Half in the Bag vs. Godzilla vs. Kong

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Remember Godzilla? Remember King Kong?? Well they're back! Again! Godzilla vs. Kong is a movie with Godzilla and King Kong in it and it's out now and that's the movie.

[@01296501923654]

The tech billionaire is actually called Mechagodzilla. It's a common misconception that the monster is called Mechagodzilla, but it's in fact the name of its creator.

[@obi-wanshinobi2353]

*commits suicide

[@MrStath1986]

Can't wait for next year's Bride of Mechagodzilla. "LOVE GHIDORAH, HATE GODZILLA."

[@hannibalburgers477]

"It's a lie! It's a lie!" I made the mandatory joke. Can I leave now?

[@JohnnyZenith]

I'll never care.

[@johnt.campbell316]

@@obi-wanshinobi2353 **dies from cringe**

[@Thanatos2k]

They should have Mike and Jay independently edit a Half in the Bag episode and release them simultaneously so we can see how the Bauman Cut differs from the Stoklasa Cut.

[@heinrich1]

RELEASE THE STOKLASA CUT!

[@Shredow2]

This is a joke comment but it would be an interesting experiment to see how their editing style differs.

[@Thanatos2k]

@@Shredow2 Yeah I don't even mean it as a joke. It would be super interesting.

[@gonesnake2337]

REINSTATE THE BAUMANVERSE!

[@HarshNerf]

@@Shredow2 i think if the edit focuses on rich evan's foibles and lingers it's a stoklasa cut

[@BlindDweller]

When a character explains the “science” for the plot and stops himself halfway through to say “doesn’t matter” you know we got a solid script here.

[@lilaclunablossom]

It came off to me as just a little nod to the hollow earth thing. Haven't seen the movie tho

[@smatchimo645]

even cheesier was the fat best friend character having to say mechagodzillas name as a correction despite being in a universe that that was supposed to be introducing it... 4th wall breakage for a nostalgia cash grab (gag)

[@akulahirpada1993]

Yeah but this is not a Tenet review

[@Zubrungus]

@@smatchimo645 I assumed he said that because he knew mechs have a pilot and robots don't. But I don't remember if there would have been any indication to them that it was piloted and not robotic

[@chupakabra1129]

Cause they talk BS and they know it

[@chrisburns514]

The best “audio stopping before a death trope” is Green Goblin getting it at the end of Spider-Man. Willem Dafoe’s “Oh.” Is priceless

[@TheMATMAN316]

There was one in Kong Skull Island too with John Goodman & the skullcrawler And there's a Batman one that's in the trailer for BvS

[@technogamer18]

“Just letting kong loose? This should have been debated in front of congress for like months” A Kongress hearing, if you will.

[@adhirg]

a Kongressional hearing*

[@xxmunkiexx]

you take your like sir.

[@MrChickennugget360]

i like the Cut of your Jib Sir

[@mennymoto]

You....

[@JohnDoe-xs6zs]

Boooooo. Boo I say

[@OrphanMartian]

Mike: "Don't cut all this! You cut everything!" Jay: (Passive-aggressively leaves in every mistake Mike says.)

[@gangang69]

Lmaoo

[@JordanGingold]

You: everyone who comments this way gets likes bc theyre lemming morons Me: not funny or clever Gleep: glorp

[@PokerPlayerJames]

I think it's the chair creaking not a fart. Still funny though.

[@TemmiePlays]

@@JordanGingold gleep: everyone Gloop:

[@evanelston105]

I can’t wait for the 20 hour Mike Stoklasa cut of this Half In The Bag

[@richardvinsen2385]

Now I want to see “Citizen Kong”. Or would it be “King Kane”?

[@UnNuclear]

King Kane is a Tiberium Sun movie

[@lorddevilfish5868]

Those are some interesting alternative titles to Dickshark

[@misterfreundchen3484]

Hey man, you made me laugh, on a bad day. Much love

[@BettyWhiteTheVibratorSlayer]

Kong was the name of the sled 🙄

[@hikikomoron]

​@@UnNuclearis a good 😌 tttt Edit: I wrote this comment accidentally while my phone was in my pocket woops also why does it have two likes??

[@Cthululz]

Um actually the novelization explains that Kong enrolled in Skull Island Medical School for a semester and that was how he knew to fix his shoulder by slamming it into a building.

[@taylorlconner]

The newly-renamed “Skull Island Center for Reconstructive Surgery”

[@HNedel]

I assumed he watched Lethal Weapon 2 as a small ape

[@lowdownpapaya7292]

@@taylorlconner ☠️☠️

[@seedless6140]

My favorite part of Mike VS Jay was when they had to band together to fight MechaRichEvans and throw him into a pool of acetone.

[@ivanvonbewski]

They had one opening to strike when his mechabeetus started acting up and his mechaoilsugars went through the roof

[@Puerco-Potter]

Now I need rich laughing with a mecha filter, I need to hear that!

[@Brent_Mosey]

@@Puerco-Potter That would be torturous but funny.

[@treycarter6736]

Oh my God, imagine that laugh coming from a giant Mecha. Probably split the planet in half.

[@santiagoo.6172]

It’s ok. No ones ever really gone

[@estebanfumero3728]

All of this time I've thought Mike was a genius, turns out he's just another George Lucas: an absolute madman saved by brilliant editing.

[@cas343]

@@CarrotConsumer lmao

[@darthyodafarts4227]

But rich is still a God among men!!

[@brockbuster]

Hack fraud.

[@limpbizkitluvr69yall]

That's basically what a genius is

[@mrbransformer4184]

Like dicksharks editing saved it

[@jjaarr3208]

My favorite part is how Godzilla can burn a hole through the center of the earth with his super, destructo, nuclear breath, but it just gave Kong a boo boo the one time he managed to hit the big monkey with it.

[@danielmillward9947]

And how did that get there when you had to go through a gravitational wormhole to get to hollow earth several scenes ago 😂

[@jjaarr3208]

@@danielmillward9947 Everyone knows super, destructo, nuclear breath penetrates worm holes. Well, I didn't, but apparently everyone else did.

[@danielmillward9947]

@@jjaarr3208 apparently so 😂

[@alexknowlton4038]

Could also just be that Godzilla wanted to fight Kong and beat them to submission opposed to killing them. But yeah. Super stupid.

[@chupakabra1129]

@@danielmillward9947 Godzilla kinda forgot about the force-fields

[@richardenglish2195]

"We don't talk about sound much." I know, I've seen Space Cop.

[@MotherFucker1984]

Which one? Gavan? Or it was Sharivan?

[@BuddhaJube]

At this point Jay is just humoring Mike's dementia.

[@davegesell5470]

Aren't we all?

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Mike seems sharper in this one. Around the Willy Wonka rewatch he felt like a guy going over a list of things he remembered from his childhood and being humored by a visitor.

[@frankmerker630]

I think he’s just bored of these straight to VOD releases and they’re pressured to keep pumping out videos. It’s hard af to remember things you don’t care about

[@nadream_nadr34m]

I read this as jay MOURNING mike, all the more correct

[@NicksNameGoesHere]

I'm starting to think they're not actually even working on the VCR

[@FlippySuper]

Mike and Jay going from despising movie theaters to start to miss them is the most shocking character development of RLM

[@coyotefever105]

Whaaaaat?!

[@jobbinal]

Rachel Dolezal?

[@Gaelztorm]

Because Godzilla movies are made for theater so they still see the value in that. I few others like LOTR and world war movies are great too.

[@zosodude13]

My expectations have been subverted!

[@onelividguardsman5681]

the frauds...are changing.

[@matman000000]

Orson Welles actually planned to make Kane vs. Kong, but the studios wouldn't let him accomplish his vision, so he slightly altered the screenplay and turned it into The Magnificent Ambersons.

[@nchap2023]

That's actually what the lost footage from The Magnificent Ambersons is: the human characters all fade into the background as Charles Foster Kane unleashes Mechagodzilla on the city and King Kong has to stop him.

[@milton7763]

@@nchap2023 It wasn’t called Mechagodzilla, it was called Rosebud.

[@aarondavis8943]

I want to see a crossover between Godzilla and the Orson Welles frozen pea commercial.

[@jeffpalaganas7404]

Thats a misconception. Mechagodzillas creator is named Rosebud.

[@gyg_pa9381]

@@milton7763 you mean Rosebot

[@philipmyrick]

What's funny is Citizen Kane recycled rear projected backgrounds from King Kong for an out door party scene. You can see what looks like pterodactyls flying past some of the tents.

[@yining200]

"What do you mean it's a bad movie? You can see the monkey punching the lizard right there."

[@mediatool9596]

There is absolutely nothing bad about this movie. Except Millie Bobby Brown, she sucked....

[@DJ_Macphisto]

@@mediatool9596 She needs to stick to Stranger Things. Suits her better.

[@mediatool9596]

@@DJ_Macphisto season 1 only

[@dirus3142]

Totally not a euphemism

[@pepepoopsonthefarright7531]

gorillas are apes

[@penguinguy1551]

We always joke about mike slowly losing his mind as time goes on, but it’s videos like this one that remind us it’s not a joke

[@mastervaderm16]

@12:25

[@AxxLAfriku]

I STRONGLY DISAGREE! Being as famous as I am on KZbin, I know that it gets hard to read every comment I get. I try my best, but I am just so famous, that I can't do it much longer. Sorry, dear dio

[@PALACIO254]

@@AxxLAfriku boo get off the stage

[@gigastrike2]

@@mastervaderm16 @35:16

[@sleblanc]

@@shayZero You have to excuse him, he's German.

[@tocks14]

That neon lighting in Hong Kong is much more reminiscent of the Hong Kong fight in Pacific Rim, which takes place in the exact same part of the city lol

[@CornyBum]

I really got the impression that they were trying to channel _Pacific Rim_ (just the first one) and what made it successful and beloved when their own little series combining two iconic characters weren't getting nearly the same amount of love. It also made sense for the premise and plot, whereas being inspired by something like _Jaws_ was more appropriate for _Godzilla_ back in 2014.

[@Daedalussi]

god i loved pacific rim

[@calvinlee8103]

I think maybe Hong Kong's just got some neon lights in it.

[@Texass117]

They gotta make sure to get those Chinese dorrahs

[@TitoSilvey]

Mike's inability to hold a straight face during that bit gave me so much joy

[@TheHemphogChronic]

All those “MIKE IS WRONG”s... When that whole segment lead up to Mike saying “I’m glad I looked it up”, I just about died laughing hahaha

[@JeremyTKIN]

They needed one more when he said he thought was 4 actors from Marvel movies in it. Because there actually were, they just totally forgot John C. Reilly.

[@eddstarr2185]

It's like taking an open book exam - and you still Fail.

[@dusantmusic4726]

I don't know if it was the continuation of the joke or Jay,while editing still by accident confused Clark Gregg and Marc Evan Jackson,but that was hilarious

[@mattjindrak]

You died laughing? How did you make the comment then?

[@stephendarcy9803]

@@mattjindrak His mate did it for him via ouija board.

[@pureevil9496]

I love that Mike can't do the fearful turnaround without making an overly sarcastic expression

[@riotmcdohl1873]

Even as a paid actor... What a hack.

[@jillmo6458]

His face naturally defaults to a sarcastic expression like foam returning to its original shape.

[@richarddimeck4578]

Yes this made me laugh. Muscle memory i guess 😅

[@marredcheese]

It was so bad, and I loved it.

[@myles3856]

Ok

[@Ken-lv8ej]

Ghidora's brain was in Mecha Godzilla, while the skull itself acted as a connection to the brain. It's explained in the movie, albeit poorly, that Ghidora's three heads had a psychic connection with one another. They tekked the tek and put it in the skull to make a remote connection to the brain and then put a VR connection in the skull. Ghidora being alive (technically) is why Godzilla is losing his shit and attacking everything. It's explained terribly, but it's all there.

[@EggBastion]

Thank you!

[@Bloodnickel1]

Holy fuck dude, you’re a genius

[@Arian545]

It is just such incoherent nonsense that you just forget about it right away

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

​@@Arian545 fucking lol

[@foulek2560]

Since Shatner humiliated Mike on internet, he became insane.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

Nah, Shatner went insane after Generations.

[@obi-onekenerdi]

There are four marvel actors in Kong Skull Island, everyone always forgets that John C. Riley is in Guardians

[@L0U_ZER]

Oh yeah, I forgot!

[@Nico-gs8il]

Everybody forgets avout JCR on Skull Island because hes his own movie there , with his own arc and an ending just for himself. Kong and everybody else just happens to be on the same island.

[@psvichare]

Also, shea whigham from Agent Carter.

[@JohnBrown-ut7ug]

Nerd.

[@mitchjr77]

There was also a whole Race of Star Wars “Characters” in this Movie too! In one of the Fight Scenes, there were Rocks (one of them, plays the New High Republic “Character” named GEODE), flying everywhere! What an EPIC Crossover Event! 😅

[@kjhsuh]

It's honestly hilarious how MONKEY vs LIZARD is the movie that resuscitated theaters instead of something like Tenet

[@PanterAmetal100]

Says a lot about humanity

[@johnny-yj7ku]

A big monkey Vs big lizard naturally has far more mass appeal

[@PALACIO254]

It's honestly more interesting looking movie

[@Werkvuur]

Well, Tenet kinda sucks. Godzilla vs Kong is just a really fun huge action movie. Tenet pretends to be more but it's not.

[@aztro187]

Tenet was Bad... I didn't like the acting at all

[@RRzombie632]

Can we get a 2 hour episode of just Mike acting out over used tropes?

[@dannass5]

​@@gsofficial no u

[@MrEW1985]

That would be awesome content

[@luckyspurs]

"Take it to the judge"

[@aaronwebb1548]

With all the out-takes included, he'd only have done like 3 by the time the episode ends. I'm in.

[@theeternalnow6506]

I'd love some ridiculous like that though. Remember Rich and Mike reading kids jokes from some book?

[@Turtle3000]

I died of laughter at the part where Mike was imitating the, “What’s next” look.

[@MixitMashit]

32:53 I believe it’s called the “Clever Girl” phenomenon. It is when a character has been blindsided and acknowledges their eminent and immediate demise.

[@Lanai50]

Yes!

[@Vaporvice84]

Unless Arnold says it, of course. Then he just gets away and occasionally uses innocent bystanders as a human shield, or don's a robotic face apparatus that malfunctions after a few hours which also has a bomb inside.

[@whitaker_]

I think Looney Toons is the origin right? It's a Wile E. Coyote bit

[@Vaporvice84]

@@whitaker_ There were slapstick movies and shorts that probably did it first and cartoons later copied it. I remember seeing old cartoon characters that both looked and acted like a lot of actors and comedy entertainers back then.

[@Vaporvice84]

@@RickJaeger Non-lethal tsunami of feces is what I will now call about 98% of modern day entertainment (movies, music, tv shows, etc...).

[@dragonfurry69]

The most unrealistic part of the movie was having a structure 35 floors underground in Pensacola, FL. You can't dig 20ft before hitting the water table there.

[@samuelstephens6904]

The movie also features a global underground hyperloop and an entire tropical ecosystem sustained by artificial lighting.

[@theonetruesource7197]

I love how Conspiracy guy needed a special ID badge to look at a Metal Eye (if anyone saw that, they wouldnt be able to fathom what its actually used for) but there ISN'T an ID badge required to get to the subterranean titan trafficking hyperloop that leads an Illuminati pyramid in Hong Kong that hosts Monster fighting.

[@hellofranky99]

@@theonetruesource7197 lol, seriously. They had one scene where the conspiracy guy kind of hot wires a control pad to open the first set of doors. The rest of the way, no locks and ID scans. Hell, Eleven somehow learned to operate the control mechanism to lock a door at one point.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@samuelstephens6904 They were using smart lightbulbs. Ask for them by name.

[@battlefrontgameplay1388]

What about the part where godzilla drilled down to the center of the earth

[@marivera77]

I laughed out loud when Kong drank from the dead skull of that flying creature. Reminded me of Suburban Sasquatch drinking blood from the Halloween store leg.

[@mizurjell9534]

Suburban Sasquatch vs. Godzilla, coming in 2023

[@luckyspurs]

The Suburban Sasquatch sound needs to become the new Wilhelm Scream.

[@blankadams3120]

The guy trying to explain the Hollow Earth sounded like Rich Evans trying to explain the Hollow Earth.

[@Zlumpy77]

I like that Jay gelled his hair to make it look like Godzilla is swimming through his head. That's dedication!

[@BlackLynx4607a]

This comment is too important, it should be pinned.

[@zacherybob]

@@BlackLynx4607a I

[@Zlumpy77]

@Skynet1 What!? Is he some kind of sex pervert?

[@itsblackburst3475]

Ouch man, I need some ketchup for all these harsh browns you’re serving

[@xxmunkiexx]

@@itsblackburst3475 legit lol'd. thanks.

[@Horatio787]

Mike attempting to keep a straight face while acting is one of the most adorable things I've ever seen.

[@NebulousJ]

I"m happy to see the alcohol abuse hasn't completely drained his life of joy! yet!

[@JaydevRaol]

Yeah

[@Heliosphan15]

I love how hard he tried

[@joekershner117]

That was indeed precious. Even my mother thought that was funny! Thanks for that Mike. They are right too that trope is in a ton of movies haha that moment when everyone is all ooooohhhhshhhhhiiiiii

[@Godzillakuj94]

More love for Gareth Edwards and 2014 Godzilla pleases my heart

[@hdog1575]

This take i like

[@luckyspurs]

"Kirkpatrick to Williams. This is great stuff. Phil Bennett covering. Chased by Alistair Scown. Brilliant! Oh, that's brilliant! John Williams, Bryan Williams. Pullin. John Dawes, great dummy. To David, Tom David, the half-way line! Brilliant by Quinnell! This is Gareth Edwards! A dramatic start! What a score! Oh, that fellow Edwards! If the greatest writer of the written word would have written that story, no one would have believed it. That really was something."

[@SovietWomble]

27:32 - Mike. It's time to take your pills, Mike.

[@danielliew8698]

Don't you have an innocent village to wipe out or something?

[@doong2422]

why is he here

[@Gerald-of-Riviera]

Bruh Soviet being a RLM fan is an amazing crossover

[@Tunkkis]

​@@Gerald-of-Riviera Are there people who aren't RLM fans?

[@putridfenrir8508]

​@Tunkkis Whoever runs Shatner's twitter

[@tumulovermelho93]

"Kong wouldn't know how to put his arm back in place" Jay, the monkey learned sign language watching a tiny human, he's pretty smart.

[@ArkhanNightman]

Maybe he has dislocated limbs on plenty of monsters to get a general idea?

[@henrytang7025]

He'll do what the script tells him to do.

[@calcast6861]

He also watched Lethal Weapon 2...

[@Doom-if9xd]

Yeah, he's like that gorilla in Congo.

[@Waywardpaladin]

His people also built a temple and machine apparently in the Hollow Earth. They are at least human intelligence.

[@Malamite]

My favorite part of RLM videos is watching the credits and thinking "Every single one of these people wants to die".

[@brandong9145]

Wow that battleship fight really is straight out of evangelion

[@andrew_cunningham]

Someone had to say it.

[@NinjaRodent]

There's a part where the evil billionaire tech guy tells the other guy to "get in the god dammed chair" to pilot mecha godzilla and that had some strong Evengelion vibes to it as well.

[@DocChrysler]

Im still shocked because the biggest plot pill for me to swallow was that Mechagodzilla wasn't defeated by Kong, Godzilla , or the both of them together. It was the kiwi kid spilling water on the keyboard that really saved the world. Like if late at night that janitor while cleaning plugs in his vacume cleaner while unplugging the skynet computer and now the world was safe from judgement day.

[@JDelwynn]

That was a reference to the Orochi myth from Japan, in which alcohol is the key to defeating a monster. Fitting in a Godzilla movie.

[@abox7825]

Its an unofficial running joke that Mechagodzilla is so OP that in no movie he's in is he ever defeated by anything other than some insane bullshit never previously established in the film. Like Jay said it is a pro and a con; so stupid its fun, but youre also like "wtf"

[@AMbradfordfilms]

The wall of names does look like the Vietnam memorial. RIP all of the animators who died to bring us Kong King of the Monsters vs. Godzilla Skull Island.

[@PurpleColonel]

I was thinking 9/11

[@theactualTVB]

@@PurpleColonel also either hurricane katrina, the paris attacks or the las vegas shooting

[@vinceradical8910]

all the people who died making CHINA BEACH.

[@carlos_hb]

@@vinceradical8910 the series that brought women to the front line?

[@frostgiant3134]

@@caucasoidape8838 solid gold comment, thanks for the laugh!

[@Razzy1312]

I loved the part where Godzilla and Kong take Mechagodzilla by the arms like two friends holding up their drunk friend walking home and then they ram him into a building.

[@ProxyDoug]

The whole last fight was just a giant WWE match with giant monsters.

[@EJsGameplay]

@@ProxyDoug And I loved it.

[@johnlong8952]

Coming soon a youtube video where they add wwf commentators

[@kingvulturo]

I really thought they were going to Wishbone him at that scene.

[@MelkorPT]

I want a "Wizard of Oz" style poster of the three of them walking down the yellow brick road.

[@JakeTSnake7]

Mentions Kong had a lot of Marvel actors, Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson... that's it. John C. Reilly: Am I a joke to you??

[@user-zd2kl9yg4v]

Also he failed to mention John C. Reilly falling, calling him young John Goodman.

[@danlowe]

If Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch did start making out, there'd be a precedent in the comics for it

[@NerdStreetBoys]

It happened in ultimate universe

[@Benji_G_Music]

Talk about that scene of Kane destroying the bedroom all you want, but all I see is Zaat destroying the pharmacy.

[@Hemostat]

Im really disappointed they didn't throw that in there

[@CaptainPRESIDENT]

Zaat and Citizen Kane, same movie.

[@mussolman]

Or Tommy Wiseau.

[@ragnarokncc3137]

Release the Zaat cut

[@OP-yt9ik]

I was waiting, certain that at least a frame of Zaat would appear.

[@VentriloquismCo]

‘Mike Stoklasa’ is its own brand of performance art at this point.

[@90sNostalgiaNerd]

It's borderline experimental.

[@roberts1572]

Very avant-garde.

[@Gigemhorns2011]

It’s weird that they don’t age

[@PaperMateMan]

Which one is Mike again?

[@robinhart5586]

When Mike kept breaking trying to do his dramatic look I couldn't stop giggling. This man is a national treasure.

[@rachelblake2350]

9:58 this is the exact moment this franchise died for me. Jay is right, Godzilla 2014 was amazing because of how grounded and real it felt.

[@auto_mata]

I want a movie with a new Kaiju that's Rich Evans dressed as a giant Showbiz Pizza Bear.

[@YurrWhat]

No way, Rich would show up in his gorilla costume. Julia roberts would reprise her role as the bear

[@sydberetta4649]

Yes, Vs the Ape from Gorilla Interupted

[@videogamenostalgia]

I want a movie with a new Kaiju that's just a giant Rich Evans.

[@conan2096]

showbiz pizza evans vs dickshark

[@Hemostat]

No no he would be fighting the showbiz pizza bear cuz he doesn't want to get dicked

[@FrankMcFuzz1]

I can see Rich sneaking into the editing booth cackling maniacally as he edits in all the 'Mike is wrong' segments

[@dr_chocula]

Mike also called young John C. Reilly young John Goodman.

[@Cooper-qp6bo]

Severe Mandela Effect going on.

[@dr_chocula]

@@Cooper-qp6bo No, Mike is drunk.

[@Cooper-qp6bo]

@@dr_chocula I meant the ManDRUNKA Effect.

[@JoshuaOwens]

If Rich did it he he would've spelled 'wrong' wrong

[@nullus8717]

I really like how they made the story and monsters more mythic and fantastical. It definitely felt like an ancient myth, with the "titans," the underworld full of monsters, and King Kong's throne and magical axe. I think that's the best way to do this kind of movie, rather than trying to make it seem scientific or realistic, when it never really can be.

[@timheinrich3752]

"Don't drop Brie Larson. She's gonna call you sexist" I'm dead.

[@dnddmdb642]

I can't believe they're still making this boomer-grade joke.

[@Asaman854]

@@dnddmdb642 Still funny

[@Asaman854]

@Pranav M Perhaps to you it did, looks like other people still find it funny.

[@jakeguy6050]

@@dnddmdb642 Dan Bollen, the ultra boomer

[@YukiGibson]

@@dnddmdb642 I mean, they accept themselves (mostly Mike) to be boomers. So not sure what do you want to achieve with this.

[@SuperHuscarl]

The correlation between Godzilla destroying a city and Charles Kane destroying his room was amazing.

[@john_blues]

The only thing I could think of while watching that, was they should have spliced in a scene of Zaat!.

[@mortbelfry1680]

Citizen Kong

[@MrChickennugget360]

clearly that was intended to be an reference to Citizen Kane.

[@john_blues]

@@MrChickennugget360 Zaat! is the anti-Citizen Kane

[@johnpatz8395]

@@john_blues now that you’ve said that I’m shocked it wasn’t tacked on at the end of that part. 😅

[@CarlWatkins]

Mike explaining the plot out loud is movie magic.

[@Thecatdrums3]

You mean explaining scenes right? This films plot is big monkey fight big lizard

[@youtubedj9298]

Ever seen Movie Magic? It was a show that would show how special effects were done. I loved that show.

[@Gideon13397]

@@Thecatdrums3 Well that's the reason why most audiences watched it.

[@pungent_abundance]

I'm pretty sure that Mechagodzilla being possessed by Ghidorah's skull is a reference to Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) where the protagonist pilots a Mechagodzilla that is built on top of and psychically connected to 1954 Godzilla's bones.

[@austintrousdale2397]

That, and the Heisei-era Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla movie (connection to Ghidorah there, too).

[@TheBrads84]

Mike trying to recreate "the Firestein event" is honestly the funniest thing I've seen - including any comedy movies/shows - in the last few years. I can imagine him on set as the director, trying to explain to an actor how to do it and just failing over and over, with Jay as the DP cracking up in the background.

[@creativeconsciousness7392]

Can I just say that cross cutting Citizen Kane trashing his bedroom with Godzilla and Kong trashing a city is cinematic poetry

[@FathDaniel]

@@mezzb only because I was vomiting in stanzas.

[@evilcam]

IT did illustrate exactly what Mike and Jay was talking about when they said the monster movie had a lot of extra bass in the sound design. I was genuinely impressed with it when they cut the CK and monster movie together, as otherwise I'd probably never even notice the sound design in this youtube vid. As such, I don't doubt that because of the sound thing, Mike and Jay are right that this was probably better in a theater. Also, like someone said in a comment waaaay above us, they should have inserted Zaat smashing up the pharmacy as well.

[@michiganmajin7284]

Let's be honest here...Charles Foster Kane totally would have tried to build Mecha-Godzilla, if he could

[@PaytonsOwnProductions]

Totally.

[@michiganmajin7284]

@@alfredvoncervera6594 Kane’s Butler: *Chuckles to newspaperman* “So you want to know about Rosebud, eh?” *Brings reporter down to the basement of Xanadu. Sees Mecha-Godzilla in all his glory* Reporter: “Holy shit!” Butler: “I know, right? All this over a fucking sled.”

[@boxxylegoplaymobil8906]

god that would have been fucking sick

[@onefromdust581]

Yeah, Musk already doing it btw.

[@myles3856]

Yup

[@Halinspark]

I hope we get one of these for Godzilla Minus 1. For once, I didn't think the characters were boring.

[@Tobinator127]

That film was amazing

[@feedstacker]

That bit of Mike trying to do the "oh no what's next" scene was the best thing I've seen in 2021 so far

[@TimChuma]

A full house cheered Godzilla destroying Sydney during Final Wars at a midnight screening at the Melbourne International Film Festival

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Final Wars needs 4 hour Snyder cut

[@Renegadebane]

I'd cheer the shit out of watching Godzilla fake step on my house.

[@ChinchillaDave]

Final Wars is the best.

[@MrColbster94]

Do people in LA cheer when San Francisco gets destroyed in every media property?

[@Radi_vvanker]

Man I’d love to have been there lol

[@KingKimwer]

Half in the Bag is basically turning into Mike slowly losing his sanity and Jay just laughing at him, with bits of a movie review stuck in between.

[@spextrekid9410]

I'm fine with this.

[@ghfudrs93uuu]

For sure the turning point was the Shatner twitter feud

[@KingKimwer]

@@ghfudrs93uuu I think it was him laughing at Jack Frost

[@luiginastro8831]

Always has been

[@milton7763]

Mike: “...therein lies the center of the plot” Me: “This thing had a plot!?!?”

[@petewadesays12]

It did. Try paying attention

[@OneKauz]

For real the biggest issue I had with GvK was the line, "kong bows to no one" literally as they had him chained to the ship...

[@DannyB1111]

He didn’t really want it tho they were drugging the shit out of him, and then he nearly broke out but the little girl stopped him through the power of friendship

[@LagrangePoint]

Kong does a Riggs and smashes his shoulder back in its socket. Then after destroying Mechagodzilla, I was fully expecting Kong and Godzilla, as they lay there exhausted, to give each other an "I'm too old for this shit" look, then laugh hysterically and wince at how much pain they're in before helping each other to their feet. Cue the smooth jazz saxaphone.

[@lordnicenstein5105]

Don't forget the scene where they sit in Kongs Cadillac and quarrel about the radio stations 😀 let's make the next movie be called ancient weapon! Kong will invite Godzilla to dinner with his family and all the good stuff!

[@JohnnyZenith]

That film would be worth watching. This isn't.

[@rubberghost8566]

Imagine Kong versus a giant Gary Busey.

[@allyourpie4323]

@@rubberghost8566 You mean that dog?

[@darkpuppetlordful]

I mean with King Kong's Doowop intro scene I could see this.

[@VenomWabbit]

The exposition for the plot felt exactly like the kind of stuff they throw at you before you get on the theme park ride to setup whatever kind of wacky 6 minute adventure you're about to go on.

[@zuresei]

This is an incredible way to put it.

[@ItsTheCos]

I think the director said he was directly inspired by the Back to the Future ride

[@VenomWabbit]

@@ItsTheCos that's wild because it's exactly the ride I was thinking of when I wrote this.

[@smileydog5941]

@@ItsTheCos I said after i watched it "This would make a cool Universal ride"

[@SaladofStones]

@@ItsTheCos How does one reach a point where they are inspired by the ride.

[@PileOfMeh]

Lance Reddick is a treasure. He's aces in everything he's in.

[@Spindrift_87]

I don't know what living beast produces the roar that Jay did, but it's adorable, whatever it is

[@momcilomilankovic9719]

The best part of the movie is when Kong and Godzilla realize that both their moms are called Marta and team up.

[@vilkomen]

You miss heard. Her name was Mothra.

[@ottoweininger8156]

@@vilkomen no, they were just saying 'mother'

[@vilkomen]

@Wobbuffet Enough with being an asshole. It didn't make you seem smart or likeable the 1st time or the 4th billionth time.

[@rageface6667]

@@vilkomen nah he's right

[@akulahirpada1993]

hilarious and original

[@DJBioBain]

Kid started crying and had to leave theater when Godzilla first emerged out of the water. 11/10

[@smileydog5941]

@@caucasoidape8838 There used to be a giant King Kong animitronic in the tour bus ride of Universal Studios. Kids would always cry. Twas awesome.

[@teethmuffin4694]

@@smileydog5941 they reference that in GvK when they pop out of hollow earth and barely avoid crashing into Kong's face

[@skeletspook]

@@smileydog5941 in Japan, there's a rollercoaster that takes you through the mouth of a live-sized Shin Godzilla. It's not animated tho I think.

[@BRAINFOXINFINITE]

@@teethmuffin4694 A lot of scenes with the HEAV also felt like they were straight outta rides like Back to the Future/Star Tours/Body Wars. Would love to see that get a ride, but can't imagine when that would actually open if at all. Current year parks probably don't want to make another Omnimax ride both for real estate and turnaround reasons.

[@CornyBum]

@@smileydog5941 I saw that as a kid! They...they took that away? :'(

[@karloz2722]

This is one of my favorite Half in the Bag thanks to its overly relaxed feeling. Seeing Mike trying to pull that look is never not funny, then all the times he gets something wrong and the edits... it's just great to revisit this one.

[@theeternalnow6506]

Agree. I love it when they just get outright silly lol

[@karloz2722]

@@theeternalnow6506 I know, the whole thing is silly, from the opening joke to the last (which goes full circle). It feels more like "Mike and Jay goofing about Godzilla Vs Kong" than a review of the movie.

[@srod349]

32:46 Quite possibly one of the funniest segments in RLM history LMAO. I couldn’t stop laughing. Mike’s a comical genius.Thanks boys.👍🏼

[@bambam5000]

Kong popping his shoulder back: When I saw it, I instantly thought that’s like Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon 2. Then in the credits, under “featuring properties licensed from...” Among the previous Godzilla and Kong films, there was Lethal Weapon 2. So I wondered if the shoulder pop was so iconic, lawyers said they have to license it. Random shot, I messaged the director on Instagram, and surprisingly, he replied. Turns out, it is a homage but the license is for other, more direct references to LW2 in the film that were cut.

[@kenrecorr2679]

Jokingly, I said to my wife that the next movie with Kong and Godzilla was going to be a buddy cop film. Who knew?

[@themilanguy1]

amazing stuff

[@donnypotsmoker]

Huh. Thanks for sharing, this held my interest as I squelched out a big hot mashed potato poop.

[@JekPorkbricks]

Godzilla's nuclear mouth-blast is like Rich Evan's laugh.

[@ReverendBen]

Godzilla is less destructive

[@JekPorkbricks]

@@ReverendBen True.

[@theheebs100]

but like a tenth as powerful

[@raptorbadger3131]

The Rich Evans mouth blast.

[@someguy1478]

Difference is that Godzilla's nuclear breath gives you cancer instead of curing it.

[@AngelMartinez-rx8yt]

That joke about Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen making out in the Avengers set is so funny if you’ve read the Ultimate X-Men comics..

[@bobbywullner1608]

You mean Ultimate Avengers. Which is just called the Ultimates.

[@everwake2689]

There's a Fierstein moment in "True Lies" when Tia Carrere sees the bridge is out right before the car flies off. "Oh shit..."

[@LockeD333]

Citizen Kane actually does have a King Kong connection, in that they used rear projection from King Kong in one scene, so there are pterodactyls in the background of one scene of Kane.

[@PurpleColonel]

Holy shit that's amazing

[@GeeVanderplas]

More movies should have pterodactyls in the background

[@mrcoatsworth429]

Is this true?

[@PurpleColonel]

@@mrcoatsworth429 yes

[@mrcoatsworth429]

@@PurpleColonel that's amazing.

[@TheCatWatches]

33:05 the best iteration of that trope is Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin going “Oh” before the glider impales him in Raimi’s *Spiderman*

[@smhfirebruh5630]

Ah yes, when the Green Goblin gets impaled on the balls and dies

[@Hillary92126]

They do an episode of The Crown where an entire village is wiped out and they do the rumble, silence, crash, scream. So sad.

[@izwald1]

Good one! I feel like there’s at least one more example on the tip of my tongue...

[@spech6522]

Hell yea! This is exactly what I thought about as well.

[@izwald1]

I just thought of another one: the end of Hot Fuzz when the guy falls onto the sea mine. "Oh God"

[@wwjd777maf]

The citizen kane and godzilla mashup had me rolling lol

[@KeithRozett]

The only thing it was missing was footage from Zaat.

[@StevesRightJay]

my favorite movie trope is when somebody in Half in the Bag says "We don't have a DVD pla-"

[@N.J237]

now that i know that jay cuts everything out, i want the stoklasa-cut of every single hitb

[@knobgobler2639]

How much longer would the dinosaur reaction section be?

[@DolphinQuest01]

Also premier it in black and white.

[@dingdongdiddler2066]

God bless HBO Max for breaking new ground and giving us soo much amazing and content like: Half in the Bag: WW84, Half in the Worst: Release the Snydercut and Half in the Bag vs. Godzilla vs. Kong.

[@MrCecil]

It's the only reason I watched these movies.

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

"Kid's movie" as applied here is generally code for, "Movie adults will be too self conscious to admit that they like." It's just like how everyone likes listening to Abba, but nobody *admits* that they like Abba.

[@shazang0]

Fuck that, Abba is better than the Beatles.

[@declana1359]

Abba is great and I'm tired of pretending otherwise

[@joshliam1967]

Abba rules

[@thejbo777]

@@shazang0 idk bout that, but I agree Abba slaps

[@chekovsgunman]

I admit that I like ABBA. :(

[@jasonjayalap]

8:13, 9:45 "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" Star trek TOS season 3 episode 8. Most awesome title that deserves to be a Jimi Hendrix song. How did Mike miss it?!

[@Beercorn86]

Something I always liked about Kong: Skull Island is that there’s a scene where John C. Reilly pulls out a samurai sword and it doesn’t come off as stupid because we know the character and what he’s been through and what the sword means to him.

[@SmedZeppelin]

its fuckin awesome haha

[@facemash]

Skull Island is definitely the best film in the Monsterverse because of stuff like that. It's dumb and simple but it's put together just right that it all feels natural to the film.

[@SmedZeppelin]

@@facemash oh for sure. I actually think KSI is smarter than it lets on, and manages to both have its cake and it eat in regards to the human/monster balance and themes.

[@ke692]

@@facemash except for the dumbass skullcrawler design. Jacksons Kong from 2005 skull island scenes shit all over Kong: Skull Island

[@darkknightniner9862]

@@ke692 2005 Kong was great, but what's wrong with the Skullcrawlers in Skull Island?

[@ATalkingSock]

Mike trying to recreate the "what's next look" trope is the hardest I've laughed in a while

[@Bobo411]

His cheeks are extra rosy and cherubic but that might be alcohol-related lol

[@tadpolegaming4510]

@@caucasoidape8838 got a pic?

[@faxedwang]

Godzilla: Save... Mothra.... King Kong: WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?

[@FamousMovieScenes09]

I lol'd

[@mattaardsma8245]

When Kong jammed the butt of his axe down Godzilla's throat, was that a reference to the original?

[@dtzyYT]

"a little kid just smashing toys together" is one of the best entertainment hollywood shat out in recent memory

[@joshuaembrador2651]

q

[@albsan6724]

exactly

[@nicholasbruns6593]

Worked for Super Smash Bros...

[@brandonlyon730]

Seems people always complain that there is never enough monster fighting in these movies, but when there is suddenly more monster fighting they complain that there is to much monsters just fighting. It seems no one can ever make up there minds.

[@methanesulfonic]

if only it was half as cool as pacific rim

[@MrSatan1003]

Incredibly nerdy comment which I am sure Mika and Jay will never read: Apparently, after doing a little digging, it turns out Godzilla did not kill the other titans after the end of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Rather, in a comic called Godzilla: Dominion he apparently commands them all to go back into hibernation, because he sensed Ghidorah's presence and was worried that they would fall back under Ghidorah's control. (Presumably this presence was actually Mechagodzilla.) He did kill one of them who tried to challenge him (the big octopus one, I think? Syclla?) presumably because they still needed a giant monster fight in their comic. But the rest are still alive, just hibernating, so they can still have Rodan in another film if they want. (Godzilla wants to fight Kong in this film because Kong, unlike the other Titans, won't submit to him. Rodan is listed as "defeated" in the movie because he submitted to Godzilla.) Here ends the the nerdy pedantry. Thanks for all your hard work, really enjoy the show.

[@Byrvurra]

nerdy pedantry absorbed and appreciated.

[@BioGoji-zm5ph]

Your efforts are appreciated.

[@deathman2961]

thanks for the explanation mate

[@mathaeis]

This is cool and useful information.

[@TheAltarOfKez]

Underrated conment.

[@Sierra026]

26:27 This might have been an homage/reference/stolen to the Japanese movie Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002), where the Japanese military uses the bones from the original Godzilla as the skeleton to create Mechagodzilla (Kiriyu) to fight Millennium Godzilla. Then, when it hears Godzilla roar, Kiriyu's genetic memory overrides the machine and it goes nuts.

[@justinendicott2048]

The "oh no, what's next," trope was one of the funniest things I've seen on half in the bag. Bravo.

[@ScyllaWyrm]

This one dives straight into the Shōwa era. Godzilla almost did his infamous little victory dance.

[@IwatchTubiTrash]

Yep, this was totally classic Godzilla schlock just modernized and it was glorious.

[@kingbash6466]

They even referenced the tree scene in this movie, and it’s just as great as it was almost 60 years ago.

[@bradsmith1887]

@@kingbash6466 I had to rewind on that scene twice until my brain accepted that they really did it

[@luiginastro8831]

@@RoachDogg_JR Yeah, the fucker smirked when he hit Kong. Loved it.

[@Canadish]

@Luis Martinex In fairness, even in the old ones he was often only in the film for 10 minutes.

[@sichiu]

Godzilla and Kong get ready to take on Mechagodzilla, and then the Showbiz Pizza Bear appears... Godzilla: Is he with you? Kong: I thought he’s with you!

[@MarquisLeary34]

Kong: An...Anguirus.... Godzilla: HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT NAME!?

[@NealX_Gaming]

Mechagodzilla... do you bleed... mecha blood? .... _You willllllll_ ...

[@zioming]

32:15 On that topic, I remember when I went to see the 2014 Godzilla in a movie theatre. I didn't see anyone else sitting around me, so I thought I was alone and started cracking bad jokes aloud throughout the second half of the movie. As it turned out during the final credits, I was not alone...

[@zioming]

Then again, no one said anything, so maybe they enjoyed my jokes :)

[@TheRocking321]

How could they forget the best Firestein Event, Willam Dafoe's "oh" before getting his own glider in his chest from the first Sami Rami Spiderman.

[@Milkra]

I rewatched the video of Rich Evans destroying a ton of Star Wars merchandise in his room to make sure the bar is set for monster movies

[@DannoOMG]

The most impressive thing about Kong vs. Godzilla is that Mike and Jay found a way to make a 40 minute video about it.

[@ponderance]

They talked about the post-quel Star Wars films for hours. They can make a show out of anything.

[@DannoOMG]

@@ponderance It really shows how talented these guys are.

[@ponderance]

@@DannoOMG having hosted a talk show myself, they really are good at what they do. Squeezing an interesting 30 min to an hour out of some of the crap they discuss is honestly a real talent. I’m not joking when I say that I am impressed. Lots of people think they can talk in front of a camera or on mic in this regards but very few really can do it well.

[@iforgot87872]

ponderance I’ve talked with my friends about those movies for like 30 hours lmao

[@ben3129]

@@iforgot87872 love your ytps

[@amsrremix2239]

Shin Godzilla I’m my opinion is one of the BEST Godzilla films . I love the plot … Godzilla looked creepy as hell and was just a pure destructive force. I only wish it hide wide appeal

[@LiquidHayter]

You're absolutely right. There's alot of commentary to say about nuclear power and bureaucracy in general while still entertaining and kinda awe inspiring at times. If you asked me to recommend you 3 Goji films this is one of them

[@johnmullin5741]

The idea of Millie Bobby Brown and Kyle Chandler searching for each other in an immense crowd inside a destroyed city caused me to flash back to Anne Heche looking for Tommy Lee Jones' daughter in the movie "Volcano." At least back then you had to yell the person's name over and over and over again.