The 12 Tasks of Asterix: The Place That Sends You Mad (widescreen)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- My favourite scene from my favourite film as a child, in which the defiant Gauls have to endure twelve herculean tasks in order to prove their godhood to Ceasar and the might of Rome.
After conquering athletes, magicians, nymphs and beasts, Asterix & Obelix face the deadliest challenge of all; accountancy, bureaucracy and bad customer service.
The most realistic part is that the boss can instantly bypass all the bullshit the moment it's convenient for him.
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the fact all the government works go insane following the stupidly complicated system is so realistic to.
@@geronimo5537 It doesn't help that the people who write the regulations don't write them sensibly, or even with a sound legal foundation a lot of the time.
It's the same thing with medical and education issues in govmt where politicians with no experience in these areas are making decisions that literally affect life and death for tens/hundred of millions of citizens.
In the US the only department of govmt that habitually uses staff with appropriate experience is the administration of the military which usually is dominated by the higher ranking members like generals and admirals.
If regulations were written by people who actually have recent experience being affected by the issue being regulated with help from lawyers to make the regulation concise and legally strong then it wouldn't be such a ballache.
It really demonstrates why people were so eager to elect Javier Milei
The "boss" is actually a prefect, whose only work is simply to keep good order in the place, not helping visitors. He turns mad when he realizes he was actually helpful to visitors by going out of his duties.
I saw this as a child. Did not understand why my dad laughed so much when they said "simple, administrative formality". I sure do now
I wanted to like this but the 666 likes were just too perfect.
The joke is obvious and funny from the start. And it still keeps funny throughout the whole task.
Yeah, administration sucks... A whole lot.
If you're not from France or Poland, the thing is international.
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The most unrealistic thing about this is that they don't have to wait in line for 45 minutes at each stop
Either they cut those parts out to save on run time, or there was no one else since all the townsfolk where driven nuts
Not saying your wrong though
That used to be a problem, but then they ran out of people who hadn't gone mad already.
That, and the fact that faced with something they didn't know about they didn't answer "that's not my problem"
if that be the case the movie would dwarf LotR (uncut) by about a factor of 10
or you have to draw a number but the number dispenser has to be operated by a clerk and all of them are busy xD
Aside from the satire on bureaucracy, this scene shows why Asterix is a true hero: faced with a challenge where the magic potion is useless, he uses his wits against the system itself.
Ikr. Plus, he can take on a few regular soldiers on his own. Of cause, not army without the magic potion
I notice that Asterix defeats a lot of the tasks that can't be bruteforced by simply tricking the taskmasters into trying to complete their own tasks. I'm starting to realise how silly the 12 tasks are due to them being technically designed by mortals, therefore the act of testing the divinity of Asterix and Obelix is as much hubris as attempting the 12 tasks.
It's quite common for Asterix in the movie and in the books. Especially since the Gauls are basically fighting a guerrilla war where their brute force advantage is situational, and they don't always have access to the magic potion, he uses the strength and resources of his foes against themselves. It's also a fitting allusion given Hercules is often shown to be quite cunning when his strength fails, and even in using his strength in the optimal way.
This is what Asterix does, and why he's the main guy, not Obelix.
Asterix is very smart and cunning.
He may not be a genius, but he's not the be underestimated!
Asterix is smarter than most people, especially compaired to other people in the comics.
Its realy only Caesar who is equal to Asterix in smarts and cunning. But he has more important things to do. Like leading Rome.
@@connordarvall8482 And then there's Task #11, where he's just sick and tired of everything and scares a bunch of ghosts into leaving him alone.
The most unrealistic part is when the clerks go searching for circular B-65 themselves instead of sending Asterix & Obelix back to the front desk
Well that's still kinda logical in a way : I mean why would they send back clients who already know about and who are asking for something specific instead of going to check it themselves? It's their job after all, they have to get filled in on everything.
But yeah I so wish this kind of trick would work irl, just for simple payback for all the trouble they put us through, especially here in France (cause yeah, don't forget that the Astérix & Obélix comics, and thus this movie, is French).
@@megapulsar9244 it catches them off guard, because Asterix says something plausible enough that they think its real. It's mostly a tactic used by scammers and grifters, but you'll occasionally see someone use it like this to play their own game with the system.
Its because other than the guy at the front, everyone else only sees the people who were sent to them, if they don't know where to send Asterix they have to deal with him themselves, and if they have no idea about that form, then they will have to deal with it the next time it comes up. Its why asterix asked the one person who was having a good time gossiping, she had something she wanted to get back to, and was a window person who was supposed to "help" It then snowballed because they all know it will be horrible for them if they don't know what is going on, but since it was a wild goose chase it had no end point for them to reach, they just kept draging more people in.
@@timothycarney9652 Yeah, snow ball effect and all, and the rest is history. Honestly this is always oh so very satisfying to watch and I'd love to see something like that happen irl someday 😆
To quote my brother on dealing with his university's bureaucracy: "we don't know what it is you need, but it isn't here, so just go away"
As a kid it's funny.
As an adult it's painfully cathartic
It’s the Roman equivalent to the DMV.
Cathartic? What does it mean?
@@ohobainc It's the feeling you get when you realize that you're not actually crazy, people are actually that dumb. Sort of.
I don't really think Cathartic is the best word for it.
Bureaucracy is the bane of civilization. You have a whole lot of people poking pencils around and filling out forms to fill out more forms. No one is responsible for anything and everything is someone else's problem. I believe it to be the height of madness and apparently so did the animators.
@@Uatemysoul Thank you for sharing that with me.
@@ohobainc Catharsis is the feeling of relief, like when something's been bothering you, but then you let it go
This movie taught me one important lesson. You don't have to fight the system. You have to abuse the system against itself
The system does not fight corruption, it causes it.
@@MissMoontree amen!
you HAVE to fight the system
@@berrymint6384
To fight the system to have to use it against itself.
it is the ancient art, known only to few; "cheesing"
i like how this one actually puts up a challenge for them
I agree; lots of them were too easy. With 12 tasks. I guess they had to rush a few.
I mean there is no easy way out until you get it right or don't.
@@uncolaman99 Except the Karateca thay Obelix didn't win. And the Island of pleasure. They almost defeated them both lol.
@@davhot4107 It was a judoka. A karateka would have lost.
Who thought beurocracy task would be hard for Gauls - village people who solve thing by muscle?
For those saying it's been 20 years and nothing changed, this movie came out in 1976 :'(
So... 50? 🤣 Right 😆
@@pohjanvanamo Yes lol
@@pohjanvanamo
*48 Years Ago...**
@@aleksandarvil5718I wonder when the original comics came out
@@ФедяКрюков-в6ьThe original comic book by Albert Uderzo and René Gogscinny came out in 1959. The first issue was Asterix Le Gaulois.
Failed my driving license exam twice after getting the witten exam then moved away to an other department in France. Tried to pass it 2 years later. They asked for my file which I had to ask to my previous driving school which never answered email or phone. Took 2 months to figure they threw away my file which they were supposed to keep 5 years. I asked what to do to a driving school I wanted to register at. They told me I needed a number which I could only get in the office department where I pass the first test, which I moved away from. But to ask for the number you need to be resident of the department and show a proof of residency... Took me a month to get make up some papers saying I live there. I send in the papers wait 2 weeks to get the number. Go back to the current driving school to register, and they tell me since I have the written exam the number is useless... Now I need to ask for the driving file the department office which takes 4-6 months to transfer. I pretty much gave up at this point.
The french administration is definitely the place that send you mad.
I remember once that I just wanted to update the adress of my driving licence, the lady at the office told me "this isn't where you're doing such procedures".
After insisting, she gave me a ticket for the queue telling me "that I'm just gonna lose my time" and that it is "pointless".
Once I was to the counter, the lady updated my information in less than 2 minutes. I told her about what the lady at the front desk told me, she went "oh nevermind, don't listen to her. She's just bitter because she doesn't like her job".
Before leaving, I went back to the front desk telling politely to that lady that they actually updated my informations, just in case if she wouldn't have the information.
She went "well, it shouldn't have happened anyway!"
... Gosh I hate french bureaucracy.
Drive illegally .
That is when you say that you have never taken a test before ever and that you don't know what to start at completely different location. If you think it's hard for you figure this shit out, how do you think they're going to figure it out? The answer is, they won't. They will go with the simplest solution that'll make the job easier.
lol you failed twice they just trying to keep the streets safe
In GTA 5
When you get older you start to understand this scene.
Yeah. As a bureaucrat I don't see why Asterix and Obelix have so much trouble. This is simple bureaucracy.
Especially the last one.
>be going through tsa with my fiancé
>name on ticket is displayed as first middle last
>I have two last names so my license says first middle last last
>ticket only shows one of my last names
>tsa guy pulls me aside and says I can’t pass until they can call the dmv and prove my identity with my license #
>sit there for 30 minutes and plane leaves in an hour and they still haven’t called the dmv
>tsa guy says I may miss flight
>I’m having a fucking anxiety attack because I’ve spent money on both of our tickets
>tsa faggot calls over his manager who takes one look at my license, turns to the other tsa agent and says “seriously man”?
>approves me to go through and apologizes for the wait
To this day I’m so glad that other tsa agent was there to make sure I didn’t get fucking pricked. I hope the other tsa agent got a brow beating for that shit, seriously what an asshole.
This scene is what made me understand adulthood and why my parents kept filing out forms. It was also the day my dad taught me the word "bureaucracy" in between manly giggles.
Best way to learn something ever.
@@zainerikat4704 green texting in UA-cam? Go back to half chan incel.
this is so ture!
This scene was even referenced in one of The Witcher 3's missions, where Geralt has to obtain a permit A38 from a Touissant office, but the workers just keep sending him from one place to another or ask him for additional permits he does not have.
Sorry unrelated to this video; but thanks for reminding me of that DLC. I bought it a while back and never got back to playing it! Now that is reason enough to do so :))
@@NiclasLoof Asterix cartoons are hella popular here, and also we've been having an outbreak of memes from the Asterix & Obelix: Mission Kleopatra movie for the past couple of years.
@@gwiazdapioun2127 as a french dude, i m glad to learn this movie is popular in poland ... Here we are still laughing about it 20 years after its release
@@ledemonduparaitre9056 Its very popular in Turkey too.
Except in the Witcher, you grease the wheels by giving one of the window clerks some flowers. Geralt is one smooth operator
When I was a kid, I thought it was the most boring part of the movie. Now I find it both hilarious and so very, very true.
I always had a moment for it.
I remember as a child not really understanding it, as an adult it makes so much sense, the endless time waste, going around in circles for no purpose.
As a kid I didn't understand this part but it was funny to see them going up and down the stairs
As a kid it was my favorite part of the whole movie and I loved it
Alongside with the old wise man on the mountain, of course
I find it interesting that finding the forms drives the people insane, but actually giving the forms drives the administrative heads insane. Why, it's so simple it drives them mad!
I always thought that the last guy became mad because he realized that he gave away that form just like that? I mean, all the tasks that Asterix got were supposed to be impossible to complete, so that last guy wasn’t supposed to give him the form so easily. So I suppose that’s what drove him insane - the realization that he made a mistake and that Asterix successfully completed the task because of that.
@@mikurino3936 yes it's pretty obvious
This scene is a satire of the excessive bureaucracy of Rome in the later stages of the Empire, which was one of the reasons behind the Empire's downfall.
@@MrReubenTishkoff Noboby is buying what you're selling!!!
When you realise that something do Hard was actualy do simple..... It usualy makes something break quit Hard In the brain
Am a french speaker and saw this movies like 10 times in french -- I'm so impressed at the dubbing ; the voices of Asterix, Obelix are so cloooooose to the french originals.
Only 10? That's rookie numbers :P
En vrai je m'attendais à un doublage médiocre mais non
Même Caius Pupus anglophone est au poils
Pareil, franchement c'est cool de voir que le doublage d'Astérix est super en anglais, ça m'a permis de partager cette version avec plein de potes anglophones.
But what about Asterix in Britain? They cannot make the language jokes in English
German dub did a great Job too
@@napoleonfeanor I'm not as familiar with the movies but in the translated comics they sometimes manage to find appropriate jokes in the other language but not always.
I remember reading a article on the various translations of the comics and they specifically mention a scene in Asterix in Britain. In a scene where a man is arguing with a fruit seller, the seller then smacks him with the disputed melon. In french Asterix asked "why is that man wearing a melon?", relying on the fact that the iconic British bowler hat is called Chapeau Melon in French. In the English version Asterix is silent and the fruit seller says something to the effect of "oh you want me to give it to you, do you?", making the subsequent image of the buyer wearing it more of a visual gag.
I experienced this tonight, except it was online and automated. The fact it happened in the comfort of my own room only made it feel surreal, while still being as frustrating as ever.
So glad we don't have to run from one dept. to another one, waiting in line, etc. Thx internet.
100. like from me to this comment.
I kind of want to know what it was you were trying to acquire, so I can avoid ever falling into this online "endless circle" scheme where you keep getting redirected and wasting time (but I don't want to ask if it's something personal you don't want to share)
It was some certification specific to my circumstances and jurisdiction and I'll keep it vague because of how boring it is. :)
Was at the dmv this week… they really should provide straight jackets at the exits
Asterix pulled a major UNO reverse card on them.
_Outstanding move._
I think this feat was more impressive than any of Hercules. All he did was fight a giant lion, reroute a river, fight man eating horses, etc.
Reading the comments, I find solidarity in people from all over the world, because I find one thing that truly unites us as a species:
The venomous hatred towards bureaucracy.
You are correct
in portuguese we use "burro"cracia = "dumb"cracy
Reminds me of the time me and my dad tried to get tickets for the Colosseum. The Romans can still send people mad
Kind regards from Russia!
I saw a meme where a serbian prisoner was denied a place in jail due to his ID being expired.Then a Skyrim skill level joke under that which simply said BUREAUCRACY 100.
As a child, I remember thinking that this place was clearly a building which was designed for the sole purpose of making people go mad.
I know better these days.
Children never lie, if they don't want to.
"I know better these days."
That you were right from the very beginning?
@@Salantor I think he just meant that there isn't just ONE place that sends you mad. They're all over in all human societies except for tribes in rain forests, and even then I think it's only because they don't have the technology to mass produce paper... but if someone ever taught them how to make legal documents out of leaves...
@@Salantor LOL, nailed it. As a kid you thought that was the purpose - as an adult you know!
@@OckhamAsylum Clay tablets, son.
Beating the Bureaucracy at its own game is a truly worthy feat.
LOL! I never noticed that when they get to the fourth floor, Asterix makes the "IV" with his fingers, and Obelix pauses curiously, trying to figure out how he did it with his own hand. That's hilarious.
Still favorite part is where Asterix's wings on his helmet fold over in rage.
Martin Gray I've watched the movie million times and I never noticed that, I always wait for the punchline in the 6th floor but never really paid attention to that detail. Thanks for pointing it out:-)
Sdk ElMaruecan I've seen this a lot myself, I never noticed it before- I think the only reason I noticed is cause of my animation studies. It's one of the little details you normally miss, but REALLY appreciate when you finally notice it.
Martin Gray
You would love "Asterix and Cleopatra" it's full of funny background details
+Martin Gray In the French version it's even better!! What Obelix actually says when they get to that floor is "IV" as in, he pronounces the letters instead of just saying "this one" like he does in here. And Asterix goes "Not IV! Four! We're going to the sixth". I thought it was a shame they didn't translate that joke because it could have been done.
In reality, in french, obelix thinks It s write "Ive", a french name. And so asterix correct him.
The saddes thing is that this place still exist, in every city of the world and the madness always get you, there is no escape
its a satire cartoon based in a historical time period with aspects taken from our time not history
theconversation.com/how-to-escape-a-maze-according-to-maths-71582
It's a boring place.
Rome fell before the bureaucracy did.
Bureaucracy is an infuriating machine to navigate.
This movie is one of those things from my childhood that I wasn't even sure if it was real or just some kind of fever dream memory my brain created. Amazing to see youtube recommending it to me now
I mentioned Asterix to a friend yesterday and this turns up on my feed today. God bless our always listening algorithmic overlords!
Bird People Unite!
Aye! The fever dream comment.
It’s fun to realize that the thing that came the closest to beat Asterix and Obelix was bureaucracy !
Asterix means Christmas to us in French-Canada. It was an almost religious thing: Christmas eve and all the way up to the New Year, "Ciné-Cadeaux" was playing on TV and while the uncles were getting drunk in the kitchen, we kids watched Asterix, Tintin, Mysterious City of Gold and all these iconic cartoons.
Yes 😁 Tant de beaux souvenirs!
@christian gauthier Ca a pas changer ca devrais commencer le lundi le 20 Dec a 3:30pm et a 6:30 pm
Lucky Luke
*Québec, please
Les bon classiques
Anything involving byrocracy or ''simple formality'' nowadays. As an adult this clip is stressful, I laughed as a kid.
bureaucracy... bureau is an office.
@@amaurythewarrior Thanks! English is not my native language.
@@hullzor970 that's the thing. "bureau" is a french word. that's why I'm not surprized to see a lot of people misspell it.
This scene is a satire of the excessive bureaucracy of Rome in the later stages of the Empire, which was one of the reasons behind the Empire's downfall.
@@MrReubenTishkoffNot really, not at all would I say. Asterix is a critic about French society in many ways. And our very annoying bureaucracy is of course what this thing is about. I've lived in both US and France. The difference of efficiency is insane for those things.
At age 8, I think this is hilariously funny.
At age 34, it's painfully funny and therapeutic as well.
How was it at age 38? Not to be confused with age 39 for which i am also asking aswell.
@@engine4403 It ages like a fine wine, my friend. It never fails.
So many years and nothing has changed in beauracracy...
+ZwiekszoneRyzyko truer words have never been spoken!
it got significantly worse
There is a major improvement, we have elevators today!
But they break down sometimes, and the branch manager needs to submit an A38 permit to get it fixed.
@ - How else to you elevate a problem? You know...
Remember that one mission in Witcher III at the bank? This is what it was based off, Asterix and Obelix are childhood of many Poles.
My french friends, you can be proud of this great masterpiece created by 2 French men, one son of Polish immigrants (René Goscinny, script) and 2nd one son of Italian immigrants (Albert Uderzo, script and drawings).
The greatest works are created when everyone works together.
In Québec, Asterix, Lucky Luke, and Tintin comic books are enjoyed by everyone, and the animated movies are a Christmas tradition. It helps that most Québécois are native French speakers.
I can agree.. Im a Pole and Asterix and Obelix is my childhood indeed... Good times..
Witcher is just a rip off of Elric of Melnibone
"The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy."
-Oscar Wilde
Wise and extremely honest but so true
All too true. At some point, bueraucracy reaches critical mass and becomes self-sustaining. Then, it just grows, and grows, and grows, and grows until you get a mess like this.
The worst part is, miss Anica's probably the only one who stayed sane. Just... standing there, pushing the empty swing whilst everyone else was going bonkers.
All she cares about is getting her paycheck and not working on Weekends. She doesn't have the time to put stock in those that deem themselves her superior.
You sure she was pushing a swing or was it a euphemism for some thing else wink 😉
@Irongutz I... eh... I... DARN IT, Take my upvote!
Seen at an office, displayed on a cubicle divider:
Bureaucracy grows to answer to the growing needs of the growing bureaucracy.
This scene is a satire of the excessive bureaucracy of Rome in the later stages of the Empire, which was one of the reasons behind the Empire's downfall.
Damn Bureaucracy!
-Geralt of Rivia
dracson237 holy shit, this is the first thing I thought of when I played that quest
I almost expected him to smash his fist on the counter and yell "Pass 38!"
Just the way he says "I've _been there..!"_ at 5:37 just cracks me up every single time.
😂😂😂
Asterix is one of those characters who can deal with an issue without using his power, just his intelligence.
If this film has taught me anything about the French it's that one They have a wonderfully witty and bizarre sense of humor and two They seem to hate Bureaucracy with a burning passion.
Asterix and cleopatra is also a funny one.
They are the Masters of bullshit bureaucracy
@@docbaker3333 As a Frenchman, I confirm we hate it
Bureaucracy is the same no matter where you go, in any period of history
its a satire cartoon based in a historical time period with aspects taken from our time not history
@@naomira_neeyes, but this is true across all cultural lines
Even if you don't speak it or hardly understand it, I'm not kidding here people, you've GOT to hear Asterix in french. It's honestly one of the best character/voice matches I've ever heard, and hearing him loose patience is pure gold. xDD
Not to mention Obelix yelling "ENOUGH!!"
LE LAISSER PASSER A 38!!!!
Ther german version also sounds excellent.
The Dutch version is also superb
@@ripleyxbrown Yeah always considered those dutch voices 'the standard', anything else felt wrong ;D
After helping a friend through the danish welfare system, I must sadly say this is very accurate.
It feels literally like the Greek public sector. Noteworthy for the lack of technology and sending you to 50 different offices.
Lol Danish welfare system you say? Don't come to France then, you're not even ready x)
@@jeankevin2188 too true.
My condolences for being danish
Maybe don't live on welfare?
As a french person, I am so proud to see people loving what I thought to be known only by french speakers. This comic/cartoon is a part of my childhood and it feels great to see that it could be the case for other people all around the globe. I think it's interesting to note that the french administration was something very special and the epitome of bureaucracy when this comic/cartoon was made. It is due to the fact that France has one of the biggest states of the Western world. It is historically the first modern state and it is actually really effective in comparison with other countries. But we also tend to have a tradition of harsh criticism about it and self-derision. For instance, this sentence of Courteline "Administration is the place where people who arrive late meet those who leave early on the stairs"
What I always found amazing about asterix is how the jokes managed to be translated perfectly from English to French with none of the meaning lost
I am Finnish and I grew up with the comic and the animations. To me the characters are like old friends these days. :)
Coming from the Netherlands, I grew up with literal mountains of Asterix comics littered in my bedroom. I watched all the comics multiple times, since they my parents would put them in dvd players when we’d travel somewhere by car (which was often).
My dad had some left from his youth too, with many of them being in French.
I have to say Asterix isn’t very good in the English voice over, but it is quite good in Dutch. Also, I’m not sure about the English movies (never watched a full one), but in the Dutch ones they’d keep the French songs, if there were any.
I’m American and I read the comic books as a child (I’m nearly 30). These are very very well known outside of France! Very charming!
It’s actually pretty popular in Canada I think every single classroom I was ever in till high school had at least 2 or 3 books on the shelf (both French and English)
I love that the boss losses his mind when he issues the permit they requested.
He realised Caesar was gonna have his head
@@victory8928not his mind at least
The end-state of this is the actual state of most bureaucracy. What I mean is, they still often have to do the same paper chase you yourself are going through to track things down and get things done. This is the difference between now and then. Internally is no better than external: They're as trapped as you are.
good. they deserve
@@bmsg1 based
And don't forget, they'll always claim this is the 'simplified, more convenient' version of how to get it done when you complain.
@@OraProNobis97 not a term dumbass
@@largelump3613 cool bro. I’m living inside your walls
40 years later, this scene remains epic, both in french and english dub.
And italian and german and spanish and in any language ever.
The pink form is located at window 12 second floor staircase B corridor J, you will then need to fill out another purple form to obtain a yellow form located at window 7 on the 5th floor staircase K corridor W, you then need to obtain a green form window 14 first floor staircase F corridor T, after that get the maroon form window 56 on the 6th floor staircase P corridor E, the other floors and forms are irrelevant, by that time you can ask the gentleman nicely and be given permit A38 :)
It's almost driven me mad to read this
This is actually painful to read.
For our non-french speaking friends, there is a little difference in the dialogues here :
At 3:06 in the original french version, Obélix actualy says IV like eev". He litteraly pronounces the letters. Then Asterix tells him "no, not "eev". Four. We are going to the sixth".
Thought it could interrest you. ;)
Glad to see so much non-french people enjoying our proud little "gaulois". :p
I find it funny that Asterix also literally does the “IV” on the fingers which makes Obelix confused hence him looking at his fingers counting it ;)
And also I’ve been watching a lot of Asterix and Obelix movies lately and its such an interesting piece of French animation, I started looking more into France’s history and its so interesting
Im from finland and my grandfather used to read me asterix comics at bedtime as a child
so hes been a big part of my life!
@@waffleliberty89 very violent also
They actually said the same in the dutch translation
Stephen Fry told how during shooting "Blackadder" he annoyed reenactors of Roman soldiers on the set by numbering them: "Eye, Eye Eye, Eye Eye Eye, Eye Vee, Vee..."
My favorite part is the lady that doesn't want to work and prefers to gossip with her co-worker. Asterix trying to get her attention and her reaction of being annoyed by the "interruption" is just perfect!
Yes. That in the eternal coffee cup.
Hands down the best satirical take on bureaucracy there is
Witcher sends his regards.
Asterix is so famous in Poland it was certain that Poles would make a reference out of this one day
Best thing ive stumbled onto on youtube
No. Witcher pays his hommage
I ended up failing that witcher quest
@@rollolol6053 yep i can convirm.
This is just a slight understatement of the *real* bureaucracy.
The depressing part is that this is near 20 years old and it's still extremely accurate to typical burocracy and paperwork.
Dude... this is 46 years old.
@@hdufort even more painful
@@garex1939 😂😂😂
I think my favourite part of this is while it is a great sendup of beurocracy gone up its own arse, is how it genuinely adheres to the format of a greek/roman myth.
The heroes need a thing. They must go to a place that is out of the ordinary to obtain it. They find themselves stymied by the nature of this place and all their strength and power are of no use. But then they manage to turn the challenges nature on itself in order to triumph, and they leave sucessful, if only inadvertently.
Not just satarizing one thing, not just two, but having those two subjects play off each other in order to make it work. Either a greek hero's task being dealing with beurocracy, or beurocracy bneing on the level of a greek hero's task. Fantastic writing.
I didn't notice that, cool. Also I like how we see all the mad townsfolk first, showing that this is an institution, something that everyone has to deal with, and not something cooked up just for the challenge, like how one of hercule's labors was cleaing out these stables that were filthy after years of neglect, it was an existing problem. It also means that the romans are also doing this sort of thing to themselves on the regular, at least in that town.
"Fantastic writing."
Goscinny, fantastic writer ! And fantastic comics editor.
The man who made comics become adult entertainment in France.
that's nothing. wait until you deal with greek bureaucracy
I feel like only an adult can truly understand the humor here, and it's glorious...
If you think about it this scene is actually quite dark, he’s tricked a crowd of people into doing an impossible and tedious task to the point of insanity, although I do agree that it is just
I have to wonder whether Douglas Adams was exposed to this, or whether his native bureaucracy was entirely home-grown. In any case, this is a brilliant bit of Asterix and I thank you very much for sharing it. I've been in similar situations and hope never to be again.
The only thing that can match french bureaucracy is latin american bureaucracy
@@lookatthepicture4107 HAHAHAHAHA SUCH IGNORANCE HAHAHAHAHAHA
Try German, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Belgian or Dutch paperwork.
Ahh wait... Never have been or will EVER be even CLOSE to any of those, right? Latin American, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! such nonsense! 😂😂
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I find your reaction rather odd.
@@festethephule7553 almost like he went to the place that drives people mad.
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Indeed.
French folk here,it feels unreal to watch an Asterix scene in english and I say that as a good thing
This is as good as it's gonna get unfortunatly. Every dub for the next movies is awful. I don't understand how you can do a fantastic job with the first three movies but fail so miserably with everything that came after. The only ones I'm unsure of are the 3D ones. I only watched those in French.
The entire building is just bureaucracy! The building was designed to literally drive you insane via bureaucracy.
Just seeing Asterix's reaction at 6:02 kills me with laughter, the way it's animated seeing him starting to get angry is so funny hahahahahahahahaah.
I never knew there was an English dub
It's really close to the original, I'm impressed
I'm surprised they are. I thought they were not that good. Makes me think the German dub is the best. The old, deaf porter, the head official and Gaius Pupus (the referee) are excellent in German.
I love how Asterix gave those people a taste of their own medicine after they sent him and Obelix on a wild goose chase.
it's not malice. the truth is, the right hand does not know what the left one does. it's a problem of organisation, leadership and communication.
@@kirinoa Don't care what you call it. I bet Julius Caesar had a part in this by telling those people to delay Asterix and Obelix from getting the task done.
A perfectly accurate representation of bureaucracy and its effects on the human psyche
Nah. In actual bureaucracy, there are at least twenty people in a queue in front of each window, and fifteen minutes after joining the queue the same person who was at the front is still standing there. Also applies to any pharmacy - no bureaucracy needed, still a mere five people take about an hour to get served, unless there are any retired folks among them because then it's FIVE hours.
This video should be shown to every person that is about to be employed in corporate/governmental management and to people that become clerks.
Tis day will become sparkling
I think it's pretty much their training video.
Also anyone studying leadership, project management and quality improvement
I am a clerk, shit like this tends to happen at places with bad management.
The good places we'd hand you the blue form with 838 and make the other forms redundant or something.
Poor management more interested in looking important or getting pushed on their swing by their pretty secretary? This happens.
Aahh, the gold old bureaucracy....today I almost went full crazy, after almost 4 hours of total mental torture! Bulgaria, but it doesn't really matter where, the lunacy is in every country. Next time I'm getting my flip-flops and a funnel, so when I get bat-shit crazy, it will be glorious! AVE ... something!
Greek and Bulgarian bureaucracy are the 6th and 7th circles of hell.
Don't leave out Hungary! Bureaucracy is hell here too.
@@msdimi01 It is hell everywhere my friend. The hoops I have just gone through today because of my college...
I'm french and I was watching this movie over and over as a kid. I can hear the "lalala, lalalala, lalalala, lalalala, lalalala..." of the guy in the bath thub 15 times in a row without stop laughing.
The Reg ils sont fous ces anglais
The same :D
"So then she bought some material from a Phoenician trader to redecorate her cubiculum."
"Put hangings over marble!? How odd!"
"Oh well you know her, the kind who's always got to show off! But mind you she can't even afford to keep a slave or servant..."
"Eh... miss..."
"She sold off her Iberian claiming that she preferred to do her housework herself but I know that her husband's financial situation.."
"Excuse me!"
"Look can't you see I'm busy!? Where was I?"
"Her financial situation."
"Oh yes. Poor old Claudius! You know he worked up a nice little business building viaducts. Well dear, the last time..."
"Excuse.. ME... MISS!"
"By Jupiter! How rude people are these days! What do you want?"
"Permit 838."
"Have you filled in the blue form?"
"The blue form? No."
"Then how do you think you're going to get permit 838?"
"Where can I get hold of this blue form?"
"Window one."
"I've been there!"
"That's right dear, that viaduct at the first breath wind... crash."
"Did it collapse?"
"Nothing left but some ruins! Still they look picturesque in the country."
Actually its permit A 38
@@bryanwestphal8703I believe getting form 838 can be an option in the way of getting A38 but it requires an additional approval
Sounds like a real conversation tgat would happen
So much nostalgia.. this sure was one of the best parts of the movie
Best English voices for Asterix & Obelix there has ever been imo
I love how he made the Roman numerals for 4 instead of holding up four fingers
I like the German dubbing - helps me to refresh my German and adds to the "complete immersion" experience when I am in Germany - and at times it sounds clearer than the original version (for example Breaking Bad).
Story of my life at any government office.
Asterix: We should Fight them with their own weapons you watch this. When Asterix says fight them with their own weapons he wasn’t kidding give them a taste of their own medicine.
I'm absolutely convinced this building is an SCP.
I get the scene with the boss and the secretary in the swing now.
06:01 - 06:12 - This is my favorite part! Asterix got out of his patience and Obelix shaked his right hear a lot! Hehehe
I didn't notice the ear until you pointed out, thank you. I mostly look at Asterix's helmet wings folding over. XD
I always laugh at his twitching ear
Just the defeat in his voice as well "what pink Form?"
This is like one of my favorites animated movies from way back when so it made me grin like an idiot to see a reference to this task in Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
I watched it non-stop on my Complete (at the time) Asterix cartoons collection on DVD. Glorious, indeed.
In Korea, we call it "공인인증서(accredited certificate)"
You're practically DOOMED if you don have a cell phone or your cell phone is not linked to your National ID number.
if you don't have one, you go NOWHERE on the internet when money or identification thing involved.
At least everything is in the same building
I once worked in my local Place That Sends You Mad. It was nice to be on the other side for some time.
this building would make a great SCP story XD
Why?, is your average western european beauracracy building.
Without a doubt.
Bureaucracy is now classified as a Keter level threat
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@@pacoramon9468 Not only western. Also eastern Europe.
Thought it was funny as a kid, after trying to get a mortgage at aged 37 this just HURTS ME 😭
Worked in a tax office. This is scarily reminiscent of how seemingly impenetrable some of these “administrative formalities” can be.
I suppose the most satisfying part tho of being an effective bureaucrat is helping people get everything right, unlike the ones in this video.
I'm sure Polish people don't need to be reminded of this, but for all the French: Asterix is VERY popular in Poland. Like, to the point where Mission Cleopatra has the highest possible meme status. Practically every line from that movie is quoted by us in some way. It's no wonder why Witcher referenced this scene in a sidequest. Asterix is BIG here. Probably the second biggest after France itself.
OMG they referenced it in TW3 Blood and Wine
Holy hell, someone else got the reference.
I'm glad i'm not the only that caught the referrences to this in that TW3BW mission!
I loved their take on it, and also it gets solved with violence, brawling witcher-style.
Just played the quest and I was like..."This....this is Asterix and the 12 labours!" What an obscure reference! I love that game so much
+Russell Lindsey Clear as crystal reference for many people in France ;D
Why on earth would they put the only convoluted floor plan on the 6th floor? But it sure is funny to watch Asterix and Obelix run down the stairs
Denise Lau probably to help you go mad.
Surely to drive anyone mad :)
It was fine when it was only 6 floors. Now it's 24+....and you know, they've requisitioned more, but it's been years now and they've never shown up....
Oh it truly is the way things are I've seen my works blueprints there's corridors etc that don't exist and elevator that does exist but not on the plans etc.
Reminds me of a “floor map” except all the floors on the map were arranged like rings, with the bottom floor in the middle and each upper floor around it
Really artistic but nearly impossible to navigate
Asterix and Obelix enter the Franz Kafka building.
This was my favourite Astreix movie
Been there. Done that. All of it. Sent to the wrong building. Sat in front of rooms that got reassigned just days before. Shouted at people just to find out that minutes before they did the same thing to another guy - so they knew their floor plan was complete cra-p before they sent me on the hunt again. The world truly is mad.
I can see where the DMV got it's inspiration
Hermes Conrad would be proud, this movie gets better every time I watch it.
Obelix's "The place that sends you mad?" In the beginning has the same vibe as "The beach that makes you old."
In France it's not a cartoon, it's a documentary...
Thank you for sharing this: I live in Belgium so I watch this as therapy every time I come back from a trip to the Communal Administration! ;-)
If they want kids to be educated, this is the best place to learn it.
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service brought me here
I have watched this movie countless times and only now I noticed Asterix showing the number 4 as IV with his fingers
This was one of those scenes that was already funny as a kid, and became even more hilarious when you see it as an adult.
6:18 *how every backtracking side-quest is*
During South America's military dictatorships of 1973-1980s, this is exactly how government departments were run. I experienced it as a kid, with mum and dad and later as a teenager when attempting to update my I.D. What made it worse is that a lot of people at the top got their positions from their 'friendly attitudes' towards the fascist states and not due to any form of competence or knowledge. I imagine it would have been the same throughout Asia, Africa, Italy, Spain and Germany, hence why this skit would ring so universal. Forms were usually type-written in triplicate and required stamping by different departments none in the same building or across town, none of which spoke to each other.
It is not any better after the transition to "democracy". In fact worse in many regards
Listening to the Prefect in this scene is so delightful for some reason (amongst everything else great about this scene). Props to that voice actor.
The lesson here and in real life: Inform yourself about the process and the requirements to each step before ever entering into a "small formality" or you will be denied every step along the process.
Not enough, pal. Even if you are informed, the adminitrative law can change at any given moment. And bureaucrats can pull a fast one on you, which in most countries is legal. It is normally written in the "Code of adminitrative procedures" of each country.
If you are doing local bureaucracy, then it is mostly safe, but if you are a foreigner then you are in unsafe territory, where this video excels depicting the average experience.
This was a very memorable scene. I also saw this when I was young and this was the only scene that really stuck with me. I couldn't tell you about anything else in the movie but I remember this. I still think about it on average once a year - usually around tax time or car title transfers.
I love how Asterix is totally mad while Obelix is just enjoying seeing the two pretty public servants at Window II and XXVII
Although in the end he's the one that turns crazy while Asterix remains cool
As a Custom broker in EU I can confirm this
As a French person I have to say: earrings them in English is so strange