My dad was an extra in this, he was minding his business watching them film at the airport and they literally just gave him $200 for his time and stuck him in random scenes lol
@@ZeranZeran those were the days.. before that my brothers and I got to get on the set of Batman 89, because my Mom worked at Manufacturers Trust and they were always filming there. So we'd take the train to her job after school every day for the couple weeks they were there and for the reshoots.. Fast Forward they filmed A bunch of the Spiderman Home trilogy at my old highschool Franklin K. Lane and I was able to get on set for that lol
@@misfit1nx865 waaait a minute - you live in LA right? Or NYC? It's the only thing that makes sense. It's my understanding that you aren't considered a legal resident of LA until you've been to a movie set or asked to be a background extra in something.
You don't know he's that quick on the joke. 1000% not the first attempt at making a joke there. Probably spent a full day or 7 hours writing that joke.
I still suspect it would be really hard to get the flare close enough though. You'd somehow have to match the rocket speed and trajectory to get close enough without the rockets hitting your plane before you fire off the flares.
@@koenvandamme6901 based on cursory research, the weapon fired was an early Stinger model (FIM 92A), originally developed with infrared-only targeting. Early IR was generally defeated by flares due to the fact that the targeting systems searched for any IR within its FOV. Flares would be fired, the targeting system had a chance to pick the flare instead of the engines (the next highest IR output signal), then the original target would try to exit the FOV. In cases such as the one was shown, the IR output would be dramatically different. Additionally, high humidity can negatively impact IR-only targeting - so the targeting being fooled by the flares is plausible. I cannot find any information on whether the Stinger had proximity triggers, but its reasonable to assume as the AIM-4 Falcon had the capability a few years earlier. Interestingly, the FIM 92 switched from being an infrared-only seeking missile to UV and IR dual-seeking - *specifically to defeat flares*. This was designated the FIM 92B, and all later models can use this mode. I cannot seem to find any visual discrepancies between the models, but Zaire troops at the time appear to be utilizing both outdated American and Soviet arms, so a 92A is very plausible. Thus, without any real authority on the subject, I think the scene is shockingly close to realistic - provided the launcher was not, in fact, the 92B.
I distinctly remember watching Congo at a $2 matinee. The popcorn was stale and awful, the screen had a visible hole in it, and the theater smelled of urine. This movie stunk worse.
This movie feels like 3 different movies, a talking gorilla movie, a laser gun movie, and a adventure jungle movie. It’s like cajin spice poured in milk and to eat, sushi.
Back in 2010 I was a poor art student with only 1 dvd: Congo. My girlfriend and I started watching it while eating dinner and didn’t stop for nearly a year. I’ve never watched another movie so many times. The climax is fuckin insane omg. “Bad gorilla” 😰
@@ritenac6770 On a different note, pleasantly surprised to see in your favorites playlist none other then Hajime no Ippo! The nostalgia is real. Mad respect & greetings from the Netherlands, you absolute madman!
Okay, is Merkimer in Disenchanted an homage to Tim Curry in this film?? He's played by Matt Berry who is also an amazing Brit who makes everything he's in better
They also released a point and click computer game for Congo that was genuinely terrifying as a child. Sometimes if you stayed on the same screen for too long, you would just get killed by a spear out of nowhere.
RIP tiger king, I'll miss you and think about your talent. Now every time autopay puts me an YMS video Ill pay my respects... I found about it yesterday and im so late and sad
Filmed in my country, Costa Rica. Arenal volcano plays Virunga Volcano, and Reventazon River plays the Congo River. Best performances in the movie. Note: no, we don't have hippos.
Fun fact: apes can't do basic sign language. Every effort at teaching apes sign has either failed or been dramatically overstated by the researchers. Soup Emporium did a great video on it
Vsauce made a good point about just that in one of his videos. That no ape has ever used sign language to ask questions. They can only say the names of like, food. Give orange me give eat orange me eat give me eat give me eat orange give me you
I actually read the book this was based on. I remember it not being bad. After Jurassic Park they probably were scrambling to adapt more Crichton books.
I barely remember it. Is this the one with the freaky prologue where the monkeys throw what a guy thinks is fruit at him and he realizes it’s an eye? His books used to have prologue samples for other books at the end so I may have just read that in a copy of sphere or terminal man or something.
@@lordmontymord8701 yeh most adaptations don’t do his books justice. Even the Jurassic park film which is a masterpiece in its own right is kind of a bad adaptation of the book.
@@thelocust619I hadn’t watched this one till now. Now I know where that fucking name came from lol. I was always sus cuz there is a murderer in Canada with the last name Homolka… was always kinda like wut lol.
I remember we rented this movie when I was a kid. Even as stupid as I was back then, I knew that the sudden shift to crazy ape cultists and lasers was...strange.
When kids look at your movie and say, "This is stupid.", you should know you dun fuq'd up. Because kids should be focused on the silly monkey and not notice the plot. If they're so bored that they're paying attention to why the plot makes no sense, it's a BAD movie!
@@lordmontymord8701 Yeah but it seems like he was familiar with the material, as in knew the general gist, but just didn’t read it. So he kinda had a beginning and an end, but no comprehension of what was supposed to happen in the middle. Which is what I think happened. But yes, you are right, a good writer would come up with a good script, relevant or not to the original source. But I’m going to guess a good writer would also probably never neglect reading the source material either.
They left out the best part of the book. The gorillas actually use two stone paddles to crush peoples heads. It's also implied that that Soloman ordered his men to fuck the gorillas to create a hybrid species that the grey apes are descended from.
I watch these videos every day. I’m always looking forward to more, specifically because of Scoot. I’m so sad. My heart breaks for his family and friends
In defense of Herkimer as a name- a Herkimer Diamond is a type of "false" diamond (its actually a quartz), so I'm guessing it's supposed to be foreshadowing the fact he's obsessed with diamonds?
Bruce Campbell should've been the main character guy. Dude was a plank of wood in a group of scenery chewers. Bruce Campbell and Ernie Hudson should've had screen time, not that other chump.
Wasting a perfectly good Campbell is a crime! And showing him in the beginning only to switch to Mr. no personality later on made it even worse. At least we got something out of Ernie Hudson (even if it should have been more) and a crazy Tim Curry ...
The funny thing is when Campbell talks about the movie he says it was the best vacation of his life. He was on set for a few days and then spent the rest of the time chilling in Africa.
I am convinced now that during the 90s some big wig in Hollyweird had it in for Bruce Campbell. The dude had leading man looks and for some reason couldn't catch a break anywhere outside of Raimi's projects. It cannot be simply because Army of Darkness under performed at the box-office.
These are the best movies for this gang, random ass movies that the world has forgotten about filled with character actors not giving a shit. They should watch the Kevin Costner Robin Hood lol
Bruce campbell makes every movie the best, I just only wish he starred in more mainstream movies its shocking he hasn't. He's so charismatic, hail to the king baby
You guys are so goddamn quick and funny. And not “just for TH-cam.” I grew up watching MST3K and you guys make me laugh just as much as Mike Nelson and the robots. I found out about Scoot like everyone else somewhat recently and I’m very sorry to hear of his passing. He seemed like a hilarious guy and a great friend. I’m sorry for your loss.
Fun fact: it turns out that gorillas never learned sign language. The people teaching them didn't even know sign language - they just learned some signs and assumed that this was enough. And the apes were only brute forcing reactions they want by trying every sign they learned that was vaguely relating to what they wanted. So, we essentially taught the apes tricks and then exaggerated their language skills.
@@1WEareBUFO1 I'm not sure if you're joking or not, because there's a lot of people who are actually saying that. But I know deaf people aren't doing it for attention. There's a number of significant differences between how apes use hand signs and how deaf people do. Apes never learn proper sentence structure, they don't sign to themselves (which deaf people do in the same way hearing people will talk to themselves), and the apes do not se signs except to get something they want (they never express complex ideas). It's a pretty big difference.
I spent a lot of time in scouts, and those tents are designed to open like that every single time. The only problem with them is that they store in a disk shape that’s really awkward to carry, and it’s a pain in the ass to fold them back into their bag.
@@characterwheaties Yeah, after typing it out I feel like I’d used the wrong word honestly! I’m all for riffing with each other, it’s a great dynamic to witness ^^
@bananasauz4337 adum pointed it out but I was anticipating Scoots explosive reaction. In my head it involved clapping and scoot shouting "best movie ever"
Something about this movie is so nostalgic despite never having seen it before. It feels so deeply "90s adventure movie" in a way that just _being_ a 90s adventure movie shouldn't let it accomplish.
Fun fact: apes cannot learn sign language, Koko's random gestures were wildly misinterpreted by a group of people with no idea how to speak sign language, and generally fudged beyond all belief
This is one of those movies that makes me cry laugh every time it gets brought up. The lasers and the monkeys its just soooo stupid. Im actually amazed they hadn't watched this until now.
As someone who was 9 years old in 1995, I will fully admit that I loved the absolute shit out of Congo and still watch it as a nostalgic guilty pleasure. Tim Curry forever.
I went to the theater to see this with my friend. During the opening he shouted in a super disgusted tone, "What!!! There wasn't any fu-king music in the book!!!" It still gets me every time I watch Congo.
Finally, they make a track for a movie I've seen. This was actually one of my three favorite movies when I was a small child, along with Jurassic Park and The Hunt for Red October.
I appreciate that the tiger they use to represent Scoot looks horrified all the time because that's how I feel if I had to be a representation of Scoot while he says the things he says.
4:34 I just learned that herkimer diamonds are "not actually diamonds, but double-terminated quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York". So, he doesn't just have a ridiculous made up name. It's more... ironic...?
Pro tip: If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re being threatened by a gorilla, you should slower your stance and avoid eye contact. Never run except for a last resort and never look an ape in the eyes. They perceive eye contact as an act of aggression.
When Scoot mentioned there's a character with his favourite fictional name in this, I expected something... different. Though I still wouldn't risk asking him what's his favourite cat name.
Hi Adam, I've been watching your content for a long time now and something I've heard you say quite a few times is that you like hearing about it when you introduce someone to a new movie that they end up loving. You've introduced me to so many amazing movies but that's not actually why I'm writing this comment. I've learned so much and found a love for approaching art more critically and engaging with it more thoughtfully than just hitting play and getting up when it's over. In fact you've inspired me to learn more about the things that make a great movie, or just any story telling medium for that matter, and start writing my own reviews when I find the time for it. So I wanted to say thank you for not only introducing me to tons of amazing films but also for helping me find a hobby that I love. Thank You!
A herkimer diamond is a type of quartz crystal that looks like a diamond. It's like the diamond version of fool's gold. So naming the diamond-seeking villain Herkimer is probably a reference to that.
If Bruce Campbell was in the Evil Dead series, then he'd totally kill it when fighting zombie apes in the music video to Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz! I hope there'll be two Adum & Pals episodes where they watch Over The Hedge and Nukie.
My dad was an extra in this, he was minding his business watching them film at the airport and they literally just gave him $200 for his time and stuck him in random scenes lol
Tell your dad that he's my hero
what a deal
@@ZeranZeran those were the days.. before that my brothers and I got to get on the set of Batman 89, because my Mom worked at Manufacturers Trust and they were always filming there. So we'd take the train to her job after school every day for the couple weeks they were there and for the reshoots.. Fast Forward they filmed A bunch of the Spiderman Home trilogy at my old highschool Franklin K. Lane and I was able to get on set for that lol
@@misfit1nx865what hell dude, you are very lucky
@@misfit1nx865 waaait a minute - you live in LA right? Or NYC? It's the only thing that makes sense. It's my understanding that you aren't considered a legal resident of LA until you've been to a movie set or asked to be a background extra in something.
"he was minding his business watching them film" lol
"Scoot has white man blindness"
"WHO SAID THAT???"
lmao, he's so quick on a joke.
😽
And what's even funnier, it's supposed to mean all white people look the same to him. But instead they are just literally invisible.
He’s honestly my fave part of adum & pals lol
@@GlassDanimals 😽
You don't know he's that quick on the joke. 1000% not the first attempt at making a joke there. Probably spent a full day or 7 hours writing that joke.
I can't believe this movie had Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, and Bruce fucking Campbell and never allowed them to all be in a scene together.
Too much power
@@LifesNeverHumDrumthey were scared
I answered "Laura Linney" instead of Dern at trivia the other day and I 100% blame Scoot for this confusion which I never had before 😭
the missiles are heat seeking so they will travel towards the hottest/closest heat source, so the flare, in theory, makes sense.
I still suspect it would be really hard to get the flare close enough though. You'd somehow have to match the rocket speed and trajectory to get close enough without the rockets hitting your plane before you fire off the flares.
Yeah but them aiming it and hitting is a better conclusion for this commentary.
@@koenvandamme6901 based on cursory research, the weapon fired was an early Stinger model (FIM 92A), originally developed with infrared-only targeting. Early IR was generally defeated by flares due to the fact that the targeting systems searched for any IR within its FOV. Flares would be fired, the targeting system had a chance to pick the flare instead of the engines (the next highest IR output signal), then the original target would try to exit the FOV. In cases such as the one was shown, the IR output would be dramatically different. Additionally, high humidity can negatively impact IR-only targeting - so the targeting being fooled by the flares is plausible. I cannot find any information on whether the Stinger had proximity triggers, but its reasonable to assume as the AIM-4 Falcon had the capability a few years earlier.
Interestingly, the FIM 92 switched from being an infrared-only seeking missile to UV and IR dual-seeking - *specifically to defeat flares*. This was designated the FIM 92B, and all later models can use this mode. I cannot seem to find any visual discrepancies between the models, but Zaire troops at the time appear to be utilizing both outdated American and Soviet arms, so a 92A is very plausible.
Thus, without any real authority on the subject, I think the scene is shockingly close to realistic - provided the launcher was not, in fact, the 92B.
There's also a reason why aircraft have to fire off many flares to redirect manpads. One or two flareguns wouldn't do anything.
@@greyfells2829 yeah but he's Monroe Kelly
I distinctly remember watching Congo at a $2 matinee. The popcorn was stale and awful, the screen had a visible hole in it, and the theater smelled of urine. This movie stunk worse.
This movie feels like 3 different movies, a talking gorilla movie, a laser gun movie, and a adventure jungle movie. It’s like cajin spice poured in milk and to eat, sushi.
Jack strikes again xd.
get back to drawing t឴ombo឴y pus឴sy, no breaks allowed
@@sticklyboi yes sir, 1 tomboy mando in a sweater on the way!
Ok but that combination isn’t that bad , it’s actually tasty.
The book is the same way.
Back in 2010 I was a poor art student with only 1 dvd: Congo. My girlfriend and I started watching it while eating dinner and didn’t stop for nearly a year. I’ve never watched another movie so many times. The climax is fuckin insane omg. “Bad gorilla” 😰
It took you a year to watch Congo? That's one hell of a director's cut.
@@MegaFat1 lol it was just 365 extra days of Homolka story arch. The theatrical release paled in comparison.
It took you a year to eat dinner? I bet you’re feared at the buffet.
This simultaneously sounds like a nightmare and a dream
@@katsmith-riply9862 I HAVE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN ROMANIA!
‘STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE’
I have never seen this film before but that scene, feels like it was burned into my memory from somewhere
I heard this quote a mighty long time ago from "The 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time" by hh1edits.
Nostalgia Critic got it into mine. Maybe you saw his review of this movie?
@@sjoerddondersteen1337 oh my god that’s where it was from.
I feel like you just pieced together my lost past or something
The Nostalgia Critic review. Probably one of his finest. Especially his reactions to Tim Curry acting.
@@ritenac6770 On a different note, pleasantly surprised to see in your favorites playlist none other then Hajime no Ippo! The nostalgia is real. Mad respect & greetings from the Netherlands, you absolute madman!
Tim Curry is a national treasure. He’s always funny and having a great time in bad movies.
Tim Curry is literally an icon seriously
SPACE!
i guess that explains why he's so awesome in Red Alert, considering the FMV cutscenes are cheesy even for 90's FMV games
Never forget Rocky Horror
Okay, is Merkimer in Disenchanted an homage to Tim Curry in this film?? He's played by Matt Berry who is also an amazing Brit who makes everything he's in better
They also released a point and click computer game for Congo that was genuinely terrifying as a child. Sometimes if you stayed on the same screen for too long, you would just get killed by a spear out of nowhere.
RIP Scoot ;'(
RIP tiger king, I'll miss you and think about your talent. Now every time autopay puts me an YMS video Ill pay my respects... I found about it yesterday and im so late and sad
Filmed in my country, Costa Rica. Arenal volcano plays Virunga Volcano, and Reventazon River plays the Congo River. Best performances in the movie. Note: no, we don't have hippos.
I thought these were people's names and my brain melted in confusion.
-Scoot has a white man blindness
-WHO SAID THAT?
Made me chuckle
Yeah that one caught me off guard too
2:11
😽
Bold of Scoot to assume Gael is white.
@@ekmad I would never
Gael sneakily trying to get more LotR quotes in there and then sheepishly walking them back is the best part of this one, hands down.
I agree that it was great, but why do I have to put my hands down?
@@heavydfunk Why were you holding them up in the first place?
obviously the best part was when they shot missiles with flare guns
I'd also include Adam saying "shut up" every time the gorilla talked
Par for the course really
Fun fact: apes can't do basic sign language. Every effort at teaching apes sign has either failed or been dramatically overstated by the researchers. Soup Emporium did a great video on it
Yes, I've seen it, good video
That's not entirely true, humans developed sign language and we're apes.
@@Darkko88 haha, got'em
Vsauce made a good point about just that in one of his videos.
That no ape has ever used sign language to ask questions. They can only say the names of like, food. Give orange me give eat orange me eat give me eat give me eat orange give me you
@@Darkko88 Nope, we share a common ancestor, we're not the same as apes. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Adum and Pals hits different at 3 am.
It hits you like your parents do.
"But, how did it make you... feel?"
-Bilbo Baggins
@@Kernwadi dude, this isn’t even EFAP. You can’t just quote Bilbonius Baggages randomly
@@ritenac6770 Why not?
It's a free country.
how about 5 am
I actually read the book this was based on. I remember it not being bad. After Jurassic Park they probably were scrambling to adapt more Crichton books.
I barely remember it. Is this the one with the freaky prologue where the monkeys throw what a guy thinks is fruit at him and he realizes it’s an eye? His books used to have prologue samples for other books at the end so I may have just read that in a copy of sphere or terminal man or something.
@@menschman1464 It has been a hot minute since I read it but I think you are right.
I liked this movie. It was always on HBO when I was a kid before hi speed internet.
And it got worse every time ...
This one is at least so bad it's good. But there was also Sphere (ok, had some moments) and Timeline (just meh).
@@lordmontymord8701 yeh most adaptations don’t do his books justice. Even the Jurassic park film which is a masterpiece in its own right is kind of a bad adaptation of the book.
HOW IS THE WHOLE MOVIE NOT ABOUT THAT INSANELY POWERFUL LASER?!?!?!?
Rip Scoot. we love you buddy.
He's with Hercermur now 😢
@@thelocust619I hadn’t watched this one till now. Now I know where that fucking name came from lol.
I was always sus cuz there is a murderer in Canada with the last name Homolka… was always kinda like wut lol.
@@UntamedStrange It really is a gem, yea.
Today I learned the scene in MGSV where Quiet shoots the fighter plane down is most definitely a Congo homage
Was it cause the rockets hit the flare?
I remember we rented this movie when I was a kid. Even as stupid as I was back then, I knew that the sudden shift to crazy ape cultists and lasers was...strange.
When kids look at your movie and say, "This is stupid.", you should know you dun fuq'd up. Because kids should be focused on the silly monkey and not notice the plot. If they're so bored that they're paying attention to why the plot makes no sense, it's a BAD movie!
RIP Scoot. You will be missed more than you could have known
The "STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE" scene caught me so off guard I started laughing hysterically 🤣
For the longest time I thought I saw "Gorillas in the Mist" as a child, and never questioned it. Turns out it was actually this movie. Thanks guys!
19:20 scoot says “like 🔥 jumping 🔥 out 🔥 of 🔥 the 🔥 world 🔥 trade 🔥 center”
TOO SPICY
I didn't expect a DUDE PRIDE ROCK in the first 50 seconds
This is looking like a banger
Be back in 24 minutes
edit: They did it again
The editing in Congo is so strange. So many scenes simply begin and end with no consequence.
Well, some other person commented that the screenplay adapter for this film didn't even read the source material. So, that's probably why.
@@gregoryent Well even then a good writer can create a coherent script - that just has nothing to do with the book. But here ...
@@lordmontymord8701 Yeah but it seems like he was familiar with the material, as in knew the general gist, but just didn’t read it. So he kinda had a beginning and an end, but no comprehension of what was supposed to happen in the middle. Which is what I think happened. But yes, you are right, a good writer would come up with a good script, relevant or not to the original source. But I’m going to guess a good writer would also probably never neglect reading the source material either.
Fun fact: the screenplay adapter for this film, John Patrick Shanley, didn’t even read the source material 😂
Funnier fact: the main role was promised to Sean Connery. Just imagine the movie we could’ve gotten.
How does that even work out... Well. I mean we know but damn
@@SangheiliSpecOp see Starship Troopers.
The book was more interesting. The killer apes were far more terrifying. They used wooden paddles to pop people's heads like melons. It was wild.
@@darwincity he was gonna play Amy?
They left out the best part of the book. The gorillas actually use two stone paddles to crush peoples heads. It's also implied that that Soloman ordered his men to fuck the gorillas to create a hybrid species that the grey apes are descended from.
We've finally discovered the reason Tim Curry wanted to go to space so desperately.
😂 and he did go there! Ever seen Earth 2?
I thought it was to escape to the one place that has not been corrupted by capitalism
@@RJKilroy Well here he wasn't so much anti-capitalistic, or was he? 😁
I thought you were referencing Dr. Frankenfurter wanting to go back home to Transylvania
spaAace
Trying to watch this video, which I watch almost every night to sleep and I’m almost in tears about Scott RIP 🐯
I watch these videos every day. I’m always looking forward to more, specifically because of Scoot. I’m so sad. My heart breaks for his family and friends
Scoot 😢. We all miss you so much already.
I fucking love hearing Adum laugh, it's so rare.
Also, I just fucking love Gael.
If you think hearing Adum laugh is rare you haven’t seen him play Life Is Strange
I haven't watched this in at least twenty years but as soon as I saw the title, I can hear it
"Amy.. Good gorilla.
Amy.. Pretty."
"Amy.. Mother."
"Ugly.. lady"
I saw this movie when it came out. Tim Curry and the Sesame Cake are the only things that stuck with me. The line returns unbidden. Wonderful.
"Nhoo! Nhoo! The diamornds arr HEIIIRR!"-Tim Curry in Congo, probably.
STOP. EATING MY SESAME CAKE!
RIP Scoot, you were so loved and will be so missed
When I was a little kid, I asked my dad if he had ever walked out of the movie theater during a movie. He said this was the only movie he ever did.
The only movie I ever fell asleep on in a movie theater was The Man Without A Face.
So he missed the laser ... what a shame.
Mine was "Rampage" (2018)
So you're saying your dad has bad taste?
Why, though? Was he promised anything but a ridiculous talking monke movie?
In defense of Herkimer as a name- a Herkimer Diamond is a type of "false" diamond (its actually a quartz), so I'm guessing it's supposed to be foreshadowing the fact he's obsessed with diamonds?
Bruce Campbell should've been the main character guy. Dude was a plank of wood in a group of scenery chewers. Bruce Campbell and Ernie Hudson should've had screen time, not that other chump.
Apparently, Campbell auditioned for the main role but got a minor part instead.
@@rosiemullen9100 that is truly infuriating
Wasting a perfectly good Campbell is a crime! And showing him in the beginning only to switch to Mr. no personality later on made it even worse.
At least we got something out of Ernie Hudson (even if it should have been more) and a crazy Tim Curry ...
The funny thing is when Campbell talks about the movie he says it was the best vacation of his life. He was on set for a few days and then spent the rest of the time chilling in Africa.
I am convinced now that during the 90s some big wig in Hollyweird had it in for Bruce Campbell. The dude had leading man looks and for some reason couldn't catch a break anywhere outside of Raimi's projects. It cannot be simply because Army of Darkness under performed at the box-office.
Love the commentary. It’s like MST3K/Rifftrax with just a sprinkling of ADHD, and it’s glorious.
This is my favorite Adum & Pals video. We miss you Scoot 🐯
RIP Scott I didn't know him personally but every post from people who did shows what a kind-hearted and helpful person he was to everyone around him
These are the best movies for this gang, random ass movies that the world has forgotten about filled with character actors not giving a shit.
They should watch the Kevin Costner Robin Hood lol
Editing in this one is stellar.
RIP to the real Tiger King- Scoot
It still hasn't fully sunk in for me that we will never get a classic scoot line ever again..
Bruce campbell makes every movie the best, I just only wish he starred in more mainstream movies its shocking he hasn't. He's so charismatic, hail to the king baby
Scott 😢🕊️
Scoot is doing ok with the angels now
He's the most ok there ever was up there.
You guys are so goddamn quick and funny. And not “just for TH-cam.” I grew up watching MST3K and you guys make me laugh just as much as Mike Nelson and the robots. I found out about Scoot like everyone else somewhat recently and I’m very sorry to hear of his passing. He seemed like a hilarious guy and a great friend. I’m sorry for your loss.
Fun fact: it turns out that gorillas never learned sign language. The people teaching them didn't even know sign language - they just learned some signs and assumed that this was enough. And the apes were only brute forcing reactions they want by trying every sign they learned that was vaguely relating to what they wanted.
So, we essentially taught the apes tricks and then exaggerated their language skills.
You think deaf people aren't just doing fun tricks for attention?
@@1WEareBUFO1 I'm not sure if you're joking or not, because there's a lot of people who are actually saying that.
But I know deaf people aren't doing it for attention. There's a number of significant differences between how apes use hand signs and how deaf people do. Apes never learn proper sentence structure, they don't sign to themselves (which deaf people do in the same way hearing people will talk to themselves), and the apes do not se signs except to get something they want (they never express complex ideas). It's a pretty big difference.
I spent a lot of time in scouts, and those tents are designed to open like that every single time. The only problem with them is that they store in a disk shape that’s really awkward to carry, and it’s a pain in the ass to fold them back into their bag.
The only thing I remember from 'Congo' is Delroy Lindo telling Tim Curry to stop eating his sesame cake. Love that line.
10:58 - you guys just gave my brain an aneurism with that entire diatribe 😂
They’re happily riffing. Diatribe has a completely unrelated definition ❤
@@characterwheaties Yeah, after typing it out I feel like I’d used the wrong word honestly! I’m all for riffing with each other, it’s a great dynamic to witness ^^
Missing Tim Curry almost say the n-bomb is unacceptable.
Adum & Palz could watch a documentary about 9/11 and they'd talk over the towers collapsing.
They pointed it out though? Unless you’re talking about a different scene.
@bananasauz4337 adum pointed it out but I was anticipating Scoots explosive reaction. In my head it involved clapping and scoot shouting "best movie ever"
@@a55a551nxki114x I could see that honestly. It is kind of surprising they didn’t react more.
Something about this movie is so nostalgic despite never having seen it before. It feels so deeply "90s adventure movie" in a way that just _being_ a 90s adventure movie shouldn't let it accomplish.
Fun fact: apes cannot learn sign language, Koko's random gestures were wildly misinterpreted by a group of people with no idea how to speak sign language, and generally fudged beyond all belief
What did the book do?
Nice copypasta nerd
Love you even more Scoot Henson.. you are the best😢
Gonna miss Scoot so much!! Immortalized in these videos.
This is one of those movies that makes me cry laugh every time it gets brought up. The lasers and the monkeys its just soooo stupid. Im actually amazed they hadn't watched this until now.
I never even saw Mighty Joe Young, but that commercial from every 90s VHS tape will forever be burned into my brain
i was literally watching old adum and pals episodes that i’ve seen 1000 times and this comes out. is it christmas ?
Consider this: get some H O E S
@@subparterran8191 bro i’m just tryna watch some adum and pals.
@@carIitoast :)
The bad gorillas from this movie gave me nightmares as a kid, but this movie still holds a special place in my heart
As someone who was 9 years old in 1995, I will fully admit that I loved the absolute shit out of Congo and still watch it as a nostalgic guilty pleasure. Tim Curry forever.
Tim curry was Nigel thornberry even before Nigel Thornberry
TH-cam decided I needed to be depressed today because it keeps recommending I rewatch Scoot's greatest hits😢
Same here😢
This is my favorite commentary so far. Holy shit Scoot had me crying at a certain point, truly a comedic genius.
You're too kind 😽
I went to the theater to see this with my friend. During the opening he shouted in a super disgusted tone, "What!!! There wasn't any fu-king music in the book!!!" It still gets me every time I watch Congo.
RIP Scott 😢 💔🕊️🐯
Finally, the Tim Curry performance that got Andrew Tate to move to Romania
Laura Linney was in Truman show and Nocturnal animals. I guess these are the movies that Adum was thinking of?
I can only think of Mystic River
Finally, they make a track for a movie I've seen. This was actually one of my three favorite movies when I was a small child, along with Jurassic Park and The Hunt for Red October.
I appreciate that the tiger they use to represent Scoot looks horrified all the time because that's how I feel if I had to be a representation of Scoot while he says the things he says.
But it's a picture OF me. So, what, I'M horrified at myself?
@@notscotthenson You should be
@@GippyHappy I am
got the news 2 minutes before my shift started, was not able to focus for the entire shift.
I loved Congo as a kid. It was tough love, but we got through it.
"STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE" was a legit Who Killed Captain Alex moment
4:34 I just learned that herkimer diamonds are "not actually diamonds, but double-terminated quartz crystals found in Herkimer County, New York".
So, he doesn't just have a ridiculous made up name. It's more... ironic...?
[15:49] He's got your nose? Tell him to give it back, Gael!
Dude, Pride Rock! Dude, Herkermer Homolka! Dude, Scoot, the True Tiger King, and someone who will be truly missed. Good luck and safe journey, Scott.
Wow, the CGI in The Lion King remake looks better than I had remembered!
No this is Congo
@@Dinosaurianationazation 🤓
*"JON"*
Pro tip: If you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re being threatened by a gorilla, you should slower your stance and avoid eye contact. Never run except for a last resort and never look an ape in the eyes. They perceive eye contact as an act of aggression.
I love that the "it doesn't really mean anything" joke keeps coming back through out the video XD
Yes.
Rip Scott :(
They had a charcter whose motivation was to find diamonds and named him Herkermer. They couldn't be more on the nose if they tried.
You hear that guys? Scott’s ok. 🙂
It almost seems like that was somehow intentional
1:59 😰
@@scooda 😭
It seems like the implication is that those are heat-seeking missiles, so they don't have to aim that well, the missile will lock on the heat source.
thank you editor for making adums head float up and down like hes frylock from athf
This movie was such a guilty pleasure of mine as a kid. Would watch it on VHS all the time.
Rest in Power, Scoot
The tent thing at 9:03 was way funnier than it should have been
17:33 That game he is talking about is House of Ashes. It's part of the "Dark Pictures Anthology".
Rip Scoot.
When Scoot mentioned there's a character with his favourite fictional name in this, I expected something... different. Though I still wouldn't risk asking him what's his favourite cat name.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who immediately assumed it would be something 'questionable', shall we say. Especially in a movie about the Congo.
Hi Adam, I've been watching your content for a long time now and something I've heard you say quite a few times is that you like hearing about it when you introduce someone to a new movie that they end up loving. You've introduced me to so many amazing movies but that's not actually why I'm writing this comment. I've learned so much and found a love for approaching art more critically and engaging with it more thoughtfully than just hitting play and getting up when it's over. In fact you've inspired me to learn more about the things that make a great movie, or just any story telling medium for that matter, and start writing my own reviews when I find the time for it. So I wanted to say thank you for not only introducing me to tons of amazing films but also for helping me find a hobby that I love. Thank You!
They censored at 19:25 because Gael wouldn't stop talking about LotR: the two towers.
A herkimer diamond is a type of quartz crystal that looks like a diamond. It's like the diamond version of fool's gold. So naming the diamond-seeking villain Herkimer is probably a reference to that.
Herkemer Homolka inspired Dan Aykroyd to make one of the finest vodkas ever produced and sold.
If Bruce Campbell was in the Evil Dead series, then he'd totally kill it when fighting zombie apes in the music video to Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz!
I hope there'll be two Adum & Pals episodes where they watch Over The Hedge and Nukie.
I know it's set in the Congo, but did we need so many slurs dropped from Scott?