Honestly what's a better running joke than "Jeffrey Katzenberg, founder of Quibi"

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

Quibi was such a disaster I know it's going to be on "worst business disasters of the 2020s" lists despite being a decade old when those lists get written. Hell, it may even get talked about in business schools for years. What a clusterfuck.

@thedapperdolphin1590

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 A perfect example of not understanding how normal people engage with media. Because looking at a tweet while standing in line is not anywhere near the commitment of watching a show.

@gloryliberty

3 жыл бұрын

Mikey Neumann/FilmJoy calling Teh Katz “Papa” is pretty good as well. 👍🏻

@Yesnomu

3 жыл бұрын

Friend of the show Francis Ford Coppola and #1 Marvel fan Martin Scorsese are also pretty great, but that's hard to beat.

@comixproviderftw_02

3 жыл бұрын

Marvels number one fan, Martin Scorsese.

Say what you will about this movie, but the matte paintings are GORGEOUS.

@hellsapoppin9326

3 жыл бұрын

And the costumes and makeup and lighting and set designs, are all GORGEOUS.

@trekjudas

3 жыл бұрын

The whole movie is gorgeous as hell!!

@osmanyousif7849

3 жыл бұрын

And it won and Oscar for it's production design.

@davemeads859

3 жыл бұрын

They just can't make movies like this anymore there's something about practical effects and hand built sets that's unbeatable but it seems to be a lost art form

@FlickFusionOfficial

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

"A bizarre stylistic experiment meant to be the start of a new franchise but would probably alienate most viewers" I was expecting a Speed Racer reference afterwards.

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to see Speed Racer picking up more fans. I've been championing it for years, so I'm glad it's finally found an audience.

@alonsojett

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 Yeah it seems to be getting new appreciation in recent years. Sure is nice to see although personally have been a huge fan since the opening weekend in movie theaters LOL

@Roykirk

3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 I've been screaming to the hilltops that a 4K Speed Racer with an HDR pass would light eyeballs on fire. We NEED IT!

@pqribber

3 жыл бұрын

the prob w/ speed racer was ENDLESS scenes of talking and the fact that John Goodman looked as if he was going to die, any second. The effects scenes/etc are awesome. I, for one, found the endless, meaningless exposition to be unbearable.

@alonsojett

3 жыл бұрын

@@pqribber I thought John Goodman was fantastic as Pops, he naturally exudes fatherly energy. And the racing sequences would be nothing without the heart of the movie, i.e. the characters...

Man this video really reminds me that matte paintings are a fucking phenomenal lost art. This movie looks gorgeous

@fredericmigneret4211

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not lost, look at The Grand Budapest Hotel or any Wes Anderson movie

@blokey8

3 жыл бұрын

I had this thought when I saw LotR in the cinema again last year. You've just gotta not be shooting in 3D, as far as I'm aware.

@samlibutti

3 жыл бұрын

@@fredericmigneret4211 but that is so rare these days. Wes Anderson movies almost don’t count because a lot of times he is going out of his way to keep some of these things alive when no one else is really doing it on a similarly large scale. I doubt there is even a single movie in the top 100 films this year that feature significant use of matte paintings if any at all.

@UnwrittenSpade

3 жыл бұрын

@@samlibutti I agree man there are some amazing ones in films you wouldn’t even expect them to be in!

@lobachevscki

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what do you or anyone here mean by that, but Matte paintings still exist are they are part of most productions you see in the big screen that have any significant amount of VFX work, they are made by a number of techniques from digital 2D and 3D to good old oil an canvas (when budget allows). Mattes are the staple of VFX industry and they are used mostly in a similar way since basically George Melies. They are evolving now to include virtual production in which the matte is a panoramic 360 image. You can check this page just to see some examples of techniques www.thegnomonworkshop.com/tutorials?tags[]=matte-painting and here and you can see examples even in youtube kzread.info/dash/bejne/fo1-qqt6edWvn9Y.html You are missing that particular style in Dick Tracy, which is valid, but Matte Painting are still standard, they just adjusted to the times, which has been happening since forever anyway.

"Friend of the show, godfather to my future children, Francis Ford Coppola"

I legit love this movie so much, the aesthetics, the soundtrack, the color pallet, the over the top acting; god just EVERYTHING

@crys383

3 жыл бұрын

As someone who saw it in theaters and nearly wore out the VHS as a kid, I've been waiting for people to discover it so it could get a legit rerelease. I even tuned in to the TCM special when it aired. I love this film and it deserves better in this time and place.

@Spooky_515

8 ай бұрын

It’s fast paced and action packed. It’s campy, it’s fun and the cast is amazing

@arnesahlen2704

22 күн бұрын

I agree.

"The enduring legacy of the Brendan Fraser Mummy franchise." *eyes all of my bisexual friends who say their type is the cast of that movie*

I’m pretty sure I saw this in the theatre. And like “The Rocketeer” and “The Phantom” (also seen in theaters) it was part of a retro wave that really influenced my childhood. Heck, even the cartoon “Tailspin” with its South Pacific Casablanca world was HUGE for me. [Edit] The “Popeye” movie was also a thing in my family. I remember we had a heavily water-damaged record of the soundtrack. God, weird times.

@Spooky_515

8 ай бұрын

Tim burtons success with films like Pee Wee’s big adventure, Edward Scissors hands and Batman led to this trendy in films. My two cents

@chriskaprys

7 ай бұрын

Same. The standout for me was "The Shadow".

@hydrolito

7 ай бұрын

Don't leave record player outside in the rain. Also don't eat or drink near it.

@Myrzghe

6 ай бұрын

I loved the rocketeer, and I didn't understand how comics from the 30's have a certain "just a little too old" energy to make them strange.. That "cowboy with a mask" character is the same thing , what's his name again? Edit : lone ranger.. But that weird style kinda makes them great in their own way. It's what they tried to emulate with the sky captain of tomorrow (or whatever it was called, based on the game where planes hooked onto zeppelins) film

The violent ending to the film isn't so odd when you look at the original comic strips, where Tracy basically kills every villain at the end of their caper-gone-wrong, or allows them to die, usually under ironic circumstances.

I'm a little surprised that the 1980 Flash Gordon never came up in the discussion, since they're remarkably similar. Hyper-colorful plot-accurate live action adaptations of golden-age pulp newspaper comics. (And both featuring superstar musical talent.) The only significant difference is that one is self-aware about being campy, and the other plays things utterly straight. So they end up having vastly different impact. And I also think that's why Tracy is largely forgotten today, while Flash remains a cult classic. Flash's hyper-camp approach keeps it fresh, while Dick Tracy just feels a bit too... turgid.

@scottlandano3819

3 жыл бұрын

YES! My thoughts exactly! This came out after the first Batman and last (or so we were led to believe) Indiana Jones, and i was expecting a kind of Disneyfied combo of the two. Really disappointing. I had no idea Walter Hill was involved at one point. The original strips were so weird, crazy and violent, he'd have been a great choice.

@blokey8

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for reminding me to try and finally get around to that movie. Kept seeing the trailer for it at my local indie last year but the dates didn't line up

Was crossing my fingers for at least a passing reference to 1994's The Shadow, which for my money is the last gasp of the serious attempts to make irrelevant, old timey comic characters into modern blockbusters. It's also just a ton of fun and I wish it weren't so forgotten.

@goodial

3 жыл бұрын

what about 2008's The Spirit as a movie based on irrelevant and old comics? ;)

@robsonwaterkemper

3 жыл бұрын

@@goodial The Shadow is somewhat entertaining as an honest b-movie. Spirit was a disaster.

@Kevin_Street

3 жыл бұрын

The Spirit is a wonderful comic book, created by one of the greatest comic creators. But the movie was terrible.

@thecinematicmind

3 жыл бұрын

@@goodial That is the worst comic book movie ever.

@bpansky

2 жыл бұрын

@@goodial ya that movie was a lot of fun! definitely thought about it when watching Dick Tracy

“I spent all day today searching online for a yellow trench coat like the one Dick Tracey wears, because it’s all I see when I dream now.” The next time someone asks me how my day was this will be my response.

I just want the Charl saga supercut when this is all over (presumably when Charl finally takes over the channel and/or eliminates Patrick).

I will say this definitely looks like a 1920s comic book. From the sets, costumes, the make up prosthetics, and even the score. I loved it as a kid and still do.

this charl storyline is so next level. I am freaking out at that cliffhanger

My girlfriend wrote part of her master's thesis about this movie. Say what you will about the movie (personally, I love it) but it nails the comic look in a way not many adaptations have since.

@JohnBradford14

2 жыл бұрын

What did she write about?

@pamelalansbury94

2 жыл бұрын

YES!!!! I loved how they only used the 7 colors from the comics. I absolutely adore that detail.

@thomasffrench3639

2 жыл бұрын

It’s called adaptation, not translation. Movies should have more color tho

@mytimetravellingdog

Жыл бұрын

And modern attempts to do something so stylised are often done in post production and never look anything like as good. They always have that fake crap looking artificial sheen of 300 and the like.

@skalra63

Жыл бұрын

@@mytimetravellingdog true but sin city looked great

"EVERYWHERE I TURN ITS 'TRACY TRACY TRACY!" God bless Al Pacino and his over the top performance. I always found it fun to watch in this movie as well as in other films.

@robzilla730

3 жыл бұрын

Dittos. He was at his hammy best here

Sat here wishing this was part one of a Warren Beatty series.

Patrick, please get some sleep. I'm starting to get worried about how dare you steal bonkers from me?

As an aside to this topic, Dick Tracy was filmed eight times in the 40's, four serials and four feature films. Ralph Byrd played the character six times as well as in a 50's television series.

Full stop. Speed Racer absolutely slaps. It's a crime how underrated it is.

@treborkroy5280

3 жыл бұрын

Bound, Matrix, Speed Racer.. Their other works blow

@reikun86

2 жыл бұрын

I had so much watching Speed Racer. I apologize to the Wachowski Sisters for not watching it while it was in theaters.

@coonplatoon

2 жыл бұрын

That was one of the first movies I ever watched while stoned. Great experience

Here's some trivia: Dick Tracy is the only fictional character - not an actor in the role, but the character himself - to be awarded an Oscar for Best Actor.

@peskylogicchillinsky6007Futube

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@billwenham

Жыл бұрын

Where did you hear this? The film didn't receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination. The only Best Actor nomination they received was a Saturn award, but they still lost that as well.

@pagano60

Жыл бұрын

@@billwenham - True story: When Spencer Tracy won his Best Actor Oscar for "Captains Courageous" in 1938, it was misinscribed to "Dick Tracy." (It was later corrected.)

@billwenham

Жыл бұрын

@@pagano60 Ah! Okay, I was like...not for this film! 🤣 Along the same lines though, I still love that the fictional Donald Kaufman was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay.

@judgedrekk2981

6 ай бұрын

@@pagano60 that's hilarious!

And let's not forget that prior to the release of the movie Disney was planning to make a ride version, which at the time was pretty bar none the most ambitious attraction they'd ever planned up to that point, and the cancellation of which in response to the movie flopping (as well as EuroDisneyland also catastrophically flopping) sent shockwaves throughout many of their parks projects at the time.

@SamAronow

3 жыл бұрын

I think the bigger factor in the parks' issues in the '90s was Eisner perpetually defunding one project in order to fund the next in a vicious cycle.

Patrick: *mentions Speed Racer* Me: WOOOO YEAAAAAAH 🥳 🎊 🍾

@mmartinez9764

3 жыл бұрын

I hooted out loud too! Fav movie on the rotation list.

I feel like Charl is a personification of all the emotions from COVID, slowly driving us all insane.

So glad that people are finally acknowledging what a masterpiece Speed Racer actually was. For years I felt like I was the only person who liked that movie.

@mamba4817

11 ай бұрын

What one

As a kid I was so intrigued by this film. I only knew about Dick Tracy due to looney tunes’ Duck Tracy spoof and the weird gangsters in it. I though it was so cool that they would bring all those weirdos to life like that on screen. Best thing in it for me.

I watched this movie around six weeks ago. I can't remember basically anything about the plot, but I remember how much fun I had watching it, and, like you said, how gorgeous it looks.

"Actual essay starts at whatever." Pfft, I'm only here for Charl lore :P

@mwkcope

3 жыл бұрын

Me, about two years ago: what's this video about the limitations of the MCU Me now, learning that Patrick never came back from his vacation: :0 :0 :0

Can we please have a "The story so far..." episode recapping the events of the ongoing Charl Saga? My working memory is terrible, I haven't watched every episode (avoiding spoilers for things I'm going to watch soon), and this has been going on for so very long.

@ABoyNamedArt

3 жыл бұрын

In the style of an old newsreel!

@pennyfarting

3 жыл бұрын

Or just make it an extended "Matt Wines" segment

@comixproviderftw_02

3 жыл бұрын

It’ll probably be made for the final episode of this saga.

@lepetitpantaloonsfancie

3 жыл бұрын

@@comixproviderftw_02 One can hope

No lie, but this movie literally changed my life. It came out when I was in 5th grade, and it hooked me on Dick Tracy, vintage cars, fedoras, fountain pens, and all things 1930s. I was the only kid in 6th grade who literally wore a fedora to school every day. Now, I'm in my 40s, and I'm still all about the fedoras and three-piece suits and pocket watches and fountain pens. There was something about this movie that hooked me, even as a kid, and altered my personal style and (by doing that) altered the entire trajectory of the rest of my life. Yeah, I was a weird kid, but there you have it.

Something must have been in the water in the early 90s, because this, Batman: The Animated Series and The Rocketeer gave the young, impressionable me an abiding fetish for Art Deco designs and two-fisted 30s pulp. It’s something I still struggle with to this day.

@Kevin_Street

3 жыл бұрын

The weren't all winners, though. Alec Baldwin tried to be The Shadow but couldn't quite pull it off. It's weird how superhero movies have done so well but nobody can make a pulp hero movie work, when it was characters like The Shadow and Doc Savage that inspired the superheroes.

The AUDACITY to suggest waiting for the video to end before watching Madona perform Sooner or Later at the 1991 Oscars.

Thanks to Red Letter Media, every time I see a reference to Ishtar, I hear Charles Grodin's voice "These guys are pawns!"

Note that Al Pacino was the first actor ever to get an Academy Award for acting in a comic book adaptation. I still find that amusing.

@DerekStewart

3 жыл бұрын

Scrolled the comments just to make sure this was noted! :)

@stranget92

3 жыл бұрын

Not quite right. Jackie Cooper was the first one for Skippy (1931)

I’m only partway through this video, so I don’t know if it’s brought up, but it’s worth watching the Madonna tour documentary “Truth or Dare”. The few scenes of Madonna and Beatty’s relationship are very interesting. They really have each other figured out and they both seem to trying at something they will both do better at later in their personal lives. They certainly aren’t nice to each other but they kind of respect each other and their literal business relationship.

I love that the happiest song in the movie (Back In Business) is about Dick Tracy being in prison and the gangsters taking over the city. Even Beatty didn't give a shit about the character he was playing.

Madonna's "Back in Business" should be the theme song of the end of COVID closings. I now stan for Stephen Sondheim after realizing he wrote most of the nightclub songs, and then re-listening to everything else he's ever done.

@MrBfiguero

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. To this day it's my Monday morning work commute anthem.

@trekjudas

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, Madonna was the sexiest woman alive when this movie came out.

@Shadowman4710

3 жыл бұрын

slight correction. Madonna didn't actually sing "Back in Business." Her version was done later and is an entirely different song.

I went to the midnight premier (or was it a sneak peak?) of Dick Tracy. You had to buy a special t-shirt (and wear it) to get into the theater. It was a cool gimmick that I kinda wish more films did! (Or maybe it was just something my local theater was doing.)

@susanhillwig5784

3 жыл бұрын

The ticket t-shirts! Yeah, I remember those. Didn't get one, as I went after it had been in theatres for a week or so.

@pamelalansbury94

2 жыл бұрын

I won tickets to a Paula Abdul concert from the newspaper and they made me wear their t-shirt to the show. I was in 5th or 6th grade and getting to go to a paula Abdul concert so I didn’t care. But now that I think about how would they have known if I didn’t??? 🤣

I believe DTracy had some (toned down) stylistic influence in The Rocketeer, which of course has direct ties to Captain America the First Avenger.

Speaking as an editor, I think Speed Racer is the most important film of the last decade.

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it's certainly an artistic achievement, but I'm not sure if it can be considered 'important' when it seems to have had such little impact. I can't think of many movies that pull from it stylistically, even those most likely to. Like, I continue to get annoyed at anime adaptations which don't understand that mimicking manga framing looks weird when there's depth of field. Having everything in focus is what makes the compositions work - which the Wachowskis understood but no one else seems to.

@woodsro

3 жыл бұрын

This! This is EXACTLY why it’s the most important, because people so misunderstand what’s going on here, it’s a good 20 years ahead of its time. This is montage done in a way that you can’t readily replicate in most modern NLEs because it’s not just a bunch of shots cut together, it’s a collage where action and stories from different timelines flow seamlessly together, much more like composing music than building with blocks. It’s crazy stylised sure, but these techniques can be utilised without being cartoony or anime. But as with all new ideas of artistic expression, being able to convey them and comprehend them for other artists to understand, appreciate and then replicate and change is going to take a very long time. We’ve only seen the beginnings of it.

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

@@woodsro Fair enough. I *would* be fascinated to know more about the Wachowskis' filming process for it, and how much was pre-visualized vs created in editing. Come to think of it, that might be part of the issue. You watch Speed Racer, and it's like "How did they even DO this?" Without knowing how, imitating it would be difficult.

@Emplordxiii

3 жыл бұрын

More like two decades ago. It’s from the 00’s decade.

@clapattack7235

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Thank you sir. Speed Racer is a benchmark in creative editing and unapologetic authorship. The Wachowskis had such a love for Manga and Speed Racer in particular that they wanted to recreate the pure visual storytelling of panel medium. Having completely storyboarded the entire film and knowing it was going to be using some creative transitions they set out to create something that captures this style of artistry...and boy does it succeed. From the scenes of dialog during races where the camera is on a gimble swooping from actor to actor on a giant green screen, to the after effects transitions adding such personality and energy to glorious set pieces. It was an uncompromising vision that I wish would have been a huge hit. This was my favorite theater experience in 2008 and I also watched this with some vfx buddies whacked out on ecstacy. This is an important film on a technical level. It is a one of a kind masterpiece and its my favorite Wachowskis film.

the best part about this movie is that it did what VERY few comic book movies did, be a living breathing comic book. bright colors, traditional make up effects to bring the rouges gallery to life, and the beautiful matte paintings. showed how crazy we could get before CGI took over.

Finally living in a time where Dick Tracy gets the Patrick Willems treatment

I loved the look of “Dick Tracy.” The artifice, the embellished makeup, the exaggerated aesthetic, and rejection of realism - it was one of my faves as a kid. 🤣🤣 I loved Dustin Hoffman as Mumbles.

I now want a video about how Danny Elfman became the go-to composer for comic book movies...at least for a while.

Beatty buying the rights to Dick Tracy reminds me of Michael Uslan, comic book nerd, who, in his 20's "swooped in" and, for a song, bought the movie and TV rights to ..... BATMAN. He is the producer of every Batman venture, to this very day.

I really feel like you missed a great opportunity to talk about The Addams Family, which was also based on a short-form comic strip, much like Dick Tracy, and answered the question of how to adapt it in a very different manner.

@thomasffrench3639

2 жыл бұрын

It’s also a comedy which fits episodic movies, but yeah, it’s a fantastic adaptation. I’m also not sure if it is an adaptation of the comics or the television show

I said this in the live chat, but Bantering 'Bout Beatty should be the next podcast. Honestly I just hope the boys finish Keanu's filmography, they've still got a few to go and I miss the show.

@jasonblalock4429

3 жыл бұрын

It'd be fun to see or hear Patrick talking about "Bulworth." I'm a little surprised he didn't bring it up at all, considering how much of Beatty's other work he touched on.

Patrick I swear to god if you don't deliver on a Brendan Fraser Mummy video I will be very sad no lie

Patrick's love for Speed Racer is always welcomed!! One of my all time favorite movies!

I always compared the Dick Tracy movie to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Rocketeer. They all came out within a few years of each other and share a similar time setting and some other things. You have made me want to watch Speed Racer again. Only saw it just after it came out on home video years ago.

ok... why am I JUST NOW getting this as a recommendation?!?! I've been checking out movie stuff for so looong and only NOW does utube recommend this? THANK you for this vid, and the channel. Have to give you a massive THANKS just for that mission impossible podcast blurb at the end (wow!!). It was just some inconsequential comment on your part but for me has meant hooouuurs on their channel (in addition to yours, duh). So... THANK you, THANK you, THANK you.

The biggest complaint my grandfather had about this movie was that he said there were only Black cars back in the old days, no blue, red, green etc. cars as they portrayed in the film.

@SamAronow

3 жыл бұрын

That isn’t true, or at least it wasn’t true in the US.

I demand the Patrick Cut of the charl story. A four hour long drag without the studio’s film analysis add on’s. Or their notes to hype those movies.

Admittedly the video is still three hours from coming out, but here's my take: it's half an action movie and half a Sondheim musical. And that sounds great until you realize that it's not just the movie, it's the *scenes themselves* that are half-musical and half-action, and you never get a complete one of either. It is infuriating. Especially for such a stylistically bold movie. That said, I don't think it was *that* off-base for the studios to go for broke on retro pulp adaptations. The 50-year nostalgia cycle was firmly in the 1940s. I remember the deco revival, those epic neckties, Swingers, Ben and Jerry Horne on Twin Peaks...

@xBINARYGODx

3 жыл бұрын

are you sure about that - the social and some of the artistic stuff from the 80's feels like "lets have the 50's again! Family values!!!!".

@digitaljanus

3 жыл бұрын

@@xBINARYGODx Some of that 50s nostalgia carried over into the early 80s, like rockabilly music and Back to the Future, but it had really started on the 20-year nostalgia cycle in the 70s (Happy Days, Grease, etc.).

"Future creator of Quibi" is the beautifully understated dis to Eisner I live for. Thanks, Patrick.

So, who else is eager to see Patrick's Zack Snyder analysis whenever it comes out? Even Charl must be going a little coconuts over that video.

@SirHarryDave

3 жыл бұрын

If that is the next video, I’d like to think of this as a weird little prelude, like Patrick is like “fine, I’ll do a Snyder video, but first I’m gunna talk about Dick Tracy for 45 minutes!!”

@alienator345

3 жыл бұрын

I'm excited about the idea of Patrick diving into Zack Snyder!

@xant8344

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I enjoy his filmography videos and things about popular current movies, I think my favorite Patrick videos are ones like this and the gonzo blockbusters one that give praise and criticism towards underappreciated movies and make me love cinema more than I already do

Speed Racer is the only 2D movie that made me feel violently ill. That's forever going to be its crowning achievement in my book.

I only watched this film once, in the theaters. Even as a teen, I was impressed with the artistry while being generally bored out of my mind with the lack of story and character development. But, now that it's on Disney Plus, I considered a rewatch and now you've convinced me to do so.

@nastynastke

Жыл бұрын

It's not on Disney Plus!?!?.....

@LaurenceQuint

Жыл бұрын

@@nastynastke Guess not! Weird.

I submit my candidacy for the film that captures the spirit of a live-action anime/video game: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

I adored this movie as a 9 year old and watched it countless times. I'm not even exactly sure why I adored it so much. Maybe because Madona wore all those skimpy dresses. Maybe because it reminded me a bit of a comic strip. Maybe because it was so colorful. I never have been a fan of the comic strip before or since, but I adored the movie for a few years. So much so that my dear mother made me a yellow trench coat from scratch for a Holloween costume. My mother passed away from cancer a year later after making that coat so the movie and that coat have always held a special place in my heart. I'm gonna go see if I can find it on streaming.

Hearing Patrick bring up the cursed Town & Country gave me fond We Heart Hartnett memories :’)

@protomenfan200x

3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping he'd talk about T&C, that episode is fantastic!

@cremetangerine82

3 жыл бұрын

That movie was available during my Blockbuster employment, and it didn’t even look like it was worth a free rental.

This movie is one of big sister's favorite movies and this is probably why I love surreal "ALL OF THE COLORS, NONE OF THE REALITY" movies, such as Speed Racer and Baz Luhrmann movies

@taejaskudva2543

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. My friends give me crap about not liking Moulin Rouge ironically but actually loving it. And I love nearly everything about Romeo + Juliet.

@josie_the_valkyrie

Жыл бұрын

Add Amélie and Love Me if you Dare. Bright, colourful films ❤.

I LOVE that film. I think the fact that it made no effort to be trendy in 1990 will mean it's timeless. It'll age better than its' contemporaries. It's already aged better than a lot of films that were made in the last 10 years ;)

Never heard about the movie untill now, but I am absolutely excited by how they made it look like comic book panels, like you mentioned, with 7 colours and foxed cameras, comicky set design... *absolute loving it* Its something different.

The first 3/4s of this video I was like, "Oh like Speed Racer" and then when Pat was like, "Only one live-action cartoon did this..." I was like, "YOU BETTER FINISH THAT SENTENCE WITH 'SPEED RACER'!!"

I LOVED how this video spent such a great time of it talking about how freaking great Speed Racer is. Thanks Patrick.

"Tracy but more self-serious" -- I think that was just Frank Miller's 'The Spirit'. (I could be wrong though: that movie was goofy enough to literally do a "kitchen sink" joke.)

It's crazy how underrated this film is.

Surprised that Tank Girl wasn't mentioned. Wasn't it another 90s live action cartoon/comedy/musical? But it works? Kind of? You can watch it evolve.

@taejaskudva2543

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if the movie works, but I love it, and I still own the soundtrack on cassette and cd....

I appreciate the time stamp for the essay start, and also want to say this is the best video you've done so far.

[SPOILERS HERE] So wait. Does this mean Real!Patrick is still on that island where he took a vacation? Is the rest of the crew gonna have to go back and FIND Real!Patrick? SUDDENLY I MUST KNOW! DAMMIT PATRICK HOW DID YOU GET US INVESTED IN A PLOT AGAINST A COCONUT WITH GOOGLY EYES?!

I was 10 years old when Dick Tracy came out and was a huge fan, and it was the reason I fell in love with pulp heroes like The Shadow and The Phantom.

Streets of Fire: I see you're a man of culture.

Man... Your essays are fantastic, but the episode-to-episode framing storylines are great. Well done.

32:47 "Speed Racer." 33:05 "YEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!"

This and The Rocketeer came out within a year of each other and show how much Disney was willing to experiment with weird stylistic films in the early 90s. Both are extremely underrated as well.

15 minutes in = me: "i wanna watch speed racer now." 15 minutes later = pat: "you know we're gonna talk about speed racer!"

My mother wouldn't ever let me rent this from Blockbuster, despite how much I loved the old cartoons...

I suspect this may factor into a greater discussion about 90s comic book movies in general where it was a fairly new thing so they decided the best way to adapt them was literally make them look LIKE a comic book.

@PabloDraletti

3 жыл бұрын

Also, for some reason the success of Batman made them focus more on pulp characters (The Shadow, The Phantom, The Rocketeer even though that one's not really period) instead of exploiting DC and Marvel properties right there.

@jwheeler1106

3 жыл бұрын

@@PabloDraletti My thoughts exactly. And while not a pulp character I always found The Crow to be part of that trend of movies but with a more violent bent.

@digitaljanus

3 жыл бұрын

@@PabloDraletti Because the guys calling the shots at the studios at the time recognized comic book characters from _their_ childhoods. They knew Golden Age DC characters like Batman and Superman, but they didn't know Spider-Man or the X-Men. They might have heard about the Hulk, but only from the 70s TV show. But 1930s pulp characters, they remembered. (George Pal, legendary science fiction film producer/director of the 1950s and 60s, made a Doc Savage movie in the 70s!)

@PabloDraletti

3 жыл бұрын

@@digitaljanus Well, they should have had a better counselor. Still thankful for those movies, though. At the same time, Sam Raimi couldn't get any property yet but he showed some initiative and did Darkman.

@robbybevard8034

3 жыл бұрын

@@digitaljanus This is also why we get new Tarzan and Robin Hood and Zoro and Lone Ranger outings about once a decade... and they all try to reimagine the characters even though there's no real baseline in pop culture anymore for them outside of the Disney animated versions. These things aren't actually popular, but the people in charge remember them being popular once.. We're now hitting the period where people that grew up on 90's cartoons and anime are making animated shows now and its a really strange blend in terms of humor and very specific genre savy.

As a huge, HUGE fan of Speed Racer, your digression on the subject warmed my heart. It really is the goddamn best.

@helenl3193

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing, but I can't watch it of an evening because it gets me all amped up (/over stimulated?) and unable to sleep

Even with a gun to my head, I will never skip to the actual essay start. Not now. NOT EVER!

I'd like to think Beatty kept the rights because he wanted to keep cosplaying as his favorite characters. Which is pretty relatable in today's day and age.

Rather than Speed Racer, I'd say THE ADDAMS FAMILY managed more investment from the audience out of all the movies based on comics or cartoons. Heck, Addam's cartoons were just single panels.

I admittedly loved so many things about Speed Racer.and the visual and emotional payoff is awesome. Totally didn’t expect to be hit by those emotional scenes. And that psychedelic ending blew me.... away🥲

trying to show my friends this channel with out giving a detailed lore explanation is already difficult and YOUR ADDING TIMELINES??!!

These are the videos that define channels, I love the passion displayed by Patrick talking about the movie

Thank you for the Speed Racer love. I've always felt that it deserved much more attention than it got. It really did expand the language of film incredibly.

Speed Racer is an absolute masterpiece of a movie.

Also, I can’t believe how ambitious this Charl storyline is getting. My jaw is on the floor from that ending!

When I was a kid you couldn’t tell me this wasn’t the biggest movie of 1990. I love it.

it was really a miracle for a movie like Reds to be made in Hollywood, goes to show how much influence this man had

@BrendanJSmith

8 ай бұрын

Thank God the project was locked in before Heaven's Gate came out. Reds was the last gasp of breath for the New Hollywood Era.

One thing I hated is they had a whole bunch of Gould's great villains, which all had great storylines in the strip, and used them for like, what 5 minutes to be killed off.

@scottknode898

Жыл бұрын

Warren Beatty who starred produced and directed in the film was forced cut time down to 1 hour and 45 minutes while Beatty did say 2 hour and 15 minute version exists. 21 villains from the Chester Gould comics appeared in the movie because of Beatty as a measure in case a sequel didn’t get made.

"Just what all fans love; five full hours of branded content announcements " 😝😝😝

I am kind of in love with how pretty the scenes with you guys walking around masked in New York look. This is so well-made. Obviously, the film analysis and criticism is stellar as well.

22:54 Basically why Into the Spider-Verse is quite possibly the greatest animated film ever made.

@treborkroy5280

3 жыл бұрын

It's a CGI movie.. "animated" like a video game is "animated"

@furioussherman7265

3 жыл бұрын

@@treborkroy5280 Pixar movies are all CGI. Do they not count as animated films?

33:00 I legit thought he was going to say “George of the Jungle,” which is a preeminently enjoyable movie.

This movie is art. Bless you for calling attention to it.

The same thing happened with the movie of the shadow. It was so strange. So bad. And so good.

At the time, I remember the hype around this movie being extremely influenced by Burton's "Batman" having been the monster smash of the previous summer. People thought it might somehow be the next "Batman". You can see the similarities--the stylized comics influence and Art Deco-ish city setting; production design being the real star of the movie; the grotesque villains and stone-faced hero; A-list serious movie star playing the main villain under weird prosthetics; the surprisingly high level of violence for such a cartoony thing.