Assassin's Creed VLOG: A Good Bad Addition to the Awful Video Game Movie Canon

Clickbait title: Ubisoft Makes a Movie and You Won't BELIEVE What Happens Next
I walked up to the counter and said "two for Ass Creed" and the cashier lost it. Is Ass Creed ass?
Yes.
How?
Watch the video.

[@DJosAmmel]

Watching Dan try to explain "Assassin's Creed" while slowly being mauled by his kitten was far more dramatic, action-packed, suspenseful, and allround entertaining than "Assassin's Creed."

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

Yet he thinks suicide squad is worse than this trash movie

[@DJosAmmel]

@@JohnSmith-yd5wq In fairness, I've never seen "Assassin's Creed"… but he's absolutely right.

[@JohnSmith-yd5wq]

@@DJosAmmel no.

[@DJosAmmel]

@@JohnSmith-yd5wq Yes.

[@esobelisk3110]

@@JohnSmith-yd5wq he didn’t say suicide squad was worse overall, just that it had worse editing.

[@MisanthropicMarxist]

That's one determined kitten you've got there. If she can't eat you, she's gonna eat your soup. And if she can't eat your soup, then she's gonna eat the tree. And if she can't eat the tree, well, she'll just figure it out when she gets there.

[@bloodflowersandhurricanes9463]

Your kitten and how much she adores you is excellent, 10/10 points.

[@bloodflowersandhurricanes9463]

Also, maybe you should've let her have the soup, she was a lot more interested in it than you (though I don't know if it's safe for kittens to consume).

[@janesmith4167]

BloodflowersAndHurricanes she could've had broth, I assume.

[@codygaisser]

BloodflowersAndHurricanes Correct, but that cat also adores soup and Christmas trees.

[@Bluecho4]

"I love you so much, Hooman, that I WILL CUT YOU! FEEL MY LOVE IN YOUR SKIN!"

[@snowmystique2308]

"...change of heart for really vague reasons that just kinda have to do with his mom." MARTHA.

[@frealms]

Everyone should just name their daughters Martha so we can have a full generation to carry on that joke. Would be confusing at first, but I think it's worth it for the prank.

[@masonk9838]

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME

[@eruditootidure2611]

I didn't like the movie too much to begin with, but you just double ruined it for me.

[@INTPTT]

Let's name our sons Martha, too. It won't seem weird if everyone does it.

[@boiledelephant]

SAAUUAAVE MUUUAAARRRTHHHGGHHAA

[@RGVZGM]

What is the narrative purpose of the cat?

[@EversonBernardes]

The cat is Dan's foil. It's the challenge he's supposed to overcome by the end of the third act.

[@FoldingIdeas]

She makes me happy

[@collin6691]

Never ignore a cat demanding attention

[@oddzxc]

dogs and turtles are better fam

[@slayerat5280]

Because all KZbin videos with cats win!

[@JeredtheShy]

The constant Amy management really keeps the plot moving.

[@VTRDC27]

I think the soup got cold

[@HoratioAccel]

maybe the soup was never warm

[@lizzard3434]

Maybe it was cereal. O.o

[@jacobkristos1214]

gross

[@IIxIxIv]

i think the cereal got warm

[@mar10ssj1]

This video is silly. You are obviously supposed to wait for the DLC to come out and get the better version of the movie. The DLC will include more dialogue from Fassbender, more time in the past, and make the movie overall better.

[@danielparejo1800]

Haven't watched it yet. I will wait for the full MOTY release.

[@ernestb556]

Mar10 I'll just buy the season pass...

[@N00bPr0ducti0n]

im fking dying of laughter XD

[@AltairCrysis]

Hahahaha!

[@fuckingloser2817]

Mar10 Fuck that noise, just go for the microtransactions.

[@REXanadu]

From what you're saying, your cat had a better character arc than any of the characters in this movie.

[@apollothesungod9832]

Edgar Onukwugha are you serious?

[@chairmanm3ow]

I thought that the whole time travel plot device could have been dropped for the movie. just make period action movies about hooded assassins. and you could give it a more modern sensibility like A Knights Tale.

[@Starlightean]

YES! This is how I felt. The game adaptation shouldn't have been so on the nose, it didn't turn well for a movie plot. But this could've worked, it just shouldn't have had such bad and jarring editing. Or writing.

[@daniellehall1857]

yeah this is what I thought it was going to be.

[@IamMissPronounced]

I don't understand why they couldn't just do this.

[@exceedcharge1]

With an epilogue in the present with the animus

[@zachryder3150]

The modern section should've been a post credits scene

[@skepticJames]

Disappointing news about films I was looking forward to and top-notch cat content. This is why we keep coming back.

[@williancruz9657]

James Norriss I read that as "cat consent". Was about to google zoophilia terms.

[@jimpachi98]

I'm sorry could you repeat that? I was staring at your cat

[@Rabbit-the-One]

Christ no. It already took 25 minutes to speak 4 minutes of dialogue. Don't have h repeat anything ever again if he's going to speak in this manner. His speech is like if the color grey had erectile dysfunction and played solitaire to pass the time while he recorded a story about his dust collection to his accountant.

[@addammadd]

Rabbit the One I wanted to not like this comment but I couldn’t find a single point to make against it.

[@scottrastyles2592]

@@Rabbit-the-One I like it this way, it feels real and comfortable

[@maddieb.4282]

@@Rabbit-the-Onesounds like someone who’s spent a lot of time on tik tok lately and you’ve gotten accustomed to the flashing lights, yelling, and bright colors used to retain your attention for an under three minute video

[@xdearlifex]

Your cat needs to be in every video you make. It doesn't have to do anything special, just be there.

[@hirvox]

So the movie is actually faithful to the games where parts of the story have been removed and repackaged as DLC?

[@Featinwe]

That's rigt - you'll see a re-cut version of the movie on BR as "director's cut" followed by the Gold Edition with an "extended cut"

[@MrDman21]

They didn't jump into the hay! That was a major part of the games. ;)

[@karlzone2]

Well, to be fair, extended cuts probably have more to do with the studio cutting the movie shorter to squeeze in more cinema showings. So I doubt that part was of malicious intend. (Btw I swear jumping into the hay was part of some trailer)

[@eruditootidure2611]

AC has only done that in one game, AC2 (and, for the record, that dlc has been free since at least 2011. I don't know when they actually made it free, 2011 is just when I got the game.)

[@burresseffects]

The "lethal injection then waking up to realize you were actually drugged and now you're working for a shadowy group of people" gag is straight out of Besson's La Femme Nikita.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

Why would the director of Home Alone and the first two Harry Potter movies have the Apple of Eden in his grave?

[@matthewmuir8884]

I know this comment is four years old and probably a joke, but, wrong Columbus.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

@@matthewmuir8884 Why would you think it's a joke?

[@matthewmuir8884]

@@Crazy_Diamond_75 Because there are a lot of Chris Columbus jokes where people jokingly mistake the director for the 15th-Century explorer or vice-versa.

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

@@matthewmuir8884 What do you mean mistake? They're not the same person?

[@amandas2639]

Me: "I'm going to make a witty comment about how I couldn't concentrate on anything but the floofball." -scrolls down to see that's basically every comment- Me: "...oh. Uh. Uh...nice tree?"

[@wyrdautumn]

but what does your cat think about the editing

[@J____L]

The cat is a very welcome addition to your videos

[@Feasco]

Came for the video game movie criticism, stayed for the floofbeast. Merry Xmas btw.

[@ElectricheadPt1]

I had to apologize to my parents and then girlfriend for suggesting we see this movie. They were all VERY angry at me. But not as angry as I was with myself.

[@Ari-ej5pv]

came to folding ideas for quality cinema review, stayed for the quality stupid stuff review and kitten

[@tulip324]

Lol this video is basically what life is like working at home with a cat lol. But I enjoyed the commentary on the video.

[@SatansBestBuddy1]

EAT YOUR SOUP! Food is not meant to be set dressing!

[@josephagnetti8921]

SatansBestBuddy1 I disagree.

[@XatxiFly]

Your avatar is good enough to warrant a comment.

[@SlendysWatchingMe]

This isn't about your commentary, which is good, I just want to say that I'm surprisingly really happy with the framing/set up you've got here? and the choice to just talk without cutting? I know it's not 'professional' but I feel like we're hanging out and just like having a real conversation. Complete with bratty kitty interruptions. It's just like when I hang out with my friends from film school! god im lonely

[@rhods23]

The interaction with your cat made this quite funny.

[@NicDude583]

This is the most adorable movie review video ever, I'm not gonna lie

[@RZPolaris4]

Cotillard's whole conflict with Irons seemed to be that she wasn't getting credit. He was taking lines from her speeches, I guess? She didn't seem to be someone who gave speeches herself, so what was he going to do, name-drop her in mid-speech? And the tacked-on bit at the end with "Oh, you'll have your time soon." And Fassbender. Wow, yeah, we know he was living in hiding in Mexico as a kid, and then he ran from the police/Abstergo and then just became an adult who had killed a pimp. His whole attitude towards violence, the murder victim, anything? All we have is Cotillard saying "You killed a man," and him correcting her to "pimp." It seemed like they were going for some kind of idea of embracing his genetic destiny as an assassin, which is A)not the side of free will the movie claims he's fighting for, and B)some Nazi-myth level blood destiny bullshit. The other assassins reminded me of the side characters in something like Terminator: Salvation, where they make one quip or glare at somebody and the movie then cinematically goes, "Well, we've shown you this character now. Moving on." But then there's the flat-out dumbest moment in the movie, where Fassbender at this point realizes that he's the last link to Aguilar's line, and he knows Abstergo is planning to end the general concept of free will/violence/aggression, but they give him an assassin's blade and try to goad him into stabbing his father. The movie just kind of hopes you don't notice he could shank himself like his mother did and ruin their evil plans on the spot. Does he value his life too much to do that? I don't know, some character traits might have shed light on that.

[@FoldingIdeas]

See, that's why it was so confusing is that half the conversation seemed to be about not getting credit, but then she's pretty much denouncing the entire plan?!

[@RZPolaris4]

Yes, it didn't make any sense at all. Her denunciation or his "you always were a scientist first."

[@spicysalmon8590]

She wanted credit for the animus and to use the apple to purge violent thoughts from people, while her father and the templars wanted to use the apple for ending the assassins/free will.

[@FoldingIdeas]

Holy crap... that... wait... those weren't the same thing? Like, jeez, the whole time I just assumed "get rid of violence" was her happy-thoughts euphemism because that's exactly the kind of "save you from yourself" logic that always underpins these kinds of plots. The fact that those were actually separate goals did not parse at all (not helped by the fact that the Apple's functionality is never explained with that level of granularity). Wow.

[@RZPolaris4]

Free will, violence, dissent, nonconformity, and the Assassins are portrayed as being identical or interchangeable.

[@TooFatTooFurious]

I just realized that there is already a good AC movie. Source Code (ironically, directed by the guy who later made Warcraft)

[@tz64nk41]

That's also a pretty good example of how to introduce the binary protagonist and how to structure the parallel storylines properly. Jones should have made THIS movie.

[@MyScorpion42]

or we could just watch source code xD

[@Pughausen]

Duncan Jones has done some good movies. MOON with Sam Rockwell for example.

[@MrDman21]

Warcraft wasn't that good and it was still the most faithful video game adaptation of 2016.

[@Kevin_Johnson97]

Dimi Done I honestly thought it was great, right up until the epilogue killed it. It should have ended with the freeze frame of all the passengers on board the train sharing one last laugh before they die, but then it threw in one last nonsensical plot twist that honestly kind of ruined the movie for me.

[@catarinalopes7891]

i remember after a good 40 minutes of the movie i was lost. i felt like i had a weird, hyper realistic fever dream, in a sense that visually sometimes stuff got too dark as if i was about to wake up, and overall i never really knew what was happening and felt very passive about everything going on

[@MadsBoldingMusic]

Clickbait Title: This movie is so bad that a man forgot to eat his soup.

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

I’m just now working through these older videos and seeing tiny kitten Amy caused an audible gasp

[@nonah7675]

"Girl... what did you think you were doing?" 10/10 review

[@Nagoragama]

I really wish video game movies could learn to be less self serious and just have fun.

[@deliciousdishes4531]

why? the games often times surely aren't a joke. If you make a joke out of the movie you end up with the annoying stuff Marvel does.

[@AnnDVine]

There's a difference between "fun" and "jokey," which is actually the mistake Marvel keeps making. I'd say, of those sorts of films, the X-Men series has done the best job at being a fun movies that don't inherently treat their content as ridiculous, at least within fiction. The internal logic is never questioned or drawn attention to, but the characters are still broadly cartoonish and entertaining. Hell, Marvel comics themselves have had the formula right for decades! So, don't mistake "fun" or "self-aware" with "comedic". That sort of thinking is what leads to Marvel movies, it's not gonna prevent them.

[@Cinnamon1080]

DeliciousDishes Because their material isn't good enough to be taken so seriously.

[@jimmypge]

Not necessarily, plenty of games lead to interesting universes that spill into other media. But they all need crazy budgets for special effects, and nobody wants to risk money on a game that isn't in the public consciousness (eg WoW). I mean, they're able to make great movie adaptations of books, and great book adaptations of games, but rarely movie adaptations of games.

[@deliciousdishes4531]

Some Thing So is 99% of comic books, fantasy books, crime stories etc. And that's still done. If writing and story were any kind of concern, then we would have a lot fewer movies.

[@BrewBeardie]

cat just says "eat your soup already!"

[@scoutobrien3406]

watching your cat was kinda like doodling in school for me helping me absorb the words and stay on task

[@ramblr8161]

To be honest, while I'm well aware this is a broken movie with many, many issues, I still really enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting too much out of it after seeing the trailers and I didn't expect much going into the movie. I came out feeling like I got my money's worth because I was watching it purely to see Assassin's Creed on the big screen. And that's what I got. Assassin's Creed on the big screen. I expected to go "Durr hurr, he said Apple of Eden and the Apple of Eden was in the gaaaaames" and "He's gonna do the leap of faith and the leap of faith was ALSO in the gaaaaames" and you get the idea. And I think by going in purely with those expectations, knowing full well I was going to be watching a broken, badly edited, in-coherent film, it allowed me to take it at face value and enjoy it for what it was. A film set within the universe of Assassin's Creed.

[@TheSandshrewBoss]

I really like this more natural delivery. I like to listen to your videos while sketching, and this dialogue-focused vid meant I wasn't distracted every other minute by a visual presentation. Although watching your cat crawl all over you got a little distracting XD

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

Why couldn't they just adapt Assassin's Creed II I mean damn. And then at the end when the goddess speaks through Ezio to Desmond it would blow non-fans minds because this would be the reveal we were in a simulation.

[@supermario2100]

Never quite realized how much Assassins Creed and Westworld broadly had in common. Similarly, I kinda think a similarly mysterious tv show set in the AC universe would work well. There's just too much there for a movie, which is why there are nearly 20 AC games now, or something like that.

[@dragonetafireball]

I went to see this with my mum and she was sure the assassins where ment to be "the bad guy"

[@ekki1993]

I keep coming back to this video because it hurts me how much they failed with this movie. I don't like the games but I still think that the story is interesting and the concept lends itself for a movie perfectly. They could have easily made a good, dumb fun, videogame movie if they weren't so focused on the wrong things. Side note, the only point I liked about the movie was actually a change they made. The animus redesign looks dope. It fits the "it's so dumb and I love it" vibe that the series goes for with the genetic memory stuff.

[@Draqua]

GIVE AMY YOUR SOUP!

[@thdenwheja756]

You are right about one thing: the framing device for the games is pretty darn stupid in and of itself, but audiences were willing to overlook that because every other aspect had such an incredible amount of heart put into it. The environments were full of intricacies in the mannerisms of the populations and accuracies in the artifacts that made the world feel both alive and authentic. If you interacted with a historical figure, you spent a lot of time with them to see just why they were so important. Even when you just boot the game up, the first ten seconds are devoted to telling you how many people worked on the game simply so that you could see the parts of history they cared so much about. It doesn't forgive the dumb overall story, but it's inspiring to see a dumb story done so smart. However, we're talking about the movie here, and I think it's here where the film really falters. They focus so much on the silly framing device and miss the chance to give the audience an immersive look into the time period. We're never in the Animus long enough to appreciate the attention to detail (not that there was much anyways- the camera never stays still and the color palette remains a consistently dull mud brown.) The only real character you remember is Christopher Columbus, and it's not because he was as important to the plot as ACII's Leonardo da Vinci or ACIII's George Washington - if it was any other name, you wouldn't give a second thought. There's no insight into religion, science, or why any of the events matter - it's obvious from the start that they're just there to pad the runtime. I'm not going to pretend like "Assassin's Creed" is the best franchise ever, but they had a lot of potential to tell some great stories that, unfortunately, the official film never lived up to.

[@ethanritterbusch8910]

the other problem is that the framing device is silly, but that’s okay if the games are light-hearted badass power fantasy. A silly framing device doesn’t work with this pitch dark tone the movie was going for.

[@sugarfrosted2005]

Your cat almost makes up for the lack of Foldy. Almost.

[@o0Avalon0o]

"ok, I'm listening, ready to absorb lots of info-" *Omfg that's the cutest softest kitten I've ever seen!!!!!!*

[@birdonline2751]

I don't know how I got here, but this is maybe the fourth or fifth video I've watched in a row of this very healthy looking David Cross explain why a certain film is bad.

[@DaltonPelc]

I stopped listening about 5 minutes in and just watched the cat. I believe you the movie was bad though because I couldn't finish hearing you. Kitty :3

[@Artemisio987]

AMYCAT IS SO SMOL.... i mean of course i came here for the cinematography insights..........

[@IamMissPronounced]

It was incredibly frustrating to watch and totally unsatisfying for someone who likes the original stories. I wish they just focused on the ancestors.

[@katekursive1370]

Kitty Cuddle VLOG: Dad I'm Bored Entertain Me

[@_CaptainCanada]

New to the channel, really enjoyed several of your videos already, including the excellent comprehensive deconstruction of Suicide Squad's errors. You seem to be exceptionally knowledgeable about editing specifically, are you in the industry?

[@alisaurus4224]

I don’t know if he is/was in the film industry beyond KZbin, but he did go to film school

[@EversonBernardes]

Second movie that broke Dan this year.

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

At least fans of the games liked warcraft. More than can be said of any other video game movie.including this one

[@Javerick137]

I'm curious to know your thoughts on the WarCraft movie. Seeing as it's been said to be 'the best video game movie' apparently. You seem to be able to identify the mechanics of what's wrong with a film when it comes down to editing and cinematography which I find helpful. However, I can only usually observe the script and go 'what does this character say that?'. I hope you do a quick video on it or something. And if you're a lore nerd (which I am I don't know if you are) it'd be cool to see a in one video where the movie is analysed with the lore in mind while another treating it, regardless of the background lore.

[@BitsharkPlays]

That cat is adorable XD !! Ohh and keep it up, loving the videos :D!

[@InnocentDoodles]

Jeez it's only been 2 years?? The only I thing I can remember about when my brother got us to see it in theaters was being berated by my parents for using the term "Piss Yellow" to describe the movies color palette

[@CW257866]

I was pretty interested in hearing what you would have said about what made No Country for Old Men's "non-ending" good or interesting. It's the movie that immediately popped into my mind when you started to talk about non-endings. The way No Country for Old Men just stopped annoyed me enough that it moved that movie from "slightly interesting" to the "dislike" category.

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

It sounds pretty true to the games. They never really ended on anything more than a sequel hook.

[@Nick0Kyuubi0Narion]

Dude, Floof's got a mean streak. Attention or blood! I agree with the thesis, but I do have one nitpick. At the end of the movie, it seemed to me like the camera time was moved to Cotillard because it was setting her up to be the next villain. It was like they were showing her transition from "don't really care about the assassins either way" to "the assassins have to be stopped". And given that they established some sort of weird love/hate/capture dynamics between Cal and Cotillard (or at least it seemed like they did), I guess the idea is that the sequel's villain and the sequel's hero have feelings about each other that complicate their motivations or something? It's confusing because it probably won't get a sequel (the movie still hasn't become profitable, but the China release is only in February and this weekend is its first in a bunch of European countries). Even if it did, who's gonna want to uncan this mess. A big part of me thinks that they probably should've stuck with the video game canon instead and told a story in _that_.

[@janesmith4167]

why spend so much $ on expensive good Actors but no time on the Script? why does Hollywood keep repeating the same mistakes? 🤔🤔🤔

[@declaration14]

I agree with the narrative problems but I actually liked the action scenes, which is strange because I normally hate that kind of editing

[@IisBEEF]

Probably my favorite thing is the kitty in this video. Everything else is great too! Your points, your analysis, for sure. But the cat though.

[@Pembroke898]

Alernate title: Man gets Wrecked by Cat

[@charliedawson4877]

The film had two different moods. *A)* Over the top insanity in the past Spain story and *B)* Serious Ex machina esque sci fi. The film probably would of been fine, at least _decent_ if they'd chosen one. But the two are completely at odds.

[@chibi013]

Late to the party here but, I actually liked Desmond, and Lucy, and really all the modern assassins. Maybe just because I identify with Desmond a lot, but I think he's fairly compelling for an audience surrogate. I was really bummed they didn't use him in the movie. Though considering how bad it ended up being, it's probably for the best.

[@boo5860]

Assassin's Creed should have been about the ancestors, for sure.

[@NameAvailable]

That’s a sick Buzzy cosplay outfit

[@aud7593]

THE BOY IS ALIVE

[@TheAyeAye12]

Shame about this for Kurzel; I loved his take on Macbeth last year

[@kittymewmew5871]

Hoomin pay attention to kitty. Internet only interested in kitty. XD. Lol. Good review though

[@CrazyCatMan13]

Kitty's blocking on point.

[@marina_fe]

I just fell asleep at the cinema

[@lordchiopet1630]

Loved this video, so much intrigue in the cat climbing around. What was that guy saying tho? Wasn't paying attention

[@hiddenshadow2105]

Is the ending for this video was intentionally similar to the editing of the movie (sudden close-up on unrelated issue)?

[@D00dlebugInc]

Three things that would have instantly improved this film: 1) set it in the same universe as the game. 2) change the ratio between the two storylines, and link them together thematically to resolve inner conflict in the main character 3) linked to point one, use the previous storylines as the backstory. Rather than that abysmal block of text at the beginning that describes the backstory, use live action remakes of relevant clips from the games to SHOW us these moments

[@D00dlebugInc]

Actually, point 4: make the Assassin's BETTER than the Templars. The only things we ever see of the Assassin's are totally terrible, horrible people being horrible to one of their own

[@stevenpm6150]

You should have titled this one Interrupting Kitten haha. Sad that this film has these types of problems. I wish for once they would just make a screen play of the original content instead of rewriting everything and place us in a world that is only slightly familiar to the house hold name(s) we are familiar with.

[@mellow_mallow]

"ow" -Dan Olson, 2017

[@Abgilosby]

My brother wanted to see this with me. I didn't want to. He slept through half of it.

[@Debilitator47]

Cat invalidates all arguments. Too much 'dawwww!' for one video.

[@ngominh259]

Just saw it today, then decided to finally see this. The story's fine, in the sense that Callum and Sofia have kind of definitive arcs, whether you recognize it or not. What's wrong is definitely the camera work, editing, and definitely the lines. God it's so stupid. Plus, some details are really idiotic and illogical. Like: 1) Why the fuck doesn't Cal's dad actually try to protect his wife and son? Maybe run away, THEN he can kill them if he fails? 2) Why does Callum want to destroy the Creed by helping Sofia, then suddenly change his heart after only seeing his mom and ancestors? What the fuck does that do to his psyche? Do we have to buy that his mom changes him in 10 secs? 3) Why do the guards not have better weapons, in a camp full of people with special techniques? 4) Why the hell does his dad have anything to do in the camp, if Cal's mom is who matters? Her lineage is what matters, not his husband's. 5) Why does Callum foam, after the jump? Is it because he doesn't fully participate? If so, how the hell can we ensure and measure people's participation? It's too flimsy. Instead, how about we use the REAL Animus where you don't get hooked up to a tentacle and explain de-sync as bits and pieces of memories unable to connect due to the lost DNA sequences? Cal has tiny development. Aguilar has even less development, and this is a bigger crime. I think his love interest doesn't even have a name. The motives are not explained coherently. The actions are filmed terribly. There's no pay-off to some of the seeds. The dialogues are shitty. The villain's scheme is so unimaginably stupid and vague. The assassins have no disguise, no smart weapon usage, the character's choices are idiotic. Oh my God.

[@TonyQuinn]

Hoàng Minh Ngô Vũ I firmly believe that seeing a movie about Callum's Dad on the run protecting his wife and son would have been far superior to the one we got. And yeah his change of heart made no sense.

[@Featinwe]

That's almost exactly what I expected out of this... although I had a little bit of hope due to Fassbender - most of movies with him are rather good or at least OK.

[@CanuckMonkey13]

I just came here after watching the vlog for The Book of Henry and it was fun to go back in time and see Amy get younger, and also know that the tendencies we see here will stay with her into adulthood. (From TBoH vlog: "Ow, no biting.")

[@Gyork_]

Have you seen Warcraft? I'd love to know your opinion on the editting of that movie.

[@doyleharken3477]

Now your soup is full of hair. :[

[@kukulsaurus]

Can´t stop watching the fluffybeast.

[@weirdaljedifan2]

Amycat is cute!

[@svevo]

I bet this is really interesting but after you picked up the kitten I didn't register a single word you said....

[@slimyweasles4973]

Very interesting video. Also I love your cat :)

[@philhood8028]

Did anyone see Marion Cotillard trying to explain the plot on The Graham Norton Show? It was quite amusing, poor lass!

[@kaleksykt]

u shudnt let your kitty climb u, when she's older she's gonna unintentionally hurt u and you'll get angry about it and she won't understand why. i taught my kitty not to use claws on me when she was very little and by the time she was 1 she didn't have to use her claws to jump on my shoulders and balance her body there without hurting me

[@PleasestopcallingmeDoctorImath]

kaleksykt lol

[@pranavp468]

Doctor Robotnik I think she's serious dude ;)

[@fallenmidori]

your cat is stealing soooooo much focusAND I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

[@the_cosmic_alexolotl2282]

The cat is incredible

[@IsabellaNC6996]

Do you think it would be possible someone (maybe aronofsky?) to make a good Specops: the line movie, or is that game especially unadaptable?

[@FoldingIdeas]

No, I would actually say that The Line is particularly adaptable, especially if the producers are willing to go significantly more surrealist with it. You would lose out on some of the specifics that make The Line work so well as an interactive experience, but there's more than enough meat on those bones to carry a film. This is, naturally, helped immensely by The Line's pedigree as an all but direct adaptation of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now. I mean, you would essentially just be making a modern Apocalypse Now with a surrealist bent, but I can think of a lot of worse ideas for movies that have been made just this year.

[@srfrid]

Folding Ideas I disagree, Spec Ops is at its core the relationship we have with videogames. Sure, its foundation lies on war literature, mainly of course Heart of Darkness, but the game uses that to talk about the medium and us. A movie about war that's actually about the relationship that we have with videogames is not feasible to me.

[@FoldingIdeas]

But that wasn't the question. As I already said, many of the specifics that make The Line work so well as an interactive experience would be lost, but the game isn't exclusively about those things, and there's more than enough there to translate into an effective, engaging expression within another medium. In fact I would argue that a savvy screenwriter could just as well adapt the story of Captain Walker to be about the voyeurism inherent in disaster/war movies, playing with the idea of gaze in the same way the game plays with the idea of complicity and obedience to perception.

[@jiheishou]

Sam Fried Apocalypse Now

[@Bassey13455]

loving the increase of content on the channel

[@Sorenzo]

I shit you not - ELEVEN minutes into this video and I'm like "Oh! Right! I DID see this movie!"

[@Cajaquarius]

I thought the whole thing with the Apple of Idunn was that it created illusions/delusions in people and allowed possessors of it to present themselves as messianic figures and miracle workers. Did they add direct mind control to it's repertoire of powers after the second game or something?

[@FoldingIdeas]

The Apple can... do stuff. It's really weird 'cus, you're right, it's presented largely as some Ring of Sauron sort of "project your will" kind of thing, but Abstergo treats it like it's got mind control powers, and when you actually get your hands on it you just use it to vaporize a bunch of dudes.

[@doyleharken3477]

The main writers left after the second game and the overall myth arc derailed as a result. Whatever the original plans for the pieces of Eden, they degenerated into "they can do whatever the current story necessitates" objects of techno-magic.

[@Cajaquarius]

Doyle Harken : Ah, that would explain it. New writers. I prefer the old apple as it was more subtle in the way it works, if a little blasphemous in presentation.

[@Levyathyn]

I believe it was a device originally used to harness and manifest will. It was designed to either intake willpower from an individual or project it over possibly a small group--based on the wielder--and Abstergo, like the original designing race, had plans to use it to affect the entire world. I think, as others have said, part of the problem is the general denigration of writing integrity for the game series and the lack of care and execution on that front from Ubisoft. But, I believe the Apple's power is open to interpretation, as it is simply said to change minds or even reality based on how strong the mind of the user is and what they want to do with it.

[@Obliteradon]

"An incoherent mush of blur", that depicts these movies well enough.

[@QazwerDave]

You should totally do lists each year on best and worst in movie making techniques, I.e. like you say in this video, top # (some number) worst edited movies !!

[@edithprince5305]

Amycat is perfect.

[@RedMagius]

Kiss your silly kitten for me please