Diva of the century maybe (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider)

[@buttercup-vz2ut]

“she’s literally batman with a james bond sun and indiana jones moon” my god i love you

[@mikesmic]

I spilled

[@EmeraldAriell]

This says it all

[@hayleythekid]

​@@mikesmickudos for saying that, for spilling 👏

[@francissanchez5640]

the correct reaction to a mike's mic video

[@celiner9920]

@@mikesmicnot important but me and my brothers calls you Microphoni Michelangelo or micks mick

[@rileyjacobs3553]

the zoom call edit oh my GODDD new bit unlocked please keep doing that

[@maximehartwig]

corporate erin!!!

[@emmaflint1758]

diva of the century is mike’s masters degree actually

[@mikesmic]

Waitttttttt

[@bebepastiche9105]

It’s disgusting more people don’t give Lara the respect she deserves. Mike is righting years of injustice with this one. Love the girl who has like 3 sets of dead bio parents

[@alexpuntiel]

Her original parents disowned her but were alive still. They said "she a problem child." 🤣

[@thatreaderoverthere3182]

“thank you mother mike for feeding us” we all say in unison

[@chermengthang]

As a Cambodian, I can confirm that us being featured/referenced in Tomb Raider still remain our biggest contribution to the world. It’s still being talked about by the authority in Siem Reap where the temple was filmed/depicted at.

[@lagoonlurk]

can confirm. i visited family in cambodia and when i stopped at ang kor the thing that was advertised the most was definitely the tomb raider relations lol. stunning place beyond that though, never seen anything like it

[@ninakatz7916]

10:00 the implication that Michael’s last name is microphone. Why yes. Why yes!

[@DKF_oli]

its canon

[@Ciara_Turner]

He is indeed the one and only Mr. Michael Microphone!

[@in-aurait-elle]

I always thought it was Micheal Microsoft because software engineering

[@starthelotus3453]

His first name is actually Micycle

[@canofbeef]

I love Michaelphone

[@maddiemurphy9252]

Ok Mike tackling the “what is grave robbing what is archaeology?” discourse is feeding my little archaeologist heart today

[@xKT]

As a gamer in their early 30s, I grew up worshipping Lara Croft. I used to "train" at the lake holding my breath as long as she had to in the old games as a child and dressed as her for Halloween way too many years. This is the crossover I needed to make my entire year. So excited to enjoy this! ❤🙏

[@the_sapphirerose]

Yeah Lara was pretty big in my household growing up too! I only ever played the Lara's Home levels and I have all of the tutorial lines burned into my memory to the point where if I get frustrated and say "No, that's not right" to myself, I'll end up telling myself I "need to press forward and jump at the same time; run back to the start and try again" to calm myself down a little.

[@mariiazubova7198]

Same

[@wildwitchwest]

same. im replaying the original games on switch currently

[@A2kisses]

A Tomb Raider game was the first video game I ever owned (after I pestered my dad for it), and after that I fell in love with games. A decade and a half later, I'm wrapping up studies in game art (design). One could say, mother Lara quite literally chose the trajectory of my life. 😭

[@potatoppppower]

Well done on nearly finishing your studies, you're an icon@@A2kisses

[@jvever4904]

Latin America is STILL obsessed with Tomb Raider and do annual reruns on various tv channels... Lara Croft is an icon and always will be.

[@bobthefairy]

OMGGG YES!! a Tv Channel rerun the first movie Last week, here in Brazil.

[@venusinvoyage]

We love miss *Laura Cruz*

[@gh.stb12rd]

Laura is our patron saint for realsiess

[@sowoey1996]

angelina jolie as lana croft was one of the most iconic and memorable (imo THEE top) of the core LESBIAN AWAKENING characters of the 2000s nd im gagggeedd mike is talking abt it !!!

[@imfamoushero]

!!!!!!!!!!!

[@justwhistle]

i agree

[@Amsayy]

@@sowoey1996 this was also the cause of one of my parents "sit down and reassure our child that it's okay if she loves women" talks with me lmao 😂

[@unidentifieduser]

FACTS SPEAK ON IT

[@middsummer]

MEEEE FR as a metal head lesbian, when i realised Korn had a song on the tomb raider: cradle of life film I LOST IT ( also please please check out the song if ya want to "Did my time" is my absolute fav and Angelina Jolie absolutely DESTROYED the mv

[@altarwall]

another point on archaeology vs tomb raiding: if you are going in focusing on artifacts only you are tomb raiding. archaeology is as much about the soil as it is about the stuff you find in it, as the layers of the material can tell you a lot about time and potential different periods of activity. by blasting through it looking for flashy artifacts all of that important information is permanently lost! you can only excavate something once before the integrity of the soil and deposit is ruined. unfathomable information has been lost because artifacts are presented outside of their context when raided for profit.

[@utterfl]

As someone who is born after 2002 my attention is yours and my hands are off the wheel

[@certifiedpharb]

love the Brittany reference lol

[@ellaezzell]

"microphone manor" is such a slay though

[@whoishanka]

Yes michael’s microphone, thank you for this piece of media.

[@katcardenascruz]

Mike literally exactly understands how to use “🙂‍↕️and🙂‍↔️”

[@Sara-hc9bs]

her and bayonetta 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ they’re having a queen off

[@in-aurait-elle]

No they’re queen oomfs

[@WidowmakersAss]

@@in-aurait-ellethey’re gfs 🙄

[@tonyalex4305]

And rayne from bloodrayne

[@Riverr5]

Someone write this fanfic.

[@oneiromancing]

pitting unstoppable divas against each other 😑

[@neukdaegang]

the potter puppet pals reference really pushed this over the top

[@hiitsaria]

The way I was OBSESSED with this woman when I was in elementary school. Loved the movies, loved the games, wanted to do... theft of artifacts of great cultural importance I guess? It was the 00s so I was several centuries late on that I fear

[@akir4979]

Several centuries late is foul💀

[@nonsens0815]

Every now and than in my life tomb raider and especially Lara Croft become my hyperfixation for some months. I think I am at this point in life again

[@Elysia-vk1ys]

as an autistic person no one person has ever given me so many world-shatteringly fantastic vocal stims as micheal and his microphone.

[@skylarberry3754]

I felt the reverberation of this upload flow out through the universe

[@redlovestaylor]

Heidi Moneymaker was also ScarJo’s stunt double in the MCU. She’s ICONIC.

[@mari9272]

We need a Hailey Berry's Catwoman video!! The make-up villan, the cat resuscitation scene, the basketball gamee. Pure gold

[@nzingahendricks4128]

I second this notion ✨

[@nviz47]

Oooh thirded! Or, a Hailey Berry appreciation post because also: Storm? My gosh cool woman, iconic

[@orgyonmyown]

OMG! I watched that movie TWICE in the cinema when it came out back in 2001! I was 11. Went for a third time but they kicked me out because I was the only one that bought a ticket and it wasn't worth playing the movie for just one kid. 😭I was so obsessed with Angelina. It's still the best Tomb Raider movie. So camp, so stylish, so adventurous and just fun. It's that "Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle" energy...

[@Duolingoservant]

Mike I'm loving the stand that holds up the gossip girl posters. Its giving architectural realness and a bit of cünt ngl

[@18ambz2]

I used to imagine that Lara Croft had so many different origin stories because she was a storyteller at heart and always wanted to amp up the stakes when someone asked.

[@blulousherry]

One of my childhood core memories is sitting at my friend Christens computer as she tried to get past the scarab level where they were all coming for you and being the strategist I am told her to jump up and use the monkey bars to escape them and get out of the room and it worked! She got past that part finally. Loving that you posted this and love you so much!! 💚💚

[@Oona_Mae]

When I was little, I would sit on my Grampa's lap and watch him play Tomb Raider. She was everything, and a big part of that was because of how I got to experience her. My grampa died recently and I'm over 30. Those are still some of my favorite childhood memories.

[@mikeym1121]

Last night my sister and I were discussing the slayification of these movies. Mike posts a video today. He sees all.

[@Amsayy]

Why isn't this 5 hours long so I can watch it while I work overnight and be entertained Also to add: Lara Croft: tomb raider is how my parents clocked me as a lady fruit when I was like 8/9 years old.

[@An_Area_of_Grey]

“It’s not supernatural don’t waste my time” I could write an essay about how these type of adventures fall apart when it’s revealed that the artefact doesn’t have a supernatural origin.

[@mylahobbit1815]

"what is the difference between archaeology and grave robbing?" me, literally taking 'archaeological ethics' this semester: good question

[@lrb95]

My hyper fixation KZbinr making a video about my hyper fixation movie??? a gigantic slay

[@wolfenhalo]

oh my lord the angelina jolie tomb raider films were an essential iconic life defining moment of my childhood and I have kept dvds to this day

[@megansslore]

when all the besties wanted to be Disney princesses meanwhile I just wanted to wield dual pistols and uncover ancient artifacts

[@aoife08619]

And say 'no' every time I pick up the wrong key.....

[@pseudonymous9153]

yes, you're not like other girls

[@aoife08619]

@@pseudonymous9153 and you're not funny.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

​@@pseudonymous9153) who are "other girls"?

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

Mike does a great CEO voice, I can really imagine him waffling about how much it hurt to sack half of the employees after his companys hit video game Lara Croft vs Charlie's Angles only sold 15 billion copies

[@LethalByte69]

I wanted that bungie cord in my living room so badddd 😭😭😭

[@SlapadelicMusic]

“Where’s your head at” by Basement Jaxx is classic rock

[@tacticaljunk1608]

I appreciate you doing your research and analyzing the character with a little more respect. Most people just say haha 90's boobs, but including Gard's philosophy on caricaturization is something not a lot of people bother to talk about. Lara was originally envisioned as a cartoony character who explores Atlantis and does flips while dual wielding machine guns, and her appearance was meant to be equally silly and unreal.

[@TombRaider_Remastered]

I’ll have to find the documentary, Tobey did say he exaggerated her portions more as at the time it would be harder to tell if she was a woman And in the 90’s before tomb Raider the video game industry wasnt to nice to female lead games, Metroid was a failure and the industry in no way believed a woman could sell a video game (that is in the g4 tomb raider documentary from 2003) so they took a risk with tomb raider

[@TombRaider_Remastered]

Put it in perspective by the exact date (the 2 weeks from tomb raider 2 sales from g4 documentary, November 5, 1997) Tomb Raider outsold the entire Metroid franchise by 1997 with only TWO games. Metroid had 3 games out if I’m not mistaken Now Metroid at 17 (23 million units sold) Vs Tomb Raider 23 games (95 million units sold, could’ve passed 100 by now as that number is outdated)

[@swiftlyginger]

my name is Lara and the amount of people who ask me if I’m named after Lara Croft is frightening 💀 (born in 2002, doesn’t help) but maybe I should accept that I can slay by association

[@maggileighstadstad2444]

immediate watch. slayed. beautiful. amazing. everything above.

[@pamela6817]

19:31 the "ijbolati" 💀

[@mikesmic]

oomfinati

[@starthelotus3453]

@@mikesmic the khiastate

[@louisotero2706]

I TRULY require a video on the sequel 😌

[@OsloTime]

I feel it in my soul, babes. This was so good! Instant classic!

[@NinjaCupcakeAttack]

that ad transition was diabolical but undeniably iconic

[@johnsmith2875]

Me thinking of potter puppet pals MOMENTS BEFORE he does as well… that’s synchronicity 🤭

[@NaeKhen]

Can we collectively agree that Lara/Angelina was the first bi panic icon for a TON of millenial woman ? Living to tell the tale!

[@reneepoirrier5856]

“Okay ladies now let’s get IN FORMATION take the the space away let’s get INFORMATION” DAYUMMM you really popped off with that one 🤩🤩

[@lararose3653]

having the name the lara makes this a wild transcendantal experience in the mmcu, thank you mike for speaking exclusively to me

[@lararenee3877]

and me! such a surreal experience

[@cwpft]

you’re iconic !!!

[@Lollinno5569]

The way you know exactly which pieces of pop culture indelibly shaped my prepubescent brain

[@monochromatic_melodramatic]

the HISTORY i have with Angelina's Lara Croft. I randomly came across the sequel on tv wayyyy back when and it was as poor quality as cable tv got back then and i thought she was SOOO BADASS. i figured out how to use Google and found out this is a gameeee. As a little girl in India, i didnt have access to a lot besides a hand me down PC from relatives and my aunt's family who travelled abroad every year and visited during summers would ask me if i wanted anything. i didnt even know the scope of things that are available across the world but i asked for this game called Tomb Raider. Sadly, the only thing that came out of it was a children's learning interactive video game called Clue Finders but the next year i DID manage to score a DVD of Lara Croft’s video game and MAN did i play the shit out of it, I think thats why i got glasses at the age of 10 😭😭😭 I still wish i had it JUST for the nostalgia (even though none of us have a CD drive laptop anymore). If anybody knows how to play this online for free PLEASE let me know PS Mike i hope you know you still have an audience the same age as you 😩

[@johnsmith2875]

Mikes mic gamer girl era was desperately needed

[@TGM224]

i feel like mike and i are ALWAYS synced cause i was JUST thinking about watching the tomb raider for the first time and here we are 😭😭

[@DKF_oli]

the first time …. im crawling through the desert , grasping for water….

[@QuirkyReference]

first off you are doing the lords work by bringing these absolute CLASSICS to the youth. As a fellow old but young person who refuses to acknowledge the passage of time! This was a must watch and I can’t believe you told me facts about Ms. Croft I never even knew after 15 watches of the movie. Keep up the 🔥 work

[@cadillacs4890]

I was born in 06 and my mom grew up playing all the tomb raider games so we stan Miss Lara Croft in this household

[@afull375]

It’s lunch time during a rough shift, thank you Mother Mike’s Mic for blessing me when I’m at my lowest and feeding me at my hungriest

[@kathulhurises]

Mike's Mic AND Lara Croft Tomb Raider? The crossover I've been waiting for my whole life.

[@rileydonovan8379]

the way i needed blank’s blank today and the way blank delivered

[@alexsolorio3510]

14:34 "so lara talks to this Oomf" this gives me a much better excuse to use the word oomf in everyday conversation thank you

[@starmansortho]

love how they gave Ser Jorah Mormont exactly 1 week to obtain this triangle they've needed for thousands of years...well yes!

[@alaskawashington]

“okay ladies now let’s get in formation take the space away let’s get information” is unironically a crazy bar

[@KennethRobinson-rf9wj]

Your videos are seriously cool, keep 'em coming!

[@BeansKneez]

ser jorah invented blue steel in this movie. damn, cheekbones.

[@lilyandaminah]

the seulgi poster from chill kill has me choked truly

[@alilbitmads]

the fact that i was watching this movie just over 12 hours ago to wake up to see you posted this feels incredibly serendipitous and im loving it for me immensely. thank you mike's mic.

[@hookedonfandom]

I would absolutely watch a part two of this.

[@spacephobos]

bestie you HAVE to watch the librarians. youd love it. its a very camp indiana jones/lara croft style franchise.

[@kmart625]

Mike is my favorite KZbinr ever. Just want to say that we all love and appreciate you

[@SergioUribeCASALINO]

I JUMPED WHEN YOU SAID "MI GENTE LATINO" OH MY GOD

[@cthulia]

Yessss I love the old Lara Croft games and movies! I have such vivid memories of playing the PS1 games as a kid, I remember there's a part with wolves in a cave that always freaked me out for some reason😭

[@blakeellis2644]

"She's sort of like Catwoman," Mike the way these films and Halle Berry's Catwoman had me in a chokehold as a kid was devastating. And Kate Beckinsale's Seline. They don't give us Y2K leather badass realness like that anymore and it is a travesty

[@AugustRx]

metoo won't like that

[@MD31NH3VN]

angelina as lara was such perfect casting

[@Nesdotdotdot]

26:39 oh you ate that up ‼️

[@mearameow6142]

YASSSSS I THINK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME SHE WAS EVERYTHING !!!!

[@mazzy_vc]

I was born the same year as the tomb raider film and was OBSESSED with it when I finally watched it at 13/14 years old.

[@Teodora4537x]

I actually remember watching it with my dad. I must’ve been 6-7. The ending with the time shenanigans absolutely tripped my little mind up 😁 I would play the game too and try to pretend to be her. Absolute legend honestly

[@Risax3]

I grew up with Lara Croft, I played every Tomb Raider game. It is the best thing ever, best games ever.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

It’s just Mike’s world and we’re trying not to say ‘iconic’ every 5 seconds.

[@Jjbellaton14782]

The absolute grip this movie and soundtrack had on young unsure of myself me after Geena Davis in the long kiss goodnight! Very much cemented my identity in multiple ways.

[@violetpinkpanda]

Things the I (a person younger than this website/app but is still an adult) know about Lara Croft before this video: She’s from a game called Tomb Raider There is at least 1 movie about her She slays (possibly literally?) I am very excited for this educational content

[@EdgarciArts2980]

The atmosphere shifted +10% CWUNT soon as this was uploaded. Thanks for that.

[@marissanufer7313]

Not Mike revealing he’s actually straight by talking about his love for cars

[@cowboylikeme854]

He’s so bi even if he’s not

[@confusedbutgotthespirit]

right? and i’ve always said that.

[@littlemissmello]

I actually know so many queer people who are really into Formula 1 though

[@pulped69dago91]

​@@littlemissmellothe fact that formula 1 has 30 000+ fics on ao3 is proof

[@starthelotus3453]

but then saving it with the lip bite on harrison ford

[@KaylaReid-g2d]

We know Mike is a man of TASTE and STYLE. The way I made this movie my personality for a solid 11 months after its release, like some people wouldn’t get it.

[@TheCowbiscuit]

Two of my favourite things, mike's mic and tomb raider

[@MerunaIllustration]

Born in '92 and currently replaying Tomb Raider Underworld, Lara was my girl since I was little, almost named my dog after her haha

[@lumenlights3384]

mike's appreciation for women makes me smile so much every video

[@christyhanmer8027]

the most perfectly me core content I've ever watched. PLEASE make a part 2 for the cradle of life

[@lktheblank]

I watched this movie last week for the first time. Really enjoyed your recap!

[@kaelynshibley2101]

Thank you Michael's microphone for being so generous with your content, you're out here saving lives

[@maemadl54]

“Tomb raiding is unethical” GOD FORBID women have hobbies 🤦‍♀️

[@AmeliaMastervally]

Honestly my favourite thing about Lara Croft is that in my university visual literacy class we did a section on sexism in video games and we read all these papers written through the years about Lara Croft and all of them were like "yeah she was made to be hot and sexy and a totally voyersitic fantasy for straight guys but the girls and the gays just ate her up too. Like we cant even condem Lara Croft that much because the girls and the gays just adore her" like wow what an icon

[@TombRaider_Remastered]

Well Lara Croft came out in a time where female lead games were flops Metroid couldn’t sell anything to save its whole life so Lara Croft was always looked at as the OG gaming queen because Tomb Raider was the first female lead game series that could SELL and still get great reviews! Very revolutionary for the time almost every documentary will tell you the video game industry did NOT want to support tomb raider because it was a woman but the audience decided it was fucking TIMEE.

[@bats550]

I wasn't alive when lara croft original game came out, but in elementary school my dad showed me this movie and I def had a crush on her for a couple of months.

[@biancamarcal9496]

Love, you know I would absolutely watch ANYTHING you make. You are the original star.

[@laylamoss5255]

I LOVE THE GO PISS GIRL MAGAZINE HOLDER😍😍😍

[@lauracruse8690]

I was born a few years after the original Lara Croft game, but share the same name as her original one! I found this out when I was teenager but have always been a lifelong fan of the game series!

[@angrypersoninthecomments3050]

13:47 I ASKED MY ANCIENT HISTORY TEACHER AT WHAT POINT DOES IT GO FROM GRAVE ROBBING TO ARCHEOLOGY AND EVEN SHE DIDNT KNOW, THIS QUESTIONS HAUNTS ME!!!!

[@jadorejoe]

Whenever I think “man I could really use a michael’s microphone upload” you do it. Thank u

[@farhanap3070]

can’t wait to watch mike’s mic in 2050 when he releases a video on the devil wears prada sequel 😊

[@KalosKitsune]

I was born in 2000 and I remember watching this movie over and over when I went to my dad’s house.

[@YutabengthaKahan]

PLEASE do a Cradle of Life follow up! 😍

[@valnntinav]

As a colombian fan I've replayed Mike's "Mi gente latino" moment prob 23 times... I loved it