I seriously dislike people who think that things like theme parks are only for kids (same goes for idiots who believe anything animated automatically makes it childish). If they actually took the time to go into such places they would realize that there are not only groups with kids but groups with no children that appreciate the whimsicality and even the technical aspects of theme parks. All this movie does is remind me of "Missing in the Mansion" which put a billion times the effort into an 11-minute short than a "critically acclaimed" 104 minutes of pure dribble.
fuck me you all sound like autists, disney is a child based company and they make the most money from children, disneyland is for children to young adults. Trying to play off the fact that you like the "technical aspects" is just a excuse for not growing the fuck up. Disney is specifically based around children.
prawngravy18 Calling people autists for enjoying something... you must be fun at parties... and a really fucking sad man if that's your mentality. Also, Hi Randy Moore! Your movie was mediocre at best, but A for effort.
Honestly, I know the "Jerks With Cameras" bit at the beginning is just supposed to be a bait & switch, but it honestly feels like a perfect metaphor for this movie.
Yeah, we really needed that opening scene. God, I remember when I actually used to freak out when the decapitated heads from Big Thunder used to land in my lap! Then my parents got me ice cream, and I forgot what traumatized me.
Randy Moore is officially my least favorite person in the world. "How dare adults ENJOY things, what's wrong with them? Only mindless sheeple can be impressed by bullshit like 'appeals to the imagination' and 'impressive special effects'." "You know what this establishment that's primarily designed to be accessible by/entertaining to children needs? To embrace sexuality!" "Seriously, those princesses over there? They're allowed to be beautiful AND sexually unavailable to me AT THE SAME TIME. How can this stand??" "Btw Disney is also to blame for my daddy issues"
Hey guys! I realized that theme parks are run by...CORPORATIONS! And they make...MONEY! So now they're evil and I refuse to have fun at them and will always look down on people that dare have fun at places that make money!.......am I smart and cool yet?
You joke but I have met many a leftist that are unironically like this 😂 (and bare in mind I am a leftist I’m not trying to be one of those asshole “and yet you participate in society” types)
It’s almost like Disney can pull off a more engaging story while giving a self jab at themselves Maybe all Randy Moore needed was paint thinner. No Nono don’t DONT SNIFF IT RANDY oh good grief >~
I love the IDEA of this movie, but the actual product is kind of a piece of crap. What I don't understand is why they didn't use Tchaikovsky's sleeping beauty waltz if they wanted to convey "Disney" music with something clearly public domain.
+Kitty Grimm I don't think "protagonist" is the proper term for him; a protagonist is supposed to be pursuing a goal and drives the plot forward, which Jim doesn't do. "Hero" isn't appropriate either, given that he doesn't do anything heroic. "Main character" is probably the best, since the film focuses on him. Not that that's a bad thing; other stories can work by observing what happens to a specific character or person.
Deep down i am praying that he is a parody of some obviously-going-to-die-two-seconds-later-JUST-KILL-HIM-ALREADY!!!!!-creep-guy that is the main character for some reason.
This movie MIGHT have worked better if the point was NOT some sort of stupid dig at disney, but to just use disney as a backdrop to attack people like the "protagonist".
In case someone needs clarification on the Ben Stiller joke, he's referring to the fact that Ben Stiller's characters usually unwittingly find themselves in over the top scenarios. A zoo lion on an island jungle, a night guard in a magic museum, a fashion model in a brainwashing conspiricy, and a filming gone wrong. Jim in this movie is kinda in that sort of scenario, only much less likable.
+Xecter Ryan I don't know, do you see how the treat the Gravity Falls fandom? A month between episodes that end on cliffhangers when the episodes are already complete is just...just evil...
So I decided to take the plunge and watch Escape from Tomorrow. Not out of genuine liking of the movie, god no, but out of a morbid curiosity. And...well no surprise, it was a piece of shit. But, one thing I’m surprised no criticizes often, is the title of the movie-I know, that’s strange, but hear me out. Escape from Tomorrow is a frustrating movie in the sense that it’s an art film that parades the idea that it has some artistic theme at work, but when you step back and look at the whole picture, the movie is a mess. And none of this is more apparent in the title. The movie attempts to critique the idea of escapism. Right at the very beginning of the movie, Jim states how he wants to enjoy the end of his vacation, with the subtle implication that he wants to forget the fact that he has to go back home to a bad marriage, a disrespectful son, and no job. He tries throughout the entire movie to distract himself, with the women, alcohol, and rides. By having the movie be titled Escape from Tomorrow, and by setting up Jim wants to forget about the next day, it’s implying that the main conflict of the movie is about whether or not Jim faces the next day or not, or whether not vacations like Disney World can really make us forget about reality. And since the only way to escape from tomorrow is death, the movie really should been about Jim contemplating suicide, which would’ve fitted in the ending. However, because the movie is an absolute mess, it chooses to completely disregard the title. Instead of focusing on Jim’s emotions, and how he tries to distract himself, the movie chooses to focus on dumb shit like “cat-flu,” or emus, or the Siemens corporation, or dreams, or anything that has nothing to do with what the movie promised in the title. To make matters more frustrating, when Jim eventually dies, it’s not his fault at all, completely throwing the potential character arc out the window. So by having the movie be titled Escape from Tomorrow, it only highlights how much of a mess the movie truly is, because it sets up in the beginning that that’s what the movie is going to be about, but then completely disregards it in favor of shitty artsy symbolism. I know this much text probably wasn’t worth it for this movie, but god do I hate Escape from Tomorrow, and just needed to say it.
The worst part is of you just got rid of all the idiotic artsy shit, you would actually have an interesting story. Hell it could honestly be thought provoking, it could have been a film we talk about decades after it came out.
There's an old Tony Curtis movie called Forty Pounds of Trouble that's okay. But the climax takes place at Disneyland. And since its a universal movie that got permission to film there, that makes it kinda unique.
That moment you realize thst the buzz light year ride they're waiting for is in Florida and the line they're in expands alllllll the way to FUTURE LAND IN DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
So, I was marathoning videos that detailed the history of rides and character evolution, so I had to come back here, to my favorite Some JErk with a camera review. And now, after watching defunctland and yesteryear, I can say... THIS MOVIE IS STILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF SLIME I HAD EVER NOT WATCHED AND ONLY SAW THANKS TO A GUY REVIEWING IT!!!!!! This movie is that one guy who sees you watching Hellsing and saying "You are such a child, watching a children's cartoon." and then expects his high class friends to laugh with him like he just told a good Monty Python joke!
All I got to say about Escape from Tomorrow is... Imagine it's not there! Imagine it's not there! Going to be tough to beat Mat Brunet's excellent review of this psychedelic insanity, but you are off to a great start!
You know, upon rewatch of this three-parter, it's honestly amazing how fatphobic and ableist Randy Moore is, especially during the interviews. I kind of wish you made more a stink about this in the review, especially with how much they had to interrupt actual disabled park guests and their enjoyment of the park by literally taking up space for the one Small World boat that is for disabled people for an unnecessary shot.
Yeah...I dunno, maybe I would've talked more about it if the fat guy in the wheelchair had been a bigger or more transparently evil character. As-is, it seemed more needless and random than outright cruel.
THANK YOU for talking about the ridiculous idea that you can get through Mad Tea Party, Dumbo, and Carousel before getting through BLAB. I felt like that pathetic loser when I saw it because I was like "Oh, COME ON!" Haha. Same with the Big Thunder Mountain Moment and the whole switching between the two parks thing. I had the exact same reactions. Thaaaank yooouuu! Can't wait to watch part 2. Here I go!
Man that kid playing the son is the best behaved little kid to agree to stand in line for who knows how long then not getting to go on the ride. I hope they took the kid back and let him ride after they got the take. :)
That “it’s a small world” scene quickly becomes very uncomfortable to watch when you realize that there’s a shit ton of people ahead and behind of them, having no clue what kind of fuckery is going on with that family. Feels kinda invasive, folks are trying to have fun, and there’s an inadequate looking woman on the front seat leaning towards the camera in dude’s hand, slowly saying “I hate you”, and a lost looking man acting visibly uncomfortable. Takes away from supposedly nonchalant experience
mortal kombat fatality: player throws opponent onto the big thunder mountain ride and while the opponent is about to get up and is midway of getting up, his head gets knocked off. FATALITY
+Tony Goldmark No you don't. First you find a property that Disney bought out, rehearse a pagan incantation to raise the dead backwards while snorting shrimp stuffed olives. Then pray that it won't turn you into a train wheel.
Personally what I found interesting about the movie is that it had potential to be interesting - but it's like that one kid in your class that has an interesting PowerPoint presentation but you can tell he tried to make himself look 'edgy' and 'thought provoking' that you end up wondering what he was suppose to be talking about in the first place. That's this movie in a nutshell for me. But in all honesty, Jerk, my favorite fact about this entire movie is that Disney knew about the movie and chose not to do anything about it. I just can't wait until you get close to the insanity part....and I got popcorn for the enjoyment
It's a shame, because a horror movie in Disney could be freaking awesome. I've BEEN behind the scenes in Disney (Marching Band, y'see), and places like the metal guts and piping underneath Thunder Mountain would be perfect for something like a slasher villain chasing a victim.
I too have seen behind the scenes of Disneyland for the same reason. It would be freaky to set a horror movie back there. Imagine having a blood splattered Mickey chasing someone there.
For those interested, try "The kindgom keepers" which is about the characters at disneyland (not just he animated ones, the ride characters too) coming to life at night while a small group of children are trapped inside, though i haven;t read them myself i hear good things. also, for a firsthand account of the horrors and an assurance that they are worth it, check out Cracked.org's character interviews of disneyland employees.
@Caitlyn Carvalho How is it that ordinary people like you are capable of coming up with more interesting plots than professional film makers? And when talking about Randy Moore, I use the term "professional film maker" very loosely
...So the director wants us to believe not only that Disney would shut down a ride on a whim and kick everybody out of line (which they never do, by the way) without issuing any compensatory fastpasses (which they give out all the time), but also that they would leave all the people who are already on the ride stuck on it. That’s what he’s implying, because right behind the cast member who allegedly shut down Buzz Lightyear in that scene was a full car of people who had just sat down, and presumably there’s about a hundred people currently on the ride ahead of them. I guess he thinks Disney is just going to leave them stuck on the ride all night.
Where can I buy my own Cine-Kyle? I've always wanted one of those. Just imagine all of the artsy bullshit that suddenly makes sense, even if it still isn't enjoyable in the slightest. But does it come with the Klingon voice mod as standard, or is that extra?
Seriously though, I enjoy Oancitizen's insight. I first saw him in Lindsay Ellis's review of Freddy Got Fingered and his analysis (heh, "anal"ysis) was pretty intreaguing and then I saw his review on A Serbian Film, which he almost referenced in the Freddy Got Fingered review, by the way. That was some good Dic#ney right there. Oh, and on a side, I like the moment where Jerk played the South Park clip and he censored Mickey Mouse saying "Disney." It showcases how much better South Park was at satirizing Disney.
I wish I could take credit for that, but that quote has been around for over a century at least. No one knows who said it first, but it's been attributed to everyone from Confucius to Eleanor Roosevelt.
+PIEGUYRULZ yay some other you tuber i know and like watches these! (I'm so Sorry to do the whole Pieguyrulzs you watch blah blah blah but I find that awesome! )
Movie prices on youtube : The incredibles =2.99 The lion king .....2.99 Escape from tomorrow......6.99 Belle's enchanted christmas......12.99 I'm going to let that sink in for a while.
You just know if Escape From Tomorrow was released today, all the anti-woke, Disney-hating internet grifters would be hailing it as a masterpiece regardless of its actual quality.
From time to time I always come back and watch these because I found them while I was 14 in high school, it gives me a great deal of nostalgia coming back every so often. Back when things were good haha
the scariest part of this whole movie is the fact they mixed up disneyland and walt disney world, somehow creating a parallel dimension where walt disney world and disneyland were fused together, making it so both theme parks existed in the same place at the same time. While this sounds like a cool idea, it actually backfired in the worst way because disney 'stans' fans came and raged so incredibly hard at this change to the point of disney having to murder every fan of their park and enfusing a majority of their souls into disney genie, forced to sell paid fastpasses to park guests for eternity. The remainder of which ended up being small world dolls, where anytime a disney fan rode it's a small world and critizized at least 3 changes, the dolls would suck their soul and they would become either another doll, or end up as a disney genie robot. Pretty interesting lore, wouldn't you agree? I probably came up with the strangest yet most logical backstory as to what's happening in this entire movie.
Was Kyle's robot acting intended to be creepy as fuck to tie in with the movie's themes of horror contrasted with commercial banality? Because Kyle's robot acting is creepy as fuck.
Probably just having a Mandela Effect moment, but for some reason I remember the 1st time I watched this review, Charlie didn't say "Universal is owned by Comcast!", but instead "You do know who owns Universal, don't you?". Funny how our memory works sometimes.
I actually own this movie on DVD. I bought it at Target along with a copy of Dark Side of the Moon. I've only watched it 3 times. Once alone, twice with a friend. I'm only keeping it until the next time I go to Disney World so I can throw it away on camera.
MTV is a broken lifeless husk of its formerself. Remeber when MTV (MUSIC television) played music videos, had shows that were music related, and had funny shows like Beavis and Butthead, Celebrity Deathmatch, etc. MTV is dead
Well, it's 2018 and Escape is still Randy's only movie credit. Not that that means any movie or director is bad, but in this case, maybe he reconsidered his career in films.
Maybe he thought he’d be set for life if the big family friendly company knee jerked and attempted to pull this movie off the face of the earth, they’d pull some first amendment press bs, blah blah blah Annnd then Disney just glanced at it and went collectively “meh” as they set their sights on making Disney infinity or whatever they were looking into at the time.
I told Tony this on Twitter once, but the reason Disney didn’t flinch at Randy Moore putting a bullseye on himself and screaming ‘SUE ME! SUE ME!’ is because…they fell for it before. Air Pirates Funnies were a small group of underground comic artists who made raunchy Mickey parody comics (their name was taken from a Mickey antagonist group). They were so eager to get sued by Disney that the artist and head honcho had a son of a Disney board member sneak a copy of a comic into a board meeting. The bait worked, and Disney sued them. The Air Pirates were so incompetent (they thought Mickey was public domain at the time, he wasn’t), and that the comics were fair use (the comics were 50 cents, so no) that the judge sided in favor of Disney. The head man kept doing the comics despite the order, and wanted to appeal (the Supreme Court denied that) His plan was to ‘lose, appeal, lose again, continue drawing his parodies, and eventually to force the courts to either allow him to continue or send him to jail’ Disney settled the case to not enforce judgement if the Pirates never did the parodies again. It’s hard to explain, but The Pirates and the Mouse has most of the story. Long story short, Disney learned from the Air Pirates case and didn’t feed the Moore troll.
I saw this on Netflix. I thought it was... OK. I liked the idea, I think it had promise - both the guerrilla tactics and the story of real life misery smashing you in the face on vacation at Disney World. I had to agree with RedLetterMedia, when they say it was enjoyable enough, but the symbolism was all very obvious and sophomoric. The filmmakers could have gone a lot further and deeper with this. Dad chasing jailbait was skeezy enough, but you just made me realize that his sexual frustration really was his only character trait.
Gotta love how this shoddy movie tried to steal fame from being a guerilla style movie at Disney, but do many TH-camrs have been doing this longer, so now it's just remembered as a fraud
I always come back to these videos they're so fucking good, please take your time with Season 4, because the final product you put out is always fantastic!
a) Spending years & your own money on a project only to get beet out by a few days by a guy with a similar product that was either superior in quality or cheaper to produce. b) Spending years on a project only for the shareholders to pull funding & your project gets shitcanned without ever being released & you & your friends are all out of a job.
This whole movie gives off the vibe of a vexed employee trying to get back at Disney in the lamest way possible. 😒 Edit: 13:06-13:11 Best 5 seconds of the whole video, no cap. 😎
When I saw the poster being Mickeys bleeding hand, I was expecting something like Disney’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. Or at least something fantasy horror that messes with your head and legit question reality. But this does make you question reality in the way you ask “WHO TF WOULD THINK LIKE THIS?!?!”
Upon rewatching this review, I can't decide whether the joke of the CA logo appearing on "The More You Know" title as a man gets decapated has aged well or aged poorly.
Escape From Tomorrow almost feels like a parody of Arthouse films. It elevates the stereotypes and tropes of arthouse films, and exaggerates them the same way Not Another Teen Movie elevated and exaggerated the tropes of teen movies.
Did anyone else notice that Zach Hurst is credited as Production Designers? Plural? Like, even in the END CREDITS! Tony didn't realize he was being hustled by the same guy?! I freaking love this show! XD
Ohmygoodness! A Tom Lehrer reference! It never seems anyone has ever heard of him except me and my friends from high school that introduced me to him. I suppose I should have expected that with your comedy music background, but it's still refreshing to see. You've made a complete stranger's day.
You know this movie is way worse than Saving Christmas. It looks just as bad, the plot makes just as little sense, it has the same amount of padding, and it had a slightly higher budget. And this movie doesn’t even have the so bad it’s good quality about it.
You know, it’s funny. After watching this review, I actually found something that is basically what Escape From Tomorrow *should* have been, it’s a tabletop RPG supplement*. It’s called “This Is A Dark Ride” And is for the horror TRPG “In Dark Alleys,” And it deals with playing campaigns at the Disney parks, both in a mundane and supernatural way. In the mundane sense, it shows the more human and dark aspects, with things like how cast members are still people can do family-unfriendly stuff (drugs, sex, etc.) behind closed doors, showing how even at places like Disney there is always places where innocence can be lost. The supernatural part had a dark world version of the Disney parks, which looked like a decaying version of them in an alternate dimension which had such lovely elements like people with the power to transport themselves developing these powers at the park as children, dangerous magical relics that were disguised like mundane things (like a camera with footage of Doom Ride that makes you disappear if you look at the picture) and various robots who acted like patrons and workers, who would become murderous and crazy if you interfered with how they were running the park, like cutting in line. Seriously, someone should just make an adaption of that! It’s certainly a better take on “Domestic Disney Horror” than Moore’s crybaby rant of a movie. *Note: For those of you who don’t know; RPG supplements are basically books that act as DLC for Dungeons & Dragons-like games.
@@elizabethsmith7224 Sorry for the long response here! I never got the notification that you asked for this. But here’s the link to, “This Is A Dark Ride”: www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/185373
I have to check out this movie now. I don't know if it's good or bad, I just know that it's a lot more...strange than I anticipated and I like strange! The Informercial version of the BHH theme was awesome by the way. Can't wait for part two! Hilarious as always, ya Jerk!
I'm so glad this movie didn't really get an audience. I don't think Randy Moore has done anything since. It's a shame because it's a cool idea, and it has some tense and uncomfortable shots every now and then, but it's so bad overall.
I seriously dislike people who think that things like theme parks are only for kids (same goes for idiots who believe anything animated automatically makes it childish). If they actually took the time to go into such places they would realize that there are not only groups with kids but groups with no children that appreciate the whimsicality and even the technical aspects of theme parks.
All this movie does is remind me of "Missing in the Mansion" which put a billion times the effort into an 11-minute short than a "critically acclaimed" 104 minutes of pure dribble.
Disneyland was meant to be enjoyed by people of all ages. Walt himself said that adults are simply children who grew up.
If theme parks are for kids, how do you exsplain Halloween horror nights?
fuck me you all sound like autists, disney is a child based company and they make the most money from children, disneyland is for children to young adults. Trying to play off the fact that you like the "technical aspects" is just a excuse for not growing the fuck up. Disney is specifically based around children.
prawngravy18 Hey guys! It’s Randy Moore!
prawngravy18 Calling people autists for enjoying something... you must be fun at parties... and a really fucking sad man if that's your mentality.
Also, Hi Randy Moore! Your movie was mediocre at best, but A for effort.
Honestly, I know the "Jerks With Cameras" bit at the beginning is just supposed to be a bait & switch, but it honestly feels like a perfect metaphor for this movie.
I see what you mean now.
Also, do you know how MTV gets shows like that made... with any kind of respect in the end?
Yeah, we really needed that opening scene. God, I remember when I actually used to freak out when the decapitated heads from Big Thunder used to land in my lap! Then my parents got me ice cream, and I forgot what traumatized me.
Daniel Sarti r/whooooosh.
Actually my mom was lost to the ride , I kinda prefer the replacement tho
Randy Moore is officially my least favorite person in the world.
"How dare adults ENJOY things, what's wrong with them? Only mindless sheeple can be impressed by bullshit like 'appeals to the imagination' and 'impressive special effects'."
"You know what this establishment that's primarily designed to be accessible by/entertaining to children needs? To embrace sexuality!"
"Seriously, those princesses over there? They're allowed to be beautiful AND sexually unavailable to me AT THE SAME TIME. How can this stand??"
"Btw Disney is also to blame for my daddy issues"
Randy Moore is to Disney what Garth Ennis is to superheroes.
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 This is a very apt comparison,luckily the show The Boys is much better than the comic.
@@elizabethsmith7224does this mean we can get an Escape From Tomorrow comic that’s better than the movie?
@@anth636 we can hope
Hey guys! I realized that theme parks are run by...CORPORATIONS! And they make...MONEY! So now they're evil and I refuse to have fun at them and will always look down on people that dare have fun at places that make money!.......am I smart and cool yet?
You joke but I have met many a leftist that are unironically like this 😂 (and bare in mind I am a leftist I’m not trying to be one of those asshole “and yet you participate in society” types)
Smarter than Randy Moore
It’s disturbingly easy to think like that, sometimes.
(Especially coming from a college student.)
I can't belive Epic Mickey gives a more creepy version of Disneyland than this movie
It’s almost like Disney can pull off a more engaging story while giving a self jab at themselves
Maybe all Randy Moore needed was paint thinner.
No
Nono don’t
DONT SNIFF IT RANDY oh good grief >~
I can
I love the IDEA of this movie, but the actual product is kind of a piece of crap.
What I don't understand is why they didn't use Tchaikovsky's sleeping beauty waltz if they wanted to convey "Disney" music with something clearly public domain.
+TheInflicted Because, to put it bluntly, he's a hipster.
No, on second thought, that's an insult to hipsters.
Jerk and Friends have been doing this ideas for years and are way more fun to watch than this.
Shinbu1128
I personally see no difference.
Randy Moore just feels like a Scott Pilgrim villain
Grant Turner We all remember that bastard who tried to expose the corruption of Di##neyworld... he was my favorite Scott Pilgrim villain.
No no... Scott pilgrim villains make more sense than that guy.
Grant Turner elaborate
Would he explode into change if I blew him up?
@@dereknight861
If only man... if only.
So...am I supposed to *like* the protagonist?
+Kitty Grimm I don't think "Will people like the protagonist?" was a question that entered the director's mind.
+Kitty Grimm I don't think "protagonist" is the proper term for him; a protagonist is supposed to be pursuing a goal and drives the plot forward, which Jim doesn't do. "Hero" isn't appropriate either, given that he doesn't do anything heroic. "Main character" is probably the best, since the film focuses on him. Not that that's a bad thing; other stories can work by observing what happens to a specific character or person.
Deep down i am praying that he is a parody of some obviously-going-to-die-two-seconds-later-JUST-KILL-HIM-ALREADY!!!!!-creep-guy that is the main character for some reason.
This movie MIGHT have worked better if the point was NOT some sort of stupid dig at disney, but to just use disney as a backdrop to attack people like the "protagonist".
who stalks underage teen girls?.....I guess.....?
In case someone needs clarification on the Ben Stiller joke, he's referring to the fact that Ben Stiller's characters usually unwittingly find themselves in over the top scenarios. A zoo lion on an island jungle, a night guard in a magic museum, a fashion model in a brainwashing conspiricy, and a filming gone wrong. Jim in this movie is kinda in that sort of scenario, only much less likable.
"MTV, UUUUUUNNNNNGGGG!" I tried watching MTV once and you summed up my experience perfectly.
Anti-Disney people: Disney is the WORST COMPANY EVER! FUCK EM!
Comcast: Am I a joke to you?
As evil as Disney is, it's nowhere near as evil as Comcast.
+Xecter Ryan I don't know, do you see how the treat the Gravity Falls fandom? A month between episodes that end on cliffhangers when the episodes are already complete is just...just evil...
still less evil than Comcast's shitty customer service.
+Sirusly Marauding The creator said he had to make make sure the episodes were perfect before they aired.
........even konami????
Considering all the BS that Disney has done since this comment was posted 4 years ago, I disagree wholeheartedly
So I decided to take the plunge and watch Escape from Tomorrow. Not out of genuine liking of the movie, god no, but out of a morbid curiosity. And...well no surprise, it was a piece of shit. But, one thing I’m surprised no criticizes often, is the title of the movie-I know, that’s strange, but hear me out. Escape from Tomorrow is a frustrating movie in the sense that it’s an art film that parades the idea that it has some artistic theme at work, but when you step back and look at the whole picture, the movie is a mess. And none of this is more apparent in the title. The movie attempts to critique the idea of escapism. Right at the very beginning of the movie, Jim states how he wants to enjoy the end of his vacation, with the subtle implication that he wants to forget the fact that he has to go back home to a bad marriage, a disrespectful son, and no job. He tries throughout the entire movie to distract himself, with the women, alcohol, and rides. By having the movie be titled Escape from Tomorrow, and by setting up Jim wants to forget about the next day, it’s implying that the main conflict of the movie is about whether or not Jim faces the next day or not, or whether not vacations like Disney World can really make us forget about reality. And since the only way to escape from tomorrow is death, the movie really should been about Jim contemplating suicide, which would’ve fitted in the ending. However, because the movie is an absolute mess, it chooses to completely disregard the title. Instead of focusing on Jim’s emotions, and how he tries to distract himself, the movie chooses to focus on dumb shit like “cat-flu,” or emus, or the Siemens corporation, or dreams, or anything that has nothing to do with what the movie promised in the title. To make matters more frustrating, when Jim eventually dies, it’s not his fault at all, completely throwing the potential character arc out the window. So by having the movie be titled Escape from Tomorrow, it only highlights how much of a mess the movie truly is, because it sets up in the beginning that that’s what the movie is going to be about, but then completely disregards it in favor of shitty artsy symbolism. I know this much text probably wasn’t worth it for this movie, but god do I hate Escape from Tomorrow, and just needed to say it.
The worst part is of you just got rid of all the idiotic artsy shit, you would actually have an interesting story. Hell it could honestly be thought provoking, it could have been a film we talk about decades after it came out.
Why couldn't a GOOD movie be filmed at Disney Parks?
Because that would require EFFORT, dear Captian. Randy Moore couldn't fit it into his colossal piece of ass.
CaptainJZH thank goodness for the Florida Project.
CaptainJZH cough cough Walt's frozen head cough cough
I think there was this one short film that was filmed on the Haunted Mansion ride I remember being OK.
There's an old Tony Curtis movie called Forty Pounds of Trouble that's okay. But the climax takes place at Disneyland. And since its a universal movie that got permission to film there, that makes it kinda unique.
That moment you realize thst the buzz light year ride they're waiting for is in Florida and the line they're in expands alllllll the way to FUTURE LAND IN DISNEYLAND CALIFORNIA
_Remember! Fictional Hybrid!_
Tomorrow*
I wanted to ask "WHAT THE F*** IS GOING ON IN THIS MOVIE?!".......But I have a feeling it will never be answered.
So, I was marathoning videos that detailed the history of rides and character evolution, so I had to come back here, to my favorite Some JErk with a camera review. And now, after watching defunctland and yesteryear, I can say...
THIS MOVIE IS STILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF SLIME I HAD EVER NOT WATCHED AND ONLY SAW THANKS TO A GUY REVIEWING IT!!!!!!
This movie is that one guy who sees you watching Hellsing and saying "You are such a child, watching a children's cartoon." and then expects his high class friends to laugh with him like he just told a good Monty Python joke!
Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is worse than your enemy...
+AkumaTh1
As the United States had it during WWII, "The enemy of my enemy is next on the chopping block."
Isn't the enemy of your enemy you?
AkumaTh1 agreed.
ENEMYCEPTION......BWAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM.
Jim hallucinating the Small World monsters:
See? This is why you DON'T drink the water! Has Lisa Simpson taught you nothing?
All I got to say about Escape from Tomorrow is... Imagine it's not there! Imagine it's not there! Going to be tough to beat Mat Brunet's excellent review of this psychedelic insanity, but you are off to a great start!
You know, upon rewatch of this three-parter, it's honestly amazing how fatphobic and ableist Randy Moore is, especially during the interviews. I kind of wish you made more a stink about this in the review, especially with how much they had to interrupt actual disabled park guests and their enjoyment of the park by literally taking up space for the one Small World boat that is for disabled people for an unnecessary shot.
Yeah...I dunno, maybe I would've talked more about it if the fat guy in the wheelchair had been a bigger or more transparently evil character. As-is, it seemed more needless and random than outright cruel.
THANK YOU for talking about the ridiculous idea that you can get through Mad Tea Party, Dumbo, and Carousel before getting through BLAB. I felt like that pathetic loser when I saw it because I was like "Oh, COME ON!" Haha.
Same with the Big Thunder Mountain Moment and the whole switching between the two parks thing. I had the exact same reactions. Thaaaank yooouuu! Can't wait to watch part 2. Here I go!
"MTV: UNNNNNNGGGGHHHH!" Is probably my favorite of all your line reads. It never stops being funny XD
Man that kid playing the son is the best behaved little kid to agree to stand in line for who knows how long then not getting to go on the ride. I hope they took the kid back and let him ride after they got the take. :)
I hope the "WTF was that guy's problem"-face guy sees this review and contacts you, Tony. That would be awesome!
No, really...somebody find this guy!
That “it’s a small world” scene quickly becomes very uncomfortable to watch when you realize that there’s a shit ton of people ahead and behind of them, having no clue what kind of fuckery is going on with that family. Feels kinda invasive, folks are trying to have fun, and there’s an inadequate looking woman on the front seat leaning towards the camera in dude’s hand, slowly saying “I hate you”, and a lost looking man acting visibly uncomfortable. Takes away from supposedly nonchalant experience
That’s a good point.
mortal kombat fatality:
player throws opponent onto the big thunder mountain ride and while the opponent is about to get up and is midway of getting up, his head gets knocked off.
FATALITY
It's time for 2014's Most Pretentious Film to finally get ripped a new one. This is gonna be good!
How does one Escape from Tomorrow? Do you stay in today? What if you're in Disneyland that day?
+Cheshirefiend I think you tunnel your way out of tomorrow through a wormhole hidden under a Raquel Welch poster.
+Tony Goldmark No you don't. First you find a property that Disney bought out, rehearse a pagan incantation to raise the dead backwards while snorting shrimp stuffed olives. Then pray that it won't turn you into a train wheel.
what so bad about Comcast
All cable companies are evil.
Tony Goldmark why is that exactly?
Personally what I found interesting about the movie is that it had potential to be interesting - but it's like that one kid in your class that has an interesting PowerPoint presentation but you can tell he tried to make himself look 'edgy' and 'thought provoking' that you end up wondering what he was suppose to be talking about in the first place.
That's this movie in a nutshell for me. But in all honesty, Jerk, my favorite fact about this entire movie is that Disney knew about the movie and chose not to do anything about it. I just can't wait until you get close to the insanity part....and I got popcorn for the enjoyment
Disney played the don't feed the troll card.
It's a shame, because a horror movie in Disney could be freaking awesome. I've BEEN behind the scenes in Disney (Marching Band, y'see), and places like the metal guts and piping underneath Thunder Mountain would be perfect for something like a slasher villain chasing a victim.
I too have seen behind the scenes of Disneyland for the same reason. It would be freaky to set a horror movie back there. Imagine having a blood splattered Mickey chasing someone there.
For those interested, try "The kindgom keepers" which is about the characters at disneyland (not just he animated ones, the ride characters too) coming to life at night while a small group of children are trapped inside, though i haven;t read them myself i hear good things.
also, for a firsthand account of the horrors and an assurance that they are worth it, check out Cracked.org's character interviews of disneyland employees.
Y'know, I think Randy Moore is just upset that Ben Stiller never returned his calls.
I wouldn’t put it past him.
@Caitlyn Carvalho How is it that ordinary people like you are capable of coming up with more interesting plots than professional film makers? And when talking about Randy Moore, I use the term "professional film maker" very loosely
...So the director wants us to believe not only that Disney would shut down a ride on a whim and kick everybody out of line (which they never do, by the way) without issuing any compensatory fastpasses (which they give out all the time), but also that they would leave all the people who are already on the ride stuck on it. That’s what he’s implying, because right behind the cast member who allegedly shut down Buzz Lightyear in that scene was a full car of people who had just sat down, and presumably there’s about a hundred people currently on the ride ahead of them. I guess he thinks Disney is just going to leave them stuck on the ride all night.
Where can I buy my own Cine-Kyle? I've always wanted one of those. Just imagine all of the artsy bullshit that suddenly makes sense, even if it still isn't enjoyable in the slightest. But does it come with the Klingon voice mod as standard, or is that extra?
+sirrliv They're Snob-Bots. Of COURSE they're extra.
+sirrliv What a ripp off, i bought the Cine-Kyle but it doesn't sing!
+sirrliv
Wish I had one of those today, otherwise I might've been able to stay awake while watching _8 1/2_.
I'd settle for a Cynic Kyle.
Seriously though, I enjoy Oancitizen's insight. I first saw him in Lindsay Ellis's review of Freddy Got Fingered and his analysis (heh, "anal"ysis) was pretty intreaguing and then I saw his review on A Serbian Film, which he almost referenced in the Freddy Got Fingered review, by the way. That was some good Dic#ney right there. Oh, and on a side, I like the moment where Jerk played the South Park clip and he censored Mickey Mouse saying "Disney." It showcases how much better South Park was at satirizing Disney.
“I’m not gonna turn off the light, I’m gonna turn on a light.”
You gave a me great way to live in these terrible times, Tony.
Thank you.
I wish I could take credit for that, but that quote has been around for over a century at least. No one knows who said it first, but it's been attributed to everyone from Confucius to Eleanor Roosevelt.
@@TonyGoldmark
Fair enough.
It’s the first place I ever heard it, and you’re someone who I enjoy watching, so I thought it felt appropriate.
The more you know bit killed me! (ironically enough) xD
+PIEGUYRULZ yay some other you tuber i know and like watches these!
(I'm so Sorry to do the whole Pieguyrulzs you watch blah blah blah but I find that awesome! )
PIEGUYRULZ Because knowing makes it no less pointless.
GI JOOOOOOOOOOOOE!!!
Don't you mean:
Now we know! And Knowing Makes it No Less Pointless!
THE TRANSFORMERS!
Ben Bell or even:
Now You Know, and knowing makes it even more confusing!
Definitely worth the Wait.
Now, for an even longer Wait.
For what ?
@@becuaseimbored3481
The next some jerk episode.
I've never watched your videos before so when I read "Some Jerk with a Camera," I assumed that was referring to Randy Moore.
Movie prices on youtube :
The incredibles =2.99
The lion king .....2.99
Escape from tomorrow......6.99
Belle's enchanted christmas......12.99
I'm going to let that sink in for a while.
because iambored In all fairness, Belle's Enchanted Christmas is a better movie than Escape from Tomorrow (at least, it has Tim Curry).
Yeah, but twelve bucks?
I'm bolted to the wall!
You just know if Escape From Tomorrow was released today, all the anti-woke, Disney-hating internet grifters would be hailing it as a masterpiece regardless of its actual quality.
Your rant on Jerks With Cameras is hilarious. And the review is pretty good too.
Climbing up Mount Everest while juggling flaming chainsaws and dividing by 0 is also how I describe my GCSE's
The buzz lightyear break down is the funniest part of the review. What I would give to be that confused guy in front of them in line.
I like how you managed to show up Escape From Tomorrow just by virtue of filming at theme parks all the time.
I wonder if Gary the Guerrilla Gorilla will inevitably die of a cardiac arrest one day.
Probably at the end of the review.
xXJessWorldXx Speaking of which, did anyone else catch his Donkey Kong reference at the end of his first segment?
Uhh, yeah. As a Nintendo fan, I should know.
From time to time I always come back and watch these because I found them while I was 14 in high school, it gives me a great deal of nostalgia coming back every so often. Back when things were good haha
the scariest part of this whole movie is the fact they mixed up disneyland and walt disney world, somehow creating a parallel dimension where walt disney world and disneyland were fused together, making it so both theme parks existed in the same place at the same time. While this sounds like a cool idea, it actually backfired in the worst way because disney 'stans' fans came and raged so incredibly hard at this change to the point of disney having to murder every fan of their park and enfusing a majority of their souls into disney genie, forced to sell paid fastpasses to park guests for eternity. The remainder of which ended up being small world dolls, where anytime a disney fan rode it's a small world and critizized at least 3 changes, the dolls would suck their soul and they would become either another doll, or end up as a disney genie robot. Pretty interesting lore, wouldn't you agree? I probably came up with the strangest yet most logical backstory as to what's happening in this entire movie.
I like trains.
Hey me too!
Was Kyle's robot acting intended to be creepy as fuck to tie in with the movie's themes of horror contrasted with commercial banality? Because Kyle's robot acting is creepy as fuck.
Visually or vocally? Because vocally, I just told him to sound like Mr. Butlertron from Clone High.
Tony Goldmark Mostly visually. Don't get me wrong; it's definitely the fun kind of creepy, but still, that fixed, dead smile...
@@ninaavins4887
A bit fitting.
Probably just having a Mandela Effect moment, but for some reason I remember the 1st time I watched this review, Charlie didn't say "Universal is owned by Comcast!", but instead "You do know who owns Universal, don't you?". Funny how our memory works sometimes.
I actually own this movie on DVD. I bought it at Target along with a copy of Dark Side of the Moon.
I've only watched it 3 times. Once alone, twice with a friend.
I'm only keeping it until the next time I go to Disney World so I can throw it away on camera.
Just dump it in the first trash can you find.
Throwing it wouldn’t be worth it.
MTV is a broken lifeless husk of its formerself. Remeber when MTV (MUSIC television) played music videos, had shows that were music related, and had funny shows like Beavis and Butthead, Celebrity Deathmatch, etc. MTV is dead
At least it’s trying to revive itself… to varying degrees of success.
Kinda sad when the Simpsons did a better evil Disneyland in 22 minutes than this movies
I was waiting for the Pompeii reference and was sad you didn't go with it. And then you put it in the stinger. *slow clap*
Well, it's 2018 and Escape is still Randy's only movie credit. Not that that means any movie or director is bad, but in this case, maybe he reconsidered his career in films.
Maybe he thought he’d be set for life if the big family friendly company knee jerked and attempted to pull this movie off the face of the earth, they’d pull some first amendment press bs, blah blah blah
Annnd then Disney just glanced at it and went collectively “meh” as they set their sights on making Disney infinity or whatever they were looking into at the time.
And so "Hey, I got an idear" was born.
Yay! Lewis cameo!
It’s always nice to see one.
"Magic isn't real."
NOOOOOO.... really?
+Anthony LoGatto Tell that to Linkara.
14:08
Oh snap! The little boy turned into 2D Gorillaz!
this was honestly my first video I saw of yours and this still the funniest view of the movie. Fantastic work my man
Was that a real show? ... Man, thanks God I watch animated shows. They Atleast show some brains.
crcoghill Children's cartoons: Less childish than adult entertainment!
I told Tony this on Twitter once, but the reason Disney didn’t flinch at Randy Moore putting a bullseye on himself and screaming ‘SUE ME! SUE ME!’ is because…they fell for it before.
Air Pirates Funnies were a small group of underground comic artists who made raunchy Mickey parody comics (their name was taken from a Mickey antagonist group).
They were so eager to get sued by Disney that the artist and head honcho had a son of a Disney board member sneak a copy of a comic into a board meeting.
The bait worked, and Disney sued them.
The Air Pirates were so incompetent (they thought Mickey was public domain at the time, he wasn’t), and that the comics were fair use (the comics were 50 cents, so no)
that the judge sided in favor of Disney.
The head man kept doing the comics despite the order, and wanted to appeal (the Supreme Court denied that)
His plan was to ‘lose, appeal, lose again, continue drawing his parodies, and eventually to force the courts to either allow him to continue or send him to jail’
Disney settled the case to not enforce judgement if the Pirates never did the parodies again.
It’s hard to explain, but The Pirates and the Mouse has most of the story.
Long story short, Disney learned from the Air Pirates case and didn’t feed the Moore troll.
I didn't even notice you used The Camera Eye as background music until I just rewatched this. As a massive Rush fan, I approve.
I saw this on Netflix. I thought it was... OK. I liked the idea, I think it had promise - both the guerrilla tactics and the story of real life misery smashing you in the face on vacation at Disney World. I had to agree with RedLetterMedia, when they say it was enjoyable enough, but the symbolism was all very obvious and sophomoric. The filmmakers could have gone a lot further and deeper with this. Dad chasing jailbait was skeezy enough, but you just made me realize that his sexual frustration really was his only character trait.
Gotta love how this shoddy movie tried to steal fame from being a guerilla style movie at Disney, but do many TH-camrs have been doing this longer, so now it's just remembered as a fraud
I always come back to these videos they're so fucking good, please take your time with Season 4, because the final product you put out is always fantastic!
a) Spending years & your own money on a project only to get beet out by a few days by a guy with a similar product that was either superior in quality or cheaper to produce.
b) Spending years on a project only for the shareholders to pull funding & your project gets shitcanned without ever being released & you & your friends are all out of a job.
I f-ing love the cards against humanity joke.
I've watched this review at least a dozen times already but I only just got the 'circle of jerks' pun.
4:26 *sees Dunkin Ronpa T shirt*
*fangirls over said shirt*
Either he actually voiced him, or Jerk has an amazing Midget Apple impression.
That Jerks With Cameras rant was enough to get an early like from me
This whole movie gives off the vibe of a vexed employee trying to get back at Disney in the lamest way possible. 😒
Edit: 13:06-13:11 Best 5 seconds of the whole video, no cap. 😎
When I saw the poster being Mickeys bleeding hand, I was expecting something like Disney’s Something Wicked This Way Comes. Or at least something fantasy horror that messes with your head and legit question reality. But this does make you question reality in the way you ask “WHO TF WOULD THINK LIKE THIS?!?!”
Upon rewatching this review, I can't decide whether the joke of the CA logo appearing on "The More You Know" title as a man gets decapated has aged well or aged poorly.
What do you mean?
Yes.
Escape From Tomorrow almost feels like a parody of Arthouse films. It elevates the stereotypes and tropes of arthouse films, and exaggerates them the same way Not Another Teen Movie elevated and exaggerated the tropes of teen movies.
Did anyone else notice that Zach Hurst is credited as Production Designers? Plural? Like, even in the END CREDITS! Tony didn't realize he was being hustled by the same guy?! I freaking love this show! XD
5:26 That joke was brillaint and Oscar worthy. :D
Ohmygoodness! A Tom Lehrer reference! It never seems anyone has ever heard of him except me and my friends from high school that introduced me to him. I suppose I should have expected that with your comedy music background, but it's still refreshing to see. You've made a complete stranger's day.
Welcome back Jerk. Now to wait another several months for the next installment, but it will be worth the wait.
Ironic how the cynic Kyle gradually became his default mood and tone over time
3:31 ”Universal is owned by Comcast” Annnnd insert Cinemasins reference here *Ding*
LINKARA!
AND OANCITIZEN!
AND CALLUNA!
HE IS A MAN! PUNCH! WEARS A PRETTY HAT!
LINKARA!
And it's finally here! Thank you, Tony Goldmark!
You know this movie is way worse than Saving Christmas. It looks just as bad, the plot makes just as little sense, it has the same amount of padding, and it had a slightly higher budget. And this movie doesn’t even have the so bad it’s good quality about it.
so hard to get through that movie, I called it the escape from tomorrow challenge!
This was the best video intro I have ever seen in my life
You know, it’s funny.
After watching this review, I actually found something that is basically what Escape From Tomorrow *should* have been, it’s a tabletop RPG supplement*.
It’s called “This Is A Dark Ride” And is for the horror TRPG “In Dark Alleys,” And it deals with playing campaigns at the Disney parks, both in a mundane and supernatural way. In the mundane sense, it shows the more human and dark aspects, with things like how cast members are still people can do family-unfriendly stuff (drugs, sex, etc.) behind closed doors, showing how even at places like Disney there is always places where innocence can be lost.
The supernatural part had a dark world version of the Disney parks, which looked like a decaying version of them in an alternate dimension which had such lovely elements like people with the power to transport themselves developing these powers at the park as children, dangerous magical relics that were disguised like mundane things (like a camera with footage of Doom Ride that makes you disappear if you look at the picture) and various robots who acted like patrons and workers, who would become murderous and crazy if you interfered with how they were running the park, like cutting in line.
Seriously, someone should just make an adaption of that! It’s certainly a better take on “Domestic Disney Horror” than Moore’s crybaby rant of a movie.
*Note: For those of you who don’t know; RPG supplements are basically books that act as DLC for Dungeons & Dragons-like games.
Where can I get this??!
@@elizabethsmith7224 Sorry for the long response here! I never got the notification that you asked for this.
But here’s the link to, “This Is A Dark Ride”: www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/185373
Thanks for putting Rush into the review. LONG LIVE RUSH!
Remember when MTV had great shows like Beavis and Butthead, Wonder Showzen, and The Tom Green Show? Good times.
I have to check out this movie now. I don't know if it's good or bad, I just know that it's a lot more...strange than I anticipated and I like strange!
The Informercial version of the BHH theme was awesome by the way.
Can't wait for part two! Hilarious as always, ya Jerk!
+Zachary Hastings The BHH theme cover I used: th-cam.com/video/hcQ6IPSsNEo/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Tony! :)
Tony's review will always be 100% more entertaining than that POS "movie".
Oh hey, I just realized the "Hey, I gotta idear" thing from your Twitter is finally in an episode. What a...payoff? I kid, loving the episode.
More episode of SJWAC Please! ^^ You're very funny and talented comedian and reviewer of theme parks.
dude you got linkara awesome i will sub
This is one of the best TH-cam channels ever. 2,000 subscribers is WAY too low for you.
I'm so glad this movie didn't really get an audience. I don't think Randy Moore has done anything since. It's a shame because it's a cool idea, and it has some tense and uncomfortable shots every now and then, but it's so bad overall.
Holy shit, someone who actually knows what the movie Happiness is
If hell ever made a DVD boxset, it would have Where The Dead Go To Die, A Serbian Film, and Escape From Tommorow.
And FoodFight and Garbage Pail Kids
@@marytijerina9764and ishtar. y’know, like that far side comic?
Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, no more, no less.