THE FINE PRINT | The Outer Worlds Song | The Stupendium | Throwback Thursday / DB Reaction

[@Thomazbr]

Stupendium really is the master of playing evil corporations.

[@demiurge5374]

" we earn what we're allowed and give it right back at the bar" is line that flew under all the radars

[@chimera385]

Company world

[@rylenbarber711]

Not under mine, unfortunately I don’t really do videos yet

[@tylertalsma7794]

Not mine I've analyzed this song so carefully

[@G59LexTheDeer]

There's someone i watched that caught that

[@c.b.-]

My favorite part of reactions to this song is how people miss the mention that the "meat" canning factory is around the corner from the cemetery. Implying that even after death, the corporation sees you as a resource. It's an astoundingly dark theme for such a catchy song.

[@hayleyblanch5895]

love that read into it; something not this but a bit similar happens in the game. outside the cannery a group of deserters (workers who got so tired of the cannery they ran away to rough it in the wilderness) run what's basically a commune, growing native vegetables to feed themselves. you can find out later that the leader of the commune actually fertilises the previously deadened soil with the corpses of fallen workers and the like. the saltuna cans are actually full of sprat (space rat) meat and imitation saltuna, lacking in nutrients to a point that the workers are constantly dealing with "plague" that's really just the flu due to weakened immune systems. that's why the deserters were healthier.

[@Draco-pv8ie]

Time the last "Welcome to our little town" from the end, sing the original lyrics, see where he timed it to. Soylent Green, see what I mean.

[@archon_maenad]

Watching Darrnell work backwards to figure out shit about Outer Worlds is wonderful. His genuinely shocked reaction every time a new layer of the corporate dystopia is revealed just makes me inordinately entertained. (Yes, they actually have to pay upkeep on graves of their loved ones or else the bodies get dug up and tossed.)

[@archon_maenad]

Ah sorry, edit: get dug up and *used as fertilizer.* Forgot to mention that part. And it's one of the "good guys" who came up with the idea-- after all, people were getting sick because the cannery was using more sawdust than anything else in their food since the soil on that planet sucks ass, but with genuine deadass human bodies as fertilizer suddenly you can grow real plants and keep the working class healthy. The shit you'd have to do to survive in that society...

[@hasanborazan8008]

Jesus Christ...

[@miraclesoftoday9537]

@@archon_maenad I know thats morally reprehensible, but if its a choice between honoring a dead guy and keeping a living guy alive...I would probably use em as fertilizer too...

[@robertaylor9218]

Welcome to a new gilded age!

[@runevarkevisser7289]

This reaction is fun as hell "You think you're gonna explore the universe? You boutta explore these boxes" Holy fuck, this is quality shit

[@pastelguts6182]

The Outer Worlds in a nutshell: *"That just sounds like slavery with extra steps"*

[@eddieacqua9619]

The game is all about making choices. You wake up in a pretty messed up world, and you can either maintain order or kick down the doors of the higher ups and run their shit 🤷🏿‍♂️😂. It's a really good play. The song is phenomenal though. Both the song and the game have just the right amount of social commentary to make you really think. Cause sometimes real governments be down horrendous 👀

[@TheLangenator]

It's a fantastic game, but it's _super_ short. Around 20 hours total for my first playthrough, and I did most of the sidequests

[@DonniedrakoE]

This is one of the first stupendium songs I’ve heard and that was enough to put him on the map for me cause this goes

[@josephschultz3301]

That hook is just soul-crushing. As a minimum wage worker, _literally_ earning the right to die is just an inherently awful thing to think about. Fucking amazing track

[@wordlife94]

"driving the home? I sound like Starfire" had me DEAD

[@BlastMagicianYGO]

Everytime I hear "They on demon time" I just go: "No, they on Adrenatime,"

[@archon_maenad]

fucking wheezing over this comment

[@agentsus9681]

Show your boss that you are prime, because you take Adrena-time!

[@gabrielgriffith7477]

Fun fact the game is based on how many workers felt when employed by the "Robber Barrons".

[@MRDRK1]

It's weird, I watch so many reactions of the same videos by different people, I've started loosing track of who has reacted to what already. Also, Dan Bull has a Outer Worlds song as well, with a slightly more up-beat feel, if your interested. An Electro Swing fast rap!

[@akawater]

“And you stuck on a f*cking planet!” I fell out my chair laughing. I loved that you talked about how circular the situation was. Thank you for sharing! 👏👏👏😂👍😆 “Ecosystem of f*ck you.” 🤣🤣🤣 Scary real too. Stupendium is amazing! I love how he pulls the stone cold reality into his songs about these games.

[@seigeengine]

One of the things that makes Stupendium great is he's not just talking about the game.

[@righteousham]

You're very unlikely to see too many big budget movies giving such harsh critique to capitalistic systems as they benefit far too much from such systems. Criticism can and does happen mind you, but it's often watered down or paired with the message that while capitalism isn't perfect it's far better than any other system.

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

The “AH I did it again” “I sound like fking StarFire” “this song is about being grateful for bullshit”“walking anxiety”😂

[@ej8476]

This is eerily familiar...and could be prophetic

[@biggmackthewackslack6654]

*Elon Musk And Jeff Bezos Setting Up The First Mining Operation And Subsequent Space Colony On Mars* - 2065, Colorized & Lyricized

[@sk-eferthigra8437]

I just want to give some context on the game although I'll keep it short as the story is kind of complex basically a rebel to the corporation re awakens you from cryosleep as you were on a ship that got lost and the bored thought it would be cheaper to let everyone die then take responsibility for there mess up but because you aren't In there records and they don't own you you are free to explore and choose now there are a few endings but what I would call the good or main line of endings is you taking over the bored awakening everyone on the ship and striving to create a more equal economy it's also a really fun game I highly recommend it the only problem I have with it is it's too short I can finish the game on about a day so yeah

[@18videowatcher41]

The way society is structured in the game really is this depressing. Also, The Stupendium did an amazing job on this. The animation and costumes, the music, the wordplay. All of it is just awesome.

[@Acts-1915]

It's basically a prediction.

[@Regular_guy.]

This song is basically capitalism at its bureaucratic peak

[@cycloneis]

His "a matter of factories" song is right up your alley as well.

[@southbeauty1]

If you remove the game from the song, it's about capitalism, and its role in the colonization of countries (worlds)

[@abedrayton6188]

It's not a movie, but Killjoys is a TV show with a VERY similar vibe to this. Corporate-owned planet system and dystopia all geared toward generating wealth and power for the people who own everything and everyone. Plus, you know, assassins, hot people, gun fights, piracy, revolution, crazy religion, space-station nightclubs and the whole bit. It's a bit campy at times, but it definitely captures this vibe. They even use corporate pollution as a way to execute people!

[@alwest4472]

In outer worlds, the person who finds your corpse has to pay for the funeral services

[@RecolitusMorbus]

Lmao, I first heard this and was like, "is this about a game or real life?"

[@He11raiser01]

We PAUSE out here. We APPRECIATE out here. 😤

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

Finally, someone reacts to The Stupendium at their very best.

[@Arbaaltheundefeated]

I should have read the fine print before I was born

[@atomika668]

The fun part of this song is hearing it while you’re at work and realizing we are already at where the song is singing about.

[@tylertyler6598]

There is a an addiction notice on the grave

[@BitesforNugget]

"I know nothing about this game, but The Stupedium is a carnival ride." TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SAID ABOUT THEM.

[@peterzlnsk]

so yeah "a matter of factories" about satisfactory and "the data stream" about cyberpunk 2077, right there. also might want to check out "rest employed" about death and taxes.

[@DarkKreig]

Stupes and Dan do love their anti-late stage capitalism songs lol

[@TF2CrunchyFrog]

You didn't start at the beginning of the song! You missed the first 36 seconds of it! The entire intro that sets the tone and shows the coporate propaganda from the game, including the cryostasis capsules in the spaceships etc. :(

[@defenderbyname3484]

I don't know about a movie, but the Black Mirror episode 15 Million Merits hits pretty close to this tone for me

[@sombra_rex1212]

i love how hes like the game if fucked, brother that game is our life. our lifes a game where all we do is work to live to die lol

[@RainArredondo-Zuniga-ro4vb]

They got it bad everybody down right bad Favorite line the whole time favorite

[@uksoloz]

we do love this track and just ya this is soooooo really its crazy hahaha love your reaction as always :D

[@Squeleton]

You didn’t catch the Rustage and Danbull cameo in the video

[@zolp]

Bro, don't you see the gofundme people make to buy a coffin and a burial for their family?

[@biggmackthewackslack6654]

Darrnell be on Demon time when he pause and rewind the video 5 times every 10 seconds....

[@Jundiyun]

it's a reaction video, deal with it

[@ymbriafiona]

You are looking for "Firefly" If you want a new frontier show like that ;)

[@Future_sight_katakuri]

10:40 you obviously don't know what happened to people in the original star wars trilogy-

[@chrisrodriguez1685]

This song how modern governments are

[@bendynamic2150]

I love your take and views on his videos you should watch his song (THE DATA STREAM | Cyberpunk 2077 Song feat. Cami-Cat!) It covers a game that is also in a dystopia that is run by Corporations.

[@starwarsfan6682]

Capitalism squared

[@umbradens6129]

lol stupes always is good at the anti capitalist anthems outerworld new Vegas cyberpunk etc

[@gren8te319]

y'know how every ring of hell iis a different one of the 7 sins in hazbin hotel? this shit is easily the darkestt depiction of greed i've ever fucking heard!

[@internetfriend6701]

In this town you pay for the rats

[@matthewcherrington2634]

This goes so hard

[@AskiFin]

Probably smartest reactioneer I've ever encountered, probably among smartest youtubers I've seen.. amount of realisations you had.. jeez-..

[@christophermcgee3809]

Real world stuff is the vibe I get cause gotta earn the right to work x5=5days a week to earn money to buy/pay for food, water and bills to live and have to pay for death of love ones if theirs any family are love ones left to pay for your death then it all repeat for the next generation

[@joshuashelton6355]

Babylon 5 is more of gritty space adventure you might like.

[@chrisrodriguez1685]

At whole grave pot the song welcome to modern society

[@verse_i_tyle2031]

This song just sounds like real life atm. It's pretty fucked up tbh. Ps. Great song tho

[@randomdude8202]

Fun fact, this is not really about a game.

[@jessekwb5035]

You should react to "MatPat vs Jacksfilms" by snakebite126

[@dinomarinovic5241]

If you haven't listend to cyberpunk one Data Stream it is a good one as well... I mean most of them are bangers depending on your preference

[@matchmakermaria5807]

I'm going to be honest I wasn't going to subscribe but then like...BAM your reactions where there and it made me laugh and then I realized your actually just awesome

[@zeroinfinity5864]

Please react to Dan Bull Outer worlds song 😉

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

Woohoo been waiting so long for this one lol

[@phoebe8597]

You keep saying "this place" is so messed up, but it is very much an allegory for capitalism - it is essentially what we are living right here in America.

[@thomaskrogh1244]

alien what you are look more of alien.

[@Myst3ry420]

Stop pausing so much. Ruins the flow.