RedLetterMedia
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| Name: | RedLetterMedia |
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| Type: | Film maker, reviewer, commenter |
| Fandoms: | Star Wars, Star Trek |
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| URL: | RedLetterMedia.com |
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RedLetterMedia is an independent motion-picture production company headed by Mike Stoklasa, previously of GMP Pictures, as well as Jay Bauman, formerly of Blanc Screen Cinema. Stoklasa attracted significant attention in 2009, through a 70-minute video review of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
Stoklasa has produced other works under the RedLetterMedia banner, including short comedies and web series and three review-based web series (Half in the Bag, Game Station 2.0, and Best of the Worst). His low-budget features have been largely horror and comedy, and have included Feeding Frenzy, The Recovered, and Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant.
Mr. Plinkett character
Stoklasa created his first Plinkett video review for Star Trek: The Next Generation movie 'Generations' in 2008[1]. Stoklasa found his own voice to be too boring for the review and adopted the persona of Harry S. Plinkett, a character he had previously used in several short films (originally played by Rich Evans) and further developed within the reviews.[2]
Mr. Plinkett is an old man (claiming to be born in 1906) suffering from polio and bordering on senility and psychosis. He is strongly implied to be a serial killer and his reviews are intersperced with clips of women held capture in his basement. Plinkett first appeared in "You’re Invited! The Olsen Twins Movie". He speaks in a manner that has been compared to both Dan Aykroyd's character Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers and Ted Levine's character Buffalo Bill from The Silence of the Lambs.[3] He has a fondness for pizza roles. Stoklasa decided this role was necessary to his reviews in order to keep the viewer interested in the reviews and guessing what may occur next.[4]
Plinkett Reviews
Although "Plinkett" has made reviews for a variety of films, including Avatar (film) and Titanic, he is best known for his Star Trek and Star Wars Reviews.
Star Trek Reviews
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Trek: Generations
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Trek: First Contact
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Trek: Insurrection
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Trek: Nemesis
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Trek (2009)
Star Wars Reviews
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Wars Episode 2: The Clone Wars
- Mr Plinkett's Review of Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
Half in the Bag
Half in the Bag is a regularly released series in which Stoklasa and Bauman do more traditional movie reviews. Stoklasa has described it as a cross between "Siskel and Ebert' and a 1980s sitcom"[5] with him and Bauman VCR repair employees sitting in Plinkett's (Rich Evans) living room as they discuss movies. The first episode premiered on March 12, 2011 with a review of Drive Angry and The Adjustment Bureau.[6]
References
- ^ Review of 'Star Trek: Generations' on RedLetterMedia
- ^ RedLetterMedia's Spin on the Crazed YouTube Reviewer on PopMatters
- ^ Ibid
- ^ Star Wars YouTube Battle on The Daily Beast
- ^ Adler, Shawn (March 12, 2011). "YouTube Sensation Mr. Plinkett Branches Out With Weekly Review Show". MTV. Retrieved March 12, 2011
- ^ Half in the Bag episode 1