How Cloudy Warned Us About Social Media (With A Chance Of Meatballs) - Eddache

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Sponsor
2:24 - LIKE
5:39 - COMMENT
8:08 - SUBSCRIBE
11:28 - THUMBS UP
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the 1978 children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. The film was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in their directorial debuts, and features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, and Neil Patrick Harris. The film centers around an aspiring inventor named Flint Lockwood who develops, following a series of failed experiments, a machine that can convert water into food. After the machine gains sentience and begins to develop food storms, Flint must stop it in order to save the world.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Fun Fact:* The movie was based on the children's book of the same name made by the couple Judi (writer) and Ron Barrett (illustrator). Though, the premise of the book is the same as the film except there's no Flint Lockwood nor the machine that he invented. Just the Grandpa who read bedtime stories to his grand kids and the meteorology in the original story is the most fascinating fever dream ever experienced.

[@raistlin1357]

I read that book in elementary school and was super confused when the movie came out and it was nothing like the book

[@Birdyboys]

I think everyone knows this

[@untitleduntitled4740]

Am I the only one who actually remembers the book before the movie?

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

@@untitleduntitled4740 No.:/

[@deadliestvice5356]

Expert redditor extraordinaire here: This is just standard background knowledge about the movie. That's like saying "Fun Fact: The Harry Potter movies are based on a series of novels." This is actually starting to become really annoying.

[@ComicalRealm]

Fun fact: In Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, to make the sound of falling hamburgers, sound officials used wet rags and slapped them on wood. Snapping celery was used to make the sound of bones breaking.

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

Did you learn that from Brain Games on National Geographic?

[@TheGudeGamer]

@@TheAlexSchmidt Brain Games

[@DogDogGodFog]

...the sound of _bones breaking_ ? Where does THAT come in the movie?

[@TheAlexSchmidt]

@@DogDogGodFog It's when the mayor bends Flint's neck around to look at something I believe.

[@DookieKingBlu]

That's not really a fun fact that's just common Foley art and sound design

[@sirsnausages2164]

Edd: "Social media is terrible for you if you use it too often." me: "wow that's deep. time to see what my friends are saying on discord!"

[@eeeagxjso]

So trueeeee 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@twingemios5139]

I mean discord is vastly different than Twitter. You’re not looking for strangers approval. You’re looking to make friendsb

[@sirsnausages2164]

@@twingemios5139 yeah, true. discord certainly is more helpful than twitter, but I ain't saying either is good for you when used without moderation.

[@robonator2945]

yeah discord really isn't a social media, by like, any measure. A social media's basis is getting content (or, media) out of things your friends and other people you share a social connection with post. They are intentionally posting things so that other people view them, they are content creators, just small ones. In contrast discord is designed to just let people communicate with each other, you would have to go out of your way to get that sort of content dynamic that defines social media apps. I think some people probably do end up using it like that anyway despite it clearly not being designed for that purpose but I'd hazard a guess that that is a result of their pre-engrained social media habit that they are pushing onto it. It, as an application, is not designed as a social media any more than email is, and if you also consider email a social media then I'd question the utility of that word to begin with.

[@Redemptive_Neerdowell]

Similar, but my version is "I wonder how Society has fucked itself over again, and how disappointed I should be." I guess.

[@goroakechi6126]

“Here’s what I heard: blah blah blah BIGGER! And BIGGER means BETTER!” This movie was decades ahead of its time

[@riffraff7942]

I have nothing to say

[@Ron2600_]

I keep thinking it came out well after 2009 near 2015

[@retrodruid4785]

You almost got the quote right. You missed the science part, but spot on. Like this: "Here's what I heard: blah blah blah, science science science! BIGGER! And BIGGER means BETTER!"

[@Crazylom]

@@retrodruid4785 It makes it EVEN BETTER!

[@thiagogoncalves7389]

@@retrodruid4785 You almost got the quote right. You missed the "is" part, but spot on. Like this: "Here's what I heard: blah, blah, blah, science, science, science, BIGGER! And BIGGER is BETTER!"

[@WhatTheFnu]

I think it's important for kids to learn this lesson early on, especially today. I can remember *A Time Before the Internet* , but imagine being BORN in this, without that perspective. Imagine how confusing and scary it is.

[@nefwaenre]

i absolutely agree with you. i too, remember a *time before the net* and maybe for this reason, i don't take this for granted. But i can't imagine what a kid growing up fully immersed in this horrid reality would feel. If being concerned makes me a boomer, then so be it, i guess.

[@goteamslugs]

Quite true.

[@frazzelc]

as a person who was born (and, therefore, had a childhood) with the internet around, even if it was in its early stages, I can somewhat give you a perspective that you may have (or may not have) been searching for. To be honest, I’m not very old. But, from what I can remember, since the world of the internet had always been right at our doorstep, it was just… normal. It was a massive world, filled with all kind of people. But, y’know, as a kid, you don’t really see the big picture, and so, I only saw the internet as “the thing with funny recordings of people”. So I guess you could say, that I think that it would be scarier to live in a small world that suddenly expands to a massive place with anything, than to have always lived in a massive world. So, as a summary, no, it was never scary because it was all we ever knew, and it was also wonderful. Isn’t that something?

[@oxybrightdark8765]

I'm 18 years old, so I was born in 2003. I've had laptop access as long as I can remember. I played Dora the explorer games on the Internet when I was 2, because it was 2006 and that stuff existed. I wonder what life was like before the Internet.

[@TheOddMindofSamBo]

I relate to your validation seeking journey so much, man. It’s a difficult road to go down when you start doubting yourself based on what you think others would want, but I’m trying to break that cycle. And I hope you find that peace this year too, Ed. Much love.

[@gabbyreinartz5182]

11:19 I also love how at the beginning of the movie, not only is there foreshadowing of the climax of the film, but that foreshadowing is a pun (“I stared at defeat, and found hope.”).

[@LiamTriforce]

Really great video. Never thought to view this movie as a metaphor for validation, but I knew my attachment to it was beyond its setting and characters. Thanks for bringing it to light! Makes me even more fond of the scene with Flint and Sam in the Jello castle. Also, 6:06 killed me.

[@MemezuiiSangkanskje]

You're the last person I expect in the comments section of an Eddache video.

[@BugsyFoga]

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs: Lord and Miller’s most underrated film out there .

[@Killer_Queen_28_11]

Underrated but not their best. The lego movie and spider-verse are much better imo

[@BugsyFoga]

@@Killer_Queen_28_11 still pretty good though.

[@Santoryu90]

It’s underrated?

[@BugsyFoga]

@@Santoryu90 Do you hear people talking about it as frequently as their other films?

[@conic2721]

@@Killer_Queen_28_11 Controversial but I like Cloudy more than Spider-Verse. I don't know, but I don't click with that movie as much as everyone for some reason.

[@ignacioverhueso7915]

Fun fact, in the spanish version the film is titled "Lluvia de Hamburguesas" witch can be re-translated to "Hamburger Rain" o something like that. I don't know about other langueges but the name probably changes a lot as well.

[@Arseniy_Arsenicum]

In russian it is: "Облачно, возможны осадки, в виде фрикаделек", (Cloudy, rain may happen, in a shape of meatballs) which is not so far from english title, if you let a bot jumble it...

[@ignacioverhueso7915]

@@Arseniy_Arsenicum Wow I didn't know that :)

[@laszlokaszas1003]

@@ignacioverhueso7915 In hungarian it's "derült égből fasírt", wich means meatball from blue, a wordplay of the old saying "bolt from blue"

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

If I had a nickel for everytime a Lord and Miller directed Movie focused on a main character wanting Validation from their Father Figures, I'd have 4 nickels. Which isn't a lot but I'm seriously concerned about what happened to them

[@arty217]

I can only think of 3 - Mitchells vs The Machines, Spiderverse and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

@@arty217 Lego Movie.

[@arthas640]

Sometimes creators like that can feel like a broken record. It's like how Tom Cruise needs to have a jogging scene in most of his movies or how Nicholas Cage needs to go apeshit at least once per movie.

[@Skipsenberg]

The dad wasn’t supposed to be in the movie originally. It was some pushing from the studio that led to the dads creation.

[@arty217]

@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 Oh right

[@somechannelguy]

"In spite of everything you've done for them, they will hate you." This video make me think about this quote.

[@nefwaenre]

This film is such a good one, from animation, to style to story. It's so feel good that those that came after are just not quite *like* it. So simple, yet sooo well done. Even it's sequel couldn't do it the same way (although i LOVED the strawberry).

[@C0urierbutterfly21]

Can you tell me why the sequel isn't as good as the first one?

[@nefwaenre]

@@C0urierbutterfly21 The story wasn't that good. It had that usual trop of villain trying to "capitalise" on Flint's invention. Not saying it was bad, oh not at all. The world building was fantastic! But like i said, the story was kinda meh-

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

A movie where capitalism is the villain, but you don't like it?

[@goteamslugs]

@@nefwaenre The world-building was fantastic, it was like Jurassic Park all over again! =)

[@QUBIQUBED]

@@goteamslugs I loved the foodimals so much

[@datboi6358]

Edd, now I know you read every comment, please know that I love your content and every video you make is so impressive and well made! You really to add insight and thoughtful opinions to all of your work - unlike most content on this platform. Keep up the great work and I hope this one frog s validation helps!

[@alexsartandgameschannel3883]

100th Like, I agree

[@CartoDarko]

This has always been my favourite movie, the animation is so funky and amazing, the jokes are genuinely funny, the romantic side of the plot actually has a really nice message and isn't just thrown in for time, and it's overall just,, SO COOL!!

[@broccoli5425]

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs was one of my favourite movies when I was younger. I remember my brother pirating buying the movie and watching it for the first time when I was around 4 years old. It's one of my earliest and fondest memories. I watched the movie an ungodly amount of times on one of those non touch screen ipods. I'm pretty sure me and my brothers could quote entire scenes with no flaws at this point. I haven't watched it in the past couple of years and I'm so happy that this movies existence has been brought back to my attention. Also, despite all the time I've spent with this movie, I don't think I ever thought of it's message. (Which I guess is obvious because most kids usually don't think about what Shrek 3 could mean for industrial society and it's future.) Of course, movies are a form of art and art can be interpreted in any way you want, but I love this interpretation so much, and the message it gives is one that everyone could use, especially today. Thank you so much for this video!

[@rustyguacamoleaf7319]

They tried to warn us, but we never listened.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

It's great how two films based off a short childrens book are emotionally exucuted

[@pablomirando514]

I don't know if this just happend to me but when eddie said "you are valid " I started crying, it's been so long since anyone said that to me or even I said that to myself... So thanks eddie for this masterpiece of a video

[@AmatMiguel]

So Idk if you still need to hear this, but you are still valid

[@oxybrightdark8765]

you're so valid.

[@reptiliannoizezz.413]

Well I'll say it too: *_You are valid_*

[@samuelmmmk181]

Wtf man

[@CenterRow]

Really freaking loved this video. As a content creator I definitely got hooked on the validation when my first video went viral. Then the algorithm stopped pushing my videos and my views dropped and it was crushing, so I stopped uploading. I've slowly been working to hop back on the horse for the joy of making videos as opposed to the numbers. All that to say, I loved this.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

I think your content about discussing CGI and animation in films is great.

[@CenterRow]

@@poweroffriendship2.0 Thanks!

[@michaeladames4932]

This movie, as well as your well-made video, has hit me differently. Both when I was a kid, and now. I got the message, but I still struggle to know how to validate myself properly, and how to not be only field by others' validation...

[@yonderalt2662]

Start by finding friends with similar interests, it's a good start to find those who appreciate you for who you are. Essentially, being how others want you to be gives temporary validation where being yourself and having others appreciate you gives you permanent validation. "Be yourself" is a huge component to self love, for which leads to self validation.

[@RomWatt]

This truly made me realize how much I've become overreliant on other people's validation. Whenever I release a new video or a new artwork, I feel devastated when it underperforms, it hurts my self-esteem and it discourages me from keeping making more. I want to be able to live off my craft, but at this point I think I'm just being delusional. I know this mindset where making stuff for clicks is very unhealthy, but I have a very hard time shaking it off! I wish I had the motivation to do what I love only because I want to.

[@liamthemusicreviewer]

Thanks for being so honest about your own struggles with validation, Eddie. Means a lot knowing even successful folk like yourself have a not so great relationship with it - here’s hoping we can all kick it a lil over 2022!

[@abanana]

my parents would make fun of me when i was younger because i would say 'chancy with a cloud of meatballs'

[@CountJackNoire]

Keep on keeping on, Ed. Another fantastic video, as always. As a small Time artist, I also struggle to balance my well being versus what I think others want or need out of me. It's a battle that isn't easily won, but it's finding people who inspire me and make my day worth living in my every day life that keeps me going. The people behind a screen can be great, even some of the best friends I've had. But it's only part of the story. People are meant to embrace community in all kinds of ways, and that includes their own part in it.

[@jasoncampbell3558]

Always nice to see a new Eddache video. Funny, well written, has a good point to make. So far I've enjoyed all the Eddaches I've seen, and love the amount of hard work and quality you put into them. Never think you're work doesn't mean anything, because it does. Have a good day Edd.

[@specterx2135]

The fact that the machine literally changed it’s color scheme when it was evil was liter the edgiest thing I’ve ever seen in an animated movie

[@tahraethestoryteller6079]

Wish you pointed out the other characters need for validation Sam Sparks, Brent, the mayor, even Earl Sam who craved validation so much, she gave up her dream of being a meteorologist Brent who kept chasing the limelight of being baby Brent for so long that he didn’t know who he was The mayor who was so obsessed with putting the town on the map and becoming big he doomed the town and eventually himself And Earl, who was so focused on making his son happy, he only gave him what he wanted instead of what he needed (all the junk food)

[@vicwolfrin]

3:03 Eddache “Art is not a job!” Me an aspiring concept artist “ok I’ll just crawl back into a depression now”

[@tajklair]

Do you edit your own videos or did you hire an editor because the editing is so good 😊

[@eddache]

I hire editors, their credits are in the descriptions. They're life savers!

[@duy02091999]

Validation and approval is something so great to me, don't really know why I really need that. Maybe it's the sense of belonging and being embraced for the public view on myself. Gotta reduce the needs for that soon... Great video Eddie, very thought-provoking.

[@featherguardian6023]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in is great Animated Movie with alot of relatable and emotional moments that even the Sequel is just as good as the Original,I highly recommended to watch this Movie.

[@maverickREAL]

I finally watched Mitchells vs. the Machines recently and adored every second. Such a funny, timeless movie. I decided to come back to this because of the Lord-Miller connection, and it made me realize a lot of Lord-Miller films have the same plot elements. The father point you brought up, "some thing or other was a fake and the characters have to reckon with that," AND the "heroes have to get some sort of kill code to the antagonist (USB 3 times out of 4) but OH NO an inconvenience arises!" Does it make the films BAD? Lord, no, they're amazing, it just struck me as funny.

[@derekg5006]

This movie has also predicted Nikacado Avocodo in the form of the Mayer, but not because he's fat, but because all the massive food is technically made out of Water, meaning it is *all water weight*

[@JeffDoyen]

I remember this one time in my senior year of high school, we watched this in an economics class I took, and how it’s a metaphor about supply and demand. That’s one of the only things I retained from that class; the teacher was pretty cool tho

[@mr_indie_fan]

I dont use social media except for youtube and discord, one is for entertainment and the other is for keeping a community and chatting with friends, i dont need to be cancelled by twitter for my opinions.

[@theelmogame]

Don’t you know this movie teaches children how not all parents are very good at computing

[@Nate2010]

I absolutely love where (with a chance of meatballs) as placed in the title Social media, with a chance of meatballs.

[@___blocked]

Oh hooray, a new video! I was waiting so long that it started to give me an eddache. this was surprisingly wholesome

[@souls.of.sunshine]

loved this!!!! its so easy to fall into the trap of needing external validation to continue working but i hope one day we can all get past it and love and be proud of our own work no matter what others think:)

[@robbieliddle2462]

Cheers for making this video man, I know you did it for you but this is what I needed to hear right now

[@ThePkmnYPerson]

This video has a terrific message. Thank you for making it.

[@ProfessorPrel]

You are putting us all in great pain by not explaining how Catdog poops

[@lovepeople777]

Yes. It is the best animated movie

[@GhostofSaros]

Your videos are well worth waiting for. The quality and humour make well up for the time in between. Just take time making these and play the long game, rather than going for the quick success.

[@enternamehere]

You have a surprisingly interesting kind of content, I look at your videos and while knowing that you put out HIGH quality videos, I am still shocked by how amazing they are

[@theonlyplipnugget1637]

This is a great video Eddache, I really enjoied it!

[@randomtinypotatocried]

This is one of my favorite channels. And I highly relate to looking for validation from others (still trying to work on getting out of that habit)

[@TheSemajshadow]

I'm 100% ok with how ever long it takes you to make a video as I find you both edtertaining and educational.

[@fleshautomatonanimatedbyne6327]

Great work as aways, these videos are always hilarious

[@amyarcher5722]

Great video as always !

[@NeonCoding]

Well this is gonna be part of my coursework, brilliant analysis!

[@PlayMarcStation]

I love your video essays

[@MogaTange]

I love the vids. Keep the work up

[@cornpop4112]

Dude you are criminally underrated keep up the good work. I look foreward to your next post

[@scottnp]

loved this video

[@nshaw2311]

This is one of the best video essays I've seen in a while.

[@maximocaseres2526]

Eddache, just take a fucking shower everyday as a resolution, don't force your neighbors to call the police thinking there is a corpse.

[@RedEnry]

This is was very well written!! Love this. Thank you eddie

[@joed7547]

I needed this, thank you.

[@Jedermeister]

Hey @Eddache. The "its so hard" bit was the first thing to make me properly laugh in days. Cheers dude. Also good talk about the social media hellscape.

[@TheBert.]

Great video, Eddache!

[@JAProductions494]

TBH, I rewatched this film last week and the thing I noticed most on the recent rewatch was the music. WHY IS IT SO GOOD!!!!????

[@Oddpistachio1]

I never thought about it like this! Interesting perspective!

[@maxstone3779]

Awesome video.

[@MrKite]

This video spoke to my soul during a very rough week

[@vivimos_en_una_sociedad7758]

Love ya eddo, great video👍

[@p19pityscoop83]

Dear Eddache , Never feel like you have to sacrifice your personal needs for your audience. There are almost 200 thousand people who watch your videos every time you upload. I recently went on a binge of your content, and I fell in love with it all over again. Please don't overwork yourself for us. You deserve time for yourself. As long as you're doing that, I don't think I'll stop watching anytime soon. -Sincerely, me.

[@declansdiatribes7630]

Your videos are good great idea for a video and it feels so true

[@moop5507]

great video eddie big fan

[@zanemurcha9742]

Woah this opened my eyes.

[@insertnamehere9900]

Great video. I was worried at first that it was going to be about Twitter trying to cancel one of my favorite movies as a kid but thankfully it wasn't.

[@spindleclown]

This is why I'm currently taking a hiatus from Twitter; I wasn't getting likes, and it was making me feel like I said something wrong and that people didn't like me. I'd delete anything that didn't get likes. Needless to say, I'm doing very well without it, and the only reason I intend to go back is to stay in contact with friends and creators I like. Great video.

[@sitkinator]

Damn, this changes my perspective on the film, great video man 🙂

[@rickyvaldez7370]

Hey man love your videos also this is very interesting topic from the movie

[@PeterParker-ff7ub]

Just like Uncle Ben was a great role model for Peter and died. Just like those characters you mention who need a parent figure. You can care about what people think and still make your own decisions and be confident. I don't ask for your approval and Im confident. People choose to be dependent on things

[@marker6814]

This movie has no business making me hungry

[@dianamations9371]

Why did this video actually made me cry..

[@indobones1236]

I'm not even gonna lie a damn bit. This video is honestly helping me come to terms with how I work on social media. I make a lot of art and characters and other stuff that I hope people will enjoy, and I was, and still kind of am, reliant on how people witnessed and liked it. Obviously, that's still a nice thing and I want to know if people like what I make, but it was a big problem because I became VERY upset when people stopped seeing what I made. But because of this video, I'm getting used to just making what I make because I love making it. I'll really only go to my friends if I want to see if people like what I make, but I'm getting a lot better at accepting that I don't need random admiration to be successful in my eyes; all thanks to this video. Thank you Eddie, for helping me help myself

[@RampagingFlippy030]

I'm crying, someone finally did a vid on one of my favorite childhood movies.

[@Qubby]

GOD DAMN. I literally had this conversation with my parents yesterday. Cuz I kinda nail myself to the floor so your vid kinda hit me that much harder.

[@LittleMissGhostess]

This was an excellent video! I hadn’t thought much about the dangers of too much outside validation vs. not enough self-validation before, so having it laid out in an informative yet silly way genuinely did click a few switches in my head. That probably sounds like nonsense cause I’m bad with words, so to try and clarify this is a video I didn’t know I needed and I’m glad you made it :)

[@jackcotter3992]

It only just occurred to me after 8 years that Will Ferrel is in the flipping LEGO MOVIE

[@jackcotter3992]

I meant Ferrell

[@JBBrickman]

This movie scared me to death as a kid, could never finish it

[@Korosivv]

"I'll put this where it belongs! IN THE BIN! ART IS NOT A JOB!!!" Edd... are you my dad?

[@ThatLHGuy]

nice video man, i enjoyed it.

[@PeacelordApropos]

Your touch on ad reads should definitely get you more

[@samfire3067]

The name of this movie in Brasil/Brazil is " tá chovendo hambúrguer ( It's raining handburguer)"

[@Gojiro7]

nice video, thank you for making it

[@PurpleYetii]

Well then.. since you read all the comments I want to say how much I appreciate your channel! It’s so underrated and absolutely hilarious

[@reallyradrabbit]

literally one of my favorite movies

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

i literally don't use social media, and still feel depressed and isolated, i just feel far worse when i am on it, cause i never get any attention good or bad, i'm simply ignored. i've realized though we do things to seek approval, we can feel just as bad or worse with no idea either which way

[@Bizarro69]

that movie is improbably perfect!

[@sumeracarnatia6997]

First video of yours I watched, and definitely a damn fine first impression. 😁

[@helioslegigantosaure6939]

Sir i never see this point of the movie. This is fantastic.

[@adiadean9962]

You are validated 👍🏽

[@fusyoduh9721]

Funny vid that got real, good job.

[@DOUG13B]

love the video

[@KittyKate47]

This video intro was like therapy. I never realised why I craved validation…. Thanks? I think?

[@DogDogGodFog]

12:37 I love how he has a Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison poster on the same wall