So I appreciate KBV2 because of its characterization of The Bride. When she says the reason she never told Bill she knew the Five Point Exploding Heart Technique, she realizes it’s because she always thought she would have to use it on Bill. And that thought, together with everything she has done for revenge, makes her doubt herself. Whether she is a good person, whether she deserves a happy ending. It’s worth pointing out that Quentin Tarantino has hinted that pre-script of these movies had The Bride dying at the end. But I think it’s more poetic to give the heroine a reason to live, despite all the doubt they are left with at the end.
the szene wher she hit the coffin lied to get out is bin testet bei the Miythbusters and the resuld was ewen when you could bracke the coffin lied the sand mass wuld flow in in no time and you wuld die
And I like how Beatrix, coming out of the grave, politely asks the waiter to give her water... Pei Mei, in the scene with rice and chopsticks, taught her to always behave with dignity!
@@randomaccessfemale It could also imply that Beatrix intentionally did it wrong, or that there was a countermeasure that Bill knew. Or simply that Bill had no heart.
It's a spectacular performance. Great physical performance (along with her badass stunt double Zoe Bell) and an epic demonstration of pretty much every emotional state from fury to fear to joy to gratefulness. Just her transformation when behaving like a cute, oblivious American tourist in a sushi bar learning Japanese words to determined, hardened killer demanding a Hanzo sword in Japanese is incredible. Another standout is the bathroom scene at the end where the range of emotions washing over her face is stunning. She was brilliant in Kill Bill and never got the recognition she deserved from Hollywood for her work.
David Carradine is fantastic as Bill. He was mostly an actor in B-movies before this and was the star of a pretty popular tv show in the 70s. Today people mostly remember the way he died, but he was a pretty great actor, and I'm glad Tarantino cast him in this role, which is probably his stand out performance.
@@AdamHActualDavid Carradine did a good job in Kung Fu, but the concept of the series was presented to the network by Bruce Lee. Bruce wanted to play the lead role, but the network company did not do it.
If you read up more on his death it was pretty suspect the way it happened. People say he couldn't have been able to do it himself based upon the position of things in the room, and that it looked like he was roughed up before. So in my opinion how he died is more of a mystery. Now you can say I just got blinders on because he is an amazing actor imo, but it doesn't mean it could be ruled out.
still remember watching it in a movie theater when it came out and when the sounds of the dirt being dropped on the coffin had stopped amidst that dead silence one woman uttered "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*ck" and the entire audience burst into laughter.
9:08 A small detail that's easy to miss is apparently swords are allowed on planes in this universe. If you rewatch the plane scene, you can see katana holders next to the seats as though it's pretty normal to just carry on a sword in this universe.
I love how they handle Bill in this film. Because he demonstrates real regret for his actions. He demonstrates he has nothing but love for B. Lastly after she delivers the death blow he still reaffirms his love and admiration for her. This all undermines the revenge and even the audiences desire for that revenge. Because getting that revenge felt empty. Instead it feels sad and tragic.
There used to be a game show, called, "The $64,000 Question". Now, when people are about to ask a really big question, they'll refer to it as the $64,000 question.
People ask why it is exactly $64,000. Is because in the game first question's price was $1000, and the price money would duplicate every question. For 8-questions you end up qith the final $64,000 question. Math.
Pai Mei is actually a classic stock charachter from old Shaw brothers kung fu movies back in the 70's and 80's. The actor playing him here, Gordon Liu, actually played a hero fighting against Pai Mei and the White Lotus clan in some films from the late 80's. Check out Shaolin Executioners and Clan of the White Lotus if you're interested!
Also the “deadly viper assassination squad” is a reference to the “5 deadly venoms”, so many Shaw Bros references! 🥰🖤🤘🏽 and a lot of sound effects are from classic martial arts films
David Carradine starred as Kwai Chang Caine (sp?) in the series Kung Fu, which was immensely popular in the 70s, especially among martial artists. He played a half Chinese half European orphan, raised in a Shao Lin temple, and then transplanted to the American wild west. Great show for its early presentation of kung fu.
There's a few hints throughout the two movies as to The Bride's name, As well as Bill calling her Kiddo, O'Ren calls her "Silly Rabbit" (Trix are for kids). Also, it's noted on her boarding pass to Okinawa
Pai Mei taught Beatrice well. That is why she had so much endurance and strength. Pai Mei shaped her into a literal weapon. He was hard on her because he saw potential in her and needed her to be strong. She was his best student. Thanks for this reaction to this movie. Love your reactions
The Elle scene has a lot of interesting symbolism in it. One thing to note is that while all of Bill's crew (aside from himself) were named after snakes, Elle was the only one named after a non-venomous snake. This is really ironic considering that poison seems to be her preferred method of killing: it's how she killed Pai Mei, it's how she was going to kill Beatrix before Bill told her not to, and then she used a black mamba to kill Bud (I know that poison and venom are not the same thing, but still symbolically close enough). I also have a theory that she was also the only member of the group that didn't have a Hanzo sword (I don't think it's confirmed if Lucy or Halle's characters had them or not, but I assume they did), this would make the Hanzo swords symbolically their venom, which she doesn't have. Which would explain both her tendency to kill with poison as her desire to have venom, as well as her desire to buy Beatrix's sword off of Budd. Her choice to use a black mamba, Beatrix's snake, to kill Budd is clearly meant to be a sort of revenge on behalf of Beatrix. Elle says that Beatrix deserved better than to be killed by Budd, so by having him killed by her namesake she's giving Beatrix some revenge. This act then creates further symbolism when Beatrix walks by the black mamba on her way out, the snake hisses and reels back, but doesn't strike, almost as if it ("death incarnate") is afraid of Beatrix; whereas she doesn't even regard the snake. Thinking back over this scene actually brings up an interesting bit of trivia about this movie: Beatrix doesn't kill either Budd or Elle. In fact, Bill is the only person she kills in this one (at least as far as we see), which is quite the change compared to all of the yakuza she takes out in part 1.
Fun fact: A number of actors from the first movie, came back to play different characters in the second film. -Gordon Liu played the bald leader of the Crazy 88 & Pai Mei; The Sheriff played the pimp etc.
Tarantino loves to do that. If you watch Django Unchained, the slave trader who gets shot in the opening scene is played by the same actor who plays the Candy Land heavy with the handlebar mustache later in the movie.
Esteban was supposed to be played by Ricardo Montaban but he was late to the table reading so Michael Parks read his part in his absence. Tarantino liked his delivery and gave him both parts.
"Esteban" was also the Sheriff, and played that role in Several Tarantino Movies like "Death Proof", "Planet Terror" and " Dead by Dawn". In the 70's splatter films, they regularly used the same actors (and Characters) from Movie to Movie.
I preferred Kill Bill vol. 1 more as a kid by a wide margin, but as I got older, I just fell in love with vol. 2. Would love if QT made "The Whole Bloody Affair" available for purchase.
I dont think its even anything to do with being a kid. I think A lot of people were disapointed with part 1 because the first is such an action extravaganza and the second part tones the action back a lot.
Iconic moment after iconic moment. I _love_ David Carradine's Superman monologue too. Serious goosebumps! I live in hope for _Kill Bill: Volume 3,_ ngl 🤞🏻
Great dialogue, excellently delivered, but still dead wrong, and I think even Quentin Tarantino knew it. Superman is most definitely *not* Superman all the time. He was raised from infancy to be Clark Kent, his Earthly parents were excellent parents who instilled all his best, most admirable in him, and he had an extremely happy, content, and purposeful childhood. Even back in the Silver Age, when being Superboy was a major part of his youth, there's no way Clark Kent could have possibly grown up thinking of himself entirely by his super identity. Powers or no powers, Clark Kent is his true identity, Superman is just a costume he wears.
that whole scene is a real masterpiece! you can find everything cinema can offer in those 15 minutes! about Kill Bill Vol 3 I think he never gonna do it at this point and to be fair I don't think I would be ok with it after all of these years...
In the theater the burial scene was crazy. You felt like you were in the coffin. As the lid is nailed shut the theater became completely dark with only the sounds of the dirt being shoveled on top of you.
This is my favorite Tarantino movie. I love the character development of Bud, who was the only one to outsmart and defeat Beatrice. Caradine also adds a great conclusion to the movie and we finally hear his reasons for his actions.
David Caradine was the star in one of the most popular series in the 70s called Kung fu.. it was about a young Shaolin monk who was forced to walk the earth in search of himself... Great series.. and perfect for the casting of Bill ... Great reaction. Thank you
The burial scene nearly had me panicking in the theater. And while you were trying not to cry when BB showed up, I was tearing up in the office as i listened to this, as those scenes get to me every single time.
Confession: I took a fair bit of lsd before seeing this movie in theaters the first time. The buried alive scene is one of the most vivid scenes in all of film history to me. It was an awful hard time not to freak out in this movie in some places.
People either don't know or just ignore the fact that Kill Bill is one movie with the running time of "4 hours and 8 minutes" In order to not make to long of a movie Quentin broke it down into 2 volumes not 2 parts it is not a part one and a sequel it is one long movie, this is also why when it was came out, volume 2 was released 6 months after volume 1.
Don't forget the constant sexual assaults that The Bride was subjected to. We know of at least 2, but God know how many times she was assaulted over those 4 years. That would be on the Top 3 reasons why she'd take the whole crew out.
I think in the end Beatrix is also feeling the "sense of euphoria" which is the side effect of the truth serum, so that, plus all the emotions is probably a lot to take in
1:00, the moment most of us old timers heard Bill's voice we knew what he looked like. David Carradine was a well known veteran actor from the 1970's. On the tv show Kung Fu he portrayed a half Chinese Shaolin Monk named Kwai Chang Caine who was on a quest in the Old West. Back in the 1990's he portrayed a descendant of that monk in modern times. It was called Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
For the end of the movie, you have to remember Beatrix had no idea BB was alive and well. So Ruby's have turned out better than even she could've predicted. She got her revenge, and she gets to spend her life with the daughter she thought she'd lost.
These KB films are a masterpiece of the genre. Another great film like this is Assassins. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, and Julienne Moore. Fantastic writing, acting, and directing.
*The great thing is, Nikkia Bell (Ambrosia Kelley) & B.B. Kiddo (Perla Haney-Jardine), the 2 young daughters in the movies, are now in their early-mid 20's. Old enough to face off against each other in "Volume 3". But Quentin is still iffy about the idea. But look em up. They're gorgeous.* *And as much as I like Maya Hawke (who is Mia's real daughter, and I hear might star as Beatrix's daughter, B.B.), Perla should stay the original B.B., and Maya could be written in as her sister. Name her, "Willamina/Wilhelmina" (Billy)* 😁
David Carradine was a living legend - as was a good chunk of his family. He starred in a series in the early '70's called "Kung Fu", and learned martial arts for that series. In fact, the flute he plays, is the one he played in that series. You did see Bill in part 1: he was the anime henchman that started the fire in O-Ren's parents' house, after his boss killed them. He was also in the original "Death Race 2000". He was a great guy: I met him at a car show in Los Angeles, one day: he walked up from behind me & struck up a conversation with me, as if we'd known each other for years! Then, after 30 or so minutes walking around & looking at the cars & chatting, he vanished as fast as he'd appeared.
Amazing dialogue and editing by QT. Lots of homages to old Japanies movies and characters. David Carradine played the main character on the Kung Fu TV series when he was younger. QT is a master filmmaker. The monologue Carradine has at the end about Superman and Clark Kent is brilliant. Makes you see Superman in a completely different light. Thanks for reacting. I love revisiting this movie through new eyes.
Another great reaction. You are truly one of my favs. You're not biased with story & character. You aren't obnoxious. And you dont make cringe "jokes" every sec. like some who aren't funny or clever like they wanna think.
As others have mentioned, David Carradine played in the TV series called Kung Fu. He got that part over Bruce Lee. In the battle scene in the first KILL Bill, Uma Thurman wore a yellow jumpsuit with black stripe. Bruce Lee wore same type of jumpsuit in his final movie " Game of Death".....not many people know that.
I love how the movie makes you sympathize with The Bride because Budd is right, she also deserves to do. Who knows how many people she killed before trying to get out. She's just as guilty as the rest of them, even though we agree with her revenge quest. I love that.
The man who tells Beatrix the location of Bill is played by the late actor Michael Parks. He also played the sheriff in Kill Bill Vol. 1. He also stars in Red State written/directed by Kevin Smith. An extremely overlooked film.
Happy Holidays Mary. Kill Bill was originally one big movie, but they split it in 2 to increase its profabilty. Would be interesting to combine them into one big super cut. Cheers!
Someone already did, It's called 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' It combines everything and even restored some great cut scenes and also didn't turn the Crazy 88 fight into black and white, it's shown in its original uncensored color format.
Fun Legend: A good year after Kill Bill was completed, Quentin did tease 2 ideas if he revisited Kill Bill. One would be an anime prequel following Bill. Another would be a Vol. 3 story following the character Nikki growing up and exacting her revenge 15 years later against Beatrix for the death of her mother.
That will forever be rumor. Tarantino stated in a recent interview that the kill bill story is complete and concluded with Bill’s death in volume 2, and that he will not be making any further sequels or prequels.
@@ChrisBrown-or8kyBlind Fury was a sort-of reboot of the Blind Swordsman Zatoichi film series from Japan. There was a spectacular Zatoichi reboot by Takeshi Kitano (starred in Battle Royale) in 2003. It's also referenced by Jungle Julia in Death Proof
David Carradine was in a late 70s TV show called kung fu where he played a shaulin monk that roamed the United States in the 1800s using martial arts along the way
In the movie, we see Beatrix worth the sword next to her on the plane, which would never happen in real life. You're right about that. However, she still could have brought it back from Japan as long as she declared the sword at customs and had it stored under the plane with the rest of the luggage. The airline's biggest concern is that you don't have access to the weapon during the flight. In Texas (where El Paso and Bud's trailer are), you can openly carry firearms and even medieval weapons like swords, axes, and spears. However, I have never actually seen someone open carry swords or spears in Texas, and I've lived here for almost 40 years.
Whenever I see people handle the buried alive scene in this movie, I instantly want to see them try to watch Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. Thats' about 80+ minutes all taking place inside a coffin. Hell of a filmmaking feat, but not a movie everyone can sit through. Even Reynolds had proper panic attacks while filming and confined.
Great reaction Mary, especially when Elle got her comeuppance. I was anticipating that scene with glee. Also, a Black Mamba is venomous, not poisonous. If you eat something and you die, it's poisonous - like certain mushrooms (or fish heads). If it ends you when it bites, it's venomous.
I always see both parts as one long movie (and I guess that's how it was originally planned), so I can only rate it as one movie. And even if I would try, I think both parts are equally great, both have iconic scenes and great chapters and really compliment each other.
Omg!!!! I was waiting for you to see this one!!!!! Its "better" than the first but I think is just because it shows you a lot of more things. Cause both are Gems(*). Thanks for this one❤️🇨🇱
The guy that tells Kiddo where to find Bill is Michael Parks...One of my favorite old school actors...He had a TV show in 1969 named " Then Came Bronson "....He was in other movies over the years that I loved him in.
I appreciate your reaction. I just don't know why so many choose not to cry when Beatrix sees B.B. It's such an emotional moment and Uma puts in some astounding acting, makes me sad so many try to deprive themselves of fully enjoying the moment just to be "tough". Again, not a big deal. Just for me, I like trying to feel all the emotions while watching a film instead of denying myself
The main conflict here is how parenthood change us (or not). Bill still says "I'm a killer", so he raise his daughter to be like that. Beatrix thinks " I MUST change for her ". Well, somebody has to win ...
David Carradine's father, John Carradine, was a well known actor in his own rights. Keith, David's half brother, is also an actor. David was a fan favourite back in the 70 with the TV series Kung Fu. He played Kwai Chang Caine. His nickname was "Grasshopper". A lot of memes have come from that. Great that you enjoyed it
I could really picture a scenario where Bill tells B.B. the night before, "Mommy's awake, and she's coming to take you on a wonderful, magical journey. Daddy can't come with you, but that's ok. Let's have all the fun we can have tonight." Like he knew he was going to die, but he made peace with it and was ready to own up to it. Great fun, entertaining film. And once again...proof that ONLY Quentin Tarantino knows what to do with Michael Madsen.
Well done in making it to the end Mary, and completing the Brides journey! 👍. I think I mentioned it be different?! 🤔. Her escape from the coffin was my fav scene too, especially with how the music was used. I almost wanted to see a ghostly image of Pai Mei appearing, watching over her as she climb out onto the surface! 🙌. If you want to continue your run on which Samurai movie to watch next? My I actually suggest the movie that was mentioned in this one. Shogun Assassin! Not only is it a great cult fav. But it has some interesting history on how it was made, or should I say. How it was unmade, and then rebuilt differently! 😊
My favorite piece of trivia is the song in the beginning of KB1 is "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra. In this film, when Beatrix meets her daughter (BB), she says Bang Bang! and "shoots" Beatrix down.
David Carradine Bill was in the television series in the 1970s called “kung fu” . If I remember right, it took place in the old West almost like a little house on the Prairie, but this guy wandered around and knew kung fu and people bothered him and messed with him and he used to kick everybody’s asses…, easily. He’s a bad ass from the 70s .
@9:15 "How did she get that (sword) through customs?" There's actually a scene in the first movie where she's in the PASSENGER compartment of an airliner with her sword WITH HER... Figure that one out!
Since Pai Mei wouldn't teach Bill the exploding heart technique, I think that being killed by it was an excellent consolation prize. David Caradine did a lot of genre movies in the 80's and 90's, his brother played Penny's father in TBBT.
Growing up, one of the best times was sitting around on a Friday and getting to stay up later than normal to watch the Kung Fu Series with dad. Dad had learnt boxing in his younger years, and passed what he learnt to me. He was totally fascinating to him with a different style of defending one self after seeing this show, and he encouraged me to learn more. I ended up working security at hotels for 30 years using, bits and pieces from many styles. Perhaps at some stage in the future check out this classic TV series
64,000 Question is a daytime TV game show. Tarintino references early TV and movies. When the US only had 3 TV channels everyone from that Era would be familiar with such references
David Carradine - first time I saw him was a futuristic 'Death Race 2000' where you got points for running people over. Sylvester Stallone appeared in it well before his Rocky film.
David Carradine starred in a TV series called Kung Fu in the early 70's. He was acclaimed during this role and likely the reason that Tarrantino looked at him for this role.
The odd $64,000 question, is a reference to a old game show (before my time) where for some reason, the top prize was $64,000 (maybe they took $14,000 in taxes=an even $50,000?). It was in the 1950's so back then you might be able to buy a half-way decent house as the value of the dollar was much higher than today.
The flute that Carradine plays is the same flute he used in the TV series Kung Fu. This film helped him get a chance to revive his career unfortunately he died before actually doing it.
Back in the 1950s The US had a game show called the "$ 64.000 Question" In fact, Actress Patty Duke appeared on the game show and won $ 32.000 .later it was revealed the game was rigged in her favor..
David Carradine played a Shaolin monk in the old west in a tv show called Kung Fu. Makes his fireside story about Pei Mei and the Shaolin monks kind of ironic.😂
The actor who played Budd is Michael Madsen. He is my favorite actor. In 2003, I met Michael at a book signing in Santa Monica, CA. Michael told me he was going to be in QT's next movie Kill Bill and that he was very proud to be in it and that I had to go see it.
Absolutely loved your reaction, Mary; especially the part where the snake jumps out and almost bites you. Just perfect. Btw, you must watch "Shogun Assassin". It's one of Tarrantino's many influences.
That whole scene with the master and her, his outfit, his look, the way he acts, the sounds are the way martial arts movies of the 70's were like. So imagine a whole movie like this. Master of the Flying Guillotine 1976 is one of the most famous, they used to run on Sundays, my mother called adult cartoons. So she'd say kids like me got our Saturday cartoons and adults got their Sunday cartoons with these martial arts movies.😊
She finally got her vengeance. This was the only way. Nice reaction Mary. Bill aka David Carradine had his own show called Kung Fu back in the day. Check it out sometime.
Bill is old enough to remember the 1950's television game show, The $64,000 Question. Pretty obvious format. Values doubled until the ultimate $64,000 question. Show was pulled after it was revealed that they gave selected contestants the answers.
Since I believe you have never seen it, I would love to see you react to David Carradine's 1970's tv series "Kung Fu". It's about a half white orphan child in 19th century China who gains entry to a Shaolin monastery where he begins to learn marshall arts in the style of Kung Fu. Circumstances force his departure from China as a fugitive whereupon he ventures to the US in search of his relatives. As you can imagine, the 1800's in the US west are less than hospitable to foreigners let alone chinese half breeds. This peaceful man is set upon endlessly by western rubes, indians and chinese assassins. One of the best TV series of the era.
fun fact: you can actually bring swords through customs in the US my brother bought a sword in a different country and when he got to the airport he had 2 choices. Check the sword as luggage,(it would travel in cargo hold of the plane.) or he could ship it from the country to his house in the US. He chose to ship the sword because the shipping company offers insurance lol. However he could have just brought the sword with him as luggage. So to answer the question of how she got the sword through customs it actually is not that hard to bring a sword with you from another country. at least in the US anyway.
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So I appreciate KBV2 because of its characterization of The Bride. When she says the reason she never told Bill she knew the Five Point Exploding Heart Technique, she realizes it’s because she always thought she would have to use it on Bill. And that thought, together with everything she has done for revenge, makes her doubt herself. Whether she is a good person, whether she deserves a happy ending.
It’s worth pointing out that Quentin Tarantino has hinted that pre-script of these movies had The Bride dying at the end. But I think it’s more poetic to give the heroine a reason to live, despite all the doubt they are left with at the end.
the szene wher she hit the coffin lied to get out is bin testet bei the Miythbusters and the resuld was ewen when you could bracke the coffin lied the sand mass wuld flow in in no time and you wuld die
Someone is in your comments impersonating you.
So it's like an Australian snake ;-)
I love how the bride says “of course he did” when asked if pai mei taught her the exploding heart technique. It’s so clear she was his best student.
And I like how Beatrix, coming out of the grave, politely asks the waiter to give her water... Pei Mei, in the scene with rice and chopsticks, taught her to always behave with dignity!
Master only teaches his best, favorite student the real highest level sacred s***.
Pai Mei told Beatrix that her hand belongs to him. So he actually indirectly avenged his death because "his" hand plucked out Ella's other eye.
Never thought of that before. That's fucking great
Interesting never thought about that. The more you know!
She also plucked the eye out of one of the Crazy 88's during the big brawl to get to Oren. So they already established she knew how to do it.
Yes!!!
Oh brother. These nerds be out here
“B*tch, you don’t have a future” is my all time favorite line. 🔥😎
Broke his heart the first time for leaving and literally broke his heart the second time by making it explode
nope, it was just an act. Bill is alive
@@NeoZeitGeist I had considered that too from a story perspective.. but Carradine isn't, so no sequel with him.
@@NeoZeitGeist That would imply Pai Mei and his technique was false, which does not seem plausible.
@@randomaccessfemale Bill is 100% dead. But Pai Mei is alive, no mere poison could kill the immortal Pai Mei.
@@randomaccessfemale It could also imply that Beatrix intentionally did it wrong, or that there was a countermeasure that Bill knew.
Or simply that Bill had no heart.
uma straight up deserved an oscar for this performance. she did so much of literally everything.
It's a spectacular performance. Great physical performance (along with her badass stunt double Zoe Bell) and an epic demonstration of pretty much every emotional state from fury to fear to joy to gratefulness. Just her transformation when behaving like a cute, oblivious American tourist in a sushi bar learning Japanese words to determined, hardened killer demanding a Hanzo sword in Japanese is incredible. Another standout is the bathroom scene at the end where the range of emotions washing over her face is stunning. She was brilliant in Kill Bill and never got the recognition she deserved from Hollywood for her work.
@@rasicomega I agree. The movie is really cool visually and the writing is great as well but Umas acting is what is really mind-blowing.
meh... She is an excellent b-movie actress but she hams it up too much sometimes.
@@no_one01-5 The truth-serum scene? Thats not B-movie acting buddy lol.
@@TR13400 Then you don't know acting. lol
18:10 Pai Mei is a legendary character that appears often in Chinese cinema. Pai Mei, or Bak Mei in Cantonese, literally means "White Eyebrow"
David Carradine is fantastic as Bill. He was mostly an actor in B-movies before this and was the star of a pretty popular tv show in the 70s. Today people mostly remember the way he died, but he was a pretty great actor, and I'm glad Tarantino cast him in this role, which is probably his stand out performance.
Auto erotic asphyxiation. He went out flying HIGH 🫡🫡🫡
@@AdamHActualDavid Carradine did a good job in Kung Fu, but the concept of the series was presented to the network by Bruce Lee. Bruce wanted to play the lead role, but the network company did not do it.
@@corpusD Yeah it was originally Bruce's idea. He wrote some more un produced series..
Don't google David Carradine
If you read up more on his death it was pretty suspect the way it happened. People say he couldn't have been able to do it himself based upon the position of things in the room, and that it looked like he was roughed up before. So in my opinion how he died is more of a mystery. Now you can say I just got blinders on because he is an amazing actor imo, but it doesn't mean it could be ruled out.
still remember watching it in a movie theater when it came out and when the sounds of the dirt being dropped on the coffin had stopped amidst that dead silence one woman uttered "Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*ck" and the entire audience burst into laughter.
9:08 A small detail that's easy to miss is apparently swords are allowed on planes in this universe.
If you rewatch the plane scene, you can see katana holders next to the seats as though it's pretty normal to just carry on a sword in this universe.
I love how they handle Bill in this film.
Because he demonstrates real regret for his actions. He demonstrates he has nothing but love for B. Lastly after she delivers the death blow he still reaffirms his love and admiration for her.
This all undermines the revenge and even the audiences desire for that revenge. Because getting that revenge felt empty. Instead it feels sad and tragic.
There used to be a game show, called, "The $64,000 Question". Now, when people are about to ask a really big question, they'll refer to it as the $64,000 question.
People ask why it is exactly $64,000. Is because in the game first question's price was $1000, and the price money would duplicate every question. For 8-questions you end up qith the final $64,000 question. Math.
I’ve watched so many kill Bill reaction videos, and young people always ask what that means lol
I’m thinking Mary should do a reaction to _Quiz Show._
Pai Mei is actually a classic stock charachter from old Shaw brothers kung fu movies back in the 70's and 80's. The actor playing him here, Gordon Liu, actually played a hero fighting against Pai Mei and the White Lotus clan in some films from the late 80's. Check out Shaolin Executioners and Clan of the White Lotus if you're interested!
Gordon Liu also played Johnny Mo, the leader of the Crazy 88's in Part 1 (bald head, Kato Mask).
Also, those crash zooms that Mary attributed to Tarantino are actually an homage to said Shaw Brothers movies.
Also the “deadly viper assassination squad” is a reference to the “5 deadly venoms”, so many Shaw Bros references! 🥰🖤🤘🏽 and a lot of sound effects are from classic martial arts films
@@Metamorfeusit was a chang che thing which is one Quentin favorite directors.. the God father of kung fu films.
So many homages to classic kung fu in this film. Having seen a lot of the old Shaw Brothers and other films I catch them all in an instant.
I love the way Elle thrashing around on the floor after losing her eye, pays homage to the death scene of Pris, her charachter in Blade Runner.
Maybe her prior role was the inspiration, but QT told her to just go nuts.
OMG my simple a** didn't even make that connection!
I thought this exact thing when I saw this in the cinema.
@@LarryLeederSame. Blade Runner is one of my all-time, favorite films, so I had a big smile on my face when that happened.
"What did they do with Paula's body?" They buried Bea on top of Paula's casket, so there were two bodies in the grave
David Carradine starred as Kwai Chang Caine (sp?) in the series Kung Fu, which was immensely popular in the 70s, especially among martial artists. He played a half Chinese half European orphan, raised in a Shao Lin temple, and then transplanted to the American wild west. Great show for its early presentation of kung fu.
There's a few hints throughout the two movies as to The Bride's name, As well as Bill calling her Kiddo, O'Ren calls her "Silly Rabbit" (Trix are for kids). Also, it's noted on her boarding pass to Okinawa
Pai Mei taught Beatrice well. That is why she had so much endurance and strength. Pai Mei shaped her into a literal weapon. He was hard on her because he saw potential in her and needed her to be strong. She was his best student. Thanks for this reaction to this movie. Love your reactions
The Elle scene has a lot of interesting symbolism in it. One thing to note is that while all of Bill's crew (aside from himself) were named after snakes, Elle was the only one named after a non-venomous snake. This is really ironic considering that poison seems to be her preferred method of killing: it's how she killed Pai Mei, it's how she was going to kill Beatrix before Bill told her not to, and then she used a black mamba to kill Bud (I know that poison and venom are not the same thing, but still symbolically close enough). I also have a theory that she was also the only member of the group that didn't have a Hanzo sword (I don't think it's confirmed if Lucy or Halle's characters had them or not, but I assume they did), this would make the Hanzo swords symbolically their venom, which she doesn't have. Which would explain both her tendency to kill with poison as her desire to have venom, as well as her desire to buy Beatrix's sword off of Budd.
Her choice to use a black mamba, Beatrix's snake, to kill Budd is clearly meant to be a sort of revenge on behalf of Beatrix. Elle says that Beatrix deserved better than to be killed by Budd, so by having him killed by her namesake she's giving Beatrix some revenge. This act then creates further symbolism when Beatrix walks by the black mamba on her way out, the snake hisses and reels back, but doesn't strike, almost as if it ("death incarnate") is afraid of Beatrix; whereas she doesn't even regard the snake.
Thinking back over this scene actually brings up an interesting bit of trivia about this movie: Beatrix doesn't kill either Budd or Elle. In fact, Bill is the only person she kills in this one (at least as far as we see), which is quite the change compared to all of the yakuza she takes out in part 1.
I don't think Hattori Hanzo would give out his swords to just anyone.
@@eatsmylifeYTI mean Bill's group wasn't just anyone tho.
personally I think the crying/laughing at the end really shows that she's happy to have her daughter back but also the fact she did love Bill.
Fun fact: A number of actors from the first movie, came back to play different characters in the second film.
-Gordon Liu played the bald leader of the Crazy 88 & Pai Mei; The Sheriff played the pimp etc.
Tarantino loves to do that. If you watch Django Unchained, the slave trader who gets shot in the opening scene is played by the same actor who plays the Candy Land heavy with the handlebar mustache later in the movie.
Only two actors. Not number of actors😂
@@wongbingo9523 I *thought* there was a few more.
@@wongbingo95232 is a number.
Esteban was supposed to be played by Ricardo Montaban but he was late to the table reading so Michael Parks read his part in his absence. Tarantino liked his delivery and gave him both parts.
Beatrix crying at the end is her answer to Budd’s question to Elle - which R is she filled with is relief
"Esteban" was also the Sheriff, and played that role in Several Tarantino Movies like "Death Proof", "Planet Terror" and " Dead by Dawn".
In the 70's splatter films, they regularly used the same actors (and Characters) from Movie to Movie.
The famous Mary Cherry Cold Death Stare of Unamusement at 12:48 🤣🤣🤣🍸
I preferred Kill Bill vol. 1 more as a kid by a wide margin, but as I got older, I just fell in love with vol. 2. Would love if QT made "The Whole Bloody Affair" available for purchase.
srsly
I dont think its even anything to do with being a kid. I think A lot of people were disapointed with part 1 because the first is such an action extravaganza and the second part tones the action back a lot.
1 is 1000% times better
Iconic moment after iconic moment.
I _love_ David Carradine's Superman monologue too. Serious goosebumps!
I live in hope for _Kill Bill: Volume 3,_ ngl 🤞🏻
That's a great monologue
Great dialogue, excellently delivered, but still dead wrong, and I think even Quentin Tarantino knew it. Superman is most definitely *not* Superman all the time. He was raised from infancy to be Clark Kent, his Earthly parents were excellent parents who instilled all his best, most admirable in him, and he had an extremely happy, content, and purposeful childhood. Even back in the Silver Age, when being Superboy was a major part of his youth, there's no way Clark Kent could have possibly grown up thinking of himself entirely by his super identity. Powers or no powers, Clark Kent is his true identity, Superman is just a costume he wears.
But he only has one more left ...
Besides... who is she going after?
I guess someone could be going after her.
that whole scene is a real masterpiece! you can find everything cinema can offer in those 15 minutes!
about Kill Bill Vol 3 I think he never gonna do it at this point and to be fair I don't think I would be ok with it after all of these years...
KB3? Will the Bride's biggest enemy be hot flashes?
I like how you're going "aww" to bill offering to pay for diner considering what he ends up doing to them.
In the theater the burial scene was crazy. You felt like you were in the coffin. As the lid is nailed shut the theater became completely dark with only the sounds of the dirt being shoveled on top of you.
I love how she tells you at the start of the movie that she has one person to kill, and that's exactly how many she does.
Elle is played by Daryl Hannah who played pris in blade runner. They both ended up writhing on the ground as they meet their ends.
This is my favorite Tarantino movie. I love the character development of Bud, who was the only one to outsmart and defeat Beatrice. Caradine also adds a great conclusion to the movie and we finally hear his reasons for his actions.
David Caradine was the star in one of the most popular series in the 70s called Kung fu.. it was about a young Shaolin monk who was forced to walk the earth in search of himself... Great series.. and perfect for the casting of Bill ... Great reaction. Thank you
I always thought he was searching for his brother
The burial scene nearly had me panicking in the theater.
And while you were trying not to cry when BB showed up, I was tearing up in the office as i listened to this, as those scenes get to me every single time.
Confession: I took a fair bit of lsd before seeing this movie in theaters the first time.
The buried alive scene is one of the most vivid scenes in all of film history to me.
It was an awful hard time not to freak out in this movie in some places.
Please watch “Desperado” it’s one of the most iconic QT films and it gets criminally overlooked by many YT reactors.
Not Tarantino.
People either don't know or just ignore the fact that Kill Bill is one movie with the running time of "4 hours and 8 minutes" In order to not make to long of a movie Quentin broke it down into 2 volumes not 2 parts it is not a part one and a sequel it is one long movie, this is also why when it was came out, volume 2 was released 6 months after volume 1.
Don't forget the constant sexual assaults that The Bride was subjected to. We know of at least 2, but God know how many times she was assaulted over those 4 years. That would be on the Top 3 reasons why she'd take the whole crew out.
I think in the end Beatrix is also feeling the "sense of euphoria" which is the side effect of the truth serum, so that, plus all the emotions is probably a lot to take in
1:00, the moment most of us old timers heard Bill's voice we knew what he looked like. David Carradine was a well known veteran actor from the 1970's. On the tv show Kung Fu he portrayed a half Chinese Shaolin Monk named Kwai Chang Caine who was on a quest in the Old West.
Back in the 1990's he portrayed a descendant of that monk in modern times. It was called Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
For the end of the movie, you have to remember Beatrix had no idea BB was alive and well. So Ruby's have turned out better than even she could've predicted. She got her revenge, and she gets to spend her life with the daughter she thought she'd lost.
These KB films are a masterpiece of the genre. Another great film like this is Assassins. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, and Julienne Moore. Fantastic writing, acting, and directing.
David Carradine is probably best known for his work in the TV show Kung Fu.
He sadly passed away in 2009 under..unique circumstances.
"64 Thousand Dollar Question" was a popular gameshow in the early 1960's. 😊
*The great thing is, Nikkia Bell (Ambrosia Kelley) & B.B. Kiddo (Perla Haney-Jardine), the 2 young daughters in the movies, are now in their early-mid 20's. Old enough to face off against each other in "Volume 3". But Quentin is still iffy about the idea. But look em up. They're gorgeous.*
*And as much as I like Maya Hawke (who is Mia's real daughter, and I hear might star as Beatrix's daughter, B.B.), Perla should stay the original B.B., and Maya could be written in as her sister. Name her, "Willamina/Wilhelmina" (Billy)* 😁
The look that Uma gives the camera towards Bill at 32:16 is so great. You can feel every emotion. These two movies are my favorite of Tarantino.
Since Beatrix was nicknamed "Black Mamba," she still technically ended up killing Budd too. I love all the little details in this movie.
David Carradine was a living legend - as was a good chunk of his family. He starred in a series in the early '70's called "Kung Fu", and learned martial arts for that series. In fact, the flute he plays, is the one he played in that series. You did see Bill in part 1: he was the anime henchman that started the fire in O-Ren's parents' house, after his boss killed them.
He was also in the original "Death Race 2000".
He was a great guy: I met him at a car show in Los Angeles, one day: he walked up from behind me & struck up a conversation with me, as if we'd known each other for years!
Then, after 30 or so minutes walking around & looking at the cars & chatting, he vanished as fast as he'd appeared.
Amazing dialogue and editing by QT. Lots of homages to old Japanies movies and characters. David Carradine played the main character on the Kung Fu TV series when he was younger. QT is a master filmmaker. The monologue Carradine has at the end about Superman and Clark Kent is brilliant. Makes you see Superman in a completely different light. Thanks for reacting. I love revisiting this movie through new eyes.
Always been a fan of this movie, went on opening night. Now as a parent I loved this movie even more and tear up with Kiddo and B.B.'s interactions
Being in the theater for the buried alive scene was nerve wracking. So dark and quiet and the dirt coming down all around you... chills, still! Haha
Another great reaction. You are truly one of my favs. You're not biased with story & character. You aren't obnoxious. And you dont make cringe "jokes" every sec. like some who aren't funny or clever like they wanna think.
As others have mentioned, David Carradine played in the TV series called Kung Fu. He got that part over Bruce Lee. In the battle scene in the first KILL Bill, Uma Thurman wore a yellow jumpsuit with black stripe. Bruce Lee wore same type of jumpsuit in his final movie " Game of Death".....not many people know that.
I love how the movie makes you sympathize with The Bride because Budd is right, she also deserves to do. Who knows how many people she killed before trying to get out.
She's just as guilty as the rest of them, even though we agree with her revenge quest. I love that.
The 64 Thousand Dollar Question was a 1950s TV quiz show.
David Carradine was mostly know for the actor who "stole" the role from Bruce Lee, to play Kwai Chang Caine in the tv show Kung Fu
Well he was better qualified. He didn't steal anything.
38:42 I always loooved B's reaction to Bill's "I...overreacted"! It always felt like a very genuine reaction lol
The man who tells Beatrix the location of Bill is played by the late actor Michael Parks. He also played the sheriff in Kill Bill Vol. 1. He also stars in Red State written/directed by Kevin Smith. An extremely overlooked film.
Happy Holidays Mary. Kill Bill was originally one big movie, but they split it in 2 to increase its profabilty. Would be interesting to combine them into one big super cut. Cheers!
Someone already did, It's called
'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair'
It combines everything and even restored some great cut scenes and also didn't turn the Crazy 88 fight into black and white, it's shown in its original uncensored color format.
he literally did that! a few years ago! look it up. Tarantino himself released the full OG cut.
I love how Pai Mei's Five Point Exploding Heart technique is a Mortal Kombat fatality now
Good catch on the pianist being none other then Samuel L Jackson!
Fun Legend: A good year after Kill Bill was completed, Quentin did tease 2 ideas if he revisited Kill Bill. One would be an anime prequel following Bill. Another would be a Vol. 3 story following the character Nikki growing up and exacting her revenge 15 years later against Beatrix for the death of her mother.
If he went with that, I could see Elle coming back as Nikki's teacher. Assuming she survived the mamba 😅
That will forever be rumor. Tarantino stated in a recent interview that the kill bill story is complete and concluded with Bill’s death in volume 2, and that he will not be making any further sequels or prequels.
@@MrRoboto81probably will be the case, but there is still plenty of time for money and boredom to change his mind someday 😂
I always wanted a Blind Fury (Rutger Hauer) type film for Daryl Hannah as a sequel
@@ChrisBrown-or8kyBlind Fury was a sort-of reboot of the Blind Swordsman Zatoichi film series from Japan. There was a spectacular Zatoichi reboot by Takeshi Kitano (starred in Battle Royale) in 2003. It's also referenced by Jungle Julia in Death Proof
He is a very famous actor in the 70's. Star in a TV series, "Kung Fu."
David Carradine was in a late 70s TV show called kung fu where he played a shaulin monk that roamed the United States in the 1800s using martial arts along the way
In the movie, we see Beatrix worth the sword next to her on the plane, which would never happen in real life. You're right about that. However, she still could have brought it back from Japan as long as she declared the sword at customs and had it stored under the plane with the rest of the luggage. The airline's biggest concern is that you don't have access to the weapon during the flight.
In Texas (where El Paso and Bud's trailer are), you can openly carry firearms and even medieval weapons like swords, axes, and spears. However, I have never actually seen someone open carry swords or spears in Texas, and I've lived here for almost 40 years.
The actor who plays Bud shows up in quite a few other Tarantino films. Also the 64K is specific because it’s the name of a game show from the 1950s.
It reminds me that there is a severe shortage of reactions to the movie _Quiz Show._
Whenever I see people handle the buried alive scene in this movie, I instantly want to see them try to watch Buried, starring Ryan Reynolds. Thats' about 80+ minutes all taking place inside a coffin. Hell of a filmmaking feat, but not a movie everyone can sit through. Even Reynolds had proper panic attacks while filming and confined.
Great reaction Mary, especially when Elle got her comeuppance. I was anticipating that scene with glee. Also, a Black Mamba is venomous, not poisonous. If you eat something and you die, it's poisonous - like certain mushrooms (or fish heads). If it ends you when it bites, it's venomous.
I always see both parts as one long movie (and I guess that's how it was originally planned), so I can only rate it as one movie. And even if I would try, I think both parts are equally great, both have iconic scenes and great chapters and really compliment each other.
Omg!!!! I was waiting for you to see this one!!!!! Its "better" than the first but I think is just because it shows you a lot of more things. Cause both are Gems(*). Thanks for this one❤️🇨🇱
The guy that tells Kiddo where to find Bill is Michael Parks...One of my favorite old school actors...He had a TV show in 1969 named " Then Came Bronson "....He was in other movies over the years that I loved him in.
I appreciate your reaction. I just don't know why so many choose not to cry when Beatrix sees B.B.
It's such an emotional moment and Uma puts in some astounding acting, makes me sad so many try to deprive themselves of fully enjoying the moment just to be "tough".
Again, not a big deal. Just for me, I like trying to feel all the emotions while watching a film instead of denying myself
The main conflict here is how parenthood change us (or not).
Bill still says "I'm a killer", so he raise his daughter to be like that.
Beatrix thinks " I MUST change for her ".
Well, somebody has to win ...
If I was Bill I would’ve just ordered myself a wheelchair 😂
David Carradine's father, John Carradine, was a well known actor in his own rights. Keith, David's half brother, is also an actor.
David was a fan favourite back in the 70 with the TV series Kung Fu. He played Kwai Chang Caine. His nickname was "Grasshopper". A lot of memes have come from that.
Great that you enjoyed it
I could really picture a scenario where Bill tells B.B. the night before, "Mommy's awake, and she's coming to take you on a wonderful, magical journey. Daddy can't come with you, but that's ok. Let's have all the fun we can have tonight." Like he knew he was going to die, but he made peace with it and was ready to own up to it.
Great fun, entertaining film. And once again...proof that ONLY Quentin Tarantino knows what to do with Michael Madsen.
Well done in making it to the end Mary, and completing the Brides journey! 👍. I think I mentioned it be different?! 🤔. Her escape from the coffin was my fav scene too, especially with how the music was used. I almost wanted to see a ghostly image of Pai Mei appearing, watching over her as she climb out onto the surface! 🙌. If you want to continue your run on which Samurai movie to watch next? My I actually suggest the movie that was mentioned in this one. Shogun Assassin! Not only is it a great cult fav. But it has some interesting history on how it was made, or should I say. How it was unmade, and then rebuilt differently! 😊
Your technique is magnificent!
My favorite piece of trivia is the song in the beginning of KB1 is "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" by Nancy Sinatra. In this film, when Beatrix meets her daughter (BB), she says Bang Bang! and "shoots" Beatrix down.
David Carradine Bill was in the television series in the 1970s called “kung fu” . If I remember right, it took place in the old West almost like a little house on the Prairie, but this guy wandered around and knew kung fu and people bothered him and messed with him and he used to kick everybody’s asses…, easily.
He’s a bad ass from the 70s .
Carradine used to be on a TV show called 'Kung Fu'. Good stuff.
@9:15 "How did she get that (sword) through customs?" There's actually a scene in the first movie where she's in the PASSENGER compartment of an airliner with her sword WITH HER... Figure that one out!
Since Pai Mei wouldn't teach Bill the exploding heart technique, I think that being killed by it was an excellent consolation prize. David Caradine did a lot of genre movies in the 80's and 90's, his brother played Penny's father in TBBT.
Growing up, one of the best times was sitting around on a Friday and getting to stay up later than normal to watch the Kung Fu Series with dad. Dad had learnt boxing in his younger years, and passed what he learnt to me. He was totally fascinating to him with a different style of defending one self after seeing this show, and he encouraged me to learn more. I ended up working security at hotels for 30 years using, bits and pieces from many styles. Perhaps at some stage in the future check out this classic TV series
David Carradine was Kwai Chang Caine in the 1972's TV series, _"Kung-fu."_
64,000 Question is a daytime TV game show. Tarintino references early TV and movies. When the US only had 3 TV channels everyone from that Era would be familiar with such references
David Carradine - first time I saw him was a futuristic 'Death Race 2000' where you got points for running people over. Sylvester Stallone appeared in it well before his Rocky film.
David Carradine starred in a TV series called Kung Fu in the early 70's. He was acclaimed during this role and likely the reason that Tarrantino looked at him for this role.
The odd $64,000 question, is a reference to a old game show (before my time) where for some reason, the top prize was $64,000 (maybe they took $14,000 in taxes=an even $50,000?). It was in the 1950's so back then you might be able to buy a half-way decent house as the value of the dollar was much higher than today.
The flute that Carradine plays is the same flute he used in the TV series Kung Fu. This film helped him get a chance to revive his career unfortunately he died before actually doing it.
Back in the 1950s The US had a game show called the "$ 64.000 Question" In fact, Actress Patty Duke appeared on the game show and won $ 32.000 .later it was revealed the game was rigged in her favor..
David Carradine is a member of a famous acting family. His TV series "KUNG FU" is a classic. A must see in my opinion. Great reaction!!!!!
Perla Haney-Jardine, who played B.B., is all grown up and was recently in a great movie called “Midnighters.”
David Carradine played a Shaolin monk in the old west in a tv show called Kung Fu. Makes his fireside story about Pei Mei and the Shaolin monks kind of ironic.😂
" Shogun Assassin " that Kiddo and her daughter is watching is one of my all time favorite movies.
The actor who played Budd is Michael Madsen. He is my favorite actor. In 2003, I met Michael at a book signing in Santa Monica, CA. Michael told me he was going to be in QT's next movie Kill Bill and that he was very proud to be in it and that I had to go see it.
The $64,000 Question is an homage to an American TV gameshow "The $64,000 Question" (1955-1958). It's Who Wants to be a Millionaire for the 1950's
Absolutely loved your reaction, Mary; especially the part where the snake jumps out and almost bites you. Just perfect. Btw, you must watch "Shogun Assassin". It's one of Tarrantino's many influences.
That whole scene with the master and her, his outfit, his look, the way he acts, the sounds are the way martial arts movies of the 70's were like. So imagine a whole movie like this. Master of the Flying Guillotine 1976 is one of the most famous, they used to run on Sundays, my mother called adult cartoons. So she'd say kids like me got our Saturday cartoons and adults got their Sunday cartoons with these martial arts movies.😊
She finally got her vengeance. This was the only way. Nice reaction Mary. Bill aka David Carradine had his own show called Kung Fu back in the day. Check it out sometime.
Bill is old enough to remember the 1950's television game show, The $64,000 Question. Pretty obvious format. Values doubled until the ultimate $64,000 question. Show was pulled after it was revealed that they gave selected contestants the answers.
Well, yes he is, but they also used to show old Game Show re-runs, in the 80s
Since I believe you have never seen it, I would love to see you react to David Carradine's 1970's tv series "Kung Fu". It's about a half white orphan child in 19th century China who gains entry to a Shaolin monastery where he begins to learn marshall arts in the style of Kung Fu.
Circumstances force his departure from China as a fugitive whereupon he ventures to the US in search of his relatives. As you can imagine, the 1800's in the US west are less than hospitable to foreigners let alone chinese half breeds. This peaceful man is set upon endlessly by western rubes, indians and chinese assassins. One of the best TV series of the era.
fun fact: you can actually bring swords through customs in the US my brother bought a sword in a different country and when he got to the airport he had 2 choices. Check the sword as luggage,(it would travel in cargo hold of the plane.) or he could ship it from the country to his house in the US. He chose to ship the sword because the shipping company offers insurance lol. However he could have just brought the sword with him as luggage. So to answer the question of how she got the sword through customs it actually is not that hard to bring a sword with you from another country. at least in the US anyway.
Of course, in KB1, she actually had the sword on the plane with her at her seat.