Julie & Jack - Phelous & Obscurus Lupa

Obscurus Lupa & Phelous take a look at the Birdemic creator's 1st movie about perfect virtual realities and internet ghosts.
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Originally Released: January 19, 2012

[@RadNat]

"I just love dressing up in these 1920's Costumes for this Great Gatsby Party" Ooo, so natural, this is how people really talk

[@scitechian]

I just love posting in these comment threads for this KZbin video.

[@nomduclavier]

RadNat *Gasby

[@kimifw58]

Eat your heart out, E.L. James.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Not sure she qualifies as a real person as she’s an online copy ?

[@davidspring4003]

I think, you know, from a distance, this conversation seems realistic

[@MrRobot1984]

You guys are such a goofball couple, that's why I love it.

[@harryking3215]

The saddest thing about these movies is when Phelous adds in stuff (the birds here or the mountain lion in Birdemic) I honestly can't tell the difference. I legitimately thought that Mountain Lion was actually in Birdemic until I saw the movie for myself

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Harry King I wish it was legitimately in it

[@KorenLesthe]

Maybe even James N’Guyen can’t tell the difference. I mean, from a distance.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I am not surprised, the insertion is seamless! :P Neil Breen levels of awesome.

[@therealmanos]

I love how Phelous can even walk sarcastically at 8:20.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

therealmanos he’s a master of the ricky walk

[@KorenLesthe]

@@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787 The only one who walks better than Phelous is Linkara’s One more day stupid walk ^o^

[@seanpage6424]

The ending of this review had more "pull at the heart strings" & better acting than the actually movie. Well played

[@matthewcraig6395]

Wait, at 16:21 it shows that Julie won the Alan Turing Award. Alan Turing proposed the Turing Test, in which a computer program must be able to convincingly imitate a real human. That kind of foreshadowing is way too smart for this movie!

[@TwoFacedGentleman]

The chemistry between you two is shockingly charming.

[@undercooked_spaghettios]

Why are these two so wholesome together it’s too adorable for me to handle

[@thegirlwiththehoodie]

Me drunk and at the club: "PLAY HANGIN' OUT WITH THE FAMILY!!!"

[@HarperStl]

Phelous and Lupa are so goddamned adorable together.

[@bobbletcher17]

Harper Steele When did they start dating 2010 or 2011

[@AltoCat1]

The two of you are precious together. Just saying.

[@nomduclavier]

Checkers and Ash? Yeah, they are.

[@MsDjessa]

Snitter I agree wholeheartedly!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Is Alison seeing anybody?

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

oh right

[@calebweaver5107]

redloiyu654jay I’ll do that, at a 50% discount

[@Protoman85]

So you mean to tell me that Birdemic was made by someone who actually had PRIOR EXPERIENCE of making movies...?

[@CineMasterDamian]

"Prior Experience"

[@DaMaddness]

@@CineMasterDamian "Movies"

[@themoviereviewernextdoor5327]

Johan Öberg I swear to god, the music that played in the driving scene of Birdemic was in Pokemon X and Y

[@berpipo]

Strangely enough this movie seems to be put together better then Birdemic, which isn't saying much, but it's funny to see that each every movie James makes is less competent then the last. Yeah Birdemic 2 had an actual crew, but in terms of what James did himself it's even more incompetent then the first one.

[@jnserantes2]

¿experience?

[@rouka120]

Alright, not gonna lie, I was tearing up when Lupa left and Phelous was on the ground crying.

[@SongbirdAlom]

S. Albertsen lmao right??? His drop to the floor was pretty impressive too!

[@DinosaurFan88]

It just goes to show: ghosts CAN do it.

[@SpeedyEric1]

At least Donald Trump wasn't in this movie.

[@channel1344]

nice meme cinnamon snob

[@Crrrow]

Someone call the Cinema Snob!

[@gothnerd887]

There used to be an old house in Scotland where ghosts had sex

[@MsDjessa]

I can't get enough how adorable Phelous and Lupa are!

[@Canadamus_Prime]

So apparently none of Julie's former professors, business partners, or friends knew that she had died. I guess none of them were invited to the funeral.

[@reptile1687]

did they even have a funeral? i think her parent buried her in the backyard like a dead pet

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@@reptile1687 Well she did have a cheap CG headstone in that old cemetery.

[@reptile1687]

@@Canadamus_Prime that was a cemetary? i thought it was their backyard

[@Canadamus_Prime]

@@reptile1687 Yeah, apparently it's a pretty famous one too.

[@Tareltonlives]

James Nguyen is the only human on the same wavelength as Tommy Wiseau.

[@traxthetrashwizard]

+Tareltonlives I need a Tommy Wiseau x James Nguyen movie!

[@FNGLHR]

+Crimson Trax I don't know, I think at a distance it, uh, you know, it looks pretty much like Wiseau movie anyway. You know, at a distance... and it's totally meant to be a comedy. At a distance.

[@zak22wolftheultramanzenith35]

+FNGLHR Actually, Nguyen is still totally holding on and convinced that these are legitimate romantic thrillers. Listen to his Birdemic 2 commentary and you will see he is totally serious with everything he does.

[@Lesbiwolf92]

+Zak22wolf, the Ultraman Zenith Doesn't he get pissed off when someone compares him to Wiseau?

[@FactoryMaid]

At least Tommy Wiseau can keep his acting crew on camera.

[@stephenbrown4698]

Holographic meatloaf...my favorite!

[@kingofthegundam7974]

You can't get any real food because SHUT UP

[@quinnzykir]

Stephen Brown he burnt my shake

[@SpeedyEric1]

Mr. Krabs gets real food. Just look at her daughter. She's as big as a whale.

[@Ratciclefan]

SpeedyEric1 sorry, but _her_ daughter? Anyway, where is *my* holographic meatloaf?

[@mikeburnsy6492]

+President of Whiteistan I prefer Holographic Pineapple ;)

[@SongbirdAlom]

Romanoff? Does she have a family of talking musical instruments she's stashing?

[@Jazzypants2007]

Nah, she lost her memory then got married and had a kid, and an annoying sidekick bird voiced by Mario.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Or she was brainwashed to be a soviet assassin. :)

[@gracekim25]

@@SwiftNimblefoot EH!

[@randalgraves6979]

👀 my black widow

[@BalloonSage]

hmm, needs more exploding CGI birds.

[@PollyGlodd]

Balloon Sage ''Prehistoric biiirds?''

[@MaggieOffutt]

Pft

[@Ratciclefan]

Shiirow oh dem wackey boids

[@robot54312]

Here's a romantic scene. There's no birds.

[@channel1344]

HOW DARE U

[@theponydalek7923]

Here is a bird. There's no birds.

[@TaylorOnyx123]

+ThePonyDalek How dare you...

[@TaylorOnyx123]

MadelineTopper heheheheheheheheheheh.

[@megamage911]

Ah, I finally found the Jontron corner of the comments :P

[@JThom529]

I swear, you can cut the romantic tension between those two with a knife. Phelous and Lupa, not the two main characters

[@nomduclavier]

+TheDreReichDude and when they were done, they immediately broke up

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I thought they are friends in real life too, no? They share a website after all.

[@nomduclavier]

Swift Nimblefoot They've been dating irl for years.

[@missscarlett186]

Lol! They look so cute together! :D

[@kobjgdewschucrvtubnkm]

theyve been dating for at least 6 years

[@deletedwaffles]

The fact that you can intercut Birdemic into Julie & Jack shows that he is a one trick pony.

[@smileitsjustagame2937]

The premise for this movie is actually really clever, if it was approached differently and the stalking was taken out. And there was a better cast. And a better budget overall!

[@markiangooley]

Phelan breaking down at the end was more touching than anything in the movie. Post-credits bit was just sweet.

[@Fanimati0n]

"virtual food must taste great" holographic meatloaf again? MY FAVORITE!

[@gracekim25]

EH!

[@kingofthegundam7974]

Wait if she's dead and transferred her mind into the computer... then she must be an INTERNET GHOST!

[@philbettinger1741]

I'LL GET THE RED TAPE!

[@HiperPivociarz]

Don't send her any friend requests!

[@JThom529]

Ooooooh now I get why the hangers on the thumbnail are red taped! Nice

[@rorylumley4727]

Ill wear read. They download your face so do only have to cover your face with red.

[@U014B]

21:22 Julie musta been real important to get *a path put over her grave.*

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

That or she was reeeeaallly short or chopped into little pieces

[@GOFFBITZH666]

I can't breathe! I've been contaminated with the Julie and Jack Virus, help! 😂😂😂

[@carlwilkerson9722]

They buried her standing on her head.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Gone but also forgotten.

[@gracekim25]

that part was tragic and HILARIOUS all at once XD

[@ProBreakers]

So awesome you guys ended up together, I love a happy ending :)

[@payasoloco6282]

10:30 for some reason I always found this adorable

[@SpeedyEric1]

TOO FAR. >=C

[@payasoloco6282]

SpeedyEric1 ?

[@SpeedyEric1]

Psycho Clown I was quoting Lupa from the scene you were talking about.

[@12fuzzyrats]

Still a better love story than Twili.... ah, fuck it. That meme's dead, just like Julie!

[@CineMasterDamian]

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrDman21]

Neil Breen and James Nguyen should team up and make a movie. The crappiness would be AWESOME!

[@MrDman21]

***** Indeed!

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Co-starring Tommy Wiesou!

[@TheBonkleFox]

and the story's written by Daddy Derek

[@randalgraves6979]

Produced by Ewe Boll

[@BalloonSage]

great to see how these crossovers are alive and well in the new Movie Nights show!

[@Crystal_Dylan]

Balloon Sage and in his review co starring WILLIAM CATNER!!!

[@BalloonSage]

I must admit, my favorite crossover Phelan and Allison have done is Foodfight. God I love that horrible fucking movie!

[@Crystal_Dylan]

Balloon Sage you cold farted itch what about the time machine that I found at a yard sale

[@strra]

***** definitely my favorite

[@AnvilPro100]

I wonder if James comes from a family of computer chip salesmen, and was the first to stray from the family business by becoming a film director.

[@olddogmaster6643]

Well that what he was before trying to get into movies.

[@reptile1687]

well they say "write what you know"

[@Palmieres]

4:53 You'd think they were just using the two different beds, but NOPE. Watch the clock. They actually flipped the image 😆

[@yukiskyzero1313]

This has to be the dorkiest and the cutest pair I've seen.

[@sarmin8008]

Seeing Phelous' act at the end was actually a bit heart breaking. Weird, when you consider it's the man who can only over or underact.

[@gracekim25]

i'm very confused

[@JThom529]

It’s easy when he actually loves her 😊

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

That moment when Phelan Porteous is a better actor than the ones in the movie

[@darrelsam419]

I just realized, why are all of James Nyugen's movie protags a rather good looking but bland white guy with dark hair and square jaw, and the love interest is always a blonde woman with zero personality? I'm kind of concerned about this, I mean, he's admitted the main characters of his movies are just his self-inserts right?

[@darrelsam419]

QueenVoltalia I won't be surprised.

[@desmondscalaro9560]

I don't think it has anything to Do with race it's just he is not a good director and the writing is bland

[@lunayoshi]

Nah, I agree that there's a trend. The lead in Birdemic 2 had to dye her hair blonde for the movie, and it seems to me that Wooden Rod was hired for his look rather than his "acting ability." He's definitely got types and tropes he likes to use. Since they're always computer (insert computer part here) salesmen that made millions like he did, it comes across as a self-insert.

[@Warriorcats64]

Until he decided Part II be about a film director.

[@matthewbrodnitz1047]

Don't forget that the protagonist's best friend is always obsessed with sex.

[@ab-gail]

“Spiritual Love” and “Hanging Out With The Family” are both unreasonably good for these movies.

[@MK-dh2mi]

You two are so damn cute, blargh.

[@AmityvilleFan]

These two were so cute together even 7 years ago!

[@Gasoline85]

You two have great chemistry together. Though, I guess, there's a good reason for that. Haha

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Well, they were already a couple then and now they are married.

[@gracekim25]

@@SwiftNimblefoot exactly

[@JThom529]

@@gracekim25they look like the perfect couple (you know, from a distance)

[@primrosett]

Great Gaspy....... good line read.

[@kaebeelee]

Loves how she says "Get it??"

[@RadNat]

M. Night Shamalanguyen

[@DalekTheSupreme]

But... how could Alison be an internet ghost when her hair is the frequency red???

[@MsDjessa]

8:08 Okay as a history nerd I give credit for mentioning Ada Lovelace.

[@joedredd1168]

Wait, he got Tippi Hedren for this film, but not for the film about killer BIRDS?!

[@KorenLesthe]

She loves retirement. *Just hangin’ out, hangin’ out ! Hanging out with the family !*

[@gracekim25]

i have to assume she only said yes once

[@MotownFan1962]

Everybody knows the true star of "Julie and Jack" is the lamp! _No one_ suspects the lamp!

[@gracekim25]

XD yes

[@mr.nigmasir9862]

As Lupa said "internet explorer" the video froze and the audio continued.

[@gracekim25]

I keep coming back to this because of how ADORABLE you two are :D oh and how great the review is of course :) 21.3.23 saw 2.2.22

[@mikemayberry7121]

These two are so cute together. 💙

[@shadowman2192]

They should get married.

[@thegirlleastlikelyto]

Draven They just got engaged!

[@WolfEntertainment]

Lupa was a ghost?! But she never tricked Phelan into eating the Beast's food & becoming his slave.

[@KaiatoMoon]

Going through a rough patch. Going through a bunch of old Alison and Phelous reviews your chemistry is amazing and makes me 2nd hand happy. I hope they Doesn’t sound creepy!

[@brianfuller5868]

One reviewer covered Julie and Jack with all the criticisms the two of you had. He had the line at the end of the review, ' it would be nice if all visionaries were geniuses but they aren't.' Great review. The actress playing Julie is pretty good.

[@ShayLaLaLooHoo]

Not me actually tearing up at 26:53 😭😭😭 Edit: I came back a year later, and guess who’s _still_ tearing up? 🙃

[@EFino-th4ir]

The prequel to "Her"... Spike Jonze from a distant....

[@jacksparrowguy]

If this was actually a low budget Christian rom com, the Dove Foundation would give it a glowing 5 star review

[@RadicalBuddha]

Allison may have been a ghost but the scariest part of this review was the moment Phelous put his entire body ON THE HOTEL CARPET!! Sweet lord man, no amount of frequency disrupting red on your shirt can cancel out the viruses clinging to that floor!!

[@boobah5643]

I love how this movie is not only made up of the first half of _Birdemic,_ but is pretty much the exact plot of _Replica,_ with a couple minor changes. The difference being that _Replica's_ Jakrod meets his girl before she dies, and rather than a cyberghost afterwards she's a clone with the original's memories.

[@kayleighbrown459]

You guys are adorable.

[@GrandCorsair]

Lupa & Phelous is my OTP... Then again Brad & Phelous is starting to win me over. ( jk )

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Brad and Phelous had good chem in the Phelupa/ Obscuruslous Birdemic 2 review.

[@gracekim25]

@@carlwilkerson9722 this aged well (!)

[@carlwilkerson9722]

@@gracekim25 Thank you for saying so.

[@matthewclark5612]

This is a case of decent plot is ruined by everything else.

[@Speems]

I swear to god the “piss on hospitality” edit always catches me off guard, holy damn

[@badjokemaker3051]

I had a girlfriend while I sucked at my Job. It changed everything. Now I wasn't just angry with myself. No suddenly there was someone complaining.

[@chrisgostanian6753]

Ok, I have to ask: where did "It's not weird! Arururururu!" come from?

[@phelous]

Just from us making fun of the original picture that long neck dog came from.

[@nonh1]

+Phelan Porteous “Phelous” Hey, that looks like the same hotel room where you filmed some scenes from Kickassia.

[@buzzingsigndiner397]

XD Were the birds in this supposed to be Internet trolls? They certainly give off that vibe to me.

[@buzzingsigndiner397]

QueenVoltalia Ha, good one.

[@kiernanvonsilvercoat2271]

How was Phelous able to see Lupa the whole time? I thought internet ghosts couldn't pass through the frequecy red?

[@Mara-sl3wd]

The scene in the "museum"/ in front of the image like in Vertigo, Bodega Bay, the Tippi Hendren part- he didn`t meant it as Hitchcock homage, did he? It´s at the same time sad and insulting..

[@phelous]

James Nguyen loves his Hitchcock so yeah, I'm sure he did mean them as such.

[@mastermarkus5307]

It's really sad because Hitchcock was like, the greatest director of his generation, and James Nguyen is... the guy who made Birdemic.

[@SpeedyEric1]

That's why I like to call James Nguyen "The Alfred Hitchcock of Bad Movies."

[@Warriorcats64]

Sorta like how The Room was a homage to Rebel Without a Cause and Citizen Kane?

[@dadobojart7895]

Wait a secound... That music on the film opening... Wasnt something similar played on "The Room"?

[@smalltiny]

its a joke, they added it themselves to point out that all these shit movies are in SF

[@fuzzydude64]

So Wooden Rob dates an internet ghost. Even in 'romance' movies, Phelous can't escape the internet ghosts.

[@Wormsfunkmonk]

I don't even KNOW that clown. And my Sex-a-hol consumption is Well under control. It is strange that my royalty check is nonexistent...

[@phelous]

***** At least you got real sex-a-hol instead of that perfect virtual reality cyber stuff. Sorry to hear about the check, it seems like that kind of thing happened a lot on the 1st Birdemic as well. What was it like working on this film, if I may ask?

[@Wormsfunkmonk]

I never did, I just have the same name as his character. That wasn't the actors name too, was it? Oh noooo! He doesn't even look like me "from a distance, you know"...

[@phelous]

***** Haha yeah, you're right it's the character's name. I got it mixed up in my head. Oh well, I guess I'm not as sorry about the check.

[@SpeedyEric1]

***** It's like the Mark in this movie thinks he's in the male version of Sex and the City, and he's the Samantha of the show.

[@jesusfreake14]

***** Hahahah...What a story, Mark.

[@procastnator]

Seems like James Nguyen just knows how to make one kind of movie and his plan seems to be to remake the same style of movie over and over again until one catches

[@nomduclavier]

You keep meeting your quotas so I'm raising your quotas and now you're not meeting your quotas 🙃 4:32 Could you maybe quit touching yourself long enough to finish? ... The scene. I meant the scene. 6:31 FORESHADOWING! ... Maybe. Also, you got a twin room? Are you a married couple in a 50s sitcom?

[@carlwilkerson9722]

LOL re 50s sitcom

[@fulsame1]

does. Does anyone else catch romantic vibes between these two?

[@neatoburrito9045]

For real I actually really wish Phelan and Lupa would just permanently team up together for all future videos.

[@leannewho664]

Help me. I say Diamanda's review of C Me Dance and now all the dialogue in this and Birdemic sounds natural and well-delivered.

[@IbadGrammarX]

ending review make me cry =(

[@shimyku7820]

13:44 Just pure adorableness.

[@TooFatTooFurious]

So...Transencdence was the remake of this movie!?

[@Mudoh415]

Dammit Rider Strong and your internet ghost.

[@SpeedyEric1]

Woohoo, baby! Insert! Insert! INSERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT!

[@StevenDNA86]

This review deserves more views.

[@elyna21]

Jack Livingston is dating a ghost? Jack LIVINGSTON?! Seriously?! ...how foreboding...

[@zmbdog]

So Julie & Jack is basically "The Vanishing Hitchhiker" urban legend only instead of a guy meeting a girl at a dance, he meets her in VR? Can't say I was expecting that.

[@JThom529]

Have you two been approached to act in Birdemic 3? (I mean fly you over to LA for a day your presence alone would maybe get that film a “Tony” award)

[@AubbieChan]

LupaXPhelous.....I ship it

[@ashyslashy22]

Those two are just adorable

[@PosthumanHeresy]

2:13 It's now my headcanon that this is the same universe as The Room.

[@gircakes]

At the intro they used the theme from the room?

[@SamuraiMotoko]

my favorites phelous and lupa crossover are always about love. julie and jack valentine

[@1wolftank]

I love that guy that's just like "YEAH IT'S ME"

[@NearingLight]

phelan is my favorite movie reviewer he has so much energy no he doesn't that's why he reminds me of me

[@masteranimearcher]

And the sad thing is their acting is still better than the acting in the movie.

[@kalobhunt9001]

Also thanks you phelous I hear hanging out with the family so much in your reviews it’s burned into my dialogue

[@HiperPivociarz]

"I can't love you right now" xD

[@RaphaelRavenwing]

You know what would have been interesting? Botched most heinously in all likelihood, but potentially interesting? If the chip Jacks company produced was something that could save her but was too expensive, so he had to find a way to sneak in and steal one. At least it'd be a plot of some sort.

[@heidifedor]

Maybe someone will make a big budget film about Jim Nguyen 30 years from now. Just like Ed Wood. A tv star from today could win an Oscar for playing Tippi Hedron.

[@gracekim25]

wait a second is this Tippi person from the birds movie?!

[@heidifedor]

@@gracekim25 yes

[@gracekim25]

@@heidifedor oh gosh 😅WOW

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

I swear whenever these two do a cross-over theres a bit of romantic tension.

[@thechandraraj6415]

RipleyandWeeds They're dating, so..