Mars Needs Moms - Disneycember

By popular demand, Doug takes a look at one of the most requested movies to be reviewed by him, Mars Needs Moms.
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[@srbarkerchan]

If you wanna see this film's story done right, I'd suggest watching Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.

[@dunkanbulk14]

it's funny how the movement in that movie looks more realistic than this movie

[@ichigoeater]

+srbarkerchan I thought the same thing, sadly enough, and I wasn't that big a fan of Jimmy Neutron.

[@jacefiore6203]

srbarkerchan except the director was actually the grandson of H.G. Wells. Yes,really,I literally searched about the director is the grandson of Wells on Wikipedia,don't judge me about Orson Welles's broadcast of War of the Worlds or the 2005 Spielberg film starring Mr. Some Pinoy-American guy who actually told a smoking weed guy asking asking if he fucked his Scientology hole and Dakota Fanning and narrated by Morgan Gordon Freeman

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

YES!! MY WAIFU JIMMY! YES!!

[@MasterGeek-mk5ne]

My first movie when I went the cinema

[@mas8705]

It is really sad when you have a film that is basically dead on arrival. Mind you that Home on the Range was stupid, but at least it had a target audience in mind. Here... What the hell is the movie trying to accomplish?!

[@skyscraperfronterline5701]

Me.

[@PrincessNinja007]

I thought it was a sweet movie for families to watch on Mother's day...if only it had opened around Mother's day...

[@americanace96]

+mas8705 I think this movie was Dead After the First Thought.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

+Ciara.Chaya Very sweet with mom's being incinerated when they are no longer useful. I definitely agree with OP. Who in the hell was this movie aimed at? It was just depressing and weird.

[@akaredrobranger]

mas8705 THANK YOU THAT'S THE QUESTION I LIKE TO ASK

[@spinlok3943]

He talks about how his mom was blown up in front of him? You know, a faaaamily picture!

[@elijahkelley7616]

You know, for kids!

[@jeremybarker5510]

If it was a live action movie, it'd work better.

[@CrabTastingMan]

Clearly you haven't seen good old Disney films that weren't afraid of darker imagery than an implied death from just a flash of light.

[@JulesHinmon]

Too dimwitted for adults and too depressing for children, Mars Needs Moms was created without a clear cut audience demographic to aim for.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Julian Hinmon Probably were trying to be like Pixar, but they failed miserably.

[@cooljam4930]

Jules Hinmon kinda like the little toaster

[@drewburton2552]

Me

[@RobBob6197]

So you know kids, if you love and obey your mom, aliens will come and destroy her brain. That's a cute message, right ?

[@annietrinity1833]

Oh hai Mr Enter!

[@akaredrobranger]

NC: A FAMILY PICTURE

[@gageperuti5519]

Rob Bob A FAMILY Picture.

[@tykamen5588]

Gage Peruti you know for kids

[@CrabTastingMan]

You're exaggerating like a typical youtube drama queen. By your logic, Lion King is a terrible movie for children because it teaches them: "Remember kids, your uncles are evil people who want to kill your dad!"

[@jrighodaro]

Fun fact: Seth Green originally DID do the voice of Milo as well as the mocap, but they thought his voice sounded too old and dubbed him over at the last minute

[@alexd442]

Hanks' hero boy boy form is also voiced by a kid

[@tiablue9106]

"-90s commercial voice- MARS NEEDS MOMS! ;D"

[@magnus87]

Feminist needs Moms! :P

[@darthvadersith514]

It’s a FAMILY picture!

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Such a shame this movie was responsible for shutting the company behind those other animated motion-capture films. I actually enjoyed The Polar Express despite the character animation not being great.

[@Zerklass]

I don't mind the ads, I don't mind the buffer, but when the ads buffer, I suffer.

[@grabern]

Nice copy-paste.

[@PeninsulaPaintings]

+Zerklass Original.

[@KyJoe01]

Woah. Never seen this before.....

[@Zerklass]

LOLFlyingPotatoes Nah, this time I wrote it out.

[@raz09181]

r u twewve wittwle boy?

[@pedrogomezid]

Polar Express and Tintin were pretty amazing.

[@godofevil9468]

Hinton is still happening I think

[@hansruhlmann454]

R.I.P. the company that maked those movies 😔.

[@mooganify]

Polar Express was terrible

[@TailsFan369no2]

@@hansruhlmann454weta is still kicking

[@TailsFan369no2]

@@mooganifyo hai angus paul’s brother

[@doctoreggnog6644]

I saw the trailer on TV once and immediately thought 'Wow, no one is going to see this' and I was right, it's one of the very biggest financial movie bombs in history.

[@beaniepollard8290]

was this really a Disney movie?

[@starman1012]

Yes.

[@Dim4323]

it was based on a book by Berkeley breath which had nothing to do with the book except taking the name title and premises just like the snow queen and made it worst

[@shawklan27]

And I remember having a awkward time watching this with my school inmates....

[@Azelf1011]

+Holly Boreham Distributed by Disney.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

I loved it. And the book it was based off of by Bearkly Breathed.

[@supaanimegal4894]

i would love the Nostalgia Critic to BASH THIS MOVIE

[@LucyLioness100]

If you want something along that line, Saberspark has a whole editorial that goes into the entire film. I’d feel bad if NC has to subject an entire review to this train wreck

[@Perfect7en]

Biggest Animated box office bomb in cinema history.

[@skyscraperfronterline5701]

Foodfight?

[@Perfect7en]

That wasn't released domestically so it's not counted.

[@hankcyrus9776]

+Perfect7en foodfight still bombed,maybe not in the us but i highly doubt that someone saw it in theaters

[@Perfect7en]

***** That film is critical bomb, not a financial one.

[@Wookster5]

+Perfect7en Pluto Nash?

[@tristenj1992]

I've literally never even heard of this movie until now. And I'm usually pretty up-to-date on my animated films. The video showed a promo poster that said March 11. This movie really released on March 11 LAST YEAR and slipped under my radar somehow??

[@Gnator8t4]

It wasn't last year. This was made almost 5 years ago!

[@tristenj1992]

Christ.

[@TheWimpykid96]

It was being overshadowed by Rango when it was first released.

[@lenastorm6280]

+TeeJay Same here.

[@JemReviews]

i remember seeing the trailer for it once and the next time i heard of it, it was when i.was looking at the list of biggest box.office bombs

[@PhoenixofStarlight]

I remember seeing this movie and feeling really uncomfortable when I was younger, because its ending moral states that a family should have a mother and a father, and that's the way it should be. As a kid with divorced parents who live in separate states across the country, that wasn't a very good feeling for me.

[@phastinemoon]

I'm betting that the number of divorced/separated parents, single parents, and gay couples across America was enough that they all said 'Eh... let's take the kids to see something else...' and that's why this movie was such a bomb at the box office. Like, if you're gonna have an unpopular opinion, that's one thing, but be prepared for what it's gonna bring you.

[@vilwarin5635]

Also, showing a planet full of female who don´t know how to parent? How insulting for those single mums out there

[@rogue7723]

I most hated the implication that a woman can't be successful at her job and be a good and loving parent at the same time.

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Mars Needs Moms. The biggest failure Disney ever went through. The only big dud Robert Zemeckis ever worked on. The film that pissed off Mr Enter so badly.

[@juliopeinado2660]

That filmes that killed a Studio.

[@mooganify]

Who cares about that autist but didnt John Carter do worse?

[@LucyLioness100]

Zemeckis had another bomb with “Welcome to Marwen” last year. Sadly the guy seems to be losing his touch with his more recent films even if they can be good

[@ZemeckisTEN]

come to order! C.G.:the Cartoon Judge! Who the hell is comparing Mars Needs Moms to freaking Jimmy Neutron?

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Alyssa Black Welcome to Marwen was admittedly not that good. But that’s the one film that Robert Zemeckis directed that’s not very good. Though, it is pissing me off that Robert Zemeckis’ films keep bombing in the box office while everyone continues to go and see the same terrible shit that Michael Bay, Tyler Perry and M. Night Shyamalan keep making. Just goes to show you that people are really fucking stupid.

[@youngknight5589]

That's sucks this movie ruined the motion capture company i liked those films

[@alexd442]

Then Spielberg & Jackson Revised it with TinTin

[@MrGabeanator]

Alex D different company but point made

[@MrGabeanator]

@ ok

[@MrGabeanator]

@ i watched it in english class

[@MrGabeanator]

@ ok thank you

[@maunze336]

First thought: Nostalgia Critic is reviewing porn? Second thought: Ah, damn!

[@GamesLegitament]

I remember the trailers for the movie also made it out to be very light and humourous.

[@themorrigan4409]

So sad to see the motion capture animation style get killed like this. Theres so much potential for this, like for instance i can see the potential for an actual good Warhammer 40k movie made in this style

[@alexd442]

There still is, under Jackson & Spielberg

[@SSBBPOKEFAN]

Anyone else remember TheMysteriousMrEnter doing this movie as an Animated Atrocity?

[@0chowder]

Yep.

[@draco_system]

The reason I tapped. lol

[@negavenom]

I sure do!

[@JohnReviews]

+Dual wielding Kingdom Keys I remember dat

[@Uroboro_Djinn]

+Dual wielding Kingdom Keys That whiner who thinks online trolls are worse than bullies? o.O

[@JaseAnimates]

Rob Zemeckis was involved in this?!... Well, I guess we all make mistakes.

[@MontyPythonFanatic2]

The sad thing is that more people went to see this movie than The Walk.

[@emilengen7825]

Don't blame him. He didn't direct the movie. George Miller the director of mad max directed both of the happy feet movies🤷‍♂️

[@TycoNewRC]

@emil_engen Looks like English isn't your first language. If you're claiming that George Miller directed this movie, then you're wrong. Simon Wells, the director of Balto, The Prince of Egypt, and An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, directed Mars Needs Moms.

[@theonliestrud5080]

You're right. Everyone has an off day (something that I wish people would accept more. Sorry for the preachiness 8P).

[@mooganify]

His entire cgi career was a mistake

[@LuriTV]

This looks like a prime example for uncanny valley

[@CatMaster90001]

"Not the worst"?? In your own words, Doug, YOU'RE TOO FUCKING NICE!!

[@TailsFan369no2]

Watch foodfight again

[@CatMaster90001]

@@TailsFan369no2 Foodfight is at least ironically hilarious and has incredible meme material. Mars Needs Moms is far too painful and ugly to amount to that.

[@JoeyXSmith]

Seth Green did the motion caption because he originally was the voice of the kid. You can listen to his voice in the very first trailer but it got cut because it didn't sound right. They re did the dialog at the last minute.

[@fluffiechocalate3011]

Eh. I thought the movie was okay, I guess. **Re-watches movie** holy shit this movie is awful

[@imadmohamed841]

They tried at least

[@fluffiechocalate3011]

Imad Mohamed That they did.

[@MJPriseCenter]

There is the Tintin movies by spielberg and Jackson who was great, and the sequel is still on the moves.

[@tristanhartup4936]

Tintin is pretty much the only motion-capture animated movie I like and continue to watch again and again because it had a reason to be animated, Spielberg and Jackson wanted to accurately portray the style of the original books and the character designs, the Zemeckis animated movies mostly have no reason to be animated, you could just make those movies in live action, and virtually nothing will be different (I feel Beowulf was the biggest offender of this).

[@unclefranklin4575]

Nearly a decade later it's still not out yet. There isn't even a scrap of new info out there

[@VicenteTorresAliasVits]

03:09 They *were* going to use Seth's voice as well. They changed their minds during post-production.

[@JacktheLightningRipper]

I like Robert Zemeckis's work, especially Polar Express, but man, I'm glad I never saw this movie.

[@ZemeckisTEN]

Exactly what I think. Zemeckis is my favorite filmmaker PERIOD! And The Polar Express is my favorite film by him, as well as an underrated film. But Mars Needs Moms? This is that one big dud he was apart of. Even though I don't like The Frighteners, another film Zemeckis produced.

[@KonbanwaJapan]

+Jack Stevenson I like Polar Express too but I haven't heard anything about this film. It's probably the title, it does suck.

[@Aussieroth7]

Tintin actually saved this style of film making... but let it be known, it took SPIELBERG to save it!

[@thewindthatblows]

Where are new movies in that style?

[@Aussieroth7]

@@thewindthatblows Canceled like crazy... Including a couple of Tintin movies. Probably for the best with the way Hollywood is these days.

[@thewindthatblows]

@@Aussieroth7 That's bad, I wanted a new Tintin movie :(

[@Aussieroth7]

@@thewindthatblows You and me both... as does Peter Jackson.

[@TailsFan369no2]

@@Aussieroth7ever heard of development hell?

[@RawbeardX]

Is it December again? Boy, the year sure flew by!

[@BazookaTooth707]

They had really good animation. I liked The Polar Express when I watched it years ago.

[@EmilySpiritExT]

I remember when I first saw this at my dad's house. I think back then there wasn't much on TV at the time & not really any movies that I was curious enough to watch, expect for this one. So I watched it, and it made me sob and wanna hug my mom. My mom is my best friend since she had raised me but I was visiting my dad for the weekend so I couldn't hug my mom. And I get Nostalgia Critic is saying it's over done, but man the "death to useless mothers" thing was so painful to hear. I was very interested in the main boy of the movie and I was relieved when he was able to save his mom. And I was watching this alone, cause my dad was working on a project of his in the garage. But he did come out at some point and found me crying as the movie was still playing. I think we hugged so I could calm down. I believe I called my mom after the movie ended and just to let her know I loved her and I missed her. That was an emotional movie for me. But I loved the graffiti artist alien. :D She was cool.

[@Christopher-eq1rn]

God the faces in this movie are creepy

[@All_Powerful_God_Enel]

Is it just me or the aliens look more human than the humans O_o?

[@felojimenez9931]

tfw jimmy neutron did this plot better

[@grizzly_manbanimation8436]

Yea because for one the aliens never heard of the human race and thought they looked good enough to eat and it was kids saving the day which makes the villan's humilliation much higher and funnier and finally that movie knew what audience they were targeting

[@mariajimenafigueroa8311]

YES! ALL HAIL THE LORD OF NICKMASTERPIECE JIMMY NEUTRON!!! :D

[@faroffgrace5490]

I liked Polar Express a lot, it's always one I watch on Christmas Eve.

[@shcdemolisher]

yeah, I saw that movie and I thought that it was an awesome take on the popular book. (one that I've read countless times)

[@JaysPlace20]

Well, motion capture is still being utilized in films today, but this was the last time we saw a film entirely animated in that way. As for why they had Seth Green do the motion work for the kid, he originally recorded all of his lines for the film, but it was later decided that he sounded too old for the age the boy was supposed to be.

[@alexd442]

Didn't Tintin revive the style

[@grizzly_manbanimation8436]

That’s one thing I don’t understand. If your trying to make a kid character, why not use an actual kid for the role or if you’re gonna use an adult, hire a very talented voice actor? I mean seriously, they casted a grown man to play a kid character and surprise surprise he sounded to old for the kid’s age.

[@CassIsABTSArmy]

Bro as a child I was BAWLING my eyes out at the end. It was just wayyyyyyy too intense for me 😅

[@BudokaiTH]

It's like those adult movies with simple titles and the movies themselves are about some harsh twisted realities, but trying to make it kid friendly. That's what this movie was like for me.

[@ulyssesenriquez6066]

“My mother was brutally killed in front of me as a child” MARS NEEDS MOMS!

[@TheSupergamer300Show]

The best use of motion capture animation is The Adventures of Tintin (2012).

[@alexd442]

December 2011

[@mmmhhm]

This movie was based off of a lovely children's book with the same title. The book was sweet and wonderful and I totally loved it, but like with the Polar Express, it's hard to make an epic movie out of a book that's only 20 pages long and has very little text. Read the book, it's written and drawn by the cartoonist who did 'Opus' and it's beautiful and charming and sad and bitter sweet.

[@deadmeme4276]

the best horror movie that I've ever seen

[@babyblue_22]

The reason Seth Green did the motion capture is because he originally WAS the VA for the kid. But then they realized his voice didn't fit, and it sounded too old for a kid that age, so they redubbed it. Also the movie is called Mars Needs Moms because it's actually based off of a children's book of the same name. Just some trivia I thought I'd throw out there =P

[@aaronthebox]

You invest into shit nobody wants, you get nothing back...why would this surprise anyone?

[@bagpaper6964]

I remember watching this when I was 10,I literally bawled my eyes out. YOU TOLD ME THE MOVIE WAS FUNNY MOM, goshdamnit

[@koopadude1]

To think this came out the same year as the great Tintin movie.

[@alexd442]

yet for some reason very few remember that

[@hansruhlmann454]

I love that Tintin movie.

[@aquiline-eagle9669]

When I saw this movie, I was so disturbed and I could not stop hugging my mom when I got home from the theater.

[@rodrigos5722]

neptune needs nephews

[@jeremiahhester6408]

WTF 😂😂

[@boysponge705]

I figured the nostalgia critic would have a field day on this movie. I was not disappointed.

[@PersianSlashuur]

Ah yes. This was a thing. I honestly forgot that it WAS a thing.

[@Behon]

Apparently Seth Green did originally voice the kid's dialog, but test audiences thought it didn't fit so they re-dubbed it with an actual kid.

[@josepharmstrong1788]

I think people requested this like crazy so as to get a traditional NC style review instead of Disneycember.

[@jacobkemphfer1802]

Maybe not one of my favorite movies ever but Mars Needs Moms is definetly in my top 10 favorite animated movies ever! Even if every single person hated this movie, I loved it, and the animation, it was so colorful, the jokes were funny, gribble was hilarious, even if it doesn't have the absolute best animation, i still cry to it and get goosebumps lol! Id watch it to this day!

[@emmettkrantz1520]

Did we learn NOTHING from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians?

[@cloudlion1610]

I’m not even going to ask what that movie is.

[@TailsFan369no2]

@@cloudlion1610i don't know if I should see it

[@coltafanan]

I remember seeing ads for this on Disney Channel. I hope he does Nostalgia Critic episode of this movie.

[@sarahnadespeaks5047]

A guy in one of my film classes a few years ago made an argument about how this is a "significant" film. I didn't agree with him. Now that I've seen clips from it, I think he was full of hot air.

[@alexd442]

He must have skipped Tintin

[@aidanredding8058]

No it's significant. It's significant in being one of the biggest box-office bombs of all time.

[@Markimark151]

This movie was Disney's biggest bombs for an animated film since Home on the Range. The CGI motion capture looked really uncanny, good thing it bombed.

[@Protag_Shilex]

I loved the animation of the polar express.....is all i have to say

[@KonbanwaJapan]

+Protag Shilex I also liked it.

[@averyalyse]

No matter what everyone thinks about this film, I still bawl my eyes out when he tells the story about how he lost his mom.

[@Bi_scotti_5]

Maybe if the movie wasn't about rebellion or moms and had focus on the 3 main characters (the boy, the man and the graffiti artist alien) having some fun, retro space opera type adventure but with this studio's twist on it, it could have been really good. But I don't think that this sort of anarchy thing is their thing. I haven't seen this film but I have seen Polar Express, which in my opinion is undeniably one of the most underrated movies I have ever seen. My favorite Christmas movie, too. Maybe a second opinion on the story and script and a little more time could have saved this movie.

[@blossomingbex]

+Watchman5 The Polar Express is a brilliant film and very underrated, like you said. Definitely one of my favourite Christmas Movies. I have never seen this film. The trailer really didn't give anything away. I know you can't just a book by it's cover, but I've never heard one good thing about this. I agree with what you say. It seems good on paper, but it just doesn't seem like it's executed well.

[@smallguy2412]

thank you for listening Doug!

[@ObiTrev]

Disney needs 2D Animation

[@alexd442]

You need #MLPMovie

[@cloudlion1610]

Sorry why doesn’t this comment have more likes.

[@Stock_Junction]

Actually Seth Green was going to be the main kid also as a voice role, but for unknown reasons at the last minute, they swapped him out with a kid actor. You can still hear his lines in the marketing like the trailer

[@TailsFan369no2]

Hanks did hero boy physically and a actual kid was the vocalist

[@americanace96]

This is the same movie that was created by the same people responsible for The Polar Express, and A Christmas Carol? Words fail me on this box office bomb. Now is there a chance of you, Mr. Critic, doing a bit over The Adventures of Tintin ?

[@afonsolucas2219]

When i saw Disneycember i thought they were old vídeos, but after watching the Disneycember of John Carter i realised i was in for a treat. hell yeah!

[@pygmiegoatsheepbeat]

I always thought the kid in this movie looked SUPER creepy because of Seth Green's face on that tiny little body. Like a grown man's expressions and face just....placed on a child. It was creepy then and it's creepy now.

[@fatalduchessdineondirt6629]

You know, when this came out, I was upset I never got to see it. What the heck was I thinking?

[@TheBlond49]

Damn, didn't knew about Imagemovers being taken down

[@dragonheart2272]

There are some movies where you just see the trailer and know it's going to tank. I remember thinking that when this movie first came out. I didn't think it would have bombed as hard as it did, but at the same time, I'm not surprised.

[@datemasamune2904]

Seriously? This film killed Image Movers Digital? Granted that I didn't like the movie either, but I didn't think that it would actually result with such a consequence.

[@joeganbogan270]

It's one of the biggest flops in cinema history. Yeah, it makes sense that the company died.

[@cloejarozenski3097]

The biggest running joke about this movie was, "Disney Needs Ideas".

[@BeltDragon95]

First off The Polar Express and A Christmas Carol were good and I had no problem with the animation. This movie on the other had I know is terrible and yeah it's bad.

[@RobynAdamsSheFreak]

Beowulf was great, though!

[@GuineaPigDan]

I once participated in a Q&A with Berkeley Breathed (author of the original MNM book) on Twitter a few years ago and he completely despises the movie. Kind of a shame we got this film rather than an Opus movie.

[@sylvaranti5046]

I think one thing I really don't like about this, based on what I've seen from this video, is that the human character designs just looks so bad. The aliens don't look so bad because, you know, they're actually supposed to be weird looking, but the humans just look really bad to me. Especially the chubby guy. It's like they tried too hard in particular to make him more realistic than he needed to be, so he doesn't even blend in well with the other characters. And it's not just because of motion capture either because I actually really liked the designs of Polar Express. Sure there were a few hiccups with it being a movie that came out far earlier than this one, but they were pleasant enough. But yeah, I can't really say if this is a good or bad thing that we're probably not going to see motion capture works like this again because on one hand, while they could be entertaining, it's not really a medium I especially cared for.

[@BazTheStoryteller]

In some countries, the movie is called "Milo and Mars". For the US release, they should have called it "Help! My Mom Has Been Kidnapped By Martians!" in cheesy 50's B-Movie writing.

[@DeepEye1994]

"Raising Gazorpazorp" from Rick and Morty is kinda like a better version of this plot.

[@slashbash1347]

YES! I've been waiting for the "By popular demands!"

[@hal900x]

I loved the idea of this motion-capture tech, sort of like a more modern Rotoscoping, but every movie they made with it was garbage. It wasn't the tech itself, it's what they chose to do with it that was awful.

[@vixxcelacea2778]

+hal900x Agreed. I've seen WoW advertisement for another expansion with more realistic looking graphics, and those characters are usually not even human. (though granted, their cinematic shorts are incredible. so disappointed they aren't doing a whole movie in that caliber) It's a total shame when everyone looks like they should be real, but are very clearly not so. It makes them feel soulless. Looking at the cover, the boys eyes and the moms eyes are almost a copy and paste of each other. That's not what humans look like. Hell, even in taxidermy or uncanny valley the eyes look a little different. The story was creepy and depressing and all the characters looked like it too.

[@alexd442]

Polar Express: Good Beowulf: Good Christmas Carol: Good Mars Needs Moms: AT LEAST YOU TRIED! Tintin: AWESOME

[@jodyposey9558]

​@@alexd442You forgot Monster House, so: Monster House: Good but Silly

[@alexd442]

@@jodyposey9558 and as a predate Yellow Submarine: a film of culture but fun

[@darthman9139]

I remember Mars Needs Moms being my favorite film from 3-4 years old

[@imtheman84]

NOOOOO!!! I WANT MY POLAR EXPRESS!!! I LOVED THAT MOVIE AS A KID! I HATE THIS MOVIE I HATE THE DIRECTOR OF THAT MOVIE! I HATE THIS PLANET! I HATE MY LIFE! I HATE EVERYTHING!!

[@micheal20145]

I like that youtuber.

[@PurplePineappleChannel]

Hey bro if you hate everything does that mean you hate yourself?

[@fluffiechocalate3011]

+Purple Pineapple mARS BARS

[@ThatGuyBrian]

+stormproductions67 DURR PLANT!

[@MisunderstoodAmnesia]

I agree that this movie was a bit too dark. As a child seeing this movie I remember being kind of scared of the idea of my mother being taken away and eventually killed. I didn't have nightmares or anything, but it still freaked me out just a bit.

[@poker8100]

Do Simba's Pride next

[@Antasma1]

That moment where you didn't knew Tom Hanks was the conducter

[@xt0rt333]

Coming Up Next: Uranus needs Uncles Neptune needs Nephews

[@tugfa5670]

Ur uncle likes uranus?

[@grizzly_manbanimation8436]

And after that Pluto needs pets

[@mollytheyorkie-poo7514]

When i was in 4th grade i remember all the kids in my class loved this movie even the teacher. Heck they even bought the book to read it in class

[@jamesstrack725]

I don't know about you guys, but this movie needs the nostalgia critic treatment.

[@jaycorbin6145]

AS much as this studio has its issues, motion capture would be amazing if they used it more in 3D animated movies, as it would allow them to use ACTUAL facial movements, instead of just having to guess which can create some really jarring glitches.

[@DementedDuskull]

for your information... mars needs moms is a rip off of jimmy neutron boy genius, which was released 10 years earlier and had a similar plot.

[@PrincessAshley972]

+cjwalkerist luke only in that film, it was interesting and it was both parents being taken. so many other differences but a similar plot for sure

[@alexd442]

yet it wasn't book based

[@Denoman87]

I remember seeing the original trailer for this movie and Seth Green actually voiced the boy...it was awkward. You can still find that trailer online. Somewhere the studio/company came to and got a much younger voice actor...Unfortunately it still didn't help the movie.

[@Blucham]

Critic! You keep using the "we've seen this before" argument on KIDS movies. Kids have not lived long enough to watch every movie in the world. And they certainly should not have been watching a bunch of R-rated dystopian sci-fi films to the point they are bored of a little grim setting. I have the same beef with your Monsters U. review. "It's just Animal House, or any college movie really." Well pretty much every college-life movie is rated R, so the audience it was geared for is getting their first "Animal House" type experience. I see this as a good thing.

[@phastinemoon]

His argument isn't just "We've seen this before", but "We've seen this before, done better, and this isn't doing anything original, different, or noteworthy that you can't just say 'Go see the other films that did it better'." And, yes, even for kids films -- there were kids films from the 80s and 90s that had, not just the same story, but the same LOOK. Like, the design of the aliens isn't really unique, or their ships or the world -- it's just sort of generic and bland. And, in this case -- it's actually detrimental to give this an upgrade because, when the novelty of this film wears off, there's nothing else there. Other films like it at least have a point, or good writing, or memorable characters. This is just... generic -- like he said, everything exists just so... it can be there. Compare that to TRON, which is stylistically unique and is trying to convey a message. Or the Hunger Games, as he mentions, which has an actual real-world allegory, and allows for the grim, disturbing emotions to have weight and impact instead of just to be grim for the sake of being grim. And to say nothing of what 'Mars Needs Moms' concludes about it's story (I'll bet a lot of single parents had an uncomfortable talk with their kids on the way out of the theatres for this one)

[@mickeyelric11]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I have been waiting for years this Disneycember. Thank you for finally making it! It was worth the wait! :)

[@Rabidchu]

in the words of kaiserneko, "fuck this movie"

[@peterwayne3571]

This movie scared the spit out of me as a kid. I kept being frightened that if I was too good than me mom was going to get vaporized by aliens

[@Retro471]

Mars Needs Mums is just as bad a Title as the Wii and Wii U.

[@CalebCraft10]

How are those bad names?

[@CalebCraft10]

How are those bad names?

[@jonathantefft2902]

+Calebite The Wii U is a bad name because when it was first announced nobody new if it was a new console or a new add on peripheral for the Wii.

[@psychokinrazalon]

+Retro_Compilations Wii/Wii U isn't a bad name.

[@MrGamernova]

+Retro_Compilations No, those are much better names, they can be pronounced as Wee or We, flip the W round & you got the Avatars, Mii, pronounced Me, Honestly that's pretty clever.

[@gerardogarcia8132]

You need to make a full review of this

[@paradoxacres1063]

Personally, I've no idea why this movie wasn't fun. The concept and ideas sound OK on paper, but the execution was..kinda meh. This movie's a waste of time.

[@BigHead2615]

So, I know that Disney and Robert Zemeckis' studio, basically did it to themselves, but... gee, thanks Doug for bursting my bubble, I kept wondering what the next thing that studio was going to put out would be, and why nothing since... (A Christmas Carol) honestly, I did not know this was one of their films until this video, and I didn't even know it was a Disney film until recently. Anyway, I remember seeing this after buying it on DVD back when it first came out available on DVD, and I still like it to this day. Lastly, I swear I could remember Mars Needs Moms, and Antz, being Nostalgia Critic videos...