Is Final Destination A Secret X-Files Movie? - Talking About Tapes

Tony, Johanna, and for the first time editor Jessica get together to talk about the first Final Destination movie and how it started out as a spec script for an X-Files episode and went on to be a huge film franchise!
Alex Browning is among a group of high school students readying themselves for a trip to Europe. When he suddenly has a premonition their airplane will crash, he screams to warn the others but instead he is thrown off of the plane along others, but the plane actually crashes after they get off. Weeks later one of the survivors mysteriously dies, and Alex realizes that things just got more complex.
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[@HackTheMovies]

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[@nightstrike90]

Dude, definitely need more Jessica in the videos. She's a delight and funny AF 😂

[@loganw4633]

Jessica is better than tony

[@thomaseverette1658]

Y’all need to socialize and get out more

[@uggyoumugg7249]

@@thomaseverette1658 says the guy with 78 comments on this channel alone.

[@stevenpina1983]

@@uggyoumugg7249 pwnd

[@Samsquamsh]

Hell yeah, she's just adorable.

[@jacksonscott690]

Final Destination 2 is the best, the first is very close though.

[@theflail]

OMIGOD, WE FINALLY GET A JESSICA EPISODE!

[@ryansnow8359]

Johanna is my favorite guest. Also love seeing jess on an episode. Do this more.

[@nickmesogianes4638]

Jessica is a much welcome edition to the show, her energy is so infectious! And thanks to this franchise, we are scared of planes and log trucks now 😂

[@dylanpailing4314]

To be fair there is an entire generation of people and the cool parents who took us to see it who won't drive behind a truck loaded down with logs on it because of Final Destination 2

[@titsonaboar5654]

I was taking my mom somewhere a few days ago and she told me to not drive behind them bc she’s seen them come off and hit people. Really just wanted to tell her she saw that in a movie and it’d be really unlikely for that to happen considering how heavy those are

[@mr.exposition]

Great to finally see Jess review a review, looking forward for more eps with her

[@titsonaboar5654]

@@mr.exposition you must like turtles

[@nightstrike90]

And I am one of those people. Not today Satan

[@georgesonofgeorge3771]

Yes

[@wstine79]

So Jessica is making her debut at the table with Tony and Johanna. Someone disrupted HACK's sadistic design to have her on the video instead of Crystal. Can't wait.

[@DrRockso1987]

About damn time Jessica has a time to shine!

[@enriquemurillo4665]

Jessica!!!! Big fan of your "Notes", happy to finally see you in front of the camera.

[@BM-wh5qk]

It was nice of Death to give the kids a month to recuperate before killing them. After this movie, Death just goes after them immediately.

[@wstine79]

I love this movie. The cast were great, the suspenseful score was awesome, and the Death Scenes were shocking and hilarious. Decapitation by train and knife in the kitchen where my favorite scenes. And Tony Todd's creepy Cameo was a nice touch.

[@BoltVanderhuge3000]

Tony looking at the camera and saying "Jessica..." Then turning to look at Jessica as she starts to laugh and just says "got it" as her note appears just makes me chuckle in the oh so best way. I hope for more Jessica in the future!! The people have spoken! 😅

[@Not_4uoo]

I remember the third movie dvd was the first Interactive movie I saw, if you chose a certain path one character who was meant to die just disappeared from the movie

[@PHDDude13]

Frankie. The pervy guy. Instead of the propeller/fan messing up his head, he gets taken into police custody

[@Not_4uoo]

@@PHDDude13 I know the police thing, but that wasn’t a deleted scene

[@QuizardWizard420]

I live in B.C. Final Destination 3 was filmed using our theme park in Vancouver for their Rollercoaster scene. Havent gone on it again after seeing the film

[@theflail]

You can survive the coaster, just watch out for nail guns, weight rooms and tanning beds.

[@ryanpowell2540]

Jess was awesome! More of her, please.

[@imcharming4808]

Not sure if Jessica wants to be in front of the camera more, but she’s significantly more charismatic, funny, and insightful than the majority of people I’ve seen on here.

[@rosaliazurita611]

So bummed that I couldn’t make the live chat for this movie, I like the franchise. Great ep Tony and guests. Someone thought it was cute apparently to name that character Clear Rivers 🙄

[@SirbAkAkbs]

fun fact: here in brazil this series is called "Premonition" due the fact the main guy can "see" what's about to happen, it shock me when i found out it was called final destination it doesn't make any sense. also this film made me a little bit paranoid irl awesome film tho... the rest of them not so much

[@camd1518]

It was called Final Destination because it was a play on the fact everyone was suppose to die on the plane flight. When you travel long distances with connecting flights your last stop is your "final destination". Since they were removed from the flight and lived, the play on words is that they will eventually still get to their final destination....death. Hope that helps it make sense and yeah this movie made me paranoid as fuck too and I still am especially with my kids. It made me see how easily we could be horrifically killed or fucked up by the most mundane things and freak accidents and its really true. For instance a woman in America was killed a couple weeks ago while at the beach because the wind picked up a beach umbrella throwing it in the air and at her. The metal tip of the umbrella impaled her, killing her. A beach umbrella killed a woman.....think about that.

[@patrickcharles6983]

The title "Final Destination" is kind of a reference to airplane travel, so for the 1st film it makes sense, now the other films it doesn't. The Premonition title does work a bit better for the franchise as a whole, "Final Destination" really only applies to the 1st film.

[@kingcaesar3693]

@@patrickcharles6983 The Final Destination title does makes sense. It's your death.

[@EvaFull]

Only a few seconds in and I already want more Jess on the panel. Instantly fell in love with her personality. I think I may even have a new internet crush 😻.

[@Samsquamsh]

I second that.

[@robk.6591]

The Final Destination series is one of my favorite horror franchises. A lot of the deaths are like a Rube Goldberg machine where one event causes a chain reaction that eventually kills each character. There's a lot creativity in many of them. My favorite death was Rory's in FD 2 with the wire fence acting like a wire cheese slicer. Plus Ali Larter 😍

[@robk.6591]

​@kdawg1991 I remember the truck of logs scene. It made me a more defensive driver afterwards, Lol.

[@Assimandeli]

Meh, I think the sequel was pretty bad. The characters were bland and it just didn't have the same charm as the original. The opening scene is pretty good, though. The only memorable part in the film IMO. The third film was mainly a pretty fun movie, but the inclusion of a human baddie towards the end was lame and unnecessary.

[@mattmobilee]

Best part of my week, thanks guys! Jessica was great!

[@donyavuzlot790]

Don Siegel directed the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. There is your horror film connection.

[@Eisenwulf666]

Great episode guys! Tony looking majestic as always, Johanna and Jessica have a really good chemistry and the subject is an interesting one. Can't wait to sit down, relax and listen to it on the podcast !

[@ShatteredTrousers]

The first two Final Destination movies are fine and fun but, for my money, the Final Destination 3 DVD with the branching "Choose their Fate" feature is the peak Final Destination experience. All the deaths have alternate versions so you can try to save everybody's lives and if you're the kind of dweeb who thinks milk is "a bit too spicy" you can even choose to make the kids not ride the rollercoaster and go straight home. 😅

[@EpicHighFive321]

I have fantastic memories of this DVD special feature

[@thefearofg0ds758]

They damn near turned the DVD version into a video game lol

[@ShatteredTrousers]

@@thefearofg0ds758 This guy gets it!

[@stevenpina1983]

Did that appear on all dvds or was it a special edition/regional of some kind? I never have seen this

[@MG-qy9yp]

Jess is great we’ve been missing out. Very Famous Tony, you’re 100% on guests.

[@superking9559]

Those movies gave me a crippling fear of escalators

[@livingdeadjake4228]

Jess finally Jess 🥰😍!!! Love her little notes in the other episodes lol always laugh at those!! Final Destination has always been a cool franchise!!! Jess is definitely the star of this episode and wait your straight lol so your telling me there's a chance 😂😂🤣🥰!!!

[@alejandromolinac]

This flick was such a pleasant surprise….. by 2000 slashers were getting stale with the “surprise killer reveal with monologue”…. Such a fresh concept with actual “holy shit” moments.

[@thurmanwilliams7961]

"When you have something in you don't pull it out.." best recomendation ever from this channel.

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

This movie was HEAVILY influenced by "Under Wraps" (the FIRST Disney Channel Original Movie.) Remain on your grind and keep reviewing Boss Baby features.

[@CondorCalabasas]

Love you all keep up the great work. Also Jess you're hilarious.

[@richarddlee930]

I’m glad Jessica is finally on an episode I wondered when it would happen.

[@coincidencecontrol]

I hope she does more appearances, she`s cute and has a fun personality.

[@MartinBarreby]

Great episode!! You three make a great team! :D

[@grkpektis]

People always tell stories of small things such as a missed bus or broken alarm saving them from 9/11 or other disasters similar to this movie but You can also look at the opposite effect, all the times countless people have died because of minor things. World War 1 started because of a sandwich (seriously look it up), the Titanic could've been saved but one guy lost his keys to a safe that had binoculars in it so he missed the iceberg. It sounds crazy but these both happened like dominoes

[@toms5951]

Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy was supposed to be on American Airlines-11 on 9/11. He missed his flight because he was too hungover, the gate had been closed fifteen minutes before his arrival. He apparently keeps the airline ticket on display.

[@RaDicAL808]

When the girl got annihilated by that bus made everyone in the theater jump. It was so out of nowhere. And the bus was going like 100mph in the middle of a town square what looked like. Lol

[@OfficialJoeyC]

Another killer episode!

[@Bill_198]

I haven't watched any of these in ages. Never had any clue about the X-Files connection. Glad to finally see Jess on the show! Boo Pats!

[@Staticseven1]

Another great review from all you amazing people. Green Day!!

[@chris1275cc]

I watched the 1&2 a few weeks back after probably a decade or more, and i'd forgot just how creepy and sinister (and good) they were compared to the later ones where you just wanted to FF to a death.

[@dereksmith6033]

DEVON SAWA was also in "IDLE HANDS" & The "CHUCKY" TV Series

[@daveh1065]

& SLC PUNK....where the 100 hits of acid hes selling dissolves into his skin from the sprinklers going off. Omg hilarious

[@wesleywolfe2]

Love the green day T Jess, thanks for the vid Tony. Johanna, stay cool girl

[@tactfulrogue]

Final Destination is just Hollow Man 3 where Kevin Bacon is going ham.

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

Hollow man 3?

[@BRIANOCONNOR2003]

The first hollow man came out the same year as final destination In 2000

[@666soso]

Finally Johanna is back!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Editor Jessica!!! Finally!

[@czguy3045]

We saw it in the theater. We were HUGE X-Files fans and as soon as we meet the agents in the movie, I said to my wife, 'They should have had Anderson and Duchovny as the agents but had Duchovny as the hardass that doesn't believe anything the kids says but Anderson defending the kid and quoting how often these premonitions save lives, etc...'

[@aaronmumbles3202]

That SPEED mashup was awesome!

[@Roberto_Valencia]

I've always been intrigued by this ensemble cast.

[@rileydemeyer4371]

Another great episode would love to see more x files content sometime!

[@zachking8292]

When I was in middle school, I watched this on a plane to Hawaii. This movie scared the crap out of me in fourth grade and I was facing a fear. This is now my favorite franchise.

[@ZMsoloman5000]

Great pre 9/11 movie involving a plane exploding

[@APunisherKnight]

This is one of the first DVDs that I explored all the special features thoroughly, even had a game built in.

[@thedeepstriker]

Yay Jessica! She was so great 😃

[@Jokerrules666]

That is a Nine Inch Nails song Into The Void with the "final destination "

[@1000000man1]

Actually, it does make sense that Death is "behind" because in the second film it shows that all the individual deaths caused other people to cheat death in some way, so these events do have an impact, as they would.

[@RPRsChannel]

*_William Bludworth, played by the excellent Tony Todd, is the owner of Bludworth Funeral Homes and is or is not The Grim Reaper. It's open to suggestion, but he is not the one responsible for the chain of events._*

[@peshlakaivice2080]

More Jessica! 💯🖤💯🖤

[@kingcaesar3693]

I like how they didn't mention Devon Sawa being in the Chucky show as I guess just different characters going forward. That shows pretty good.

[@brooksproductions9573]

I met Devon at a con and asked him if he would sign a brick for me. He laughed and said "Get out of here". Then he went on to explain to the crowd about the brick being the way they killed him off in 2.

[@RobbieSuede13]

I like Jessica hope she does another episode again :)

[@sinnsage]

Devon Sawa played the dad in the Chucky tv show, it was awesome to see him! And a great show

[@DashingPunkSamurai]

Yay Jessica!!!

[@TheNESevolution]

I always like it when Tony and Johanna past comes up lol

[@BlabbermouthShow]

Devon sawa was a also in idle hands and in the recent Chucky tv series and also in the movie black friday. I always liked him in final destination and Idle hands

[@jemofthe80s18]

This and the third one (my favorites of the franchise) did the best they could to make me paranoid of planes and roller coasters, BUT I DIDN'T LET THEM WIN! Back in June '06, the ENTIRE week leading up to my first Caribbean cruise, EVERY talk show was discussing CRUISE SHIP NIGHTMARES...

[@justinferreira5780]

30:21- "The owls are not what they seem"

[@8-bitbarbarian710]

Why would you name your child "Clear"? Coach Taylor: *Beams with pride*

[@StuffLikeGames]

31:20 I was ready.

[@BoltVanderhuge3000]

Johanna - Didn't they say they were over water? *Long pause* Jess - They were eaten by a shark! Lmfaooooo

[@slxxpyhollow]

Jessica is awesome!! :)

[@jayonnaise6105]

Good movies. Except for maybe the 4th one, but it's a consistently entertaining franchise otherwise

[@kingkold]

Need sunglasses for this episode lol

[@matthewvolb94]

That dude was also in Idle Hands

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I always felt like that was a bit of the feel for the first one but the sequels are more of a different style of science fiction horror were it felt like it was pulling away from the X Files feeling yet the base idea stayed the same set of survivors that shouldn't have survived meeting a end similar to what they were supposed to in the first accident in respective movies

[@mattfischer1079]

20yr embalming experience. Morgue usually refers to the place deceased are kept at the hospital, also referred to as "the Florida room". The coroner's office is usually just referred to as the coroner's office. The place where the embalming occurs is usually referred to as the prep room. The chemical released at death is ATP which is the energy,food, of the cells being released and is the cause of rigor mortis. In extremely rare cases does it cause any "motion". Also in extremely rare cases if you inject high on the femoral artery and use high pressure you can possibly cause an erection.

[@daveh1065]

Devon Sawa has been in Slc Punk, funny af, & Idle hands...another classic

[@MAFdave]

Devon Sawas in the chucky show!

[@chriskim457]

Please do the entire series

[@noneya3635]

P.S. people have survived falling from a plane, not falling from a plane that exploded first.

[@RAAAAAAHHHHHhh]

Pre 9/11 planes and airports were the best! I really miss the good old days.

[@6_dogs]

Like Jess, Billy’s death was also the first scene I ever saw and the only scene I watched. It was actually the TV edited version where you don’t see his head land. I watched the movie after this review for the first time in very many years because I didn’t really know about all the easter eggs and foreshadowing. Also just great episode of Talk About Tapes. Then I rewatched 2 & 5. I skipped 3 & 4 because I’ve watched them the most from owning on DVD. I hadn’t seen 5 since the theater in 2011. Revisiting this movie was extremely fun & fine.

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

Other plane crash scenes: Fearless with Jeff Bridges, Alive and the Spanish version now showing on Netflix

[@MrKenny1218]

After further examination on 36:04 I have concluded that Tony is indeed in the picture but not beside Tony Todd….Tony in fact…is the person taking the picture of a random fan with Todd….You can tell be the mirror reflection. This younger dude can’t be the Tony we know now….he doesn’t have a beard nor was Johanna anywhere here… Case closed….

[@audiooddities9982]

For 20 years, I've wanted to know who the Mack Daddy was! For anyone who doesn't get it, Tony Todd says that if you disrespect the plan, it would incite a fury that would even terrorize the Grim Reaper, and you don't want to fuck with that Mack Daddy! Who is IT?!?!?! Every movie I've wanted them to explain it, and they never did..

[@JohnAnthonyChihakSoltero]

The Johanna eye-roll!

[@georgesonofgeorge3771]

10/10 editor

[@RyanAllenLocke]

Everytime I'm sitting up front at the train tracks I think of Sean William Scott's characters deadly fate, thanks movie 👍🏻

[@loganskoff4554]

Also is there gonna be anything for the new hocus pocus movie or cheese and crackers do it for the old one Johanna shall see and agree

[@MrAdrenaline1982]

The thing that gave away part 5 as a prequel to me was when they played a song by Everclear. No one has listened to Everclear since 2000.

[@shanewillis316]

Thanks to the second, I'll never drive behind a transport truck carrying logs.

[@LonkinPork]

I could have sworn there were 6 of these movies, but Google is telling me that a sixth was supposed to go into production in early 2020 and has been juggled around a few times. It's currently in production finally (I think?) and slated to go direct to HBO Max

[@audiooddities9982]

BTW, Jess is awesome, and that cup is Morbin'!

[@ginnyofnewstone6142]

OMG I would TOTALLY watch a Melissa Retracts it All series. That'd be so great. Lol 😆

[@randomaccountmadeyup]

Devon Sawa was also in the new Chucky show, and the Stan music video.

[@Alfonso88279]

Jessica is cool but I'd like to get a link for her youtube channel. I tried using her name (Jessica Hickson) but it's already taken! Or she has changed a lot...

[@nealcomstock1958]

Not to mention the dad is in two X files episodes. He plays "Pusher"

[@justinhand663]

Please do a review of Deep rising or underwater or the sphere

[@TMOD1992]

Love the new look Johannah

[@Riot_Man]

Jess is an absolute pawg and I love it.

[@stephenlively1366]

Teacher death feels like a coyote road runner gag.🤣😂