This Exorcist Prequel is So Bad, They Had to Make it Twice

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MARRY ME DAMMIT

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I saw a demon possess a beaver once. It spent all its time trying to damn a river.

[@Sorakeyblademaster37]

Ba-dum tssss

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@@Sorakeyblademaster37ba-stupid

[@shlomz]

A Christian church built when Jesus was 5. This takes the Oscar for "The Least Research Ever Put Into a Script."

[@Band-aidBonnie]

You've never seen Netflixs Cleopatra.

[@luna775]

@@Band-aidBonnie Based and true

[@hebanker3372]

Since they mention emperor Justinian, the church was built in 6th century, not 5 AD, which contradicts the earlier scene, where Skarskard's character says the Byzantines(Romans) hadn't adopted Christianity yet. But, that would be impossible, since Kenya(where the film takes place), was outside of the Roman empire. It would make sense to have the Christian kings of Ethiopia do the church building, but the Ethiopians were Monophysites, which would make the church look nothing like what it looks in the movie, let alone have statues and obviously later Christian imagery. This movie is a mess...

[@davemccage7918]

@@Band-aidBonnieMy grandma told me “I don’t care what they teach you in school, the goblin did not turn on the stove”

[@arthas640]

​@@Band-aidBonniewhat is it with Netflix and race swapping? I saw a tv show the other day on there that had black soldiers in a germanic army fighting the romans.

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To get to the other side. Wait, wrong joke...

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I'll donate the 27 Wilhelm Screams I've found in the last coupla months.

[@alphons1456o]

The upside down cross being a symbol of satan is something only recent. It was originally known as the Cross of St. Peter, because St. Peter requested to be crucified upside down as his penance. It's also known as the symbol of martyrdom. This isn't a dig. I just wanted to share that

[@mattm8870]

likewise the upside down pentagram.

[@dbblues.9168]

Yeah. The hollywood version of evil is a joke.

[@HeRa06Ram]

It is not a "was" the Vatican still uses the symbol in papal clothing and furniture, I remember years ago when some protestants claimed they were satanic for using the inverted cross in a chair without knowing what does the symbol actually stand for

[@LilyApus]

Most people accept whatever they're told is true so I'm not surprised it means something else

[@ConsueloWubba]

God works in mysterious ways. You can't outfox the Man who invented the platypus.

[@rustyshackleford234]

If someone gave me leftover chicken wings on Halloween I’d actually be pretty happy Edit: update, went trick or treating with my girlfriend, unfortunately no leftover chicken wings 😭

[@imnotpayingchildsupport4506]

What sauce you using for the wings

[@rustyshackleford234]

@ most likely hot buffalo or teriyaki

[@ironicugandan5826]

Depends on the brand

[@Redtail45044]

Yeah, candy's nice, but I'd rather the chicken wings, to be honest.

[@donaldporr9682]

Would depend on whose chicken wings and the flavor. My favorite is mango habanero

[@Squiggy1223]

Right after the part where you said "You know what doesnt matter? YOU!" I got an ad for Better Help XD

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🤣🤣

[@favoritemustard3542]

Mine was for dental implants/veneers LOL

[@LabMatt]

New babies are born every day, and not one of them was used to record new sound effects in how many decades now?

[@Espartanica]

We live in a world where "Happy Birthday" song is copyright. New sound effects means contracts and royalties

[@dubuyajay9964]

Just like audience laughter and the Wilhelm Scream. And that one screaming lady.

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

​@@Espartanica Is there any hope for the future of Homo Sapiens as a whole on this entire planet by the next hundreds, thousands, or millions of years?

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I’ve always wondered about that.

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​@@UnwantedGhost1-anz25No

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You know those miniature size bottles of Jack Daniels that they sell at airports ? I was expecting Possum to give the kids a bag full of those.

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Possum would never waste booze on snot nosed brats

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Empty beer cans they can recycle for $? (It'd be more like an Easter egg hunt lol)

[@SquirrelGamez]

Love how you got the trick or treaters speaking brainrotese.

[@Quickdrawingartist]

I don't, because I have to waste time for clearing the gene pool. But, enough about hobbies.

[@dethtreeorigin]

To be fair it is the spookiest thing of all

[@TheNefastor]

No cap.

[@misterkefir]

fr fr

[@tailfin6595]

Skibidi

[@itsupstart1473]

Why did the demon get kicked out of the bar? Because he kept raising everyone's spirits... and not in a good way.

[@cybermax12]

Why didn't the demon turn on the stove? Because the goblin did.

[@vicvega3614]

To heat up the fireplace poker

[@harkbelial]

Because goblin deez nutz!!!

[@kbbrown8154]

I kept forgetting this was an abomination of The Exorcist and not an abomination of Indiana Jones.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

If it was Indiana Jones it wouldn't even be the worst Indiana Jones movie. Hell, it's not even the worst Exorcist movie anymore.

[@grimmatchstick7467]

​@@TheOwneroftheIC Yeah because the exorcist 2 still is and will always be

[@ablosch2452]

@@TheOwneroftheIC Exorcist Believer I cannot tell if it’s better or worse.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

Thanks for sorting out my confusion. Honestly, thank you. I didn't realize it until I saw your comment.👍

[@Matthew-Anthony]

@grimmatchstick7467 Are you seriously claiming that the Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) is the worst exorcist movie?

[@TheRoflcer]

Possum: "You know who doesn't matter? You!" Me: "It's true, but you didn't have to say it!"

[@pricklypear1643]

And then I got an ad a second later. I feel like that isn't a coincidence

[@Espartanica]

Okay vore channel

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@@Espartanica Why'd you have to bring p0rn into it?

[@vicvega3614]

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[@sblinder1978]

He's out of line, but he's right

[@HECKproductions]

according to IMDB "both [the writer of the original exorcist movie] and paul schrader were nearly thrown out of this film's premiere for loudly laughing during the screening"

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

Huh, rare use of Striped Hyenas in a movie. Most movies usually use Spotted ones only. Guess it was done because they are easier to tame. Anyway, I do wonder why nobody making these movies remembers that Pazuzu is a demon of air and birds, and have him use birds as his messengers and agents?

[@enderkatze6129]

If we are to give the benefit of the doubt, there are crows...

[@charlesplante]

It's funny that Futurama got Pazuzu more correct than everybody else.

[@muleavenger9772]

The inverted Cross is the mark of St. Peter. He was crucified upside down out of respect for Christ. Catholics know this, why would the demons do that? It makes no sense to me.

[@Adam-rt2ir]

Actually St. Peter being crucified on an upside down cross comes from Apocrypha so its not canon to the Christian religion. The Church rejects those texts, so why shouldn't Catholics reject the "fact" of St. Peter's death.

[@SashaTheDog]

Rotate it by 90°

[@muleavenger9772]

@@Adam-rt2ir Because Catholics know that the inverted cross is referencing St. Peter. There are still painting and works of art in the Catholic church depicting it. St. George is also in the Apocrypha and we still use the image of him slaying the dragon. It would look silly if some how that was turned scary if you already know where it is from. The inverted cross is scary for people who do not know anything about Christianity or its symbols. Maybe to protestants who do not know about Peter being crucified upside down, it seems real to them but to me it is just silly.

[@muleavenger9772]

@@SashaTheDog Lol, yes. Vampires are also afraid of 90 degree objects. 🤣

[@vanillabatcave5677]

Because the same symbol can have different meaning, for St.Peter it was out of respect by recognizing himself as different to Christ and unworthy, for Satanists and related it means a literal inversion of christian values and morale (although with the same basic message of "unlike Christ"). Like calling someone gay, it doesn't just mean happy and I'm pretty sure anyone would think of the "inversion of christianity instead of St.Peter's when watching an upside down cross if it was caused by a demon and/or spirit.

[@DrTeeth66]

Remember the first head-spin scene in The Exorcist? Where Regan said the "You know what she did?!" line? That was _Burke's_ voice - the man she killed and threw out the window. I saw the movie a dozen times over a quarter century, and _just_ realized that.

[@kristennelson3190]

Yup, that's why the demon says "...Your cunting daughter?!?!". Because "cunting" is a very recognizable Burkism, making it more obvious that they're asking the Mom if she knows that it was Reagan that threw Burke out the window after killing him.😉 One of the many reasons why The Exorcist is still one of the greatest movies ever made.😁

[@jjoshaugh]

Ya, the Exorcist is actually a very well crafted movie.

[@UlshaRS]

Apparently I came from a universe where there is only one Exorcist movie and I seem to be stuck in your hellscape dimension now. Great.

[@igodreamer7096]

Exorcist 3 is also a good movie. I guess.

[@UlshaRS]

I'll have to take what this universe can give then🙃

[@lil_nutz2044]

Welcome to hell bro

[@faeembrugh]

I did sell my soul to the devil, but 2 days later he came back and wanted a refund...

[@jasontermini8487]

Demon Joke: kid 1:hey do you want to go trick or treating? Kid 2:no were too old for that. Evil scary demon:I'm not *and then he eats them*

[@georgesiv2082]

The real demon is Warner Brothers.

[@AllHailDiskordia]

True

[@dawnmccarthy1]

Remember the start of the "Trunk-Or-Treat" thing? Where you go to stranger's cars or vans to get candy from their trunk?

[@Dreadjaws]

Drives me fucking insane when people try to defend shitty tweets with "It was unexpected!" Yeah, no fucking shit it's unexpected when it comes out of nowhere. That doesn't make it good.

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liking how possums skits are all collectively just a prolonged parody of older youtuber reviewers who had like, lore, and story its just characters trying to start lore and possum demanding they fuck off i actually love youtubers with lore, but, can appreciate a wellmade parody too

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"Sanitarium" is the sanitized American version of the British "sanatorium"...same thing, basically, but different dialect.

[@passingrando6457]

The crazy house version of "Aluminum" versus "Aluminium"

[@robertsteele474]

AD starts at the conception of Christ, 9 months gestation plus 4.33 years would be 5 A.D. Based on other small Byzantine churches, if it was completed in 5 A.D., it would have taken a minimum 20--30 years to build, which means it would have been started at least 5 years before Christ was even born and 31 years before Christ even began his ministry. Shyamalan, shyamalan ding dong

[@hebanker3372]

They mention Justinian, which means the church was built in the 500s AD, not 5 AD. The actors in the beginning botched their lines or the script did it for them.

[@Ars-Nova258]

This is one of the few times where I feel like nothing even happened in a movie.

[@mikeh6109]

The Exorcist was scary because it, unlike almost all horror movies, played with a lot of people's fears in the sense that this was a story where some of it could actually be true and real. 😮

[@CooperDooper38]

I keep trying to get possessed, but this stubborn evil spirit refuses to get inside me. I guess he's _demon_ me unworthy.

[@HECKproductions]

isnt a sommelier a person who pretends expensive wine tastes better than cheap wine and gets paid money to pretend such? anyway i like the dialogue of the trick or treating kids for real on god no cap

[@demizson576]

According to the credits, the character (played by Ben Cross - looking like a young Christopher Lee) is called 'Semelier'. Skibidi.

[@HECKproductions]

@@demizson576 but do the credits say why the goblin turned on the stove?

[@kzookid545]

The witch cackling in the background gave me schizophrenia

[@haydenanderson7445]

Dr. Rockso!

[@charlesplante]

Enjoy it while it lasts

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​@@haydenanderson7445the Rock&Roll clown!?

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POSSUM KNOWS WHAT GOREGRIND IS?!?!

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Apparently, Possum is well-versed in many things. Even niche genres like goregrind!

[@MrClawt]

I bet he knows Xavleg's full name too.

[@fortheloveofking]

"Merrin tells her that she's full of shit, but she's not. She's full of blood. It's better than being full of maggots." All fair points.

[@milestrombley1466]

Beetlejuice: "I've seen The Exorcist about 167bt8mes, and it keeps getting funnier, every single time I see it!"

[@Samfry523]

I really love your video skits, Possum. :)

[@shadowleon659]

Still can't believe Renny Harlin went from directing Prison, Nightmare On Elm Street 4, Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Deep Blue Sea and Mindhunters to crap like this.

[@EarlHildebrandt]

When you acquire a reputation as a reliable hired gun, you'll inevitably take some jobs that pay well but prove impossible to complete properly because your paymasters think you can spin their straw into gold.

[@ablosch2452]

@@shadowleon659 Elm Street 4 wasn’t good either. It was when the series jumped the shark and stopped being scary.

[@Dustborn-0TL]

Cliffhanger and Deep Blue Sea aren't very good either.

[@shadowleon659]

@Dustborn-0TL Cliffhanger is a damn solid action film screw all of Stallone's haters.

[@Dustborn-0TL]

@shadowleon659 I don't hate the guy. That movie just wasn't good.

[@ScrabeMan]

Goddamn a “Nasty Officer” is so goddamn funny

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“While Sarah treats Merit’s gash, Merit tries to treat HER gash…” 💀 😂

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The "BROOM" fan art is pretty damn good. I like the creativity

[@applescruff1969]

The Basement skit reminds me of old Newgrounds animations. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@peteyrose9666]

"Maybe you dont know whats goong on cuz youre a shitty doctor" haha fucking killed me bro

[@billbillinger2117]

" We got dat queefy drip." ... did... did I hear that correctly?

[@busterbackster1]

You did not

[@ablosch2452]

This Exorcist doesn’t get funnier after seeing it over 167 times.

[@WhiteThorn-95]

Me and my mother laugh hysterically watching the first one.

[@thantrus]

I think you need to live through the Black Plague to grasp the comedy.

[@charlesplante]

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[@joshuah9109]

​@@WhiteThorn-95horror (like comedy) is subjective. I watched the first two SAW movies and laughed through most of it.

[@Umbra_Nocturnus]

Damn those Nasties for being too historically accurate for youtube. Much more historically accurate than A R HuffnPuffn Alex Bones Alex Franco Annihilator X Aquilak Ariel Valentine Astrocreep2000 Balls Ben Davenport Bici BrixOrstix99 BrokenAsian CaseyMacGregor Clanbob ColeSlausen Cortez Dean Brown Delcar Diesel Weasel Direangel Dirty Mike Dragon Monarch DumplinDaGoose Eduardo SAnchez Enrique Vidaurri Farkas Dániel Fractile Soriah frayingobscurity GoatBoat Goma_Flame Gorevisceration GothxTrash Hey Rhena nid Penna Jadytalez Jaw212 JimmiJam Joel Burg John Cleveland Josh Liebhart Koomrad Li LIlith Druantei Limpdicc Marco mag Bier Marcus Aurelius Mateusz Poloczek Matt Walsh Mitch S MoodieBoy Noah Ogrydziak Nobleteam33 NoIdea parallel_master Pocco punktum Raven ReaperFeaper Revenant Ghost Robert Bishop Roff3lkoffer Salty Buckets Samantha Myers Sir BadAss SkaPunk Spaz Gnome Sporkabob stan golab Stick Feller StoveLightingGoblin stubz's archive Teollinc Thomas Braun Tiberianluke Tony Belmonte TOXIC MASCULINITY Twilight City Studios KZbin Channel Vynria Wasted Memory Wes Deviers WhyHelloThereGeneralKenobi Will Korthase XDerpingxGruntX Zed Snark Zinith

[@jhoughjr1]

I like the part where he shouted "Liiiiive!!" and it lived all over the place

[@billybadass3056]

I think the only prequel horror movie that was any good is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie... that might be the ONLY prequel movie that's been any good period

[@Jeffrey314159]

If you mean the 2006 prequel - well that one sucked!

[@WolfHreda]

The Exorcist: Great The Exorcist II: God-awful The Exorcist III: Actually pretty good. It's got Brad Dourif in it. Every other movie ever dragged into this poor franchise: Just awful. A movie with Stellan Skarsgard, David Bradley, and Alan Ford should _never_ be this bad.

[@abrahamscott2280]

I forgot about paying to see this movie. Thanks for bringing back that wretched memory.

[@runningcommentary2125]

For a moment there I read that as 'praying to see this movie'.

[@Skinwalkerwave5115]

Leftover Chicken Wings? Possum is just so kind

[@pretikewl76]

Oh dear God YES! A new possum video!! My day just got 10,000 times better!

[@plumaDshinigami]

3rd movie was great, 1st was a classic that pushed boundaries in its time. Everything else lacks an identity.

[@killerfrank8974]

The third one is the only sequel of the Exorcist that I accept.

[@mikeyzero2439]

What? No credit for replacing one Swedish actor with another Swedish actor for the sake of keeping the accent roughly consistent? Because that's an important detail everyone would surely notice! lol

[@damedan9389]

Possum: "Get off my porch before I get my hose." My thirsty ass: "HOES? WHERE?"

[@CharaGonzalez-lt7yw]

Holy CRAP what a SPOOKY intro 🍬🎃👻 I died from spookiness

[@misterkefir]

R.I.P.

[@mrbonk3139]

2:14 I didn’t know Pete Davidson was in movies back then

[@Bradzerker-ed2dj]

I saw this film in the theater...20 years ago? Damn. I had completely forgotten about it until I watched this video.

[@juanrangel6880]

1:17. Dude, that line cracked me up. I was drinking water at the time, but worth it😂😂😂

[@TheRealJabbergeist]

I loved "too historical for youtube." The best burns are the truest.

[@alphawoolf5981]

Exorcist III is an EXCELLENT film, better than the first film in my estimation. If you haven't seen it yet you're missing out.

[@vicvega3614]

Man exorcist 3 is good but its not as good as the first, but Jeffrey Dahmer would agree with you, he played the 3rd movie on repeat day and night

[@sakuradabp6400]

Most of the movie doesn't feel like The Excorsist, and the unnecessary shots of her tatas, this really feels like a edgy teenager wrote it

[@SwaggyG_2102]

Can we all just agree that the only Exorcist film that exists outside of the first one is Exorcist III, and that one alone?

[@robloggia]

I'll give you one better. The Exorcist is the only movie about an exorcism ever made.

[@theactualTVB]

Which isn’t saying much

[@DaveDuncanMusic]

​@@robloggiaConstantine is an exorcist.

[@Seventhplanet538]

There's also The Ninth Configuration, directed by William Peter Blatty, the writer of both the first Exorcist movie and the book. It's a movie that he made because he was disappointed about The Exorcist 2. If you want, you can watch The Exorcist, then The Ninth Configuration and finally The Exorcist III, which he also directed.

[@misterkefir]

YES.

[@21palica]

So WB Studios was hoping to achieve a rating between 5 and 7/10 with this film, if they hired Renny Harlin as a replacement director. Guy's career is so consistently mid, that 90% of his bland work has a 6.0/10, apart from "Long Kiss Goodnight". He's so average, he probably has 1.94 kids.

[@MichaelLeroi]

"They made a bunch of sequels nobody liked" Exorcist III is pretty great tbh Oh yeah, this video was really good too

[@Stroheim333]

Swedish Stellan Skarsgård was, like the Swedish Max von Sydow in the original Exorcist, a protégé of the Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, so there were a logic behind the casting of him in this prequels. But yes, both versions are bad. With good actors, though.

[@illusioNery]

Possy!!! YOU'RE BACK!!!!

[@HellsAsylum]

Possum referincing goregrind automatically makes this the best Halloween video ever. There's probably already a band named Maggot Womb tbh.

[@CaptainSpiffari]

Oh PLEASE, Stellan Skarsgård is OBVIOUSLY best known for being in _Peter-No-Tail In Americat_ Sorry, I just had to sperg about an obscure (but famous in its homeland) Swedish book series I got into a few years ago.

[@michaelthomas5433]

No James Earl Jones in a weird locust costume? Well, that's disappointing.

[@MrClawt]

It's cool Possum got two famous people to lend their voices to the video.

[@robertscheu9771]

why did goblin turn on the stove?

[@PazuzuDeamon4horsemen]

32:38 crows are know to destroy crops. So in religion it says that they well being famine to the land. Leaving no food for anyone to have.

[@slayerstenis]

Stellan Skarsgård played a swedish James Bond character called Hamilton. (Peter Stormare also played Hamilton with Mark Hamill as the bad guy)

[@t1mmypsp]

this is from 4 days ago "Happy late Halloween, possum! 👻💀☠👹👺🎃🤖👾🕷🕸🦇. i find your skits with trying to do Frankenstein and giving those trick or treater kids leftover chicken wings had me weak, especially the recurring demon at the end🤣🤣🤣🤣."

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

They should have just stopped entirely after the first film in 1973.

[@altruisticfate5231]

The goblin turned on the stove on because it was already on fire

[@AnnoyingSquib]

Cool a new Possum video about demons. Expect KZbin to exorcize this one just as fast as Possum chokes his chicken. Im going to go find a chicken to choke. I dont care if I won or not. I like my chicken wings fresh. Goblin turned on the stove or some crap.

[@megatronjenkins2473]

9:19 Truth. Also, why did the goblin turn on the stove?

[@DUCKMANNGAMES]

Love your vids man

[@TheWildCur]

I remember being so stoked when I picked up the prequel for like $5 because Blockbuster had overstock or something, And then I felt like I was conned out of $5.

[@mist3h]

Nasty officer is surprisingly succinct 👌

[@dapperwolf857]

Playing devil's advocate: The church could have been built in 5AD and then 'buried' in 500AD

[@ObiWahnKnobi]

It couldn't have been built as a christian church, seeing as Jesus hadn't even hit puberty at that point. Also that would clash with the mention of byzantine soldiers, since the partition of the Roman Empire didn't happen untill the 4th century. Fun fact: The oldest known church in Africa was the Abu Mena Basilica in Alexandria, the oldest parts of which date back to the late 3rd century.

[@markiangooley]

A devil’s advocate was originally someone meant to show that a putative saint wasn’t really that saintly. So rather than show the good side of something bad, a devil’s advocate showed the bad side of someone good. Nowadays nobody uses the term in its original sense. People used to put AD before the number of a year because it means Anno Domini, “the year of Our Lord.” So you’d say AD 500 rather than 500 AD…

[@doctabaldhead]

Jesus would have been five years old so that also wouldn't have made sense.

[@nicksothep8472]

​@@ObiWahnKnobi​ Intresting fact that about the Abu Mena Basilica, I wasn't aware of it and will definitely check it out, but I'll hit you back with some healthy speculation about a possibly older site: you know those crazy rock hewn churches from Lalibela in Ethiopia? They are officially dated around the 13th century CE, but I know a few things about megalithic sacred sites, and Ethiopia has quite a few of them, all dated randomly based on the last emperor/ruler that re-employed the structure/s, as it's common practice in archeology, even when the inscriptions are clearly a later addition, which is usually understandable by their lower quality in both style and placement. So bare with me if you have the patience, as I take my sweet time😅 trying to be as precise and clear as possible. Rameses II in Egypt is the master example for this practice, even egyptologists agree that he basically tagged everything that didn't have a name on it, choosing among the most magnificent and enormous statues to usurp, such as the over 1000 tons toppled down colossus of the Ramesseum, whose origins, if we want to play the honesty game, are truly lost in time. But enough digression, let's go back to Lalibela and its churches, and here I'll admit I'm speculating, because why not? As I previously mentioned the Ethiopian megaliths are very randomly dated using the names found on the artifacts, such as stelae, obelisks etc.. even when the site is quite clearly of Neolithic era (following the official archeological narrative), or so old even the locals lost track of their origin, archeology can't refrain from getting impossible answers, and if no name is available carbon dating is their second choice, and to be clear, carbon dating is an amazing tool, I'm 100% for its use, but like all tools it has its limitations and its appropriate field of use, and as cautious these researchers are, it is simply wishful thinking to assume a precise construction date can be deduced by dating the organic remains found on site, because during the millenia literally anything could have happened to erase the earlier/original traces left by the builders, if they left any at all that is, giving results that are approximate at best. The Gedeo zone phallic "obelisks" are a very good example, originally dated around 1000CE, by absolute ignorance and arrogance I can only imagine, have now been pushed back around one century BC, which still makes little sense, but it's both a step in the right direction and proof that I'm talking from a logic stand point rather than rambling nonsense. 😅 So, here's the speculation, and thank you if you followed me to this point. The churches have indeed been worked on in the 13th century, as per the wish of king Gabriel Meskel (spelling?) Lalibela from whom they take their name. It is said the project took 24 years to complete (I'm going by memory but if it's not 24 is either a couple of years +/-), and this is the first clue something isn't right. I have no idea if you have a background in either engineering or construction, so I'll try my best to be clear. The problem is this: there are 11 churches in total, all hewn straight from the bedrock, which is made from a type of volcanic basalt, called scoria, which is not as hard as "normal" basalt, which is among the hardest stones on earth, but it's neither a soft rock like pumice or tuf, I'd guess it's a 5 on the mohs scale, but its hardness is not the main problem, the sheer volume of rock that had to be removed is, particularly with the primitive tools they had at their disposal. If we observe the churches details we can see that, as beutiful and peculiar as they are, their details are often off square, particularly the "free standing" ones, while as absurd as it sounds, the trenches that contain the churches are in comparison much straighter, and here I remind you they didn't have excavators, and maintaining a straight line in trenches around 15 meters deep while digging with soft metals and rock hammers is one of those things that can only work in theory, as the real world does not give, nor forgive. So, my speculative theory is that the core of the complex already existed in the form of "simple" megalithic temples hewn inside those big trenches, and the work Lalibela's men did was "redecorating" the three main structures, some of the ones hewn from the rock walls, and possibly hewn a couple of new ones, as I'll admit some are quite rough as already mentioned. This would make them the absolute oldest churches in Africa, if we accept their core as such of course, since they only became actual churches in the 13th century. All this speculation is based on my background, that is the most various. I hope it comes through that I have a decent historical knowledge, if maybe limited to only a few fields, but due to my OCD curiosity I taught myself some engineering notions, that I find invaluable for the study of megalithic structures, and the lack of which from archeologists in general is the main cause of misunderstandings, let's call them that. I also have some experience in sculpture through art school, so I know exactly what it takes to work hard stone, and my family used to own a construction company, where I worked seldomly, but that I got to know pretty well. I hope you found this whole "trip" intresting, it was fun for me to write down, and if I felt the need to list part of my background it isn't to show off, but to clarify I come from a position of curiosity, of inquiring, and even if not orthodox by any means, from logic, honesty and absolute humbleness. God bless, and all the best 👍🏻🖤🏴‍☠️

[@sblinder1978]

Somebody's cousin got a sweet contract for that job

[@ProjectRedfoot]

"Get off my property before I get my hoes!" - Possum

[@thewighthare268]

Happy Halloween, possum.

[@dentheman1797]

Possessed Sarah should have turned on the stove.

[@artsenalproductions4813]

0:10 At last.😊

[@IchNachtLiebe]

At last he found garbage?

[@artsenalproductions4813]

@@IchNachtLiebe KZbin has released its icy grip.

[@BrownMan-gg7dx]

@0:09

[@kakarotwolf]

14:38 😂 lmaooo Possum never misses.

[@peteyrose9666]

Lmfao """Hey you pricks at WBros want a second less boring picture of this finger HERE YA GO!!!!!""" LMFAO 😂

[@coyoteone6197]

"I don't wanna trick or treat at that house! That mean guy with the hat lives there, last year he yelled at me about cinematography." "Yeah, but the chicken wings were good."

[@EmperorPenguin1217]

It's funny because Mine Blocks is a real game, it's a 2D recreation of Minecraft

[@dbblues.9168]

5:15 to be fair, the church could have been built in 5 AD and them buried in 500 ad.

[@jjoshaugh]

Well, Jesus began his ministry around 29 AD, so it could not have been a Christian Temple

[@Torgo-and-the-Lucifer-Cat]

Lol, yeah, that old priest was the custodian in "Harry potter", pretty sure...😂

[@AllHailDiskordia]

It's all part of the new Exorcistverse

[@Beeezledrop]

The part where you told the tricker treater to Shut the fuck up broke me.

[@JackieMartin1974]

Exorcist III is an underrated gem

5:30 They could have buried it 500 years after building it.

[@c.alexandros4]

28:18 Justinian ordered a church to be built? Emperor Justinian was known as the apostate, and would've ordered another pagan temple to be built, not a church.

[@Dr_Wrong]

Why did the demon chicken cross the ghost road? To trick or treat some candycorn, because everybody hates that waxy cr4p, so there should be plenty..

[@Sage-Thyme]

You know, I think I've seen this film, it's that memorable that I'm not sure. My memory was jogged by some of the images but all I remember is a really disjointed plot that I didn't really pay attention to while playing a game on my phone.

[@TheAlanRaptor]

Oh my god! We're still doing the Channel Awesome 'stupid bits people have to skip through to just hear your opinion' thing?

[@williamblasko1031]

Happy Halloween everyone!!!🎃🎃🎃