Critique of a Culture of Critique

Phone games are the future of cinema and you can’t do a thing about it

I’ve previously tried to collect my thoughts on this phenomena that crystallized in the form of the RedLetterMedia Star Wars prequel “review” movie from 2009. It was the first proof of concept of a certain kind of production — much like the star wars prequels themselves were, first and foremost, a proof of concept for a kind of industrial (light and magic) production of *film*.

Internet Man “Don Jolly” has made a very good and concise explanation for how the entire narrative surrounding the star wars prequels being “bad” is missing the point, which is, George Lucas was using the production of the three movies to make extremely aggressive business moves in the film industry, in a *production* of film. Lucas single-handedly digitized a billion dollar industry, and enforced certain standards for “CGI” production — of which he owned the monopoly at the time — by requiring certain things legally from theatres. I recommend Jolly’s video on the subject. It’s not a movie review. it’s not talking about lightsabres and who’s stupid. It’s an industrial analysis. It’s a economic, business analysis. It’s brilliant. In a world where the human race worth worthy, and didn’t aim downwards, Jolly would be enjoying a greater financial success than Mike Stoklasa.