Rewatching Ice Age (Movie Commentary)

[@videohistory722]

Fun fact about Scrat the sabertooth squirrel: it was supposed to be completely made up. They just created something that potentially could've existed back during the ice age. Sure enough, come years later after the movies were made, it's discovered the sabertooth squirrel did in fact exist.

[@gamebeast4191]

yeah, btw, if you had scrat in front of you, a potential pet, would you keep him?

[@marslara]

@@gamebeast4191 110% if you did you would constantly come home to a destroyed home from him trying to capture an acorn outside.

[@ms_scribbles]

@@gamebeast4191Nuh uh. An animal *that* neurotic would be a hell of a lot of work.

[@LM-gm9yo]

So you're telling me.... Life Does Imitates Art ??? :O

[@RuffianLivesOn]

PBS eons has a great video about sabertoothed animals and how it's a trait that keeps showing up. There was even a species of sabertooth salmon.

[@honneybear3167]

I love the little hint that you never hear the wolves with the humans talk to the other animals. Hinting that they've been domesticated to the point that they communicate better with the humans than other animals.

[@calistodorren]

Just to clear up some things: Diego was originally scripted to die in this movie, that's why his injuries were played out as being grievous; they changed last minute because people thought it was too sad. The 20k year cliffhanger w/ Scrat was supposed to be the official ending because they thought the movie would bomb.

[@LyricAiLove]

When Blue Sky closed and they made the short of Scrat finally getting his acorn, I shed a tear. That video is up there with Steve from Blue's Clues saying hi to all the kids that watched the show in the 90s and 2000s.

[@trinaq]

Scrat's antics with the acorn were so entertaining, and could honestly be its own separate film!

[@actorattila]

There is a separate film; actually numerous but they were straight to dvd and barely promoted.

[@ashleehughes1194]

I remember laughing so hard at this movie as a kid. But that poor frickin Saber-Tooth Squirrel. I always felt so bad for him despite laughing at his antics.

[@trinaq]

Denis Leary, Ray Romano and John Leguizamo absolutely made the movie memorable with their banter, especially since they are the only characters on screen for the bulk of the film.

[@Samisnotamused]

This movie is so good. It still holds up today imo. I know the CGI is outdated but I think even that holds up well because they went for a stylised look rather than photorealism. And I agree about the silent story telling in that scene. Letting the music and animation sell the emotion in the scene was the perfect choice.

[@maxenemayescalante6938]

Nognoynouno Sunounoujpuno🎉❤

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

50:36 this bit really got me, my nephew lives in another country and he’s old enough now to realise we are gone and miss us. The last time we left he had to be restrained by his mum and was reaching for me crying his eyes out calling me back. I’m not even joking, I considered dropping my whole life where I live and relocating within a 5 mile radius of my nephew. I’m not entirely sure I’ll ever recover 😅😭 even though he video calls me pretty much every day 😂

[@alexandraburton232]

My Mum and I would quote the 'I don't eat junk food" all the time. We loved Diego's sarcasm! Funny on how you commented how short the film is, I don't know the full details but I heard that this was originally meant to be a short instrumental film but then something got it turned into a full length speaking film. For future possible animated reactions will you please add 'Treasure Planet', 'Atlantis the Lost Empire', 'Rise of the Guardians' and 'Rescuers Down Under' to your list? They're all considered underrated but fun films that I think you both would have a great time watching.

[@SusanaCanales1]

Oooh yes those are wonderful movies. I’d be especially excited to see them react to treasure planet. There will never be enough reactions to it.

[@risacooper]

I second all these suggestions

[@victoria_m13]

about snow. it’s the winter air - clear and frosty. the squeeze sound snow makes with your shoes in silent of mornings. the way snow cover tree’s branches. how everything becomes black and white with clear bright blue sky above. god, i love winters. i can’t imagine a life with constant summer

[@leikur100]

The old roman graffiti you're talking about could be the runes carved into the Hagia Sofia in Constantinopel. It says "Halvdan was here" and is from the viking age. It was pretty common for fighters from the nordic countries to travel down there and work as guards, so it is belived that the runes was made by one of them.

[@GallifrAngel]

23:06 I’m pretty sure that tiger is voiced by Diedrich Bader, who has done a TON of voiceover work in addition to on-screen acting as well. The better fact is the fact that the other tiger with him is voiced by Jack Black which as soon as you know is so apparent, but I didn’t know it for the longest time 🤣

[@felixworthington6880]

yeah it is Deidrich Bader, I mostly remember him as the voice of Batman in the Brave and the Bold series.

[@sarkyblueeyes9357]

Manny is so good hearted. Even though his family was destroyed by humans, he doesn’t do the same to the humans who love Pinky. He rises above that resentment and grief, which is why his backstory is so powerful, along with the beautiful animation of that moment with the cave pictures

[@pascaleand0r]

We watched that movie religiously at my home. My twin sister always teared up by the end when the baby is playing “peekaboo” as the humans walk away.

[@CarrionCarriesOn]

"I don't like animals who kill for sport" hits so much harder the second viewing

[@cardimelech2258]

WHOA

[@brainstorm9560]

10:18: interesting question. Sabertooth cats did have retractable claws just like modern cats but they were much bulkier and muscular too so I'm not sure. I'm guessing they were like lions or tigers in regards to climbing as in yeah, they could climb just not very well and would probably be rather hesitant to climb up a tree unless they had to.

[@apizzathatgiantforthesimpl5191]

Apparently Sid was originally going to be a lot more of a jerk (there's deleted scenes where he conned children out of food and pushed the clingy girl sloth into oncoming animal traffic). However the director cut it. He felt it didn't make sense for his character if he was going to save the baby and it made him far too unlikeable rather than well-meaning and annoying. EDIT: The second tiger's voice is Diedrich Bader, who is a very well known VA. His most recent live action role was as the park ranger in The Blackening.

[@19Rena96]

It's been a while since i watched Ice Age, but i remember liking the second and third movie the most 😁

[@themoviebud1988]

I don't remember which I like best at all 😆 - Sam

[@ChrossxXxRodes]

Dawn of the Dinosaurs is my favorite XD Gotta love Buck!

[@strawberryfox8819]

I will never not cry when seeing Manny's backstory. It's the definition of show don't tell.

[@nishatjamil4097]

It's so wild that this is so solid as a movie in terms of dialogue and premise and then the sequels are so unhinged.

[@strawberryfox8819]

Honestly, two and three were pretty good. 4 went downhill and we don't talk about 5. Kinda sad they never addressed Manny's backstory again though.

[@toriecarter2711]

36:00 One of the few more recent examples of it, that I've seen, was a moment in Nimona; for a moment just as beautifully heartbreaking, too~~~ The fact that it was almost/essentially still is a Blue Sky movie, too, does not escape my notice^.^

[@jcphelps7054]

I don't know if this was a conscious choice of the filmmakers but there's cave paintings that will have two colors on the same animal because the firelight would then make them appear to move. And the way the Mammoth Backstory Scene is animated feels like that was the inspiration.

[@rebecky5ever]

I still sob when they reunite the baby with the family 😭

[@theadaptationstationmaster]

I like that Diego's dialogue to the baby remains tough and unsentimental even as he's (supposedly) dying. ("Knock it off, squirt. You've got to be tough.") It just feels right for the character.

[@kurikuri6683]

TtThis movie is so amazing, especially two things I like the most: First: Manny is such an incredible character: humans killed his wife and his child and he still brings a human child back to the father, just fantastic! And second: when the father gives the necklace of his wife to Manny. He gives the only thing that reminds him of his wife to the one who has brought him the most important. I don't know, but even as a kid I always found these two facts magical and just wonderful! But one thing makes me really sad, everytime I'm thinking about it (little SPOILER for the next movies): Manny won't wear the necklace in the other movies :( If he would, that would make my second favourite scene much more heartwarming!!

[@RuffianLivesOn]

I have a feeling the people who made this didn't expect it to be as popular as it did, and they planned for it to be a one-off. While the other movies had some funny moments, I wish they had left the original on it's own.

[@eleanorjones8613]

Small thing: Scrat is voiced by the director, Chris Wedge!

[@mogwiawolf4354]

Grew up watching it and love it but wish Manny had the necklace wrapped around one of his tusks cause that would be cool if it was there in the other movies but they never did it

[@aliyahpulido953]

27:31 "Send Me on My Way" brings back SO MANY childhood memories for me because it was in "Ice Age" AND "Matilda," two of my favorite movies to take with me on my portable DVD player for flights.

[@vanatani]

How does Steph come up with those opening lines? lol always gets me

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

3:55 I quote this scene waaaaay too often 😂😭 it’s my birthday and I’m counting this as my birthday gift 😁

[@rebajoe]

The only time I've seen Diego eat something was one of the later movies where at some point he's eating some grapes, do tigers eat grapes? But the fish thing is plausible too, they don't talk.

[@annasvideoz]

Ohhh i wanted to watch an ice age reaction today, did you sense this?🤣 Now I have something to watch to comfort me while I’m not feeling my greatest. Thank you, love your reactions!

[@krose6451]

Really appreciated the talk at the end about family. ❤

[@BatmanFan76]

The first Ice Age movie was actually really cheaply animated. Everyone just got passed that by wearing their nostalgia goggles.

[@themoviebud1988]

That makes a lot of sense - Sam

[@ohbooyourselves]

And I'll keep wearing my goggles 😂 🥽

[@HaleighL733]

It was made in the early 2000's so I don't know what you expected. Plus it's still a good movie.

[@myidiocyatmyfinest]

fr the people could’ve been animated wayyy better

[@taylahallen8696]

I mean, yeah. It still looks good for early 2000’s and doesn’t bother me when I grew up watching this kind of animation. Also it’s still really good, the animation isn’t enough to bother me when I enjoy the plot and characters this much.

[@ZachDrake5960]

0:43 - Scrat was voiced by the movie's director Chris Wedge.

[@Avb3216]

Interestingly Alan tudyk voiced three characters in the movie, dab the dodo, Lenny and Oscar the sabertooth tigers. This actor is well known as Steve the pirate in dodgeball the movie but I also like his part in Tucker and Dale v evil in which is a hilarious movie. In addition, jack black voices Zeke the (addict) sabertooth (in which I didn't know until now)lol

[@tylerhackner9731]

Still a forever classic

[@TaylorJames-g3p]

I love how Sam had to pause it to call goats crazy just made me giggle

[@marzh5278]

Childhood classic

[@themoviebud1988]

It definitely is 😁 - Sam

[@ness_rinn]

I was just rewatching an old commentary of yours and y'all delivered with this new update! I appreciate your videos and commentaries, you guys seem really chill and I wish I could meet you guys in person and just have a random conversation. Sending love and support from Puerto Rico! 🤍

[@ObserverAmanda]

Not in person, but they have (almost) weekly livestreams and interact with fans there.

[@ness_rinn]

@@ObserverAmanda thanks!

[@ObserverAmanda]

It is Monday at 9am Sydney time for all those interested. Just remember to adjust for your time zone. (It is on Sunday evening for those in North and South America.)

[@besupaaa]

I live in Brazil so I've never seen snow either, but I've also heard it's cool.

[@benarts2271]

The scene with the music after the cave art animated sequence got me teary eyed ngl 🥲💔

[@Vince_ible]

As a Canadian: completely agree about snow. Skiing, sledding, skating? Awesome. Everything else? No thanks. Also: love the pins!!

[@MishaHusnainAli]

Love the reactions, as always, and also just wanted to comment to appreciate the pins! Bi and enby solidarity, bud!

[@TheCrayonMaster]

Oh yeah, can confirm those jaw exercises would 💯 give you tension headaches. I've been getting tension headaches for almost as long as I've been getting migraines because I clench my jaw and grind my teeth. Sometimes I can't tell the difference between the two, that's how painful a tension headache can be. 🙃 As soon as I saw the jaw exercise ads, I knew what people were going to get themselves into 😅 It's been years since I last saw this movie, I had completely forgotten about the baby 😂 Edit: snow can be really peaceful. If there's a lot of snow on the ground, it can be harder to walk (if the sidewalk hasn't been shoveled or plowed) but it's really peaceful and quiet. ❤

[@alexbebout7791]

I thought that in the cave painting story, Manny remembers himself as the little mammoth who lost his parents, not the dad mammoth?

[@celeste_xo]

Ice Age the genesis of my anxiety I think because of that damn squirrel 😹😹

[@themoviebud1988]

😂 - Sam

[@aliyahpulido953]

25:13 Not just mammals are bags of bones, all vertebrates. Have you seen a snake skeleton? They're almost ALL bone, and whatever isn't bone is pure muscle and nerves.

[@mikeyxlogan]

I know I’m very late to this video, but the small sabertooth tiger that gets over-excited is voiced by Jack Black!

[@aliyahpulido953]

Fun Fact: The baby has a canon name, although the animals don't know it and usually call him Pinky. His name is Roshan, which you can see on both Wikipedia and the Ice Age wiki.

[@reevesavage]

23:08 that's Jack Black and Alan Tudyk (I mean beyond Dennis Leary as Diego of course)

[@noamm5534]

This movie is unironically my favorite movie of all time. It's not that well animated and the human baby looks freaky af but the story is so simple yet well done. In my family it became a cult movie, I can quote the entire movie (tho in the dub of my native language) in a heartbeat and I watched it more times than I can count. Found family is so so important, I love the little herd of misfits they created.

[@Thorium_Th]

38:16 Funny you say that. Diego's voice in the German sync is the same as Scar's.

[@massomouse1556]

The three (seemingly) unnamed sabers are voiced by Diedrich Bader, Jack Black and Alan Tudyk. The Alpha(?) of the saber pack is voiced by Goran Visnjic(a tidbit for my fellow ER kids). ETA - I think the 'crack addict' saber is Tudyk.

[@pascaleand0r]

“Playing extinction” in french they called it “playing natural selection” and ngl it’s funnier.

[@abbyphay]

I always thought that the implication of the cave wall scene was that Manny was the baby who lost his parents to humans.

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

No, he’s the father. The baby mammoth and the mother were clubbed by rocks.

[@Misslt27]

I saw someone wrote recently about how great this movie is and they pointed out something quite poignant: the humans here are Neanderthals. They’re just as doomed to extinction as every other creature we see. Then it occurred to me the irony of the Dodos being depicted as idiots in this film: they actually survived the longest out of all the other creatures depicted. The last sighting of one was in 1662!

[@gamebeast4191]

and the scene where diego limps to them was also added, that was because of control group

[@dgirl786]

Are you guys able to do DreamWorks animation? Or are there copyright issues? Would love to see the 'Kung Fu Panda' trilogy. Ta. 🧡

[@themoviebud1988]

We’ve had copyright issues with them. We want to do some DreamWorks but we’re kind of waiting for an opportunity when we can afford to not make money on a video to test out copyright with them again - Sam

[@talondearborne7631]

Took a class on the fall of Pompeii, and yeah it’s literally just saying basic bathroom graffiti like “Gaius f***d here”

[@sarahbottino1321]

It is now my dearest wish that stef gets to go sledding at some point soon I know you’d love it bud

[@meganwoodrow1751]

Love the video - I'm desperately hoping you do the sequels!! Especially three which I'll argue to the death is the best one

[@VforVendettas]

I'm loving the sid shade

[@krystlesanchez1394]

A comparison I am just now realizing. Between Ice age movies and Shrek movies. Many=Shrek Sid=Donkey Diego= Puss in boots

[@LiaaaaaaaaAAAAAHH]

The two sidekick saber tooth cats (Smilodons) are Diedrich Bader (Batman in Harley Quinn) and Jack Black

[@sarkyblueeyes9357]

Ice Age is a classic. They over used Scrat the Squirrel in the sequels imo and they never had quite the same charm as this one. Despite that I will always care about Sid the Sloth.

[@16taysia]

15:01 wanna talk about being fat and over eating?? For dinner I ate a whole batch of Mac and cheese by myself 😂😂😂

[@tillystreet4657]

Loved this!!!

[@MysticWolfMagic]

I can never predict what you guys are gonna watch next lol

[@sierrathebookaddict6776]

Love this, and highly recommend watching three men and a baby

[@ObserverAmanda]

Not my favorite film ever, but I really like this film because it is sweet and funny. I am pretty sure this is the one I have rewatched the most of the series. Also, everyone talking about growing up on the second or third film in the series is making me feel ancient. 😄 I was around 14 or so when this came out so this is the film I think of when people say 'Ice Age'.

[@elindayana8174]

Yes! I love Ice Age! Will you watch the other movies too? ❤

[@themoviebud1988]

Hopefully! It very much depends on how well the first one does - Sam

[@GhostPringle]

Is that canon that he lost a kid? Its been years so I could be major wrong but I always believed that cave drawing scene was him loosing his parent and family and feeling bad for the baby, cuz I know in one of the other movies he gets a mate and kid

[@kurikuri6683]

Yes, he lost his baby and his wife

[@Suzy24]

Snow is probably my favourite weather it makes everything look so pretty and it’s alot of fun to play in. I love it ☃️

[@thegingergyrl455]

My favorite part is Scrat.❤

[@leigh-anjohnson]

These movies never answer the question, since Diago started living with prey animals...what has he been eating?

[@evelyndossantos708]

Ice age is my childhood ❤

[@breezy3392]

F Scrat in particular was the entire marketing for this franchise 😂

[@sugarandscenes1931]

I was always sad that there aren't really any female characters in this movie, I don't count background characters and the mum existed for a total of five seconds

[@unholyhardy4359]

The crackhead saber cat is Jack Black

[@ms_scribbles]

My favorite old graffiti is in the Hagia Sophia. Imagine, if you will, some burly Viking dude who was part of the Varangian Guard (a group of usually Norsemen who were hired as the personal guard of the Byzantine emperor), scratching some runes into the parapets of the Hagia Sophia, probably bored out of his mind. Did the runes say anything profound? Nope. They basically said "Halfdan was here". 😂

[@gamebeast4191]

in collision course, he does

[@SusanaCanales1]

A great thing to wake up to this morning lol I love ice age reactions.

[@reneecatchpole-ng1wj]

The wolves are extinct type of woves called Dire Wolves

[@rosivard]

My favorite movie as a kid... And two of my favorites people right now together? Yes, thank you❤

[@observantwonderer7401]

I really wish they coulda reanimated this movie or given it updated graphics

[@kurikuri6683]

I think it wouldn't have been the same Charme. It would be like Maya the bee or Heidi or Wickie, what they did to the new versions is horrible and not feeling right and nostalgic anymore :)

[@moseskabeya]

Can you guys watch Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Ice Age 3: Dawn of The Dinosaurs, Ice Age 4: Continental Drift, Ice Age 5: Collision Course.

[@16taysia]

I ❤ these movies, Dawn of The Dinosaurs (aka Ice Age 3) is my favorite 😂😂😂

[@sarkyblueeyes9357]

The performances of the cast and the jokes get you past the animation quality. You’re too busy enjoying the slapstick and the banter between Sid, Manny and Diego to care. Plus the moments they break your heart

[@SusanaCanales1]

Also idk if this is true but I heard manny was going against the crowd of animals heading to hibernation because he was planning on dying after losing his family.

[@angeladifrancesco468]

Well. My kidneys are fine 😅😂

[@maritahobbieslife4376]

50:09 too late for that Disney closed blue sky studios, thanks Disney 😡

[@sofita1500]

Watching this video I came to the conclusion: the Latin Spanish version is funnier hahaha, great movie anyway

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

No, Scrat was actually voiced by Chris Wedge. Sorry, guys, Alan Tudyk wasn't a part of this.

[@ReikaChowJr.]

Can you do Four Christmases

[@ReikaChowJr.]

Yeah

[@shelbyramirez5897]

You should post video Bee movie 2007 0:30

[@UndergrundensBrolere]

Ice age and Shrek are very similar

[@sockygaldamez9492]

This one will always be a childhood classic of mine and most adorable movie ever ❤️❤️❤️ I feel like this one is the best of the trilogy because it’s the only one involving Humans and they introduce you to the best characters ever like Manny and Sid and Diago because in this one you see them become great family together because of the Baby which I love to because he is so adorable and made me emotional that his mum sacrificed herself for him and also the reunion with his Dad was beautiful and emotional too 🥹🥹🥹 and I love Scrat ❤️❤️❤️ so funny and Iconic 😄😄😄 this movie will always hold a special place in my heart because it such a feel good hilarious family movie and I’m so happy you guys reacted to it and can’t wait to to see what you do next 😊😁😁😉😉

[@b3rrysweet467]

my niece is staying over for a while so there’s been a fair share of disney movies, Ice Age (in my opinion) has never had a bad sequel and it’s a frequent choice out of all of them.