Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Pitch Meeting - Revisited!
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- Step back into the pitch meeting and revisit the completely factual accurate conversation that led to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! Complete with commentary from Ryan George who is now several years older!
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Original Description:
Indiana Jones is one of the most iconic movie characters of all time. Along with his role as Han Solo, playing Indy is one of the defining works of Harrison Ford’s long career. So, in an age of constant reboots and sequels, it was kind of inevitable that Hollywood wanted to bring Indiana Jones back to the big screen. And with George Lucas and Steven Spielberg both on board, this had the makings of something great! Unfortunately yeah no it didn’t work out that way.
The movie definitely raises some questions. Like why are we focusing on aliens? Why do the good guys and the bad guys have the same goal? How did they think the nuke fridge scene was a good idea? How does Shia Laboeuf befriend monkeys so quickly and swing through the jungle faster than speeding vehicles? Why did the FBI decide to stop investigating Doctor Jones despite absolutely nothing changing from their perspective? What’s going on with Cate Blanchett’s voice?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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“What if literally anything else happened” is still my favorite line from any Pitch Meeting ever
It has been widely speculated that ancient South American civilizations were visited. They had roads and some stuff that couldn't be explained at the time
@@StevenironsShut up with your bullshit
😂
@@StevenironsBuddy that doesn't mean it's not laughable
I feel like the one from the twilight saga "what...what are we doing man..." with defeat and self loathing will be my all time favorite. Second place is the thing with the baby "i....I don't like that...."
I love that Ryan's choice to represent Montréal is to simply show a picture of some random road work with caution signs written in French 😂
I thought he was about to show some Montreal prairie dog pictures and his deep knowledge about them as a Montreal resident.
That's because all roads in Montreal are always under construction!
That joke slipped by me 😂 as a former Montreal resident, that is hilarious
That represents Montreal perfectly. 👌🏻
@JZikovsky it's not just Montreal, it's all of Canada. Source: I'm also Canadian
Apologizing for mistakes that can barely be noticed is by far the most Canadian thing ever.
I'm glad he gives us extra insight on his work process tho
Eh, I'd put it second after a fondness for hockey.
I paused before he explained what he did wrong to watch the clip over again, and I absolutely could not figure it out.
Even after he explained it I needed the video evidence to understand when it split.
I do appreciate the behind the scenes stuff. With the shaky cam too.
Love these revisit videos and deep dives. 😊
Soorry, aye.
Oh, the most canadian thing ever is TIGHT
Ryan built the kind of audience to just accept the fact that his dog was walking around trying to eat a fake mustache like It happens to everybody
Does it not?
My dog ate a bag of flour once, so I’m not shocked 😆
If you own a dog it's quite possible. And you might not even know where the mustache came from.
As a former VFX artist, you've described the process of bidding and working on film and TV pretty much precisely. This is why I am a former VFX artist.
“And sometimes when you’re not an expert on the subject it’s okay to just shut up for a second.” - Ryan George saying something funny yet true.
Honestly really good life advice.
THIS
He excels at that!
Immediately after saying this he kept talking.
@@chrisconnelly9327 And there's nothing wrong with that. You don't need to be an expert to know what looks good. We as fans know when something looks like crap.
As a vfx artist with over 26 years of experience, you’ve nailed it on why stuff doesn’t look finished when it hits the theaters. It also depends on the leadership and what they want.
That procurement system is wack. Does it always work that way? Or do some producers hire a single company to do the whole film? Like, Dune didn't work that way, did it? Fury Road?
@@TristanCleveland on my very limited knowledge, I know sometimes not everything is on a bid system because sometimes a certain studio is known for their particular expertise and so they'll be specifically selected for certain shots. But for that very same reason, I would think there's not gonna be a movie where they hire only one VFX studio because it's always better to hire them for what they're particularly good at (or how cheap they are, I guess). Not only that, but having a studio do all the shots for one movie would mean that studio would have to use all of their resources just for that project, instead of being able to work on multiple ones at the same time, so it wouldn't be good for anyone.
Damn it, I came here to say this too. As a montreal Vfx artist, blablabla. Good job, Ryan, for making this audible for the general audience! Keep on going with the great work, there are many people in vfx that have great times thanks too you. (Your poop was aimed correctly.)
What they want? Undeserved bonus? Contract extension? Automatic blame-shift (downwards, natch)? An actual brain? Ability? Talent? A backbone? Conscience? Spine?
@@TristanCleveland there’s always bidding and usually multiple vfx houses to get the film done by the release date. I’ve been on shows that have had 18 vfx houses on them.
As someone who has an attention span of exactly 15 seconds, I can’t wait to tell everyone that this movie was co-directed by Jon Bon Jovi. You learn new very real facts every day!
I'm absolutely spreading that information as well, I have about 45 sec of a span, I just am that person.
@@anabee8310 hello from 50 sec attention span, you may call me professor
@@BenGras Hey I'm from the 69 sec attention span, you all can call me dad
@@santiagobustos7579 hello dad...
... who are you?
Bro. You seen Skibidi Toilet yet son?
Hey Ryan, as a VFX artist who is actually from Montreal -> I just wanted to say, THANK YOU for speaking up and defending the people that had to work on this show. What you said is 100% true and I guess the latest writer strike just shows once again how little companies like Disney care... but I guess MONEY MONEY MONEY. Thank you sir, you are a legend!
I was so happy to learn about that as well. And appreciated all the empathy that went with the explanation.
I mean, the fact a person will put in less effort if they're making less money shows both sides only care about that. I'm an artist (and very low income) who's sadly never been paid for my work. But when I do art, I don't put in less effort even if I know I won't get paid for it and even though I see some atrocious art actually make money. Because I care about my work and won't put out art I'm not happy with, especially if someone is paying for it. Don't get me wrong, as someone who knows it's fucked up to force humans to pay to exist and work their lives away, I don't agree that it's okay to force any job on someone only to pay as little as possible. Every person deserves a livable wage and a non-toxic work environment. But, if you're getting paid to do a job that is based on something you claim to be passionate about, I don't see how anyone could be okay doing a poor job.
@@englishatheart That's how burnout works. You end up being forced to be okay with terrible results because management doesn't understand and some asshole just wants more money faster... and after a while, that causes a LOT of lasting psychological damage. It's the same in any creative field, even ones you might not consider creative, like software engineering. We don't get "okay doing a poor job" -- we get forced to do a poor job that reflects poorly on our skills and it grinds down on the passion to the point where you're a husk, doing mindless work in this lovely capitalist system we've got. *barf*
That's in many cases the reason. But than again really good CGI you wouldn't even notice ( I mean cars, buildings, objects etc.)
@@Smozzle19 hahaha, nice bait
Mad props on the "Indy in a fridge" drawing! I'd have copped out, drawn a simple fridge & just assured people, "Hey, he's in there!" etc.
so he'd be Schrödinger's Indy?
Very "little prince".
@lotharrenz4621 I think I left way too much on this comment. I didn’t expect it.
“Left”. You know, the past participle of “laughed”.
Thanks Siri.
If you reached out to Tommy, and asked him to be in the "The Room" video, I am like 90% sure he'd say yes! Do it, Ryan. Do it for all of us.
You can try and get Mark Hamill to do the episode with you, he likes the "Oh, hi Mark" references on memes😆
Hahaha what a story
@@Rowebot15
@@Rowebot15Don't hate me, but it's "try to," not "try and."
@englishatheart at least he did not write tryna
@@englishatheartunless you're really confident
“Then they have to go down three massive waterfalls. So what do they do? They go down three massive waterfalls.” Is probably my favorite line in any pitch meeting.
A true genius does not overcomplicate things.
Norm Macdonald is quoted as saying something like, the best jokes are the ones where the setup and punchline are the same thing.
It also sums up the (real life) screenwriter's approach to the whole movie. It's like a paint-by-numbers script. They're just filling in the blanks without putting any thought into it.
Even as someone not in "the industry" and who has long been annoyed by bad CGI, I appreciate you taking the time to explain that it's usually not the CGI artists' fault. There are also cases where good CGI *won't* save a scene anyway, like Mutt & the monkeys.
There is a relevant and very funny Ryan George video on the subject. Somebody who knows how to link things on YT could link it
It’s the Pro tips Movie effects on Screen Rants
I love that fake moustaches are common enough in Ryan's house that the dog could just find one on the floor.
I think it was probably wearing it before it ended up in its mouth. How else would you know it was a dog?
Ryan, you have managed to find a pathway that has lead to every single one of your "Pitch Meeting" installments to be comedy gold. I absolutely cannot think of anyone else who has discovered a way to perpetually have consistent comedy like you have. Then, to top it off, you gave us these revisited meetings that are just as hilarious with a bit of amazing insight. I'm so glad to see the success you have, you deserve every bit of it.
Darkk mane also has never failed with his comedy in his videos.
As an assistant director in Vancouver, you hit the nail on the head. It all comes down to bad producers / directors / studios not giving crew the resources needed to succeed.
The crew work their asses off 15-18 hours a day 5-6 days a week in all types of weather and a lot of stressful situations.
Thanks for the clarification, and your pitch meetings are one of my favourite things on TH-cam 👍🏼
You guys should really think about working inside!
@@adamcetinkent Or better yet, working from home.
@@adamcetinkent haha when we can it’s great, except the studios without any central air during 35c summers. Then it’s just a sweat box in the small sets with 25-50 people. Most people love studio shows like the god doctor. When I did lost in space about 60% was studio so it wasn’t terrible !
do you guys have a union?
@@onedeadsaint yeah Directors Guild of Canada (and an American version). We’re all currently out of work due to the American strikes going on though.
I miss the scriptwriter saying“I don’t know!” in the most recent Pitch Meetings. It always makes me laugh how indignantly he say it even though he should know!
Don't forget that super enthusiastic "FAIR ENOUGH!" by Producer Guy!
For well over a decade, I’ve replaced ‘jumped the shark’ with ‘nuked the fridge’. I will NEVER let that go ‘til the day I die.
Happy Days was long ago, and the vast majority of people have never seen that episode. Perhaps it is time to move on.
@@richmcgee434 nope. It will never be time to move on. Having been there to witness that episode, I can confirm that something died in me that night.
Apparently they thought their mistake was not being ridiculous enough, so they went for time travel in the next one... *Facepalm* who let these room temperature IQs write movies.
To me what they've done with Indy 4 is "aliening the franchise"
I do have to point out that the lead absolutely _would_ protect Indy from the radiation. The heat & impact would still each individually have completely destroyed him, but the radiation wouldn't touch him.
“You can just make things up and SAY THEM.”
Ryan just described every political administration ever lol
And every media company
@@LuisSierra42 And every other company
And Church.
And Religion.
And scam.
And date.
... so many lies.
And literally anyone with a phone
Actually the worst part for me, which you didnt mention, was the giant ants nest which really made it weird. Kind of like the insect scene in King Kong
It’s part of the heavy „let’s overdo all Indy tropes till it hurts“ approach of this movie. It’s there with the fridge, Indy movies have such over the top scenes, but this one goes to the top of them all. The other ones he showed from the chase scenes are similarly, they remind me of earlier movies, but like overdone to the extreme. And the ants try to do the same with all the creature scenes from earlier movies, similar but way beyond the mark it is supposed to hit. The kind of „tropes but to the extreme“ is even there with characters, like Mutt being the overly annoying son and Indy‘s friend being a triple agent or whatever that was supposed to be.
That’s why the movie is generally bad, it kind of tries to be hyper Indy to an extreme where a parody would have worked better.
@@davidgantenbein9362 also the movies before were bound in kinda plausible circumstances - but he whole alien spaceship thing took it to unrelated extremes.
@@Entertainment-Gaming-Grandad They definitely handled the artifacts better than the aliens … and that includes a fanatical Kali priest pulling peoples hearts out of their chest to burn them in front of their eyes. Can‘t believe that such a thing is just more „realistic“ then how the aliens behaved in this movie. But the other movies stayed kind of within the boundaries of the source material Indiana Jones emulated and even a magic priest like Mola Ram may be scientifically absurd, but his motivations and his kind of evil can be understood easily. The ark and the grail on the other hand stayed mysterious, but are as religious items also not supposed to be rational, so they can be (ab)used to further the „enlightenment“ of the characters encountering them, because that’s what religious artifacts are supposed to do.
@@davidgantenbein9362 ah actually the point on the Ark!
It was also magnetic but they kept it in a crate and it remained magnetic throughout.
However the Alien Skull lost magneticism early on.
Just try movie was a mess and Shia character and no likeable features.
They should have just rebooted the Franchise with Chris Pratt and had Harrison play his father like Connery played Harrisons.
This Pitch Meeting was far more enjoyable than the actual Crystal Skull movie.
How many times have you left that same exact comment just with a different movie title? Who do you think you are boy? What ur doin' is races son.
I would say "literally anything else" is more enjoyable than the Crystal Skull movie
You could argue that about nearly any pitch meeting. They're that good
@@Kommerzman That was true, then Dial of Destiny came out.
@@runlarryrun77 Nah. Crystal Skull will never be defeated as the worst Indy film. It’s too alien compared to the others.
Guys, i can not stress this enough, do *not* let Indy out of the fridge.
He *will* wreak havoc.
I'm pretty sure that's the basis of an SCP entity. Maybe not one that's been contained yet, though.
as an Indy-out-of-the-fridge survivor I can confirm that this is not stressed enough
Okay then, but I'm kinda done getting a tiny whip in my eye every time I grab any condiment.
I also heard you should not feed him past midnight
😂😂😂
"What if we mess it up?"
"What if money, though?"
"That's a good point."
Just awesome.
Well they just lost alot of money on the newest movie.
I was going to post the same quote because it just has me dying here at the beginning of the video.
Am I the only person who's main reason to watch the revisited Pitch Meetings is the irresistible urge to know what Ryan's going to draw this time?
no.
11:34 to 11:39 Love how Ryan shows us that he's figured out the handheld effect. I wonder how many such details I might've missed in his earlier revisited videos
I wonder how a movie actually directed by Jon Bon Jovi would be like
The main characters names would be Tommy and Gina, I can tell you that.
"Acid wash."
"Acid wash?"
"Acid wash."
It’d be living on a prayer
Look guys, I know this movie seems like a lot, but we’re halfway there, so everyone have a nice day and keep the faith.
Better than almost anything in current Hollywood, would be super easy barely an inconvenience.
I'm so happy that these revisited pitch meetings have become a regular thing on this channel, they're fantastic
The plot twist of Indy being condiment sized was brilliant-- you are a true artiste.
Why? Cause he's a white? Bro u races.
I know! I looked for the fridge and was like oh, he is in the fridge.😂
I was expecting to him just draw a fridge and say that Indy was inside of it. Maybe draw Indy''s name and have an arrow pointing from the name to the fridge.
I would love a TH-cam production/editing course from Ryan. He explains things in a way my big, big brain can understand haha.
I really respect the work Ryan puts into these videos. As a fledgling youtuber I am beginning to see how much actual work goes into making videos.
To be honest your dog looking for and trying to eat a fake mustache and you stopping him is a much more convincing story than Indy 4 or 5.
Indy 5 was actually a very clever script. The movie bombed, but the audience score is 88%. Indy 4's audience score is 43%.
@@squamish4244 audience score is not completely paid for and faked by RT and Disney, absolutely never ever has this happened before... audience score could be 105% on RT with nobody actually seeing the movie if Disney is involved.
@@angelarch5352 Whatever helps you cope. I loved it. My dad loved it.
That should be enough, but it probably isn't for you. "I want to shit on your positive experience of this film and seeing it on your father's birthday."
So. If you take out the Cannes 'Top Critics', who tend towards more artsy fare, the movie actually has an 82% Fresh rating. Chris Stuckmann, a massive Indy fan, said it is a very good movie.
Now, enough said.
I do event catering, and I had to sit through a recreation of a pitch meeting about the couple, done by the bride's father. my god, does the delivery make and break this bit. It was excruciating. He even dropped the catchphrases, and the patter, the cadence,....the soul....wasn't there. God speed Ryan George.
It’s true, you can even see some of Ryan’s guest stars struggle with these lines a bit. Granted, Ryan’s been practicing his delivery for years (you can see some awkwardness in his old videos). I’d hate to be a guest actor and try to match Ryan’s energy on my first stab at a video. But to have to sit through a non-professional comedian attempt the bit while completely changing the situation so that the gags and catchphrases no longer have any proper context, AND doing it live where he doesn’t have the convenience of editing to enhance the jokes…I feel kinda bad for that father 😅 seems like he was doing his best, though. And props to you for enduring it.
Still, it's kind of cool that someone is that much of a Ryan George fan!
Greatest plot twist of all time would be finding out Ryan has an actual identical twin
MIND BLOWN 😂
but can we get some magicians involved and make a movie about it?
His name is "Tommy". He lives in Poland and speaks French.
Ryan's vids, his whole vibe, and even his comments section are the definition of pure comedy and wholesomeness.
Great content man, I also appreciate you taking the time to clear out misconceptions about VFX artists.
I actually don’t mind the alien angle. Makes as much sense as an arc that melts your face or a priest that can pull out your heart. The biggest problems are the horrible cgi and over the top set pieces. I feel like the bones of a solid story were in there somewhere.
"the bones", I see what you did there!
I didn't really like the aliens. I feel like religious myth is just more interesting than aliens, though I do acknowledge that the latter is more of a modern mythology in and of itself. But religion and mysticism just feel like they have something more to them from the centuries of history and aliens feel more...speculative, I guess. Like fantasy versus sci fi.
@@flamemasterelan I can understand that, and it’s a fair point
Oh boy, I cant wait to see how Shia's character develops in the next movie!
What with him being the son and all, he must be an importamt character!
He’s going to go on a great adventure with his dad! It’ll be great
Yeah, and Shortround is going to be there too, to you know... keep Indy smile at least most the time, be a loyal friend, be a very useful sidekick and would try not to have him killed throughout the movie. Yeah, I too am super excited for that movie to eventually happen.
He fakes his death during the war and joins the CIA
He stumbled upon the temple of temple of doom in the middle of Vietnam because geography. He got his heart removed by a sorceror priest
I would love to see a pitch meeting for 'the room'. I don't think you have to be Tommy Wiseau. Just pitch it as if the writer had been talking to Tommy or was sent by Tommy.
😂😂😂
Or go completely out of left field with it and have, like, Werner Herzog pitching it.
Ryan never fails to entertain me. It’s scary at this point
You'd prolly give up the bee whole to him then?
@@jennyanydots2389 I’m resisting saying “anal is tight”…whoops I said it
You never have to apologize for where you poop, Ryan. Brilliant work as ever. All studios should pitch to you before they go into production 😊
5:09 "what if literally anything else happened"
"Ok, how about this: the alien transports Indy, his friends, and his enemies back in time to the aliens' first contact with humans when they built the piramyds in Egypt, so there's a whole scene of an ancient Egyptian battle and when the Pharaoh sees modern technology he's like 'whaaat', and then the bad guy dies uncerimoniously by crashing her car into a wall, and at the end Indy is like 'you know what? I think I want to stay here and die and become archaeology myself' and Mutt is like 'nope.' and he punches Indy in the face so hard that they're all back to present times somehow."
"Err.... okay you got me. The flying saurcer scene is not the worst thing possible."
“Let’s never do that in any movie ever again”
“Oooooooorrrrrrrr
"Sometimes when you're not an expert on something, it's ok to just shut up for a second".
Ryan, that is the best!!!
Ryan is actually really good at drawing
So was Hitler 😂😂😂
I love the behind the scenes insight we get from these revisited episodes.
THANKS RYAN!
Obviously the way to crack "The Room" is to play as Tommy Wiseau talking to Tommy Wiseau and be hype for the movie with no criticisms, played completely straight.
Hi Ryan, this is Matt from the thing I’m currently typing. Are your backgrounds available for me to add to my Zoom meetings?
I feel like for The Room it wouldn't even be a pitch meeting where a producer tries to follow the plot, but instead it'd be a committee of Tommy Wiseau's brainstorming the plot with no second guessing of anything, like every "first draft" idea totally nailed it. Maybe not, but I agree you need something special if/when you do that one.
Well the "pitch" for the movie is Tommy reading his script to Greg Sestero in a diner and then asking him to play Mark.
Combination of "The Guys Who Decided Things" and "Pitch Meeting"
It should be a pitch meeting for a pitch meeting meeting about doing a pitch for the room the movie about the movie the room , but do it outside in no rooms.
I don't know if anyone had complained about any of these things and made you feel as if you needed to explain yourself, but your videos are freaking hilarious and I've never once had a complaint about them. You always say things in the most perfect way and I've busted out with VERY loud laughter in my home more times than I care to recount. So keep up the fantastic work, Ryan. You're one of the greatest!
honestly the editing in the fridge scene doesent feel like bad editing it just feels like a natural pause when listing stuff
I trusted you, Ryan. I trusted you, and you lied to me about Bon Jovi.
"...sometimes when you're not an expert on a subject it's ok to just shut up for a second." But that goes against all the laws of the internet!
"If you are not an expert on a subject, its ok to shut up for a second" should be said way more often
Honestly, even with you being in Montreal, I'm honestly surprised people don't reach out to you more. Especially for voiceover work, you have a really solid radio announcer kind of voice. Epic Voiceover guy from the Honest Trailers shouldn't be the only one getting those random cameos.
Epic VOG does more than just get random cameos, he get regular professional VO gigs all the time.
@@TheSaltySeaman fair point. He does voice half the real advertisements that play before the honest trailers. I meant more like when he randomly pops up on a cartoon using that Epic Trailer voice or his real voice, something where it's more obvious that "hey it's that guy from the Honest Trailers on TH-cam!"
Okay now we officially need a series with past Ryan, future Ryan, and present Ryan, all arguing with each other about script writing. Please make it happen the world may not deserve it but it's what it needs right now I have decided!
My past, my future and my now self totally agree with this man.
Someone's dog trying to eat a fake mustache would be a really strange occurrence anywhere else but at Ryan's house.
I think Ryan didn't do "The Room" because it's been written and produced by the same guy, and he'd have to play a guy talking to himself and that would be SO dumb.
You threw me for a loop with the John Bon Jovi joke💀
Rewatching pitch meetings several times no matter how many times they are uploaded again and again and again is tight!
When the actors go on strike, Ryan needs to go crazy with videos. To, you know... Entertain us
You're clearly only making these videos to showcase your artistic talent
This was one of the first Pitch Meetings I saw (maybe the first) and is still one of my all time favorites. So many classic lines. I wouldn't change a thing.
Ryan, you’re so cool. My question for you is what do you like to do when you’re not working on pitch meetings or sketches for your own TH-cam channel?
Also love your drawing of *[insert whatever you drew this week]*
Idk how many suggestions get taken to heart, but a Pitch Meeting for Bullet Train would be pretty good.
Definitely a lot of opportunity there
Yes, it would be very tight.
“Usually they just sit around and do nothing”…. I’ve never related to an extraterrestrial skull rock more 😂
As Amy Farah Fowler pointed out that Indiana Jones does not play any significant role in this movie. Nadjzi would still have found the ark , opened it and melted. Everything would have been same , no affect at all.
I think youre your own worst critic. There's nothing wrong with that edit, and most people, self included, won't notice if you there's a J/L cut. Maybe one criticism would be to cheat the cut a few frames earlier, it does sound a little like youre coming in after you start speaking, but i only really hear it after repeat listening
'What if we rerelease all of our Pitch Meetings... that's obviously a cash grab right?"
(I'm actually greatly enjoying them, please keep them coming)
I mean, it isn't costing us anything. As cash grabs go, it's borderline Underpants Gnome territory.
I still remember the scene in Crystal Skull where Indy is getting the radiation fallout washed off him while two government officials have a dialogue scene basically giving us the audience exposition as to what Indy had been doing since the third movie. One agent explained to the other that Indy had been working with the OSS (the precursor for the eventual CIA) fighting Nazis behind enemy lines during WW2 and I turned to my friend and said "Why couldn't we have got THAT movie?"
Cause Harrison Ford was busy throwing terrorists off his plane.
Jon Bon Jovi's co-directing credit is actually on Dial D for Destiny or whatever it's called.
I just want to chime in to say that cutting to road construction for the “I live in Montreal“ line was just perfect. It perfectly sums up every time I’ve been there.
@9:20 for you it should be super easy, barely an inconvience.
Hi Ryan, love the stuff and whatever.
With the writers and actors on strike and everything, I think it might be a fun idea to do Pitch Meetings for some of the greatest films of all time. What would the pitch for Mary Poppins or The Graduate look like to a modern audience?
Or The Warriors!?
I kind of want a pitch meeting for the writers strike. Like, full on act like this is the sequel to an original 'Writers Strike' film and really play around with the sheer absurdity of the whole thing, having the producer be skeptical about actual facts and what not.
This guy seems to genuinely appreciate his fans
How does Ryan always know what I'm watching?!
You don’t want to know..
Indy didn't need that fridge, everyone in 1957 knew all you had to do was duck and cover lol 😝
"They're not Aliens, they're Interdimensional beings" - George Lucas
Perhaps there are pitch meetings in store for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, The Last Crusade and The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Indy's pretty good about getting in trouble with the authorities (like suspected homicide), hopping on a plane, leaving the country, coming back and it all having been forgotten.
I never doubted Ryan was making fun of the industry not the artists.
I remember watching this in the theater and saying "Wait, he caught up to the cars by swinging on vines? Was he swinging at 50 MPH?"
Okay, your action-figure sized Indie, just pretty much made my day. :) Thank you, I probably needed that excellent chuckle.
PS: I thought that was you in the Odd Ones show. When I actually paid attention to the credits for once, I was surprised to see that I had heard correctly. ;)
I had a life size cardboard Aragorn in my kitchen in the early 2000s. One day I wasn’t home and a friend called me to say she stopped by and through the window saw there was strange man in the kitchen 😂😂😂
Honestly i always loved Kingdom of the crystal skull but it did have problems. Still i enjoyed these movies even though all of them have issues (except raiders because thats a masterpiece)
I left my Indiana Jones outside the fridge overnight. He now looks like he got hit with an atomic bomb. KEEP HIM REFRIGERATED!!!
Remember how you did a pitch meeting for pitch meetings?
I think it would be cool if you did a pitch meeting for a pitch meeting to a specific movie.
Clicking on Ryan’s videos is super easy barely any inconvenience
Hey Ryan! Doing a pitch meeting on these would be super easy, barely an inconvenience:
#1 - The Room
#2 - Birdemic: Shock and Terror
#3 - Battlefield Earth
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, LISA!
I'd love to see one for The Room. The insantiy of reality of it would make anything Ryan comes up with normal by comparison.
Birdemic is one hell of a trip to watch! XD
_The Room_ is already a parody in itself the pitch meeting wouldn't work.
“I was thinking we could film some Dutch angle shots too.”
“How many are we talking?”
“ALL OF THEM!”
“Oh my goodness.”
Actually in VFX, the bidding studios have to actually create a Short to prove feasibility. So bidding studios spend around $30,000 (I believe I heard this from Chris Do of Blind Studio) on a minute or two short to prove they can, and if they don't get the job, they don't get recouped their spend, so there is a considerable measure of risk. If you notice, VFX houses actually don't last very long and can be out the door by the time the movie they were working on hits streaming.
Imagine going back to tell people that this film actually seems pretty good compared with what's coming out next? Everyone complained so hard about this. I guess they are using the same strategy as they are with Star Wars, make the new stuff so bad that people start to think the older stuff they used to complain about wasn't really all that bad.
Amazing video, Ryan! I don’t think I’ve seen these behind the scenes videos, but I thoroughly enjoyed it! I hope you can do more of them, because they’re really cool and informative!
And thank you so much for all the great Pitch meeting videos! I swear, I enjoy them more than 80% of the movies, so thank you for bringing positivity into my and other people’s lives!
I remember watching this when it came out a few years ago and was upset you didn’t mention the ants anddd here we are again still upset you didn’t mention the ants. I just want a “this is how you get ants” line.
OMG yes! Crossovers are tight!
I was so much expecting "snap somebody's neck and save the day" when you made a story up at the beginning 😆 I've been conditioned 😆
Producer Guy: All that experience with combat and survival in the jungle will definitely help out Mutt in the future if he ever finds himself in a similar situation. Involving combat. And survival. In a jungle.
*Ending title thingy*
[Where is Mutt in the new Indiana Jones film?]
12:20 RYAN IS ACKNOWLEDGING IT!!!!!
It's someone else's comment, and not mine that I've been asking for for 3 years, but at least he's considering it!
Do more Indiana Jones pitch meetings!
Yes! We need Pitch Meetings for the original Indy trilogy!
"We live in a simulation and producers start to cut corners" explains so much about our world!
I only saw this movie once so sometimes it is hard to remember exactly what made it so bad, the aliens at the end were definitely a problem but it was so many other things before that, and then Ryan reminds you of everything in a couple minute pitch meeting. 😅
I did enjoy seeing Cate Blanchett in a bowl cut with an Russian accent
Just as hot as she was as Hela
Oh the aliens are such a massive issue, Nazis melting by opening a box, Indy being possessed by blood, Indy saving his dying dad with holy water, all those things are ok but aliens are too much. Aliens are the most possible real life scenario compared to those things you spastic.
You indy snobs are the worst type of people.
“But what if money” is also what happened With the Matrix trilogy, it had a perfect ending: Neo and Trinity both sacrificed their lives to end the war and save Zion…….and then 2021 came around and the terrible 4th matrix movie came out. It was made for the sole purpose of money and that is soulless so shame on the executives! but I still love the Wachowskis don’t get me wrong. I owe my childhood to all the people who worked on the matrix Trilogy
How come you focus mainly on newer releases when there are still so many older movies that would be perfect for Pitch Meetings? Examples being the Shrek franchise, some of the older Pixar movies like Cars, movies like Armageddon etc. Not that the recent movie-pitch meetings are bad, I'm just curious why you don't go after some older films that would be great for them.
We need a pitch meeting for the new Bird Box when it comes out.
Ohhh birdboxing is TIGHT
There better be some *ventilation air holes* in that Bird Box... 🐦 📦 💀
Yay! Love these revisited ones!
I've been watching a ton of Pitch Meetings lately, and I notice that, up to about 2018, the conversation sounded more natural. Since then it's become more stylized, which I think works better for the comedy. Was this change a conscious decision, or something that just developed naturally?
Re: the CGI discussion, along with the issues mentioned, something that often happens after the artists have been hired & the project is started, the client adds extra requests and changes that the artists have to deal with (usually without increasing the timeline or budget). There was a special effects company that won an Oscar, but went out of business due to these kind of issues in the industry. 😦
What's with the long explanation at the end with you beating up on yourself and clarifying a point about vfx where I never thought you were attacking them personally? Your viewers have brains. It's just those few that are the loudest that make people apologize for nothing. They deserve hot pillows and cold showers.