad36 that IS stupid, so it’s a high possibility

[@joshliam1967]

Surprisingly not the worst idea ever...it'll probably be worse.

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

The boyfriend was turning down the drink and actively trying to avoid being put into that position. Plus they had already been manipulated the whole time. And you aren't supposed to feel empowered by Dani joining them, that was the scariest part of the whole movie. How a cult will take someone weakened by trauma or life and use and manipulate them.

[@ddanger1]

Kudos to this comment, I think it's super interesting that Dani looks sad as hell by the end of the movie, like some part of her knows she's been pulled in.

[@sooljim]

I'm confused about the apprehension to Picard? Don't you want to see Patrick Stewart blow up a Borg cube by blasting the Beastie Boys over its speakers?

[@dalepower632]

I didn't... But now... Yeah. Kind of. :)

[@jinvid]

“Can’t stand it, I know you planned it!!”

[@vaughnmonroejr.7122]

and turn the Picard Maneuver into a dance

[@EpoxyMuffin]

This is his last outing. Keep in mind that they'll be killing his character. These hack writers are about to add a bunch of stupid shit to canon that will piss people off so much that they'll probably back-peddal and say that this series takes place in an alternate timeline.

[@EpoxyMuffin]

Vaughn Monroe Jr. Probably a fortnite dance

[@SILVER-zf2hu]

"I'm gonna watch the premier and that's it." Ya sure Mike. Sure.

[@peteraustin9057]

"Picard Season 1 re:View"

[@Cybeldar]

The premier will be just good enough he will watch the season hoping to see that again.

[@RoryGlynn]

Touché

[@TheDakattack3000]

The sexual tension between Rich and Mike talking about Star Trek is so high I thought I was watching a porno. Edited in: I just got to Mike talking about Marvel's Back Page so this just reinforces this statement even more.

[@niallreid7664]

@@possiblepilotdeviation5791 Lewd

[@billyfitzgerald3442]

My boss caught me watching this video at work. He was about to fire me for looking at an adult video, but then I turned the laptop around and he saw Rich Evans and said "Dear god, who is that sexy man?" and he completely forgot what he was going to say. He's still at my computer staring at Rich. Luckily, I was able to borrow another computer so I could type this comment.

[@dustinseth1]

Hollywood: Check out the new action-packed Star Trek universe! Me: Shaka, when the walls fell

[@pouringblood]

"Like what you want, but don't let it _define you_ as a human." - Jay I completely agree. I've had people get _personally_ offended when I told them I did not like something.

[@danielcropp8553]

I can't believe you said that.

[@EuroRhodes]

I'm set aghast and I'm filing a restraining order against you. I can't believe you would do this to me, I'll make you pay for my psychiatrist and brain therapy.

[@dholmestar]

My wife and I went to Disney World for our honeymoon and were underwhelmed by it, especially compared to Universal. You would have thought we declared our support for Hitler right there on Facebook.

[@jamesbowen2088]

The first thing that comes to mind is the people that smoke weed and make that their whole persona. We get it, you like weed, that's fine. You're not a douche because you smoke weed, you're just a douche.

leftists?

[@K74amina]

Premise pitched to fans: Cool new show about Captain Picard Trailer shown: "She's the most special girl in all the universe"

[@renatocontrerasflores294]

AND SHES ASIAAAAAN OMFG STAR TREK HAS NEVER BEEN SO DIVERSEEEEE

[@EvanSawyer4]

She's the most specialest girl EVAR

[@Starry2000]

It also puts Picard right back on board a space ship as Captain. Again. It's the same thing that everyone is tired of. It should be Picard discovering corruption in Paradise/Federation, and his retirement would have been perfect as a hurdle to overcome. They had everything they needed. This was alluded to by Deep Space 9. It could have set up a huge set of new series and spin offs.

[@owlcaps7876]

Mike: "I'm going to watch the premiere and that's it" later "Star Trek Pickard Season 1 - re:View"

[@stgenerations]

Dumpster fires are hard to look away from...

[@RyanReenBattikh]

That like contagious manipulative group excitement Mike is talking about is still so on point - especially when Jay said "are you talking about Comic Con or Politics?"

[@JosephDavies]

Kurtzman and Orci's obsession with destiny/chosen one narratives in Star Trek for the last decade is a huge part of the problem. It doesn't suit the humanist themes and setting, and Kurtzman doesn't appear to be interested in engaging with that contradiction; it's just a trope for him to hang his plot from.

[@EngineMashups]

YES that pissed me off so much with Discovery! The implication that Michael was ‘the chosen one’ and this weird bio-essentialism with Saaru was so irritating because it just didn’t fit with anything Star Trek, and it meant we barely knew any of the other characters at all. There’s no room for ‘chosen one’ stuff in space communism really

[@TheDutchGhost]

Plus End of the galaxy/universe plotlines are shit story writing in general.

[@TheInflicted]

Firefly was cancelled, so now *everything* has to be Firefly.

[@turnthonkee]

All they know how to do is rip off religious motifs, so the conflict of interest flares up the brightest in Star Trek

[@Starry2000]

@@TheDutchGhost I would have liked to have seen something along the lines of Babylon 5 where Picard finds corruption in the Federation and delves into it. That would have been different than the last 10 failed Star Trek series based around people on a ship.

[@tbk2010]

I know! The parents of the girl in the Picard trailer are junk traders! It's totally gonna subvert your expectations!

[@tillbot1651]

Lol

[@Sirgreggumsofswillsbury]

They sold her for drinking money.

[@Sirgreggumsofswillsbury]

Will Picard be Plinkett worthy? You have waited long enough that people miss him. Or is he fucking dead?

[@gchu149]

I really like the ST, but I also got Rey vibes when they were talking about the Star Trek girl.

[@GigaTrope]

Only a round headed genius could come up with something so boring! I mean amazing!

[@ChristopherDazey]

You guys are getting really good at the green screen effect. The background truly looks and feels like a cheap set built in a warehouse. Great job!

[@Goodbrew84]

I love that in the age of tablets and phones, Mike still rocks paper notes.

[@Griffin1171-love-you-all]

Does this confirm that Rich is just Mike's imaginary friend?

[@audreyalbritton1435]

But we have evidence to suggest that others can see him too

[@Spindrift_87]

No - Rich is EVERYONE'S imaginary friend!

[@mikkopartanen3475]

Yeah he didn't have anyone to talk star trek with. So his mind came up with something called Dick the birthday boy

[@vaughnmonroejr.7122]

I hope this means that Ellen is also imaginary

[@knowwon3658]

Wish I had a imaginary friend...

[@AstronomicEdits]

Lou Ferrigno literally is at every comic con I laughed out loud at that 😂

[@TadeuszCantwell]

He was at comic con Edinburgh and will be at comic con Dublin soon.

[@gbrogo7139]

It’s funny cause it’s true

[@bergensteinmacwhorfmanteis2417]

He must smell of desperation... and booze...

[@terryhinch]

He was at my small Canadian city's local "fan" convention (it's got basically nothing to do with comics. The best year was when they had Geordi, Tasha Yarr, Harry Kim, and Tom Paris. One of them has not aged gracefully. Oh and one year the new Leonard McCoy bought an action figure from me.

[@RobTunes]

I appreciate how you guys dig into the business side of the film industry. It's a refreshing take on reviewing films. Thank you for doing what y'all do!

[@natelax1367]

Old ass comment but I hope you watched their jack and Jill review. It really goes into the business

[@Level1Hera]

Now in 2020, Watching them explain how much the fate of streaming services relied upon some giant watershed moment, some catastrophic event that would all keep us housebound and glued to our monitors. One that would kill the old and spare the under 40s.....Oh my gawd. Disney+ created corona!

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

Update: discovery has been cancelled due to declining subscriptions and income We can finally sleep well

[@themightysomeone9604]

"Are we talking about comic con or politics?" "Both"

[@jadjarko4634]

It's so true, it's disgusting.

[@thediscostu4127]

I love how Rich's idea of playing Jay is to wear a Brewers hat instead of his usual White Sox hat

[@30noir]

I'm not going to see Star Wars 9, but I look forward to the Plinkett review.

[@kevcatnip7589]

i certainly wont order s w 9 in march ,,unboxed at 3 dollars

[@3AHoles]

Me too. Can't wait for 2022 when it comes out

[@slainredd4339]

I’m looking forward to watch it for free online

[@bennettdoe6662]

@@slainredd4339 Nothing like some shaky camera footage, or russian subtitles to really scream FREE.

[@baronvonsumer]

"Firefly meets Logan meets Fifth Element" if any of that were true that sounds amazing

[@harrisonjohn4301]

*Watching movie theaters and cable networks die gloriously* Palpatine: “I love democracy”

[@riloh58]

Dew it!

[@dogatemybrain]

Mathieu Champagne no he meant “that” in Spanish

[@drifter402]

I love how people think TV is dying because of streaming when in truth it's because they air nothing but shit constantly.

[@Raymanta82]

Democracy? Capitalism baby!

[@harrisonjohn4301]

Michael Boyd Obviously...but palpatine doesn’t say capitalism

[@jordanvokolek3376]

When Jay gives a cynicism warning I know that I’m going to watch and enjoy the entire video.

[@minski76]

Rich's and Mike's speculations are 100% the best thing that happened to Star Trek since Voyager ended...

[@jacob7718]

You should try enterprise again. Its a solid show and It doesn't suffer from having endless filler episodes. I swear you could condense voyagers 7 seasons into 1 if you cut out all the filler.

[@skepticalbadger]

@@jacob7718 Yes. 70% of Voyager was dogshit.

[@minski76]

@@jacob7718 the last season of enterprise was promising and then came the last Episode...

[@jacob7718]

​@@minski76 Its a harsh way to end the show, but I wouldn't call it a bad episode. It would have been a pretty cool idea - if the show also had a proper ending in addition to it.

[@FanboyFilms]

They are wrong about some of it though, it would be funnier if they turned out to be like 95% right. The Borg cube is obviously not out to destroy Earth, we saw in the trailer that it was being used by the Federation as a prison, it had a dry erase board saying "it has been 372 days since the last assimilation" or something. I would bet the girl is Picard's daughter or granddaughter or something. They didn't even mention Data/B4!

[@andyinwards2119]

“Like what you want, don’t let it define you as a human”. Well said Jay

[@benjuhmon]

Time stamp?

[@benjuhmon]

22:33

[@cjhlsdfj]

"We're going to make the first scary MCU film." _The New Mutants in the shadows of the room, quietly starts putting on its coat and tries not to cry_

[@gkraith2995]

Scary as in "ooooh spooky dark as fuck lights, dull color palette, spooky jumpscares and kind of creepy prosthetic costumes"?

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

@@gkraith2995 If they get the Lovecraft aspect of it right (and that's a really big if) this might just be a great movie. Unless you're talking about New Mutants, then I don't know what to do except agree lol.

[@TheActionBrick]

Half in the Bag is a form of modern philosophy.

[@nilsr.k.7007]

Of all youtubers I’m subscribed to, I’d never expect to see you here

[@TheActionBrick]

Nils R.K. Haha, honestly I can see why.

[@iand4374]

More like commentary on the decline of American Entertainment and culture in general.

[@Dorian-_-Gray]

That doesn't mean anything, check mark, except that you don't know what "modern" means when it's next to "philosophy", as *_the modern era of philosophy ended at the beginning of the last century._* Whether or not you hold any truck with "postmodern" (I don't), the phrase is "contemporary philosophy".

[@mistastaples]

The conversation you guys have around the 33 minute mark is WHY I watch your show. BECAUSE you talk about the business end of movies, and are brutally honest about it.

[@ChefLuisFayad]

They aren't afraid of calling hackfrauds out for being hackfrauds

[@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín]

@@ChefLuisFayad their callouts of those cunts at collide and jedi council are what make them the best source for film and entertainment and culture news and commentary rn (along with wisecrack)

[@batitony]

The faces Mike makes every time Rich phases out of existence are fucking priceless

[@Coff1nf33der]

I had the exact same reaction to the Star Trek trailer. The talk about this special character who is going around kicking people ... seen that a thousand times before.

[@andersgale9544]

Was laberst du

[@coffeeNiK]

"A more sophisticated Eli Roth movie" - Holy shit, the universe just shook with how accurate that statement is.

[@BeCurieUs]

I love my local Comic-Cons for the artists. I love going by their booths and enjoying their amazing creations and be inspired.

[@shlockofgod]

PICARD should have been about him retired and finally following his other passion, archaeology. This would have given a valid reason for him going to many other worlds, negotiating with aliens, facing danger and ethical choices. Henry Jones meets Tomb Raider in space.

[@Starry2000]

A main plot that could have worked, which was actually already set up in Deep Space 9, would have been Picard discovering that the Federation was corrupt. It would've been perfect, and I just naively assumed that was what the next Star Trek series was going to be about after DS9. I haven't watched Star Trek since then, except for the movie remake. His way of using his intellect and reason to solve problems, with his retirement being a possible issue, yeah they missed the boat and I think this IP is done just like Star Wars I genuinely am baffled that the whole thing was dropped and they instead pursued 293847 other series that were essentially the same idea as TNG but shittier and more generic.

[@natemelcher5394]

This sounds amazing ngl

[@jackkoffin1]

This is exactly right. It has the benefit of being an established part of Picard's character, something he would believably do, and gives writers a convenient excuse to have an old man going on adventures and facing moral dilemas for a TV show. Why no one involved in the Picard fiasco thought of that boggles the mind.

[@BeKindToBirds]

It would dip into mystery and pick up some peroit and be FANTASTIC

[@real1mem3s]

But that takes effort