The Hunger Games Sequels Pitch Meeting

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The first Hunger Games movie was an absolute smash hit and helped (along with X-Men: First Class) skyrocket Jennifer Lawrence to superstardom. So it only made sense that Hollywood would want to adapt the other two Hunger Games books, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, into movies as well. Three of them. That math checks out, right?
The Hunger Games sequels do raise some questions though. Like why is Snow flaunting around the victors at the risk of a revolution if silencing them would be more effective? Why is Katniss suddenly obsessed with Peeta? Is Mockingjay Part 1 just about how bad of an actress Katniss Everdeen is? Was President Snow’s big strategy to have an underfed prisoner try to strangle Katniss? How did the Capitol not think of guarding the tunnels that run through the entire underground of the city? Why do the middle two movies just kind of end abruptly?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to The Hunger Games Sequels! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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[@fatjonkuci6409]

"Storming the Capitol is tight", he did all this vid just for that line lol

[@monmothma3358]

That probably is why it came right now yeah :)

[@ShinyMon321]

I had this same thought when he said the joke!

[@Tim3.14]

Totally worth it

[@dhaisley]

I agree

[@LordKagashiro]

Lmao YES

[@The-Rest-of-Us]

“Storming the capitol is tight!” Ryan, you win the internet today.

[@spleenslegday9760]

@Ahmed Elsayed They have 6 comments on this channels, so that's a no.

[@KreatyvOne]

The Capitol* even in the books o_O

[@Sandman_10372]

@@KreatyvOne 😂🤣😂 Thank you.

[@kingsleycy3450]

"... which is definitely not going to be a surprisingly easy task."

[@WarmBreadBearBuddy]

Storming the whitehouse is tight

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

Combining 3 Movies into 1 Pitch Meeting is tight!

[@Dark_Peace]

Nope, super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@TEMINIX]

The opposite of the greed that fueled the movies.

[@goldfishmag8393]

Wowowowow.

[@hungrytaco6879]

They also put all the Harry Potter movies in 1 pitch meeting so that’s even tighter

[@treasure_adventures]

Yeah yeah yeah

[@charlietrelawney6867]

"-he's all she cares about" "When did that happen?" "At a certain point I imagine" *yup*

[@uri4263]

Survivor Guilt?

[@ericsloss3963]

The book explained it a lot better. In the books, I was rooting for Peeta. In the movies, I was rooting for Gale. I don't think I ever got over them casting an extremely short actor to play Peeta. So damn distracting to me. Josh H and Jennifer Lawrence had no chemistry at all.

[@birdmcturd1626]

@@ericsloss3963 I never rooted for Peeta because the moment he was introduced I knew he’d be a love interest. Gale had some fun scenes with her and a deep history of how they bonded so even though I knew he was a love interest,I liked him more. Peeta never quite had *that* moment to me,where he becomes super likeable. I still enjoy the book and movies though,I mean it’s still really fun and maybe if I read it again I wouldn’t be as biased against Peeta. I respect your ship though

[@moviemoment247]

@@birdmcturd1626 It's super interesting to hear you say that though! I thought that because of their history she would be drawn to Gale more, but for me I think what made me like Peta more with Katniss was that he had a gentler side to him that Katniss wanted to have. Like you said, I respect your ship and I don't hate it, it's just interesting to see a different perspective! When I was reading the book I had no other friends who read them and wanted to talk about it.

[@birdmcturd1626]

@@moviemoment247 Huh,interesting. I feel the same way,I also didn’t really have any friends who read it

[@OrzhovMarkov]

"Storming the Capitol is TIGHT!" "That's gonna age well, right?"

[@ElMundoDeHadesOK]

that made me spit my drink hHAHAHAHAHHAHA XDD

[@monsterfan2004]

(sigh) 2021

[@TrippaMazing87]

@@monsterfan2004 lol

[@marvingonzalez8586]

@Robotic Gentlemen getting on the fbi agent watch list is super easy barely an inconvenience

[@TrippaMazing87]

"It was super easy, barely an inconvien-" Ryan was then captured by the C.I.A.

[@husseinrayshouni]

Hunger games: stretches two books into three movies Ryan: Squeezes three movies into one pitch meeting The symbolism is strong with this one.

[@gemstonepheonix9522]

4 movies

[@dannybeads3672]

You meant that the Hunger games stretched 3 books into 4 movies. Technically the first 2 books were each a movie and only the last book was stretched two movies, just like Harry Potter... well no not just like Harry Potter because it was completely justified for Harry Potter because of how long the book was and how much content was in it that would have sucked to remove so much of it to fit into just 1 movie. While the hunger games was absolutely 100% a cash grab, as the book was as thin as a DVD case, there was no excuse to make the 3rd book into two movies (other than to make more money)... they could have easily easily kept the last book to 1 movie.

[@GimmeYourBlubber]

@@gemstonepheonix9522 what’s the 4th movie?

[@denionthewow]

@@GimmeYourBlubber Mockingjay Part 2

[@IzzysTravelDiaries]

I actually liked they stretched it to 4 movies. The last book had a lot of material. Sometimes things written down seem shorter than in a movie. Also the books are not wordy at all, unlike Harry Potter.

[@danielh.8033]

“With his little malnourished arms”🤣

[@Blaze-xe8cl]

*YIKES*

[@emiliashadownight-blacktho2766]

XD

[@mikaross4671]

I laughed so hard when he said that line.

[@romeovf]

😂😂😂

[@Loyd4798]

Malnourished arms are tight

[@Kev24]

“Ahh, Storming the capital is TIGHT!” Me: immediately checks when this was released

[@matthewmitchell3457]

I know right! That's what I did. I was watching it pretty soon after Jan. 6 '21 and was kinda like "Wow, pretty bold of you to be joking about that so soon, but okay!"

[@fnpoolguy]

"When did that happen?" "At a certain point, I imagine." "Well, okay then!"

[@naturechannel7667]

This needs to become another recurring line IMO

[@shizniddlesnap3001]

Hi I'm Connor the Android sent by cyberlife.

[@coolguy7461]

@@shizniddlesnap3001 youre shizniddle

[@codmott286]

haha i see you watched the video too!

[@commieRob]

"The symbol of the revolution killed the leader of the revolution in front of a bunch of people and then people murdered the former president with their bare hands and that didn't lead to chaos?" "No that led to off-screen peace and everything's good now." Not only brilliant film criticism but also a master class in political science.

[@Morhua1]

Yeah that's more unrealistic than the magic traps.

[@samuelabril9848]

And also comedy, Ryan's a genius

[@Cebollaverde]

That’s definitely how Rome happened

[@janusceasar7851]

that actually doesnt need a master class in political sciences. I was a kid when I watch it and even I was baffled at how the movie end so peacefully given how chaotic every just become after she killed Coin...like what? What happened next? Will the future be bleak and chaotic like the French Revolution? No? We got the generic happy ending? Okay then...

[@ilincabogza]

@@janusceasar7851 yeah in the book it doesn't have the same peacefull feel to it. Katniss is locked up and atempts suicide. She was suicidal and going insane so she paid almost no attention to what is going on. That means she didnt really have a perspective on what was going on wich didn't allow us to see the chaos. It is sure that powerful people in that climate like plurtach and haymitch had to clean that mess up but we don't see exactly what happened. While kantiss is reluctant to judge what is going on the elected president seems to be someone more believable to do good. Katniss is still reluctant to believe any good can happen for the most part so tge ending is a little bittersweet

[@redjive11]

I died when he said "A lot of public executions for a good guy"

[@kittyunderwood8918]

Well.. a guy

[@ericsloss3963]

I never even thought about that until he brought it up.

[@thewerewolfofwaggawagga8818]

that line reminded me of Snape: "A lot of child abuse for a good guy"

[@darkglobe406]

actually that is a logical course of action in his position , he can´t risk being seen as weak or hesitant in the eyes of snow , so he does the opposite to earn his trust and he is going over the top in order to convince snow that he is the guy for the job and he will prevail where previous guy has failed . plutarch is actually a tragic figure - he trades his own soul and humanity for a greater good . needless to say the idea was not expanded upon and was poorly executed , they could have done more with it .

[@ozvideos7697]

I got u at 1k 😉

[@JBob08]

No one in the world says "Okayyy" as perfectly as Ryan.

[@karalach6215]

You're so right

[@AndrewCheshire]

Ryan George : "Okayy" :: Jon Foreman : "Yeahh"

[@str8kronic]

I love the "oh really?"

[@WhiteLivesMatterPL]

Mkay

[@Nonsensiful23]

When did Katniss fall in love with Peeta? "At a certain point, I imagine."

[@wherearethecrayons6533]

This is the entire fandom

[@Laura-ql4mg]

This is why I couldn't get behind their relationship. It never seemed like more than a survival technique. At least with Gail they were friends for years. It never seemed to me like Katniss loved Peeta. And she was so adamant about not having kids that I was really surprised to see her married to Peeta with children in the end.

[@Pauluzzs]

@@Laura-ql4mg wait they got married?

[@katheli89]

I think the love story was secondary to Katniss' place and identity in that messed up world so it made perfect sense to me - Peeta to her became a symbol of hope and goodness while Gale turned into a symbol of war and destruction. Her getting together with Peeta is also her choosing peace over revenge.

[@wherearethecrayons6533]

@@katheli89 Exactly. Katniss and Gale are too similar. When she saw Gale give in to the hate she realized that the only thing keeping her from becoming like that was Peeta

[@MissBlueEyeliner]

_The Hunger Games:_ where everyone is well nourished and healthy.

[@Mugsi]

Hey, Hunger Games! I'm still full!

[@fernandovargasmejia740]

Except Peeta

[@SnickersEatsCookies]

Nourished and Healthy is an amAzing description

[@jeffc5974]

@NurBanuRD Everyone's well nourished and healthy except when it is a plot point.

[@darthdestructor927]

@@Mugsi oh Jennifer Lawrence ironically mocking an actor for gaining weight for a role yet attempting to be a pioneer for body acceptance is tight!!!

[@pnrg1354]

"When did THAT happen?" "..oh... at.. 'a certain point', I imagine.." That is a great summary of many films' plot holes.

[@mikaelapiasecki9297]

I want him to do a pitch meeting for cloudy with a chance of meatballs and say “super cheesy, barely an inconvenience”

[@rainbowrose8802]

Yes 😍

[@Quetzal00358]

Barley an inconvenience

[@vipe650r]

I second the motion.

[@thexenosaiyan]

"Money." "Oh good word, good word!" Brilliant. Money is tight

[@loandbehold650]

money is tight is the new Citadel motto

[@robyrandom1148]

Are financial unstable ?

[@flyingtomatosauce3528]

the director guy: is storming the capital gonna age well? we who travelled back in time: no definitelly no

[@persianking44]

Exec: Uh oh. Sounds like you need to make some smart financial choices. Have you tried investing in company stocks, like for this GameStop company?

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

💵

[@korliyon2283]

"The symbol of the revolution killed the leader of the revolution in front of a bunch of people and then people murdered the former president with their bare hands and that didn't lead to chaos?" That analysis is too precise.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Idk how the movie goes, but it does in the books. It’s at least implied, because Katniss herself doesn’t see that part

[@Forestdude-be6ud]

I remember in the books there's this whole thing about how she gets imprisoned and is nearly executed, but gets off the hook for having ptsd and she needs to have weekly therapy for several years while living the Peta in District 12.

[@monmothma3358]

Well they had Plutarch. And Paylor. And.. luck, I guess.

[@saintsinningsword]

That too is going to age well. Have a feeling there's going to be a few Brasils this year.

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Imagine AOC offing Hillary and a bunch of protesters doing a Snow job on Trump. Would that lead to chaos?

[@SerenaHung]

3:12 describes the 3rd movie perfectly: "Most of this movie is going to be them trying to compensate for Katniss' unconvincing acting abilities "

[@SerenaHung]

truer words never spoken

[@Well_Earned_Siesta]

"He sounds like a space butler." 😂😂😂

[@BlocksoBlock]

“Storming the capital is TIGHT” “That’s gonna age well right?”

[@ZanePalmer]

@@burritodog3634 some guy from Buffalo? Damn New Yorkers

[@burritodog3634]

@@ZanePalmer he wasnt from buffalo he was buffalo on head

[@Pauluzzs]

@@burritodog3634 Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo with Buffalo buffalo on their heads

[@ADMusic1999]

The Buffalos are coming! The Buffalos are coming!

[@janusinitiative3520]

Oh no.

[@funnysonicman]

Dropping everything to watch pitch meetings is not only tight, it’s super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@Levi-xb5sz]

Wow wow wow wow wow

[@mahoutsuguy863]

Yeah yeah yeah!

[@migzydrift]

Dropping everything is tight!

[@seethlaemmert5175]

Wow Wowowowow

[@TheGuyinHi]

Doesn't that not work for people you know...doing surgery or driving. We could cause alot of accidents dropping everything to watch pitch meetings you know.

[@nadifojilo822]

Who needs movie trailers when you have this guy?!

[@SerLoinSteak]

To be fair, the jump from "Katniss kills Coin" to "Katniss is a mother" happens in the book too.

[@anvos658]

There really is no believable way this doesn't all turn into a massive civil war with all the districts fighting for dominance, without a cut away.

[@raawesome3851]

Yeah

[@shakrooph]

well pretty much every silly thing he mentions applies to the books

[@sangriad.938]

No they explain everything happening in between in the books. How Katniss was under house arrest for days and weeks and months. Then Haymitch gets her and explains what happened after she killed Coin. Then they tell us about their life with Peeta. Only then it jumps into a mother. But tbh we didn't need to hear all details about they getting closer, her pregnancy etc. I think it was a good ending. In the movie it was incredible fast tho...

[@empirestate8791]

@@sangriad.938that makes more sense. In the movies, she’s literally sent home immediately after she kills Coin, and like 2 minutes later we see her and Peet’s living happily ever after. They should have at least shown more of the world’s reaction to Coin’s assassination, the new government taking over, and Katniss settling into her new life. And the epilogue could have been a couple minutes longer.

[@Real_MisterSir]

"Oh but storming the Capitol is going to be difficult right?" "No actually it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience!"

[@ratholin]

Unless you're from district 11...

[@Mr.Infumus]

Oh really

[@MyNameIsBucket]

"So, wait, the insurrectionists who supposedly respect the police are going to trample and beat them? And the police who are supposedly protecting the Capitol just let them do whatever they want?" "Listen, sir, I'm going to need you to get all the way off my back."

[@clarkstrange2142]

@@MyNameIsBucket “oh let me get off of that thing!”

[@fuqjuetube882]

Lol...insert q shaman here.

[@alexbarlow7403]

I wanna see a movie titled "Plutarch Heavensbee: The Space Butler"

[@swistedfilms]

Would you settle for Pluto Nash?

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

I do too. Eddie Murphy.

[@ultraman_99]

How much are you willing to pay for that?

[@acadityac]

The actor is also dead

[@sarahgarrison9006]

That would be awesome

[@drunknpoet]

"The Princess Bride" Pitch Meeting, please

[@vivianthesinger]

Watching pitch meetings is making me want to send my finished scripts to Ryan just to see if he finds any loopholes lol

[@bowonetpreneur894]

Don't. You'll get slaughtered

[@Torlik11]

"Most of this movie is going to be them trying to compensate for katniss's unconvincing acting abilities" That's some heavy burn if I ever seen one.

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

These Movies are so forgettable and interchangeable I just realized *I haven't seen the last one and the ending of the story* and I'm glad I didn't.

[@scamanderous5219]

"Oh, VERY rude!" :)

[@marchunnicutt4994]

Wished he had mentioned the irony of Katniss volunteering for the Tribute to save her sister's life, then her sister dies because of the rebellion started by her volunteering for the Tribute.

[@culturecanvas777]

😳🤔 dang.

[@0Arcoverde]

I mean, seems a stretch Her sister died because she loved healing people and collin is an asshole

[@0Arcoverde]

@@jellyfishi_ collins point was to make her dictator, marc point might be it tho

[@monkeycowman2]

how about the fact that her sister was missing for 2-3/4 of the films and 1-3/4 of the books and then just suddenly appears and dies...

[@djofftheshit]

I thought the same thing when I watched that scene of her sister dying. I was like bruh, to me this undercuts a majority of the films since her main reason for fighting in the first place is now gone

[@matthewg.305]

“He's not the brightest...” most understated statement in the trailer.

[@anvos658]

This all gets even worse, when your realize the Capital District had managed to previously defeat all the others, when they hadn't been beating the other districts down for ages and intentionally making them dependent on the capital, while having each other district hyper specialized.

[@beardlessdragon]

The fact that you turned all three movies into one video is absolutely glorious

[@seanluyanda6382]

"With his little malnourished arms" 😂😂😂that took me by surprise

[@graffitiwomen]

Same😂😂😂 still giggling 😆

[@Xavier_Breaking_Bad]

Best part IMO

[@billc.2627]

"May the Ryans be ever in your favor."

[@MikeFelix1805]

May the Pitch Meetings be ever in your favor ☺️

[@GhaniGaming1]

May the inconvenience be ever in your favor

[@kiebahow442]

This is tight, be ever super easy and barely an inconvenience.

[@CalebThomasofficially]

4:09 My first thought was “oh that’s not going to age well”.... and then you nail it!!! 😆🤣

[@ivy1563]

"A lot of public executions for a good guy" "Well maybe not a good guy, but a guy" "Good to know" Think killed me for some reason.

[@shedotshearts]

“Oh storming the capital is tight!” “That’s sentence is gonna age well, right?” WHEEEEEEEEEEEZE

[@SavageBunnyGetMoney]

*end quote*

[@Usario321]

I don’t get it

[@TactileTherapy]

@@Usario321 capitol

[@rong1924]

Yes, yes it is.

[@adesperateyoutuber2117]

@@Usario321 There was a bit of a hub bub in DC a few weeks ago, some rioting and a few dead people. which led to the second attempt at impeaching Trump and the fourth overall impeachment attempt. I can understand how you missed it.

[@lawenforcer9864]

And then Katniss did a backflip, snapped coin’s neck and saved the day.

[@raoularmagnac2037]

That's a good one! HILARIOUS! 🤣

[@edgarlara28]

Oooooh I like the reference

[@evanmoore3114]

What's the reference?

[@colourmered8786]

@@evanmoore3114 It's from Ryan's personal channel. First Guy To Write Fiction, I think the video is called.

[@AdamG1983]

"These are going to be stepping stones, just telling people to see the next movie" Marvel: "Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!!"

[@kanyerahming]

LMAO, it's worse in the comics

[@joshuachudley1270]

T'challa : *points finger* Get this man A script!

[@HighHeelKnight]

😄😄😄😄

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

The Marvel movies are just an extremely expensive ongoing tv show. Its amazing to me people can’t grasp that simple concept.

[@kanyerahming]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 same in the comics

[@katecosettevocals]

"storming the capitol is tight!" *instantly looks at the date of the video*

[@edge3220]

"Storming the capitol is going to be hard right?" "Actually it's going to be super easy, barely an inconvenience." "Oh so the police are going to let them in?"

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

LOL. But true!!!

[@hassathunter2464]

Yeahyeahyeah "Amazing"

[@derrickjenkins2455]

You win!! 😂

[@DeathnoteBB]

You mean the Power Rangers?

[@kozara8202]

Wowowow wow

[@MatiZ815]

I never appreciated what a good word "money" is until now.

[@jeffireymurdock2073]

Money is tight

[@robertswartzer3257]

Money....that's the thing that I like! 😄😄 *Points to self*. Yes that is a direct reference to a screen rant pitch meeting video, friends

[@KhanGarth]

yeah yeah yeah

[@apogee7765]

Same. Money is great.

[@piplup10203854]

“We should cash that check.” Is how every movie was ever pitched 🤣

[@EricA-xd9fn]

(2:23) "What..?! When did that happen?!" ... "At a certain point....I imagine." Don't know why, but that cracks me up.

[@tombombaddie]

“Plutarch Heavensby” does sound like a space butler

[@raoularmagnac2037]

Yes, it does! I just love that line! It's HILARIOUS! I could NOT stop laughing!!! 🤣

[@duralumin594]

Or a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

[@matthewevans5486]

@@duralumin594 Oh my god why have you put this in my head! I want that now

[@dsfakljhjfsdhnjfdsjk]

He just sounds British... *cough* Benedict Cumberbatch *cough*

[@ilincabogza]

@@raoularmagnac2037 omg if you read the prequel a havensbee is named hilarious

[@guyvizard549]

Screen Rant: "Isn't it gonna be kinda difficult to make a topical joke while discussing years-old movies?" Ryan: "Actually, super easy- barely an inconvenience."

[@subramaniamk9094]

That ' Barely an inconvenience ' reference was damn good.

[@livvi67]

Well okay then 🤠

[@Skittl1321]

Nice job with this one.

[@zyrcfx277]

"Oh, really?"

[@tristanmohr112]

I mean, if you read Mockingjay and see what the filmmakers had to work with I’d say they did a good job, the fact they actually showed Peta’s rescue which shows they really wanted to make the most of what they had

[@royalhindass3027]

Every time I watch one of these I think about where he’s going to fit his catchphrases because it could be difficult but it actually seems like super easy barely an inconvenience

[@Cludnugget]

Yeah, shoehorning in catchphrases is tight

[@royalhindass3027]

@@Cludnugget lol

[@thanatoast4389]

I would like to mention that, “Oh, very rude” is an under appreciated catch phrase.

[@EddyKnightBlade]

1:04 lol space Butler that one got me lol.

[@michael_swardh]

“Storming the capitol is tight!” CLASSIC!

[@coolnerdlll6053]

That "storming the Capitol" joke just blew my mind.

[@rentstoohigh1587]

You're a moron

[@joetheinfant8891]

Don’t listen to Rashad. You’re a very cool nerd

[@_S0LUS_]

What happened to the previous 2 cool nerds? Are you their descendant or did you kill them in some sort of Highlander scenario?

[@adaurysantos]

@@rentstoohigh1587 how

[@wesleyoldham-cartoonsandtv1962]

"And if they were able to brainwash people this whole time, why didn't they do that to Katniss and Peta right after the first games?" "Because we hadn't established that they could do that yet." "Well ok."

[@afifhizami900]

The more correct answer is becAUSE.

[@ilincabogza]

Ok i know this might be obnoxious but i have two theories: one - we can see that while peeta is brainwashed he is also overal unhiged, and even if he only goes of when it comes to katniss, he is still for the most part visibly deranged, wich takes months of work to lessen. Then, the brainwashing works only for making the human be deeply scared of even the mention of a thing, wich sends them into frenzy, wich only seeming deranged. It would only work with a smaller dose of venom, but then again the comviction behind that subject would lessen too. Why does the way the would come off matter? Beacause they are already the symbol. If people can tell that those words aren't geniune they wouldn't be able to control or influence the masses. Second- they need their submission shown in another way. They parade them around the districts for a preventive way to subside the rioting, but they need more then just to dominate katniss and peeta. They are already the symbol, and people already where waiting for a spark to flare up the rebelion. Them being quiet wouln't stop it. So they needed to make their defeat crushing, to erase all types of hope, for it to be a punnishment, a lesson. Basically the whole point of them being sent back in the arena was to show the people that they can never will. That way it's far morr valuable and more impactfull. They want them dead and for them to be once again a symbol, this time one of doomed try and of what happens when you resist to the Capitol. That's why they "saved them up" for those games. And why they saw that as the impirtant thing. Of course, they didn't forsee the ending of that try....

[@shadowofsocialawkwardness4900]

'Because the writer hadn't thought of the idea when she wrote that part'

[@danielrose5258]

That's a great conclusion he should do idiocracy next

[@SmultronsyltNatha]

@@shadowofsocialawkwardness4900 Or the people working for Snow hadn’t thought of that before.

[@mastring1966]

LOL "that's going to age well, right?" that got me for like 5 minutes. I'm still snickering. Well done.

[@TheHunterBolton]

Can you do “Big Trouble in Little China?” I know it’s not new, but I love that weird movie and think it would be fun to hear your take

[@kellnola]

Great choice!

[@NewYork975]

Too many sequels, somebody needs to feed these damn kids already.

[@SureFire0711]

Lol ya no kidding

[@boilingsnowwater2121]

the starving games

[@joetheinfant8891]

The Horny Games. Two tributes from each district must do the deed without protection in the woods and whoever does not die of childbirth wins!

[@theotherswan3573]

@@joetheinfant8891 I would rather watch that then the hunger games

[@Ty-wd5ui]

@@joetheinfant8891 ah I see men can’t lose. I like it

[@sarahrebeccatippling]

"Storming the Capitol is TIGHT........."

[@migueldavila7887]

Storming the capitol is easy barely an inconvenience

[@Harrysatt]

That sentence is gonna age well, right?

[@AwkwardSegway95]

Ironic that the first "stepping stone" movie is the best one in the series.

[@jamielondon6436]

I prefer the third, but the second's also great.

[@anthonymcrooster3703]

First one has to be good in order to launch a franchise, sequels can be as crappy as they want after that.

[@Groteskfull]

"Not the dislike. That's a bad button." Still makes me chuckle 😄

[@MoneyGist]

"That led to off-screen peace..." Off-screen peace? After 2 "stepping stone" sequels?

[@zoopdterdoobdter5743]

You were hoping for another sequel covering the years of definitely-would-have-happened internecine gurilla warfare and concentration camp horrors in a childrens' film series that already makes light of rebellion against a brutal totalitarian regime? 😆

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

@@zoopdterdoobdter5743 That sounds like the only movie worth making, so it makes sense that they made every other tangent and side quest but not what you described!

[@jdbjicase]

Kinda like how Independence Day: Resurgence hinted at an awesome story about a ground war with the aliens just to give us sadness. And not the good kind of sadness like Spock's sacrifice in The Wrath of Kahn. The bad kind of sadness like when Star Trek: Into Darkness ended and you wanted those two hours of your life back.

[@joeysingingchannel]

Y'know, cause Mockingjay Part 1 was SO full of content.

[@ladytezt]

Off screen peace is TIGHT

[@Raziel312]

"Most of this movie is them trying to compensate for Katniss being an unconvincing actor." How meta.

[@spiderslayerd]

Except Ryan is a great actor

[@mikshinee87]

You clearly haven't seen Winter's Bone. See that and come back to me about Jeniffer Lawrence's acting ability.

[@TomCruz54321]

@@mikshinee87 Oh she's great in some movies but she phones it in in others like this one and X-Men Dark Phoenix.

[@scytheseven9173]

Jennifer Lawrence is a good actor, but I saw Winter's Bone, it was a near-unwatchable suckfest.

[@chriserony]

Jennifer Lawrence is a great actor. The problem was the source material where Katniss is supposed to be unemotional.

[@tanoydas3090]

That capital joke makes me laugh hard. My wife is looking at me all weirdly

[@libritium]

"You should check that math" -"No, it feels like we should cash that check"

[@JunkYardDog175]

“Do you think it’ll be tough to squeeze 3 movies into one Pitch Meeting?” “No it’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.”

[@my3dviews]

Squeezing 3 movies into one Pitch Meeting is tight.

[@bobmccaffrey2235]

When 2 books made into 3 movies is only enough for 1 pitch meeting

[@davidanderson2357]

Coming soon: a single movie covered in three pitch meetings.

[@TheUberjammer]

Editing mistake at 4:58! You guys accidentally put in a clip from Cats.

[@greenwitchinc.1682]

Hahaha! "Storming the Capital is tight." God damn classic...

[@dikkie1000]

"Money" "You said the good word" Is there any other good word?

[@jasonpost913]

Several, but they all amount to the same thing. Words like "merchandising", "product-placement", occasionally "cinematic universe" but that one is a little inconsistent.

[@IveGotToast]

If "money" is such a good word how come there isnt a "Money 2"

[@j.b.5422]

"lots of money"

[@dikkie1000]

@@IveGotToast That one is most likely under claim by Mel Brooks with "Spaceballs 2 - the Search for More Money"

[@backroadblast6603]

@@dikkie1000 this is an incredible comment.

[@joshsimon1997]

Ryan: "So, you have some movies to Pitch Meetings of for me?" Us: "Yes sir, we do: Van Helsing (2004), Snow White and The Huntsman, and every Terminator before Dark Fate"

[@530siddhant]

Me : "I feel like fitting three movies into one pitch meeting will be kinda difficult. " Actually it's gonna be super easy, barely and inconvenience.

[@mariajoserodriguez5707]

"Super easy, barely an inconvenience" I love that phrase in every single pitch meeting

[@anitralarae_mahjacat]

I have a Pavlovian Nose Wrinkle when he says that.

[@DeltaEcho303]

Writer: "Not really any resolutions or anything, just kinda 'Hey, come see the next movie, OK?'" Disney CEO: "Tell the Star Wars and Marvel teams we have a new motto."

[@flowrianeast42]

And that’s how blockbuster cinema became TV-series with slightly longer episodes

[@ProtestTheIndie]

At least Marvel and Star Wars movies don't tend to finish on cliffhangers. Even though they're part of a larger narrative, each film is resolved. For example, if Infinity War ended with Thanos arriving in Wakanda, that would be equivalent. However, he gets the stones and completes his quest, that's the resolution. If anything, the 2nd Hobbit film is the best equivalent example. The resolution of the 2nd film was the start of the 3rd film.

[@joshuapray]

Star Wars didn't do that, though. Haven't seen all the Marvel films so I can't speak to that. As the comment above me says, the Hobbit most certainly did.

[@TheShanicpower]

Marvel definitely resolves things in every movie, though.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Literally the only Marvel film that actually didn’t have any proper resolution was Infinity War. That’s it. Star Wars had none of them.

[@dunklerreiter486]

I miss “Whoops! Whoopsie!"

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

They forgot..Whoopsie!!!

[@RedCaio]

Hey, I'm gonna need you to get all the way off his back about that

[@bourboncask4089]

Storming the Capital was super tight, but sadly just ended as barely an inconvenience.

[@Joy_McConnell]

He sounds like a space butler” I was dying to of laughter

[@JakkFrost1]

"Storming the capitol is tight!" All I could think was; "Have fun storming the capitol!" "Do ya think it'll work? "It'd take a miracle."

[@mariposa9506]

Princess Bride references are TIGHT!

[@thomasfoersterling7109]

Lionsgate: Turn the second two books into three movies: Ryan: Turn the three movies into one video

[@captainobvious90]

Perfectly balanced

[@MMAli-rq8kd]

@@captainobvious90 "As All things should be" It's concerning that you just quoted Thanos unironically! 😅

[@michelletshane9128]

Reverse uno

[@endertobias1908]

I didnt realize thus was so recent so when he said the capital thing I was like "you really are a time traveler arnt you"

[@Barrobroadcastmaster]

"I feel like that's gonna age well." The ride ain't over.

[@user-bm9fo5kr1l]

"Storming the Capitol is tight." It sure is Ryan, it sure is. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@ClickBeetleTV]

Whoops!

[@kennamae0644]

@@ClickBeetleTV Woopsie!

[@Sixstringman]

So easy you could almost say it was a setup.

[@rme9155]

@@Sixstringman wowowowowowowowow

[@TheSuperCoolMan122]

apparently

[@tmims2]

"Storming the Capitol is tight." Ryan, you sir, are a genius.

[@Guestowel]

I would like to see a Requiem for A Dream Pitch Meeting

[@luv.georgie5047]

Finnick s deaths absolutely kills me every time 🥲 also quote if the day: the. Katniss’s sister blows up and and an- everything blows up ✌️

[@mikaross4671]

I feel like the hunger games movies did the books zero justice and this pitch meeting is proof of how much the movies just skipped right over.

[@thannilol5793]

this whole fricking war literally only happened offscreen I was so confused

[@GrandMountainAdventure]

Don’t be fooled, they’re probably the most successful duo in movie history

[@tiberiusbrain]

The scriptwriter and the producer? Absolutely, for sure

[@Dragon_Void07]

YEAH YEAH YEAH

[@tiberiusbrain]

Amazing!

[@Kirito06278]

Wow wow wow wow

[@mimsy1765]

Samwise and frodo

[@brokeneyes6615]

“ Why won’t they let in on the plan?” So The book could happen.

[@AbdalaBrothers]

HAHAHHA the reference for the real life storming the capitol 😂😂😂😂😂 you should do a pitch meeting of that!

[@meganbright4990]

“And then everything explodes” “And then Katniss’ sister explodes” “A-a-a-a-and then everything explodes”

[@danielrose5258]

And then everybody came together to get him to do Idiocracy

[@meganbright4990]

@@danielrose5258 yep xD

[@macdaraoraghallaigh7343]

Hunger Games: stretches three books into four movies The Hobbit: you dare oppose me, mortal?

[@RuckNastyRealm]

I would love to see a pitch meeting for "The Boyz" please make it happen.

[@a_maxed_out_handle_of_30_chars]

I'm on a pitch meeting spree and didn't realize this video was done recently until the capitol joke

[@FutureBereaAlumn]

“He’s not the brightest.” They we’re basically meant to be a human shield around the mansion. While it didn’t work, it was smart.

[@dudetheman3]

yeah, and it was a last ditch attempt too - he had pretty much lost at that point, iirc.

[@demizson576]

And then Cersei Lannister recycled that strategy for the final season of Game of Thrones. ... Nope, didn't really work there, either.

[@ErikUden]

“He sounds like a... space butler” Lmao

[@raoularmagnac2037]

Yes, indeed!HILARIOUS!!! 🤣

[@anti-depressant]

Executive: "Storming the capitol is TIGHT!...That's gonna age well, right?" 🤣 The look on his face is what really sells it.

[@MissMiseryGloom]

This was beautiful. So glad I found your channel today. Thank you for your hard work!

[@shinigami1357]

That storming the capitol line was so smooth it shocked me how I didn’t notice

[@bernanernan6023]

Clicking on this notification was super easy barely an inconvenience

[@trinaq]

Indeed, Pitch Meeting nofications are tight! ☺️

[@Hello-ni1oy]

Yea ignoring them is thight

[@snipermouse9317]

@@trinaq Using quotes from a video is tight

[@Hello-ni1oy]

@Dakota Matos agree

[@rendanimulaudzi8482]

Had to check the date to make sure Produce guy didn't plan storming the capital

[@philosb427]

Hey Ryan! Love this series, I've probably binged 50+ episodes in the past week... woopsie! I'd love to see a Pitch Meeting for the universally revered modern classic Sahara (2005), ft. Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penelope Cruz. I think it could make for an awesome episode. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@j.eremy.z]

Idk if anyone noticed, but in the books Snow dies by just coughing up blood in front of the whole country, and in the Ballad of Snakes and Songbirds (the prequel book that is gonna be a movie soon), Snow is a mentor in the Hunger Games and he watches someone die by coughing up blood in front of the whole country a says that that would be an embarrassing way to die.

[@joshuapray]

Interesting, but does reverse foreshadowing work? That just seems lazy to me.