It really saddens me how underrated this movie is. It really is a shame it came out at around the same time as Despicable Me, otherwise I'm convinced it would have been much more well received. Also: brains
We live in the dark timeline, everything bad that happened in our world after 2010 was somehow, in someway, effected by Despicable Me somehow overshadowing this film and you can't tell me overwise.
Wow, despicable me overshadowed this? Damn- the times we live in. Nothing against despicable me, but I found that flim annoying, only cus of those damn minions
@@userK77920 Ikr? If you removed the minions (or just made them mute or something) from the film you'd lose next to nothing and have a better film overall, not enough to be worthy of overshadowing this film, but enough to make it seem like a closer call.
So the big theory is that Metroman chose to pursue music since he couldn’t just get good at it like everything else. Basically, he has to work for it. So even more props to the guy.
Just as you said at the beginning the only thing separating Megamind from being a hero was where he landed. Both Metroman and Megamind were the people who society made them and they got lost in the people they thought they were supposed to be. Love this movie. Brains.
Nature vs Nurture is a big theme too. Megamind only settled into the “evil” persona because that’s how he was always treated, but his nature was always good. Titan believed he was a “nice guy” when in reality his nature was bad which is why he started acting so poorly after getting powers.
This is probably why metroman decided to fake his death. He probably figured out what Megamind wasn’t an evil person, so if he pretended to die it wouldn’t be TOO bad for the city lol
@@ma.2089 And he was right. I mean, after Megamind took control, what evil things he´s done to the city? Yep, he stole bunch of stuff, but he didn´t harm anyone and even of that he was soon bored.
"I often think, who would I be without you?" That line is more serious than you think. He would be music man. He's not my fav character but he did want a right to chose.
I like him much more than I thought I would. I didn’t know much about the movie at all and for some reason I thought he turned out to be a villain. I liked how it went.
The one thing that bugged me about Metroman/Music Man is that even while going through his identity crisis and finding out he had a right to choose was that when he sees Megamind for the first time after his faked death, he had a chance to apologize for being the main factor why he went down the evil path and didn't. And then at the end he pulled the 'I knew you had it in you' as if he wasn't the reason Megamind couldn't do it sooner. In this essay, I will-
"Is it bad that I want to punch this baby? Does this make me evil?" No. I can assure you that everyone who watched this movie wanted to punch baby-Metro Man at least once.
Fun fact: the way Megamind calls his city - MetrOcity - really sounds like "atrocity". Comes with the theory that the real villain here is the society that trapped Metroman and Megamind in their roles
Hal is a perfect demonstration of a "nice guy". Every woman encounters one at some point in their life and it's the reason we have to be suspicious of every guy.
I think that’s a very dangerous and slippery slope to place your logistics on. It’s true that there are many “nice guys” and that they cause harm to others in one way or another whether they mean to or not, but I don’t believe that’s grounds for being “suspicious of every guy.” Now, I know you might be wondering what exactly is wrong with this line of reasoning, as it seems pretty logical, but let’s re-contextualize it with another demographic other than men: (for the purposes of this demonstration, I’ll make a fictional demographic of people called x-people). Let’s say that in a society, x-people have been recorded to committing crimes at a higher rate than average, therefore the city’s law enforcement focuses their suspicions on x-people. Now, at its core it seems fine, but if you replace x-people with people-of-color, you suddenly get the origins for police brutality on people-of-color. Keep in mind that I’m not accusing you of being a racist, a bigot, or anything of the sort, I just wanted to point out a flaw in logistics that may lead to prejudices elsewhere. Have a good day - Alabaster
@@alabaster9149 Your comparison fails, because one is using caution, the other is using aggression. Being wary of a group of people that has personally hurt you and/or has been historically known to be more violent towards people like you is different from being an aggressor. A more apt comparison would be how poc see police knowing that just being near them increases their likelihood of being murdered by several hundred percent. It is entirely fair, and frankly smart, to be wary of the people most likely to murder you. Even if you were determined to stick with the police point of view, black people don't commit more crimes, they get arrested and charged more by terrorists to ensure they get less basic human rights. The police are still the aggressors. Reality just doesn't back your bullshit.
@@alabaster9149 that's a reasonable line of reasoning, except for the fact that you're not taking into account the power dynamics of the situation. In a women vs men scenario, men are in the position of power, therefore it's women who are having to protect themselves. When a guy could literally attack you because you're not doing what he wants, you have to be cautious. The way to avoid the situation you described is to be aware of your privilege in any given situation. And to be honest, if you respond as above to any situation where a person in a less privileged group is describing their experience of the power dynamic, you're not helping progress the discussion and risk suppressing the voice of the people you should be listening to.
Hal is basically Homelander from The Boys. Sure Homelander's not that "nice guy", but when you look into it more, both receiving superpowers due to a scientific chemical, feeling a big sense of entitlement for love and attention they both believe they deserve, just because they're powerful enough to get away with anything, only to become evil out of petty reasons. In fact, the quote "All you're gifts, your powers, and you squander them for your own personal gain?!", best describes both of them.
Hal was nothing but a creep from the start. Yeah a WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER for a party party suddenly its not a party its just you and me with some dip and q bounsey house. Which he lied about having just to get her to come over.
Megamind was one of those niche movies that almost no-one saw but everyone who did loved it. It makes me so happy that people are finally starting to notice them. Megamind is actually one of the earlier members of a growing, and popular (at least in the U.S), trend of genre-parody movies which is why there were so many of those meta-jokes you mentioned. also brains
The origin story is a riff on the Superman origin story and also a social commentary that your circumstances determine what you become and how the world sees you. - Megamind can take over Metro City that easily due to the cops acting out of learned helplessness. They're so used to Metro Man doing everything for them that in the face of a crisis they become utterly helpless. You can see this at the opening where two cops practice wildly irresponsible gun behaviour and shoot into the air, as well as in that scene where a cop has a gun trained on him and he's so utterly afraid of Megamind that Megamind can easily effectively disarm him. - The name Hal Stewart is a combination of Hal Jordan and John Stewart both prominent Green Lanterns. Hal is the original Green Lantern in the DCU. John Stewart was the Green Lantern used for the JLA and JLU cartoons. He's also African-American. - Hal is the Nice Guy trope before the Nice Guy trope was coined. - The relationship between Megamind and Metro Man is more líke the relationship between a Face and a Heel than anything directly antagonistic.
...brains... that first dialog Megamind and Metro Man have gets me everytime,, then it getting capped off with "Girls, girls! You're both pretty, can I go home?" I fell off the couch laughing
This movie is great. Yeah, you were confused by a few of the references since it’s supposed to be a Superman parody, with Roxane as Lois Lane and Megamind as Lex Luther and without having seen the 1974 Superman, and the general culture of Superman media that there is in the USA, some of the jokes might not land as well. Nice reaction!
Hoodwinked is the perfect next movie then. Its an amazing movie but the animation does not even come close to holding up now but thats one of the reasons I love it even more lmfao
Dude, even now Hoodwinked's humor holds up so well even if the animation was kind of bad even for the time it came out, my fam and I rewatch it every couple years and my dad's always cracking up at the singing goat bits.
It's one of those excellent movies that, like The Emperor's New Groove, didn't get the proper hype for its release, so barely anyone saw it, but they all loved it.
Megamind is a great movie! Too bad it got overshadowed by Despicable Me since it came out around the same time. Idk what people were thinking back in 2010, but a lot of em didn't like the movie for some reason- Also after many years Megamind is getting a series!
People didn't like it because they said Megamind was copying Despicable Me. They're both about a "villain's" transition into a hero and are parodies, but even despite those couple of similarities, they're too different for me to ever think they're "exactly alike," as some Despicable Me fans have said. Not only that, but Megamind came out only about four months after Despicable Me, and while I'm not an animator, I can almost guarantee you it takes much longer than that to make a movie that looks as good as either of them. It was just a coincidence that both studios had similar ideas at the same time that they wanted to try out. TL;DR: Megamind was hated on because Despicable Me fans thought it was copying DM. P.S. This is all gathered from my own personal experiences/research, so if there are any DM fans out there who didn't favor Megamind and want to give me logical reasoning behind that opinion, please, enlighten me so I can understand your side better.
One thing i like about this movie, is how likable metro man becomes. They could have left him as this snobby superpowered guy but actually gave him depth. And the thing is, idk if this is stated in the movie or not, but he most likely likes music, _because_ he's bad at it/his superpowers don't influence it.
I love the relationship between Metro Man and Megamind. They let him be a genuinely nice guy who's path in life had also been determined by circumstances/expectations, and really he's happy to cheer Megamind on.
I'm re-watching this again because I love this movie and your reaction to it and I've noticed something I hadn't before at 3:21-3:26. When Metro Man talks at the opening, you can tell he's putting on a show, like a rockstar at a concert or something, but in this moment he sounds and looks genuine, in the moment he says "I often ask myself: who would I be without you". Such brilliant foreshadowing! And then a man in the crowd yells he loves him and the cocky mask is back on. Oh well.
wow i remember just last year you were watching tangled and celebrating your birthday and this year we get megamind, you’ve really come full circle watching the best movies for your birthdays haha, happy birthday welchy!
Does one person emptying the bank while declaring himself the winner because he’s overthrown the capitalist system, while everyone else drunkenly throws pieces at him count as finishing the game? If so, yes, I was involved in a finished game once. Brains.
Yeah, I'm sure everyone's gone bankrupt once. I did actually manage to win legitimately once, which was through rolling a five, then the next turn two double fives and a ten right at the start. Given how everyone else proceeded to land on the railway stations at least once every lap the game lasted less than half an hour. So it does take some extraordinary luck.
Only one person who plays Monopoly can have fun. The name of the game is literally Monopoly. If everyone was meant to have fun then the game would be called Socialism.
In terms of churros, I find that the best ones actually have filling in them! Like the mini churros from Jack in the Box! However, when last I was at Disneyland, they actually had different kinds of churros other than the regular cinnamon sugar ones, so maybe you just don't like the cinnamon sugar ones. But, yeah, dipping them in sauce sounds like it would be amazing too!
I have no idea if they did this on purpose, but Hal Stewart is a mix of 2 Green Lanterns names: HAL Jordan and John STEWART.... I did not realize until this video...
When ppl try to criticize the copper Boulder moment saying he should move to the side, do they not noticed the subway entrance that he entered? Plus this is a better idea cause if you move to the side, Hal can still see you and thus will keep trying to kill you.
Nobody will try to change your mind, because you're RIGHT !!! It was way too ahead of its time. Also, been a while, but I'm re-recommanding you to watch The Dragon Prince. You'll probably like it. Also, happy birthday ! Hope you get lots of people with brains to watch your videos ? XD
I agree, but bear in mind that they are working on seasons 4-6 all at one time. So the team did say it may be awhile before we see any new episodes! However, it really is a fantastic series! I can't wait to see how it continues on! 🐉👑
This movie came out on my birthday so I really wanted to go see it in theaters but my mom couldn’t take me. I ended up watching it on DVD when it came out and loving it. One of my favorite movies. It’s cool you watched it on your birthday! Happy Birthday!
20:46 well he does make a point at first glance you have to think that even if mega minehead gone left or right he still would’ve been hit by all the destruction the sliding building is causing that’s why he didn’t go left or right
"There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. And there is no Queen of England." Hits differently now that the Queen is actually gone. As in the sad kinda different.
A theory on why Megamind was just kept in prison since infancy: his own safety. If the prison gave him up, the government wold be the first to snatch up the alien life form that couldn't yet advocate for itself and disappear it into some underground lab forever. The warden and any other prison official who watched over him from the beginning probably realized that and did the best thing they could in the situation. As long as Megamind was under the prison's jurisdiction, the government couldn't touch him.
I grew up with all these 2010's moives like, Megamind, Meet the Robinsons, Monsters vs Aliens, Shrek ect. They all built my humor up to what it is today! Childlike.
Happy Birthday!!!!! Life only really starts at 25, you have so much ahead of you! You have been living the Prologue, time for the main story! Srsly, happy birthday man, many well wishes on you and hope you had a good time
Brains. I'm so happy that people are now getting to appreciate this movie, I grew up watching this fine peace of art and no matter how many times I watch it I never get tired of it. But it's also sad that it took this long for the attraction, because I'm pretty sure the studio behind is now gone and they have a lot of great films but yet again, another one bites the dust...
This is one of those "evergreen" movies for me, where it doesn't matter how many times I watch it or how it's gotten. I will still thoroughly enjoy it. It was extremely fun watching you experience this gem for the first time!
10:02 Lol, since this movie is a parody of Superman and Brainiac from DC Comics, Hal's name is a combination of the first two Green Lanterns: Hal Jordan and John Stewart. (also, brains!)
Happy belated birthday! This was freaking hilarious and honestly love the love megamind is getting with more reactions and recognition lately. Even though the movie sucked out the roasting out of you it was still enjoyable, oh yeah and also *brains*
I forgot about this movie and you reminded me how much this movie made me laugh and your reaction to it made me laugh too,, thank you for giving us this
I'm so glad you liked this one! It is SOO much fun to re-watch. I'd forgotten how many twists happen along the way, it really is a wild ride oh also, Brains :)
I had until recently had to work with a "nice guy". He somehow tried to be overly friendly with everyone, but still had an air of superiority about him. He was a major CREEP. He'd message all the girls who worked where I am, when he's own girlfriend was asleep, including me, knowing that I was in the bath, asking what bubble bath I was using. He messaged another colleague, fully aware that she was dating. He just didn't care. I even agreed to go out with him once, but in my defence, I was drunk when I agreed. PS: Brains!!
Omigosh!!!!! Welchy!!! 🧐 You've never heard of Megamind?? 😧😯 *insert inaudible roasts* 😅 Okay but seriously, this movie deserves way more than people give it credit for. It was released alongside "Despicable Me", so people didn't pay it a lot of mega-mind (if you caught my bad pun, congratulations 😌😂). Happy Birthday Welch 🎉🎊 Edit: And yes! You're 100% right about the BTS concert thing, except, multiply that by a cool 10 But it's actually understandable coz they're at the top when it comes to amazing live performances ✨🔥💣
I honestly thought the video games that they made for this movie were pretty good too. I played the DS game and the Wii game for it. Definitely should have made a sequel revolving the story of that megamind being the new defender of metro city against the Doom syndicate
Megamind is definitely underrated! Loved that movie! For a bad movie recommendation I suggest Percy Jackson. Even if you’re not familiar with the original books (which make it almost unbearable) it’s still pretty bad. It’s definitely up there with The Last Airbender in my worst movie adaptations of all time.
I thought Percy Jackson was fine at first but in saying that I didn't read the books the first time around and after reading them all I saw were things that they changed and didn't like it as much.
Happy Birthday!! Hope you treated yourself to something nice, you’ve been working hard! Megamind was definitely a movie that I hadn’t watched until several years after its release, it was maybe two years ago when I finally bit the bullet and checked it out. It’s an absolute delight and it’s only aged like a fine wine XD Also eyyyy you wore the glasses! They look awesome bud, hope they relieve your eyes some.
Loved this one! Just wanted to say if you ever read Percy Jackson, you'd probably have a lot of fun ripping apart the 2 Percy Jackson movies from like 10 years ago.
Don't remind me those exist. It's by far the worst "adaptation" I've ever seen. Like in the first movie they changed the entire plot to make it almost a one-off which doesn't make sense because they wanted to make a franchise but ruined the villain from the start.
@@matthewzeller5026 I've seen them once each, when they were freshly released and I think about how much of a disappointment they are All The Time I cannot suffer alone
@@alien5520 I have intentionally avoided the Artemis Fowl movie because that was one of my favorite book series as a kid/teen and I can just tell from the trailers it is Artemis Fowl in name only 😬
@@bloodybutterflygaming1242 I haven't actually watched the movie, just seen the trailers like yourself. Funnily enough, I only discovered AF because of the movie and I fell completly in love with the books, so in a weird way, I am actually glad that this dumpster fire of a film got made.
I was having a shitty day with my illness kicking my ass. But this made me feel better on the inside, thank you ♡ Also, churros are usually coated liberally with cinnamon sugar. I don't know what kind you had lol. And traditionally is served with a thick chocolate sauce.
I love your commentaries! Btw, maybe check Monsters vs Aliens, it mostly sucks but the good parts are real good, would be awesome to see your commentary on it ✨
I just want to thank you. I've been having a REALLY rough week this week, and I decided to have candy and watch your videos and you are HILARIOUS. You have definitely cheered me up....and you made me want to watch this movie. So you've succeeded in your job. lol
Hal is actually a fairly typical American name, though not at all common. by that I mean any given American is unlikely to ever meet someone named Hal, but wouldn't bat and eye if they did
Yay, brains!! I loved this movie. I have it on DVD. Such an underrated movie. It asks what defines us. What makes us, US. Just...Lots of thought provoking things set in such a fun & sarcastic way that we are entertained as we think.
Brains, I’m so happy you reacted to this. Megamind is by far the best movie I’ve ever watched and it’s the only movie I can stand to rewatch over and over again. So happy you gave it a positive rating and enjoyed it just as much as I do 😊🧠
Welchy, here's some random positive feedback: the glasses really do look good on you! I'll soon need glasses full-time, so it's somehow comforting to see you wear yours. Also, great video! :)
Brains! Also I love this movie! It should have been the blockbuster that everyone's seen and adores. There's a short that's a sequel with he and minion dealing with being heroes now. Great commentary! A bad movie? There's so many. Do you want it so bad it's funny like the room? Or it's just bad like Tim Burton 's Planet of the Apes?
love this film. one of the best modern interpretations of cyrano de bergerac ever warning for cyrano spoilers the way megamind is just so happy at the end. his entire life he was hated and his luck was constantly in the gutter. he fully deserved his happy ending. I'm normally a little antsy when cyrano interpretations end happily; the whole story of cyrano de bergerac was intended to be a tragedy. cyrano dies at the end. the man he impersonates dies (in most versions). roxanne doesn't find out how much he loves her and vice versa until it's too late. but megamind? megamind is maybe the only one that does an alternate ending right. it would hurt too much if he failed, especially for a movie that kids would be watching - though i hardly think you could call it strictly a kids' movie - and it's obvious it isn't supposed to be an exact interpretation of cyrano de bergerac. you're hoping throughout the whole movie that megamind can get what he wants, what he deserves, which is to finally be treated with respect - and when he gets that, it just feels SO good. like, hell yeah! he got the girl! he beat the bad guy! he did everything we knew he could. and I LOVE this film for that. I recommend watching some interpretations of cyrano de bergerac. it may be a little different to what you're used to (cyrano isn't actually an alien - he has an incredibly long nose!) but it's worth seeing and DEFINITELY worth thinking about. it took me years to realise that roxanne was roxane, megamind was cyrano de bergerac, the librarian was christian de neuvilette, metroman was valvert... but once you see it, it's hard to unsee! sorry for the sudden rambling, I'm just a nerd for this kind of thing haha. thanks to whoever read all of this :')
I usually play reactions as background noise, this is the first time I've actually laughed out loud at a movie commentary. Great content man! also, Brains
Just got to your channel, and I gotta say, you're reactions are absolutely GREAT. I love all the movie reactions you do and I hope you keep up this type of stuff. Oh ya and *BRAINS*
I compete almost all of my monopoly games in an hour or so. It's usually because one of us gets so much power and rapidly drains the others dry towards the end. Very fun and satisfying. Edit: Brains
How about a reaction on "Gargoyles: the awakening" - it's 90s animated movie (and start of a tv show)? Interesting plot - more suitable for Hollywood action blockbuster than a kid's movie.
My suggestion is not a bad movie. One of my favorite, underappreciated live action movies that nobody reacts to is Out Of Sight. It stars George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Micheal Keaton, Samuel L Jackson and others in an all-star cast, entertaining movie.
Brains! This movie is so great (and so are you), and I can't wait to watch more of your reactions! Keep it up, try to stay happy, and happy birthday!!!
It really saddens me how underrated this movie is. It really is a shame it came out at around the same time as Despicable Me, otherwise I'm convinced it would have been much more well received. Also: brains
The fall after despicable me
Imagine a mega mind sequal
We live in the dark timeline, everything bad that happened in our world after 2010 was somehow, in someway, effected by Despicable Me somehow overshadowing this film and you can't tell me overwise.
Wow, despicable me overshadowed this? Damn- the times we live in. Nothing against despicable me, but I found that flim annoying, only cus of those damn minions
@@userK77920 Ikr? If you removed the minions (or just made them mute or something) from the film you'd lose next to nothing and have a better film overall, not enough to be worthy of overshadowing this film, but enough to make it seem like a closer call.
So the big theory is that Metroman chose to pursue music since he couldn’t just get good at it like everything else. Basically, he has to work for it. So even more props to the guy.
It makes a lot of sense. That challenge would really be a new thing for him.
It's also another thing that starts with M so his clothes make sense 😂
it was also a childhood interest of his as shown in the beginning
@@blazestar4747 No the M stands for Markiplier
@@laei6391 Ah, yes. How could I forget
Just as you said at the beginning the only thing separating Megamind from being a hero was where he landed. Both Metroman and Megamind were the people who society made them and they got lost in the people they thought they were supposed to be. Love this movie.
Brains.
Nature vs Nurture is a big theme too. Megamind only settled into the “evil” persona because that’s how he was always treated, but his nature was always good. Titan believed he was a “nice guy” when in reality his nature was bad which is why he started acting so poorly after getting powers.
This is probably why metroman decided to fake his death. He probably figured out what Megamind wasn’t an evil person, so if he pretended to die it wouldn’t be TOO bad for the city lol
@@ma.2089 And he was right. I mean, after Megamind took control, what evil things he´s done to the city? Yep, he stole bunch of stuff, but he didn´t harm anyone and even of that he was soon bored.
Just pushed the likes over to 1000 :)
Brains.
I love that none of Megamind's schemes actually result in anyone getting hurt. They're just over the top theatrics. Also brains.
Bernard crying in the corner rn
"I often think, who would I be without you?"
That line is more serious than you think. He would be music man. He's not my fav character but he did want a right to chose.
I like him much more than I thought I would. I didn’t know much about the movie at all and for some reason I thought he turned out to be a villain. I liked how it went.
@@RhetoricalThrill same
Huh, when you put it that way, it's basically the counter to "With great power comes great responsibility."
@@dmschoice2571 yeah. He spent his entire life up until then trying to be responsible but found himself very unhappy with life
The one thing that bugged me about Metroman/Music Man is that even while going through his identity crisis and finding out he had a right to choose was that when he sees Megamind for the first time after his faked death, he had a chance to apologize for being the main factor why he went down the evil path and didn't. And then at the end he pulled the 'I knew you had it in you' as if he wasn't the reason Megamind couldn't do it sooner. In this essay, I will-
"Is it bad that I want to punch this baby? Does this make me evil?"
No. I can assure you that everyone who watched this movie wanted to punch baby-Metro Man at least once.
same bro
Punch? I wanted to jump him
Only once?
Not everyone
Tbh, it wouldn't have worked 😭 he'd probably deflect it or it's just like punching a wall with how OP he is
Fun fact: the way Megamind calls his city - MetrOcity - really sounds like "atrocity". Comes with the theory that the real villain here is the society that trapped Metroman and Megamind in their roles
Hal is a perfect demonstration of a "nice guy". Every woman encounters one at some point in their life and it's the reason we have to be suspicious of every guy.
"One" lol Many.
I think that’s a very dangerous and slippery slope to place your logistics on. It’s true that there are many “nice guys” and that they cause harm to others in one way or another whether they mean to or not, but I don’t believe that’s grounds for being “suspicious of every guy.” Now, I know you might be wondering what exactly is wrong with this line of reasoning, as it seems pretty logical, but let’s re-contextualize it with another demographic other than men: (for the purposes of this demonstration, I’ll make a fictional demographic of people called x-people). Let’s say that in a society, x-people have been recorded to committing crimes at a higher rate than average, therefore the city’s law enforcement focuses their suspicions on x-people. Now, at its core it seems fine, but if you replace x-people with people-of-color, you suddenly get the origins for police brutality on people-of-color. Keep in mind that I’m not accusing you of being a racist, a bigot, or anything of the sort, I just wanted to point out a flaw in logistics that may lead to prejudices elsewhere.
Have a good day
- Alabaster
@@alabaster9149 Your comparison fails, because one is using caution, the other is using aggression. Being wary of a group of people that has personally hurt you and/or has been historically known to be more violent towards people like you is different from being an aggressor. A more apt comparison would be how poc see police knowing that just being near them increases their likelihood of being murdered by several hundred percent. It is entirely fair, and frankly smart, to be wary of the people most likely to murder you. Even if you were determined to stick with the police point of view, black people don't commit more crimes, they get arrested and charged more by terrorists to ensure they get less basic human rights. The police are still the aggressors. Reality just doesn't back your bullshit.
@@alabaster9149 that's a reasonable line of reasoning, except for the fact that you're not taking into account the power dynamics of the situation. In a women vs men scenario, men are in the position of power, therefore it's women who are having to protect themselves. When a guy could literally attack you because you're not doing what he wants, you have to be cautious. The way to avoid the situation you described is to be aware of your privilege in any given situation.
And to be honest, if you respond as above to any situation where a person in a less privileged group is describing their experience of the power dynamic, you're not helping progress the discussion and risk suppressing the voice of the people you should be listening to.
Hal is basically Homelander from The Boys. Sure Homelander's not that "nice guy", but when you look into it more, both receiving superpowers due to a scientific chemical, feeling a big sense of entitlement for love and attention they both believe they deserve, just because they're powerful enough to get away with anything, only to become evil out of petty reasons.
In fact, the quote "All you're gifts, your powers, and you squander them for your own personal gain?!", best describes both of them.
Hal was nothing but a creep from the start. Yeah a WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER for a party party suddenly its not a party its just you and me with some dip and q bounsey house. Which he lied about having just to get her to come over.
i mean just look at his house, there’s no space for anything he talked about, more proof it’s just lying
Megamind was one of those niche movies that almost no-one saw but everyone who did loved it. It makes me so happy that people are finally starting to notice them. Megamind is actually one of the earlier members of a growing, and popular (at least in the U.S), trend of genre-parody movies which is why there were so many of those meta-jokes you mentioned.
also brains
The origin story is a riff on the Superman origin story and also a social commentary that your circumstances determine what you become and how the world sees you.
- Megamind can take over Metro City that easily due to the cops acting out of learned helplessness. They're so used to Metro Man doing everything for them that in the face of a crisis they become utterly helpless. You can see this at the opening where two cops practice wildly irresponsible gun behaviour and shoot into the air, as well as in that scene where a cop has a gun trained on him and he's so utterly afraid of Megamind that Megamind can easily effectively disarm him.
- The name Hal Stewart is a combination of Hal Jordan and John Stewart both prominent Green Lanterns. Hal is the original Green Lantern in the DCU. John Stewart was the Green Lantern used for the JLA and JLU cartoons. He's also African-American.
- Hal is the Nice Guy trope before the Nice Guy trope was coined.
- The relationship between Megamind and Metro Man is more líke the relationship between a Face and a Heel than anything directly antagonistic.
Also, the police did nothing to stop Megamind, because he had his robot army with him.
@@schwarzerritter5724 All their probkems with Megamindcould be solved with a high-powered sniper rifle.
@@nielsjensen4185 You are not going to stop the robots from tearing your city apart with one sniper rifle.
@@schwarzerritter5724 That is correct. You can stop Megamind from breathing though and he's too much of a showman to have a Dead Man's Switch.
@@nielsjensen4185 Sure, but they don't know he doe snot have a dead man's switch.
"And there is no queen of England"
I mean...
*He's not wrong-*
Happy 24! Just think, in one year you'll be a quarter of a century...
why thank you for that information, I hope your day is going bad now xx
@@Welchy 😂😂😂
I'm also 24, and you justade me devastated, cause i'll be a quarter of a century in 4 month. I'm dead ._.
@@Reylien97 nice. I have 7 months to go, so I guess I'll meet you there.
@@Welchy For what it's worth, I pray it's better than mine was... I ended up in the ER... ❤️️
Absolute banger of a movie, and hands down one of your best reactions. I am cackling like a madman
Thank you legend!
@@Welchy I am reading this with your accent
...brains... that first dialog Megamind and Metro Man have gets me everytime,, then it getting capped off with "Girls, girls! You're both pretty, can I go home?" I fell off the couch laughing
This movie is great. Yeah, you were confused by a few of the references since it’s supposed to be a Superman parody, with Roxane as Lois Lane and Megamind as Lex Luther and without having seen the 1974 Superman, and the general culture of Superman media that there is in the USA, some of the jokes might not land as well. Nice reaction!
I’ve never watched superman or anything like that hahaha but thank you Brian :D
Megamind is actually a parody of Brainiac, not Lex Luthor.
19:58 "oh my God. I've just been finessed."
Honestly, was basically me the whole movie when I first watched it XD
Hoodwinked is the perfect next movie then. Its an amazing movie but the animation does not even come close to holding up now but thats one of the reasons I love it even more lmfao
Hoodwinked is SOOOO good!
The first one was fun for sure:)
I expected nothing of Hoodwinked, because of the art style wand was positively surprised.
Dude, even now Hoodwinked's humor holds up so well even if the animation was kind of bad even for the time it came out, my fam and I rewatch it every couple years and my dad's always cracking up at the singing goat bits.
Megamind is a underrated masterpiece is what everyone I have talked about megamind has said but it is still underrated somehow
It's one of those excellent movies that, like The Emperor's New Groove, didn't get the proper hype for its release, so barely anyone saw it, but they all loved it.
nowadays it's getting the love it deserves, but at release, critics were calling it a despicable me rip-off
Welchy being 24 but actually calling himself 23 because he hasn't unconsciously registered he's older 1:00
Welchy: “this honestly feels like a parody”
Me: That’s Dreamworks
Megamind is a great movie! Too bad it got overshadowed by Despicable Me since it came out around the same time.
Idk what people were thinking back in 2010, but a lot of em didn't like the movie for some reason- Also after many years Megamind is getting a series!
Ugh that makes me so angry
Wait wat? Really? When✨👀
God I remember seeing this in theaters and ever since then its had a place in my heart
People didn't like it because they said Megamind was copying Despicable Me. They're both about a "villain's" transition into a hero and are parodies, but even despite those couple of similarities, they're too different for me to ever think they're "exactly alike," as some Despicable Me fans have said. Not only that, but Megamind came out only about four months after Despicable Me, and while I'm not an animator, I can almost guarantee you it takes much longer than that to make a movie that looks as good as either of them. It was just a coincidence that both studios had similar ideas at the same time that they wanted to try out.
TL;DR: Megamind was hated on because Despicable Me fans thought it was copying DM.
P.S. This is all gathered from my own personal experiences/research, so if there are any DM fans out there who didn't favor Megamind and want to give me logical reasoning behind that opinion, please, enlighten me so I can understand your side better.
I watched both as a kid and found them both meh but as an adult I’m absolutely obsessed with Megamind.
One thing i like about this movie, is how likable metro man becomes. They could have left him as this snobby superpowered guy but actually gave him depth.
And the thing is, idk if this is stated in the movie or not, but he most likely likes music, _because_ he's bad at it/his superpowers don't influence it.
I love the relationship between Metro Man and Megamind. They let him be a genuinely nice guy who's path in life had also been determined by circumstances/expectations, and really he's happy to cheer Megamind on.
5:08 i love how his jaw just *drops* in time with the music
I'm re-watching this again because I love this movie and your reaction to it and I've noticed something I hadn't before at 3:21-3:26. When Metro Man talks at the opening, you can tell he's putting on a show, like a rockstar at a concert or something, but in this moment he sounds and looks genuine, in the moment he says "I often ask myself: who would I be without you". Such brilliant foreshadowing! And then a man in the crowd yells he loves him and the cocky mask is back on. Oh well.
The mouth drop at 5:07-5:09 was perfectly timed with the beat of the song. Well done 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
wow i remember just last year you were watching tangled and celebrating your birthday and this year we get megamind, you’ve really come full circle watching the best movies for your birthdays haha, happy birthday welchy!
Ayyy you an og! Appreciate you :D
After having a really shitty day this reaction has made me smile so thank you! And you're right, this movie is very underrated and is FANTASTIC!
"And there is no Queen of England".
I feel like that would be especially funny to a Scottish person lol
Does one person emptying the bank while declaring himself the winner because he’s overthrown the capitalist system, while everyone else drunkenly throws pieces at him count as finishing the game? If so, yes, I was involved in a finished game once. Brains.
I lost The Game once 😔
@@Myrathosghost Ah, now we've all lost it.
no many people know but this is the True Ending of monopoly
Yeah, I'm sure everyone's gone bankrupt once. I did actually manage to win legitimately once, which was through rolling a five, then the next turn two double fives and a ten right at the start. Given how everyone else proceeded to land on the railway stations at least once every lap the game lasted less than half an hour. So it does take some extraordinary luck.
Only one person who plays Monopoly can have fun. The name of the game is literally Monopoly. If everyone was meant to have fun then the game would be called Socialism.
In terms of churros, I find that the best ones actually have filling in them! Like the mini churros from Jack in the Box! However, when last I was at Disneyland, they actually had different kinds of churros other than the regular cinnamon sugar ones, so maybe you just don't like the cinnamon sugar ones.
But, yeah, dipping them in sauce sounds like it would be amazing too!
I have no idea if they did this on purpose, but Hal Stewart is a mix of 2 Green Lanterns names: HAL Jordan and John STEWART.... I did not realize until this video...
When ppl try to criticize the copper Boulder moment saying he should move to the side, do they not noticed the subway entrance that he entered? Plus this is a better idea cause if you move to the side, Hal can still see you and thus will keep trying to kill you.
Planned to upload this on Sunday (my actual birthday) but thought I’d be nice :)) hit like or I’ll have a bad birthday
happy birthday welchy 🥳
Happy birthday!!!
0:11 NEVER. Have you heard of "30, flirty and thriving??" It's just sunshine and rainbows from here on out buddy (happy birthday u ✨ rising star ✨)
Nobody will try to change your mind, because you're RIGHT !!!
It was way too ahead of its time.
Also, been a while, but I'm re-recommanding you to watch The Dragon Prince. You'll probably like it.
Also, happy birthday ! Hope you get lots of people with brains to watch your videos ? XD
I agree, but bear in mind that they are working on seasons 4-6 all at one time. So the team did say it may be awhile before we see any new episodes! However, it really is a fantastic series! I can't wait to see how it continues on! 🐉👑
@@JCHB322 Absolutely !! But there's still the first three seasons, you know ?
I wanna see his reaction to Rayla's accent ngl
@@CitricTears SAME !! They're basically the same, right ??
@@mayadargeon2172 yeah it's the scottish accent 😆
This movie came out on my birthday so I really wanted to go see it in theaters but my mom couldn’t take me. I ended up watching it on DVD when it came out and loving it. One of my favorite movies.
It’s cool you watched it on your birthday! Happy Birthday!
Glad you covered this movie, I really love Megamind, it's genius and hilarious and full of meme material, 10/10 lol
20:46 well he does make a point at first glance you have to think that even if mega minehead gone left or right he still would’ve been hit by all the destruction the sliding building is causing that’s why he didn’t go left or right
I have actually seen the end of a monopoly game, the other 2 players went bankrupt and were out of properties.
Took 3 days.
"There is no Easter Bunny.
There is no Tooth Fairy.
And there is no Queen of England."
Hits differently now that the Queen is actually gone. As in the sad kinda different.
A theory on why Megamind was just kept in prison since infancy: his own safety. If the prison gave him up, the government wold be the first to snatch up the alien life form that couldn't yet advocate for itself and disappear it into some underground lab forever. The warden and any other prison official who watched over him from the beginning probably realized that and did the best thing they could in the situation. As long as Megamind was under the prison's jurisdiction, the government couldn't touch him.
I grew up with all these 2010's moives like, Megamind, Meet the Robinsons, Monsters vs Aliens, Shrek ect. They all built my humor up to what it is today!
Childlike.
Happy Birthday!!!!! Life only really starts at 25, you have so much ahead of you! You have been living the Prologue, time for the main story!
Srsly, happy birthday man, many well wishes on you and hope you had a good time
Brains! Another great movie about a “bad guy” is Wreck-It-Ralph.
Brains.
I'm so happy that people are now getting to appreciate this movie, I grew up watching this fine peace of art and no matter how many times I watch it I never get tired of it. But it's also sad that it took this long for the attraction, because I'm pretty sure the studio behind is now gone and they have a lot of great films but yet again, another one bites the dust...
the fact that this was posted on MY birthday is wild. This is one of my favorite movies as well. Coincidence?? I think NOT
This is one of those "evergreen" movies for me, where it doesn't matter how many times I watch it or how it's gotten. I will still thoroughly enjoy it. It was extremely fun watching you experience this gem for the first time!
10:02 Lol, since this movie is a parody of Superman and Brainiac from DC Comics, Hal's name is a combination of the first two Green Lanterns: Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
(also, brains!)
"i know everything about you"
"i didn't know what flowers you like"
"who would name their son that"
Hal Jordan: *sad Green Lantern noises*
Brains, indeed! Isn’t this movie great?! A lovely little hidden gem-I’m so glad you appreciated it!
14:12 "she just jumps off *laughs*" not even a second later:
:O
Happy belated birthday! This was freaking hilarious and honestly love the love megamind is getting with more reactions and recognition lately. Even though the movie sucked out the roasting out of you it was still enjoyable, oh yeah and also *brains*
I’M SO GLAD YOU REACTED TO THIS MOVIE. This is one of my absolute favourites and the soundtrack is SLAMMIN.’
I forgot about this movie and you reminded me how much this movie made me laugh and your reaction to it made me laugh too,, thank you for giving us this
Coming back to cleanse from the so-called "sequel"
I'm so glad you liked this one! It is SOO much fun to re-watch. I'd forgotten how many twists happen along the way, it really is a wild ride
oh also, Brains :)
I had until recently had to work with a "nice guy". He somehow tried to be overly friendly with everyone, but still had an air of superiority about him. He was a major CREEP. He'd message all the girls who worked where I am, when he's own girlfriend was asleep, including me, knowing that I was in the bath, asking what bubble bath I was using. He messaged another colleague, fully aware that she was dating. He just didn't care. I even agreed to go out with him once, but in my defence, I was drunk when I agreed.
PS: Brains!!
Mmm *big brains.*
Also, I’m soooo glad you called out how fukcing creepy Hal was because he was the Nice Guy to lead all of the IRL ones 😅
Omigosh!!!!! Welchy!!! 🧐 You've never heard of Megamind?? 😧😯
*insert inaudible roasts* 😅
Okay but seriously, this movie deserves way more than people give it credit for. It was released alongside "Despicable Me", so people didn't pay it a lot of mega-mind (if you caught my bad pun, congratulations 😌😂).
Happy Birthday Welch 🎉🎊
Edit: And yes! You're 100% right about the BTS concert thing, except, multiply that by a cool 10
But it's actually understandable coz they're at the top when it comes to amazing live performances ✨🔥💣
I honestly thought the video games that they made for this movie were pretty good too.
I played the DS game and the Wii game for it. Definitely should have made a sequel revolving the story of that megamind being the new defender of metro city against the Doom syndicate
Megamind is definitely underrated! Loved that movie! For a bad movie recommendation I suggest Percy Jackson. Even if you’re not familiar with the original books (which make it almost unbearable) it’s still pretty bad. It’s definitely up there with The Last Airbender in my worst movie adaptations of all time.
The Last Airbender, Percy Jackson, Eragon, and Artemis Fowl are the standard by which all bad adaptations are measured. 😂😭
I thought Percy Jackson was fine at first but in saying that I didn't read the books the first time around and after reading them all I saw were things that they changed and didn't like it as much.
What movie? The Percy Jackson. Obie does not exist
Happy Birthday!! Hope you treated yourself to something nice, you’ve been working hard!
Megamind was definitely a movie that I hadn’t watched until several years after its release, it was maybe two years ago when I finally bit the bullet and checked it out. It’s an absolute delight and it’s only aged like a fine wine XD
Also eyyyy you wore the glasses! They look awesome bud, hope they relieve your eyes some.
Loved this one! Just wanted to say if you ever read Percy Jackson, you'd probably have a lot of fun ripping apart the 2 Percy Jackson movies from like 10 years ago.
Don't remind me those exist. It's by far the worst "adaptation" I've ever seen. Like in the first movie they changed the entire plot to make it almost a one-off which doesn't make sense because they wanted to make a franchise but ruined the villain from the start.
@@matthewzeller5026 *Cries in Artemis Fowl adaptation*
@@matthewzeller5026 I've seen them once each, when they were freshly released and I think about how much of a disappointment they are All The Time I cannot suffer alone
@@alien5520 I have intentionally avoided the Artemis Fowl movie because that was one of my favorite book series as a kid/teen and I can just tell from the trailers it is Artemis Fowl in name only 😬
@@bloodybutterflygaming1242 I haven't actually watched the movie, just seen the trailers like yourself. Funnily enough, I only discovered AF because of the movie and I fell completly in love with the books, so in a weird way, I am actually glad that this dumpster fire of a film got made.
I was having a shitty day with my illness kicking my ass. But this made me feel better on the inside, thank you ♡
Also, churros are usually coated liberally with cinnamon sugar. I don't know what kind you had lol. And traditionally is served with a thick chocolate sauce.
I love your commentaries!
Btw, maybe check Monsters vs Aliens, it mostly sucks but the good parts are real good, would be awesome to see your commentary on it ✨
Ahh appreciate that Valeria ☺️
"I hev just been finessed"
Is the best quote i have ever heard XD i laughed so hard
Also Brains
Also happy birthday
I just want to thank you. I've been having a REALLY rough week this week, and I decided to have candy and watch your videos and you are HILARIOUS. You have definitely cheered me up....and you made me want to watch this movie. So you've succeeded in your job. lol
Hal is actually a fairly typical American name, though not at all common.
by that I mean any given American is unlikely to ever meet someone named Hal, but wouldn't bat and eye if they did
Whatshisfaces name was actually kinda clever. Hal Stewart, smashing together two green lanterns names. Hal Jordan and John Stewart.
Yay, brains!!
I loved this movie. I have it on DVD. Such an underrated movie. It asks what defines us. What makes us, US. Just...Lots of thought provoking things set in such a fun & sarcastic way that we are entertained as we think.
Brains, I’m so happy you reacted to this. Megamind is by far the best movie I’ve ever watched and it’s the only movie I can stand to rewatch over and over again. So happy you gave it a positive rating and enjoyed it just as much as I do 😊🧠
Welchy, here's some random positive feedback: the glasses really do look good on you!
I'll soon need glasses full-time, so it's somehow comforting to see you wear yours. Also, great video! :)
I just found this channel few hours ago and I'm already in love with the vibe
Brains! Also I love this movie! It should have been the blockbuster that everyone's seen and adores. There's a short that's a sequel with he and minion dealing with being heroes now. Great commentary! A bad movie? There's so many. Do you want it so bad it's funny like the room? Or it's just bad like Tim Burton 's Planet of the Apes?
Love your reaction !!! Megamind is my favourite movie and soundtrack: EPIC!!!
Absolutely an underrated masterpiece.
Well now we know how Welchy feels about Green Lantern's alter ego
love this film. one of the best modern interpretations of cyrano de bergerac ever
warning for cyrano spoilers
the way megamind is just so happy at the end. his entire life he was hated and his luck was constantly in the gutter. he fully deserved his happy ending.
I'm normally a little antsy when cyrano interpretations end happily; the whole story of cyrano de bergerac was intended to be a tragedy. cyrano dies at the end. the man he impersonates dies (in most versions). roxanne doesn't find out how much he loves her and vice versa until it's too late. but megamind? megamind is maybe the only one that does an alternate ending right. it would hurt too much if he failed, especially for a movie that kids would be watching - though i hardly think you could call it strictly a kids' movie - and it's obvious it isn't supposed to be an exact interpretation of cyrano de bergerac. you're hoping throughout the whole movie that megamind can get what he wants, what he deserves, which is to finally be treated with respect - and when he gets that, it just feels SO good. like, hell yeah! he got the girl! he beat the bad guy! he did everything we knew he could. and I LOVE this film for that.
I recommend watching some interpretations of cyrano de bergerac. it may be a little different to what you're used to (cyrano isn't actually an alien - he has an incredibly long nose!) but it's worth seeing and DEFINITELY worth thinking about. it took me years to realise that roxanne was roxane, megamind was cyrano de bergerac, the librarian was christian de neuvilette, metroman was valvert... but once you see it, it's hard to unsee!
sorry for the sudden rambling, I'm just a nerd for this kind of thing haha. thanks to whoever read all of this :')
is nobody gonna talk about the gorgeous 4th wall break here
22:14
yesss Megamind is an underrated classic so happy you reacted to it!!!
I usually play reactions as background noise, this is the first time I've actually laughed out loud at a movie commentary. Great content man!
also, Brains
Just got to your channel, and I gotta say, you're reactions are absolutely GREAT. I love all the movie reactions you do
and I hope you keep up this type of stuff. Oh ya and *BRAINS*
Your laugh is SO freaking contagious! I swear, half of my giggles were due to your laughing alone!
Ahaha thank you 😅
I compete almost all of my monopoly games in an hour or so. It's usually because one of us gets so much power and rapidly drains the others dry towards the end. Very fun and satisfying.
Edit: Brains
Thank you for giving this amazing movie the praise it deserves! I quote it to this day after it being a major part of my childhood
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I've been enjoying all of your reactions for quite a while (i think starting from your avatar reactions then binged alot of them ^^)
megamind is like a whole uno reverse card
How about a reaction on "Gargoyles: the awakening" - it's 90s animated movie (and start of a tv show)? Interesting plot - more suitable for Hollywood action blockbuster than a kid's movie.
Seriously. I keep scouring the whole internet trying to find someone reacting to it. Oddly glad I'm not the only one looking for it.
YES! That'd be interesting to see because I LOVE that series! ^^
Yes! Someone on TH-cam that actually appreciates Krispy Kream❤
My suggestion is not a bad movie. One of my favorite, underappreciated live action movies that nobody reacts to is Out Of Sight. It stars George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Micheal Keaton, Samuel L Jackson and others in an all-star cast, entertaining movie.
Happy Birthday!! Loved this reaction, it’s one of my childhood classics :)
Brains! This movie is so great (and so are you), and I can't wait to watch more of your reactions! Keep it up, try to stay happy, and happy birthday!!!
The hideout is from before he became leader
Now do the prince of egypt and the road to el dorado, they're really good movies
Prince of Egypt is already on the channel :)
Metro man: "And Music man was born!" 😁
Megamind: "Music man?" 🤨
"Music man! "😂
MatPat from Game Theory: " MYYYYYYUUUUUUUUSIIIIIIC MAAAAAAAAN!"
Roast the shit out of Twilight, please. That thing deserves it. Brains :)
20:15 There is no Easter Bunny. There is no Tooth Fairy. AND THERE IS NO QUEEN OF ENGLAND! 🍾 🎊
Happy Birthday Welchy!! 🥳☂️ hope you have a wonderful day X
You too lily!