The Awful Red Dawn Remake

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  • @M1912TrenchGun
    @M1912TrenchGun 3 роки тому +319

    “All that Remake hate is gonna burn you up, kid”
    “It keeps me warm”

    • @justanothergunnerd8128
      @justanothergunnerd8128 Рік тому +8

      Oh that is good...

    • @4Pickledonions
      @4Pickledonions 6 днів тому +2

      I honestly liked it😂

    • @M1912TrenchGun
      @M1912TrenchGun 6 днів тому +1

      @@4Pickledonions I first saw it in a hotel while half conscious and didn't mind it. Definitely nowhere even close to the original though, even if the part where they rob a Subway is hilarious lol

    • @4Pickledonions
      @4Pickledonions 5 днів тому

      @ oh facts, the OG is my top 10 personally

  • @Jetsparx373
    @Jetsparx373 Рік тому +183

    You wanna know what's even funnier, the actor who plays Captain Cho, Will Yun Lee, had more gravitas playing a North Korean Colonel in the pre-title sequence of Die another Day...
    Yeah, you heard me right, he had more charisma and character in a freaking James Bond movie then he did here in Red Dawn 2012 as a generic North Korean Captain.

    • @strikingmachine2975
      @strikingmachine2975 Рік тому +4

      they could have at least had an epic Hand-to-Hand fight between the Marine and the Captain. But instead, we get a forgettable pistol scene..

    • @Jetsparx373
      @Jetsparx373 Рік тому +6

      That hand-to-hand fight only lasted about 10 seconds until they started moving into using guns and Chris Hemsworth's Jed just conveniently knew where his father kept spare glock and knew the code to unlock safe... Action movie hero logic, I don't know?

    • @strikingmachine2975
      @strikingmachine2975 Рік тому +1

      @@Jetsparx373 Trash director is Trash..

    • @Jetsparx373
      @Jetsparx373 Рік тому +1

      @@strikingmachine2975 No, I blame the writer(s) for that dose of plot convivence, just like with Daryl getting tagged was dumb and contrived.

    • @LoveSickWorld
      @LoveSickWorld 7 місяців тому

      “In a Freaking bad James Bond movie” don’t go making it out like all bond movies are bad

  • @adamwarlock3530
    @adamwarlock3530 Рік тому +87

    My friend had a copy of the original Red dawn right when it came out in VHS. We used to watch it so many times, I lost count, it was so good. It was like a ritual. I tried to watch the remake once. I couldnt make it through 1 time, it's so bad.

    • @iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194
      @iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194 2 місяці тому +4

      Red dawn is a cult classic for me, it has flaws, but it’s really really good and one of them only realistic US invasion sequences

  • @aslag94
    @aslag94 3 роки тому +258

    The only good thing with the remake is the fun you can have trying to spot the China->NK digital edits and thinking about what other things they cut or changed post-production. There's no way the little 30 second bit of them at the end rushing a prison camp with trucks wasn't just a repurposing of some footage from a cut climax set piece of whatever.

    • @chasecreamer727
      @chasecreamer727 7 місяців тому +15

      True. The “North Koreans” are still wearing Chinese uniforms.

    • @patrickevans9604
      @patrickevans9604 10 днів тому +8

      Basically when they had to change out their villains, the end result of the movie became a crappier version of "tomorrow when the war began" and that's actually a good story driven Australian version of red dawn

  • @noobie1890
    @noobie1890 Рік тому +49

    Just finished watching it and my god…killing off Chris Hemsworth the way they did…pure comedy.

  • @Gas_Mask_Dude_360
    @Gas_Mask_Dude_360 11 місяців тому +119

    The bastard said "Blue beret means spetsnaz." No, RED means spetsnaz BLUE means VDV or russian airborne.

    • @hewhoplugwalks
      @hewhoplugwalks 8 місяців тому +17

      He still isn't wrong. There are spetznas VDV units, like the 45th Guards Spetznas. They still wear the blue VDV beret, rather than the red one.

    • @sharonrigs7999
      @sharonrigs7999 7 днів тому +16

      It's even funnier now that we have seen NorK troops in action in Ukraine. They put up about as much resistance as a bunch of drunk 8yos

    • @VergilDarkslayer
      @VergilDarkslayer 4 дні тому

      ​@@sharonrigs7999naaaaah VDV are beasts in fighting they arent good at the whole airborne thing thought or strategy

    • @Fulcrox
      @Fulcrox 4 дні тому +3

      ​@@sharonrigs7999 they are just infantry, they still depend on Russian artillery, armor and aviation to do their thing

    • @Piece-Of-Time
      @Piece-Of-Time 3 дні тому

      ​@@sharonrigs7999like not letting these soldiers get past the region they have taken by accident? Or like pushing closer to Kiev every time?

  • @pisbi
    @pisbi 3 роки тому +42

    The subway part had me dying.
    Way better to watch this than that shit bread of without the bread of sandwich of yes.

  • @derniercaesar5319
    @derniercaesar5319 3 роки тому +21

    Oh yeah, my favourite underrated channel

  • @Aviator-Chicken
    @Aviator-Chicken 2 роки тому +77

    This movie could have been just as good as the original except there were 2 huge problems for me. For starters Jed being a Marine. Him knowing what to do in every situation and being a survival expert really ruins the idea of being kids in a terrible situation.
    And changing from Russia to North Korea. It was originally supposed to be China and for whatever reason they changed it which is so much more believable. China is a true military threat to the USA, probably even more then Russia nowadays. And it also doesn’t make sense for them to invade a small city in Washington. There’s literally no strategic value.

    • @RavenStorm332
      @RavenStorm332 Рік тому +4

      personally the remake could have still worked with Jed being a Marine and the rest being just high school kids they could have played like Jed has to teach them to survive but they want to be all COD and try to fight the invaders head on, also the writers could have made the hunting cabin into the "Partisan Rock" of the remake and have a brick fireplace inside the cabin where they write the names of their fallen on the bricks as for the squad of Marines they run into it could be that those guys were already on the mission to get the radio but lost all but three of their squad and stumble upon the cabin. Also sorry about the reply to your year old comment but I agree that the remake could have been better.

    • @joshuawells835
      @joshuawells835 Рік тому +3

      Spokane is the second largest city in Washington State.

    • @BruhDeez
      @BruhDeez Рік тому +3

      ​@@joshuawells835Washington is just Spokane and Seattle.

    • @bradentwidwell7955
      @bradentwidwell7955 Рік тому +2

      Him being an expert and knowing what to do being a marine isn't exactly that big of a stretch. It shows he can train them and help them survive in combat. In the original jed was working with his dad or to that extent (its kinda vaguely hinted at in the movie) as a cop in the town. Him and Matt hunted a lot and camped out that's how they knew how to stay alive and live off the land. They showed nothing close to that in the remake. There's a lot of flaws with this that legit could've been fixed. Few that bug me are stuff like showing the passage of time (never an indication of how long they were hiding out or training themselves like in the original). Jed dying the way he did (it really should've been toni who died much like her original movie character did completely by surprise when they were celebrating their victory. It didn't need to sequel bait. All in all I don't think it's the worst remake but it definitely.. definitely sucks

    • @richardmendoza738
      @richardmendoza738 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@joshuawells835Its also on the eastern side of Washington. Not Russia, China or North Korea would make it that far that easy.

  • @darius_alex2043
    @darius_alex2043 Рік тому +26

    Story and character wise I prefer the 1984 movie. But in terms of the actual invasion I prefer the 2012 remake. Now hear me out in the beginning they specifically state that North Korea is the world’s fourth army. And to me it makes more sense fot them to drop on the coast than in the middle of the country. Also it states that the Russia also invaded the East coast and there is something at the Mexican border. So North Korea wasn’t really alone in this. Also it a problem I have with the 84 invasion is that from the moment if the paradropping the enemy has tanks and IFVs. In the remake however it shows that the paratroopers use captured HMMWVs and then it shows the actual equipment being shipped to the front lines.

    • @JakvsMetalheads999
      @JakvsMetalheads999 10 місяців тому +8

      My head canon for the remake is that the invasion force is a Chinese-Russian-North Korean coalition (maybe supported by other CSTO countries as well for that matter). The main spearhead of the invasion would be the Chinese and Russians. The reason the North Koreans are front and center are because the coalition are using their ridiculously massive military as a rear line occupation force to hold captured territory behind the Sino-Russian frontline. North Korea might not be a great military power, but that seems like a solid use of a 1.3 million man army. Bring them over on Chinese transports, spot them equipment where they need it, and use them to hold the rear while the better trained and equipped Russians and Chinese do the bulk of the fighting against the US Military.
      This theory makes even more sense given that, to me at least, some of the editing to change the Chinese into North Koreans failed in my opinion. Most of the uniforms still look pretty Chinese, and especially some of the uniforms of the generals on the stage in one of the scenes midway through the movie look almost distinctly Chinese, and not North Korean at all. Obviously out of universe, it’s just the limits of how much they were able to change in post at the last minute when the script’s villain changed, but in universe, I’d say that’s evidence that China is participating in the invasion too, the Wolverines just don’t have to deal with them in that sector - only the North Korean auxiliary occupation forces.

    • @darius_alex2043
      @darius_alex2043 10 місяців тому +2

      @@JakvsMetalheads999 Yes that makes absolute sense. Also it makes sense for the North Koreans to be the ones paradropping as that would limit initial Chinese casualties and secure a safe area for them to bring in more and better troops.

    • @richardmendoza738
      @richardmendoza738 8 місяців тому +5

      No, it doesn't make sense. Spokane is pretty much on the Idaho border. No where near the coast.

    • @darius_alex2043
      @darius_alex2043 8 місяців тому

      @@richardmendoza738 It is closer to the West Coast thanks Colorado at least.

    • @darius_alex2043
      @darius_alex2043 8 місяців тому

      @@richardmendoza738 And while the main forces were landing on the West Coast the paratroopers could have been sent further inland for a bunch of different reasons.

  • @richardkolarik4820
    @richardkolarik4820 3 дні тому +3

    I was so jaded by it being an action movie and I didn't care that scenes didn't make sense. but now that you've explained it to me that's a lot worse than I could have ever imagined. the original is fantastic and you've made me want to watch it

  • @arizona-hunter6684
    @arizona-hunter6684 26 днів тому +31

    A Russian reviewing Red Dawn is something you don’t see everyday. I just came off the Brandon Herrera reviews I’m going to watch these movies.

  • @foolsgold5588
    @foolsgold5588 3 роки тому +37

    This makes me want to watch red dawn

    • @Prepping_is_wise
      @Prepping_is_wise 3 місяці тому +1

      Ijust watched the original 2 nights ago.. I must have watched this movie 20 times by now..

  • @dstopard
    @dstopard 9 місяців тому +17

    12:23 he is literally vdv [russian airborne soldiers / paratroopers] not spetsnaz, how you can tell is that spetsnaz have red berets and the vdv have blue berets

    • @hewhoplugwalks
      @hewhoplugwalks 8 місяців тому +4

      S'petznas' isn't even a unit name or specific type of soldier. It's just a generic term for 'special forces'. In fact, there is a spetznas unit in the VDV, called the '45th Guard Spetznas'. They're the ones who famously stormed Hostomel airport and were seen with all the AK-12s and St. George's stripe early on. And btw, they still wear the blue beret, even as spetznas.

    • @Yanespe
      @Yanespe 3 місяці тому

      Spetznaz=special force
      Calling a VDV spetznaz is not wrong

  • @juanmanuelpenaloza9264
    @juanmanuelpenaloza9264 3 місяці тому +14

    I don't know about the rest of y'all, but I want to make an anti-remake of this. Basically the same scenario but in reverse. Basically everything goes right for America and suddenly NATO invades Russia. And it's all told from the perspective of Russian teenagers hiding out in the tundra as the NATO occupation just slowly devours their town. You know, a McDonald's on one corner, a Starbucks on the other.
    I call it Blue Twilight, as a direct inverse to the movies here.

    • @Desolatorchan777
      @Desolatorchan777 5 днів тому

      That would be a nice concept, there's not much movies that explain a WW3 from a Russian pov.
      I would love that.

    • @Fulcrox
      @Fulcrox 4 дні тому +2

      ​@@Desolatorchan777and the ones that do are just No distinct uniform enemy

    • @Desolatorchan777
      @Desolatorchan777 3 дні тому

      @ yeah, they're not very well made enemies.

  • @angelvalle9963
    @angelvalle9963 Рік тому +9

    They packaged up 1 with 2 just to sell copies of that garbage smart marketing lol

  • @bennythargrave
    @bennythargrave 10 днів тому +10

    If it had been me I would have made a spinoff of the original which showed the war in Asia between China and Russia since the pilot mentions the Chinese joined the war on the same side as the USA and got nuked heavily for it.

  • @jonathonloredo8026
    @jonathonloredo8026 9 місяців тому +14

    4:07 I’m so glad someone else noticed Josh peck is basically grinning in 90% of the fucking movie and it bothered me so much but nobody else seemed to see it

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому +1

      I honestly got more annoyed with how he was talking it such a soft tone all the time, like it’s fine if he’s supposed to be having an emotional moment, but it legit sounds like he screamed at the top of his lungs everyday before shooting.

  • @MrNegiGen
    @MrNegiGen 3 роки тому +11

    Man I love your videos! Keep up the good work

  • @angelvalle9963
    @angelvalle9963 Рік тому +15

    A story about Denver should have been a the storyline for the remake

    • @jamesj9744
      @jamesj9744 Місяць тому +4

      Half these SJWs in Denver would join the North Koreans. The other half would run away and cry.

  • @Venuit1233
    @Venuit1233 8 місяців тому +10

    That guy was actually crazy
    He really betrayed his friends and his country cuz he got shoved
    😭😭😭

  • @rodrigobarcik
    @rodrigobarcik 3 роки тому +5

    Your CDDA showed up on my recomended list, you just got a subscriber mate, loved your videos.

  • @justanothergunnerd8128
    @justanothergunnerd8128 Рік тому +14

    "It's quite shit actually." - GnorriTV. Yes, yes, yes and yes! This is a horrible "remake" if you can even call it that. This film could've been better than the original in many ways, as the original had flaws. I wish this movie would've improved the Red Dawn experience instead of crapping all over it. The original is good film - the remake is garbage and not worth your time by any means...

  • @Skipper12-h2x
    @Skipper12-h2x 5 днів тому +3

    7:32 orange tip = airsoft
    11:01 ah yes… a NK abrams..

  • @Loy_Otterton
    @Loy_Otterton 7 місяців тому +3

    The og red dawn has a charm to it. The environment changing as it turns to winter was such a good choice as well. It has some very being scenes.

  • @andrewoldham3675
    @andrewoldham3675 5 місяців тому +4

    To be fair, if there is one thing the remake did better than the original is that it did a better job of showing who the Wolverines were prior to the invasion. Like, you get to see what their lives are like as typical teenagers before everything goes to shit for them, as opposed to the original, where it only shows what it's like maybe just an hour or so before the invasion.
    That being said, since Amazon now has MGM and all of its intellectual properties, if they ever try to pull the trigger on revisiting the Red Dawn IP, I would suggest making it into a streaming series for Amazon Prime. Have it set in the universe of the original film, the alternate Cold War world that heated up into World War III. Get a good showrunner to develop it, my personal suggestion being Craig Mazin, who developed both Chernobyl and the adaptation of The Last of Us for HBO MAX. Show other aspects of this universe, like maybe show other Resistance groups apart from the Wolverines in other parts of Occupied America. And it won't have to be action exclusively. You could have an episode in the style of The West Wing or House of Cards that shows how whatever remains of the US Government is doing in response. (For example: was then-President Ronald Reagan killed in the nuclear blast on Washington DC that Andrew Tanner mentioned, making it so that George H.W. Bush ended up becoming President much earlier via ascension.) Also maybe show some episodes that take place outside of Occupied America. The original film implies that Canada may have suffered from a Soviet invasion as well, show an episode that tells the story of the joint US-Canadian military operation that stopped the Soviets coming through Alaska and Northwest Canada got their progress halted that Tanner talked about. Maybe show an episode that takes place in Russia when the war starts to take its toll on the Russian people. Are there Russian citizens who in private oppose the war and the invasion, and when it starts becoming too costly for them, do they risk getting executed or being sent to the gulag by openly protesting the Soviet government's decision to invade? How does this invasion affect Germany, as it was still divided between West Germany and East Germany? What about foreign bases? Is North Korea taking advantage of the US being incapacitated to either take South Korea by brute force or launching nukes at Japan? (Seriously, in the original 1984 film, I can't imagine that US military forces stationed in Japan or South Korea were on a great situation, especially being that close to the USSR at the time.) Does Western Europe (outside of the UK) ever have a change of heart in maybe supporting the beleaguered Soviet-occupied USA? How is the Middle East affected, not just with what was going on in Afghanistan at the time, but what is Israel's response? Is Saudi Arabia pissed off at the USSR for them invading the nation that is their best customer for buying oil? Is this affecting the Iran-Iraq War, which was going on at the time? Seriously, if done with some good writers and a good showrunner, I think a Red Dawn streaming series could be VERY GOOD.

  • @joe61292
    @joe61292 3 місяці тому +4

    Blue beret means VDV airbourne forces, crimson beret means Spetsnaz.

    • @vv414-u9p
      @vv414-u9p 4 дні тому

      Not all Spetsnaz are VDV but all VDV are Spetsnaz.

  • @Blank55600
    @Blank55600 5 днів тому +2

    So red dawn was...actually, Homefront 2... These two games share something in common a bit too much.

  • @vassiliblucher2763
    @vassiliblucher2763 Рік тому +10

    Fucking always knew it that those sneaky spetsnaz were pretending to be russian paratroopers all along with a blue beret

    • @hewhoplugwalks
      @hewhoplugwalks 8 місяців тому

      That soldier IS spetznas though. Not all spetznas wear the red beret. Take, for example, the Russian 45th Guards Spetznas. They're VDV, blue beret and all.
      The beret thing just ain't a reliable way to tell, since spetznas have their own berets and regulation.
      In speztnas units, blue is worn by airborne and normal ground units. Green is worn by marine and navy units. Red is specifically for their national guard spetznas units (Rosgardia).

  • @dennisjansson6239
    @dennisjansson6239 Рік тому +12

    Havent seen this movie yet but i think it would have WORKED better if China replaced Russia as the villains, NOT North Korea. It doesn't make any sense that North Korea would be the villain, ESPECIALLY since Russia & China is bigger & have more weapons. And the movie flopped & wasnt shown in chinese theaters so its pointless to have North Korea instead. Its TIME to portray China as the enemy, NOT just North Korea & Russia. We dont need their dirty & bloody money, ESPECIALLY since China commits genocide on Uyghurs & other etnicities. And i think Hollywood overuse the Russian villain trope TOO often nowadays, even between 1991 & 2022. We need MORE Chinese villains in movies, NOT movies were they overportray China as nice & friendly & awsome like in Transformers 4, Independance Day 2, The Meg Movies, Turning Red etc etc, ESPECIALLY because of the countries genocide on Uyghurs & Covid.

    • @jdflasky1969
      @jdflasky1969 8 місяців тому +2

      You probably already know this, but if you didn't, that _was_ what they were originally going to do. However, the executives ordered them to change the bad guys from the Chinese to the North Koreans, with Chinese symbols digitally edited in post to North Korean ones. (It still got banned in China anyways lul)

    • @jdflasky1969
      @jdflasky1969 8 місяців тому

      Never mind the video literally acknowledges this, I'm stupid and don't even bother to finish videos before making dumb comments.

    • @dennisjansson6239
      @dennisjansson6239 8 місяців тому

      @@jdflasky1969 Yes i know that. Thats why i said all those things.

    • @ns_gefolgsmann6156
      @ns_gefolgsmann6156 3 дні тому

      Ok boomer

  • @ced1106
    @ced1106 2 дні тому

    Love your forward style of discussing the movies! 👍

  • @HistoryMonarch1999
    @HistoryMonarch1999 10 місяців тому +5

    Original red dawn is definitely still a propaganda film but still manages to have a good story despite it (yes despite because it was very much rushed especially at the end)
    But my god. The 2012 one is absolutely horrid. Somehow homefront the revolution ended up having a better story because at least they tried to show HOW NK could invade, even if they really had to stretch it out

    • @RajaIsThatGuy
      @RajaIsThatGuy 9 місяців тому

      If you think red dawn is a propaganda, try movies from my country: "G30S"
      Althought inspired by a real event(Indonesian 30 september coup attempt), it still had very distinct anti-communist propaganda.

  • @Alex-rn8vu
    @Alex-rn8vu 2 роки тому +6

    Well articulated points, some humor, great video, poor remake

  • @justanothergunnerd8128
    @justanothergunnerd8128 Рік тому +3

    Great analysis - thank you Gnorri! 🙂

  • @Troybranding
    @Troybranding 2 роки тому +6

    I watched it last night and it was so bad i searched for this type of vid today

  • @AManNamedHawk
    @AManNamedHawk 4 місяці тому

    I won’t lie, man. First of your videos I’ve seen. I expected a ton more American hate when I heard your voice, but that was my bias. You had good humor, solid presentation and really good pacing throughout. I’m subscribed.

  • @sayum9948
    @sayum9948 3 дні тому

    What a goat video, me and my pops have been shit talking it for years and no one else seems to understand.

  • @chloemackinly6762
    @chloemackinly6762 5 днів тому +1

    0:42 Thank you! I cannot stand it when people call the OG Red Dawn a "right wing power fantasy."

  • @Real-Agent-Meta
    @Real-Agent-Meta 6 днів тому +1

    That's like the British deciding to become an Empire again. It was great the first time, but why'd you wanna do it again?

    • @kieranmilner4208
      @kieranmilner4208 6 днів тому

      You’re pretty optimistic to think that will happen again with this government

    • @Real-Agent-Meta
      @Real-Agent-Meta 6 днів тому

      @kieranmilner4208 it was sarcasm. I know they can't do anything since they don't even got a full Division formed

  • @LegalizeMarinara3D
    @LegalizeMarinara3D 16 днів тому +1

    I have never heard someone more italian
    good vid btw

  • @xhagast
    @xhagast 11 місяців тому

    My first complaint about the remake is, why do it? Hollywood is crazy stupid about remakes, with dismal results. GOOD.

  • @hunt3rv221
    @hunt3rv221 4 дні тому +1

    reddawn remaster but it is in 1980' and with original plot of soviets invading usa etc...

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 6 днів тому +1

    I guess I’m the only one who prefers the more hopeful note the remake ended on.

    • @Fulcrox
      @Fulcrox 4 дні тому +1

      Yup, it was an anticlimatic ending pointing to a fake sequel

  • @Wfalen
    @Wfalen 14 днів тому

    It's weird how many bad Patrick Swayze movie remakes we got.
    I just hope no one will try to remake Ghost.

  • @dmonsterlove
    @dmonsterlove 9 місяців тому +1

    We need more "bad guys" like ernesto bella

  • @FleshStick360
    @FleshStick360 4 дні тому

    I thought red beret was Spetznaz and blue was VDV (Russian airborne.)

  • @bluedul904
    @bluedul904 День тому

    Somehow Homefront The Revolution made more senses

  • @Irondrone4
    @Irondrone4 3 дні тому

    I had the pleasure of introducing my friends to the original Red Dawn after they showed me the remake. I'm happy to say that they all loved the original after the dull slog that was the remake.

  • @patriotgamerz1482
    @patriotgamerz1482 2 дні тому

    I know I’m outnumbered here but having seen both movies, sure there are some flaws in the second one but I honestly loved both. The remake is still a fun watch.

  • @Justin666i
    @Justin666i 4 дні тому

    Because Robert! has an arc!

  • @surrelljr
    @surrelljr 6 місяців тому

    I worked all night in the oilfield, drove back home and stayed up all day to watch the remake at 5pm and was REALLY disappointed. I had a WTF moment. I was on deployment when the original came out and really didn’t hear anything about it, so I caught it during a matinee off base downtown. I had to rewatch it because I couldn’t believe I never heard anything about it, and after the second time I REALLY liked it. I will continue to watch it from time to time, the remake? Probably to just look at what the video pointed out. It’s bad.

  • @feefreyer8506
    @feefreyer8506 10 годин тому

    blue barret does not mean spetznas

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 7 днів тому +4

    In the original.....it's very sad and disturbing that attacking Soviet paratroopers deleted less staff and students than most lone school pewpewers IRL.

  • @CasperTheRamKnight
    @CasperTheRamKnight 6 днів тому +1

    6:41 steve harvey

  • @paulgardner5079
    @paulgardner5079 Місяць тому

    I love the original red Dawn. Saw it at the Astro drive in in Dallas when it came out

  • @larsharris
    @larsharris 3 місяці тому

    I want to watch this just to see if it’s as bad as I remember. The original? Excellent. The errors just made it more authentic. Iirc the actors spent weeks learning, and shooting real weapons systems. Just like with John Wick. Him training with real guns/ammo on targets you learn how to actually look like you are firing the rounds. What surprised me. As late as 1950 they actually used live ammo in gun scenes. “You lean out fire TWO blanks fast. You duck behind this corner BEHIND THIS MARK. They will fire a burst into corner. WHEN IT STOPS you pop out fire 3 rds duck back”. If you stick any body part out it might get shot off.

  • @Xis-ql5pj
    @Xis-ql5pj 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the comparison. So I don't waste my time on the 2bd one

  • @somerandomswimmer2726
    @somerandomswimmer2726 5 місяців тому +1

    If they kept the Chinese plot, it probably would of been a lot better

    • @ScottWiecenski
      @ScottWiecenski 5 місяців тому

      They changed the enemy from Red China to North Korea because they found out that China is like the second most movie attending country on the planet and if they had left China as the bad guy, they would have lost out on a lot of ticket sales. That's the truth of why the change was made. North Korea, however is a different story. Nobody can offord to go see a movie, so no ticket sales are lost.

  • @Prepping_is_wise
    @Prepping_is_wise 3 місяці тому +1

    The remake wasn't half as good as the original.. these remakes need to stay closer to the originals..

  • @richardmendoza738
    @richardmendoza738 8 місяців тому +1

    Spokane is NOT on the coast people

  • @dennisclarkofficial
    @dennisclarkofficial Місяць тому

    I can only imagine how bad the remake is in this day and age

  • @THEKhalGerat
    @THEKhalGerat 6 днів тому

    The remake is fucking shitty that my satisfaction went away and had to rewatch the original one

  • @mattyoshimoto284
    @mattyoshimoto284 6 місяців тому

    this is halarious gj

  • @Mr.M19845
    @Mr.M19845 День тому

    if you even think this is the worst thing about the movie, just to let you know it was funded by the supposed to be antagonist in the movie the CCP i mean Chinese PLA.

  • @badas45
    @badas45 2 роки тому +1

    They should have traded Drake and Joshes characters

  • @chrispatrick414
    @chrispatrick414 3 місяці тому

    Honestly the remake would have been a considerable amount better if they just had someone else instead of Josh Peck lol

  • @andengrotary_96
    @andengrotary_96 7 місяців тому

    Chris Hemsworth are comparison on top the same with Patrick Swayze 😅

  • @marcosaguilar518
    @marcosaguilar518 Рік тому

    amazing video

  • @ML8443
    @ML8443 5 місяців тому

    It’s much better than the point break reboot 💁🏻‍♂️

  • @kevinstrade2752
    @kevinstrade2752 5 місяців тому

    Yeah....the remake is a mix...somethings they did were better....others were step backwards.... The first will always be a masterpiece and a blazing symbol of the cold war.

  • @Barrett619
    @Barrett619 2 місяці тому

    People who hate the remake only do so to hold onto nostalgia. As good as the original was, everything about it is literally terrible. The acting, sound affects, honesty the plot. None of its great.

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому +1

      Or because the remake actually was inferior to the original. The sound effects were great for the 80s, and the plot was relevant considering the movie came out during the Cold War. And you can’t tell me that movie had any bad acting scenes, even if it is over the top, that’s still better than doing too little like for some cases in the remake.

  • @valyshknee4203
    @valyshknee4203 5 місяців тому

    red dawn was already bad on its own so nothing was lost, the movie was balant propaganda and honestly none of it made sense, Like come on now, Screaming and crying when their own people get massacred but when massacring soviets right back even when they are in tears begging for mercy suddenly its okay and cool?, parts of the movie where it would have made sense for the script to go like, "Wait, The commies are human beings too just like us, Is killing them execution style a bad thing maybe?" they never did, even when there was a traitor, The kid saying his father set him up and he was under brutal pressure, likely threatening the deaths of his family members to become a rat for the soviets, and then executed him for it even after the explanation.
    then also the impossible blindness of the spetznas scene with the rat, where you had elite soviet special forces walking thru the woods, somehow not seeing the girl with her black hair in the middle of the white snow staring at them with a machine gun 10 metres away, I mean come on now these aren't recruit soldiers its the fucking spetznas.
    Like i know movies from this time period are already crazy with their logic like terminator, and rambo, but what is different with them is that they were badass and made sense, people like rambo actually existed, There was a belgian veteran 2 years ago that went rogue in belgium for example, apparently having a sniper rifle and a anti-tank launcher on hand, since he was so experienced and a commando with multiple combat missions under his belt, Even the soldiers of the regular army were afraid to enter the woods where he was hiding because the thing is, Just like Rambo 1, They wouldn't have been hunting him, But he would have been hunting them in those woods,
    And well with Terminator its a machine made of steel beating the shit out of everything, But what red dawn did was too bad and made 0 sense or logic, even in the slightest it failed to make any sense, As in any realistic scenario the teenage boys with their hunting experience would have easily been cleared out, As hunting experience isn't combat training.

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому +1

      You know, someone could make an entire video disproving every point you’re making here. I’ll just say this though: There is a difference between propaganda and patriotism.

  • @mchlfr1245
    @mchlfr1245 4 місяці тому

    I love the remake

  • @Mr_D_The_1st
    @Mr_D_The_1st 6 днів тому

    you wanna experience the real red dawn?play freedom fighters instead nevermind the remake.

  • @johnnotrealname8168
    @johnnotrealname8168 5 місяців тому

    It is not great, the premise just makes you burst into cacophonous laughs but it is okay.

  • @tommyedwards9231
    @tommyedwards9231 Місяць тому

    I liked them both ,

  • @gooddog2001
    @gooddog2001 Місяць тому

    The movie is stupid beyond words. It is dumb with a capital V.

  • @johnwest7463
    @johnwest7463 2 роки тому +2

    The original was way way better the new onethat come out sucked

    • @darius_alex2043
      @darius_alex2043 Рік тому

      I agree. Story and character wise the original is much better. But in terms of the actual invasion I prefer the 2012 remake. Now hear me out in the beginning they specifically state that North Korea is the world's fourth army. And to me it makes more sense fot them to drop on the coast than in the middle of the country. Also it states that the Russia also invaded the East coast and there is something at the Mexican border. So North Korea wasn't really alone in this. Also it a problem I have with the 84 invasion is that from the moment if the paradropping the enemy has tanks and IFVs. In the remake however it shows that the paratroopers use captured HMMWVs and then it shows the actual equipment being shipped to the front lines.

  • @jamespaguip5913
    @jamespaguip5913 3 дні тому

    The remake is so bad it’s as bad as high school musical lol.

  • @pregifted1591
    @pregifted1591 Рік тому

    its rlly not that bad, you guys are just picky for no reason

  • @s.patrick6136
    @s.patrick6136 4 місяці тому

    The original rocks … the remake sucks. Nuff said

  • @pavelgadalin
    @pavelgadalin 5 днів тому

    I love goon tv

  • @Rick79LUFC
    @Rick79LUFC 5 місяців тому

    The remake wasn't all that bad lol its never making the best movies ever made category..but for a first watch it was OK lol 😆

  • @-Castial-
    @-Castial- 6 днів тому

    just rewatched the original and remake and ohhh boy the remake suck ass

  • @robertpolanco1973
    @robertpolanco1973 2 місяці тому +2

    Personally, I HATED both the 1984 and 2012 versions of "Red Dawn" because they were nothing but typical right-wing propaganda films with jingoistic and negative themes in those films! 😠👎

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому +1

      In the case of the ‘84 version, you’d have a point if it was released today. But keep in mind that the Cold War was still going on when that movie came out, so the plot was something that people actually feared would happen and could’ve happened. It’s not propaganda, people back then would’ve seen it more as a dystopian. Like I don’t see anyone calling the fallout games and show propaganda. Just like Red Dawn, it shows a future American after it suffered a war against a communist nation.

    • @robertpolanco1973
      @robertpolanco1973 Місяць тому +1

      @@Matt-wb8ni Well, I really DO NOT agree with you on your rather ridiculous comment about the original 1984 film "Red Dawn"! Besides, I know and understand of what propaganda is and this movie was made from a demented right-wing filmmaker's point of view anyway! Also, I don't think it matters about whether it or not a film like "Red Dawn" would be released in any period of time either! After all, I just know that the Cold War was the biggest JOKE of an era that ever happened and films and TV shows that depict the era would NEVER be accepted by some people, IF NOT ALL, that is! So please DON'T EVER tell me otherwise because I will NEVER believe certain people like you on this issue!

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому +2

      @@robertpolanco1973 you lost all credibility when you called the Cold War era a joke. You think political tensions are high now? The Cold War era is probably the closest we’ve ever been to having a nuclear war.

    • @robertpolanco1973
      @robertpolanco1973 Місяць тому +1

      @@Matt-wb8ni You know what, Matty, I don't give a fuck about how serious the Cold War was and I blame the West for having started it from pure disagreement with the supposed socialist countries to all-out conflict with proxy wars and vicious propaganda campaigns as well! Besides, I really DO NOT have to take any sort of crap from people like you who really think and believe in such a ridiculous era as the Cold War anyway, you pathetic numbnut fool!

    • @Courier-number-6
      @Courier-number-6 25 днів тому +1

      retard.

  • @SteveKaye-yl7te
    @SteveKaye-yl7te 11 місяців тому

    When in the first red Dawn do the wolverines kill civilians? The Russians executed the civilians, and this narrator makes the jump that they are responsible for that, that’s quite a leap, I believe the perspective of freedom fighter or terrorist agrument is cultural, in the west especially in America the value of human life is much greater then in let’s say any Islamic dictatorship in the Middle East, and definitely Hamas, so that’s why so many debate and disagree on this, it’s just a theory, but it makes sense

  • @prestige_materials
    @prestige_materials Рік тому

    ....for six years. Hahahaha

  • @lucasrobin3213
    @lucasrobin3213 2 дні тому

    erd durn

  • @BBC42618
    @BBC42618 Рік тому +12

    A old Soviet soldier was asked one time if the Soviet Union ever had plans for an invasion of homeland USA. He said yes but because of the second amendment and gun ownership in America the idea was dropped. Millions of armed civilians would have made any such invasions turn into a complete failure.

  • @RotneybotOfficial
    @RotneybotOfficial 6 днів тому

    I disagree. Both the original and remake are fun and enjoyable to watch.

  • @southsidecompton9668
    @southsidecompton9668 2 роки тому +4

    They both are good movies, but in the remake it's way better when the Marines show up. Plus the main Character was a Marine as well and he shows the Wolverines the tactics to survive and fight against the North Koreans.

    • @mickusa5338
      @mickusa5338 Рік тому +5

      No they are not both good movies. The remake is absolute irredeemable trash

    • @southsidecompton9668
      @southsidecompton9668 Рік тому

      @@mickusa5338 why?

    • @noobie1890
      @noobie1890 Рік тому +4

      The remake rushed everything…
      The original kept the downed Air Force pilot for a short period and killed him off, leaving the children to be the heroes of the story yet again.
      The whole idea is being left on your own against a power far larger and greater than a couple of kids should be able to handle.
      At the end of the day, this is a terrible remake that piggybacked off of the success of the original. The original wasn’t even a good film…it wasn’t awful, but it surely wasn’t the best.
      It was only popular because the 80’s was a time where the threat of communist influence from the Soviets, was something the USA was worried about.
      Anti-commie movies were popping out left and right (Rocky, Rambo, War Games, Invasion USA). If it didn’t have to do with fighting communism, they made the antagonist a Soviet.
      This movie would have done far better if it did it’s own thing with the same premise. All they had to do was change the names of the characters and title of the film.

  • @nathanapplegate5374
    @nathanapplegate5374 5 днів тому

    Nothing was awful about the remake. It’s better than the original. If you think North Korea invading America with Russian assistance is absurd, then just wait til you learn that Cuba was the co invader in the original.
    Location: the remake happens in and around Spokane which is a major city with industrial and economic value. The original happens in the middle of New Mexico small town arid nowhere that is apparently of importance to the communists because movie.

  • @Ghostsniper-o8l
    @Ghostsniper-o8l 5 днів тому

    I like the the 2012 red dawn better than the other one

  • @bobduncanvevo6969
    @bobduncanvevo6969 Рік тому

    the fake accent pretty hard to understand

  • @naginato4841
    @naginato4841 8 днів тому

    Tf you talkin about, the original red dawn felt like it was made by a 11 year old in 15 minutes. The new red dawn made more sense in just about every way.

  • @sime1071
    @sime1071 6 місяців тому

    I hated both movies, the original because its propaganda made me feel that the emotional moments were manipulative. I hated the remake more, because at least the original had some identity and it was decent as an action film, while the remake its just a boring, forgattable and generic action film.

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD 6 місяців тому +3

      It can't be called propaganda when Russia essentially behaves worse than the Soviets in the movie. If anything, John Milnus didn't go far enough.

    • @Matt-wb8ni
      @Matt-wb8ni Місяць тому

      @@ChucksSEADnDEAD that’s honestly a good point

  • @TheJokesterSCR
    @TheJokesterSCR 2 роки тому +4

    Oh, shut up. The remake is fucking dope. I like both versions equally. My ONLY grip with the remake is that it's not rated R. It definitely could have been better if it was, but it was still solid.

    • @Alex-rn8vu
      @Alex-rn8vu 2 роки тому +17

      Great counter argument, way to go

    • @willnailer2118
      @willnailer2118 2 роки тому +1

      The remake was dogshit 🐕

    • @Rawyalty220
      @Rawyalty220 2 роки тому +1

      It was dope but cheesy at the same time

    • @southsidecompton9668
      @southsidecompton9668 2 роки тому +2

      I watched both and I prefer the remake

    • @mickusa5338
      @mickusa5338 Рік тому

      it's absolutely not solid. Its literal shit

  • @mauriceortiz8817
    @mauriceortiz8817 Рік тому

    The remake is superior. And I am a fan of the original. You just don't like it because you're a foreigner to the US and the remake doesn't waste it's time with typical woke crap. And I, generally, characterize myself as woke. But a villain is a villain.
    As far as North Korea invading it's as much BS as Cuba or the Soviet Union invading the US.
    So terrible comparison. Try again.

    • @nickmitsialis
      @nickmitsialis Рік тому

      IT only makes sense if Mexico gets 'Cubanized'; The USSR and Revolutionary Mexican Armed Forces try to 'reclaim stolen lands (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Alaska if we want to have the USSR want to take back old Russian land) so, with their larger population, THEY are at the front line; Cuba and whatever other Central American Revolutionary governments take care of 'rear area security' because of their smaller populations and manpower.
      OF COURSE...all that can only happen if a US government is in place that is so weak and passive, they'll allow the USSR to build up an ally and a base RIGHT on the US Border

    • @noobie1890
      @noobie1890 Рік тому +2

      This shouldn’t have even been called a “remake”. Why bother? Just give it another title and change the names of the characters.
      They only kept the *Red Dawn* title to sell tickets and gain attention. This movie could have easily been a success if it just changed the characters and title because it’s absolutely NOTHING like the original.
      Just because you keep the names of the original characters in the film, doesn’t mean you need to call your movie a remake.

  • @dhi7058
    @dhi7058 Рік тому

    I actually liked the remake you just seem kinda like a hater rn

    • @mickusa5338
      @mickusa5338 Рік тому +1

      nope. He is right and your taste in movies is shit

  • @xushijaslayerx9165
    @xushijaslayerx9165 7 днів тому

    Esta película es especialmente cruel, y me parece bastante hipócrita de tu parte, teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de basura que hablaste de las películas de propaganda china, que sí, son películas de propaganda. En especial esta me parece cruel, porque plantea una invasión totalmente ficticia e imposible de realizar a Estados Unidos, que iba a manos de países latinoamericanos pequeños, claro, apoyados por la Unión Soviética, pero cuya punta de lanza eran nicaragüenses y cubanos, personas de países que habían sufrido invasiones de Estados Unidos, y que en ningún momento tenían la capacidad y realmente la intención de invadir Estados Unidos, únicamente para crear la idea en el público estadounidense de que eran la víctima, pues en absoluto eran la víctima. Durante la Guerra Fría en Latinoamérica, ellos impulsaron dictaduras, impulsaron persecución política y genocidio al pueblo, sin necesariamente que este estuviera presa del comunismo o que fuera comunista. Para ejemplo, vean los casos de las desapariciones en toda Latinoamérica. Así que me parece muy despreciable que se siga viendo esta película como algo cruel, cuando detrás de ella esconden los estragos del imperialismo y la hipocresía estadounidense.