Red Letter Media reviews Deep Space Nine

sounds fun


58 minutes and 29 seconds


on second thought...

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I had no idea Mike was a big DS9 fan.

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Him and Rich have made very positive references to the series during their TNG/Picard reviews, so they are definitely fans. I'm surprised it took them this long to review it, and I'm excited that they're doing this. If they treat it like TNG, they'll likely do another episode of S1, then start significantly condensing seasons afterwards. Which is kind of stupid since DS9 S1 was easily the worst of the series, do they should focus more of future ones.

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Not sure this is up my ally, especially for DS9. First few minutes they've got a toned down Siskel and Ebert vibe, I guess.

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They do pretty much anything film/TV related. "Toned down Siskel and Ebert" is not accurate at all. Siskel and Ebert had some entertaining jabs at each other sometimes, but RLM is much funnier. They're part Siskel and Ebert, part MST3K. The Mr. Plinkett reviews are pretty unique and super popular.

Not to come off as too fanboyish, but if you exclude music, RLM content accounts for probably 50% of my Youtube consumption. They do video game stuff too, but it's been a while since they've done new stuff, and it usually involves their less-talented members. I'd highly recommend doing a deep dive into their content (Best of the Worst, Half in the Bag, Reviewed, and Mr. Plinkett.)

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"Toned down Siskel and Ebert" is not accurate at all.

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Sure, whatever. 2 older guys talking about Hollywood stuff on screen. 1st impression I got.

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Sure, whatever. 2 older guys talking about Hollywood stuff on screen. 1st impression I got.

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Calm your tits. It may be a reasonable assumption based on the first part of this one video. I'm saying that it's not an accurate description of their work in general. I'm just trying to encourage you to do a deeper dive into what I'd consider hundreds (maybe 1000+) hours of entertainment.

Me: whatever

You: calm your tits!



I can't be more casual than 'whatever', especially on 2 guys I started off admitting I hadn't seen yet. But if I ever find an extra 1000 hours of video entertainment I need to fill...

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Sure, whatever. 2 older guys talking about Hollywood stuff on screen. 1st impression I got.

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RLM Best of the Worst review series is extremely entertaining if you like so bad their good type movies and just plain weird shite from the VHS era.

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Ignoring the memberberries: DS9 had MUCH better characters overall

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Just the main Cardassians - Dukat and Garak - arguably the finest, most well developed, 4-dimensional villain and anti-hero in all of filmed science fiction, respectively.

The Jem'Hadar, Weyoun, Quark, the whole Ferengi branch, and the list goes on. Although the main Bajoran characters were fairly dull, Kira was aight. As much as I liked Worf (as he developed, anyway) on TNG, he was a better character in DS9. The civilians and it being a real, living, breathing location with continuity of events and consequences made it a more tangible story than the "prosthetic forehead alien of the week" story that often dominated TNG.

FWIW, TOS is still my favorite (IKR?), but DS9 is ever so slightly ahead of TNG for the above reasons (and more). At its best, TNG was fantastic, A+ grade television. DS9 was just more consistent and had more to offer than its "episodic" older brother. Even though it might have had fewer peak spikes, the floor was much higher and even the misses were solid. They rarely let Jake take them off course and did not have the "Deus ex Wesley" problems that early TNG had.