The Hidden Meaning in Fight Club - Earthling Cinema

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    Welcome to Earthling Cinema, where we examine the last remaining artifacts of a once-proud culture and try to understand what human lives were like before their planet was destroyed. I'm your host, Garyx Wormuloid. This week we examine Fight Club, a film directed by David Fincher and starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt.
    This week's film:
    Fight Club (1999)
    Starring: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt
    Directed by: David Fincher
    20th Century Fox
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    Analysis & Directed by: Jared Bauer
    Starring: Mark Schroeder (@mark_schroeder)
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  • @jaekaitch382
    @jaekaitch382 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1901

    "Capitalism was a system that allowed humans to purchase their identities, which was more convenient than building one from scratch."
    That is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

    • @Dunkleosteusenjoyer
      @Dunkleosteusenjoyer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      +Jake Aitch As opposed to communism, that lets you build nothing.

    • @jaekaitch382
      @jaekaitch382 8 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Yep. If you're looking for a political debate on a black and white world of Capitalism or Communism, which I wasn't aiming at in any way, look somewhere else bud. I was just pointing out that they worded very eloquently the essential message Tyler Durden's character was trying to get across.

    • @johndavies9456
      @johndavies9456 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Jake Aitch i got what you were getting at buddy.

    • @myskullisred
      @myskullisred 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      +Jae Kaitch Except that "purchasing identities" doesn't have anything, absolutely nothing, to do with capitalism. The creators of this video use a popular, caricatured - and ultimately false - definition of capitalism in that quote that you love so much. Misinformation should not be celebrated.

    • @jaekaitch382
      @jaekaitch382 8 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Thanks man. I really don't know how I would have been able to go on through life without knowing that. Now I know I probably shouldn't reproduce lest my seed be a continuous scourge upon the earth. Here's a quote you may or may not love so much: "Go fuck yourself."

  • @cambrown5633
    @cambrown5633 8 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    "They become friends and start punching each-other"

    • @mawimarc6616
      @mawimarc6616 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wich allow him to sleep bulllllshit😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫

  • @GothicKin
    @GothicKin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    It's funny how it starts really ironic and all about how an alien would see our culture but then it goes deep in the actual meaning of the movie, explaining it really well but still in a concise way.

  • @420Travesty
    @420Travesty 9 ปีที่แล้ว +989

    I love this concept. Love love love love it. I've always wondered what aliens would think of us if their only experience was watching our movies. Perfection. More and soon.

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Thanks for the love.

    • @johndavies9456
      @johndavies9456 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wisecrack you deserve it.

    • @VixeyTeh
      @VixeyTeh 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In high school we did this as an exercise "imagine you are explaining a book to an alien." We did not come up with anything as good as this. This is amazingly well done!

    • @macarenna7993
      @macarenna7993 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Тhis mоvie is nоw аvаilаblе tо wаtсh hеrе => twitter.com/498400625a6a4d740/status/795841394787028992 Тhе Hiddеn Mеееаning in Fight Club â Еаrthling Cinеmа

    • @aura5898
      @aura5898 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I watched Fight Club full mоviе hеrе twitter.com/3bef3e03894389dcc/status/822763592642490368 Тhе Hiddеn ММеаning in Fight Club â Еаrthling Cinеmа

  • @BeaverBaister
    @BeaverBaister 8 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    ...and ruins the pornography by rendering it incomplete. lololol

  • @tmanmatt213
    @tmanmatt213 9 ปีที่แล้ว +713

    It's a capitalistic movie about anti-capitalism. Ironic.

    • @TMGellert
      @TMGellert 8 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      +DreamOfTitans Not if you pirate it. ;-)

    • @paulmuntean1459
      @paulmuntean1459 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      +DreamOfTitans well you gotta beat them with their own weapons. That's the best strategy to beat something bigger than you

    • @MAUTxxx
      @MAUTxxx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Not if you torrent it

    • @jackhall1836
      @jackhall1836 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It also seems to be anti communism too as Tyler is always spewing Marxist ideals however these ideals lead to his own destruction and clearly will lead to chaos throughout society

    • @BEEEELEEEE
      @BEEEELEEEE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hypocrisy was the human race's greatest export.

  • @benaaronmusic
    @benaaronmusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    I love it!
    Is this the first episode?

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Yes, sir.

    • @benaaronmusic
      @benaaronmusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wisecrack It's beautiful! Can't wait for more!

    • @alexpskywalker
      @alexpskywalker 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      No they always put "(NEW SHOW!)" at the end of their video titles.

  • @Pnoot
    @Pnoot 9 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    I, for one, welcome our new lavishly eyebrowed overlords.

    • @mrincodi
      @mrincodi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha ha! Underrated comment!!

  • @markopolo958
    @markopolo958 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I think there are a lot of different meanings in this movie. One I always think of the most is a message against letting your possessions and desires control you. It's like the buddhist saying "attachment is the root of all suffereing", which is totally accurate (except for physical suffering I guess). The narrator is strongly attached to his possessions whereas tyler represents a free man who isn't controlled by his desires, needs, or possessions and is ultimately free economically and mentally. The narrator had everything to lose, his apartment, job, etc. but Tyler had nothing to lose and wanted to show the narrator that having nothing and hitting rock bottom is truly freedom because you are no long under the control of your unfulfilling desires. A quote from the movie that fits perfectly into what I am saying is when Tyler says "The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything.” Though the message of freeing yourself from desires has been around for thousands of years, I don't think it has ever been more relevant then in the modern era of consumerism and greed.

    • @DivineXPotato
      @DivineXPotato 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Mark Minnema i think what they meant is the overall meaning
      since they have a lot of referances and shit and hidden meaning's in sentance's or scenes

    • @WreckNRepeat
      @WreckNRepeat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Of course, the people in Fight Club/Project Mayhem don't end up freeing themselves. They stop being slaves to corporations, capitalism, and possessions, and they start being slaves to Tyler Durden. Nothing in your post was wrong, but I feel it's important to mention that Tyler isn't a good guy. He didn't free anyone; he just made them trade in their old chains for new ones.

    • @Arella17
      @Arella17 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +WreckNRepeat That's another message honestly. Freedom is an illusion. There's no such thing as being free because true freedom means anarchy.

    • @WreckNRepeat
      @WreckNRepeat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Arella17 I don't think the message is that freedom is an illusion. I think it's more about individualism. There's a point in the film where the narrator is free of his possessions and basically everything else. But he's not satisfied with just being a free individual. He still seeks the approval of his peers, and that means he either needs to regain his possessions (which won't happen), or bring down Capitalism. And that's why he's so easily enslaved, for lack of a better term, by Tyler. If he had just decided to do what made him happy without worrying about the opinions of others, he would have been free in a non-illusory way.

    • @_SFW
      @_SFW 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Arella17 - F̶̷r̶̷e̶̷e̶̷d̶̷o̶̷m̶̷ Selfness is an illusion. There's no such thing as b̶̷e̶̷i̶̷n̶̷g̶̷ ̶̷f̶̷r̶̷e̶̷e̶̷ the self because true freedom means a̶̷n̶̷a̶̷r̶̷c̶̷h̶̷y̶̷ Nirvana.

  • @MovieCompoundBoat
    @MovieCompoundBoat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Pretty funny show but Fight Club was less about criticizing capitalism, and more about breaking free from the bondage of needless consumption and materialism that comes from capitalism along with the sedentary, pointless lifestyle that modern society has wrought.

    • @babyflyingspaghettimonster2554
      @babyflyingspaghettimonster2554 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yo, dawg, that's so deep. Especially the part about the SEDIMENTARY lifestyle.

    • @ariel_haymarket
      @ariel_haymarket 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      While SEDENTARY is the right word you're thinking of, you have a few good points Boat. Another point that can be brought up is the destruction of identity by the things we're told define us. Emphasis rightfully placed on how we're TOLD to be defined. Tyler's method would also be considered as a lashing out at active and passive oppression of our ids and identities. (EDIT) At the same time, we have to realize that Durden's method is just that - a lashing out. It's the teenager's reaching for adulthood but they're being told to keep quiet, to follow the rules only because they're told to.
      The host brings up the point that the narrator was not given a name. What actually is true is that the narrator has no identity. His identity had be long erased, repressed. Durden blames feminism, capitalism, everything that he feels puts a damper on his ability to just be a man, but that runs into the same problem of what can define manhood. The moment Durden tries to establish identity or establish ways of how to identify, he suppresses others. By trying to force people to identify with their inner nature, he blocks off other means to express, in the same way that the mentioned catalogs and corporations try to tell us how to express how we feel through stuff.

    • @MovieCompoundBoat
      @MovieCompoundBoat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      khesed Lol, yes, I totally misspelled that. You're also make some really good valid observations.

    • @arewbund2886
      @arewbund2886 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JustMy2Cents Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause mineral and/or organic particles (detritus) to settle and accumulate or minerals to precipitate from a solution. So is a sedimentary lifestyle one that settles and accumulates, or precipitates an individual out of a societal solute? ;)

    • @mxolisinkosingiphile2667
      @mxolisinkosingiphile2667 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ariel_haymarket wow super insightful.

  • @1993JoshG
    @1993JoshG 9 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    if this show did 2001: Space Odyssey i bet the aliens wouldn't even get it first time.

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Tune in. :)

    • @ThyReturner
      @ThyReturner 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if he can. Bruh!

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      ThyReturner It's here, bruh: th-cam.com/video/Bz6xD3xQiT8/w-d-xo.html

    • @johnwatson1258
      @johnwatson1258 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Wisecrack lol Alien dude said bruh...

  • @SirKenchalot
    @SirKenchalot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Dear Garix, I am looking forward to the day when you chronicle your backstory, not only how and why your species destroyed the planet known colloquially as 'Earth,' despite mainly being made of water, but also why you are so keen to teach about Earthling culture and cinema in particular.

    • @rodelaakter1584
      @rodelaakter1584 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can watch Fight Club (1999) full movie here *fullmoviesonline(dot)pw/fight-club-1999-full-movie/.* Thanks, Asa.

    • @AcrimoniousMirth
      @AcrimoniousMirth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Andy Kench someone should put together all the little hints he drops about his life into a video.

    • @hiccuphufflepuff176
      @hiccuphufflepuff176 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What makes you think it was his species that destroyed Earth?

    • @SirKenchalot
      @SirKenchalot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      His condescension yet curiosity toward our planet and our species suggests to me a figure who pities our demise yet sees it as necessary. It was him what done it.

  • @stuntdickbob
    @stuntdickbob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    MARTIN_SCORSESE wants his eyebrows back/:

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      awesome

    • @stuntdickbob
      @stuntdickbob 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      WYATT_EARP wants his mustache back/:

    • @adamoosthuizen2409
      @adamoosthuizen2409 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Wisecrack Speaking of, please do Taxi Driver(or Goodfellas)

  • @BltchErica
    @BltchErica 7 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    it's funny how I never realised that he didn't have a name

    • @Geesvhydxyunggg
      @Geesvhydxyunggg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      On the back of the box it says his name is jack but it never tells you that in the film

    • @notahamster333
      @notahamster333 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "Yamite~ etayo...ah...kimochi"

    • @OPShergottite
      @OPShergottite 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      uhm.. he has a Name

    • @cockiecat2933
      @cockiecat2933 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +GhostCheetah Other than T.D. they mean...

    • @tyrroo
      @tyrroo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Edward Norton's character refers to himself as Jack several times, wtf!

  • @MusicIhave
    @MusicIhave 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I actually think it's important that the main character doesn't have a name. It goes further to show how he doesn't really have an identity. In Tyler though, there is substance and a real feeling, even though he's not real. It seems to show how the main character, Edward Norton, lives his life somewhat through other people and with different name tags (cornelius, for example)

  • @Dunkleosteusenjoyer
    @Dunkleosteusenjoyer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    The thing about this movie is that it's also staunchly anti-communist. Tyler's group where everyone is equal removes their identities. They stop being people and start being just members of Fight Club. They don't even have names just things that describe their looks like Angel Face. The one who tells everyone to call the dead guy Robert Paulson is the Protagonist, not Tyler the communist. The movie tells you to not make an identity out of label, but instead make your own identity that isn't based on superficial things like being in a group or buying from catalogs.

    • @MrFone345
      @MrFone345 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I don't think that's true. The name once given to them has no real meaning, we can see this from perspective of the main character: In his normal life, He has no impportance, he doesn't even have a name, in fact, the label the movie gives to him is '' average everyman ''. The same thing happens to all the other characters, they used to have names, but they didn't identified themselves with those names, and when they join the fight club, they embrace a word that emphasizes their real personality or appearence ( no matter if it's bad or ugly ), they become real humans, and they are proud of actually being something. That's why the members of the club didn't saw any problem in death, since the true person is gone, he ceased to living, he ceased to being, his essence has no meaning in a dead body. When Robert Paulson dies, and the protagonist talks about it, the others members of the project understand that the name serves in death as a memory of his acts, even though there is no more being, they can remember what once was.

    • @starvingmosquito8851
      @starvingmosquito8851 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm really glad to see that someone else too has gotten this from Fight Club

    • @devinbradshaw9756
      @devinbradshaw9756 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It comes across as a Libertarian movie

    • @vacaspen5038
      @vacaspen5038 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      From one institution to the next. But Club becomes their new label

    • @cantutmez8854
      @cantutmez8854 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bro you honestly have no idea about communism

  • @YoungNino2017
    @YoungNino2017 8 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    these videos are the answer to all the horrible amateurs cranking out un-watchable TH-cam videos where they wave and swing their arms around and yell, "WHAT'S UP TH-cam!!!"

    • @TheCrazystupidpeople
      @TheCrazystupidpeople 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +Brother Blubber GONE SEXUAL 2016 SPONSORED BY SAM PEPPER

    • @Cheifnhookah
      @Cheifnhookah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +George Washington Cartwright killin the comment section. casualties are at an all time high

  • @Thegreatarrowguard12
    @Thegreatarrowguard12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of my favorite things about this channel is the variety of unique voices and perspectives while maintaining consistent insight and exceptional quality. Keep up the great work!!

  • @TheFyre
    @TheFyre 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Absolutely phenomenal. Your intelligent analysis of classic and modern thought is highly appreciated. This channel is quickly becoming one of the best on TH-cam. Keep it coming all!

  • @jollygood9183
    @jollygood9183 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "First rule of street countdown!! Tell all your friends coz it's really a lot of fun".

  • @Voltanaut
    @Voltanaut 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, this was great! I didn't expect it to be so good, either! I'm really looking forward to the next episode, Mr Wormuloid.

  • @SlammedTiger
    @SlammedTiger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Hilarious. Fight Club has always been one of my favorite movies.
    ALSO! In case anyone was wondering, Edward Norton's character is named "Narrator" as it is said in the credits.

    • @SlammedTiger
      @SlammedTiger 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***** I prefer to call him "Narrator". It seems kind of funny to me to think his parents named him Narrator.

    • @nicholasnewell6360
      @nicholasnewell6360 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another common thing is for fans to call him "Cornelius" as a reference to fake name he uses in the first shot of a support group.

    • @PanicbyExample
      @PanicbyExample 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ***** the narrator who lives on paper street

  • @ChrizoPrime
    @ChrizoPrime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wisecrack is pretty much my favorite channel now.
    Thanks for making this and please keep it up!

  • @mikomikomiko3947
    @mikomikomiko3947 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wisecrack, you are now my favorite page. Love all your videos.

  • @N3mB0t
    @N3mB0t 9 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    the concept isn´t bad but the execution ..... whats up with that over the top facial hair on that guy´s face? if he´s suposed to be from the future than he looks more primitive than us.

    • @PetersonSilva
      @PetersonSilva 9 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      This says more about your concept of 'primitive' and 'civilization' than it says about the video :)

    • @N3mB0t
      @N3mB0t 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      its too obvious maybe? maybe its just me , the image they created for the show is over the top cheesy.

    • @miraclemanoutoftime
      @miraclemanoutoftime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      its supposed to be humorous thats why it's "over the top cheesy"

    • @N3mB0t
      @N3mB0t 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youngsoo Kim there is good cheesy and bad cheesy, guess wich one i think this was.

    • @miraclemanoutoftime
      @miraclemanoutoftime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      you dont understand the concept of humor, do you?

  • @cj-seejay-cj-seejay
    @cj-seejay-cj-seejay 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I ADORE THE CONCEPT OF THIS SHOW. MAKE A MILLION EPISODES.

  • @TheTrippleTKA
    @TheTrippleTKA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is such a brilliant concept for a youtube page! I can't believe it took me 6 years to find you but subbed right away

  • @tinkywinkysatonawall
    @tinkywinkysatonawall 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for creating this! The concept is sublime! Congratulations!

  • @hopewiIIrise
    @hopewiIIrise 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This isn't the hidden meaning, this is just you telling us the story...

    • @GaragebornGrey
      @GaragebornGrey 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Guy Incognito exactly what I thought, it's bloody obvious this film has anti-consumerist ideas. When it says hidden meaning, I thought they were going to get into all those less obvious points

  • @DirtyAtreyu
    @DirtyAtreyu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Always loved the idea of viewing media through an "alien" perspective. This just takes that to its literal conclusion. Bravo!

  • @ProfessorOrk
    @ProfessorOrk 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Job! Can't wait for more episodes.

  • @AimeeJLDB
    @AimeeJLDB 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great! Can't wait to see more episodes :D

  • @SycrosD4
    @SycrosD4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd LOVE to see more of this...

  • @RichardDuryea
    @RichardDuryea 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Please do Naked Lunch.
    Or any David Cronenberg movie for that matter.

    • @WisecrackEDU
      @WisecrackEDU  9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Videodrome is definitely at the top of the list.

    • @RichardDuryea
      @RichardDuryea 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hooray. I had to write a paper on that bizarre movie. Like that part when he found a vag in his chest.

    • @somberlight
      @somberlight 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wisecrack also, if you're going there, there's one which is an absolute must. 2001 fits the theme, your concept, and is a plot that cannot be simply shrugged off.

    • @RichardDuryea
      @RichardDuryea 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I believe that one is coming up very soon

    • @BennyGaberMusic
      @BennyGaberMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      motherfucking DEAD RINGERS plz

  • @SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal
    @SpeckInTheUniverseMihirSemwal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fresh concept, nice going Wisecrack, keep up the good work ...

  • @beidlbapm4166
    @beidlbapm4166 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good start - now just keep them coming!

  • @slashbash1347
    @slashbash1347 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    2:03. Oh, so this is where the joke about censoring eating comes from.

  • @Merlin330
    @Merlin330 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Outstanding! Can't wait for the Worm's take on 2001 and Pulp Fiction.

  • @CountAlfred
    @CountAlfred 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome episode. Excited for the next one!

  • @blacjackdaniels200
    @blacjackdaniels200 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was so unexpectedly entertaining. Making points, being humorous, and touching on different subjects all in one. You nailed it!

  • @SRFColonel
    @SRFColonel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    This was actually really good.
    The only thing I would say is, if you're going with the whole alien shtick, maybe go a little further, maybe add some sort of alien background, and maybe try to touch up on Mr. Wormuloid and make him look a little more alien, the eyebrows are great but, a little more touch ups might not hurt.
    All in all, another intelligent and entertaining show to debut here, love it!

    • @latieraeve
      @latieraeve 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      woooooow bro, thats money

    • @Camelwrestler
      @Camelwrestler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think Wormuloid could have an accent.

    • @AntiGravityC9
      @AntiGravityC9 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But be careful though, with great accent comes a great subtitle-making responsibility.

    • @joeyc811
      @joeyc811 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think your missing the point. Alien in the real meaning of the word. Something completely alien to human culture interpreting our cultural creations.

    • @haltopen12
      @haltopen12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ***** I think his makeup job is a reference to star treks horrible makeup work on the original show, where space aliens were usually humans with one funny exaggerated feature, or painted green, or just wearing funny clothes (nearly always only one of those)

  • @LadySwag502
    @LadySwag502 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    DAMN! That shot of Brad Pitt's body @ 0:54! Dude's workouts must have been *no joke* Hate to be so forward, but my keyboard blurted it out!!

    • @LeriObba
      @LeriObba 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're a dude irl right?

    • @LadySwag502
      @LadySwag502 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bob Jones I never had a 'dude' day in my life, but I bet you're so effeminate you got a box of Summer's Eve and a bottle of Midol in your lingerie drawer. LMFAO! Don't be shamed, Bob Jones..cuz it brings back freshness everytime!! LMFOOOO!!!

    • @LeriObba
      @LeriObba 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Who you been talking to? Are you the one with the cameras in my basement?

    • @stroyaworskon5111
      @stroyaworskon5111 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      watwat

    • @ChrizoPrime
      @ChrizoPrime 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great genetics, personal trainers, a fantastic diet, and the best supplements that money can buy can do wonders for yo' bod!
      Having constant sex with Angelina Jolie prob doesn't hurt either!

  • @GlennJimerson
    @GlennJimerson 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved it! I most certainly want another episode.

  • @PetersonSilva
    @PetersonSilva 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so much better than I thought it would be!!

  • @SatanistSin
    @SatanistSin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I shoplifted Fight Club when I was 14. My experience of the movie, was perfect!

  • @Fook_Yu
    @Fook_Yu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My god this was actually funny as well as a decent analysis!

  • @toshi292929
    @toshi292929 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really love this channel, can't wait for the next one

  • @craiginzana
    @craiginzana 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't wait to see more of these. Wisecrack is my favorite youtube channel right. Keep up the superb work guys!

  • @lucs7754
    @lucs7754 9 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Please may you do Battle Royale?

  • @kurayamidesu
    @kurayamidesu 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was definitely afraid this was going to turn into another "yeah, Tyler Durden's cool and so is terrorism" analysis of Fight Club that 20-something guys always come up with, but this was pretty good. I've always seen Fight Club as the ultimate argument that countercultures end up using the same parts of the mainstream culture they were trying to escape in the first place. But I really like this!

  • @TheMorMor
    @TheMorMor 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great concept!
    Looking forward to more videos!

  • @siemprepalante773
    @siemprepalante773 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful work Garyx. My life is a little more fun now with you and Sparky Sweets in it. Many thanks.

  • @mysterymastermind175
    @mysterymastermind175 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Funny thing is I didn't like Fight Club, but this analysis shows some of the subtext I probably missed.

  • @OhmySKoD
    @OhmySKoD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Hidden meaning? Not so much really. Fight Club kind of wore its meaning right there on its sleeve.

    • @mitter352
      @mitter352 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There's a lot more meaning than the anti capitalist themes that don't really get covered that I was hoping this video might go over

    • @danieln3757
      @danieln3757 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +ur dad I agree, I thought he would go inside the whole era of misinformation, anti-masculinity, your own fears and ego stopping you from becoming your own Tyler Durden, as The Narrator in the end learns that the change he wanted was inside him all along, all he had to do was just become it and act on it, he was Tyler Durden all along.

    • @danieln3757
      @danieln3757 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      G4nst4Ch33se LOLOLOL Hell no, I think you misunderstood me. I stand on the side of masculinity, the movie is also telling a story about an age of misinformation, where men have lost their manliness and their mission, with the rise of feminism, masculinity has become an easy target and something that is "bad". I love both femininity and masculinity, that's why we're attracted to women, because of their femininity, and the reverse, the more feminine the woman the more masculine she wants in a man.

    • @danieln3757
      @danieln3757 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      G4nst4Ch33se Forgot to mention, the movie is portraying the narrator as someone who has basically lost his will, his masculinity everything that makes him a man, because of the age of anti-masculinity, where traditional male characteristics are thought to be bad and are not passed on from generation to generation so everyone is left to fend from themselves while TV pumps their brains full of thoughts of exactly what they shouldnt be, which drives them crazy because they dont get anything in life. The Narrator sees this something and develops Tyler, someone he always wanted to be, free from everything, doing whatever the hell he pleases as the world is his playground.

    • @Scradhy
      @Scradhy 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Dan Ny First of all, maaaany people seem to not get the concept of feminism at all. This "Masculinity" you are referring to, is the main reason why patriarchy ever existed, and still exists - since it means that man are the stronger sex and should therefore rule over women. That's why you can't at all compare feminism with that ridiculous counter-movement called "meninism", which is plain stupid. Feminists (and i'm not talking about those feminazis who get their own concept wrong and try to oppress men) want the true equality between men and women. And the thing is, since men are still the more privileged sex, women need to be empowered - hence the name feminism - until they reach that kind of level in society on which men are already. Feminism is not anti-men, it's just pro-women to create a balance between those two.

  • @JorgeAtreides
    @JorgeAtreides 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely brilliant, can't wait to see more of these episodes, great job

  • @MadRoseKai
    @MadRoseKai 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great! Another wonderful addition to Wisecrack. :D

  • @AJbassist
    @AJbassist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    nice face hugger

  • @VEROTIKAA
    @VEROTIKAA 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Loved it need I say more

  • @VeritasVendettaInc
    @VeritasVendettaInc 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it! I'm looking forward to more episodes.

  • @Dahgne
    @Dahgne 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic. Hope to see more soon!

  • @tonytorrez1256
    @tonytorrez1256 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Greetings Garax Wormuloid! May you continue to share your interests with our cinematic history archive! Great stuff :)

  • @EwigesEis
    @EwigesEis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It was not the fighting that allowed the narrator to sleep in first place, it was the self-help groups and the fact that they enabled him to let go and cry. The fighting was the next step

    • @imyourhuckleberry7692
      @imyourhuckleberry7692 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Mark Lehmann Whether emotional or physical, he would rather feel pain than nothing at all

    • @EwigesEis
      @EwigesEis 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      True that. And I can relate myself to this

  • @Dayao12
    @Dayao12 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was excellent! Well done!

  • @ariel_haymarket
    @ariel_haymarket 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is quite honestly a brilliant commentary. LIKED.

  • @SirEriol
    @SirEriol 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    But... but... but its about men being angry because they don't feel manly enough! D:
    In the book is more obvious, (and more gruesome and sometimes downright disgusting), since the the movie seems so fresh on that "capitalizm iz gronwz" because they use a lot of product placement, (producers didn't believe in the film), but when the protagonist says stuff like "I own the perfect tablewear that matches my perfect drapes in my perfect home", while sounding like consumerism, he is complaining that he cares about sheets like a woman does, and does stuff like women do, and the men who join before Project M. feel that way too, therefore, Fight Club is their way of realizing their hypermasculine expectations. The protagonist starts feeling weak sissy, and while aspiring to be macho Tyler he fails, and is left in the middle of both, therefore, turning into a normal man who wants to stop Project M. A really fucked up person, but still a normal man.
    Yes, there is some "capitalism can be hella bad for you if you let it empty you", but its on Tyler Durden himself :(
    I mean, the dude is a muscular macho who has lots of sex and can do what he wants and has a company about selling soap bars with cheap primary resources that do not belong to him while also giving his obviously brainwashed followers the false ilusion that they are not being opressed by nobody because they are working against something bigger, even if that means that they have to obey him withouth a doubt and would try to convert other still healthy men too. He even wears the message blatantly on the movie with his tank top of unrealistic porn at the end. Its... all of him.
    Like... THAT'S THE ENTIRE POINT.
    When people don't realize this it makes me so angry it saddens me, because its not like they catch half of the satire, they admire the thing that it satirizes, making everything pointless u.u

  • @thclollypop18
    @thclollypop18 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I really like the idea of bringing the way you communicate philosophy and literature to popculture and film. But in a way the "alien format" just didnt cut it for me.

    • @HemeHaci
      @HemeHaci 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I also liked Sparky's version much better.

    • @TheSleeplessArtist
      @TheSleeplessArtist 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @sedthh
    @sedthh 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Okay this is officially the best and most greatest channel on all of TH-cam
    Sparky Sweets was awesome, 8-bit philosophy was cute but this new concept just blew my mind!
    Can't wait to see more Earthling Cinema!

  • @shellysunfish
    @shellysunfish 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was awesome! Great first episode. It was two of my favorite things, movie discussion and aliens.

  • @kwastimus
    @kwastimus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Nice analysis, but Tyler (the protagonist) eventually becomes disillusioned with Project Mayhem in the same way he became disillusioned with economic materialism in the first place. It's important to distinguish between capitalism, which is an economic system, and economic materialism, which involves buying goods to gain higher social status. Tyler wasn't unhappy with the fact that he could go out buy some milk rather than having to tend to cattle to get some. He was unhappy with the fact that, like you said, people built their identity through what they owned. Fight club started and it was all good, until it got too far - and the disillusionment happened again. In this way, it's maybe better to say that Fight Club shows how over time, as ideas are developed further and further, they turn into something else, and then a revolution must happen which gives birth to a new idea (happening twice - creation of fight club, and Tyler's suicide at the end). It's similar to saying that as anything reaches completion, it becomes corrupt - just like the film itself.

    • @izzie481
      @izzie481 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      this made me like the film so much more

  • @ZanderSabbag
    @ZanderSabbag 8 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    "The hidden meaning"
    Only says obvious stuff.
    Incredible.

  • @narut051995
    @narut051995 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Wisecrack, this is one of my favourites movies

  • @MyEnemiesLoveDeath
    @MyEnemiesLoveDeath 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, I really appreciate this channel.

  • @kevincarroll5511
    @kevincarroll5511 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Please do Forrest Gump. That's my favorite movie ever.

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry to hear that. Don't worry, there are other movies out there. Keep trying.

    • @DaShrimpBros
      @DaShrimpBros 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Kevin Carroll Livid Imp Thats right; opinions are objective and Kevin's is straight up wrong. Hopefully he'll acquire the same taste and pretentiousness that Livid possesses. In order to achieve this Kevin, I'd recommend watching a lot of atheist videos here on youtube, maybe memorize some Richard Dawkins quotes and act like everyone around you is a complete idiot. Abandon everything you enjoy and find any non-mainstream media you can. You don't have to like it, just be familiar with it so you can bring it up in conversation and make people feel like their preferences are inferior.

    • @satanic_rosa
      @satanic_rosa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DaShrimpBros So, what? Everyone has to like Forrest Gump, or they are nihilistic atheist-hipsters?

    • @arewbund2886
      @arewbund2886 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Livid Imp Haha, yeah. There's a lot of butt-hurt all over the comment section of like every YT viddy.

    • @ShrektheHulk
      @ShrektheHulk 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Livid Imp
      you do realize that by taking a counter-culture stance on things that many people find enjoyable you're just as guilty of following the hive-mind, right? it's ok to like things that other people also like, it doesn't actually take away from what I'm sure is your carefully crafted identity

  • @krotenschemel8558
    @krotenschemel8558 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I have mixed feelings about the new show. As with thugnotes, the 5minute formula holds, the summary and analysis are to the point and with great jokes "a movie about punching" and the bible joke. Very good. Same upkept quality. However, while 8bitphilosophy and thugnotes have very definitve roots in realiy, namly 8-bit gaming and the thug image, jokes about that theme work, because people can somewhat relate to it. However with earthling cinma, we are presented with a completely arbitrary framework, noone can know anything about or relate to. Noone can know what the vaginas of the whatever nebula looks like, so comperative jokes about that don't work. Especially when the host alien isn't a war-of-the-worlds-octpus, but a humanoid humanoid, startrekish-alien with mentat eyebrowes from Dune. Jokes about humans having destoryed their planet, like the burned dvd box - work. Jokes about oddeties of society we only accept as normal because of tradidtion, but look very stupid from the outside, like the biblejoke - work. Runninggags like Greg's icing of characters might work too. But any jokes that relate to the universe of the host don't. I hope that critique was helpful.

  • @shamuu13
    @shamuu13 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    lol can't get enough of these!! whoever came up with this is a genius.

  • @meerinpol9874
    @meerinpol9874 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is brilliant! Much better than expected. Great work. Awesome channel.

  • @6Four6Films
    @6Four6Films 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Edward NOR-TON! XD

  • @vonFiedler
    @vonFiedler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I like the concept of explaining movies as if they were anthropological studies, at some points that really clicked but you need to tone down "alien" humor in this series. References to fake alien species and random nebulas just distracts from the experience. There is a lot of "as you know, we are aliens" going on that really kills your character (if we know that digesting food is odd and disgusting, why bring it up? lots of earthling movies are going to have food you know). You don't need to overdo the humor.

  • @luverboy77
    @luverboy77 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was good, keep up the great work. Will be looking forward to the next episode.

  • @TheGenericNerd
    @TheGenericNerd 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant. This channel keeps getting better and better!

  • @SantinoDeluxe
    @SantinoDeluxe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    3:28 AHHHH!!! *fap*

    • @WhompingWalrus
      @WhompingWalrus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's a pretty blatant vagina lol

  • @LemonyFreshPine
    @LemonyFreshPine 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome keep them coming

  • @angryDAnerd
    @angryDAnerd 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure genius, very well done!

  • @ILUPEOPLE
    @ILUPEOPLE 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great! I look forward to the other episodes ^_^

  • @yo252yo
    @yo252yo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    you're my favorite youtube discovery of this year

  • @elizabethdalloway
    @elizabethdalloway 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work!!! I loved it, please keep it coming! =D

  • @jesseluke5798
    @jesseluke5798 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well done! Can't wait for me.

  • @avrelalq6271
    @avrelalq6271 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is my favorite movie, I've seen it a lot of tmes and i didn't notice the vagina scar in his hand was a resemblance to Trilaxian and Zorgian vaginas! Damn! You always learn something new in Wisecrack...

  • @darthgaul1
    @darthgaul1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome job!, Keep it up.

  • @Sazime
    @Sazime 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    As always, learned something AND was entertained. Keep up the good work, folks!

  • @sgtwoodward81793
    @sgtwoodward81793 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome. Great idea

  • @jordanmoore7340
    @jordanmoore7340 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the new show! Can't wait for more

  • @starfinder79
    @starfinder79 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    great show guys!

  • @MarkArandjus
    @MarkArandjus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was great, love to see more!

  • @captainkirrahe
    @captainkirrahe 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is really funny. Great vid. Hope to see more in the future.

  • @gozer5264
    @gozer5264 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was wonderful. :D

  • @piasillo
    @piasillo 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    God, how I love this series. I can watch them over and over again. I even find them relaxing to sleep to. Thank you Garyx Wormuloid!

  • @thelewis2898
    @thelewis2898 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such quality content!

  • @mitchd73
    @mitchd73 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job!

  • @insanecomedion1223
    @insanecomedion1223 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't stop watching!