Mars Attacks! - MOVIE REACTION!!

Eric Rick Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss Mars Attacks! - a 1996 Tim Burton Film - #MarsAttacks
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[@sagaofsarahrose]

The "they blew up Congress" has gotten funnier every year since 1996.

[@alucard624]

It's Sylvia Sidney's laugh after saying it that cracks me up so much.

[@maximillianosaben]

As an homage to 1950's style B-movies starring shockingly big A-list actors, Burton absolutely crushed it. This movie is great.

[@alucard624]

The trading cards this movie is based are demented AF too. The whole doing experiments on humans bit like what they did to both Brosnan and Parker is straight out of the card set.

[@jimleonard8225]

Yeah, Blind Wave, you need to look up the original Mars Attacks trading cards from the 50's. They were very controversial with parents because of the graphic nature of the drawings of the creepy, skeletal Martians (which the movie reproduced perfectly) and the gory killings and experiments that the Martians performed on their victims. The flying saucers, giant robot, cows on fire, disintegrations of the people and the dog, and the disections, were all in the cards.

[@johnw8578]

@@jimleonard8225 I also love DINSOSAURS ATTACK! card set from Topps.

[@prathapkutty7407]

​​@@johnw8578 didn't Tim Burton say he wanted to adapt dinosaur attacks in the same tone as this?

[@johnw8578]

@@prathapkutty7407 I believe so, but it was too close to Jurassic Park's rise to fame so it was tabled.

[@christophekanaa1104]

As a kid i was scared of this movie yet i still had a crazy love for it. It's really a special piece of media. You can see they didn't take it seriously and just had fun at every level. I don't think it's a "bad" movie. It's intentionnaly crazy and campy and makes fun of almost every clichés of this kind of story and movies of it's time.

[@d3l3tes00n]

Omg when the alien pretends to be that woman.. her walk always creeped me out lol

[@johndohhe8153]

i remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was a perfectly serious movie lol, i now realize its absolutely ridiculous and i kinda hate it. But i ll always remember it tho, its unbelivably memorable. i ve seen it like 15 years ago and i remember a bunch of scenes, i saw man of steel 1 year ago i dont remember one scene from it so they had to do something right

[@Taizen001]

This movie freaked the hell out of me too. Pretty sure this movie single-handedly contributed to my phobia of aliens though 😅

[@NandR]

So was I. After watching it I did not fall asleep for hours. But now I love it.

[@cloetn1987]

Love Mars Attacks! I quote that movie at least once a week. “ACK ACK, ACK AAACK!”

[@singularleaf3895]

My favorite fan theory, I have heard is that there was two teams of Martians and that's why they turned them red and green, kinda like paintball. And they were just seeing who could kill how many and such.

[@gothmogonslaught6851]

Who won I wonder?

[@cybergeek11235]

@@gothmogonslaught6851 *we* did

[@gothmogonslaught6851]

@@cybergeek11235 of the two teams in said theory.

[@Tekkenandgaming]

One of the best movies ever made, I’m being serious I miss movies like this. Absolutely love it.

[@st0n3p0ny]

It's definitely one of those gems that just got lost and forgotten. Like Galaxy Quest. You can watch it a hundred times and you're still happy to get to watch it again.

[@W0NK042]

Tim Burton: I am going to make the silliest level of stupid-fun sci-fi film you have ever seen. Most of Hollywood: In, in, in, choose me, I'll do it, hell yes, in-in. 😂

[@RandyReviews1990]

i never knew tim burton directed unitl i saw youre comment this totally out of character for burton!

[@PickyPaige]

This movie has aged so well!

[@alucard624]

It's definitely gotten better with age for sure.

[@Necron00b]

The fact Tom Jones was in this movie, basically meant all Welsh people were obligated to watch this at release. hahaha

[@st0n3p0ny]

Eh?

[@taffyducks544]

@@st0n3p0ny Its because Wales being one of the Nations of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) is often ignored in media in favour of the others, mainly England. So Firstly, its often surprisingly pleasant to see anything Welsh in Film...And Secondly, The fact its the Welsh, who are in fact the Native British. The Welsh are even like it if they ever come across another group of people from Wales on holiday! Its an amazing thing to see.

[@st0n3p0ny]

@@taffyducks544 Tom Jones isn't American?

[@LexTrent]

@@st0n3p0ny Not even the slightest.

[@st0n3p0ny]

@@LexTrent what the... looked it up, apparently he moved to America in the mid 70s when the Labour party was elected and wanted to tax him at 98%.... I guess his European accent should have given it away.

[@devinmorse3607]

Jack Nicholson's agent didn't want him being in this movie because he thought it be bad to be in a film in which he is killed off. But Nicholson wanted to be in it. And just to spite his agent, he got killed off twice.

[@Ziggopotamus]

Really shows how disconnected these agents are from reality. Like in what universe would a moviegoer watch a movie, see an actor get killed on screen, and be like "oh wow he died, I guess he's a bad actor. I'll never watch another movie with him in it ever again!" Kanye was right.

[@brettthebest3978]

@@Ziggopotamusyour comment has not age well unless you agree with Kanye

[@adampellett4917]

Talking about irony, huh?

[@SpidermanandhisAmazingFriends]

Not to be a nay sayer, but Jack Nicholson dies in most of his movies 🤨 mostly before mars attacks

[@briannadancereader]

When Byron appears at the end and everyone found out he survived, I remember the theater breaking out into applause. My appreciation of this movie only continues to grow. Loved this reaction!

[@Mokkari77]

It's based on real life cards by Topps from the early 60s. The crazy artwork was by Norman Saunders who painted the covers of 1930s pulp magazines .

[@Silver-rx1mh]

And very graphic they were too. lol

[@johnpapuzzo1201]

Trading Cards just to clarify

[@alucard624]

@@Silver-rx1mh True. Those cards are demented as hell. The whole bit with what happened with Brosnan and Parker's characters getting experimented on is a straight homage to those cards. The original trading card set is still highly collectible even now too.

[@MrCarlBackhausen]

This is one of the best examples of how entertaining a movie can be, of all time. It is a masterpiece in my opinion. I remember when this came to Sweden and my family rented it. Everyone liked it. As a child i loved it. It has been one of those movies i have watched many, many times over the years. It is a example piece of what i wish more movies would be like.

[@wrorchestra1]

The perfect pastiche/parody mash up of a 1950s B-movie. Pokes fun at everything that it needs to.

[@CinHotlanta]

All of the bits around the aliens and their communication still make me LOL to this day. This movie is just layers and layers of sarcasm and irony interwoven.

[@Jackie-McCann]

Calvin: This is ridiculous! Me: THAT’S THE POINT! 🤣

[@karolina285]

When I was 12, my teacher took whole class to see this in cinema. We had absolute blast watching it. Good times

[@adampellett4917]

I wish I was in your class to see this. 😂

[@tysoncram2104]

It is a crime that we never got a sequel - "Tom Jones: Beastmaster".

[@ketchup016]

Considering Calvin appreciates British camp, maybe he'd like this more on repeated viewings, especially with friends. That's how I learned to love a lot of cult classics. Because this is like, Hollywood camp.

[@clarencewalker3925]

Rod Steiger won Best Actor for "In The Heat Of The Night." Also this movie was based on trading cards from the 1960's. They are collector's items now. And VERY expensive.

[@TheElliotPage]

I auditioned to be Taffy for this movie, as I am the biggest fan in the world of Topps cards (& OPC, my Canadian version LOL) but I was too young & they made this a comedy, while the cards are pure horror in response to the introduction of the Comics Code. Topps legend Gary Gerani wanted to make this a pure horror, like the cards, then Tim Burton got the rights to Mars Attacks & Dinosaurs Attacks, & was going to make Dinosaurs Attack, but... then Jurassic Park came out, so it was scrapped & this was made as a comedy. It broke Gary Gerani's heart that this became a comedy.

[@davididiart5934]

I always loved how DONE Jack Nicholson looks with everything by the end.

[@MrBecenti]

Curious to know if they have or plan on watching Galexy Quest, great Alan Rickman film.

[@jimmyrocha8417]

This was one of those movies that was on cable all the time so I caught it so many times. It wasn’t until I was like 18 or 19 that I realized how insane it is lmao

[@alucard624]

They used to show it all the time on TBS and TNT back in the day from what I remember.

[@TheChaoticToaster]

Ok so. Eric: Dragonball Evolution Aaron: The Room Rick: Kingsmen: Secret Service Calvin: Mars Attacks Shane: Star Wars Holiday Special Do we have all of them?

[@WraithWTF]

Now we need Birdemic for all of them.

[@Scrumshiz]

Let's see... Power Reality Mind Space Time Nope, we still need Soul Plane.

[@TwilightLink77]

@@WraithWTF Which one the original or the RiffTrax version?

[@WraithWTF]

@@TwilightLink77 always the original...the RiffTrax versions are only for after you've experienced the original.

[@morganrichardson8859]

One of my favorite movies, so glad y'all reacted to it! I don't know why Calvin was so exasperated, though. This movie is fantastic!

[@SkidmoreTx]

"how do any of them still have any careers?"- Calving lol

[@themeow-sician1664]

Mars Attacks is so crazy I love it

[@nerdjock3945]

I forgot good ol Jim Brown (the greatest NFL running in history) was in this movie

[@Thebrainymonkey]

Whenever anyone says "I watched this once as a kid" it makes me feel old as I'd forgotten that I am old.

[@andhispalmugman6314]

Calvin’s face when Tom Jones showed up is priceless.

[@DiscoRaptor]

Good God I love Mars Attacks… 😂

[@RynKen]

Mars Attacks is a great example of entertainment factor being more relevant then making perfect sense. If you can have both, great; if you have to focus on one, you know what needs to be done.

[@Kevmaster2000]

I have no idea what Calvin’s problem is. I just watched this movie for the first time before watching this reaction, and it was great!

[@Alexus1138]

Calvin's likes: saying "oh my gosh" Calvin's dislikes: great movies

[@nilelineneil8957]

My friend and I went to see this in the theater in our early 20's. There were about 50 other people in the theater and when the Martians started talking we laughed so hard we were crying. We looked around and we were the only ones laughing and that made us laugh even harder. They must have thought we were nuts.

[@gabrielle6415]

This is legit my favorite Tim Burton movie lol

[@razorhorn1775]

Mars attacks is a classic

[@bozzutoman]

It's quirky-absurdist fun... with an incredible score by Danny Elfman.

[@iSpaceCat1]

I’ve watch this movie when i was 9-10 years old, i remember being so scared of it at that time, but now its literally funny, and its the first movie i watched, since that day i was trying to remember the title, then i watch your reaction to it and from the sound of the martians I remembered. So thank u guys for this 🤍.

[@echostwitt9648]

This has been one of mine and my dad's favorite films for the longest time. We quote it and people think we're nuts, and I love that you reacted to it.

[@Publius_Furius]

Tim Burton was/is a unique filmmaker. His visual style is amazing.

[@jacobskinner3522]

I like to think of this as Tim Burton’s attempt, immediately following Ed Wood, at making an Ed Wood-style movie. And he absolutely nailed it. I also definitely think the actors just really wanted to work with him. It says a lot about his rapport with actors that so many of them have worked with him multiple times.

[@TheElliotPage]

I auditioned to be Taffy for this movie, as I am the biggest fan in the world of Topps cards (& OPC, my Canadian version LOL) but I was too young & they made this a comedy, while the cards are pure horror in response to the introduction of the Comics Code. Topps legend Gary Gerani wanted to make this a pure horror, like the cards, then Tim Burton got the rights to Mars Attacks & Dinosaurs Attacks, & was going to make Dinosaurs Attack, but... then Jurassic Park came out, so it was scrapped & this was made as a comedy. It broke Gary Gerani's heart that this became a comedy.

[@frankhorrigan2047]

One of my favorite bits of trivia from this movie is that Jeff Dunham used a pair of the martians' prop eyes for his character Achmed the Dead Terrorist.

[@ThunderWolf86]

Fun fact about this movie: The explosion of the tower building Jack Nicholson’s secondary character owns was a real building and a real implosion. I’ve lived in Vegas my whole life, and vividly remember when they were shooting here and it was big talk that they would be using the upcoming implosion of the old Landmark tower for part of the upcoming movie. I was so excited to see all of the spectacle related to the film. You can watch the original non-film version of the implosion online if you just search for the Landmark Hotel

[@corriblehunt4554]

So Calvin hates Mars Attacks because it's unrealistic, but anything with space wizards, he'll love and analyse like it's Shakespeare?

[@indecisivewolf5620]

Sometimes I feel like they pick one of themselves to get unreasonably upset during their reactions lol

[@Revan852]

Calvins face and sounds are just gold during the movie.. love it!

[@UncleMilo]

Watching Eric and Aaron groove out to Tom Jones was worth the reaction alone

[@willvr4]

Man I haven't seen this movie in ages. I forgot how funny it was! What a hell of a cast.

[@shawnadams1460]

God I love this movie, it is SOO over the top, plays off of every trope and cliché in the genre and does it MASTERFULLY!!! Tim Burton is just a total master of his craft. To this day whenever my daughter or mother annoy me I go straight to Martian speak!! Knaaack naaac nyaak naaak!!!

[@danieljette7409]

The signer that was killing the Martians was from a real song from Slim Whitman

[@EggBoi_8]

29:30 we all start swaying to that magical voice. Even my roommates asked “what are you doing man” so I turned my Bluetooth off and they too swayed with. Tom is magic ;)

[@-Miasimon]

I remember being traumatized as a kid, by the aliens just vaporizing people. Went back to it when I was a few years older and just dying from how funny the movie was. We don't have enough movies like this.

[@stolasgoetia93]

I was the same way and now my favorite scene is them vaporizing Congress.

[@bananasaregood8655]

Please do reactions to more tim burton films, batman 89', batman returns, big fish, sleepy hollow You're dancing to tom jones was AMAZIN, i almost died laughing

[@alexjames4507]

So Eric had Dragon Ball Evolution, Shane had The Star Wars Holiday Special, Aaron had The Room, and now Calvin has Mars Attacks as his film that drives him insane. What does Rick have?

[@vinnysant0sdesouza341]

He doesn't seem to enjoy intentionally ridiculous movies, so maybe one of those lol

[@123haninhk]

Rick said that he didn’t like Kingsman during the movie reaction.

[@sircosmo21]

@@123haninhk the first one?

[@123haninhk]

@@sircosmo21 Yes, they had a Kingsman movie reaction.

[@roxtechs]

Berserk 2016

[@brettpenning]

Eric and Aaron are living their best lives!!

[@taerdrop]

Yesssss! I love this film, I always enjoy this film along with Galaxy Quest, Evolution and Tremors =) I also enjoy the fact it's based on a 1962 card game.

[@unck42]

The sound of the Martians make is a joke from the Charlie Chaplin film City Lights. It was made after talkies, but Charlie Chaplin wanted to show you could still make good movies without talking. He also wrote all of the music for it, and at the beginning of the movie, The mayor is making a speech, and Charlie Chaplin had somebody play a kazoo over the Mayors speech. Look up City Lights Mayor Speech here on KZbin. It’s crazy.

[@d3l3tes00n]

I always forget this is Tim Burton because it's so different.

[@george8873]

Love the movie Mars Attacks because it's so way out there, lol.

[@sibarra417]

i swear the 1990s was the greatest decade for movies there was nothing like them and nothing can beat them.

[@BassLineProductionsI]

Truly some of the best films to date, it was a good time to be a kid

[@Jaimefvs93]

an absolut classic! love this movie!

[@ArmandoTheWanderer]

this has too be one of your best reaction ever thanks guys

[@zyloproductions4870]

33:06-That older movie that footage of the people running is from are deleted scenes from the 1976 King Kong!

[@lauradawson7964]

Such a beloved film from my childhood! Watching this with you guys was such fun - and Calvin’s face at the end! 😂

[@wtimmins]

Oh wow! I'm so glad you did this movie! SO much crazy fun.

[@sammyskelly]

I don’t get scared in any movie now but if something frightened me as a kid then it still scares me now and this movie will always freak me the fuck out

[@robertcartier5088]

12:50 Hey look, tanks that actually work -- Haven't seen that in a while!

[@tanyakopel]

Big Fish is AMAZING I cannot stress enough how much I love it!!

[@neabby]

Saw this when I was very young and was scared shtless of the aliens 😂

[@ChaosZero1031]

I do like how the special effects of this movie aging actually kind of helps the 50s Sci-Fi B-Movie aesthetic feel. Cause most of the movies back then had special effects that while not great was actually not that horrible, for the time.

[@lm7_gio]

This movie is pure gold.

[@wickamo]

Anyone who doesn't like this movie, is definitely oblivious to what it was trying to do and and succeeded at perfectly! This was a movie that knew what it was and doubled it's efforts on purpose. Few movies are made to simply say..."Yep...I'm pure camp and chaos and I'm proud of it." You really can't watch this and not have fun. Pure Tim Burton magic.

[@exyuda6592]

American dude really died screaming Winston Churchill's war speech lol

[@adampellett4917]

As crazy as the whole b graded entertainment thing from the 1950s, Tim Burton knocks it off from the ballpark. Great reaction, fellas. 😊

[@Thomaswake]

I hope all of you will read the Mars Attacks comics. They are a real treat

[@NathanS__]

This movie scared the shit out of me as a kid.

[@terrysilverthorn4582]

love it when you see Jack on the TV it looks like hes Jack Napier from Batman on that screen

[@EvelyntMild]

Oh my god, Jinx! 😂 Me and Calvin said "TheClaaaaaaaw!" (Toy Story) at the same time. Wavelinks brother ✌️

[@andre459]

This was heaps of fun to watch, I realised that I don't think I have ever watched the whole movie through before. Just caught bits and pieces over the years.

[@johnlowe5424]

Someone mentioned that the Martians' eyes looks like one of (ventriloquist) Jeff Dunham's characters. They are in fact a spare pair of Mars Attacks eyes that are the eyes of Dunham's character, Achmed the dead terrorist. Dunham mentioned this in a video I saw some time ago.

[@dice268926]

The movie is COMPLETE satire.. Spoofing 50s & 60s invasion movies (thus the Martian girl- 'pin-up) & 90s over the top Big Movie action 🎬👏 Which led to the movie environment we have now. Burtons under genius film

[@biguy617]

The one of the last Tim Burton movies before the rest of his movies went bad.

[@ThatShyGuyMatt]

This movie always reminded me of the Earth Defense Force games. That B movie cheesiness of silliness and aliens. Probably why I love it. Though I think Mars Attack came before the EDF games.

[@6inTruder]

I didn't really like this movie when it came out, but I was just out of high school and I think a lot of the humour really went over my head. I rewatched it a couple months back and LOVED it! So funny. So weird. And everyone just feels so game for what Burton was doing. The wildest bit to me as an adult though, is realizing that Cliff Curtis is both in, and not in this movie.

[@kipperbill]

Easily my favorite movie reaction, probably you guy's favorite too!

[@mellertid]

When I saw it when it came out, I just thought it was silly. My friends loved it. Now I get it.

[@NachoBHS]

Calvin hates loving this!

[@bad-people6510]

It's based on a series of gross out collector cards in the same vein as the Garbage Pale Kids.

[@MukuroMeki]

I saw this movie when i was in 2nd grade and I was telling my friend about this movie and i couldn't remember anything about it but red and green skeletons and the hand that becomes the flag. My friends swore up and down there was no movie like that and then i found it at the store, i made them watch it. We couldn't stop laughing the whole time

[@TheElliotPage]

that's awesome ☺

[@cdgornallA]

Aaron doing the Carlton dance when Tom Jones showed up was all i wanted!

[@johnw8578]

My guess is that you never loved the original Topps card set Mars Attack!. Those were awesome. The movie did nods to the card set like A SOLDIER FIGHTS BACK is Jack Black getting destroyed. Card #22 BURNING CATTLE was the opening scene. Card #23 THE SHRINKING RAY. Card #32 ROBOT TERROR. And Card #36 DESTROYING A DOG -- when the Prez's dog bit it. I would love you guys to do a comparison of the cards to the movie. Topps also later released Dinsosaurs Attack! I had hope for a movie of Dinosaurs Attack!

[@johnw8578]

I really missed the mutated bugs and creatures the Martians released in the card series. I loved those. I hope someone makes a streaming series of this with the wacked out total gore-fest weirdness of the card series.

[@johnw8578]

In the card series MARS explodes at the end. lol

[@daniilashurov135]

Makes so much sense that Burton followed "Ed Wood" with a movie, that is literally omage to Ed Wood's work.

[@BHY1117]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it, but a pair of the Martian eyes were given to Jeff Dunham to make Achmed.

[@lethanh90]

Don't mess with 90s Burton. He was one a roll!! Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks, and Sleepy Hollow.

[@snowdenwyatt6276]

There was a story going around at the time about Tim Burton seeing an early trailer for Independence Day and pretty much having a panic attack when he saw they blew up the White House in it. Apparently he originally was going to have the Martians do that but had to scrub that idea and put in the disintegrating congress bit instead.

[@colly3333]

I absolutely LOVE this movie! It's creative, nonsensical, campy, and has heart even though it expresses it in cheesiest of ways. The style of the film is also quite different from Tim's other films-a sci-fi twist.

[@Sully2001]

22:07 That edit🤣👌

[@kevjohn2006]

FYI, Lisa Marie was Tim Burton's wife when she was starring in his movies.

[@ketchup016]

Was that Lisa-Marie Presley?

[@warrickjfoote9650]

Thanks for the laugh

[@ayeecee2631]

It’s crazy seeing Ray J in this movie lol

[@MurdochCreates]

Great timing! I just got this movie yesterday. I haven't seen it since i was 6.