27:58 I always loved the small detail that the reason why her lemonade tastes awful is because she didn’t have any sugar left. She already gave it all to Edgar.
The written test was intentionally poorly positioned. The military didnt ask questions, and just dealt with the poorly positioned chairs. J asked questions (somwthing very necessary when dealing with a diverse amount of immegrants wirh their own cultures and habits). And was creative enough to solve an issue by dragging the table over. Finally during the shooting test he only shot 1 after looking at the entire room first.
@@SquarecubezI think most people probably did upon first seeing it The ideas communicate themselves on screen very efficiently and effectively despite not being said out loud, I think the bigger problem here is that people aren't used to blockbusters being this tightly written anymore so people don't necessarily allow themselves the room to expect understated elements from this type of movie because a lot of what we've been getting in the last 15-20 years is absolute dreck.
One of the sequel materials actually went into this highly-dangerous alien brood queen that actively disguises itself as a little girl, so in a lore sense J actually made the right call by the MIB
The reason they liked him moving the table over wasn't about creative problem solving. It was about him not yielding to social pressure. He doesn't let other peoples' opinions of him shape his decision making
“He got stabbed in the neck, why is he hurt.” I always assumed when he got stabbed in the neck, it cut off the main power in the machine and the supplies that allow him to breath. Like he needs the machine to also breath in Earth’s atmosphere.
Probably not because we also see a stab hole in the prince's neck, or maybe it's just his anatomy. interestingly it's in the same place that his human body was stabbed.
30:36 I fully believe that the reason old movies hold up as well as they do is because they were limited in what CGI could accomplish and they had to know how to work with the limitations to make it look good. The 90's/2000's was also the time when practical effects were at their best and CGI was starting to look more believable. Nowadays it's all "yeah, do whatever, we'll just fix it in post..." not to mention all the allogations that studios give their effects teams unrealistic deadlines and budgets now.
@@LiMe251no old movies are genuinely better and look better because the ppl making them were allowed the time to make them. Yes films went over budget and schedule back in the day all the time, but Jaws is Jaws because Universal still ultimately let Spielberg make the movie he wanted. Nowadays, studios will rush directors to finish a film and correct any VFX or editing in post production, so the result is most films today are hollow vanity studio projects instead of director driven narratives. Take the MCU for example. If Disney wasn’t forcing Marvel to rush out content to keep stock prices up, the content would be better. Iron Man 1 still holds up because that team was allowed almost 3 years to work on that one film. Nia DeCosta had The Marvels completely taken away from her in post production and it’s so obvious. Now I’m at all comparing Nia or The Marvels to cinematic masterpieces, what I’m saying is films would be a lot better today if studios actually let directors direct instead taking over in post production.
Older movies hold up well because of the writing. Writing has gone to shit nowadays. You're conflating low CGI due to limitations in technology with quality, both practical effects and CGI are just tools, vehicles for the story.
@pezdispencer113 if you'd checked the timestamp you'd know my comment was in response to the guys talking about the visuals. So no, I am not conflating the quality of cinematography with the quality of writing. Context is important, that's why I put the timestamp there. Though I do agree the writing has gone downhill too.
The first one was the best because even though it has comedy elements, it still takes itself seriously as a cop/detective movie. If they ever make a sequel, they should return to its detective roots
@@rainbowprism6242I have never been able to take people seriously when they use thus weak ass coping mechanism. How much can you like something if you can't admit it isn't perfect?
It says something about how good Vincent D'Onofrio is that you watch him in this flick, you think, "Oh yeah, that's how a guy possessed by an alien bug monster would move."
The reason that Jay got the card from Kay was because Kay was already impressed with him and when he saw Jay begin to question him after he had been memory zapped (instead of just accepting the social conditioning), he knew he had an MIB candidate.
(At 42:13)From what I can see, he not only has the body of a cockroach… but the mandibles of a mantis, the legs of a grasshopper, and the stinger of a hornet.
The most remarkable thing I’ve learned about this movie after so many years was the guy who wrote it originally was terrible. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones literally improvised 90% of the best parts of the dialogue in that movie because the original dialogue was so unbearably bad they refused to even have takes of it exist for ppl to see.
This is the movie that murdered The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Even though I would've loved to see a Rowdyruff Boys TV Show or a movie, Men In Black was worth it.
Probably could've seen both. I did, thanks to a drive in that showed both movies as a double feature. Started getting nightmares of an angry ape uprising and giant worms in the sewer line at the same time.
What killed the power puff girls movie was that nobody wanted to mess with it. The show was perfect for all the fans and making a movie was a step too far
0:47 The officer's actor is Fredric Lehne, and he's best known for playing the "yellow-eyes demon" (Azazel) from Supernatural. He was also the federal marshal (Edward Mars) in LOST who has Kate in custody while they're on the flight.
People like Spielberg, George Lucas, and Tim Burton (shown in the third film) being aliens, that would explain a few things. Bless you, Rick Baker for the makeup effects.
Will Smith’s name is mentioned in connection with attending Diddy’s parties, there are no specific allegations or evidence that implicate him in any criminal or unethical behavior though
That’s one of the areas where it gets tricky when you have a major figure like Diddy with this kind of fallout. They know, have taken pictures with, and have had events with everyone. We don’t know who actually did what yet, that takes time. But the association alone isn’t guilt.
Exactly this. Plus it's like the whole Stephen Hawkins debacle. Just because he was there or knows that person doesn't mean they are involved in or with the criminal activities. Alot of people know Sean combs. I don't see Eminem name there or being thrown around. How much you want to bet he's in those "files" just because he knows diddy
There were some pics from Diddy’s parties that got people talking, and both guys have been known to mentor young artists. Plus, Will’s son Jaden has been spotted chilling with Diddy, which got the rumor mill going even more. It’s just a bunch of people online making stuff up and others running with it. You know how it goes - celebs can’t sneeze without someone coming up with some crazy story. It’s a perfect example of how social media can turn a whole lot of nothing into something that sounds scandalous.
Yeah it's one of those things where it's like did he was so popular and so integrated especially with the music scene that basically everyone has interacted with him you can't draw anything from simple proximity. Now obviously if they're credible allegations though should be vigorously investigated
19:20 the book/comic apparently confirmed J was right here: It was a test to make sure MIB candidates think outside the box and don't jump to assumptions, both because aliens aren't nessacarily a threat just because they look scary, and because they can disguise themselves. Tiffany was the actual "bad guy" here. Note that I haven't read it myself, but this is widely stated online, and I have seen people quote some of the lines before from the book about this.
From what i understand, the viral video saying those celebs had arrest warrants out has no real sources or basis in fact. BUT i wouldnt doubt at some point, if they actually go after the people they find were at those 'parties' instead of just sweeping it under the rug because Money, there would be some popular household names in there And also, just like with the epstein stuff, sometimes names come out with no context and you don't know exactly why they were there, whether they were clients or because they were one of the many victims
34:36 Even better, the MiB would likely take an idea from the SCP creative writing project: webcrawlers. As soon as images and videos go up, webcrawlers delete them from the internet.
6:58 That's honestly my opinion on people who try and cut all "problematic" things out of their lives. You will NEVER find anything that didn't have someone involved in it who wasn't a monster.
Don’t eat any food either some way somehow some kind of child or slave labor happened so…. We all fucked really lol it’s a fruitless endeavor. We can strive to do what we can but omg. I mean; besides that a lot of names were in the Epstein files. And it turned out most of them never went to the island either- just names.
The film didn't pick the Mets over the Yankees just to trash them, they picked the Mets because the observation towers(the spaceship) are actually real towers in Queens NY which is right next to where the Mets actually play. It would make no sense to show the Yankees or another team since the Mets stadium is actually right next to where the Spaceship was taking off IRL.
36:23 I was a kid when I first saw this movie. And when I first saw that woman, I had no idea that such loveliness could ever exist on earth. She was very beautiful. Loved her in the movie Dogma.
I can see MIB working in today's 'everyone pulls out their phones' era. There was a character in Mass Effect 3 that used an AI to hack security cameras and have all footage of him deleted, I can see the MIB doing something along those lines.
I don't think they were snubbing the Yankees over the Mets on the takeoff scene. It was all geography. The UniSphere and the "alien spacecraft" are in Flushing Meadow Park. The park is literally in sight of the Mets Shea Stadium. If a spaceship took off in Flashing meadow park, the people in the stadium would definitely see it. The writers were just good with their geography.
This is one of my favorite movies ever because i remember being like 2 or 3 years old and i would have my mom play it over and over on repeat all day, not kidding. The aliens ALL look so good, it even holds up 20 years later. I love how theres tons of different alien species and its not just one kind. Will smith and tommy jones have that magical chemistry and dynamic of jaded master with a heart of gold and young, promising, hothead apprentice down perfectly. The music is great and its all just plain fun. Also, in reference to what boom says at 43:50 i was a toddler who would go around the house repeating the "dont start nothing there wont be nothin" line
The explanation for the change, which was originally said to be mandatory, was that these plates were easier for police (and the cameras mounted on many police cars) to read. But we all know that it was a cash grab
and if I recall, New York had yellow plates back in the early 80's, then went to a Statue of Liberty plate in the late 80's for at least a couple of years. I'm going off of Ghostbusters for this, since Ecto-1 had the yellow plates with blue lettering, and Ecto 1-A had the white Statue of Liberty plates.
Small trivia : On the french dub at the final part, since we don't really know who's Rodman, they've changed the line to change a major basket ball event to a major musical concert event. And the one they're referring to is... Michael Jackson ! Quite funny since he actually appears on the sequel :)
I know someone who used to work with the person who designed the ugly yellow NY license plates!! Also, as for the “we can only watch Amish movies,” unfortunately a ton of their communities run puppy mills 😅
I hope they do the MIB animated series. The theme song alone goes so fucking hard. Almost no one knows about it too but it's pretty good, ran for 2 seasons I think. Its a separate canon where k and j are partners and the movie exists in the show as a movie
43:09 And not only did he somehow manage to fit inside that small flying saucer that was barely half his size, but he(a giant squirmy bug with a million legs)was also folded and crammed himself into this Edgar suit, just constantly adjusting himself to keep from poking out like nails in a burlap sack.
So for those who haven't heard it here's the FULL Version of K's joke: a man and a woman decided to take in a movie one night, and it just so happens that on that same night a farmer has decided to sneak in one of his roosters from his farm. After getting their snacks the couple head into the darkened auditorium, which is nearly full. there are only two seats left, and they happen to be next to the farmer and the rooster which he has concealed in his pants. Midway through the movie the rooster pokes his head out of the farmer's zipper and begins to peck and eat the woman's popcorn, she notices and nudges her husband; "Honey, look what this guy's cock is doing!" Her husband replies; "Ah, don't pay it no mind, if you've seen one you've seen 'em all!" So she looks over at her husband and says; " Yeah, but Honey this one's eating my popcorn!'
30:29 That's because you didn't watch all the shitty movies that came out back then. Trust me, there were a *LOT* of bad movies back then too, and the ratio good:bad is pretty much unchanged. I'm kinda old and I've watched *_way_* more movies than is really healthy, and I'm here to tell you that things are not all that different now. It's just that only the good ones tend to stand the test of time, for obvious reasons. In 30 years there will be people talking about "how much better movies from the early 2020:s were, than the ones made now." That's the way it's always been.
Damn i miss the 90's. By the way, the world got screwed at 2004 with facebook (not ICQ, not MSN Messenger, not even Skype), when some crybabies could comunicate and organize with other crybabies instead of being shunned by society, then someone though "maybe they have a point, lets give them a ear". Wrong choice. It took the world almost 10 years and one pandemic to notice that they never had a point, and they should have been still being shunned since then to now.
I love the music video for this movie. Which so happens to include "Mikey". My favorite line IN the movie is: *"This definitely rates about a 9.0 on my weird shit-o-meter."*
I love this movie so much. The feeling I get when I rewatch it is so warm and nostalgic. It takes me back to kindergarten and I remember my first time seeing it all over again. Incredible!
1 Edgar/Bug = Vincent D'onofrio played Gomer Pyle in "Full Metal Jacket". 2. Tommy Lee Jones' roommate in college was Al Gore. 3. Jones has claimed that he's never had a part that he didn't love and doesn't have a job. Just a hobby that pays very well.🤑🤑 4. "Congratulations Reg........It' a squid".🤣 5. Having a weapon with a recoil like that defeats the purpose of a human using it. (I see what they did there)🧐 6. Tell me this wasn't a fun movie. I dare you.
I just rememberd the scene where mr CEO dude wipes the other peoples bain after J was picked so I have no idea what the point of K mind wipeing then recruiting J is lol
@@JesseNightingaleI think it was to make sure that he didn't try to run or say anything or do anything before the recruitment and then the flashing after they gathered everyone was for the people who failed the recruitment
24:25 that is actor Vincent D'Onofrio from the Law & Order Criminal Intent series, Kingpin in the 2015 live action DareDevil series from Netflix originally & in the MCU Hawkeye series, Echo series, in the 2025 series DareDevil Born Again
fun facted its revealed inthe novelization of MIB that J was correct to shoot lil tiffany cause was in fact an evil alien in disguise while all the others were harmless
Those big fan places are real buildings (although I don't think they look like that inside). They need them to pump air in and out the tunnels that connect Manhattan to New Jersey and Long Island.
I understand he wasn't friends with thw arkilian prince, but just imagine how much it would suck to have to deal with getting the information to get your animal back. Especially when you're grieving the loss of your friend
20:28 "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals."
This was/is my favorite line of the movie.
I still think of this line on occasion
One of the best lines in any movie.
I just quoted it [paraphrased] this past week. A perennial truth.
"Nah I am impressed with this actor. He's doing a great job."
"I think it's just a real cat."
That one got me more than any other reaction this year hahaha
27:58
I always loved the small detail that the reason why her lemonade tastes awful is because she didn’t have any sugar left. She already gave it all to Edgar.
I never put 2 and 2 together for that scene! Thank you for posting! :)
Yep. A fact I only know because of fans pointing it out in the comment section of a reaction videos like this.
Darn, you beat me to it, lol.
You should know that the actor who played Edgar is the same actor who played Wilson Fisk in daredevil
The written test was intentionally poorly positioned.
The military didnt ask questions, and just dealt with the poorly positioned chairs.
J asked questions (somwthing very necessary when dealing with a diverse amount of immegrants wirh their own cultures and habits).
And was creative enough to solve an issue by dragging the table over.
Finally during the shooting test he only shot 1 after looking at the entire room first.
I'm genuinely frustrated that most reactors don't get the point of the tests.
@@SquarecubezI think most people probably did upon first seeing it The ideas communicate themselves on screen very efficiently and effectively despite not being said out loud, I think the bigger problem here is that people aren't used to blockbusters being this tightly written anymore so people don't necessarily allow themselves the room to expect understated elements from this type of movie because a lot of what we've been getting in the last 15-20 years is absolute dreck.
@Tronjon4278 Yep... Pretty straightforward storytelling actually...
One of the sequel materials actually went into this highly-dangerous alien brood queen that actively disguises itself as a little girl, so in a lore sense J actually made the right call by the MIB
The reason they liked him moving the table over wasn't about creative problem solving. It was about him not yielding to social pressure. He doesn't let other peoples' opinions of him shape his decision making
“He got stabbed in the neck, why is he hurt.”
I always assumed when he got stabbed in the neck, it cut off the main power in the machine and the supplies that allow him to breath. Like he needs the machine to also breath in Earth’s atmosphere.
Probably not because we also see a stab hole in the prince's neck, or maybe it's just his anatomy. interestingly it's in the same place that his human body was stabbed.
As a black man the roasting over racism is peak hilarious. "Every time Will Smith is on screen you go for your wallet." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
True
Lmao, that whole conversation was hilarious
That sort of wit sets them apart as TH-camrs. Super on point comedy.
I’m in agreement with you. Felt like bros hanging without having to worry about being cancelled
30:36 I fully believe that the reason old movies hold up as well as they do is because they were limited in what CGI could accomplish and they had to know how to work with the limitations to make it look good. The 90's/2000's was also the time when practical effects were at their best and CGI was starting to look more believable. Nowadays it's all "yeah, do whatever, we'll just fix it in post..." not to mention all the allogations that studios give their effects teams unrealistic deadlines and budgets now.
So... old movies are good because they were similar to tokusatsu?
@@LiMe251no old movies are genuinely better and look better because the ppl making them were allowed the time to make them. Yes films went over budget and schedule back in the day all the time, but Jaws is Jaws because Universal still ultimately let Spielberg make the movie he wanted. Nowadays, studios will rush directors to finish a film and correct any VFX or editing in post production, so the result is most films today are hollow vanity studio projects instead of director driven narratives. Take the MCU for example. If Disney wasn’t forcing Marvel to rush out content to keep stock prices up, the content would be better. Iron Man 1 still holds up because that team was allowed almost 3 years to work on that one film. Nia DeCosta had The Marvels completely taken away from her in post production and it’s so obvious. Now I’m at all comparing Nia or The Marvels to cinematic masterpieces, what I’m saying is films would be a lot better today if studios actually let directors direct instead taking over in post production.
@SS4Luxray I was not being completely serious, that was, like, 20% a joke.
Older movies hold up well because of the writing. Writing has gone to shit nowadays.
You're conflating low CGI due to limitations in technology with quality, both practical effects and CGI are just tools, vehicles for the story.
@pezdispencer113 if you'd checked the timestamp you'd know my comment was in response to the guys talking about the visuals. So no, I am not conflating the quality of cinematography with the quality of writing. Context is important, that's why I put the timestamp there.
Though I do agree the writing has gone downhill too.
"You see this?! Huh? NYPD! means i will knock yo punk a$$ down!" I love the first 3 Men In Black movies. But the first one is so good!
I think the second is very mediocre tho, especially after watching the first one :D
What do you mean first 3 movies? There were only 3 movies.
@@rainbowprism6242 I KNOW. We don't talk about MIB International
The first one was the best because even though it has comedy elements, it still takes itself seriously as a cop/detective movie. If they ever make a sequel, they should return to its detective roots
@@rainbowprism6242I have never been able to take people seriously when they use thus weak ass coping mechanism. How much can you like something if you can't admit it isn't perfect?
18:35 this scene was never about taking a test but rather to see who would think outside of the box in this simple situation
It says something about how good Vincent D'Onofrio is that you watch him in this flick, you think, "Oh yeah, that's how a guy possessed by an alien bug monster would move."
It blew my entire mind apart to hear that man is Kingpin. I'm still not recovered. 🤯
He wasn't acting, they used a real alien parasite for this, now that's dedication
@@JoshTheValiant"When I was a bug..."
Heard they also just put a splint on one leg to force the awkward hobble
No, it's how a fatbody that smuggled a jelly donut from chow hall would move
The reason that Jay got the card from Kay was because Kay was already impressed with him and when he saw Jay begin to question him after he had been memory zapped (instead of just accepting the social conditioning), he knew he had an MIB candidate.
Not to mention the backstort we learned in "MiB³".
Police Officer: "Edwards, if you were half the man that I am....."
Will Smith: "What are you talking about? I am half the man that you are"
😄😄😄😄😄😄
They barely had to use CG on his face because Vincent D'Onfrio is just that good at his job.
19:11
“The worst evil disguises themselves as good.”
-Some movie on Netflix
(At 42:13)From what I can see, he not only has the body of a cockroach… but the mandibles of a mantis, the legs of a grasshopper, and the stinger of a hornet.
LMAO @4:16 - it does look like a prison jumpsuit but boom making all of the 'why you gotta be so racist' cracks is honestly my fave .
The 90s was wild for fashion lmao
No but I legit wondered that as a kid LOL like it’s the EXACT prison orange shade
@@nickb5371 80s ... parachute pants ... wtf.
Random bit of information, but the worms drinking coffee are speaking "Huttese", the same language spoke by Jabba the Hutt in Star Wars
Sooo, they're related?
The most remarkable thing I’ve learned about this movie after so many years was the guy who wrote it originally was terrible. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones literally improvised 90% of the best parts of the dialogue in that movie because the original dialogue was so unbearably bad they refused to even have takes of it exist for ppl to see.
"This was before Marvel, so that was a deep cut." Well... This is, technically, a Marvel movie.
Vincent D'Onofrio (Edgar suit) is an incredible actor! I love him in just about everything he's done, even his Law and Order Criminal Intent stuff.
27:59 the reason he spits out the "lemonade" is because she doesnt have anymore sugar and I love that kind of continuity.
🎵Here comes the Men in Black.🎵
🎤 Galaxy defenders 🎤
This is the movie that murdered The Powerpuff Girls Movie. Even though I would've loved to see a Rowdyruff Boys TV Show or a movie, Men In Black was worth it.
I think your thinking MIB II. This came out in 98, when PowerPuff Girls had just started airing.
@@jameskeaton5888 Oh, well still this franchises costed us more Powerpuff Girls content and Cartoon Network movies.
How do you remember the release date of these movies and the effects of one on the other?
Probably could've seen both. I did, thanks to a drive in that showed both movies as a double feature. Started getting nightmares of an angry ape uprising and giant worms in the sewer line at the same time.
What killed the power puff girls movie was that nobody wanted to mess with it. The show was perfect for all the fans and making a movie was a step too far
0:47 The officer's actor is Fredric Lehne, and he's best known for playing the "yellow-eyes demon" (Azazel) from Supernatural.
He was also the federal marshal (Edward Mars) in LOST who has Kate in custody while they're on the flight.
I love how the skin suit of the bug deteriorated throughout the movie.
Edit: Nice, y'all noticed it at the end!
People like Spielberg, George Lucas, and Tim Burton (shown in the third film) being aliens, that would explain a few things. Bless you, Rick Baker for the makeup effects.
Love that Vincent D'Onofrio can go from playing possessed by a bug to be running New York City. Talk about Range
The neck stab disabled his life support
Will Smith: "It just be raining black people in New York"
😄😄😄😄😄
Will Smith’s name is mentioned in connection with attending Diddy’s parties, there are no specific allegations or evidence that implicate him in any criminal or unethical behavior though
That’s one of the areas where it gets tricky when you have a major figure like Diddy with this kind of fallout. They know, have taken pictures with, and have had events with everyone. We don’t know who actually did what yet, that takes time. But the association alone isn’t guilt.
Exactly this. Plus it's like the whole Stephen Hawkins debacle. Just because he was there or knows that person doesn't mean they are involved in or with the criminal activities. Alot of people know Sean combs. I don't see Eminem name there or being thrown around. How much you want to bet he's in those "files" just because he knows diddy
@@thomasthigpen2976apparently he sold willow and Jaden to diddy, said by willow
There were some pics from Diddy’s parties that got people talking, and both guys have been known to mentor young artists. Plus, Will’s son Jaden has been spotted chilling with Diddy, which got the rumor mill going even more. It’s just a bunch of people online making stuff up and others running with it. You know how it goes - celebs can’t sneeze without someone coming up with some crazy story. It’s a perfect example of how social media can turn a whole lot of nothing into something that sounds scandalous.
Yeah it's one of those things where it's like did he was so popular and so integrated especially with the music scene that basically everyone has interacted with him you can't draw anything from simple proximity. Now obviously if they're credible allegations though should be vigorously investigated
The men in black cartoon was pretty good, I highly recommend it. And the opening is an absolute banger.
19:20 the book/comic apparently confirmed J was right here: It was a test to make sure MIB candidates think outside the box and don't jump to assumptions, both because aliens aren't nessacarily a threat just because they look scary, and because they can disguise themselves. Tiffany was the actual "bad guy" here. Note that I haven't read it myself, but this is widely stated online, and I have seen people quote some of the lines before from the book about this.
From what i understand, the viral video saying those celebs had arrest warrants out has no real sources or basis in fact. BUT i wouldnt doubt at some point, if they actually go after the people they find were at those 'parties' instead of just sweeping it under the rug because Money, there would be some popular household names in there
And also, just like with the epstein stuff, sometimes names come out with no context and you don't know exactly why they were there, whether they were clients or because they were one of the many victims
Yeah. A shit load of big names were in the Epstein files but almost all of it was generic buisness.
Being in the" Diddy files" can literally mean your one of the victims
34:36 Even better, the MiB would likely take an idea from the SCP creative writing project: webcrawlers. As soon as images and videos go up, webcrawlers delete them from the internet.
That's not even an SCP-first, that's something the FBI and NSA were accused of doing in the early 2000s and later proven to be true.
6:58 That's honestly my opinion on people who try and cut all "problematic" things out of their lives. You will NEVER find anything that didn't have someone involved in it who wasn't a monster.
Don’t eat any food either some way somehow some kind of child or slave labor happened so…. We all fucked really lol it’s a fruitless endeavor. We can strive to do what we can but omg.
I mean; besides that a lot of names were in the Epstein files. And it turned out most of them never went to the island either- just names.
I keep forgetting that this is J's first day on the job. And what a day it was for the character.
Heres a reminder that MIB is a marvel comic(technically)
28:56 This reminds me of how men aren't wanted as morticians "for exactly the reasons you think" 😬
18:28 Bruh, the real test is to see how good they are with Problem Solving. They didn't give them a proper writing service on purpose.
🎵 Here Come the Men in Black🎵
It makes me happy that Peter Griffin is still doing stuff
Now that I think about it... Is this where Rick and Morty got the idea for the 'micro-verse" episode?
I always wondered if the Arquillian prince rode his cat like a horse when he was home alone.
It'd be so cute!
37:16 - Up in Ontario we had it worse. Our provincial buttmunch decided it would be patriotic to get conservative blue plates.
With black text.
The film didn't pick the Mets over the Yankees just to trash them, they picked the Mets because the observation towers(the spaceship) are actually real towers in Queens NY which is right next to where the Mets actually play. It would make no sense to show the Yankees or another team since the Mets stadium is actually right next to where the Spaceship was taking off IRL.
Vincent D'Onofrio is so criminally underrated, he deserved so much more roles
men in black is a marvel comic which always makes the captain america line so funny
WE ARE THEM,WE ARE THEY, WE ARE THE MEN IN BLACK!😎👽
36:23 I was a kid when I first saw this movie. And when I first saw that woman, I had no idea that such loveliness could ever exist on earth. She was very beautiful. Loved her in the movie Dogma.
24:25 Agreed. Vincent D’Onofrio (Bruce Banner) is one of my all-time favorite actors, in big part due to this role, and this move, and this look.
He never played Bruce Banner, lol
@@justsomebody-1665 Whoops. Why do I often mix up him and Mark Ruffalo. Do they even look alike? I’m getting old.
I can see MIB working in today's 'everyone pulls out their phones' era. There was a character in Mass Effect 3 that used an AI to hack security cameras and have all footage of him deleted, I can see the MIB doing something along those lines.
I don't think they were snubbing the Yankees over the Mets on the takeoff scene. It was all geography. The UniSphere and the "alien spacecraft" are in Flushing Meadow Park. The park is literally in sight of the Mets Shea Stadium. If a spaceship took off in Flashing meadow park, the people in the stadium would definitely see it. The writers were just good with their geography.
25:18 the tall guy is actor Carel Struycken aka Lurch in the 1991 The Addams Family movie, the Addams Family Values 93, and 98 Addams Family Reunion.
This is one of my favorite movies ever because i remember being like 2 or 3 years old and i would have my mom play it over and over on repeat all day, not kidding. The aliens ALL look so good, it even holds up 20 years later. I love how theres tons of different alien species and its not just one kind. Will smith and tommy jones have that magical chemistry and dynamic of jaded master with a heart of gold and young, promising, hothead apprentice down perfectly. The music is great and its all just plain fun.
Also, in reference to what boom says at 43:50 i was a toddler who would go around the house repeating the "dont start nothing there wont be nothin" line
The explanation for the change, which was originally said to be mandatory, was that these plates were easier for police (and the cameras mounted on many police cars) to read. But we all know that it was a cash grab
and if I recall, New York had yellow plates back in the early 80's, then went to a Statue of Liberty plate in the late 80's for at least a couple of years.
I'm going off of Ghostbusters for this, since Ecto-1 had the yellow plates with blue lettering, and Ecto 1-A had the white Statue of Liberty plates.
@@eviljbrian I believe u right . For some reason I remember seeing those yellow plates from the 80’s .
Small trivia : On the french dub at the final part, since we don't really know who's Rodman, they've changed the line to change a major basket ball event to a major musical concert event. And the one they're referring to is... Michael Jackson ! Quite funny since he actually appears on the sequel :)
I know someone who used to work with the person who designed the ugly yellow NY license plates!!
Also, as for the “we can only watch Amish movies,” unfortunately a ton of their communities run puppy mills 😅
Clicked as soon as I got the notification, I LOVE men in black
And I love black men
@@shun9191gotta love the bbc
Same here. I've been watching this movie since I was 3.
I hope they do the MIB animated series. The theme song alone goes so fucking hard. Almost no one knows about it too but it's pretty good, ran for 2 seasons I think.
Its a separate canon where k and j are partners and the movie exists in the show as a movie
7:17 I think eminem mentioned that in his song "killshot".
I remember seeing this film on a Boy Scout trip.
Did NOT expect a talk about the Diddy Files, but it’s nice to know the boys are in the loop.
43:09 And not only did he somehow manage to fit inside that small flying saucer that was barely half his size, but he(a giant squirmy bug with a million legs)was also folded and crammed himself into this Edgar suit, just constantly adjusting himself to keep from poking out like nails in a burlap sack.
So for those who haven't heard it here's the FULL Version of K's joke:
a man and a woman decided to take in a movie one night, and it just so happens that on that same night a farmer has decided to sneak in one of his roosters from his farm. After getting their snacks the couple head into the darkened auditorium, which is nearly full. there are only two seats left, and they happen to be next to the farmer and the rooster which he has concealed in his pants. Midway through the movie the rooster pokes his head out of the farmer's zipper and begins to peck and eat the woman's popcorn, she notices and nudges her husband; "Honey, look what this guy's cock is doing!" Her husband replies; "Ah, don't pay it no mind, if you've seen one you've seen 'em all!" So she looks over at her husband and says; " Yeah, but Honey this one's eating my popcorn!'
23:52
"We're them. We're they."
"Wow! Woke!"
That one got me good :D
13:48 The wallet Joke was hilarious 😂😂😂
The guy Will Smith was chasing at the beginning of the movie is Darth Maul
The chemistry between these two is actually one of my favorite character pairings in movies and in the third one they have a really good chemistry too
also there was 90s saturday morning cartoon of MIB that is considered canon and is really good and free to watch on youtube.
30:29 That's because you didn't watch all the shitty movies that came out back then. Trust me, there were a *LOT* of bad movies back then too, and the ratio good:bad is pretty much unchanged. I'm kinda old and I've watched *_way_* more movies than is really healthy, and I'm here to tell you that things are not all that different now.
It's just that only the good ones tend to stand the test of time, for obvious reasons. In 30 years there will be people talking about "how much better movies from the early 2020:s were, than the ones made now." That's the way it's always been.
Damn i miss the 90's.
By the way, the world got screwed at 2004 with facebook (not ICQ, not MSN Messenger, not even Skype), when some crybabies could comunicate and organize with other crybabies instead of being shunned by society, then someone though "maybe they have a point, lets give them a ear". Wrong choice. It took the world almost 10 years and one pandemic to notice that they never had a point, and they should have been still being shunned since then to now.
Had a feeling this would hit TH-cam either today or Friday. 💜
Quick question, did they do the other MiB movies or just the first? If you are allowed to answer.
@Elektriksz No, they haven't watched the others yet.
@@Elektriksz If ya wanna keep up with what they post on Patreon, they post a schedule every Monday on their community post on TH-cam
Ok, thanks
As a black man, I also thought it was an orange jumpsuit😂😂😂
8:12 my cameo 🐄
Next, Men in Black 2.
Then men and black 3 and we don’t talk about the 4 one
@@Uncleruckus57537I thought 4 was fun
What about the animated series?
@Ghost_R4cc00n we don't talk about that
@@Juane9000that’s understandable but it was pretty decent in my experience of it
I love the music video for this movie. Which so happens to include "Mikey". My favorite line IN the movie is: *"This definitely rates about a 9.0 on my weird shit-o-meter."*
I love this movie so much. The feeling I get when I rewatch it is so warm and nostalgic. It takes me back to kindergarten and I remember my first time seeing it all over again. Incredible!
"He's from Portland." 😂 bruh!
1 Edgar/Bug = Vincent D'onofrio played Gomer Pyle in "Full Metal Jacket".
2. Tommy Lee Jones' roommate in college was Al Gore.
3. Jones has claimed that he's never had a part that he didn't love and doesn't have a job.
Just a hobby that pays very well.🤑🤑
4. "Congratulations Reg........It' a squid".🤣
5. Having a weapon with a recoil like that defeats the purpose of a human using it. (I see what they did there)🧐
6. Tell me this wasn't a fun movie. I dare you.
Fun Fact: the language the Worms are speaking is the same language as Jabba the Hut from Star Wars. The language is called Huttese
K wiped J's memoy in case he failed the recuritmemt test... at least that's how I understand it
I just rememberd the scene where mr CEO dude wipes the other peoples bain after J was picked so I have no idea what the point of K mind wipeing then recruiting J is lol
@@JesseNightingaleI think it was to make sure that he didn't try to run or say anything or do anything before the recruitment and then the flashing after they gathered everyone was for the people who failed the recruitment
@@lesliereed5177 that makes a lot of sense lol
I always thought it was more so he did as you can't take a leap and show up or not either way he's covered
@@thedernboy that also makes sense lol
An alien spacecraft crashes onto a farm
Must be the saiyans
Superman: Am I a joke to you
I have special childhood memories of watching this movie on VHS with my Dad when I was a kid :)
I hope you watch the rest of these, it’s my 3rd favorite movie series
same !!😊
24:25 that is actor Vincent D'Onofrio from the Law & Order Criminal Intent series, Kingpin in the 2015 live action DareDevil series from Netflix originally & in the MCU Hawkeye series, Echo series, in the 2025 series DareDevil Born Again
They gotta watch Batman v Dracula for Halloween
35:33 that’s Richard O’Brien, the guy played Riffraff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Hell yeah started watching it 56 SECONDS! after release.
I love as the camera angle changes I get to see the Buster Sword and Hardedge. Nice little mancave studio.
With all these "First time reaction" of so many famous movies, I sometimes wonder if these guys have any media history AT ALL XD
fun facted its revealed inthe novelization of MIB that J was correct to shoot lil tiffany cause was in fact an evil alien in disguise while all the others were harmless
30:36 nah its just people festishizing the past, most movies back then looked like this.
Those big fan places are real buildings (although I don't think they look like that inside). They need them to pump air in and out the tunnels that connect Manhattan to New Jersey and Long Island.
That little alien was about to feast on a giant pierogi 😅
I understand he wasn't friends with thw arkilian prince, but just imagine how much it would suck to have to deal with getting the information to get your animal back. Especially when you're grieving the loss of your friend
Remember innocent until proven guilty now Diddy yeah he guilty
This was a great pick , such an iconic movie. Please consider watching Men In Black 2 next !
I’ve seen reactions of this but I’ve never seen the full trilogy on yt so hope you guys do all of them, including the most recent one can’t wait.
Spitters are quitters, bro finish it out is wild line. But coming from Boom is always funny. Boom always has the best one liners 😂😂😂
One of the earliest movies I remember watching as a kid. Great reaction guys 🔥