Darkman - re:View

[@milton7763]

Steven Spielberg: “I’m doing a movie about the holocaust. I need a good lead. Get me that guy from Darkman!”

[@Largentina.]

"Get me the guy that's going to star in all 35 Taken movies 20 years from now!"

[@elevationsickness8462]

Spielberg originally wanted to cast Bruce Campbell in the role, but the studio told him he needed a bigger name

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

@@elevationsickness8462 Imagine if they casted Bruce Campbell as Amon Goth lmao

[@IhadToputAnameinHereSomewhere]

I like to think he said "Get me the guy from Krull!"

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

Unironically a visionary move.

[@namelesswalaby]

I live for the moments of Rich Evans lore that are sprinkled among tiny cinematography courses

[@AxxLAfriku]

WOAH WOAH WOAH!!! Let me get this perfectly straight: You comment something that is completely unrelated to the fact that I have two HAZARDOUSLY HANDSOME girlfriends? Considering that I am the unprettiest KZbinr worldwide, it is really incredible. Yet you did not mention it at all. I am VERY disappointed, dear

[@namelesswalaby]

@@AxxLAfriku she’s handsome, Bones, but she’s no spring chicken. Plus the engraving gives you no tactical advantage whatsoever.

[@anubusx]

I want the pink elephant.

[@anubusx]

Do a re: View of The Omen.

[@anubusx]

Do a re: View of Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein.

[@Farons8]

Jay just casually catching AND recognizing that DNA stock footage is the most Jay-ass shit. I love it.

[@verslang]

Damn that’s jay as hell

[@js1817]

What's the difference between him "catching" it and "recognizing" it? Shouldn't you just pick one?

[@DarkeningSkies1]

A good analogy would be noticing stock footage of a baseball game and then recognizing the specific footage as having been shot for “The Natural”. General and then specific identification.

[@js1817]

@@DarkeningSkies1 I see what you mean. Thanks.

[@DarkeningSkies1]

No problem. English is legit a weird language.

[@Schonecek]

Sam Raimi would be perfect for a Re:View ranking like John Carpenter. Would love to see it.

[@wabajabatrektoe]

Yes please

[@OGbrundle]

Oh man could you imagine if Carpenter and Raimi co-directed a film together

[@destroybot3000]

Yeah they left off the fact that he was heavily involved in Hudsucker Proxy as well, and I imagine a bunch of other Coen bros projects. He’s like the Coens’ deranged cousin, in terms of style.

[@michelle_pgh]

"How did Indiana Jones' satchel get hooked on the tank barrel?" This question is clearly asked by men because every woman has had the experience of their purse strap inexplicably getting caught or tangled in something that seemed almost impossible.

[@Runebee]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuu, I was thinking the same thing

[@socksleeve]

As a fan of messenger bags, I've experienced this so many times.

[@sleepyheadsarah]

Ever get one of the belt loops of you jeans hooked around a door handle, which immediately and awkwardly yanks you backward as you try to walk through the door?

[@Tunkkis]

​@@sleepyheadsarahOr the bottom of an untucked shirt.

[@coeus2604]

@@Tunkkisyep

[@willd8574]

I’d love to see RLM do a Sam Raimi ranking like they did for John Carpenter

[@Gibbs316]

I love for them to do that again with anyone TBH that was a great video

[@niggardlylad2008]

The top 2 spots would be to predictable

[@KuonilerariLoufanwald]

@@niggardlylad2008 yeah, The Grudge and Boogeyman

[@captainunderpants200]

And then one for the Cohen brothers, and then one for Wes Anderson.

[@seanmcdonald1111]

I want that just because more people should watch the quick and the dead

[@Jose-se9pu]

Warner: "sorry Raimi, we want Tim Burton to direct Batman" Sam: "I'll make my own Batman, with blackjack and hookers!"

[@justincoleman3805]

Aw, forget the Batman. And the blackjack.

[@connielingus8385]

​@@justincoleman3805 Jack left town.

[@Berd]

i can't die until i learn all of the deep rich evans lore

[@poncccceolymusica998]

Berd fanberding on Rlm?? 😍

[@genghiskangaroo32]

Berd? From Supermega??

[@YourFatherVEVO]

youtube channel on other youtuber channel??

[@snart2195]

I don't like the way you said 'deep rich evans'

[@MCXL1140]

Riches mom being pleasantly surprised it was an Evil Dead sequel is like, Man, rich has (or had?) a cool mom.

[@WanderingArtist1980]

My aunt was dating Ivan Raimi when they made this movie. I was 9 or 10 at the time. She has a cameo as a nurse in the hospital scene. I ended up with one of the earlier drafts of the script and I remember thinking how different it was from the final version. There was a scene where Darkman is chasing Durant down a subway tunnel and that's where he ended up getting killed. A little later on I got to meet Sam at my aunt's graduation party (her and Ivan were in med school). Sam even asked my dad to be an extra in Army of Darkness. It would have been cool if he could have afforded to do that.

[@ninjaturtlefan2003]

Dude, great story! Thanks for sharing

[@F4lc0_Is]

Really cool story. How was Sam when you met him?

[@WanderingArtist1980]

@@F4lc0_Is he just seemed really laid back, he was sitting in a chair and my dad walked me over and introduced us. I think I was too intimidated or not understanding how awesome he was because I don’t remember talking to him or asking any questions.

[@psychoticpebble]

Can I be you?!

[@ZombieRommel]

The whole "scientist gets his lab blown up by bad guys and goes flying out, and then turns into a hideous monstrosity that alienates him from his love interest" trope is also straight out of Swamp Thing. It's Alec Holland's backstory.

[@bulletgrazer2184]

Nice to meet someone else who remembers that Swamp Thing exists

[@Brotacon]

@@bulletgrazer2184 Become friends with comic book fans, Swamp Thing is literally all we talk about.

[@Thecatdrums3]

It’s also a reference to the specifically swamp thing the film directed by Wes craven.which is a thing Sam raining constantly did like the hills have eyes posters in the evil dead series or how a nightmare on elm street film has the characters in film watching my the evil dead

[@lordcolinb]

The swamp thing series on dc isn't bad

[@PictureProductStudio]

@@Thecatdrums3 They even cast the same character actor as one of the killers, Nicolas Worth. He's Pauly in Darkman and Bruno in Swamp Thing (and one shot of archive footage in The Return of Swamp Thing, which I love to pieces and which is an underrated comic book schlock). Bruno is very briefly from the comics where he had the same role.

[@theplothickens]

I really like how the re:Views episodes are becoming 45 minutes of "Hey! did you know that...?" which is amazing for my trivia-filled brain.

[@spencerruiz3288]

“Now you know!”

[@IDHLEB]

- Did you know...? - ? - ...That it took 12 years to make?

[@StormKidProductions]

More like 45 minutes of "Hey, Marvel sucks"

[@yams02]

@@patrickglaser1560 very cool

[@thebrodwarrior_xi6515]

Rich Evans is the King Diamond of film critics. His falsetto is unpredictable, yet always dependably perfectly timed!

[@Igorgetyou95]

I never would expect someone to use King Diamond of all people to describe Rich. Well done.

[@silverroddo1468]

👑 💎

[@markboyle2539]

This is a beautiful comparison

[@EvansFanily]

It has scared my children many, many, many times.

[@BanjoSick]

Grandmaaaaaa!

[@AlexSQuinn]

The ally scene in Spider-man was shot on the Warner Brother's lot, so the fact that the woodpecker is there means it had to be 100% planned.

[@RandomAccessDreams]

That's also the same alleyway in Pee Wee's Big Adventure where Pee Wee hisses at the thugs right before going to the fortune teller.

[@rigsby1454]

I had never noticed!

[@Draliseth]

I love that Warner Bros. lot. It's a disproportionate amount of the charm in Lois and Clark for me.

[@Trifelivin]

Everything in a shot is planned

[@kurtdewittphoto]

@@Trifelivin Very true, unless your work is featured on Best of the Worst lol.

[@adrianhaynes5315]

The original title for Army Of Darkness was The Medieval Dead (I believe), a great play on the words, much better title.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

That would actually be a much better title.

[@charleshackney416]

One of the lines that always stuck with me from this film was the over-the-top "JULIE!" To this day, I can't meet someone named Julie without wanting to yell her name like Darkman. Finding out that this was Bruce Campbell's voice explains everything.

[@ArizonanSummer]

Juuuuullllaaayyyyy

[@aarondavis8943]

The "evil city planner" theme is probably inspired by the real life character Robert Moses, the most powerful unelected public official in history. He knocked down some of New York's most beautiful old buildings, cut trenches through the city and razed entire neighbourhoods for his building plans. He held 12 official titles at once and ruled the physical structure of the city for decades.

[@mpgallogly]

Ed Norton did a good job on that film about him.

[@jbard9892]

Motherless Brooklyn, it bombed in the theater but it was really good. Its got Bruce Willis in it, you can't go wrong with a Bruce Willis movie!

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

The guy was mad that black people were able to get around the city with busses, specifically to places that were supposed to be for the affluent whites, so he made sure that some of the overpasses for the highways he was commissioning were built _so low_ that busses _physically could not pass under them._ Y’know, there’s being racist, and then there’s going full calculated psychopath with your racism

[@bitharne]

@@jbard9892 depends on how you define that...

[@themexicankitchen]

Asking why property managers are villains? "Well Jay..."

[@jashm3915]

My older brother won a Darkman poster in a Super Mario Bros 3 tournament at a mall. Surely there has never been a greater prize.

[@tarman47]

I want to win a Darkman poster at a Super Mario 3 tournament at a mall like, today.

[@zangl2955]

Most 90s sentence

[@cydthemagi]

The reason villains were City Builders, As was told to Lex by his dad “Son, stocks may rise and fall, utilities and transportation systems may collapse. People are no damn good, but they will always need land and they’ll pay through the nose to get it! Remember that."

[@patrickflanagan3762]

Surprised they forgot to mention Lex here, he's the Architectural Villain trope founder.

[@Mike28625]

Also, the comics went into detail that in his coma, he could hear the doctors were laughing at him and his condition and the anger at that is what wakes him up. It's the rude nurse, who was also the nurse in American Werwolf and Jessica 6 from Logan's Run, that triggers his rage.

[@alasdairwatson712]

@ Mike 28625 FYI the actress who plays Jessica 6 and the nurse in “An American Werewolf in London” is Jenny Agutter, also seen in “Walkabout” (where she swims naked), “The Railway Children” (where she doesn’t) and playing Mother Superior in “Call the Midwife”.

[@hayorge27]

@@alasdairwatson712 Jenny Agutter is so fkn hot in Logan’s Run. Still remember the first time I watched it 30 years ago, and she was all I paid attention to

[@taylorlconner]

I just realized what the PERFECT Coen Bros. movie would be for Re:View: The Hudsucker Proxy. I love how this show usually chooses underrated and under-seen movies to introduce to film fans and Hudsucker certainly fits the bill. (Plus it was co-written by Raimi and features Bruce Campbell). One of my favorites as a teenager and more people need to see it!

[@QuintessentialWalrus]

16:00 It's funny they mention this shot in Darkman because there's an extremely similar shot in the first Spider-Man when Spidey is repeatedly forcing Uncle Ben's killer's head through the different glass panels of a big window. Exact same framing, and I think it even pans from left to right.

[@alexsilva28]

I always thought that shot in SM was the same shot repeated twice and it stuck out because of that. Nice to see where that comes from, the whole movie is just a big Darkman reference

[@durrclips746]

They reuse the shot. It's really jarring.

[@JohnMarshall-NI]

One of our favourite totally out of context quotes to say as kids was “Take the f**king elephant!!”

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

"Heheeeeeerrhuugggghhhhhhh!"

[@savagex378]

Me and my Dad laugh WAY too hard at that scene when we last watched it years ago. Had to pause the movie to finish our fit of laughter.

[@JohnMarshall-NI]

@@savagex378 i need to rewatch this film…there was a manager at our local supermarket that looked exactly like the main villain. We actually questioned whether it was really him!

[@johnsensebe3153]

One of the cool details in Darkman is the subtle makeup they put on the actors when they are playing Darkman with his synthetic skin. It's slightly unsettling. They also sometimes put contact lenses on the actors so their eyes would look more like Neeson's, which makes sense because Darkman would have no way of changing his eye color.

[@alexeikotov7769]

Darkman couldn't buy or steal contact lenses?

[@johnsensebe3153]

@@alexeikotov7769 In 1990, color contacts weren't commonly available.

[@Ze0do0Gas]

I loved this movie when I was a child, it is still great. Here in Portugal we call it "Faceless Revenge"

[@Mizzelphug]

I remember watching the "This is Horror" documentary when I was a kid, and in the segment with Sam Raimi he talked about the 3 requirements in horror. One of which is that "the innocent Must suffer." That's why Ash, Darkman and even Spiderman have to go through hell first before they can be ready to persevere. Over 30 years later and that line still sticks with me.

[@itsd0nk]

But those aren’t horror, and those three characters more follow the hero’s journey where they suffer/shed their former selves before their transformations, etc.

[@sleepyseahorsetv]

I have a feeling "the innocent must suffer" is gonna be my new favorite thing to say, under my breath as I trudge through the constant little inconveniences that make up the daily shitstorms that becomes my life.

[@Doctor-Infinite]

@@sleepyseahorsetv same bro same

[@socksleeve]

@@itsd0nk Evil Dead is horror though. It's cheesy horror, but it's still horrror

[@sperinthalakkat9831]

@@itsd0nk eh he still kind of a horror director on paper

[@RandomAccessDreams]

Even though I've seen it a billion times, that dumb Three Stooges eye-poking bit in Army of Darkness with Ash and the skeletons never ceases to make me laugh.

[@_Digishade_]

For me it's the damn skeleton army marching scene. They're such goofballs. It's hilarious.

[@nectarinedreams7208]

@@_Digishade_ That one skeleton playing the flute while they're marching puts a huge smile on my face. As if the skeleton has any wind in its lungs to play a wind instrument. God I love Sam Raimi.

[@wesleywarsmith1113]

The pinnacle of that movie is when the batch of mini Ashes attack him at the windmill. Heheh Heheheh

[@likecrazyhorse]

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was one of the wildest TV shows of it's time. A Western comedy with sci-fi and occult elements, a great supporting cast, awesome villain and Bruce Cambell in the lead.

[@AdolphisMalomar]

The best part is that the Olympics have been using the instrumental opening from Brisco County Jr. for decades.

[@GlassThirdEye]

I vaguely remember that show from when I was a kid but I don't think I've ever seen it. I should check it out.

[@chaosmike84]

WOW!!! Totally forgot about that show. My dad and I used to watch it all the time

[@JayMaverick]

I totally forgot about the existence of Brisco County Jr. Didn't know that's Bruce Campbell either! Have to revisit that series.

[@youcantspellghostwithoutgo26]

Don't forget Jack of All Trades.

[@rswindol]

I saw an interview with a dude who survived nightmarishly horrific burns and he literally has no lips. He's able to enunciate surprisingly well, but it's probably after years of speech therapy.

[@SirSmoldham]

I ran into the Rami's a lot... even in Silverlake. They had a nice house. Once, when Sam Spiegel and Ted were editing at our off-line facility, I challenged them on "Darkman" and how much John Woo had influenced parts of it. At the time, John Woo's early films were available on Chinese bootlegs the "geeks" had access to. Ted straight up told me to watch out because they were going to bring John Woo to America. Some time later I got a poster in the mail for "Hard Target" with Jean Claude Van Damme and signed at the bottom were the words... "Told you."

[@martinedelius]

"I am no-one, I am everyone, I am Darkman!" One of my all-time favorite movies.

[@derekthedullard]

You know what I realised about this channel earlier that makes me love it even more. It's not sponsored by anyone! The one thing about KZbin now is that even if you pay for KZbin premium you still have to put up with endless sponsorships read out by the hosts. You guys at RLM rock for not getting involved in sponsorship!

[@CanaleAV]

Nothing wrong with being sponsored.

[@WallKenshiro]

'Cause some damn fool accused them of being the best. And they were right.

[@Capopio]

Well they used to be sponsored by loot crate as shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJjVh5Wuat2inpI

[@carlyhickman630]

'cause we Patrons are dropping stacks on them 🥰

[@owendeliebs1894]

@@carlyhickman630 You're doing God's work Carly 👍

[@cheekibreeki7005]

Rich and Jay re:View? Truly we are blessed this day.

[@MartinPittBradley]

You speak the truth

[@williambarco3669]

Amen brotha

[@alexlowe4100]

Preach

[@whodatninja439]

only thing that could make it better is if they talked about raizing arizona

[@Scribbled_Death]

Rich Evans enjoying Oingo Boingo is honestly a shock. I honestly would love to hear the RLM guys talk about music and sound design for movies!

[@dlb3232]

Bruce Campbell is a great and under appreciated actor. I remember Brisco County Jr. being one of the coolest cowboy ever!

[@frozenbinarystudio]

I remember seeing Darkman on my aunts movie shelf, and not being allowed to watch it. Keep in mind, me and my brother were subject to every horror movie my aunt had in her collection. Shes only 5 years older than us so she spent a lot of time sharing her interests with the younger kids. So for years when she babysat us, we were forced to endure visuals far beyond what any 6 year old should have ever seen. I think I saw all the slashers, body horror, video nasties and a ton of bootleg gore porn before I turned 10. So fast forward and I was in my teens, and I finally think I am ready for the obviously banned movie my aunt kept from us. I put in Darkman, and was bewildered why she would forbid us from watching it. I loved it, it was silly and fun. Upon finding out I had gone and watched her least favorite film of her childhood, she would reveal it was not scary enough for her tastes. Figures.

[@InitialPC]

she probably didnt want you to see it because it sucked so much (in her eyes) and not because it was too scary

[@Henners]

I had a similar scenario! I wasn’t able to watch Darkman but I saw F13 and Robocop was my favorite movie

[@raystinger6261]

Well, it's not a horror movie. It's like George Romero's Martin - it kinda looks like a horror movie from a distance, but it's not, and if you watch it as a horror movie you won't enjoy it. Both are great movies, btw.

[@justinvesty]

I know she's family and all, but wtf

[@fractaljack210]

We went to see it at a run down theatre in England--smokes and a pint or five. That night, and for the next week, we could not stop quoting this movie at every University lecture. Drove our profs nuts. So much fun.

[@kikib8434]

I fucking love this story - thank-you for sharing it 😁🖤.

[@nobodyspecial675]

My favourite Bruce Campbell cameo. Me and a friend spent the whole film waiting and couldn't stop laughing when it happened.

[@soulknife20]

It was so unexpected. Apparently Raimi wanted Campbell for Darkman but the studio didn't think he could carry the movie. Thus Liam Neeson.

[@nobodyspecial675]

@@soulknife20 I'm killing myself.

[@niggardlylad2008]

@@soulknife20 which is strange because Campbell was more famous than Neeson at the time

[@Jose-se9pu]

I love Bruce, and him with Sam make gold everytime they work together, but I dont think he could've made the dramatic scenes work...Liam Neeson is acting like this is freaking Hamlet, which makes the "Raimi Tone" work even better.

[@captured_agent5714]

Legend has it he is laughing to this day

[@PainCausingSamurai]

The climax to this movie shows why Raimi was such a great pick for the first Spider-Man movie.

[@nectarinedreams7208]

The climax of Cop Car shows why Watts was such a great pick for the MCU Spider-Man... Wait...

[@silenceoftheyams]

genuinely shocked how Sam Raimi the new Doctor Strange movie ended up being. His style ended up really elevating material that would have fell flat on its face without it.

[@jcore0981]

The movie still fell on its face. It just did it with a nice colorful blazer.

[@orangemanok5800]

Halfway through it I said to my daughter, "This thing is nothing but a bad Sam Raimi ripoff." Then I dozed off. I had no idea he directed it...and I wish he hadn't.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

They'll never do it, but they should take a risk and give Raimi like $50 000 000 to make a wild adventure movie of his own choosing and desire. Maybe it won't turn a profit, but it'll probably be really fun.

[@klun-go]

@@jcore0981 I didn't bother watching it

[@sageadvice868]

I wonder if, aside from bags of money, Raimi did Dr. Strange as a way of getting to another MCU property where he gets more control.

[@michaeloftaoism]

"Dark City" is a great example of a villain creating a city as they see fit

[@Charlie-ne9xw]

"Superman returns" two

[@michaeloftaoism]

@@Charlie-ne9xw in Dark City it has actually been accomplished whereas in Superman Returns, Lex's vision was never fully manifested

[@Largentina.]

@@Charlie-ne9xw They made a sequel to Superman Returns? Or did you mean to say "too"?

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

Dark City is such a lost gem of weird sci-fi cinema. Also, 90s Jennifer Connelly is one of the most gorgeous women to have ever lived.

[@michaeloftaoism]

@@publiusventidiusbassus1232 chipped tooth and all...

[@obi-onekenerdi]

Rich’s idea of the comic book tone is perfect. That’s why I love comics, always have and always will. While I appreciate the MCU the original Spider-Man films are so special and unique and Spider-Man 2 has yet to be topped. Fingers crossed Doctor Strange 2 shows off Sam’s creativity.

[@bZman]

Amen to that man. I hope he goes ALL IN on crazy multiverse stuff. Full comic book craziness.

[@23jakesmith23]

The perfect word for it is verisimilitude. Richard Donner hung that word over his office when making Superman. All it means is remaining true and real to the material you cover. Blockbusters nowadays severely lack verisimilitude.

[@mikekz4489]

I like that too. The movie can let the audience laugh if it must, but the movie shouldn’t make fun of itself.

[@bZman]

@@23jakesmith23 they absolutely do. Its my biggest issue with marvel. The films never have their own feel to them. They feel like just another in the series

[@andriygriffin4782]

Raimi’s been lucky so far in second instalments, both are easily the very best of their genres, Evil Dead 2 & Spidey 2

[@taz4o95]

I watched this when i was a kid, the finger chopping with a cigar cutter was terrifying

[@xeneoszomega8980]

That's the only part I remember from this movie ! Ya that was a good scene

[@kaggykarr]

The whole roughing up scene still gives me that icky "eww" feeling

[@darrylldoucette6895]

I literally clapped at Rich’s LAST CRUSADE satchel reference a split second after I mentally referenced the same scene. That always drove me bananas.

[@loganhoy2265]

I clapped! I clapped when I saw it

[@michaelgordon3552]

I've been waiting over 30 years for someone else to bring this up. Thank you, Rich ❤️

[@kyleowsen]

I never fully appreciated how magic this scene was until this discussion made me realize that I've never once noticed this in like a dozen viewings.

[@TechnologicallyTechnical]

It's also kind of absurd that he can't get out of it. Literally all he has to do is let go of the satchel LMAO it's a great scene when you don't think about it too much, but it also makes no sense lol

[@celestialanger7102]

@@TechnologicallyTechnical After I first watched that scene in movie as a kid I asked my mom and dad, "Why didn't he just let go of his bag and go find his horse he was on before?" and they both looked at each other and just started full belly laughing and hit the rewind button to watch it again.

[@FireBeam]

Army of darkness is one of my favorite movies. The jump into the air where the chainsaw clicks into place on his stump was just BEAUTIFUL.

[@CloisterBell75]

Love the recent slate of movies for "re:View" (even the Picard roasting episodes). I would love to see the guys review "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai Across the Eighth Dimension." Totally odd and original sci-fi/action movie from 1984 starring Peter Weller, Christopher Lloyd, John Lithgow and the inimitable Jeff Goldblum. Here's hoping we see it soon!

[@igrim4777]

Popular choice for a film review. If we're going to sell it by saying Goldblum is worthy of being picked out for an adjective, Rev. Jim, Commander Kruge, Doc Brown, Judge Doom, Henry Sikorsky deserves inimitable and maybe incomparable too.

[@Kraftfan]

Some article asked Sam Rami why he got into Dr. Strange 2: 1) "I wonder if i could still do it [...] Well, that's reason enough" 2) "I really liked the character of Doctor Strange" 3) Rami liked the first movie and felt they left the character in a great place 4) And obviously a shit-ton of money

[@Paratet]

I remember watching this and The Shadow on VHS as a kid and wondered why they were so similar. I never knew that Darkman was supposed to a Shadow movie.

[@dosnostalgic]

40:35 Bob Murawski confirms the re-editing story on the latest blu-ray, but it's a bit different. Him and Sam went in *after* Universal locked the final cut, and edited throughout that one night while the place was closed, then replacing the Universal cut with theirs in the morning without telling anyone. Which, to me, explains a flub like "I just... I just need a little time" being used twice.

[@Clown_Wizard]

I saw Darkman in theaters when I was six years old. The goofy tone of the violence went completely over my head and was more horrific than anything. The cling wrap and cigar cutter scenes really did a number on me psychologically.

[@StephenParlow]

The spiderman 2 doc oc scene genuinely scared a young me and my brother to the point my dad had to pause the movie and we came back to it later before the rental needed to be returned. Rami's horror background clearly shown through there.

[@RizoftheDead]

I have to admit I've been loving the Jay & Rich combo for re:View here lately. They have very different tastes which makes for good discussion.

[@NotBoringFilms]

they were brilliant in the john carpenter rankings.

[@jonathonrobinson6081]

So Rich Evans really did replace Mike Stoklasa

[@kurtdewittphoto]

Awesome. In my high school video class I used the soundtrack for Darkman as the theme for my own film called "Invisible Vengence" about an invisible kid on the loose at school causing havoc. I didn't know what I was doing, so all it amounted to was some shots of kids acting like they were getting pushed by an invisible person. Riveting!

[@voltijuice8576]

That's great, I'm a pushover for that sort of thing!

[@WatsonandSherlock]

I have never seen Darkman so when Jay started talking about this possible back ground love between 2 gangsters and said "we don't get much of it cause his head gets immediately crushed by a car tire" I lost it. More movies need to have these almost background love plots but then one then someone's head gets crushed.

[@guidosanchez5695]

Love, love, love "Darkman." Always have. A masterpiece. Funny as hell. Just introduced it to my fifteen-year-old son, and he loved it, too.

[@jpav35]

This video was uploaded at the perfect time for me. It was just over a week after my mom passed away, and she was the one who introduced me to Darkman when she randomly rented it for me in 1992 when I was 5 - too young, I know, but it was a different time back then and just about anything superhero-y was fair game for kids at that time. Anyway, I remember being enthralled by the look, feel, and humor in this movie as I watched it countless times growing up (not to mention gaining a love of Sam Raimi), and it’s possible I never would’ve seen it if it weren’t for her. Thank you for this video, RLM🤘🏼

[@Chernobylkinsman]

Sorry for your loss

[@jpav35]

@@Chernobylkinsman thank you, friend.

[@jakeyeatsbacon]

Loved this movie as a kid. Raimi-cam INFURIATED my Dad. Like to an irrational degree. Like it slapped his mom.

[@sir0nion]

As long as it didn't make him slap YOUR mom.

[@jakeyeatsbacon]

@@sir0nion God no, gentle dude. He even got mad quietly.

[@brotherjamesstrang]

Straight up pissing him off

[@LizardMammaryGlands]

I can't tell if it's the cam, or really the stylizing as a whole that irks me. I only ever watched the spiderman movies, but I can't stand those, honest.

[@hypno5690]

I imagine that when your dad got angry he turned red and got an angled snap zoom into his eye

[@johng6565]

Darkman! This is the first movie where I really noticed a director's style. I was 9 or 10 and I was like this looks and feels just like Spiderman! Which then led me to discover Evil Dead and the rest is history.

[@Albtraum_TDDC]

Didn't he make "Hercules" and then "Xena" series?

[@johng6565]

@@Albtraum_TDDC I think he may have produced them, but I don't think he created them. Bruce Campbell talks about both of those shows a lot in his first autobiography, "If Chins Could Kill".

[@Tetragrammaton22]

The rest is history? Do we know your history already?

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Does Sam Raimi even have anything else besides the Evil Dead trilogy? When I first saw Darkman's one-legged hopping scene I though, "This ought to be goooood", but it went straight downhill from there, aside from the "take fucking elephant" line.

[@johng6565]

@@dr.juerdotitsgo5119 I personally love Darkman but to each their own. Other than Evil Dead, off the top of my head, The Gift and A Simple Plan stick out as the top picks. Drag Me to Hell was a lot of fun too. And the first two Spidermans are a lot of fun as well, with 2 arguably being one of the best superhero movies of all time. So yes, I think Raimi has done great things aside from the Evil Deads.

[@Hegataro]

What a coincidence I watched Darkman for the first time today a few hours ago, and you release this Wonderful All according to plan

[@deathsyth8888]

RICH EVANS IS WATCHING YOU!

[@anubusx]

For some reason the pink elephant scene poped into my head toady.

[@gyrosplater]

I have hope that MoM will be Rami's vision, it's the first MCU movie with the director's name in the marketing of the movie and from what I recall hearing is that he's calling the shots on everything including reshoots. So knock on wood that it's a fun movie because I'm really looking forward to what this has to offer. If he's happy working with Marvel I would really love to see him oversee how the more supernatural stuff like Blade, the next Ghost Rider, or even Man-Thing and Werewolf by Midnight plays out.

[@brandonlordbaltimore5182]

Finally!! A reason to use this quote. "See the dancing freak, just $5 bucks, see the dancing freak" Saw this in theaters when I was a kid.

[@RandomAccessDreams]

Correction, Jay: Holly Hunter lived with the Coens and Raimi at the time along with Frances McDormand, because Ethan Coen and her were a couple. Evil Dead co-writer and producer Scott Spiegel lived with them too and talks about it on the Evil Dead II audio commentary.

[@bencousins7311]

are you talking about the time someone said holly hunter looked great and she got really annoyed because she was dressed like a hooker for a role?

[@JeremyPhillips1981]

... and they got in their van and solved mysteries.

[@ddwkc]

Lot of corporations (or people behind corporations) have a tendency to want to make the perfect city. The best example is Hershey. The most common examples are the mining towns made and run by mining corporations. Samsung has its own city as well. This phenomenon is almost everywhere where corporations can run amok.

[@voltijuice8576]

Their ideal is places where they essentially pay everybody in company scrip so that through rent, food, etc the pay makes it back to the company for a loop of efficient exploitation.

[@Bukkaketsunami89]

@@voltijuice8576 sounds like the new residential projects Disney is building out in Palm Springs California.

[@Jilktube]

"like a comic book" is exactly how everyone I know who have seen it, including myself, describes this movie. Comic booky, but in a pre-marvel, very 90s way.

[@KillahMate]

Kevin Feige always talks in interviews about how Marvel Studios 'doesn't make comic book movies' (he says they make action movies and heist movies etc etc). I'm guessing when he says that, by 'comic book movie' he probably means something like Darkman.

[@CanaleAV]

Based on a comic book, being comic booky and being a superhero movie aren't necessarily overlapping concepts.

[@Jose-se9pu]

I want to have fayth in Dr Strange 2, its Sam fucking Raimi, the only filmmaker that understands what a comic book movie is suppoused to be (also James Gunn, but to a lesser degree), but Disney...I dont know, we keep hearing every week they added more cameos, the movie went through massive reshoots (some of which Raimi wasnt even aware of), and recently Bruce Campbell said his cameo could've been cut...

[@handznet]

Yeah. Exactly. Pre marvel but also pre nolan batman era. Its not for kids but it also doesnt pretend to be a serious realistic drama. Its fun and dark. Like I like comic book movies to be.

[@couchpotato3197]

@@KillahMate it's kind of sad they made billions upon billions of dollars from comic book properties but are embarrassed by comic books being silly

[@matthewleonmartin]

I think Jay and Rich together (sans Mike) is my favorite combo on RLM. Much as I like Mike and Rich nerding out over Star Trek, I think this combo is the best for lovers of film. Mike and Jay together usually ends up being bitter moaning about the sad state of modern cinema.

[@grimblegromblethegnome]

I love the entire RLM gang but man, Rich Evans is a goddamned national treasure.

[@timcombs2730]

It’s so strange that you mention the similarities between Darkman and RoboCop. Those movies were always tied together for me mainly because the Darkman and RoboCop 2 NES games are very similar and done by the same company in came out around the same time

[@PatstarDeluxe]

Man I loved both of those games!

[@timcombs2730]

@@PatstarDeluxe they were hard

[@PatstarDeluxe]

@@timcombs2730 Oh yes! I remember the hours my brother and I put into those games

[@PictureProductStudio]

Darkman NES game is not a great game, but it has great soundtrack that stuck with me ever since.

[@urekmazino6519]

"I Want The Pink ELEPHANT!' The greatest Darkman scene of all time.

[@robertparker6280]

I would LOVE to see a Re:View of Raising Arizona with Rich and Jay

[@tunnfisk]

I rewatched Darkman maybe half a year to a year ago. It's a masterpiece. Everything about it is perfect. The story, sound, angles, acting, casting. It's just such a fun movie. And not "haha it's so bad it's good" type of fun. Actual "this is a good movie, and it is fun"-fun. One of my all-time favorite movies. Made me a long time admirer of Liam Neeson.

[@AJBell-dh6ry]

I remember when the Sci-fi Channel used to show all three movies, back to back, all the time. Man I'm gettin old.

[@White_Tiger2169]

I remember renting the VHS tapes from my local video rental shop

[@markwilson5857]

DarkMan has had a long standing spot in my "comic book" movies (as has RoboCop) for more than a decade.

[@Kasaaz]

I remember being stuck on a week-long trip in the middle of nowhere with only the Nintendo Power that had the strategy guide for the Darkman game in it. I must've read through that entire issue 100 times because it was that or just stare out the window and knew every level of that game inside and out and had never played it.

[@jugularmusic]

And did you use your new found knowledge to become the official Darkman video game player champion 🏆

[@Kasaaz]

@@jugularmusic I think I mostly got motion sickness from reading in the car because it was the middle of Wyoming which was boring as hell.

[@edwardosquidawardo]

I love Sam Raimi. Easily has been behind most of my favorite movies, and created and worked on most of my favorite characters. Also my dad went to high school with him too!

[@brick6347]

I love this move. Larry Drake, RIP, was frigging awesome. Such a great villain. If you haven't seen it, watch Dr Giggles!

[@Rekaert]

I loved that film when I was younger. The "take the fucking elephant" scene and the scene where he's on a cable hanging from a helicopter being pulled through traffic and he runs comic style over the top of it whilst delivering that perfect "uhuhuhuuh" panic voice? Brilliant. It even cuts to his feet running in a blur like in the Saturday morning cartoons. How Raimi managed scenes like that, which honestly had me laughing, to brutally violent scenes and somehow have it work as a cohesive whole is great. The tone was consistently from the POV of Darkman, one of anger and madness, even kooky madness.

[@Korealignments]

I waited hours at my local Blockbuster trying to rent this movie when I was a kid. They wouldn't let me reserve it and I didn't want to miss it yet again, so I wondered around the store most of a Saturday afternoon and into evening waiting for whomever had rented it to return it. I'd like to say that my patience was rewarded but the bastards never brought it in. I don't remember when I finally got to see it, I only remember waiting half the day trying to see it.

[@Hemostat]

god. sometimes i forgot the caveman life we used to live in the 90s. going to blockbuster and just taking whatever you can find so you don't go back empty handed

[@andriygriffin4782]

Agree with everything except one: The Elfman score for Spider-Man fits that character perfectly imo. The souring swings at the end are far removed from the grim gothic of his Batman score.

[@MrSnaztastic]

Don't forget the bongos! I always loved that element of the Spider-Man trilogy, it's such a part of his theme that it's almost like Doc Ock feels him coming because the drumming has started in the bank scene.

[@2muchteevee]

Souring swings? Sounds awful

[@Legs_]

I dislike the Spiderman theme just cause it's kind of forgettable. Now the black suit theme is a different story, I've had those fucking horns stuck in my head since 2007. BUM-BUM-BUM-BA-BWAAAA-BWAAAA (bum-bum-bum-ba-bwaaaaa)

[@AuspexAO]

I think Danny Elfman has done plenty of amazing and unique themes. The Beetleguise theme is my all time fav.

[@hughJ]

@@AuspexAO IIRC Mike used the Beetlejuice theme in one of the Plinkett reviews. RoTS maybe? Not sure if it's still there as they've been reedited a lot since their original uploads. edit: Yep, still there, starting at the 54min mark of the rots review. A good minute and a half's worth, surprised that's still up.

[@MrAlexSan00]

My coworkers pretty much know me for always talking about and making the movie Darkman a demonstration point. No one understands what I'm talking about even though it is related and clear.

[@Draliseth]

Lay it on us.

[@Yixdy]

Yes, please give us an example my dude

[@FunkyGOB]

Just tell them to take the fucking elephant and scream maniacally at them

[@buckdancer8916]

I have a coworker who is constantly making out of context references to the obscure 1990 film Darkman , we are all worried about Alex...wait a minute.

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

That's boring

[@tomiecacique]

The bromance between Bruce and Sam is incredible

[@Forkez]

I watched this as a 12-year-old at a birthday party sleepover. Since we were - at best - okay in English, all of the weird and quirky stuff went way over our heads and we thought it was a horror movie. It didn't help that were left home alone for the evening and that a framed painting randomly fell off the wall while we watched it. I'll have to rewatch it.

[@uknownada]

I JUST watched this movie with friends last night. Was the first time we've ever seen it. That Bruce Campbell cameo had us rolling. Such a good movie.

[@DrSpookula]

I remember finding a dvd of Darkman somewhere (walmart or something) and loving the cover so much I asked my mom to get it for me and we watched it. I loved it a lot, maybe a bit because, as a kid, my favorite universal monster was the invisible man and hes got that look. Also Evil Dead 2 IS my favorite movie of all time.

[@3n3my33]

I have mixed feelings about the "Peter laughs at Otto Octavius's name" scene. On the one hand, Spider-Man makes fun of his villains' names all the time in the comics. On the other hand, Otto Octavious isn't that much more silly than Peter Parker. Of all the things to make fun of, why that?

[@allypearlman5569]

Otto Octavious might be a normal enough name, but he has 8 legs and goes by Dr Octopus, if Peter Parker was secretly "Van Man" then his name would be stupider

[@cqrql]

Raimi made fun of his name too, but the writing and pacing of the scene was much better: Jameson: Guy named Otto Octavius winds up with eight limbs. What are the odds?

[@jacobcrist3080]

@@cqrql exactly, and they don't have to have a reaction shot of people laughing so you know it's funny

[@thundercockjackson]

@@jacobcrist3080 but i need a big flashing sign to tell me whats funny

[@WildBluntHickok]

Peter Parker is 10 times more silly. It sounds like a euphemism for a porn star.

[@johncoffee9290]

Danny Elfman also did the Fable theme, though Russel Shaw was responsible for the rest of the soundtrack. Both of them did a terrific job.

[@SonicHaXD]

This video really makes me hope Sam Rami goes all out in Dr Strange XD

[@LazarheaD]

Gotta be a dance number and a Bruce Campbell cameo! And a crotch kick.

[@redtexan7053]

I will say that the score to this movie has a lot more in common with Batman Returns (92) than Batman (89). The Returns score is essentially Darkman verbatim.

[@cdtcobra]

Catwoman's and the Penguin's themes are in Darkman's score ?

[@jamesjameson4566]

Verbatum*

[@jamesjameson4566]

@@redtexan7053 auto-completed*

[@redtexan7053]

@@cdtcobra there are actually a number of times a very nascent form of the Penguin leitmotif can be found in the Darkman score, but more than that, the orchestration is all extremely similiar to the Returns score.

[@Furthericity]

Earlier this morning I had this feeling... 'feels like long enough since the last RLM video that there should be something new soon" BOOM! Darkman?! Sweet!

[@ernestmendez5487]

This movie pleasantly surprised the hell out me when I saw it a few years ago. Wasn't sure what to expect. And it turned out to be like nothing else. And Sam Raimi is just so good at making me laugh out loud during intense important and "serious" moments during the movie. Proving once again that Hitchcock was right when he said that humor (and consequently, absurdity) can definitely add to suspense; and to my eye, it does so in a way that no other traditional device can.

[@mechanicallydeclined]

If you haven't read Bruce's book If Chins Could Kill, I highly recommend it . Bruce talks about the wacky shenanigans while working with Sam and also the story about the Oldsmobile. It's very entertaining.

[@tassadar1977]

Finally Darkman getting the love it deserves! One of my favourite Raimi movies. It might be a bit unpolished but visually it has so many interesting ideas.

[@ace15Nura]

I watched the movie when I got into Evil Dead, around 10 years ago. Good time to rewatching it. I never understood why Bruce Campbell never became a bigger star. He is great.

[@matthewganong1730]

I have vivid memories of the trailer for Darkman playing at the beginning of the Tremors VHS that I wore out as a kid. I saw Darkman when it came out on video and a lot of the imagery stuck with me, but I didn’t rewatch it until college. I was shocked watching it as an adult at how goofy it was, because I think I remembered it being much darker in tone.

[@Sicod79]

Army of Darkness is solid gold and no one can convince me otherwise.

[@publiusventidiusbassus1232]

Completely pure 24 karat treasure.

[@cyrollan]

hey it's Christopher Wolf!

[@Sicod79]

@@cyrollan Yes, and who might you be?

[@raystinger6261]

Me, personally, I think Rich and Jay are the best Re:View duo. Whenever we have just the two talking about movies is great. They're so different from each other and yet get along so well! It's the complete pack!

[@Qwoap]

I love when rich and jay talk about movies !

[@silenceoftheyams]

Really loving all the Jay + Rich Re:Views that’ve been coming out lately, I feel like they’re becoming my favorite pairing in the series

[@EggPlanet492]

3:20 To be fair, Spider-Man 2 acknowledges the inherent silliness too - Jonah Jameson makes a crack about how "a guy named OTTO OCTAVIUS winds up with 8 limbs - what are the odds?" It was a little more subtle, though.

[@APinchofBazel]

And that lands a lot better than just…smug forced laughter.

[@hughJ]

I think it depends entirely on the context of the scene where it happens. JJ making a crack after the reveal scene of the villain is just a quick wink to the audience, which is very different than having characters openly laugh in the middle of the reveal scene. The latter is essentially a record scratch moment that not only steals the scene from the villain, but stops the movie in its tracks for a moment.

[@chillhour6155]

Yeah but you also don't go about having a bunch of douchey kids disrespectfully laughing straight at you're face like that, respect the Oc

[@_Digishade_]

One of my favorite scenes as a kid (not just the Elephant scene) was the absolutely glorious intro of this movie, with Eddie Black on the phone. I used to repeat it all the time. The entire thing is so damn quotable. And that action scene is utterly insane! It's also legitimately one of the most awesome introductions to a team of villains I've ever seen in a movie. Darkman is up there with The Shadow for me as far as that era of filmmaking is concerned as personal favorites. They're just entertaining watches with a sense of style and grasp that we'll probably never see again.

[@BB-te8tc]

"Bum leg?" *knocks on leg* "No leg"

[@docker4671]

this is the greatest movie i never even knew existed. the leg gun guy and the guy using the leg gun is just absolutely amazing writing and acting.

[@sajrocks]

thanks for elevating this film! no one ever comments on how john williams’s main themes for ‘star wars’ and ‘superman’ are pretty much the same thing, but freely criticize elfman’s same-sameiness in his super hero themes. i wonder if that has to do with having an easier time self identifying with a major mode march than with minor mode emotionality/sentimentality. anyhow, elfman’s ‘batman’ theme is actually homage to “sunrise” from bernard herrmann’s ‘journey to the center of the earth’ while his ‘darkman’ theme pays homage to a section in the opening of prokofiev’s “battle on the ice” from ‘alexander nevsky’.