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		<title>108 Page Defense of &#8216;Star Wars: The Phantom Menace&#8217; Is Pure Geekonium</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 05:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geoffrey Golden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Star Wars nerd wrote a 108 page book critiquing another nerd's critique of The Phantom Menace. I've got a bad feeling about this...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-16676" href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/?attachment_id=16676"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-16676" style="margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;" title="Jar Jar" src="http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Jar-Jar.jpeg" alt='' width="300" height="225" /></a>Despite the title of this post, I don&#8217;t know if anything can be so geeky that it <em>forms a new element</em>, but damn it, this has got to come close.</p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/Video/welp-im-about-to-blow-all-of-yourses-minds/">Star Wars</a></em> superfan Jim Raynor did not like Red Letter Media&#8217;s infamous feature-length reviews of the Star Wars prequels: <a href="http://www.redlettermedia.com/phantom_menace.html" rel="nofollow">The Phantom Menace</a>, <a href="http://www.redlettermedia.com/clones.html" rel="nofollow">Attack of the Clones</a> and <a href="http://www.redlettermedia.com/sith.html" rel="nofollow">Revenge of the Sith</a>. The videos have gone mega viral and fans of RLM include celebrity nerds like &#8220;<a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/tv/tv-news/lost-numbers-nearly-win-millions/">Lost</a>&#8221; mastermind Damon Lindelof and actor <a href="http://www.screenjunkies.com/Video/new-paul-trailer-crash-lands-on-the-internet/">Simon Pegg</a>.</p>
<p>You would think making three feature length internet video critiques of the <em>Star Wars</em> prequels would be the dorkiest thing <strong>anyone</strong> could do, but Raynor may take the <a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/tag/nerd/' class='linkify' target='_blank'>Nerd</a> With Way Too Much Free Time On His Hands Award (The NWWTMFTOHH-y) at the end of the day. That&#8217;s because he wrote a 108 page novella (?) critiquing Red Letter Media&#8217;s critique of <em>The Phantom Menace</em>. That&#8217;s right, 108 pages dedicated to tearing down a &#8216;fan&#8217; review. Here&#8217;s a scintillating sneak peak:</p>
<blockquote><p>Throughout his review, [Red Letter Media's Mike] Stoklasa relies on the same few tricks again and again. He asks stupid questions which the movie has already answered. He denies simple truths that were made clear to everyone. He repeatedly makes false or unsupported claims that increase the amount of negativity in his review, which will stick in people’s minds even if he carefully retracts his statements later.</p></blockquote>
<p>Ho boy. I&#8217;ve got a bad feeling about this&#8230;</p>
<p>Will this become a <em>King of Kong</em> style rivalry, where each combatant must produce a longer, more time consuming critique of the other&#8217;s arguments? I happen to be a fan of Red Letter Media&#8217;s reviews, but I won&#8217;t pass judgement on this work in terms of content. That&#8217;d be unfair: I won&#8217;t read the full thing, because I made a New Years&#8217; Resolution not to completely waste my life in 2011. So for me, I&#8217;m just comforted by the fact that there is no ceiling to the amount of geekery one man can achieve.</p>
<p><a href='http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/films/i-am' target='_blank'>I am</a> truly inspired&#8230; and also horrified? (<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-fan-writes-108page-rebuttal-red-letter-medias-phantom-menace-review/" rel="nofollow">/Film</a>)</p>
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