DEMOLITION MAN (1993) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING |

[@matushorvath]

There are so many things in this movie that we no longer even notice, because they have become reality, but were a complete sci-fi in 1993. Like tablet computers, video conferencing, electric cars, talking with a computer, using NFC chips for unlocking doors, Arnold Schwarzenegger's career in politics...

[@vodengc520]

When Taco Bell got rid of the mexican pizza, they lost any chance to win the Franchise Wars. They brought it back, but I suspect the trust has been damaged too much.

[@markcarpenter6020]

This movie and Idiocracy are almost prophetic

[@DanVibesTV]

@@vodengc520 in the European version it is not Taco Bell, but Pizza Hut :) Because almost nobody in Europe knew them at the time and therefore would probably not get the joke. 😁 In my country, Austria there isn't a single Taco Bell restaurant. In Germany there are only 2, and those are within US military bases

[@USCFlash]

@Matúš Horváth Are you completely ignorant??? "There are so many things in this movie that we no longer even notice, because they have become reality, but were a complete sci-fi in 1993" 1. dude, video- conferencing was not "complete sci-fi" in 1993. put down the crack pipe. At&t released their first video phone in 1970. I used one at my dad's office when I was 4 years old in 1975. 2. tablet computers were not complete sci-fi. In 1989, the GRiDPad 1900, was released, 4 years before this movie. 3. electric cars were not complete sci-fi. The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890. 103 years before this film. The Bersey Electric Cab was the first electric taxi cab in London. in 1897 a total fleet of 77 were built & in service at once. In the US by 1900 40 percent of automobiles were powered by steam, 38 percent by electricity, and 22 percent by gasoline. A total of 33,842 electric cars were registered in the US There were 250+ listed manufacturers who produced an electric vehicle in the US pre ww2 electric car models go back decades. electric vehicles were used by companies on loading docks. east German postal service in the 50s & 60s used electric vans. 4. The idea of communicating with a computer started practically in 1966. MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a computer & anyone could come & chat with it. He called it ELIZA, and it changed everything. Besides, people were talking to "HAL" 25 years before this film. 5. do people even do basic research anymore? none of this is that complicated.

[@Elviolli]

Not to mention Jesse Ventura was one of the goons and he became governor of Minnesota later on haha.

[@maximillianosaben]

I’ve said it countless times before and I’ll say it again, Wesley Snipes is essentially playing The Joker in this movie, and he’s great at it.

[@spydude38]

Fun movie. Wesley Snipes even 30 years ago got to use his martial arts knowledge in some of the fight scenes. Who knew that only five years later he'd get to showcase those talents as a Marvel Comic dark super hero starring in "Blade".

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

They had to tell him to slow down his kicks because they were too fast and looked like a blur on camera.

[@rebo2610]

That police chief was played by Bob Gunton, Warden Norton in Shawshank Redemption! I never noticed that!

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

Captain Benjamin Maxwell on Star Trek TNG

[@trygswyrmwoodside3229]

You inspire joy-joy feelings in all of us.

[@GothDuck]

Cool Hand Luke (1967)- Paul Newman 😎 Papillon (1973)- Steve McQueen / Dustin Hoffman🦋 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)- Paul Newman / Robert Redford🤠

[@joejawson5264]

Simon Says has been around for centuries. Earliest instance from the column of miscellanea, All Sorts of Paragraphs, in the Boston Morning Post (Boston, Massachusetts) of 25th April 1842 (the game was already well known at that time, since it is implicitly referred to.

[@JoeXTheXJuggalo1]

I forgot how the it happened but due to an accident by the doctors when Sylvester Stallone was born they messed up or broke his jaw when pulling him out. So that's why he has that a unique face (jaw line) and that's also what made him have that his unique voice too. Now for the 3 sea shells. From what I remember is that you would use 2 of the seashell like tongs to grab any hanging poop from your rear and you used the 3rd seashell to scrape it off any remains.

[@Mantis_Toboggan_MD.]

In the 1990's this film was seen as just a bit too ludicrous. Now in 2023 it's crazy to see how much of it has actually come to pass!

[@dansdiscourse4957]

Crazy historian making cryptic comment: Wait.

[@stanleydavidlepretre4241]

If *The Man* comes up with a machine that fines you cash/credits for fucking swearing my response is going to be... Good luck trying to collect. I'll be living in a van down by the river, lol.

[@GullibleTarget]

It already was that way. With a bit less technology, is all. I was a young adult at the time: things are just more of what they already were.

[@thorstrebla980]

​@@GullibleTarget The reason the film was even made was because it had gone too far at that point. Thirty years ago.

[@GullibleTarget]

@@thorstrebla980 like I said: more of the same. Same thing was said 30 years before that.

[@flexableferret]

I remember the Taco Bell commercials at the time had that clip of her saying “Now all restaurants are Taco Bell”. Loved this movie.

[@DMichaelAtLarge]

The head cop with the round glasses and bald head looks familiar because that actor played the warden in "Shawshank Redemption."

[@markcarpenter6020]

Its amazing how much about the future this move got right. Im think this movie and Idiocracy will someday be seen as near prophetic.

[@jessecortez9449]

Don't need to be prophetic when the creators of Science Fiction always seem to have serious connections to those that mold society. Even as far back as H.G. Wells, the "Father of Science Fiction," he had direct connections to leaders of industry, finance, technology and politics. His nonfiction writings get overlooked for the sake of the fiction but he was telling what those leaders where putting into motion on the long timeline.

[@lance7135]

Someday, huh? I think we're a lot closer to these futures than anyone wants to admit :)

[@andresMadrid7651]

Actually the movie is a representation of the book A happy world from Aldous Huxley, it's a distopyan reality where liberties are cut out.

[@LoZenith75]

Someday? We are already in, thanks to politically correct and false hypocrite good people....

[@blechtic]

If Idiocracy is prophetic, nobody will notice.

[@bplup6419]

I'm always amused that the future gun Simon uses is a G11. An experimental rifle produced in 1990 that's basically what you get when you tell German designers to have fun.

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

You might also be interested to know, that the character of Lenina Huxley played by Sandra Bullock is a reference to Lenina Crowne from the novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

[@onikaze8445]

Simon Says is a children's game in the same vein as red light green light. the participants are only supposed to respond when the leader says "Simon Says", as in, "Simon Says touch your nose." the commands will continue with saying "Simon Says" or not, if the players start to move without "Simon says " preceding the command they are "out"

[@Flastew]

This is one of the those movies that are just fun. Great job Lady Mary, very cool reaction.

[@wolf9walker]

It's a freight elevator, they are made to handle more weight than a standard elevator. And with this one being big enough for the car, it probably was made for cars, maybe that place was an underground car storage area, this is the last car.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

3:59 "Oh, where have I seen him???" He was the prison warden in Shawshank Redemption. 🙂

[@rexracer3221]

This was one of Sandra Bullock's first movies (1993). I saw an interview where production crew talked about her being super nice. Between takes she was basically babysitting the children on set by playing with them and keeping them entertained... No one hired her do do that.

[@MessOfThings]

Imagine seeing Sandra Bullock in only this movie and Gravity. You have a lot to look forward to.

[@SimoExMachina2]

The police chief was also in Shawshank Redemption playing the Warden.

[@thejamppa]

Simpliest answer for three shead shells is: Its bide control. Water on off, waiter temprature and water pressure and air cooling. Bit like those fancy japanese smart toilets. Wesley Snipes was so fun in this one. it took me years to noticePhoenix had heterochromia in this film, which just added flavour of John Phoenix. Other good Wesley Snipes films besides Blade 1-2, are Passenger 57 and White men can´t Jump.

[@shainewhite2781]

One of my favorite Stallone Action Adventure films I've ever seen!

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

This IS one of my favourite action movies, period.:)

[@EclecticSundries]

John Spartan’s daughter is actually in the movie, but her story line was cut. She is one of the scrapers with Edgar in the sewers. When they come to the surface with the cop and are talking to the rotund guy, she is the curly haired woman on Edgar’s left (right of screen)

[@foulrot]

Ha! Mary doesn't know how the three seashells work.

[@3DJapan]

Fun fact: in foreign releases of this film Taco Bell was replaced with Pizza Hut because Taco Bell was only in the US at the time.

[@nigeltrotter2886]

2:21- Hold that thought. 21:28- There we go.

[@FluffySylveonBoi]

Because I've seen Rambo first and then Rocky, the Rambo role is the most iconic for me, so it really is often hard to see him as someone else in movies.

[@t0dd000]

Stallone. To see his range, watch Copland. Excellent film, with Stallone in a serious role.

[@sinelo3965]

Did you notice that Sandra Bullock's character's last name is Huxley, like the author of 'Brave New World' and 'Island'? The Simon Says game is much older

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Also her first name is Lenina, from Lenina Crowne a character in Brave New World and also a pseudonym of Lenin.

[@andresMadrid7651]

This world is turning a combination of a brave world and 1984

[@themulattomaker2602]

I don't know if people in Belgium went all derp-panic when COVID hit and bought everything off the shelves, but here in the States it was hard to find toilet paper for months. So people started talking about trying to figure out how to use the three seashells 😁

[@YourXavier]

12:15 Here and several other times, you touch on an important point: While the society presents itself as peaceful and harmonious, we keep being shown things that imply that it's actually a dystopian horror-show. It might look peaceful, but only as long as you play by the rules set by your unelected overlord. If you don't, down into the sewers you go. Even just the recurring joke about being fined for swearing implies that your every word is being recorded. There's no such thing as privacy in this world. Another example is the question of why the scraps stay in the sewers and don't just take over completely. There must be something holding them back and it's clearly not the police force.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

when every neighbor becomes the secret police, well the spyware on your phone just helps them build their case as they report you doesn't even have to be true, you just have to be made example of

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Mellow Greetings Mary, what seems to be your boggle? 😂😂😂😂 I LOVE this movie. Still planning to build a shelf with 3 seashells at home. Just because i can 😂 Greetz from your neighbour 🇳🇱

[@theunknownunknowns256]

The Dish. 2000. For a feel good movie Mary. It's very good.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

“Sylvester Stallone has such a specific face.” He actually got some plastic surgery done on his face before this movie. If you watch Rocky 2 and Rocky 3, you can see the change in how he looks from movie to movie.

[@daniellanctot6548]

@Mary : The “Simon says” kids game is the English version of the French game “Jean dit” where all must obey orders only if the leader of the game says “Simon says”/“Jean dit” before the order is given.

[@dansdiscourse4957]

Yes, and so the game has been around a long time. Simon just uses it to troll people and because it's a play on his name

[@wyterabitt2149]

Well it's the other way around but yea, that's the French version of the English game.

[@3DJapan]

Funny you ask about a game. There is at least one video game based on the movie but there's another video game that totally unrelated but it's called MDK. I always wondered if there was a connection so I looked it up recently and found out yes, the title was inspired by this movie. As far as the Simon Says game, that is like 150 years old.

[@Eidlones]

Sci-Fi is a VERY broad genre. It can literally be any type of movie. Horror, comedy, drama, action, even fantasy.

[@adaddinsane]

That's because while it's called a "genre" it isn't, it's a type of setting. The idea that it (and fantasy) are genres comes from bookshops just wanting to put all that weird stuff in one place. (This is a hill I will die on.)

[@eolsunder]

This and Speed the introduction of the beautiful Sandra Bullock into the movie world.

[@KEVMAN7987]

1984 & Brave New World brought together to create a background setting for a sci-fi action movie.

[@kreuz7sieben]

This was one of my favourite movies as a kid. I love it when you say "Oh Nöö" 😂

[@marie-helenemartel7147]

It is a surprisingly very good movie, thanks for reacting!

[@lolmao500]

Its funny shes called Lenina Huxley... Huxley is a shout out to Aldous Huxley, who wrote the book Brave New World that takes place in the future where everyone is controlled and have a life based on ``non violence and joy joy`` like this movie's future is.

[@1massboy]

Oh boy! I love this movie. It’s absolutely cuckoo bananas and a lot of fun. Wesley Snipes is the living embodiment of the joker in this movie. He just chews scenery like a master here.

[@N1ghtwave_05]

Joker in an alternate universe 😂

[@stanleydavidlepretre4241]

Loved playing The Demolition Man video game on (3DO) Panasonic Interactive Multiplayer console. Insanely hard to advance through and when you least expect it Simon Phoenix's cackling voice saying *I am so scared* hits.

[@taraeasley1447]

This movie is so much fun. Hope you and the baby enjoy it!!! 😀

[@TornSoul062473]

hahaha "he doesn't know how to use the three seashells."

[@rebo2610]

"He doesn't know how to use the three shells!"

[@philipcoggins9512]

The best thing about this movie is how both John Spartan and Simon Phoenix realize that Dr. Cocteau is the true villain of this story...

[@williammatthews693]

I wonder how many smart-ass directors there are who, after filming the demolition of a building for which there are no retakes and once the smoke settles says, "Okay, we're gonna need to refilm that." That must be one of the oldest jokes in Hollywood.

[@robg5640]

Mary, to see Stallone in a different kind of role you should watch Copland. Great movie with a star cast (DiNero, Liotta, Keitel, and many more)

[@jakubfabisiak9810]

As to the "loaded" weapons in the museum. It's mainly for plot reasons (obviously), and the society depicted in this docummentary is just stupid enough to do that, but weapons on display in museums should be de-milled (otherwise known as "deactivated") - such weapons have the essential parts either bored through, or welded shut, to make them physically incapable of firing any sort of ammunition.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

NOBODY can rant like Denis Leary! Loved his "No Cure For Cancer" standup.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

🤔 I already ordered my lunch, but now I'm wishing I'd chosen a 🐀🍔 instead! 😝

[@seanodonnell8001]

This is a delightfully campy movie though some of its extreme measures are becoming facts in the world which is creepy. Not that far off. The children's game "Simon Says" has been in existence in it's recognizable form since the early 1800's. There are written records of it being referenced dating back to the 1870's and its mentioned the game is long known. The French variant has written records back to the 1850's, so... yeah. Fun facts about games today with your Demolition Man movie!

[@wyterabitt2149]

Where did you get those dates from? English records of it go back to the early 1800s (1820s) and that is referencing an already established old game. The earliest record I have seen for the French version was after the 1800s.

[@BubblyRainbows]

I don't remember when I originally saw this movie, but I don't think I was older than 10. And out of all the fun and campiness one thing stuck in my mind more than anything else. When my dad randomly decided to watch "Demolition Man" a couple years ago and asked if I wanted to watch with him, my response was "Is that the movie where the little girl says, 'fuck you, Lady' to the reporter?" That clip was the bit I remembered most clearly. 🤣

[@SeanHendy]

I remember buying this on VHS (DVDs didn't exist then), about 1995. To put this into context, the internet, I would see for the first time in late 1998 and my first dial up internet was in 2000. It is interesting to see how the references envisaged in this imaginary future, stand the test of time 30 years later. For example, the helicopter that Stallone is in at the beginning, the chinook, is still in service. Lightweight electric cars, we're still some way off those being the norm.

[@obocecha]

I really hope you enjoy this one!

[@AlanAvis]

I still can't figure out how the seashells work.

[@Herovirtigo]

The 3 seashells probably operate a bidet

[@GullibleTarget]

They don't. They do so much more. They are a lot more fun than bidets. I sometimes take a 'half shell' just for the fun of it.

[@stoicoutrider2788]

I love Demolition Man. One of my favorites. I really hope you get into Fifth Element next

[@0lyge0]

I haven't seen this since it came out in theaters and I'd forgotten a lot of it but I remembered the eyeball part so I got a good laugh when Mary was so relieved nothing too bad happened a bit too soon.

[@garyhyacienth1907]

So empathetic and n pure, it really separates u from the rest, keep it up darling ur the best😘

[@ripeager9338]

interesting that you mention the drowning bit earlier in the movie for the stasis bit, because Stallone hated filming that bit most as he was petrified that he would drown during shooting of the scene which took 5 hours to shoot.

[@charlesleerae9023]

Awesome movie. Thank you for awesome content Mary and "Be well"

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

This is one of those fun, guilty pleasure movies. As long as you accept it's tongue in cheek attitude, you can have a lot of fun with it.

[@cheekyboomboom8973]

4:01 You would have seen that actor as the crooked warden in The Shawshank Redemption

[@RottedPopcornandHorror1966]

The verbal Simon says has been around it says since biblical times, a reference to the story of Simon Peter. But the game was well know since 1842. The electronic game however came out in 1978.xx

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Mary, I would tell you how the three seashells work, but I don't want to violate the KZbin TOS. Besides.. now that all restaurants are Taco Bells the seashells work even better..

[@GullibleTarget]

Wait until she finds out why the middle shell rotates.

[@zombiewafle]

I was watching your reaction as best as I can but that glare was creating optical illusions on your shirt as well lol

[@gallendugall8913]

And now "the three sea shells" and "all restaurants are Taco Bell" are part of your life.

[@jayeisenhardt1337]

I thought taco bell was impossible to be some expensive fancy place with piano man playing commercials. Now I see the 0.29 burrito cost $10 bucks. We are getting there slowly but surely.

[@Zerbyte]

Rambo is a must and also Tango and Cash is another movie to see Stallone in different roles.

[@TheCashcrue]

Very prophetic.

[@toodlescae]

Simon Says was a game long before this movie was even a thought in someone's mind.

[@stuartcook8823]

Hey, Mary, You probably remember "him" as the warden in The Shawshank Redemption.

[@Enrique-Garcia]

The idea behind the seashells is that you use 2 of them like fingers to "pinch off" whatever's sticking out when you're finished, and then the 3rd one to scrape whatever's left. Clearly wasn't very well thought out.

[@tarzapopohead]

Growing up in the 80s being a GEV X the Oscar Meter song was just as repeated on Saturday morning cartoons.

[@persallnas5408]

The guy you recognized is the bad guy in Shawshank among other films, typecast I suppose. (feeling a bit sad for him)

[@htt232101]

This movie has one of my favourite lines in it of any movie ever...."must have done something right in a previous life, can't imagine what it would have been" 😂😂😂😂

[@timothyhedrick5295]

The only reason I am watching this is to watch Mary laugh and "face palm" at the campiness....

[@timothyhedrick5295]

@@rustincohle2135 Yep, I forgot the Sandra Bullock humor in this.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie. Westly Snipe is a great actor. You should see his other great movies Passenger 57 and Blade . In the Europe version of the movie it is Pizza Hat instead of Taco Bell.since is Taco Bell is not that common in Europe :). What I think you miss is that Arnold and Stallone were kind of competitors in the 80s and 90s that is why they make fun of the other in their movies :). You should also check out Point Break and Roadhouse.

[@redhotchilipepperslego2529]

Another fun Stallone movie is 'Daylight.'

[@ImmortalTreknique]

Still one of my favourite movies 😁👍💪👊🍻

[@TheJamieRamone]

6:01 - So 1/2 of the people are doing Shanelle Riccio's impression of Ben Affleck, got it. 😂

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

This is like the 10th recent video in which you were wearing that shirt. You were working hard that day.

[@MovieswithMary]

I had only one comfortable pregnancy shirt yet at that time 😂 so it was wash, wear, repeat

[@billfrantz1638]

One of my favorites! 🎉

[@nattyboh2944]

This movie is SO fun!

[@WoncoTheSane]

Here is to hoping that Stallone's greatest movie, the gangster comedy "Oscar," one day makes your list. A hilarious farce with an out of this world cast. I believe it would work really well here given your good nature, sense of humor, and willingness to include your audience in sometimes needed silly fun. Love your work, hope the channel grows and grows. (also only a handful of the top reactors have had a viewing of Oscar, so yours would rate very high with Stallone fans young and old. Health, wealth, and happiness to you and yours.

[@otakuwolf4ever985]

8:50 Best part of the movie.

[@soundguy78]

Nice! Love this movie! Let's get it!😎😝😂👀👍💕🍷

[@alittlebitgone]

Mary doesn't get how the three seashells work!!

[@williamozier918]

This was the last great entry in the genre of Meathead Sci Fi Movies That Are Smarter Than You Think. The winner of that genre is They Live, but the star of taht genre is Arnold.

[@reggiebrown9508]

Wesley Snipes was basically playing a version of the Joker.

[@bearsfaninaz480]

You're almost ready for The Expendables. Just need a few Transporter Movies, Lethal Weapon 4, Romeo Must Die, The One, Desperado, and Assassins.

[@chrisbiebel6205]

If you want hilarious sci-fi, check out Mars Attacks. It's a Tim Burton film (he did Nightmare Before Christmas. I think that's the only movie of his you've seen so far). I rewatched it recently and had forgotten how funny it was (and to say it has an all star cast is an understatement). It spoofs 1950's sci-fi movies.

[@philmullineaux5405]

The police chief.... Shawshank Redemption!

[@matthew6427]

I think "Moon" would make a great movie for you. It's underrated but it's really, really good. You should imdb or rotten tomatoes it & check it out. It's sci-fi done really well.

[@calise616]

You edited it a bit short, but a great movie and reaction anyways! :)

[@RAD-82ndABN]

You have to watch a 1992 movie, ‘The Last of the Mohicans’! It’s predates the United States of America when the America was a British colony… A matter of fact a Conflict between the British and French both side claimed territorial and had armed disputes that culminated into the French and Indian War... Both sides hired native Americans to fight for their cause… Another Fact: A young British Colonel named George Washington (the founding father and first President of USA)! During the French and Indian War, George Washington accidentally kickstarted the European 7 year war which ultimately seen the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte!! The movie show one of the skirmishes between the British and French on the territory disputes…

[@robjamysan718]

Mary is our future dystopian ruler, confirmed

[@dumbcat]

13:45 "Kinda wouldn't mind like wearing more robe-style clothing. Not like jeans feels that nice all the time." A dress?