It seemed like she was throwing shade at anyone named Landis, not just Max. I just don't really go through my day hoping to hear someone talk shit about Max Landis. I was disappointed he has some creepy stories out there about him- I enjoyed Chronicle. If he is a creep, well then it is what it is, I'm not going to defend him. But I also am not going to sit back and revel in someone trashing him. We just need to move on and hope that these guys get prosecuted or learn their lesson, man up, take responsibility and change for the better. That's what I'd rather see and just leave the insults out.
I appreciate any video that insults you, mr shining white knight of the internet. I bet there are some creepy, unsubstantiated stories about you out there too, guy.
John Landis isn't a prize, either. Remember his lax approach to child labour laws filming his _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ segment that wound up with two children killed?
One of my kids actually sang I am My own Grandpa at his second grade talent show. He even dressed up like an old man with glasses and a cane. It was adorable. I couldn't thank the Stupids enough for creating that little nugget of a memory for me.
My absolute favorite scene in this movie is when Mr. Stupid finally confronts the "Drive Bee" by smacking it with his shoe when at the same moment (for unrelated reasons of course) the car explodes. His line, "Now that's a well made shoe!" has always cracked me up.
"I'm my own grandpaaaaa everybody!" I can't believe there's a video about a movie I enjoyed watching as a kid on TH-cam but I really enjoyed the insights in this vid so thank you.
Fun fact: in Hungary, the military guy is named "Fellando", which is similar to "feladó". The closest translation I can give is if he'd be called "Sander", to make a pun about "sender". The translators had fun.
I forget that one of the kids (not the actual Stupids's kids, the neighborhood kids) in this movie is played by Max. And also the movie director cameos, John Landis uses that in quite a few of his movies.
3:40 I'm pretty sure this is based on a book called "The Stupids Die" (technically "the Stupids" were originally a series of kids' books that I remember reading, lol), but I forget if "The Lloyd" was from the book or not.
Finally someone talked about how good this film was! Or talked about it at all! For a while there I felt like it was just this really funny fever dream I had.
Show of ignorance, here, but... What? Was this the helicopter thing, or have I just missed a famous person getting life in prison? Note: You are not responsible for my ignorance, but if I remain ignorant, this will be admissable at my eventual trial. (I hope that came across as a joke, as I often do when interacting with my thumbs).
@@carlg7994 www.ranker.com/list/twilight-zone-tragedy/erin-mccann Quote: "Director John Landis, a producer, the film's production manager, the helicopter pilot, and the explosives specialist all appeared in criminal court to face involuntary manslaughter charges during a trial that lasted almost 10 months and included 71 witnesses. The tragedy also gave Landis the negative distinction of becoming the first movie director to ever be charged with a death on set. Even in front of a grand jury, Landis refused to accept responsibility for the accident, insisting that he had planned everything carefully and had no part in the events that occurred. Perhaps it was his attitude toward the deaths of his actors that led several of Landis's co-workers to testify against him, like one cameraman who testified that Landis kept ordering the helicopter to fly lower. Although Landis and his crew openly admitted that they'd illegally hired the child actors, they went to trial for the deaths and were never charged with breaking child labor laws. Dorcey Wingo was hired to fly the helicopter in the scene and had sought out the job in hopes that he'd start his cinematic career. He was an actual veteran who had flown during the Vietnam War and the Twilight Zone production was his first time flying on camera. He was most likely a little freaked out by pyrotechnics exploding around him, as well as a stubborn director yelling and swearing at him over a radio system that was later found to be of inferior quality. The production was already behind schedule and John Landis was said to be very impatient. Possibly motivated by his desire to succeed in Hollywood, Wingo said nothing about the dangerous situation Landis created. One Hollywood air coordinator believed that Landis was cutting corners by hiring an inexperienced movie pilot, especially one that "wouldn't talk back to the director."" yeah. fucking yikes.
@@KOPKAS2112 So that's why my grandparents were so adamant about steering clear of helicopters. My grandfather was a test pilot on some of the early-modern models (he described it as a lawn chair attached to an egg beater), but that might be highly suspect family lore. This killing was definitely pointed out to me as a child, but I only just got the context. Thank you.
Holy crap. I never knew all of this. I was way too young to hear about any of it when it happened, and I never noticed that John Landis had largely fallen off the radar, nor asked why. Looking at his filmography since then, it looks increasingly sparse. Without knowing the rest of the story, I'd certainly be curious why the director of The Blues Bothers, Animal House, Thriller, and The Three Amigos would have trouble finding a job in the director's chair.
I've always liked the Stupids, and felt there was an unappreciated deftness to it, but kept those thoughts to myself because if it was remembered by anyone else at all it was only to razz it. So thanks for the bit of solidarity.
I still appreciate it to this day, and think it is one of the most unfairly panned movies ever. I feel the same about the Brendan Fraser version of Bedazzled.
I feel Film Schools and more people should study Thank You for Smoking. It a movie that makes a likable villain as the main character and found a way to make the bad guy a person for you to root for while knowing the whole time he is doing something evil. It is a movie that shows why doing what you would think is morally wrong is so enticing and why people do it.
I can't believe I've never seen this movie. My main memory core these days is a bit buggy, so maybe I did see it back in the day, but however that may be, I'm adding it to my list of things I will have to see (the most recent one that was put in the list was "Galaxina"). Incidentally, I recently sent off for "Star Crash" on blu-ray - now that is a classic movie.
I imagine myself, years from now, sitting around with my other famous director friends, rubbing elbows with the elite, guffawing and sharing chestnuts of our early years, when the subject of film school comes up. Then they will turn to me after listing NYU, UCLA, BYU, and I will wryly state: "Oh me? Well, I don't like to show off, but (chuckles under breath) I went to Maggie Mae Fish." Also, that practical effect is fantastic, but those two guys are lucky Landis didn't kill them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident But seriously, I do resent how many good movies that jerkoff made.
The Colonel is also defeated by random circumstances: the worker from Floyd's Deli (who they called on accident because they needed something bigger than 911) suddenly busts in and bashes the Colonel in the face with the door.
When I first saw this movie back when I was in elementary school, I desperately wanted to talk about it, but my school had this ban against the word “stupid” so ... thank you for reigniting my interest!!
Admirable of u to not mention the y**** m** l***** Jumpscare that happens in this movie so others can experience the genuine terror that me n my friends felt when He appeared
Once, for a laugh, my Dad brought our family hardcover copy of "The Stupids Die" by Allard and Marshall in to work and presented it as the new manual for office team operations.
I was utterly ignorant of The Stupids until I saw this here video last night. I watched it today and it was a joy ride the whole time! Thank you for over-analyzing a wonderfully silly movie! With a film title of "The Stupids", it's a hard sell to get me to watch, but I enjoyed it more than most "comedy classics," often forgetting your deeper points and simply appreciating the performances and, like you said, the women joining in on the gags (which, over 20 years later still feels rare!) 💖
This movie, along with Starship Troopers, represent the best of subversive film against the mainstream conservative masses that have sadly taken over our country.
@@jeremyusreevu237Authorial intent isn't everything, but Verhoeven has said he intended "Starship Troopers" to be antifascist satire. Did the director/writers of "The Stupids" say they intended the film as satire, too?
"Thank the Lloyd!" has been one of my go to phrases for so long that I almost forgot where it came from. I loved how bad this movie was, and I adored how good it was. I have never been a film buff, but this one always made my top ten (with "The Magic Christian", "The Man Who Knew Too Little", and "The Zero Effect" amongst others).
it's the same movie as natural born killers. meanwhile on the west coast ; peewee herman creates a media distraction whilst witches of the "B witch" covern drives odd a cliff.
holy shit, i loved this movie as a kid. I've been making the "stealing my garbage" joke to a coworker for the last few months and I definitely stole it from this film [without realizihng it]. fuck yes
For real though, the to do list at the start really helps out my executive dysfunction! Start your day with three things you can cross off immediately and you can go into the day with some momentum! "Cross out item" "Make check mark on page" "Say 'that seems pretty pointless, but whatever'" xD
10:35 Ooh, I came SO close. I was predicting the sign off, "In the name of the Lloyd, save Martha!" Without realizing it, I had been waiting for this video since you first mentioned loving The Stupids on Cracked (I think on an episode of EPCD?) I've loved this movie forever without fully knowing why, and with this video you've gone a long way to helping me articulate that love. Thanks!
I remember hating this movie as a young conservative, and haven't seen it since I moved to the left. I should give it a second chance! Incidentally, I gather Roger Ebert liked this flic, but his review was never uploaded to the internet. A choice sampling: "Trying to understand the way this flywheel comedy tugs at the heartstrings, I reflected that eccentricity often masks deep loneliness. All the Stupids are islands entire of themselves."
I love that this movie really leans into the meta-absurdity of the climax, like Futurama did. "Calculon, an exciting fight scene has broken out at the special effects warehouse! Come quickly before a fiery explosion chases someone down a hallway!"
I had no idea there were other people aware of this movie! :D And I agree, "Man-Bush, you are nature's greatest wonder!" is perhaps one of the greatest lines in cinema.
I am just sitting here waiting for you to blow up on TH-cam as you are what I've been waiting for as a content creator. It's probably because your aesthetic and eclectic taste resonates so closely to my own (don't we all gravitate towards the comfort of familiarity, after all?). I haven't seen this movie in YEARS, since I, too, was a child. Your analysis here reminds me of William Blake's Song of Innocence, where he framed and contextualized the shifting perspectives of the same event through the eyes of a child, juxtaposed sharply by the grimmer analysis of one who's reached enough maturity to see the more sinister undertones of a world that, once upon a time was a cascade of intangible wonderment, only to firm up, like an observed particle whose wave function has collapsed into a mundane, singular reality. I think something you touch on is the concept of Realism vs Formalism, where this movie cheerily chose to embrace Formalism - The shedding of reality, the vibrant colors, the absurdist tapestry of a film presented more as a painting that a slice of the ordinary. Your argument that The Stupids should reside in the same residence as Idiocracy as an unsettling, prophetic lens was fascinating and not at all what I expected going into with this video. Thank you for making these. I am impatient to get more of your work published.
It may not be as historically significant as *Animal House* or as perfect a blend of genres as *The Blues Brothers,* but it's probably the best post- *Coming to America* John Landis film (with apologies to *Innocent Blood* fans).
I've somehow missed this video in catching up on a lot of Maggie's content. This film was one of my favourite movies as a kid, when our local video shop shut down we got their copy on VHS and my sister and I would watch it all the time. ...i'm going to watch watch it again
I hope with all my heart that the clip of Punishment Park at the beginning is a hint towards a future video. Peter Watkins is an all-time top 3 filmmaker and it makes me extremely sad that he's never mentioned anywhere.
Also watched The Stupids as a kid, though I don't think I knew anyone else who saw it until now. In retrospect it strikes me as the movie that Idiocracy merely wishes it were
I enjoyed the chaos of this movie back in the day, but to then watch this video and receive the validation that it's also a thinking gentlesir's movie for people with deep thoughts? It's a gift I didn't even know I wanted. The aliens coming in at the last second was a very silly high-light, truly if all things stupid were this thought out we'd be in a better place.
I was only barely aware of The Stupids before this video and now I have to see it right this second. This seems like it would tick the same boxes in my silly brain that makes Gremlins 2 seriously one of my favorite movies ever
That's it. Just over three minutes in & it's on pause while I go off to my fave torrent server to download The Stupids. With luck it''l be on my hard drive by the time I've finished watching what is shaping up to be another fine bit of cultural critique from the estimable Maggie Mae.
Given my love of insane and cartoonish mid 90s movies, I don't know why I've never seen this one. I'm definitely going to have to rectify that. Thank you!
I don't remember how old I was, but when I watched this I was young enough to not know what a grenade was. I had to ask my mom about the scene where the daughter takes out the firing pin and puts it on her finger and tosses the grenade behind her. That's literally all I remember about the movie but I was REALLY glad you included a flash of that scene cuz I was like "Is it this movie? I'm pretty sure it was this movie."
This video was really good, but I'll admit I was bracing myself for a certain clip or you making a specific joke. I, having been such a big Max Landis stan in the past. I got better. But any reminder makes me cringe at my past self for being so invested, and at my present self for how I'm still trying to separate out the qualities I identified with and admired with the qualities I conveniently ignored.
I believe I was in ether 7th or 8th grade when this come out. Was Completely put off by the trailer. Real talk I had some good laughs at most of clips. I’ll check this out.
The absence of mentions to Costa-gravas and Cronenberg cameos on this movie from which I can only assume that those filmmakers are also absent from film classes ruined it all for me.
I remember seeing this movie as a kid and loving it so much but I could never remember the name! Thank you so much for reigniting some great childhood memories 😊
This is fascinating; I want to watch this movie now. I won't, because that's not how imperatives to action on youtube work, but I'll think about doing it and even develop a sense of heightened familiarity to the material and a posessiveness as if I were somehow responsible for it when others bring it up around me.
It was Never About Martha. It started with Lemon Curry. Then it progressed to the Universal Greeting (Baa-weep Graanaagh Weep Ni ni Bong). Then it gained sentience, Card Games on Motorcycles. And nobody is listening to me! But it all makes sense! It all makes sense, and nobody wants to know...!
This film was based on a series of books we read in elementary school (circa 1986???) We had a stupid day in school and were able dress as silly as we wanted. I wore a Tammy Faye Baker shirt. And won. Go figure.
And everyone around me back in the 90's when I loved this film kept telling me it was pointless and ridiculous. .... They should heed the words of Maggie Mae Fish.
Is the movie really this deep? You changed my whole perspective. I always just remembered it as just another mindless 90's comedy. This was a great video!
I know this is a film analysis, but I do wish you'd have mentioned the books the movie is based on! I had all of them as a kid and they were some of my favorites! It would be interesting to go over them and see if they're subversive in the same way, as I kid I wouldn't be surprised if something went over my head
I appreciate any video that insults Max Landis.
It seemed like she was throwing shade at anyone named Landis, not just Max. I just don't really go through my day hoping to hear someone talk shit about Max Landis. I was disappointed he has some creepy stories out there about him- I enjoyed Chronicle. If he is a creep, well then it is what it is, I'm not going to defend him. But I also am not going to sit back and revel in someone trashing him. We just need to move on and hope that these guys get prosecuted or learn their lesson, man up, take responsibility and change for the better. That's what I'd rather see and just leave the insults out.
I appreciate any video that insults you, mr shining white knight of the internet. I bet there are some creepy, unsubstantiated stories about you out there too, guy.
John Landis isn't a prize, either. Remember his lax approach to child labour laws filming his _Twilight Zone: The Movie_ segment that wound up with two children killed?
Max is actually in the movie. He gets covered in paint.
Who’s Max Landis?
When you said "it punches up" I got excited and felt refreshed, and subsequently felt quite sad that it was refreshing.
One of my kids actually sang I am My own Grandpa at his second grade talent show. He even dressed up like an old man with glasses and a cane. It was adorable. I couldn't thank the Stupids enough for creating that little nugget of a memory for me.
My absolute favorite scene in this movie is when Mr. Stupid finally confronts the "Drive Bee" by smacking it with his shoe when at the same moment (for unrelated reasons of course) the car explodes. His line, "Now that's a well made shoe!" has always cracked me up.
"I'm my own grandpaaaaa everybody!" I can't believe there's a video about a movie I enjoyed watching as a kid on TH-cam but I really enjoyed the insights in this vid so thank you.
Fun fact: in Hungary, the military guy is named "Fellando", which is similar to "feladó". The closest translation I can give is if he'd be called "Sander", to make a pun about "sender".
The translators had fun.
I forget that one of the kids (not the actual Stupids's kids, the neighborhood kids) in this movie is played by Max. And also the movie director cameos, John Landis uses that in quite a few of his movies.
3:40 I'm pretty sure this is based on a book called "The Stupids Die" (technically "the Stupids" were originally a series of kids' books that I remember reading, lol), but I forget if "The Lloyd" was from the book or not.
Finally someone talked about how good this film was! Or talked about it at all! For a while there I felt like it was just this really funny fever dream I had.
you sold it so well i almost forgot john landis was directly responsible for the brutal deaths of two children!
*almost*
Show of ignorance, here, but... What?
Was this the helicopter thing, or have I just missed a famous person getting life in prison?
Note: You are not responsible for my ignorance, but if I remain ignorant, this will be admissable at my eventual trial. (I hope that came across as a joke, as I often do when interacting with my thumbs).
@@carlg7994 www.ranker.com/list/twilight-zone-tragedy/erin-mccann
Quote: "Director John Landis, a producer, the film's production manager, the helicopter pilot, and the explosives specialist all appeared in criminal court to face involuntary manslaughter charges during a trial that lasted almost 10 months and included 71 witnesses. The tragedy also gave Landis the negative distinction of becoming the first movie director to ever be charged with a death on set. Even in front of a grand jury, Landis refused to accept responsibility for the accident, insisting that he had planned everything carefully and had no part in the events that occurred.
Perhaps it was his attitude toward the deaths of his actors that led several of Landis's co-workers to testify against him, like one cameraman who testified that Landis kept ordering the helicopter to fly lower. Although Landis and his crew openly admitted that they'd illegally hired the child actors, they went to trial for the deaths and were never charged with breaking child labor laws.
Dorcey Wingo was hired to fly the helicopter in the scene and had sought out the job in hopes that he'd start his cinematic career. He was an actual veteran who had flown during the Vietnam War and the Twilight Zone production was his first time flying on camera. He was most likely a little freaked out by pyrotechnics exploding around him, as well as a stubborn director yelling and swearing at him over a radio system that was later found to be of inferior quality. The production was already behind schedule and John Landis was said to be very impatient.
Possibly motivated by his desire to succeed in Hollywood, Wingo said nothing about the dangerous situation Landis created. One Hollywood air coordinator believed that Landis was cutting corners by hiring an inexperienced movie pilot, especially one that "wouldn't talk back to the director.""
yeah. fucking yikes.
@@KOPKAS2112 So that's why my grandparents were so adamant about steering clear of helicopters. My grandfather was a test pilot on some of the early-modern models (he described it as a lawn chair attached to an egg beater), but that might be highly suspect family lore.
This killing was definitely pointed out to me as a child, but I only just got the context. Thank you.
Holy crap. I never knew all of this. I was way too young to hear about any of it when it happened, and I never noticed that John Landis had largely fallen off the radar, nor asked why.
Looking at his filmography since then, it looks increasingly sparse. Without knowing the rest of the story, I'd certainly be curious why the director of The Blues Bothers, Animal House, Thriller, and The Three Amigos would have trouble finding a job in the director's chair.
I've always liked the Stupids, and felt there was an unappreciated deftness to it, but kept those thoughts to myself because if it was remembered by anyone else at all it was only to razz it. So thanks for the bit of solidarity.
I still appreciate it to this day, and think it is one of the most unfairly panned movies ever. I feel the same about the Brendan Fraser version of Bedazzled.
I feel Film Schools and more people should study Thank You for Smoking. It a movie that makes a likable villain as the main character and found a way to make the bad guy a person for you to root for while knowing the whole time he is doing something evil. It is a movie that shows why doing what you would think is morally wrong is so enticing and why people do it.
Omg, an anti-hero? I’ve never heard of that and may have just coined a phrase! I’m gonna call up Webster’s right now!
I can't believe I've never seen this movie. My main memory core these days is a bit buggy, so maybe I did see it back in the day, but however that may be, I'm adding it to my list of things I will have to see (the most recent one that was put in the list was "Galaxina"). Incidentally, I recently sent off for "Star Crash" on blu-ray - now that is a classic movie.
I imagine myself, years from now, sitting around with my other famous director friends, rubbing elbows with the elite, guffawing and sharing chestnuts of our early years, when the subject of film school comes up. Then they will turn to me after listing NYU, UCLA, BYU, and I will wryly state: "Oh me? Well, I don't like to show off, but (chuckles under breath) I went to Maggie Mae Fish."
Also, that practical effect is fantastic, but those two guys are lucky Landis didn't kill them en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_Zone_accident
But seriously, I do resent how many good movies that jerkoff made.
Why did this film become the template for our reality?
It's obviously Buster's fault for meddling with the space time continuum.
way better take than "oh no idiocracy is true" lol
blame the Mayan calandar
this was in fact a documentary
I forgot about this movie completely. Thank you for reminding me how good it was!
You forgot to go into depth about the Freudian analysis of "I'm My Own Grandpa"
Oh, we wanted to! But that's one thing that would definitely trigger youtube copyright claims
@@MaggieMaeFish Not if you are using it as part of a educational review (like you are doing).
I was waiting for it the whole video!! :( Lol
@@AJRabies unfortunately having fair use doesn't actually matter on TH-cam, there are a few videos about it
there's bells happening at like 5:00 in and it drove me insane because i thought the clock tower dowwn the street was breaking down
The Colonel is also defeated by random circumstances: the worker from Floyd's Deli (who they called on accident because they needed something bigger than 911) suddenly busts in and bashes the Colonel in the face with the door.
Man how did i not see this movie, it looks solid as hell with that bush joke. You got me interested enough to go find it
When I first saw this movie back when I was in elementary school, I desperately wanted to talk about it, but my school had this ban against the word “stupid” so ... thank you for reigniting my interest!!
8:16 Sleeping with their feet on the pillows?? Is that a goshdarn Pippi Longstocking reference???
Admirable of u to not mention the y**** m** l***** Jumpscare that happens in this movie so others can experience the genuine terror that me n my friends felt when He appeared
I love how prescient the “They’re steeling our garbage,” bit is with Copy-strike culture on TH-cam these days.
"They're stealing our garbage!" needs to be a reaction clip/gif.
Once, for a laugh, my Dad brought our family hardcover copy of "The Stupids Die" by Allard and Marshall in to work and presented it as the new manual for office team operations.
I was utterly ignorant of The Stupids until I saw this here video last night. I watched it today and it was a joy ride the whole time!
Thank you for over-analyzing a wonderfully silly movie! With a film title of "The Stupids", it's a hard sell to get me to watch, but I enjoyed it more than most "comedy classics," often forgetting your deeper points and simply appreciating the performances and, like you said, the women joining in on the gags (which, over 20 years later still feels rare!)
💖
*_"Two wheels?! Four wheels?! EIGHT WHEELS!!"_*
All that, and Christopher Lee is in it? Sold!
This movie, along with Starship Troopers, represent the best of subversive film against the mainstream conservative masses that have sadly taken over our country.
And like Starship Troopers, a lot of people think this is just an ordinary stupid film.
@@jeremyusreevu237Authorial intent isn't everything, but Verhoeven has said he intended "Starship Troopers" to be antifascist satire. Did the director/writers of "The Stupids" say they intended the film as satire, too?
@@sholem_bond the movie is literally called the stupids. it is making fun of the protagonists
You missed the point of Starship Troopers, midwit.
@@0ramyth0 What is the point then?
"Thank the Lloyd!" has been one of my go to phrases for so long that I almost forgot where it came from. I loved how bad this movie was, and I adored how good it was.
I have never been a film buff, but this one always made my top ten (with "The Magic Christian", "The Man Who Knew Too Little", and "The Zero Effect" amongst others).
it's the same movie as natural born killers. meanwhile on the west coast ; peewee herman creates a media distraction whilst witches of the "B witch" covern drives odd a cliff.
Loved what you said about color in film. It put me in mind of why I love Bollywood movies so much.
OMG. I love this movie!! Loyd bless you for this!
holy shit, i loved this movie as a kid. I've been making the "stealing my garbage" joke to a coworker for the last few months and I definitely stole it from this film [without realizihng it]. fuck yes
Alright, you sold me. I'll give The Stupids another shot.
For real though, the to do list at the start really helps out my executive dysfunction! Start your day with three things you can cross off immediately and you can go into the day with some momentum! "Cross out item" "Make check mark on page" "Say 'that seems pretty pointless, but whatever'" xD
10:35 Ooh, I came SO close. I was predicting the sign off, "In the name of the Lloyd, save Martha!"
Without realizing it, I had been waiting for this video since you first mentioned loving The Stupids on Cracked (I think on an episode of EPCD?) I've loved this movie forever without fully knowing why, and with this video you've gone a long way to helping me articulate that love. Thanks!
I remember hating this movie as a young conservative, and haven't seen it since I moved to the left. I should give it a second chance! Incidentally, I gather Roger Ebert liked this flic, but his review was never uploaded to the internet. A choice sampling: "Trying to understand the way this flywheel comedy tugs at the heartstrings, I reflected that eccentricity often masks deep loneliness. All the Stupids are islands entire of themselves."
5:03 - No no no... random numbers posted on Twitter are probably just friend codes for Pokemon Go. :-D
I love that this movie really leans into the meta-absurdity of the climax, like Futurama did.
"Calculon, an exciting fight scene has broken out at the special effects warehouse! Come quickly before a fiery explosion chases someone down a hallway!"
I had no idea there were other people aware of this movie! :D And I agree, "Man-Bush, you are nature's greatest wonder!" is perhaps one of the greatest lines in cinema.
I am just sitting here waiting for you to blow up on TH-cam as you are what I've been waiting for as a content creator. It's probably because your aesthetic and eclectic taste resonates so closely to my own (don't we all gravitate towards the comfort of familiarity, after all?).
I haven't seen this movie in YEARS, since I, too, was a child. Your analysis here reminds me of William Blake's Song of Innocence, where he framed and contextualized the shifting perspectives of the same event through the eyes of a child, juxtaposed sharply by the grimmer analysis of one who's reached enough maturity to see the more sinister undertones of a world that, once upon a time was a cascade of intangible wonderment, only to firm up, like an observed particle whose wave function has collapsed into a mundane, singular reality.
I think something you touch on is the concept of Realism vs Formalism, where this movie cheerily chose to embrace Formalism - The shedding of reality, the vibrant colors, the absurdist tapestry of a film presented more as a painting that a slice of the ordinary.
Your argument that The Stupids should reside in the same residence as Idiocracy as an unsettling, prophetic lens was fascinating and not at all what I expected going into with this video.
Thank you for making these. I am impatient to get more of your work published.
IM BLUSHING!
I’ve long felt that The Stupids was a very smart movie about stupid people. Thanks for validating that.
Its always good to see someone share more abstract reasons as to why they like a film or other media.
Appropriate how a fairly mindless film manages to be accidentally brilliant
It may not be as historically significant as *Animal House* or as perfect a blend of genres as *The Blues Brothers,* but it's probably the best post- *Coming to America* John Landis film (with apologies to *Innocent Blood* fans).
Was one of my favorite movies as a kid and I regularly warn folks about the "Drive B" and how the number of wheels correlate to speed even today.
I forgot about the existence of this film!!!
I've somehow missed this video in catching up on a lot of Maggie's content. This film was one of my favourite movies as a kid, when our local video shop shut down we got their copy on VHS and my sister and I would watch it all the time.
...i'm going to watch watch it again
Wow! You gave some serious love to a truly forgotten and despised movie. Refreshing bravo!
I hope with all my heart that the clip of Punishment Park at the beginning is a hint towards a future video. Peter Watkins is an all-time top 3 filmmaker and it makes me extremely sad that he's never mentioned anywhere.
PlanetTristan in a month or so I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised!
:-D
Also watched The Stupids as a kid, though I don't think I knew anyone else who saw it until now. In retrospect it strikes me as the movie that Idiocracy merely wishes it were
Thank you. You made me a little less ashamed for enjoying this movie as much as I did as a child. Now if the same can be done for Carpool I'll be set.
Hammerman's , Kills Bugs Dead!
1:40 he even looks like Alex Jones while he's delivering this speech
Holy crap HE DOES.
I enjoyed the chaos of this movie back in the day, but to then watch this video and receive the validation that it's also a thinking gentlesir's movie for people with deep thoughts? It's a gift I didn't even know I wanted. The aliens coming in at the last second was a very silly high-light, truly if all things stupid were this thought out we'd be in a better place.
I heard it was a remake of From Here to Eternity. (Evidently it's not?) Now I think I'll watch it.
If nothing else, it is underrated.
I was only barely aware of The Stupids before this video and now I have to see it right this second. This seems like it would tick the same boxes in my silly brain that makes Gremlins 2 seriously one of my favorite movies ever
I am sure this movie is just a simple film without much deep ideas.
(The video starts).......oh boy I am wrong.
The universe is a fun puzzle!
@@MaggieMaeFish I am surprise how much I can learn from this "meaningless", "apolitical" and "innocent" film for "children".
Random trivia fact; the daughter's actress, Alex Mckenna, is Sadie Adler in Red Dead Redemption 2
Oh man, this movie looks amazing. I'm gonna watch it asap. Excellent video!
I was worried you were going to skewer this movie, I am so glad it gets your approval and holds up to my childhood memories.
That's it. Just over three minutes in & it's on pause while I go off to my fave torrent server to download The Stupids. With luck it''l be on my hard drive by the time I've finished watching what is shaping up to be another fine bit of cultural critique from the estimable Maggie Mae.
Given my love of insane and cartoonish mid 90s movies, I don't know why I've never seen this one. I'm definitely going to have to rectify that. Thank you!
I don't remember how old I was, but when I watched this I was young enough to not know what a grenade was. I had to ask my mom about the scene where the daughter takes out the firing pin and puts it on her finger and tosses the grenade behind her.
That's literally all I remember about the movie but I was REALLY glad you included a flash of that scene cuz I was like "Is it this movie? I'm pretty sure it was this movie."
that's from this movie?? that's the one scene i remember too!
Damn, now I'm seeing the inspiration for It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia's mail room scene!
Two Wheels.. Four Wheels... Eight Wheels!!
I missed this when it came out and now I think I would be terrified watching it now in whatever the fuck we call this era. Holy shit!
Take a moment and let it sit in that Petunia Stupid was the voice of one of the best characters of Red Dead Redemption II, Sadie Adler.
"I'm My Own Grandpa" still slaps.
i saw the sender joke and immediately heard charlie day yelling "pepe silva"
Carol..CAROL !... I gotta talk to you about Pepe!
Bruh! I was really looking forward to this one, can't believe I missed it until now. Can't wait to watch!
The Stupids was a Children’s book series from the 70’s and 80’s. I read them as a kid.
*IN THE NAME OF THE LLOYD!*
I get the feeling this is for you what The Twelve Tasks of Asterix was for me - comedy, yes but also a depressing primer for life in general.
I had this movie on VHS as a kid and I'm so glad TH-cam recommended me this video. Really well done!
I love that you covered this movie!!!! How about for the next one "Meet the Applegates"!
This video was really good, but I'll admit I was bracing myself for a certain clip or you making a specific joke. I, having been such a big Max Landis stan in the past. I got better. But any reminder makes me cringe at my past self for being so invested, and at my present self for how I'm still trying to separate out the qualities I identified with and admired with the qualities I conveniently ignored.
some people can be so inconsiderate
What have you done!? I love it.
I believe I was in ether 7th or 8th grade when this come out. Was Completely put off by the trailer.
Real talk I had some good laughs at most of clips. I’ll check this out.
2:00 : I can never hear Call to Adventure now without thinking of the dumbshits guide to Dark Souls. fits with the subject matter, I suppose
Obviously this was the Dumb Shits Guide to Film Analysis
this is def the first movie i saw that put in context the incompetency of the military
The absence of mentions to Costa-gravas and Cronenberg cameos on this movie from which I can only assume that those filmmakers are also absent from film classes ruined it all for me.
I remember seeing this movie as a kid and loving it so much but I could never remember the name! Thank you so much for reigniting some great childhood memories 😊
This is fascinating; I want to watch this movie now. I won't, because that's not how imperatives to action on youtube work, but I'll think about doing it and even develop a sense of heightened familiarity to the material and a posessiveness as if I were somehow responsible for it when others bring it up around me.
This video was really cool, Maggie! A perfect expression of the idea "In Stercore Invenitur".
Woah, had to google that phrase, and now I love it!
Ah! I'm so glad you feel that way. And dude, your videos are SMART. Love 'em!
Ended up on an IMDB journey after watching this. The actress that plays the daughter was the voice actress for Sadie Adler in RDR2. Random fact.
OMG- this is amazing! I remember watching this as a kid. Now I need to rewatch as an adult!
It was Never About Martha. It started with Lemon Curry. Then it progressed to the Universal Greeting (Baa-weep Graanaagh Weep Ni ni Bong). Then it gained sentience, Card Games on Motorcycles. And nobody is listening to me! But it all makes sense! It all makes sense, and nobody wants to know...!
Chef's kiss at 7:57
This film was based on a series of books we read in elementary school (circa 1986???) We had a stupid day in school and were able dress as silly as we wanted. I wore a Tammy Faye Baker shirt. And won. Go figure.
I'd never even heard about *The Stupids* before this video, but I've just added it to my "Films to Watch" list!
I rented this movie a long time ago when it first came out and I was shocked at how good it was. Now this makes me want to rewatch it!
I'd never heard of this movie! Can't wait for you to suggest more movies through this series
I'm going to have to give this movie another look!!!
And everyone around me back in the 90's when I loved this film kept telling me it was pointless and ridiculous. .... They should heed the words of Maggie Mae Fish.
Is the movie really this deep? You changed my whole perspective. I always just remembered it as just another mindless 90's comedy. This was a great video!
I saw this movie many times as a kid and I’m glad it’s actually something worthwhile
I know this is a film analysis, but I do wish you'd have mentioned the books the movie is based on! I had all of them as a kid and they were some of my favorites! It would be interesting to go over them and see if they're subversive in the same way, as I kid I wouldn't be surprised if something went over my head
This was a great reivew. I've always liked The Stupids, but I never noticed all this clever stuff.