How BAD is BATTLEFIELD EARTH???

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  • @vejymonsta3006
    @vejymonsta3006 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1300

    This movie makes about as much sense as scientology.

    • @cjwrench07
      @cjwrench07 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      What???? You don’t believe in dead ancient alien criminals, who are now he source of all evils in the world??? What lie have I been living?

    • @davemarx7856
      @davemarx7856 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      No. These aliens died.
      Scientology aliens are alive... inside us?
      Battlefield Earth makes more sense.

    • @ArtVandelayOfficial
      @ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      You could really benefit from an auditing my friend.

    • @smackerlacker8708
      @smackerlacker8708 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Or Christianity.

    • @chrisAITN
      @chrisAITN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Scientology makes as much sense as Christianity

  • @archlich4489
    @archlich4489 9 ปีที่แล้ว +842

    I'm sorry. The gods took your bacon in the night.

    • @Insertmiddlefinger
      @Insertmiddlefinger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Arch Lich NNNNNNNNoooooooooooooooooooooooooo! *throws the pizza I did not hold in the hand*

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Arch Lich Any god that would dare to deprive mankind of bacon is no god...that is a DEMON.

    • @breasthound
      @breasthound 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Do you want lunch?!

    • @mikegraham1471
      @mikegraham1471 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Maerk?

  • @CassandrashadowcassMorrison
    @CassandrashadowcassMorrison 6 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    "Making Battlefield Earth was a religious experience." ---John Travolta

    • @seen203
      @seen203 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      Basically a circumcision.

    • @anikmonette2140
      @anikmonette2140 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Did Travolta had severe brain damage at one point in his life? The funniest part is that I'm not even trying to be cynical or mean(for once), however I'm really wondering if he had an accident or illness that caused his mind to be fucked up...
      ...or maybe he was crazy all along and I never got to notice it.

    • @zitazeon
      @zitazeon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@anikmonette2140 or scientology is a money making scheme and he wants in on the power and money?

    • @ralphwiggum1982
      @ralphwiggum1982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Zaticus yea but it honestly ruined his credibility in Hollywood an kept him from having a staring role in a blockbuster film since as for Barry pepper this movie ruined his career before it even started

    • @BeatJunkie-mq1tc
      @BeatJunkie-mq1tc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Real jD Shapiro is this the real JD Shapiro

  • @djdj500dr
    @djdj500dr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +230

    Thousand year old Harriers operating on thousand year old jet fuel...
    Okay.

    • @snatchadams69
      @snatchadams69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Leverage!

    • @lonewanderer5515
      @lonewanderer5515 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Harriers for you soilder proof lol

    • @JamesSavik
      @JamesSavik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I know a guy who used to keep them running for the Marines. They could break sitting still. 1000 years? FORGETABOUTIT!

    • @markiangooley
      @markiangooley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Two year old gasoline is already very questionable...

    • @martinberthiaume4971
      @martinberthiaume4971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, it's all true, real stuff, totally, I swear, makes tons of sense

  • @kh22912
    @kh22912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    "DO YOU WANT LUNCH?" says Travolta as he feeds a guy a rat
    *I burst out laughing*

    • @Michel1234-n3t
      @Michel1234-n3t 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol

    • @MrChaotic4
      @MrChaotic4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The unbelievable thing is that they actually wanted to make a sequel! The movie only covers the first half of the book. As the planet Psychlo explodes, you'll notice a single ship teleports away just before it's destroyed. These surviving Psychlos supposedly were going to go back to Earth for revenge in the next movie. They had plans.

    • @kh22912
      @kh22912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MrChaotic4 I just hope they don't end up making one... now that you say that haha

    • @signa8
      @signa8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why this movie is a comedy.

    • @georgehenderson7783
      @georgehenderson7783 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I burst out laughing multiple times during this movie, pretty much all of it once Travolta showed up

  • @Moviesan69
    @Moviesan69 9 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    This guy's emotionless delivery makes every criticism that comes out of his mouth hilarious.

    • @Punkpsychobilly
      @Punkpsychobilly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yeah that’s called deadpan comedic delivery, you should watch Steven Wright’s stand up.

    • @joyporcella81
      @joyporcella81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If i had a pony. The guacamole statement made me laugh so hard i weezed

    • @joshuathomas5626
      @joshuathomas5626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I thinks he's the only reviewer that I repeatedly watch his reviews like watching re-runs of TV shows. Not sure why exactly.... am I a gay?

    • @mikeadams2351
      @mikeadams2351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      have you made it to Sea Org yet? signed away your life for a BILLION years?

    • @joshuathomas5626
      @joshuathomas5626 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      m.w. Adams um... he was giving him a compliment lol

  • @drunkpandainc
    @drunkpandainc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    ....me and my brother were bored one day....we ordered a few pizzas....and forced ourselves to watch it. it was about 2 months before i invited him back to my place since it was his idea.

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I could see myself doing the same thing lol

    • @217todd
      @217todd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +FanboyFlicks You should do stand up making jokes about bad movies

    • @JosephHood83
      @JosephHood83 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +drunkpandainc haha, what a story, mark.

    • @LlamaWarriorMan
      @LlamaWarriorMan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Joseph M. Sutton lol u r tearing me apart

    • @SargeScum
      @SargeScum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Legend goes, both brothers haven't seen each other in daylight ever since.

  • @UnitSe7en
    @UnitSe7en 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    "Do you *_WANT_* lunch??!" Is still one of the funniest lines in any movie ever.

  • @issamissa902
    @issamissa902 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Sometimes when I see movies like this, I go up to a mirror and call myself an idiot for ever doubting my ideas

  • @ExUSSailor
    @ExUSSailor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Dutch Angle: The Movie

  • @thewholetwelveinches2509
    @thewholetwelveinches2509 5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    3:48 That was him throwing the script to the wind.

  • @dawsonretter6727
    @dawsonretter6727 7 ปีที่แล้ว +422

    The only dislikes are from Scientologists.

    • @missmoxie9188
      @missmoxie9188 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dawson Retter pretty much

    • @kylemagaro231
      @kylemagaro231 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @DevilsNachoz Seriously? There's millions

    • @kylemagaro231
      @kylemagaro231 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @DevilsNachoz Most of the world is religious so at least part of the idiocy it takes to believe in Scientology you have to have to believe in any religion. Most humans are irrational about religion.

    • @ArtVandelayOfficial
      @ArtVandelayOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You people have too many engrams,dm me for auditing

    • @BenjaminGessel
      @BenjaminGessel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @DevilsNachoz And to think of how much money some people pour into Scientology...

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    When I was stationed at Fort Hood in the early 90s. We had no harrier jump-jet considering that is a Marine thing. And considering that Fort Hood is a US Army base.

    • @BokushingusKendoTV
      @BokushingusKendoTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I was wondering about that. I was in the Navy, and i always thought Marine Corps bases were called Camps; while army bases were called Forts.

    • @ny8956
      @ny8956 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was at Hood in the early 2000's. Never saw a Harrier lol

    • @thomasgallipoli8376
      @thomasgallipoli8376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you very much for your service. But you’re using logic, knowledge, and reason in this silly movie.

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      FART Hood, 1980-1981. There is no airfield on main post, and only a very small one on West FART Hood.
      P.S.: What a shithole!!!

    • @joelspringman523
      @joelspringman523 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Harriers at FART Hood! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @BitwiseMobile
    @BitwiseMobile 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The book was pretty bad too. My English teacher in HS was a scientologist. She tried to have us read Dianetics, but some parents complained, and she got into trouble. After that she assigned us Battlefield Earth. It was the worst, and I was an avid SciFi reader when I was a kid. Ironically, the only good parts of that book were left out of the movie entirely.
    EDIT: Regarding gold, it's one of the best conductors known to man, but it's so expensive and rare that we use copper instead. It's actually an extremely rare element in the universe that is only produced in a supernova, or neutron star collision. There is a theory that a nearby star went supernova when the primordial cloud was just forming. That's why we have so much gold on the Earth. It's also a heavy element, so you will mostly find it in rocky bodies. Rocky bodies are actually pretty rare. Most orbiting objects are either ice planets or gas planets like Neptune and Jupiter. On the Earth we would not have had any gold if it weren't for the heavy bombardment period. During that period much of the gold was stirred up from the inner core by asteroid strikes, and put into the mantle to be later mined. Otherwise all the gold would have just sunk to the core during the formation of the Earth, and it would have been melted and been mixed with the nickel/iron core. Honestly of all the elements on the Earth, gold is probably going to be the one most likely sought out from extraterrestrial beings (if they exist). That or probably uranium, since it shares similar origins as gold, as well having been placed in the mantle by the same processes that placed gold in the mantle. Our gold and uranium probably came from the same supernova estimated to have occurred 6 billion years ago.

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland ปีที่แล้ว +5

      This was a super interesting comment. I never knew how rare gold really is

    • @MicroClases_Ciencia
      @MicroClases_Ciencia ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MaxOakland Gold is not rare actually. There are asteroids in the Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter with more gold than all the Earth combined, and you don't need to conquer or invade a planet to take it, just take it from the asteroid. We can't do it right now, but when we could go to the asteroid belt and take all we want, gold won't be precious. It is precious in Earth due to the scarcity. The Asteroid belt has a lot of other metals too

    • @__Tazzzo
      @__Tazzzo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mean... super advanced aliens should be able to turn lead into gold. At least I assume.

    • @viviancrompton1920
      @viviancrompton1920 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MicroClases_Ciencia The total mass of the asteroid belt is estimated to be about 3% of the mass of the moon - so not as much as you think.

    • @AMortalDefiant
      @AMortalDefiant ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gold is very abundant, we just haven't accessed much of it yet. All the gold mined in human history would only fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool (estimates are between 20-22 cubic meters). Gold would be useful for a space-faring civilization, though, as it is great at blocking solar radiation. We've been using it to coat visors on space suit helmets since the 60s.

  • @fearexplains4434
    @fearexplains4434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    No one:
    No one ever:
    John Travolta: dO yOu WaNt LuNcH!?!?!?

  • @SharpRichDragon
    @SharpRichDragon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Mark's versions of the throw scene are fucking pricless! 😂

    • @mattp9019
      @mattp9019 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Its all about that timing in the editing , just like a punchline XD

    • @joseclaudio5569
      @joseclaudio5569 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Abandoned Channel Absolutely man, that shit made me cry

  • @thestone30080
    @thestone30080 8 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    The people who defended this trash were the scientologist. I saw this movie and it was a nightmare, worst movie ever made.

    • @Jonathanest90s
      @Jonathanest90s 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Agree!

    • @DJaySplitSecond
      @DJaySplitSecond 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thestone30080 I got two minutes into the movie and I literally through the free DVD away! It's beyond horrible

    • @murciadoxial8056
      @murciadoxial8056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ohhh... yopu have seen nothing, if this is the worst movie you have ever seen then you are a lucky person

    • @windmillcreep6836
      @windmillcreep6836 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      thestone30080 its not that bad, fuckers. Lol

    • @ggaccentc
      @ggaccentc 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fateful Findings

  • @thegaminglordsforever4990
    @thegaminglordsforever4990 8 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Just so you all know, the founder of Scientology wrote the book....

    • @mikeyh0
      @mikeyh0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +THE GAMING LORDS FOREVER 49 That is why Travolta did it. It was part of his 'journey' or something.

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +mikeyh0 Shortly thereafter he appeared in Hairspray in what is some strange variation on a female of some kind UHHGG!! what a journey really !!

    • @mikeyh0
      @mikeyh0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      pvtrichter88 I never did watch that. Travolta in drag has zero appeal to me. Dustin Hoffman pulled it off. I enjoyed the idiocy of Battlefield Earth. I have low, low standards, I guess.

    • @pvtrichter88
      @pvtrichter88 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      mikeyh0 thankfully you didn't miss anything my girlfriend at the time had a copy that someone gave her and I sat through some of it but yes HOFFman was funny as it was meant to be I'm still perplexed as to BE but enjoy M8!!

    • @monsterhanna6691
      @monsterhanna6691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      mikeyh0 But the movie is amazing.

  • @katelynrushe9025
    @katelynrushe9025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It makes sense now that you've told us about the "Producers"-style budget inflation scam behind this movie, because like "Springtime for Hitler," "Battlefield Earth" feels like it was deliberately made to be an instant flop.

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm be giving to think Disney has adopted the "The Producers" deliberately bad project scheme for tax write-offs...

  • @edwardx4979
    @edwardx4979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Realize one thing: This was made after Predator, a great SciFi film, thus the dreadlocks on John Travolta and his aliens!

  • @death-king1834
    @death-king1834 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    6:46 Well according to Terl in the movie he claims that when they invaded Earth the humans could only put up a 9 minute fight against them. Something I find incredibly hard to believe given the fact of how ungodly stupid these freaking aliens are.

    • @jennifermoriarty2188
      @jennifermoriarty2188 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can't see the Russians, Americans, germans giving up that easy

    • @c_n_b
      @c_n_b ปีที่แล้ว

      The aliens dropped H bombs. Pay attention

    • @suntz8736
      @suntz8736 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They also dropped a super virus that killed most of the population, there were not enough remaining to even fight.
      The movie is such trash it leaves out important plot, making it even worse!

    • @mikec1341
      @mikec1341 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually they didn't. It would have poisoned their breathing gas@@c_n_b

    • @AirworldMuseum
      @AirworldMuseum 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@c_n_b In the book they nerve gassed the whole planet by surprise from a huge drone (not in the movie)

  • @LaurentiuBadea
    @LaurentiuBadea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    What I love about your reviews is that you mention even the smaller details, and I'm a serious nitpicker.
    I'm glad Stuckmann suggested your channel, because I feel many critics in general skip the trivial stuff.
    And as I always do with every great channel I discover on TH-cam, I did a marathon of your videos.
    Awesome stuff, dude!

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Thank you very much! Hope you enjoyed them and thank for watching :)

    • @alex1986dexter
      @alex1986dexter 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** hey dude review kite is a 2014 movie have to say one shit movie

    • @pinz2022
      @pinz2022 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** I can't help it. When I actually saw it, I found it to be a rousing B-movie. It was so gloriously bad it was irresistible. It HAD a coherent (albeit preposterous) plot and good actors (Travolta, Whittaker, Pepper).

    • @alex1986dexter
      @alex1986dexter 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tkz no problem

    • @secludedmisanthrope6388
      @secludedmisanthrope6388 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @sarahl9201
    @sarahl9201 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    your reaction to the no bacon was totally on point.

  • @bryanwheaton3866
    @bryanwheaton3866 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Battlefield: Earth is not a bad movie. It's the most epically hilarious comedy ever made.

    • @RubensBarrichello.
      @RubensBarrichello. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So it is worth a watch?
      I've read the book and it was average.

    • @shawnfields2369
      @shawnfields2369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@RubensBarrichello.Not unless you want lunch...or whatever.

  • @2salzig2spucknapp
    @2salzig2spucknapp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    as a kid i loved this movie over everything
    it had scifi, john travolta and cool special effects in it
    me and my dad couldnt understand why such a gem was aired 2 am on tv

    • @VerryTechnical
      @VerryTechnical 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +2salzig2spucknapp I remember watching it as a kid as well, I don't remember if I enjoyed it or not though, it may be one of those movies that is so bad it's actually good heh. Now Legend of Cougar Canyon... that movie was shit lol. I sat through the whole movie as a kid waiting to see a cougar and it was all about some kid walking through the f'in desert lmao

    • @joshnaver3994
      @joshnaver3994 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@VerryTechnicalI thought it would be Softcore porn with a name like that (Cinemax airings after midnight)

  • @ArvisSc
    @ArvisSc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The mindfuck of the decade is how this guy doesn't have over a million subs by now? Entertaining as hell! Keep it up! I really wish you made a career out of youtube so we could enjoy your reviews more frequently.

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Thank you! It would be nice as a career, I could do much more videos more often. Btw "mindfuck of the decade" is the funniest thing I've heard all day :D

    • @kaiokendo
      @kaiokendo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah sure,AND shyamalans breathe isnt nor the son of the mask nor S A N D,nor anything,you live in cryogenia

  • @alejohellwrath
    @alejohellwrath 10 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    -The pizza doesn't have bacon
    - :o NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
    That was so funny, I had to watch that part several times XD

    • @alejohellwrath
      @alejohellwrath 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      -Michael Bay is going to make another movie!
      - :o NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Alejandro Sastoque Thanks, I'm going to try and do more skits like that in my future videos

    • @alejohellwrath
      @alejohellwrath 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah man, I laughed so hard, and I glad that Chris Stuckman included your channel in one of his videos, I like your channel and is great that you make reviews of B movies, I'm watching a lot of that kind of films, last one I saw was "Colission Earth" and the face of the main actor when something dangerous is up is hilarious, pretty much the face you would make if you use the bathroom in your girlfriend's house and there's no toilet paper, just like that. LOL

    • @Seekeroftheblackflame
      @Seekeroftheblackflame 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I laughed so hard at "What the fuck does that even mean" so hard, I had to watch it 3,000,000,000 times.

    • @cuckoophendula8211
      @cuckoophendula8211 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *****
      Seriously, your example showed more character development. At least this shows that you also really care about bacon on your pizza.

  • @firmestshrimp710
    @firmestshrimp710 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    5:13
    The accent when she says "Mark" is so incredibly thick.

    • @Godzillafan1980
      @Godzillafan1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I bet she likes it rough

    • @bentonrp
      @bentonrp 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol! Didn't notice till I went back. What accent is that, I wonder... "EhMarkhe!"

    • @spookytrevor2
      @spookytrevor2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      sounds Canadian

  • @zew1414
    @zew1414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I like how the humans are so feral that they all have long, messy hair but can still shave like every two days. You never see any stubble in post apocalyptic Earth.

    • @dragonblood12
      @dragonblood12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know it's an old comment and all but I just stumbled upon this channel now lol.
      I find it even more hilarious that somehow ALL the humans have perfect dental hygiene while the superior aliens teeth are literally rotting away.
      Feral humans somehow have access to some major dental surgeries in their secret caves.

    • @good-bloke.1768
      @good-bloke.1768 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of my biggest complaints about any post apocalyptic entertainment.
      People have cropped/trimmed hair and clean shaven faces.
      I’d like to see something made where the cast are denied some of the grooming of the modern day.

    • @Wfalen
      @Wfalen 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People won't stop caring for their looks just because they lose some technology.
      Even in the forests of new guinea, primitive tribes have an interest in shaving and having different hairstyles.
      Jonnies tribe even seemed to have lived in peace for a while before he stumbles on the psyclos so personal grooming would be normal.
      Everything else in this movie on the other hand is one giant hole.

  • @ForzaNinetails
    @ForzaNinetails 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Why did I start this fucking show?"
    Best quote of the episode.

  • @alecdaley6105
    @alecdaley6105 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've read that book, trust me you aren't missing a single thing. The last half of the book that wasn't adapted for the screen involves another alien species contacting Jonny and talking about intergalactic banks...
    This book is seriously 1000+ pages long

    • @MisterX867
      @MisterX867 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would you rate the book better than the movie??

    • @MegaSheen15
      @MegaSheen15 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds insanely boring and stupid. I will never read the book or watch the movie because I refuse to give a dime to the "church" of Scientology

    • @sun0
      @sun0 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The book is freaking awesome, especially the last part of it

    • @secludedmisanthrope6388
      @secludedmisanthrope6388 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're not a Scientologist right? People that aren't Scientologists actually wasted that much of their time to try and read this book?! Why?! Seriously who the fuck would do that to themselves?!

    • @deale-
      @deale- 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Im currently reading it didn't know there was a film. Im only on pg 160 and I'm really enjoying it. I like the characters a lot and I'm eager to find out how things unfold tbh

  • @johnnymcauliffe1289
    @johnnymcauliffe1289 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    3:43
    Notice that he's not screaming "Nooooo!" I like to think that whatever he threw was screaming. hahahaha.

    • @marthapozo4881
      @marthapozo4881 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You absolute maniac! I just saw it and cannot unsee it now. Been laughing for a few minutes. Thank you! lol

  • @ronaldraygun6304
    @ronaldraygun6304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember seeing the box for this movie at blockbuster way back when I was a kid and as a huge science fiction fan I remember never asking my mom to rent it for me because quite frankly even the cover looked bad. Glad to know I never missed out on anything

  • @imnotcrazyforeal2706
    @imnotcrazyforeal2706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Literally used to watch this on VHS all the time at my grandmas when I was 10. In retrospect that is the appropriate age to enjoy the movie

  • @dreamwarrior1276
    @dreamwarrior1276 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Do you want lunch!?

  • @DarylPell
    @DarylPell 9 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    two things:
    first, well done sir on the girl... well done indeed.
    second, when Canadians order "bacon" on a pizza, is it bacon, or is it ham?

    • @ragimundvonwallat8961
      @ragimundvonwallat8961 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      DarylPell if you want ''ham'' you have to say ''ham'' if you ask ''bacon'' theyll put you ''bacon'' ...crazy place eh

    • @Insertmiddlefinger
      @Insertmiddlefinger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ragimund VonWallat THATS FUCKING INSANE! I asked for BACON without the quotation marks!

    • @ShamrockParticle
      @ShamrockParticle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like an acting style, it's "ham". :D

    • @crystalraf
      @crystalraf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In Hawaii it’s ham. If u order Canadian bacon they look at you like your nuts.

    • @matthelion
      @matthelion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      CR spring17 - I’d never get nuts on my pizza

  • @christiegreenwood2642
    @christiegreenwood2642 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Poor Barry Pepper. He's actually a decent actor who's been in decent things, such as The Green Mile, Enemy of the State, and The Kennedys.

    • @the13thdoctor89
      @the13thdoctor89 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Christie Greenwood Don't forget Knockaroud Guys and True Grit.

    • @kevingonsalves830
      @kevingonsalves830 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ScrmblesThDethDealer good call. But who wants to play a badass sniper from ww2? Boring... when you can play a character from whatever the hell this movie is... id kill my talent agent

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Barry Pepper was the only good thing to come out of this movie.

    • @Thrashman-ye4cf
      @Thrashman-ye4cf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Also Saving Private Ryan. I can’t remember his name in the movie but he was the sniper.

  • @wiiretime3704
    @wiiretime3704 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    After a thousand years all that military equipment would have been one big rust bucket that's even if the base was still there and hadn't withered away from no up keep.

    • @MayorGoldieWilson825
      @MayorGoldieWilson825 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'd say after 1,000 years it would all be dust on the ground

  • @CaptainBlaine
    @CaptainBlaine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That “Nooooooooo” re-enactment was perfect :)

  • @bones22j
    @bones22j 10 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    This put a smile on my face.

  • @twstf8905
    @twstf8905 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    What many people have a hard time understanding is; what we consider to be "rare Earth elements" are elements that are only really rare here on EARTH.
    Gold may not be in huge abundance here, on Earth, making them "rare Earth elements," to us. But, there are three distinct types of asteroids, (some near Earth) that have high levels of elements we would consider valuable enough to expend the necessary time and energy to mine someday. (Clearly making them a FAR better alternative to any other species of aliens that may have some use for them, than invading Earth.)
    There's;
    ▫️C-type asteroids , which have a high abundance of water which is not currently of use for mining but could be used in an exploration effort beyond the asteroid. (Mission costs could be reduced by using the available water from the asteroid. )
    C-type asteroids also have a lot of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other key ingredients for fertilizer which could be used to grow food.
    ▫️S-type asteroids, which carry little water but would appear more attractive because they contain numerous metals including: nickel, cobalt and more valuable metals such as gold, platinum and rhodium. A small 10-meter S-type asteroid contains about 650,000 kg (1,433,000 lb) of metal with 50 kg (110 lb) in the form of "rare" metals like platinum and gold.
    And then there's;
    ▫️M-type asteroids are rare but contain up to 10 times more metal than S-types..
    A class of easily recoverable objects (EROs) was identified by a group of researchers in 2013.
    Twelve asteroids made up the initially identified group, all of which could be potentially mined with present-day rocket technology.
    Of 9,000 asteroids searched in the NEO database, these twelve could all be brought into an Earth-accessible orbit by changing their velocity by less than 500 meters per second (1,800 km/h; 1,100 mph). The dozen asteroids range in size from 2 to 20 meters (10 to 70 ft).
    Obviously, if some more advanced Alien species encountered our solar system searching for these elements, it would be FAR more cost-effective to do something WE should have been doing since the 70's lol than invade and oppress the human population, as shown in Battlefield Earth.
    But, what's sci-fi got to do with science, right?! 👍😊

    • @MidniteMeatBus
      @MidniteMeatBus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for the fuckin essay I should have it back to you by Monday.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Theres a single asteroid in the asteroid belt with TRILLIONS in rare earth minerals. Supposedly a couple asteroids have more of a couple minerals then all the known mines on earth

    • @burtknighten1873
      @burtknighten1873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And all the story has to say is that a conflict sparked over mining the asteroids which spilled over to Earth

    • @socasack
      @socasack 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Congratulations, you win the nerdiest comment ever award.

  • @Biring1
    @Biring1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Never in my life have I seen a tracking shot that is dutch angeled.. What the fuck were they thinking?

  • @Ozzy19907
    @Ozzy19907 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    😂 the part where you go, “hey guess what, your dads dead,” had me rolling lol.

  • @joyporcella81
    @joyporcella81 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The guacamole statement made me laugh so hard....oh my that was a lmao with a weese at the end. I dont know why im here ...oh god i laughed a weeze e.

  • @bloatus7611
    @bloatus7611 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Highlights. That girl is a better actor than the one from the movie. Her oh-so-canadian sorry. And that whole skit.
    Also congratulations of gaining like 4k subs.

  • @wright96d
    @wright96d 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    How BAD is MOVIE 43???
    Do it.
    Please.

  • @appledroplarry
    @appledroplarry 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This movie is a sincere interpretation on "Mom and dad save the world."

  • @nigelcarren
    @nigelcarren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love this film for all of the reasons you describe! When I found this in the bargain-bin of my local charity-shop here in rural France I felt like a free-diver who had accidentally not only plunged to to the greatest of depths, but had quite by accident found the biggest pearl of them all. 👀

  • @xliquidflames
    @xliquidflames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Does John Travolta's character have dreadlocks growing out of his throat?

    • @EdwardOberon
      @EdwardOberon 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Throatlocks 🏆, don't forget the ladies swimming class nose clips.

  • @dutch-van-der_Linde
    @dutch-van-der_Linde 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mark you have some serious comedy talent, keep up the good work.

  • @trinathomas88
    @trinathomas88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    DUDE, we missed you!

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Thanks, I missed you guys too

  • @MrHorrorNights
    @MrHorrorNights 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    You gotta watch and review Foodfight! That piece of shit film is on TH-cam for free.

    • @wilsonmartin1647
      @wilsonmartin1647 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks bro just watched it. Its so retarted lol.

    • @THX1999
      @THX1999 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That movie is fucking bad that it should have never even been released . My fucking ps1 has better computer animation/graphics than that shit

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sure thing, I'll add it to my list

    • @JACKTHETRIXTER
      @JACKTHETRIXTER 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +FanboyFlicks So glad FoodFight didn't kill me. Surprised anybody survived that!

  • @caronstout354
    @caronstout354 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fun fact: "Aliens mining gold" is a major plotpoint in the movie "Cowboys & Aliens"...

    • @shawnfields2369
      @shawnfields2369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      But is it a better done movie than John Travolta with Predator Dreads? Yes...the answer is yes.

  • @invisi-bullexploration2374
    @invisi-bullexploration2374 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This movie/book is a fascinating look into Hubbard's head.
    He named the alien beings 'Psylos' because he said they were supposed to be psychiatrists and the whole thing was a metaphor for 'I really don't like psychiatrists'. That was it. That was the metaphor for the movie: The iconoclast is being held down by the MAN, yeah! They hate that he's a free thinker!
    Hubbard was diagnosed as a malignant narcissist at some point in the mid 20th century. This was by most accounts a true assessment. However being a malignant narcissist, this pushed Hubbard over the edge and he spent the rest of his days writing ham fisted allegories about all the meanies who wouldn't play along and pointed out the emperor had no clothes. I mean how dare they! He was obviously this enlightened being that would make Jesus, Muhammad or Buddha look like rank amateurs!
    If the human race wouldn't be so defective about choosing leadership traits the guy would have been ranting on the street corners like a less pleasant Terry A. Davis. But he actually got his heart's desire creating an entire effin' religion all about 'How great he was'.

  • @MacStatic
    @MacStatic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    You know, you can toss in a movie you like once every while :)
    Btw congrats on the 5k gain of subscribers over night.

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Lately, I've been trying to work on a show about my favorite movies but you'd be surprised at how long it takes just to review bad movies lol

    • @Ryoushadow
      @Ryoushadow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Positive reviews don't get views though. Most popular reviewers are incredibly negative in a funny way.

    • @Ryoushadow
      @Ryoushadow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A good reviewer is honest and critical, and even if they spend most of the time picking apart the flaws of something they include a long section about the parts they enjoyed or at least mention it in the wrap-up.
      Keyword "good" reviewer. Yahtzee became famous because he verbally pisses hate-lava but he always mentions what he enjoyed about a title (if anything) and if he recommends it.
      Same with AngryJoe though he's more of a Let's Player. He spits bile the entire time but he clearly shows what he loves.

  • @StylesVI
    @StylesVI 10 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Review Dragonball: Evolution or The Last Air Bender.

    • @jokesterr119
      @jokesterr119 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He did last air bender already

    • @StylesVI
      @StylesVI 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jokesterr119 Where? I'm a new subscriber.

    • @TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsCunt
      @TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsCunt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      OmgLazerPew ...
      ...
      ...
      ...
      ...
      Use the search bar...

  • @axh2
    @axh2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You were wondering why tanks and fighters were not destroyed in a war. But You can find many explenations for this. The right question to ask is: how the hell were they operational after a 1000 years? In my old car brakes got to rusty to drive, when I left it unused for two weeks. After 1000 years they would be lucky if they managed to open doors in Fort Knox. Complex machines like jet fighters would be way beyond repair.

    • @ragimundvonwallat8961
      @ragimundvonwallat8961 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      axh2 1000 years old aged wd-40 bruh....its like liquid diamond

    • @TheStapleGunKid
      @TheStapleGunKid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also jet fuel only has a shelf life of 4 years.

    • @dpsamu2000
      @dpsamu2000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Could be if they had some kind of storage that displaced oxygen, and water vapor, dirt, etc. Maybe some pressured environment, chemical, or both to supress outgassing from the rubbery parts.

  • @RubensBarrichello.
    @RubensBarrichello. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Video guy here. "Dutching" the shoot not dutchy on the set. But that sounds sick af and ima start using it

  • @StannisHarlock
    @StannisHarlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:00 _"Do you want lunch?"_
    I laughed entirely too long at that.

  • @rhinofart18
    @rhinofart18 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Was that your girlfriend? If it was, WAY TO GO MARK!

    • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
      @alexandresobreiramartins9461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, his girlfriend is very hot!

    • @GabrielAlcala956
      @GabrielAlcala956 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@alexandresobreiramartins9461 Unfortunately his girlfriend left him in 2016. Pre-pandemic.

  • @MusikCassette
    @MusikCassette 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    To the point about the gold: Quantum mechanics and the way elements are produced in stars actually dictate, that gold is quite rare everywhere in the universe. So it is not totally illogical, that other species value it.
    But the shittynes of the film really does not relie on that.

    • @meowcat9636
      @meowcat9636 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      MusikCassette so advanced aliens don't have fusion figured out?

    • @alexandresobreiramartins9461
      @alexandresobreiramartins9461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meowcat9636 I think Rubbard was only thinking of "criticizing" Capitalism and had no idea about the fact that gold is rare everywhere. As for fusion, maybe it's impossible outside of stars? We don't know yet.

    • @wadenbeisser2491
      @wadenbeisser2491 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@alexandresobreiramartins9461 actually we do. Fusion is possible with a particle accelerator, you basically smash an atom into another at high speed. Not really for commercial use or long-lasting products but we can do that.

    • @Georgieastra
      @Georgieastra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Aliens capable of interstellar travel could easily find and mine asteroids such as 433 Eros...
      Data from the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft collected on Eros in December 1998 suggests that it could contain 20 billion tonnes of aluminum and similar amounts of metals that are rare on Earth, such as gold and platinum.[19]

    • @princesssprinklesthecat4192
      @princesssprinklesthecat4192 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      NEEERRRRD

  • @beautedejoanna
    @beautedejoanna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I am so happy I don't have to watch these movies and I can just watch your hilarious reviews instead :D

  • @circleofsorrow4583
    @circleofsorrow4583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I enjoyed the movie as a comedy. It was pretty good. Savages learning to fly perfectly preserved fighters in a simulator was a kicker.

  • @ashen-one--x
    @ashen-one--x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    that clip from Mission Impossible is a great example of dutch angle used right. love that scene, and that movie!

    • @shawnfields2369
      @shawnfields2369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes, I agree. Mission Impossible is one of the BEST movie franchises out there. I couldn't appreciate it as a kid, but when I got older, as a teenager, I could definitely appreciate the series more and more as the movies went on, same with the James Bond movies and also The Jason Bourne movies, and Taken. I mean, my Mom and Aunt loved the first MI movie(which I think wasn't based on the 60's TV series).
      I think Tom Cruise's version is just a standalone movie series, but each MI movie just gets better and better than the previous one. And I can definitely appreciate the MI movies nowadays. I mean, it's getting harder and harder to appreciate and find good movies now. I might be losing faith in superhero movies, but not anime movies though.

    • @ashen-one--x
      @ashen-one--x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@shawnfields2369 agreed!

    • @shawnfields2369
      @shawnfields2369 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ashen-one--x Thanks!

  • @akkalat85
    @akkalat85 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I can't believe Travolta did this shit.

    • @livinginvancouverbc2247
      @livinginvancouverbc2247 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      After his Oscar presentation schtick he's being considered as a Facehugger in the upcoming Aliens movie.

    • @akkalat85
      @akkalat85 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LivingInVancouverBC lol too funny

    • @DOODER1091
      @DOODER1091 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      he did it because L Ron Hubbard the creator of scientology wrote the shitty book the shitty movie was made after. Travolta is an avid scientologist. Hence WORST MOVIE EVER!

    • @akkalat85
      @akkalat85 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      DOODER1091 Oh I'm completely aware why he did it... I just can't believe he actually did it.

    • @Rakshasa1986
      @Rakshasa1986 9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The gods took Travolta's dignity in the night.

  • @Wagon_Queen_Family_Truckster
    @Wagon_Queen_Family_Truckster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I liked this movie for all the reasons you dislike it. This is one of the most unintentionally funny movies I've seen. I was laughing in the theater when I saw this. Yes, Terl thinks humans like rats, so he shoves a rat into Johnnie's face. Hilarious!

  • @dreamwarrior1276
    @dreamwarrior1276 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Crap lousy ceiling!

    • @monsterhanna6691
      @monsterhanna6691 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dream Warrior12 "I thought I told you to get some man-animals and fix it!"

  • @JacobShodin
    @JacobShodin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great review. I can't help but to think that the movie was ahead of its time with the whole Ancient Aliens mining for gold.

  • @DaveDuncanMusic
    @DaveDuncanMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So its BAD-elfield Earth?

  • @playerselite42
    @playerselite42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    My main issue (and I haven't even seen the movie) is the aliens looking exactly like humans. Wtf?! They have beards?! And blacks?! That makes no sense. I'm not trying to be racist, but you can't have an alien species that shares the same skin color diversity and facial fucking hair as the human race. Like, Jesus, it's almost comical.

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      playerselite42 who says you can't? Ever seen an alien? Then how can you say what they would look like? These aliens have different eyes and are much taller than humans as well. What's comical is you are stupid enough to say that an alien can't have the same skin diversity and facial hair as a human.

    • @playerselite42
      @playerselite42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Necrowolf81 Round of applause.

    • @Insertmiddlefinger
      @Insertmiddlefinger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      playerselite42 They are dwarves from planet Travolta Six, one of the many planets John Travolta conquered years after retiring as an actor in order to become a Supersayan Tethan, year 2025 in his quest for cocoa plants which apparently can be bought with gold...
      BECAUSE HUBBARD SAID SO! Then died of drug abuse... Funny story.

    • @millsykooksy4863
      @millsykooksy4863 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nero Angelo lmao!!!!

    • @Insertmiddlefinger
      @Insertmiddlefinger 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, thank you very much.
      - John "Space traveler" Travolta... NOT!Millsy Kooksy

  • @VersaceJMG
    @VersaceJMG 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Good Review Mark! By the way is that your girlfriend? You have never introduced her before. Congratulations on being on Chris Stuckmans suggestion video. All you need now is for Jeremy Jahns to suggest you and you will have tons of subscribers.

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Thank you very much, it was a big shock to me when I saw his video lol And that's my friend, Mel, she's very funny and should be back for other videos

    • @VersaceJMG
      @VersaceJMG 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** The Dream Team would be You,Scott,Matt, and Mel. That would be awesome to see, and review Good Burger or Baby Geniuses. Keep up the good work Mark

    • @Magnero
      @Magnero 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** Ahh, stuck in the friend zone, that sucks.

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      corvusala
      No, actually that's not the situation at all. Why is it always the assumption that when a guy and a girl are friends, the guy wanted a relationship and the girl rejected him? That's such bullshit.

    • @Magnero
      @Magnero 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ***** Just wrap that lie around you like a warm blanket :P

  • @haleyslawncare6707
    @haleyslawncare6707 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never comment on TH-cam videos, but this was hilarious!Great job

  • @jvharbin8337
    @jvharbin8337 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I come back periodically to watch this review. That "Because, Why the fuck would I?" Always gets me to blast out a laugh!😄

  • @donkrouskop1582
    @donkrouskop1582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Which I didn't read because, you know, why the fuck would I?" LMAO!

  • @KCRyder
    @KCRyder 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    no bacon? I AM OUTRAGED....

  • @PallidTrash
    @PallidTrash 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    You do realize the author of this book (that the movie is based off) is the founder of scientology..( L. Ron Hubbard) Which John Travolta is a member of. I wonder if he knew about this prior?

    • @secludedmisanthrope6388
      @secludedmisanthrope6388 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Who the fuck didn't know about this movie and the church of Scientology?!

    • @BehPoker
      @BehPoker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't.

    • @ohwell8512
      @ohwell8512 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jazhua Vanboven whoa really?

    • @Maggerama
      @Maggerama 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So, um is Travolta still among them? Is this why we don't see him much in the movies anymore? I really want him to come back, he must have his own Mandy just like Cage, the man deserves it.

    • @elphbwckd212
      @elphbwckd212 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wasn't Travolta one if the producers who originally had the idea to turn the book into a movie? I'm pretty sure he knew what this was based in. He has been a Scientologist for a while when he made this film.

  • @mattwalker7604
    @mattwalker7604 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thanks man for sucking it up and doing Battlefield Earth. Have you seen On Deadly Ground, that is pretty God Awful too. I love how Seagal just kills everyone in sight to defend the environment.

  • @GeoffreyNoPants
    @GeoffreyNoPants 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My friend and I went to see this in the theater, because we had been enjoying sci fi movies with a budget and bad reviews around that time. We exchanged confused looks throughout the entire thing. About 15 minutes before it ends I say "Let's just fuckin go." He replied: "We've come this far..."

  • @prkycck4445
    @prkycck4445 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember camping with my much older brother one week as a little kid and a storm was coming near the camp site. We had to evacuate for one night and we decided to see a movie. We were so close in seeing this one but at the last moment we went to see the movie Frequency. I’m glad we made that choice, after seeing this review.

  • @akufromthefuture7159
    @akufromthefuture7159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The novel was freakishly long.
    The movie covers maybe the first 1/5 of the novel.
    The first part of the novel is really good. But once the actual battle with the psychlos is done and they go to either Africa or south America, there are only a couple more battles in the remaining 700 pages. Then banking and politics take center stage.
    Only read the first 1/5. It shows how this film couldve been great if ir wasn't travolta's multimillion dollar turd.
    There was no human zoo. Johnny was the first human they captured and trained.
    They changed SO much.

  • @sydneyslaughter7163
    @sydneyslaughter7163 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m only half-way through the book but so far, the movie is an incredibly poor adaptation of the story. It’s amazing that this was a passion project.

    • @Phil_KaneONite_Wood
      @Phil_KaneONite_Wood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad someone bothered to read it. I thought the book was pretty good. The film was about 1/3 of the first half of the book!

    • @gregoryl.levitre9759
      @gregoryl.levitre9759 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, the book is pretty good.

  • @destinyskye05
    @destinyskye05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    So glad I watched this before playing the movie cuz it saved me a hell of a lot of time. Although my favorite part had to be the ending and when that dude hit his head on the ceiling 😂

  • @bhumibolrushing7830
    @bhumibolrushing7830 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved when he looked up as he realized there was no bacon lmao

  • @kascausevic63
    @kascausevic63 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's actually a wonderful comedy, hilarious!!
    I recommend watching it with friends, have a drink or two and simply marvel that it was ever made- the Everest of bad films.
    So many favourite moments.

  • @Roffestisse
    @Roffestisse 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Awesome that you explained the Dutch Angle, hope you can continue with some more explaining on cinematic techniques in your future videos too!

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks, I like to include little bits of info like that, I'll try to do it more

    • @ragimundvonwallat8961
      @ragimundvonwallat8961 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** that BS is also good to score chicks;''awww you know so much'' well im sure i dont teach youy nothing new there =P

  • @motherwar_87
    @motherwar_87 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    4:47 Leaning in on the back was So funny!! 😂😂😂

  • @multitudeofidols
    @multitudeofidols 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When he hit his head on the ceiling, I genuinely laughed... and he's supposed to be the intimidating villain of the film.

  • @freeman7296
    @freeman7296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The movie involved fraud??? sound about right given the "religion" its author "created" ...hard to not include quotes in everything related to L Ron Hubbard...could be the greatest charlatan ever.

    • @vitorafmonteiro
      @vitorafmonteiro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You forgot quotes in "author" too, no? XD

    • @RedSiegfried
      @RedSiegfried 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vitorafmonteiro He wrote a lot of stuff for decades, including Battlefield Earth, legit. He was a legit science fiction, Western and adventure author. But there are also a lot of things allegedly written by LRH that he only started and let others ghostwrite for him. That's not unusual. Then again, there is also some stuff he had nothing to do with at all that has his name on it - and it's just a cash grab for the church of Scientology.

    • @vitorafmonteiro
      @vitorafmonteiro 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RedSiegfried You are right, as a pulpy author his early stuff was praised by people like Stephen King and others till now, and even BFE has its ironic fans (Mitt Romney called it a "very funny science fiction book") so I was exagerating for fun, but post Church creation Hubbard was clearly a different "animal", much more covertly disseminating his propaganda (LOTS of antipsychology and conspiracies stuff) and much more meandering, little imaginative world-building and weak wording. Not even considering how hard it is to know what Hubbard wrote and didn't wrote since the Church let him claim authorship for a lot to prove how much of a Renaissance Man genius he was as you point out.

  • @pussywran
    @pussywran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I loved this movie i remember watching it for the first time. I traveled with my family to the usa i was at a cmon inn and this was on mtv then right after that beavis and butthead was on. God bless America

    • @martinterreni1616
      @martinterreni1616 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      After B&b is exactly the place for it :)))

  • @m.a.packer5450
    @m.a.packer5450 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Something neglected in almost every sci fi: the humans should not be able to use alien weaponry because it is more advanced, meaning they likely have DNA locks and other far tech security measures that would more likely cause the weapon to explode when picked up by the enemy

  • @justamir717
    @justamir717 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yesterday I wondered if he would do a battlefield earth review

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Now please wonder if I'll make 1 Million subs overnight. Worth a shot.

  • @erichirschi7614
    @erichirschi7614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To think, this film has the same DP as "Hell or High Water". Practice makes perfect I guess lol.
    I enjoy your channel bud. Be well.

  • @donkrouskop1743
    @donkrouskop1743 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "...which I didn't read because why the fuck would I?" 🤣

  • @andregrant9997
    @andregrant9997 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I lost my shit at 4:37 lol, keep up the good work mark!

  • @barakpinhas2781
    @barakpinhas2781 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually have to disagree with you, I really enjoyed battlefield earth and will recommend it to my friends who love science fiction

    • @ronpowell9461
      @ronpowell9461 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Make sure you recommend it to all of your Scientologist friends.. actually it's prolly required viewing lol

    • @barakpinhas2781
      @barakpinhas2781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronpowell9461 I think Scientology is really stupid like Mormonism and all other religions. but I just so much enjoyed this movie as an entertaining science fiction movie. nothing more. and if someone wants an entertaining science fiction movie. I would definitely recommend it to him.

  • @eddieinscore282
    @eddieinscore282 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is that his girlfriend if so dame dude keep her

  • @AmazingKevinWClark
    @AmazingKevinWClark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven't even seen the movie but even though it's largely society that puts such a high value on gold it does have some characteristics that make it desirable. The first and foremost is that gold is corrosion resistant. It's not unreasonable for an alien society to come to the same conclusion and desire it to keep constructions in good shape like a lasting monument. It's abundant enough on Earth but still on the rare side that not everyone can obtain it. However who's to say there isn't a much richer planet out there and if we ever stumble upon it then gold might lose a bit of it's worth.

  • @all6s7s67
    @all6s7s67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wont lie that was a very restrained reaction to missing bacon.

  • @FineartAndBeauty
    @FineartAndBeauty 10 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    you are so so so soooo funny lol!!

    • @FanboyFlicks
      @FanboyFlicks  10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Thank thank thank thaaaaaank you!

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +FanboyFlicks From the sounds of it, Battlefield Earth really actually pissed you off.

    • @xXTUCXx1
      @xXTUCXx1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +FanboyFlicks isn't gold used in very high end technology? I suppose they could need it for alien boob grower ray guns. Id like that

    • @miapiare
      @miapiare 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      FineartAndBeauty are u a troll or just a moron? “

  • @UnarmedTitan
    @UnarmedTitan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Review the Pacifier. This movie killed my childhood