Half in the Bag: Vast of Night and Aquaslash

Stuck inside the VCR repair shop, Mike and Jay decide to talk about two movies they've seen recently on streaming services because movie theaters are still closed and Hollywood is burning.

[@TheLeggedOne]

Why do I have a feeling the lock down had little to no impact on the VCR repair industry

[@JohnnyZenith]

They're getting some serious mileage out of it lol.

[@MrRedLimbo]

What industry

[@benwatford3068]

I bought mine during quarantine lol

[@spethmanjones2997]

Pffft I bet these hack frauds don’t even know _how_ to fix a VCR

[@Trowa71]

Right, they've always done curbside pickup since the stores are in the gutter.

[@OMGWTFBBQRLY]

I'm in 'The Vast of Night!' (That's me in the bad sweater) It was a really neat filming experience, and seeing it covered by Red Letter Media is pretty surreal, and really cool.

[@TheMediatorOfChaos]

Nice!

[@sn4831]

I was in Aquaslash. I played the water slide

[@freeshaable]

I started watching it and I was perplexed that woke Amazon would be part of a movie that dosen't shit on 50'ties america. Then halfway thorough they shoved in the woke and I could finally relax and I felt like everything was like normal again

[@ReadyF0RHeady]

You can Tell me about the Violin Soundtrack used ?

[@howdareyou41]

That's amazing. Congrats! Cannot believe that movie only cost $700k to make. Unreal. That director is going places.

[@josephlynch4532]

4:47 Cannot unhear this as Rich Evans' voice

[@benwilliamson3658]

Joseph Lynch when I heard the “hello” I was waiting for “this is Don Wilson, I own Iowa’s largest Wildlife Preserve”

[@olo9127]

The similarity is uncanny.

[@TheAndrewJohnBennett]

i can't unhear it now

[@icantthinkofaname5950]

Thanks. That’s unhearable.

[@DarkSoulSama]

Oh God, I hear it too! XD

[@davidmenty611]

I used to work at a waterpark. One day my boss told me this story about this weird horror movie they wanted to film there. We couldn't allow it because they wanted to modify the slide to have tubes fall off the slide and it made it really not worth it. That was about a decade ago, but I would like to believe Aquaslash might have been that movie. Just a real labor of love that they finally got made.

[@olo9127]

Every time RLM uploads, an angel develops a drinking problem.

[@sebastiansochanski]

How is that star dust working for you Carl?

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@sebastiansochanski It makes you look like a pale blue dot, it does.

[@JRSanchez93]

I hope this doesn’t get another like because it just reached 666

[@bachno4]

So I started watching this video. And a few minutes into the review, Vast of Night, sounded like a movie I would like. And it sounded like Mike and Jay, not only liked it, but were really singing it's praises. So I stopped watching, hopped on over to Prime and watched Vast of Night. And I absolutely loved it. Thanks RLM for letting me know about this really good movie.

[@BoyGhost]

Same! Awesome cinematography!

[@heavyharris5580]

I literally did the same thing lol

[@iroveashe]

The sound of it is so good.

[@MiqelDotCom]

It was refreshingly non-epic, if that makes any sense. Beautifully shot, too.

[@the-real-Lovefist]

Same here

[@AMac-qd6ft]

My wife was doing something else in the other room when I watched Vast of Night by myself. The dialogue & sound production alone caught her attention and dragged her into the living room like a radio play or podcast, and by the end she was right there with me, watching on the edge of her seat. That's the power of good storytelling.

[@ShockinglyLiterate]

That's nothing! My wife was doing somebody else in the other room when I watched Vast of Night by myself.

[@vikiai4241]

@@ShockinglyLiterate I feel you may have got the better deal, though!

[@Shmandalf]

Because of the way that story started, I couldn't help but read the rest of the OP as Borat.

[@LosBerkos]

That's the power of STORY, people!

[@hv3115]

Cool story. So basically your wife watched a movie with you. It's good you felt compelled to share this amazing story with the world.

[@spooplegeist]

I’m loving this new RLM timeline where rather than the big blockbusters, Half in the Bag is nothing but movies just barely too good for BotW and a bunch of artistic independent films.

[@Beer_Dad1975]

word.

[@ohboy9077]

i don't ever want to go back

[@Eamonshort1]

Straight up facts here

[@immortaluglyfish2724]

That's sort of how it was closer to the beginning of the show

[@TZerot0]

more please

[@mh9545]

Finally! Another review of a couple of movies I will never see but somehow still find enjoyable.

[@atk_ogre2185]

It's kind of a well known fact that most reviews from RLM are much more enjoyable and entertaining than the movies they are doing an episode. Also much more rewatchable XD

[@ivsalimeni3049]

haha i havent seen a movie in 7 years and i dont even watch movies anymore but i love watching these guys..more entertaining then movies for sure

[@kevincarvalho4018]

Yeah I'll never watch these movies and I still watch their review

[@Jaws-zb1cg]

Julio Gulio ikr I can’t imagine just writing off movies for no real reason and just watching movie reviews

[@cptrelentless80085]

The Vast of Night is a great movie, you should watch it.

[@brucecoleman5379]

The Older Woman is my friend Gail Cronouer. She is a local Dallas Acting Legend.

[@Raindropsontheglass]

She was so good, I just watched the movie and her scene was so haunting. I can't stop thinking about her character!

[@a.g.m8790]

She was great and her performance got me so invested that I was like take her too take her too! She’s waited all this time and can finally be vindicated please take her to the ship lol! 😭😂

[@rosshooper5162]

Thought you meant the "older" woman from Aquaslash for a second there haha

[@prakharpaliwal8536]

Her delivery was chilling. Great performance.

[@firesidesmarmy6918]

I thought you were talking about the old lady who burned to death from the drone explosion

[@mx.sarcastiblaster1170]

Had the opportunity to see The Vast of Night at my local drive-in. The admission price per car was 50 cents to fit the 50's setting. It was such a great film and seeing it at the drive-in was a very neat way to experience it!

[@Shmandalf]

Yeah this movie is perfect for Drive in. Its only like an hour and twenty minutes too.

[@blakehawes8327]

Where the fuck do you live that’s amazing!

[@explodingtomahawks7589]

AW MAN that's so fucking cool!!!

[@lauramitrea]

My favourite part was Billy's story - I loved how they cut to black as he was speaking. It made it really feel like you were listening to a radio broadcast, focusing just on his words.

[@theeternalnow6506]

Great part indeed. I didn't think the old woman scene worked that well for me. I didn't get sucked into the story as much and the pacing didn't work for me right after a more uptempo part before it, but Billy's story and scene worked very well. Very well acted and told by the actor playing Billy and I liked the fact it went to black as well. Great directing choice to make. I got chills at the car scene after though once I realized what was going on. Gave me chills for a good bit.

[@RJiwatram]

I really enjoyed Vast of Night. The world building, the atmosphere, the tension, had me totally engrossed. Only after the movie finished I realised the story was lite, but still satisfying.

[@TwiIight0ne]

That lobster scene was like straight out of Tim and Eric.

[@pyramear5414]

I thought the exact same thing.

[@torperator1555]

Except it was funny.

[@Ripcookiethief]

And she didn't say shit about it! No "Dude use a fucking fork." Or anything.

[@ZeroBeat1]

It was borderline experimental.

[@frankmerker630]

Its resemblance to the Cinco Tube commercial is uncanny

[@kahlbutomacfarland]

“It’s basically a case where everybody has to be as stupid as possible for the events to happen”. -2020

[@Captroop]

As far as what to call that, I think that should be called "Jurassic World-ing it." I never have seen such a major release where plot advancement hinges on every character making the dumbest choice possible at every opportunity.

[@BabusMcGowan1]

Scott Kaptur iirc Roger Ebert coined the term “Idiot Plot” to describe movies that do this. I mean he probably wasn’t the first one to use that but there is a term that exists for it. I do agree that Jurassic World drastically suffers from this.

[@stefanforrer2573]

@@Captroop and the superlative is "fallen kingdomed it"....

[@landphil7535]

This needs to be put on 2020's tombstone.

[@codywilson682]

@@XZ-III I'm working on it. I'm going backwards from 2019. I should get to 1776 by November.

[@rrmenton8016]

"We'll probably lose Betty White..." Well yeah, but not to covid. Good for you, Betty White, you show those drunks. Good for you.

[@joeinzinga6123]

You know it’s 2020 when a movie with a budget of less than one million dollars is the best movie of the year so far

[@EstParum]

It was great

[@nathancardenas2719]

That sounds like every year tho

[@blakeblake3303]

FIRST COW

[@Shmuel420]

Both of these movies actually released in 2019

[@GolemAvalanche]

"Aquaslash" just sounds like a video game attack, like something your spellblade equivalent would have in your standard JRPG.

[@SuperSaiyanGuyver]

Something from a Justice League fighting game. If you're playing as Aquaman, do a quarter circle forward and press a punch button.

[@SuperSaiyanGuyver]

@@DMCMaster550 There's always Kingdom Hearts and Dissidia.

[@TheCrystalShield]

Pretty sure it's a Pokémon move.

[@adscott27]

Sounds like a water type Pokemon move

[@stevenc2149]

But the ability to create swords inside waterslides sounds like a JoJo stand power tho

[@zapcoolman8816]

if jay's hair gets any more out of control, he will literally become prequel obi-wan kenobi

[@notyou8716]

He has great hair, but he's still not manly enough.

[@vulture8298]

He's more than halfway there I'd say

[@Mcrclerk]

Great observation. Mike may become ?? Watto?

[@zapcoolman8816]

@@Mcrclerk mike becomes fan favourite character dexter jettster so they can keep their dynamic as old friends

[@oreo507]

I can't fucking wait 😍

[@outis-aka-nobody1064]

The way Mike said "time code" was so painfully Wisconsin. Love it.

[@Panzer_the_Merganser]

Slightly saddened the show isn’t called “Half in the Baig”

[@A_Hey]

Y’all forgot about Trolls: World Tour. Every Oscar will be a battle between it and Bad Boys. I’m very excited to see who lives.

[@bensmith6554]

That movie was so bad

[@lordbobert4029]

This is sonic erasure

[@at0micl0bster]

Whoever wins. We lose.

[@chucklebutt4470]

@@bensmith6554 You're kidding, right? It's easy to judge a movie by how silly it looks but T:WT was actually an amazing movie. Don't be so stuck up! ..i'm kidding

[@Aapaatsanski]

Ben Smith Trolls is a great movie to watch with your kids. You have to remember these movies are not made for young adults who are single.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

My grandma worked a switch board and she's not 90, she's 87.

[@whiteobama3032]

Nice avatar, I love Steve Buscemi

[@toomanymarys7355]

My great grandma did...and she is dead.

[@davidstarr868]

Waiting for Mike's Masterclass wheres is 3 hours of drinking a beer and yelling at Rich Evans

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

id watch that for a dollar

[@SethTheXenocide]

"And remember students, always listen to your director. He will give you insights on how to best convey your character's internal thoughts and emotions to the audience. Like so: ...RICH! BUMBLE HARDER YOU FUUUUCK!"

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

"If you wanna be an actor, remember your lines"

[@wokerdomelamestream4647]

*Three hours of Mike yelling at Rich about Star Trek

[@Ray_Midge]

In “Saving Private Ryan,” the sound goes out to replicate the deafness experienced soldiers who are being shelled. It’s very intentionally taken from “Come and See,” a great 80s Russian movie about the Eastern front.

[@jacksonlarson6099]

I feel like I have been seeing a lot more recognition of "Come and See" as of late, which is, of course, a good thing.

[@DennisJDoesVoice]

@@jacksonlarson6099 I believe Criterion added it to their collection just a bit before you commented.

[@Homvncvlvs]

I always hate when movies do the high pitched noise cause tinnitus

[@jacobgrecoland]

Aahahahahaa... I know EVERYONE in Aquaslash! I worked for a Montreal casting director for years. They're all wonderful people and great actors in their own right, but holy moly what a flick.

[@TheVGC]

I got to work on Vast of Night, glad you guys liked it!

[@ApesAmongUs]

I laughed so hard at the "wash your hands after touching your genitals" joke that I started coughing, so I have concluded that Mike gave me the Coronas.

[@hannibalburgers477]

THERE ARE MULTIPLE VIRUSES?!?!

[@deathsyth8888]

According to Ghost Adventures, spirits or demons can haunt you through electronic devices. Maybe you can get viruses and other infections by watching this video too! The only thing I'm afraid of catching "The Dumb". I hear that's been going around for ages.

[@xboxlive6]

That Jeff Sessions gag had me on the floor.

[@AntonisTsagaris]

The Dick Coronas. Also incidentally the name of my band.

[@davidgomez7882]

@Teeb 7 I laughed more than I should've. What the fuck is wrong with me?

[@Heliosphan15]

When I was like 12, I came up with the idea for a slide when I was at Noah’s Ark called Sui-slide, where you come rocketing down and there’s a brick wall at the end. And then a hatch opens and dumps the body. Homislide would be an ok title for Aquaslash. I was a weird kid.

[@DanielDavidAllenChannel]

Homislide is still a better title than Aquaslash

[@poopoo7705]

@@jobdylan5782 right next to the holocoaster and the lake of acid

[@Ronkyort0dox]

Homieslide is the black remake of Aquaslash.

[@FanboyFilms]

You just gave them the titles for Aquaslash 2 and 3.

[@7r3v0r]

I had a vivid nightmare as a child about a waterslide with a hatch that opened up and dropped people straight onto the tiled floor. Maybe this Aquaslash director has discovered an archetype.

[@supersomething951]

“With California closing, who will make all the terrible movies now?” *Atlanta enters the ring*

[@Idunnoyouguessit]

They're effectively shut down too

[@Hopeofmen]

Atlanta: *burning...again*

[@t.c.bramblett617]

@@Idunnoyouguessit Yeah, but there's always VENEZUELA!

[@reflectingh9997]

I can't even imagine the number of Shining-ripoffs currently being written

[@supersomething951]

reflecting H Funnily enough Doctor Sleep was filmed in Georgia/Atlanta

[@patrickarellano8073]

There's already a term for what Jay was talking about. it's called an idiot plot and it was coined by James Blish . "The Idiot Plot, of course, is any plot that would be resolved in five minutes if everyone in the story were not an idiot." -Roger Ebert.

[@mischiefandmayhem8409]

Vast of night was fun. It was like hopping into a time machine and taking a silent tour. even if nothing at all of consequence had happened it still would've worked just as a slice of life.

[@alexandercassidy3794]

I saw Vast Of Night at Edinburgh film festival last year. The director said they gave the girl a switchboard replica in her hotel room and she spent days practicing the routine. He was a cool guy like the clip you showed

[@operator7585]

Honestly, who's going to know that she was doing anything correctly?

[@alexandercassidy3794]

@@operator7585 fair tbh

[@billhicks8]

@Luigi Nastro ""Operator""

[@OMGWTFBBQRLY]

There was a small piece of the studio that was just for her switchboard setup. Sierra spent a LOT of time just running lines from that scene, from what I remember.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@operator7585 Some film nerd, or telephony nerd, or someone else on the internet that's obsessed with how ye olde tyme switchboards functions. It's the internet...at least 3 people will nerd out about it being done properly.

[@PatFlanigan]

So it looks like this movie was shot at Super Aqua Club in Pointe-Calumet. A busy and popular water park about 30 minutes from Montreal. The feature was presented at Fantasia Festival here in Montreal, which loves this kind of stuff. The crew was mostly Québecois, including the director. But the majority of us are bilingual so everybody probably understood everybody else. The wanna-be American setting feels “off” probably because it’s a bunch of quebeckers trying to immitate America and we never can quite get it right. You should listen to French-Canadian/Québecois Rock, perfect example 🤣

[@choreomaniac]

And most water parks are closed most of the year so it would be pretty easy to close the park every M-Th in August.

[@moonjelly5]

"I like that Spooky" "Don't hurt that Spooky!"

[@oldskoolchomp81]

the spoopies

[@adamcline8728]

Soon as they said it was from Canada, I immediately corrected them in my head, "Oh no, not just Canada. French Canada..."

[@brew1116]

It's ze best Canada in ze land.

[@antipsychotic451]

french canada is wild

[@rhystaylor6939]

the 'Oh yeah, would a virgin do this?' scene is comedy gold and you can't change my mind.

[@RavenDumpster]

I was very confused about the accent comment cause i was like "what accent?" and then I remembered I'm Canadian

[@explodingtomahawks7589]

Yeah I'm from Oregon and it's strange to think I have an accent to someone in the world. Pretty neat.

[@hebablo]

Still the best KZbin Channel Around. Quality, Quality, Quality Videos. Humour, knowledge and entertainment coming together in one.

[@AB-ub9nd]

Saw the Vast of Night a couple of months ago. I’m so happy you guys liked it. An extremely simple story and yet it reawaken those childhood feelings of what is unknown and being mystified.

[@theeternalnow6506]

Just watched it and yeah. It triggered that sense of wonder and mystery. I think Close encounters of the third kind did somethign similar for me. I love the more realistic UFO type movies.

[@wilsterwonkels7384]

My grandma used to work a switchboard like that... seeing it in Vast of Night really swooned me in a weird way, like I felt like the movie had a more specific connection to me.

[@YayapLives]

"I, for one, liked the UFO ending." Mike confirmed fan of Silent Hill franchise.

[@Wandering_Chemist]

“It’s been 35 years since the murders.” “Fuck that we just want to slide.” Best worst line ever! Lol

[@shivamib]

Jay's Infinity War Captain America cosplay is on point.

[@lowtdave]

These two are so good at playing off each other. Seriously love this channel

[@JohnnyZenith]

They're hack frauds.

[@RevokCronenberg]

The phrase you need was coined by a British author Terry Pratchett: 'Narrative Imperative'.

[@mariamoreno127]

I just want to inject RLM content directly into my veins

[@DrLennieSmall]

I want to snort Rich Evans.

[@JohnnyZenith]

English Breakfast, Roast Dinner, or fish & chips. Eat them and experience the same feeling.

[@hannibalburgers477]

I wanna take quick bites of Mike Stoklasa

[@KillahMate]

Чингиз Сабденов You can call Brandon Cronenberg and discuss your idea for the sequel.

[@EstParum]

THEY ARE A BANCHA HAAAAX

[@clausdemwohnzimmer]

When Mike "acts", he totally sounds like he's channeling David Lynch's Gordon Cole from Twin Peaks.

[@georgiamayer4051]

lmao that's exactly it

[@TJGibson0]

I went and watched Vast of Night based on their non-spoiler recommendations and absolutely loved every second of it. Such a refreshing film and tense the whole way through. Definitely recommend.

[@IsaacRifkin]

I love the consistent editing choice to cut off the last bit of whatever Mike says at the end at the episodes. That little thing makes me smile every time

[@hb2425]

I find it reassuring in this lockdown environment with all the forcible positivity that is circulating, to be able to listen to these hacks rag on all the same things I hate. It warms the cockles of my stone cold heart.

[@Kijinn]

"Pontypool" was the last movie I saw that tried its best at creating tension primarily through audio transmissions sent to and from a radio station.

[@EpicFelinski]

I was thinking about Pontypool when they discussed Vast of Night. Great movie.

[@explodingtomahawks7589]

Is it good? I admit I'm a bit of a wuss when it comes to horror.

[@Kijinn]

@@explodingtomahawks7589 I certainly liked enough elements of it, that I would watch it again. But it is more of an independent film, made with an indie budget. The atmosphere is mostly created through audio. If you prefer visible action, this might bore you. The horror part isn't anywhere near as graphic or aggressive as you would find in modern horror movies with bigger budgets. I'd recommend it.

[@notyourname4425]

This video had my top three fears in it. They were: getting decapitated at a water park, getting stabbed repeatedly, and breaking my ankle so that it hangs at a grotesque angle...in that order. I'm going to go wash my brain out now. Thumbs up.

[@strawberrylotlizard]

Alright don't leave a mess

[@toweypat]

My top four fears are those three plus Rich Evans.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@strawberrylotlizard Wash your brain out with Rich Evans. I hear that helps...or hurts. I forget which.

[@Neitenth]

I had the ankle thing happen. It really wasn’t that bad.

[@dunbar9finger]

The performance of the main two actors in Vast of Night was amazing. Lots of long takes full of fast dialogue. This is going to sound weird if you didnt see it, but i was impressed with the young woman's running. The style of her mortion absolutely sold me on "young nerd in a hurry". Its hard to describe but she dodnt look like Hollywood running. It looked exactly like I'd expect a nerdy kid in high school late for class running past rows of lockers to look.

[@youngkingdom8131]

I love watching HITB in order to form a strong opinion on a film before ever seeing it.

[@stargate12]

I watched Vast of Night because of the review, and I loved it.

[@pickagreatname]

"sending the kids down the waterslide" works as a phrase for "characters acting dumb to enable the script"

[@eatachodeutube]

I want this term to stick

[@BlazingOwnager]

Jay's not kidding about audience attention spans. I am not joking when I say when I saw Blade Runner 2049, half the theater walked out over it. A dozen+ people, not together. It was depressing because it was an actually good sequel to Blade Runner, I think these people thought it'd be a Marvel action romp.

[@SkigBiggler]

It's weird. I skip through half hour episodes of stuff, but I'll happily watch an hour of someone restoring an old table, or machining something. I guess I find practical stuff more worth my time.

[@nickchavarria8052]

Godamn people are impatient. I guess they were expecting action scenes every 10 min and tons of one liners

[@Nardypants]

I beg to differ, it was a terrible sequel. I could go on and on about tons of things that were really annoying, but comments isn't really the place.

[@paulpsycho78]

I love blade runner . But that new one was garbage

[@nickchavarria8052]

Nardypants i beg to differ your uhh... differ. Blade runner 2049 is way better than the original

[@CinemadeSous-sol]

Park still open it's the "Super Aqua Club" in Pointe-Calumet, Quebec. Every time I go there I imagine myself falling from these crazy scaffolding structures and how it would feel. I guess I have the answer to this question now.

[@axolotllan]

thank you! because when they wondered why the guy struggled like he knew there was swords but didn't or whatever i had this weird flash of "no I feel like I've done that before at a waterslide just like that because I'm a chicken and panicked...." it was that same damned waterslide. Thank you for reminding me that place is real and reminding me of both the discomfitting nature of the waterslides themselves and the foot fear of like what if I fall climbing up.

[@MrThatguyuknow]

Mike: "I say we just all get corona virus and get it over with" "But what about the elderly?" Mike: _Rubs hands together with evil intent_

[@tonichan89]

Ok boomer ---> Bye boomer

[@jamescorck]

I tried to watch this episode, but I had to download a North Korean app to do so. Now all the food in my fridge is gone.

[@MustafaTurgutDenizer]

I guess it's true when they say you can't have shit on Detroit.

[@justincoleman3805]

I’m so confused. Are you guys trying too hard? Or not trying at all?

[@bryal7811]

I'm amazed they didn't talk about signs at all during Vast of Night.

[@ExpansionPack]

Quarantine depression and anxiety can wait, there's a new Half in the Bag to make things better. Thanks for continuing to pump out great stuff during these awful times, fellas.

[@D0NTST4RT]

Thank you RLM for bringing Vast of Night to my attention. Absolutely loved it and wish I've heard of it sooner!

[@martojacinto107]

I was having breakfast and looking for something to watch and then you blessed me with this garbage

[@sebastiansochanski]

Did you had Scotch eggs and canned pineapple slices for breakfast?If you had that would be uncanny.

[@patty1h]

Fun fact for Supernatural fans: the female lead in "The Vast of Night" is the same actress who played blond little girl demon Lilith - she was in the episodes "No Rest for the Wicked" and "Yellow Fever".

[@fsikijelfes8660]

As a fan of supernatural... I fucking hate supernatural

[@Otamie]

ah man I didn´t want to see that scene from the zodiac killer ever again but here we are...

[@rosefaceFGC]

Its stomach churning

[@ComicBookCovers]

At least they HAD to blur the scene from Bone Tomahawk.

[@LadyTylerBioRodriguez]

Thanks Jay for reminding me of that harrowing scene out of the blue.

[@DruidicVixen]

@@Shenaldrac Probably more to do with how well that Zodiac scene is acted out. In Aquaslash, idiots played by very poor actors slide down into tom-and-jerry-eque blades that neatly cut humans into very obvious rubber blocks with a cartoonish level of blood. In Zodiac, a couple are violently stabbed to death in broad daylight by a psychopath while the husband tried in vain to reassure his wife that they would be fine before the murderer stabs him and then her repeatedly-and are acted brilliantly and gut-wrenchingly. It's a helluva lot more real feeling, no real spectacle; it's a more grounded and realistic piece of cinematic violence, made stronger by the fact that it actually happened. I am not a 'gore movie fan', but I feel it's disingenuous to simply compare the two scenes 1-for-1 when they are such polar opposites. The insane violence is the point of the scene in Aquaslash, while the desperation and hopelessness of the couple is the point of the scene in Zodiac. (Sorry for the wall of text, I am bad at short form writing)

[@alanbossdon1386]

Also that shooting scene in The Irishman

[@kevinpistilli2593]

I actually live near the waterpark they filmed aquaslash at. It’s called quassy amusement park and it’s still operational. They actually made a big deal when this was filming. Ironically it’s one of the safest amusement parks in CT

[@bfg9k_]

That cut to Mike with the eye patches on was the funniest thing I've seen all year.

[@AndrewMiesem]

I watched The Vast of Night for the first time last night, and what really blew me away is that this film was confident enough to fade to a black screen during the phone conversation in the radio station, because it knew that what was being said and how it was being said was so powerful, it was best without visuals.

[@wyldride]

"... And that's when the water park customers slide down the slide and into the rotating knives. Oh, sorry, I normally design abattoirs, not theme parks."

[@dallasdandigitalproduction393]

Nice fancy word. you must watch A24 films lol

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@dallasdandigitalproduction393 He uses a lot of lemon curry.

[@__Andrew]

I really loved the Vast of Night. It reminded me so much of the old sci-fi novels of the like 40's and 50's and im actually glad they didnt really show anything till the end; and when they did it was very little. The movie was about piecing together a story, a mythos or urban legend and the most enjoyable parts was the amazing acting and dialog exchanges between the two leads. Sierra McCormick in particular blew me away and im excited to see what she's going to do in the future.

[@theeternalnow6506]

I feel the exact same way about everything you said. It was wonderful and gave me chills multiple times near the end. The actress who played Fay was really good as well.

[@CiriliaRose]

The Aquaslash discussion made me want to revisit 2010’s Piranha 3D, which I remember pretty fondly.

[@7superdaimajin]

That's a surprisingly good movie. And Elisabeth Shue!

[@AmountStax]

Just looking through your channel and noticed that you guys have recently crossed 600 million views. Congrats!

[@stephanieroth4942]

The depression in both of there eyes at this point, is a cry for help.

[@sebastiansochanski]

@@yowatchie Thank you.

[@davidkymdell452]

@Fred Flintstone like shark eyes

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@JHyun - They have to get more beer. The beer cavern is running low.

[@preemptive74]

This is my favorite channel, I'm from Kenosha and I'm so proud of these dudes

[@LeninhawkD]

Vast of Night, a radio play masquerading as a motion picture.

[@Orangefan77]

WOTW radio station manager Orson Welles doesn't know what you are talking about... ha ha

[@doublep1980]

''We don't have the budget to make a proper movie,so we will just film some girl,talking on the radio.And all the pretentious -hacks- cinephiles will love it,because it's different and non-conventional filmaking and shiiieeet."

[@jamstonjulian6947]

@@doublep1980 They can't all be Aquaslash

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@jamstonjulian6947 Praise be to Rich Evans that they can't!

[@TomatoBreadOrgasm]

Exactly what I thought as I was watching, until the last act. That was purely visual.

[@cranberryjuicer]

A far superior film would be 71 minutes of Rich Evans repeatedly going down a water slide called "Aqua Rash"

[@PumpkinPieAlamode]

thank god RLM is considered an essential business!

[@wilpuriarts5895]

Would have missed Vast of Night without you guys. Loved it, thank you!

[@DeathSquadDesign]

"LET 'EM BURN!!!" - Saving Private Ry...errr, movie theater teenager

[@RobotReg]

Underrated Comment

[@kyledelabear7091]

"Look! I washed for supper!"

[@joeymobb8438]

Matthew McConaughey in Texas Chainsaw Massacre the next Generation?

[@sundermania]

I saw The Irishman in a theater. I was the youngest person there. I am 35 years old.

[@ftyiogtyre7769]

Horace Gentleman wow edgy

[@JohnnyZenith]

It goes on for so long you're still seeing it.

[@JohnnyZenith]

@@ftyiogtyre7769 It was boring and maybe the most uninteresting gangster film I've yet seen.

[@nouh3053]

@@horacegentleman3296 I was 18 when I started watching the Irishman and I'm now 47. Idk what this means.

[@AnishChari]

25:15 Jay is total right here. I hate when movies have to reach some specific minute mark to feel like they're a movie. Nothing worse than padding or character building in a stupid movie. "The food here is terrible, and the portions are so small."

[@28Pluto]

If you like "Vast of Night" I highly recommend the Canadian movie "Pontypool" Similar premise where the main characters are just hearing horrible events unfold over the radio, and it's very well done.

[@salomaonplanetsaturn]

Thank you for recommendation! 🧑‍💻 Going to watch it right now 🤓

[@motivelacking]

Holy crap I'm sold on Vast of Night. The cutaways to the film look really good!

[@AdeleKThomasIllustrator]

When Mike said, "Timecode", its the most strongest I have heard his accent, without him putting it on...unless he was.

[@vermis0161]

i predict that this decade will be the first decade that doesn't get any nostalgia retrospectives, ever. because we'll all be dead

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

When we have a functioning government again, speaking about or referencing this year will be banned, and the calendar will just be 2019, 2021, etc. and no one will ever know why...except for the conspiracy theorists on Myspace.

[@nifftbatuff676]

In any cases there will be only remakes and reboots.

[@jmalmsten]

I saw this video. Stopped at the spoiler warning to watch Vast of Night. Yup. I do agree. It was a good film. Also I noticed that the radio station that s in the town is named WOTW. I assume that's short for War of the Worlds. Which would be appropriate as they uncover proof of aliens during a radio broadcast.

[@TheVGC]

Yes you are correct

[@theeternalnow6506]

I thought it was Wheel of the Worst.

[@timpalmer2216]

These uploads are the only thing keeping me from intentionally getting coronavirus just for a change of scenery

[@AustinArtypants]

Baby Frankenstein looks like it could be the "I like turtles" kid biopic.

[@tjq4378]

So many opportunities to add a “womp, womp” sound effect, and I commend you guys for resisting.

[@dipgrizzly25]

Absolutely loved The Vast of Night. It was so different and refreshing.

[@Skabanis]

I wish more movies like Vast of night were made, where we don’t get hit over the head everything.

[@Nicdehouwer]

watch Pontypool :)

[@morerobotwarscontent1476]

Just listened to a Tom hanks interview about why he is the producer in a lot of his movies and it's because he has been asked 'whats the stakes here' in movies set in WW2.....

[@christopherlyons4923]

Try Cosmos (2019) on Prime. Does a great job being clear but subtle

[@Gardosuro]

I wish more movies like both were made. One side is really good and the other side ensures that we will have Best of the Worsts forever.

[@halcyon5zippo]

They used Red Letter Media’s “Red Herring” character from their film “Old Lady in the Wall with Grandpa’s Bones.” Copyright infringement?

[@frankmerker630]

It’s a really old concept, probably started around the time of Charles Dickinson so it’s public domain most likely

[@Egalitariat-likesecretariat]

You're talking about the Japanese title. Here in America we call it by the English title: 'scratch scratch who's that ratch'

[@Jon-ey4el]

I purchased the Stoklasa acting school videotape & all I got was this lousy drinking problem.

[@mrman6035]

*slide whistle*

[@john_blues]

Don't worry. Some Tums will clear that right up.

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

Wait, there was only one? I thought they were shipped in a large, Junka like assembly?

[@dbbgba]

I love half in the bag. I hope this series will never end!

[@NYCINYOURAREA]

14:36 Mike's Wisconsin accent coming through on "Time Code"

[@drownthepoor]

I'm 7 minutes into this video, and I can already tell that Vast Of Night had good people working on it. Whoever did the production design or lighting was one of those people who takes colour theory very seriously. Reminds me of Joker as far as intricate lighting and color goes. That shot walking across the street is pretty spectacular.

[@trtx84]

When do studios give up the ghost and start streaming these movies. Like, Disney has this brand new platform and they can't figure out how to add a "pay to watch" feature for something like Widow or Mulan? Or are they admitting that the budget for these things are such that they can't possibly afford to have a family of four pay $20 to watch it at home rather than $80 to all see it in a theater.

[@tracertong3229]

The issue is that theaters have threatened to sue if studios do this. They can't allow streaming of new movies to take hold or else the entire theater industry will probably collapse.

[@archfriend]

@@tracertong3229 I don't know if theaters are suing but I know that after Trolls World Tour went straight to streaming most of them decided to never screen films by Universal Pictures. Universal might not care because they're making a lot of money but Disney might care, idk.

[@o.oo.o5637]

Sometimes i wonder how people dont realize disney isnt their friend

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

Tracertong322 it’s going to either way isn’t it

[@LeSensuel]

Just watched The Vast of Night. The cinematography, acting and sound drsign are top notch. Well worth the time. I absolutely loved the long story scenes with very little cuts in them.

[@IHADTHECAKE]

Jay's quarantine hair is pretty epic.