I love 90% of their stuff, and will always watch their output, but I’ve gotten a little tired of Half in Bag, especially since they’ve gotten weirdly overt about their blind spot for anything performatively feminist, that can’t help but come off as irksomely neckbeardy. Such as spending the first half of their Wonder Woman review complaining that marketing it as empowering to girls was dumb because ... Ameila Airheart existed? Or something? Or the first half of their Captain Marvel review they spent pointing out how unlikeable Brie Larson is, by regurgitating contextless click bait clips from the very worst depths of the YouTube algorithm. There’s an element of lazy South Park nihilism creeping in, which is a bit eyerolling to me.
It’s somewhat acceptable from Mike, because “schlubby Luddite” is his schtick, but it’s disappointing from Jay, whose supposedly more of a “not everything’s made for me, and thats fine” equal opportunities film buff...
Still, BOTW is always quality. And Culkin seems to have slotted in like he’s always been there. Though is anyone else a little disappointed whenever it’s a Wheel of the Worst? The bad home video stuff just doesn’t do it for me quite like the terrible B Movies do...