Can confirm, used to be a security guard and wrote two screenplays at work. The intense urge to do the _exact fucking opposite_ of staring at a door makes its way into your stories way too easily.
Challah Bread. So, you are responsible for this film and Prometheus Down.
As a programmer who spent the better part of two years just fixing bugs, using company time to write an RPG book with overt themes of escapism and rebellion was the only creative outing to keep me from flinging myself off the window.
23:11 That old lady recognizing the theme song brought me joy. That's worth a studio losing 300 million dollars.
Andrew Hershberger. It is the William Tell Overture. She most likely recognised that.
Andrew Hershberger but they made their money back, and its a damn enjoyable film. These two desperate 40+ year old virgins are depressed lol 😂
I wish Disney would stop over budgeting their movies and just make something like 100 million or less. They risk a flop with every movie because it ends up way too expensive. Probably because they’re always paying for big name actors, expensive CGI, and a huge marketing campaign.
@@KizaruB in 2013, w-dvd market still being a thing, they didn't loose money, it's just studio math, they just didn't get rich
@@KizaruB the fact that 100 million dollars is not a HUGE budget nowadays is actually crazy. 100 million dollars. I cant even count to 14
7:06 The story between Antz and A Bug's Life started when Jeffrey Katzenberg left Disney's animation studio to go and form Dreamworks after being denied a promotion at Disney and swearing revenge. While Katzenberg was still at Disney, he caught wind of a project called "Bugs" which eventually became "A Bug's Life". With the newly formed Dreamworks Animation, Katzenberg pushed out Antz as fast as possible to get it out before A Bug's Life, and succeeded. Even though it came out second, A Bug's Life performed much better than Antz in the box office and is definitely more fondly remembered by everyone I know.
I thought a bugs life was Pixar? Disney didn't get Pixar until like 2009ish.
@@SharkLizard They collaborated on many projects together, including A Bug's Life and Toy Story.
White House Down would had been amazing with Rich Evans as the lead, Mike as the president, and Jay as the main bad guy.
The only people that would like that are our dumbasses, but holly fuck I'd watch the shit out of that.
With this re-release of Half in the Bag Episode 56. I was expecting some re-dos. Some visual clean up and enhancement. Unfortunately this is just the classic version re-packaged as a new release.
+Ben Ray Jay made a joke about copyright claims. This is probably one result of that.
I'm always forced to go back to Screenwriting 101, and a big four-letter word that comes to mind: FUCK. No, I'm just kidding. The word is CRAP. No, I'm just kidding. The word is SHIT. I'm just kidding. The word is PISS. I'm just kidding. The word is POOP. I'm just kidding. The word is GARBAGE. Naw, I'm just kidding, the word is TONE!
The perfect example of Jay's transition from virgin to chad, the missing link.
@@CleverGirlAAH After Man of Steel yeah. It basically crushed his love of movies
@@CleverGirlAAHAs if we needed any more evidence that Jay is slowly consuming his life energy
Roland Emmerich; ''World's greatest con-artist, or delusional auteur, you decide.'' Wow, it doesn't get more accurate than that.
its really helpful when they say "spoilers" after they spoil it to give you a chance to rewind back before you hear the spoiler
Kinda wild that the villain in this movie was a cannibal given what's come out about Armie.
Meanwhile, James Woods' supported the actual plot of White House Down after 1/06. The world is upside fucking down lmao
I would say that casting James Woods as the villain in this is perfect casting considering his politics.
I don't like Emmerich, but Stargate was pretty alright (not great).
However, the spin-off TV show just blew it out of the water, and of course, Emmerich hates the TV show for that.
Roland Emmerich only watches "Roland Emmerich Movies". 9/11 is irrelevant to Roland, cause it wasn't in any of the movies he made
Ladies and gentlemen, I believe this is the very first episode featuring "Hot Jay"
Nice pull, imo there's still too much baby fat on this iconic face, but I admit you caught a shift here!
I love that you closed the show with the William Tell Overture. It's a great piece of music.
9:57 "And if you're that nuts, no one's gonna follow you."
(laughs in 2021)
About time you reviewed 2015's greatest films.
22:03 Jay Bauman: "he's creepy, he's dirty, he's a fucking cannibal for some reason which is really dark and weird".
Love watching half in the bag while I'm hammered
You mean you love watching Half In The Bag while you’re half in the bag?
Seeing the old lady they mentioned clapping at the song from her youth, I'd literally cry. So wholesome.
*channing tatum steals your wallet at the movie theatre* WEGOTTAGOWEGOTTAGOWEGOTTAGO
"Maggie Gyllenhaal has always looked like a sad turtle" that's the best descriptiom ever, and I am so sorry Maggie, no hate :(
The subplot about Mike's beer spilling is far more interesting than any of these two movies.
When Pirates of the Caribbean came out Johnny Depp was a huge box office draw, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly were huge at that time too. There was presumably good word of mouth because it was an actually good movie, and the trailers made it look good. Meanwhile you've got a widely publicized troubled shoot, trailers that made the movie look dull and lifeless, Armie Hammer's not a big actor and Johnny Depp's star has fallen. I remember reading at the time that for The Lone Ranger to make a profit it would need to be the highest grossing western of all time, so that ridiculous budget made sure it was doomed to fail.
They put a literal nobody in the shoes of one of the most beloved characters in old American culture.
Lone Ranger didn't work because it was transparent in being a, "let's make a movie with Johnny Depp actin' all silly willy."
Haha, at Channing Tatum blinking his eyes after every shot in the trailer.
So THAT'S why there was cannibalism in this Armie Hammer movie.
White house down and Olympus has fallen are so similar that they merge together as one movie in my head
I've combined them into one movie and could not tell you what scene is from what movie
I had myself convinced that they did an episode on Olympus Has Fallen. I also merged them together
"She's always looked like a sad turtle." I LOL'd AT WORK, THANKS A LOT!
0:48 It's been years and I still can't get over that face.
I'm watching this in 2020 and when they started talking about James Woods having a tumor pressing against his brain and making him crazy, I couldn't tell if they were talking about the character he plays or the man himself.
I liked the ending of The Lone Ranger. As soon as the Willam Tell Overture started playing and they went full on with the Wild West Show cheese it was fun to turn my brain off and just watch the insanity. Yeah, the rest of the movie was absolute shit, but those five minutes were great.
"you can't cast a Native American"
of course you can, you cast Adam Beach - because whenever a movie needs a native in it, they cast him - unless he's caught up with the residual fame and admiration of Joe Dirt 2?
You right, he’d be perfectttttt in this role as a desert native but also J Depp is part Cherokee(so I’ve heard) so it’s not completely red face
This hits different in 2021
It wouldn't if the president at the time granted the mayor permission to call in the national guard for security, one of the 6 separate times he asked.
There's a Len reference in this... I wonder if it's possible to summon him to the comment section at this time?
I was literally scrolling through the comment section hoping to find him. Like some sort of mythical creature.
Also, how can you not tap your feet to that 'Lone Ranger' theme at the end of the video! Classical music can be so rousing - I wish Hollywood remembered that more. I love some of the more naturalistic styles of movie scores that are popular now, but it seems like the only alternative besides naturalism is generic, bombastic action scoring, which is really forgetting just how good classical can be, as well as true themes like Lawrence of Arabia or Doctor Zhivago. It seems like Hollywood doesn't like putting in a traditional, memorable movie theme anymore, and for some movies that is a real shame.
They put the wrong people in charge of the revivall. In our current film climate where you get superhero movies up the ass, a little throwback to simpler times where a justice-crazed cowboy was all that you needed wouldve been a fresh breath of air
This episode deserves a revisit. Everyone loves Johnny Depp so much that it's ok for him to play an indigenous person, the VILLAIN is the cannibal, and... white house down.
Little did they know, it was completely plausible for the capitol buildings to go down by white people
My god this half in the bag is like the other ones; it's like poetry it rhymes
It's strange watching this at the beginning of 2021. No crazy inept group of people could easily get into government building! hahaha...yeah.
"Its ok now no make a movie where the US capitol blows up". I´m looking at you, Zack Snyder
They need to do a mike was wrong edit and show a pic of the cap riot's
@@TysonHook-22- What about the 600 violent riots last year? They were literally let into the Capital building.
@@simerlyisaac423 :whoosh: dude I was literally just making a joke in relation to Mike's film review commentary and recent relative events... wasnt attempting to make some grandiose political statement in a RLM comment section... grow up... and close that door!!
Thank you so much! I've spent hours trying to find this on the Interwebz after Blip bought the farm.
I thought they were going to write in that Tonto was a white guy. Found as a baby or a lunatic in a costume speaking some mock tribal language that is found out later in the film. I don't know just something to spin it.
@9:15
Surely, nobody would storm a government building like this for money, let alone for free
A bunch of political radicals still makes more sense than a bunch of mercs. Because you'd expect mercs to have more sense about them lol
Thank you for reupping this, the blip video has been busted for quite a while now.
YOU HACKS!
What really pissed me off about white house down, was the fact that Jaime fox has a pair of Jordans...like of course the black president would need a pair of sneakers and Jordans to put on, cause...he's black....
meanwhile white house down is basically die hard in the white-house...just stupider.
He probably based his character off Obama who did play basketball at the white house from time to time. Too bad he didn't act like Obama with the charisma and sociability. Not saying anything about his presidency but the guy knew how to talk.
2021 sure has recontextualized both these movies...
I was just gonna say-- Mike severely underestimates how far right wing crazy gets 😂😂
@@notchuckproductions5029 no. Mike said in 2013 no one is crazy enough to storm the white house for money.
Jan 6, 2021 a bunch of right wing psychos stormed the Capitol unpaid
Hits different after January 2021
Funny, just this morning I was feeling nostalgic and watched the intro of Clockwork Orange. :)
#GyllenhaalShaming
Another example of hollywood studios releasing a movie on the same subject at the same time: Tombstone and Wyatt Earp.
The movie posters look identical for tow different movie's....Some thing's never and won't change 😂
Speaking of Olympus Has Fallen, it was a better Die Hard movie than the last three Die Hard films. It's more of a classic Die Hard format than any of the new Die Hards.
It follows the formula lf Die Hard more closely is what I was saying. It's a formula that movies don't go for much anymore because they all want big and epic.
Episode 56, one of my personal favorites!
Kind of ironic how Armie Hammer fights a cannibal in this movie, but turned out to be one in real life.
“If you get in there, you’re not gonna get out alive” oh mike...
The White House and the capital are in fact different buildings.
Sorry I just wanted to be snarky.
It is the capital, in which lies the Capitol Building, snark overload!!!! English is stuuuuupit
"The most inept, insane people in the world are able to take over The Whitehouse." What an unbelievable premise for a movie! The second you get in you're f*cked, right! You're not going to get out of there alive!
Cut to clip of the guy who entered with a knife, knocked out the secret service agent and then ran around
@@GigaEnigma he had guns and ammo in his trunk!!! Lmfao you literally cannot write this shit
10:15 - Back when Mike thought it'd be tough to get a bunch of military guys to storm the White House...
@@melodiemeyer1811 Not only that, but the government officials who gave tacit approval, if not explicit help, never faced any consequences whatsoever!
@@chekovsgunman That's how "The Deep State" works 😂
Once you realize you're being lied to, it gets easier. I promise 👍
@@Zanzibar_Dallax the “deep state” is right wing conspiracist bullshit. This is the American system working exactly as intended, plain to see. I already understand this, I don’t need to dress it up with Scooby Doo villains pulling the strings from the shadows.
@@chekovsgunman How is it a conspiracy theory when unelected officials actually have lifelong careers in politics, through admins? That's an objective fact.
("left" & "right" wing refers to economics, btw, not politics. GG tho)
Olympus Has Fallen was indeed a bunch of 80s action schlock but at least it owned that. White House Down didn't even have that? No thanks.
The movie Ravenous has a Wendigo, that movie is great!
Johnny Depp wishes it was 2013 again.
@@NewGoldStandard everything before 2016 has an almost pre-9/11 feel to it at this point
They laugh at Len Kabasinki Jr. Little did they realise he'd have his revenge. On Rich Evans.
Here after the latest Roland Emmerich masterpiece, Moonfall. I thought I had seen White House Down, and was reminded that no, actually I had seen Olympus Has Fallen. That the idea of crazy people storming the capital was, once upon a time, absurd, is comedy gold.
I remember really enjoying the Lone Ranger when it came out. Fun action, but not overly sterilized in the way I expect Disney products to be these days. Maybe I wouldn't enjoy it as much through the lens of modern cynicism, but with the way certain other Disney franchises have been handled in recent times, it might be climbing higher on my list of enjoyable Disney franchises by default.
0:42 "One of my personal favorites."
I really thought Mike was going to bring up "Ravenous", which is indeed great.
I remember being in the theater for Lone Ranger and feeling bored. Also the version of William Tell's Overture in the film was too slow.
Given what’s has just happened these reviews age like wine
@@johnbacon4997 I think Jay said something like "Johnny Depp can get away with anything" and that just made me cringe
@@samanthonylin You mean the accusations from that succubus Amber Heard? It's confirmed she's an insane, manipulative, lying psychopath..
I actually thought that White House Down was released in the 90's when watching it given its quality
9:43 to 10:15 in hindsight mike's monologue here is kinda frightening regarding to January 2021
So frightening the way a bunch of people walked into a public building and left.
@@bjchit lol yeah they just took pictures and wanted to shake hands with people they completely agreed with
@@TheTGOAC And what was the worst thing they did? Poop in someone's desk? That's somehow worse than anything Antifa and BLM was doing all the prior summer?
@@bjchitpretty sure that anywhere in the world, you don't just get to "walk" into the most important government building in the country.
I recently saw The 400 Blows too. I really liked the shot of the class going on a walk for exercise and the camera follows the group as 2 or 3 kids keep breaking off and go do their own thing. It's really amusing and a very cool camera shot
“It’s time for Disney to do something new.” - Jay
And they did... thanks Jay, Star Wars is your fault.
You guys are always ragging on Roland Emmerich but he made Stargate. I loved that movie. The first Mummy was also very entertaining if you aren't expecting a story that makes much sense.
Yes, let us festoon this complete and utter hack with effulgent praise for making a generic basic bitch sci fi thing
Thank you for finally re-uploading this one!!
Well Independence Day 2 is coming out. Roland, that club is coming near your ass!
00:47 is the greatest face Mike has ever made.
As a security guard I can confirm that I do sit behind a desk and dream of becoming a Secret Service agent.
Should have done a montage of Mike babbling about Star Trek while the William Tell Overture plays, interspersed with cuts of Jay staring off into space.
27:13 had no idea how good we had it comparatively
24:36. Was hoping for, "Ravenous" (1999). Then I remembered this was RLM.
Atun shei films did an analysis on ravenous. My favorite gay movie!
The modern solution to "no one is going to follow you" is to have an android / AI team who is working with you with a fleet of drones for surveillance and killing, and the solution to the "not getting out of there alive" is that the villain's body is also just an android that she's giving commands to remotely.
back in the day when movies made people feel smth, like birth of a nation.
"Lone Ranger" 2020 predictions: "There come a time when good man must wear mask".
Hollywood just doesn't matter. One day Netflix will get the money they need to teach them how to make movies. This episode was amazing.
This video and Mike's comments about how implausible it would be for a bunch of nuts to storm the whitehouse has aged like milk.
"Crazed right wing weirdos reached the Speaker of the House." Another example of Redlettermedia's prophecy foretelling.
Emmerich movies always have the White House blowing up and a dog nearly dying, but just makes it.
Jay, on The Lone Ranger: "It's sort of like Whiplash."
You heard it here first.
"One of my personal favourites." Cue Mike Troll Face. ;}
I thought this Ep. was lost for all time. Thank you based RLM.
Cannibals? Armie Hammer? What a film
It's so weird watching this now that The Lone Ranger turned out to be a cannibal.
Like the one he has to fight in the movie.
Life imitates art imitates life imitates art imit-
They could have either go that route or just turn the roles around so now the Lone Ranger is native american and his sidekick is euro-american. DC comics did it with when Nightwing took the Batman's mantle from Bruce Wayne and then his son, Damian Wayme, became the new Robin.
It doesn't matter how antiquated any of these ideas are. A good movie is a good movie.
Mike is right.
Didn't watch Lone Ranger but based on their review, it sounds like the director accidentally made a PG-13 version of El Kabong.
finally, after all these years it's here
The historical Lone Ranger inspiration was a black sheriff lol, so it's like double white washing with weird ass tone
I'm so glad Jay discovered combs after this
20:40 Lone Ranger confirmed for good as Whiplash.
What's scarier?
Mike as Plinkett,
or Mike as Mike?
Or Mike as Susan.
+Vlad II Dracul Or Mike in Susan.
+TheSuperQuail Are you at all related to Super Chicken?
+TheSuperQuail Or Mike as Magic Mike
Or Mike as Magic Mike