Rich and Jack discuss the Taco Bell film: Taco Bell Man.
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@mutantmacrophage66537 жыл бұрын
Demolition Man was blatant with the Taco Bell advertising but they could get away with it because it was completely acceptable as part of their comically dystopian worldbuilding.
@FugueState17 жыл бұрын
A year later, Wayne's World would show them how to do product placement correctly.
@FugueState17 жыл бұрын
I'm not goint to lie, man: the 90's were kind of a blur for me...
@AlekseyevK7 жыл бұрын
I let it slide because it was played for laughs and successfully so. Product placement is not inherently bad, it's only bad if it distracts from the film or feels out of place. The Taco Bell thing was not clumsy, it fit perfectly with the future parody tone of the movie
@lagg1e7 жыл бұрын
I am european and in the 90s I knew Pizza Hut existed. I found out taco bell was a thing when I started hearing english podcast like material in like 2008. The general public probably still doesn't know Taco Bell exists.
@FugueState17 жыл бұрын
lagg1e, count yourself lucky. Taco Bell barely qualifies as food, much less as Mexican food.
@crozanegovult45264 жыл бұрын
"it feels like the whole world is LA and everything else is gone" that's it, that's the LA mindset
@-inputoutput4 жыл бұрын
thats the mindset
@MajorLucious4 жыл бұрын
@@-inputoutput you clearly haven't been to LA. I'm here now, and I refuse to believe you exist
@Belgand4 жыл бұрын
New York as well. At least San Francisco and Boston acknowledge the outside because we're busy hating LA and NY, respectively.
@JonSmith-cx7gr4 жыл бұрын
Almost like being in the head of Joe Rogans comedian buddies..... Discuss:
@MiguelJimenez-uc3yz4 жыл бұрын
Well if you lived in LA you'd understand. Lol
@jrobertlysaght4 жыл бұрын
And the brilliance of the three sea shells is that they never ruin it by explaining what they do. ever.
@frankmerker6303 жыл бұрын
Disney is planning a spinoff detailing the background and origin of the seashells
@hermanthetosser42193 жыл бұрын
It's gotta be some water squirt thing
@zigzera77573 жыл бұрын
3 shells 3 words scrap cleanse rinse
@cornbredx3 жыл бұрын
The director explained it. One is for scooping and the other two are for grabbing.
@SuperPvtJose3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching a cut of this movie on TV when I was a kid and Sandra Bullock explains the three seashells. The first is for the sides, the second is for the middle, and the last is for scraping up what the first two shells didn't get. The only explanation I can think of this is that I know TV stations make their own edits of films using assembly cuts so they can thematically edit in cuts to commercials.
@ravenlord43 жыл бұрын
The joke's on Rich. It did only take 30 years for us to develop into a society without toilet paper, no-contact social interactions, and where Taco Bell rules the world (or at least rules weekends after midnight.)
@DeandreSteven3 жыл бұрын
Goddamn!
@the_bookof_joel20813 жыл бұрын
Genius comment.
@krenwregget76673 жыл бұрын
Bravo
@k_tess3 жыл бұрын
New Video title: Fat guy in hat is wrong about everything for 20min.
@zackerycooper12063 жыл бұрын
@@DeandreSteven you are fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute.
@6x6Majin7 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Demolition Man is the reason why the Taco Bell logo we know today looks the way it does. Taco Bell corporate liked the Taco Bell logo in Demolition Man so much that they redesigned the official logo in a similar style. The more you know!
@ezekielglenn50094 жыл бұрын
You are correct sir ha ha ha.
@luiginastro8831 Жыл бұрын
Cool!
@ohfrickitsphil7 жыл бұрын
Jay's cameo proves that re:View takes place in the same universe as Half in the bag.
@storba38604 жыл бұрын
Most of the movie roasts Taco Bell. In a world where flavor is banned, Taco Bell still exists. Think about it.
@Tenems941 Жыл бұрын
And you need to clean up taco bell shits with only 3 sea shells
@BarryHart-xo1oy3 ай бұрын
I hope you’re right.
@Pooseman236 жыл бұрын
The decapitation was foreshadowed in the very beginning of the film. Phoenix says, "I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached." and they zoomed in on Stallone's face as he says, "I'll keep that in mind" very dramatically.
@owiseone17 жыл бұрын
In the overseas version of this re:View they're eating pizza hut
@byz886 жыл бұрын
I'm in the UK and I can confirm that they are in fact eating pizza hut.
@Abdalillahi6 жыл бұрын
In Denmark we got the Taco Bell one. We dont have Pizza Hut or Taco Bell, or we didnt.
@swanpride6 жыл бұрын
In Germany it's Pizza Hut, too. I always assumed that this is because nobody in Germany would have had any idea what Taco Bell is, while Pizza Hut was trying to break into the market around that time.
@swanpride6 жыл бұрын
Not of you are European. Because then you have no idea what Taco Bell even is (unless you spend a lot of time studying American pop culture on the internet).
@swanpride6 жыл бұрын
Sure, but it also meant to be a joke and if you don't know that Taco Bell is some sort of fast food restaurant you don't get why the character acts so confused about the notion to get invited to taco bell. You get the joke if you replace Taco Bell with Pizza Hut, though. Like, the first time I watched Ant-man I was totally confused by the "I take whatever is hot and fresh" joke because I had no idea what Baskin Robins is.
@iamtrentwalker7 жыл бұрын
"What seems to be your boogle?" LOL. Love it! I'm the actor in "Demolition Man" that said those lines. One of my most favorite gigs! Love this video. You guys are awesome!
@Tatertot017 жыл бұрын
That was a wonderful and memorable scene. Great job!
@ssjwes7 жыл бұрын
Dude that shit was great! Thanks
@KingDonaldFirstofhisname6 жыл бұрын
How much do you weigh?
@go_rilla2625 жыл бұрын
Hank of the Hill: Boggle?
@voltron375 жыл бұрын
dude thats awesome! I love saying that line to people.
@ChocolateGiddy-Up4 жыл бұрын
I'm with Jack. If Stallone was anything but a big dumb action man, this movie would have been far different and far worse. Intentional or otherwise, Stallone was EXACTLY what he needed to be here.
@17golfstar3 жыл бұрын
The ironic thing is...Stallone is far from dumb. He's incredibly articulate and intelligent. He plays dumb because thats what the roles require at the time.
@IstasPumaNevada2 жыл бұрын
I think Rich's point was that it shouldn't have been Stallone at all. But I could be wrong.
@keefriff995 жыл бұрын
This movie is actually pretty brilliant...it's a great social satire wrapped in a typical early-'90s action/sci-fi wrapper.
@frankmerker6304 жыл бұрын
Only in retrospect. Contemporarily it was pretty silly at the time to the point of not to be taken seriously at all
@RipOffProductionsLLC4 жыл бұрын
have you seen Sargon's review? It's a great analysis, like his Starship Troopers one before it.
@Aeradom20004 жыл бұрын
@@frankmerker630 You know seeing this movie makes me wonder, has there ever been a movie to age this well? I mean, we've seen lots of movies nowadays that have aged poorly but this movie works FAR better today than it would have back on release to you point.
@geoffkelly2624 жыл бұрын
It would be tolerable if Sandra Bullock wasn't in it.
@zonastarwars43973 жыл бұрын
@@frankmerker630 Nah it's because americans never get satire and need years to process it. Just look at their initial reaction to Starship Troopers
@yrenekurtz52687 жыл бұрын
Calling Simon Phonix as "just one gangster" is a bit of an understatement, the implication is the he *is* the reason why LA was such a criminal hellhole in 1996, if I recall correctly its stated in the intro scene that he united all the gangs into an army and took over part of the city. Him being a ridiculously over-the-top supervillain is what makes the short time span for societal shift to sorta work, as the people would be sick and scared of that much mayhem and accepting of anybody promising to fix society so that it would never happen again.
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine5 жыл бұрын
That's actually almost plausible. I still think they should have tacked on a couple of more decades of difference at any rate.
@victorvonmagnum62705 жыл бұрын
True, not to mention the fact that while Simon was frozen his brain was fed advanced training in hacking, terrorism and undoubtedly all matters martial, essentially turning him into a specialist in toppling societies and creating mayhem, while Mr. Man was brainwashed into being an avid knitter. Furthermore perhaps the population at large, apart from some individuals who later formed the rebelling faction, also received similar brainwashing to make them more receptive to the society Cocteau built? This movie would definitely have benefited from an extra 10-15 minutes of worldbuilding.
@thesilliestclown5 жыл бұрын
1 8 7 M U R D E R D E A T H K I L L
@DarthVader19774 жыл бұрын
Phoenix*
@jgmaurer314 жыл бұрын
I call him the Black Joker. He really feels like he's channeling the Joker at some points.
@trtx847 жыл бұрын
What I'm hearing is we need a Demolition Man prequel all about the Franchise Wars. Perhaps a trilogy.
@deusEXmachinaV427 жыл бұрын
Taco Bell was supposed to bring balance to the franchises!
@trtx847 жыл бұрын
deusEXmachinaV42 "YOU WERE THE CHORIZO ONE!"
@youfoolwarrenisdead64007 жыл бұрын
How would they ever finance that??
@stumbling7 жыл бұрын
Yes, we need a prequel trilogy to explain the intricate details of the political jostling that created this situation. We could lighten the mood with a wacky character for the kids, but really he's the key to all of this.
@Avocado117 жыл бұрын
+MrKalashnik0va Unless the customer asks that it be changed.
@westonparker59404 жыл бұрын
19:36 I love the backstory behind Stallone doing 'Stop, Or My Mom Will Shoot.' Schwarzenegger was expressing interest in doing the movie, so Stallone jumped on to beat him to the punch. But it turns out, Schwarzenegger knew it was going to be shit and just bluffed to get Stallone to do it.
@BarryHart-xo1oy3 ай бұрын
Yes,it shows that Schwarzenegger can be a very smart man.
@newdefsys6 жыл бұрын
2001 : Space Odyssey has egregious product placement. Pan-Am, IBM, Bell Phone, American Express, Hilton, General Motors & RCA, just to name a few.
@GelatinousSSnake4 жыл бұрын
@@CountArtha Nah, it's product placement alright
@CsykKrit4 жыл бұрын
@@GelatinousSSnake you really think Kubrick would do that? He would not.
@shoopoop214 жыл бұрын
@@CsykKrit he took the money, and famously regretted it, lol.
@porsche911sbs4 жыл бұрын
@@GelatinousSSnake Product placement yes but not bad. It made the world more believable and immersive.
@choreomaniac4 жыл бұрын
Same with Bladerunner. I don’t think the Taco Bell was bad product placement. If anything, it made Taco Bell the but of the joke. It was so unlikely for Stallone to go to Taco Bell for a celebration because it has a reputation for crappy did in the 1990s. They are playing off that.
@retrovirus617 жыл бұрын
I disagree with the Taco Bell advertising criticism in Demolition Man. I thought it was funny at the time, maybe because it was still a novel concept, but I think it's less annoying when they make it so obvious and integrated into the world. It transcends simple brand recognition and becomes a satirical commentary on the watering down of culture and cuisine in this hypothetical future.
@Axterix136 жыл бұрын
It's also less intrusive because of the food the restaurant serves. Had they been serving actual Taco Bell food, it would have been harder to believe. But instead, because it is some fancy stuff, it just becomes one more silly thing (in a good way) in a fun movie.
@dangerrose99556 жыл бұрын
And the whole Franchise War concept that explained the set-up is still intriguing. Demolition Man needs a Prequel
@DarthRaven90006 жыл бұрын
Thread Bomb, I have just rewatched Demolition Man and thought the same thing. It also works well with the bit about jingles being popular retro music. In a way, it is a clever way to draw a comparison between our 'brutish' and their 'pure' reality. The status Taco Bell gained is ironic.
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine5 жыл бұрын
What's even better is that the execs at Taco Bell loved this movie and thought it was hilarious.
@infantiltinferno5 жыл бұрын
Worked in the EU cut as well, it didn't even register as product placement to me as a kid because it was so mocking and irreverent. I also associated the rise of blatant product placement more with Brosnan-era James Bond.
@SirDupree7 жыл бұрын
I heard a rumor that Wesley Snipes loves the Joker and always wanted to play him. He realized he would never be the Joker, so he decided to play Simon as if he were playing the Joker.
@SirDupree7 жыл бұрын
Simon Phoenix is a better version of the Joker than whatever Jared Leto was trying to accomplish. Keeping it white for white sake would make the next Batman worse if the decision was Snipes vs Leto.
@SirDupree7 жыл бұрын
The Joker should only be played by someone who was born an actual clown.
@CGPig7 жыл бұрын
and funnily enough, the idea for the new Joker was to make him more gangsta, it seems? at least that's what I can tell from the tattoos and teeth. on another note, it's kind of funny that because now everything on the internet is about "SJW cuckolds" vs "alt-right neo-nazis" the idea of a black person being an option for a clown character has to fall directly into this dumb "war" of "ideas".
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine5 жыл бұрын
That makes a lot of sense.
@GeorgeMonet4 жыл бұрын
Wow we really missed out on a tremendous Joker!
@AzguardMike4 жыл бұрын
Stalone was tricked into "stop or my mom will shoot" Him and Arnie were in a rivalry and Arnie "leaked" he was gonna star in it, so Stallone did the film. And he hated Arnie for it
@cornbredx3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. Estelle Getty was also tricked into doing that movie because she was not interested in doing an action film. Or maybe rather a film where she has to shoot a gun. I forget exactly. Something like that.
@virgiljericho6643 ай бұрын
Stallone later said that “It is the worst movie in the Solar System including alien movies we haven’t seen yet”
@CapitalFProductions7 жыл бұрын
The low point of Stallone'dom was the late 90's, early 2000's, not the early 90's. He still had Cliffhanger and Copland, but later on, it was Detox, Eye See You, and Get Carter
@VoeGrevioux7 жыл бұрын
Just about every other night I ride home from work and get taco bell because I'm too lazy to cook. Every night I get to my pc to check youtube for new vids to watch while I eat. 80 percent of the time I watch a RLM video, it's while I'm eating taco bell. Thanks, RLM, for putting my pathetic life into perspective. You're truly heroes.
@russianspy53077 жыл бұрын
Every other night, fam i'm not a healthy man but you need to lay off the fast food before your heart explodes
@VoeGrevioux7 жыл бұрын
Funny enough, I'm actually in shape and I suppose it's due to the fact that I commute on a bicycle literally everywhere. Probably 10 miles a day average. so tired though... fuck.
@VoeGrevioux7 жыл бұрын
well, to add insult to injury, I can't actually eat too much fiber. I have ulcerative colitis, so too much fiber and I'll usually just trigger a flare. For some reason, the taco bell doesn't seem to affect my uc all that much or else I would've stopped it ages ago. That or the meds I'm taking is working well. Either case, I definitely need to stop. Fucking expensive for that cheap processed shit. >_>
@badtexture10627 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it used to be Dunkin Donuts, but I'm in a similar position now. Those Taco Bell bastards took them down a few months ago, artillery cannons and drive-thru's are a brutal combo. If you can't beat em...
@mihkelnoot84657 жыл бұрын
Wesley Snipes was amazing in this. A very underrated performance.
@athenajaxon23975 жыл бұрын
@JaX Madison honestly crazier things have happened I totally think he can make a comeback
@numerical255 жыл бұрын
Wesley Snipes screwed up his career with his tax evasion. He spent almost a decade in jail which I find ridiculous. But sadly it made him irrelevant .
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine5 жыл бұрын
@@numerical25 I'd love to see him try to make a comeback at any rate.
@EuroRhodes5 жыл бұрын
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine "Any rate" what's the rate for tax? I couldn't help, I saw your pun and I started cough-laughing.
@JBrandonMercer1234 жыл бұрын
I don't think anybody was bothered by the Taco Bell stuff in Demolition Man.
@plawson8577 Жыл бұрын
Nobody is. It’s Perfect. Just Right in its Product Placement.
@michealkelly94413 жыл бұрын
The most accurate science fiction film of the 20th century
@UberNoodle2 жыл бұрын
Not really, unless in a facetious strawman kind of way. If this review had come out this year, I'm sure that the comments would be filled to the brim with snide remarks and emotive tirades about "wokism". But that's not what's being depicted in Demolition Man. What's being depicted is an authoritarian means of controlling the minds, thoughts and actions of society. It's not any different in its fundamental reasoning than the doublespeak, double think and Newspeak depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four. And the motivation behind it has absolutely nothing to do with any current concept of political correctness let alone "wokism". In fact it's much closer to where the term political correctness came from, which was describing how authoritarian regimes, such as in the old USSR, Cultural Revolution China and Red Scare period America would police the citizenry for "thought crimes" against the approved political dogma of the government. Political correctness in the context of Demolition Man is just another way to achieve the same end while also convincing the citizenry that they are not oppressed. It is similar to how Fahrenheit 451 describes the gradual slide of its society into authoritarian oppression. The government preyed upon a citizenry that was anxious, angry, afraid and confused about the constant tension of an informational, intersectional, pluralist and multicultural world. In other words, there was a "culture war" and the government capitalised and leveraged those fears and attitudes to exert control over society to its own ends. In the case of Fahrenheit 451, it was through a similar outcome as Demolition Man, but ultimately it was indistinguishable from typical fascism.
@keithbranes78907 жыл бұрын
13:46 I RECOGNIZED JAY. I CLAPPED WHEN I SAW HIM!
@averbalin7 жыл бұрын
He is something I KNOW
@Fudz47 жыл бұрын
IT BROKE NEW GROUUUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@mynameismud12017 жыл бұрын
VERY Cool!
@Ink1297 жыл бұрын
I GOT THIS REFERENCE! THIS COMMENT WAS NOT A REFERENCE!
@nickgiotis78417 жыл бұрын
I know for me, for me personally, personally for me, very very cool. very cool. lol he doesn't know how to use the 3 seashells
@Jigsaw4077 жыл бұрын
Sandra Bullock was never hotter than in her uniform in this movie. But the movie is legendary awesome too!
@Jigsaw4077 жыл бұрын
Nah, that was just awkward. Besides... clothed women are hotter than naked ones. It leaves more to the imagination, accentuates the figure in special ways and people look pretty much the same naked anyway. Cool outfits are the way to set themselves apart and to make women look especially hot. ;) Oh, I just realized that I admitted that I find women hot. Please everybody, don't sue me for being sexist and don't call the PC police! Mellow greetings!
@masteriansun7 жыл бұрын
check your privilege you sexist misogynist...what's your boggle?
@flippedoutkyrii7 жыл бұрын
Seeing Sandra Bullock in that dope outfit at a very young age made me utterly fascinated by women in uniform. Of course, all the satire at the time went over my head, I just loved the action, one liners, and of course, Sandra ;)
@booates7 жыл бұрын
you are in violation of the verbal morality statutes
@Gayestskijumpever6 жыл бұрын
Haha, looked for it, it was the first comment. Bravo sir
@TheAustinWoolShow3 жыл бұрын
I love that Rich doesn't even flinch at Jay taking one of his tacos. Rich is an angel 😇
@SbsGrinth3 жыл бұрын
Love how Jay just walks in, "I want this" as if they're not rolling...
@philthethriller7 жыл бұрын
13:45 a wild jay appears
@gwh30137 жыл бұрын
You're mistaken, that's a Lesser Spotted Susan
@stephencarroll46817 жыл бұрын
We can only hope to capture some footage of its mating rituals
@TransparentLabyrinth7 жыл бұрын
See how it reaches in and grabs a Taco, asserting its dominance. Meanwhile, the other mammals are unnmoved by its assertion of dominance; they stand their ground and continue their movie analysis ritual.
@gregorio15807 жыл бұрын
I was hearing this while drawing XD thanks for showing me that moment
@LordNavala7 жыл бұрын
I kinda wish he would have just stood there, ate a taco, waved to the camera, smiled and walked off. Without a word.
@AngryJoeShow7 жыл бұрын
I normally can't stand product placement in films (like Krispy Kreme in Power Rangers) but for some reason I've always really liked the Taco Bell "Franchise Wars", it was so ridiculous, so crazy, so different it just worked cuz as I kid I thought up this awesome beach landing and war scenes between employees of various fast food. How the hell did Mcdonalds lose (wouldn't they have had more battle ready battalions and funding?) These questions must be answered!
@RegretfulDeadMan7 жыл бұрын
First to respond before everybody else inevitably comes to respond to this question NOW SUBSCRIBE TO ME SHEEP!!!
@eskc4427 жыл бұрын
Heyy wassup AngryJoe!
@ConicalFustrum7 жыл бұрын
fuck you jose
@Motherload30007 жыл бұрын
AJ + RLM collab please!!
@wprstx27 жыл бұрын
AngryJoeShow Calm down pissed off pedro
@mah51915 жыл бұрын
the thing about Demolition Man is almost all of the things they throw in for craven commercial reasons actually kind of work in the context of the film, even Denis Leary doing his stand up routine. It's kind of brilliant if you view it from the lens of how 90s culture would imagine a relatively recent future.
@blakew.57365 жыл бұрын
The cops listening to old commercial jingles was a Brave New World reference.
@kurtiswilson60057 жыл бұрын
the amount of sexual tension in this re:view is extraordinary
@eukaryote-prime7 жыл бұрын
Kurtis Wilson Explains why they never mentioned how hot Sandra Bullock was in this movie...
@37Kilo27 жыл бұрын
Are they going to hunka chunka?
@sagaswp7 жыл бұрын
Anyone else get the feeling those are the only tacos these two have ever eaten? And by tacos, I mean p*ssy. EH-YOOOOO!
@TheRealCresteddrake7 жыл бұрын
Dexter White beep you are being cited for a verbal offense in the amount of 125.00 dollars :P
@raul0ca5 жыл бұрын
I will never be able to watch Rich and Jack innocently swap joysticks again
@Carakav7 жыл бұрын
I still want to know how those damn sea shells work.
@streetracervti4 жыл бұрын
three sea shells its a toilet paper brand.
@relaxingnature26174 жыл бұрын
Scoop & scrape
@GeorgeMonet4 жыл бұрын
They use them to scrape their butt. If the seashells were buttons then their use would have been too obvious simply from experimentation. Especially to someone living in LA. The fact that he had to ask what the point of the three seashells was meant that he had recognized that they weren't just decorations on the toilet.
@fen45544 жыл бұрын
The first two are used together to scoop the majority. The last one is used to scrap clean. In the future if your button isn't inflamed, you're doing it wrong.
@dalemartin95823 жыл бұрын
Hey Rich remember Wesley Snipes character wasn't just some ordinary gangsta. No sir the character Wesley portraid had super gangsta abilities uploaded into him before he was thawed out.
@zinkshecoat4486 жыл бұрын
The thing is... A lot of their issues with the movie can be summed up as "That's the point." Dennis Leary's character having rants that just sound like his standup, that's the point. Stallone being big bad action man in a future where everyone is a pacifist who don't know how to defend themselves, that's the point.
@at0micl0bster4 жыл бұрын
“His stand up” ya mean Bill Hicks?
@GeorgeMonet4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! They completely missed the point!
@Corbomite_Meatballs4 жыл бұрын
So...what's your point?
@XXXXXXXXXX-qy1fv4 жыл бұрын
That may be the point, but did those variables contribute to the best possible movie......nah.
@gobies_galaxy7 жыл бұрын
For those of you too young to clearly remember the early 90's, I can tell you that nobody back then thought the hellish city-scape of 1996 as depicted in the film was terribly unrealistic. The Rodney King riots took place in the summer of 1992, probably during the filming of this movie.
@siegfriedgottz6983 жыл бұрын
24 years later and not much has changed LOL
@enhydralutra7 жыл бұрын
You know, it would have added an extra distopian element to that world had Stallone been awakened *after* his sentence was up. Way after. With the explanation being that they didn't think those "cavemen" in the prisons could be reintegrated into society because they were too violent, so they just kept them all there.
@jamesjohnston12974 жыл бұрын
That wouldn't be an extra element; that's a completely different movie.
@rumble19252 жыл бұрын
Who would have thought that demolition man would be the sci fi movie that most accurately predicted the 2020's
@UberNoodle2 жыл бұрын
The thing is, I don't think it really does "predict the 2020s" in anything but a facetious strawman kind of way. If this review had come out this year, I'm sure that the comments would be filled to the brim with snide remarks and emotive tirades about "wokism". But that's not what's being depicted in Demolition Man. What's being depicted is an authoritarian means of controlling the minds, thoughts and actions of society. It's not any different in its fundamental reasoning than the doublespeak, double think and Newspeak depicted in Nineteen Eighty-Four. And the motivation behind it has absolutely nothing to do with any current concept of political correctness let alone "wokism". In fact it's much closer to where the term political correctness came from, which was describing how authoritarian regimes, such as in the old USSR, Cultural Revolution China and Red Scare period America would police the citizenry for "thought crimes" against the approved political dogma of the government. Political correctness in the context of Demolition Man is just another way to achieve the same end while also convincing the citizenry that they are not oppressed. It is similar to how Fahrenheit 451 describes the gradual slide of its society into authoritarian oppression. The government preyed upon a citizenry that was anxious, angry, afraid and confused about the constant tension of an informational, intersectional, pluralist and multicultural world. In other words, there was a "culture war" and the government capitalised and leveraged those fears and attitudes to exert control over society to its own ends. In the case of Fahrenheit 451, it was through a similar outcome as Demolition Man, but ultimately it was indistinguishable from typical fascism.
@seid33662 жыл бұрын
Very unfortunate
@sillygoose4472 Жыл бұрын
The World Economic Forum did lmao
@ShadowSumac5 жыл бұрын
Demolition Man was a prophetic movie.
@TheHawkeyeful3 жыл бұрын
@Jack Butler It's already begun
@JoshForeman7 жыл бұрын
First blatant product placement I know of is Reeses Pieces in ET.
@StarvingHamster6 жыл бұрын
Josh Foreman I distinctly remember a giant Marlboro truck in a Superman movie.
@metalmugen6 жыл бұрын
James Bond movies
@ericsilva44726 жыл бұрын
Domino's & Pizza Hut in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 & 2
@KneelB4Bacon6 жыл бұрын
For me, it was the first Superman movie, where Clark's mom puts a box of Cheerios right in the middle of the screen.
@bertperkins76 жыл бұрын
Coca Cola in Ghostbusters
@mavdj7 жыл бұрын
My favorite scene is when they are fighting in the museum, and Spartan swings a T.V. at Phoenix yelling, "You're on TV!!!" :v
@gaminginframes28197 жыл бұрын
No, it was films like Cliffhanger and Demolition Man that brought Stallone out of his low point.
@TheWitchfinderGenral4 жыл бұрын
It's a fair point. I was still regularly doing blackface as late as 2008.
@Billchuck0074 жыл бұрын
I love how Jay just walks in and takes a taco halfway through lol
@SuperHns7 жыл бұрын
They also predicted that Arnold was governer of Cali LOL, and salt was forbidden, which is funny because in Mexico they did made salt forbidden in restaurants (sort of)
@TheBibleReloaded7 жыл бұрын
Are the 3 seashells replacing Re:View?
@myself2noone7 жыл бұрын
TheUnremarkableMe Go watch his channel. He's already dead.
@David_Axelord7 жыл бұрын
Damn it TBR, keep the formulaic meme comments on your own channel! Can't you see this video is spicy enough as it is?
@criticalgeek91877 жыл бұрын
Harold Penisman confirmed for lead role in Horse Ninja remake.
@seanbirch7 жыл бұрын
Streisand effect!
@petewadesays127 жыл бұрын
Just Brad. That brilliant hero of mankind deserves his own RLM cameo appearance.
@Trifelivin4 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a re: Review of "The Last Action Hero"
@anubusx4 жыл бұрын
Love that film.
@ryandempsey48303 жыл бұрын
I promise you they were. It was noted and criticized. I was there. I was 3000 years ago...
@plawson8577 Жыл бұрын
@@anubusx Hated it.
@subidmyman2 жыл бұрын
Jay coming in quietly and taking the Taco Bell 🌮 is simply hilarious 😂
@danliles42397 жыл бұрын
FUN FACT: In the UK all Taco Bell moments were replaced with Pizza Hut branding. This is because Taco Bell had no presense in England until around 2013. EU hygene and nutrition laws prohibited Taco Bell from operating in Europe until recently.
@danliles42397 жыл бұрын
And now Rich just mentioned that, what timing.
@russianspy53077 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you watched the video before commenting
@danliles42397 жыл бұрын
You got me. But I did add aditional info.
@neilland82097 жыл бұрын
It was Taco Bell on UK VHS.
@DanielAvelan7 жыл бұрын
Is commenting replacing watching the fucking video?
@osbely7 жыл бұрын
If Sylvester Stallone can squeeze out one more Demolition Man, I can die moderately satisfied.
@Wolfshifter3 жыл бұрын
Considering what has happened in only the last 5 years, I no longer agree with the sentiment that "such a change would need 200 years minimum."
@dreamsof3dspace5553 жыл бұрын
I was pretty much gonna post the same thing. They seemed to have already gotten rid of things like due process (inherently individualistic concept) even in 1996 to have frozen John Spartan in the first place and I'm guessing it was already going downhill ideologically before the technocracy was installed so it's not such a big leap. I see us moving towards a similar kinda technocracy although at the same time it's getting a lot more chaotic like the movie depicts 1996, isn't it.
@Wolfshifter3 жыл бұрын
@@dreamsof3dspace555 Glad to see others on the same wavelength and disheartened that it's so few. It is kind of right in our faces, isn't it?
@dreamsof3dspace5553 жыл бұрын
@@Wolfshifter Yeah, I'm not gonna lie I'm kinda terrified. The Korean war was in the 1950's and they're in a way more extreme situation than San Angeles. 200 years is overshooting by miles. It can go Brave New World or 1984 and it can happen in increments or violent revolution but it's naïve to think it takes that long or even that it's impossible for us. That naivety is what allows it to happen and it seems to be the standard right now.
@Wolfshifter3 жыл бұрын
@@dreamsof3dspace555 I’ve been in a weird zen state for the last month or so. All these things must come to pass and all that. The rubber band effect is real and the Fourth Turning book correctly correlates the patterns of the timeline for four generations to go through this cycle. I have hope. Like my dad pointed out to me. On 9/11, CNN posted a poll asking how many people would give up some freedoms for security. 10% said NO. A month later, they ran the same poll and 30% said NO. He said “This shows that in a crisis, only 1 in 10 people can keep their wits about them when those orchestrating a crisis seek to take advantage of them. A month later, only 2 join them. 10 years later, 2 more will join. 20 years and hopefully more than half will catch on.” I’ll carry that lesson forever and pass it on.
@jdonner32725 жыл бұрын
This movie is more relevant now than anyone could've ever guessed
@grone17787 жыл бұрын
"I am very disappointed this dog is not a cat" - Rich reviewing Demolition Man
@supermatt874 жыл бұрын
100%
@MichieHoward7 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite Stallone flicks of all time.
@metalmugen6 жыл бұрын
I want a Franchise Wars movie
@zaphael05 жыл бұрын
There's a movie called "Foodfight" for that kind of thing, but it's a really awful movie.
@anubusx4 жыл бұрын
Me to.
@metalmugen4 жыл бұрын
@@zaphael0 fuck that noise
@metalmugen4 жыл бұрын
@@anubusx apparently we are getting Demolition Man 2 so maybe the Franchise Wars lore will be explored further.
@aaronedgerton18435 жыл бұрын
It's a retelling of Brave New World. Love it!
@Mr_Roboto3 жыл бұрын
Even Sandra Bullock's character is a Brave New World reference. Lenina Huxley: : Lenina (love interest-ish in BNW) and Huxley (Aldous Huxley wrote BNW)
@philliptivis30823 жыл бұрын
I went looking through the comments hoping someone else got the Brave New World reference.
@Alioon67 жыл бұрын
Wait a second, Demolition Man was released in 1993. What the fuck guys?
@andrewthorne35707 жыл бұрын
Alioon6, You are fined one credit for violation of the verbal morality statute. Yes I scrolled all this way to find someone swearing to make that joke, God I'm bored
@meangreen88737 жыл бұрын
OH NO! +irvingcsaltzburg
@Jumbleman57 жыл бұрын
GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT
@Alioon67 жыл бұрын
In the beggining of the video they say few times that it was a 1991 movie and then later they do say 1993 but they never adress their error. I know it is a nitpick, but still it is weird that they would slip like that.
@woot0007 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's over 20 years old! Too outdated for *this* modern channel.
@Futuredynamo7 жыл бұрын
Regarding the Back to the Future / California Raisin thing... I've heard that commentary a few times. Rich doesn't get the story quite right here (I'm not trashing on Rich, just correcting the story). Universal made the deal with the California Raisin Board to feature raisins in the movie, with the promise that them being featured in BTTF would "do for raisins what E.T. did for Reese's Pieces." Both Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis were frustrated with this. Bob Gale is the one telling the story in the commentary. Part of the problem was that it wasn't for a specific brand of raisins (i.e. Sunmaid Raisins)... it was just raisins (think of it like the old "got milk?" commercials, which was never for a specific brand of milk like Deans or something). So it wasn't like they could show a box of raisins since it wasn't a brand specific deal. At one point it was suggested that they have a bowl of raisins next to the punch bowl at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance, but in the commentary, Bob Gale explains that on film "a bowl of raisins is going to look like a bowl of dirt." So when all was said and done, having the general "California Raisins" logo on the park bench was the result of the deal. While I'm sure having the bum laying on the bench didn't help, it really wasn't the bum specifically that upset them... it was the fact that simply having the logo on the bench at the end in no way, shape, or form came even remotely close to the promise of BTTF giving raisins the same level of attention and promotion as E.T. did with Reese's Pieces. It was at that point that the California Raisin Board got upset, wanting their money back and was otherwise ready to sue Universal. When Universal brought up the issue to Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, their response was basically that if they get involved in the dispute, they are going to testify in favor of the Raisin Board because it was a bad, ridiculous deal to begin with that had to realistic chance of giving them the kind of promotion they were looking for. So, the Board got their money back.
@davhend4 жыл бұрын
You see, it's stories like this that make the magic of film and filmmaking all the more exciting.
@stvbrsn5 жыл бұрын
I don’t know which is better. Jay just walking in and grabbing a taco... Or the fact that it goes completely unacknowledged.
@fallenwolf33685 жыл бұрын
Definitely the fact that he went unacknowledged.
@jeremypeterson7056 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite action-comedy. The cast is a perfect mix, the plot is engaging, and the setting is well executed. Love it.
@philipdiaz30107 жыл бұрын
13:44 cameo by Jay!
@LoN3wOlF5tudi0s7 жыл бұрын
I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!
@Isendure7 жыл бұрын
I wish he ate that taco bell in front of the camera. That would release all that built-up sexual tension in the episode.
@philipdiaz30107 жыл бұрын
chipchipersonmdphd shouldn't read comments before you watch a vid, son. That's KZbin 101!
@ericsilva44726 жыл бұрын
I didn't even notice him
@thomaswheeler52167 жыл бұрын
Big thumbs up for Jack's Shut Up & Sit Down t-shirt!
@BentDoorFrame7 жыл бұрын
Thomas Wheeler haha, I couldn't believe it when I saw it. I've been looking for someone else who comment on it. would love to play some analog games with these dudes.
@AbsolutZer0-1C35 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment!
@jimbosphorus3 жыл бұрын
Searched and found.
@theknack1017 жыл бұрын
Fun fact. One of the earliest examples of product placement was in the 1961 film One, Two, Three. It was about a coke businessman in Berlin before the wall fell. But a bunch of executives on the film who represented Pepsi were unhappy that Coke basically got an entire movie of advertising. So the director threw in one instance of Pepsi in the movie. At the end, the main character is buying his family cokes from a coke machine. When he buys his own, a pepsi comes out and he grimaces at it. Then the movie ends.
@increasegas222122 күн бұрын
one thing that is under appreciated is wesley's wardrobe, denim overalls and orange shirt, absolute perfection
@poolboyinla7 жыл бұрын
Demolition Man was a great movie and Stallone is wonderful in it.
@lazyparadox45417 жыл бұрын
I always thought this movie was about a world run by corporations, highly sanitized to please everybody and super generic, people listen to advertisements as music, Taco Bell, poor people displaced out of the view of the rich. To me that is what was being satirized a safe world brought to you by Corporations.
@derisgaming97734 жыл бұрын
They say it's a plot hole that it only took 30 years for society to shift. Yet look at what is "unacceptable" now to People that was ok in like 2005.
@darkstar9324 жыл бұрын
I get what you mean but it's still way too short a time. Just not something that was deeply considered by the writers I expect, it happens.
@darkstar9324 жыл бұрын
@Craig X That is definitely what I do.
@goaskinza6 жыл бұрын
Snipes just handing the gun off to Jesse Ventura to blast the guy away is my favorite part of the entire movie
@NewWorldCT7 жыл бұрын
Rich, you better watch out! That taco could make your severe diabetes flare up!
@NewWorldCT7 жыл бұрын
Tomasz Urbaniak I personally LOVED my trip to the ER because of my low blood sugar!
@Thorntonian7 жыл бұрын
Diabetus*
@BFNgaming20247 жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that it was his severe depression
@Roboshi20077 жыл бұрын
funny story, the whole salt thing may not actually be true, there's never been a full study of the effects of too much salt in your diet. We know that you will die if you eat a huge amount in one day but the evidence that too much salt over a continued period is spotty at best. It's one of those weird things where doctors just parrot this as it encourages the eating of fresher meals as salt is often an additive in the less healthy meals.
@Caitlin_TheGreat7 жыл бұрын
Actually, Taco Bell tacos have very little sodium compared to almost any other fast food item. Meanwhile, burgers from McD's or BK are practically made of salt with meat flavoring. And because they the tacos are rather low in carbs and actual sugars, they're not so bad for die-a-bee-tees.
@rars0n7 жыл бұрын
Is it just me, or does Demolition Man kinda feel like a Paul Verhoeven movie? At least in its sarcastic tone.
@arizonaFIREent6 жыл бұрын
Adam Baldwin I definitely see the similarities
@anubusx5 жыл бұрын
Very similar to Judge Dredd.
@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo5 жыл бұрын
Only missing is a commercial of taco bell
@Slappap5 жыл бұрын
seeing this movie as much as i have i have NEVER realized it was only 30 years i thought it was longer
@philrobichaud30636 жыл бұрын
I think the product placement works here because it's part of the story. It's when two characters are just randomly both drinking pepsi, with the logos on the cans perfectly positioned for the camera that gets me...
@NeilBulk7 жыл бұрын
Demolition Man opened on October 8, 1993, only a few months after the terrific Stallone film, Cliffhanger (that was May 1993). So the movie starts three years after it was released, not five. As for product placement, that was going on way before BTTF. Remember the box of Cheerios in Superman - The Movie? The Bond films also have lots of product placement in them. There was a random AMC car dealership in 1974's The Man With The Golden Gun.
@frequencydecline52507 жыл бұрын
Cliffhanger ...terrific...that might be the first time that has been said...
@zephc7 жыл бұрын
BTTF movies had some pretty egregious product placement: Pepsi, Nike, Mattel, Pizza Hut, Black & Decker, The Weather Channel, Texaco, 7-Eleven, AT&T, etc
@KasumiKenshirou7 жыл бұрын
And Superman II had someone get thrown into a giant Coca-Cola sign.
@NeilBulk7 жыл бұрын
WalterLiddy I was responding to Rich's comment that he didn't remember product placement before Back to the Future (1985). I've been pointing out that there was product placement before that movie, and far more prominent.
@kevinsmith83217 жыл бұрын
First that came to my mind was Reece's pieces in E.T.
@matt4554 жыл бұрын
I laughed at this science fiction when I was a kid not thinking it could actually become fact.
@aahnecroth Жыл бұрын
who is laughing now?
@KainTepes5 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious in hindsight because Wendy's and Arby's has embraced the way of the waifu and the memes. Memes, Jack.
@SefniAsheforr3 жыл бұрын
The DNA of the soul
@R31DLA2 жыл бұрын
When John Spartan and Simon Phoenix first meet in the film's prologue Phoenix says "I swear, I'd lose my head if it wasn't attached" and Spartan responds "I'll keep that in mind" which of course is a stealth set-up to when he kicks his head off at the end.
@sortedevaras7 жыл бұрын
Fuck now I need Taco Bell. . .
@DriftersDen7 жыл бұрын
I take issue with calling Simon Phoenix a regular gangster. He is a SUPER GANGSTER!
@jasoncase94816 жыл бұрын
Yes it's unbelievable Taco Bell became a fancy restaurant same as TGI Fridays, Olive Garden, Old Chicago, Applebees, Pizza Hut, and other restaurants that aren't fast food restaurants. McDonald's and Burger King it would have been believable if either of those 2 powerhouse fast food restaurants won the Franchise wars.
@mangaas2 жыл бұрын
can we get a re-re-View of this, with Mike and Jay? it's 2022, and this reality took less time than Rich was bitching about. This movie is beyond 90's schlock. and the focus of the hero and Villain being the two main characters is something that's rarely done. Wesley Snipes was awesome in this.
@FirstLast-ip9xy7 жыл бұрын
"Wendy's has got nothin'" Except objectively the best PR
@Gorbgorbenson6 жыл бұрын
And the best (of the main fast food places) chicken
@xeractus7 жыл бұрын
Last Action Hero was also released in that year and hits the same action/parody stuff that Demolition Man did. I think it was better myself.
@cdreyes814 жыл бұрын
Last action was another awesome movie that seemed under appreciated but was brilliant
@plawson8577 Жыл бұрын
LAH Sucked ass.
@MoeGravey Жыл бұрын
watching this in 2023, this movie explains alot.
@Tylerdavasel3 жыл бұрын
Amazing. I just realized that this video was posted the day before my daughter was born, and THAT NIGHT my last meal before becoming a father was Taco Bell. What a special connection to RLM. I love you guys.
@killerbee25622 жыл бұрын
Jack and Rich are eating pizza hut in the European version of this review.
@Zer0Hour177 жыл бұрын
Rich is taking this movie way to seriously. I know he wants it to be a serious Sci-fi movie, but it's not. It's a cheesy action movie.
@GeorgeMonet4 жыл бұрын
It is sci fi. It is social commentary on the future. And the fact that it is so quotable means the writers or ad libbing actors really hit their lines.
@crazynormal27663 жыл бұрын
I saw the tacos and instantly caught the refference. New subscriber who has this in the news feed. Love your takes on these movies.
@MonkeyspankO4 жыл бұрын
Just rewatched it with the family. Finally on bluray. What an improvement over that crappy decades old dvd. Still an amazing flick, so simple, so 80s yet so prescient. Only Idiocracy comes close
@streetwisehercules99567 жыл бұрын
Leary doing Bill hicks
@owiseone17 жыл бұрын
Don't forget stallones 1991 movie Oscar when discussing his low point and the Pepsi free gag in back to the future in regards to earliest memorable product placements.
@dalemartin95823 жыл бұрын
Don't say this wasn't in your plan. Don't mess around with the demolition man.
@WVUCE4 жыл бұрын
Now it's 2 AM, were in the middle of a fucking quarantine, and all I want is Taco Bell. Damn you Rich Evans
@poolboyinla7 жыл бұрын
I just watched Rogue One and it reminded me of Stallone's Judge Dredd movie except is was much worse.
@HappyCynic7 жыл бұрын
Travis Kraft It reminded you of Judge Dredd because you thought it was shit? Accurate.
@CAPDude445 жыл бұрын
Rogue One is a masterpiece
@Arcane_10_out_of_107 жыл бұрын
Dennis Leary should be fined 1 credit for calling Demolition Man a huge piece of shit
@michaelward13416 жыл бұрын
When they were listening to old commercial jingles, I realized I had just been watching old commercials on KZbin just the other day.
@nessunamore3 жыл бұрын
At 2:52 Jack's argument made sense four years ago. I'm not so sure his premise holds up anymore.
@ChatBot13374 жыл бұрын
Its 2019 and this is probably the most accurate film in predicting the future. Self driving cars, constant self validation, PC run rampant, video calling, cars with 27 airbags, an underground fighting the dominant culture (nothing new), etc.
@Bubba__Sawyer3 жыл бұрын
It was amazingly prophetic this film.
@ashlee66754 жыл бұрын
people today act like the 90s dont exist
@f.d.32894 жыл бұрын
The 1979 Moonraker James Bond movie had incredible amounts of blatant product placement.
@wyattrussell74965 жыл бұрын
Leary was actually doing Bill Hicks/Louis C.K. material...for those unaware