Half in the Bag Episode 146: Avengers: Infinity War

Thanos! In the hoooouuuuuse!

[@moviemastermarco7690]

CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY VERY OWN JAY BAUMAN ACTION FIGURE!

[@MrInfinity418]

moviemaster marco me too! I’m texting n watching this review as I dangerously drive to the store to buy one or ten!

[@CCscorsese]

None, but he does come with the head of a California Raisin

[@jonhon]

oh, the places he'll go

[@KumaPaws376]

The fat one?!

[@obsidianorder1]

OOOh I don't usually, but I've been trying to get hold of a Jay Bauman FOR FUCKIN YEARS!!!!!!

[@brycedorand5020]

Thanos: The Hands of Fate

[@storytellerjack22]

Bryce Dorand or *hand of fate. He needs his non dominant hand free for... tffffffexting.

[@ryanmahon1]

Still one of my favorite jokes of RLM

[@SammEater]

Holy shit, that's brilliant.

[@Will-px4qy]

I hate you lmfao

[@epilogue10]

Okay. This got me. Lmao.

[@jasonb6860]

You're wrong about the ending only being a downer! Thanos, the films protagonists, sits down and smiles! He's happy! It's a happy ending!

[@jonathanw1019]

I was really satisfied. I've cared very little for comics, save for Thanos, when I first read Infinity Gauntlet back in 91. I was the only person in the theater to cheer when he appeared in the first Avengers and I was mighty satisfied with his cinematic equivalent. Sadistic and cruel as he is, he's just so damn sympathetic. Such a strange and fun character.

[@jonathanw1019]

Oh for sure. Two things that surprised me with the movie were that Loki did not take on the Mephisto role as the silver-tongued devil on the shoulder character, and that death didn't make an appearance or have any part of his motivation. I loved the power dynamic between the two in the comics and how death basically used him to achieve her wish of half of life disappearing by suggesting the means to do so, the gauntlet, and then shunning him when his power eclipses that of hers. Honestly, I thought Hela would have an appearance or role as death. I think that would have been a great connection, she is the goddess of death after all, and I think she and him would get along splendidly.

[@Wobbothe3rd]

In other words, this movie is blatantly aimed at comic book nerd Nazis - the “hero” is the social Darwinian Eugenicist. Stupid and evil.

[@a9dm460]

He's the main antagonist yet he's also the main character. It's impressive.

[@Noobie2k7]

Yeah, i mean Thanos was by no means the hero of this movie but he was the main character and had the most development. I was like Jay, before this i couldn't give a shit about movie Thanos but through the movie he genuinely made me care about him as a person. He had a lot of very human, emotional moments you don't often or ever really see from your big superhero bad guys.

[@BrodieCoad]

Well, at least they have something to Avenge now.

[@GeorgeMonet]

But they don't because it's all over. It doesn't matter if they kill Thanos. They lost. That's the end of the story that matters.

[@JustNick432]

@@GeorgeMonet bro there is still 6 infinty stones + antman being traped in Quantum Realm with time portals, they're 100% going to avenge and fix things

[@camrunner6633]

The revengers reform

[@camrunner6633]

@ricky roach my comment was more about thor ragnarock

[@PredatoryQQmber]

I'm still 90% sure that "Endgame" refers to endgame of Doctor Strange's real plan and one in Infinity War was a fake out. But it would be kind of underwhelming for them just get the Gauntlet back and rewind time or something.

[@PassionoftheNerd]

I love how every one of Rich's accents sound the same.

[@sounakbanik3087]

Hey! It's you!!

[@D.M.S.]

Passion of the Nerd You mean his voice?

[@gwh3013]

His name is Evan Richards you FUCK

[@harbingerofsalt]

Take some notes, Elizabeth Olsen!

[@GelatinousSSnake]

He's a unidimensional actor pretty much, just like Leonardo Di Caprio.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

Some say Peter Dinklage is still looking for that handle.

[@frankieb9444]

He found $1.35 in change and a Halls menthol out of the wrapper.

[@johnnyray9107]

Cokemonster does he just die? I mean he doesnt have hands.. Or a place where he can make food? Or company?

[@SteowphenMe]

Cokemonster hahaha this was funny hahaha the hell

[@TorlingJarl]

Yeah, I don't think he ever saw Groot make the handle! He crawlin' around going "where the heel is that handle? Its up to me to save us from thanos! Oh now I've lost the same axe head too!" That would be funny.

[@Half_Finis]

@@MahkyVmedia1 that honestly needs to be in part 2 at the very end haha

[@spartanxmonster]

On the "how dead are they" scale for Infinity War, no-one (including Loki and Gamora) is deader than Uncle Ben. That man holds the record for being the deadest person to ever die.

[@brishanf4526]

he's as dead as Batman's parents.

[@necessaryevil7777]

even beyond sean bean???????????????!!!!!!!!!

[@jaygee9095]

This aged well

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

yui spoiled Uncle Bens rice dying that likes spoiling bruce waynes parents dying. or iron man in endgame.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

The "how dead are they" scale goes from 0 to "No one's ever _really_ gone".

[@atrijitdas1704]

Rich: it was the most depressing popcorn flick ever Mike: i thought it was delightful

[@Arpin_Lusene]

Atrijit Das Well it's depressing in a good way. That sounded weird lol.

[@WilliamHaywardPainter]

The Russo Brothers are the undertakers of Marvel, they put it in a grave ;)

[@SiouxTube]

Again, that's it. That's the show.

[@rhetiq9989]

Mike thrives in depression

[@owenziegler9282]

"It's kind of undercut because you know these characters can come back." Welcome to ALL comic book storytelling.

[@owlflame]

Owen Ziegler why stop at comic books? What about anime? What about just normal books?

[@IronGoldie]

All cape comic books. There's more than one genre of comics.

[@doofy3111]

owlflame that only really happens in fighting anime like dbz

[@a.g.m8790]

Welcome to *ANY* form of media

[@m.czandogg9576]

Owen Ziegler I never read "The Watchmen" but in the movie, IIRC, people die and they stay dead.

[@KingOfMadCows]

Holy shit! Mike didn't compare Thanos snapping his fingers to Q from Star Trek!

[@nonlinear3084]

He will

[@swanpride]

Nah, the Star Trek episode he was talking about was a way more obvious connection. I was reminded of it, too, and I am not even a trekie...the story went that the help the planet waited for arrived in time, so the whole killing was entirely useless in the end. Most of the episode is about exploring the guy who ordered the killing, and if I remember correctly, in the end he starts to doubt himself.

[@MckaysProductions]

Now i just wanna see an edit where he snaps his fingers and ends up in that white dimension seeing gamora, except gamora is Q lol

[@KingOfMadCows]

swanpride He's not limited to making one Star Trek reference per review.

[@multi-florum]

He is, however, contractually obligated to make at least on Star Trek reference per review.

[@Lassenissen]

"Why didn't Thanos just use the glove to create more resources for the universe?" Josh Brolin was asked this and replied "Because he didn't think of it."

[@lescovahvalich460]

Thanos is a bit dim really

[@Hipe2124]

Its been explained by the Russo brothers.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

Hah! Nice one really. Not even being God makes ihm immune to err in his ways.

[@joemama151]

@@lescovahvalich460 I just think of it as "When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail" which is just part of Thanos' character. He's a sadist.

[@GlacialScion]

That's actually a lot deeper than it sounds. It wasn't just that he didn't think of it; He couldn't think of it. Straying from his path at the end, even though it would've been the actual solution to the problem he set out to solve, would have required he admit to himself that he was wrong, and that he had ravaged the galaxy for nothing but his own satisfaction. Thanos still sees himself as the good guy, after all, and saving everyone would've condemned him in his own eyes, I think.

[@Genji_Glove]

"if you over analyse it, it ruins it." "like in a time travel movie" Oh you guys better not forget that on the next review.

[@sjuns5159]

They didn't

[@RinRinStrikes]

"I got the vibe that Robert Downey Jr. is done" *oh*

[@frankmerker630]

Wait the actor? The character? I guess both ended up being true

[@phosphatepod]

@@frankmerker630 bro you scared the fuck out of me why would you imply he died lmao

[@disturbedone8731]

@@sjuns5159 lol Yes they did

[@PFSVenom]

It takes Mike 18 minutes and and 18 seconds to mention Star Trek

[@OpenMawProductions]

That's at maximum warp.

[@bryal7811]

If you add every season from TOS NG, DSN and Voyager, the 18th episode of the 18th season doesn't exist because Voyager only has 16 episodes in its first season, the technical "18th" season of Star Trek. .. Very Cool

[@cocaineanddunhills4801]

Very cool

[@petermelchreit3544]

The Incredible Bulk got a lot more threatening after he changed his name to Thanos.

[@Madman-ym8dh]

Peter Melchreit The angry raisin man doesn't scare me.

[@actionturnip395]

The AMAZING Bulk*

[@bije277]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@lescovahvalich460]

Should have had a character look at Thanos and say: "Well it ain't Barney The Purple Dinosaur"

[@Seth1915]

You guys are so biased. You just like this movie because it's good.

[@thundercleez7699]

marvel is for kids

[@Pryme54]

I seriously expected them to hate on this. I don't know what world I'm in anymore.

[@samarthdubey7]

thunder cleez so is DC

[@seantylerfermin4927]

thunder cleez The typical Dc fanboy response.

[@Modification102]

This is a factually correct statement, marvel is for kids. The fallacy lies in the fact that in addition to it being for kids, it is also for teenagers, fathers, mothers, adults and grandparents. Marvel films are accessible enough to be able to target multiple demographics without excluding others. The true success IMO is that the movies are capable of this feat without dropping their quality for any audience, or pandering to any one specific audience too much.

[@rhyscasstevens5430]

It’s not half in the bag without rich doing a 1950s banker accent

[@dansmith5149]

Ive waited 18 movies and 10 years for this movie review

[@meatwad515]

IT TOOK 10 YEARS TO MAKE!

[@hiverhythm]

Boyhood Its a fucking amazing. Did you know?

[@blackenedwritings]

Damn it. I was thinking of the same joke. :D

[@CaptainPRESIDENT]

Infinity War is basically Boyhood

[@hiverhythm]

Took 12 years to watch.

[@kriswatchesmovies]

Was listening to the RLM Alien commentary and the following things are said: Mike: (sarcastic) I'll never get tired of a bunch of superheroes fighting a god-like being Rich: Wait till the Infinity gauntlet! At least in the comic they fail horribly. Jay: They'll never do that in the movie. You can't have your heroes fail.

[@demise1519]

Chase Janus hero’s and protagonists are different things

[@Rantsnrambles808]

Spider-Man’s acting was fucking good too

[@TheZigzagman]

@@Orcawhale1 It's not two names. It's a command.

[@kylekondit9709]

@@Bowiiihowdy the protagonist not the hero..n

[@user-ew7nz3yw2i]

No one's ever really gone....

[@irllcd13]

"Dude, you're embarrassing me in front of the wizard." I appreciate that it had less comedy than the other MCU movies, but what there was was pretty good for the most part.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

Stark/Strange banter was awesome

[@vorbo01]

It had way too much comedy.

[@groinBlaster31]

"yes, that's what killing you means" was one of the low points imo

[@martinbuhrer3893]

"Get lost, Squidward!"

[@kylekondit9709]

@@vorbo01 it didn't at all... youd have to be an emotional devoid loner to think that.nn

[@YugiMango]

Jay: "why was red skull there?" Rich: "It was fun, i don't care"

[@Pat0p]

Mike was the one who asked why Red Skull was there.

[@Emelineeeeeee]

underrated rich moment. Didn't even get a reaction from mike n jay

[@scotcheggable]

There are two kinds of people

[@RochesFan]

26:53

[@Cursed_Mark]

@@Wabajak13 William Hurt took eight years between Incredible Hulk and Civil War.

[@EdsLorraine]

Okay so I just imagine Mike and Jay walking through a toy store and seeing that action figure and giggling hysterically all the way to the checkout line.

[@sortedevaras]

Dark Turn of Mind What's a toy store?

[@karma_monkey]

I can't believe they didn't make that joke. It's so perfect.

[@DR-kl3mn]

in reality it's just Rich and he's very embarrassed

[@JJW001]

It's satisfying to have a bad guy who wants to destroy the universe actually feel imposing.

[@johnmajors655]

I didn't know he was all CG. FWIW.

[@Makocat]

And also feel like a real character. I'm sure you noticed how focused the story was on him which was the best part of this all.

[@bruce000000070000000]

Rayjin Canayjin Most imposing cartoon ever maybe

[@Bastardozer]

If we're to assume he gives a shit about the rest of the universe and not just the Titans, but it's never explained why he does, and he clearly delights in inflicting pain and being a cliche "evil" villain, replete with a malevolent Black Order aiding him in his quest.

[@bruce000000070000000]

William Jacques Nowadays people can’t just accept that some characters can have reasons to do stuff without everything being explained. It just takes half a brain to understand why he cares about others

[@poe_slaw]

I actually appreciate that Thanos has the forethought to only go after the Infinity Stones when he knows he can grab more than one in quick succession. He was obviously aware that just having one Infinity Stone was not a guarantee that someone wouldn't just show up and vaporize you, Infinity Stone or not. Ronan got one and the Guardians killed him. Malekith got one and then Thor killed him. Loki had two and still got captured by the Avengers. Thanos succeeded because he was patient enough to wait until he could get three in a row really fast.

[@GeorgeMonet]

That's just stupid. Not getting the infinity stones when you have the chance only increases the chance you will never get a chance to grab it again because the universe is a huge huge place. If someone wanted to grab a stone and run then it would be impossible for them to ever be found again.The only reason Thanos even manages to get all the stones so quickly is because the writers are incompetent idiots who used deus ex machina constantly. Thanos magically knows where every stone is and collects them all without any effort.

[@RushGamma]

@@GeorgeMonet You must like your villans to be wet bread. I'd rather have a villans that's is near unstoppable. Makes the movie more intense.

[@infantiltinferno]

The Marvel Universe isn't a huge huge place, though. It's like that size of a garage. Rummage around and you'll find some MacGuffin. It's "space as the sea", it's based of a comic book and uses comic book logic, let's not pretend otherwise.

[@PittsburghSonido]

GeorgeMonet uhh no. Thanos waited for several things to fall into place. Over the past 10 years of movies we (along with Thanos) have learned where the stones are. Thanos was only waiting because he didnt know for sure where the soul stone was. Once he captured nebula and infiltrated her memory bank, he knew and commenced his onslaught.

[@MichaelSotoCE]

@@PittsburghSonido don't forget also that Odin, who could go toe to toe with Thanos, died like within a few days before infinity war. So not only did he learn the soul stone could be found, one of his biggest threats had just died.

[@PainCausingSamurai]

Previously on Red Letter Media: "Nobody cares about Thanos."

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

If only they'd addressed that in the video. Perhaps at about the 15 minute mark, say.

[@Elias6233]

@@grahamhaspassedaway4580 Which video?

[@mrman6035]

@@Elias6233 in the Black Panther review they mention "Who gives a fuck about Thanos? They've been hyping him for 10 yrs. Some big stupid purple guy." Something similar to that.

[@grahamhaspassedaway4580]

This one.

[@okramoffacebook1381]

From minite 15:00 "do you care about Thanos Now?" "Yes"

[@kaijusoshingeki7214]

Red Skull was basically that knight waiting in that room at the end of Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade.

[@iamdylanavery]

Exactly how I described it to the girlfriend

[@ghoulish6125]

Dylan Avery the people in the theater must have thought you were insane, talking to your hand like that

[@SvendleBerries]

"Choose wisely" (subtly points to the can of Coca Cola)

[@theinconceivableglueman8222]

"This has truly been Marvel Studio's Avengers: Infinity War" - Quote from Avengers: Infinity War

[@superzario1000]

yiay?

[@PR0MAN01]

OMG! Is that Gabe "Glue Man" Degrossi?!!

[@archib0ld1]

"What is this? Some kind of Infinity War?" - Thanos looking at the camera

[@EpicDude12321]

I see jacksfilms sent you

[@shayposting]

I thought it was a bit on the nose when Thanos and Hulk thumb wrestled and Thanos started by saying "1, 2, 3, 4, I declare Infinity War".

[@admiralbonetopick6483]

"It lessens the stakes and the impact when you know everyone can just come back anyway" Welcome to comic books, Jay. This is a problem that's been around for a while.

[@Reggie1408]

They could have fixed that in the movies.

[@dushikorsou1]

You knew they aint killing off black panther or spider-man when their movies rake in money lol

[@ihatepewdiepiev2419]

@@Reggie1408 It s not will they come back its how they wilk come back

[@TheWinstonSlip]

It’s a dumb comment. You don’t know anything Jay.

[@josephcrowe2908]

You need a theory for a no-prize

[@KindaGrump]

I'm 100% sure Rich said "IT ENDS WITH SPIDER MAN SAYING 'OH GOD I DON'T WANT TO DIE' WHILE TURNING TO ASH IN IRON MAN'S ARMS!"

[@manbearpiglett-4110]

Who's Ash?

[@qwemlhjsi4386]

Rodgerinho - ash is ash

[@jamesmallone]

Completely wrong. "IT ENDS WITH BATMAN SAYING 'OH GOD I DON'T WANT TO PAY THE WHOLE CHECK BY MYSELF BEFORE TURING INTO A CAT!!!" Not sure why that's a downer ending though. Cats are delightful! And I assume Batman's friends helped pay the check!

[@fredrikgranstrom6743]

@TootTootMcbumbersnazzle or evil dead

[@Jeviok]

It dies with*

[@chrisblahblahh4468]

I would add that I like that in the final dust scene, there was no music. No sad piano, no sad violin. Not even a crackle when they disappear. Just unavoidable death ...

[@andrewuzcategui8744]

Great use of silence

[@manuelpatino7863]

No dramatic, sad choire either. One of the best scenes in the film.

[@towersofgiza]

There was wind..

[@AthosJosue]

Like in real life :)

[@danieltobin4498]

You felt how the characters felt, confused and horrified

[@djcprod]

Is it weird that I look forward to Half in the Bag more than actual movies.

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

djcprod No. In fact the only movie they have reviewed in the last two years that I have even seen is The Last Jedi. But I still watch every review

[@Nieghorn]

I haven't watched probably 3/4 of the movies that appear on HitB.

[@farben_]

I think I only watched two movies from all the HitB episodes and I didn't agree with anything they said about them.

[@icemachine79]

Nah. I seriously went ahead and saw the movie _just now_ so I could watch the entire RLM review and know what they were talking about.

[@multi-florum]

I watch half in the bag so i don't have to watch movies.

[@MrHappyKyle]

“I think the strongest thing for me is that my expectations were subverted.” -Mike *Rich smiles and side-eyes the camera*

[@genm4827]

20:48 "That's like trying to overthink the mechanics of a time travel movie" *A YEAR LATER*

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

yeah I was thinking that comment aged beautifully

[@SlantsDraws]

you mean... FIVE YEARS LATER?

[@GeekOwtLowd]

This was definitely Marvels Empire Strikes Back. People lost so many hands. The Black Order guy. Hulkbuster. Some of the outriders. Peter Dinklage. And Groot cuts his own arm off too.

[@alexsilva28]

Wow it's true! I thought they were done with that after Phase II ended. Wow

[@superhamzah85]

i was sad at the end when bucky died - sweet rabbit didnt get that arm :(

[@serbancapraru8559]

ugaaa5 But they openly love scholck... And they openly love ahit like this too. What's your point?

[@serbancapraru8559]

ugaaa5 Well liking schlock doesn't mean liking ALL schlock.

[@andyt1313]

Geek Owt Lowd That’s very interesting.

[@jamesmallone]

James Gunn did oversee the Guardians scenes in Avengers Infinity War. And it shows.

[@handler8838]

Thats a man right there, not a dude.

[@logmeinhere]

That's the only ONE part of the movie you liked? What did you take a 2 hour bathroom break or something? lol

[@Wyzarka]

6:19 "Man barely got punched" Just the best line in this review.

[@ThePaleScribe]

“That’s like trying to overthink the mechanics of a time travel movie” How do they do it

[@Gitfiddle]

Well come on how else would they pull of end game? Rocket science it ain’t.

[@Jeviok]

You think like a hack

[@Wolvie181]

"Marvel Studios is doing dark and gritty better than DC" That's savage AF🤣

[@treeunderwater8606]

DC: People have dark and brooding fatique, let's do what Marvel does Marvel: Let's do dark and brooding.

[@kylo7092]

It's also entirely wrong. These hacks are treating Marvel vs DC like a sports fan would. They're saying embarrassing things in the process.

[@wikkedawsome]

so it's wrong for these guys to poke fun and satirize what DCEU and Marvel are doing on purpose? comic cons since 2013 with DCEU / and Marvel producers and execs treating their respective films like political candidates or as you said rival sports teams. as embarrassing as it may be for these guys to reference it, I can't blame them when the 2 companies purposely stoke the flames of fandom on social media, conventions, and now in deadpool 2 directly poking fun at it.

[@margarethafalco63]

Wolverinefangirl Sadly but true

[@supermutantsam1160]

I love how when Mike says, "My expectations were subverted," Rich just looks to the camera.

[@tentonmotto6779]

Thanos couldn't really launch a full-scale war until he knew where all the stones are located and he could grab them all in a blitz attack. Otherwise powerful forces across the universe would take notice and stop him. He had zero leads on soul stone until he captured Nebula, and only then, after evaluating the situation, decided to make a move. The fact that Thor's species basically collapsed, Ego and the Ancient One were murdered, and Avengers fell apart, definitely played the part too. It was a limited window of opportunity and he used it.

[@KevlarCaviar]

"I picture James Gunn in the movie theater with his script going, 'OH SHIT' and erasing things" Hoo boy, that joke didn't age well.

[@matthewchapman6305]

Ouch, lol. Seriously though, it sucks what happened with him.

[@SwiggleMcJiggle]

Should've erased his Twitter instead.

[@mediocregaming17]

Heyooo!

[@Modification102]

Real Talk, he did erase his Twitter. In regard to the public facing information, the tweets were inaccessible. The smear campaign pulled up relics from the past that the public could not access (not sure how, but one likely suggestion is WayBackMachine which stores cached copies of websites)

[@mikeg8561]

Eamon Manning happened before...

[@spugesdu]

It’s about family.

[@TheMaestroMizerous]

No, it's not! *Slams fists*

[@FeaturingDantefromDevilMayCry]

The story rhymes

[@birdgang2939]

And that’s what’s so powerful...

[@JoshTanner]

Wait, I was watching fast and the furious the whole time?!

[@omarmickelson1204]

Yes, you're quite right, old friend. I remember you from BiM.

[@RSpurs]

The cgi for thanos made steppenwolf look like an Atari game.

[@michaelgrace4281]

r modric so true 🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@GeekOwtLowd]

The CGI for the whole movie was spot on. And this movie had an eff-ton of CGI. Someone pointed out that the reason Black Panther's CGI was sub-par is perhaps because Infinity War was tying up all the best CG artists... That seems like it could be true.

[@VincentStevenStudio]

Geek Owt Lowd I disagree. I enjoy the movie but especially with Tony and Spider-man on Titan. The CGI is horrible. They looked like floating heads in a some sci fi videogame world. Even their suits were CGI. Which is weird because there is bts footage of RDJ wearing a practical torso piece.

[@popeyeschicken3535]

Vinny Banana Lmaoo you probably saw the movie on an Android because there suits looked crispy af in IMAX.

[@GeekOwtLowd]

Vinny Banana I guess sometimes the faces look a little weird on the cgi suits. I didn't notice Iron Man, but there was a shot of Parker's head with the Iron suit, and Banner's head on the Hulkbuster suit... but that's not a CGI issue... that's a compositing issue. And it's also the least important cgi shots to nail. I repeat. The CGI was tremendous. Maybe 2 or 3 shots with composited heads were a bit off... but that's minuscule.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

"It's like overthinking the plot of a a time travel movie." Jay is a prophet.

[@Teabone3]

Half in The Bag used to be called All in The Bag until Thanos showed up and snapped his fingers :/

[@jamesmallone]

Maybe it should have ended with Rich, Jack and Mike turning into dust.

[@Heliosphan15]

All do best in the bag!

[@milton7763]

Don’t overthink it, dude...

[@moviegeek1111]

Hey that's pretty creative, i like it

[@omg_RANCORS]

lets not forget that the last scene of the movie was thanos doing what he said he would do, sitting watching the sun rise and smiling. then before the post credit scene it says thanos will return. this movie was legit

[@MichaelLeroi]

Joshua Perkins The lights came up in the theatre when the sun rose. Very cool

[@turtleanton6539]

😅😅😅

[@Robobagpiper]

Not only is Marvel doing "dark and gritty" better than DC, it's doing it with an actual color palate that includes colors other than orange and teal.

[@afanofpeanuts7381]

After watching IW. I can't argue. It's fucking true.

[@jonsmith9838]

well having 2 avengers movies help

[@justinrodriguez1686]

Trash Bag Some are already confirmed to be set before infinity war, so this may have more long term ramifications after all

[@LockeWick]

Trash Bag We still don’t actually completely know who is going to stay alive after the next part and it still doesn’t matter that we know they are coming back, people are still heartbroken that we actually watch heroes (particularly Spiderman) die in front of us. People are still talking about how depressed the film makes them.

[@midguard7917]

Wow it's almost like comic books, the media with the most artificially perpetuated characters in modern history, will continue to artificially resurrect these same characters yet again for more overdone and contrived plots where there won't be any real danger.

[@RSpurs]

Think the reason thanos only now got the stones are because Odin dead. Ego dead. Ancient one dead. Hela dead. Needed the space stone to transport.

[@JonCombo]

Perhaps he needed to know where all of them are? They were all recently used, perhaps located, and he wanted to get them all in quick succession, incase people opposed him.

[@ThatBlakeCampbell]

And he saw in Nebula’s memory that he’d already won and how and when.

[@tinman3747]

@@ThatBlakeCampbell that's a different timeline

[@spimbles]

half a decade later, this movie is standing the test of time, in my opinion. still an incredibly entertaining movie with great stakes, pacing, and action. easily still the best Marvel film by far

[@VyseElric]

"You either die as Red Letter Media, or live long enough to see yourself become the Nerd Crew" - Kim Jong Un

[@afanofpeanuts7381]

Are you quoting Harvey Dent in TDK? Sounds like it..

[@cezar211091]

Funny

[@hairyballs089]

VyseElric >they like one movie > they are officially fanboys now because of that

[@velium365]

*-Chairman Mao If You're gonna quote philosophical quotes at least quote the right person you hack.

[@VyseElric]

"I'm a responsible person, I take things on the internet seriously" - Kurt Cobain

[@plkrtn]

James Gunn apparently did write the Guardians parts of the film.

[@Josephpirro]

"It's hard to put the brakes on the money train" Disney: "Run it off the tracks!"

[@toddf.packer9394]

Dwarves were originally giants in Norse mythology. Hence, casting the best known dwarf as a giant..dwarf.

[@Tikbal]

@@penguinpanda00 That's actually the fault of the guy who wrote the Eda's, he personally got the dwarves and dark elves (svartalves i think been a while since that class) mixed up

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

All I know is that in mythology Loki was a Frost Giant but also a dwarf, that is why he is the size of humans

[@nettleleaves8224]

@@johnnyskinwalker4095 giants aren't giant in Norse mythology, it's a mistranslation like dwarves is. Giants should have been translated to something more like "devourers" and in fact no mention is made of dwarves hight. It's all bad mistranslations

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

@@nettleleaves8224 What are you talking about, giants are giants. That is why they were tales of Thor outdrinking giants cause of the difference in size and he would still beat them. Cause he was that amazing.

[@The_Order_Of_William_Marshal]

Purple Homer Simpson wants his gems.

[@leetorry]

Dude thats Rick Harisson

[@noahbarnhartandit2365]

FAMILY JEWELS!!!

[@robknottsiii934]

Mmm...infinity gauntlet..

[@hardballer3926]

No daughter and no gems makes thanos something something.

[@kennyfernandez4636]

"You should've aimed for the head." "D'OH!"

[@fitnessabcvideo]

There was an eerie silence at the credits

[@NessNT]

James Roa it was so fucking akward at the end of the movie because nobody clapped, but I got up and looked around akwardly but no one moved or said anything... For the end credits and then after the end credits FINALLY people started clapping. Talk abour edging before the nut, gotdayumn

[@fitnessabcvideo]

Ness N Agreed. It left a lot of people "wtf now" faces, people turning around to each other asking questions. Damn satisfying ending. However I wished that really was the ending, would have been mega ballsy.

[@NessNT]

James Roa i mean, most nerds understand that this had to happen to continue the narrative. The russos specifically said this literally since it was announced and no matter what I'm actually excited to see what happens next. A lot of recent marvel movies feel into a contrived trap not on their own fault, but it went formulaic. Now they get you do whatever the fuck they want now and imo it was fucking great to see. Excited to see what happens now.

[@fitnessabcvideo]

Ness N True, hard act to follow, how do you get bigger than infinity war? Secret wars?

[@elboob1921]

House. Of. M. That's how.

[@aucarter]

Jay finally “hit the nail on the head”! It’s not enough to just subvert expectations but to do it in a way that is intriguing and satisfying. I would add that it also needs to show respect and love for the characters and storyline.

[@mjtrace8391]

I liked the silence in the movie when half the population turned to ashes.

[@lvolendrungl3362]

These are the guys Nick fury was trying to contact in the end credits..leave thanos to them.

[@ArtistInLocomotion]

"It's time to assemble, Susan..."

[@CaptainBagman]

THE HACKFRAUDSTERS DIDNT SAW THE CREDITS

[@houston-coley]

Where is Harry S. Plinkett? I’ll do you one better: WHO is Harry S. Plinkett? I’ll do YOU one better: WHY is Harry S. Plinkett?

[@DariusMakesContent]

Wow you quoted the least funny line in the movie... This comment BROKE NEW GROUND!!!!

[@Elcrisso1]

DariusMakesContent I don’t know what the audience was like when you watched it, but both times I saw it the audience and myself found that hysterical

[@Psykomancer]

I'll BETTER you ONE: Is Plinkett Harry S.?

[@DEinarsson]

Nobody ever asks how is Harry S. Plinkett.

[@hellbach8879]

Deep

[@taargustaargus3139]

Ive always considered this movie to be the better of the 2, by far.

[@toastonline4]

20:48 Jay: "It's like overthinking a time travel movie." Holy shit guys, 2 for 2 so far.

[@24FramesOfNick]

Can my Jay action figure make out with another Jay action figure

[@jacksmith3148]

The recommended use is to make out with another Jay Bauman figure

[@purecalm3160]

This needs to be pinned I have to know!

[@javis88h]

It's not gay, it's masturbation

[@timothycreed3452]

Oh hi, Nick.

[@TheCatWatches]

Imagine ... a Mr Plinkett action figure featuring a jetpack wheelchair and a cane featuring a retractable lightsaber...

[@sonicaids]

I fully expect people to make Jay custom figures now using Caps head.

[@aylasedai2317]

I just looked on amazon, but I'd have to make the VCR repair shirt...I'll wait for it to hit their merch store

[@themostmediocreshow]

"My expectations were subverted." Rich looks directly into the camera 🤣🤣

[@Whipplememartin]

*THANOS The Hands of Fate!*

[@jeffphillips1832]

^God King^

[@chrisjernigan1912]

hand*

[@TwoTown]

If you watch Kevin Feige's most recent interviews with Rotten Tomatoes, he talks about how he could talk about Star Trek for hours. COINCIDENCE?!

[@ThunderShadow98]

ElTomo what if that’s also the reason they had that gardens of the galaxy joke in volume 2.

[@BainesMkII]

To be fair, they had to keep what Thanos was trying to do, but wanted to come up with a different reason for doing it. Which does lead to a few weird bits, as the movie keeps some lines that were built around his comic book motive, but which do not actually fit his movie motive.

[@TwoTown]

BainesMkII I personally prefer his motives in the film to the comic, not that his tragic love with Death isn't interesting in its own right. Still that's interesting, what lines are you referring to?

[@BainesMkII]

I prefer (now classic) comic book Thanos, but have no issue with movie Thanos, who is a pretty darn good reinterpretation. I was more worried that the movie would use (relatively recent) rebooted origin comic book Thanos, who was clearly rebooted to fit some idea of a more "movie-friendly" version. (The rebooted Thanos origin heavily implied that his conversations with Death were all in his head.) As for the lines, two things stood out. First, early on the Black Order refer to death being a blessing. That fits comic book Thanos, who loves Death and legitimately sees death as a blessing. (Indeed, comic book Thanos was happy being dead.) This doesn't fit movie Thanos. For movie Thanos, death is more a service, a necessary evil to protect life. Second, there is pretty much everything about the cosmic balance in regards to the living outnumbering the dead. In the comic books, it is that ratio of living to dead itself that is the tipping point. Death felt threatened by the ever-growing presence of life, so she resurrected Thanos and sent him out with the task of restoring the balance. For movie Thanos, even though he still practices the simple "kill half" solution, the amount of dead to living realistically doesn't figure into his motives. Any "cosmic balance" for movie Thanos is driven entirely by what he believes to be the amount of life the universe can safely sustain, the number of dead doesn't really fit into it at all.

[@TwoTown]

BainesMkII that's fascinating! I really buy in to the comic Thanos you describe. I felt this was pretty present too in Avengers 1: "to challenge them is to court death", is CLEARLY, especially with the double meaning of "court", meant to evoke the Thanos we know to have a relationship with an embodied Death. To be honest, in the current movie Thanos context, his famous smile now seems a bit out of place

[@julianbell9161]

I’m tellin you, Ant Man and Don Cheadle are gonna kill Thanos

[@WerDeDeDe]

The thing is that Don Cheadle will also turn into dust. Not because of Thanos, because he's so fucking old.

[@HAL-xo2fj]

@@WerDeDeDe Savage 😆

[@phillipdrakelive]

War Machine should have died in Civil War from that fall. He is a ghost to me right now.

[@HAL-xo2fj]

@@phillipdrakelive 'SO DARK! You sure you're not from the DC Universe?' but you are right a 'civil war' with no causalities? What was the ending again? Stark get a beef with Rogers and Warmachine temporarily crippled. Even in Avenger's they killed the Agent guy for the sake of the story.

[@perhaps9460]

Don cheadle is going to kill him because thanos said the N word

[@fahrenheitman45]

Jay: "That's like trying to overthink the mechanics of a time travel movie." Such prophetic words...

[@saintpepperoni8630]

No kidding, like halfway into the movie i was like lol wouldn't it be funny if thanos won and he just chilled at the end. Then it ended. And i was speechless

[@harate]

It was hilarious how he kicked back at his dainty little cottage after annihilating half the universe

[@AdamC169]

Watching the sunrise on a "grateful" universe

[@datonkallandor8687]

The only thing that could have made Thanos an even more impressive character is if he turned to ashes after sitting down in his cottage. Flip a coin for everyone, and don't exclude yourself. But even without that, the whole movie was Thanos' movie. He got all the traditional hero moments, the quiet Zen-like dream sequences, the tortured past and heroic motivation. He even gets the big sacrifice to gain the macguffin to accomplish his goal. And of course "Thanos will Return" at the end, a line typically reserved for the hero of the marvel movie. The only issue in his story is that he killed the Dwarves despite promising to spare them, something that goes completely against the way he's written in all his other scenes (when he promises to spare someone, he does, consistently). He's fucking awesome.

[@mrg3241]

"It reminded me of a Star Trek episode..." I love it when Mike does this. No apologies required. :D

[@ivanb4681]

Cause every example he comes up with is right lol

[@Noobie2k7]

I just love Jay's reactions whenever he says it.

[@silverschannel8578]

@@Bowiiihowdy Star Trek Picard

[@helloitismetomato]

I was half expecting Jay to just leave the room for a while

[@Gitfiddle]

Believe it or not Infinity War was the first Avengers movie I watched. I had no interest in watching those films. I had seen half of Thor on regular TV once years ago and didn’t even know it was part of the Marvel universe. Even tho I didn’t know some of the characters I understood the plot, the major players, and the reasons the characters were acting the way they were. THAT’S the mark of a good film. Since then I’ve been making my way thru the Marvel Universe because I was shocked how much I liked the movie!

[@bvo..]

They all feel the same, don’t they?

[@goddepersonno3782]

yeah my mum went and watched it with me in cinemas when it came out. She hadn't seen any of the movies since Phase 1

[@gay4pay882]

@@bvo.. so does anal sex, but i couldn’t stop doing that to save my life. Love it!

[@zarreff]

You're next big like of a marvel film will be Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I guarantee it!

[@guybrushmonkey97]

We all know who's actually going to save the universe... HAWKEYE

[@Madman-ym8dh]

Bruno Santos He certainly won't QUIVER in the face of danger. Sorry.

[@bobdylan568]

Don't be stupid, my main man Wong has your asses covered

[@lazylamont92]

You know Cpt America is gonna die.

[@wiseking856]

Squirrel Girl

[@vollsticks]

Madman Ooooo well played lad, well fucking played

[@chriss5384]

Plot Synopsis: Big chin nasty needs to collect 5 stones representing the elements for his Nintendo power glove so he can destroy the marvel universe because he's a DC fan

[@LAVATORR]

I just saw this for a second time tonight and realized Thanos actully tells Scarlett Witch "you have no idea what I've been through today". Which, yeah, does kind of make Infinity War look like Thanos popped some Adderrall and wanted to catch up on his To Do list

[@Mister_Jay_Tee]

LAVATORR "Your friend Stark? He's cool. Hope he stops bleeding internally."

[@fattyjaybird7505]

I loved how the Red Skull showed up and did, what i thought, to be a classic comic book narration style that i've seen in so many comix

[@dramallama8363]

Mike's review of this movie better be printed on the cover of the Blu-ray release. "It's like a tackle-box of Marvel fun!"

[@mrcheese8701]

"Man barely got punched"

[@heyokah.2519]

Jay Bauman should be new Captain America after Chris Evans.

[@voodoo_soup]

Captain Fraud

[@BullyHunter-sj3hm]

Idris Nabhani He does look like Cap from First Avenger, before he got the super serum.

[@dangerdan2592]

Nah the next captain America will be played by Jennifer Lawrence or some shit like that.

[@heyokah.2519]

Augustus Sinclair: Walking into the Avangers ambush Thanos would say: "What is this?" And Jay's Captain America would say: "It is exactly what you think it is, like in that Italian movie Pieces..."

[@heyokah.2519]

DangerDan Jennifer Lawrence would be an Captain Americana... After Cap's decision to change his gender... New twist everyone, Feige watch and learn, you will need this into Phase 15 of MCU.

[@kylecourtois8542]

“It subverted your expectations, in a good way?” *shows Last Jedi poster

[@ls6velless454]

It’s crazy the continuity they’ve kept in all of the films, directors, and everything. It’s impressive.

[@mattsterne9034]

I may be sick, but I found it hilarious seeing families leaving an avengers film in a mournful silence

[@alexsilva28]

In my second viewing the kid next to me was crying during the end scene and when the credits rolled he turned to his dad and managed to say "He won... Thanos won..." I wanted to laugh so badly, poor kid

[@coleschubert9868]

Matthew Sterne everyone left in silence while me and my friends talk about the movie

[@isodoublet]

"I wanted to laugh so badly, poor kid" At least he was watching a movie appropriate to his age. What do you got?

[@Fir3fly798]

isodoublet oh shut up you butt hurt, kid loving douche. I swear people like you suck the fun out of everything. Little kids suck and everyone knows it, and it’s funny to see their little minds get blown. Plus they’re gonna bring all the characters back next movie so who cares. Also technically it’s a movie aimed at adolescents and young adults. Even though deep down we all know these movies are made to sell merchandise and toys.

[@isodoublet]

"oh shut up you butt hurt, kid loving douche. " I hate kids. I'm just pointing out he has an excuse. You don't.

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

My 10 year old was sitting there with his hand over his face distraught bc of how intense this was lol

[@Mummekins]

Jesus the review wasn't that bad

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

Mummekins haha very good

[@phelan120]

Yeah the best part was watching with my 13 year old boy. The barely audible gasps of his mind being consistently blown through the whole movie

[@kevinjohn7056]

My 11 year old daughter said she loved it. But then she asked why everyone disappeared at the end... /facepalm

[@InconsistentContent]

That's why the movie is for 12 year Olds and older over here

[@pretends2know]

I think that, even as a Last Jedi apologist, the reason that Infinity War's expectation subversion works better than in the Last Jedi comes down to a point that Wisecrack made in a What Went Wrong Episode: The Last Jedi didn't actually subvert expectations. Every one of the subversions that was set up in the first half of the movie by the end of the movie was backtracked. Infinity War did not back down and gut punched in the end just to be sure that even though we, the audience, know that Disney/Marvel are not going to commit to Thanos wiping out half the universe at the end of the movie, we felt the emotional loss in the moment. Case and point: Tom Holland and Robert Downey Jr. knocked Spider-Man's death out of the park.

[@Amateur0Visionary]

I think you meant case IN point. Speaking of points, yours were excellent.

Not only that, but Spidey's death and Stark's reaction tie up perfectly with Homecoming. That moment where Tony says to Spidey something like "if you die, that's on me".

[@beareggers]

If they really wanted to subvert expectations they should have omitted the post credit scene. Just end it, show the credits and then nothing.

[@christianyobel117]

@@rawrdino7046 there was none. I think he mistook it with antman post

[@timsebold3662]

Nick Fury signaling Captain Marvel while turning to ash.

[@Roper122]

All that just to show us the Kevin Feige follows you on twitter.

[@bryannepeguero6747]

Yes, now i can know what to think about the movie.

[@brucewhite3310]

Me tooooooooooo

[@mawbts530]

When my opinion differs to RLM's in any way, I change it. They're like a higher court.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

Replace "do i" with "to".

[@wearealreadydeadfam8214]

Can wait to tell all my friends that I was really impressed that Thanos was only punched once.

[@kevinjohnston4923]

This comment is like a year old.

[@LetsReadPodcast]

These guys make me happy :3

[@WeWantBears]

0:36 *David Lynch references make me happy*

[@subhajitkarmakar291]

@@WeWantBears explain

[@alexlawrence6440]

The Kevin follow in the opening skit is such a flex by J

[@JShockBEM]

One complaint I see a lot is "Why did Thanos wait so long to go after the stones?" This is an easy one to answer. He needed Odin and Asgard out of the way. Asgard and especially Odin were the biggest threats that we know of to Thanos in the galaxy. In Thor Ragnarok, we even get a great line from Thor when he confronts Loki (disguised as Odin) that says he sees all the realms in chaos, and enemies of Asgard closing in on their territory. TL;DR - Thanos waited to gather the stones because Odin and Asgard were still around. Ragnarok solved that problem for him.

[@SolarArmadillo]

Josh Shockley I like to think that it was Odin and the Ancient One on Earth that was standing in his way.

[@xPurpleDrinkx9001]

Bullshit. Odin was basically no where to be found and presumed dead since like 2013.

[@JShockBEM]

Still, Asgard still stood.

[@xPurpleDrinkx9001]

Josh Shockley for basically no good reason. Meh it's a nitpick. It's fine. Movie still good lol

[@Bastardozer]

Not a nitpick. A huge issue of internal logic and consistency. Like, having some standards and wanting *some* decent explanations instead of being a fanboy shill.

[@danielheflick1529]

Here's how I saw Thanos waiting until just now to finally go after the stones. He couldn't perform an all out assault on even one of the stones without another one of the holders of the remaining stones hearing about it, therefore putting up their guard. If he was going to do it himself (like he said at the end of Age of Ultron) instead of using underlings (like he did in the first Avengers and Guardians movies), he needed to come in and hit all of them as fast as possible to prevent foreknowledge of his incoming attacks. But he still didn't know where the Soul Stone was, so he had to hunt down that information first. Which he finally did when he captured Nebula and forced her to tell him that Gamora HAD in fact located the Soul Stone. It was only after acquiring that information that he could begin violently taking the stones from those who held them.

[@xPurpleDrinkx9001]

Why not just attack Xandar and get the powerstone, thereby already making him the strongest being in the universe as stated in the beginning of the movie? Its still dumb. But whatever.

[@GridCube]

well, he needed the guantelet to hold the power stone, and he couldn't get it done until asgard stopped protecting nivaladir after ragnarok

[@dylanmitcham1069]

10:14 Someone did take the guardians of the galaxy 3 script and erase something...it just happened to be the words james gunn from the title page

[@jamesmallone]

LOL, nice one.

[@charlottecorday8494]

This comment didn't age well.

[@edarroyo76]

"It's really nice when thanos won." - Mike Stoklasa

[@Drownedinblood]

Mike is memory alpha personified. The guy can pull star trek lore out his ass at any moment.

[@dontlikesand1955]

The way you describe Mike reminds me of this one star trek episode...

[@Drownedinblood]

I'm guessing it's just part of the process of being a successful HACK FRAUD.

[@jumpingman8160]

It's like Red Letter Media aimed for DC's head and actually killed it.

[@Hanzer-ns5bh]

If anyone killed DC, it was DC themselves. Specifically Zach Snyder if you want to put the blame on one person.

[@lennyztrobos8678]

DC STUDIOS - "What would make superman an interesting character? I know, lets make him more realistic and relatable. Like a real person but with amazing power!" DC STUDIOS - *Makes Superman into an uncaring asshole borderline psychopath who needs to be constantly hugged and kissed by his mother and girlfriend to remind him not to kill everyone* DC STUDIOS - "There, realistic and completely relatable. This is exactly why people responds to this character. And the fans will love it"

[@F44B3]

Lenny Ztrobos Since when was Superman an psychopath?? This over-exaggerated hate of Superman is getting annoying. And fyi DC wasn't responsible for Superman's character, it was Snyder...

[@lennyztrobos8678]

F44B3 All Im saying is that when I watch the movies, I get a strong sense that something is definitely wrong with the guy. Like when there´s a woman caught in some rubble, and shes reaching out to superman and he just kind of... hovers there for a moment. Like he´s taking his sweet time. Like the situation does´nt really affect him emotionally in any way. Or when Zod throws a truck at him that he casually dodges, and it explodes into the office building behind him. (Of course he does´nt look back.) And always with that same slightly annoyed expression, like he should´nt be bothered with this. It´s like every chance they get to show a bit of humanity, they make a point of making him look like an inhuman god-creature. He reminds me of Dr Manhattan, wich is probably what they where going for since Snyder LOVES the Watchmen.

[@castlerock1627]

F44B3 I don’t know about psychopath but him contemplating if saving a person is the right thing to do or not is unbecoming of what made Superman great.

[@zacharyhaynes8969]

It’s hilarious because what Jay said about James Gunn is exactly what happened

[@OptimumTaurus]

The point that Thanos could just double resources? That's what we are supposed to think. Thanos is the "mad titan". He tells himself he's doing this for the good of the universe but he's actually doing it just to prove to himself that he's right. There would be a LOT of ways for Thanos to end suffering if he had all six stones. But he goes for the most mad way possible. That's the character.

[@CallumGolds]

GIANT PETER DINKLAGE

[@RaSkipper]

EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED

[@andrewmcgough9008]

Giant Dinklage

[@jasonfenton8250]

Infinity War is based on actual battles that actually took place in the Marvel Universe. So here's this giant Peter Dinklage. Attack its weak point for massive damage.

[@metalmugen]

Callum GIANT DEAD VERNE TROYER

[@dumbwolfperson9912]

Peter Biglage

[@2634josh]

When I was walking out of this movie I passed a group of guys and one asked to the other "Did you clap?" The other responded "I saw Captain America and I clapped." It was just the cherry on top for me.

[@stuv1996]

It's fun seeing them really enjoy something.

[@sacredlunatic]

To paraphrase Dr. Zola in The First Avenger: "The sanity of the plan is of no consequence...because he can do it!" It doesn't matter that Thanos plan is crazy. HE IS CRAZY.

[@ComeOnPelican91]

Inserting Red Skull into Infinity War was good fan service. Tying up loose ends from previous movies is necessary for world building and lore, something that fans can and will appreciate.

[@BattleJoe97]

ComeOnPelican91 Now if only The Leader came out of the blue from The Incredible Hulk.

[@Aleph-Noll]

i really hate the actor they got to play the leader in hulk, they should just recast him too, glad they did the same with norton

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

Me too. And I hope Red Skull returns somehow.

[@kael13]

In the movie, I just thought he was a representation of Death. Considering he was the ‘caretaker’ of the Soul stone. Had no idea he was an actual character.

[@98Dreadboy]

Kael Yeah he is the villain in the first captain america movie.

[@fussanchez2716]

At the end, where Thanos looks over at the world he destroyed and the Avengers died, and the movie ended-- someone yelled out, "That's not how it's supposed to end!"

[@tongathedevil5386]

Fus Sanchez The ending was great to me.

[@thefashionpolice3453]

I like tragic endings, though it is obviously temporary until the next part.