I get that people think the Plinkett stuff is too crass and overdone, but most of what was said was ultimately correct, and is essentially the same as what people here said when they were making the prequel edits. When those edits were done and the well ran dry, the same revisionism set in here.
“What they wanted to do” is more like what Jay wants to do, which is pretentious “cinephile” stuff. Mike and Rich used to like talking about Star Wars and Star Trek and trashy comic book movies. By all indications they still do, but being friends with Jay connected them to worrying about what people on Twitter are saying about any given topic. Again it’s the same here.