Hello everyone! I am spread really thin and do not have the bandwidth to read TH-cam comments but wanted to clarify the moving thing since we haven't really talked about this publicly yet. After 3 years of fighting tooth and nail to save our house in TX since the 2021 storm we have accepted that it just isn't going to work and it's time to let go. We were simply never able to financially recover from the storm. We are still carrying heaps of credit card debt from being displaced for 8 months during the rebuild and the interest rate on our HELOC has more than doubled in the last two years. Due to this we haven't had the extra money to get other things on our house fixed. We have single pane aluminum windows from 1975 that provide us with wonderful $600 power bills in the summer. Our pool has a leak in it. Our sprinklers are broken. Insurance and taxes have gone up. We are tired of our lives being defined by our house and the month to month struggle that it's bringing. We love our house, but it's not worth bankruptcy. We've decided the best thing for us is to sell and use the equity to get completely out of debt and start a new life in my hometown of Los Angeles. "Oh nooo LA is so expensive!" You might be saying. That is true, but rent in LA is cheaper than owning our house here and we have more opportunities for contract work there. Plus we can actually attend all the movie premiers we get invited to! I'm also just homesick and Mikey wants a change. He's spent almost his whole life in the neighborhood we live in. We are aiming to have the house sold and the move completed by March which means we will unfortunately be skipping PAX East this year. We want to take the time to thank all of you who have fought with us for this house over the last 3 years. I don't know how we would have accomplished anything without you. And to those of you who fought to save the channel earlier this year when we were behind on all of our bills and thought we needed to re-enter the workforce to survive, we are still in shock from the rally of support you've shown to save the channel. We hope we have provided you with videos that brought you joy and made you feel like this channel was worth saving. We're looking forward to celebrating 10 years with you next June from our new space, debt free!
I really appreciate the length and vulnerability of this note. We love you both very much and am hoping for the best for your move though I’m sure it will be tough even if it goes as smooth as possible. Tell Mikey I said he’s ‘Kenough’!
So sorry to hear of your troubles, especially as you have already had your share. Sounds like you have made a good decision. Best wishes for a new start in LA!
Mikey likey Barbie, consequently crafts crucial criticism into powerful prose poem, making mockery of most mainstream movie mutterings. Future Pulitzer: plausible prediction.
I mean, living under the bed is also a good answer. Maybe "under the bed" is some pitch-black liminal space where kens huddle for warmth until they're pulled out to appear on the beach and be seen by barbie?
I think what Mattel doesn't understand is that most people were initially intruiged by Barbie through the fact that it had Greta Gerwig attached, and that's what cemented it: a director with a sense of vision and creative direction, like getting Scorsese to direct and Fast and Furious movie.
I guarantee you most people don't give a shit about the directors of movies and was absolutely not the reason why people wanted to see the Barbie movie.
Yah, to be perfectly honest, I, in general, don't care about directors like at all. It's more of a fun fact if I even know who it is. I do care about this one, but only because she comes from my hometown and that's always exciting.
I think the initial appeal of this movie was that it was very obviously a big-budget movie focusing on a well-loved child's toy filmed on extravagant, practical sets. But the lasting appeal is that, on top of everything I've already mentioned, it's a very touching story that works for literally anyone willing to approach this movie with an earnest and open mind.
Something these studios are never going to learn is that people like authenticity. Just tell a good emotionally resonant story and people will buy into it.
After hearing so many takes on Barbie that set up 'it's brilliant' and 'it's commercial', it's a relief to hear a nuanced analysis taking the brave stance, 'let me clear that up for you: it's both'.
First it was a joke. Then it first news and images dropped and it was ridiculous. Then the trailers dropped and made people intrigued. Then the marketing machine kicked into high gear and grabbed people's attention. Then the release date with another movie made it this year's biggest meme that everyone wanted to be a part of. Then a good and complex movie that gives a lot of place for interpretation and time to think about it released. Then they made over a billion dollars. The success and the movie itself are not so easy to wrap your head around. This video understands that and I thoroughly appreciate it for that. Also: I love Highway35/Acceleracers. So I'm looking forward to a Hot Wheels movie and I hope it might continue this unfinished story?
Ruth may not have been name-checked in the name of the company she was responsible for transforming….but…Greta Gerwig made her, basically, God, in her movie universe!
Not only should Barbie NOT make a sequel (the story is told) but 99% of those Mattel films will fail. I do hope MOTU is given another chance, but if not, that’s okay. Please, Studios learn the lesson Barbie taught us
I think this movie is very similar to Elf. A very naive character goes to the real world and makes us rethink some issues and we have a lot of laughs along the way. A bit overhyped but I enjoyed it.
I understand why this movie decided not to, and I am trying to roll with it, but I am still wistful and a bit upset that most or all of the Barbies weren't played by Margot Robbie. I was craving the surreal absurdity of a world populated with xeroxed copies of the same person over and over. And, personally, I think it enhances the Pinocchio themes when one unique version of an otherwise identical character finds her personhood. It was kind of just...weird that the various Kens and Barbies acted like they weren't their own people and "just" another Barbie or Ken when they were all clearly unique already? Why was Allen special in this context? It brought me out of it a bit.
Yes! You got it! I should have known that you would be the one on TH-cam to understand this movie. Barbie chooses life, with all its suffering and with death. It is essentially a Buddhist movie. She leaves a sheltered life, encounters aging, experiences suffering, meditates in a park, achieves enlightenment and decides that living a human life is worth it, IF we accept all the suffering and death itself, because doing so enables us to live and be happy, u understandi that life is change, and all things are impermanent.
I am broke for now but man oh man as soon as I am paid, I am coming after that Last Night in Soho video. I am the hardest Edgar fan. And a massive Movies with Mikey fan.
I'm at the point of rewatching the Last Night in Soho because it's been a long time and I can't wait to see what I've missed... Also, Abed Nadir and Dario Argento (music to my ears) in the same video? Is this a crossov- don't.
I was just thinking about making a comment along the lines of 'this is a lot like the Who's the Boss episode from Community' when Abed Nadir popped up on screen.
Just hearing you say Murder By Death makes me want to hear your thoughts on it, since I feel like you've seen at least Columbo, if not (sigh) Charlie Chan. And Poirot of course.
Good take on the story; but I saw Barbie and the girl having the same arc. Barbie going from a idealized to realistic outlook, while the girl went from the opposite worldview to a more caring, easy going, and realistic worldview. They both grew up; and found out how complex, and interesting, more neutral emotions can be.
Without having watched a second of this, I'm so glad that Mikey as addressed this nagging thought I've had since the first time I watched this film. No one has quite the same eloquence. much love from the internet!
I watched Janelle Monáe's film Dirty Computer and thought to myself "this is what I wanted Barbie to be!" More Matrix-y and critical of society than the milquetoast commentary we got. Then again, it was controversial enough to piss off conservative reactionaries and to give a lot of women a relatable "it's impossible for women to win" speech... I feel like the movie is a good fun romp and I really enjoyed the campy-ness, but Mattel still sucks. Yknow, with the overseas labour issues and the usual problems of companies and overconsumption. But yes, you're right, and I love Barbie's arc to humanity. And I loved that Gerwig made Ruth god in Barbie universe heehee
I just wanted to buy some stuff from the store to support you but the international shipping costs are insanely expensive. I went for a but-did-you-know shirt and a no-one-knows-what-they're-doing pin and shipping is as much as the merch itself which I find hard for me to justify. So I wanted to ask, are there other fans from Germany who would like to order some stuff so maybe we could get it together and save on shipping?
Honestly to me the barbie movie is basically the lego movie. Its about a toy thats based on the creativity of the user turned into a movie to celebrate the creativity and try to understand human issues that people deal with everyday that come from playing with that toy. For the lego movie it was about the joy of creation and thinking out side the box with a small detour into the world often stiffling creation for corperate greed. With barbie its more about how the patriarchy can hurt us all and how putting yourself into a box and labeling your self can be harmful. Like they kinda take the same idea and go in wildly different directions.
So obviously the idea of Mattel making movies out of like……everything they own is nauseating……BUT…..I cannot be the only one who wouldnt STRIVE to be first in line for a Wishbone movie
Agreed. Also though, wishbone was a legit show, so i feel like it's less of a stretch... then again, it worked because it was serialized, what would the story be for a movie?
I don't think it's a huge kick in the nuts that Mattel are suddenly producing every product movie under the sun. They're EXTREMELY unlikely to ever do well so it's just that joy of watching a big corpo cannibalise itself with greed while not understanding what made the one hit it got popular in the first place. Disney can product liquid shit and still pull people in because it's a hollywood name, Mattel are a known brand, but I doubt anyone is gonna actually take something like 'Uno movie' seriously to an extent it'll ever pull in the big bucks. Barbie was an experience that drew people like me to the cinema for the first time in years. I know a lotta folk are the same. Mattel's other concepts just aren't gonna drag people outta their houses, and aren't enough to get people into streaming either.
Half of the things you named that are in production have either already had films made or had a cartoon. So them deciding to do it again isn't that weird.
This movie is like iron man's condemnation of the war profiteers Its meaning and impact will be lessened and the company will try desperatly to fit the sucess in their box
"Barbie" is probably one of the most thought-provoking movies of the year. How? What is the sheer power of marketing and FOMO? Were there different voice-overs and stories? If this isn't "insanely stupid", why? 1bill means people saw this more than once voluntarily? Why?
Mikey likey Barbie, consequently crafts crucial criticism into powerful prose poem, making mockery of most mainstream movie mutterings. Future Pulitzer: plausible prediction.
You hit the nail on the head with the "where do the Kens live?" section. Ken isn't meant to be an essential part of playing with Barbie dolls, playing with Barbie is. So Barbieland is just a direct reflection of this: the Barbies think the Kens are cool to have around, but they aren't necessary to their society. (Meanwhile the patriarchal Kendom has the Kens in power, but the Barbies are seen as NECESSARY to have around as their "long-term, long-distance, low-commitment, casual girlfriends" to affirm their masculinity.) The film does at times lean into the chilling implications of this hyper-literalized world, like when Stereotypical Barbie doesn't have an answer for where the Kens live, or at the end when President Barbie denies the Kens any representation in the Supreme Court, then the narrator is like, "Well maybe one day they'll have as much power as women in the real world. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯" Barbieland is meant to fully embody female empowerment and progressive ideas of womanhood packaged in a diverse array of dolls - ironically (and troublingly) brought to us by a company led entirely by men. There's not much room for any meaningful change in the end, but at the same time the film IS very aware of this, it simply takes it with a lighthearted "it is what it is" tone which I think some viewers are either upset by or take for granted when discussing the film. However, when Stereotypical Barbie gets a taste of "Real World" human womanhood, there's really no going back to being JUST an "idea of womanhood". Margot's Barbie, for better and for worse, transcends the plastic reality of Barbieland for something more complex, messier, scarier, but ultimately more fulfilling. As Gloria says, "That's life, it's all change." 💖
I hate TH-cam so much. I love this channel and I love the videos here but for some reason one day youtube though "no I wont share anything from this channel to you anyome now you will hace to look for specific video essays that yoy rememeber seeing to find the channel again" like wtf. This is why people have stats with only 17% of people are subscribed to their channel. Becaus I am subscribed and this chanell juat dissapeared from my feed completly
Disney somehow already made a successful film out of a Disneyland ride in fact its already been franchised , then run dry of any and all potential, interest, commercialism , and then pulizerjzed again ruthlessly to get any last drop from jt before dumping it in a nearby gutter This being pirates of the Caribbean based on the Disney ride.. pirates of the Caribbean so we have an idea of the buisness model when something like this or barbie takes off
I primarily watch movies and videos to escape reality and distract my brain from itself. But I also try to improve my skills as a creator for both my TH-cam channels. I feel good about my film dissection until I watch a Mikey breakdown of a movie and then feel completely inadequate. You make me love the movies I love even more, Mikey! What a master you are. Thankfully, I've been a Nebula subscriber for a long time because I can't wait to watch your breakdown of Last Night in Soho - a movie I've rewatched several times. A year ago, my wife and I sold all our stuff, gave up our San Francisco apartment, and have been traveling the world. It's weird not having a home base, but at least we did it on purpose. Best wishes on your move. May you land in a place that allows you to create in peace, because we all need you to keep making your amazing videos. Cheers!
... are we going to get Deep Dive back? Sorry. That was very selfish. Hearing the chaos that has occurred regarding your house is heartbreaking. Hopefully renting will be kinder to y'all and you find new family in LA.
haven't watched this yet cuz I still haven't seen the movie but the thumbnail made me laugh out loud. I'm an old timey dad EDIT: I am still liking the video despite saving it for after I see the movie. I'm putting my faith in Mikey and assuming he doesn't say anything racist in it
Hollywood excecutives keep looking for the formula to have a succesfull movie without putting in the effort. They don't understand that putting the effort IS the formula
If you asked me to name a musical I hate Oklahoma is the answer I'd give..... I'm not sure I even remember anything about it..... Beyond it was like the platonic ideal of everything I hated about musicals when I was a kid. Like all that comes to mind when I try to remember it is empty staging... The colors of sunset... And a pressure headache from boredom.
Something struck me... You couldn't do this sort of deconstructionist take on a "boy toy." The outrage would be deafening. Imagine a GI Joe movie as a dark meditation on the pointlessness of cyclic unresolved wars, or commentary on how pop culture constantly normalizes violence-based problem-solving. A great enraged cry would arise like none heard since The Last Jedi!
Someone help! It’s been years of these vids… I’ve looked it up multiple times… WHAT. IS. A. CATAWUMPUS!?!? In the context he uses it. Muffled catawaumpus. What does that mean!? What is it Halp!
It's a southern word meaning a scuffle that probably won't have the police called, but, even if they are it'll just be a fine. I'm sure it probably originates from feral cats outside the window at midnight or something, but it's just a meaningless argument in the distance.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 oh man if that’s correct you’ve just made that little drop in phrase finally make sense. Cuz webster’s definition did NOT hold up.
Idk I didnt think the movie was really about politics. I read it more as a vehicle to drive the plot and create conflict. It didn't focus on those aspects really at all, but instead focused on the human moments. Barbie telling the old lady you're beautiful and thinking about death, kens feelings of inadequacy and chaffing about being more of an accessory than human being to the woman he loved, the daughter realizing the world is more complicated than what reddit say and that she should go easier on her mom and her mom giving the speech which didn't resonate with me cause you know, penis, but felt genuine and human. Be kinder to each other and yourself is what I got from it.
Am impressed that Barbie manage to stay on both side of the horse shoe theory. Its both woke leftist and based right at the same time, and that is honestly quite impressive. Who would think that the two sides of the divided political would meet over a movie about a doll?
As a lifelong Barbie fan, this pretty much matches what the reception for her has always been. She and all fashion dolls have always been criticized by both political extremes for either being too of this or not enough of that. The extreme left has always praised her for showing that girls can be anything but gave her flack for setting "unrealistic body standards." As if dolls are supposed to be or should be strictly "realistic." Meanwhile the extreme right has criticized her for being too career focused and superficial. Ironically one of few things both sides seem to agree with is that she and all other fashion dolls are too sexualised, though be it for different reasons. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Hello everyone!
I am spread really thin and do not have the bandwidth to read TH-cam comments but wanted to clarify the moving thing since we haven't really talked about this publicly yet.
After 3 years of fighting tooth and nail to save our house in TX since the 2021 storm we have accepted that it just isn't going to work and it's time to let go.
We were simply never able to financially recover from the storm. We are still carrying heaps of credit card debt from being displaced for 8 months during the rebuild and the interest rate on our HELOC has more than doubled in the last two years. Due to this we haven't had the extra money to get other things on our house fixed. We have single pane aluminum windows from 1975 that provide us with wonderful $600 power bills in the summer. Our pool has a leak in it. Our sprinklers are broken. Insurance and taxes have gone up. We are tired of our lives being defined by our house and the month to month struggle that it's bringing. We love our house, but it's not worth bankruptcy.
We've decided the best thing for us is to sell and use the equity to get completely out of debt and start a new life in my hometown of Los Angeles. "Oh nooo LA is so expensive!" You might be saying. That is true, but rent in LA is cheaper than owning our house here and we have more opportunities for contract work there. Plus we can actually attend all the movie premiers we get invited to! I'm also just homesick and Mikey wants a change. He's spent almost his whole life in the neighborhood we live in. We are aiming to have the house sold and the move completed by March which means we will unfortunately be skipping PAX East this year.
We want to take the time to thank all of you who have fought with us for this house over the last 3 years. I don't know how we would have accomplished anything without you.
And to those of you who fought to save the channel earlier this year when we were behind on all of our bills and thought we needed to re-enter the workforce to survive, we are still in shock from the rally of support you've shown to save the channel.
We hope we have provided you with videos that brought you joy and made you feel like this channel was worth saving. We're looking forward to celebrating 10 years with you next June from our new space, debt free!
Sending nothing but love and support and hope all goes well.
I really appreciate the length and vulnerability of this note. We love you both very much and am hoping for the best for your move though I’m sure it will be tough even if it goes as smooth as possible. Tell Mikey I said he’s ‘Kenough’!
❤
So sorry to hear of your troubles, especially as you have already had your share. Sounds like you have made a good decision. Best wishes for a new start in LA!
Mikey likey Barbie, consequently crafts crucial criticism into powerful prose poem, making mockery of most mainstream movie mutterings.
Future Pulitzer: plausible prediction.
In an interview Ryan Gosling said the Kens huddle on the beach for warmth at night. I don't know if he was joking or not.
I mean, living under the bed is also a good answer. Maybe "under the bed" is some pitch-black liminal space where kens huddle for warmth until they're pulled out to appear on the beach and be seen by barbie?
Liminal spaces and beaches.. Death Stranding: Barbie here we come! 🥳 🤝
I think what Mattel doesn't understand is that most people were initially intruiged by Barbie through the fact that it had Greta Gerwig attached, and that's what cemented it: a director with a sense of vision and creative direction, like getting Scorsese to direct and Fast and Furious movie.
I want this movie so badly now 👀👀
I guarantee you most people don't give a shit about the directors of movies and was absolutely not the reason why people wanted to see the Barbie movie.
Yah, to be perfectly honest, I, in general, don't care about directors like at all. It's more of a fun fact if I even know who it is. I do care about this one, but only because she comes from my hometown and that's always exciting.
I think the initial appeal of this movie was that it was very obviously a big-budget movie focusing on a well-loved child's toy filmed on extravagant, practical sets. But the lasting appeal is that, on top of everything I've already mentioned, it's a very touching story that works for literally anyone willing to approach this movie with an earnest and open mind.
Something these studios are never going to learn is that people like authenticity. Just tell a good emotionally resonant story and people will buy into it.
Um excuse me. Wishbone taught me to love literature. He is never the wrong lesson. Put some respect on that very good boy.
After hearing so many takes on Barbie that set up 'it's brilliant' and 'it's commercial', it's a relief to hear a nuanced analysis taking the brave stance, 'let me clear that up for you: it's both'.
First it was a joke. Then it first news and images dropped and it was ridiculous. Then the trailers dropped and made people intrigued. Then the marketing machine kicked into high gear and grabbed people's attention. Then the release date with another movie made it this year's biggest meme that everyone wanted to be a part of. Then a good and complex movie that gives a lot of place for interpretation and time to think about it released. Then they made over a billion dollars.
The success and the movie itself are not so easy to wrap your head around. This video understands that and I thoroughly appreciate it for that.
Also: I love Highway35/Acceleracers. So I'm looking forward to a Hot Wheels movie and I hope it might continue this unfinished story?
24:31 beyblade is a funny example considering theres an entire anime franchise still going to this day already anyways
Ruth may not have been name-checked in the name of the company she was responsible for transforming….but…Greta Gerwig made her, basically, God, in her movie universe!
Thank You for all the joy!
You've a great vibe. Your videos are nice.
Not only should Barbie NOT make a sequel (the story is told) but 99% of those Mattel films will fail. I do hope MOTU is given another chance, but if not, that’s okay. Please, Studios learn the lesson Barbie taught us
I think this movie is very similar to Elf. A very naive character goes to the real world and makes us rethink some issues and we have a lot of laughs along the way. A bit overhyped but I enjoyed it.
I understand why this movie decided not to, and I am trying to roll with it, but I am still wistful and a bit upset that most or all of the Barbies weren't played by Margot Robbie.
I was craving the surreal absurdity of a world populated with xeroxed copies of the same person over and over. And, personally, I think it enhances the Pinocchio themes when one unique version of an otherwise identical character finds her personhood.
It was kind of just...weird that the various Kens and Barbies acted like they weren't their own people and "just" another Barbie or Ken when they were all clearly unique already? Why was Allen special in this context?
It brought me out of it a bit.
Yes! You got it! I should have known that you would be the one on TH-cam to understand this movie. Barbie chooses life, with all its suffering and with death. It is essentially a Buddhist movie. She leaves a sheltered life, encounters aging, experiences suffering, meditates in a park, achieves enlightenment and decides that living a human life is worth it, IF we accept all the suffering and death itself, because doing so enables us to live and be happy, u understandi that life is change, and all things are impermanent.
I loved it, it was beautiful
Who's the protagonist? The audience.
I'm more and more considering getting tattooed "Muffled catawampus"...
I am broke for now but man oh man as soon as I am paid, I am coming after that Last Night in Soho video. I am the hardest Edgar fan. And a massive Movies with Mikey fan.
I'm at the point of rewatching the Last Night in Soho because it's been a long time and I can't wait to see what I've missed...
Also, Abed Nadir and Dario Argento (music to my ears) in the same video? Is this a crossov- don't.
YES, MY FAVOURITE MOVIE. CHANNEL WITH ONE INCREDIBLE MOVIE
I was just thinking about making a comment along the lines of 'this is a lot like the Who's the Boss episode from Community' when Abed Nadir popped up on screen.
“Nobody knows what they’re doing” will never not be true! How do the people with all the money keep making the same dumb choices???
Just hearing you say Murder By Death makes me want to hear your thoughts on it, since I feel like you've seen at least Columbo, if not (sigh) Charlie Chan. And Poirot of course.
this question is exactly why i've always said that i would have liked this movie 100x more if it was Barbie 2. you've done it again, mikey.
I mean Disney had a whole series out of Pirates of the Caribbean, so ride cinema is a thing they clearly can do with the right project.
Good take on the story; but I saw Barbie and the girl having the same arc. Barbie going from a idealized to realistic outlook, while the girl went from the opposite worldview to a more caring, easy going, and realistic worldview. They both grew up; and found out how complex, and interesting, more neutral emotions can be.
Without having watched a second of this, I'm so glad that Mikey as addressed this nagging thought I've had since the first time I watched this film. No one has quite the same eloquence. much love from the internet!
I watched Janelle Monáe's film Dirty Computer and thought to myself "this is what I wanted Barbie to be!" More Matrix-y and critical of society than the milquetoast commentary we got. Then again, it was controversial enough to piss off conservative reactionaries and to give a lot of women a relatable "it's impossible for women to win" speech...
I feel like the movie is a good fun romp and I really enjoyed the campy-ness, but Mattel still sucks. Yknow, with the overseas labour issues and the usual problems of companies and overconsumption.
But yes, you're right, and I love Barbie's arc to humanity. And I loved that Gerwig made Ruth god in Barbie universe heehee
My comment makes it sound like I disliked the movie but I actually love it a lot for all the reasons Mikey lays out in this video.
I wish the song by Pink Don't Let Me Get Me played on the cars radio as they entered the real world
Rewatched because this is a great essay, and also to say that the Last Night and Soho video is so fuckin good.
I just wanted to buy some stuff from the store to support you but the international shipping costs are insanely expensive. I went for a but-did-you-know shirt and a no-one-knows-what-they're-doing pin and shipping is as much as the merch itself which I find hard for me to justify. So I wanted to ask, are there other fans from Germany who would like to order some stuff so maybe we could get it together and save on shipping?
...I mean Beyblades was already an anime, hell I could see an anime beyblades movie.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING
Wasn't Nebula half as expensive just last year? Why the 100% increase?
mikey i want ur channel to grow, how can we do that?
Honestly to me the barbie movie is basically the lego movie. Its about a toy thats based on the creativity of the user turned into a movie to celebrate the creativity and try to understand human issues that people deal with everyday that come from playing with that toy. For the lego movie it was about the joy of creation and thinking out side the box with a small detour into the world often stiffling creation for corperate greed. With barbie its more about how the patriarchy can hurt us all and how putting yourself into a box and labeling your self can be harmful. Like they kinda take the same idea and go in wildly different directions.
Will Farrell says his character is the same in both
@@codeymay4845 I mean you gotta admit it's basically two different takes on the the same idea.
So obviously the idea of Mattel making movies out of like……everything they own is nauseating……BUT…..I cannot be the only one who wouldnt STRIVE to be first in line for a Wishbone movie
Agreed. Also though, wishbone was a legit show, so i feel like it's less of a stretch... then again, it worked because it was serialized, what would the story be for a movie?
I will die on any and every hill for Wishbone.
I too look forward to dissertations/analyses on this. I still think aboutit months later. Im a suker for pinnoccio stories
I thought we already got a Hot Wheels movie: it's called Speed Racer (2008).
I don't think it's a huge kick in the nuts that Mattel are suddenly producing every product movie under the sun. They're EXTREMELY unlikely to ever do well so it's just that joy of watching a big corpo cannibalise itself with greed while not understanding what made the one hit it got popular in the first place.
Disney can product liquid shit and still pull people in because it's a hollywood name, Mattel are a known brand, but I doubt anyone is gonna actually take something like 'Uno movie' seriously to an extent it'll ever pull in the big bucks.
Barbie was an experience that drew people like me to the cinema for the first time in years. I know a lotta folk are the same. Mattel's other concepts just aren't gonna drag people outta their houses, and aren't enough to get people into streaming either.
god that intro just fuckin SCHLAPS every single time
I was waiting for this one omg
Rumattel works
Best movie theater moment ever is when the lady at the end swears. All the moms in my theater gasped and got pissed lmao
Absolutely spectacular piece Mikey! Wishing all the luck with the move!!!
Half of the things you named that are in production have either already had films made or had a cartoon. So them deciding to do it again isn't that weird.
What about an emoji movie? Or a Garbage Pail Kid movie? Nah, those are terrible ideas! What could I be thinking?
This movie is like iron man's condemnation of the war profiteers
Its meaning and impact will be lessened and the company will try desperatly to fit the sucess in their box
"Barbie" is probably one of the most thought-provoking movies of the year. How? What is the sheer power of marketing and FOMO? Were there different voice-overs and stories? If this isn't "insanely stupid", why? 1bill means people saw this more than once voluntarily? Why?
It's funny how for me the Roblox oof is now just Tommy Tallarico sucking.
Banger as per usual.
It's not as good as 'Babylon' though. x
Mikey likey Barbie, consequently crafts crucial criticism into powerful prose poem, making mockery of most mainstream movie mutterings.
Future Pulitzer: plausible prediction.
You hit the nail on the head with the "where do the Kens live?" section. Ken isn't meant to be an essential part of playing with Barbie dolls, playing with Barbie is. So Barbieland is just a direct reflection of this: the Barbies think the Kens are cool to have around, but they aren't necessary to their society. (Meanwhile the patriarchal Kendom has the Kens in power, but the Barbies are seen as NECESSARY to have around as their "long-term, long-distance, low-commitment, casual girlfriends" to affirm their masculinity.) The film does at times lean into the chilling implications of this hyper-literalized world, like when Stereotypical Barbie doesn't have an answer for where the Kens live, or at the end when President Barbie denies the Kens any representation in the Supreme Court, then the narrator is like, "Well maybe one day they'll have as much power as women in the real world. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"
Barbieland is meant to fully embody female empowerment and progressive ideas of womanhood packaged in a diverse array of dolls - ironically (and troublingly) brought to us by a company led entirely by men. There's not much room for any meaningful change in the end, but at the same time the film IS very aware of this, it simply takes it with a lighthearted "it is what it is" tone which I think some viewers are either upset by or take for granted when discussing the film.
However, when Stereotypical Barbie gets a taste of "Real World" human womanhood, there's really no going back to being JUST an "idea of womanhood". Margot's Barbie, for better and for worse, transcends the plastic reality of Barbieland for something more complex, messier, scarier, but ultimately more fulfilling. As Gloria says, "That's life, it's all change." 💖
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I mean, the Hot Wheels movie can work but only if instead of propper sound effects for the cars, it's just voice-actors making all the sounds, instead
Not gonna lie, I would watch that. VA’s and foley artists are magicians. Mandatory making of short over the first half of the credits though
Thinkin reeeeeal hard about that lifelong Nebula membership
I hate TH-cam so much. I love this channel and I love the videos here but for some reason one day youtube though "no I wont share anything from this channel to you anyome now you will hace to look for specific video essays that yoy rememeber seeing to find the channel again" like wtf. This is why people have stats with only 17% of people are subscribed to their channel. Becaus I am subscribed and this chanell juat dissapeared from my feed completly
Is it weird that while I watched this movie in theatres, I was thinking that it's a cross between the Lego Movie and Fight Club?
i haven't seen the flash. not going to.
Disney somehow already made a successful film out of a Disneyland ride in fact its already been franchised , then run dry of any and all potential, interest, commercialism , and then pulizerjzed again ruthlessly to get any last drop from jt before dumping it in a nearby gutter
This being pirates of the Caribbean based on the Disney ride.. pirates of the Caribbean so we have an idea of the buisness model when something like this or barbie takes off
I primarily watch movies and videos to escape reality and distract my brain from itself. But I also try to improve my skills as a creator for both my TH-cam channels. I feel good about my film dissection until I watch a Mikey breakdown of a movie and then feel completely inadequate. You make me love the movies I love even more, Mikey! What a master you are. Thankfully, I've been a Nebula subscriber for a long time because I can't wait to watch your breakdown of Last Night in Soho - a movie I've rewatched several times.
A year ago, my wife and I sold all our stuff, gave up our San Francisco apartment, and have been traveling the world. It's weird not having a home base, but at least we did it on purpose. Best wishes on your move. May you land in a place that allows you to create in peace, because we all need you to keep making your amazing videos. Cheers!
YES MIKEY fill me with film analysis I'm here for this!
I like to use your videos as a trailer to get my friends to watch a movie with me.
Can't help but notice that He-Man wasn't in that list. Just cartoon for now I suppose. Bummer
... are we going to get Deep Dive back? Sorry. That was very selfish. Hearing the chaos that has occurred regarding your house is heartbreaking. Hopefully renting will be kinder to y'all and you find new family in LA.
haven't watched this yet cuz I still haven't seen the movie but the thumbnail made me laugh out loud. I'm an old timey dad
EDIT: I am still liking the video despite saving it for after I see the movie. I'm putting my faith in Mikey and assuming he doesn't say anything racist in it
Faith well placed, I’ll bet.
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i loveeee movies with mikey ohhh i love it ohh yeah babey this is the good stuf ohhh yeah
See you on Nebula!
Hollywood excecutives keep looking for the formula to have a succesfull movie without putting in the effort. They don't understand that putting the effort IS the formula
If you asked me to name a musical I hate Oklahoma is the answer I'd give..... I'm not sure I even remember anything about it..... Beyond it was like the platonic ideal of everything I hated about musicals when I was a kid. Like all that comes to mind when I try to remember it is empty staging... The colors of sunset... And a pressure headache from boredom.
Fucking Oklahoma is the musical you'd tell others is your favorite to get people to stop asking about it.
WE ARE SEX-BOB-OMB, AND WERE HERE TO MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT DEATH AND GET SAD AND STUFF!
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO is amazing!
I can't be the only one. I'm having a rough day and the arrival of this video is a real boost. Thanks.
I just said out loud to myself: "Man I love this guy. Best video essays ever." Thought you should know. Keep making Joy!!
Something struck me... You couldn't do this sort of deconstructionist take on a "boy toy." The outrage would be deafening. Imagine a GI Joe movie as a dark meditation on the pointlessness of cyclic unresolved wars, or commentary on how pop culture constantly normalizes violence-based problem-solving. A great enraged cry would arise like none heard since The Last Jedi!
Thank you, Mikey! 🌺
You missed a trick for part 3. Kensumerism
Sure, but I’m first in line for that Viewmaster movie.
I love your videos so much, but we all KNOW a beyblade movie would BANG. How dare you.
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Ken was always an accessory for Barbie and never had a house, car or anything.
"A home run that may eventually come to rest... on Saturn." Bravo, sir. Great video.
How does a movie only make $313 internationally? Things have changed a lot since the 80s.
Look I think UNO could be better attempted into a video game where and 4 other players play it and have fun conversations like it's Poker.
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I'll immediately head over to Nebula😀
The main character is literally me
ken was the best part of the movie
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There's characters in Barbie?
Someone help! It’s been years of these vids… I’ve looked it up multiple times… WHAT. IS. A. CATAWUMPUS!?!? In the context he uses it. Muffled catawaumpus. What does that mean!? What is it
Halp!
It's a southern word meaning a scuffle that probably won't have the police called, but, even if they are it'll just be a fine.
I'm sure it probably originates from feral cats outside the window at midnight or something, but it's just a meaningless argument in the distance.
@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 oh man if that’s correct you’ve just made that little drop in phrase finally make sense. Cuz webster’s definition did NOT hold up.
@@elleryvandooyeweert9655 Glad I could help. I've been giggling at the phrase ever since I found Filmjoy.
We already have Uno the Movie.
It's the let's play by Achievement Hunters lol
Fun(?) fact: the Truman house was the childhood home of Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the worst humans in Congress.
That is fascinating. You could just edit out the “in congress” part.
This guy needs sleep.
Idk I didnt think the movie was really about politics. I read it more as a vehicle to drive the plot and create conflict. It didn't focus on those aspects really at all, but instead focused on the human moments. Barbie telling the old lady you're beautiful and thinking about death, kens feelings of inadequacy and chaffing about being more of an accessory than human being to the woman he loved, the daughter realizing the world is more complicated than what reddit say and that she should go easier on her mom and her mom giving the speech which didn't resonate with me cause you know, penis, but felt genuine and human. Be kinder to each other and yourself is what I got from it.
another answer to the "who's the protagonist" question: It's an ensemble film.
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Am impressed that Barbie manage to stay on both side of the horse shoe theory.
Its both woke leftist and based right at the same time, and that is honestly quite impressive. Who would think that the two sides of the divided political would meet over a movie about a doll?
And both sides were mad about it! Beautiful
@@maxresdefault_ It was glorious and will never happen again.
As a lifelong Barbie fan, this pretty much matches what the reception for her has always been. She and all fashion dolls have always been criticized by both political extremes for either being too of this or not enough of that. The extreme left has always praised her for showing that girls can be anything but gave her flack for setting "unrealistic body standards." As if dolls are supposed to be or should be strictly "realistic." Meanwhile the extreme right has criticized her for being too career focused and superficial. Ironically one of few things both sides seem to agree with is that she and all other fashion dolls are too sexualised, though be it for different reasons. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
You need to put good people in the right places to make good movies even with stupid premises they can make it happen.
It’s Barbie. Barbie is the main character.