Triangle: The Time Loop Disaster - Phelous

[@VTPPGLVR]

After all these years, I sometimes find myself singing “Triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle…”

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Triangle, triangle

[@SamtheBravesFan]

First thing that came to my head when I saw the reupload!

[@MissAshley42]

I'm not alone!

[@Aster_Risk]

Same.

[@QuiRK85]

Same, the word has lost all meaning now 🎶

[@TypicalMage]

Doubt you will see this, but I just wanted to say I really appreciate you continually re-editing these older videos countless times so they can stay online.

[@phelous]

Thank you!

[@kz104stunts8]

@@phelous im guessing you had to re-re-edit this since youtube took down the original and the other edit.

[@jamesduncan6729]

@@phelous you're the man Phelous, your hard work is appreciated 👍🏻

[@karenelizabeth1590]

RIP Blip

[@moonymonster]

It's like a little time capsule!

[@Unownshipper]

To this day, when watching a movie or show that has some nonsense time travel mechanic, my buddy and I turn to each other and sing "Triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle…" *Every* single time.

[@johngleeman8347]

One of my favorite of Phelous' horror movie reviews. Seeing him go over all the ways the time loop plot makes no sense is a treat.

[@Sean_Bird]

As someone who discovered you for your animation reviews, I’ve always really liked this episode. That Triangle Song always pops in my head whenever I hear that melody.

[@soph4381]

This review still holds up so well. The way you weaved the movie's plot into your review and mirrored it, that's so good. My husband and I still sing Triangle, triangle from time to time. Your work is such a treasure!

[@applewatermelons]

The triangle song pops in my head at least once a week

[@RydiaXizos]

Same! 😅

[@SchlubbyTomHanks]

"No one at the doo-oo-oor, triangle, triangle..."

[@kd8663]

Same here. It's been over ten years and Phelous singing the triangle song still haunts me every time I see a triangle.

[@Wjyndigo]

Me too!

[@TevyaSmolka]

Same

[@megatron6713]

I love how phelous' COMEDY SKIT established a better more believable time loop than the movie!!!!! 😄😅

[@timothyfinch7295]

Phelous' time-loop plot in his own skit section made more sense than the movie's.

[@bootsthecat6718]

This is not a re-edit, we just saw the latest iteration of the time loop

[@QuiRK85]

Thank you for keeping yourself stuck in an infinite edit loop just so we can keep enjoying your classics, Phelous.

[@htrland]

This movie has perhaps the most complex time loop structure ever concocted in film, which includes both the land and sea segments. However, in order to make this time loop work, the filmmakers had to dumb down the characters. Plus, the movie has a number of inconsistencies, as you pointed out. In the end, I still think the filmmakers deserve credit for their audacious vision, even if the execution fell short.

[@ARMIV4]

This movie reminds me of a pivotal piece of advice I heard from Dean Cundey: _"Don't make a time-travel story unless you're going to make it good."_

[@timothyfinch7295]

The fact that the only reason anything goes wrong at all is due to Jess' continual, incomprehensible stupidity is one of most aggrevating plot devices ever conceived

[@MaggieOffutt]

That Triangle song is still a BOP years later!

[@OrochiFlamez]

I was literally trying to find this review on your page yesterday. Glad to see it's back up.

[@policesquad]

The missing reviews are usually in the playlist, you may notice many of these comments are a year Old.

[@gracekim1998]

@@policesquad oh🤔

[@draves8953]

Man, after over a decade i still watch your videos to fall asleep to. This one and the resident evil ones are my favorite!

[@Archedgar]

The *OBJECTION* sequences in this review were and still are some of the best review skits/breakdowns I've ever seen over 10+ years of watching many many reviews.

[@squigglykinkle805]

I can't imagine how time consuming it is to go back and re-edit all your old videos, so I really respect your dedication

[@davidspring4003]

Tbe awkward moment when Phelous' deliberately nonsense timeloop plot to parody the movie makes more sense than the movie's accidental nonsense timeloop plot.

[@furonguy42]

The year is 2071, Future-Phelan has just re-edited the Triangle review for the 37th time. Meanwhile, 2010 Phelan is still checking his handwriting against the phrase "If he finishes the review he must die".

[@SammEater]

Wait until he releases the Special Edition in 3D.

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Behold, the power of a fully armed and operational Triangle Trinalge Triangle song.

[@blackismyfavoritecolor869]

So many triangles nobody ever gets lost or get put in a time loop in an octagon.

[@theduchyofmilanball3157]

They do get lost in rectangles though

[@malevores]

@@theduchyofmilanball3157 what about trapezoids?

[@MrAlman8]

@@malevores That would make a lot of sense. After all, you can't spell trapezoid without trap.

[@malevores]

@@MrAlman8 yuuuup

[@MrAlman8]

@@malevores Resident Evil bit : YEAH!

[@Ellthom]

Originally aired 2010... good lord have I been watching Phelous for this long :O

[@backupbee5205]

Damned shame that everything's had to be re-edited due to KZbin's shitty algorithm. Still, always been a fan of your videos, Phelan! Thank you for still keeping them up in some form. Makes me nostalgic to go back to them and watch all over again..

[@pugtie4695]

What got changed I haven't noticed it's been awhile since I saw the original.

[@felipechalreo]

I see.. He removed the music from the Ace attorney and the other one

[@twig8523]

Wait a minute! How did you post this a year ago, when the video was posted 3 hours ago (in my time). What kind of time loop madness is this!? ... Do we all need to die now?

[@backupbee5205]

@@twig8523 whaaa... WHAT?! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A JOKE... Is... is the Triangle in effect?!

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@twig8523 it was unlisted, if you had it saved in a playlist it would show up still

[@painitful]

Phelan's movie, toy, and TMNT reviews are always great to watch whenever, you're an entertaining man!

[@ThePonderer]

This one has stuck in my mind for a long, long time. For whatever reason.

[@ThePonderer]

No one at the door, triangle triangle.

[@ManiacMayhem7256]

Love you phelous. I'm glad you're still doing your thing man. I've been a big fan since 2012 when blip tv was still a thing

[@wstine79]

Boy, Phelous must be using that fancy skin treatment I've seen on ads on KZbin. It made him look 11 years younger.

[@funfunfun275]

Makes my heart warm to know that 12,000 people rewatched the Triangle review in little more than a day in 2021.

[@gracekim1998]

For me it was my introduction to this through the re-edit

[@sky6978]

The moment this review showed up on my playlist, I immediately wanted to comment about how I still sing, “Triangle, Triangle, Triangle,” to myself all these years later only to find I’m not the only one.

[@DarkfireTaimatsu]

I love this one. I still link the "Triangle" song to folks in chats whenever triangles are mentioned~

[@graverobbingcleric2745]

I have watched this review several times, even caught the movie on Freevee or something. The only logical way the ending makes any sense is if the second loop starts everything, since that is when she broke time by killing her past self, and all the time displacement is a side effect. So the version that kills herself goes on to write the note, and the mirror note, and catch her necklace on the grate. But, since she kills her looped self mid way through, everything falls apart. Kinda like this movie.

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

This is one of those unplanned, weird timing things, but I just realized watching these in-order: Hugo Stiglitz, the star of "Nightmare City" (the review immediately prior to this one) was ALSO in a badly dubbed Italian horror movie called... "Bermuda Triangle" about a boat crew that gets stuck in a time warp exploring the Bermuda Triangle. It'd be a bigger concidence if he wasn't in approximately 20 movies every year (up to and including this one).

[@mathieuleader8601]

sees Phelan with axe *THIS IS INDEED A DISTURBING UNIVERSE*

[@MrLuciusrm]

this will always be one of my favourite review with one of the most complex skit ever

[@GloryHulle]

It never ceases to amaze me how entertaining your reviews of bad movies really are. The people responsible for these dreadful films should really be thanking you because without your reviews, their movies fail to be even the slightest bit entertaining. Congratulations for doing what these awful scriptwriters and directors couldn't accomplish! 🖤

[@DoctorDex]

Another Re-Edit, another like and comment. This is getting more cyclical than the movie itself!

[@Rocketboy1313]

Boy is this like a freaking time capsule of how KZbin reviews were 10 years ago. While it has its charms you have grown so much as a creator since then.

[@johnathenyoung4349]

I still do the dun-dun-din-dun from this episode, to family and friends when ever there is a twist. So, thank you for that lol

[@BrianDavis13]

"Triangle, triangle, triangle, triangle" is definitely one of those Phelous things that just randomly pops into my head from time to time. I really feel like Melissa George should have had a better career than she ended up with. She's nice looking, pretty likeable, and a good actor even in a crappy movie like this one.

[@JLE8811]

This is the review that made me a fan all those years ago.

[@0lAllan]

I just got done posting this exact sentiment. It is one of the reviews that made me a Phelous fan too.

[@WolfEntertainment]

Phelous deserves an Oscar for his writing & effects!

[@wrenfritsche9153]

Favorite review ever! So glad to re-watch it again and again and AGAIN! Seriously I do love rewatching this one.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

How does the "loops restars once everyone dies" make sense, when Jess did not die and the loop restarted? For that matter, why did her future self think this is a good idea, instead of just escaping the ship?

[@dustyfox6511]

I think the summary of the film is that the loop happens regardless of what happens. It doesn't follow any true reason, but she keeps trying to escape it fruitlessly. She's stuck in hell with no escape.

[@gracekim1998]

@@dustyfox6511 hmmm 🤔

[@LKMEW]

Absolutely LOVE the Phoenix Right theme and Objection part popping up. I laughed so hard and you really nailed the contradictions. I like movies with that concept, but... this one.. really f***d it up... It's not well thought through at all.. and that makes it just one thing: stupid. Tossing the bodies overboard made them wet... and you all know what that means.. They're completely useless now!

[@in_vas_por8810]

This was one of the best reviews. The way he perfectly emulated their "time-loop" theory 😂

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

i just love the fact you have tardis in you backyard just like that

[@magnos_decimus]

I can't say how many times you've had to re-edit your old videos such as this one. You could even call it 'Triangle - Phelous (Re-Re-Re-Re-edit) and counting.'

[@notchuckproductions5029]

He’s done Max and me more

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

The fact that this has been re-edited a lot seems fitting for the subject matter.

[@happydudemarius9404]

This type of movie would have needed a genius director to get it right, and even then, no guarantees.

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

Or Steven Moffat. Say what you will about his writing, he knows his timely-wimey stuff.

[@in_vas_por8810]

Oldschool Christopher Nolan could have gotten it right. Just go watch Memento for a true mindfuck.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@in_vas_por8810 it wasn’t really a mindfuck after 2 viewings

[@Geferulf_TAS]

I cant believe my favorite Phelous video is nearly 11 years old

[@Nightmare-kn6ee]

Have you thought of reviewing the film Death Ship which is about a group of friends who get saved by a mysterious ship it came out before both ghost ship and triangle did back in 1980.

[@canedust]

Oh man, I saw that late 80s/early 90s one night... definitely a good suggestion

[@graemesmith6721]

Death Ship was made in 1980, and stars Richard Crenna and Oscar-winner George Kennedy.

[@Nightmare-kn6ee]

@@graemesmith6721 ok thanks for letting me I edited my comment to show the year it came out.

[@gracekim1998]

@@Nightmare-kn6ee for a second I thought you said ghost ship🤣

[@gracekim1998]

@@Nightmare-kn6ee no I mean I misread😅 OH….

[@CelticGuardian7]

This is such a good review still! Glad I got to see it again. =) For anyone interested in a horror video game that has a similar premise but is executed (IMO) in a way better manner, I highly recommend checking out Cat in the Box. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually got inspiration from Triangle in some ways, but it makes a lot more sense plot-wise and adheres to its rules consistently.

[@blueberryrazz8637]

This is my favorite review you've ever done! Nice to see it get some attention again.

[@MmaSmarty87]

We are in a never ending time loop where FAIL US reuploads Triangle over and over!!!

[@stevegeorge6880]

So basically, with regard to a movie about a time Loop, we are stuck in a Time Loop of watching the review again and again and again for the first time.

[@or_gluzman561Peace_IL_PS]

YES

[@stevegeorge6880]

@@policesquad actually I just commented on it as soon as I swipe pop up in my feed. Sorry if it seems similar to another comment, but that is simply a coincidence.

[@policesquad]

@@stevegeorge6880 okay then

[@Transfixed]

I saw this movie a few years ago and really enjoyed it. I suppose the logic does come apart if you think about it, as is often the problem with time travel stories.

[@Barbayat79]

Well, commenting for the algorythm again, and again and again and again ....

[@mathieuleader8601]

seems that when the Olson Twins went on that cruise when they where kids from that clip in that review you and Alison did the cruise was heading directly into *THE TRIANGLE*

[@blackroseknight77]

the triangle song is now stuck in my head. also nice to see re edits of older vid's I've not seen. rather enjoy em. and bootleg zones are goat 😎

[@gracekim1998]

agreed

[@ReplyGuyGimmick]

This is one of my favorite movie reviews of all time by anyone, im so glad you were able to keep it up on youtube

[@weirdkitty07]

These Groundhog Day/Ghost Ship/Looper scenarios never end with the obvious, The time traveler falling in love with her other self and doing a time displacing make out scene.

[@matrixman124]

One of my all-time favorites of your reviews

[@lnk2158]

Ah, Triangle. The film that's almost good, but not, but almost good but not, but almost but no Honestly though, the idea of items and bodies piling with each loop is conceptually interesting. It's a nonsensical mess here, but a neat idea nonetheless

[@PunksterOS]

It must feel like you're really in Triangle having to constantly redo this review.

[@Amesang]

_"Experiencing time paradoxes? Try 'Angle' today!"_

[@YukoValis]

So what was cut out I wonder? I'll have to compare them since I have a downloaded copy of the original. This is probably one of my favorites. That and five across the eyes.

[@phelous]

It's really not THAT different, just tighter editing for KZbin.

[@thehorrorhound6575]

I had some weird nonsensical dream that I won some contest and got to meet Phelan and he let me hang out at his place with him and Allison and he was pretty chill, we ate Canadian snacks that aren’t available in the U.S. then we went to some mall and I got lost. This is what happens when you go to sleep with his reviews on repeat. 10/10 would dream again 👌🏼

[@gracekim1998]

Yeah turns out watching a lot of reviews affects your dreams🤷‍♀️

[@jennifersanchezZ414]

My english is not so good but I try to explain the "time travel plot holes": Jess and her son died in the car accident. The taxi driver is a kind of "grim reaper". She wanted him to bring her to the port. He asked her "do you come back" (to accept her dead and leave) and she said "yes". But she didn't come back and tried to run away from the death. She and the others died in the storm. The loop is her punishment for running away (and maybe abusing her son). Which means the reaper created the loop. There isn't exactly a start of the loop with only one jess, there are always four of them. She could escape the loop if she wouldn't tell the reaper to drive her to the port. She should go with him and accept that she is dead. It makes no sence in a scientific way of course if you look at the loop like it has something to do with time travel.... but it isn't time travel... it's kind of "magic" from the devil if you will😅 The movie wasn't intended to be scientifically correct. I watched a lot of explanation videos about this movie because I was also so annoyed by the plot holes🙈 A story like that exists in the bible or something, and there are easter eggs in the movie about the "original story". Anyway, great and funny review, I subscribed👌👌👌

[@gracekim1998]

Welcome to the Phan club

[@MisterNinten]

I've already watching this the last time you re-uploaded this, but commenting and watching again for the KZbin algorithm

[@renamon5658]

Another re edit? Still one of your the best horror reviews that makes my top 10 favorite phelous horror reviews

[@Ukiby3000]

Why am I getting Unedited Footage of a Bear vibes from this movie, specially the last bits with the mother killing herself and whatnot? And like, this movie had a lot of potential, but it's such a mess!

[@TevyaSmolka]

Also the ace attorney objection references in horror movie review is really great nice job.

[@JohannesVIII]

Yesssssss it was my favorite of your old reviews! So glad it's back!

[@TheTogoRojo]

I was just watching happy death day with your reprisal and thought about how great this review is. Thanks for the re-upload.

[@crazyjedi5994]

22:29 rapsittie street cabs!

[@nethus]

This is definitely one of my favorite reviews, I always come back to it when I need a laugh!

[@0lAllan]

This is one of the reviews that made me a Phelous fan.

[@gracekim1998]

Awesome

[@gracekim1998]

Also I can totally see why 😎

[@OmegaSoypreme]

Holy shit, this was originally from 2010?? I've been watching Phelous a long bloody time! I can't believe how fast the last decade went.

[@jay98]

And then Phelous looked down over the side of the review, and saw all the clippings from the previous re-edits!

[@HalfBloodBrony]

Nice to see one of my fav reviews of yours back up

[@KewlImp]

Love the review and I didn't notice any edits, at least not if I don't watch them side by side. But I'm guessing there is a set number of loops that occur before it repeat. Its the best I could come up with to explain how many shotguns are on the rack, necklaces in the grate, and dead bodies on the deck. I think we're seeing the end of one full loop and going into the next one. But they didn't show, they didn't tell, so we're left to think of it ourselves.

[@gracekim1998]

Oh hello 👋 😊

[@Geospasmic]

Time loop stories are intriguing but always seem to leave out how the loop got started. E: Anybody else always sing along with the end credits?

[@williamlee9103]

I have always loved your movie reviews. I only wish there were more to sift through, Ive seen your whole channel aside from more recent turtles episodes. Keep up the grind Phelous!

[@kobjgdewschucrvtubnkm]

I'm glad its back, this is one of my favs! what keeps needing to be re-edited tho?

[@slenders1ckn3ss]

ayyyy my favorite review! honestly i'm glad it's gonna get more attention now

[@SammEater]

One of the first reviews I ever watched from Phelous, aged like a fine wine.

[@LtHavoc1983]

Supposedly she is not in a time loop, but instead she is dead and in hell/limbo, so everything that happens is is part of her punishment for killing her son, meaning that she is trapped in a nightmare she cant escape from that endlessly loops. At least that was explained to me by someone who likes that movie

[@ruleofoz2207]

That's a nice theory. That also isn't at all supported by the movie.

[@gracekim1998]

That sounds better than whatever Is happening here😅

[@TevyaSmolka]

Oh yeah I remember this review triangle especially with the time loop skit that was really funny back in the day. 😃

[@TheDataByteChannel]

One of my all time favorites from you.😊

[@TheWilderCat]

I think it could have been a good surreal thriller if they just thought out the weirdness a little more. Let her actions make sense at first, then slowly show her exhausting her options until she's trying any crazy thing she can think of just to get something different to happen. You could actually keep the inconsistencies with the rules if you make it a feature instead of leaving it as plot holes. Have that play into her going insane because there isn't even any structure she can rely on. It could all make sense if you explain it as a special hell made to fuck with her like they were maybe implying. Say that the last abuse she committed before dying was leaving her young son alone at home to go party on a boat. Alternatively, this is one of those rare films where an it-was-all-a-dream twist would work perfectly. Dreams restart and semi-restart all the time, they're stupid and seem to make sense while they're happening but when you wake up nothing lines up. Have her alternate between sensical actions and nonsensical ones as she slips in and out of lucid dreaming. You could make a decently emotional ending where she wakes up feeling guilty for abusing her son, but then brushes it off and slowly forgets the dream. The dream looping would then be kinda reflective of her occasionally wanting to be better but ultimately staying the same every time.

[@realcoolguy3249]

This movie will make more sense if you actually imagine it as an alternate dimension instead of time travel, all these copies are just from alternate universes, that would help explain some of the errors.

[@KingHarkinianMah21]

🎵Triangle, Triangle, Triangle, Triangle🎵

[@notchuckproductions5029]

Speaking of Re edits of classic Phelous episodes, it’s 2021! you still need to Update the color correction to the Mac and Me review like you said you would do in 2021 back In 2015 !

[@gracekim1998]

Eh you said it🤣

[@Tareltonlives]

Glad to see this back! Classic review!

[@loganjorgensen]

Probably one of my top ten favorite reviews by you next to Incubus, movies that objectively make no sense yet nobody ever corrected them at any stage of production. ;)

[@thenamelessghuleh]

Why? Why did I feel the need to watch this again before bed? I feel the Triangle Song burrowing deep into my brain as we speak. Really though, thank you for another re-edit of this review. To be honest, it’s my favorite.

[@johnofonett8036]

Man, when’s the sequel, Square, coming out? Squares are WAY more scary than stupid triangles.

[@FireRising86]

Especially since their games take forever to come out 😁

[@slenders1ckn3ss]

oh man, evidently you haven't heard of Rectangles

[@DemonicNightmare]

What if I told you....squares are two triangles put together????

[@johnofonett8036]

@@DemonicNightmare GASP!!

[@slenders1ckn3ss]

@@DemonicNightmare :engie voice: Dear god!

[@EpicJasonX9000]

this is one of many reviews that you've done that holds up, especially you singing Triangle. someone should make a synth wave mix of the song but using Phelous singing periodically. that would be awesome. ^-^

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I dunno why she doesn't just try and NOT go near the sea in one of her loops? And LOL love the whole triangle-triangle song. :P