Half in the Bag: Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3

The summer movie season is a go! It's time for action! Time for adventure! Time for incorrect aspect ratio projections of a movie that takes up only two thirds of your giant movie theater screen of which you came to see said movie on. It's time to head back to the moopies and check out the final Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy 3!

[@bootsthecat6718]

Jay: "That show for perverts" Mike: "Yes, I've watched the whole thing"

[@SimonBuchanNz]

That little look at the camera after that 😂

[@abanustrickland368]

*bombastic side eye*

[@Scribbled_Death]

These frauds are the kings of subverting expectations!

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Big Mouth?

[@NeonNijahn]

I love how they just moved past it too.

[@psychicpineapples]

“I don’t see movies, I see threats.” Love Mikes description of Marvel movies

[@snoopstp4189]

mike needs his safe space..

[@MrMont804]

😂😂😂😂

[@Hasshodo]

Ehh marvel has nearly succeeded taking itself out so not so much anymore

[@rhetiq9989]

I'm still pretty easy on the Marvel movies but that one got me real good

[@stephenthomas1492]

Considering the recent films being released that have destroyed franchises and well-loved characters, I can agree.

[@lupinewolf9372]

"I understand that the plot was rocket-heavy... rocket-centric" ROCKET-PROPPELLED MIKE, IT WAS RIGHT THERE

[@ToyInsanity]

Good one

[@cgdimension]

you just fired a rocket up his cornholio

[@portostrengthunion]

Underrated comment

[@Icetea-2000]

That’s astronomically funny

[@chilboswaggins5500]

Out of this world 🌍

[@seangiglio]

You know when Mike really enjoyed a movie when he refers to the characters by their actual names and not by their actors

[@Lefuza]

"When I read this list, I don't see movies. I see threats." -Mike Stoklasa

[@thefrozenpanda]

That's such a great line.

[@goblintwo]

That’s what is so refreshing about Gunn’a DC slate. He pitched actual stories and dynamics and not just “THiS CHaRACter”. Also said he wants the movies to focus on great scripts and genuinely being different genres instead of pretending

[@kadiriolanipekun6486]

@@goblintwo dude I know right. When I heard that, I got so excited

[@SimonBuchanNz]

I can't even really blame Marvel though, because everyone else just instantly shit the bed when they tried. If Gunn can provide a real competitor, I can dream that we get more attention and respect given to the actual movies from both studios. Also I've heard some noise that Marvel have slowed production even before the strike, so hopefully they're already trying to resolve this? I have so much hope 😅

[@PashaandDrosha]

Now that's an Avenger-level threat.

[@reimu3627]

Watching a movie about a character’s past and all the shit they went through, and ending the movie with said character at peace and dancing happily with their found family just feels good man.

[@eddiek8179]

@Cristo Alba Yup. Any kind of ending needs to be earned. Good or Sad. Either one can be manipulative if done inorganically. This earned its ending.

[@01101111011010110110]

I kept expecting someone on the main cast to die, too, which made the finale somewhat more surprising. They both get to live AND depart from the story. As in, the restraint to not force an emotional beat by killing a character who is leaving anyways has become personally unexpected for these types of movies

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

From IM A CREEP to DOG DAYS ARE OVER

[@MelodyYoung]

Oh man after hearing that raw gutteral scream from the flashback to heaving him scream out in joy in the final moments of the film...it just felt so good and made me so happy.

[@stepitup25]

A happy ending that was absolutely earned. I don’t think I can look at a raccoon the same way again.

[@aleksandarradovanovic8496]

Maggie Gyllenhaal being butt slapped while Avengers heroic theme is playing was some of the greatest cinema i've ever experienced.

[@burst_ch.]

Every time they cut a parallel edit of two films in a hilarious way it's always a treat. The Freddy Got Fingered scenes over Malignant is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen

[@victormello5536]

​​@@burst_ch. you just conjured in my brain the image of Tom Green going DING-DONG holding a big sausage to his crotch under the cheesy score for Malignant and I thank you for it.

[@zormyyy2327]

Time stamp?

[@TheErnieforss]

By getting smacked by human ultron

[@pixelnovak]

@@zormyyy2327 28:50

[@joelclifton6312]

I think the idea is that Mantis wasn't just found by Ego in her larval state and made into a servant, she was one of the thousands of failed offspring that didn't carry the Celestial gene, but Ego decided to keep her as a servant because she had useful powers. So she's Quill's half-sister.

[@jebbryant6522]

​@@enviritas9498 I'll never get over the tea bit in hitchhikers guide. "It tasted remarkably almost but not quite entirely unlike tea" that sentence still shocks me just by existing

[@helloill672]

That is the Canon, in the Christmas special she tells Quill that they are siblings

[@aolson1111]

​@@DanicaDeVriesEgo was created in the 60's and Mantis in the 70's, so I imagine some nerd said something similar 30 years ago.

[@chilboswaggins5500]

@@jebbryant6522 And that poem by one of the gross creatures called something like "Ode to the little pud growing under my armpit".

[@byronlopez3422]

​@@enviritas9498ñ

[@PHDPool]

Any video where Mike pulls out a piece of paper is a masterpiece

[@comradeconrad]

Top 10 Things YOU Didn't Know About Darth Vader's Suit!

[@chandlertucker7843]

He pulls out the paper from the piece of paper pantry

[@dzhang4459]

Only because it's something Rich wrote.

[@loonie5468]

I always hold out hope for Science Man to return and mansplain to us all.

[@brookspn]

I've been looking for but can't find the video in which he keeps slapping the paper to reset the segment. It was during covid and was very funny.

[@itguy81]

Jay: animal violence can get to me -Cut to jay laughing hysterically at Exploding Varmits

[@jessicazimmer8910]

He explained in that one, they were all laughing because they couldn't believe what the fuck was going on. Not because they actually enjoyed it.

[@Kubyashi]

"Goodnight, sweet cats"

[@chuckmendez8446]

People change. I didn’t mind much animal violence in films long time ago, but since I became a pet owner (two cats and a dog) now I tend to skip those type of scenes

[@jeremyross9698]

@@Kubyashi It's ironic because Jay is the one that actually likes cats.

[@jeremyross9698]

@@jessicazimmer8910 I think he often laughs at the absurdity of certain scenes with animal violence (when the animal is clearly a stuffed toy for example,) not the actual concept of violence against animals.

[@AdesteFidelis]

"Extraction is an action movie with somebody in it" Damn that makes me wanna watch it.

[@piercewilson4029]

It's actually kinda sick. Hemsworth beats up child soldiers

[@mitchellhouser1572]

I was interested until I heard someone was in it. I would much rather watch a blank screen.

[@superzario1000]

its fucking amazing though

[@wc999]

it's a good action movie honestly one of chris hemsworths better films along with rush and blackhat

[@LordDungeonMaster]

From what I've heard, it's an action movie with no real plot and Chris Hemsworth isn't that much of a character, but the action and stunts are very good

[@BloodlessWolf]

One thing about the villain that I thought was interesting. The reason he needs Rocket so badly is because the people he made were unable to make art, to create anything. He mentions that he was so impressed with the art and music of Earth and how it would be perfect if it wasn't for the imperfections of humanity. He wanted to create a civilization that could create beautiful art.

[@CoreanKat]

And the imperfections and flaws are what allow art and creation. Order vs Chaos. Creativity vs Conscientiousness

[@AntonioCardenasT]

Like Rocket said, he just didn’t like the thing how they were, on counterearth they were doing graffiti, meaning they were capable of doing art, but they were also getting high and beating people up. He could create beings with intelligence and creativity, but with it came vices which he didn't approve of, he would have never been happy with any if his creations.

[@soulknight5330]

But the thing he doesn't understand is the main reason for art's existence is the suffering of humanity, so art is based on the world's imperfections.

[@luichinplaystation610]

Furry planet still he needed Rocket's clever brain

[@nothingsacred8684]

​@@soulknight5330 I don't think art itself is based on suffering, I think just some pieces of art are and other pieces are based on joy or happiness or appreciation.

[@anenemystand5582]

I feel like these movies watched back to back form a nice little arc. Guardians 1. Is about a bunch of people with different trauma learning to live with others. Guardians 2. Is about them all learning to live with themselves. They're all trying to understand their own feelings and why it gets in the way of relationships. Guardians 3. Is about them taking all their development and using that to directly confront their trauma and to prevent it from being inflicted on anyone else. They save the kids and the animals and get to give them something the Guardians never got.

[@sonoftheway3528]

You kinda have to watch Infinity War and Endgame in between 2 and 3 though or else the 3rd movie won't really make sense.

[@anenemystand5582]

@@sonoftheway3528 my family didn't and they caught up quick

[@sonoftheway3528]

@@anenemystand5582 They understood that Gamora died and that the new Gamora was from the past?

[@anenemystand5582]

@SonoftheWay35 yes. On account of them saying in the movie that Gamora died and the new gamora was from the past

[@blakesby]

​@@sonoftheway3528 for me, this was the worst part of the movie. It's similar to how important plot points between Mandalorian S2 and S3 happen in Book of Boba, and how much you'd be missing if you had *only* watched the one show. It's poor storytelling. Guardians 1 and 2 standalone, but the final in the trilogy kinda requires viewing a seperate series in order for plot points to be clearly explained? Disappointing form. Yes, you can *just watch Guardians 3 and make enough sense of what's happened to fill in the gaps, but you shouldn't have to do that work in a trilogy which otherwise stands fairly alone from the MCU, like Jay or Mike said in the vid.

[@JustDandyGuy]

In the comics, Superman is a character with a lot of heart. A character I think has been grossly misrepresented by films for decades, I do think Gunn's knack for writing endearing three dimensional characters will fit the character really well.

[@TheBroz]

It’s worth a shot, anyone can do better than the hack snyder.

[@joninterglad]

Well if you wanna make a Superman movie, you gotta break a few necks.

[@springssprangyard8278]

They're using All Star Superman as reference and that comic has some wacky, and mean, WACKY scifi stuff in it, kinda gross and campy like what you see in this movie so maybe that's up his alley as well.

[@Libellisth]

​@@joninterglad Ouch

[@hoya1178]

@@joninterglad Or do break hands of powerless people, then showing them down to their death...

[@Eidlones]

I find it sadly hilarious that James Gunn showed off their multi colored space suits awhile ago on twitter, and someone was like "OMG is that a Among Us Reference?!?!?", and Gunn replied with "No." and a picture of the 2001: A Space Odyssey suits.

[@RWilton]

the space suits sort of reminded me of pluto nash lmao

[@deoxys11]

I thought it was a Pac-Man reference

[@casbyness]

@@deoxys11 Nebula would have needed to be in pink, instead of green.

[@chillhour6155]

Fkn embarrassing time period we're currently living

[@natix_643]

I thought they were meant to be Teletubbies

[@shelbyvillerules9962]

James Spader spanking Maggie Gyllenhaal to the Avengers theme was funnier than it had any right to be.

[@doommetaldarryl6689]

I thought you were just being weird............until it happened lol

[@AnarchicArachnid]

​@@doommetaldarryl6689 😊it was the greatest cross over

[@rhetiq9989]

Funny bcs Spader played Ultron in the second Avengers movie so I could imagine him in that role doing the exact same thing

[@AnarchicArachnid]

@@rhetiq9989 now I want Maggie as Jocasta

[@whodatninja439]

@@rhetiq9989 i thought Mike would make a Robert California reference again

[@cylondorado4582]

I just watched Ant Man 3 before watching Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and the contrast was amazing. James Gunn and everyone else involved clearly put so much more effort in.

[@CousinCreepy]

I hope he keeps this energy for The Authority! They could be seen as DCs Guardians so it should fit like a glove!

[@BeczaBot]

Ant Man 3 was so boring and they didn't establish a plot until forty minutes into the movie.

[@robertstull8759]

@@CousinCreepy DC's very, very R-rated Guardians of the Galaxy

[@hammondOT]

No, he just an ounce of talent. So up against everyone else, he looks like John Ford.

[@boccci]

@@CousinCreepy I thought the Authority were going to be the antagonists of Superman Legacy though

[@regularshowman3208]

24:35 The funniest part about that is how much it parallels the comics industry, when you have creators working on runs of individual characters/groups, and then there's a huge event comic that radically alters the status quo and ends up fucking with whatever those creators had in mind for their own individual runs.

[@luichinplaystation610]

Phuncking Russo brothers and Infinity Was and Avengers and Thanos chin We can't have perfect things

[@tonyiommisg]

When you watch Guardians back to back and the Avengers, there is a stark difference between how Quill is written. In the Avengers he's so stupid and selfish and just an asshole, but in the Guardian's he has a charm and is intelligent, just a bit goofy and free spirited. Also, I know it's a game, but the Guardian's Game is freakin phenomenal and so well written, highly recommend it if you're a fan.

[@mrcontrarian1416]

I didn’t go into the guardians game expecting much but it is an excellent game in its own right & I was forever surprised at just how good the voice acting & writing was

[@unlimitededge2689]

@Cristo Alba It’s a really great mix of both the MCU interpretation and the comic versions of the characters, it’s awesome

[@tookings]

The game won awards specifically for the writing, which were well deserved.

[@ChronoKatie]

The game shocked me with how good it was, especially the characterization

[@Che1Angelius]

that game made this characters amazing, I didn't like vol 3. That game is amazing, a little repetitive. That game made Adam Warlock amazing, in the movie were is Superman

[@ZachPrime]

I feel like they did such a great job of taking inspiration from rockets drunken fight with drax in the first movie. How upset he got over being called a rodent or a monster just gets put on display in this movie about how deep it actually really fucks with him. The scene is no longer him having a short fuse about that kind of name calling it is legitimately traumatic for him to be called such things.

[@tonywagner7269]

The line if the first one where he said that he never asked to be created stuck with me and I’m glad we got his backstory.

[@PR0MAN01]

Same with Yondu yelling at Rocket in 2. You can see Rockets on the verge of a mental breakdown and now we understand why.

[@mackielunkey2205]

I also love how they portray Rocket losing his friends; in the Telltale and Eidos video games, some sense of closure or satisfaction can be felt even with Lylla’s death. She gets to see the sky and perform a heroic sacrifice. Here, she dies in a way that rips Rocket’s soul apart. Lylla doesn’t have her dreams fulfilled or die an honourable death, she gets shot in the back by the High Evolutionary in a cruel twist of fate. And through this you can completely understand why Rocket was the way he was before he changed for the better. The change to make Rocket a normal raccoon that was shipped to Halfworld rather than a Halfworld native also works in favour of his character because it creates a better connection with the audience than if they kept his Halfworld roots. There’s more symbolism regarding immigrants in that sense.

[@user-rs1ch6bc4n]

The emotional impact of this movie was not about the actual deaths that occur or the “fake out” deaths….it was about the reactions of the other characters to those moments. The reactions by the other characters to those moments where heart breaking and at time gut wrenching and that is what made this movie so great and powerful.

[@user-rs1ch6bc4n]

And not just the reactions to the deaths… nebulas reaction to rocket being alive and ok was heart wrenching and mantis reaction to nebula and mantis being able to muster the strength to speak for nebula and letting rocket know how happy they were that he was ok a profound piece of storytelling

[@CoreanKat]

Relax. The movie was fine.

[@k_airo]

And not even just Rocket's reaction. Floor hysterically repeating "Floor, Teefs, Rocket go now" while Rocket is ripping the villain's face up was _haunting._ She clearly didn't have the same mental capacity, and so her terror just reminded me of an innocent child. And to suddenly follow that up with a pan to their silent, still bodies. *EMOTIONAL DAMAGE*

[@Joel-bh5xd]

@@k_airo 😭 you just reminded me of what I felt then and teared up while reading it. I already knew the story of rocket and his friends, and even then the whole thing was gut wrenching. After the movie, I returned home and hugged my dogs. Floor reminded me specifically of one my dogs, as completely innocent and full of joy.

[@robertgaudet7407]

Well I guess some of us like getting jerked around like that. Not me though.

[@gecho194]

When watching the Indiana Jones trailer after "I've been tortured with voodoo, been shot 9 times" I expected to hear, "got nuked in a fucking fridge".

[@SionBarzhado]

Okay, now we NEED someone to do an edit of that trailer where someone uses AI to make him say that “…got nuked in a fucking fridge” line.

[@bootsthecat6718]

"chased by giant ants, fell down a loony tunes waterfall... THREE TIMES!"

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@bootsthecat6718 “You’re a waterfall inspector?” “Part time!”

[@bootsthecat6718]

@@Tester-sh1mn 🤣🤣🤣

[@thecinematicmind]

@@bootsthecat6718 Rode down a snowy mountain on a rubber boat.

[@christophercarrasco154]

I loved that this universe's Adam Warlock wasn't finished cooking in his cocoon, hence why he isn't perfect/accurate like his comic counterpart. He COULD'VE been, but the High Evolutionary needed him ASAP. Goes with the whole misfit theme.

[@NGEvangeliman]

I just saw this movie and I haven't walked out of a theater with a big goofy smile on my face like this in a while.

[@nextgenkilla7645]

@@NGEvangeliman same, it feels nice to watch a marvel movie that makes you actually happy. even NWH didn't do it tio this degree for me

[@chillhour6155]

Isn't he like more powerful then Thanos ?, I remember something like that from an old comic book

[@pintolerance785]

​@@chillhour6155 Adam Warlock is like Marvel's version of Superman from DC, he could absolutely obliterate Thanos but he isn't as powerful in the mcu because he wasn't done cooking.

[@christophercarrasco154]

@@pintolerance785 He could still reach that level. I feel like this arc could be something beautiful where he turns into not only his counterpart... But what his mother sees him as and what his father (High Evolutionary) failed to see in him as.

[@dtanobo]

I didn't get super emotional over Tony Starks death but I was tearing up over Rocket and his friends lol wtf

[@IIxIxIv]

I was 100% sure they were going to die but it still really hurt

[@BeczaBot]

Animal deaths hit a little different

[@Felamine]

@@IIxIxIv I watched this the other day at my parents' house (both are big GOTG fans, surprisingly) and during the early scenes of Rocket playing with his Batch 89 buddies, my mom kept being all "they're gonna die." Then when that moment finally came, she still cried.

[@thejustinsteffan]

Because tonys death was corny boring and ugly

[@CaptWesStarwind]

James Gunn has managed to make me cry over a tree, a walkman, and now a trash panda. The man is a master.

[@jared_really]

This might be the last marvel movie I ever willing sit down in a theater to watch with my eyeballs

[@Alexis-vv5bk]

I'm sorry but the way you phrased that had me physically laugh. Nice

[@Rigobert-Wupperschnitzl]

With your balls?

[@Anon24052]

Same here, I’ve lost interest in most of the other IPs but this one was a worthwile exception

[@Cardiopazia]

your eyeballs? What's going to happen to them? Someone is going to...GAUGE YOUR EYES?

[@cameronschmit6472]

It’s driving me absolutely insane that nobody is pointing out the “face off” reference Peter was constantly making. Then they actually peel the guys face off like the movie “face off”. Screencrush, new rockstars, and heavy spoilers failed to mention it

[@nichescenes]

Funny once he made that reference i kept thinking why is everyone not agreeing with peter, I know he's supposed to be silly but he's right, lets face off, and rip his face off. Then they did it lol, I was joking but kinda hoped the'd do it as a big thing and they did. I also like many thought that was a film mistake and then just ignored it and they said no no it was on purpose, like why did I think a huge production like this would miss a simple shot like that. All the marvelis trash after endgame stuff got to me, I guess. Started thinking everything haters say was true. Many haters pulling people to the darkside never enjoyed them in the first place and are cathartically waiting for superhero bubble to burst so they can replace it with the next trend. They don't see that much like the replacement of live action tv being reality tv which is cheap and braindead, they will get a replacement of just sequels to cartoon nostalgia and 80s/90s remake bait to cater to boomers.

[@JacksonDubyaC]

@@nichescenes 90's action movie fit

[@snausages43]

Ya know, the guy can force evolve animals into humanoid versions of themselves, but he can’t regrow his face? Seems like he would be able to do that. Hell, even Star Lord was somehow able to fix his face after it got frozen and ballooned up.

[@nichescenes]

@@snausages43 Remember star lord isn't human and is half celestial. Which is a powerful breed. We learn from eternals such things are super powerful. He likely has a healing factor far better than the villain. Also dude survived a hit from thanos the titan...who takes hits from hulk...and hits hulk, hulk can throw cars with ease...one punch from mike tyson could knock most out...tyson cant toss cars to my knowledge...star lord is super powerful. Also racoon bacteria ripping into your face and so on, I'm guessing he just didn't get it fixed fast enough.

[@Freedomdeusmostart2]

​@@nichescenesgreat points, plus the face coming off scene pays off Peter Quill telling everyone for most of the film that he was literally heading to the High Evolutionary to have a "face off" so they literally did it. Totally on purpose and loved every second of it

[@Mrgoodtimelove]

Mike is really good at reading lists in a humorous way

[@CraigTalbert]

RIP Jerry Springer

[@ceterisparabolas]

Even better if it’s a list of elderly ailments, but it’s true of the broader genre.

[@Amcsae]

​@CraigTalbert their least watched episode is my most watched episode.

[@tommos1]

Someone give him Schindler's list.

[@mlxoc712]

@@tommos1 ANOTHER funeral.

[@conradburroughs]

I remember watching the plinket star trek reviews on dial up internet. Who would have thought 35 years later these two are still at it.

[@Icecastles4000]

So shocking even while mike is pushsing 80 he still hasn’t quit

[@vario6492]

RLM and AVGN are the true champions of KZbin

[@mikeycrackson]

I remember watching their re:views and half in the bag back when TVs were black and white.

[@jayofelony86]

My first experience with RLM was when Mike thrashed Richard Burbage for his performance as King Lear back in 1606.

[@YAH2121]

Its a miracle RLM can get these videos out with Rich evans and the rest of the team joining the Writers strike

[@Nofixdahdress]

I can't wait for Denis Vellineuve to adapt all the rest of Frank Herbert's classic Dune books. I'm especially looking forward to Dun3: Look at All this Dune.

[@aukalender]

dune 3: most dune

[@SayAhh]

​@@aukalenderdune 4: dune dune dune dune

[@DawidUliczny-ro7eo]

Dune: Between Two Dunes

[@kamandi1362]

Easier said than Dune.

[@AIIEYESONME]

Herbert's last book in the series was my favorite. Seriously it was a Masterpiece. Dune 5: I'am so Dune with you.

[@imthemoneydickcheneymadeof7661]

The older these men get the better this show is

[@arianshahrokh1439]

Deadass

[@O1OO1O1]

It's going to be legendary when they're 75

[@GomuGear4]

Fermenting like beer

[@indyartwiz]

hotter

[@Chronologger]

Can't wait to see Mike laughing at the elderly as a 70 year old man himself. I imagine his laugh will be much more terrifying at that age.

[@marc_7143]

That skit at the start was amazing, just kept watching it over and over, the plinkett lore implications are crazy

[@maxxjapan619]

The CGI Rich Evans took 14 years to make. I'm going 7/10.

[@brandongreer5638]

Tops the Rogue One skit, which I never thought could happen

[@AnonYmous-np6jn]

It broke new ground

[@ignacius8466]

I don't know. Feels like a lot of poorly thought-out reconning.

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

@@ignacius8466 it's because the lore is written in a circle, it's like poetry it rhymes.

[@TerrenceNowicki]

It's interesting how much Chris Pratt's acting improves when he's not the main character of the story. I never thought he was anything more than adequate in the first two movies but in this he was terrific, and that certainly maps to how he first became notable as a guest character eventually upgraded to solid second banana in Parks and Rec.

[@JSK1121]

When Mike pulls out his crumpled paper in the first minute, you know you’re in for a good one.

[@jaybazza248]

Mike's cameo as Desmond in Smiling Friends was awesome! he captured the compulsively suicidal character with unmatched accuracy

[@hackerchip81]

He didn't even have to act for that role!

[@StuffedVulture]

All of Desmond's lines were just leaked Mike Stoklasa audio. I'm not sure he even knows he was used as a character in the show.

[@jaybazza248]

@@StuffedVulture even better

[@rockerdude725973]

All his lines are just what Mike says to himself in the shower everyday.

[@RUDY-COLEMAN]

I loved that episode. He has a magnum pressed up against his head for the entire head. Hilarious

[@goblintwo]

Gunn running DC could be really exciting for the industry as a whole. Beyond just the idea of a creative being CEO, he's openly stated the same complaints Mike & Jay do about movies right now, and says that writers and good scripts are going to come first. No movie is going to even start production until the script is solid, even if it means pushing release dates. He also said that the movies are going to "actually be different genres, instead of pretending to be different genres."

[@goblintwo]

Jay might not recognize a lot of the properties, but I think it's because he wants to make actual unique stories/movies *based* on comic books rather than "superhero" movies

[@nichescenes]

@@goblintwo superhero comics and stories were always supposed to be what Gunn is going for. It’s why it seems so dumb when everyone agrees that super hero movies will go the way of cowboys. If super hero movies done right go then media as a whole goes in that people will have gotten tired of any and all genres generally. From romance to spies to action to polotics. Batman the animated series felt with not just action each episode. Those cartoons from Japan deal with tons of ideas in the same action genre from sports to food competitions to saving the world. Comics deal with cosmic threats to a kid dealing with a bully. Etc.

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

Saying is easier than doing how do usee the slate being unique?

[@Truffle_Pup]

The fight scene in the hallway. I swear it was only like 45 seconds long, but it was so badass, so fun, so awesome, exactly how badass fun awesome fight scenes should be.

[@Able406]

Only two minutes in and Mike is already gaslighting us into thinking a fake Martin Scorsese movie is coming out this summer

[@lolusuck386]

It's not the Roosevelt movie and it's not summer, but he is supposed to be coming out with Killers of the Flower Moon in the fall. I'm assuming it's based on the book of the same name, which is great because that book was awesome.

[@Able406]

@@lolusuck386 Yeah, that’s also probably the still Jay saw.

[@mabusestestament]

I love fake Martin Scorsese movies.

[@ecbrown6151]

@@mabusestestament “Crime Guys: Crime Neighborhood” was my favorite!

[@michaelmacias8]

What does gaslighting mean?

[@johnnytacos5529]

My aunt was babysitting us and rented national velvet, popped it in and left the room. Twenty minutes later she realised she rented blue velvet

[@endogladry]

Yes, yes... >:) let the images flow into the baby's unconscious.

[@Trebicyem]

so fkn suave

[@_Jay_Maker_]

At least we know how your appreciation of film was ignited.

[@Sentrygun84]

Happens to the best of us 😂

[@thelargefart]

Where's the new upload Lebowski

[@scottstarboard]

The very end of the credits says "The Amazing Starlord will return"

[@THEMATTHIAS225]

“Animal violence can get to me.” - Jay *Queue ‘Exploding Varmints’ reactions*

[@erikmarcinkowskiphotography]

The Avengers/Secretary mashup is one of the biggest laughs I've had in a while

[@Jose-se9pu]

And James Spader played the villain un one of those movies

[@marioandluigi143]

The lack of creativity in this era, is so reminiscent of the lack of creativity in our parents' movies. I love nostalgia.

[@Icypenguigo]

"I can watch people get torn apart all day, and laugh hysterically." - Jay Bauman, 2023

[@Sebastipole]

Woah, I don't remember the last time I heard such an overwhelmingly positive reception of a movie from you two

[@rhetiq9989]

And it's for a superhero movie. The world has gone crazy!

[@leob4403]

They sold their soul. They are just going to embrace the avalanche of superhero trash at this point because PROFIT

[@N7spongy]

@@leob4403 if that were true we would have had way more superhero movie reviews from them.

[@drewdemersyt8153]

@@leob4403 they say they aren’t watching any more superhero movies in this video other than the occasional project with an actual filmmaker

[@leob4403]

@@drewdemersyt8153 timestamp please, video too long

[@Davon85J]

That beginning with Mike reading the list of big budget movies slated to come out was depressing.

[@argylemanni280]

Fun Fact: Harrison Ford was born during World War 2! And he'll probably die during World War 3!

[@rhetiq9989]

@@argylemanni280 fun fact : If you thought he's done after Indy 5, wait til you see him in the new Captain America movie and at least a dozen more Marvel movies soon after!

[@TaRAAASHBAGS]

If movies are the same as gaming, big budget is at an all-time low and middle-market is at an all-time high

[@d3nza482]

I think that we are all, collectively, as a culture, starting to suffer from parasocial relationship PTSD caused by these big budget productions. It's like being related to someone who keeps low-key abusing you not through violence, gaslighting or direct psychological abuse but through episodes of high euphoria and emotional over-stimulation followed by neglect, shallow affect and emotional emptiness. And you can't even quit the relationship (apart maybe in prison) cause you were born into it - sorta how even should you chose not to watch something it is still being fed to you through cultural osmosis, simply by living in the world and being aware of the culture.

[@djsg143]

The Mantis - Drax chemistry is great.

[@AAAAAAAA-ss6gn]

"That show for perverts" "I watched the entire thing" Fantastic exchange

[@stevew8513]

I hope James Gunn had a clause in his contract that blocks the Warner Bros. executives from meddling in any of his work. The amount of corporate interference in the DC movies, turning them into unpalatable junk, is almost legendary at this point.

[@samuelterry6354]

It's still gonna suck.

[@og3dkooz381]

​@Samuel Terry absolutely agree. Gunn is a terrible choice to begin with, plus he has a sick past.

[@Birdyboys]

@@samuelterry6354 eh, says you

[@nuclear_hawk]

Given the free rein he seemed to be given on The Suicide Squad, I think there is reason to be hopeful at this point. That was the best thing to come out of DC in the last decade.

[@niceman5907]

He's the CEO. Generally, CEO's are in charge and are only interfered with in crisis scenarios

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Loved that opening skit, I think one of the best in a while. Really takes me back to the early days of half in the Bag.

[@seancheatham4025]

Anytime Mike has got paper notes you know it's a good'n

[@radisk5973]

Everytime a tense scene happened I braced for the "well that just happened" but there were only ever a few of those, it was such a relief.

[@aolson1111]

Uh, there weren't any.

[@drewfromyay882]

​@aolson1111 There were several. Drax getting shot twice. Nebula, Drax and Mantis getting surrounded by those monsters. Peter getting stuck out in space. When they try to bring Rocket back to life. If you went into those movies expecting someone to die those were insanely tense.

[@highadmiralbittenfield9689]

"When I read this list, I don't see movies; I see threats." Priceless.

[@Man_of_Tomorrow]

My grandpa came home one time, real proud he rented a movie, "I got us a western to watch" and it was Brokeback Mountain.

[@Man_of_Tomorrow]

@Cristo Alba Yeah he was great. A true ol' timer West Virginian, WW2 vet and Western afficianado.

[@Magale1978]

wait what did he think of the movie?

[@Shinkajo]

He was a WW2 vet and was proud that he was able to rent a movie?

[@Man_of_Tomorrow]

@@Shinkajo Wouldn't you be? He was in his 80s, had never really rented a movie before. Just watched TV and movies we bought for him. He came in the room feeling cutting edge, having made the spontaneous choice to go out and rent a movie.

[@Man_of_Tomorrow]

@@Magale1978 I certainly didn't watch it with him to find out. I did see it on my own at another time and I enjoyed it at the time.

[@macfalk12]

Remember, Mike: if you vomit from KFC, you're a confirmed vampire.

[@terig5584]

I would bet that Mike does not in fact remember that.

[@macfalk12]

@@terig5584 Agreed, we are talking about the guy who confused an animated garden gnome for Yoda in the Last Jedi after all. Maybe if he gets sober, we can get Mike's brain working... hopefully it will work.

[@thepapschmearmd]

Cosmo the Space Dog was actually first introduced in the first movie and then made an appearance in the post credit scene in GOTG2.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Weird how this movie about a talking raccoon, a sentient tree, a guy that in any other movie would live out of a van with an album cover painted on the side, and a half dozen blue/green socially inept aliens made me feel more emotions than almost anything I've seen recently. I was more invested in this movie than anything else in the MCU and it's all thanks to Gunn.

[@steverogers7601]

Nah, infinity War and Endgame made me invested than anything. GOTG had way more heart than anything in the MCU but Endgame was a huge landmark moment that I felt as fan being impactful and the big payoff after being invested for so many years.

[@KetsubanSolo]

​@@steverogers7601as a narrative tho, it basically opened a can of worms and ruined the MCU lol

[@mutalemwananshiku4098]

​@@KetsubanSolohow did it ruin it ?

[@viracocha]

How? I could barely watch this trash 😂

[@TheNinjaBees]

Jay is so terrified to say he loved watching a Marvel movie lmao

[@rhetiq9989]

In the movie's defence it felt more like a James Gunn movie than a Marvel one, but it's easy to dismiss that bcs Marvel's been trying to copy his style especially the humor constantly after the success of the guardians movies

[@user-wo5tc9ux7u]

he should be. this movie was fairly entertaining until the last hour when it just became a tedious cgi fest

[@eddiek8179]

@@rhetiq9989 All three movies have the same sensibilities. They're all very James Gunn.

[@eddiek8179]

@@user-wo5tc9ux7u The last hour was more than fine. This is a tired cliched Edgelord wannabe criticism. Always spoken by people who don't anything about CGI. What it is does not matter. How it is utilized is. What matters is the narrative and the build up towards the end. You guys get sidelined by the shiniest irrelevant things.

[@murlocaggrob2192]

​@@eddiek8179 It's almost like the "Marvel bad" crowd is just as brainwashed as the "Marvel good" crowd, because the majority of people are mostly stupid.

[@ColonelCustard]

The high evolutionary was so good because nowadays theres a lot of villains you love to hate or actually deep down really like, but with him you genuinely despise him and want him to die.

[@Absquatula]

As someone who worked at a KFC for 10 years, that footage at the end is truly harrowing and traumatic. Bravo to whoever edited that

[@KidAL0]

Jay being sad that Gunn is now working on characters he doesn’t know of / isn’t interested in is ironic considering this was a trilogy of the fucking Guardians of the Galaxy, definitely everyone’s favorite household heroes going into the 2010s

[@bransonallen2925]

My only connection to the Guardians of the Galaxy was playing Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and picking Rocket because it was funny. Then a few years later they started making movies about him and I was like "Oh SICK"

[@actualturtle2421]

@@bransonallen2925 Yeah that's the joke. Nobody had ever heard of them before Gunn got them and he turned them into one of the most successful franchises of all time.

[@fulldisclosureiamamonster2786]

@Danica DeVries They're employing a literary device called "irony"

[@chilboswaggins5500]

@Danica DeVries You should read OP's comment again. You sound like you didn't understand it the first time.

[@BlunderCunt]

Jay also said that he was just sort of sick of superhero movies in general

[@Lefuza]

Adam Warlock was originally written for Rich Evans, and we all know it

[@user-dnf83n0s8sg9u]

Recast due to COVID delays

[@TheAltarOfMadness]

I dont get sny of these joke posts. None of them are funny.

[@camdflage]

Where’s Plinkett? Where’s the humour, the set ups, any kind of effort, AT ALL?

[@InfinityEightplus]

Release the Evans cut!

[@toddbecker3479]

Rich Evans is a god

[@freddiesimmons1394]

"Mantis, look out!" Was one of my favorite things ever

[@gingersndragons]

the scene at the end where he reunites with his grandad had me and my sister in tears. first time ive cried at a movie since coco

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

I wonder what he's gonna do now. Live a normal life and get a normal job or did he bring Star Lord gadgets with him to fight any alien invasions

[@bros4654]

I don't know why, but that one really got me, too. Something about empathizing with the grandfather in that moment just got me, I guess.

[@PR0MAN01]

​@@CharlieBrown20XD6 I'd love to see just a series of shorts of Peter just trying to function in a normal society. Like him doing a learners permit test at the DMV and getting mad "I can fly a fucking space ship. Why do I need to know the difference between a K Turn and a U Turn?!"

[@SquadCodeProductions]

Mike’s thousand yard stare when James Gunn called the Green Lantern’s space cops

[@gregorio1580]

Glad to watch a Half in the bag where they focus on the characters and not in setting up their next big bad.

[@jamealjordon1376]

“It’s an action movie with somebody in it.” Is now added to my canned phrases about movies in general.

[@jmorales09]

Them projecting the movie wrong for them is so funny because James Gunn made it a point to release it in multiple aspect ratios so that it would be nearly impossible for them to project it wrong. You guys are cursed

[@luichinplaystation610]

And they still project it wrong

[@hopnod777]

Dang, what happened to that new best of the worst just now? I was 5 mins in and it went private.

[@jackelewish1568]

I know I went to go get 2 40oz beers to watch it at 1:47pm on a Sunday, and chill, but I just got back and it's gone!!! I put my shoes on for nothing!

[@noneed4me2n7]

This is my last marvel movie, I’m comic book live action tapped out. This one was solid and I used the last two tickets my late father would always gift me on my birthday to see it. He was a huge movie fan and so many of the films you guys review he took me two as a kid. Saw the others with him but he didn’t get to the end. It was cathartic. Thanks for relatable take and breakdown.

[@SayuriMiki]

My condolences for your loss.

[@samusaran4948]

That's what it's all about. Now you can show your kids the magic of movies

[@gunnymaru2900]

Nobody asked.

[@legathus]

There's a lot of weirdness in earlier Superman comics that I think Gunn is going to mine. But more than that, I bet tonally he's going to go for something like Alan Moore's "What Ever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" and Grant Morrison's "All Star Superman". Both of these stories successfully sympathized and uplifted the weirdness of early Superman stories and in the process invented the very best Superman stories ever written.

[@CharlieBrown20XD6]

Just want to see Gunn tackle weirdos like Parasite and Toy Man and Metallo

[@mitchellhouser1572]

I hope he draws influence from the Batman and Superman comics where they referred to mistakes as "boners" and constantly are talking about their boners. Now that is quality entertainment.

[@KClouisville]

Love that Moore story and the Superman annual he did back in the day. People who think Moore is only "the guy who made comics too dark and serious" (along with Frank Miller I guess) should check those out. You can see the love he has for golden and silver age comics in those.

[@WinterBlossomX]

Having lost two dogs to cancer recently, this movie almost broke me with the emotional intensity and grief. It was really rough, especially when Rocket sees Lylla in heaven... I almost walked out. Still, loved the movie.

[@justsomeguywithsunglasses8418]

Playing the Avengers theme over the spanking scene from The Secretary is amazing. Thank you.

[@brianlindstrand934]

Thank you RedLetterMedia, for the best use of Alan Silvestri's AVENGERS theme outside of the AVENGERS films.

[@aarondonald1611]

I WAS NOT prepared for the secretary clip with the marvel theme over it. I'm fucking crying laughing lmao

[@beefgoat80]

Once a character kicks a puppy, the audience will want to see them die. 😂😂😂

[@NotForYourStereo]

Projectionist here, so Disney actually made like 4 or so prints of the film, Scope, Flat, and then some weird in-between hybrids. They did the same thing with Avatar 2, mainly for the 3D versions though. Usually movies are only in one format or the other. Likely the projectionist at your theater put the wrong one on the projector, or like you said forgot to trigger the format change. Either way still not an excuse for poor presentation, but the film isn't only in Scope.

[@daddydreet145]

Ex-projectionist here, and I want to say how awesome the job was. I still have a lot of trailers for movies in my collection. LOTR’s movies, Willard, Freddy vs Jason. 2001 through 2004. 3 theatres no supervision and lots of viewings for my friends after hours.

[@FilmTrekk]

That ending was perfection. You could just tell how happy Mike was!

[@Englebert3rd]

It's past 5:40, man

[@netsrac8997]

I have no time, how did you??

[@LORDJPXX3]

@@netsrac8997 holy crap, truthers in here.

[@waqas4318]

did a past drumstick hurt Mike in some way?

[@VideoBakery]

That bit about growing older and not caring about entertainment anymore hit pretty hard. Same thing is happening to me.

[@2kmarine]

the opening sketch was mike reading future releases and it was the funniest opening they've ever done

[@timothyapplegate2881]

"This was bordering on too much." --Jay succinctly explains the GotG narrative hook.

[@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley]

I'm glad they highlighted what they did with Gamora in this one. It indeed felt like a spoof on the weird comic book things (to add to it, her characterization here is more similar to Gamora before the movies) and they manage to capture the inherent humor and pain of their situation.

[@3n3my33]

Gunn's frustration about what happened to Gamora must be a monthly occurrence for superhero comic writers

[@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley]

@@3n3my33 - Definitely. Particularly with the Guardians, the characters had a partial makeover during the first movie and then a full makeover with the release of the third one. Not that those movie inspired books are bad, but it is a shame how they ignore what was there before.

[@fettfan91]

This movie depicted brutal animal cruelty and still managed to be heartwarming and hilarious. Hats off to you, James Gunn.

[@WizardOfCause]

What made the villain work was he was a true believer in his cause. Like Thanos, it makes it more terrifying because it's not just a mustache twirling bad guy but someone with real motivation makes the antagonist terrifying.

[@viracocha]

Was trash 😂

[@jackmichael448]

Mike and Jay have been done with super hero movies for 4 years and they keep going back to see more lol.

[@korganrocks3995]

Why can't I quit you??

[@mvonballmo]

They're just like the rest of us, TBH

[@leob4403]

​@@mvonballmo speak for yourself

[@Avengerie]

Because people keep asking them to review them.

[@makani9004]

I'm sure Mr. Plinkett and I are both excitedly awaiting the Dialysis of Destiny.

[@ryandelpo764]

It does look quite good… 🤷‍♂️

[@chrisbent5734]

Same here. Newest BOTW was gone after a few minutes...

[@ilikespoons1]

Did... did anyone see the monkey rip that ladies face apart at the end when they're evacuating the animals lmao??

[@bigpappa4041]

Nope.

[@lennynero635]

I wondered what the point of this was. It was really weird to see such scene given the fact that they just rescued those animals from death.

[@Psilocybin77]

@@lennynero635 I think James Gunn has a pretty dark sense of humour and perhaps a comment on the lunacy of keeping wild animals as pets? I dunno.

[@ChrisBrown-si1vg]

The ending made me realize that fast food horror isn't a thing but really needs to be.

[@lowdownpapaya7292]

The Menu 2, 2023

[@ocelotsly5521]

Try 'Doublemeat Palace'. Buffy, season six. Underrated episode, imhfo.

[@superguy183828]

Ravenous (1999) and Sarah Sherman's work are sort of in that genre.

[@patoolian]

Poultrygeist

[@ioannulamusic]

Blood Diner 1987

[@bethbyrne2222]

Jay: That show for perverts. Mike: Oh yeah, I watched the entire thing. Classic.

[@kubli365]

@@justincider8892 wdym? it was always Mike. What's next, you're gonna tell me Mike wears the blue shirt?

[@brohiddlesby7010]

Legend has it what we see at the end of the video is Mike's actual post-video routine where he sits in silence for the whole night before the others come back to shoot another video in the morning.

[@Kenneth_James]

Guardians 1 has a special place in my heart. Still think it's a perfect Marvel movie.

[@maldaror7097]

I love it when Mike likes a film, it makes my heart feel warm.

[@user-lp3ew1xb5u]

Napoleon is a prequel … to Bill And Ted’s Excellent adventure.

[@Kyryyn_Lyyh]

This Gag list of movies Mike Came up with for the start is very funny. A Willy Wonka PREQUEL? What a jest.

[@TheCulturalBomb]

For the first time ever I'm genuinely relieved they enjoyed this. I thought it was the best since Infinity War. Had the soul and love the first movie had.

[@archfriend]

I'm glad you said "best since Infinity War" and not "best since Endgame". Thank you.

[@rhetiq9989]

The second movie had all that too, it just got bogged down by some of the humor and a less concise plot

[@malcum7947]

I’m not a big comic guy I’m definitely pretty tired at this point BUT a green lantern show being pitched as true detective in space sounds pretty cool and seems like the best way to approach the source material.

[@samuelrichards5521]

James Gunn tends to have two strong suits. Character and vision

[@RewardedRocki]

I just hope Larfleeze is in it. He doesn't get enough love.

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

Honestly green lantern (and all lanterns) in general should be utilized more, there's literally so many things you could do with story, fights, etc. It's literally as good as the writers and directors imagination

[@Teeveepicksures]

A Green *Hornet* detective show would be badass too.

[@Heoltor]

People really do forget that Lanterns really are just cops, Space Cops if you will. The don't exclusively deal with cosmic destroying ploys and monsters.

[@Lastbornschwab7]

There were 2 moments that worked within the plot but felt "unMarvel" (which was interesting for sure). One was when Quill outwardly declares to Groot their intention to kill all of tge scientists and then surf one of them to the ground. The second was the Highfather blowing up his version of Earth, thereby killing every character that we were introduced to when the Guardians first landed on the planet. Usually disney likes to downplay death. Loved the movie.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

"Also starring Rich Evans" Where was he hiding this whole episode?

[@lewst]

Back when thor 2 came out my 80+ year old grandparents went to see it because they thought it was a Nordic documentary/film. They didn't understand anything and left the theater after half an hour.

[@korganrocks3995]

I watched it on a plane and also left after half an hour.

[@luiginastro8831]

Amazing

[@juergen4ever]

​@@korganrocks3995 that must have hurt

[@korganrocks3995]

@@juergen4ever The impact was pretty bad, yeah, but not as bad as lying in a hospital bed with broken arms while Thor 2 plays on the tv and you can't turn it off...