Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: An Unbridled Misery

The Fifth phase begins! and it would seem Disney's Marvel's Cannabalistic Udder has dropped out Quantumania with a side helping of a radioactive TV Show in the form of Secret Invasion. We are going to explore this wonderful era.
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:57 - Prologuemania!
00:04:05 - Welcome back! - Phase 5, San Francisco and Scott Lang
00:08:34 - Catching up with the family and their secrets
00:28:32 - Entering the Quantum Realm! Hope, Hank and Janet contact an old friend
00:50:13 - Scott and Cassie meet Quantum people and the settlement is attacked!
01:13:01 - Introducing: MODOK - Scott and Cassie are imprisoned
01:19:16 - Janet explains her history with Kang - The Memory Store v2
01:29:31 - Introducing: Kang the Conqueror
01:38:14 - The Probability Storm
01:54:16 - Hank is attacked while Kang steals the engine and kidnaps Janet!
02:00:28 - Kang explains his motivation, Cassie escapes and Scott/Hope/Hank plan a counter attack...
02:14:21 - Cassie facilitates a Quantum-wide rebellion and battles MODOK while Scott and Hope attack
02:33:14 - Cassie has a heart to heart with MODOK and Scott breaches Kang's shield
02:38:00 - Kang battles the Ant family and the Ant army invades! saving the day with MODOK!
02:46:25 - MODOK dies and The Ant family try to return home
02:52:40 - Kang and Ant-Man have a boss fight
02:59:25 - The aftermath, the end and the post credits scenes
03:05:33 - The Conclusion...
03:06:53 - The World Building: Old and new mechanics
03:23:01 - The Plot: Armour, luck and holes
03:35:05 - The Characters: The Quantards, Krylar, MODOK and Kang
03:52:05 - The Characters: Hope, Hank and Cassie - 1
04:20:25 - An essay within an essay: A Breakdown of Kino Loy's Speech
04:29:19 - The Characters: Cassie - 2, Janet and Scott
04:54:42 - The themes: Secrets, Politics, Messing up, Taking chances and Nothing makes sense.
05:02:05 - Inspirations, dialogue, and how Disney Marvel can destroy a film in the edit.
05:12:52 - Special effects, Cinematography, Choreography, Integration, Costuming and Cassie's run
05:16:19 - Comedy... Past vs. present, Acting, Soundtrack and Tone
05:25:50 - Final Verdict: Unprecedented incompetence and it's doomed future...
05:36:28 - The absolutely squandered potential and what's next?
05:46:09 - Thank you to the editors!
05:47:07 - The Plushie announcement!
05:48:09 - Check out EFAP! Thanks for watching!

[@scottski02]

"Cassie: the unskippable cutscene of people." MauLer's wordplay is just pure gold

[@slaapt]

I'm definitely going to use "I'd explain it simpler but I don't have crayons."

[@beginnersmessiah]

Maybe women were a mistake

[@scottski02]

@@beginnersmessiah MauLer slowly morphing into E;R

[@maeton-gaming]

@@scottski02 look all i'm saying MauLer and E;R have never been seeing in the same room together

[@The90sDoggo]

I couldnt have say it better! XD

[@shanonsnyder9450]

Replacing the OG Cassie who loved and idolized her father with a smug, self righteous, focus group tested Gen Z girlboss was nothing short of criminal.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

They were taken by -skrulls- stupid writers and execs.

[@lostalone9320]

Thing is... It's actually ok to have an older teen Cassie who is being rebellious and is kinda over her dad being a hero. Lots of teens go through that, and it would make Scott feel like he has lost his daughter. Especially with her being tiresomely political, and maybe feeling that "heros" are don't do the hard work to help people who have normal problems. But then the movie would be about them coming back together, and her realizing that no-one can solve every problem and that she can do her own part while loving her dad. Boom, simples.

[@TheNemesis432]

@@lostalone9320 No. This just doesn't work. It's ok to have a rebellious teen in a typical household, but after being traumatized by her dad "death" she should've just skipped her phase altogether. If anything she should be horrified at the prospect of losing him again and she wouldn't want neither him, nor herself to do anything with "superhero" business. It could've been a really good story about juggling responsibility to society and to your loved ones and story was basically writing itself with all parallels you could draw from real life (policemen, firefighters, soldiers) as well as continuity (Hank relationship with Hope and Janet's "death"), but nah, fuck that we're in Phase 4... I mean 5 now, every female superhero has to be a cunt now and every male superhero has to be a moron.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Yeah, and wasn't the blip like 5 years? How is she like, 18 already?

[@sztallone415]

​@@lostalone9320so Cassie should be 'kinda over' her dad literally being one of the few who saved the motherfucking universe? This has the same vibes as people losing interest in living dinos in Jurassic World. I agree that some change in their relationship is needed, but not that. That'd only work in a normal household. More fitting conflict could be Cassie also trying to be a hero but failing first, or Scott and others becoming overprotective due to the trauma, or even too lax, thinking that theyve done their part already, yet an idealistic Cassie would encourage them to do more. That's what they kinda intented to do. At least I hope.

[@Quick-Silver206]

I really hate how Disney makes shit seem so normal. Like this dude literally saved the world and they're treating it like he won employee of the month or some shit.

[@thomasraines1396]

And he gets written off as a narcissistic douche who won’t shut up.

[@nyChannel09]

Disney is only the distributor... NOT the writer.

[@sammydray5919]

​@@nyChannel09That would have been a viable defense if this nonsense wasn't spread across ALL their projects. At this point its Disney AND the writers doing this shit

[@coolestCheeSUSXxxrist]

I remember this was already in 2015, Age of Ultron, when Tony said "Remember, I flew into a hole in space to save everyone?", and Roudy said "No, no, I don't remember." I mean, yeah, they're friends all the stuff, but... meh

[@enginear1157]

Rhodey was being petty bc nobody appreciates Warmachine in that scene. Plus Tony does have a tendency to be a bit self-aggrandizing

[@leonevermore4819]

Watching Scott get mistreated by his own family like that left me in the awkward position of genuinely hoping this respectable father would abandon his family.

[@TOONYBOY]

It gets even better when you realize that everyone in that room is NOT related to Scott or Cassie. They may have been close friends, but they're all ganging up on him for trying to look out for his daughter while encouraging and supporting her lawbreaking and teaching her how to use their incredibly dangerous tech to explore other universes/realities

[@hydra8612]

That scene triggered me big time, definitely would’ve been a proper family fallout if that was me lol. “And what do you do now? Sign books?” Beats prison you silly bitch. Hank would’ve got a slap as well for enabling it.

[@juliebartlett4222]

I'm only about 18 minutes into this, but I've got to say, as a mom: MauLer's recap of the dinner scene alone is hurting to the point of tears. This man is trying to do what's right for his daughter and he's not only being dragged for it, but gaslighted in the bargain--by people NOT EVEN RELATED TO HER, who have been egging her on to do things that could literally get her killed (or in such massive trouble that her life is made unlivable). This is a parent's worst nightmare, having your child turned on you by what basically amounts to groomers. If they don't turn this around in later scenes, it's the worst sort of destructive, toxic waste Hollywood could pump out right now. I'll watch more later. For now, I'm going to go hug my kids.

[@sijul6483]

Welcome to the world of the average father, or men in the 21st century in general. Alienated from their child(ren), then derided by society for not 'stepping up' or 'doing better' or whatever else is used.

[@samvanhaaren]

I was getting angry watching it. How on earth could anyone come up with such a scene. It shows how insane and deluded Hollywood writers are nowadays.

[@Zanzoltan]

Ohhh...believe me, it only gets worse. You have no idea how worse it gets... I want Scott to just leave them all in the Quantum Realm to fend for themselves, after some of the BS they keep attacking him with...

[@Soapy-chan]

your kids are very lucky to have you

[@spacecore6000]

It's simple. Hollywood thinks; Straight Man Bad And will do everything in their power to dunk on them.

[@Skidoosh121]

That whole family dinner scene where Scott is being gaslit was the most bizarre thing I had ever seen. I haven't met one person yet that supported the logic of anyone else at that table but Scott. I have no idea how they wrote that scene without having any self awareness.

[@booperdee2]

yeah sure you saved the universe, but what have you done in the last 5minutes???

[@shawklan27]

​@@booperdee2this is falcon and the winter soilder all over again with how they were treated by everybody

[@stranglestrong]

Phase 4 is mostly written by narcissistic people who view things like gas lighting as a good thing. People are just plain evil nowadays. You remember when heroes saved people. Then they made them all anti-heroes. Then they made them all flat out villains.

[@The90sDoggo]

@@booperdee2 You gotta do better Scott!

[@BunnyMaester]

Reminds me of my co-workers

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

I'd like to point out that Tony Stark, one of the biggest narcissists In the MCU, never removed his helmet during a fight or when there was danger.

[@ooochoa]

Thanos had to break it in infinite war just to see his face

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

@@ooochoa exactly. It was a masterful way to get RDJ's full reaction to losing to him by having them naturally face to face and both actor's pulled it off. 👏 no pun originally intended 🤔 but welcomed 😂

[@BPF80MCar-vi1pg]

​@SilverSpoonòòò⁹ò⁰⁹⁹⁹⁹⁹p⁰pppp pop pi ĵòō IRiche

[@SilverSpoonRiche]

@@BPF80MCar-vi1pg I'm sorry, are you having a stroke?

[@petery6432]

Exactly. In Iron Man 1, Stane ripped his helmet off, and took off his own helmet because his targeting systems were destroyed. They put in the effort to justify showing the actors' faces.

[@FabledNarrative]

@ 18:39 "You're welcome for all not being dust." "And what do you do now?" This is literally the "Well, what have you done for me lately?" meme. This entire family is ungrateful.

[@jackrolls3080]

What have the romans ever done for us?!

[@astalidiot8559]

@@jackrolls3080 ... aqueducts

[@KronosMancer]

@@jackrolls3080 the aqueduct?

[@Ithinkjustzelda]

Trying to convince the audience that ant man doesn't care about helping people is truly an arc

[@honestkyn718]

It's gaslighting honestly

[@joshuakim5240]

Especially when the first scene of him in this exact movie is him trying to help as many people as possible without violence, aka helping people in his free time when not fighting as an avenger. Wtf were these directors smoking to think that they could make this all up as they went along (at their own admission nonetheless).

[@Ithinkjustzelda]

This guy literally saved the entire universe. As far as I am concerned, he could be the most selfish motherfucker on the planet for the rest of his life, and we would still owe him

[@JM-mh1pp]

@@Ithinkjustzelda which would actually made for a very fun superhero movie - Oh Captain Super you saved us! Why! - I want to be famous, I want my name to become a blessing, I want schools named after me, countries celebrating my birthday, this is why I do what I do. I save you so you are gratefull to me.

[@The90sDoggo]

Its so stupid and crazy that only a Marvel writter would dare to try it! XD

[@ilikemusic4135]

Is anyone else more excited for Mauler's videos than the actual movie?

[@JeffreySchwinghammer]

Meeeee!

[@Black_Revue]

Aye!

[@Agent_Missouri]

I don’t watch the movie until I see maulers video lol

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

Everyone.

[@TierDvik]

I would go to the theatre to actually watch Mauler's videos

[@Cyril29a]

The commentary on Darren's death by the creators is sociopathic.

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

Well they're Pedowooders. Sociopathy is in their nature.

[@samwood2639]

It’s like the writers don’t know how to write.

[@Lord_Numpty]

@@samwood2639They don’t even know how to act Human.

[@bluemutt9964]

"Ha ha look at this poor, confused, tortured man who realized what really matters before sacrificing himself. What a LOSER"

[@oscargruber8582]

It's insane that this comes from Disney. MF DISNEY?! The people who push inclusion and representation accept the fact that a guy gets absolutely no sympathy for because he is ugly. It's insane.

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

The replacing of Emma Fuhrmann bothers me. Not only because of the way it was done, but also because she had INSANE chemistry with Paul Rudd. From the second she opened that door in Endgame, it felt like you were actually watching a father shocked at seeing what he thought was his barely teenage daughter be a young adult, and a young adult woman who presumed her father dead suddenly seeing him on their doorstep. It was honestly the best part of that movie for me. And Emma was superbly cast. She was sooo much better than the new girl who can't act for shit, has no chemistry with Rudd, and is just an annoying brat.

[@Tiptronics]

It’s clear they recast because of the claims that emma looked too old and not enough like the child actress. The new actress looks more like her, but in classic disney style is incapable/prevented from acting

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

​@@Tiptronicsif you just Google "ant man Cassie" it brings up all three actresses side to side as adults, the first two look like they could be sisters and the new one stands out quite a bit

[@Archiver_Studio]

Honestly, the actor herself isn't piss poor since I've seen her acting in other stuff pretty good it just seems like the character she's playing is someone she cannot play the same as the ones that came before her. Kathryn doesn't seem to work well with characters like Cassie since she never gives out the same vibe or energy that the other actors have like Emma Kathryn isn't a shit actor, she was given a character she cannot play the same way that Emma could since she doesn't have the same connection to Paul Rudd that Emma does which is why she doesn't have the same familial connection But this is entirely my views and I might be entirely wrong

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@Archiver_Studio You may be right. I haven't seen her other works. But she did really poorly on Quantumania. It's not just her chemistry with Rudd. There's a short scene where they're falling into the Quantum Realm and her acting while screaming for her dad in panic is just atrocious. Literally anyone off the street could sell it better than she did. It's also ironic how she's older than Emma IRL. So casting her because of age is just stupid. It's like they saw they made a mature, kind, responsible young lady in Endgame, and thought "Nah, we can't do that. Women should be bitchy criminals with daddy issues."

[@VACatholic]

Did weinstein cast them?

[@axson8]

At this point, I choose to believe Kevin Feige is such a fan of MauLer that he deliberately destroyed Marvel just to get more MauLer videos. Thank you, Kevin, thank you.

[@Filiton]

Hm, that very well could be true.😂

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

A small price to pay for salvation.

[@Darkstar_Dayne]

Kevin Feige ain't smart enough to comprehend Mauler

[@beginnersmessiah]

Well the real genius was Rian all along

[@onepresence9460]

If that was true, then i want Kevin Feige to keep making these decisions 😂

[@AbsentMinded619]

Cassie is a “fake compassion” character who doesn’t understand the homeless problem, who acts and talks exactly like real-life people who don’t understand the homeless problem (because they aren’t actually involved with really helping)…written as a heroic character by writers who also have never done anything to help the homeless, and thus also don’t understand the homeless problem.

[@skarloeythomas5172]

It’s slacktivism. It’s what Twitter, Disney, terminally online, and Americanised progressives are all about. Scott had real impact, but because he wasn’t toeing the line with Cassie’s imagined, strict ethics and arbitrary philosophies, he wasn’t a different kind of activist, maybe marginally worse to her in her arrogance. No, Scott was a bad person, flat out.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

I would say even those 'helping the homeless' don't want to face the reality of the homeless problem.

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

And that would be relevant if the homeless problem was ever discussed in the movie.

[@CrossBreedTacoHD]

@@matteomastrodomenico1231 It sets up her entire character. She is a rebel that fights the "injustice of the authoritarian government" while trying to help people, like the homeless. That's their intention with the whole introduction to her character going to jail. Probably trying to show us that it's good (everyone seems to support what she is doing) when she goes to jail because it's for the "right" reasons, but it's bad when ant-man goes to jail because he was just a "selfish thief". Anyways, movies usually have commentary on contemporary issues and vapid virtue signalers is definitely a prominent issue to discuss.

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

@@CrossBreedTacoHD They never say that Scott was a selfish thief. In fact, I'm pretty sure Cassie is taking her father as an example.

[@unforcedterror3136]

Mauler: releasing 6 hours long videos Also Mauler: “I’m prepping for bigger and better projects”

[@petery6432]

I find it funny that this video took half a year to complete, meanwhile he creates a 45 minute video, a little less than 1/6 of the length of this one, on the state of star wars and Ashoka in the span of a week.

[@thomaslemos2240]

@@petery6432that just goes to show how devoted and possibly angry he was at Ahsoka that he was able to come up with something so fast, not to mention his and fringey’s skills in editing

[@thathandsomedevil0828]

Mauler is teasing us for one day he will release a 24 hour video. 😂

[@bioticjedi3864]

I hope every video is longer than the last xD

[@KaiserTrigger]

@@thomaslemos2240 The editing isn't really skillful. It's more so a sign of him being so far gone he's willing to edit that much. The editing is actually extremely basic and a dime a dozen in most reviews, especially when they recap so much of the stuff they talk about. It's more so a sign of "I have the patience to sit through shit and come up with a well thought out script while my brain is rotting".

[@NoscoSays]

It's interesting that Mauler praises Scott for what he wrote in his book and trying to use his experiences to inspire people, and yet the writers of the movie try to tear Scott down and say that doing those things is essentially narcissism. Really shows the disconnect these writers have with what makes characters likeable and consistent.

[@sologamer3122]

Are we really surprised though? If one theme has been consistent in modern media like marvel. It is that anything traditionally good/wholesome/admirable etc is bad. Oh you want to show your devotion to family? Narcissicism. You want to be a dependable ally for your team? Inflated Ego. Teenage girl Pull the idea that her dad doesn't care out of her ass from nowhere? To quote mauler: "You go girl!". What is even sadder is It's a very relatable and plausible arc to have a teenage girl feel rebelious against her dad, and they somehow make it unbelievably stupid. I honestly think most of these writers have some weird vendetta against traditional arcs.

[@highdefinition450]

@@sologamer3122 i mean it wasn't like that before, it was much more character-focused before imo

[@liamphibia]

Why does Marvel keep hiring these types of hack ass writers?

[@urbanguy1191]

People are just very far up their own asses these days, sadly this is going to become much more common

[@mrdropkicker1]

They don’t respect the craft of writing

[@luker3752]

Cassie's big speech is the equivalent of "Some of you die, but that is a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

[@electricbayonet2]

She’s also basically proposing that they pull a Tet Offensive...from the Vietnamese perspective. “Come on, guerilla fighters! Launch a head-on assault against the entrenched conventional military force! It’ll go great! And please disregard how the last time I made contact with you it was only minutes before MODOK showed up, that was surely a coincidence!”

[@samwallaceart288]

​@@electricbayonet2 Come on, gamers! 😅

[@ShadowVincent3]

If someone tried to rally me like that I'd run the other way cause she clearly has no clue wtf she's saying and clearly has no control over the situation.

[@fnot804]

You should all gather up, and help the little guy! The little guy? Its ME!

[@pdzombie1906]

Spoken like a true american president!

[@SenorSparkle787]

"Capitalist ants would have gotten the job done" is my favorite line in this whole video

[@billsutherby]

I dunno. "You are the unskippable cutscene of people" might have made me laugh harder than I have laughed in a LONG time. One of Mauler's best insults.

[@SenorSparkle787]

@@billsutherby top tier line

[@stijnvandenheuvel8117]

​@@billsutherby"Your ambition outweighs your skill and your ambition is walrus piss." "You are living proof that it can take as long as nine months to make a joke." "Why were you the sperm that won." "I would explain this in simpler ways but I don't have any crayons." This one is full of absolute bangers.

[@BaneOfV]

If ants were capitalists, humans would be sitting back watching ants work all day, probably calling them boy

[@SenorSparkle787]

@@BaneOfV and they would be happy to do it. Could you imagine the beautiful songs the ants would sing

[@projectportal7284]

Holy crap!! Scott didn't just save the world. Wasn't Thanos going to rewrite everything instead of wipe out half of all life?? He saved fu**ing REALITY!!

[@toymaster4041]

That was the second Thanos from the End of Game. Tony took care of him. But yes, he didn't save the world. He saved half of the fucking UNIVERSE!

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

@@toymaster4041 Sure but without Scott, Tony wouldn't have been able to do that. He was the catalyst. So he saved the universe AND was the main factor going into saving reality.

[@toymaster4041]

@@TheStraightestWhitest If he didn't come out of the quantum realm then the other Thanos would never have gotten to the main timeline.

[@isauldron4337]

Scott deserves to have a moment to Go People i helped save the freaking universe

[@tahuluke6133]

@@toymaster4041 on one hand you're right. But on the other, there's no way he could have known that

[@christophergillette7167]

Everything about the daughter’s behavior in the early scenes screams “entitled narcissist who despises dad for existing.” And since the script sides with her, it was already clear what sort of people made this film. So yeah… it deserves hours of being Mauled

[@ml4173]

Only Mauler can make a 6 hour review of a 2 hour movie that is significantly better than the movie itself.

[@npcperson2158]

and we all watched it.

[@maxpayne7696]

​@@npcperson2158 Several times

[@pargaras]

Anyone could make a video better than the movie

[@souvikmitra6161]

​@@pargarasnot of 6 hours.

[@andre_santos2181]

"It takes one fool to throw a rock ont he weel, it takes a thousand sages to remove it." - Disney Marvel can take 1,5 h of bad movie, we need 6h to analyse it.

[@thatsnotgonewellatall5517]

Man saved the world, wrote a book and specifically stated how he wanted to be there for his daughter as his priority whilst inspiring people and his family hates him for it.

[@winterwolfsden]

Brought to you by the MCU courtesy of Disney. Unreal.

[@Tetrathegod]

Welcome to woke Hollywood

[@oscargruber8582]

It's even funnier that we are supposed to hate Scott for no longer doing anything (even although he states that he will help if he is asked for it) after SAVING THE UNIVERSE and we are supposed to respect Janet's choice of keeping silent about the multiversal threat that she left all her friends with because she "wanted to forget and be a mother again"

[@d04lvallier]

Marvel went full tard, black Iron-man tried to warn them

[@matteomastrodomenico1231]

Sorry, but writing a book and being an inspiration isn't nearly the same as being a superhero. And they don't even hate him, they just say that he needs to get back in action.

[@SlashManEXE]

The concept of turning MODOK into a joke character made him dead on arrival. On paper, consolidating his backstory with Darren’s isn’t terrible (especially with not much done with AIM in the MCU). But he was much more of a terrifying body horror creature in the comics. This movie uses his appearance exclusively for jokes. They gave him a clichéd MCU breakaway face mask to boot, which is more in line with how MODOK should look. Bringing Darren back and creating MODOK just to kill him in one film felt more like a checking off boxes of what to adapt rather than doing it in any meaningful sort of way.

[@StarWarsomania]

Exactly. There was plenty of room for body horror upon his introduction. Have Hank be like “Darren… oh Darren, what have you done??” Have part of his “redemption arc” be realizing what he’d done to himself. That his insecurity and anger, localized on Scott, led to him self-mutilating due to his own hate, while Scott hadn’t been thinking about him at all But no. Have to get in the requisite number of Jokes Per Minute, and some snarky woke nonsense from girlboss instead of actual empathy.

[@hariman7727]

@@StarWarsomania Modok/Darrin living through the fight with Kang and being a new power that's questionable, but trying to help, and Darren having to learn how to help beyond killing enemies/being a better judge of enemies could have been a whole movie or two.

[@steelseraph7413]

When I look at how banged up Scott's face looked at the end of the movie, all I can think to myself is "if only there was some sort of protective covering you can wear on your head."

[@BennysGamingAttic]

Scott didn't just save the world... He saved HALF THE FUCKING UNIVERSE.

[@Ranben.]

The whole universe. Remember Thanos was going to destroy it all in Endgame!

[@honestkyn718]

@@Ranben. down to the last fucking atom

[@enderkatze6129]

Yeah but it's only the Humans that Matter, duh.

[@UnicornStorm]

@@Ranben. well, he wouldn't without the avengers's interferenece

[@HerculesBallsInc]

Sure. But that was SO five-minutes-ago. What is he doing RIGHT NOW about the plight of the homeless? Which, if you think about it, he made worse by restoring all the people to previously empty homes! What a MONSTER!

[@TheFriendlyIntrovert]

"The people that wrote this are why we have instructions on shampoo." Such a Ricky Gervais-esque joke, I love it

[@spinyhedgie]

And why we have warning labels on everything

[@Leo.23232]

@@spinyhedgie it why thing obvious

[@Gojeto346]

nanotechnology will never be as cool as watching intricate gears, and mechanical pieces combine and do a boot up sequence while suiting up, the clunks of the masks clamping down are the cherry on top

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Agreed. That scene of Iron-Man gearing up in his completed suit for the first time was absolutely amazing. 👍

[@IndianTelephone]

"Who the fuck wrote this and why were you th sperm that won!" literally applies to everything MCU beginning from 2019

[@PetSymmetry]

Guardians 3?

[@michaelfraser1073]

When you think about it, Cassie and the cops is the perfect summary of Disney’s approach to activism: they focus on spectacle and merely ‘fighting back’, rather than using their easily available resources to try and fix the issues.

[@motherplayer]

This is why the idea of most social issues feel dumb in superhero universes. Recall the recent superboy comic about climate change with someone with a shirt that reads "There is no Planet B" unironically. In the DC universe....

[@clayxros576]

Gotta love the dumber than a 5th grader folks who think "Lookie I did this I'm helping" is substantial. Or acceptable. Or the corporations who keep peddaling that idea, who keep forgetting if a generation buys into that they're outnumbered.

[@DaMaster012]

That's the thing about virtue signaling; it's putting all your effort into trying to ostentatiously show off how "virtuous" you are instead of putting the effort into being truly virtuous. But like Tywin said about being king, if you have to tell everyone you're virtuous, you aren't. (Also what made the "I bought my ticket in advance, I am virtuous" line so funny.)

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

Well, I mean, Disney is a megacorporation. They only exist to make money. Performative activism is the only activism they‘ll do, they won’t give away their way too much money…

[@hope-cat4894]

Basically, Cassie would be the type of activist to glue her hand onto a concrete floor. What a character downgrade.

[@selwrynn6702]

"You're the unskippable cutscene of people" that is an amazing line.

[@Amarenamann]

More profound insult has never been uttered.

[@Joeyfield0]

19:51 in case i need that sound bite

[@georgeblair3894]

I am stealing that. Oh so stealing that.

[@TheCosta5000]

" Cassie I love the sound you make when you shut the fuck up". Omg that had me in stitches.

[@TheSethOlson]

“The hell you say old man” in Maulers voice is unintentionally one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a movie review

[@r.e.z9428]

My man puts more effort into his scripts than the majority of the writers of Phase 4 and 5.

[@MilkT0ast]

Majority? All of them.

[@ameyskulkarni]

This but unironically. Mauler's scripts are genuinely 100% seriously better than 95% of the Hollywood slop

[@triplea657aaa]

*any of

[@Amarenamann]

Well... That's racist. But I agree.

[@lionofthemorning7997]

All of them, not the majority. Absolutely no question about it.

[@krishnakantbhatt9947]

"You are living proof that it can take as much as 9 months to make a joke" That line still gets to me I salute you MauLer

[@markkrousos5011]

He had a lot of good ones. My personal favourite is the "why are you the sperm cell that won?" line.

[@krishnakantbhatt9947]

@@markkrousos5011 🤣🤣🤣 I think I haven't gotten to this part yet Or I might have missed it, in which case I'll be treating myself to round 2

[@peanutgallery4]

12 whole hours later, eh?

[@yuricahere]

"Her last 2 brain cells are fighting for 3rd place"

[@jacobcurrent2703]

*"MY NAME...IS DARREN!"* _"Ohh good god."_

[@christopherbowen4665]

Imagine if instead of Cassie say something stupid like”don’t be a dick” she said “don’t be monster” …just one word, it gives that scene WAY more impact and also a good callback to the first movie… so much meaning that these clowns of a writer couldn’t be bothered to think of because “har har she said dick! It’s funny !”

[@lostmarimo]

they wanted that white man hate in there.

[@toastyanon8902]

"Are you a Monster?" "Do I look like a monster?" fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, I forgot about that exchange in the first film, dammit, that would've been one hell of a callback.

[@hariman7727]

"Don't be a puppet, not to yourself or to monsters like Kang. Take control of your life and find ways to help instead of hurting, or just letting others control your life." "Stop looking to others to tell you what to do, and learn to be good for yourself." "I feel like that sometimes too, but you need to learn how to be good without other people guiding you, which we're all trying to learn." DANGIT HOLLYWOOD IT'S NOT HARD! TRY! "DO BETTER!"

[@Mortimer_RS]

​@@toastyanon8902 The Infinity Saga was really good at callbacks, it's like after Far from Home (yes, it is from the Infinity Saga) they all completely forgot how they are supposed to be done.

[@DLxxx]

​@@hariman7727 _"I can't tell you who to be, that's something you have to figure out for yourself. But you don't need to be a monster..."_ Or something to that effect would've been perfect (in isolation, at least). Especially with some stronger acting.

[@peterpidrak9501]

5:04:45 I think that the lying about having needs is just more character assassination. Hank thought that Janet was dead. She knew he was up there.

[@TOONYBOY]

And which one of them *didn't* cheat?

[@nont18411]

@@TOONYBOY Hank didn’t

[@TOONYBOY]

@@nont18411 I know, that was the implication with the comment. That's what I was pointing out, that despite the fact that Hank thought Janet was dead for 30 years, he _still_ didn't cheat

[@matthewmosier8439]

Yeah, that whole subplot was really telling imo. Almost as if the writer didn't like the idea of a faithful relationship existing. Whenever somebody tells you that something that CAN exist, doesn't.. you can be pretty sure they have given up on attempting it. Let's hope the writer just made a mistake and isn't revealing something about his character

[@zatchbell5678]

It's really, legitimately disturbing how the writer and producer view Modok's sacrifice and death.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

otoh, if Modok doesn't make the sacrifice play we no longer have to hear about Marvel films

[@DLxxx]

Yeah.. I don't like sounding over dramatic, but they genuinely sounded unhinged. Like, it completely caught me off guard 💀

[@zatchbell5678]

@@DLxxx no, me neither, I have used the word "disturbing" in a genuine way maybe only a handful of times but it sure fits here

[@The90sDoggo]

Haha look at the funny human being with the big head dying! XD

[@unpopularopinions7407]

Modern MCU writers consistently have really weird senses of morality

[@prkr07]

It baffles me that Scott, after helping to save THE UNIVERSE, gets flack for wanting to settle down and go on book tours, even after saying if the Avengers need him he'll jump back into the fray again. Do the characters just expect people to fight eternally until they die? There's a reason that "retirement" exists, and even professional soldiers have scheduled tours of duty.

[@igorpedro8995]

it's like a mirror to the comics world how common is it for characters to die just to be brought back ? Tho they have a bunch of characters, we see basically the most famous individuals/groups going on adventures over and over and over again, with no apparent end to their journeys

[@iemzaf]

It's the leftist prerogative; "There's always something to protest, that's why our organization always need more money daddy government"

[@alpd7638]

Noone gave captain america shit for deciding to peace out

[@chuckhoyle1211]

Scott Lang did more than help. Without him Stark would have been playing farmer in the woods with Pepper and whoever the kid is. The Avengers, pretty much, threw in the towel and retired. Lang developed the plan and inspired the way to do it.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

Yeah, like the dude just wants to live a peaceful, fulfilling life, where he can spend time with his family, inspire and connect with his fans, and live comfortably off the royalties, all while enjoying the benefits of being effectively exonerated for his past crimes. I'm confused, isn't this basically the lifestyle that all Disney protagonists aspire to? Why is it suddenly vilified when good-guy Scott Lang wants it?

[@Malumultimus]

No, you're not the only one who felt that way about Modok. I don't know if it's the acting, but I genuinely felt bad for him and it was insulting to see them treat him like a joke.

[@philleW12]

I have not seen the movie, but just from these few clips it is clear that Darrens actor put actual effort into his role and took his death scene seriously.

[@hariman7727]

I know, right?! That scene where he just breaks down after being defeated is heartbreaking, and he DOES rise to the occasion not long after... and the writers shit on the best part of the movie. THAT is the first thing I'd change in the movie: Shore up Darrin's plot as the man who made so many mistakes he just can't function anymore, and doesn't know what to do, until he finally decides to fight the true villain. (Also, better effects.) And then I'd toss out the rest of the script so that it would make more sense and be a functional movie.

[@absolutezer0367]

​@hariman7727 I don't understand how anyone feels bad for a guy who attempted child murder and actually murdered an innocent guy by turning into goo who feels bad because something awful finally happened to him

[@philleW12]

@@absolutezer0367 Mostly its because of how well the actor portrays him genuinly being in despair and because he did sacrifice himself to save the multiverse. I would not say that i feel bad for him, more so that i think he has earned his redemption by the end.

[@hariman7727]

@@absolutezer0367 It's not that he "feels bad because something awful finally happened to him". It's because he's that awful person *and he's finally having the moment of clarity that he IS the monster, and that he's been wrong his entire life, so he's trying to desperately grasp at ANYTHING that will let him restore his humanity/goodness*. And then he sacrifices himself to save everyone, actually managing to do something good for the first time in years, at minimum. Yes, he's a monster, and he DID try to kill a child. There's also these things called regret, repentance, and redemption.

[@chunguschungus]

Maybe Dr. Strange should've looked a little harder and seen the future where they show Thanos the Pym particle and how there can be limitless resources, forever.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Please don't ever apply to be a Hollywood script-writer. You're far too smart & intelligence isn't tolerated there.

[@MysteriousTomJenkins]

@@josephsalmonte4995 Yeah, that's the issue with trying to bring up real life issues in a setting with such fantastical elements. Thanos was already stupid because he had infinite power to fix the issue in an infinite number of ways and chose universal genocide...but given all the super tech and magic...he had other alternatives besides infinite power at the cost of killing people. Lack of reasources and over population and pollution and shit don't really work when yuou have reality bending magic and super science to create endless clean energy for the world as well as space travel and alternate dimensions to colonize and populate.

[@charmandyorton006]

That’s really a metaphor for the writers of these projects: Endless potential given to them, that’s never fully realized because they went into it with no research or relevant experience, and making it up as they went along.

[@jjjmadness8306]

It really says a lot about the mentality of the film writers when they have to deliberately talk down to a guy who has saved the world. I should also mention how the film and even the creators were constantly mocking a man for sacrificing their life to save the universe, yet they still treated his death like a joke.

[@DonVigaDeFierro]

It's a great metaphor for modern writers: They hate him because they will never achieve anything like him at all. They will never create a character or a movie like the first ant-man in their entire lives. A nice touch of (very) accidental genius right there. Just bitter jealousy on display. Oh, and you are expected to _sympathize._

[@rickl.7084]

That's why they can't make a decent Superman. They just can't cope with someone who actually has outrageously good self control and moral conscience.

[@sammydray5919]

​@@rickl.7084 And then they hide behind the excuse that Superman is "boring" and "not interesting" because of his powers when his character being such a just and righteous being because of his upbringing is one of the most compelling things about him as a whole. Because Superman despite all his powers is such a down to earth good person (in most adaptations) is honestly such an awe inspiring and hopeful writing decision that I cannot help but admire it. But then lazy hacks just cant look beyond his powers and reduce him to a mopey unhappy "God".......... and now I am upset again 🤦‍♂️

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Over the past decade or so that's been a pretty common trope in superhero comics. You're not a hero unless everything in the world is perfect and everyone is happy. Bonus points if the person making that point to a white male superhero is "diverse" And if you think I'm kidding there's a comic book called Marvel's Spotlight: Captain America. In a black teenage boy isn't happy that his neighborhood isn't cleaned up fast enough after some supervillain shenanigans so he does what any reasonable person would do: becomes a scientist for Hydra. At the end of the story he gets to tell _Captain freaking America_ about how being a real hero means doing construction work in poor neighborhoods. I think there should be a rule that you don't get to act morally superior to anyone for at least a month after you joined a fascist totalitarian terrorist organization.

[@sammydray5919]

@@BiggieTrismegistus How much you wanna bet that the writer thats preaching construction work as heroism actually has done nothing like that in their entire spoiled life? Within certain context, jobs like construction work CAN be regarded as heroic as it is a part of building up of society or just plain restoration of whats been destroyed. But to preach to heroes who risk their lives while joining up with terrorists just because of some perceived wrong to you is the HEIGHT of narcissistic asshole entitlement these writers tend to be made out of.

[@JayJaycubbs]

Can’t believe we’ve regressed from impactful dialogue like “Don’t waste your life Stark” to cringe toddler-speak like “Don’t be a dick”. Movie standards have truly dropped harder than RJ’s proposed standalone SW trilogy

[@housemana]

Don't get it twisted. Eastern film and animation is in a decades-long renaissance and golden age. Meanwhile Hollywood doing a classic pedolosion. theyre going bankrupt in every sense of the word. morally, technically, fiscally.. actual peasants in their own self-inflicted dark ages of rot and worthless waste.

[@The90sDoggo]

dOnt bE a dIcK! thats bad and its not good to be bad! XD

[@necro4258]

I wouldn’t call it toddler speak per se, more like twitter-speak, reddit-speak, or just terminally-online-speak

[@JayJaycubbs]

@@necro4258 yeah true. That wouldn’t be very fair to toddlers, but you get the idea that they dumbed it down to absurd levels just to make a point to a grown adult. It’s as if the screenwriters are purposefully treating their audience like babies

[@blue-vr8dd]

perfect example of how comedy is being used as a crutch to make people like things. and it's not even working. people get so hooked on sitcoms because they're relatable and funny. you're crying by the end of the show because you've gotten to know these funny people like they're your friends and you won't be seeing them again. naturally, people then start to think that comedy is a quick way to make a character or thing likeable. If the audience is laughing, then they enjoy themselves, and then they think the movie is good. comedy in Thor Ragnarok elevated the movie. it brought a great new interpretation to Thor and humanised him whilst also characterising him as a fish out of water in the ways that were necessary. he was for the majority of the movie and is for the majority of his story. that's why it's good. in Love and Thunder, he is the joke. and so is everything. Jane dealing with fucking cancer, and the actual fucking god of thunder having to respond to that, is a chance at some of the most beautiful storytelling. and there is a really great scene at some point. but it's all built on jokes and making a laughing stock of everyone and everything that you stop caring, or you're just so exhausted by lacklustre attempts at humour that the watch experience is just draining. GOTG3 balanced humour incredibly well. after a certain point, there was little to no comedy whatsoever. comedy came in moments of pause rather than the movie pausing for comedy. Drax didn't do a funny quip to the High Evolutionary as his face was revealed. Quill was allowed to feel anger towards new-Gamora and hate towards HE. there was no comedy towards saving Rocket, nor about Rocket's backstory. that's why it's so powerful. and we like these characters especially more because the comedy throughout the trilogy was well placed. I'd argue it got a bit much in GOTG2, but that's besides the point. the 3rd movie did it very well. MODOK's death was fucking vile. I felt awful. it felt so wrong. he sacrificed himself and despite all the other shit I felt they'd earned a death scene for the character's to grow from. the bit of him being an Avenger is so uncalled for and just dumb. one of the worst scenes in the movie.

[@TheCharlieMason]

I don’t think Mauler gets enough credit for the clever insert shots he makes that mirror what he’s saying. Some of the funniest content of his videos

[@BWMagus]

I'm not sure those are all his work, he often has help on the editing.

[@TheCharlieMason]

@@BWMagus Shoutout to the WHOLE team then, they're killin it!

[@Deathowlhunter09]

You just made me sit through a 6 hour breakdown about a movie i have never seen before. I am impressed and you have earned my sub

[@Telepathic_Snail_Overlords]

The Mauler Effect

[@insensitive919]

Long Man Good.

[@thejonbrownshow8470]

Welcome to my experience with the channel (tho I could barely handle his infinity war video lol learned to enjoy his style lol plus low the film's fault for being so bad he's doing this 😂)

[@jcs7206]

First time?😏

[@tipsyXtwo]

That “drink the ooze” line ranks right up there with “Kal-El, no” for compelling acting performances

[@fabiof.8152]

"drink the ooze" is secretly just what the higher ups at Disney say about the general public when they release the new sludge-tsunami they call a film.

[@sparkypack]

Here is the difference between the o0ze and the g0o. Fringy would tell you what his g0o does before you drink it.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

@sparkypack Fringey would tell you what it does before he -force- feeds it to you

[@scottski02]

"Drink the ooze" -What Hollywood producers say to aspiring young actresses

[@jadenkarpoff9158]

"You're welcome for all not being dust." "Yeah but what have you done for me lately?" I don't really think you could fault someone for outright retiring after saving half of all life in the universe. You'd be pretty hard pressed to top that.

[@matthewmosier8439]

People need to understand what is important in this world. Stop requesting accolades for sacrificing or accomplishing stuff and start giving them for what is important- being female. If you have to ask if this is sarcasm then things are worse than I thought

[@Duong-zv3pf]

What even more funny to me is that he was literally just a guy with a go big/small suit. His team consist of literally god, tech billionaire, giant green monster scientist, king of a nation, alien, semi alien robot, infinity stone powered, wizard, witch, super soldier, etc. Like what the fk can he do when the job is not fighting related.

[@alexholker1309]

Just look at Audie Murphy as a real-life example. After winning every award for valor America had to offer (and half a dozen it didn't), he became a millionaire by starring as himself in the movie adaptation of his own autobiography. And he deserved it.

[@AsrielCypher]

​@matthewmosier8439 you said "female" instead of "a woman," so that's how I knew it was sarcasm. If that wasn't the case I probably would've struggled. England be like that sometimes.

[@Burn-vi7sn]

@@AsrielCypherEngland? I’m all for blaming the English for anything, but I’m finding it hard to blame England for that 😂

[@liongus]

One small thing i disagree, that Scott hearing his own audiobook is a purely egotistical thing (obviously disregarding that the movie itself shows the action to be this way). Scott was a thief, Scott was arrested, Scott was a nobody who was expendable and now he has a book where he puts out his heart and gives hope for lots of people. I would listen to it as well just cause i'd be proud to have reached this point. As someone with extremely low self-esteem one of the things i love to do is podcasting recordings of me playing games with my friends, not because it's me talking but because during these recordings it was me hanging out with my friends and me making them laugh. And i HATE that the movie frames that action as purely narcissistic

[@GhostLink92]

Also, a side note, but I'm pretty sure that content producers like to quality check their work from time to time. Granted, this would be in the pre-releaae phase, but maybe he was going back to listen to a part that he thought wasn't that good, and might correct for a potential second book, or a second edition.

[@nont18411]

And even if it’s narcissistic, he still has every right to be narcissistic because Scott EARNED it.

[@remrad4315]

​@GhostLink92 I thought that same thing. It could have been a line about yeah I gotta make sure I spoke properly.

[@MYNAMACHEF]

The writers see pride as narcissism because they have none. Their work is telling of that

[@acetrigger1337]

That intro had me crying. the sudden leap from Scott's cheerful intro, to his daughter being a terrorist... priceless.

[@Hollyclown]

I believe the worst thing about this movie is how absolutely spiteful and petty Scott’s family is and the movie treats it as if they are in the right to belittle Scott, keep him out of the loop of things, and actively help each other cause crimes. I can write a book on everything wrong with this family no joke.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

If we all paired up to do a major review of Phase 4 and 5 and wrote our findings in books, we'd have a library full of plot holes, bad writing, CG Nightmare fuel and cruel and unnecessary spite. We could call it "The Halls of Hubris."

[@jacobcolle3746]

Clear evidence of the writer’s own bias. Even without the quotes where he basically said he hates the subject matter he was paid to write about, you can tell what he is like from his script.

[@shawklan27]

Bro I had the slightest bit of hope that they would not go that angle with the family before the scene played because that would just be such a shitty thing for them to repeat the disrespect a avenger who laid their life to save the universe like with Falcon in that shit show he was in. But of of course the disrespect happened regardless and Cassie was praised by the family and Scott was treated like a dunce. I beg, fuck this movie.

[@gammafighter]

I'm not even kidding: if my whole life was dedicated to my daughter and she treated me with that much disdain, I would kill myself and everyone that I thought was remotely responsible. There would not be a point in living any longer. I actually got sick to my stomach during those opening scenes.

[@The90sDoggo]

The people who make this movie probably hate their parents and their entire family.

[@lemond2007]

The scene where Scott Lang writes "377 days until I can see Cassie" is one of the saddest things in the entire series.

[@batmanvsuperman_]

Him dying/getting cut off from reality would’ve been impactful because of that bond they’ve shared throughout the MCU. Idk why writers couldn’t see that easy lay up …

[@Super-Sheepy]

There was so much potential but unfortunately they made Cassie a sociopath saying we to care for others because that makes her look human

[@Senpaiaproves]

Sorry to anyone who finds this bothersome or unnecessary. But im currently experiencing that right now.. Today's my daughter Maleficents 8th birthday. My son and I haven't seen her or spoke to her in almost 400 days. She's not biologically mine, but I still see her as my own blood. I have full custody of my son, and for that one reason, baby momma is not letting my son see his sister. Never mind, he doesn't even KNOW his mom. She straight up abandoned us a month before his 2nd birthday.. He just wants to see his sister.. he thinks about her a lot and tells me every time he does... Its extremely difficult to stay composed when your son is sobbing, asking when he can see his sister..

[@DrMcFly28]

The man went through prison without seeing his daughter, then he missed her entire growing up during the blip, only to suffer the ultimate insult of having his daughter be erased from reality for good, being replaced with a sociopathic impostor who seemingly mind-controls everyone around her. It's the ultimate tragedy.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

I feel bad for you man... But why maleficent? Does her bio-mother (or however named her) know maleficent isn't just a character name but is an adjective that means quote "causing or capable of producing evil or mischief; harmful or baleful."

[@michaelsnow3536]

"I don't know, just don't be a dick" Says the girl capable of creating technological devices capable of changing reality. You can't tell us this girl is an absolute mega genius and then have her be this stupid when it comes to dialogue. That response was the most basic, thoughtless and simple thing she could have said. If Cassie was real, she wouldn't even know how to change the oil in her car, let alone create 'Quantum' machinery.

[@missedthebandwagon976]

I'm obsessed with the entire EFAP crew changing their icons to different MODOK faces. Just wonderful.

[@samwallaceart288]

Every time I see _Endgame_ Cassie, I wish I could see more of THAT character.

[@randomt800kiddo2]

most unnecessary recast

[@minion3806]

Me too 😢

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

It's seem like Hollywood has a checklist for every movie that includes "snarky teenage girl" and every movie Marvel obviously has to include a teenage girl who is a scientific genius. Changing her character allows them two kill two birds with one stone.

[@timetct]

You will get a golfist and like it.

[@samwallaceart288]

@@BiggieTrismegistus It's like the meme of the likable character getting replaced by a villain imposter who looks "the same" but just _looks_ like an asshole you don't wanna let in.

[@YVray]

Scott wrote a book and is treated by his loved ones as a worthless layabout for trying to inspire people using his storytelling skills. Really tells you what the people who made this movie think about storytelling and its value.

[@demilung]

"So what, just because you suffered to save the world you think you can just retire, be a dad and go around inspiring children? Try doing something with your life you deadbeat like assaulting the police officers for evicting homeless camps"

[@wingdinggasterfyoutubeforthis]

It's just a job to them...

[@dean_l33]

@@wingdinggasterfyoutubeforthis Doing their absolute best to destroy the industry they're working in

[@NerdJunk13]

Well said

[@RangerRobin0404]

But Captain Falcon just says "do better" and that's inspiring as all hell. The MCU is a clown world.

[@andrewmandrona7891]

What bugs me the most about Cassie is the dichotomy. She's out there getting arrested for activism that's both ineffective and insanely reckless, and my first thought was that she managed to steal some of the tech. If she was unfamiliar enough, maybe that's why she got captured. But then it turns out it was just given to her for a science project, and Hank is just fine with the fact that she's getting arrested for no reason? And she's doing both of these things at the same time? I get that it isn't his character, but even if Hank was some kind of revolutionary his actions don't make sense. Nothing makes sense.

[@dr.arielfinch4316]

1:51:25 I love how he got so irate that he resorted to the tried and tested 'stupid bitch' insult. With time and a semi-rational mind, one can find elaborate ways to construct a barb, but that was just a straight up railroad spike and showed just how furious he was.

[@ledestroyerofworlds9366]

And that is… bad? sorry I missed your point here could you elaborate

[@jackmesrel4933]

​@@ledestroyerofworlds9366 OP didn't say it was bad, just that Mauler clearly didn't go for an elaborate insult here to emphasize how furious he was at the scene and that was funny

[@dr.arielfinch4316]

Exactly that. There's times where you can pick up a thesaurus and others where you just throw it at the wall and start belting out simpler insults.

[@marlom7882]

“Who said you could touch things as dangerous as a keyboard? Or a crayon?” I love that MauLer just absolutely goes after the writer’s intelligence and existence while barely swearing. He’s just elegantly telling them they’re useless as human beings let alone as writers

[@parsa1372]

"Dangerous"

[@toxicmongerofthehatefulbro5745]

I do enjoy the...Subtler(?) digs. "You're proof someone can spend Nine months making a joke."

[@petery6432]

He does do that sometimes, but other times he tells you to go play Hide and Go F**k yourself.

[@The_child-catcher]

May the writer's strike never end.

[@marlom7882]

@@toxicmongerofthehatefulbro5745 heh and related to that "who the fuck wrote this and why were you the sperm that won?"

[@Darkington]

"If your brain exploded, would it even mess up your hair?" Every MauLer video has at least one line that stands out to you as a viewer and will make you smile on every rewatch.

[@petery6432]

I hate how many great lines there are because I now have to go back through to find it again.

[@Violaphobia]

“Grundle pastiche” is my favorite Maulerism

[@zohzie]

"you may not be the dumbest fuck on the planet, but you better hope he doesn't die"

[@happynihilist2573]

"Do, perhaps, eat pizza with a spoon?" is still one of my favourite ways of calling someone dumb

[@zohzie]

"tangled up Christmas tree lights, drenched in yogurt and acid" is a classic

[@Tomeroche]

The Arby's admission, that the writer guiltily admits he fucked up a product placement and is in deep financial trouble for it, is funnier than any scene in this movie. Legit, the timing of it and the tone in his voice is comedy gold to such a degree it feels like it'd belong in a better movie satirizing the MCU production as a while.

[@balljoint5853]

He was telling what humans refer to as a "joke". No, Jeff Loveness does not actually owe Arby's four million dollars.

[@liamphibia]

Really? I gotta see that.

[@deerpointe889]

Can someone with a few minutes free give me a qrd on this??

[@Z7Games]

I mean, I don't want to ruin your theory here, but to me it sounds like they are making the thing up as a joke on product placement. Not a great joke, but it makes much more sense than such a public admission of "woopsie, I lost millions of dollars!"

[@StarWarsomania]

@@Z7Games I mean, what you’re saying makes sense. Too much sense. These guys are dumb enough to write “Quantumania”, I don’t think there’s a floor to my expectations on their stupidity.

[@rayanderson5797]

I just wanna say I'm totally with Mauler on the nanotech thing. It might look a little cool, but it completely loses any feeling of weight, power, or any grounding in believable tech. I mean, the MK I and II iron man suits looked almost achievable by today's tech. The nanotech suit might as well be magic. This probably isn't a particularly hit take, but I'm just happy to say it.

[@TOONYBOY]

I liked it in Infinity War with Tony and Peter's suits because it still took a few seconds to actually materialize around them and it actually added a new element to the fights with how part of the suit could get damaged and they could rebuild the damaged components with a limited supply of nanobots. They could still run out of nanobots, in which case they'd have to redistribute the nanobots from one part of the suit to whatever they need at the time (like Tony materialize a sword by taking the nanobots from his leg or Peter stopping Doc Ock's arm blade) which meant they could still be beaten, but it still reflected the technological achievement of Tony Stark. Now, so many characters have the nanotech suits (which I guess kind of makes sense to share technology with the same team, especially with Wakanda opening up), but the nanotech suits here in Ant Man take all the interesting new elements and visual flair I just mentioned and just ignore it. Scott and Hope literally bop a button on their chest and in a split-second they have a fully formed suit all around them. Not only that, but it doesn't seem to actually function like the nanotech suits Tony has, where you believe they're actually made from millions of nano-sized robots that Tony can control to do whatever he wants. Now they're just a convenient button that allows them to show the actors' faces for as long as possible but also not having to worry about leaving the suit in a previous location or something. They can just walk around in normal clothing for the whole movie, but then when it's action time they can just push a button and a clearly-not-nanotech nanotech suit just appears on them. They don't have any cool tools or weapons and the nanotech doesn't allow them to do anything. It exclusively functions as a get out of jail free card for the writers

[@oscargruber8582]

@@TOONYBOY Also the animation is different. In Infinity war the armor slowly covered Tony's body and formed the suit, and even in Endgame it was a bit like that with the Time travelling suits. But here the suit just gets poofed into existence

[@TOONYBOY]

@@oscargruber8582 That was part of what I was talking about how it was still treated as a usable tool/invention/weapon in the universe that had specific applications and limitations. You could use it in so many different ways which is what made it cool. In IW and Endgame you could play a small soundtrack/musical queue like every other one of Tony's suit-up scenes while the nanobots built his suit. Here it's literally just a show-the-actor's-face-every-20-seconds convenience

[@TaylorFalk21]

Holy shit. The screenwriter was actually writing the script as the movie was being filmed… AND it was his first screenplay… AND it was a big budget MCU movie?!? Bro… What is Marvel thinking

[@shrunkenderp]

Right? How does that even happen?!

[@Antwannnn]

they were rushing. chapek had his foot on feiges neck to bring more content than ever in such a short span of time and it just fucked the whole thing up

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

​@@AntwannnnLol. it was bad before Chapek.

[@Antwannnn]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry that opinion you have is not the facts. The only complaints back in 2019 were from people who "know REAL film". A small niche. NOW, the audience is losing its grip with the mcu. Not bc they've suddenly awoken to its 16 year old mediocrity, but bc in the public consciousness the mediocrity and bad writing started to weigh on the franchise after Far From Home. The cause of that mediocrity was bc of multiple factors. But the main 2 were a change in leadership and the pandemic.

[@ghoulsome9483]

​@@shrunkenderpi remember little platoon mentioning on EFAP that his theory on why so many no-names are getting these big budget disney movies is because they are more moldable by disney, disney can make any request, any sudden change and they will accept because they just got a golden opportunity and don't want to squander it by fighting back, while a competent director will clash back against unreasonable demands and maybe even leave a project if it gets too much

[@aronthedev3074]

Maulers videos are like how Marvel movies used to be- an event that you looked forward to.

[@alphaelitek9]

Holy crap you’re right

[@Horvath_Gabor]

Which is another thing that the Disney suits seem to miss. If you have a big Marvel movie every month, it ceases to being an event, and becomes something mundane, something that no amount of CGI fight scenes and weird, brightly colored vistas can fix.

[@onepresence9460]

It’s so weird how every single movie of The Infinity Saga was treated like an event. It made sense because they were hyping up Thanos saga and everyone was making theories on how the new Marvel movie would connect to Thanos. It was really fun. Good times. Now every single Marvel release on The Multiverse Saga had “meh, whatever” energy. The only exception was NWH.

[@DTAmaine]

I'll always dedicate 4 x 90 minutes of my life to his videos 😊

[@matthewmuir8884]

I know what you mean. By the time phases 5 and 6 were announced, the only MCU film I was looking forward to was the Thunderbolts movie, simply because I really wanted a Thunderbolts movie. Now I'm not even looking forward to that, as Marvel has made it clear that it won't actually be a Thunderbolts movie; it'll be a bad Suicide Squad knockoff.

[@Terowin]

Hearing the audio commentary bits were torture, genuinely don't understand how these people are so impressed by themselves all the time and have so little self awareness or modesty man just reminds me of Rian Johnson and JJ, that whole "we can make no mistakes" attitude

[@missedthebandwagon976]

I thought the obvious lesson from Scott's book would be to not judge a book by its cover. Yes, looking out for the little guy typically means helping those weaker or less fortunate than you, but Scott's book would be riffing on that, because he's literally a little guy and yet he saves the world. So in the context of Cassie's speech, she should've been saying they are ALL the little guys, and Kang has to watch out for them. It's at least a more inspiring message than "Help the little guy, even though we always lose and will probably die."

[@saluhable]

Let's not ignore the fact that you came up with that on the spot. This hacks had months, countless redrafts, and they couldn't do even a little better.

[@Suckynewb]

Modok's turn-around had potential to be very moving. the delivery of "I don't know what to be! Tell me what to be." was actually pretty heart wrenching, but then that Marvel humor kicks in...

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

I mean they could have modok realise his going after cassie before was what ended him up here in the first place For him to say “I’m sorry I took you hostage.. I fell so far by what I had been trying to achieve..” Then either protects her or does some suicidal dash into Kangs ranks

[@boatcaptain6288]

Seriously! I never liked MODOK, always thought he was stupid, but there were times in this movie I WANTED TO LIKE HIM despite the horrific face. But the movie DIDN'T like him so they shat all over him! What is Marvel Studios doing!

[@Joeyfield0]

My least favorite thing someone could say is don't be a dick/asshole, because people that say that thinks it's just so obvious to read the room and take social queues, when it's sometimes not that simple. Especially if you went to do attempted murder thinking it will re-write the universe, lost, and before dying, decide last minute to switch. They definitely need way better encouragement than that. Even in real life I never say that.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

The writer and director sound like kids given the keys to dads car.

[@bocodamondo]

that scene perfectly captures what is soo bad about current MCU where there is a chance to have a good scene, but instead they decide to ruin it because they think saying "dick" over and over is hilarious

[@jprsfragoso]

I am NEVER getting tired of hearing the insults Mauler comes up with

[@Ramsey276one]

1:05:25 is a nice sampler

[@roadlifeproductions4905]

“You fucking sink!” Definitely a new favorite

[@Ramsey276one]

@@roadlifeproductions4905 that reminds me I watched Max0r and his third Elder Ring video today You'll know why when you're watch it XD

[@TaoScribble]

I'm personally a fan of "You're living proof that it can take as long as nine months to make a *_joke."_* XD

[@Ramsey276one]

@@TaoScribble same XD

[@Ilovemelonss]

The most memorable part about this movie for me was when Ant man's daughter tried to do a motivational speech to MODOK and me and my friends all physically cringed, facepalmed and sunk down in our seats because of how blatantly ugly and unnatural the whole script was. I don't even know how this was possible in a pipeline of professionals unless they all were all stabbed in the eye by the higher ups for every good edit they tried to make.

[@TOONYBOY]

I just realized, Scott's friends being the ex-cons from the first two movies aren't even mentioned in this movie. They're his friends who he runs a legitimate business in designing bespoke security systems for clients with. He turned their lives around and they're just gone from the MCU. I guess Ant Man forgot to tell Hulk about them when he did the Blip

[@benjaminfranklin9966]

"You're just a selfish jerk!" "Everything I've done was to help others. At great personal cost. I nearly died dozens of times! I saved the entire universes!" "Yeah, but have you saved it recently?"

[@insensitive919]

It's something a heel character is supposed to say to annoy the hero, not a serious criticism from the hero's own family. 😰 It's like they copied something they saw in other films without understanding the context.

[@gustavusadolphus4344]

It's textbook gaslighting, and Hollywood is endorsing it. Hollywood is now endorsing literal manipulation

[@purple3018]

Like I saved half of all life in the universe cut me some fucking slack

[@highdefinition450]

literally rushed to tell the avengers about the quantum realm the moment he got out, then proceeded to save his teammates multiple times and kill a huge portion of thanos's army. he was the mvp in endgame, have some fucking respect lol

[@frocat5163]

@@insensitive919 To be fair, modern writers are essentially heel characters... I can only assume they have spent their entire lives behaving this way while believing they are absolute heroes. They're incapable of understanding they're the villains...as are all of the characters they idolize.

[@FecklessSpoon]

"M.O.D.O.K. is the best character." was not a take I expected, but after hearing MauLer's arguments, he's right.

[@TOONYBOY]

I know what you mean. He's such an egregious memed character in the film, but I think it's very telling that the character who's only function is to be laughed AT (not even laughed with) is unironically the only one with an interesting character arc

[@DPH-sp9vt]

It's actually so sad they treated him that way as he died lmao. What kind of message is that

[@TOONYBOY]

@@DPH-sp9vt It doesn't matter what you do, how many struggles you go through or how even if you sacrifice your whole life, you do not get our respect and in fact you're an active joke in our group

[@DPH-sp9vt]

@@TOONYBOY because ugly

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

@@TOONYBOY If you're not pretty, no one cares about you is based.

[@johankarlsson1776]

I kinda love Bills expression when he said "he's writing it as he goes along", he knows he's in a clown show 😂

[@Maladjester]

And he can say what he wants because he's Bill @$(*& Murray. Too old and too rich to care.

[@craigime]

"would you come back?" "as long as i can die"

[@BTM8109]

If Scott Lang saved trillions of people by reversing the snap, wouldn't he be topping the list of most beneficial humans in history?

[@minion3806]

well Bruce, who reversed the snap directly, was shat on by his cousin, (she hulk) so why would Scott be spared? the writers really don't care about the male heroes

[@fishraposo7192]

​@@minion3806in fact, they resent them.

[@samj1512]

You're talking as if the writers think reversing the snap was a good thing

[@Zed012]

I feel like “Trillions” makes no sense when we’re talking about half of the known and unknown universe’s population. It would only take around 142 Earth-pop planets (at 7 billion people) to equal 1 Trillion beings in existence, and double that (284) to equate to a Trillion lives blipped. The Universe being as large as it is (seemingly infinite), why limit the claim to just Trillions? They should be saying “He saved Countless lives” or stick to “he saved half the universe”. As in, as bad as what Thanos did, he (and the other Avengers) did an equally good thing from a numbers standpoint.

[@TheFatalcrest]

There should be an Avenagers statue on every planet in our known galaxy, Avengers should getting mountains of checks monthly, and free ice cream and cakes, and alllllot of pull in society. XD shoot maybe because Rhodey was a skrull that's why they didn't get any form of money! He was blocking the US government from cutting a check

[@mariomusicmadness]

1:34:15 Audio commentary Peyton Reed: Jeff, how many screenplays have you written in your career? Jeff Loveness: This was, uh, the first one. (Laughs) Geeze, I don't know if I told you that or not when you hired me. Bill Murray: This is Jeff, he's the screenwriter. Um, he's writing it as he goes along.

[@TOONYBOY]

I love those moments in the first Ant Man where Hank ends the argument on Hope wearing the suit by yelling "NO!". You can hear the fear and desperation in his voice when he snaps like that and you immediately understand how important it is to him that Hope is safe. That's the point when Scott realizes why he's the one wearing the suit, and the chad uses that knowledge to reassure Hope and to help her rebuild her relationship with her father by defending him in a way that she hadn't thought about. Honestly, this is actually interesting to look back on when you think about his relationship with his own daughter and that's all he wants to have with Cassie. Then you have the scene later in the film where Hank tells Hope about her mother, and I love that scene of Hope tearing up where she does a little nod when Hank says he was trying to protect her. There's no "You had no right!" or "that wasn't your decision to make!" bullshit, there's the silent acknowledgement from Hope that she understands why Hank did it and she still loves him. If there's one good thing to come out of shit movies like Quantumania, it's that they make mid movies like Ant Man look so much better in retrospect. Kind of like the Prequels

[@Longshanks1690]

“Does Hank care? Does anyone care?” That’s a sound bite that’ll be applicable through a lot of the rest of this movie.

[@Amarenamann]

I'd be surprised to find anyone who honestly cares about this movie...

[@kalasmournrex1470]

In retrospect, Vader should have told Luke "At least I die a true Jedi" and Luke should have laughed at him.

[@wiiagent]

lol

[@Arko777777]

Don't forget Vader vomiting over himself and the floor for a good 5 seconds creating an awkward pause that destroys the tone further.

[@jordanbaird8681]

How could he be a true jedi? He hadn't collected all the studs yet!

[@nyChannel09]

1:44:35 "Logically I cant explain it but I love it." The fact the writer said this shows it all...

[@FourDozenEggs]

A big problem with Kang is that it is simply impossible to see him as this universe ending threat when all he does is just shoot lasers.

[@wairen5020]

Doesn't he also get killed in every appearance?

[@Maladjester]

That's the problem right there. Thanos was a credible threat. Thanos brought Loki to heel (hard to remember now, but Loki used to be powerful and menacing), beat the crap out of Hulk and Thor, killed Vision, killed the Asgardians, succeeded in the Snap, and more. The guy left a wake of bodies and smoking wreckage everywhere he went. When Thanos bragged, we listened, because we knew he could do it. Kang spouts off about his inevitable victory -- and then gets beaten by the other Kangs, beaten by Janet, beaten by Ant-Man, beaten by MODOK, beaten by a dime-store knockoff villain with a table knife, beaten half a dozen times by his own sheer incompetence, and beaten by literal ants. And that's just off the top of my head. At this point I doubt he could ruin a child's birthday party.

[@lesshumanmoredead]

He IS a universe ending threat in the comics from what i've heard, its just that for some reason marvel decided to nerf him to hell and kill him off in one movie. A comic accurate or even a cartoon accurate kang would have obliterated the rebellions, the socialist ant civilisation and the whole ant family in a few seconds and he also would have the tech to get out of quantum realm on his own.

[@MorganFreemansFavoriteFreckle]

that minute montage of the Phase 1 movies was genuinely so heartwarming yet depressing. It feels like a lost era, like home movies from our childhoods before the divorce lmao.

[@ProtoMarcus]

Not lost, but definitely forgotten

[@Markm8]

Real

[@The90sDoggo]

If only we could go back to that!

[@royalblue5367]

Can you post the timestamp? I listened to most of it.

[@willlauzon3744]

I always go back to iron man 1. Best movie in the MCU period.

[@thaearthquake]

Mauler’s unbridled rage gives me unbridled joy.

[@Amarenamann]

And makes thousands of men erect... women too.

[@woolybowly4205]

Billy Mumphry's unbridled enthusiasm led to his downfall.

[@kawaiiamethist]

In suffering we rejoice.

[@Raine749]

I have unbridled joy at your unbridled joy.

[@TOONYBOY]

Damn, that clip you showed of Tony Stark meeting Scott for the first time in Civil War is part of why we love crossovers and seeing characters from different stories meet each other or be in the same room. Scott trying to basically grandstand (semi-rightfully, to his credit) to Tony, only for Tony to barely look at him as he walks past and just say "Who are you?" and then walk off is such a Tony Stark thing to do. I love it

[@NextToToddliness]

"Cave clown" might be the funniest insult I've ever heard.

[@dannypalin9583]

I have nothing but sympathy for Paul Rudd here. If Hugh Jackman is the definitive Wolverine, he is the real Scott Lang. He was Edgar Wright's choice for Ant-Man in his original pitch and the main reason Ant-Man 1 is the best film in his trilogy is because Rudd was involved in the script. He deserved so much better.

[@The_Punisher]

God remember when Antman was just Mission Impossible with superpowers good times

[@ameyskulkarni]

​@@The_PunisherThat kinda makes me think, what if Tom Cruise was there instead of Paul Rudd? Don't get me wrong, this scenario is not realistic for a million reasons, but honestly it would've been cool to see Tom Cruise Ant Man doing MI stuff.

[@therookie5714]

Paul Rudd is great but he is no Hugh Jackman

[@RSG_TheMonster]

​​@@ameyskulkarni And also, what if Christopher McQuarrie did the Ant-Man movies instead of Peyton Reed?

[@robertbeisert3315]

​@@therookie5714and Scott Lang is no Wolverine. Rudd is one of the last nigh-perfect casting choices of Marvel

[@somethingreallycreative]

Ants have been around for 140-168 million years. Not sure how that extra couple thousand years made them so advanced

[@Ahakenab]

They are pretty smart ants though.

[@mrtno4582]

​@@Ahakenab I've just realised that line has big "THEY FLY NOW" energy.

[@Ahakenab]

​@@mrtno4582 Oh... you are right! Absolutly!

[@ryusdarling]

@@Ahakenab pretty smart ants indeed

[@elhant4994]

To be fair though, we only needed less then 100 years to go from telegraphs tp smartphones and AI.

[@billjacobs521]

Hey, remember when Pym particles were so rare that it nearly strangled the time travel plot to stop Thanos? Yeah, apparently they are now mass-produced enough to resolve all the world's problems. Can't wait to see how the entire planet's economy is revolutionized by this in later movies, as I'm TOTALLY SURE that's going to be shown to us.

[@jab9109]

You don't get it. The tech is too powerful to be given to the poors. It can only be used by a couple of people that just happen to know the creator and it has to be used to play dress up and eat pizza.

[@martinjrgensen8234]

And the implication to the worlds already post snap borked economy, that now millions of people are out of a job..,

[@isakaldazwulfazizsunus7564]

Also MauLer now makes videos so long that you can work entire shifts listening to him. Praise the Long

[@UnifiedEntity]

Cant believe Scott being an actual concerned parent for the first 10-15 minutes of the movie resulted him being humiliated, chastised and honestly not taken seriously. 17:00 is a testament to this.

[@porterwake3898]

Welcome to the liberal woke world. White straight men chastised for everything.

[@blackosprey2219]

Considering the utter disdain certain types have for worried parents I'm not even shocked.

[@tereninsecundus6084]

You can't believe it? The whole ideology of Hollywood has hatred for men and fathers ESPECIALLY as a central pillow, it was 100% a requirement in the movie to keep their cred with their fellow wanna-be communists, same reason we have a 'communism good' insert here as well, and other shit.

[@pargaras]

Well it is Disney

[@asarishepard8171]

Written by people who are still little kids who hate their parents, either for being divorced or for telling them things they have to do ie setting boundaries and rules. Messed up, just grow up kids.

[@slaapt]

The worst part is that other than time and money Scott has nothing to contribute. He doesn't understand how the tech works. He isn't particularly well versed in the legal issues surrounding the problems of the post-return world. All he can do is what he is doing. Help some individuals have a more positive outlook so they don't make the mistakes he did. Because honestly, what else is there? Sit on a bench near a bank and wait for it to get robbed? Infiltrate random corporations to see if any of them are breaking any relevant laws? Get involved in wars? Truly, what do they want him to do?

[@TheRealJabbergeist]

Excellent point that wasn't really touched on in the video. Hell-child and the Gaslighters (also the name of my new garage band) demand that Scott "help people." How? He's absolutely not qualified to do any Pym R&D himself, and there isn't any hero work that needs doing right now as he's made it clear he will help with that if he is needed. He is not REFUSING to do anything. Is he supposed to go volunteer at a soup kitchen or something?

[@scottski02]

@@TheRealJabbergeist According to Amber from Invincible, saving the world is secondary to volunteering at soup kitchens so....

[@TheFatalcrest]

Very True! Scott is pretty much an average every day guy, he's got a wife and kids, he's not spider man, he doesn't swing around listening to police scanners or tip lines looking for any small crimes to sweep up. He's not Daredevil, with a unyielding determination to mop up the bad guys in Hells Kitchen and probably let loose some contempt for corruption in the process. He's just a dude trying his best to be a dad...and saved the world after they lost the battle for it. I feel like Scott really should be bringing that up more.

[@WatanukiProductions]

I can't separate it from 'the message', it's the only lens where it makes sense. He's saved more lives on Earth than Norman Borlaug, saved more lives across the universe than have ever even existed on our planet. He is now supporting and providing for his family which should be enough for any man but has also made it clear that he's available and ready to be an Avenger again should the need arise. Thinking he owes the world more than what he's already given is just insane to me. Yet everyone around the table is in agreement, he should be shrinking cop cars like his daughter, because he hasn't missed enough of her life because of being incarcerated. In order to be a good person you have to participate in left wing protests and riots. Saving lives, being a positive inspirational influence on others, and providing for your family aren't nearly so noble as targeting police during a riot. I swear these people in Hollywood have been virtue signaling in place of being virtuous for so long that they can't even imagine what being virtuous is to write about it.

[@oranjpeel]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@WatanukiProductionsThat’s actually a really good point. It’s (not so) subtle indoctrination telling people that it’s wrong to focus on family, which is what truly matters, but instead on the collective of society and dismantling the system.

[@regrettispaghetti9390]

Mauler has a family? I always thought that when The Force Awakens came out, the universe spawned him in an attempt to balance things.

[@Maladjester]

Oh, that's true enough. The rest of them were spawned to balance _The Last Jedi._

[@TOONYBOY]

In regards to the dinner scene and everyone having a go at Scott for his "ego", I don't think writers these days (with how bloody often they make this kind of thing happen) realize how fucking insane saving the world (try the entire universe) is as an achievement. Actually try and picture something like this happening in real life, where an incredibly powerful alien lifeform removes half of all life on earth. This could be your family, your friends, or even yourself. Then picture that one individual manages to bring everyone this alien killed back to life and defeat him. He's prevented this alien from destroying the rest of everyone else on earth and he's restored everyone we lost.

[@marlom7882]

I love that MauLer reacts to “modok” being on screen every time with screaming. And it’s a completely understandable reaction

[@samwallaceart288]

It's like your brain keeps trying to protect you from remembering what he looks like.

[@randolphcarter4560]

I swear that got funnier with each repetition 🤣

[@marychocolatefairy]

Ngl, that thing was something I could never look at directly, lol. That took real effort to make that monstrosity, since the actor irl is rather handsome.

[@marlom7882]

@@marychocolatefairyikr? To make standard Hollywood handsome actually look ugly is actually kinda impressive

[@shawklan27]

​@@marychocolatefairynow try seeing his face pop out in a 4dx 3d screening like I did with this one :P

[@nicardoharris8311]

How in the hell does a youtuber that didn't get paid millions of dollars put more effort, passion, thought, time and effort into making a critique of a movie than the damn writers who got paid for actually making the damn movie. Great job Mauler.

[@spinyhedgie]

Simple: MauLer cares.

[@mrshmuga9]

I have to wonder why Marvel keeps getting writers with virtually or literally no writing experience to helm these several $100 million dollar blockbusters. It can’t be to “save money” on good writers because effects and actors cost way more than any top-level writer would ask, and whatever is “saved” is irrelevant because these movies are hemorrhaging money. Is it that no quality writers _want_ to work on these movies for various reasons? I know reactions are going to be slow because these projects can take years, but they’ve made enough failures they should be pumping on the brakes. Or harder than they are.

[@Riverlia]

Because they believe they are receiving "Starvation wage" for the titanic task of ruining establish franchise and should have been paid percentage of gross income of these franchises they are murdering. Consider how successful they are as movie-assassins, they might have a point. You gotta pay such effective killers for hire top dollars.

[@avoidant560]

And also, this KZbinr put out more than double the length of the actual movie

[@boffyvidz7382]

AMENNNNNNN

[@TheHipClip]

Wait a minute... Thanos tried to kill half of all living beings because there weren't enough resources. So if he waited a few years, he could've used the now commercially available Pym particle to create more/larger resources. Am I understanding this train wreck of a movie correctly?

[@Wolcik3000]

if Pym did not hide his technology from Thanos then he wouldn't be snapped... I guess Dr Strange did not see that future

[@DLxxx]

Yes.. Holy cow! 💀

[@DisplayThisOkay]

It's so funny to see how many things get screwed up just because the writer's are to lazy to communicate with each other.

[@Wolcik3000]

@@DisplayThisOkay Id say its more of lazy to keep track of previous stories, but I guess End game was side plot in comparison to Marvels or even previous Ant-Man episodes

[@CorelUser]

Thanos motivation was already stupid since he could've just snapped in more resources instead of killing people

[@skirk248]

Can we all agree to just let the writers strike keep going?

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

I genuinely hope they all starve to death.

[@bobjones7406]

Please, for the love of god. Let it keep going so that good movies can be written.

[@PetSymmetry]

What¿ these movies are the direct result of the writers strike

[@Liberty_or_Ded]

@@PetSymmetry lmao. So the writer's strike has been going on for four years, huh?

[@trianglemoebius]

​@@Liberty_or_Ded No, but the conditions that led to the writer's strike have, and those conditions are what results in shit like this. Good stories are written by people who want to tell them, and the writers being forced to slave away for far-too-low pay while out-of-touch executives and soulless focus groups hold the power to add/remove entire sections to their work based on "what will sell best"... well, those circumstances don't lead to anything productive to people being invested in their work. The absolute best case scenario is the writers win the strike. These stories lack creativity because they aren't being made by passionate creatives, and the sooner we get stories that ARE, the sooner we get quality cinema again.

[@JingleJangle256]

Cassie is both arrogant and naive. This is quite possibly the worst combination of character traits a writer could give a character. It’s made even worse by their failure to correct Cassie and allowing her to be on the right side of every argument. It’s made even worse by the fact that the actress has this permanent snark that makes her insufferable. EDIT: I should correct something I said about the character’s snark. It was not intended as an attack against the actress. I was simply pointing out how the actress’ body language, whether by direction or otherwise, made the character insufferable.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

she's been using the shrink without her helmet, so she has brain damage

[@luke8801]

Emma Fuhrmann has 30 seconds of screen time in Endgame yet was a million times better

[@hothotheat3000]

@@luke8801 and she looks more like Paul Rudd.

[@Burn-vi7sn]

Not fair blaming the actor for what the director told her to do. Stop bullying some random kid for doing her job the way she was told.

[@vidmastereon]

Late season lisa simposon is exactly what every marvel movie needs

[@scottski02]

Between the TVA and multiversal shenanigans, the Snap, the constant alien invasions, sorcerer/witch magic and now Skrulls, the MCU has morphed into unintentional cosmic horror.

[@goufr3540]

M Bison: "It may have been the end of the world again, but for me, it was Tuesday."

[@renard6012]

Cosmic comedy, more like it.

[@drno87]

Scott has first-hand experience with the secret government prison for people who misuse superhero stuff. Seems like a relevant thing to bring up when Cassie uses Pym tech to shrink cop cars.

[@Jiggerjaw]

MauLer's family cracking him up about MODOK is so wholesome and hilarious.

[@jackofsuit]

"Capitalist ants would've got the job done" has got to be the quote of the century. I want that engraved in stone.

[@user-xx6vy9ri8p]

Capitalist ants would demand payment.

[@JukaDominator]

And then get the job done@@user-xx6vy9ri8p

[@GeordieSwordsman]

@@user-xx6vy9ri8p And so would begin a period in Quantum Realm history not dissimilar to the Italian Kingdoms with hordes of mercenary ants running around.

[@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange]

@@GeordieSwordsmanFlor-ants fighting ant-atolia, just how i remember it

[@Master10k2]

2:08:40 Watching that old man try to advertise Socialism was so cringe.