Film Brain DVD Package | Ashens

[@SirJebusHRM]

"I upgraded it to the Blu-Ray" is a funny way of saying "I found the Blu-Ray in a bargin bin for a pound"

[@koenvandamme6901]

Film Brain looks suspiciously like a box in wrapping paper.

[@samholdsworth420]

Bro I slipped and fell on a glass bottle...

[@6piecechickenmcnuggets23]

A 41 minute video with 2 British men talking about movies I never seen. Fantastic.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

One for the money and the whole book series is better then the movie. Stephanie should've been Aniston not Heigl no disrespect to greys anatomy fans or Heigl fans. Jen just has the qualities that Steph has. I've been with the book since I accidentally opened a book of the month club package mom would've returned that contained to the nines. Yes I did go back and read the first. The books are worth the read. They're just so funny so off the wall.

[@DarknessViper99]

*Fantastic?

[@6piecechickenmcnuggets23]

@@DarknessViper99 Yes.

[@theflyingcrud]

Couldn't agree more. Been following this channel for ages and I love how unashamedly British it is. British comedy is either completely weird to me as an American, or wonderfully appealing. Usually the latter

[@koenvandamme6901]

You should watch The Sting though.

[@grfrjiglstan]

All British KZbinrs know each other. That's a fact.

[@aceisking]

All american youtubers know each other

[@musict4379]

@Lee stean All humans know each other

[@magik4353]

@Lee stean all know each other

[@charlescampuz5812]

All know.

[@claudiobizama5603]

All

[@GreasyPhil420]

Classic British wrapping, an old Christmas bag that doesn’t look too Christmasy so can be used for other occasions and tapped at the top 👌 perfect.

[@BenCol]

If KZbin ever goes kaput, I feel Ashens could make great money as an appraiser. He comes round and you show him your stuff - he wouldn’t give you a price or a quote or anything like that, just lots of quips and smart-Alec remarks for every item you give him.

[@davidjames579]

He could get that as a side job now. Like other people record personlised birthday messages. I'd pay him to do both. I would love to go round Poundland with Stuart and have him comment on everything.

[@ohnoitschris]

@@davidjames579 That's a good idea Give him any day of the year and he'll review it and find the oddest facts about it and riff on it for your birthday

[@davidjames579]

@@ohnoitschris And find a food with it's Use By Date being the day of your birth. And then eat it of course. Or just get Barry to do that, while Stuart comments. Stuart should also team up with a nationwide furniture store and give his name to a brown sofa. C'mon, we'd all buy The Ashens sofa.

[@technopoptart]

@@davidjames579 have him go round doing celebrity tours but for poundland tat?

[@davidjames579]

@@technopoptart Coming to a Poundland near you! Ashens! At the very least, I'd go to the Norwich Poundland if he did a celeb appearance combined with Supermarket Sweep.

[@TheSofox]

"Hang on, I've got an Argos alien to hand" - Very few people could say that, Ashens you are unique.

[@TheTEENWULF]

On the Guardians of the Tomb dvd, there are 3 Ns in winner.

[@Redhotsmasher]

Winnnnner. Dingooooo?

[@geekwithabacklog5979]

@@Redhotsmasher Now there's a reference for the hardcore Ashens fans! 😉

[@ryleighs9575]

I dunno if this is intentional, but for a lonely person like me, these videos when you and some cool other creator friend sit down and do this are like, quite comforting lol. There's surely some personal memory stuff going into it from me specifically, but I just like being able to get a bit of that feeling of being with people just spending time doing something small and having fun. That probably all sounds very depressing.

[@jeremyadkins9665]

Fun fact about Fisher Stevens' portrayal of Ben in the Short Circuit movies: apparently, Indian viewers found his portrayal rather fun and accurate, to the point where they mistook a famous Bollywood actor as being him, and the actor had to go on record to say he wasn't playing the part.

[@CobyStrub]

Holy hell, the memories that name brings back. I watched Matthew all the way back when I was in high school in like, 2010 (ish?). It's good to hear him again, I might just have to go and see what he's done recently. Great video Ashens, thanks for the quality content.

[@TheBarrymanfan]

More Matthew Buck collaborations please. Seems a decent bloke with an encyclopaedic knowledge of movies. Ashens thanks you are most enjoyable as ever. Projector and Bad Movie Beatdown are super shows.

[@TheSektorz]

I love the brits. They've been hanging out for hours but they still do the 'how are you?' 'fine, thank you, how are you' routine when they start filming.

[@Zikar]

"I was laughing so hard it set the rest of the audiance off laughing" That happened with me at a showing of 30 Days of Night. I dunno who started it but the audiance got more chuckle-y as the night went on.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

What scene set it off?

[@Zikar]

@@lawrencecalablaster568 Honestly, it's been so long now. I think it was just a general feeling that the vampires were more ridiculious than scary.

[@MrAdaml4]

Ashens and film brain would make such a good podcast together

[@Chromosoner]

Just listened to them on Film Brain's podcast actually (which led me here) so I can confirm yes, yes it would be entertaining! I don't really know Ashens other than passing reference, but I can say I could happily listen to them both talk films for hours

[@leecroft1983]

26:50 I love that they spoofed the cover pose of The Breakfast Club for the cover of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, just great 😂

[@steve323f]

Seriously, film brain could sell me a turtles tale. He makes every film sound awesome.

[@Tumathy]

You look like a mix of Simon Pegg and Guy Fieri. Fascinating to say the least...

[@steve323f]

@@Tumathy interesting combination, 😂 some people say I look like Neil Lennon (a football or soccer manager) too. I guess I'm a strange breed of human 😂

[@Tumathy]

@@steve323f I can see the resemblance, but If you look like Guy Fieri you're automatically a demi-God. A blessing some are unworthy to keep.

[@steve323f]

@@Tumathy I'm genuinely not worthy! My culinary skills are very limited, but I would love to have tasted a fraction of the foods guy sampled in triple d. Watching me.. I mean Guy always makes me hungry. 😂

[@deathsyth8888]

"My name is Buck and I like to watch movies!" - a Kill Bill quote, kind of.

[@vasili1207]

😩

[@otaking3582]

* gets flashbacks to Film Brain, Linkara, and Nash's review of the Wonder Woman pilot *

[@nslouka90]

"A Rape Story" Ya that will look good on supermarket shelves STARING NICK CAGE!

[@DevonPalmer98]

Inject these random dvds into my veins

[@SuperSweetBoy]

If you’re looking for a great Nic Cage movie, watch ‘Mandy’ from last year. It balances ethereally beautiful visuals and music, and Nic Cage acting on peak Cage Rage. There is a scene that lasts a full two or three minutes of his character in a long-sleeve shirt and tighty-whities screaming at the top of his lungs and pounding down a great big bottle of vodka.

[@davidjames579]

Joe from a few years ago is pretty good, although it's not prime ham Cage, but decent acting performance Cage.

[@FlippytheMasterofPie]

Now that they’ve talked about Police Story I kind of want Ashens and Film Brain to just do an entire video on Jackie Chan movies together

[@abcdefgabcdefg1674]

To know this channel is still going makes me smile, because this is one of my favorite channels.

[@Juggalee1979]

The “skip woods” joke was gold!

[@colmoe]

A new 40 minute long Ashens video? Jesus, you don't need to return, we just got ourselves the Second Coming

[@XanthinZarda]

Strange to hear Film Brain recorded this way. Gives his voice an entirely different quality.

[@mikrtrotter9924]

His voice in this is normal the voice he uses for reviewing is so bloody annoying

[@OdaSwifteye]

This takes me back. I haven't seen Film Brain in awhile. Still sounds like a nice guy. Last I saw him he was going bald pretty badly, I hope he found a nice hat.

[@Blacknight8850]

He's still going on KZbin now, but youtube being what it is he's had to pivot away from doing Bad Movie Beatdown to Projector, where he does reviews of films currently in cinemas (as in actual reviews, not riffs).

[@riverstyx928]

One of my favourite Ashens content📀📀📀. I can watch hours and hours to your dvd videos mate. You're the best 😘😘😘

[@riles8435]

This just sounds like Stuart in a video with a slightly more timid Stuart

[@bloodrunsclear]

I watched Hitman in the theater with my brothers. We were the only ones there so we had a live action MST3K!

[@JKPancake]

Matthew Buck..... I haven't heard that name in years

[@TheNobod3]

Same. Glad to see he's doing well

[@Blacknight8850]

He does movie reviews on KZbin now, given youtube's not exactly friendly to the sort of riff videos he used to do.

[@johngoodman5976]

Who? Wait I think my Grampa might know...

[@culwin]

Well you could just go to his channel and watch his videos, then you would hear it...

[@GoingOffTopical]

Video suggestion, wish fake watches, some are just so ridiculous you need to see them to believe them

[@crazyluigi6664]

Explain the ridiculousness to me at once!

[@GoingOffTopical]

@@crazyluigi6664 you ever wanted to see the time in 5 different countries all in one watch, they got you

[@crazyluigi6664]

@@GoingOffTopical What?

[@skin_lizard]

@@crazyluigi6664 Just whatever it sounds like, man.

[@Craider79]

Weird Science is the awesommest of the awesome nostalgia trips! Ashen ... notice all the cool "retro tech" placed all around this movie! It's amazing! :-D

[@WarhammerGeek]

All I have to say about Hitman: Agent 47 is I know for a fact I have seen it but legitimately cannot remember anything from it.

[@watchspotting]

Agent 47 is the movie from 2016, but he reviewed the movie Hitman from 2007, and yes you're right. The 2007 film was better but both are equally forgettable

[@KougajiCalling]

My first DVD was Princess Mononoke... The Miramax release. I watched it many times. Then I got a monster movie trailer compilation and Fritz Lang's Metropolis... And for almost a year, those three were all I had to watch.

[@favoritemustard3542]

Do you recall which soundtrack was used on your METROPOLIS? I grew up with Giorgio Moroder's version..

[@KougajiCalling]

@@favoritemustard3542 I do not actually! It's been a long time since I've seen the cover. And for a while I was making my own soundtracks.

[@vvmax4375]

Sellotape and Broken Dreams sounds like the name of a progressive rock band who has a song called 'Joy of Trains'

[@Avellania]

My mother and her friends had a laughing fit during the original Doctor Zhivago movie in the 1960s. They still have no idea why.

[@Fazeof1p]

Ah good, nice to see Film Brain doing collaboration work again. Thought he'd be out on the street begging with all the other Channel Awesome regulars. :)

[@TheBattlesword]

“...Weinstein Company...”

[@ryandevan2793]

Oʜ ɴᴏ…ᴏʜ ɴᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏᴏ!

[@artfact2]

Some good stuff in there.

[@JimmysALilGirl]

"...ridiculous Nicolas Cage is best Nicolas Cage." He's so ridiculous I wouldn't be surprised if he changed his name to Ridicolas Cage.

[@beachwind7274]

“Oof” - Ashens

[@teipeu9033]

I want my life to be as eventful as Nicholas Cage's driving.

[@davidjames579]

You want an angry life?

[@johngoodman5976]

No he wants what we all want... A life full of BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS! *Runs like Steven Seagal all day long*

[@docsigma]

I was about to take a post-work nap! Guess that’s not happening...

[@DokkaChapman]

Surely with the popularity of this format of your videos it should get it's own intro :p

[@clearlypellucid]

Film Brain is still alive? Make him yell "SYMBOLISM!"

[@Blacknight8850]

He still does his channel on KZbin, only now it's actual reviews of newly released films.

[@ccricers]

There's another Guardians of the Tomb cover where the font is taken from Tomb Raider.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

I had both 'The Killer' and 'Enter the Dragon' in that Hong Kong Legends packaging. The transfers are better than what you might expect for a cheapo line of older films.

[@otaking3582]

Considering that two of Kelsey Grammer's well known roles are Sideshow Bob and the Prospector, I'd be surprised if he *wasn't* secretly the villain

[@chloerogers4855]

Oh my god I remember watching Hollow Man in science class despite not all of us being old enough to watch it. To this day I still have no idea what it had to do with the class let alone what I was meant to learn from it.

[@davidjames579]

An R-rated horror film with the main character committing sexual assaults and murders. Did the teacher just read the back of the box, and think "oh! it's got scientists in it"?

[@favoritemustard3542]

Substitute teacher approved 🌟 👍😉👍

[@The8347135]

Can't believe you got Stephen Merchant!

[@andyc6542]

Doesn’t sound remotely similar pal...

[@totallynotasentientactionf9519]

We watched Memento in my Psych 101 class. It was fantastic and one of the best parts of that class.

[@ryandevan2793]

Damn! Why didn’t I get that in my college psych class?!

[@chriswood-nostalgic8900]

glad to see Film Brain in this and since, he podcast Ashens! Yes, i've seen his projector reviews of the worst Ice Age film: Collision Course, the ambitious Finding Dory and the amazing Paddington 2. Blimey, i can't wait to see what other movie he has seen this year.

[@Astolfo2001]

The situation with the cover for Vengance reminds me of how the North American DVD cover for Moon Child (a Japanese post apocalyptic vampire movie that had Gackt in it) had almost absolutely nothing to do with the actual movie. That cover made the movie seem like a John Woo-style gun-fu vampire horror action flick when the movie itself was actually not.

[@ryandevan2793]

Was it at least good?

[@nickarmitt4722]

He has Amnesia in Momento - which is the real amnesia. You can remember up until the point you developed the condition.

[@quebeckfilms5797]

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say Sixteen Candles was bad, I absolutely adore that film.

[@TsukiCondor]

Maybe he hasnt seen it in years

[@IanC14]

It's very much a product of its time though

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

🏳️‍🌈 Lillian Charles 🏳️‍⚧️ and that is a bad thing how?

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Quebeck Films the only person who didn’t like it was John Hughes who hated the ending that was forced on him so he remade it as Some Kind Of Wonderful, which is the better film but nobody remembers it.

[@InhumanFan98]

Omg i love film brain and ashens, great videos

[@paper__crane]

My first DVD was Dark City and I played it on my first PC DVD Drive with a Creative DXR2 DVD decoder card. Ah, memories....

[@IanC14]

I remember when you had to have a decoder card.

[@AgentTasmania]

I know those things from LGR

[@TenshiAsakura]

Well this is an unexpected crossover. But awesome nonetheless!

[@dietcokezeros942]

I love these film review videos so much 🙏🙏🙏 Also I see that packaging version of Memento in charity shops all the time. It’s surprising because I thought it was like a special edition.

[@VVc0w]

Hollow Man really isn't that bad, hasn't aged well but it's a cool modern take on the Invisible Man

[@paper__crane]

I enjoyed Hitman... It may not agree very well with the game canon (which is not conflictless as well) but the movie seemed ok as a standalone picture.

[@karenelizabeth1590]

For a time, that first-run Blues Brothers DVD was the ONLY version of it. At some point it was like $50 on ebay because it was out of print. Eventually the madness was ended when a proper special edition DVD was made, and now the original DVD is worthless. Supply and demand!

[@CapHowdy]

I can't for the life of me remember what my first DVD was as I went on a bit of a mad DVD buying spree, but I do remember what shop it would have been bought in. I was working for Pizza Hut in West Wickham, and just picked up my preordered PS2 from Bromley on the way into work. Just down the end of the row of shops where PH was situated was a video rental store (remember when those were a thing? ha ha) that also sold films. Can't remember all of the DVD's I bought at that time, but one that does stand out from that batch would be Idle Hands. I still own that DVD, but now I have a multi region blu ray player, maybe I will finally be able to upgrade.

[@Openreality]

The Sting and The Blues Brothers was the only movies here that i actually have seen. They're really good.

[@girochin007]

You need to watch the end of Weird Science to see if it's got the Rocky theme before the credits. I'm betting it doesn't being that old of a copy though. They just recently put it back in.

[@turokforever007]

film brain quote i have not seen it but i upgraded it to blu ray

[@mrcyberpunk]

holyshit its Film Brain. Its been so long dude! I used to watch you on the site that shalt not be named. I'm glad you're still going man loved your stuff from back in the day.

[@mrc6032]

The sting movie looked interesting. Im going to check it out. Ive never heard of it, but i like both the actors. Thanks ashens!

[@MrShoryuken1]

Love the "Justice" reference Ashens. We need The Day Today back. Imagine what Chris Morris could do with Brexit.

[@Kertezium]

I remember seeing 'The Box' as like, a 14 year old, on a school camping trip, when they decided to take all the good kids to the cinema and this was the only thing they were showing or something. Everybody left confused.

[@yoymate6316]

yea i was about the same age when i watched this on the cinema. what a shit movie

[@ryandevan2793]

@@yoymate6316 On the plus side, Cameron Diaz’s phone looked like a banana!

[@KyrosX27]

10:22 Golden Globe® *winnner* Kelsey Grammer .... 3N's? lol

[@davidjames579]

Because he won 3 times. Obvs.

[@C4ndleJ4ck]

The first Hitman movie was okay. It wasn't what the fanbase was hoping for, but it was an entirely decent movie in it's own right imo. The latest movie was crap. It's not unwatchable, but it made me appreciate the first movie so much more.

[@watchspotting]

Ah, yes. I agree. Hitman (2007) I would describe as cheesy in an entertaining way. Like, I love 47's line to Mike in the opening scene, "If I was gonna kill you, I'd have done it when you walked to the car this morning, and gone by the time your body hit the sidewalk." The way Olyphant says it completely seriously makes it subtly funny, because it's clear he's in on how frivolous the line is. This goes for the rest of the film's cheesy lines. The cheesiness of Hitman: Agent 47 (2016) makes it awful because 47's actor clearly is taking himself too seriously, and the film itself does too.

[@cocacolaxable]

Always love your vids Ashens ♡

[@CorndogCrusader]

"Visual Knob Gags" *PHRASING, STUART!!*

[@davidford3744]

Regarding really bad Jean Claude Van Damne movies. He was in a British movie some years ago called UFO. Not only was it terrible but it was filmed up here in Derby of all places. At the time of filming Mr Van Damne had been spotted twice frequenting a local Pound land with his daughter who was also in the movie.

[@RavenWitchShade]

OK, I see "Film Brain" in the title and I couldn't click this fast enough! PLEASE let there be a crapton of bad Steven Segal movies in this video Edit: All that and no Segal XD Still a good selection of movies both good and crap :P

[@jsc315]

That's just cruel. I feel doing that to someone should be considered a crime.

[@RavenWitchShade]

@@jsc315 I feel worse for Film Brain in that regard then, given he's had to review a bunch of them

[@Cs-zp5sr]

Finally, an unboxing without a funko pop.

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

I love the hitman film with Timothy elephant. Major guilty pleasure.

[@Kezza1919]

Too harsh on The Parole Officer. Thoroughly enjoyable.

[@megansavage7152]

I fell asleep watching Memento and my memory of the film disappeared

[@TheAmishGamer]

Megan Savage I fell asleep reading your comment and

[@davidjames579]

Savage!

[@GmodPlusWoW]

Blues Brothers 2000 was a film that shouldn't have been made. Or at the very least, shouldn't have been made the way it was. (there didn't need to be a voodoo priestess in it, at the very least) Has that movie come up on the Sequelisers podcast already, or was that a bridge too far?

[@wendyokoopa7048]

part of that was film in kingston ontario

[@ajgnexus]

I could literally watch stuart talk about DVDs for hours

[@mr_nobody_000]

Rob Schneider makes everyone cry

[@SB-et9nf]

No one should ever put Schneider on the spine!!

[@michael1234252]

I remember back in 2013 or so my mom found the Blu-Ray copy of The Blues Brothers in a bargain bin. A while later on a Friday or a Saturday night we were watching the film while eating dinner. At that time that my first time seeing it and towards the end with the big huge police chase scene made me laugh so hard. Also I still remember my first ever video I owned on DVD was Spy Kids 1. At that time when I got it I barely had a DVD player. Cause I had the original Phat PS2 and I had it for about a year or so. But when I got the DVD as a gift my parents didn't know how the PS2 would play the DVD.

[@ryandevan2793]

DVD drive mate!

[@davidhatred8938]

glad it's not just me who always say's justice like that!

[@gullyfoyle2615]

Martin sheen

[@davidhatred8938]

@@gullyfoyle2615 personaly i'd have the louis armstrong!

[@agnastthrower5212]

I haven't watched Film Brain in forever :o

[@professorpenne9962]

40 mins ashens video? blessed be

[@JarodMoonchild1975]

18:13 "He is the law"? Isn't that Judge Dredd? 😆

[@Alfonsoltd]

i feel like I've seen this before... When he says, "it's not a comedy." I swear this happened before

[@Arrowdodger]

Oh awesome, Film Brain

[@devinharbert6071]

U know what’s like my guilty pleasure, the maniac cop films.

[@SuperCeleste007]

What a charmer awesome personality crossing over with Ashens

[@ryanmchargmusic]

41 Minutes of DVDs? Oh Stuart you do spoil us :)

[@rcninjastudio]

I've the exact same version of blues brothers, bought it after wearing out 2 vhs versions lol

[@derpyderpdog5071]

Can’t wait for Easter special

[@Pike2]

Just think that these two grown men are kneeling over a sofa during this

[@danforbes3573]

Nice set of films,Ashens. Some I havent seen. But, hey will probably pop up on tv at some point.

[@Howlrunner82]

"Stand up Guys" is really entertaining...at least for me