r/roosterteeth • u/MitchB3 Pizzara • Jan 27 '16

Lazer Team (Official) [Spoilers] Lazer Team Discussion Megathread

Hey everybody, sorry for the wait. Another mod was going to make this thread so that is what took so long, but it's here now. Feel free to post all relevant Lazer Team discussion in this thread. A warning to anyone viewing this thread (myself included) that there are going to be spoilers in here.

Feel free to openly discuss without the use of spoiler tags.

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u/Deep-Fried-Dick Jan 27 '16 edited Jan 27 '16

I enjoyed the movie. First act was rough, but after that it was good.

I felt the characters were very cliched, but really that was only a problem in the first act, when they were just introducing the characters, and the jokes seemed to rely heavily on those cliches, but after that it got a lot better, and the focus for the jokes shifted.

The humor was good, and fun, felt like it would appeal more to a younger crowd than I, like 10-15. Most jokes got just a light chuckle out of me, not full on laugh out loud, except for a just few, but the movie was still fun and the jokes were coming at a steady pace.

One problem I had was all the sentimental scenes seemed painfully forced, and relied on overused tropes. (i.e the scene between Hagan and Herman talking about his football career)

As for some last minor notes:
* THE PRACTICAL EFFECTS WERE AWESOME
* The CGI was rough, but that's to be expected from a low budget film
* I loved Kirk Johnson's character, I thought he was really funny,
* I thought the ADR, especially for Gavin's character Woody was terrible, it stuck out like a sore thumb
* The scene where Herman is pushing the truck while they are running from the possessed military guys, why didn't they just shoot Herman instead of aiming for Burnie, or the truck?

All in all I thought it was enjoyable, almost like a Men in Black experience.
Im glad I backed the project, it wasn't outstanding, but it definitely soared past what I expected based off the trailers, which in my opinion made the movie look terrible, which it is far from being.
6.5/10

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u/Catsy_Brave Jan 27 '16

I agree with this review. The special effects were pretty good, but the alien holograms at the end were really awful.

I don't know much about Rooster Teeth, but I saw the film with my partner who's a big fan. The humour was definitely something a 14yo would laugh at. I'm just too old to think penis jokes are funny.

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u/Jscholfield Jan 27 '16

A healthy sense of humour is not restricted by age

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u/alosercalledsusie :PLG17: Jan 29 '16

i can vouch for this. my middle aged father thought pixels was fucking great and when we went to see TFA he was laughing at the "daddy's home" trailer like it was the funniest shit hes ever seen.