Half in the Bag: Jurassic World Dominion, Thor: Love and Thunder, Top Gun: Maverick

The time has come! Jets! Dinos! Thors! The internet freaked out when Jay and Mike reviewed a handful of rando indie films they probably haven't heard of. The internet said, "Why does you not talk about The Batman! Or other biggie moopies I seen with my Nanna!? Why you talk about ironic, self-indulgent hipster rubbish?" They all want Jay and Mike to tell them what to think about movies like Top Gum™, Dino World™, and More Marvel™. Then Mike and Jay talk about More Marvel™ and other such big action films and the internet says, "Why doesn't you speak of Barbarian? Why doesn't you go to a dark theater and watch Barbarian and sit next to a creep in a turtle-neck sweater touching himself while he watches Barbarian?" To this we say: WE DO BOTH! This time in Half in the Bag, Mike and Jay talk about three big summer movies in a year without a summer. Since theaters are now a graveyard that plays 80% old movies from the 80s and 90s, they done wait for the movies to come on streaming to watch them later. Worry not about spoilers as if you has or hasn't seen these movies yet it doesn't matter. Fear not those that love indie films! Jay and Mike will return to watch Barbarian or even perhaps Miracle Valley directed by Greg Sestero of The Room on tubu! I, for one, cannot wait to watch more movies on streaming. However, someone tell Hollywood to fill up my Vudu with more titles than just those Geezer Teasers. I know Bruce Willis's brain no longer works, but if I have to see him in one more fucking movie I'm gonna puke. Same with Mel Gibson. Stop. Just stop. Eventually the grandpas will all be dead and ALL movies will feature the next generation of Movie stars. Guys like Pete Davidson! Ole' Racoon Eyes will replace ole Blue Eyes as the star of all modern motion pictures. He deserves it. Such talent! And with the charisma of a racoon digging through your trash.

[@itsd0nk]

The Jeff Goldblum clip is pure comedy. He emotes so perfectly that he’s contractually obligated to say good things about the director. The way he looks off screen at his handler watching him was hilarious.

[@JetEngine787]

It will be sad when he is called back to his homeworld...

[@djangofett4879]

He seemed so sarcastic when he said "he's a good director"

[@mackataxe8655]

"acting" Jon Lovitz

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Interesting that you say handler, there's something animalistic about Jeff, like a particularly virile otter

[@zwollish]

Don’t tease me without a timestamp. Now I have to watch these hacks for an hour.

[@Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r]

It's shocking when Transformers 4 has more to do with dinosaurs than the entirety of Jurassic World Dominion.

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯👍

[@packers12to80]

There was a good bit of dinosaurs in the extended version lol.

[@grahammantle8381]

hey cmon Mark Wahlberg is only 51 years old

[@nationalsocialism3504]

Including dinobots made me forgive a whole lot in that movie

[@chasehedges6775]

Honestly, out of all the Bay films, Transformers 1 and 3 were the best.

[@vario6492]

'This Necrosword can kill gods! Woo" Loki: died being choked Heimdall: died being stabbed by regular weapon Odin: died getting tired of playing in MCU

[@midlifekrisis9060]

I love that Jay knows so little about regular everyday things ( cars,planes,football ,wrestling) but can tell you the brand name of the blood squibs used in a movie from 1960.

[@mrscruffles801]

He has his priorities straight

[@danelynch7171]

And Mike will tell you all about the guy who worked for that squib company, who also designed props for some obscure episode of star trek.

[@obscure.reference]

why learn about what you do not love

[@TrueNubinator]

Mike doesn’t know his own name, yet he knows the full character name of the old chick from Austin Powers

[@skorpion7132]

Says you everything about how boring and dreadful modern everyday things are.

[@hoeraufist]

Jeff Goldblum not remembering the name of the director of the movie he's in is the best subtle insult I have ever seen.

[@georgeorwell2296]

I feel bad for Colin because at least he tries. It's obvious he has his talent limits as Jurassic World 3 is a very messy movie.

[@crappymcdick]

He didn't that's just how Goldblum talks.

[@incidents4360]

He’s so obviously being sarcastic in that clip and it’s hilarious

[@leob4403]

@@georgeorwell2296 its messy but its entertaining. Thats more than you can say for Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker lol

[@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462]

@@leob4403 Shame Dual Of The Fates never got made. Probably not a satisfactory but at least it would have been a coherent.

[@griffinh21]

The hard cut of Pratt saying “we have epic action scenes” to him punching a rubber Dino head got me

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

It’s wild to see people be forced to say good things about movies they don’t care about

[@abaliagoob]

@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat If I was paid as much as him I would say that AND be sucking toes in between takes.

[@namelessjedi2242]

There were also no such scenes in the movie. Dinosaurs standing there, snarling at heroes they cannot kill for script reasons is just not exciting.

[@53knights]

His line must’ve been “you guys didn’t exist because my lord and savior Jesus created the earth! Accept Jesus!”

[@korganrocks3995]

@@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat The thing that always baffles me is that actors are so bad at acting excited about the terrible movie they're marketing, but maybe that's the jetlag or the fact that they're doing 47 identical interviews per day...

[@Hexakinase]

I saw Top Gun: Maverick in the theater and before it started there was a brief clip of Tom Cruise talking about how happy he was to have been able to make the movie, and he ended by saying thank you for watching it in a theater. It was a little weird, but sweet.

[@leob4403]

@ikls gu real movie? More like a scene for scene rehash, boooring

[@CourierSiix]

@@leob4403 it was easily better than the original

[@Izanagi-FLOW]

DUDE THE SAME HAPPENED WHEN I SAW IT, I TOTALLY AGREE

[@travismcnasty4239]

Edgar Wright did the same thing with Baby Driver.

[@jenkins80526]

@ikls gu I can't stand Tom Criuse. He's a very bad person and I can't even force myself to watch his movies anymore.

[@markm5927]

Those interviews with the Jurassic Park cast are unreal

[@durden2480]

Pay me millions I’ll tell the audience they’re dumb

[@abhishekparmar6702]

I'm still laughing

[@chasehedges6775]

Same. They are odd.

[@kongkongterton9805]

Jeff Goldblum turning his head to not eye roll in front of the camera is just hilarious.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@kongkongterton9805 “That director, he’s… he’s good. “ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯

[@random666777]

Not everyone can age as gracefully as Tom Cruise and Rich Evans

[@gocuk95]

who's that Tom Cruise persona? Never heard of it

[@Sound.bored1]

Rich Evans is a mascot of youth

[@and8091]

@@gocuk95 He's the guy from Fight Club and Se7en.

[@JacksonWitsell]

Tom Cruise is 60 but looks 40. Rich Evans is 40 but looks like a toddler. Clearly, Rich Evans has aged better.

[@fuzzywzhe]

Cruise has CGI to make him look younger than he is. People complain about CGI constantly, not realizing they often don't notice it.

[@Opno]

Mike's discussion of the correct way to handle a frozen lake is the most northern midwest story ever

[@gasjet2000]

Except he didn't know that it's called a "frozen lake."

[@Opno]

@@gasjet2000 well because in Wisconsin the word for frozen lake is just "ground"

[@kennethd4958]

It's an ice field.

[@joinsideke]

It's the first thing I thought when I saw them walking like that, and I felt vindicated when he brought it up too. Though to be fair I guess, people in Hollywood have probably never seen ice in their life.

[@bercg]

@@joinsideke only in their cocktails.

[@intsoccersuperstar1]

“There have never been more dinosaurs” is the new “It’s like poetry, they rhyme.”

[@JR-ej9up]

:) !

[@bruhfvdf3145]

“Dinosaurs”

[@jonhg92]

"they rhyme now? they rhyme now"

[@toniheikkila5607]

Well after all its about the family.

[@jeremypayne5078]

Gotta love the episodes when their cricket problem becomes apparent.

[@Noidzar]

GOTTA give it up for the cricket! I clapped! I clapped when I heard it!

[@zebertmcfly7274]

serves them right for laughing at the threat of giant insects in JW3.

[@dutyandcourage]

I can't tell if they added the crickets in post or if it's a practical effect!

[@D00dlebugInc]

​@@dutyandcourage it's all practical. That part where it tore the roof off wasn't even supposed to happen! Real things in real reviews. Gotta love it!

[@TubeSockWarrior]

So a smuggler who works alone has a single ejector seat installed in her plane, but it's not in the pilot's or copilot's spot? Absolutely brilliant writing.

[@tubetorpedo]

It's what shitty writers do. Logic and events of the world has to bend to save them from situations they have written their characters in to, because they are not smart enough to write logical ways how story could progress and things happen. If they need to eject someone non-pilot from a plane there has to be random ejector seat that would make otherwise make zero sense but it solves immediate problem how to get one character out of the plane fast. Other way is all those random convenient unlikely events that happen to characters so plot can progress. E.g. that Amazons Lord of the Rings seems to have plenty of those like how character jumps in middle of ocean which would be death sentence and asinine things to do without a plan, but then some random vessel just happens to come by in middle of ocean so writer does not need actually smart and resourceful way out of the situation.

[@creatorsubscriptions7821]

Maybe she has a deathwish? Also Jeff Goldblum totally sounds like Jordan peterson when he's yelling in that scene

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

@@Lulzipops91 had the exact same thought

[@AJBa83]

And in a big slow plane like that couldn't you just jump out the door with a parachute?

[@jarvo5880]

I assume the plane was just an old PoS so she had everything barely working

[@noahmiller8373]

That interview with Bryce Dallas Howard sounded like they were talking to a 7 year old. It was like the equivalent of her saying “there are so many dinosaurs in this movie, every shot is so dense with dinosaurs that you’ll see it and be like ‘that sure is a lot of dinosaurs’”

[@chasehedges6775]

It really does

[@AidilAfham]

That just sounds like a Trump speech

[@willmungas8964]

@@AidilAfham it’s something one of the producers of the Phantom Menace said I think

[@PabloYaos]

that's because they were

[@kingsleycy3450]

I know we are all jaded 30 yr olds, but that's the one thing I can't fault the movie for: marketing a dinosaur movie to kids.

[@AArdW01f]

"Jennifer Connely aged well" Understatement

[@boxxylegoplaymobil8906]

still got a reduction but yeah still beautiful

[@ethzero]

​@@boxxylegoplaymobil8906in her age? 😮

[@HerohammerStudios]

No, you're just old

[@ultimapanzer]

Tom Cruise’s character in this movie actually felt real. The scene on the sailboat where they showed he’s not automatically an expert at everything like he would be in almost any other movie, the fact that losing his partner scarred him into being obsessed with bringing his team all back alive, to the point where it creates tension and drama. It was just like… really fucking good.

[@HistoryandReviews]

Wrong video dude 😂😂

[@CompagnonDeMisere25]

@@HistoryandReviews Wrong comment dude 😂😂

[@mackeymacchi197]

@@HistoryandReviews wtf are you talking about?

[@balladofthebroken7569]

Weirdo

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Even the behind-the-scenes footage from _Top Gun: Maverick_ looked more interesting than the other two movies.

[@pluckyduck11y]

A 'Making Of" would definitely be more compelling. Tom Cruise was virtually directing every aspect without actually taking that specific credit. He's like what they call in the video game industry a lead developer. At some point Scientology helped him crack the 'code of life' (or maybe it just cracked him?), and real life has become a video game for him. From the script development to the makeup to the stunt coordination, he's all over every project he's starring in. Even that mess of a movie The Mummy, he managed to salvage some fun out of. Any other actor would have let it crash and burn. He really tried to make that work, as if the Dark Universe had a chance LOL. The idea was so absurd. Still honestly would have been more interesting than more DC Marvel noise.

[@xmlthegreat]

The making of Maverick might be better than the actual film itself. I would probably have enjoyed the film if I knew less about aircraft and the military. And if Tom Cruise wasn't a Scientologist.

[@pluckyduck11y]

@@xmlthegreat Scientology really is his Achilles Heel. That Mscavige guy cannot be trusted and has compromised Tom.

[@TheHolySemiColon]

@@pluckyduck11y I actually think The Mummy might have been better without him changing it to give himself more screen time. I read that the original script gave Ahmanet more focus which she really could have used in the final cut.

[@johnpatz8395]

@@TheHolySemiColon yeah, it was originally much different, but when you hire Cruise you also get his personal writers that makes every movie he’s in into an Tom Cruise action adventure, where the entire film is about him.

[@scrffynrfhrdr]

You can tell Mike secretly likes the wig.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

Secretly?

[@tigerwalms]

What wig?

[@DekuNEKO21]

Not so much secretly, as I see 😂

[@kdkseven]

It's like when George had the toupee.

[@ethanbradley2089]

You can tell he was openly passing out drunk in it.

[@LordofDoom202]

Mike at 45:45 - "Planes aren't my thing." Mike at 49:45 - "Let me tell you about a retired radar proof plane design and it's place in pop-culture."

[@chickenman7801]

Plane movies... or something.

[@Felix-ix7ic]

Lots of people who aren't into planes know about the Blackbird, it's one of the most famous planes of all time.

[@jammysmears4077]

To be fair he did mix up the navy and the air force in between.

[@Wintermute909]

I loved Jay's response so much! Mike: "The SR-71, it's retired now but was the fastest spy plane." Jay: "I dont know anything about planes." Mike thinks for a second, then his eyes light up and says: "it's the plane that the xmen fly around in" Jay: "oh right that one!"

[@itsthatoneguy5]

The Top Gun films were both filmed outside of my town and when the teaser trailer was first released I drove to my parents house and showed it to my dad immediately. About a year and a half later he and I went to go see it in a packed theater! Seeing the airplanes that my dad has been working on for 35+ and the look on his face whenever he saw his work on the big screen even though he wasn’t part of production will always stick with me. Sorry for the long sappy post I’m just proud of my dad.

[@itsthatoneguy5]

@euisa cous wow you’re super cool. Let people enjoy the things they enjoy even if you don’t.

[@georgefrederiksen4298]

You should always be soooo proud of your dad. It's always nice when a piece of media creates a family link and we can go back again and again.

[@LonerWithBoner03]

That's very sweet man

[@matheusnerypradogazotto7566]

Thats awesome

[@jonlurn8843]

aww :)

[@nicmccallum6563]

9:50 the beaker thing made me laugh. My girlfriend is a biomedical scientist and she tells me they keep beakers with coloured food dye in cupboards for when they get interviewed and the interviewer wants a "sciencey" picture.

[@infantiltinferno]

This explains everything. I could have sworn I’ve seen those beakers in actual lab footage.

[@Belgand]

I do like when they show pipetting from one microtube to another because that _is_ a big part of most lab work. They just ignore the 90% of it that's waiting around until the machine is done.

[@peteyoung3124]

Glad they think ahead for that. In my office, it's just offices in a dirty weird room and all the actual experiments are in another country. We've got no photo ops in our office 😂

[@hrwise89]

​@@peteyoung3124computational chemist here. "Can we see your experiments?" "Well we actually do those on massive super computers." "May we see the massive super computers?" "Yeah, no, they're in Texas."

[@peteyoung3124]

@hrwise89 Glad someone else knows what it's like. I hope you at least have a window. Our room is internal and we covered all the glass on the door with folders because we got tired of students looking in at us. 😂

[@travisvwright]

The realism in this is amazing. It's like I'm actually in the room with the cricket.

[@BrandonToy]

Haha. I didn’t hear it until you said something and now it’s all I can hear.

[@cloak5857]

Fucking crickets.

[@mikeghaleb]

I paused the video to make sure!

[@travisvwright]

@@BrandonToy Brain control is more powerful than Mind control.

[@Murilo_Bolzani]

It was borderline experimental

[@timaldridge6505]

Watching the actors interviews makes me wish for an RLM supercut of actors who are clearly passionate about a good film vs. Actors who know a film is shit.

[@konichiwa3744]

Liv Tyler wearing sunglasses and acting high asf for her interview. Couldn't be sober one day.

[@lucamckenn5932]

A movie called The Host from I believe 2006? 2008? Had an actress in the behind the scenes who was asked questions like "why do you think director chose to do this questionable thing?" And she straight up goes, "yeeeaaah... idk why he did that. Or other things. Lots of bad decisions, lots of 'what are you doing, man?' " Like straight up calling out director BS is rare.

[@psynque]

Mike doing the Plinkett voice again just feels so right.

[@bmcelvan]

@euisa cous Agreed. (Ironically) I think it was the best feeling I've had in a theater since the original Jurassic Park. Possibly Matrix but I think Maverick was more impactful than that...that last 25 minutes in a theater is pretty much the definition of why you see movies in a theater (IMO).

[@BobHowler]

What about Land Before Time? Literally every character is a dinosaur. That's 100% dinosaur. That's the most amount you can ever get in a film. There isn't a single scene without a dinosaur. You know what else contains a dinosaur in every scene? Every Land Before Time sequel! Even the straight-to-video ones. Diamond Dallas Howard is talking shit.

[@dettloff7]

I watched that movie so much as a kid. Luv it. Still to this day Diana Ross' If We Hold On Together will bring a tear to my eye. Ya, I'm a dude, so what!

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

Her uncle Clint is a better actor. I've watched "Ice Cream Man" more times than any Jurassic film.

[@dettloff7]

@@wwiiinplastic4712 Ice Cream Man with Clint Howard...a so-bad-its-good kind of movie.

[@patrickthewolf840]

Thing you mixed her name with DDP but I'll let it slide because that comment was great lollll

[@BobHowler]

@@patrickthewolf840 it was deliberate, so no need

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

Loved the "coked up Taika Waititi looking like a slimeball and throwing VFX artists under the bus" edit.

[@chriscorben-green2640]

The tone of Thor 4 is so odd, it has such sudden mood shifts,almost like the person making it off his head on coke! The way Taika blamed the CGI ( who already get treated like crap) on the overworked team, what a prick!

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

@@chriscorben-green2640 As a VFX artist who has worked on Marvel movies... no f'ing comment, lol.

[@chriscorben-green2640]

@@JasonHowdenNZ As a big fan of films, I want say thank you, to you and all the other CG artists for all the work you guys do. I know you might be limited in what you can say, but do any of the major studios treat VFX artists well, or are they pricks!?

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

​@@chriscorben-green2640 It really depends on the VFX company. The culture is very different from 5 or 10 years ago, it's improved a lot from my experience. I've worked at places where people would do over 100 hours a week and sleep under their desks (if they slept at all).

[@Marksman3434]

Love & Thunder and the aftermath since it came out has made me so fucking disappointed in Taika. He’s not only shown to have done an incompetent job directing the film (seriously, how the fuck do you film over 4 hours of footage and bloat the budget to $250 million for a solo Thor movie?), but he’s come off as a giant dick towards the VFX artists that worked on it, and I’m sure he has a LOT to do with them getting overworked through a lot of his own indecision. Dude’s let his ego get overinflated since winning an Oscar for Jojo Rabbit if you ask me

[@toniheikkila5607]

Goldblum saying "Hes good", i can almost hear his thoughts: "Just think of the paycheck, just think of the paycheck, no ones gonna remember this..."

[@flicsmo6838]

It really never fails to crack me up how the main selling point of Dominion was 'lots of dinosaurs'

[@TomTomTom87]

lol

[@nighttray1489]

What’s even funnier is there aren’t that many dinosaurs in it

[@Issicra]

After a while, Mike's wig just becomes perfectly normal. Like, of course that's Mike's hair. It's always been that way.

[@5Detective]

Wig?

[@jiga6832]

Wig, what wig, I don't know what you are talking about 😂😂

[@maineman5757]

Hoiy shi you're 100% right.

[@dickheadrecs]

that’s guest co-star kirsten wig

[@reeyees50]

He looks good with it, he should keep it from now on.

[@wyndgrove9452]

'Owen Thunderguns' will never stop being a hilarious side swipe of a misnaming.

[@MrSoopSA]

Lady (from the first movie) is still my favorite.

[@mapk1516]

Basil Oregano will always be the most memorable

[@governorboltz]

It's the MST3K Space Mutiny Blast Hardcheese of its day.

[@wyndgrove9452]

@@mapk1516 That is a classic, to be fair.

[@gabrielhersey5546]

Thunder guns is an 80’s style bad ass action movie franchise in the show always sunny in Philadelphia. Dolph Lundren plays John thundergun

[@enthusia492]

I'm surprised they didn't mention that Tom Cruise will also be shooting a movie literally in space. Dude is a maniac and I love it

[@HortonSalm]

The patch jacket thing is a historical reference. That's a blood chit, used initially by pilots in the American Volunteer Group, the Flying Tigers. Since they were Americans fighting for China and didn't speak Chinese, they had that patch that had Chinese writing on it basically saying "I'm an American fighting for your country, please help me get back to my base here, we can compensate you" to be used if the pilot had to bail out over the countryside. It has the Taiwanese flag on it because that was the flag of China at the time. It was removed from the movie, except for the opening scene, which I'm sure was cut from the Chinese version of the movie.

[@nol9573]

I love how they both mention they’ll quickly review Jurassic World Dominion, and then spend almost half the video talking about it. So many dinosaurs.

[@commaJim]

More than any movie ever

[@duconmicro4331]

Maximum amount

[@CERTAIND00M]

Some might say too many. Those people would be fools.

[@vario6492]

They had to go through each individual dino

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

"Full dino power...damn you!"

[@zomg1337h4x]

Half in the Bag is so engaging because you can tell all the stunts are real. When the internet went out, it felt like that was *really* happening.

[@alexsilva28]

All due to the work of daredevil stuntman Rich Evans and his affinity to destroy furniture and glass bottles

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

They use practical effects. For that scene, Rich Evans tripped over the ethernet cable to the router. He could've just unplugged the cable instead of tripping over it, but Mike Stoklasa is a bit of a perfectionist, and it clearly shows in all his work.

[@Soyuz2578]

I liked the part when Jay said "it's baggin' time" and they kicked the movies ass

[@bobbobb5620]

Apparently both stars were injured severely by their wig and hat and required several weeks of recuperation afterwards.

[@BillClinton228]

I can't wait not to see the Jurassic movie... also I'm glad the whole superhero movie fad is dying. Seeing grown men fawn over superhero movies has been the most cringe I've ever had to endure.

[@cz.gazz.]

The accent Russell Crowe was doing was a real accent, but it's a Greek-Australian accent. You'll pretty much only find it in Sydney or Melbourne, so pretty much to your point of they were just having fun there.

[@aldunlop4622]

Probably more Sydney Greek given he’s spent a lot of time in Sydney.

[@nutsandgum]

@@aldunlop4622 Its basically the same in Melbourne as well. I kind of loved that he put that kind of accent on. Didnt love a lot else in the movie.

[@GHETOyeti]

I love how Jay has no clue what Mike is talking about when he mentions the SR-71 Blackbird plane, then says it is what the X-Men fly in and Jay goes “OOOOHHHH.”

[@richtaur]

Read this right when it happened lmao

[@Thewingkongexchange]

One thing I loved about 'Maverick' was that it set the mission out immediately and the rest of the film was trying to solve the logistical nightmare of said mission, rather than leaping from twist/plot point to another.

[@HungryTacoBoy]

It was very well structured and well paced and you could tell it was designed properly because during the climactic mission at the end you know what events are unfolding, unlike, say, a Transformers movie.

[@MrChickennugget360]

the key problem of modern movies is they don't know how to build tension. The Film structure establishes that the mission is extremely hard- it beats the audience over with the problems- then for the final act those problems are overcome. this is why so many fail today- films are not more interesting by throwing more stuff at the camera, what builds tension is feeling like you are in the characters position. If the danger the character is in is not established (or if over use of effects breaks things like laws of physics) one factor is its NOT CGI that ruins films- its films using CGI in a lazy way that overwhelms the audience. You don't need over the top action scenes with tons of quick cuts- those ruin tension. Starwars 1977 has more tension than Man of Steel does even though Man of Steel has action sequences that last most of the movie.

[@cal5000]

Writing matters

[@RadicalValkyrie]

So simple and therefore enjoyable. The complete opposite of JWD

[@ynraider]

@@MrChickennugget360 They borrowed from Star Wars '77...competently, unlike MAJORITY of "soft reboots/remakes" have done...but is outright plagiarism that laudable?

[@NotShiggy]

I feel like these actors do more acting off stage when doing the interviews saying how "great" it is to be in these films.

[@packers12to80]

It's called advertising lol. Its been that way from the beginning

[@jl.7739]

I believe them. They make more money within a couple of months than you and me together in our entire lifetime. I would find that awesome too.

[@JJ_5289]

They definitely do. But I think they will say just about anything to get those massive checks. I thought Chris pratt was very funny in parks and rec which for the most part was a very clever and smart show. Now he does these dumb studio blockbusters and probably makes ten times as much. He probably thinks it's a joke too

[@gb8279]

It's a major part of the job, to be charming in these interviews to bring people to the theater.

[@chasehedges6775]

Soooo true. The interviews are better than movie itself

[@natani___7666]

Remember when the dinosaurs in the Jurassic franchise actually behaved like animals and were treated like animals? Instead of behaving and being treated like generic movie monsters?

[@Banjo-Oz]

"They're not monsters, they're just animals, doing what they do."

[@humanthefinite8304]

Pepperidge farms remembers.

[@kyleowsen]

I dunno, wasn't there a scene in the first one where a dinosaur drops a severed arm on someone's shoulder to prank them?

[@natani___7666]

@@kyleowsen No, it just dropped at a convenient time from off screen because that’s how movies work.

[@HerohammerStudios]

No, not really.

[@theelmagoo]

It's interesting that the best acting in Jurassic World Dominion was in all the behind the scenes clips!! The subtext was incredibly well done... Oscar material right there!

[@QuinnJ14]

Holding your hand out to stop a dinosaur is Jurassic World's version of 'The Force'

[@davechan8613]

And Eleven from Stranger Things

[@ynraider]

Maverick had the entire trench run from Star Wars '77! And nostalgia imagery from Top Gun! Competently filmed, choreographed/acted, but just as fraudulent as JWD. /shrug

[@dirus3142]

Reminded me of Crocodile Dundee.

[@voltijuice8576]

They establish the hand thing at the start of the movie, but every subsequent scene he's missing more knuckles/fingers. By the end of the movie his arms end at the elbows. But it's never remarked upon.

[@shonuff0330]

I miss Rich on the show. But his dedication to analyzing the new Chip & Dale movie with a group of scientists will be worth it in the end.

[@ab-oj9wv]

Bring back Scientist Man!

[@TheSetkon]

@@ab-oj9wv And don't forget the beakers with colourful fluids!

[@sumdud2129]

I'm a bit out of the loop....what happened to Rich

[@davidpalay361]

Can’t wait until Rich finally posts The Batman review

[@ChalkiePerfect]

This program taught me how to avoid falling into a frozen lake. Thanks, elderly man in greyish blue sport coat.

[@atcdiddly]

I genuinely loved Mike's insight about how to properly walk on ice.

[@12227UserName]

It's common knowledge. Even an idiot like myself knew about that. It's how giant polar bears are capable of traveling on ice without falling through.

[@THEdominicmitchell]

I love the little gags Mike does when he's editing. Cutting to people looking confused, cutting to Jay for half a second for no reason, and the little characters he makes. Ten Knotts had me laughing longer than it should have.

[@kai-in1xt]

I also love how he'll cut to Jay laughing when he's telling a joke. I'd do the exact same.

[@Maurrokh]

I also burst out laughing when he cut off Chris Pratt rambling about stars and distances 26:54

[@oddysee3030]

Totally agree. Nonsensically cutting to Jay is probably my favorite running gag

[@aarondavis8943]

@@Maurrokh Does he think all the stars are 13 billion light years away? Does he think the stars are the big bang?

[@vikiai4241]

@@aarondavis8943 That is the current astrological estimate of the distance to the crystal sphere on which the stars are affixed 😛

[@cybertruckeralpha]

The Thor franchise is the clearest example of flanderization since Ned Flanders.

[@leob4403]

@ikls gu tom cruise graceful? He does not look good in this movie he looks awful and the movie is a tired rehash. I respect his previous works though

[@pyramear5414]

@Leo that's the joke!

[@cybertruckeralpha]

@@cactusmalone Movie thor had quirks and comic moments in the first film "This drink, I like it!" that were pretty typical fish-out-of-water stuff. This fit the overall semi-comedic tone well, and was in essence the Thor MCU was going for. Then he was in Avengers and got quirkier (along with everyone else) thanks to Joss Whedon. After Joss did his damage he remained about as silly in Thor 2 (I assume; nobody remembers this movie myself included). He steadily continued getting goofier in Age of Ultron, and eventually Ragnarok. He was further caricaturized, since then, with Infinity War, Endgame, and finally Love and Thunder. While he basically is a different character altogether by now, this is the result of an overload of what used to be light comedic quirks seen now and then in the first Thor. If you've ever seen the flanderization cartoon with the red-haired guy with slightly large ears and a bow tie, those quirks are that hair, ears, and tie in this case, grown to ridiculous proportion, and killing any actual character trait.

[@Paahtis]

My favourite RLM Cinematic Universe character is the Cricket in the background.

[@mrs323]

During that third act of Top Gun, the entire audience in my cinema was dead silent and engaged in the movie because of just how well it had built up the stakes. Meanwhile in Thor 4, there were teens not even watching the movie’s big battle at the end.

[@djangofett4879]

everyone in your theater had fallen asleep by that point in the movie because they were all 65+ years old.

[@worlddd7777]

@@djangofett4879 Still better than 15 something teens falling a sleep during Thor 4

[@UCannotDefeatMyShmeat]

I can’t bring myself to see those anymore

[@press_x_tojason]

@@djangofett4879 the corporations will not love you, stop trying to do their bidding in KZbin comments, it’s weird.

[@titanguy7316]

@@press_x_tojason Maybe he just thinks Top Gun sucks, and he has a right to that opinion?

[@SeventhHeaven3434]

I love that Jeff golbloom looks away as he says Colin's a good director

[@commaJim]

Lol that was amazing. All of those cast interviews were hilariously pathetic.

[@kourii]

_golbloom_

[@FunkBastid]

His retinas almost detach from how hard he rolls his eyes

[@andyhull9182]

"He saves a plot-o-Saurus" Yes

[@andmicbro1]

I love how David Pumpkins can be used as a metaphor for when a movie goes all in on one joke and it was the wrong joke to go all in on.

[@DanePavitt]

Absolutely creasing over the fact that Trevorrow hyped the Giganotosaurus up as the most aggressive & badass dinosaur ever, & it left so little impact that no one outside of dino enthusiasts even mentions it

[@_all_around_us]

Mf called it the Joker of dinosaurs 💀

[@JovemEverton]

You mean the Joker Giganotosaur ?

[@evenhartwick4422]

im glad they used an actual dinosaur and not another dumb made up hybrid thing but yeah it was a really forgettable Dino that might as well have just been the T-Rex

[@broyleswg]

Yeah and it didn't even eat anybody.

[@christopherparks6433]

I was so certain the video would just be five seconds of Mike and Jay flipping off the camera and then an hour and 9 minutes of black screen.

[@FabioSilva-uw3on]

That's going to be The Batman review!

[@rburst]

I thought they got in trouble for that back with Tran5formers

[@SteveClark1412]

I just started and I’m not convinced lol

[@marksmith5800]

Uh spoiler alert, HELLLLLLLOOOOOOO

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Jesus Christ died for our sins, rose from the dead, and gives salvation to everyone who has faith in him. True faith in Jesus will have you bear good fruit and *drastically* change for the better! Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. 👍🏾 *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

[@cargo_vroom9729]

I can't get over how much of a fever dream the plot synopsis of Jurassic World Dominion is. The decent of a great film with passable sequels into *Jurassic Fast Jurassic Furious* is an amazing thing to behold. Not a good thing, but amazing.

[@chasehedges6775]

It’s astounding how bad it’s gotten

[@bearimo2867]

It felt like watching Sharknado at times. Weird cuts and edits, odd reactions, plot points that went nowhere, just bizarre. Even little things like they watch a car fall down a hillside, then wait till they hear their 'daughter' before they go and help? Just insane

[@JamMastaJew]

Don't drag the f&f franchise into this!

[@astrospect]

Descent********

[@dubya2621]

I went into Top Gun wanting to hate it, sure there were some cheesy moments, but damn what a solid movie

[@aldunlop4622]

Just pure entertainment, no deeper meaning, just buy your ticket and your popcorn and strap in.

[@iAmTheSquidThing]

As I understand it: The jacket patch in Top Gun was changed so as not to upset China. But the Chinese investors then made so many other demands to censor the script, that the movie eventually cut ties with them, and changed the jacket back too.

[@SomeBsMovieOfficial]

It seems like Tom Cruise is the first person in Hollywood to see how falling for China is bad for your movie.

[@unlimitededge2689]

@@SomeBsMovieOfficial I feel like it’s a bad sign when Tom Cruise of all people seems to be the one saying “maybe we shouldn’t sell ourselves out”

[@ourotayuun]

The China money pulled out and it was an easy PR win to quietly put the patch back. Ultimately, a movie about how exceptional the armed forces of the United States are was probably not going to play in China in the first place, and that's what this movie *had to be*. You can make a version of this story where a hotshot pilot trains a new generation of pilots for some mission, and also there's a Chinese pilot or China was instrumental in providing intelligence or an ethnically Chinese scientist developed the new "thrust-vectoring-gimbal" so the planes can accomplish the mission... but to do that, you'd have to scrub everything from the film that connects it to its predecessor. Might as well make that a different movie.

[@FunkBastid]

@@unlimitededge2689 dude’s crazy, but he has some good takes

[@everforward5561]

@@unlimitededge2689 Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[@doa766]

One thing I think is interesting to point out about how much of a hack is Colin Trevorrow is the call back to the helicopter scene from the first Jurassic Park movie. In it John Hammond chopper arrived and messed up all the excavation, and that's what's on the screen, but the scene is telling a lot more to the audience and the audience is picking it up without even noticing: it's telling that Hammond didn't care about dinasours or science at all, he was all about his park and money. And also is telling the audience that money wins, because at the end they stopped caring about the ruined excavation and they are all celebrating with him with champagne. Now here it is Laura Dern who arrives in the chopper and there's no meaning, no subtext, nothing. it's just a callback. And even worse, her character would never do that because she's a scientist, she would know to just land like a mile away. It's just so stupid.

[@Fork1]

Subtle character-development!

[@BigBoySloan]

I counted 3 periods in your entire comment. Do better

[@oldtoby4062]

@@BigBoySloan I doubt it took 3 months to write

[@doa766]

@@Fork1 thx, just added a couple more

[@kedrednael]

@@oldtoby4062 Twelve years

[@therealdyer]

I'm pretty sure they got Dr. Evil to do that Jeff Goldblum ADR line

[@TomTomTom87]

lmao

[@HughMansonMD]

Those interviews of the Jurassic World Dominion cast taking the piss are absolutely fucking amazing.

[@jacksonf578]

I think the reason Top Gun Maverick worked so well is that it is entirely sincere. Everything in the movie means everything. Not to say there isn’t humor or whatever but everyone in the movie takes what’s happening seriously. There are very few movies that are like that now as insincerity and inside jokes seem to be most popular.

[@danielwareking]

Absolutely. I think people are starved for actual sincerity in films. Top Gun Maverick has humor, and it's even self aware in that it's not trying to kid anyone into thinking that it's not just playing all of the hits from the original (just updated and polished). But it's not CONSTANTLY winking at the audience and reassuring everyone that none of this actually means anything. The characters don't feel like they KNOW they're in a movie! It's refreshing!

[@jacobberk325]

That's why I think the original works still as well. It's cheesy, yes, but sort of like the Sam Raimi Spiderman movies, because it goes all in and doesn't try to short change itself, it works in its favor as opposed to being a detriment.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

It's the rare modernist film that comes out after 2008 and reminds you, however subtly, that postmodernism is a meaningless, destructive, depressing bore. The aesthetics of modernism, of merit, value, and reaching higher, went out of fashion en masse and it's a major reason action films just suck now.

[@artietheonemanparty]

Couldn't agree more. Another recent great one is RRR. It has this sincere, life or death stakes that you want in something.

[@claudegrenier3180]

Top Gun Maverick.... the Black Panther of old conservative white dudes

[@TheKinseth]

The fact that Mike knows what a Blackbird is because *that's what the X-Men fly* just about one-shotted me.

[@CurtisDyer]

I think he only mentioned X-Men for Jay's benefit. I'm pretty sure he watches enough History Channel to just know about the SR-71 Blackbird.

[@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley]

@@CurtisDyer - I think Mike has mentioned before that he has a certain affinity for the X-Men franchise in particular. He's the only critic that made me realize genuine positives in Dark Phoenix even though that movie is absolute crap.

[@ecurb_2558]

I mean friggin' Picard leads the X-Men so of course he knows who they are lol

[@CurtisDyer]

@@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley that explains the X-Men/Trek novel crossover, actually.

[@Jean-Paul-Lane-Valley]

@@CurtisDyer - I do wonder if he knows about those, they are quite memorable.

[@brutalerik87]

When the Han Solo says "This place? Not yo vibe" the CC said "This place? Nacho Bob"

[@milton7763]

“Laura Dern looks like she doesn’t know what’s going on” I assume this was her first movie having to do entire scenes against green screens

[@lucamckenn5932]

It's acting anathema. How does one react to literally nothing? You're expected to act and also have a vivid imagination and alsooo know how to act and react to what you're thinking of in your mind. "Nowin this scene you're in awe at that space over there, and afterwards turn around 180 and look terrified at nothing and then turn back and run over there to that empty spot while looking frenzied". How do you do a good job with directions that may not have been too dissimilar from that?

[@brentjstacey]

Apparently Russel Crowe's accent in Thor is a very specific type of New Zealand Greek that he does almost perfectly. I watched the film with Kiwi friends and they were in stitches when Crowe started talking.

[@jemgeddes3866]

Greek Australian too. It’s perfect

[@FramesPerSecond]

Yeah it’s basically the accent of kebab store owners and he nailed it.

[@donnylurch4207]

Thanks, Mengele.

[@ArmanIRL]

"I know nothing about planes" "It's the one that the Xmen fly around in" "Ooooh!" That was cute.

[@e.c.winner7252]

I, too, had no interest in seeing Top Gun: Maverick, but I went with my family to the theater because they wanted to see it. I was blown away at how good it was. Near perfect summer blockbuster movie. It’s in my top five movies ever.

[@redshift912]

Top five ever ? LOL

[@TheElectricMayhem]

I had to struggle with whether or not I was gonna see it in IMAX (the show time was super inconvenient). I did it anyhow and it was AMAZING.

[@theelmagoo]

Yes... one more for Maverick (BTW love the analysis and reviews!! :), but this is just interesting to note as not many people caught it. Jennifer Connolly's character "Penny Benjamin" is also from the original movie, but it was only a brief side mention. There's a moment where Maverick and Goose are getting chewed out by a superior officer, and the officer mentions a "stunt" in which Maverick took a girl up in a fighter for a joy ride. Goose turns to Maverick and whispers "Penny Benjamin?" to which Maverick nods. It's a nice little detail they played off for the new film to create the love interest.

[@joshuatxuk]

I didn't notice that the first time I watched it but it was such a nice detail. I think it backs up this vibe that they actually gave a shit about respecting those not in the film and providing a plausible character development. Of course the reality was McGillis wasn't going to be cast but at least they pivoted to something that didn't feel insincere but rather a believable idea of a person being with someone different 30 years later.

[@icqpimp]

This is a nice detail. I'm glad I watched this video, and I'm glad I read this comment section, and I'm glad that I found both of these comments.

[@KS-xk2so]

The reason why they used the F-18 Super Hornets IRL is because they are the newest plane the US Navy uses that can still be flown with 2 passengers. All the new "fifth generation" fighters are single seat. They needed the 2 seat configuration so the real pilot could fly the jet up front and the actor could be in the back seat, and shoot their scene, pretending to fly.

[@stormiestcampfire]

Plus, there's no way in hell that the Navy would let Tommy play around with their newfangled top-of-the-line and super secretive fightin' machines, the F-35s. (OPSEC)

[@axiss5840]

They actually did have the actors fly the hornets and manage their own cameras. That isn't BS.

[@benvaun1330]

I was looking for this answer. It is the last 2 seater jet. I promise if the F-35 could hold two people they would have been in them.

[@benvaun1330]

@@axiss5840 no they didn't have them fly the plane. In fact one of the clauses in the contract that the navy wrote up for use of the planes was that the actors could not touch the controls.

[@StickWithTrigger]

@@stormiestcampfire Nah they would love to cause Michael bay,Marvel and Tom cruise create some of their best propaganda hell they gave the transformer movies f-22 raptors but for this movie they needed a two seater plane so no f-35s

[@jackcorrigan6258]

20:47 The comedy zoom on Sam Neill furiously playing with a hammer while trying to say how he's in love with Colin Trevorrow killed me. I'm dead now.

[@feebypeels2883]

He's also gripping the inside of his thigh...a lot to unpack in these frames.

[@OMGmyFACE]

RIP Jack. It was a good run.

[@emmy8526]

Sam Neill has an actual animal sanctuary he’s earning money for so we forgive him all his trespasses.

[@notyourdad]

I didn't know anything about the making of Maverick but I was blown away by the visuals and actions scenes and that just almost never happens these days - I was literally wondering how the hell they made it looks so real, but now I know - I didn't think it would be possible to shoot a movie like this but apparently it is and I love it.

[@PabloHenrique92]

I remember watching Jurassic World in the theaters with my girlfriend at the time, she didn't care for any movie of the franchise at all but knew I loved them(yep, even Jurassic Park 3), when we came out of the theater she asked me "did you liked it honey?" and I simply answered "it was shit, wanna go to my place have some sexy time so this night ends on a higher note?" and she answered "thank God, I hated it as well but didn't wanna say anything because I know how much you like the older movies, and yes, of course hot stuff 😏", lets just say that night I broke my record, I lasted about 45... seconds, impressive, I know, so I didn't bother with both Fallen Kingdom and Dominion the same way I didn't bother with Thor Love And Thunder, but Top Gun Maverick, I went with this gal I was flirting with for a couple of days, as soon as the beach american football scene ended I looked at her and said "see, I don't think it will work between us, i'm pretty sure I just became gay", she laughed and gave me a quick kiss on the lips, she still thinks to this day that I was joking, even after I shaved my beard the very next day and left only the mustache

[@Scottthebassplayer98]

Glad to see that Redlettermedia is finally reviewing The Batman.

[@johns123]

I knew they would 😏

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

They can hide the review behind T-Rex's flying F-14s to attack Thor all they want! We know this was Part 1 of their 42 part review of The Batman!

[@ajaydahl]

The Batman sucked!!!! It was like a depressed teen C.W adaptation of David Finchers Se7en. Oh Batman listens to Nirvana?... "Very Cool".

[@samuelG009]

​@@ajaydahllol

[@SeanA099]

The reason they used the F/A-18 instead of the F-35 was because they needed a two seater plane to fit the cameras in

[@dj_dazzy]

and a proper fighter pilot in the front seat.

[@willmungas8964]

And because the F-18 is still the quintessential modern fighter of the US navy, especially the Super Hornet (which btw is not the F/A 18, A is a regular hornet. Difference is the square intakes and a much heftier body, more powerful and capable plane. I think the Super Hornets started at E, with F as the Super two-seater; but I could be wrong). My dad actually went to Top Gun, flew Hornets for the last twenty years and it’s kind of what the world recognizes as the Navy fighter jet. He loved the movie and can really go in detail about which kinds of maneuvers were realistic and stuff like that, and he really likes the fact that they used real planes to get the effects of Gs on the actors at all.

[@jasonjansen9831]

@@willmungas8964 Your Dad went to Top Gun wow

[@DangerB0ne]

The F-35's training is all done in simulator so there aren't twin seat models. By the time a new pilot gets their hands on an F-35 they'll have already been rated on the T-38 and have hundreds of simulator hours. Also the need for an RIO/WSO is largely obsolete in 5th gen aircraft due to the advanced avionics suite.

[@zachisebi]

How, as a director, can you criticize the CGI in your movie and pretend you are not responsible for it.

[@TheGrandOracle]

Special guest appearance by The Cricket, glad to have him back!

[@ThoRCX]

That cricket in the studio will soon have more screen time than Josh and Jack combined.

[@djangofett4879]

I've been wondering this whole time if that's an actual cricket or if the editor just put that in the background 🤣

[@CraigTalbert]

@@djangofett4879 it’s an evp cricket.

[@braddl9442]

My BRAIN could tell Top Gun was real. Its been so long that it really did stand out how REAL everything felt.

[@pluckyduck11y]

The Darkstar scene was not real at all, or even plausible. But it was fun and the visuals were top notch. There was loads of CGI in the final act. At least half the shots featured CGI, maybe even most. For example, the tomahawks, the SAM sites, the enemy jets, the airfield strike, the F-14 was all CGI. But it was the best CGI in the game and so good it was practically seamless. Because the first 2/3 of the movie had minimal CGI, they could really focus the CGI teams on the final act and make it as photoreal as possible. It also helps that they did so much practical shooting, the digital artists had the best references possible. And I think every explosion was CGI and fantastic.

[@throwacnt7603]

@@pluckyduck11y Let them also conveniently ignore how some of the absolute worst things in Jurassic Park were the puppets/animatronics. People need to let those things go, they look absolutely fake. CGI looks a thousand times better. The latest StarWars also had that issue where you could CLEARLY see that they were horrible, nasty puppets being controlled by some guy. TopGun is different, Jets work and exist in real life, using real jets makes perfect sense and it also makes perfect sense to use fake jets down the line and once the real ones have been stablished.

[@evilemperorzurg9615]

There was a surprising amount of CGI in the film. It was just so well integrated with real life shots that our brains barely noticed.

[@Yukikazehalo]

@@pluckyduck11y Top Gun had loads of CGI, but it was done more tastefully by layering multiple practical shots together rather than using full CG models. Thats the only way they could show planes flying in such tight formations all of the time.

[@throwacnt7603]

Oh I want to add a little fix to my comment there now that I re-read it. The NEW* Jurassic Parks are the ones with the horrible animatronics. The older ones had the good sense of using them at the right time and under the right lighting conditions. Could still sometimes tell they were fake but they were executed very well, especially for the time they were made.

[@charlesajones77]

I always thought Natalie Portman was horribly miscast in the original Thor movie, and it was just as well she was left out of both Endgame and Thor: Ragnarok. It was a mistake to try and bring her back.

[@aldunlop4622]

Why exactly?

[@astrospect]

Yeah but she's like, ungodly hott so....opinion disregarded.

[@josephcopper2966]

I’m really happy they brought Jimmy Cricket on the show after being in that amazing Pinocchio remake. His constant chiming in, or should I say, chirping in, throughout the review really adds a new layer to these reviews!

[@Inignot12]

Can't believe you guys got the cricket to come back for this, he's been so in demand since his last appearance

[@thegoodgeneral]

It's driving me fucking crazy. I can't do the whole hour with it but I wanna watch the video. : (

[@bonkripper5061]

@@thegoodgeneral The cricket sound was only in my right ear piece. You just go with the left one if you've got a headset/earbuds

[@louis3587]

The clip of Owen Thunderguns punching the dinosaur puppet in the face made me die laughing

[@GeminiTasiri]

I don't think that was supposed to be a punch? I never saw the movie but it looked like to me like he's stabbing it with a knife that'll get added later via CG, which is also very funny to think about in terms of "realness"

[@BertisFat]

Surprised they didn’t mention the scene where Thunderguns chokes a dilophosaurus and tells it to ‘go on, git’ like some hillbilly chasing a possum off his front porch.

[@Gamesforus1]

That would make a great gif

[@whenpiratesattack]

I see you recovered.

[@draakisback]

The commitment to the bit is always a pleasure with these hacks

[@chrisv9000]

I think the big diss is that, despite Goldblum typically speaking very colorfully or abnormally, he just describes Colin as “Good”

[@theodorehodbor5080]

I honestly did a double take when in Thor they literally made a Marvel-quip about having terminal cancer.

[@djangofett4879]

Thor 4 ... written by Kevin Smith?

[@JoQeZzZ]

Remember how everyone thought Loss was weird? Now you can get Loss in your Disney backed multi-billion-dollar corporate design by committee movies

[@greggoat6570]

Loss was about a miscarriage not dying of cancer what are you even talking about

[@Adam-nc6qg]

@@greggoat6570 Yeah we know genius, but it's almost the same thing tone wise

[@kage6613]

@@greggoat6570 it's the juxtaposition of a very serious real-world topic in a silly, cartoony, comic book world.

[@NoName-hp5qv]

I love how that cricket is still haunting the set and has inserted itself into RLM lore

[@bonkripper5061]

I thought I was going insane. So glad someone mentioned it

[@bonkripper5061]

Quick addition if you don't want to blow your brains out. The cricket sound only come through on the right side for earbuds/headsets, so just stick with the left one if you value your sanity

[@eldenringer6466]

it wasnt a cricket but a JWD locust that escaped from that dumpster fire only to find itself in a review of one...

[@Half_Finis]

was a tiny bit too loud if your using headset/phones

[@TheDestroyerComics]

Mike doing the Plinkett voice at the end made me weirdly happy. Felt like a neat cameo in a weird way.

[@Nightbreed24]

I know why they enlarged those locusts. Because you will eat the bugs!

[@numinous2506]

That WAS the reason but the studio's handlers made them cut that part because it interfered with the clandestine attempt to have us all own nothing, eat bugs and be happy.

[@docflash1635]

I feel the cricket is now part of the crew. Sometimes it’s perfectly timed with some jokes 😂

[@EmpireofCheese]

I’m convinced they’re making sure it doesn’t escape just to keep fucking with the fans

[@hjalfi]

Did it at least get a credit at the end?

[@luccacamillo]

you mean it's a real cricket outside their studio?

[@RicketyRocketyRoo]

@@luccacamillo yes they have mentioned it a few times. not sure if it's the same one.

[@FartinHolesInMyUndies]

If the cricket has been around for the past few videos I’ve never heard it until today! I guess that’s a testament to the new AirPods

[@Weazel1]

I like that they still put Rich’s name n the credits even when he’s not in the episode. That’s star power.

[@mroctober3657]

Rich Evans is the Tom Cruise of RLM.

[@natalyst]

well he is THE "Dick the Birthday Boy" Boy

[@Guywithaclub]

that's the hint that mike and rich are both Mr. Plinkett. This episode shows Mike's transformation. Mike is Rich, and Rich is Mike. And they are both murderers.

[@mroctober3657]

@@Guywithaclub Finkel is Einhorn. Einhorn is Finkel.

[@Weazel1]

@@mroctober3657 Laces out!

[@Choils]

Worth noting that a lot of the asgardian kids were played by the actor's kids. Hemsworth's, Bale's, Waititi's and Portman's kids were all there. Not too surprising the looked bored in the scenes where they weren't doing fun lighning stuff.

[@Frostiken]

The funny thing is the Top Gun is still in theaters. Not IMAX anymore, but regular.

[@namelessjedi2242]

I loved how “The Fiendish Dr. Wu” from the previous Jurassic movie simply ditched his villainous black lab coat and donned a Mr. Rogers sweater to become a good guy/saint in this one. 😂

[@itsamechrispratt380]

That character will always be an enigma to me haha He was a glorified extra in the first movie, then he returned in the sequel/remake trilogy and it's funny because they sort of tried to make a big deal out of him but gave up halfway through, and then in this particular film he was just there to deliver lines and be an actor man.....and that's Dr. Henry Wu for you! What's sadder is that I don't hate the idea for this character, I quite enjoy it actually, he's like the doctor Frankenstein of the Jurassic Park franchise....or at least I guess this is what they were going for, too bad it never paid off in any way! Would've been a lot more interesting than Owen Thunderguns and his adventures in Remakeland

[@GiroKuluBOWSER]

Uhhhh excuse you, its called visual storytelling 🙄 Cuz if he looks as nice as possible then the audience doesn't have the burden of using their brains, obviously 🙄🙄🙄

[@fangal12]

@@GiroKuluBOWSER the feathered haircut also helped

[@winstonsmith8482]

@BK Beatty Are you saying you didn't want to see Alan Grant stabbed by his own son and thrown down a giant hole?

[@RadicalValkyrie]

I hated how they turned him into a villain in JW, so I was glad he got out of that. It was literally the only part I was interested in. I didn't even need to see the film. If someone told me he was redeemed, Id be like, okay. Good to know.

[@SCHAAAD]

Jeff Goldblum: worked with Wes Anderson, Spielberg, Cronenberg But that Collin tho, he’s good.

[@youfrancis]

To have subjected poor Goldblum to this . . . 12:25 . . . that man absolutely deserves an Academy Award. That's solid Gold right there. Solid Goldblum.

[@lucamckenn5932]

Metal Gear Solid Goldblum.

[@marion_roberts]

The crickets being heard in the background agree with your assessment of the jurassic and thor movie.

[@Googlesucksballs]

Christian Bale was in Thor but he was also in Batman. So if you think about it, this is as close as we are getting to a Batman review from Mike and Jay.

[@Naomi.Robertson]

They'll finally review Batman, I think. It's like a telling a 7th grader not to do something.

[@alexsilva28]

​@@Naomi.Robertson Just like they eventually reviewed Nukie.... oh

[@hyperspeedfox6181]

They reviewed The Dark Knight Rises about 10 years ago

[@skeevy_nyx]

That Jeff Goldblum wide shot has the same energy as "Part-time!"

[@FitnessTips4Ux]

Why would hunting the dinosaurs be illegal? Why would those guys be poachers? They’re hunting what is essentially an invasive species to the entire planet. It would be weird if they weren’t getting hunted

[@tonichan89]

I'm honestly pretty tired of the "little girl with genes/superduper-powers that is THE key to saving the world and everyone is hunting her, also she has no parents so the main char/s adopt her" trope by now... it was interesting once or twice but... it feels like it's gotten pretty watered down and lazy. A shortcut to being called "deep" by just existing. Idk man. It's just so predictable once you've seen it 1-2 times.

[@TheTGOAC]

Last of Us fatigue

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Thunberg Syndrome.

[@BumboLooks]

Greta Thunberg certainly does have super-genes. Trisomy-21 in her case. Otherwise known as down-syndrome. Perfect for leading the universe against climate-change.

[@diegocastaneda3829]

People loved Mathilda and have been trying to replicate it ever since!

[@BumboLooks]

@@diegocastaneda3829 Oh yeah Matilda. The girl who could make things move with her mind!!

[@David-sj4fk]

"There have never been more dinosaurs" *Jay has a 1000-yard vietnam stare*