The Meg Pitch Meeting
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JAWS really set the bar high for shark movies back in 1975, and THE MEG tries to bring the shark genre into a new generation. It does this by basically having Jason Statham fight a 70 foot long prehistoric Megalodon shark in hand-to-hand combat. With a description like that, how did this movie manage to drop the ball? Why did the whole basis of his character make no sense? How did he “see” a giant shark BEFORE it was set free from the Mariana Trench? Why don’t we get to see a shark for like 45 minutes of the movie? Why does it feel like a high budget version of Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus or Sharknado? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to THE MEG. It’s super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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"Panderin' in Mandarin is tight,"
You've outdone yourself good sir
How do you not recognize a line from a bo burnham show
Best quote ever
@@leespencer261 , who's Bo Burnham?
That needs to be on a shirt.
Outdo oneself is tight!
“Thats like if a building snuck up on you”😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂you got it bruh
Had it happen before super scary
Me too it was in my blind spot
“Blind spot” 😆😂🤣
Happens to me at least once a week
Not even joking as soon as they said that I saw the comment aha
We asked for the reason Nick Fury lost his eye.
We got the answer to why Ryan looks like Ryan.
Isn't the answer 2 ur question obvious? NF was the shark!
eldjou lynda is this cannon?
The exec in these Pitch Meetings now officially has more explanation of his character than Snoke.
Getting plastic surgery to look like Ryan is TIGHT!
I'm good with it.
"Off the coast of China"
"This Chinese woman"
"This Chinese beach"
"Panderin' in Mandarin is tight" 😂
She was literally useless to the plot,
Goes to the ocean floor to rescue some people - doesn't rescue anyone, becomes a burden, had to be rescued
Get's in shark cage to poison shark - becomes a burden, had to be rescued
Teams up with hero to kill shark - ditches him midway because of some nonsense, he kills it without her
It was almost passive aggressive in how they were pandering to the Chinese.
@@deeya I really dont like how they pandered to American audiences with all the English dialogue and white actors either. Stop the pandering!
@@matthewharris8819
+50 Social credits
@@deeya nah that is just how china will be if it tries to be t he world super power.
@@matthewharris8819 It's an American movie bro lmaoo
I have no idea why these don't have at least 10 Million Views. The writing is superb!
Because 😐
@@madhavcharan7213 fair enough
Having it pushed to 10 million views would be very hard I guess? No, actually it would be super easy, barely an inconvenience...
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I agree. This is as funny as anything you'd hear on SNL. Very clever "banter". I
Me: why do all the thumbnails pictures have enlarged eyes?
SR: Because
Me: Fair Enough
Isn't it because the writer's glasses make his eyes look big?
Making eyes look big is tight!
wow wow wow wow wow
imagine how much flashbacks i thought i was having when he edited the eyes on one of the movie clips.
that works!
Panderin' in Mandarin is the greatest line in ANY of your videos! Lol I died!
It’s from a bo burnham video about country music
Ryan deserves a Streamy for that line alone.
Gold! XD
I did pause the video and giggle for a solid 10 seconds
Brilliant
"The shark is just gonna abandon all the food he's eating because he thinks he hears a whale?"
"That's like leaving a free buffet cuz you think ya hear food truck drive by."
I swear, Ryan is beyond hilarious, these deserve all the views.
Lol.. As for the shark, if I were it, I would just swim with my my mouth open while near the beach. Don't bother to chew. Just swallow them whole. It ate so few humans, considering so many of them in the water.
Which one is Ryan?
@@freewheeler8924 The one that's not George, obviously
This line killed me
... they probably went for a "screw it" logic. But it does make sense, whale were the shark's favorite prey and a single one has more meat than they will get from all of that beach.
And everything is a free buffet for a shark that size, it's just leaving a free buffet for a better one.
I love how when he does his "Yeah yeah yeah!" thing, the upper half of his head tilts back like one of those puppets on the Muppet Show. 😄
Muppets are tight!
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
@@ShhhSlots Oh, my god!
“There’s this character called Jonas but everyone calles him Jon-ass” “Nice”
What a underrated post
@@anonymouse5054 69 is the ideal number of likes for this comment though
That hurt.
Veep did it first
Accidentally setting prehistoric murderous sharks free is TIGHT!
“...but everyone’s gonna pronounce it Joan-ass”
“Asses are tight!”
Not in Hollywood, bro.
Gregory Von Dare lmao
That’s a real missed opportunity
They are sir
@@gregvondare I'm shocked at such blatant homophobia... and LMAO! Thanks for sharing.
"They accidentally set this massive prehistoric shark free."
"Whoops!" "Whoopsie!" Gets me everytime!
"So, you have a movie for me?"
"No, I have a movie for China."
_"Panderin' in Mandarin is tight!"_
- The current state of the entertainment industry
@Lovecraft It's not just cinema; many publishers and networks in several genres of Western entertainment media have made decisions that appear to be kowtowing to CCP demands and censorship over the last decade.
Correction: 迎合普通话紧
At least according to google
@Lovecraft While that's true, China also only picks companies that haven't been critical of China.
So yes, China only licenses a few foreign movies a year, but the industry has to remain pro China throughout the year in all other productions if they want to keep getting picked for that Chinese money for future films.
I did not see nearly enough Chinese communist flags at the beach. So few, in fact, that I nearly forgot I was in communist China!
@@WarriorPoet01 I hope you know they do not have communist flags everywhere in real life 🙄
This movie was actually based on a book, no joke.
More like this movie was based on a joke, no book! FACE!!!!!
Evan Fields what book
@@legoflashverselegendofspon4658
I think it's called 'The Meg' I'm not 100% sure. I didn't read it. I read a review of the movie and the writer spoke briefly about the book.
Evan Fields yes. The meg by Steve alten. He made at least two sequels: the trench and angel. Good reads imho
It’s a book series, and I’m betting they were hoping to make all of them. Becoming the spiritual successor to the Sharknado series.
“I had an idea for a script once. It's basically Jaws except when the guys in the boat are going after Jaws, they look around and there's an even bigger Jaws. The guys have to team up with Jaws to get Bigger Jaws. I call it Big Jaws.” Peter Griffin
Ironically Peter changed the Title to The Meg
*"Shut up, The Meg."*
@@greatestscott6599 outstanding
Plastic surgery to look just like him? I am loving the hidden lore of Screen Rant!
You mean Ryan George and the Ryanverse
@@Althedemonking1076 yep. Let's not give Screenrant credit for this guy. He made them. Not the other way around lol.
why are we replying to a 2 year old post??? 🤣🤣🤣
He says in another video, that they live in a universe where everyone, except movie stars look like them. 😂
@@doctorstev2710 the Ryan-Multiverse
"What makes them fall in love?"
"Well, they're both attractive and in the same general area!"
Hollywood in two sentences.
Remember most audience members are adolescents on dates. Most men at that age dont think being a womans looks.
Its true in real life too in many cases
Yeah, for straight couples.
Also they're main characters so bang bang
@@baguettegott3409 yup if it's an lgbt couple it's like "now a 3 minute sex scene between the main couple is fine but a kiss between these two gay characters is too much let's just keep it subtle and when pride month comes around we reveal their relationship in twitter"
"it's like leaving a buffet when you hear a food truck drive by."
Me: you just gave me a great idea
*Panderin in Mandarin* is the perfect term for Hollywood phenomena which Michael Bay excelled at! Sums it up perfectly!
I agree also makes me think he likes bo burnham (“ I could speak in mandarin, you’d still know I’m pandering”)
And Mulan (2020)
Pandering in Mandarin! Love it!
I wonder if they had to cut a check to Bo Burnham for that joke
Oh, it's TIGHT
joe I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE THAT CONNECTION I LOVE BO BURNHAM !!!!!!!!!!!!
@@joe3755 just checking the comments to make sure Bo got proper credit. Well done.
@@ajhieb Same same lol. I can go now.
I’m pretty sure the real pitch was Jason Statham wrestling a Large Shark.
SOLD
Would've been a much better movie.
TRUE. LOL.
Hollywood: SOLD!
I would be okay with any muscular actor wrestling large sharks.
“That’s like leaving a free buffet because you hear a food truck nearby”
I hurt my abs laughing so much
yOu hAvE aBs!??
humblebrags
The Meg was a fun movie. I really enjoyed it. Jason Statham was an Olympic swimmer for Britain which made him a good choice for the role. The roles given to Chinese were actually Japanese in the book and I really hoped we were going to get the T-Rex vs Meg opening like in the book.
That would have been great
THERE WAS A WHAT
Do…… do T Rex ….swim???
Meg 2 (opening acquired)
@@RustinCholeNo, they don't. But they can get their feet wet.
This man ryan is underated man i swear he the best thing on this channel😂😂😂💯💯💯keep the vids going
The main reason I'm subscribed to Screen Rant, they occasionally upload good videos but its mainly these I watch.
Agreed but he is completely RUINING some of my favorite movies😂🤣😂🤣
you mean best show on youtube?
Ryan is tight!
One of the best on TH-cam!
“So I’m not going crazy? Nope, I had plastic surgery.” Finally, mystery solved!! 🧐😮
But how do they sound the same then?
Also, explain Kevin the intern.
Imitating voices is super easy, barely an inconvenience.
A Chinese mystery solved!
Once he said "Brother"... but it could be like "Bro"...but idk
Please keep these pitch meetings coming! They're gloriously hilarious! XD
Will do barely an inconvenience
This was far more thrilling than the actual movie.
Haven't seen this movie but I do love how the ocean isn't big enough so writer guy had to invent a whole new place to fit giant sharks
If it was in the ocean, we'd have seen it by now. In the movie, it's below a thermocline, so it's cut off.
Well done Ryan, well done. I think you should do one for Back to The Future. All the incest stuff would be super easy to make fun of, barely an inconvenience!
CH did that one years ago.
I’m pretty sure he said that one was the inspiration for this show lol
We really want a Titanic Pitch Meeting!!
He's done one already I think
Nah, Titanic 2 Pitch Meeting.
@@TearDownGenesis I want both and I want em now!!
@@vigolovesyou "Its super easy barely an inconvenience"
Dropping priceless jewelry back into the ocean for no reason is TIGHT.
Panderin' in Mandarin=Big Bucks$$$
& Big Bucks I$ TIGHT 💁
Best line of the vid, tight!
Just like my wife...
Both of these things are true:
I truly love this movie
and
This Pitch Meeting is 1000% accurate!
“Pandering in Mandarin is TIGHT”
Now more than ever this NEEDS to be on a T-shirt.
You could also make one for how movies insist on putting english speakers and white people in EVERY movie. Like, jeez, do you HAVE to pander to America in every single movie?
@@matthewharris8819 Do foreign movies do this often nowadays?
Been a bit since I watched too many foreign films tbh so maybe I've missed a shift or the like.
Why
No "shut up, Meg" joke? Now that's a big missed opportunity
Probably figured there’d be a million of them in the comments. 😏😂
EXACTLY! plus ' bigger jaws' joke in different way was there!
Even supernatural had a "shut up, meg" joke
Shut up, Wesley.
Whoops!
I love how you guy(s) keep each episode fresh; like it's 'barely an inconvenience'
These pitch meetings are the greatest thing to come from youtube in a very long time 10/10 super easy barley an inconvenience
"Panderin' in Mandarin is tight" lol
"Well look, people say you can't have your cake and eat it too.
But we're talking about a 70-foot shark here. This thing can eat whatever it wants."
That was great.
what makes them fall in love? they're both attractive and in the same general area. bwahahahaha, I can't stop laughing. that's how I married my wife (except we're not attractive)
Self-defacing humour is *Tight*
So if you aren't attractive, you just fell in love because you're in the same general area...
*Plot Twist* your wife is also your mother!!😱😱
Yes you both are silly.
I hope your wife has a sense of humor or that Jay Fulkerson is not your real name, cuz then your safe. XD
Jay Fulkerson lol 🤔😂🎬 atleast you didn't try to hype it up like y'all was David Hasselhoff and Pamela Lee Anderson I can respect the honesty at least you got some one my guy some of us are left with marry Palmer & her five sisters 🖕✋✊👋👏👌😂
my growing addiction to pitch meetings is TIGHT
Rob Sykes it’s okay! Just go to rehab. It’s super easy, barely an inconvenience!
Ya ya ya!
"Panderin' in Mandarin is tight"!!! LOL Perfect.
“Panderin’ in Mandarin”
OMG why haven’t I heard this before?! That’s freaking GENIUS. I’m never not going to refer to it any other way now.
"Pandering in manderin"
This is why im subscribed
Because you love Bo?
EVERYONE LIVES HAPPILY EVER AFTER….EXCEPT ALL THE DEAD PEOPLE. Oh man. I can’t stop laughing.
They're probably happy I'm heaven
It's alright - He got his PG-13 rating by basically having the Meg swim under the swimmers without eating any of them!
I love that there's lore to the producer and the screenwriter. Them being 3rd cousins, and how they look exactly alike cause of plastic surgery.
As you can tell I'm binge watching these
*Do "The Last Airbender" One Please
L7Blue Fire I believe that The Last Airbender pitch will be coming soon since Netflix has announced another attempt at making a live action Avatar the Last Airbender.
Fingers crossed
yeah yeah yeah!
I love how sometimes the meeting just gets extremely meta lmao
"That's like if a building snuck up on you."
That's exactly what large animals can do in the ocean. That is a real thing. If you are in a boat and you look over the side, Godzilla could be a dozen feet under the surface and you would never see him.
Add to that in the Book the Meg Glows in the Dark and it Still sneaks up on People. LOL.
😂 "It's a 70 ft shark, it can' eats what it wants"
Not gonna lie I did pick up the movie because it had Jason Statham in it.
Same here.
You should try the book (or the whole series) they're great action thrillers.
@@whos-the-stiff There's a book? Of course! Why should I expect originals from Hollywood!
I went to see it, just because I wanted to see the Stath punching a giant shark.
I was not disappointed.
Yeah, he's the guy, I mean: "The One", the Cranked movies, and the delivery guy ones I can't remember the name of. Jason Statham in the cast, I'm buying that!
"pandering in Mandarin" might be one of the funniest things I have heard in ages!!! Love you Ryan!!!!
I just discovered these Pitch Meeting videos and they are absolute gold! Great job man. Other pitch reviews to consider:
Movies:
Titanic
Conjuring
The Shape of Water
Birdman
Gravity
Twilight
Bee Movie
300
Men In Black
Now You See Me
The Purge
Pixel (Or Any Adam Sandler Movie)
Shows:
Suits
Two and a Half Men
How I Met Your Mother
Actors:
Seth Rogan
Nicolas Cage
Charlie Sheen
M. Night Shyamalan
Bonus:
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
I love that in every pitch meeting you hear “barely an inconvenience” at least once
Won't it be difficult to keep squeezing that catchphrase in?
@@KrillLiberator Nope super easy barely an inconvenience
Wow wow wow
"Soooo you have a movie for me?"
Hearing super easy barely an inconvenience is tight.
Goddammit! I keep coming back and re-watching all of these over and over....
"His name is Jonas, but everyone is going to pronounce it Jason Statham..."
JBTechCon Just realized Jason is an anagram for Jonas.
@@jonasthemovie whoah
I thought I was the only one who thought they looked the same the plastic surgery makes sense now!
At least one will think that’s serious
What about the Third Guy last time they really looks the same.
They're actually twins and Ryan had laser eye surgery so he could take of his glasses and NOT look like George.
Dude they are the same person. Htf would you think one of them had plastic surgery?
Ps I am playing along with him lol
Grumpy Oldman dude that makes sense!
Orangeapplekiwi Games that’s a damn good surgeon
When your in the middle of another video and see this notification and literally dont care what happens in the other video
you're*
@@Lollaksyotuube 👍
Np bro ;)
Actually leaving this other video will be super easy, barely an inconvenience
@@WordsOfTheTeacher Yea it was TIGHT!
" Panderin' in Mandarin is tight!" 🤣
"Panderin' in Manderin is tight!"
That sold me on the movie
"Both very attractive and in same general area"
"Very romantic"
"Oh yeah!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
"Pandering in manderin is tight"....Hahaha,,that has to be one of the best lines in Pitch Meeting....Ever!!🤣
"Pandering in Mandarin". LMAO.
That joke was super easy ~ barely an inconvenience.
The studio execs were like:
“Hey so you know Jaws?”
“Yeah”
“That.”
Meg is way better than it had any right to be. I liked the work done on the side characters.
Yes, it's entertaining.
ME: "Man, these pitch meetings are TIGHT!"
ME TOO: "Yeah yeah yeah!"
I freakin love these pitch meetings. The funny and always brings a smile to my face...
"so what sets this apart from a classic like Jaws?"
"Well you know how that one was a marvel of cinematography and pioneered the modern horror movie? And how it was paced perfectly?"
"Yeah?"
"This one isnt going to have any of that tension or artistic merit, but it _will_ have a cgi shark."
I can't stop watching these!
I don't know why but "so that's like if a building snuck up on you" absolutely killed me.
Do a Pitch Meeting about Screen Rant!
Theories about only Marvel movies is TIGHT!
Lee Bays I want the pitch meeting origin video
That would be the 100th episode
That would be super easy. Barely an inconvenience.
"That might be the biggest missed opportunity I've ever heard of."
It's funny because it's true
Damn, "Panderin' in Mandarin is tight". I choked on my drink.
Lol, I love the endings. It is a visual representation of the phrase "OOOPS!!!"
after all this time..
it was *PLASTIC.* *SURGERY.*
i thought it was JUST ME?!??
"It has to be an actor that when you see their name on a movie poster you're like 'Oh, this is gonna be WAY over the top'"
That is exactly what went through my mind when I saw Jason Statham on the movie poster.
I thought this whole time it was 1 person playing both roles, actually its 2 people and 1 has plastic surgery to look like the other. Mystery solved.
Two people in the same room together= true love. 🤮 One guy stealing another guys face = soul mates. ☠️
"panderin' in mandarin"
😂
This pitch meeting was better than the actual movie!
That is true of a lot of them!
Idk why but hearing Ryan saying “Jon-ass” continually just made me laugh so very hard
Super-easy’s, barely any inconveniences are TIGHT.
Is it hard to binge watch Ryan George videos?
Nope.
Super easy, barely an inconvenience.😁
I love moments like 2:38 - I often dislike films or feel like something is off about them but cannot pinpoint it. Ryan so often puts my feelings into words. Yes, the film does feel disjointed and flip-floppy!
I love it when we get these little backstories and world building weaved seamlessly into the story
MEG was actually a decent action flick. I had low expectations, so I left happy.
Life is all about low expectations. The lower they are the happier you'll be.
Pandering in Mandarin. My God. I choked on my drink. That was unexpected.
I saw this movie the other night and I could barely make it through it. But this pitch meeting made me appreciate it for what it was.
Leaving a buffet because you thought you heard a food truck. I almost died.
Really missed opportunity: "Having it both ways is TIGHT!" :D
"Everyone's gonna live happily ever after"
"- Exept all the dead people."
Hilarious dialog! 👏
"Panderin' in Madarin" is gold!
Pitch meetings are tight👌👌👌
Today I stumbled upon your movie pitches for the first time. Hahaha!! Damn these are so great, I've watched like 20 so far.
You should do original Alien or The Thing!
I actually enjoy late reveals. It's a lost art. Super 8 did it as well. Puts more onus on the film to carry itself and build up to the reveal.
The Meg was one of those wait a minute movies where you enjoy it while you are watching it but after you go back home and think about it you say hay wait a minute that doesn't make any sense at all lol 😁
And now theres actually a Meg 2 cant wait to see that pitch meeting
This film would've been different if Nicholas Cage played the role of JonAss
That coulda been awesome!
That would've definitely bumped it up from being a 75% shitty movie to a 150% shitty movie. I'm imagining somewhere in the range of _National Treasure_ but not quite as bad as _The Wicker Man._
@0:26
And it just keeps getting stranger and stranger. We will crack the lore
“They go through a false bottom...”
“Going through bottoms is tight!”
“Panderin’ in Mandarin is tight” 🤣🤣🤣
Can you do a jumanji welcome to the jungle pitch meeting?that would be tight
The original first
@@luizfelipevbf5567 why not both
Spacemanji also!