Roger Ebert once said about the overuse of Dutch angles in this film that "director Roger Christian has learned from better films that directors sometimes tilt their cameras, but he has not learned why."

@kingamoeboid3887

2 жыл бұрын

The Third Man (1949) and Natural Born Killers (1994) made them work.

@jbvader721

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingamoeboid3887 Then, Battlefield Earth ruined it.

@khathaway414

10 ай бұрын

I still love the security camera scene. Filmed in a Dutch Angle, watching a Security Camera feed in a Dutch Angle that the camera itself was place in a Dutch Angle. One more Dutch and and it would have been upside down. 😆😆😆

I loved the New York Times review: "Battlefield Earth is about the extinction of the human race. Having seen the movie, I'm all for it".

@mnirwin5112

2 жыл бұрын

OUCH! 😆

@PeterParker-ff7ub

Жыл бұрын

that wouldnt stop bad movies

"Battlefield earth is going to make people in Hollywood take notice of Elie Samaha. I'm not going to be the laughing stock anymore." The phrase 'spoke to soon' has never been more beautifully appropriate then with that statement! 😂😂

@fredferd965

4 ай бұрын

Elie Samaha???? HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! (gag) HA! (gasp!) HA! HA! (Choke) HA! HA! He's wrong!!!! HA! HA! HA! This could go on for a long, long time....

The first time I saw this movie, I thought this makes Plan 9 from Outer Space look like an Oscar winner

The production history of the movie is more interesting then the movie itself.

@GabyGeorge1996

7 жыл бұрын

L Pendergast that's usually the case with the worse movies

@roberttreacy8271

7 жыл бұрын

L Pendergast I agree.

@gordongoodman8342

6 жыл бұрын

@L Pendergast The word is "than" not "then". Thank you.

@diggerfan9319

6 жыл бұрын

Sean put more effort than Doug Walker in his Battlefield Earth review.

@eddieolshefski6467

5 жыл бұрын

Travis De La Fuente I admit. Sean does put more detail in the movies he review. I like it and like him.

"The Jamaican Cowardly Lion" is actually a pretty accurate description!

@Femaiden

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that character looked more like Worf ..if Worf was a drag queen.

@dragonsword7370

4 жыл бұрын

Thing is I Liked Forest in that role. Miles better than Travolta's campy cringy toon. We are still talking about a shite movie.

Forget the Dutch angles, the films a Dutch oven.

Actually, this film won 9 razzy awards. That record was beaten in 2012 thanks to the absmal and horrible "comedy" film, "Jack and Jill". Adam Sandler is just NOT funny anymore. Edit: I take that statement back. The guy can still be funny, given the material he’s given and such. His performance in Uncut Gems has given me some rejuvenated hope for him.

@wahteklim3688

8 жыл бұрын

True

@3Guys1Video

8 жыл бұрын

I still like his work...

@Jeffrey314159

7 жыл бұрын

Darius French He never really was!

@3Guys1Video

7 жыл бұрын

;l

@Jeffrey314159

7 жыл бұрын

Darius French He never was!

"Im not going to be the laughing stock anymore" LOL

@joshmcdonald1510

4 жыл бұрын

Little did he know 😏

@marccolten9801

4 жыл бұрын

Great line from the British TV show QI: "When I was young & I told people I was going to be a comedian they laughed. Well, they're not laughing NOW!"

@victorhernandez8723

4 жыл бұрын

Famous last words!

@Thor-Orion

4 жыл бұрын

Marc Colten “yeah, no one is...”

@KawaiiSoulB42

4 жыл бұрын

Well, He did say they took notice. Well, we did.

Your Dutch angle isn't steep enough

@stainlesssteelfox1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, he's barely tilted at all.

@David-se5ph

4 жыл бұрын

At least it doesn’t make my eyes bleed

@victorhernandez8723

4 жыл бұрын

Count your blessings, dude! My neck hurts from tilting it so many times trying to watch this video!

@ahmataevo

4 жыл бұрын

When does it become the escher angle?

@Thor-Orion

4 жыл бұрын

Your Dutch oven isn’t shitty enough.

Forrest Whittaker is too good for this shit

I just now realized this is the same Barry Pepper that played the sniper in Saving Private Ryan. My cognitive dissonance didn't allow me to make the connection.

Ah...Battlefield Earth, one of those movies who should be put under study about how NOT to make a movie. This was a really entertaining review and I'm glad you got that trilogy finished.

Lol “A Cross between Star Wars and the smell of ass” did he really say that? Because damn he nailed it

@anb740

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Only Jon Stewart! LOL 😂😂😂

@JarrettMazza

2 жыл бұрын

Felt that was an insult to Star Wars, doesn’t deserve to be in the same sentence.

Lets play a little game called: Spot the plot hole. 1: Gold is described as the rarest and most valuable ore in the universe. No it isn't. There are dozens of rarer elements. 2: The planet Psychlo has an atmosphere that spontaneously ignites in the presence of radiation. This means radioactive decay does not naturally occur on the planet, meaning the planet ignores the second law of thermodynamics and is effectively a perpetual motion machine. (Which begs the question of how can it support life) 3: On a related note, the Psychlos rely on eyes for vision, which means the Planet Psychlo must orbit a light-producing star. Stars give off radiation. Lots and lots of radiation. (Once more begging the question of how the planet hasn't exploded already) 4: A highly advanced, star-faring and extremely warlike species achieved star flight without using radioactive materials. 5: Expendable human number 1 gets shot with a ray gun that somehow knocks him several feet away. Ray guns don't produce kinetic motion. 6: And this is the most mind-boggling one of the whole bunch: I haven't read the book (nor do I ever plan to) but I read a small resume of it online, and in the book, the aliens DID hit Fort Knox. In fact, it was the first place they hit when they invaded. So why in the hell would they change that for the movie? ITS JUST FUCKING STUPID!!!!!!!!! I would go on but Smeghead already covered most of the others, I just pointed a few he missed.

@ethanciotti9103

5 жыл бұрын

Space has radiation too, right?

@zakkizer2490

5 жыл бұрын

Good list but also: 2) In all the Psychlos advanced technology, we're meant to believe that there is not a single nuclear bomb or reactor in their entire civilization. They have interstellar travel but never figured out how to split the atom, technology humans figured out in the 1940s (over 15 years before we sent humans into space I might add)

@Thomas_Deering_King

5 жыл бұрын

The Scientology founder was the author of trash sci-fi. Utter junk. The Scientology "scriptures" he wrote are almost unintelligible. Why would this movie be any different?

@LinkMarioSamus

5 жыл бұрын

This movie makes The Last Jedi look like a masterpiece of plotting.

@cHeStEr5434

5 жыл бұрын

@siralanlordsugar What are you talking about? There are more plot holes here than in Michael Bay's movies, and Bay's movies aren't even that plot hole ridden. With the exception of Pearl Harbor and some of the Transformers sequels, his movies are generally pretty tight with their narratives. Are there questionable elements here and there? Sure, but no worse than most other action movies.

Anyone who reviews Battlefield Earth is my hero. You did an excellent job.

@ChapBloke

10 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it was a terrible sequel to Battlefield 1942.

@rushnerd

10 жыл бұрын

***** Wait, Battlefield 2142 wasn't the official game for the movie?

@a-aron4148

3 жыл бұрын

He’s wearing a weird al shirt and looks like the biggest lame o I’ve literally ever seen your hero sucks bro get a new one!!! I can help hmu on my celly!!!

@kingamoeboid3887

2 жыл бұрын

I just saw it yesterday.

@katherineheasley6196

2 жыл бұрын

@@a-aron4148 hold on - are you casting aspersions on someone for wearing a Weird Al shirt? You need to go re-examine your life.

I sent an E-mail to J.D. Shapiro asking him why he was fired and his script was rewritten, he replied by saying it was due to many disagreements with Travolta, the studio and the Church of Scientology itself. He also sent me a copy of his original script. I had a read through it and thought it was very good and it was more faithful to the novel, I'm sure Battlefield Earth could've become a critical and commercial success had the studio stuck with his script.

@jamesatkinsonja

10 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to send me a copy of that script-I'd love to read it thanks.

@SaintCharlos

10 жыл бұрын

The studio should have trusted J.D. Shapiro...

@myyellowsub1

10 жыл бұрын

The book was shit too! Its like reading a rejected twilight show sketch! Either way he would have the same thing come to him.

@SaintCharlos

10 жыл бұрын

Harry Woofler I respect your opinion, but the book actually received *mixed* reviews, unlike the movie.

@myyellowsub1

10 жыл бұрын

Helena Caju That doesn't mean the book wasn't shit. I read the thing and I couldn't make it past the first act; it was that bad!!

I've seen Stormtroopers more competent than these Jamaican Klingon Clowns.

@cadethumann8605

5 жыл бұрын

At least the stormtroopers were shown to be at least dangerous like in the opening in the original film and winning the battle of Hoth. It's when battling the main heroes they couldn't hit unless if the plot called for it. The psychlos were mostly an informed threat with pretty much little establishing how deadly they can be.

@sithsquid1

4 жыл бұрын

They were pretty scary in the book. This movie was not the book.

@phreakazoith2237

3 жыл бұрын

"Glorious emperor of mankind, we spotted a bunch of xenos over there enslaving feral humans. Your orders Highness?" "Ah...let's have some fun. Send in the 8th."

'Gold is the rarest and most valuable metal of all.' What about Platinum?

@MrThischarmingman2

10 жыл бұрын

Goldmember: "Yesh, yesh, yesh, but gold ish very shexy!"

@JohnSmith-eo5sp

6 жыл бұрын

In the book the Psychlos are heavily mining Tungsten as well

@Ben_the_Rosafan

5 жыл бұрын

And rhodium, and dysprosium...

@srbrant5391

5 жыл бұрын

Iridium?

@robbyddurham1624

4 жыл бұрын

Unatainium.

There was a story that this movie was going to use subliminal messaging to coax people into reading Dianetics. I counter-acted this threat by sneaking a hip flask of Jack Daniels into the cinema, pouring it into my big gulp cola and eventually falling asleep during this train wreck movie. My snoring may also have assisted others in not succumbing to L Ron's evil machinations.

"I'm not going to be the laughing stock anymore!" LMFAO!!!!!! oh my gawd! that's priceless!

@3Guys1Video

7 жыл бұрын

damn

@roberttreacy8271

7 жыл бұрын

emma duncan little did he know indeed.

@victorhernandez8723

6 жыл бұрын

emma duncan Famous last words!

@chillytoes1

5 жыл бұрын

i laughed for a good 5 minutes!!

@doobiesoda3873

5 жыл бұрын

Oh God lol

Me and my friends made a great drinking game out of this film. Player 1: 1 shot for every curtain wipe Player 2: 1 shot for every slow motion scene Player 3: 1 shot for every weird coloured tinted scene Player 4: 1 shot for every time John Travolta goes crazy Player 5: 1 shot every time someone says leverage

@lgnlint

10 жыл бұрын

Good thing you aren't doing shots every time a scene is tilted at an angle. You would all be dead before the film is even halfway over.

@jesusrox4u

6 жыл бұрын

So that’s what it’d be like to apply the Steven King Drinking Game to Battle Field Earth...if you got the reference there, 20 bonus points for you.

@theunwelcome

6 жыл бұрын

drinking game? sounds more like a way to render yourselves comatose...

@cammymc1982

4 жыл бұрын

Player 6 : 1 shot for every time they laughed

@stainlesssteelfox1

4 жыл бұрын

Also known as a quick route to alcohol poisoning.

interesting note: in the book, the reason why the psycholos don't kill johnny and wipe out earth is because, due to reasons, johnny was made absolute ruler of the entire psycholo empire after terl died.

@Jeffrey314159

7 жыл бұрын

maxacorn I only read the first half of the book, but the ending you described sounds so ludicrous I am glad I didn't bother!

@maxacorn

7 жыл бұрын

i am glad i could save another person from that shit.

"Why am I suddenly echoing? Why am I suddenly echoing? Why am I suddenly echoing?" XD XD XD

@alexisandraphaithe

6 жыл бұрын

Timliu92 Echo...echo...echo...Hey! Hey Hey...now pinch hitting for Sammy Soda...Manny Mota....

@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt

6 жыл бұрын

Because you are an alien who likes ice cream and literature

@diggerfan9319

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, I'm sorry, I just have a bad habit of repeating myself, repeating myself, repeating myself (smack) I'm an idiot.

@Enkarashaddam

4 жыл бұрын

ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL ENDLESS OPTIONS FOR RENEWAL

"...Jamaican Cowardly Lion..." You got yourself a new sub with that one, good sir. Now let me clean up the water I just snorted while laughing xD

@MinscFromBaldursGate92

3 жыл бұрын

In the book the Psychlos look like Wookiees with gas masks.

Whats kind of shocking is that there are some good actors in this movie, and it's remarkable to see that some have actually maintained their careers after this.

"You have six fingers on your right hand..... someone was looking for you."

@3Guys1Video

7 жыл бұрын

?

@eamonndeane587

6 жыл бұрын

@@3Guys1Video A reference to 'The Princess Bride'.

You should review The Love Guru, it pretty much killed Mike Meyer's career, even the Cat in the Hat couldn't do that!

@tedgruver7618

6 жыл бұрын

Zak Kizer I agree with you on that.

@eddieolshefski6467

5 жыл бұрын

Zak Kizer He should also review A League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. That killed Sean Connery’s career. As far as to my knowledge, he has not made a comeback yet ever since.

@tedgruver7618

5 жыл бұрын

Eddie Olshefski Connery’s career didn’t die until the animated atrocity Sir Billy, but it was pretty close.

@eddieolshefski6467

5 жыл бұрын

@@tedgruver7618 Never heard of it 😶 Probably for the best.

@andrewollmann304

4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Olshefski Connery was actually so disappointed with how Extraordinary Gentleman came out thst he decided to quit the acting business (live-action acting, to be precise).

Villains called Psychlos who just want gold have nothing to do with Scientology?

@Ben_the_Rosafan

5 жыл бұрын

It's WAY more blatant in the book. There (spoiler alert) the Psychlos are all under the influence of mind-control implants from a cult of medical scientists called "catrists".

@markalexander987

4 жыл бұрын

I think we are being misdirected by very subtle, sophisticated psychological operations. If you read the Georgia Guidestones, Agenda 21, or the program outlined in the People for a New American Century policy statement, that all these blows that are being hurled against us are mechanisms that will put in place the Great Sacrifice of 2020. All the military and fema assets are not there for vaccines or martial law, but for the aftermath. There are maps showing how a vastly reduced population, that are chipped and genetically engineered for docile obedience, will live in an interconnected network of smart cities with most land zoned as wilderness areas; with buffer zones and off limits to humans. I think it a possibility that this coming winter could witness the death of billions worldwide; and not through engagement but through privation. Shutting down the food and power will do this easily in the northern latitudes; they need only retreat behind their walls and underground facilities and wait a month. The military assets will take a defensive posture and then quickly transition to clean up and construction. This culling will fulfill the warnings outlined in all these steering committee documents, will clear the way to the founding of the New Atlantis: the New World Order. America won’t be brought back for the very notion of the Nation State is beginning to fade, having served its purpose. Simultaneously, it can serve as the vastest blood sacrifice of all time to inaugurate Jerusalem as the capital of the world and the establishment of the Third Temple from where all Law will flow when the evil Torah is finally laid on its altar. This was always the plan and now the zodiac says begin. The Phoenix of the New World will rise from the ashes as the dark shadow of its black wings spreads across the Earth (an anagram of Heart.) Now that it has begun it will happen fast and the first histories of this Great Transition could appear by 2030. I heard about a movie where Joe Pesci is talking to two government agents and says, ‘why do you guys do this? What do you get? I see you live on coffee and fast food. We have family, children, friends, food, love. What do you guys have?’ There was silence and then one answered, ‘We have America, everyone else is just visiting.’

@kogasoldier9379

4 жыл бұрын

@@markalexander987 NGL. You completely lost me at Georgia guidestones.

@notatrollll

4 жыл бұрын

koga soldier schizophrenia is a helluva disorder

@jhboob

4 жыл бұрын

@@markalexander987 Cocaine is one helluva drug.

Viewing Battlefield Earth is like being Sea Sick, while simultaneously experiencing Ptomane Poisoning, Vertigo, and an abscessed tooth. The only person who could view this film in safety is Helen Keller.

6:50 Actually the movie does reflect on the teachings of Scientology. Johnny and the humans are suppose to represent society as a whole, the Psychlos are suppose to represent the practice of Psychology, and the torturous methods used by the Psychlos are suppose to represent the attempts to "cure people" of their mental illness.

@SpamEggSausage

4 жыл бұрын

the real reason scientology is so anti-psychology: in the 50's, L Ron Hubbard was trying to market it as a form of therapy, not a religion. He brought it to the American Psychiatric Association and was pretty much laughed out of the office.

Very very good critique! I would like to add that I am disappointed with the United States Government - they did not take advantage of a wonderful resource, namely this movie! They could have used Battlefield Earth as torture at Guantanamo instead of water boarding. Personally, I think the movie is worse than water boarding. - Bob

@sithsquid1

4 жыл бұрын

Who says they don't use this movie to torture people? Especially on people that read and loved the book...lol

I loved the book as a kid in the 80’s so I was thrilled when the movie was announced. I saw it opening weekend. I should have just piled my money up in the back yard and burned it. It would have been more entertaining.

@terratrodder

4 жыл бұрын

Same here, I love this when I was young. But I heard the movie was abysmal so I never went to see it, thus my vision of the story remains intact!

@sithsquid1

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@marisol8454

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about halfway through the novel and I love it. Hubbard was a good writer.

@ingiford175

Жыл бұрын

Liked the book, more the second half then the first. Movie was painful

Not to be disagreeable, but I think the implication at the end with Terl is that somehow he’ll be complicit in helping to shield the humans from the wrath of the remaining Psychlos? Having read this book as a kid, it never occurred to me how absurd it was that the breath-gas exploded on exposure to radiation, but the Psychlos had shields around their teleporters. The bomb, however, shook the platform so hard that the warrens of caverns and buildings below the Psychlo city built up over millennia gave way. The remaining psychlo colonies that tried to teleport to Psychlo brought back radiation that then blew up all the other colonies and in one swoop they were done. The funniest part is that Johnnie had some sort of slickly-worded contract that gave him and the humans control over all the Psychlo finances held in the galactic bank and now the humans - just a step from man-animal-apes - are now the richest beings in the galaxy. Because of this contract. What I can say is that without a knowledge of LRH and Scientology and being 12, this was a fun book.

i'm begging you, do son of the mask, i'll never forget that god awful movie that ALMOST destroyed the 1994 mask

Ahhh Princess Bride references are my favorite!! :)

During Terl’s “experiment” on what man’s favorite food is, Jonnie and the others discover that one of the buttons on each outfit is actually a camera recording their every move. They disable the cameras, angering Terl and prompting him to recapture the “man-animals”. During that, he drops the human who fought Jonnie earlier in the film off a fucking CLIFF, to prove that man doesn’t fly. This is not in the DVD.

@NuclearLemonade

Жыл бұрын

I guess that sorta explains why Terl used a different camera to spy on the humans while they mine… tho that’s still a very stupid solution.

Great shirt. Horrible movie.

I like that you did some research on the production history. Also: I want your pearly whites. In jar. on my desk. :3

When Nicolas Cage chews the scenery, it's an instant classic. When John Travolta does it, it's just sad. This movie made me sad.

I like it. One of the best post apocalyptic scifi comedies Ive ever seen.

The worst movies I can think of for you to review: -After Earth -Elle: A modern Fairytale -Gigli -Epic Movie -Pledge This!

@muziktramp1

5 жыл бұрын

Nell

@fightingmedialounge519

4 жыл бұрын

Smeghead kind of explains why people dislike after earth.

@SpamEggSausage

4 жыл бұрын

@tommy cane115 Animal House was a classic though

So basically - Johnny is going for democide ? Palpatine would be impressed. What are Aragorn & Legolas doing in Fort Knox ?

A more recent Sci-Fi movie you say...After Earth I'm calling it.

I still cringe whenever I see scenes from this movie. David Miscavige ruined this movie. I love it when actors show up to collect their Razzies though. That's a humble thing to do.

My friend actually thinks this is a good movie. Because it doesn't look like it was made by a high school student with a camcorder he thinks it was "done good". Any and all lapses in logic and plot inconsistencies can be explained away with four magic words: "It's only a movie."

@hemmingwayfan

9 жыл бұрын

Like as in "This is an under appreciated master piece" or like as in "Sci-fi equivalent of 'The Room?'"

@lurkerrekrul

9 жыл бұрын

hemmingwayfan As in he has very little taste and will excuse any stupidity as long as the movie has decent special effects.

@lurkerrekrul

9 жыл бұрын

***** The effects in BE aren't THAT bad. I mean, the planes and ships don't look like models hanging on strings, the laser effects don't look like they were drawn on the actual negative with a magic marker and there aren't any obvious seams on the alien makeup. BE may not have the world's best special effects, but there are movies with far worse effects and production values.

@MrLaxdude89

9 жыл бұрын

This movie is one of the finer sci fi parodies of all time, your friend has good taste.

@BuddhaAtheist29

9 жыл бұрын

No movie is flawless, but I enjoyed it over all. The story could have been done better, but I found it was very fun and campy. There are a lot of worse movies. So I guess I'm in the small club with your friend.

Why Battlefield Earth didn't sweep the Oscars is beyond me. L. Ron must be spinning in his space pod.

@brettbaglio1550

3 жыл бұрын

The film flopped. BADLY. Both critically and in the box office.

@thekiller7994

2 жыл бұрын

@@brettbaglio1550 Battlefield Earth didn’t sweep the Oscars but swept the Razzies instead

The Princess Bride! (do I get 20 points now?)

But Barry was so good in The Green Mile. WHYYYYYY, WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

@brettbaglio1550

3 жыл бұрын

And in “Saving Private Ryan”

Ker joins the humans? Huh...guess even Psychlos don't want to be on the Psychlo's side...

@sithsquid1

4 жыл бұрын

It makes sense in the book.

this was the first video i saw of you. Next day, i recovered every other of your works. You're an awesome reviewer!

8:52 Have you ever of subtly? Underplay? A good actor? YAAAR!!!!

@braddockakalatis2

4 жыл бұрын

Barry Pepper can cry on cue. He was just doing what the director asked of him.

This is honestly the funniest video I have ever watched on KZread. Thank you so much

The Psychlos stay to mourn the death of their comrade before chasing after the killer. Are they Psychlos or ReDeads?

@jmourgos55

7 жыл бұрын

Never happened in the book.

Thank you for the 20 bonus points. As soon as you said his hand had six fingers, I was waiting for a "Princess Bride" reference. 😁

Wouldn't a space faring species know that it would be easier to mine the asteroid belt instead of setting up shop on a random ass planet on the edge of a galactic arm if they want gold? Aliens really is stupid.

@jmourgos55

7 жыл бұрын

It's actually easier on a planet. And they had mineral detectors. You didn't read the book did you?

@joethehero2

7 жыл бұрын

James Mourgos Some of it. And asteroids generally have higher concentrations of gold in comparison to a planet.

@jmourgos55

7 жыл бұрын

Good point. As I remember the book story, the Company got all the gold. Terl wanted it all to himself and so trained the humans to mine it for him, take it back to his home planet and retire rich.

@talkaboutwacky

6 жыл бұрын

James Mourgos He's an SP don't listen to him, he's anti LRH

@martinharris5017

4 жыл бұрын

In the book, we sent out this thing called Voyager. It had stuff made of gold on it and a map showing it's planet of origin and where to find it. In other words we "invited" the Psychlos!

Hubbard was a loon

@markswabey5870

4 жыл бұрын

it was all just a con to make money from idiots. He had a bet going that he could make millions by starting his own religion.

@DARTHMOBIUS

4 жыл бұрын

mark swabey: his bet was for $5 over Budweiser. Himself, Jack Parsons and Alestier Crowley. Jack Parsons blew himself up in his garden shed post perfecting the Rocket that took man to the Moon, and Crowley got ripped off on publishing Rights in the US (Hubbard profited) dying drug addled and penniless in a boarding house. Hubbard won, but was never able to collect that $5

The Psychlo guns have two functions: stun (lower) and kill (upper).

@nataschavisser573

Жыл бұрын

But the scene where they show that comes after them randomly stunning or killing people while using the same weapon.

Yeah, that's what we always remember about Star Wars, the wipe transitions! Shooting with a Dutch angle makes it look like a comic book? All that's missing are sound effect captions during the fight scenes! (yeah, Batman reference)

Okay, it's 2024 and I've seen your review several times, but when I saw that Tubi had this movie, I couldn't resist. Perhaps I should have. Your critique is right on, and although there were some humorous parts -- if only unintentional -- I sat dumbfounded as the closing credits rolled wishing I had that two hours back 🤣🤣

I know how it could be worse. They could be hairless cats with goatees. Twenty bonus points if you know what I am referring to.

@ivancorredera4241

10 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, what are you referring to.

@PenguinDT

10 жыл бұрын

Oh dear, Wing Commander movie made this look like Blade Runner in comparison. I find Battlefield Earth pretty enjoyable good-bad movie, whereas Wing Commander is nothing short of a toxic insult. And only becomes worse when you realise it was actually directed by Chris Roberts himself.

@cloudstrife532220

10 жыл бұрын

Penguin DT Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

@cloudstrife532220

10 жыл бұрын

***** Nope

@cloudstrife532220

10 жыл бұрын

Ivan Corredera The Wing Commander movie

Both Goldfinger and Yukon Cornelius are too smart to be leading the Psychlos.

@gageperuti5519

5 жыл бұрын

Hell, Yosemite Sam and El Capitan from Ducktales would be too smart.

"STOP THAT! NO MORE RHYMES NOW! I MEAN IT" "ANYBODY WANT A PEANUT?" 🤣🤣🤣

Ashamed to say , i saw this in the theaters when it came out.

@kevinthetruckdriver353

4 жыл бұрын

Was it as bad as they said??

@snoo333

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinthetruckdriver353 Its not that bad, Not sure if I can wait my time now. I usually watch a full trailer of a movie. most of the time i dont watch the actual movie because the trailer gave away most of the story.

I'm hoping he reviews Pluto Nash, Mars Needs Moms, and Space Chimps. Stop picking easy fruits Smeghead!!!!

What happened to the Ballistic review? I can't find it.

@MetaLord395

5 ай бұрын

Copyright, I think. It's still up on Vimeo.

Aliens are weird, but this is 100% accurate depiction

The Psychlos are terrifyingly stupid. The fact these guys remember to breath is damn near miraculous.

I would just like to point out that Fort Hood still has electricity after 1000 years because it is powered by Duracell batteries. Also I think you will find that the aliens give the sixth finger in the same way that humans give the middle finger, hence Travolta's extra finger.

I have decided that everyone should stay and watch this review for another 50 cycles With endless options for renewal!!! With endless options for renewal!!! With endless options for renewal!!! Mwahahahhahahahahahahahahahaha

@brettbaglio1550

4 жыл бұрын

Why am I suddenly echoing? Why am I suddenly echoing? Why am I suddenly echoing?

@Willerfourth-dl8zu

9 ай бұрын

Pulp fiction was stupid.................

This is gonna blow y'alls minds, but the DP on Battlefield Earth later went on to do Hell or High Water!

@basquat76

4 жыл бұрын

Well i guess he learned from his mistakes.

It's actually like a cross between Rifts and Fallout New Vegas.

When I first saw this steaming pile, I couldn't help but see it as a train wreck

Anybody mind telling me what "endless options for renewal" means?

@andrewollmann304

5 жыл бұрын

Ethan Ciotti They could keep Terl on earth indefinitely if they wanted to. The “renewal” was the renewal of his post.

11:26 His agent did him a big favour geting him the Sons of Anarchy gig.

I love how you have your video in a Dutch angle. Bonus points for being clever!!!

I remember NC's review of BE. I liked your review, too. ^^

According to Roger christian they shot the movie for 16 million lol

I absolutely love most of your videos and your such a funny guy.

Great Video, and great taste in music (Referring to DT poster behind you). Instant subscribe. Keep up the good work

Well on the subject of what Turle's affair has to do with the plot of the movie itself. Well it's shown that Turle wanted to keep all the gold for himself that was found at Fort Knox, probably as a big middle finger to the home office and possibly a way to buy himself off the planet. This is actually important since it's this greed that leads him to make mistakes regarding the humans that ultimately causes the destruction of the Psychlos. So yeah it actually has a lot to do with the plot.

@fightingmedialounge519

4 жыл бұрын

Except the affair isn't needed to get that point across.

@thefanwithoutaface8105

3 жыл бұрын

@@fightingmedialounge519 Actually it is, since it's also because of the affair that he's kept on Earth, the Board meeting scene heavily implies that's the reason he's kept on there and has his stay constantly extended.

@fightingmedialounge519

3 жыл бұрын

@@thefanwithoutaface8105 you misunderstand. I'm saying that we don't need that scene to understand turrels character, and the movie could have given a more plot relevant reason for why he had to stay on earth.

Bloody hell, that book was friggin' AWFUL. It was even worse than the movie, if such a thing can be believed.

@sithsquid1

4 жыл бұрын

Well that's one point of view. I feel quite the opposite. The book was amazing, but the movie is one of the worst movies ever made. They got so much of the book wrong they should have called it something else...not that that would have helped the movie at all, but maybe not reflect so badly on the actual book.

My older brother loved this movie so much he would literally sit around and watch the vhs every single day. I couldn’t take it.

One of those days I needed a laugh, so I had to rewatch this! 😂

Ronald McDonald joke XD

@JohnSmith-eo5sp

6 жыл бұрын

11:30 Yes, best part of this review. In the movie they do make a reference to McDonald's by mentioning the Golden Arches

@phreakazoith2237

3 жыл бұрын

Within the eldar's mythology Ronald became Cegorach aka The Laughing God

Actually, Battlefield Earth IS related to Scientology. People criticized Scientology by claiming that Hubbard was a science fiction author and that Scientology was just another one of his inventions. Hubbard responded by saying that when he wrote his science fiction books, he thought he was writing about the future, but he was actually having revelations of the distant past.

There is a mockbuster for this film called Alien: Battlefield Earth.

12:35 How the hell did these cavemen know how to put these masks?! How did they even knew what they were?

@victorhernandez8723

3 жыл бұрын

This is “Battlefield Earth” we’re talking about! Logic, real science, and common sense are a foreign concept here!

@anikmonette2140

3 жыл бұрын

@@victorhernandez8723 I know, I was just amazed because I've watched this part multiple times and I've never noticed it before. This movie is a golden mine of shittiness: 20 years later and we still can find things that doesn't make sense! Truly beautiful...

So Canada has at least some responsibility for this mess ... as a Canadian, I'm sorry. Really. I'm very, very sorry ...

I was hoping you would touch on the hose scene, that shit is hilariously over the top.

I now imagine hell as living forever but having this guy's voice as your inner monologue.

Evil and gormless, what a combo.

I really liked your video and you have a great voice for commentary. My only recommendation is working on your comedic timing whenever you cut back to your own footage. I think that can be fixed by editing a second or two out. Your jokes are funny but it takes a bit too much time to get to the punch line. I watched all 30 minutes! Thanks for the great summary on this film. As much hate as the film gets, from the perspective you provided, I imagine it can be at least some what entertaining.

After Earth?

i get the reason for the trippy echo when terl is stuck on earth. it shows his mind breaking, and sets up the reasons for his really, really, REALLY, stupid actions later. it's as stupid as the rest of the movie, but i get it.

What makes me a little sad about this film is that, while the book wasn't very good either, it did have some clever ideas. Skilled movie makers could have potentially turned it into something really good. Instead we got the most expensive B movie to ever grace the silver screen.

I love your reviews!!

Maybe he's related to Stan ford pines

The six fingers bit. That's how it is when Travolta insisted on geeking over the novel no matter what. In the novel all psychlos had 11 fingers, and it was an actual plot point. Here it was just like a weird deformity. The Chinkos were cast more racially in the novel. (Can you think of which nationality?) One of the revelations Terl found hilarious was how the Chinkos studied Earth ecology and civilizations but did not bother to find out what humans ate. Terl freeing Jonnie and using a drone to monitor his movements was in the book. Terl never learned to speak English in the novel and at that point, Jonnie didn't know how to speak Psychlo. It wasn't as if he could ask Jonnie what his favorite food was. Why movie Terl didn't just do that, I wonder why as well. In the novel they sent 10 H-bombs to psychlo, and it was during the air-shimmery-hummery-sparkly phase of the transhipment when the process was said to be "irreversible". Terl did not need to push the button as that button had already been pressed and whatever was on the platform was going. Psychlo had been completely mined out at that point and its crust was gutted with networks of mining tunnels. Still it took five thermonuclear bombs and the energy shield over psychlo's transhipment platform directing the blasts downward to penetrate the crust, where the other five exploded. One of the details the movie left out that could have explained a lot was the psychlo invasion. It began when psychlo teleported a drone armed with poison gas to destroy Earth's major cities and military installations. when most of earth's humans were wiped out, then the psychlos sent in their tanks, planes and troops to mop up the humans living in the boonies. Yes, I read Battlefield earth. Yes, it was on sale at a local library's pull-out garage sale.

How wonderful would it be if there were a sequel.We would have had another wonderful review!