I remember at the time he considered this his Superman,the way that Christopher Reeve will always be known as that KR believed he would always be known as Ted and was totally cool with it. It’s awesome that even with that attitude he went on to become a legitimate movie star known for multiple iconic roles. It was shakey at first,remember him in Dracula?🤣
I saw an interview with Alex Winter (Bill) and he said he got loads of letters from history teachers saying how this movie got their students interested in history and then got letters from English teachers saying they’d murdered the English language. You should definitely watch the sequels. Also the world would be a better place if everyone followed Bill and Ted’s philosophy of be excellent to each other
Irony of Ironies.... in 2600 the world is peaceful and tranquil and can directly trace back the path to it to Bill and Ted('s Excellent Adventure). Tell me there wouldn't be a through line of cool in that.
I love this movie sooo hard. I remember seeing it in the theater when it first came out and being absolutely delighted. To this day, I still say, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." The soundtrack is also bonkers good. (Also, can we bring back half-shirts for guys?! They were *everywhere* in the 80s.)
- I have to admit, I totally also do the " ... Strange things are Afoot at the Circle K ... " thing too, not as often as I used to, but yeah, that is an Excellent catchphrase.
One thing a lot of people miss in this movie is the Rufus Paradox - Rufus never actually introduces himself to the boys - Bill and Ted learn his name from Future Bill and Ted, who learned it from their future selves when they were the earlier Bill and Ted.
Not to mention: where did Rufus come from if the timeline was headed towards the duo breaking up? His future should never have existed! So then you get the question of multiple parallel timelines interacting and all sorts of other nonsense before you remember that it's a very silly movie that doesn't take itself seriously at ALL.
@@Chasmodius There are theories of time being constant. All that will happen has already happened. Basically, if you consider the universe a closed system, no matter how many times itis rewound, the same event will always play out. In the same fashion, if someone in the future was to go back in time, they would always go back in time. This would mean that their future actions already exist in their past. This is similar to the grandfather paradox, in that no matter what actions are taken, the same history will always play out. One could even argue, "what if the actions of the time traveler lead to the events of history in the first place?"
It's fun to see younger crowds talking about how Ted is Keanu Reeves. For us older bunch, this was the first time we ever seen Keanu. He was pretty much unknown.
I saw him in _River's Edge_ first. (Which Keanu was convinced was a comedy until he saw the finished product.) They were filmed the same year, but Bill & Ted got shelved for a couple of years.
_River’s Edge_ was the first movie I remember seeing him in. Whew! That’s a dark one. Really good, but definitely on the opposite end of the tone spectrum from B&T.
Thinking about it now, maybe its a homage either to Scooby-Do or old black/white comedies. I could totally see someone falling out of a still intact armor suit.
As a lifelong fan, all three are worth watching. Bogus Journey (part 2) is definitely weirder than the first, but it's still good, and adds a great side character. Face The Music (part 3) is the weakest, but still a better-than-average movie and a lot of silly fun, and has its moments. I have a special spot for Face The Music, tho. It was made and released during the pandemic, and it was exactly what the world needed at the time. ❤
@@shawnmiller4781 Agreed. I prefer the second one by a fair bit, though the first is a very good movie as well. Also really enjoy the fact that they didn't just do another time travel plot despite that being the obvious direction for the second movie.
@@drakocarrion I was talking about Young Guns II. Red my statement that they needed to watch those two movies since they didn’t know who Billy the Kid was
@@shawnmiller4781 I think the confusion was that you replied to the wrong comment (I see a top-level comment regarding Young Guns a couple comments down)
I found your page a few days ago and have been binge watching your reactions. Groundhog day had me busting a gut. lmao Simone, every video, your reactions have me laughing. George. I love how you bring out the Nerd humor. I love you guys!!! I'm so glad I subscribed. Lets keep binge watching. lol
Wonderful reaction you two - I would say that "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" (1991) is well worth a reaction video, it's just as much fun and "out there" as you would expect. "Bill & Ted Face The Music" (2020) is a bit more divisive. I'll let other comments deal with that one. :)
The third one has some really fun moments, but the pacing is off, and I think it suffered greatly from the production being interrupted by the pandemic. Like, I think it was literally the first Hollywood film to resume production after the initial lockdown.
When they make a stop in the future, Bill and Ted see three supreme beings. The one on the left is Martha Davis who was the lead singer for The Motels. The middle one was Clarence Clemons the saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen. The final one is Fee Waybill from The Tubes.
I like to think Napoleon being apprehensive at the water slide is him remembering being sucked into the Circuits of History and thinking it was the same thing
Fun little history nugget, Abraham Lincoln actually had a prophetic dream a few nights before he was assassinated that told him not to go to the theatre. If I recall correctly, Lincoln went anyway because he believed you can't fight fate.
This movie, probably more than any other, really symbolizes the best of what the 90s was all about. Yeah, it was a little airheaded, but most people were good intentioned and fun loving. All the bright colors, the music. It's great. And how can you hate a movie with such a nice and simple message? Be excellent to each other, dudes!
It was a time when I feel like we weren't being herded into some new thing to be afraid of - no cold war, no terrorist attacks, no germ warfare - people were sort of random and it was really fun. I actually feel kind of sad watching these movies now and remembering how mentally free people were not that long ago.
'Be Excellent To Each Other' is definitely something you should take away from this movie. I personally loved the sequel and the new one isn't bad either (although I'm not sure if it necessarily falls in my 'good' column). Station!
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is just as good as the first movie, it's just... different in an interesting way. But it absolutely ties in with everything, and I'd say is almost more important for understanding the 3rd movie.
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is, as you said, a unique movie. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is so unique that it's amazing it exists. I'm REALLY hoping you watch that as well.
This is one of my favorite movies ever. So much fun, obviously not serious in the slightest. Too bad YT makes you mute it, as this movie had a killer soundtrack.
I love Socrates because his entire character is written like ancient Greeks are known only for philosophy and athletes, so he's the giga-chad amalgamation of both. This film was ahead of its time.
Really really want you both to react to the next two. Second one is fantastic & the third is really sweet (and for those of us who watched these years ago was a great nostalgia trip)
Yes chocolate pudding used to come in a can. We ate them during our five mile walk up the mountain on the way to school in the winter ...and we liked it.
Oh man, you will have fun with this series. I loved the movies so much that I eventually bought a red aluminum phone booth just like that. It's currently in the back of the hearse right now because there's no room on the boat.
This movie will always have a special place in my heart because in 1990 I was the young fellow who got to program the Amiga port of the "Bill 'n' Ted's Excellent Adventure" video game. It was not a well-designed game and was rushed out without adequate testing, but it has a nostalgic late 80's charm and is worth checking out in your favorite Amiga emulator. After the game was completed I had a chance to read this script with the title "Bill 'n' Ted Go To Hell" which eventually became the sequel "Bill 'n' Ted's Bogus Journey." Such goofy movies that I didn't appreciate at the time. The third Bill 'n' Ted movie that came out a couple of years ago was surprisingly good.
This movie is so weirdly nostalgic for me because it was shot both WHEN I grew up (late 80s) and WHERE I grew up (Scottsdale AZ). It's still so surreal watching a movie that was filmed literally in my memories.
Yes, pudding cups used to come in metal containers with a peel-up lid. It actually taught kids about risk/reward decision making: was getting that last bit of pudding worth risking the inevitable cut on the inside rim of the container? 😄 Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin, better known as one of the founders of The GoGo's ("We Got the Beat", "Vacation", etc.). Watch Sigmund Freud's corndog as he realizes the mall girls are laughing at him. When you think about it, "Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!" is a *great* life philosophy. So long as you get enough productivity into your partying (i.e., learn to play your instruments 😁).
One time I was at a stand-up meeting at work and my boss was recognizing me for three years of service. She asked if I had any words of wisdom for the team, so I said "Be excellent to each other... and party on dudes!"
The other two are definitely worth watching. Yes, even the 2020 one. The 2020 one was a pleasant surprise in that it had a lot of charm and wasn't bad at all. I will say, though, that I think the shortcomings it does have might've been due to the pandemic imposing limitations on the amount of polish they could give it.
Yes - definitely watch the second one. You have to follow their journey now. I remember the Bogus Journey was a blockbuster the minute it came out when I was a kid - posters were literally everywhere. Metal was life for the majority of kids in the 80s around the world. The best example to explain this to Canadians would be the time Shane McKay got Spike pregnant On Degrassi Junior High, and he used his allowance to buy tickets to the Gourmet Scum concert, instead of paying Spike child support, and then he jumped of a bridge after taking LSD, got spinal damage and ended up in a wheel chair. Yes, there was a lesson in this for us all. Anyway, there were so many bands in the 80s and a lot of people were dreaming of one that may emerge and stand head and shoulders above the rest, that in effect would unify everyone. This movie came out at the end of the Cold War when people were looking forward to the future with optimism, after decades of the threat of the human race being on the edge of extinction, potentially in minutes. There were so many older kids in my town like Bill and Ted and metal was playing on my school bus the first day I got on when I was 5.
MAN, this came out when I was 13-14 so it defined my later childhood. I went to see the third one in the theater on my 45th birthday. Definitely see all 3 for the soundtracks if no other reason
16:43 Beethoven was almost completely deaf, so yeah, maybe he wouldn't have noticed. Glad the movie paid attention to small details like that, even if Bill and Ted likely wouldn't notice themselves.
In an alternate timeline, Bill and Ted failed history. Ted was sent to military school, where he demonstrated a talent for killing and developed great marksmanship skills. However, during a field trip to Eastern Europe, he got seperated from his group and was found wandering around Belarus. He was adopted into a local tribe and raised and trained as one of their own. He changed his name to John Wick and became an assassin under the High Table.
This was one of my favorite movies growing up. And yeah, there's just something about the... commitment to the absurdity of it all that makes it work in ways that something... less absurd wouldn't. Of course, one of the awesome connections to this movie that I've got is that one year in middle school, I remember looking through the window ahead of the first day, and when I found where I was, I saw that right across from me was someone named Ted (who turned out to be new to town). He actually wound up being my best friend (and fellow trumpet player) through to the end of High School XD There were 100% some excellent adventures involved.
Honestly, these movies are so unbelievably absurd, but are also pretty great as long as you know exactly what you're strapping in for. I think you guys would enjoy the hell out of all three, even if you don't watch them on the channel.
There’s a movie called Freaked where they were teamed together a bit only Alex Winters was a standout star and Keanu was a background character unrecognizable. Which is wackiest and weirdest PG movie there is
I definitely recommend the 2 sequels. This is one of the few trilogies that manages to maintain its quality through all 3 films. Bogus Journey is my favorite of the 3 and one of THE most underrated sequels along with Gremlins 2 The New Batch.
Love your reaction. One of my favorite movies. Parts of this movie were filmed in my home town of Phoenix, AZ. The mall scenes were filmed at The Metro Center, once the larges mall in the US. It was that place to be back then. Sadly hey are tearing the mall down. But before they do, they will be screening this movie on an outdoor screen. This will most likely happen on May 21st. The Circle K used in this movie had a screening of Bill and Ted in 2022, before they permanently closed it. Many of the Arizona locations are now closed.
I love love love this movie. It’s filmed in my home town. I grew up going to that mall and that water park. Not many movies are filmed here so it fills a special place in my heart.
My headcannon is that John Wick is what happens in an alternate reality where they fail and Ted is sent to military school. John Wicks dog was named Bill.
I think it's fair to say that this movie _works_ because all the rules it's gonna break it breaks in the first act, before it's introduced the conflict.
Now you've watched this you have to finish the trilogy by watching the other two Bill & Ted movies! Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey will introduce you to probably the best movie grim reaper ever (played brilliantly by William Sadler) and Bill & Ted Face the Music is a surprisingly warm and fuzzy heart felt conclusion to them becoming 'The Great Ones'. If you enjoyed this one you'll enjoy the other two. They're just fun, lighthearted movies with two lovable goofball characters. I actually teared up a little at the end of the third movie (watch right to the end of the end credits). That movie came out in the midst of the pandemic and was exactly the movie the world needed at the time.
Definitely watch the other two, and definitely don't skip the second one. The third one not only acknowledges the ages of the actors, but is really all about it.
In the early 90s, when I saw those movies (meaning the first two of course), I was like 12. And of course even then you know, that it is just a silly movie, but I still loved the idea so much, that some music could lead world peace and happiness on earth and all that.
Honestly, one of the best jokes in the entire movie, is that Ted is actually named Ted Logan, and just calls himself "Theodore" (something that a distressingly large part of the Internet seems to have gotten wrong, for some reason). The guy even introduces himself as "I'm Ted 'Theodore' Logan."
Child of the 90s here, I've not seen this film, didn't think it would be my cup of tea but enjoyed this. I had to laugh as they started to get bored of all the historical figures even in the film itself when Sigmund Freud hit "yup just 60 secs here is enough, you get the idea, next"
You DO need to see the second one before the third, Keanu loved the character so much he was pushing for a third for so long... That and "Constantine" he would really love to reprise that role!
Love this late 80's classic so much. Hilarious 😂 I was 14 when it came out. The phone booth got more than a little crowded and the extremely important antenna is rather fragile. It would have helped if Bill and Ted had Doctor Who's Tardis instead. Party on Dudes 🎸 🎶
Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos. The middle one of the three future people is Clarence Clemons, the famous Sax player of Bruce Springsteen.
When I saw you'd done this one, I dropped everything to watch. This has been one of my all-time favorite movies since I saw it in the theater back when it came out. It's what I call a "smart stupid movie", because it's so dumb on the surface, but there's so much wit and nerdy goodness in it. For example, when they meet Joan of Arc - who believed she spoke to God, or at least a messenger - and Ted reaches his arm out to her, their arms and hands are at first in the same position as the hand of God reaching toward man's hand on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. And then there's the little background stuff, like Billy the Kid and Socrates (he's under Sew-crates) in medieval England happily tossing a football. The list goes on and on, just so much great stuff, and you could tell everyone was having a blast making it. Also of note are some of the actors. Joan of Arc is a co-founder of The Go-Gos, and the Three Most Important People (the future dudes) are Bruce Springsteen's sax player, the lead singer for The Motels, and the lead singer for The Tubes. And I adore the soundtrack. One of my favorite '80s soundtracks. The second one is I think an inferior film, but it's still fun and worth a watch. If after that you want more, the third one is loads of fun. Another bonkers "smart stupid movie" you should check out in an Australian movie by Yahoo Serious called "Young Einstein". It follows the famous physicist in his early years, as, while on his dad's apple ranch in Tasmania, he discovers e=mc2, the formula to split beer atoms (thus achieving the never-before achieved feat of putting bubbles in it), and has to go on a grand adventure to the mainland (Australia) to patent it. It's utterly ludicrous, but has so much wit and nerdy goodness in it, plus a rocking all-Aussie soundtrack.
Way back when, this was our introduction to Keanu Reeves. (There's an interesting internet theory going around that, in an alternate universe, Ted's dad sent him to military school where he excelled and became John Wick.) One of the things I liked about this movie was that all the historical figures only spoke their own languages. They didn't all (conveniently) speak English.
As a person that grew up in the 80s and the gas station, Waterpark and mall were all places I lived next to. This movie neans alot to me.They just recently tore down that gas station
i LOVE this movie!!! It is such a fun romp, . I remember watching this in the theatres when i Was 16(i think?) and also had been learning guitar for a little over a year, , So I was not very good. I identified with that part of the guys. Anyway, despite being panned by critics this was a surprise fan favorite. Almost everyone loved this movie and it is just a fun time. Definitely watch the 2nd one, I am guessing it takes place about a year or 2 after this one. It is a weird adventure of its own, and the boys end up in some extremely strange places. It is a bit dAarker, but still fun and worth the watch. Also since you mentioned Joan of Arc I thought you might like to know that her character was played by JaneWeidlin the guitarist for the Go-Gos. I am so happy you got to watch this and I got to enjoy it with you!! thanks Simone and George!
The 2nd one is really fun and the 3rd one is a passion project in the age of callbacks…it’s a surprisingly great series…even though I love them because I saw them in real-time 😊
Abraham Lincoln didn't have TEETH due to having Marfan Syndome which was Nicknamed the Lincoln Disease after him. People will say he had Wooden Teeth NOPE that was Washington, Lincoln lost his at 14 years old, I know this because I'm Family Bloodline.
i watched this as a kid and never realized it was Keanu Reeves because his first big roll was in Speed and he was nothing like what he was in this movie then i saw Point Break and at the end of it Keanu has long hair and at that moment i realized he was Ted Theodore Logan
I’ll admit: I’ve wondered if they’re occasionally high, but I didn’t want to ask and sound judgy. It’s their giggles - they never fail to put me in a good mood 😊
Such a great film. I think the line "I fell out of my suit when I hit the floor" sums it up perfectly :) The second film is fantastic - quite different but also outrageously ambitious. Tbh I can't bring myself to watch the third, even though it's apparently ok.
You should definitely watch the 2nd one, but just go in knowing that it's going to be MUCH weirder than the first one
Station.
Need to kill the robot uses
Dont fear the reaper dude lol
@@jeremyharris6055 I heard that!
Best 3 out of 5?
You're damn right!
_THIS_ is Keanu Reeves as most of us were introduced to him. Taking him seriously for other roles after this required a leap of faith!
I have to be honest. This was his best role. There's very little difference in the characters for the rest of his movies. Ted was very unique.
@@mgordon1100 "Stoner #2" was unique?
@Big Dream Have you watched any other movies with Keanu Reeves? He plays them all deadpan, no charisma.
He played Siddharta in Little Buddha as well. It wasnt all goofy
I remember at the time he considered this his Superman,the way that Christopher Reeve will always be known as that KR believed he would always be known as Ted and was totally cool with it. It’s awesome that even with that attitude he went on to become a legitimate movie star known for multiple iconic roles. It was shakey at first,remember him in Dracula?🤣
I saw an interview with Alex Winter (Bill) and he said he got loads of letters from history teachers saying how this movie got their students interested in history and then got letters from English teachers saying they’d murdered the English language. You should definitely watch the sequels.
Also the world would be a better place if everyone followed Bill and Ted’s philosophy of be excellent to each other
Eh, history's more important than english anyway.
Don't forget the second part: PARTY ON, DUDES!
Irony of Ironies.... in 2600 the world is peaceful and tranquil and can directly trace back the path to it to Bill and Ted('s Excellent Adventure). Tell me there wouldn't be a through line of
cool in that.
No language is static. It's always changing with usage. Sorry, teacher.
You betcha
I love this movie sooo hard. I remember seeing it in the theater when it first came out and being absolutely delighted. To this day, I still say, "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K." The soundtrack is also bonkers good.
(Also, can we bring back half-shirts for guys?! They were *everywhere* in the 80s.)
If you like the soundtrack as I did too. Go check out Briklin, Walk Away live. They did some kinda band reunion thing not too long ago.
I want to make it clear my like is for the greater part of your comment, but I do not endorse the return of belly shirts on men.
- I have to admit, I totally also do the " ... Strange things are Afoot at the Circle K ... " thing too, not as often as I used to, but yeah, that is an Excellent catchphrase.
One thing a lot of people miss in this movie is the Rufus Paradox - Rufus never actually introduces himself to the boys - Bill and Ted learn his name from Future Bill and Ted, who learned it from their future selves when they were the earlier Bill and Ted.
Not to mention: where did Rufus come from if the timeline was headed towards the duo breaking up? His future should never have existed! So then you get the question of multiple parallel timelines interacting and all sorts of other nonsense before you remember that it's a very silly movie that doesn't take itself seriously at ALL.
@@Chasmodius it’s called a pre-destination paradox.
The real question is, was Rufus even his real name, or does everyone just accept it as his name because they said it?
@@Chasmodius There are theories of time being constant. All that will happen has already happened. Basically, if you consider the universe a closed system, no matter how many times itis rewound, the same event will always play out. In the same fashion, if someone in the future was to go back in time, they would always go back in time. This would mean that their future actions already exist in their past. This is similar to the grandfather paradox, in that no matter what actions are taken, the same history will always play out. One could even argue, "what if the actions of the time traveler lead to the events of history in the first place?"
This was the type of stuff George was mentioning can ruin simple fun. Interesting fact regardless.
It's fun to see younger crowds talking about how Ted is Keanu Reeves. For us older bunch, this was the first time we ever seen Keanu. He was pretty much unknown.
I saw him in _River's Edge_ first. (Which Keanu was convinced was a comedy until he saw the finished product.) They were filmed the same year, but Bill & Ted got shelved for a couple of years.
_River’s Edge_ was the first movie I remember seeing him in. Whew! That’s a dark one. Really good, but definitely on the opposite end of the tone spectrum from B&T.
@@0okamino "Poke it with a stick!"
@@Serai3 River's Edge was pretty dark, but with Crispin Glover, you can't go wrong, he went 100% into his character.
@@MrDeadstu I'm pretty sure it was Crispin's and Dennis's performances that had Keanu convinced he was in a comedy. :D
the line "I fell out of my suit when I hit the floor!" might be my favourite line in the movie it's just so completely absurd
Thinking about it now, maybe its a homage either to Scooby-Do or old black/white comedies. I could totally see someone falling out of a still intact armor suit.
What I find equally absurd is how easily the sword pierces the armour.
@@Aurochhunter how about... why did they even stab it in the first place
Ahahahahahaha, yeah, George's "...what" to that cracked me up 😂
As a lifelong fan, all three are worth watching. Bogus Journey (part 2) is definitely weirder than the first, but it's still good, and adds a great side character. Face The Music (part 3) is the weakest, but still a better-than-average movie and a lot of silly fun, and has its moments. I have a special spot for Face The Music, tho. It was made and released during the pandemic, and it was exactly what the world needed at the time. ❤
I hear there is a 4th film to come...
The second one is essential. It's one of those sequels that is almost as great as the original, and you need it for a character in the third one.
I would argue it is a rate better than the original sequel.
Jon Bon Jovi doing the music helped a lot
@@shawnmiller4781 Agreed. I prefer the second one by a fair bit, though the first is a very good movie as well. Also really enjoy the fact that they didn't just do another time travel plot despite that being the obvious direction for the second movie.
@@drakocarrion I was talking about Young Guns II.
Red my statement that they needed to watch those two movies since they didn’t know who Billy the Kid was
@@shawnmiller4781 I think the confusion was that you replied to the wrong comment (I see a top-level comment regarding Young Guns a couple comments down)
I found your page a few days ago and have been binge watching your reactions. Groundhog day had me busting a gut. lmao Simone, every video, your reactions have me laughing. George. I love how you bring out the Nerd humor. I love you guys!!! I'm so glad I subscribed. Lets keep binge watching. lol
Wonderful reaction you two - I would say that "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" (1991) is well worth a reaction video, it's just as much fun and "out there" as you would expect.
"Bill & Ted Face The Music" (2020) is a bit more divisive. I'll let other comments deal with that one. :)
I had low expectations for the 3rd movie, and I think that helped me enjoy it more for what it was.
@@CraigKostelecky I had low expectations for the 3rd one and I was still disappointed.
I love all three but I think the third was the weakest of the trilogy but still good and worth the watch
The third one has some really fun moments, but the pacing is off, and I think it suffered greatly from the production being interrupted by the pandemic. Like, I think it was literally the first Hollywood film to resume production after the initial lockdown.
The third one had some stupid stuff in it, but it still had the spirit of the originals.
CinnaBinge - FUN fact , jello Pudding used to come in Little metal cans , after the 1980's they switched to Plastic cups.
When they make a stop in the future, Bill and Ted see three supreme beings. The one on the left is Martha Davis who was the lead singer for
The Motels. The middle one was Clarence Clemons the saxophone player for Bruce Springsteen. The final one is Fee Waybill from The Tubes.
I like to think Napoleon being apprehensive at the water slide is him remembering being sucked into the Circuits of History and thinking it was the same thing
And yes!! Definitely watch the 2nd and 3rd ones!
Yes the 2nd one does tie into the 3rd one. The 3rd one really sweet and excellent. It really gives Bill and Ted an amazing sendoff.
Fun little history nugget, Abraham Lincoln actually had a prophetic dream a few nights before he was assassinated that told him not to go to the theatre. If I recall correctly, Lincoln went anyway because he believed you can't fight fate.
This movie, probably more than any other, really symbolizes the best of what the 90s was all about. Yeah, it was a little airheaded, but most people were good intentioned and fun loving. All the bright colors, the music. It's great.
And how can you hate a movie with such a nice and simple message? Be excellent to each other, dudes!
It was a time when I feel like we weren't being herded into some new thing to be afraid of - no cold war, no terrorist attacks, no germ warfare - people were sort of random and it was really fun. I actually feel kind of sad watching these movies now and remembering how mentally free people were not that long ago.
'Be Excellent To Each Other' is definitely something you should take away from this movie. I personally loved the sequel and the new one isn't bad either (although I'm not sure if it necessarily falls in my 'good' column). Station!
Staaaation!!!
STATION!!!!!!!!!
"Take no prisoners! Open fire!"
And...Party on, dudes!
You sunk my battleship!!
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey is just as good as the first movie, it's just... different in an interesting way. But it absolutely ties in with everything, and I'd say is almost more important for understanding the 3rd movie.
At 26:32 Simone breaks out the George McFly laugh LOL
I was 15 when this came out. I've seen it more times than I would care to admit.
I was 4 but I seen it when I was probably 6ish and I always found it funny when I was little and always wanted to watch it when it came on tv
So glad you liked this. Now you must see "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey" it is EXCELLENT! (air guitar solo)
A reaction video to Bill and Ted? Excellent! (air guitar riff)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is, as you said, a unique movie. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey is so unique that it's amazing it exists. I'm REALLY hoping you watch that as well.
When someone tells me something I already know I always think of that "I *KNOW* how to spell Lincoln 😡" line 🤣
This is one of my favorite movies ever. So much fun, obviously not serious in the slightest. Too bad YT makes you mute it, as this movie had a killer soundtrack.
I love Socrates because his entire character is written like ancient Greeks are known only for philosophy and athletes, so he's the giga-chad amalgamation of both. This film was ahead of its time.
" Sorry Death, you lose! It was Professor Plum... " You guys have to watch the second one, you'll love it.
I totally forgot about Socrates and Billy the Kid wing-manning each other, so hilarious!
Really really want you both to react to the next two. Second one is fantastic & the third is really sweet (and for those of us who watched these years ago was a great nostalgia trip)
Yes chocolate pudding used to come in a can. We ate them during our five mile walk up the mountain on the way to school in the winter ...and we liked it.
Bogus Journey is an amazing sequel, and contains one of my favorite jokes in the history of comedy movies.
The Cowboy and the Greek - they fight crime! Fun fact - Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin, herself in the 80's band the Go-Go's.
Oh man, you will have fun with this series. I loved the movies so much that I eventually bought a red aluminum phone booth just like that. It's currently in the back of the hearse right now because there's no room on the boat.
This movie will always have a special place in my heart because in 1990 I was the young fellow who got to program the Amiga port of the "Bill 'n' Ted's Excellent Adventure" video game. It was not a well-designed game and was rushed out without adequate testing, but it has a nostalgic late 80's charm and is worth checking out in your favorite Amiga emulator. After the game was completed I had a chance to read this script with the title "Bill 'n' Ted Go To Hell" which eventually became the sequel "Bill 'n' Ted's Bogus Journey." Such goofy movies that I didn't appreciate at the time. The third Bill 'n' Ted movie that came out a couple of years ago was surprisingly good.
The actress who played Joan of Arc was Jane Weidlend of the all girl band The Go Gos
This movie is so weirdly nostalgic for me because it was shot both WHEN I grew up (late 80s) and WHERE I grew up (Scottsdale AZ). It's still so surreal watching a movie that was filmed literally in my memories.
just noticed at 5:57 behtoven is just painted on the door, and then it opens you can still see him barly on the side.
Yes, pudding cups used to come in metal containers with a peel-up lid. It actually taught kids about risk/reward decision making: was getting that last bit of pudding worth risking the inevitable cut on the inside rim of the container? 😄
Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin, better known as one of the founders of The GoGo's ("We Got the Beat", "Vacation", etc.).
Watch Sigmund Freud's corndog as he realizes the mall girls are laughing at him.
When you think about it, "Be excellent to each other, and party on dudes!" is a *great* life philosophy. So long as you get enough productivity into your partying (i.e., learn to play your instruments 😁).
Joan of Arc was played by Jane Wiedlin from the band The Go Go's. She was in a couple of 80s movies.
One time I was at a stand-up meeting at work and my boss was recognizing me for three years of service. She asked if I had any words of wisdom for the team, so I said "Be excellent to each other... and party on dudes!"
I love all 3 movies. You can't skip part two as events from it directly relate to part three
The other two are definitely worth watching. Yes, even the 2020 one.
The 2020 one was a pleasant surprise in that it had a lot of charm and wasn't bad at all. I will say, though, that I think the shortcomings it does have might've been due to the pandemic imposing limitations on the amount of polish they could give it.
thats what it seemed like. pandemic movies without 100M of CGI all felt a little off somehow
Yes - definitely watch the second one. You have to follow their journey now. I remember the Bogus Journey was a blockbuster the minute it came out when I was a kid - posters were literally everywhere. Metal was life for the majority of kids in the 80s around the world. The best example to explain this to Canadians would be the time Shane McKay got Spike pregnant On Degrassi Junior High, and he used his allowance to buy tickets to the Gourmet Scum concert, instead of paying Spike child support, and then he jumped of a bridge after taking LSD, got spinal damage and ended up in a wheel chair. Yes, there was a lesson in this for us all. Anyway, there were so many bands in the 80s and a lot of people were dreaming of one that may emerge and stand head and shoulders above the rest, that in effect would unify everyone. This movie came out at the end of the Cold War when people were looking forward to the future with optimism, after decades of the threat of the human race being on the edge of extinction, potentially in minutes. There were so many older kids in my town like Bill and Ted and metal was playing on my school bus the first day I got on when I was 5.
MAN, this came out when I was 13-14 so it defined my later childhood. I went to see the third one in the theater on my 45th birthday. Definitely see all 3 for the soundtracks if no other reason
16:43 Beethoven was almost completely deaf, so yeah, maybe he wouldn't have noticed. Glad the movie paid attention to small details like that, even if Bill and Ted likely wouldn't notice themselves.
In an alternate timeline, Bill and Ted failed history. Ted was sent to military school, where he demonstrated a talent for killing and developed great marksmanship skills. However, during a field trip to Eastern Europe, he got seperated from his group and was found wandering around Belarus. He was adopted into a local tribe and raised and trained as one of their own. He changed his name to John Wick and became an assassin under the High Table.
That intro was a perfect Aubrey Plaza impression. 😂
You think this is unique? Wait till you see the 2nd one :)
I live in a city near San Dimas. When people ask where I live I always mention San Dimas and this movie 😂
"Be Excellent To Each Other" is one of my life philosophies. Can't party on so much these days!
This was one of my favorite movies growing up. And yeah, there's just something about the... commitment to the absurdity of it all that makes it work in ways that something... less absurd wouldn't. Of course, one of the awesome connections to this movie that I've got is that one year in middle school, I remember looking through the window ahead of the first day, and when I found where I was, I saw that right across from me was someone named Ted (who turned out to be new to town). He actually wound up being my best friend (and fellow trumpet player) through to the end of High School XD There were 100% some excellent adventures involved.
Honestly, these movies are so unbelievably absurd, but are also pretty great as long as you know exactly what you're strapping in for. I think you guys would enjoy the hell out of all three, even if you don't watch them on the channel.
There’s a movie called Freaked where they were teamed together a bit only Alex Winters was a standout star and Keanu was a background character unrecognizable. Which is wackiest and weirdest PG movie there is
I definitely recommend the 2 sequels. This is one of the few trilogies that manages to maintain its quality through all 3 films. Bogus Journey is my favorite of the 3 and one of THE most underrated sequels along with Gremlins 2 The New Batch.
Love your reaction. One of my favorite movies.
Parts of this movie were filmed in my home town of Phoenix, AZ.
The mall scenes were filmed at The Metro Center, once the larges mall in the US. It was that place to be back then. Sadly hey are tearing the mall down. But before they do, they will be screening this movie on an outdoor screen. This will most likely happen on May 21st. The Circle K used in this movie had a screening of Bill and Ted in 2022, before they permanently closed it. Many of the Arizona locations are now closed.
Thank you for the reaction!
In answer to your question, yes the three films are all connected.
I love love love this movie. It’s filmed in my home town. I grew up going to that mall and that water park. Not many movies are filmed here so it fills a special place in my heart.
The lady who played Joan of Arc is one of the founders of the the band the Go-Go's and also the drummer of the band the Hex Girls from scooby doo
I love the second film (Bogus Journey). It ties in perfectly with the first one and wraps things up nicely at the end. I haven't seen the third one.
Simone: "I love you"
"I know"
My headcannon is that John Wick is what happens in an alternate reality where they fail and Ted is sent to military school. John Wicks dog was named Bill.
I think it's fair to say that this movie _works_ because all the rules it's gonna break it breaks in the first act, before it's introduced the conflict.
Bogus Journey is important to the plot of the Bill & Ted lore as it's them finding their success.... the 3rd film is them achieving their destiny
Now you've watched this you have to finish the trilogy by watching the other two Bill & Ted movies! Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey will introduce you to probably the best movie grim reaper ever (played brilliantly by William Sadler) and Bill & Ted Face the Music is a surprisingly warm and fuzzy heart felt conclusion to them becoming 'The Great Ones'. If you enjoyed this one you'll enjoy the other two. They're just fun, lighthearted movies with two lovable goofball characters. I actually teared up a little at the end of the third movie (watch right to the end of the end credits). That movie came out in the midst of the pandemic and was exactly the movie the world needed at the time.
I live in Tucson, and Old Tucson studios here in town was where a lot of Western films and shows were shot.
Definitely watch the other two, and definitely don't skip the second one. The third one not only acknowledges the ages of the actors, but is really all about it.
In the early 90s, when I saw those movies (meaning the first two of course), I was like 12. And of course even then you know, that it is just a silly movie, but I still loved the idea so much, that some music could lead world peace and happiness on earth and all that.
You should definitely do all 3. They’re all very fun movies
Honestly, one of the best jokes in the entire movie, is that Ted is actually named Ted Logan, and just calls himself "Theodore" (something that a distressingly large part of the Internet seems to have gotten wrong, for some reason).
The guy even introduces himself as "I'm Ted 'Theodore' Logan."
I love how they're obviously not very quick on the uptake, but when it comes to temporal mechanics they're brilliant.
Child of the 90s here, I've not seen this film, didn't think it would be my cup of tea but enjoyed this.
I had to laugh as they started to get bored of all the historical figures even in the film itself when Sigmund Freud hit "yup just 60 secs here is enough, you get the idea, next"
You DO need to see the second one before the third, Keanu loved the character so much he was pushing for a third for so long...
That and "Constantine" he would really love to reprise that role!
Love this late 80's classic so much. Hilarious 😂 I was 14 when it came out. The phone booth got more than a little crowded and the extremely important antenna is rather fragile. It would have helped if Bill and Ted had Doctor Who's Tardis instead.
Party on Dudes 🎸 🎶
Joan of Arc is played by Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos. The middle one of the three future people is Clarence Clemons, the famous Sax player of Bruce Springsteen.
When I saw you'd done this one, I dropped everything to watch. This has been one of my all-time favorite movies since I saw it in the theater back when it came out. It's what I call a "smart stupid movie", because it's so dumb on the surface, but there's so much wit and nerdy goodness in it.
For example, when they meet Joan of Arc - who believed she spoke to God, or at least a messenger - and Ted reaches his arm out to her, their arms and hands are at first in the same position as the hand of God reaching toward man's hand on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
And then there's the little background stuff, like Billy the Kid and Socrates (he's under Sew-crates) in medieval England happily tossing a football.
The list goes on and on, just so much great stuff, and you could tell everyone was having a blast making it.
Also of note are some of the actors. Joan of Arc is a co-founder of The Go-Gos, and the Three Most Important People (the future dudes) are Bruce Springsteen's sax player, the lead singer for The Motels, and the lead singer for The Tubes.
And I adore the soundtrack. One of my favorite '80s soundtracks.
The second one is I think an inferior film, but it's still fun and worth a watch. If after that you want more, the third one is loads of fun.
Another bonkers "smart stupid movie" you should check out in an Australian movie by Yahoo Serious called "Young Einstein". It follows the famous physicist in his early years, as, while on his dad's apple ranch in Tasmania, he discovers e=mc2, the formula to split beer atoms (thus achieving the never-before achieved feat of putting bubbles in it), and has to go on a grand adventure to the mainland (Australia) to patent it. It's utterly ludicrous, but has so much wit and nerdy goodness in it, plus a rocking all-Aussie soundtrack.
The two guys who hand napoleon the ice cream are actually the writers.
It was weird hearing you talk about this during your Tucker and Dale video when you hadn't uploaded it yet. I was like "Did I miss that one?"
Way back when, this was our introduction to Keanu Reeves. (There's an interesting internet theory going around that, in an alternate universe, Ted's dad sent him to military school where he excelled and became John Wick.) One of the things I liked about this movie was that all the historical figures only spoke their own languages. They didn't all (conveniently) speak English.
Now you guys need to do Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey!
As a person that grew up in the 80s and the gas station, Waterpark and mall were all places I lived next to. This movie neans alot to me.They just recently tore down that gas station
i LOVE this movie!!! It is such a fun romp, . I remember watching this in the theatres when i Was 16(i think?) and also had been learning guitar for a little over a year, , So I was not very good. I identified with that part of the guys. Anyway, despite being panned by critics this was a surprise fan favorite. Almost everyone loved this movie and it is just a fun time. Definitely watch the 2nd one, I am guessing it takes place about a year or 2 after this one. It is a weird adventure of its own, and the boys end up in some extremely strange places. It is a bit dAarker, but still fun and worth the watch. Also since you mentioned Joan of Arc I thought you might like to know that her character was played by JaneWeidlin the guitarist for the Go-Gos. I am so happy you got to watch this and I got to enjoy it with you!! thanks Simone and George!
These movies deserve the view. They are all most excellent.
Yes, please watch the next two Bill and Ted movies!
Bogus Journey is worth seeing for Death, who is also in the third one.
100% my favorite character.
Fun fact, Keanu and Alex reunite in another film you might consider watching, Freaked
Caesar... Was a Salad Dressing Dude. 🤘
I always used to think that Abraham Lincoln looked like one of the dads.
The 2nd one is really fun and the 3rd one is a passion project in the age of callbacks…it’s a surprisingly great series…even though I love them because I saw them in real-time 😊
The intro song from the cartoon of this lives in my head rent free
Abraham Lincoln didn't have TEETH due to having Marfan Syndome which was Nicknamed the Lincoln Disease after him. People will say he had Wooden Teeth NOPE that was Washington, Lincoln lost his at 14 years old, I know this because I'm Family Bloodline.
There are 2 time travel movies of the 80s that mention eddie van halen, and both movies set the rules for time travel
Freaks is a movie with Alex Winter, Keanu makes a guess appearance in his movie.
I still, to this day, use "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K..."
i watched this as a kid and never realized it was Keanu Reeves because his first big roll was in Speed and he was nothing like what he was in this movie then i saw Point Break and at the end of it Keanu has long hair and at that moment i realized he was Ted Theodore Logan
I’ll admit: I’ve wondered if they’re occasionally high, but I didn’t want to ask and sound judgy. It’s their giggles - they never fail to put me in a good mood 😊
TIL that Monique from Better off Dead was also one of the princesses from Bill and Ted.
Waterslides were indeed a lot more dangerous in the eighties LOL
Such a great film. I think the line "I fell out of my suit when I hit the floor" sums it up perfectly :)
The second film is fantastic - quite different but also outrageously ambitious. Tbh I can't bring myself to watch the third, even though it's apparently ok.