Best of the Worst: V-World Matrix, The Amazing Bulk, and ????

With professional visual effects artist Colin in tow, the gang watches two visual effects-driven turds as well as a mystery movie.

[@nintendianajones64]

"Best of the Worst is whatever is the most tolerable to get through." - Mike Stoklasa "My pick for Best of the Worst is Shark Exorcist." - Also Mike Stoklasa

[@hayberdasher8625]

Sometimes I get the feeling that Mike doesn't take this seriously 😠

[@thisisawsome34253212]

@@hayberdasher8625 His reasoning is that Shark Exorcist was best at being the worst

[@jackkingsby116]

​@@hayberdasher8625throughout the series he goes from taking the criteria for best of the worst very seriously to being a giant contrarian for the sake of comedy.

[@tehbigshow]

I've seen this. I've seen this..... I've never seen this. It was new to the palette.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

​​​@@jackkingsby116oh no, no, no, you got it all wrong. He takes his contrarianism very seriously, and strictky sticks to the rules for the sake of comedy.

[@TheThelaughingboy]

That ending was more magical than seeing a boy grow up on screen over 12 years.

[@themastermindwithahat607]

Zeke Payne but you forgot that it *took 12 years to make* and that's so *fucking* amazing

[@malcolmmorin]

I'm more impressed that they made it over 12 years. They don't do that very often.

[@gwh3013]

There's a BOY IN THE WALL

[@Probablylani]

Zeke Payne I watched that movie.

[@moviemastervevo1848]

boys in the hoodz

[@Oh.No.Brousseau]

Knowing what we know now, that is a STACKED Wheel of the Worst.

[@seid3366]

And still to this day, that Aladdin movie is the only one they havent watched yet

[@tremapar]

It's incredible. Amir Shervan, Peter Iengo, Colonel Grandpa, Close the Fucking Door, and Ethel, all right there.

[@madmanpecos]

Partners would've SWEEPED

[@Jlaps941]

@@seid3366which is a little ironic since it has two spots on the wheel

[@wearenough]

That Aladdin movie is fantastic looking

[@binaryghosts5131]

Rich Evans showing up in the background at 0:43 seconds while Mike talks about movies being filled with visual effects is a subtle hint to the viewers that Rich Evans is in fact just a visual effect. This is why you get that uneasy feeling when looking at him for too long in a clear enough shot because that is the "uncanny valley" effect. His audio is also 100% synthesized from various animal sounds.

[@Buderus69]

Fun fact, they use soundfarts from Mike to synthesize the voicesamples, this is why Rich's voice is often squeeky at times.

[@SsnakeBite]

Well that last part is obvious. I mean his laugh is clearly just hyena cries.

[@ウオーカーニック]

Also, when Rich is in the bombed out shelter with McCready, you can see that he has no visible breath, clearly indicating that he's the Thing.

[@lootsorrow]

it's why he mispronounces words so often, they couldn't find the right audio bits to splice together

[@Arsonolace]

First, Colin brought Gymkata. Then, he brought Jim.

[@anthonymounkes981]

Jymkata

[@thesaltmerchant4564]

Gymkata is great

[@thesaltmerchant4564]

@@janesmith1840 hes okay

[@silverschannel8578]

and then, Mad Foxes

[@sumumfachunk2591]

@@janesmith1840 Jim is lovely.

[@Aaronslosek]

"There's just a little anti-American sentiment running around-" *hit in the spleen with an arrow* makes me crack up every time

[@hopefullypg3431]

It's a good thing that Jay and Mike learned from the mistakes of The Amazing Bulk trying to be funny bad, and made the tonally serious Space Cop

[@seid3366]

and with Space Cop, there was only 1 or 2 times that the movie was boring

[@joelsmith5938]

@@seid3366 During and after.

[@neal2399]

As you can see here, Jay Bauman is still mid-transition between Amish Geek into Movie Chad

[@jamespeck8694]

Imagine amish

[@zenobia10127]

He was still peeling off the dweeby layers to get down to his sexbomb core.

[@FrenchToast663]

whoa didn't know he was Dutch

[@cyrilsuicide4804]

Non Chad

[@snail2755]

Yeah well he wasn't stealing Rich's and Mike's youth back then.

[@NealX]

This taught me that somewhere in the world, there is someone who took the time and effort to create a 3D animated clip art of a flying pug with a cape.

[@kaderdetroyes9240]

Shut up smart ass

[@andrewlorenzlong]

So I'm watching RedLetterMedia as one does... and I watch this Best of the Worst... and when they get to the end... I realize I've seen Gymkata before...thirty years ago as a small child. The bizarreness they talk about at the end...was REALLY bizarre to a five-year-old (the guy cutting off his own hand was terrifying). For the next thirty years (!!!) I wondered what movie it was, but never knew.... UNTIL TODAY!!! RedLetterMedia, solving one lifelong childhood mystery at a time!

[@benlalammohamedrachid3112]

you repressed that memeory from your childhood because of how shocking it was, RLM cured you.

[@davidchristian3612]

I saw it in the theater as a new release. Gymnasts periodically try to become action stars, motivational speakers, etc.

[@39Hundred]

David Christian Reminds me of gymnast Bart Conner becoming an actor and starring in the 1986 film Rad.

[@Bacteriophagebs]

You should have seen my reaction when there was a direct reference to Gymkata in the LEGO Batman movie. I was too shocked to even laugh.

[@choreomaniac]

I think that’s the only movie reviewed on BotW I’ve actually seen.

[@jomo999]

Just to clear up the intentions of The Amazing Bulk, the director commented on another video: "Thanks for your relatively positive review of my film The Amazing Bulk. It is intended to be a spoof of Hollywood blockbuster comic book hero movies. There was no attempt to try to compete in anyway shape or manner with those mega-budget films. Please note that the entire budge for the film was $14,000 and not 140k. Some moron keeps changing the budget on the IMDB. I made the film and I paid for it out of my own pocket, I don't even have close to 140k to invest in a film." (Lewis Schoenbrun) So there you go, it was meant as a spoof...yikes.

[@Jman92854]

But there are spoofs/parodies that have more effort put into them. They may not be funny/unintentionally, like The Amazing Bulk, but they don't look like shit or confuse the audience as to what it's trying to achieve. If a parody doesn't come across as a parody, then that's a big fail right there.

[@jomo999]

Paul Schlock A channel called Geek Legion did a video review of the movie, it's on there.

[@Xelpherpolis]

I dunno, that sounds like Tommy Wiseau saying he always intended for "The Room" to be a black comedy.

[@averageo2343]

Xelpherpolis But Wiseau raised 6 million dollars for his film. Thats over 400 times more money.

[@DibbzTheLoner]

$14,000? That's insanity. Like literal insanity. This man should be locked away in a mental ward. Spending a few hundred dollars on such a movie would be stupid, but $14,000? Even if you completely believe his story he's still a complete moron.

[@bondfool]

I completely forgot Rich, Jay, and Mike used to know women.

[@l.j.1029]

woman*

[@PvtPuplovski]

I love the implication that they have all just completely forgot her lol

[@nikolademitri731]

I thought that was Mike’s wife, no?

[@Buderus69]

@@nikolademitri731 Jay is Mike's wife

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

Who was the other one?

[@WatrDragn]

This episode was prophetic in a way; nearly every movie on the wheel ended up in a future BotW. I can't wait until the inevitable Aladdin viewing.

[@jrlaps521]

Which will come first, Aladdin or “How to Build a Haunted House”?

[@WatrDragn]

@@jrlaps521 Considering that they end up putting a lot of tapes in the Junka setup, probably "How to Build a Haunted House."

[@trikstari7687]

I'm still shocked they didn't photoshop in a purple Rich Evans when the cop says "you're gonna need an army to take down that monster!".

[@effluviah7544]

The ending of this video is the most amazing thing I have ever seen, holy christ.

[@rachskald]

effluviah I think I burst a lung laughing XD

[@effluviah7544]

Skirge LMAO! Every time I see it, I laugh to the point where my laugh just turns into wheezing and honking, LOL :'D

[@buttonjam]

+effluviah The bulk of that scene was fairly amazing.

[@GroundhogDayisAWESOME]

LOL'd so hard xD

[@gwh3013]

Everyone is entitled to their own ppinion

[@stumodman]

V World Matrix sex scene may be one of the most disturbing in cinematic history

[@boheyo]

I was half convinced they were straight up having intercourse with some prostitutes and put it in the movie for a tax break of some sort until I saw the guy's face.

[@stumodman]

I think the way it was so fucked up to be scripted was more likely to be real, in real life sex isn't as glamorous as it is in movies.

[@himjl2]

You, my friend, have never seen Ichi the Killer.

[@stumodman]

limjh Yes, but you at least know for certain that was scripted and fake.

[@Wakkajakka]

"Not only do you have to pay to get into V-world, you also have to pay for the booze in V-world." Sounds a lot like video games now of days.

[@neal2399]

V-World was a side project of EA

[@danp8261]

It feels good to watch a video about people talking about a large purple man and not have them immediately compare him to thanos.

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

The incredible bulk looks way better than thanos imo

[@MemeHiLites]

I love how Mike is the only to laugh when Jay says “yeah! Beat up that old man!”

[@SpawnRevenge92]

Clever foreshadowing of his future character development.

[@Quetzietse]

In retrospect it is really funny that the guys have watched every video on the wheel in this episode except the one that was on it twice.

[@Around_blax_dont_relax]

I believe thats actually a vitale versace movie too.

[@TheHauntedReader]

(In a nature documentary voice) "And in the back you can see the magical Rich Evans waking up from a drunken stupor as he stumbles onto the set dazed and confused."

[@WatrDragn]

"Truly a magnificent specimen. Perhaps later we'll be fortunate enough to observe its laugh-like mating call."

[@jakkbomb7561]

For a mating call, it doesn't seem very effective

[@WatrDragn]

Jakk Bomb It's happened at least once.

[@iamdylanavery]

I read this right as he walked out

[@Gryffilion]

You misspelled "diabetic coma."

[@AWOL3000]

In the last decade, they've worked their way through most of the films that were on this episode's wheel, leaving only Aladdin (1986) and Aladdin (1986).

[@skapunkkid17]

OH MY GOD PARTNERS!!!!!! THE PROPHECY HAS BEEN FULFILLED

[@WatchdogGoon]

I hate dust. I don't want it building up in my home. {wall explodes} Hi! Billy Mays here for Orange Glow!

[@PopgunKhid]

Colin was an absolutely fantastic guest, and fit right in with everyone else there. Love this series so goddamn much, and it would be great if you could get him back at some point!

[@conservativedemocracyenjoyer]

And ten years later they're still going strong

[@Zexion0]

RIP Kurt Thomas, the "star" of Gymkata. I''m glad that wasn't the extent of your legacy

[@daveqr]

Died of a stroke in 2020

[@pogcompagni]

​@@daveqr Poor guy, didnt make it out of the pandemic

[@coolmastamanga]

10 years old…? Damn. To think they were all 50 in this video.

[@jmjedi923]

Now theyre all still 50, jusr with better special effects

[@DoctorFiddlesticks]

Colin says he's been doing visual effects on films for 20 years, but he looks about 29 years old...

[@DF-xk3pf]

+(ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง Probably in his mid 30's but yeah he does look to be at least very early 30's or late 20's imo.

[@violetinrealoldaccount9768]

D F Try mid forties lol

[@johnstriker480]

I'm the 100th to like your comment!

[@tentringer4065]

@@JonathanRodd Canuck don't crack.

[@jeltje50]

@@JonathanRodd also lack of sun. The sun ages you poorly

[@leannewho664]

So at the end, The Amazing Bulk becomes an average day in Gmod.

[@joelatkinson4967]

ready player one is a remake of V-world Matrix, hollywood will never stop the remakes

[@violetinrealoldaccount9768]

issa soft reboot

[@flowerhornpliskin]

The bulk was made in poseur using a bunch of standard scripted animations and models. I think the Bulk is one of their troll/goblin models with a purple skin.

[@sangieredwolf]

PhatFlowerhorn Yup! bw-1651cf0d2f737d7adeab84d339dbabd3-bcs.s3.amazonaws.com/products/product_50064/Full50064.jpg

[@poopnach]

Sangie Nativus Wow, so they actually had someone hard-model (no pun intend) the purple penis on. DEAR GOD _WHY!?_

[@amafi_poe]

+poopnach I imagine they got the penis off of renderosity, if my experience with that cretinous community over a decade ago is anything to go by. Those people could model a penis onto ANYTHING.

[@Pan_Z]

17:52 Notice Jay's expression, and how he looks at everyone else for confirmation

[@theredarmy4884]

+GodzillaGuy92 Notice how they make uncomfortable eye contact before turning back XD

[@MickHaggs]

It's 2022, and we're still waiting for the Aladdin spotlight episode

[@chrisbg99]

Where were you when all innocence was lost? That fateful day when Mike violated the sanctity of the Wheel of the Worst for a Canadian.

[@bearlyhardley]

To this day I still want to see them try to get through Transmorphers

[@MrBeastsHiddenWorld]

Almost 7 years later and they've watched every tape on that wheel *except* for Aladdin.

[@PrincessPattyPumpkin]

When was a teen, me and my friends when to a midnight showing of Gymkata, I Spit On Your Grave, The Evil Dead, and something else I can't recall. It was epic!

[@Mersault26]

Those movies on the wheel, Partners, Crazy Fat Ethel II, Hollywood Cop. Oh, so much greatness.

[@CountsDigGraves]

That scene with the Wheel sets up the RLM cinematic universe.

[@heydude056]

37:42 I absolutely love how Jay just stops moving when he shoots and yet the background continues scrolling on by.

[@DuchessGummybuns]

it's funny seeing this now in 2019 when over time they've literally watched all of the videos on that wheel of the worst save for aladdin lol edit: it is now 2022 and they have still yet to watch aladdin

[@MrHendrix17]

Aladdin/Nukie/Ishtar BOTW when

[@Mister_Clean]

@@MrHendrix17 Nukie is officially a part of RLM history Aaaaaaand they destroyed all the copies...

[@de-man838]

The way Mike 'throws' the DVD of The Amazing Bulk is what makes that whole sequence.

[@Mattestrifewrites]

Little did they realize the importance Partners would have on their lives . . .

[@Skizze37]

Regarding "The Amazing Bulk": "Schoenbrun (director) stated that he never initially intended to make a bad film, but retroactively considered the film a parody." Mhm, sounds right.

[@mrselfdestruct1985]

Just wanted to point out that the clip from Hollywood Mortuary shows the actor Randal Malone, who is also in The Amazing Bulk as Dr Kantlove.

[@thegreatgamelord8640]

3:33 “He’s mincing away!” - Rich Evans mince, verb - to walk with short steps in a prim affected manner Did not know mince could mean that. Thanks, Rich Evans!

[@hases2772]

Gymkata and American rickshaw, proof that we need to find all the movies that star Gymnasts and send it to rlm for content that will keep on giving for years

[@MechaLenin]

Rich's impression of that guy having sex made me laugh, but when i saw Mike's reaction I completely lost it. This should be a GIF.

[@jmehallow]

Watching this in 2022 and the wheel of the worst had all the top banger from over the years for Colin's first time. Cool to see

[@palmdaleskater]

I think rich evans has the best laugh in history of man

[@namelessgoon146]

Adolf Hitmaker You only have one ball, so I don't think you'll be effected very much.

[@sicariusflamus3033]

bro teams might be better

[@arneunsinn1492]

I love coming back to the old episodes. This may be the one timeline where they kept up with their shit and it worked. I'm very happy about that.

[@CrispyDragons]

Guy in the "V-World Matrix" movie looks like the poor, poor man's Will Ferrell.

[@mayerism]

You know coming back to this years later, it's funny to know that they've now done every movie that appears on the wheel of the worst in this episode except aladin.

[@gspendlove]

1980s Cyndi Lauper would shake the pictures off your wall. She bops.

[@BusterMachine1]

I got Gymkata for Christmas and INSTANTLY said "Thank the almighty power that is Rich Evans"

[@Formulka]

The Gymkata guy looks like MacGyver's stunt double.

[@Uhcip]

im pretty sure the minefield footage was from an old 4D Motion Master ride which makes me wonder how they even got that footage

[@Vossst]

I wondered if anyone else got that impression. I sort of want to look it up now to see if the footage has been sumped anywhere. Or if any of those machines are still operational.

[@MrHendrix17]

The director probably worked in Motion Master repair to fund his films

[@AlGoreRhythmz]

am i the only one who is very excited when they find episodes containing colin? he's adorable (and apparently timeless)

[@bearson4075]

I need more Rich Evans fake running in front of a green screen while shooting a gun in my life.

[@dead123456789]

This was the first RLM video I ever watched a couple years ago... It was an amazing first impression.

[@Jaredsfarm]

It's sad that this video is produced so much better than the movies it reviews

[@jameskdoherty009]

In the first three seconds of Plinkett's Star Wars Prequel review, I didn't understand why his voice was so weird. But then I was hooked on the style and couldn't agree more with his points, I saw all of the Prequel Review episodes and I'll most likely watch them over again. They're that entertaining. Then I saw Half in the Bag, and I really enjoy them too. I'm going to watch all of them as well. Great job guys.

[@chickenpermission7557]

Nice to see the legendary "Partners" made a cameo appearance

[@JensenP12]

Three years already since I got introduced to these masterpieces, I thought it was yesterday. Time flies by.

[@dancingdroid]

Continuing my 2021 journey through the playlist. 09-10-2021

[@KarbineKyle]

The way in which The Amazing Bulk runs is so hilarious! It makes him the complete opposite of intimidating!

[@nicksetzer4563]

crazy to think, we could've gotten a partners viewing a couple years early

[@CookieProductions9]

That ending was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen in my entire life.

[@psychokinrazalon]

Gymkata's crazy town reminds me of Resident Evil 4's first village.

[@justafox5356]

Where’d everybody go? Bingo?

[@sixtopian]

Re: the 1st film - the old crt televisions/monitors did have a high-voltage capacitor that could still shock you even if the crt was unplugged.

[@clarence9593]

When I was in high school, I had the privilege of my comm teacher being one year off retirement. As a result, he had a lot of weird antiquated shit that he didn’t give a fuck about fixing. One of those things were these weird cgi transitions that I haven’t seen anywhere else than in the amazing bulk

[@MrEvers]

Been a while since I watched this classic. They seem so unnaturally young...

[@rusty__shackleford]

By far the ending of this episode killed me. Thank you for that laugh, really. Absolutely brilliant.

[@danielcromarty8700]

OMG!! The leather girl in V-World Matrix is Jessica Alba in the Tim and Eric Awesome Show Tommy Wiseau Pig Man episode!!

[@milovarquiel]

William Perry Nice

[@gyromurphy]

I love that KZbin is promoting the amazing bulk underneath the title of this episode

[@frankez99]

Hey, what do you want? It's V-world.

[@polemanmike]

0:41 all Rich Evans has to do is just walk in the background and I'm already cracking up, thank god for this man

[@stevethefishdotnet]

The last minute of this video was the best thing I've seen in a very long time!

[@FuzzyGlowCar]

Randal Malone passed away on July 28, 2024 at the age of 65. RIP

[@AwesomeAceZ]

Watching Rich Evans walk by in the background may be the funniest thing I've seen all day and I don't know why.

[@Psycomantis1]

33:41 No matter what happens to me in my life from now on, I am glad to have lived to witness this moment. If the puppet doesn't get you, the "THUD" will. Thank whoever made this film. It is the best moment in cinema.

[@pelgervampireduck]

the crazy town in Gym Kata has some Resident Evil 4 vibes. you could cut a fake trailer of "RE4: The Movie" with it.

[@TubbyJ420]

1:48. this bad music with words i cant understand is in my brain forever. it randomly pops up and brings me back here. good thing this is a great episode.

[@NecoLumi]

Holy shit, Rich going full sasquatch right at the start behind Mike 🤣

[@toomuchcandor3293]

That jawdropping finale...you can clearly tell they had a professional visual effects artist on set.

[@kaipark34]

Partners in-canon introduction into the RLM universe starts in this video, Wow

[@eymn-13]

Incredible Bulk is Thanos before he got picked up for the MCU.

[@martyjackson4166]

Fun fact: the director of the Amazing Bulk would go on to direct the past few years of Nostalgia Critic

[@anthonydelarosa]

You’re joking right 😂

[@MisterDragelof]

@@anthonydelarosa I looked and the only other “memorable” things I recognised was working on the editorial department for the “Attack of the 50ft woman”, the “Tales from the Crypt” (which ok, I fucking love these series) and the “Unmasking the Idol”. Unfortunately I found no connection between Doug Walker and Lewis Schoenbrun, the director of “The Incredible Bulk”

[@amentco8445]

@@MisterDragelof He's the shadow director.

[@foxx64]

LMAO got em

[@LetusGamer]

The crazy town part in Gymkata reminds me so much of Resident Evil 4, lol.

[@novicenerd6199]

It's always a treat to watch people slowly realize how bizarrely bad The Amazing Bulk really is.

[@LyonsBradley]

That ending is amazing. I love how the gun shots synced to the music at 37:42 LOL

[@BollocksUtwat]

The fact that RLM can make 30 seconds of film thats literally no better than that piece of shit movie really puts into perspective how lazy that production was.

[@lartrak]

+blah blah Actually looks better - there's less edge issues in their green screen. Probably they have better lighting.

[@FearfulSludgeBoy]

They have done every movie on this episode's Wheel since, except Aladdin... the movie they actually landed on in the episode.

[@gabriellacoste6364]

Probably came up already but that submarine v-world footage was from a ride in an amusement park. In the 1st era of 3d rides. You sat in a moving chair that moved around a bit and watch the footage. It was in the late 80, early 90's. I saw it when i was a kid at "la ronde" a park in Montreal.

[@aa5dmc]

i love how they end up eventually watching every tape on the wheel EXCEPT for the one that's on it two times

[@benabramowitz18]

R.I.P. Kurt Thomas

[@charlottecorday8494]

Good Lord, that is an AMAZING lineup for the Wheel of the Worst!

[@SparksNZeros]

this series is one of the best things ever put on the internet :D

[@nenenomusic]

When Jay said "or Steel with Shaq" Rich's face lit up.

[@megapixzel]

Rewatching the BotW episodes, Colin has been an visual effects artist for over twenty years!? guy still looks in his mid twenties, i hope I can age that gracefully (spoilers I already haven't)