Darkman | Welcome To The Basement

[@SpeedSlasher]

Tough Guys Don't Dance, but oddly enough, out of nowhere, Darkman Do Dance.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Fun fact: Bruce Campbell was originally considered to play Peyton/Darkman but the studio rejected him because they didn't feel he could carry such a dark film.

[@TheACanning]

Magna Ryuu If that would happened. We would be on Darkman X by now. Don’t know if that’s a good or bad thing.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Holy hell, I've been watching this show for eight years. Looking forward to eight more, guys. One of the best series on the web.

[@BearlyGamer]

Most underrated line in the history of your show: "Where'd he get a camera!?" "He's Darkman." "That's not good enough!"

[@jacktamagni9843]

I just wanna say how much this show has meant to me ever since it started. I have watched and rewatched it religiously and it has not only coincided with my burgeoning love for movies but also aided in it. matt and craig, not only are you both hilarious but also extremely insightful in your analysis of not only the good films you watch, but the bad ones. thanks for so many years of constantly amazing content!

[@daganmoriarty1973]

True confession; Welcome to the Basement, the only KZbin show I 'thumbs-up' before I even watch it! I mean, it's GONNA be good! ;)

[@craigjohnson6423]

Well, I gotta thumbs that comment up.

[@daganmoriarty1973]

Yes! Craig, I like your style. ;) I hereby 'thumbs-up' your thumbs-up! WHERE will it END?! ...

[@sarabarelyhugs4732]

Same!

[@craigjohnson6423]

@@daganmoriarty1973 Here. It ends here. Ah, well. It was nice while it lasted.

[@bejammin2000]

Whenn he dropped Strack, the one liner was: How would you ever live with yourself? "I'm learning to live with a lot of things lately!"

[@pcwkid76]

I haven't seen this film since my dad took me to see in the theater and I had an epiphany. This is a live action anime. The over the top violence and psych-out scenes would have fit in perfectly in an anime film/series.

[@mattwstewart205]

*Reunited and it feels so good!*

[@NatPix]

Yay! Y’all are back! Congrats on starting season 8 and the high views on Tough Guys Don’t Dance! Now to ask if you’ve seen “Mother, Jugs, and Speed” starring Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel, and Raquel Welsh. It was a movie my mom really liked. I recently bought the VHS from Goodwill. It’s about a private ambulance company.

[@captainloudpants]

I heard that movie inspired Joe Connelly to write Bringing Out the Dead.

[@JosephACKelly]

So glad this is back in my life. Watched the majority of the first 7 series again while on hiatus. So worth it

[@ThatJohnStanley]

I don't know why but that "poke/pick" comment at 4:54 tickled me so much, that I had to pause the video to collect myself. 😂😂😂😂😂 Thank you ❤✌👍

[@NerdOutWithMe]

Yes! What a perfect treat for a Friday!

[@seanhenry2921]

Hurrah! Happy new season, Matt, Craig, and Tona! And what a combo: "Darkman," Stanwyck, and "Twelfth Night"!

[@ummon995]

Matt is the nun to Craig's chuckas.

[@josephmullan6931]

i guarantee I alone account for about half of those tough guys don't dance views

[@fugithegreat]

This show deserves way more views.

[@Morgantist]

How was mega force not in the top ten. Now I need to watch it all weekend long to get it up there.

[@EmpathP]

what a great way to start out my 30th birthday today. Darkman is a movie that's been on my list, so I'm so glad I can watch you guys enjoying it.

[@governor_explosion]

EmpathP Same hat! I turned 28 today (happy birthday to you, too)! The world needs more non-Big Two superhero movies. I love Batman and Spidey, but there’s so much more out there. (I am curious who would win in a fight between Darkman and Batman Begins!Ra’s Al Ghul, but I guess that’s what fanfiction is for.)

[@livlee6401]

How timely this episode turned out to be! Who's here after Neeson's interview with the Independent? What the hell?!?

[@Teaniinja]

Darkman is one of my fav early comic movies. I saw it with my Dad in the theater. Glad u watched it.

[@danieloconnorellis9636]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO best show on KZbin is back!

[@thelovelybones0521]

Damn I love you guys! And that ending was hilarious

[@deadpan80]

16:15 perhaps you are confusing it with the Shadow (1994) with Alec Baldwin - he didn't have the ability to physically change his face but had the ability to cloud other men's minds so they thought he looked different. The Shadow's costume was also very similar with the hat and the cloak and the scarf over the face

[@ralphhodge4295]

Thank you for the Fabulous Thunderbirds

[@BrendanPNW]

Great episode and welcome back. I hope in the future you talk about Dick Miller's passing as he was in at least 3 movies from the show. Partly to honor him and partly so you can do a round of movies for great characters actors that everyone knows when they see them but most people never know their names. To my shame, I always recognized Dick Miller but only his passing have I learned his name.

[@blamesocietyfilms]

3? I thought it was 2. What did I miss?

[@Zylork0122]

Battle Royale is available for free in my area. My college tv package sucks but every once in a while the number of free movies goes from 258 short Netflix documentaries to 3,000 great movies to watch.

[@willsi]

God, I saw this several years back in a "forgotten classics" and "b-movie greats" run. "Darkman" is a gem!

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

And then Matt hits us with that 3 Billboards joke..... well, played.

[@mikecronis]

That was a deep-cut, "I'm seeing double.. FOUR Krustys!"

[@shrisada]

I forgot all about that movie! but I think maybe that is some kind of psychological defence mechanism, that will save me from remembering a less than pleasant experience...

[@StarWarsSurvivalist]

This movie scared the crap out of me...still sort of does. The part where he lays in the box after breaking out of the hospital really did me in.

[@ChipWhitingtonIII]

Aaaand Craig takes this one with that Aerosmith reference.

[@JaredOnYT]

We're back, baby! How is everyone? How are all you fellow Basement Dwellers? Just started my final semester at Cleveland State, I'm hoping this season will soften the senioritis.

[@regbill]

It's great to have you guy's back.

[@TheFleahost]

BTW the doctor who treat his burns is the same actress who played Jessica in Logan’s Run.

[@W00DSMAN]

Long live Welcome To The Basement. The comfiest show on youtube.

[@aestevalis0]

I _did_ catch it on cable at 11pm.

[@Chris_Blaze94]

13:46 I'm surprised you guys didn't mention that the guy sounds like Walken in that scene

[@theULTIMATETetris]

I've hoped you guys would review Darkman eventually.

[@The_Zilla777]

Thank you for this series and all your other series! You all are my favorites on all of youtube!

[@drparnassus2867]

I came across this show by accident, trying to watch bits of Tough Guys Don't Dance on KZbin. Still not seen the movie but watched every episode of this show

[@captainunderpants200]

How is Roar not in the top ten? That episode, not to mention the movie, was bonkers awesome. Also, if you haven't Seen It (TM), please do a review of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. One my all time favourites and the epitome of Terry Gillaim's whimsy.

[@livewithunicorns]

It's really great to have you two back and movie watching........after seeing all your seasons I came to a realization that there is a theme of movie which you haven't yet looked at..........films in which a train is the main focus of the plot, The Cassandra crossing, Silver Streak, the lady vanishes the Von Ryan Express and so on.......what would you two guys consider to be the greatest train type movie?

[@blamesocietyfilms]

We did watch The Great Train Robbery...

[@livewithunicorns]

@@blamesocietyfilms Aye true....lol

[@Hedgpig]

Adum from YMS said The Holy Mountain was his favorite movie a while back, and he mentioned it again on one of the latest podcasts. I bet that's where the traffic is coming from, and it/you guys deserve more.

[@horrorscope07]

Thank you WTTB for reminding me of another movie I watched on HBO as a kid and never figured out what it was.

[@TheDreamingJune]

What a lovely way to start this month off. Cheers to you awesome guys.

[@nickc.8040]

Welcome back! Thanks for adding another film to watch onto my list.

[@OneUponADime]

Always be proud, you guys do awesome work

[@Midge_Manycoats]

I am so happy you guys are back! Hope everyone had an amazing break!

[@arnoldsaidwhat]

Please, make an entire episode of seen It!!

[@stevenloeffler1266]

Great episode!

[@drskelebone]

Eight seasons, and fatherhood has brought Craig an aura of Fatherly Responsibility as his hair grays into a most distinguished look. :)

[@fakebrainclub]

You literally steal someone's identity, then you wait for the bus right outside their apt. Makes perfect sense to me.

[@jeanlucdiscard]

@ 5:44 So Yah, Mr. Darkman, no reason to be snippy with me here, I'm just doin' my job.

[@turnerlarson12]

This is one of those movies that I've seen in it's entirety, but only in 20 to 40 minute chunks while flipping through TV channels.

[@Nebuloid1]

The Holy Mountain ! Love the film and love your review !

[@catalina9844]

Omg! What a crazy potential new friend story.

[@vinniegiovanni]

Totally, I want to know what Matt did to that guy.

[@craigjohnson6423]

@@vinniegiovanni Speaking as someone who knew that guy, I want to know what life did to that guy. Or not. It would no doubt be quite depressing. Besides, he hit on an old girlfriend of mine, too.

[@vinniegiovanni]

@@craigjohnson6423 wow! That is ....wow!

[@GreatWightSpark]

I hope Sloan Rage was triggered.

[@ryangomez5146]

This movie reminds me of the Robert Englund Phantom of the Opera (except without computers, more opera and brutal face stealing). Even some shots were exactly what I would have expected from a Phantom movie and for the longest time I thought this was a weird version of PotO

[@althepal5163]

Woohoo!!!! So happy you're back.

[@Hawkman220]

If you haven't seen it you should watch this French film "King of hearts". First time i watched was in high school and the only film i first saw in a classroom that really spoke to me. It's commentary on the insanity of war is right up there with M.A.S.H. and Catch-22.

[@pianoface]

For years I ran across Battle Royale before realizing what it was. I've seen the kitchen scene countless times in passing on cable but I didn't know what it was from until my mid twenties.

[@pianoface]

There was a viewing of Battle Royale at a local bar years back. It was packed so tight that people were on top of each other. Half way through a drunk guy gets up to use the bathroom, when he came back into the crowd he lost his balance and face planted into the corner of a table. It was as bloody as Battle Royale

[@MovieReviewGuyOfficial]

Yes! This is one of my favorite superhero movies!

[@benhillman8384]

Great stuff as ever. I remember watching an out of context segment of darkman while pretending to be asleep on the sofa next to my mum as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. It wasn't until years later that I saw the deferred dissappointment of the rest in uni. Btw have you guys done artsy fartsy heartfelt film intacto yet? You haven't? You should see intacto. Uncomfortable father son kisses from Max von Sydow aside, it's strangely mesmerizing.

[@legofan370]

Another person in the running for Darkman was Bill Paxton who ironically brought Liam Neeson with him to one of the auditions. After Neeson got the part, Paxton didn't speak to him for over a year. But I very much agree that Bruce Campbell (as well as Paxton) would've warranted a MUCH better movie as opposed to Neeson.

[@ef6712]

Welcome back ya'll. Fun episode to start off the new season! :)

[@williamhiniker7900]

Craig was in rare form in this episode. Congrats on season 8!!!! Have you guys ever seen Hudson Hawk?

[@zsandmann]

Man I forgot how much I enjoyed Darkman as a kid.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

Also how can you "gloss over" the first bad guy that Darkman kills, that being Pauly played by Sam's brother Ted? It's one of the most comedic and gruesome at the same time in the movie.

[@aestevalis0]

I saw Darkman back when it was relatively new. I don't remember if I saw the sequels.

[@ariesjfgfjjdf2032]

Darkman is great, like comic book in motion

[@yogurtman33]

Have you guys seen "Dust Devil" (1992)? My friend and I watched it thinking it was going to be silly but it ended up being pretty great. The visuals are cool and so are the characters

[@TheDoctorProfessor]

11:10 nice Aerosmith reference Craig

[@CorndogNinja]

I should give this movie another look! I saw it several years ago when I just knew Sam Raimi as "the Spider-Man guy"... now that I've seen some of his earlier horror works it'd be fun to reevaluate this as it's a bit of a superhero/horror blend.

[@governor_explosion]

Corndog Ninja Oh hey cool, I didn’t know you were into this show, too. I love your JoJo/Eric Andre edits.

[@CorndogNinja]

@@governor_explosion Thank you very much! Yeah, I've been a Blame Society fan since WAY back, in the Chad Vader days. Think I even ended up on Seen It? once or twice.

[@gydeme]

Hey guys welcome back! I was wondering whether you watched the newest Coen Brothers film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs? I'm sure you have but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. I thought the writing, cinematography and acting were excellent and each vignette gave me plenty to ponder.

[@beareggers]

When we were 12 my friend dressed up like Darkman for halloween. He freak raged every time someone asked if he was the invisible man.

[@thelab8799]

@20:00 What cameo? The song???

[@jonathanstern5537]

Speaking of Danny Elfman, Forbidden Zone, a strange, weird, wacky movie with music and a cameo by Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo. Seen it?

[@wellthismachinekills3809]

Woo ! Back in the Basement !

[@Scallycowell]

"TAKE THE FUCKING ELEPHANT!!" -Academy Award Nominee Liam Neeson

[@TheNobod3]

I like to think Liam Neson personally gave them a tip that he would be in the news real soon

[@xxredjayxx]

Welcome back guys

[@ChrisMaxfieldActs]

The actress at 10:10 looks like Laura Dern.

[@Aramis419]

I was about to go on a “YOU CAN’T OUT SPRINGSTEEN ME!!!” tirade. Oh. I get it. darkness on the edge of town. Darkman, ha. Ha. Ha.

[@zach25man4]

8:44 my mind read stark instead of strack 😂

[@jacobfrederiksen1129]

Have you gents talked about The Death of Stalin on your show? I would be interested to know your thoughts about it.

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

Matt, I love you. Get ready: driving jokes into the side of anybody's turned face who is a) trying to watch the movie or b) is uncomfortable with the humor for one reason or another is 1) uncomfortable to watch and 2) please don't. Poor Craig. Jeesh! But, I luv ya. Ya big LUNK! (I really do you like you guys. And your Tough Guys Don't Dance ep. is cinema criticism art and comedy gold. Thank you guys.)

[@lyambotting5833]

Have you seen the Ballad of Buster Scruggs, I just watched it and thought it was great. Even if you have seen it, I would like to hear your thoughts on it.

[@Aramis419]

“He drinks most of a bottle of whiskey and tries to make out with Tona right in front me!” Holy shit that gave me a fright! “I’ve never been in Wisconsin!” I said to myself. Well, wrong Tona, wrong side of the Appalachians, but I still owe someone somewhere an apology.

[@BarryDoubletBoardGames]

Is it a monster movie or a superhero movie? Doesn't matter...still love it

[@SirGeeeO]

Are you planning on releasing season 2 as one long video the way to did with season 1?

[@johnegancomedy]

Great ep, guys.

[@MadamFoogie]

That "dancing freak" part really screwed with me when I was a little kid. I saw the movie with my parents, and I was far too young. The gore and explosions didn't bother me. However, I *hated* how Darkman was yelling at his cat. I distinctly remember screaming, "HE'S SO MEAN! I HOPE HE DIES!" and running out of the living room to go hide somewhere.

[@GILtheMighty]

Welcome back boys

[@mrsrobophile]

Perhaps you have Darkman confused with Clayface?

[@CaptChrispy]

Perhaps the Narrator from Fight Club is Son of Darkman destroying all those buildings

[@PennyORadical]

Continuing my 7 season (now 8) campaign for "Flight of Dragons". The cover turns people off because they made it look like a young kid movie, but that is only because they wanted to sell more to that demographic. Kids can watch and enjoy it, but its compelling , has a lot of mature themes, and the artistry is excellent. Great characters, great story, and great art.

[@PoseidonXIII]

What a trip!

[@aestevalis0]

That was an... interesting... transition.

[@ZeppelinHerdertheMagnanimous]

Seen it? 20,000 leagues under the sea? Not great as adaptations go but fun, special effects that hold up 60+ years later, and great performances by Peter Lorre, James Mason, and the apparently immortal Kirk Douglas.