imperialscum said:

timdiggerm said:

imperialscum said:

KilroyMcFadden said:

RLM wasn't jumping on the prequel hate bandwagon.

That's exactly what it did.

Isn't that an unanswerable question of motivation?

Well no. They did. Whether intentionally or not is an unanswerable question of motivation.

RLM already made four deconstruction videos concerning the Next Generation Star Trek movies, so they weren't jumping on the "hate bandwagon". They had been doing that for a while. They clearly made the Star Trek videos because they were Star Trek fans who were dissatisfied with the feature film adaptations of the show. If a serious fan voices their dissatisfaction, to me that is not jumping on the bandwagon, that is voicing one's own opinion.

If RLM had no interest in Star Wars, for example if they clearly weren't Star Wars fans and were simply leeching off of a sentiment which was popular at the moment, then they would be "jumping on the prequel hate bandwagon." Listening to Mike's Episode 4 commentary gives me the impression that he is a big Star Wars fan, going so far as to call it a "perfect movie". I believe their gripes with the prequels have genuine belief behind them, as Mike at least is a Star Wars fan.

Now personally I think that perhaps half of their attacks on the prequels are valid, the rest being cheap shots, irrelevant filler, and overdramatized nitpicking, but it's a fun ride if you take your mind off the hook for a while. I for one don't think that the videos are a cynical cash grab.