Half in the Bag: 2024 Stragglers

[@AlysterJohnEstur]

Jay's hate for Mr. Beast warms my heart.

[@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137]

His fake smile and dead eyes give me the creeps

[@MadMadNomad]

@@iamarabicandiloveamericanp7137 That strained half-smile feels like his face is seconds away from splitting open to reveal the alien tentacle monster within. Either that, or its the face of a man trapped in a nightmare of his own design. That collection of identical rictus grins absolutely feels like something out of a horror movie.

[@Digitaldendo]

Me too....the fact he's making food and snacks targeted at kids enrages me....

[@Blodhelm]

@@MadMadNomad "Smile 3: Beast Mode"

[@MrZarupta]

hating Mr. Beast is just the normal, human way to be

[@ianray8823]

The biggest body horror moment of 2024 was Jays buzzcut

[@joshuagayouauthor8401]

RLM shitting on Mr. Beast's dead-eye rictus grin is the Christmas present I didn't know I needed.

[@GigaEnigma]

I hope Kyle Gallner gets to meet his two biggest fans some day.

[@romelmunoz7957]

If there isn't a Best Of The Worst with him next year... we riot. Or better: give us The Batman long waited review 👍

[@HUSKSUPPE]

I like how these two throw the name Kyle Gallner name out there like it's a household name ^_^

[@qqw5575]

​@@HUSKSUPPE he's not a A list actor, but he is good talented actor how made some really good smaller movies,and he also good in smaller roles in big movies too.

[@escape209]

18:34 the best quote I've seen about Mr Beast's appearance is that "his eyes don't smile". Absolutely nail-on-the-head description.

[@IamTheOppressor]

haha he's not even smiling, just showing his teeth like a dog or something

[@qwertzy121212]

​@@IamTheOppressor like a chimpanzee

[@Csetnikke]

Dead eyes,fake teeth

[@chalibard3826]

@@IamTheOppressor yeah, like a chimpanzee asserting dominance

[@Sevansmedia]

@@chalibard3826 chimps smiling is actually a submissive display

[@lordofthebuckets2676]

The Substance would’ve gotten so many direct to video sequels if it were made in the 80s!

[@KrankyKaiju]

The Substance: Back 2 Da Hood

[@xoxonaotchan_7902]

The Substance 2:No Substance

[@jwnj9716]

The Substance 2: The 2nd Lady's Story.

[@Night5225]

Bride of the Substance

[@lainiwakura666]

The substance: old habits die harder

[@thewatchtower4949]

“give me some of that F E N T A N Y L”

[@grumpyweds443]

With haste, fellow kids!

[@d3nza482]

All the vitamins and minerals the body needs in one convenient package!

[@BlackedFriday]

F E N T A N Y L

[@Hamter_mental_counseling]

I used to drink Fanta back in the day when we couldn’t get Coca Cola in Germany. I’m glad all this fizzy goodness is coming back

[@SomeAssh0le]

can't get my fill of that delicious fentanyl

[@SecondCitySavior6969]

Love the look of perpetual confusion on Mikes face as he explains what he thinks Megaflopolis was about

[@Descriptor413]

For once it's not just the dementia. Well, not Mike's dementia, anyway.

[@bookmanjeb7238]

@@Descriptor413 It can be both

[@s3.14dervision]

He still did better figuring it out than I did!! 😂

[@FeralFurby]

Dementia ridden Mike understood more than me. Is that a bad thing?

[@dantedammit]

I was one of the live actors for Megalopolis and I cannot express how high I was for it. Just the way Francis intended - blazed out of your fucking mind.

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

Appreciate your commitment to art!

[@imposible2beat]

My goat

[@n0isyturtle]

I wonder if someone did that with their penis hanging out of their pants they could claim it was part of the performance. Really makes you think.

[@TJ-W]

I don’t know what you’re talking about, but you said something about being high and I’m all for it. The world would be a much better place if everyone was completely zooted at all times. Like Michael Jackson, Prince, and Whitney Houston levels of high. Oh, wait….

[@grantc61]

were there many dead actors in it?

[@catcherinthesky]

'WATCH WHATEVER WHENEVER' Is still the best tech advertisement in history. I was 10 years old, in 1978, and thoose world was pure magic at the time.All the best guys and Happy New Year to everyone, everywere, whenever!

[@stevenmoore3133]

The fact Coppola's "Utopia" was mainly just those horizontal airport escalators everywhere is probably the clearest proof the film was made by a confused old man.

[@gabeagoado7412]

Horizontal Escalator? You mean conveyor belt?

[@michaelegan3522]

@@gabeagoado7412 or moving sidewalks

[@mikebarkersvideoshop7932]

Travelator

[@AshleyPomeroy]

@@michaelegan3522 I think they're technically called travelators. For Isaac Asimov's generation they were the future.

[@danieldiaz6025]

@@AshleyPomeroy The Roads Must Roll!

[@varmintx0]

They can pry my blu-ray player from my cold, dead hands. They probably won't have to wait very long.

[@daniel_dumile]

@@GenericVillain current thing good, old thing cool

[@GenericVillain]

@@daniel_dumile Neither exist. Both are inevitable. I don't understand your context. Please elaborate. I sense funniness/a good point. It's just unclear.

[@Venture8234]

You're so old, Mike finds your suffering hilarious.

[@GenericVillain]

@@Venture8234 Mike comes from the age of VCRs. It's central to their theme. Videotapes pre-date DVDs, which pre-date Blue-Ray. Am I missing something? Please inform my out-dated perspective. In order for Mike to ridicule someone's media, they would have to be fans of AM radio. Mike doesn't need to do that, because that's Plinkett's beat. He listens to and laughs at AM radio between episodes of Night Court.

[@AtreidesT660]

Can you donate the player to me please ?

[@kingsleycy3450]

I wonder how Neil Breen feel about people calling vanity projects where a self-insert protagonist defeats a corrupt system Breenlike

[@paladin56]

Laughing all the way to the bank.

[@AshishOnYT]

I think Neil should tell us exactly how he feels about this through the medium of film.

[@luxembourg.blues47]

Breen has a flip phone

[@jincodi4136]

Breen feels nothing

[@Chorkly]

Breencore

[@thetopcats.9154]

I know there's probably zero chance you guys will see this, but I wanted to mention that the term you guys invented is actually starting to catch on in the industry, if you didn't already know. I worked very briefly for a props and sets fabrication studio in SoCal recently, and while working on a contract, someone from the company that hired us started asking about local events because they wanted to shoot the rodeo and get some useable footage for their production.

[@nightmix]

What term? Legacy artist?

[@justsomeguywithsunglasses8418]

Maybe say the term you are referring to...otherwise your comment is both annoying and pointless.

[@samp1538]

​@@nightmixShoot the rodeo I assume

[@josephmayfield945]

@@justsomeguywithsunglasses8418they did say it. Doof

[@qqw5575]

​@@justsomeguywithsunglasses8418 He said it. It's "shooting the rodeo". It means taking advantage of some local big event like a rodeo or parade and film it to add some production value to your movie.

[@californianightmares6463]

My girlfriend and I were legitimately the only people in the theater to see megalopolis on opening day in Los Angeles. I definitely would have paid extra money to scare the hell out of her by talking to the movie and having it talk back.

[@TubbyJ420]

i went opening night to my local IMAX with a friend. there were maybe 12 people. once the baby froze time and the credits rolled, everyone started chuckling and talking about how bad it was. which is actually more than what happened on the Monday night early Fan screening for Joker 2. that was PACKED with 150 people (its a smaller IMAX built in the early 90s) and once the credits started, it was DEAD silent. nobody talked about how good or bad it was, everyone just seemed disappointed. lol.

[@romeomatei5692]

I live in Romania at the border with Ukraine. I went to see Megalopolis, I chose a seat away from all the people (there were something like 10 of them). One by one they left during the movie. At the end, when the credits rolled it was just me with another fat dude. All in all an unforgettable experience.

[@Max-nt1ox]

Just gotta say, I appreciate the little editing jokes on RLM, like cutting to the same clip of Jay looking back at the VHS shelf over and over during the beginning.

[@seanm241]

bruh I was looking to see if someone else noticed, what are the odds that we have the same pfp

[@aarondavis8943]

I'm a fan of the occasional editing gags that seemed to emerge as a covid symptom.

[@pekinobo]

Shame on you!!! Mr Jay has just had a whiplash after all the girls running after him out in da street. How dare you.... you.. you...

[@XanBcoo]

For some goddamn reason I found that first turn so funny, so when they repeated it I felt like it was just for me

[@JeffJones-u8y]

I was crying laughing at that

[@Tom5TomEntertainment]

I'm starting to think that their VCR repair service is not actually "Lightning Fast"...

[@graphicsgod]

**slide whistle**

[@heinzmonster]

Nice try Mr Plinkett, you're not gonna get us this time

[@LegwarmerProductions]

An investigation has been launched >>

[@griffinlahre1928]

You can tell they're frauds because Mike says "VHS recorder"

[@alfje5492]

Definitely needs an investigation if all of their clients have fallen of balconies.

[@thescollard8764]

To be honest, Megalopolis might have been one of my favorite movie experiences of the year. I never laughed as hard in theatres as I did at the bow-and-arrow scene at the end. There's another great part where a character dies via what is essentially a Family Guy cutaway gag. I'd heard it described before as "Breen-like", but thought it would be like his movies in a more generic way. I was wrong. As I was watching, I was in awe as I realized it is literally a $120 million Neil Breen movie starring established actors. Seriously, you have: - a protagonist with unexplained superpowers going up against a corrupt system - said protagonist has a dead wife (Fateful Findings anyone?) - all the characters who disagree with the protagonist either realize he's right or are obviously evil, irredeemable villains who get dispatched by the end - random shots of "weird" stuff for seemingly no other purpose other than to be arthousey (the garbage bag room in Fateful Findings, anyone) - really pretentious and didactic tone (the constant obvious morality stuff in Breen's movies, and the constant quotations in Megalopolis) - hilariously bad acting (you can tell Aubrey Plaza and Shia LeBeouf know the quality of the movie and are having fun) - plot points get brought up only to be resolved immediately, then forgotten about for the rest of the film (the wife dying or the girlfriend being kidnapped in Fateful Findings) - the main character has a bandage covering half of their face at one point - TONS of random stock footage (in Megalopolis, some of that stock footage is from the 9/11 attacks too) - the movie literally ends with the main character having one big long speech addressing the crowd/audience I don't think Breen could ever write incredible dialogue like "You're anal as hell, Caesar. It's a good thing I'm oral as hell." or "What'dya think of this boner I got?", but apart from that, Megalopolis is probably the greatest Neil Breen film ever made.

[@minaverry]

Breen would have written "WHO AM I? WHAT IS THIS BONER?"

[@JK-cd6zr]

Man, you're really selling this.

[@MindGameStudios]

Megalopolis is a huge, embarrassing piece of shit but it’s maybe the most entertaining time I’ve had in theaters this year. In the realm of bad movies, I’ll take 100 Megalopolises over all the other Fuck You It’s January slop.

[@dawaltco]

The 9/11 footage is actually not stock. They apparently had a production crew filming establishing shots in NYC around the time of the attacks so they went down and filmed some of the aftermath. Not a joke lmao that movie was just in production forever.

[@wingding27]

Agreed! The best theatre experience I’ve ever had. After about 30 minutes the crowd stopped giving a shit and everyone was openly pissing themselves with laughter. I would look over at my mate and he would be in tears. Excellent! And yeah, I spent a few days thinking how to eloquently explain this movie. My ultimate expression was: a Neil Breen and Tommy Wiseau collaboration, attempting to make a super ambitious science fiction art film, in the vein of 2001 or a Tarkovsky art film (Stalker). Astounding movie. I feel bad for everyone who missed its cinema run, you won’t get the same experience watching it at home.

[@fattyspat]

When Mike was describing a possible way to milk the Substance as a franchise, I couldn't help but be reminded of the time he said the same thing about JJ Abrams taking over Star Wars

[@d3nza482]

He just keeps giving Hollywood executives free ideas...

[@MilesTailsProwerfan9]

As Mike has reiterated (so that no one blames him) he was talking about Abrams directing the sequels. He NEVER said Abrams should WRITE them as well.

[@KillThad]

​@@MilesTailsProwerfan9 That's just how the monkey's paw works, sadly.

[@newerest1]

​@@MilesTailsProwerfan9Doesn't matter, Mike gets all the blame

[@mgsPWlover]

It's been a long time since I've seen Mike give such a coherent play-by-play of a movie, and for that to be of Megalopolis of all things is insane.

[@Y-two-K]

Probably because the film’s dementia-coded and Mike was subconsciously more attentive and able to recall better

[@Bloodynine606]

@@mgsPWlover confused + confused = not confused

[@RobotReg]

No, confused x confused = Not confused​@@Bloodynine606

[@SaImonBuns]

Is 2025 replacing 2024?

[@dionysusNME]

Not if my howitzer has anything to say about it

[@Shmuel420]

Yeah I think so

[@KyleWiki]

I was here so early that it was still next year

[@majingumby568]

Fuck man they can't keep doing this to me...

[@eaglesfan4207]

No, no, 2024 isn't going anywhere, Sweetie.

[@deanthemachine8879]

I’d pay cash money to watch Rich Evans try to explain Megalopolis

[@minaverry]

I guess it would be similar to his overview of Ryan's Babe: "AND THEN... AND THEN... AND THEN..."

[@kieranhealy8279]

I'd pay money for Space Cop to be in the movie

[@nilesraeadams]

Maybe this'll be the year we finally get that The Batman review I keep hearing about.

[@LazyFreak07]

Matt Reeves pushed the Batman 2 Release Date back so they had more time to review it. It's the only possible explanation!

[@NotBoringFilms]

🤞🏽

[@Bloodynine606]

“It was dark and boring and it lasted 3 hours for no reason the end”

[@huberticusrex]

That movie was horrible

[@d3nza482]

@@Bloodynine606 Oh come on. It wasn't THAT dark. There are all those comedic parts. Like when bat-man bangs his head on a steel beam falling off a building and then bounces off the bus, off the pavement, off the garbage cans and off into the rest of the movie like nothing happened. Or all scenes with leg-up-see atrocity Zoe Kravitz as she can't act AND is digitally sped up about 10-15 percent. Or all the parts that are like a poorly copied David Fincher film. Or those scenes where the director man goes full high-school movie kid and tries to jam in German expressionist cinema into a movie edited like a PlayStation vidya game. And fails miserably as the images and colors signify diddly squat. Someone should have told him that signal flares don't have to be red. See? It had its funny moments.

[@seahawkman50]

Jay and his absolute unabashed hatred of all things Joker and Todd Philips cracks me up. I agree with him totally on his take on this one though.

[@aarondavis8943]

The most surprising and subversive thing Todd Phillips could have done would have been to just make an actual origin story of the actual Joker. Everyone would have been shocked.

[@assymeclectic]

The other theme I really love in The Substance is the whole "folly of youth". We all make terrible decisions when we're young that accumulate and scar us physically or psychologically. The Substance let's us see what it would be like if we could see those consequences immediately, rather than decades later; the jealousy of seeing our younger selves taking our youth for granted, the horror at seeing our aged and decrepit future self. Amazing stuff!

[@JoaqMan]

They’re finally reviewing my favorite Neil Breen movie Megalopolis

[@hafirenggayuda]

Imho, Neil Breen still coherent than Megalopolis. Sure still bad acting and messiah complex, but core story structure still make sense

[@giganticzombie]

I can't believe he did it, I can't believe he committed career suicide

[@rrrbub]

Neil Breen even kind of looks like what I imagine Adam Driver might look like if he doesn't take proper care of himself.

[@LydiaSalem]

300th like on this woohoo lol

[@luxembourg.blues47]

Coppola is who Breen thinks he is, and Driver is what Breen thinks he looks like

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

Well, I now have something to watch while I drink alone today.

[@ArizonanSummer]

It’s 9 in the morning :(

[@maceblasy6471]

Here's to another lousy millenium

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

@@ArizonanSummer As my grandpappy used to say, breakfast is the most important drink of the day.

[@ArizonanSummer]

@ You cant drink all day if you don’t start in the morning.

[@MrDe4dGuy34]

@@ArizonanSummer M-mom?!

[@danielbarrero2815]

We need a Half in the Bag for NOSFERATU

[@JJScrotus]

Watch the Re:View of Dracula. I'm not hating, mind you.

[@insertnamehere3106]

@danielbarrero2815 The original version, right?

[@RB-.-]

They dont like movies anymore

[@PizzaguyJeff]

Right after we get one for The Batman

[@theoldwayfarer9319]

That'll make it to 2025 Stragglers HITB, released on December 31 2025

[@LAFC_Lalo]

I watched Anora by myself at the theater and it was one of the best experiences I’ve had this year. I was laughing out loud by myself.

[@bilbobaggins7285]

Mike's recap of Megalopolis is the Megalopolis of recaps.

[@ParadoxalDream]

Never have Mike and Jay been so well groomed before, it's a Christmas miracle people

[@graphicsgod]

Mike even seems less drunk than usual.. Hmm.

[@jimbob1862]

​@@graphicsgod Mike is the ultimate contrarian, he's actually pretty sober at the holidays when everyone else is drinking but every other day of the year, happy hour is every hour

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Because Mike is grooming Jay.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

But you can't groom an adult?

[@MadMike1]

They're finally trying to blend in with the rest of youtube, by getting good at grooming...

[@rustyapellido4611]

SO fun watching Mike have to explain Megalopolis

[@zonesproductions]

It's like watching someone have a stroke.

[@jaxed1890]

If Coppola wanted to make interactive films there's a medium for that now...videogames. Should have teamed up with Hideo Kojima lol.

[@violetinreal8188]

That link-up would create either the best or the worst game of all time

[@d3nza482]

Video? Like VHS?

[@thefutureisbread]

A decent chunk of Death Stranding was a homage to Apocalypse Now so I can see it happening

[@funktimusrhyme]

@@violetinreal8188 Don't worry, I'm sure Hideo would restrain Coppolas auteuristic tendencies

[@RokaiMusic]

What the hell is a Video Kojima?

[@kaleeyed]

He's not The Joker, he's just a very naughty boy

[@furtsmagee1513]

Just a lil freaky

[@Amangiechsin]

31:55 that movie already exists, Mike; it's called The Straight Story and it's directed by David Lynch.

[@benjaminsantiagosstuff]

29:26 lol I love that Mike can’t even remember “Morpheus” just a fleeting impression of a scene from a movie.

[@d3nza482]

My girlfriend pointed out that that once again Mike and I(ke) act alike. We share the same birthday, Mike and I. Also, symptoms of early onset Alzheimer's.

[@serathion]

Shakma, when the walls fell

[@TheMarshmelloKing]

@@serathion Neo, when he believes

[@dguy02]

"So go back to the cluuUuuUuuub"

[@ArizonanSummer]

I DIDN’T MURDER MY WIFE 😡😾😤

[@Dazcoolman]

Funny Fact: All of Neil Breen’s films are rated higher on Letterboxd than Megalopolis.

[@lutherheggs451]

What's your point? Megalopolis was also a self funded passion project, those never turn out good. Coppola has ALWAYS been highly overrated

[@gregbartlett851]

@@lutherheggs451 He literally prefaced it as "funny fact". What more of a point does he need to make?

[@GELTONZ]

Good! They're better films! Megalopolis just dethroned Legend of Chun-Li for my personal worst movie of all time.

[@thisismyname3928]

@@gregbartlett851 That's not funny in the least.

[@Dazcoolman]

@@lutherheggs451 I actually liked Megalopolis quite a bit when I saw it in theaters. I just thought that it was hilarious that Breen films are higher rated because of how many people hated Coppola’s film.

[@brandongers]

At least Coppola got Jon Voigt at the height of his career.

[@thomasbayer1843]

He was great in that episode of Seinfeld.

[@FidoPhilanthropist]

Counting down the days until Mike enters his chrysalis and emerges as Roger Corman.

[@DoncoEntAgain]

People are overreacting to the news that LG is no longer making bluray players. They barely made any to begin with. Sony and Panasonic still make them and they were by far the biggest manufacturers. Physical media is not going away.

[@asmodiusjones9563]

Whenever I hear stuff like this I think of the episode of Cowboy Bebop where they get a vhs tape and don’t know what it is, and have to fly to earth and go explore an old building to find a player for it.

[@thrownstair]

The masses yearn for conspiracy theories. Netflix is going to send the National Guard to your house and smash your physical media with a steamroller, the National Film Registry is going to be abolished, if you are caught watching a film released more than five years ago, they will LITERALLY KILL YOU

[@ridderjaim3]

@@asmodiusjones9563 They went to Lightning fast VCR repair?

[@mabusestestament]

Exactly, LG couldn’t compete, that’s why they quit. Their players where 💩.

[@waycool8652]

@@asmodiusjones9563it was a betamax

[@architeuthis3476]

Here I was expecting _Nosferatu_ to be the next subject of _Half in the Bag_

[@gregbors8364]

Half in the *Blood* Bag, amiright

[@jimmysaints]

​@@gregbors8364*slide whistle

[@CaffeinatedTome]

You know I had hopes for that film, despite the lovely sets and costumes, and pretty good acting.. people were sleeping in the theater and I nearly walked out because somehow I was just so incredibly bored.

[@architeuthis3476]

@@CaffeinatedTome The new _Nosferatu_ isn't my favorite Robert Eggers movie (that would _The VVitch)_ or even my second favorite Robert Eggers movie (the would be _The Lighthouse),_ but I liked it quite a bit.

[@ExaltedUriel]

That scene of the people in the gallery walking out of the courtroom after Arthur says he's not the Joker was supposed to be a "gotcha" for the audience members who would have hypothetically also walked out of the theater, but Todd Phillips failed to account for the fact that for people to walk out they have to go see it in the first place, lol. It's also very funny that the films whole thesis is "Arthur Fleck is not the Joker", when you can literally look at the script for the first movie and it says in bold text **"Now he is THE JOKER."**

[@TubbyJ420]

they probably would have made so much more $$ if they just opened on a Friday and got a full opening weekend of ticket sales. That early Fan screening on the Monday gave everyone who watched it 4 whole days to tell all their friends and the entire internet how shit the movie was. I went on that Monday, and only saw it a 2nd time because it was in 1.43 IMAX. sure, it was FAKE 1.43 (sides cropped off and zoomed in) but i knew that 1.43 DCP will probably never see the light of day again.

[@ashkebora7262]

Worst high budget fan fiction ever.

[@nackskott12]

I subscribe to the conspiracy theory that Joker 2 was meant to kill off any potential for it to turned into a long running series, like putting down a sick animal to minimize it's suffering

[@wil2560]

​@@nackskott12 id say that isn't conspiracy since there were people reporting that Todd Phillips only came back for Joker 2 because WB said "we'll make this movie without you we don't care" so Phillips decided to kill his creation ala Dr. Frankenstein deciding to kill his monster.

[@aleksandarjovic4275]

Happy New Year! Glad to see this channel has lasted so long and is continuing to put out quality content. Best wishes for 2025; may playing Plinkett not require a costume change one day!

[@meather100]

The Francis Bacon reference has to be my favorite as i love Francis Bacon thank you for coming to my show

[@pembe_666]

Rich Evans was suppose to join but he went to da cluub.

[@aidangordon2713]

Yeeeeees

[@jnnx]

Clurb.

[@aidangordon2713]

@@jnnx YEEEEEES

[@charliebryant1216]

Up in daaaaa cluuuuuuubbbb

[@romanthrower]

Give me one tousand dollars

[@nunyanunya4147]

thanks for watching all the movies i don't want to watch and giving more entertainment than the film designers intended.

[@Dorf274]

I am gonna throw tomatoes at you for being a RedLetterMedia fan and using the term "Film designers"

[@lexaaxel-sj4hr]

I also hate when makers add too much design into media

[@thisismyname3928]

Jay has awful taste in movies. There, I said it.

[@nunyanunya4147]

@@Dorf274 HUZZAH! you found a way to be personally offended! proud ov you.

[@LembeckIsStaying]

​@@thisismyname3928 Sex weirdos tend to have bad taste.

[@aidangordon2713]

Finally, Jokeropolis (& friends!)

[@MortonGoldthwait]

A friend at work said. "Megalopolis convinced me that the edibles I took 12 hours ago reactivated."

[@R2LEE2]

I'm pretty sure Georgie did make those personal films, like literally in his backyard/ranch, just for him.

[@DrThrustbone]

Love that Jay pulled out the Ebert “Freddy Got Fingered” quote to describe Joker 2

[@lotus-prince]

I wonder if Mike noticed that, as he seemed to be unaware of it when Jay brought it up in that review.

[@Xtirnoka]

Tarantino seems to be right about great directors needing to retire before their 60s. That means you've still got 5 years to make your dream film Mike, don't give up!

[@jasonking3182]

If that was true we never would’ve gotten Mad Max Fury Road or Ran or Unforgiven…

[@incidentlyaniguana2193]

Killers of the flower moon​@@jasonking3182

[@GreatistheWorld]

Yeah tarantino’s wrong about that. Even in minor examples, Clint made Juror No. 2 at 93 years old and it’s great. Been #1 on Max for the last week and a half too

[@Marabcd315]

Spielberg's West Side Story and The Fabelmans are up there as two of his best movies, The Return is Lynch's best work, First Reformed is probably the best film of the 2010s, Tarantino is a hack who's spent so long thinking about his legacy that all of his contemporaries have gotten old enough to disprove him. Hell, Tarantino is 61 and his next movie is at least like three years out, maybe he should take his own advice?

[@tokageebo]

@incidentlyaniguana2193 Killers of the flower moon fucking suuuuucked, most bored I've been on a flight to Chicago in my life 😂😂😂

[@RandyRelish99]

Megalopolis was one of those movies that when I left the theater, I was 10 times more excited for the boys to talk shit about it, then I was actually going into the theater.

[@theactualTVB]

Me too honestly. The “go back to the cluuuub” line was the one thing that still lives rent free in my mind even today

[@d3nza482]

Wait til you see the sequel. Megalodonoplis - Shark In The City (tonight).

[@samanthazimmerman8198]

Jay, I'm so sorry. There are people that unironically look up to that joker.

[@piergiorgioscollo7163]

Personally, I'd shoot a "Substance" sequel where an academic who has spent his entire life pouring over books decides he has missed out on life and decides to go back to his youth and party, à la "Faust". Instead, his younger self ends up studying more, unable to break with his old habits. The old version of himself however is unwilling to end the experiment as he still holds on to the belief that he will be able to change his true nature and keeps going back, unable to break the cycle and change who he truly is.

[@Based_n_Boredpilled]

We going back to da cluuuuub with this one

[@Seeingeyepig]

yeEEess

[@Pleanal]

Megalopolis drove me nuts. It's not just that the emperor had no clothes, he was bent over and goatseing the audience but the defences boiled down to "it's a really expensive anus he's shoving in your face so you should be grateful you get to see it nowadays"

[@Zoroasterisk]

Hey, that man sold a lot of wine in order to show you that anus, show some respect!

[@rautapuoli]

Omg, goatse mentioned :D

[@staomruel]

​@rautapuoli you need some Comment Etiquette in your life

[@Henskelion]

Props for using the term "goatse" as a verb.

[@Skellman98]

It's shitty garbage but it's original shitty garbage so you should see it! Has literally been all anyone defended it with. As I've said props to him for making the movie he wanted to make but that doesn't make it good or worth watching

[@oneoveralpha]

If there was a Mike and Jay movie I'd ... probably wait until it was on Netflix or whatever, but I'd watch it.

[@JackTorrance333]

The editing in this was absolutely incredible. Cheers

[@ktrn6713]

i was waiting for an episode on megalopolis, a new year eve miracle.

[@jamiejohnson157]

Happy new year from Australia! I went 3h55 minutes into 2025 before watching RLM. Not sure what that says about me.

[@pureevil9496]

I couldn't have lasted that long

[@mattbays1190]

I couldn’t wait that long so I’m watching in 2024

[@paladin56]

Blimey. I've still got 4 hours 15 mins to savour 2024.

[@d3nza482]

I think it says you're from the part of the world furthest to the East off the Greenwich Mean Time. Also that you need a military-grade drone system to deal with spiders.

[@aarondavis8943]

It says you have your priorities well sorted out.

[@minoritydestroyer69]

Perfect start to the new year, drunk and alone sobbing watching the new RLM video!

[@NeonNijahn]

We're alone together brother.

[@TheNewsInMusic-c3w]

That's the meat and potatoes of RLM audience.

[@Fuji808]

Hi Mike.

[@lainiwakura666]

I loved your movie about freddie

[@JeffreyGorman-iw7fi]

Stop copying me

[@Duke_jenkem]

The last 20 minutes of Megalopolis was the hardest I laughed in a theater

[@matman000000]

Say what you will about Megalopolis, but I certainly didn't expect an 85-year-old veteran director to make a movie that screams "I'm 15 and this is deep" every other scene

[@christopherparks6433]

I’m glad they finally brought Jay back to the show; Mike’s parole officer really brought the vibe down

[@gustavoafonso3585]

This is the most excited I have ever been to hear two elderly men I don't know talk about awful movies I will never watch so that I have an opinion no one is gonna ask me for.

[@shan4680]

Some of those movies were quite good, though especially The Substance!

[@doublezeta2025]

Less than a minute in and the repeating bit already got me.

[@aarondavis8943]

Mike's _Substance 2_ treatment should end with the guy's alternate being imprisoned for an actual crime.

[@rockinblock5]

Just started my Blu-Ray collection this year and these guys are roasting me one minute into the program lol

[@The-Secret-Door]

This reminds me that it's been a year and we never got a Godzilla Minus One discussion. Surprised!

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I think they only have interest in discussing the western produced Godzilla films instead of the ones from TOHO.

[@WingItMan217]

@@JKSmith-qs2ii I think Jay briefly talked about Shin Godzilla a while back. I’m pretty sure he liked it even tho it was just a mention

[@semicharmedlife311]

Seems just yesterday I was watching Mr. Plinkett reviews and wondering to myself "Who the hell are these hack frauds?" and now it's already 2025. What a journey it's been, RLM.

[@mroctober3657]

The real friends were the journey we made along the way.

[@jordanaiken7138]

I love when Mike drunkenly rambles into great story plots.

[@JamesSmith-nc9jm]

They mentioned John Wick! They mentioned John Wick! They can't ignore the series forever!

[@BugsyFoga]

I’m always up for the freaking bizarre expensive as hell theatrical passion projects, and two of the films here definitely fit that criteria

[@coryleaver31]

Mike just throwing out a banger sequel pitch for The Substance 2 like its nothing

[@jakeklutts864]

Someone needs to make a super cut of all “the producer minds’” ideas

[@santiago9655]

23:09 that's how i describe Space Cop to my friends

[@sydberetta4649]

You are brave

[@danielbarrero2815]

Shia LaBeouf as Trump in Megalopolis wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card 😂

[@thisismyname3928]

LaBeouf being in a movie wasn't on my 2024 bingo card.

[@SoybeanGravy]

This video was a better trailer for Anora than the actual trailer for Anora; I actually wanna go and watch it now

[@DrSininsinity]

I swear while I was finishing to watch MegaloPOOlis at the movie theater I thought "if Jay and Mike talk about this they will certainly bring Neil Breen so rightfully, but with all the fun removed." What a slog. I was suffering.

[@MattDelhauer]

I came here simply to see Mike, who struggles with some regular films already, try to tackle any aspect of Megalopolis and it’s absolutely impenetrable premise. I was not disappointed lol

[@ronmani9476]

I felt "The Substance" had "The Picture of Dorian Gray" overtones

[@hellaparkour415]

Same

[@lotus-prince]

I immediately thought of the episode of Paranoia Agent where the woman with two personalities would call her own answering machine so each personality could communicate with the other.

[@AsiaDanceScene]

It's a different take. Dorian has to face the effects of his debauchery all at once and it overcomes him whereas The Substance is more about getting hints of what is happening in another life

[@Norescues]

Forgot Megalopolis was even a movie until I saw Adam Driver in the thumbnail.

[@PeterNotParker]

In 2025 we need Space Cop back on Blu-ray, RLM pint glasses and bottle openers back in stock, PLEASE!

[@dboluvscinema3968]

I second this!

[@davidr2421]

"There's a movie on there" -- Jay with the SLC Punk reference

[@slagatorfantabulous7877]

A great drinking game could be based on drinking whenever Mike pitches a movie idea. As a previous 80s video store manager and VHS repairman, I can tell you that this ongoing premise is one of my favorite things on the internet. Fantastic episode, fellas!!!! 💪🎞🏆🥇📺

[@ibuy2manymovies]

0:47 Trevor Moore sent you a VHS player to fix?

[@np2118]

too soon

[@biguglyboy]

he'd want us to laugh

[@andrewholmes3116]

That's wrong, Jay! There are thousands, if not millions, of weirdos who idolize the Joker.

[@rainydayjules]

people comparing Megalopolis to a Neil Breen movie is insulting to the breenster. Coppola is saying “actually billionaires can be good and all we need to do is have discussions and dream of the future” and Breen says “I think every billionaire should die”

[@markn866]

Why is Coppola wrong here? If anything he is hanging on to positivity and humanity continuing to thrive. I refuse to become so cynical.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

​@@markn866uh, knowing nier, PFP checks out Still, Coppola is wrong

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

@markn866 Embrace the cynicism. It's the only way.

[@redfalconfox]

Come on Jay, joker folie à deux deux was right there!

[@antonioortizburciaga1158]

I didn't expect Mike to pitch a The Substance cinematic universe. He did take it to "The Substance: In Space".

[@oldartauditorium9461]

The edits of Neil Breen over the Megalopolis commentary made me giggle like a madman

[@bct782007]

Arron Rodgers should star in the The Substance 2.

[@bern717]

Give some to Greg Jennings too!!

[@joebuck4957]

Brett Favre as a villian.

[@patricksratliff]

I'm not sure if this was intentional, and I'm also not saying this necessarily makes them "good" -- but the songs in JOKER 2 were treated more like arias in opera than like songs from a contemporary musical, in that their purpose wasn't to advance the narrative but to use music to express an emotional state of a character

[@GainsTuesday]

I LOVE Mike's ideas for multiple The Substance movies. It's a real fertile premise and his ideas carry a ton of interest.

[@Diegesis]

2024 was Oops, All Stragglers!

[@EdwardVonKhil]

When are you gonna introduce the gals' to some Best of The Worst & Black Spine classics?

[@larrylaffer3246]

Sonic 3 was great and so was Wolverine and Deadpool.

[@Diegesis]

​@@EdwardVonKhil lol actually it would be interesting to try reacting to some RLM. It's a little a hat on a hat but might be worth trying

[@EdwardVonKhil]

​​​@@Diegesis I meant the actual movies, but a reaction to RLM would also be wonderful! Especially a reaction to Rich's angelic laughter 😂

[@Diegesis]

​​@@larrylaffer3246 we have different movie tastes

[@Notsram77]

Wow, a Sir Francis Bacon reference? That's a deep cut!

[@kevjones5047]

Even deeper, the Irish painter

[@lionlike5856]

It’s not that deep.

[@archibaldtuttle9019]

Name five Francis Bacon films

[@apertureentertainment1070]

No, it’s a thick cut

[@Mankepanke]

France is bacon? Everybody nods.

[@sultan-e9u4w]

Oh thank God, I thought I'd have to be productive on New Year's eve

[@masonin8mm]

Ehhhh… that’s what 2025 is for.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Yeah, this 39 minute video is going to ruin my day.

[@stefandjakovic4796]

"Nobody idolized the Joker" Jay, take me to the version of Earth you live in.

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

Think he meant as in "nobody sane idolized the joker"

[@sednoid]

Yeah, plenty of people did. I think they're called incels.

[@JPChereb]

@@sednoid Here's the thing. I ('d like to) believe people identified with the Joker because he was basically a mentally ill man that didn't get the help he needed, then he lashed out. The first movie doesn't say what he did was right, it was justifiable in his head, but it also points out how basically society failed him, when he stopped getting the mental help he required due to budgetary cuts. People identified with this, and reasonably so, I feel. Sure, there might be the crazy person that believes he was right to shoot jack nicholson or killing those frat guys, but that is NOT the message of the movie. "Destroying" your own work and trying to take back your original critique because some people might have gotten the wrong message out of it is just insane.

[@2ane]

The Todd Philipps one? I honestly don't believe that either. There was a lot of talk around that topic but I never encountered any edgy morons that were drawn to that one the way they apperatly like the Nolan Interpretation.

[@EM7575]

​@@2aneyeah, I feel like a lot of the online idolization people reference mostly comes from a place of irony, with a hint of identifying/empathizing with the character. Nolan's Joker would be the exact opposite, at least at the time.

[@omaridaniels8427]

The Substance has stuck out to me the most of all 2024 films and is my favorite film of the year.

[@biohead66]

agree. I watched Revenge too(same director), it wasn't that good.

[@LotteBlueJays]

23:22 Mike's gutteral reaction to "Neil Breen movie" is really something, haha