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Red Letter Media (stylized as RedLetterMedia) is a film/video production company operated by independent filmmakers Mike Stoklasa (previously of GMP Pictures) and Jay Bauman (formerly of Blanc Screen Cinema). The company was formed by Stoklasa in 2004 while living in Scottsdale, Arizona, but is now based in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Stoklasa himself attracted significant attention in 2009, through a 70-minute video review of the 1999 film ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace''. The review was posted in seven parts on YouTube, and presented by his character "Harry S. Plinkett". While Stoklasa had published other video reviews for the ''Star Trek'' films in ''The Next Generation'' series prior to this, ''The Phantom Menace'' and subsequent ''Star Wars'' prequel reviews were praised for both content and presentation. Stoklasa has produced other works under the RedLetterMedia banner, including short comedies and web series (''The Grabowskis''); several review-based web series (including ''Half in the Bag'' and ''Best of the Worst''); and concert, wedding, and corporate videos. His low-budget features have been largely horror and comedy, and have included ''Feeding Frenzy'', ''The Recovered'', and ''Oranges: Revenge of the Eggplant''. Bauman, who had directed Stoklasa in several low-budget features under the Blanc Screen Cinema banner, has been a director and producer working with him on most of his projects. In addition, Stoklasa has employed colleague Rich Evans to be a full-time actor and stagehand for their projects. ==Mr. Plinkett character == Stoklasa created his first video review for ''Star Trek Generations'' after watching the film again some time in 2008. He noted that he thought it was a "shitty movie" and "completely messed up the transition to the big screen from what was a really great TV show", inspiring him to share this view with others. 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 since further developed within the reviews. Mr. Plinkett has been described as "cranky", a "schizophrenic" and "psychotic" whose voice has been characterized as "a cross between Dan Aykroyd in ''The Blues Brothers'' and ''The Silence of the Lambs Buffalo Bill".〔〔 The character has also been described as illiterate. He mispronounces words like "protagonist", and brags that he has never read a book and has no intention of doing so. He also displays ignorance of history, as when he confuses the Cuban Missile Crisis with World War I, and the Nazi invasion of France with The French Revolution. Through side comments in narration, flashes of disturbing images, and cuts to live scenes filmed by RedLetterMedia, Mr. Plinkett is implied to have murdered his various ex-wives. Glimpses of human remains and hostages seen in his basement indicate he may be a serial killer.〔〔 He claims to have had a disappointing son who hanged himself in a gas station bathroom, and an "adopted" son he kidnapped from a grocery store parking lot. Mr. Plinkett also has a fondness for Totino's Pizza Rolls, and he encourages feedback by promising to mail one to viewers who leave comments on his "webzone". However while seeming oafish and moronic the Plinkett character appears to demonstrate an astute understanding of film history and criticism, referencing numerous other films as examples to demonstrate his viewpoints. His voice and other traits were intended to incorporate a sense of humor to avoid making the reviewer sound too much like a nerd or armchair critic.〔 The character seems to live, or at least have lived, in Teaneck, New Jersey, having made references to its police department (in his ''Star Trek'' review) and the Cedar Lanes Cinema (in his ''Revenge of the Sith'' review). Furthering the New Jersey connection, he also has a fondness for gambling in Atlantic City, as some reviews give his mailing address as a slot machine at a casino in Atlantic City. Plinkett first appeared in "You’re Invited! The Olsen Twins Movie", a short film that incorporates clips from the film ''The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley'' in which the Olsen twins accept a phone call from a man named Mr. Plinkett.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=You're Invited )〕 There are two different versions of the Harry S. Plinkett character. While Plinkett was originally portrayed on-screen by Rich Evans, the character is voiced by Mike Stoklasa in the various film critiques commonly referred to as the "Plinkett Reviews". This has given rise to a number of continuity conflicts which RedLetterMedia has sometimes addressed via self-aware humor in its videos. For example, in the trailer announcing the release of Plinkett's review of ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' when asked by Emperor Palpatine, "when is your next review coming out?", Evans' Plinkett appears confused and says he doesn't do film reviews. The action then cuts to Stoklasa's Plinkett (always seen from first-person perspective, and thus never appearing on camera) watching a stripper. The trailer concludes with Palpatine using "force lightning" on Evans' Plinkett and exclaiming, "Die, fake Plinkett!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「RedLetterMedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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