Hot Take: But Jack Black is slowly becoming the Dwayne Johnson of movie recovering, You got a bad Script and and a lame plot? Oh I know, Lets grab The Rock! then everyone will like it! Feels like Jack Black is going down that route, "Bad Movie? Just add jack black in it, then people are gonna have to like it!"
I hate that he’s letting it happen, not every movie will be a win but you can work without the pubic getting tired of you. I feel like zendaya is a good example of that.
I know, why not just make it animated like the Mario movie? 😭 Edit: guys I don't mean the art style used in the Mario movie, I mean ANIMATED, like the Mario movie was, rather than trying to go for live action. I don't mean animated in exactly the same way as the Mario movies style 😭
@@cinderellaskeleton6720 I think he is saving up to go to Mars personally. But like Tmobile, random commercials, I can't escape the guy to the point I wonder "why?"
@@vvitch-mist20 Omg Lydia deets PFP I love Beetlejuice back to the subject, Yeah Jack black being Steve is a bad idea I'm not hating on Jack but I just don't think it's a good idea.
@@Miori_the_cat23407 Lol I got called her a lot in my 20s, and I also LOVE the movie. I think the Minecraft movie should have been made in Minecraft. Like everyone could have PLAYED the game to make the movie. Like...I hate how gaming, and gamers are always so far removed from video game movies.
Jack Black is like that one cool uncle you only see at family gatherings who always makes you laugh, but if you start seeing him every day you slowly start wishing that he would just go away
This title hurts as someone in my 30s. Jack Black was problematic back in the day, but in the “2000s Adam Sandler” way and he managed to get out of that with School of Rock. He became a dad to a whole generation of kids like those on the movie, and we loved him. Then Kung Fu Panda made him beloved by our kids. And now here we are 😢
He never recovered after the Tenacious D movie bombed. The soundtrack was great, but the movie was just meh IMO, of course it was destined to be a cult classic instead of a blockbuster.
We actually just watched "School of Rock" for the first time last weekend and really liked it. Meanwhile, I've been tormenting my 15yo by just looking at him and saying, "I am Steve" at random.
I do sorta feel that a lot of celebs are more “becoming annoying” BECAUSE studios push them so much. You touched on Chris Pratt also, and to actually touch on his Onward costar the way the internet is obsessed with putting Tom Holland in everything puts me off Tom Holland Like in the UK for a while the comedians Jack Whitehall and Russell Howard were on everything, recently it’s been Romesh Rangnathan & Joel Dommett TV/Film studios go “oh X person is popular” and then immediately tank it by making them present / star in everything
Man, I went from never knowing who Glenn Powell is to seeing his face EVERYWHERE. I’ve never seen anything with him in it but I kind of hate Glenn Powell now.
Is he still involved with Autism Speaks? Because if not, that could just be a case of him misunderstanding the situation. Unless he's actively defending their shitty history, then yeah that sucks.
@@CosmicPotato I believe he's made a statement about being unfaithful and having a child with another woman! (while being married??) thats the latest ive seen 🫡☺️
@@CosmicPotato Cheated on his wife of twenty years, had a baby that was just born, and apparently didn’t tell wife until recently since they were seen out publicly together this summer. His children have deactivated their social medias since he publicly acknowledged wanting to be an involved father with the new child (which is fine). But, he is someone I have always had the most respect for and I am shocked
I've no idea how to feel about Jack Black anymore. I do believe there's a correlation between megacorporation IP-milking projects and our higher standards for art in general, but idk, a sellout's a sellout. His whole apology and cancelling shows? That is NOT rock n roll.
agreed. Though I'm not sure in general people want high standards in art. That's what they SAY but I think what people really mean is they want something that does something they already like but in a unique way. An animal known for being lazy becoming a Kung Fu Master isn't a complicated idea, but its unique and it was done well. I'm not gonna attack the guy for it but yeah, whatever happened behind the scenes really dampened a spirit that a lot of his older movies had. He's not an epic actor doing epic things anymore, he's an actor with an 'epic' status doing average things.
I don’t think he’s truly fallen out of love for everyone, but rather, people are just starting to get tired of his prominence. It’s the Chris Pratt thing all over again. I feel these celebrity appearances are best in doses rather than overindulges. It’s funny how things go in full circle - back in the late 2000s, people were complaining about Jack Black being everywhere, but the younger generations didn’t care. But nowadays, they do.
Yup. Like I said, if a nutter took action on what Kyle said, innocent people are going to be in the cross hairs along with him. The guy at the Trump rally was going for Trump....but who ended up getting fatally wounded? A person who had nothing to do with whatever delusions the shooter had. Innocent people are always the ones who have to pay for the stupid statements of people who are already well off to begin with.
@hunterericson6782 Some things just aren't joke material till a while after the event taking place, especially when it's not really delivered all that funny. Legitimately just too soon. I don't blame jack for "throwing his friend under the bus".
Jack Black, though I love his stage presence, seems to lack any backbone in terms of public policies. He just goes with what the mainstream's opinions are like a lazy river.
Idk about that. It seems like he is just ignorant and doesn’t do his own research so he just believes what everyone else says. It’s seems like he has good intentions & wants to do the right thing, but you can’t just believe everyone around you and think you’re doing the right thing 😭 you gotta do your own research.
I mean this genuinely and not to be snarky but why do his policy opinions matter? He's an entertainer not a lawmaker. I care as much about his politics as I do the guy who fixed my dishwasher yesterday
maybe because it’s not his job? I will never understand why people like you want an ACTOR to give their political opinions. and also stop saying he lacks backbone when it comes to public opinion we all know you mean “he doesn’t agree with what I agree with” because we all know what happens if he doesnt
@@breerex4957 he has immense cultural influence and should wield it with responsibility. it's not complicated. people who say they are "apolitical" are just saying "i don't care because it doesn't affect me"
I really wonder how his upcoming “Dear Santa” film will be, it’s about a kid who mixes us Santa and Satan on his Christmas letter so the Devil gets the letter
My friend says the downfall of Jack Black’s popularity should be studied and I think it was right in the interim of the three Kung Fu Panda movies where his charm started fading.
I haven't actually seen him in much, just for years I'd see the memes and references. But in the last couple years I've watched Willy's Wonderland and Mandy, which were so absurd, outlandish, and SOOO much goddamn fun that I've decided I have to watch every single horror adjacent movie that he's in. And maybe the other ones, too
the problem about Steve's casting is that even mojang doesnt seem to decide what his race actually is since in some promo materials he's white, and he was made to be just a default skin, no personality whatsoever
yeahhh... I was really surprised when she said that most people consider Steve black, because half the white people where I live look like him, a lot of white people's summer shade is darker than him. Steve looks like an 80s to 2000s main game character: not pale but white skin, brown hair, stubble and basic clothes.
I thought the Minecraft movie was fake and when I learned it wasn’t I assumed it’d be 3D animation like the Mario movie. Why on earth would it be live action when the world is digital blocks😭😭
I hate how fast the internet turns against people as soon as they make a mistake. I don't agree with him, I'm not even one of his fans, but saying he's an asshole for defending a bad adaptation of a game he doesn't care about is insane. How many times have you, the person reading this comment, trashed on IPs you didn't know or care about? How many times have you gone "nah, they're giving this way more importance than it deserves"?
Uhhhh, not that often I guess. I do agree that the internet (and especially places like Twitter) has a problem with jumping to conclusions depending on one action that’s morally questionable, so, make of that what you will.
The only reason why Jack Black flipped on Kyle was because it was a threat to JB wanting to appeal to everyone and anyone. JB scared of the money train hitting the brakes
I know! It was a huge overreaction to end the tour over it. Like, it's Tenacious D. Heaven forbid Kyle say something off colour about the worst man in the world. The Minecraft cameo is just enough already too. He looked like he just rolled out of bed, said a couple lines and bounced.
@@nemarchepas to nitpick, i dont think trump is the worst man in the world. agree with everything else tho, and i realise it was probably an overexaggeration
If i may, this whole Jack Black fall is very overblown. He's always had ups and downs, like Shallow Hal or The Polka King. I do think he'll swing back, and a couple bad movies aren't going to tank him.
Friendly reminder to everyone that you can still enjoy a piece of media, no matter your opinions of who's involved. If you like Jack Black movies but don't condone his actions, that's perfectly fine!
Not true lol I think most folks still think keanu reeves and dolly parton are kool for the most part. I don't think those rich celebs have done anything super messed up. The rest of them though? Yeah lolz
@@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub it’ll probably be because of how his songs have dated such as “Just Eat it” not being acceptable now or how he had to change one of his songs as it had the r slur in it
@iain9757 if it's the word used in word crimes, it wasnt the R word. It's a word that is used as a similar slur in the uk and australia that he was unaware of before releasing the song. He's also spoken about words he's used in songs that he regrets today.
Thank you for keeping me up to date on how the Internet is up its own butt. Also, not about him exactly, but a fun fact: his mom was a NASA scientist who - _while in labor delivering him_ - worked on the system that saved the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts after the gas tank exploded that left them seemingly doomed. That's some super hero/villain origin story sh**
I personally think that Jack Black is a sweet guy who's just very misinformed. Also just because he's been in a few crappy movies doesn't mean he's doomed or bad
i don't find it very sweet to consistently support a group that wants to eradicate autism and treats autistic people like they're diseased. or to consistently support a country currently carrying out a genocide in the name of creating an ethnostate. i'd say it's rather not sweet of him actually
Again, many many people who supported Autism Speaks were not aware of their true intentions and believed they were indeed helping Autism. He has since cut ties with the “charity”
We all have that Steve delving within, the willed urge to tap into the innovative and malleable... It's what you do with it responsibly and with overall equilibrated angles is what still counts.
I remember watching Gulliver's Travels and thinking Jack Black was so uncool. And I was so surprised when my dad said he actually used to be funny. This was like 14 years ago.
I felt sooo bad for the people who had tickets to the Tenacious D concerts in Australia, especially the concert for the first night they cancelled. Because of how big Australia is and how vast a state can be, it's not unusual for people to travel hours and hours for a concert, and alot of people would have paid for accommodation as well as petrol/public transportation. This is money that people can't get back, even if their tickets are properly refunded. It's totally understandable if a concert is cancelled because the artist is sick or injured or has an emergency - it's less understandable if it's cancelled because half the band is trying to protect their image because of a dumb joke. And with the economy in Australia, this might've been the one "big event" someone is splurging on this year. I can't imagine their tickets will sell out here again as easily as it did for this tour. It's a shame, cos alot of people have loved their music for years, but cancelling their tour the way they did just leaves a bad taste in fans mouths.
I can't even listen to their music anymore with the cancelling and all the BS. I was super excited about it; this was actually the only concert I planned to attend this year (spent >$300 for tickets with friends). Jack Black feels like a hypocrite to the messages and vibe in Tenacious D's music now (when there are messages and themes, it is mostly all for a laugh). He ain't metal no more, it ain't metal to fold like that against a friend. I don't agree that political violence is a solution to ANYTHING going on in the US but at the end of the day, it was a joke in bad taste, and since it was fresh news, KG probably had it on his mind, he did apologise too. I reckon that Jack could have encouraged him to apologise, which you can do while not agreeing with his actions, rather than throw him to the wolves with that BS PR message.
It really baffles me how people like you can be so dumb. This is not a black or white situation. They work with several other people on the tours. If some conservative nutter was to attack one of them at a concert because they were mad about what KG said, both of them would feel guilty about that. They both needed to calm things down and the best way to avoid something happening at another concert was to cancel them for the time being. They've said that they're still going to work together and perform. They just need to wait for everything to blow over
I just found out from this video he supports Autism Speaks (இдஇ; ) As an autistic person, that’s really painful to see. Also as a note: while this is highly contended among autistic people, using person first language (“person with autism”) is generally frowned upon. This is because this phrasing has been proven by studies to be effective in overcoming certain mental problems, such as alcohol and depression; however, autism is not something to be overcome or cured
Same here friend, I audibly “nooooooo’ed” when I heard that. It’s just disappointing when celebs tack these societies on without researching them at all :/
Uh, depending on which part of the "spectrum" you're on, autism is absolutely something to overcome. Overcoming something does not have a negative connotation.
I mean, he's definitely not white. Alex is white, and Steve has a very different skin tone. I think he looks more middle-eastern tbh. Eye colour is just to make his eyes stand out more.
It's weird that they even chose "Steve" to be the maincharacter in the Minecraft movie to begin with, considering that the game is kinda about making it whatever you want it to be, with Steve himself being as blank as possible, having about no characterization or backstory - I mean his name is Steve for crying out loud. ...also most people play with diferent skins anyways. It's just such a missed opportunity to do anything interesting with the IP.
Yeah I didn’t like the Peaches song, kinda limited my immersion in the movie. But a lot of kids really liked it so I can appreciate it in that roundabout way
Who are 'most' of the people who think steve is black? The popular interpretation is that hes either mediterranean (light skinned italian etc) or latino. Do people seriously forget that there are a number of ethnicities that have melanin other than black. Also hating jack black for playing a character with no confirmed race is dumb af
Fr people really think any shade darker than "Brit who hadn't seen the sun in 10 years" is somehow "black-coded" like bro chill there are way more than 2 options
Ironically I feel like this mindset of " anyone darker than white ever" is just immediately "black or latino" is really ignorant and racist lmao, but the worst part is people who say this always think they're in the right for it
Tenacious D came out when I was in middle school and I was really getting into metal/rock and playing drums and guitar. They meant so much to me. It was pretty devastating to find out about the shit that went down with Kyle.
steven isn’t confirmed black😭😭😭maybe racially ambiguous but that’s not rlly an issue, as a black person i could care less but my main gripe is that yeah the movie looks like shit😭😭😭
lmao listen I’m not a Minecraft character I was just told he is canonically black and either way Jack Black doesn’t look like him but I get what you’re saying for sure lol
@@Lovesick_Klepto....White. white people whi=Y te=T Yt people. Which frankly is pretty offensive no one says the full word. But hey that's imo their subconscious racism but whatever I don't care too much.
First, let me say that I’ve been a Jack Black fan for years, and I was disappointed about what I learned of him during Kayla’s video. What pisses me off the most is that Jack chose to hold his friend “accountable” for a stupid comment, but hasn’t (from what I have seen) said a word about all the horrible things Trump has done over the years.
He’s a very political guy. He was about to do a Rock the Vote tour with Kyle Gass when the whole shooting incident comment thing happened. They ended up canceling the tour because of it. He is definitely not a Trump supporter, he endorsed Biden a couple months back.
“Steve is considered by most people to be a black character.” … What? I have legitimately not heard once in 15 years that Steve is supposed to be black.
An author taking something they think or one of their particular social groups think and projecting that as a generalization is something the more easily influenced people do.
Regarding the Peaches thing, my favorite version of that has to be the video someone made where Bowser is singing about Sasha Colby. I don't know, but the idea of a dragon monster with Jack Black's voice singing a love song to Sasha freaking Colby is pretty hilarious to me. Look that up whenever you get the chance.
@@ReinaLesbianadragons breathe fire, turtles don't :/ But also bowser is a fictional character, so he can be whatever anyone wishes to interpret him as
Something I feel the need to point out, Steve is supposed to be racially ambiguous having multiple variations with more definitive races. He's the default player model he could be anyone, a tan white dude or light skinned black guy included.
Since when do people think steve is black? I mean cool if more people can self personify through the character, but I always kinda assumed steve was Notch's self insert character. A white dude with brown hair and a goatee (even though no matter how hard I look I can't see the goatee as anything but a smile)
what? i hadn't heard anything about this. a tbh even after the video i'm still confused. the only iffy thing i noticed was autism speaks and the israel/palestine thing
just wanna point out like others have done that a Jewish man saying shortly after 10/7 that one can condemn the Israeli government AND the murder of hundreds of civilians is fine and good actually. If people want to criticize him for not saying anything else since then, ok, but "israeli citizens are not their government and refrain from cheering on war crimes" is a pretty normal take
Not really a normal take since the Israeli people overwhelmingly and openly support the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Every single poll shows that over 80% support the government’s bombing of Palestinians and the illegal occupation of the West Bank. 70% think that the government needs to be even HARSHER and do more damage, meaning that genocide simply isn’t enough for them. Then there’s the fact that pretty much all Israeli’s over the age of 17 have actively participated in the IDF and therefore openly contributed to the 76+ years of occupation and oppression of Palestinians. You can conscientiously object but most proudly do their terrorist military service, with extra years on top. They all know they’re sitting on stolen land. They all know they’re squatting in the stolen homes of displaced Palestinians. They fully see the genocide and the atrocities and they celebrate it, even inviting the rapists that openly tortured and sodomised Palestinian captives TO DEATH on TV, parading them around and having them blessed by Rabbi’s, openly holding talks in their parliament about whether raping non-Jews is good in war - oh and almost starting a civil war in the country btw because the government dared to arrest the ZioNazi rapists when that’s they’re ‘God given right’ to rape... To pretend Israeli citizens who overwhelmingly have physically participated in the ZioNazi diaper force are somehow different to their terrorist government is a joke. This is the one case where you can legitimately say the government and people are generally the same level of evil. They all openly want to colonise and ethnically cleanse all of Palestine and they all believe in the ‘Greater Israel’ vision where they go even further to colonise and ethnically cleanse all surrounding countries (Saudi, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, etc). They see and even live-stream all the atrocities themselves.
Never knew people fell outta love with him. My favorite Jack black movie will forever be Shallow Hal. Comparing him to Chris prat is crazy. Jack black can play himself in any movie and it’ll be more entertaining than anything these actors have done, I think that’s a huge factor of his success
When do people get it in their head that Steve was a black character? I’m pretty sure she’s supposed to be ambiguous raced But if I had to narrow it down to one, I’d say white with a tan or if I were to stretch it a bit Hispanic
Hot Take: If Jack Black was "hotter" these incidents wouldn't hit as hard. Seems like bigger people are literally always 2 bad takes away from being exiled from the internet, especially if people think you're too happy, too colorful, too loud, etc on top of being fat. It's like how dare you be fat, AND take up space off screen, AND have a bad take. There are so many conventionally attractive actors, women and men alike, who have said and done WAY more outlandish, offensive, and even violent things but it blows over because they're attractive and often just don't address the public instead of apologizing. Note: I am not condoning bad behavior I'm just pointing out the trend. The internet has very little grace for fat people (unless they dress in all black and seem perpetually and QUIETLY miserable a la Rob Kardashian). Personally, I don't think he's done anything he can't come back from. 1) Actors are usually misinformed/uneducated about the morals of the charities they promote, so much so that it's actually surprising when they DO know what they're talking about. Anybody looking at a celebrity to be socially in touch or to have a moral authority on anything have entirely lost the plot. This man is in his 50s and has been acting since the 80s. He is so far removed it's almost laughable. 2) A LOT of actors take roles solely based off pay these days whether they admit it or not, even if they know the movie is bad or the role is questionable, especially after the pandemic and the strikes. A lot of people across the board haven't financially recovered and it shows. He has kids and I think one of them is about to be old enough to start college soon so I'm sure he could use the money. 3) He never came out and supported violence, his friend did, a whole separate individual. Jack Black can't speak for anyone but himself and maybe his kids. I highly doubt Jack Black would ever endorse or encourage his friend to go out and say those things, at least not on a public stage, and he literally did not support him after the fact. Publicly, he condemned him and basically took a major financial hit by cancelling his own tour.
statistically, hot people literally get away with murder. the judge just couldt slam that gavel, when he looked into those baby blue eyes. YOURE FREE TO GO
I've never listened to a Tenacious D song before hearing Peaches. To me, it didn't sound like Jack Black inserting his music taste. It sounded like one of those wholesome Mario fan songs like "Super Mario Hyadian." Plus, with what I know about Bowser from being around nintendo fans; it's totally in character for him to write a piano piece about how obsessed he is with Princess Peach, for the tonal rule of "it's funny" if nothing else.
I agree with and enjoy this entire video, except I'm confused on Steve being black? Where does this come from? Minecraft is a swedish game, for one. For two, he was created without an ethnicity in mind. For three, look up the Zuri and Makena default skins. Who possibly thinks Steve is in any way a black character?
Yeah I don't think he is either since he has blue eyes and brown hair features that are most common with white people also he isn't really dark he might have a slight tan but thats about it
I think the last thing I saw Jack Black in was in 2010… Can we just acknowledge the mind numbing dichotomy of saying “I don’t condone hate speech or political violence” while also defending an apartheid colony, and in defense of a man who plans to implement a fas*ist totalitarian regime and quite literally trades in hate speech, eugenics, and white supremacist talking points/conspiracy theories?
at this point we lost the plot and need to stfu about Steve. I mean I'll throw my hat in the ring; I think he's racially ambiguous. maybe. perchance.; anyways this isn't the right conversation. DROP IT. DROP IT.
I still love Jack Black, but I find it suspicious how everyone got mad at Halle for playing Ariel as a black woman. While Jack, a white guy, is playing Steve (A brown skinned character).
@@table2.0his skin is noticeably darker than alex's (a pale ginger) and he has dark brown hair...i dont know how that's giving racially ambiguous. maybe in merch he is paler but in game he's definitely not just "tan"
@@mppiI think Steve is probably designed so his race is slightly ambiguous. A white person is more likely to assume Steve's just a white guy with a tan, whereas a brown person is likely to default to assuming Steve is brown like them. This is because our brain uses info we are most familiar with (in this case, our own reflections) to fill in gaps in our knowledge. Anyways I agree with you, I think Steve is most likely brown, especially when contrasted with Alex. Besides it makes sense for them to have the two lead characters be from different races for diversity
People thinking that steve from minecraft is "black" is reeeeally weird. Also for someone to think that jack black playing bowser was a lot of jack black put into it is also kinda weird, because then that makes jom carrey playing eggman be worse. As i saw jim carrey just be jim carrey rather than eggman. At least in bowsers case, jack black did put an effort to be a comedic bowser more than just, jack black. (Think mario and luigi games bowser)
@@JabariMore Considering that Steve has blue eyes (which is very rare for black people) and an overall skin tone that more resembles tan than anything, yeah it's a pretty strange take to claim that he's black. You could make the argument that he doesn't look very black despite being black due to Minecraft's artistic style, but that doesn't really work either since Minecraft has released a lot more skins than just Steve and Alex, including skins of black people, all of which actually do look like black people.
Used to love him, the TD movie was part of my childhood. But him being a Zio? Signing for bombs? Heck nah, my guy. He is done for me, so seeing him in the movie is just "eh, wasn't gonna see it anyway, but that's another good reason to skip it"
me: I wonder what insane thing is going to happen the moment kayla uploads this video kayla: the former president got shot me: oh yeah that just happened again, good call.
Clicked on this video before the thumbnail even loaded! I loved Jack Black when I was younger. School of Rock was a long time favourite, and Kung Fu Panda too. I feel the same about him as I do any other celebrity that just plays themselves in every character, it ruins the immersion of the media I am consuming.
I’m sorry but no. This what we not doing. As a black person who actually spends their time overly analyzing racism in different aspect of my life. I’m gonna go ahead and say you people sound bat crisp crazy if you telling me that you feel offended that a white man is playing Steve (who yall are alleging is a black character) when he looks very tan (close to Hispanic if anything) That Steve character is racially ambiguous enough to be white, stop trying to gaslight black people to attack Jack black for yall own issues. Because that’s definitely what that was. Im somebody who really talks about racism with my black friends, and baby this ain’t it. Leave that man alone
“Racially ambiguous enough to be white,” is the weirdest thing I’ve read since Kamala’s debate with Trump. That’s actually a very harmful concept. I otherwise agree with what you’re saying.
listen I’m not a Minecraft character, I only found out about the “Steve is black” discourse recently so if you’re saying he’s ambiguous I believe you lol. Either way tho I don’t think Jack Black really fits the character?
@@kaylasays I’m sorry that it comes off very directly toward you! I know you just got that information from somewhere and thought it would be nice to share and reach to certain people. I LOVE your videos and enjoy them all the time, your videos got me out of a very dark and lonely time. So I LOVE YOU KAYLA SAYSSSSSSSS ❤️ and no judgement towards you, you’re amazing period 🫶 But yeah girl I feel like that Steve character isn’t a good example of a black character. Not to be like that, but his name is Steve and then you look at the mustache and it’s just like yeah that’s not a black guy. Idk I could see Jack black playing Steve, I really don’t wanna see race be a factor I think he could pull it off
THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing up the fact that Steve is a POC!!! I literally thought it was a joke when people would tell me Jack Black was playing Steve because I figured this would never happen considering the little mermaid + Snow White controversy and the fact that the roles were now very, very switched. Needless to say, I was extremely shocked and upset when the official trailer came out… I seriously didn’t think that I’d witness white washing in modern day entertainment.
Film bros When a POC character is whitewashed: *crickets* Film bros When a white character is reinterpreted as POC: ahhhhhhhh forced diversity wokeness!
@@pink__pepper and half the time the character’s whiteness has little to do with the character themselves! Mermaids exist across all cultures (including the African Mami Wata) and there was very little Danish influence in the Disney movie
@@alyssapinon9670 Well, don’t get me wrong, I personally don’t agree with race swapping original characters and even as a POC, I was very disappointed with Disney choosing to race swap two characters. Again, not to pull the POC card but as a POC, I find race swapping to be fake diversity and just plain pandering. However, it’s clear to me that modern Hollywood has something against POC men. For example, I find it extremely odd that Disney chose to race and location swap the little mermaid but literally made up a stupid story for the sake of making the prince white even though the remake takes place in the Caribbean (which is predominantly a black population). I’m not sure how they’re going to explain Snow White being Latina (which I know isn’t a race but I don’t want to get into the details of that) but regardless, the actor playing the prince is WHITE white. ANOTHER example is that it was announced that in the live-action remake, they race swapped ASTRID instead of Hiccup or any of the other male characters in the upcoming How to Train your Dragon live action remake. Naturally, as a POC AND Minecraft fan, I was excited to see a legitimate male POC character and talent when Minecraft was announced. Imagine my disappointment when I found out it was a white guy playing him. Smdh.
@@pink__pepper I agree with your statement. Just the lack of consistency with certain film bros just proves their poorly hidden racial biases. they claim to be against pandering but are actually against any non cishet white man representation. I’ve also noticed that so many interracial couples on TV are white X some other POC. That might have been progressive back in the. 1950s but now it just seems plain lazy and even a bit internally racist. Really feeds into the idea that a POC who ends up with a white person is winning at life. Even though before it was mostly MOC doing this stuff because they were the ones dominating the TV world, lots of WOC creators (looking at you Mindy Kahling) are doing the same exact thing and rebranding it as feminist. Maybe I have some bias too because I’m a non-white biracial but I roll my eyes whenever people hype up shows with white X POC couples.
yall really be blaming the actors for what the writers, producers, and animators did 💀jack black is and always will be among the last good actors in this day and age, cope
Jack has always been such a likeable character in my view, i didnt quite see the edgy or adult humor of his film roles, but movies like kung fu panda, school house rock and the mario bros. movie are what make him legendary. and even if i dont think his role as steve is really the "best" choice, he isnt the problem. The lack of care that warner bros had producing such a dumpster fire that was the minecraft movie trailer, is easily what pisses fans off the most. Jack Black doesnt deserve the hate he's getting
Part of the reason Jack responded as he did was because Kyle put a huge insurance risk on himself, Jack and any concert goer and venues they'd go to after making that statement. If some crazy jackass decided to 'get revenge' on Kyle for making that statement, it'd be just like the event all over again where INNOCENT PEOPLE would be put in danger over political crap from one person. It was essentially a 'he ruined it for everyone' moment and honestly....it was a fofa moment for Kyle and Jack. I said this when it all came down; Kyle should not have put his foot in his mouth by bringing up politics AT ALL because people are fk'in sick of this. Can you imagine going to that concert to ESCAPE for a bit from this political cesspool only to have to have it brought back right in your face, and as a result your favorite band gets screwed over because of it. The problem is that no one seems to be able to turn the political commentary off and give people a damn break. I was around people who were panicking over the outcome of the shooting because they were terrified at the thought that the political discourse is so bad that Civil War 2.0 would erupt from this, because they're constantly surrounded by political jabbering and even in their comfort zones, it's crept in and there seems to be NO escape from it. I doubt TD is going to break up from this because it would be such a petty thing to do but what this should teach both Jack and Kyle is that no, you DON'T have to speak about every political event that happens, you don't have to constantly endorse Government officials or special groups that are actually utter garbage (looking at you Autism Speaks). Jack is a grown adult and so is Kyle and both should be able to read the room and realize that people are tired and just want to listen to goofy music to destress from the yelling online, on tv, whatever about whatever stupid discourse is going on. TD actually brought a lot of unlikely people together but they punched themselves in the face by diving face first into a divisive trash fire. And as for his acting skills? I don't mind him being in movies because as I've seen the patterns, holy crap the movies/shows just suck. Mario worked because he was playing a character in Bowser. It wasn't 'just' Jack but....this? No, it's awful, especially when you realize they opted for the terrible CG instead of just going all animated. Now it just looks like a bad TH-cam rewind skit, not Minecraft.
Wow I’m early. It’s hard seeing him kinda fall off as I’ve gotten older, I loved him so much as a kid but him being a Zionist makes me see him in a completely different light. ‘Good guys’ are good to everybody.
He hasn’t even said he’s a Zionist or defended Israel, afaik. The statement he shared, right after Oct. 7, essentially just says to let Jewish people mourn. You might find it insensitive, but it doesn’t tell us much about his politics.
I still love Jack Black. He’s human and may say stuff out of ignorance, but he is still far more approachable, genuine, and good hearted than nearly every other celebrity.
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I remember seeing a take about how Jack Black is slowly becoming the guy they put in kids movies to sell tickets. And honestly, I kinda agree
I think he became that years ago tbh
@@table2.0 He even hosted the Kids Choice Awards three times back in the late 2000s/early 2010s
Slowly? He can't say no to any damn kid project he gets.
I don’t get the appeal though. What generation really enjoys his bland acting?
@@owangejewicewatch him get exposed for being a pdf file…
Hot Take: But Jack Black is slowly becoming the Dwayne Johnson of movie recovering, You got a bad Script and and a lame plot? Oh I know, Lets grab The Rock! then everyone will like it!
Feels like Jack Black is going down that route, "Bad Movie? Just add jack black in it, then people are gonna have to like it!"
I hate that he’s letting it happen, not every movie will be a win but you can work without the pubic getting tired of you. I feel like zendaya is a good example of that.
@@shanel4294 Eh, I'm tired of Zendaya.
@@Vaquix000 why?
The difference being that Jack actually puts effort into his performances
@@the_fynethyme She's in too many things.
The only people I’m blaming for how bad the Minecraft movie is gonna be are the people who thought a live-action Minecraft movie was a good idea!
I know, why not just make it animated like the Mario movie? 😭
Edit: guys I don't mean the art style used in the Mario movie, I mean ANIMATED, like the Mario movie was, rather than trying to go for live action. I don't mean animated in exactly the same way as the Mario movies style 😭
Is it just me or does Jason Mamoa have a bunch of expensive summer homes? Why does he keep signing up for dumb stuff. He has money. He can be picky.
Have you considered that maybe the reason he has so much money is BECAUSE he isn't picky with roles?
@@cinderellaskeleton6720 I think he is saving up to go to Mars personally. But like Tmobile, random commercials, I can't escape the guy to the point I wonder "why?"
I WANT MINECRAFT STORY MODE MOVIE‼️
I'm a Jack black fan Growing up, i love him but casting him as steve isn't the right move
I'm so mad about that. Like so mad lol.
@@vvitch-mist20
Omg Lydia deets PFP I love Beetlejuice back to the subject, Yeah Jack black being Steve is a bad idea I'm not hating on Jack but I just don't think it's a good idea.
@@Miori_the_cat23407
Lol I got called her a lot in my 20s, and I also LOVE the movie.
I think the Minecraft movie should have been made in Minecraft. Like everyone could have PLAYED the game to make the movie. Like...I hate how gaming, and gamers are always so far removed from video game movies.
@@vvitch-mist20
Yeah I agree with you
He’s similar to Adam sandler, he plays himself in every movie when you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all.
He skadooshed his career.
Best comment 😂😂😂😂 wish I could like this more than once
@@alyssapinon9670 get a second account
It hurts man
Nah he's doing fine
Yeah I bet him and his million's of dollars, his mansion and all his residual checks are very sad about how people don't like him anymore
Jack Black is like that one cool uncle you only see at family gatherings who always makes you laugh, but if you start seeing him every day you slowly start wishing that he would just go away
Why is this so painfully accurate
Yea😂😕
Even down to the "saw him long enough to know how he really is" vibes.
This title hurts as someone in my 30s.
Jack Black was problematic back in the day, but in the “2000s Adam Sandler” way and he managed to get out of that with School of Rock.
He became a dad to a whole generation of kids like those on the movie, and we loved him.
Then Kung Fu Panda made him beloved by our kids.
And now here we are 😢
Yeah, I remember that earlier "ugh, Jack Black AGAIN?" phase, too.
Do you hate him now?
He never recovered after the Tenacious D movie bombed. The soundtrack was great, but the movie was just meh IMO, of course it was destined to be a cult classic instead of a blockbuster.
ADAM snadler is a lovely bloke though and known for it
Yeah that's how I feel now about Jackie Chan sucking up to the CCP in China 🤮
We actually just watched "School of Rock" for the first time last weekend and really liked it. Meanwhile, I've been tormenting my 15yo by just looking at him and saying, "I am Steve" at random.
I rewatched it a few months ago and it holds up! It’s quite entertaining.
Lol you're a good mom
That's awesome lmao I would have found it hilarious if my mom did this
😂😂 nice.
I really loved that film once upon a time also too, its a good one
I do sorta feel that a lot of celebs are more “becoming annoying” BECAUSE studios push them so much.
You touched on Chris Pratt also, and to actually touch on his Onward costar the way the internet is obsessed with putting Tom Holland in everything puts me off Tom Holland
Like in the UK for a while the comedians Jack Whitehall and Russell Howard were on everything, recently it’s been Romesh Rangnathan & Joel Dommett
TV/Film studios go “oh X person is popular” and then immediately tank it by making them present / star in everything
This too.
I absolutely agree
Man, I went from never knowing who Glenn Powell is to seeing his face EVERYWHERE. I’ve never seen anything with him in it but I kind of hate Glenn Powell now.
I need to watch The Weakest Link reboot, thanks for the reminder.
@@eileensnow6153 I totally feel you on this
him being involved with autism speaks did it for me... super disappointing but not surprising
Is he still involved with Autism Speaks? Because if not, that could just be a case of him misunderstanding the situation. Unless he's actively defending their shitty history, then yeah that sucks.
I cant understand autistic people
Ew, he is?! I didn't know about that
ELI5?
Yeah I'm autistic and that hurts.
Kayla I’m so sorry but Dave Grohl just nominated himself for another video in this series 😪
His publicists are already working on it in my news feed. I am so so disappointed in Dave Grohl, there goes my hero, watch him as he falls 😢
I must be out of the loop. What did Dave do...?
@@CosmicPotato I believe he's made a statement about being unfaithful and having a child with another woman! (while being married??) thats the latest ive seen 🫡☺️
@@CosmicPotato Cheated on his wife of twenty years, had a baby that was just born, and apparently didn’t tell wife until recently since they were seen out publicly together this summer. His children have deactivated their social medias since he publicly acknowledged wanting to be an involved father with the new child (which is fine). But, he is someone I have always had the most respect for and I am shocked
@@ChrisHoulihan Oh my goodness, that's awful!
I've no idea how to feel about Jack Black anymore. I do believe there's a correlation between megacorporation IP-milking projects and our higher standards for art in general, but idk, a sellout's a sellout. His whole apology and cancelling shows? That is NOT rock n roll.
agreed. Though I'm not sure in general people want high standards in art. That's what they SAY but I think what people really mean is they want something that does something they already like but in a unique way. An animal known for being lazy becoming a Kung Fu Master isn't a complicated idea, but its unique and it was done well. I'm not gonna attack the guy for it but yeah, whatever happened behind the scenes really dampened a spirit that a lot of his older movies had.
He's not an epic actor doing epic things anymore, he's an actor with an 'epic' status doing average things.
Dude went woke
even during the Trump smearing campaign
I think he got bought out by the big guys
If the Internet falls out of love with Weird Al, I may do something drastic.
Oh hell no! I know my boy Weird Al stays away from bullshit. We ain’t gonna have a problem with him. If I’m wrong, you can punch me the nutsack
Actualy kids lov & lestin 2 weird but dont tel ther parents cus they dont want 2 be caled cringe thers 2 docs on it here on u tube
FREDSTER2000???????
Gonna get my name on the news if that happens
Never ❤
I don’t think he’s truly fallen out of love for everyone, but rather, people are just starting to get tired of his prominence. It’s the Chris Pratt thing all over again. I feel these celebrity appearances are best in doses rather than overindulges.
It’s funny how things go in full circle - back in the late 2000s, people were complaining about Jack Black being everywhere, but the younger generations didn’t care. But nowadays, they do.
Did Jack Black throw his friend under the bus?
Yes.
Was the tour almost certainly cancelled by promoters/insurers?
Absolutely yes.
Yup. Like I said, if a nutter took action on what Kyle said, innocent people are going to be in the cross hairs along with him.
The guy at the Trump rally was going for Trump....but who ended up getting fatally wounded? A person who had nothing to do with whatever delusions the shooter had. Innocent people are always the ones who have to pay for the stupid statements of people who are already well off to begin with.
Justice for KG
@@Yorokobi224 yeah wtf cant these people take f joke ?!
@hunterericson6782 Some things just aren't joke material till a while after the event taking place, especially when it's not really delivered all that funny.
Legitimately just too soon.
I don't blame jack for "throwing his friend under the bus".
@@hunterericson6782 It clearly wasn't a joke, people like Gass hate Trump
He lost me when he signed that stupid letter thanking the government for sending bombs to that country I’m not allowed to name.
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Real
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Same
In conclusion, Jack Black became “The Man”
What do you mean the man? The human?
@@dylansearcy3966 School of Rock reference
When he sent that thank you note to g*nocide Joe, I so wanted to say “read between the lines” 🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽
@@dylansearcy3966 in school of rock, his whole thing was "stick it to the man"
@@dylansearcy3966 The guy on the top who calls all the shots looking down under on everyone else with no regard for nothing but money
Jack Black, though I love his stage presence, seems to lack any backbone in terms of public policies. He just goes with what the mainstream's opinions are like a lazy river.
Idk about that. It seems like he is just ignorant and doesn’t do his own research so he just believes what everyone else says. It’s seems like he has good intentions & wants to do the right thing, but you can’t just believe everyone around you and think you’re doing the right thing 😭 you gotta do your own research.
I mean this genuinely and not to be snarky but why do his policy opinions matter? He's an entertainer not a lawmaker. I care as much about his politics as I do the guy who fixed my dishwasher yesterday
maybe because it’s not his job? I will never understand why people like you want an ACTOR to give their political opinions. and also stop saying he lacks backbone when it comes to public opinion we all know you mean “he doesn’t agree with what I agree with” because we all know what happens if he doesnt
@@breerex4957 he has immense cultural influence and should wield it with responsibility. it's not complicated. people who say they are "apolitical" are just saying "i don't care because it doesn't affect me"
He is an entertainer, not a politician. Yes, it would be nice if he advocated for good political change, but that's not his job.
I really wonder how his upcoming “Dear Santa” film will be, it’s about a kid who mixes us Santa and Satan on his Christmas letter so the Devil gets the letter
Sounds like a grinch reboot satan turns nice guy
As a tim burton child i would've loved this. We need new films for lil goths
Sounds like a Lucifer fanfiction I read 👀
That's actually a really funny idea, I'd watch it.
I remember i once saw a short comic with this joke
My friend says the downfall of Jack Black’s popularity should be studied and I think it was right in the interim of the three Kung Fu Panda movies where his charm started fading.
i agree with your friend
Actually there are now 4 Kung Fu Panda movies
@@ivanhernandez9579 No, I meant before that.
@eatatjoes6751 but it's true there are now 4 Kung Fu Panda movies
I feel like Jack Black just filled the ecological niche in Hollywood that Nicholas Cage was in for so long.
But drive angry ghost riders & reinfeild slap cage dosent get many good roles but when he dose its a sight 2 behold
Nicolas Cage is in different league though
@@mikejett2733 agreed, he’s actually my favorite actor!
I haven't actually seen him in much, just for years I'd see the memes and references. But in the last couple years I've watched Willy's Wonderland and Mandy, which were so absurd, outlandish, and SOOO much goddamn fun that I've decided I have to watch every single horror adjacent movie that he's in. And maybe the other ones, too
@@Kinkajou420 yep & k reeves lawence fishborn are great 2
I guess him offering up Kyle to the Devil in the Tenacious D movie was foreshadowing
My mind just exploded.
the problem about Steve's casting is that even mojang doesnt seem to decide what his race actually is since in some promo materials he's white, and he was made to be just a default skin, no personality whatsoever
yeahhh... I was really surprised when she said that most people consider Steve black, because half the white people where I live look like him, a lot of white people's summer shade is darker than him. Steve looks like an 80s to 2000s main game character: not pale but white skin, brown hair, stubble and basic clothes.
@@plainsalt What do you mean half the white people look like him? Steve is just a bunch of pixels :sob:
@@plainsalti mean his skin tone isn't super white either to me he looks mixed
I mean c’mon steve is very obviously a white guy. I mean he literally has blue eyes.
@@1deviousmama333 What if he’s the Lisan Al Gaib
I thought the Minecraft movie was fake and when I learned it wasn’t I assumed it’d be 3D animation like the Mario movie. Why on earth would it be live action when the world is digital blocks😭😭
I hate how fast the internet turns against people as soon as they make a mistake. I don't agree with him, I'm not even one of his fans, but saying he's an asshole for defending a bad adaptation of a game he doesn't care about is insane.
How many times have you, the person reading this comment, trashed on IPs you didn't know or care about? How many times have you gone "nah, they're giving this way more importance than it deserves"?
Uhhhh, not that often I guess. I do agree that the internet (and especially places like Twitter) has a problem with jumping to conclusions depending on one action that’s morally questionable, so, make of that what you will.
The only reason why Jack Black flipped on Kyle was because it was a threat to JB wanting to appeal to everyone and anyone. JB scared of the money train hitting the brakes
Damn throwing your friend of years under the bus because they said something "controversial"
I know! It was a huge overreaction to end the tour over it. Like, it's Tenacious D. Heaven forbid Kyle say something off colour about the worst man in the world.
The Minecraft cameo is just enough already too. He looked like he just rolled out of bed, said a couple lines and bounced.
@@nemarchepas to nitpick, i dont think trump is the worst man in the world. agree with everything else tho, and i realise it was probably an overexaggeration
@@portaldolphin13He’s up there, but you’re right, Putin is closer to that title.
@@golfwang8084nah. Hasan is worse
If i may, this whole Jack Black fall is very overblown. He's always had ups and downs, like Shallow Hal or The Polka King. I do think he'll swing back, and a couple bad movies aren't going to tank him.
Friendly reminder to everyone that you can still enjoy a piece of media, no matter your opinions of who's involved. If you like Jack Black movies but don't condone his actions, that's perfectly fine!
Thanks! I loved the Kung Fu Panda movies, personally the first one is my favorite. Now i don't feel guilty!
@@averyfields8183 you needed a youtube comment to tell you that? jesus
I can tell he does what he does because he loves making kids happy. But yeah, there's a limit to how many mis-steps one can take...
Even though I’ve been annoyed with him recently, I can’t lie when he made my childhood as Po in Kung Fu Panda.
Same, bro ‘same
@@jeffbuckland1833 How many people are aware of Jackie Chan's controversies?
At this point the internet fell out of love with everyone 😅
Not true lol I think most folks still think keanu reeves and dolly parton are kool for the most part. I don't think those rich celebs have done anything super messed up. The rest of them though? Yeah lolz
The Doomsday clock is now closer to "How the Internet Fell out of Love with Weird Al"
@@GaigeGrosskreutzGunClub it’ll probably be because of how his songs have dated such as “Just Eat it” not being acceptable now or how he had to change one of his songs as it had the r slur in it
@@iain9757"Eat It" isn't that dated.
@iain9757 if it's the word used in word crimes, it wasnt the R word. It's a word that is used as a similar slur in the uk and australia that he was unaware of before releasing the song. He's also spoken about words he's used in songs that he regrets today.
Absolutely not
APOLLO YOU PUT THAT DODGEBALL AWAY
Thank you for keeping me up to date on how the Internet is up its own butt.
Also, not about him exactly, but a fun fact: his mom was a NASA scientist who - _while in labor delivering him_ - worked on the system that saved the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts after the gas tank exploded that left them seemingly doomed. That's some super hero/villain origin story sh**
that is cool.
...His mom sounds metal as fuck to be around!
I personally think that Jack Black is a sweet guy who's just very misinformed. Also just because he's been in a few crappy movies doesn't mean he's doomed or bad
Unfortunately, that's often all it takes. Humanity's worst often doesn't come from humanity's worst.
i don't find it very sweet to consistently support a group that wants to eradicate autism and treats autistic people like they're diseased. or to consistently support a country currently carrying out a genocide in the name of creating an ethnostate. i'd say it's rather not sweet of him actually
Again, many many people who supported Autism Speaks were not aware of their true intentions and believed they were indeed helping Autism. He has since cut ties with the “charity”
@@cappucosmicoTHIS!!!!
@@cappucosmico where's your proof that he "consistently" supports Israel or AS?
I didn’t know ppl fell out of love with Jack Black
He’s a Zionist
me neither i was confused when i saw the title
Too much Twitter.
I didn’t either. I’m autistic and I love jack black. I hate autism speaks but I still love Jack Black.
His latest film endeavors, particularly Kung Fu Panda 4 for me, have seemed… soulless and like cash grabs. No real artistic soul in em.
Aren't we all Steve?🤔
We all have that Steve delving within, the willed urge to tap into the innovative and malleable... It's what you do with it responsibly and with overall equilibrated angles is what still counts.
Steve was the friends we made along the way 😔😔
I remember watching Gulliver's Travels and thinking Jack Black was so uncool. And I was so surprised when my dad said he actually used to be funny. This was like 14 years ago.
I felt sooo bad for the people who had tickets to the Tenacious D concerts in Australia, especially the concert for the first night they cancelled. Because of how big Australia is and how vast a state can be, it's not unusual for people to travel hours and hours for a concert, and alot of people would have paid for accommodation as well as petrol/public transportation. This is money that people can't get back, even if their tickets are properly refunded. It's totally understandable if a concert is cancelled because the artist is sick or injured or has an emergency - it's less understandable if it's cancelled because half the band is trying to protect their image because of a dumb joke. And with the economy in Australia, this might've been the one "big event" someone is splurging on this year. I can't imagine their tickets will sell out here again as easily as it did for this tour. It's a shame, cos alot of people have loved their music for years, but cancelling their tour the way they did just leaves a bad taste in fans mouths.
I can't even listen to their music anymore with the cancelling and all the BS. I was super excited about it; this was actually the only concert I planned to attend this year (spent >$300 for tickets with friends). Jack Black feels like a hypocrite to the messages and vibe in Tenacious D's music now (when there are messages and themes, it is mostly all for a laugh). He ain't metal no more, it ain't metal to fold like that against a friend. I don't agree that political violence is a solution to ANYTHING going on in the US but at the end of the day, it was a joke in bad taste, and since it was fresh news, KG probably had it on his mind, he did apologise too. I reckon that Jack could have encouraged him to apologise, which you can do while not agreeing with his actions, rather than throw him to the wolves with that BS PR message.
Here Here!
Jack Black is no longer metal for throwing Kyle under the bus for being hysterical
It really baffles me how people like you can be so dumb. This is not a black or white situation. They work with several other people on the tours. If some conservative nutter was to attack one of them at a concert because they were mad about what KG said, both of them would feel guilty about that. They both needed to calm things down and the best way to avoid something happening at another concert was to cancel them for the time being. They've said that they're still going to work together and perform. They just need to wait for everything to blow over
10000%
For sure there was something else going on here as well, the response was way too dramatic.
Ah yes, publicly voicing and hoping for a political candidate to die mere days after an attempt on their life was made is peak comedy.
@@Saltasaur stop simping for the rich, they don't need your support, they are rich
I just found out from this video he supports Autism Speaks (இдஇ; ) As an autistic person, that’s really painful to see.
Also as a note: while this is highly contended among autistic people, using person first language (“person with autism”) is generally frowned upon. This is because this phrasing has been proven by studies to be effective in overcoming certain mental problems, such as alcohol and depression; however, autism is not something to be overcome or cured
Same here friend, I audibly “nooooooo’ed” when I heard that. It’s just disappointing when celebs tack these societies on without researching them at all :/
Jack Black supports Autism Speaks, is he stupid
Me looking around to see who’s attacking you for saying you’re autistic:
@@sopwithhannah2401Autism Speaks, were you not paying attention?
Uh, depending on which part of the "spectrum" you're on, autism is absolutely something to overcome. Overcoming something does not have a negative connotation.
People think the Minecraft skin with basically blue eyes is black?
Like... He's at least ambiguous but black specifically?
I mean, he's definitely not white. Alex is white, and Steve has a very different skin tone. I think he looks more middle-eastern tbh. Eye colour is just to make his eyes stand out more.
@@TheLobsterCopter5000 right but black?
@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 idk, it's kinda up for interpretation.
It's weird that they even chose "Steve" to be the maincharacter in the Minecraft movie to begin with, considering that the game is kinda about making it whatever you want it to be, with Steve himself being as blank as possible, having about no characterization or backstory - I mean his name is Steve for crying out loud. ...also most people play with diferent skins anyways. It's just such a missed opportunity to do anything interesting with the IP.
Yeah I didn’t like the Peaches song, kinda limited my immersion in the movie. But a lot of kids really liked it so I can appreciate it in that roundabout way
5:07 The same could be said for Ryan Reynolds too tbh
Or the rock. Or gal gagot. Funny how all 3 were in that trash flick. Also funny how Ryan's wife is a major B word lol
Who are 'most' of the people who think steve is black? The popular interpretation is that hes either mediterranean (light skinned italian etc) or latino. Do people seriously forget that there are a number of ethnicities that have melanin other than black.
Also hating jack black for playing a character with no confirmed race is dumb af
Fr people really think any shade darker than "Brit who hadn't seen the sun in 10 years" is somehow "black-coded" like bro chill there are way more than 2 options
Ironically I feel like this mindset of " anyone darker than white ever" is just immediately "black or latino" is really ignorant and racist lmao, but the worst part is people who say this always think they're in the right for it
I’ve always viewed Steve as Hispanic idk
I don't care for his race. He just doesn't look like Steve at all. It's just Jack Black in a blue shirt.
@@zantos4853 they should have casted Chris Pratt. Because he never gets casted in anything
Tenacious D came out when I was in middle school and I was really getting into metal/rock and playing drums and guitar. They meant so much to me. It was pretty devastating to find out about the shit that went down with Kyle.
His oversaturation with these video game adaptation VA roles is definitely annoying, and these movies, mostly animated, don't even appeal to me.
steven isn’t confirmed black😭😭😭maybe racially ambiguous but that’s not rlly an issue, as a black person i could care less but my main gripe is that yeah the movie looks like shit😭😭😭
Yeah it was very random that they mentioned that. Yt people trying to tell us how to feel
lmao listen I’m not a Minecraft character I was just told he is canonically black and either way Jack Black doesn’t look like him but I get what you’re saying for sure lol
No Steve isn't white nor black. He's BROWN.
@@TheFABFOURpageTH-cam people?😭😭😭
@@Lovesick_Klepto....White. white people
whi=Y te=T
Yt people.
Which frankly is pretty offensive no one says the full word. But hey that's imo their subconscious racism but whatever I don't care too much.
First, let me say that I’ve been a Jack Black fan for years, and I was disappointed about what I learned of him during Kayla’s video. What pisses me off the most is that Jack chose to hold his friend “accountable” for a stupid comment, but hasn’t (from what I have seen) said a word about all the horrible things Trump has done over the years.
Is he a Trump supporter
He’s a very political guy. He was about to do a Rock the Vote tour with Kyle Gass when the whole shooting incident comment thing happened. They ended up canceling the tour because of it. He is definitely not a Trump supporter, he endorsed Biden a couple months back.
There's actually a Tenacious D cartoon where he and Kyle sneak into the white house to assassinate Trump, so basically he's a hypocrite.
Same
Yep
“Steve is considered by most people to be a black character.”
… What? I have legitimately not heard once in 15 years that Steve is supposed to be black.
Yeah that one was a bit weird. He's a little ambiguous, sure, but "supposed to be black" is a big stretch
An author taking something they think or one of their particular social groups think and projecting that as a generalization is something the more easily influenced people do.
Regarding the Peaches thing, my favorite version of that has to be the video someone made where Bowser is singing about Sasha Colby. I don't know, but the idea of a dragon monster with Jack Black's voice singing a love song to Sasha freaking Colby is pretty hilarious to me. Look that up whenever you get the chance.
bowser is a turtle, i dont know where you got 'dragon' from. he doesnt even have wings
@@ReinaLesbianadragons breathe fire, turtles don't :/
But also bowser is a fictional character, so he can be whatever anyone wishes to interpret him as
@@stargazerskies Gamera might have a bone to pick with you on that one
@@stargazerskies “dragons breathe fire, turtles don't”
Okay? And what do you think is Bowser’s most common and iconic power/ability?
Something I feel the need to point out, Steve is supposed to be racially ambiguous having multiple variations with more definitive races.
He's the default player model he could be anyone, a tan white dude or light skinned black guy included.
i really don't understand that. if he's supposed to be whatever, then why did they over the years make him whiter? isn't he supposed to be anything?
Since when do people think steve is black? I mean cool if more people can self personify through the character, but I always kinda assumed steve was Notch's self insert character. A white dude with brown hair and a goatee (even though no matter how hard I look I can't see the goatee as anything but a smile)
what? i hadn't heard anything about this. a tbh even after the video i'm still confused. the only iffy thing i noticed was autism speaks and the israel/palestine thing
just wanna point out like others have done that a Jewish man saying shortly after 10/7 that one can condemn the Israeli government AND the murder of hundreds of civilians is fine and good actually. If people want to criticize him for not saying anything else since then, ok, but "israeli citizens are not their government and refrain from cheering on war crimes" is a pretty normal take
Not really a normal take since the Israeli people overwhelmingly and openly support the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Every single poll shows that over 80% support the government’s bombing of Palestinians and the illegal occupation of the West Bank. 70% think that the government needs to be even HARSHER and do more damage, meaning that genocide simply isn’t enough for them. Then there’s the fact that pretty much all Israeli’s over the age of 17 have actively participated in the IDF and therefore openly contributed to the 76+ years of occupation and oppression of Palestinians. You can conscientiously object but most proudly do their terrorist military service, with extra years on top. They all know they’re sitting on stolen land. They all know they’re squatting in the stolen homes of displaced Palestinians. They fully see the genocide and the atrocities and they celebrate it, even inviting the rapists that openly tortured and sodomised Palestinian captives TO DEATH on TV, parading them around and having them blessed by Rabbi’s, openly holding talks in their parliament about whether raping non-Jews is good in war - oh and almost starting a civil war in the country btw because the government dared to arrest the ZioNazi rapists when that’s they’re ‘God given right’ to rape... To pretend Israeli citizens who overwhelmingly have physically participated in the ZioNazi diaper force are somehow different to their terrorist government is a joke. This is the one case where you can legitimately say the government and people are generally the same level of evil. They all openly want to colonise and ethnically cleanse all of Palestine and they all believe in the ‘Greater Israel’ vision where they go even further to colonise and ethnically cleanse all surrounding countries (Saudi, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, etc). They see and even live-stream all the atrocities themselves.
I feel like I had to scroll too far to find this comment! I don't see what's wrong with what he posted.
@@Cherri_Stars 198k civilians are dead in Gaza and no one cares
People don't bother to read the whole thing. They just see "oh, this looks like it's defending israel therefore it must be bad"
@@LilacMonarch Yeah I still am not a fan of the statement.
If Jack Black is fired by Nintendo and Bowser is recast, I’ll die laughing.
Am very out of the loop with the Minecraft movie so finding out he plays Steve was a mighty jumpscare for me 💀
steve is NOT black. he’s tanned, considering his blue eyes and mixed skin.
was i about to close youtube and sleep? yes. but you uploaded so
Never knew people fell outta love with him. My favorite Jack black movie will forever be Shallow Hal. Comparing him to Chris prat is crazy. Jack black can play himself in any movie and it’ll be more entertaining than anything these actors have done, I think that’s a huge factor of his success
lol he said that black is in his name, so close enough
😂😂😂
Wait why didn't you talk about the president's letter? Where he thanked the president for supporting Isreal?
The one piece Isreal !
Ex-squeeze-me? I wasn’t even aware the internet fell out of love with Jack Black 😢☹️
When do people get it in their head that Steve was a black character? I’m pretty sure she’s supposed to be ambiguous raced But if I had to narrow it down to one, I’d say white with a tan or if I were to stretch it a bit Hispanic
Steve definitely middle eastern with that tan and his ability to not get obliterated by the sun
People who think any character having 1 molecule of melanin defaults them to being black
@@Mavuika_Gyaru As if white people can't have a tan similar to Steve's or live in extremely hot areas like Arizona?
yeah for sure
white people tan TAN not mahogany
I’ll never hate Jack Black. He just disappoints me sometimes.
You always have the perfect videos for me to listen while doing my skincare or makeup
Hot Take: If Jack Black was "hotter" these incidents wouldn't hit as hard.
Seems like bigger people are literally always 2 bad takes away from being exiled from the internet, especially if people think you're too happy, too colorful, too loud, etc on top of being fat. It's like how dare you be fat, AND take up space off screen, AND have a bad take. There are so many conventionally attractive actors, women and men alike, who have said and done WAY more outlandish, offensive, and even violent things but it blows over because they're attractive and often just don't address the public instead of apologizing. Note: I am not condoning bad behavior I'm just pointing out the trend. The internet has very little grace for fat people (unless they dress in all black and seem perpetually and QUIETLY miserable a la Rob Kardashian). Personally, I don't think he's done anything he can't come back from.
1) Actors are usually misinformed/uneducated about the morals of the charities they promote, so much so that it's actually surprising when they DO know what they're talking about. Anybody looking at a celebrity to be socially in touch or to have a moral authority on anything have entirely lost the plot. This man is in his 50s and has been acting since the 80s. He is so far removed it's almost laughable.
2) A LOT of actors take roles solely based off pay these days whether they admit it or not, even if they know the movie is bad or the role is questionable, especially after the pandemic and the strikes. A lot of people across the board haven't financially recovered and it shows. He has kids and I think one of them is about to be old enough to start college soon so I'm sure he could use the money.
3) He never came out and supported violence, his friend did, a whole separate individual. Jack Black can't speak for anyone but himself and maybe his kids. I highly doubt Jack Black would ever endorse or encourage his friend to go out and say those things, at least not on a public stage, and he literally did not support him after the fact. Publicly, he condemned him and basically took a major financial hit by cancelling his own tour.
statistically, hot people literally get away with murder. the judge just couldt slam that gavel, when he looked into those baby blue eyes. YOURE FREE TO GO
I've never listened to a Tenacious D song before hearing Peaches. To me, it didn't sound like Jack Black inserting his music taste. It sounded like one of those wholesome Mario fan songs like "Super Mario Hyadian." Plus, with what I know about Bowser from being around nintendo fans; it's totally in character for him to write a piano piece about how obsessed he is with Princess Peach, for the tonal rule of "it's funny" if nothing else.
I agree with and enjoy this entire video, except I'm confused on Steve being black? Where does this come from? Minecraft is a swedish game, for one. For two, he was created without an ethnicity in mind. For three, look up the Zuri and Makena default skins. Who possibly thinks Steve is in any way a black character?
Yeah I don't think he is either since he has blue eyes and brown hair features that are most common with white people also he isn't really dark he might have a slight tan but thats about it
People honestly just fall out of love with people insanely easy. You don't even have to do much and people will flip a switch automatically
I think the last thing I saw Jack Black in was in 2010…
Can we just acknowledge the mind numbing dichotomy of saying “I don’t condone hate speech or political violence” while also defending an apartheid colony, and in defense of a man who plans to implement a fas*ist totalitarian regime and quite literally trades in hate speech, eugenics, and white supremacist talking points/conspiracy theories?
Tf are you talking about?
Me when I spout fearmongering propaganda.
Huh?
Please go outside some day.
Meds. Now
7:15 and almost assaasinated again
YEAH I thought she knew for a second loll
Yep, we just got attempt 2 electric boogaloo
People fell out of love with Jack Black??
I must be on the other side of the internet 🤷🏼♀️
I love him
Jack has gotten some backlash recently over some things. I don't think it will last TOO long unless he does something else chaotic.
Must be the side where nobody knows there’s a genocide happening right now.
"I must not be informed" lol
We love him as Bowser, but we hate him as Steve.
Jack Black is just bearchub Ryan Reynolds
He was kinda cute in the 90s. Still handsome.
@@roxassora2706 that wasn’t a comment on his attractiveness 😅
@@CoalaCalavera Hey, I like both actors.
I never heard of Steve being black. Blue eyes should end the confusion.
lots of black people have blue eyes
@@coolchameleon21name one.
@@coolchameleon21Name one.
@@coolchameleon21 its possible for black people to have a blue eye mutation but "lots"? Be fr rn
at this point we lost the plot and need to stfu about Steve. I mean I'll throw my hat in the ring; I think he's racially ambiguous. maybe. perchance.; anyways this isn't the right conversation. DROP IT. DROP IT.
Can we get the redemption arc of Miley Cyrus video next
I still love Jack Black, but I find it suspicious how everyone got mad at Halle for playing Ariel as a black woman. While Jack, a white guy, is playing Steve (A brown skinned character).
Let’s be honest, it has to do with racism 🫠
Steve always looked racially ambiguous to me? Like, tanned maybe? I wouldn’t have guessed he was poc at a glance
@@table2.0his skin is noticeably darker than alex's (a pale ginger) and he has dark brown hair...i dont know how that's giving racially ambiguous. maybe in merch he is paler but in game he's definitely not just "tan"
im not mad because it's so absurd and my humor is so broken that i love it
but yeah, it is kinda of whitewashing
@@mppiI think Steve is probably designed so his race is slightly ambiguous. A white person is more likely to assume Steve's just a white guy with a tan, whereas a brown person is likely to default to assuming Steve is brown like them. This is because our brain uses info we are most familiar with (in this case, our own reflections) to fill in gaps in our knowledge.
Anyways I agree with you, I think Steve is most likely brown, especially when contrasted with Alex. Besides it makes sense for them to have the two lead characters be from different races for diversity
Wait. Steve is black? I assumed the tanned skin was from being on a desert island. I'm not upset if he was a POC, he just didn't look THAT dark to me.
Not that this should matter at all, but Steve has always been represented as having a lighter skin tone, consistent with white or Hispanic at most
@NONAM.E00 maybe they put enough forethought in to make Steve's skin vague so everyone can connect with him
People thinking that steve from minecraft is "black" is reeeeally weird.
Also for someone to think that jack black playing bowser was a lot of jack black put into it is also kinda weird, because then that makes jom carrey playing eggman be worse. As i saw jim carrey just be jim carrey rather than eggman. At least in bowsers case, jack black did put an effort to be a comedic bowser more than just, jack black. (Think mario and luigi games bowser)
It's not weird at all💀
It's literally the same as someone possibly thinking Alex is white.
@@JabariMore Considering that Steve has blue eyes (which is very rare for black people) and an overall skin tone that more resembles tan than anything, yeah it's a pretty strange take to claim that he's black. You could make the argument that he doesn't look very black despite being black due to Minecraft's artistic style, but that doesn't really work either since Minecraft has released a lot more skins than just Steve and Alex, including skins of black people, all of which actually do look like black people.
Steves black??? always thought he was tan because his toys are white and a lot of his promotional art depicts his as pasty white...
Yeah man I thought Hispanic. I think she assumed this
ambiguous?
Used to love him, the TD movie was part of my childhood. But him being a Zio? Signing for bombs? Heck nah, my guy. He is done for me, so seeing him in the movie is just "eh, wasn't gonna see it anyway, but that's another good reason to skip it"
me: I wonder what insane thing is going to happen the moment kayla uploads this video
kayla: the former president got shot
me: oh yeah that just happened again, good call.
hes getting the james corden treatment
spot on
Except Jack Black is actually funny
Ryan Reynolds plays the same character in every single movie
Even in effing waiting lolz.
So true. Don't forget about mark wallyburg too lol.
@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 don’t get me started on Mark Wahlburg
Clicked on this video before the thumbnail even loaded!
I loved Jack Black when I was younger. School of Rock was a long time favourite, and Kung Fu Panda too. I feel the same about him as I do any other celebrity that just plays themselves in every character, it ruins the immersion of the media I am consuming.
Who tf considers Steve to be a Black character??
I’m sorry but no. This what we not doing.
As a black person who actually spends their time overly analyzing racism in different aspect of my life. I’m gonna go ahead and say you people sound bat crisp crazy if you telling me that you feel offended that a white man is playing Steve (who yall are alleging is a black character) when he looks very tan (close to Hispanic if anything)
That Steve character is racially ambiguous enough to be white, stop trying to gaslight black people to attack Jack black for yall own issues. Because that’s definitely what that was. Im somebody who really talks about racism with my black friends, and baby this ain’t it. Leave that man alone
“Racially ambiguous enough to be white,” is the weirdest thing I’ve read since Kamala’s debate with Trump. That’s actually a very harmful concept.
I otherwise agree with what you’re saying.
listen I’m not a Minecraft character, I only found out about the “Steve is black” discourse recently so if you’re saying he’s ambiguous I believe you lol. Either way tho I don’t think Jack Black really fits the character?
@@kaylasays I’m sorry that it comes off very directly toward you! I know you just got that information from somewhere and thought it would be nice to share and reach to certain people. I LOVE your videos and enjoy them all the time, your videos got me out of a very dark and lonely time. So I LOVE YOU KAYLA SAYSSSSSSSS ❤️ and no judgement towards you, you’re amazing period 🫶
But yeah girl I feel like that Steve character isn’t a good example of a black character. Not to be like that, but his name is Steve and then you look at the mustache and it’s just like yeah that’s not a black guy. Idk I could see Jack black playing Steve, I really don’t wanna see race be a factor I think he could pull it off
Steve is Noel Miller confirmed
Steve is a block of pixels. The heck are you talking about.
“What are you watching?” Uhhh the thing “ lmfaooo 💀💀
THANK YOU SO MUCH for bringing up the fact that Steve is a POC!!! I literally thought it was a joke when people would tell me Jack Black was playing Steve because I figured this would never happen considering the little mermaid + Snow White controversy and the fact that the roles were now very, very switched. Needless to say, I was extremely shocked and upset when the official trailer came out… I seriously didn’t think that I’d witness white washing in modern day entertainment.
Film bros When a POC character is whitewashed: *crickets*
Film bros When a white character is reinterpreted as POC: ahhhhhhhh forced diversity wokeness!
@@alyssapinon9670 Exactlyyyyy
@@pink__pepper and half the time the character’s whiteness has little to do with the character themselves! Mermaids exist across all cultures (including the African Mami Wata) and there was very little Danish influence in the Disney movie
@@alyssapinon9670 Well, don’t get me wrong, I personally don’t agree with race swapping original characters and even as a POC, I was very disappointed with Disney choosing to race swap two characters. Again, not to pull the POC card but as a POC, I find race swapping to be fake diversity and just plain pandering. However, it’s clear to me that modern Hollywood has something against POC men. For example, I find it extremely odd that Disney chose to race and location swap the little mermaid but literally made up a stupid story for the sake of making the prince white even though the remake takes place in the Caribbean (which is predominantly a black population). I’m not sure how they’re going to explain Snow White being Latina (which I know isn’t a race but I don’t want to get into the details of that) but regardless, the actor playing the prince is WHITE white. ANOTHER example is that it was announced that in the live-action remake, they race swapped ASTRID instead of Hiccup or any of the other male characters in the upcoming How to Train your Dragon live action remake. Naturally, as a POC AND Minecraft fan, I was excited to see a legitimate male POC character and talent when Minecraft was announced. Imagine my disappointment when I found out it was a white guy playing him. Smdh.
@@pink__pepper I agree with your statement. Just the lack of consistency with certain film bros just proves their poorly hidden racial biases. they claim to be against pandering but are actually against any non cishet white man representation.
I’ve also noticed that so many interracial couples on TV are white X some other POC. That might have been progressive back in the. 1950s but now it just seems plain lazy and even a bit internally racist. Really feeds into the idea that a POC who ends up with a white person is winning at life. Even though before it was mostly MOC doing this stuff because they were the ones dominating the TV world, lots of WOC creators (looking at you Mindy Kahling) are doing the same exact thing and rebranding it as feminist. Maybe I have some bias too because I’m a non-white biracial but I roll my eyes whenever people hype up shows with white X POC couples.
yall really be blaming the actors for what the writers, producers, and animators did 💀jack black is and always will be among the last good actors in this day and age, cope
I still love School of Rock so much
Ok the trump joke is funny
Jack has always been such a likeable character in my view, i didnt quite see the edgy or adult humor of his film roles, but movies like kung fu panda, school house rock and the mario bros. movie are what make him legendary. and even if i dont think his role as steve is really the "best" choice, he isnt the problem. The lack of care that warner bros had producing such a dumpster fire that was the minecraft movie trailer, is easily what pisses fans off the most. Jack Black doesnt deserve the hate he's getting
Part of the reason Jack responded as he did was because Kyle put a huge insurance risk on himself, Jack and any concert goer and venues they'd go to after making that statement. If some crazy jackass decided to 'get revenge' on Kyle for making that statement, it'd be just like the event all over again where INNOCENT PEOPLE would be put in danger over political crap from one person. It was essentially a 'he ruined it for everyone' moment and honestly....it was a fofa moment for Kyle and Jack.
I said this when it all came down; Kyle should not have put his foot in his mouth by bringing up politics AT ALL because people are fk'in sick of this. Can you imagine going to that concert to ESCAPE for a bit from this political cesspool only to have to have it brought back right in your face, and as a result your favorite band gets screwed over because of it.
The problem is that no one seems to be able to turn the political commentary off and give people a damn break. I was around people who were panicking over the outcome of the shooting because they were terrified at the thought that the political discourse is so bad that Civil War 2.0 would erupt from this, because they're constantly surrounded by political jabbering and even in their comfort zones, it's crept in and there seems to be NO escape from it.
I doubt TD is going to break up from this because it would be such a petty thing to do but what this should teach both Jack and Kyle is that no, you DON'T have to speak about every political event that happens, you don't have to constantly endorse Government officials or special groups that are actually utter garbage (looking at you Autism Speaks).
Jack is a grown adult and so is Kyle and both should be able to read the room and realize that people are tired and just want to listen to goofy music to destress from the yelling online, on tv, whatever about whatever stupid discourse is going on. TD actually brought a lot of unlikely people together but they punched themselves in the face by diving face first into a divisive trash fire.
And as for his acting skills? I don't mind him being in movies because as I've seen the patterns, holy crap the movies/shows just suck. Mario worked because he was playing a character in Bowser. It wasn't 'just' Jack but....this? No, it's awful, especially when you realize they opted for the terrible CG instead of just going all animated. Now it just looks like a bad TH-cam rewind skit, not Minecraft.
Short answer: Politics
Wow I’m early. It’s hard seeing him kinda fall off as I’ve gotten older, I loved him so much as a kid but him being a Zionist makes me see him in a completely different light. ‘Good guys’ are good to everybody.
((Zionist)) - right.
He hasn’t even said he’s a Zionist or defended Israel, afaik. The statement he shared, right after Oct. 7, essentially just says to let Jewish people mourn. You might find it insensitive, but it doesn’t tell us much about his politics.
@@gemmamoon5998Nah he's probably on the AIPAC payroll. People can choose to feel however about him without being policed for it.
"'good guys' are good to everybody" except jews if you're to be believed
11:37 What? No I don't think most people considered Steve to be black. I thought most people considered him to be hispanic
I still love Jack Black. He’s human and may say stuff out of ignorance, but he is still far more approachable, genuine, and good hearted than nearly every other celebrity.
3:01 Was not expecting to see one of my favorite videogamedunky clips in here, but I’m diggin’ it!