A new pizza roll
August 4, 2012 12:23 PM Subscribe
Mr. Plinkett's Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope Commentary Track (stream for free or buy to download)
Heh. Smartass questions regarding the preferred nomenclature are answered in the first few seconds.
posted by Artw at 12:52 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 12:52 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
A weird thing: It appears to be impossible to buy 1-3 on DVD right now on Amazon without paying silly money.
posted by Artw at 12:52 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by Artw at 12:52 PM on August 4, 2012
Hopefully this one doesn't include serial kidnapping, beating and murder.
posted by Vindaloo at 1:07 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Vindaloo at 1:07 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
Yeah, as ever I'm a little torn on this - the guy has good insights, but the whole persona is a little bleh to me. See also film critic hulk and his annoying habit of just speaking like puny Banner in ALL CAPS and not speaking in proper Hulk speak....
posted by Artw at 1:11 PM on August 4, 2012 [6 favorites]
posted by Artw at 1:11 PM on August 4, 2012 [6 favorites]
I wonder if he's gone to the commentary format because he holds a modicum of respect for episodes 4, 5, and 6 and would rather just talk about them than cut them up onto the editing room floor.
posted by carsonb at 1:26 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by carsonb at 1:26 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
I love the Plinkett reviews and was pretty excited when they did this with Episode 1. But was never quite sure I had it synched properly. I am going to get this, because I love throwing money at people whose work I admire, and hopefully it will synch a little better.
Also, pizza rolls!
posted by munchingzombie at 1:27 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Also, pizza rolls!
posted by munchingzombie at 1:27 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Hippybear, it is a pretty good spoof. If you dig the characters in the reviews or Half in the Bag, you will get some enjoyment out of Feeding Frenzy. It isn't a great movie, but it is at least on par with the movies it spoofs. I got at least $7 worth of enjoyment out of it.
posted by munchingzombie at 1:29 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by munchingzombie at 1:29 PM on August 4, 2012
/sadly thinks of the parallel universe where Plinkett doesn't pull this shit and is basically ignored.
posted by Artw at 2:51 PM on August 4, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by Artw at 2:51 PM on August 4, 2012 [4 favorites]
Plinkett doesn't pull this shit and is basically ignored.
If he'd just gone as far as doing the voice and the sort of gonzo, profane yet super sharp criticism, I think he might have got noticed.
I'm just sitting here wondering how a fan edit would go. Just lop the grotty parts.
posted by Trochanter at 3:47 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
If he'd just gone as far as doing the voice and the sort of gonzo, profane yet super sharp criticism, I think he might have got noticed.
I'm just sitting here wondering how a fan edit would go. Just lop the grotty parts.
posted by Trochanter at 3:47 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
Three justs. I am the hero that Gotham deserves.
posted by Trochanter at 3:48 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Trochanter at 3:48 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Holy Christ, 59 times. Puts my 12 times seeing Jurassic Park in the theater to absolute shame.
posted by adamdschneider at 4:47 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by adamdschneider at 4:47 PM on August 4, 2012
If you're wondering when to start the movie, start the commentary when Plinkett says "STAR WARS!" when the title zooms away after the "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
posted by chimaera at 5:23 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by chimaera at 5:23 PM on August 4, 2012
I have watched Star Wars a dozens of times at least in the 2 years... The joy of having a kid who is a Princess Leia fanatic.
posted by Artw at 5:28 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 5:28 PM on August 4, 2012 [1 favorite]
Looks like Harmy is prepping the 2.0 release of his original cut restoration, so this'll go nice with that.
posted by anazgnos at 5:34 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by anazgnos at 5:34 PM on August 4, 2012
Speaking of which is he doing this commentary to the original cut or the special edition?
posted by anazgnos at 5:36 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by anazgnos at 5:36 PM on August 4, 2012
The joy of having a kid who is a Princess Leia fanatic.
Documentary evidence
posted by Artw at 5:38 PM on August 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
Documentary evidence
posted by Artw at 5:38 PM on August 4, 2012 [3 favorites]
Dodgy CG Jabba exists soley because they had footage of a Scotsman repeating pretty much the same lines as Greedo, so probably not.
posted by Artw at 5:43 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by Artw at 5:43 PM on August 4, 2012
Also it's a pretty lame gangster that lets Han Solo get away with walking on his tail.
posted by Artw at 5:46 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 5:46 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ah -- the instructions weren't on the linked page in the OP, but on another page that's almost identical in layout when you click through the title.
posted by chimaera at 5:48 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by chimaera at 5:48 PM on August 4, 2012
You're raising her right, Artw.
posted by egypturnash at 6:47 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by egypturnash at 6:47 PM on August 4, 2012
I couldn't seem to stream it from the page, because the BandCamp embedded player wasn't actually loading, leaving an empty "a" element for the "Play" button. For those who are having similar issues streaming the commentary (i.e. the "Play" button doesn't do anything) you can load the SWF that does the streaming direct from BandCamp at http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer.swf/size=venti/album=2116810143/
I am not a fan of Plinkett's persona because of the rape, kidnapping, murder etc that get used as "jokes," but the grasp of film theory and criticism that the RLM people have shines through, like a small diamond inside a pizza roll that is inside a big turd.
posted by subbes at 7:45 PM on August 4, 2012
I am not a fan of Plinkett's persona because of the rape, kidnapping, murder etc that get used as "jokes," but the grasp of film theory and criticism that the RLM people have shines through, like a small diamond inside a pizza roll that is inside a big turd.
posted by subbes at 7:45 PM on August 4, 2012
Many have seen the Binks. But what is her opinion of it?
She thinks it is funny. All is lost.
* disclaimer: only in Clone Wars form, where he is given far less space to be obnoxious.
posted by Artw at 7:50 PM on August 4, 2012
She thinks it is funny. All is lost.
* disclaimer: only in Clone Wars form, where he is given far less space to be obnoxious.
posted by Artw at 7:50 PM on August 4, 2012
If you don't have Star Wars on DVD, I recommend syncing this up to Star Wars Uncut, the frame-by-frame crowd-sourced remake.
posted by EmGeeJay at 8:21 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by EmGeeJay at 8:21 PM on August 4, 2012 [2 favorites]
When he's talking about how there are no railings on the Death Star to keep people from falling into the numerous bottomless pits on the station there is a shot that shows the Death Star does in fact feature safety railing (outside the elevators as our heroes make their way to Detention Block AA-23).
posted by mediated self at 9:34 PM on August 4, 2012
posted by mediated self at 9:34 PM on August 4, 2012
(stream for free or buy to download)
Or save the 110mb .mp3 straight out of Safari's Activity window.
(You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.)
posted by obiwanwasabi at 1:49 AM on August 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
Or save the 110mb .mp3 straight out of Safari's Activity window.
(You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.)
posted by obiwanwasabi at 1:49 AM on August 5, 2012 [3 favorites]
And that's why they took Activity Monitor out of the most recent release of Safari! It's a RLM plot.
posted by subbes at 7:32 AM on August 5, 2012
posted by subbes at 7:32 AM on August 5, 2012
Ah, more pandering to those whose LDS (Lucas Derangement Syndrome) outstrips their critical thinking.
posted by mgrichmond at 7:05 PM on August 5, 2012
posted by mgrichmond at 7:05 PM on August 5, 2012
See also film critic hulk and his annoying habit of just speaking like puny Banner in ALL CAPS and not speaking in proper Hulk speak....
Film Critic Hulk is particularly silly since in comic books, all the characters speak in ALL CAPS.
posted by straight at 12:52 PM on August 6, 2012
Film Critic Hulk is particularly silly since in comic books, all the characters speak in ALL CAPS.
posted by straight at 12:52 PM on August 6, 2012
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This is for the DVD release of the film from 2004. The special edition version. You know the one with the terrible photoshopped cover that most people seem to own.
posted by ODiV at 12:37 PM on August 4, 2012