They’ve been that way for a long time and it really pissed me off. They really just do not pay attention, and I think they do it because they think it’s funny and relatable to act confused. They would also do that a lot with information they’re not directly familiar with. They have an encyclopedic knowledge of certain dumb and obscure things, but the idea that Taskmaster was a popular Marvel villain, for example, gets played up into this crazy wild nerd concept for them to act baffled about. I don’t even care most of the time, it’s just annoying when they pretend like having some information or context is somehow beneath them.
If no one on the show knows what they’re talking about to fill in the others, it becomes a problem.
I’ve dropped shows and podcasts because of getting basic stuff wrong. Those fans didn’t spend hours pumping wikis full of info for people to not bother using them!
My original point with the RLM tangent was that the criticisms of the prequels were mostly correct. No one has really disagreed with that, just disliked the presentation.
Nah, the Plinkett reviews had excellent presentation and idiotic arguments.
Do you have some examples of the bad arguments? I can see how a lot of it can be less-than-convincing for some.