You know what's great? The creator of the original series had no idea they were making this until the trailer came out. No one even bothered to consult her on it. Food for thought.
To be fair, not all adaptations of source material need to be accurate to be good. In the interest of fairness, I would also point out that Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and A Clockwork Orange are both considered classic films, while both be very different from their source material and hated by the creators of their source materials. Also yes, that comment is intended to be read in Phelan's Tobe Fair voice.
Geoffrey Sorkin But the difference between those two movies with every other movie that changes its source material was that Stanley Kubrick was a great director and those other movies usually don't have anything good in their production.
It shows. Doubtless it's one of those DC/Marvel bullshit where the "writer" read a summary of the show, maybe watched a couple of the most popular episodes, ripped off a couple plot points from those and called it good.
+LeoFan93 Yeah, never trust a movie that advertises itself as "From the studio that brought you..." Cause remember, that studio has brought you garbage before.
I understand and respect that Brian retired from doing Midnight Screenings, but I do really miss him. Him and Brad always had such great conversations about movies.
I think the view count of this has already surpassed the box office of Jem. And yes, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is a fucking masterpiece, great call.
+Stephanie Crawford Not even close (Jem grossed 1.3 million on opening weekend; making back just a little over a 1/4 of the 5 million budget they had for this trip).
Will Maina I don't think there are any like this. I'd be tempted to compare it to artsy-fartsy indie movies for the fact that the people who when to see it were critics, but those types of movies are as far from nostalgia-based cash-grabs as you can get.
You could have said that The Misfits were in the second half and most people wouldn't know they were in the film. Kind of like how everyone thinks Hellraiser Revelations is a found footage film when only the first 10-15 minutes are found footage.
I heard a rumor that the original script was a generic coming of age band movie, but when the proposed version of Jem (which was supposed to be immensely faithful to the source material) was rejected, Jon Chu took a look at this script, and changed the names to fit Jem and The Holograms.
+EquesTron (formerly FFF1987) Ok. This is probably going to be the blame game but, I heard, that Jon Chu actually turned in an accurate adaptation of the 80s cartoon but the studio said it was too ridiculous and forced him to make this wreck.
The movie did so badly that it was pulled from theaters after only two weeks, ending its run on November 5th, with a gross of $2,184,640. It opened at #15, with a mere $1,375,320 from 2,413 theaters, for an embarrassing average of $570 per venue, meaning that at an average ticket price of $8.34, about 68 tickets were sold per theater over the weekend, less than 5 people per showing. The week after that, it plummeted 72%, to just $387,925, while expanding to 2,417 theaters, and averaged a microscopic $160 per venue, meaning only about 19 tickets were sold per theater, only 1 or 2 people per showing.
Ugh. I was a huge fan of Jem as a little kid. I haven't seen the film but I've seen trailers and reviews. "There's no self-aware super-computer with the ability to produce artificial images and sound indistinguishable from the real thing?" "Nope. Its a lil' robot." "What about the rival band with their comically villainous manager?" "Nope. But there's a teaser of them [maybe] after the credits..?" Fuck. That. Bullshit. The thing that really pisses me off is that I always had kind of wished *somebody* would remember Jem and make a live-action film someday and we got *this*. Now, my 10yr-old niece's generation is stuck with this lackluster waste of time instead of the colorful animated soap-opera I grew up watching. (as a side note: Molly Ringwald is alright but they kind of just made up a role for her. Jerrica originally didn't have any living relatives other than her sister and her foster-sisters and they were all in their twenties when her father died)
I used to watch the show a little when I was a kid, and I could see just from the trailer it was a "no budget movie" that, not only did it not have anything to do with Jem, but it didn't have anything fun about it either. Jem was an 80's period show, and the 80's had some really goofy but fun/funny shit going on in media and in the real world. That's what made the era, and the tv shows during that era so good in my eyes. This movie didn't have 1 scrap of that funness.
When Doug and Rob Walker did "Real Thoughts on Jem and the Holograms", Rob mentioned he showed the Jem trailer to Spoony, who never watched the show at all. But when he watched the trailer, he also knew this movie was gonna be a piece of shit.
@@TheRoflcer I was in a similar situation when I first saw the trailer for The Last Airbender. At the time I still didn't watch the show yet but I knew the movie was going to suck. And now that I watched the complete series, it hurts even more.
After listening to Brad and Brian's hilarious conversation about UA-cam, I was thinking about leaving a joke troll comment like "Dude. Like. What the hell? I thought this was an actual screening of the movie. Who are these two guys?"
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You're better off watching the original 80's series on Netflix. (Just keep in mind the animation for 1st 5 eps is VERY choppy, as it was done by a different studio). After that it becomes smooth like G.I. Joe, Transformers & X-Men.
Jem's rival band The Misfits (super bitchy group, bent on destroying her, even setting her house on fire & kidnapping her foster girls, lmao!) are prob the best thing. In the 3rd season they add a new rival band The Stingers, (a guy lead singer with 2 girls) who are just as devious & cause chaos for everyone, lol. -- The new adult collector dolls are pretty kewl too.
I'm wondering how the employees reacted when they saw Brad and Brian go in. "Oh yeah lmao you're just coming in here so that you can tell us that we could've been screening something better-" "..." "Wait. You're seriously going here. By yourselves." "...Are you *sure* you won't need a refund?" "...Right actually just take everything for free we don't even give a shit anymore"
23:22 At the oft chance the film gets a Blu-ray reprint, I want that quote to be a blurb on the front cover. "The stakes have never been lower." - "Slaver" Brian Lewis
It should have really played up the dad having a favorite aspect. Like half way through the movie the sister can't take it anymore and quits. She then creates The Misfits to try and outshine her sister. It's now about two sisters trying to out do eachother. There I just made the movie 10x better. It would still be a shit movie but at least there would have been actual conflict.
Jem and the Holograms could've been a lot better (although that isn't saying much)if they hadn't surgically removed the entire 80's out of it. It's like saying "Hey, let's make a movie about KISS, but remove all of the glam." Does that sound stupid to you too? They should've immersed themselves with pure 80's look and feel and ran with it to the point of absurdity.
I was 8-10 when Jem was on. I watched the show regularly, especially the first season because, and this proves the show was made by straight males, nearly every episode had one of the bands hanging out in swimsuits. That being said how you go from 20 something year old adults running a business, forming a band, taking care of orphaned girls and traveling around the world while nearly being killed, and yes there were many near death scenes in that show, by their sadistic rivals to whatever this movie is. UMMMMMM.....
The director was so touched by Justin Beiber (from doing 2 of Beiber's documentaries) that he tried to turn Jem into Justin Beiber, but with a band. So stupid.
Man, I'm not even a fan of the original and I'm annoyed. They had such a ridiculous premise and they did NOTHING with it. Even if it still didn't come out good it would have at least be fun, but nooooooooo, lets just paint by the numbers and slap nostalgia on it.
+Benevolent Witness right?! That's what pisses me off, Hollywood makes a shitty movie and cuz they can't write they will blame it on the audience and say there's no market for female driven films. The story sux, don't matter if u put Jem in the tittle when there's no cohesive story!!!
You know, I'll be the 1st bastard to say this, but GI Joe (specially the 2nd movie) actually had the stuff from GI JOE and be as over the top and stupid as the cartoon was.
I totally remember this cartoon show, and from the review it sounds like they vomited pink fake soda all over the Jem and the Holograms. It sounds like a train wreck. The cartoon was basically Josie and the Pussycats meets the Spice Girls and Cindy Lauper. This movie sounds like it got literally everything wrong. Dead parents? Sister? What? Did they think they were doing Batman?
That was a dick move on the filmmaker's part. They asked for fan videos talking about how much they loved the ORIGINAL Jem from the 80's, then the assholes used the footage to make it look like the fans were talking the non-Jem from this piece of shit movie.
I am a HUGE fan of Jem and the Hologram and I didn't see this movie nor am I going to. What is odd is that a Jem and the Hologram movie COULD have been amazing! The show (honestly everyone should see it once) was so hilariously corny with death traps, sudden music videos, and over the top villains (with surprising depth) that it was MADE for a just flat out balls to the wall comedy.
So, it's the basic garbage band hits it big, gets noticed by record label, label wants only the prettiest girl to go solo, band hates lead, torn apart, brought back together, plays shitty concert, roll credits. Yeah, didn't Saved By The Bell do this 20+ years ago with that Zack Attack episode? And that was more entertaining.
+MarsGundam $5 million budget and it bombed hard enough it won't make it back. This movie I think will serve as a counter to the argument of "this remake wasn't made for you". Shit like this isn't made for anyone.
+DrunkOtakuTV It barely made 1/4 of its budget back on their opening weekend (1.3million). Now that's fucking sad. At least the chances of a sequel happening are bare to none.
The Transformers do stay in car mode a lot in the movies. Usually while the humans are spouting exposition. Which is what they should be doing, but you know, special effects budget and stuff. One thing they could do to combat this(and heck, maybe even cut out useless human main characters like Shia and Marky Mark) is introduce something they have in the comics: holo-matter avatars. Basically holograms of people that can they use to talk to each other or scope out populated areas while still remaining in vehicle mode. You know, like robots in disguise. Instead of having to drive into the middle of the desert to transform and talk about what their plan to be Megatron is going to be, they can just pull into a parking lot and have their avatars get out and go sit in a diner or something. Or if they have to infiltrate 'secret army base', they can just park outside, have their avatar dress up in the base uniform and stroll right inside. You could even throw in some joke where say maybe Bumblebee's avatar is a hot blonde and some guy comes up to him/her and hits on her. It would also help with their believably when they're driving by themselves. Instead of blacked out windows, you just have the avatar actor sitting in the driving seat. Or their stunt double for stunt work. I really wish they would reboot Transformers, GI Joe, and Jem at this point. Just so we could get them into a shared universe like the Marvel cinematic universe. I think Hasbro even expressed interest in doing that years ago. I think it was called Project U.N.I.T.E. or something like that. And just like how things like Tony Stark's Iron Man suit sparked new advancements in weapons and technology in the Marvel universe, the Transformers' alien technology could do the same in Hasbro's. The Autobots share technology with GI Joe, which is then stolen by COBRA. Even Jem's Holograms could be reverse engineered from the Transformers holo-avatars. Sorry for the long post, but jeez! These movies are so badly handled. Especially when compared to Marvel movies. Even after all this time they've learned nothing. Trust the source material. Don't try and re-invent the wheel. It worked for a reason.
Didn't the Transformers also have facsimile constructs? Like installed blow-up dolls to look like drivers/pilots and/or passengers to fool people as they went past? I'm going on the 1980s Marvel UK continuity, btw.
this is from Jason Blum. the guy who produced Paranormal Activity 6, Sinister 2, The Gallows, The Lazarus Effect, Insidious 3, and his flying pile of dung Oujia.
Nolan Vogel He also directed and produced the first Paranormal Activity movie, the best in the entire series (I also liked The Marked Ones, despite some stupid decisions, The Ghost Dimension can go to hell). You only seemed to bring up his shitty films as if he _never_ made anything good. In fact, bringing up the good films he made will make the quality of this film even more baffling considering he should’ve known better.
The first time I ever heard of Jem and the Holograms was when Nostalgia Chick reviewed it so I'm glad I'm not alone in not knowing much about Jem. Just hearing that the director wanted this to be the "origin" film makes me want to throw things at this movie. I'm so tired of every fucking film being the "origin" to a franchise. It's already bad enough that most films being made now are an adaptation of a book/old film/game/tv show/toy. It can be done well but considering there's way too many of these films, most aren't that good.
Thanks, Jon M. Chu. You've left a path of destruction in your wake. G.I Joe: Retaliation, Jem and the Holograms, Now You See Me 2, the list of shit is endless.
5:07 Wow, I didn't know Terrence Malick pitched a _Ninja Turtles_ movie! 19:45 Do you _really_ think that many Los Angelenos are getting raptured? 34:03 Ooh, someone else who works for a large company.
1:46 Funny, i recently learned one of my college dorm floormates was on a double Dutch team in War Room. I still hate the movie, but it was fun to know. XD
I was expecting like twelve comments of you tracing your reaction to the first episode. "13 minutes in. Feeling fairly outrageous, rather than TRULY outrageous."
The original show made me aware of girls. I mostly just remember a scene where Jem run after a purcenatsher,in a bikini. The new comic book look realy good.
In a world in which the highly underrated Josie and the Pussycats movie exists, I don't understand why one would bother making this movie, especially since it sounds like there was no effort to make this any kind of campy fun, or even the kind of references to the show that would make this a positive experience for parents who grew up with the original and want to share their nostalgia with their teenage daughters.
I admit, I am not a huge expert on Musicians and their Agents, but I don't think most solo careers originating from a band or musical group happened as the result of a contract that outright stated they HAD to go solo or else. In my years watching groups turn solo, most of the stories I heard were that it was either the result of egos, derision within the band/group, or a personal choice. If any company was involved it was usually suggested or coaxed into it. Though, maybe I am wrong and there was a case where the same thing that happened to Jem in the movie going solo did happen in real-life?
WOW this movie BOMBED. Debuted at 15th at the box office with 1.3m on a 5 million dollar budget. I mean when you can't even recoup your 5 million dollar budget on something that is milking 80's nostalgia in this day and age you KNOW you done fucked up.
When I was on the Escapist one time, I read a sarcastic comment underneath a Green Lantern review. Then another commenter who didn't realize it was sarcasm tried to correct him. Then literally 70 other commenters all replied to him to sternly inform him that it was, indeed, sarcasm. DO NOT. BE STUPID. ON THE INTERNET.
One day I hope Brad and Brian just bring in a couple of blow up dolls that are fully dressed and just sit with them in the theater. Not doing anything with them but just sit next to them as if they were their dates (maybe buy them their own drink or something). Just so when the usher comes in he would see 2 grown men watching a kids movie sitting next to blow up dolls as if this was all completely normal.
8:02 One thing, as BrYan Fuller makes great shows, especially his latest, 'Hannibal'. Also, BrYan Singer is the reason many X-Men movies are really good.
And let's not forget the truly, truly sleazy thing the people who made the movie did.. They asked fans of the Jem cartoons to make a video saying how Jem changed or influenced your life or inspired you, people sent in tons of footage saying how the cartoon helped them like themselves, and be OK with who they are, etc, and the film sleaze included those videos in the movie, edited to seem like the fans were actually talking about the movie! And you can see the cartoon in the background of a lot of the fan vids, even. So fucked up, sleazy and manipulative.
Looking back on the cartoon... I don't think Kimber (Jerrica's sister) got anything from her dad, which probably explains her "loose caboose" through out the series. She's got some *big time* daddy issues!
Anyone find it weird that their rival band is called The Misfits and there is the horror punk band called The Misfits who performed during the time of the series that's confusing as hell
Yeah, I'm with you, Brad. No idea about this show. Jem was not one of those novel 80's cartoons that got syndicated in the mid-2000's. Most of my knowledge, when it comes to old shows, comes from there.
I lllloooooved the cartoon, was duly crushed by the movie. I was SO STOKED when I first heard they made a Jem movie, even went for the Sephora makeup tie-in. Such potential! Nostalgia bank! Merchandise! Girl Power! KESHA SHOULD’VE STARRED IN THIS - AMIRITE?! I AM. Just watch Spice World. Or Josie & the Pussycats. Or the actual Jem.
Knowing how badly they misunderstood everything else, I wouldn't be surprised if this movie did put the sister Kimber in that room to hear the message and after hearing all that stuff, she just says, "I knew it. My dad did love me." I'll bet they didn't even realize the horrible implications of that scene and would have had Kimber say something stupid like that after she's casually referenced as an afterthought. I would love to have seen Brad and Brian's reactions if THAT is how it happened.
Jason Blum. Jason Blum made this and said anyone who complained about it being nothing like the show should " adjust their expectations". Does Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends and The Exorcist Believer surprise anyone? AND did Molly Ringwald have red hair in The Stand?
Around 05:00 there's a mention of it being an origin story and what other kind of origins we'd have if other movies followed a similar arc. So basically it's like a Fantastic Four movie where they'd get their powers and get together using them for the greater good in the last 20 or so minutes... Just like this year's Fant4stic reboot ?! (though Fant4stic still seems like a better movie, but I haven't seen Jem - not sure when it comes out over here - and I kinda liked Fant4stic)
It hurts that Juliette Lewis has been relegated to movies like this. My favorite of her films is "Strange Days". Yes, "Strange Days" is my favorite Juliette Lewis movie.
If you want a good adaptation of Jem and the holograms, read the new comics. The art style is amazing, the characters are actually likeable and they still stay true to the original story. It's actually really good
You know what's great? The creator of the original series had no idea they were making this until the trailer came out. No one even bothered to consult her on it. Food for thought.
SageSledge So it’s a similar situation to the PPG reboot.
To be fair, not all adaptations of source material need to be accurate to be good. In the interest of fairness, I would also point out that Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and A Clockwork Orange are both considered classic films, while both be very different from their source material and hated by the creators of their source materials.
Also yes, that comment is intended to be read in Phelan's Tobe Fair voice.
Geoffrey Sorkin But the difference between those two movies with every other movie that changes its source material was that Stanley Kubrick was a great director and those other movies usually don't have anything good in their production.
It shows. Doubtless it's one of those DC/Marvel bullshit where the "writer" read a summary of the show, maybe watched a couple of the most popular episodes, ripped off a couple plot points from those and called it good.
@@geoffreysorkin5774 Same with One flew Over the Coocoo's Nest. Author hated the movie.
To paraphrase Film Brain, "You know your movie is in trouble when it's being sold as 'From the STUDIO that brought you PITCH PERFECT.' "
+ErringZeus or Pan being advertised "from the studio that brought you Harry Potter"
+LeoFan93 Yeah, never trust a movie that advertises itself as "From the studio that brought you..." Cause remember, that studio has brought you garbage before.
+LeoFan93 or how the woman in black 2 was being promoted with "from the PRODUCERS of THE WOMAN IN BLACK"
+Zice033 Pitch Perfect was an alright movie, as is it's squeal. Wasn't great, but it was alright. But yeah, THIS movie is shite.
From the STUDIO that brought you X-Men Days of Future Past, Fant4stic!
I understand and respect that Brian retired from doing Midnight Screenings, but I do really miss him.
Him and Brad always had such great conversations about movies.
Why did he retire?
@@stephenwyatt88 I honestly don't know. Something about not having time anymore. Part of the problem is also that Brad has moved to Chicago I think.
@WJ ZAV I enjoyed their chemistry.
I think the view count of this has already surpassed the box office of Jem.
And yes, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS is a fucking masterpiece, great call.
+Stephanie Crawford Not even close (Jem grossed 1.3 million on opening weekend; making back just a little over a 1/4 of the 5 million budget they had for this trip).
Jem sold about 262,000 tickets during the 2 weeks it was in theaters.
@@CJODell12 So, less than 100,000 views to go a few years later. We can do it.
Looked up that movie, and I did not expect Roger Ebert being one of the writers of that movie.
Brad describes the Synergy thing like it's a side quest in Fallout.
Pooch Your desciption makes it sound a lot better than it was in the movie.
I think the movie made more from internet critics going to see it than from any other demographic combined.
Will Maina
I don't think there are any like this. I'd be tempted to compare it to artsy-fartsy indie movies for the fact that the people who when to see it were critics, but those types of movies are as far from nostalgia-based cash-grabs as you can get.
Well, this reaction was not truly, truly outrageous.
The Misfits were in this, but....only after the credits, and I can't imagine anyone stuck around for that.
+Hannah F I did *sob* WHY DID I WATCH THIS???
You could have said that The Misfits were in the second half and most people wouldn't know they were in the film. Kind of like how everyone thinks Hellraiser Revelations is a found footage film when only the first 10-15 minutes are found footage.
I heard a rumor that the original script was a generic coming of age band movie, but when the proposed version of Jem (which was supposed to be immensely faithful to the source material) was rejected, Jon Chu took a look at this script, and changed the names to fit Jem and The Holograms.
+EquesTron (formerly FFF1987) Ok. This is probably going to be the blame game but, I heard, that Jon Chu actually turned in an accurate adaptation of the 80s cartoon but the studio said it was too ridiculous and forced him to make this wreck.
+Talowolf Whelp, then Hasbro blame themselves that this movie flopped.
Yeah, save the interesting stuff for the sequel. Because that worked so well for the Lost in Space movie.
+Matt Lipton Don't forget the new Fantastic Four
There are a strange number of parallels between that movie and this one.
+Matt Lipton Or The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Hopefully it not making back the money made to make it will prevent any sequels.
+Scott Sandler Yeah say that to the TMNT 2014's sequel :P
The movie did so badly that it was pulled from theaters after only two weeks, ending its run on November 5th, with a gross of $2,184,640. It opened at #15, with a mere $1,375,320 from 2,413 theaters, for an embarrassing average of $570 per venue, meaning that at an average ticket price of $8.34, about 68 tickets were sold per theater over the weekend, less than 5 people per showing. The week after that, it plummeted 72%, to just $387,925, while expanding to 2,417 theaters, and averaged a microscopic $160 per venue, meaning only about 19 tickets were sold per theater, only 1 or 2 people per showing.
Are you helping Brad script his upcoming Cinema Snob review, because you're doing a great job!
Maria Isabel Martinez LOL No. I was just putting it out there.
Wow that's actually kind of sad LOL
That thumbnail is legendary!!! XD
Ugh. I was a huge fan of Jem as a little kid. I haven't seen the film but I've seen trailers and reviews. "There's no self-aware super-computer with the ability to produce artificial images and sound indistinguishable from the real thing?" "Nope. Its a lil' robot." "What about the rival band with their comically villainous manager?" "Nope. But there's a teaser of them [maybe] after the credits..?"
Fuck. That. Bullshit.
The thing that really pisses me off is that I always had kind of wished *somebody* would remember Jem and make a live-action film someday and we got *this*. Now, my 10yr-old niece's generation is stuck with this lackluster waste of time instead of the colorful animated soap-opera I grew up watching.
(as a side note: Molly Ringwald is alright but they kind of just made up a role for her. Jerrica originally didn't have any living relatives other than her sister and her foster-sisters and they were all in their twenties when her father died)
*Sees time code for the video* Ooh. I don't care if it's midnight right now, I have to watch this in its entirety.
I used to watch the show a little when I was a kid, and I could see just from the trailer it was a "no budget movie" that, not only did it not have anything to do with Jem, but it didn't have anything fun about it either. Jem was an 80's period show, and the 80's had some really goofy but fun/funny shit going on in media and in the real world. That's what made the era, and the tv shows during that era so good in my eyes. This movie didn't have 1 scrap of that funness.
When Doug and Rob Walker did "Real Thoughts on Jem and the Holograms", Rob mentioned he showed the Jem trailer to Spoony, who never watched the show at all. But when he watched the trailer, he also knew this movie was gonna be a piece of shit.
You don't need to be a fan of anything to know when a trailer is god awful.
@@TheRoflcer I was in a similar situation when I first saw the trailer for The Last Airbender. At the time I still didn't watch the show yet but I knew the movie was going to suck. And now that I watched the complete series, it hurts even more.
I love how Rob acted like Spoony and that made me laugh
@@TheRoflcer Uh..duh!?!
After listening to Brad and Brian's hilarious conversation about UA-cam, I was thinking about leaving a joke troll comment like "Dude. Like. What the hell? I thought this was an actual screening of the movie. Who are these two guys?"
+KamekAdvance I'm sure someone would've replied, "Dude, this IS the movie."
Well to be fair this is more entertaining than the actual movie
The writer for the new Spider-Man reboot is tearing up his screenplay after watching this review.
WELL AAAAAACTUALLY
This video is two years old but incase you ever needed a legal factoid about signatures at a party @31:12 : it's the act of signing rather than the signature which is legally binding. You can even be legally held accountable if you sign on behalf of someone else (signing under your husband's name but you're the one who wrote the signature)
Preiss v. Le Poidevin, 19 Abb. N. Cas. 123, 9 N.Y. St. Rep. 695 (N.Y. 1887)
Sanders v. Sitton 179 Kan. 118 (1956)
Hell yeah M.A.S.K. I went back and rewatched that show in college.
A M.A.S.K movie is in development by Hasbro Studios and the producers of transformers
+Streetlight Alchemist
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I still have some of my M.A.S.K toys. 😀
I only knew one "Bryan," back in second grade.
He used to put thumb tacks on my chair.
+KiraMustDie26 He was just acting out because his parents spelled his name wrong.
+Ryan Cox Well, to be fair, I only now realized that my name is Dayne.
I...didn't even know what Jem and the Holograms was until now
You're better off watching the original 80's series on Netflix. (Just keep in mind the animation for 1st 5 eps is VERY choppy, as it was done by a different studio). After that it becomes smooth like G.I. Joe, Transformers & X-Men.
Jem's rival band The Misfits (super bitchy group, bent on destroying her, even setting her house on fire & kidnapping her foster girls, lmao!) are prob the best thing. In the 3rd season they add a new rival band The Stingers, (a guy lead singer with 2 girls) who are just as devious & cause chaos for everyone, lol. -- The new adult collector dolls are pretty kewl too.
+Tad the Rad I just know of them from Robot Chicken.
She did? I thought that was Nostalgia Critic.
+Michaela Albury He reviewed the movie. She reviewed the original cartoon
I'm wondering how the employees reacted when they saw Brad and Brian go in.
"Oh yeah lmao you're just coming in here so that you can tell us that we could've been screening something better-"
"..."
"Wait. You're seriously going here. By yourselves."
"...Are you *sure* you won't need a refund?"
"...Right actually just take everything for free we don't even give a shit anymore"
IF you want a good Jem story, read the comics. It updates the story and does it well.
almost pissed myself when Brian said "when she is watching her dad building the robot from earth to echo
"You could be replaced with anyone." Isn't that EXACTLY what this movie did to the original characters?
23:22
At the oft chance the film gets a Blu-ray reprint, I want that quote to be a blurb on the front cover.
"The stakes have never been lower." - "Slaver" Brian Lewis
It should have really played up the dad having a favorite aspect. Like half way through the movie the sister can't take it anymore and quits. She then creates The Misfits to try and outshine her sister. It's now about two sisters trying to out do eachother.
There I just made the movie 10x better. It would still be a shit movie but at least there would have been actual conflict.
Jem and the Holograms could've been a lot better (although that isn't saying much)if they hadn't surgically removed the entire 80's out of it.
It's like saying "Hey, let's make a movie about KISS, but remove all of the glam." Does that sound stupid to you too?
They should've immersed themselves with pure 80's look and feel and ran with it to the point of absurdity.
+Benevolent Witness not a good idea rock of ages was set in the 80s and that flopped badly
Don Blaze
I didn't saw that movie... did they take themselves too seriously or was it absurd/comedic?
+jamg25 Tom Cruise sang into a chicks ass. What do you think.
DangerasTM
That I need to see that movie.
+jamg25 its absolute shit. just like the pitch perfect movies. its just fairly known celebrities singing karaoke. no original songs at all
They should have made the movie in a mockumentary style.
That would've been clever and require more effort. But hey I would've still watch that more than this.
But only if they talk about how one of those girls turned into a drug addict and another become an alcoholic. I would TOTALLY see that
None of them have parents? So it's a ragtag team of orphans playing rock music?
Someone teach these girls Tae Kwon Do!
The Miami Connection! Nice.
That would make a better movie. Against the Ninja for life
Better songs in that movie
I believe Pixels deserves an apology.
I hate to say this, but you're right.
I heard the movie had a budget of 5 million...there is no fucking way it's gonna get its money back.
I was 8-10 when Jem was on. I watched the show regularly, especially the first season because, and this proves the show was made by straight males, nearly every episode had one of the bands hanging out in swimsuits. That being said how you go from 20 something year old adults running a business, forming a band, taking care of orphaned girls and traveling around the world while nearly being killed, and yes there were many near death scenes in that show, by their sadistic rivals to whatever this movie is. UMMMMMM.....
The fucking BRATZ movie was edgier than JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS.
+MrDman21 I say they're on the same level
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+MrDman21 Made more sense too
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Check out #jempty. there were a lot of empty theatres.
+Belinda Rose omg this hashtag is gold.
+Casey J ikr? makes me laugh so hard. I also feel less alienated as a JATH fan than seeing the movie.
"This movie was AAAGGHHH!"
- Brad Jones, 2015
The director was so touched by Justin Beiber (from doing 2 of Beiber's documentaries) that he tried to turn Jem into Justin Beiber, but with a band. So stupid.
My favorite Midnight Screenings
Love seeing the arms out, standing on a seat, empty theater thumbnail when I see these.
they said the misfits aren't in the movie......you guys must not have stuck around for the after credit scenes with ke$ha as one of the misfits
technical after credits is not in the movie. its after the movie
Tell that to Marvel
Boys, time to watch the show! Maybe you could do a vlog series with the Walker brothers!
Yes. Please. Like Midnight Screenings vs Sibling Rivalry. That would be the most amazing thing in the history of the Internet
Man, I'm not even a fan of the original and I'm annoyed. They had such a ridiculous premise and they did NOTHING with it. Even if it still didn't come out good it would have at least be fun, but nooooooooo, lets just paint by the numbers and slap nostalgia on it.
+Benevolent Witness right?! That's what pisses me off, Hollywood makes a shitty movie and cuz they can't write they will blame it on the audience and say there's no market for female driven films. The story sux, don't matter if u put Jem in the tittle when there's no cohesive story!!!
You know, I'll be the 1st bastard to say this, but GI Joe (specially the 2nd movie) actually had the stuff from GI JOE and be as over the top and stupid as the cartoon was.
I think you guys may have gotten more views on this review then
what Jem and the Holograms the movie got.
I totally remember this cartoon show, and from the review it sounds like they vomited pink fake soda all over the Jem and the Holograms. It sounds like a train wreck. The cartoon was basically Josie and the Pussycats meets the Spice Girls and Cindy Lauper. This movie sounds like it got literally everything wrong. Dead parents? Sister? What? Did they think they were doing Batman?
Weren't those youtube videos that were interlaced from actual fans of the real show who were talking about the real show?
That was a dick move on the filmmaker's part. They asked for fan videos talking about how much they loved the ORIGINAL Jem from the 80's, then the assholes used the footage to make it look like the fans were talking the non-Jem from this piece of shit movie.
Yes.
I am a HUGE fan of Jem and the Hologram and I didn't see this movie nor am I going to. What is odd is that a Jem and the Hologram movie COULD have been amazing! The show (honestly everyone should see it once) was so hilariously corny with death traps, sudden music videos, and over the top villains (with surprising depth) that it was MADE for a just flat out balls to the wall comedy.
So, it's the basic garbage band hits it big, gets noticed by record label, label wants only the prettiest girl to go solo, band hates lead, torn apart, brought back together, plays shitty concert, roll credits. Yeah, didn't Saved By The Bell do this 20+ years ago with that Zack Attack episode? And that was more entertaining.
+MarsGundam Let's not forget that awful Josie and the Pussycat's movie from 2001.
+MarsGundam $5 million budget and it bombed hard enough it won't make it back. This movie I think will serve as a counter to the argument of "this remake wasn't made for you". Shit like this isn't made for anyone.
+DrunkOtakuTV It barely made 1/4 of its budget back on their opening weekend (1.3million).
Now that's fucking sad.
At least the chances of a sequel happening are bare to none.
+MarsGundam Fuck, Jimmy Neutron did it better and in less time.
***** Yes, one of my favorite episodes.
The Jem comic does a pretty good modern adaptation they probably should have taken notes for the film from that.
The Transformers do stay in car mode a lot in the movies. Usually while the humans are spouting exposition. Which is what they should be doing, but you know, special effects budget and stuff. One thing they could do to combat this(and heck, maybe even cut out useless human main characters like Shia and Marky Mark) is introduce something they have in the comics: holo-matter avatars.
Basically holograms of people that can they use to talk to each other or scope out populated areas while still remaining in vehicle mode. You know, like robots in disguise. Instead of having to drive into the middle of the desert to transform and talk about what their plan to be Megatron is going to be, they can just pull into a parking lot and have their avatars get out and go sit in a diner or something. Or if they have to infiltrate 'secret army base', they can just park outside, have their avatar dress up in the base uniform and stroll right inside. You could even throw in some joke where say maybe Bumblebee's avatar is a hot blonde and some guy comes up to him/her and hits on her. It would also help with their believably when they're driving by themselves. Instead of blacked out windows, you just have the avatar actor sitting in the driving seat. Or their stunt double for stunt work.
I really wish they would reboot Transformers, GI Joe, and Jem at this point. Just so we could get them into a shared universe like the Marvel cinematic universe. I think Hasbro even expressed interest in doing that years ago. I think it was called Project U.N.I.T.E. or something like that. And just like how things like Tony Stark's Iron Man suit sparked new advancements in weapons and technology in the Marvel universe, the Transformers' alien technology could do the same in Hasbro's. The Autobots share technology with GI Joe, which is then stolen by COBRA. Even Jem's Holograms could be reverse engineered from the Transformers holo-avatars.
Sorry for the long post, but jeez! These movies are so badly handled. Especially when compared to Marvel movies. Even after all this time they've learned nothing. Trust the source material. Don't try and re-invent the wheel. It worked for a reason.
Didn't the Transformers also have facsimile constructs? Like installed blow-up dolls to look like drivers/pilots and/or passengers to fool people as they went past?
I'm going on the 1980s Marvel UK continuity, btw.
this is from Jason Blum. the guy who produced Paranormal Activity 6, Sinister 2, The Gallows, The Lazarus Effect, Insidious 3, and his flying pile of dung Oujia.
Nolan Vogel He also directed and produced the first Paranormal Activity movie, the best in the entire series (I also liked The Marked Ones, despite some stupid decisions, The Ghost Dimension can go to hell). You only seemed to bring up his shitty films as if he _never_ made anything good. In fact, bringing up the good films he made will make the quality of this film even more baffling considering he should’ve known better.
Nolan Vogel Also, Oren Peli also produced The Ghost Dimension, so Blum isn’t _all_ to blame.
You and Brian reviewing a crappy movie never fails to make me laugh :)
The theater I work at was showing trailers for this movie constantly since the beginning of the year, and now we aren't even showing it.
The first time I ever heard of Jem and the Holograms was when Nostalgia Chick reviewed it so I'm glad I'm not alone in not knowing much about Jem. Just hearing that the director wanted this to be the "origin" film makes me want to throw things at this movie. I'm so tired of every fucking film being the "origin" to a franchise. It's already bad enough that most films being made now are an adaptation of a book/old film/game/tv show/toy. It can be done well but considering there's way too many of these films, most aren't that good.
MyssBlewm Even Spider-Man Homecoming ignored the origin aspect because everyone knows who he is already (I haven’t watched that movie yet by the way).
51:31 : I love Brian's hand illustration showing the sister storming out of the room :D :D
Funny how Goosebumps (a 90s property) turns out to be good. 😏
I would have been at the theater for this, because I friggin loved the cartoon....but I couldn't at the time. I feel very lucky about that.
Jem and the holograms...and her sister
Good thing the new IDW Jem comic is doing gang busters.
Dammit! I was hoping they were playing it straight then when they went on stage it would get insane. Guess I was SUPER wrong.
Thanks, Jon M. Chu. You've left a path of destruction in your wake. G.I Joe: Retaliation, Jem and the Holograms, Now You See Me 2, the list of shit is endless.
Lucky Striker Gonna be the first guy to legally change his name to Alan Smithee.
5:07 Wow, I didn't know Terrence Malick pitched a _Ninja Turtles_ movie!
19:45 Do you _really_ think that many Los Angelenos are getting raptured?
34:03 Ooh, someone else who works for a large company.
The Torture you guys have been through this past week. I hope you both get a good movie soon! - Justin Simpson (GMD)
1:46 Funny, i recently learned one of my college dorm floormates was on a double Dutch team in War Room. I still hate the movie, but it was fun to know. XD
Holy shit, someone else remembers M.A.S.K
13:07 at this point I paused the video to watch Jem and the Holograms original tv show on dailymotion so I can compare it to what they are saying now.
I have seen 17 seconds of the tv show and am beginning to think this was a bad idea.
I was expecting like twelve comments of you tracing your reaction to the first episode.
"13 minutes in. Feeling fairly outrageous, rather than TRULY outrageous."
Kyman102 alright, let me live up to that.
Kyman102 within 5 minutes I'm realizing that. no, this isn't intended for both genders.
14 minutes in now. The year this takes place in is beyond me understanding.
The original show made me aware of girls.
I mostly just remember a scene where Jem run after a purcenatsher,in a bikini.
The new comic book look realy good.
In a world in which the highly underrated Josie and the Pussycats movie exists, I don't understand why one would bother making this movie, especially since it sounds like there was no effort to make this any kind of campy fun, or even the kind of references to the show that would make this a positive experience for parents who grew up with the original and want to share their nostalgia with their teenage daughters.
I totally forgot this movie had an actual theatrical release. Oy.
A true Jem movie would have been "Hard Day's Night' mixed with 'Fast & The Furious'.
And then add Donald trump with the voice of jar jar binks.
these movies are why
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
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JAKE
I admit, I am not a huge expert on Musicians and their Agents, but I don't think most solo careers originating from a band or musical group happened as the result of a contract that outright stated they HAD to go solo or else.
In my years watching groups turn solo, most of the stories I heard were that it was either the result of egos, derision within the band/group, or a personal choice. If any company was involved it was usually suggested or coaxed into it. Though, maybe I am wrong and there was a case where the same thing that happened to Jem in the movie going solo did happen in real-life?
Jim is truly outrageous.
He's truly, truly, truly outrageous.
WOW this movie BOMBED. Debuted at 15th at the box office with 1.3m on a 5 million dollar budget. I mean when you can't even recoup your 5 million dollar budget on something that is milking 80's nostalgia in this day and age you KNOW you done fucked up.
The award to the biggest no surprise that this film failed goes to jem and the holograms
When I was on the Escapist one time, I read a sarcastic comment underneath a Green Lantern review.
Then another commenter who didn't realize it was sarcasm tried to correct him.
Then literally 70 other commenters all replied to him to sternly inform him that it was, indeed, sarcasm.
DO NOT. BE STUPID. ON THE INTERNET.
BTW, am I the only one who thinks Brian looks kinda like a young Bruce Vilanch? He keeps giving me Ice Pirates flashbacks, for which I thank him.
He reminds me of Sweetums from the Muppets.
One day I hope Brad and Brian just bring in a couple of blow up dolls that are fully dressed and just sit with them in the theater. Not doing anything with them but just sit next to them as if they were their dates (maybe buy them their own drink or something). Just so when the usher comes in he would see 2 grown men watching a kids movie sitting next to blow up dolls as if this was all completely normal.
8:02 One thing, as BrYan Fuller makes great shows, especially his latest, 'Hannibal'. Also, BrYan Singer is the reason many X-Men movies are really good.
Didn't Bryan Fuller do "Pushing Daisies," too?
And let's not forget the truly, truly sleazy thing the people who made the movie did.. They asked fans of the Jem cartoons to make a video saying how Jem changed or influenced your life or inspired you, people sent in tons of footage saying how the cartoon helped them like themselves, and be OK with who they are, etc, and the film sleaze included those videos in the movie, edited to seem like the fans were actually talking about the movie! And you can see the cartoon in the background of a lot of the fan vids, even. So fucked up, sleazy and manipulative.
Yeah. I didn't even like "Jem" when I was a child and even I said: "Damn. That is fucked up."
The award to the biggest no surprise that this film failed goes to hem and the holograms
Well the Misfits are going to do as much in the live action canon as Azula did in the Avatar live action canon.
Looking back on the cartoon... I don't think Kimber (Jerrica's sister) got anything from her dad, which probably explains her "loose caboose" through out the series.
She's got some *big time* daddy issues!
Anyone find it weird that their rival band is called The Misfits and there is the horror punk band called The Misfits who performed during the time of the series that's confusing as hell
probably the most meta episode.
Yeah, I'm with you, Brad.
No idea about this show.
Jem was not one of those novel 80's cartoons that got syndicated in the mid-2000's.
Most of my knowledge, when it comes to old shows, comes from there.
I lllloooooved the cartoon, was duly crushed by the movie. I was SO STOKED when I first heard they made a Jem movie, even went for the Sephora makeup tie-in. Such potential! Nostalgia bank! Merchandise! Girl Power!
KESHA SHOULD’VE STARRED IN THIS - AMIRITE?! I AM.
Just watch Spice World. Or Josie & the Pussycats. Or the actual Jem.
45:44-46:01 I’m cracking up just listening to that!
Small Wonder the movie coming in 2017.
Knowing how badly they misunderstood everything else, I wouldn't be surprised if this movie did put the sister Kimber in that room to hear the message and after hearing all that stuff, she just says, "I knew it. My dad did love me." I'll bet they didn't even realize the horrible implications of that scene and would have had Kimber say something stupid like that after she's casually referenced as an afterthought. I would love to have seen Brad and Brian's reactions if THAT is how it happened.
Jason Blum.
Jason Blum made this and said anyone who complained about it being nothing like the show should " adjust their expectations".
Does Halloween Kills, Halloween Ends and The Exorcist Believer surprise anyone?
AND did Molly Ringwald have red hair in The Stand?
That's hilarious . . . you can see Brian's neurons fire up to slap Brad upside the head with the pun fodder he let slip XD
I wonder what a CGI+Live Action Carebears movie would be like.
Around 05:00 there's a mention of it being an origin story and what other kind of origins we'd have if other movies followed a similar arc. So basically it's like a Fantastic Four movie where they'd get their powers and get together using them for the greater good in the last 20 or so minutes... Just like this year's Fant4stic reboot ?! (though Fant4stic still seems like a better movie, but I haven't seen Jem - not sure when it comes out over here - and I kinda liked Fant4stic)
I still used a Poiaroid in 2008.
I saw a Greek sculpture that reminded me of the thumbnail.
It hurts that Juliette Lewis has been relegated to movies like this. My favorite of her films is "Strange Days". Yes, "Strange Days" is my favorite Juliette Lewis movie.
I know Jem from the song "Truly Outrageous".
If you want a good adaptation of Jem and the holograms, read the new comics. The art style is amazing, the characters are actually likeable and they still stay true to the original story. It's actually really good
the "plot" is the kind of thing my cousin likes (she's a preteen)