@@ursidae97I interpret the part about how he has to burn or she’ll turn to stone but he won’t let her do it as an extension of him being self-destructive, how this woman will be destroyed if she stays with him and but he needs her to be there with him. Especially since the video is called “runaway”, is centered on a song about Kanye telling a woman to run away, and she ends up running away from him in the end.
@@joshraid1550 Also think the bird is a commentary on Kim Kardashian, his new love at the time. Hence the bit at the dinner table where his friend tells him she's a bird (had a sex tape with Ray J) as if he didn't know that. Although she's not a direct allegory for her she's representative of his muse.
When this video originally came out like 10 years ago, they were both still with Channel Awesome. Part of the whole TGWTG brand was to act overly angry about everything. Todd has gotten better over time for me, especially after he left Channel Awesome.
It really does feel like they wanted everyone to be more or less "The Nostalgia Critic, but for (x)" and just insert whatever specialty niche thing they reviewed. It got tedious after a while, most of the comedy just came from being over the top and angry all the time. Made me burnt out on reviews as a whole for a long time because of how much negativity there was. Glad I found Todd long after departing with them, though.
@@Jason_Altea Some over the top hyperbolic rage can be entertaining, but using that as the default joke is not sustainable. To say nothing of how having an overly homogenous brand can hinder your success. Heck, even the jerk with the cheap outfit at the top went less and less for hyperbolic rage over time.
In light of the recent channel awesome revelations, it’s extra hilarious that RC and TITS make fun of that stupid formulaic opening at the beginning 😂 like it’s a glimpse into the reality that TGWTG/CA pretty much made their producers stick to Doug’s format.
It seems more tragic to me, because most crossovers were shot between filmings of the anniversary movies (who were already badly scheduled) and had to be given over to Channel Awesome to compensate for the costs.
Runaway is the centerpiece for a reason... it's because the video is centered around it lol. The other songs were just to advertise probably. Also Runaway is a really good song, and it's defiantly the centerpiece of the entire MBDTF
@@soaribb32 The entire album is about Kanye's disillusionment with fame and power. Runaway is all about that. It's the centerpiece because it represents everything about the album.
I mean...to each their own but I felt like that album was the ultimate "Emperor has no clothes" moment in Kanye's career. Problem was a bunch of people labeled him genius for calling himself an asshole for 70 minutes cause he's really good at beats even when his content is shallow af and the rest of his career has been a weird sad spiral of watching him reach for some kind of meaning in being a dick.
Angela Mishler if you watch a lot of the videos of people like linkara nostalgia critic film brain they crossover "reluctantly" to show how terrible the thing they're reviewing is....it's been happening for years
I'm pretty sure that stuffed bird on the table isn't even a real bird. It looks like an amalgamation of a turkey, a pheasant, and probably some other stuff I don't know about.
Somehow all that todd said being true, runaway always has and will be that blockbuster song to me. I was absolutely floored the first time I heard it, it felt like one of the first songs I had ever heard that really felt new and like nothing else I had ever heard before, one of those songs that showed me what music could really do
I always thought the movie was like a metaphor for him getting a girlfriend from a different environment and upbringing. Kinda how it's like bringing a white girl to a black family. Also I always thought runaway was supposed to be the most materialistic and superficial lyrics over classic music.
@@AugustRxhow? It explains pretty honestly kanyes narcissistic personality and how it ruins his relationships, but doesnt know how to change. In the song he is begging his partner to leave him because he knows he is going to hurt her. It also touches on how due to his perfectionism, he can’t never be truly satisfied.
kanye's the only guy I can think of who uses Bang & Olufsen speakers to perform his instrumentals. Really hammering in the "I'm rich!" angle a bit there by using speakers that are more known for being expensive household speakers then the kind of speakers you'd see in a studio or on stage.
1. Ready to Die 2. Capital Punishment 3. Madvillainy 4. MBDTF 5. Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous 6. Reasonable Doubt 7. Carter 2 8. Illmatic 9. College Dropout 10. Black Star
I know y'all do this for comedic effect but it's kinda overdone the whole I don't understand what's going on thing. Especially when both of you pick and choose when to actually see it as an artistic expression
Agreed. I think it's pretty obvious that Kanye was motivated by imagery first and story a distant second. You can definitely find some story and meaning by following the images which they didn't even try to do most the time. While not the best or most well put together film it is very difficult to argue that Kanye _doesn't_ have a fantastic eye for imagery. The boy in the red KKK uniform, the ballet scene, the dinner, the phoenix escaping, the long shot of a statue that they inexplicably don't include... Like it was frustrating because sure runaway doesn't make total sense, but I don't think it was ever supposed to. Like isn't the parade for MJ accompanied by KKK members supposed to show that MJ destroyed himself to be accepted by white audiences and yet they never actually fully accepted him or the rest of the black community? Hence why the KKK are there to be like "yeah, we loved MJ but that doesn't change anything" and the kid in the KKK uniform is to show the impact that has upon the black community internalising those attitudes of being secondary in the eyes of whites? It felt like they were willfully ignoring any points being made with the imagery to be all "lol ain't Kanye weird"
Regarding the ‘klansman hoods’, it’s a style of hood called a capirote that is often worn by monks during religious ceremonies in Spain and other Spanish speaking countries, klansman hoods are white, while the capirotes of monks can be blue, green and even red
Runaway is one of the best hip hop tracks of the 21st century. It makes Bad Romance sound like a nokia ringtone. Like have a laugh and some fun, but don't trade taste in just for a joke
they said the music in the Runaway video was better than the video itself, and the video for Bad Romance was better than the Runaway video. They said nothing about Bad Romance as a song.
@@IABITVpresents my sister lived in Czech Republic and she has told me a few times that the national news delivers news stories in English and Czech one after another. I'm guessing Kanye/someone involved in the project saw that and liked the effect /aesthetic of it. Or they literally just got a local newscaster whom just did it how she usually did.
@@IABITVpresents I'm only repeating what my sister told me. Possibly it was an English/Czech Channel of some kind? I remember her telling me about them because they stood out and it wasn't in relation to Runaway. I'll have to ask her about it.
Okey it pisses me off that people try to justify this crapfest by saying 'oh but it's an ART film, it doesn't have to have meaning or make sense! Yeah that's bullshit. Anyone can just paste a string of pretty images together, that doesn't make it good. In a good artfilm, the images enhance the mood or tell a story. Sure, the meaning can be unclear, up for debate or just weird, but it makes you feel something. Every image is part of a whole and does more than just "look cool". Compare this to Pink Floyd's "The Wall": That's trippy as fuck, has totally weird images and while in some parts it's hard to understand what that image means, you know the artists does, because there IS cohesion: There HAS to be a story or a theme, and a structure at the core, otherwise it just gets boring. Making pretty images is nice, but it's easy. Turning those images into a whole that - at it's core - still builds up to something makes it interesting and worth a watch. A story can be heavily loaded with visual symbolism, but without a solid heart & core, it's just... empty.
It's pretty telling that people keep insisting this is an art movie with incredible visual symbolism, and then don't offer any interpretation of that symbolism that 'dumb' Todd and RapCritic apparently missed.
aerqwertyu It's not awesome, it's pretentious bullshit that doesn't tie into anything. People bashed the Rap Critic review of "Picasso Baby" by Jay-Z since the video (of the review) began with a couple of demonstrations of pretentious high brow performance art, yet this 35-minute vanity project is praised by many of those same people?
what about pink floyd’s the wall? a movie music video that makes absolutely no sense but yet is regarded as one of the greatest music videos of all time. and there is a few hidden messages throughout all the symbolism and all the imagery, such as the way society refuses to accept what is different, racial oppression as well as racial repression, the struggle of being in the public eye. i would love to go in depth on it if you would like. this is one of the greatest music videos of all time, my third behind the wall and thriller
Lucas Bell what’s pretentious about it? ye has always established himself as ignorant and has a lot of confidence and self pride, and why shouldn’t he? he’s proven himself again and again almost consistently. sure, maybe cruel summer wasn’t that good but the tracks with ye and chief keef were incredible. as an example, picasso wouldn’t be the big artist he is if he wasn’t known for being eccentric and unique and well, picasso. yes he created some of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, but where would it stand if he were humble? the art is simultaneously vibrant and brutal at the same time, and his image compliments that. and i gotta go on a tangent to express this, even though ye is known for having various themes and motifs in music, if every single piece of artwork and expression was intended to have some kind of “deeper meaning,” then art as we know it would be incredibly boring. there would be no place for hype songs, no place for phone wallpapers of batman, no place for songs like rock with you or films like ratatouille. and they’re all beloved by people everywhere
It’s an accompaniment to an album. Which is why it’s not logical if you don’t think about in terms of the album, like they do in the video by taking lyrics literally instead of thinking about how they fit into the narrative the album tries to create. Wether or not it foes that well is not for me to say, but it’s certainly a better framework to start off on.
You know when the phoenix lady wakes up with the TV reporter reporting on a fire, I thought I heard the background music from Kingdom Hearts during an inspirational cut scene.
I think people over look Runaway (*the song*) because that song is more artful than 95% of all the other rap songs and songs in general that y'all listen too
Its kinda funny to see them criticize the choice to use Runaway as the main for the video by acting like its an underwhelming song from the record seeing as its come to be MBDTF's longest lasting and most culturally relevant song to this day lol
I know they just chose that Katy Perry song bc it's about having a good time, but it seems to imply that Todd and Rap Critic are more than just collaborators...
If you used a Taylor Swift song instead of Katy Perry it would have been kinda funny. oh, and one more thing, Kanye is a genius, dont shit on his Art..
This video is just ridiculous. It honestly makes them look like two dudes who just can’t comprehend any art that’s more than surface level. I mean for christ sakes when RC says “don’t these things seem like they don’t go together?” during Runaway I was dumbfounded. You’re a journalist who has never heard of juxtaposition? No real discussion of any of the actual music throughout the video, and the dismissal of Runaway is just hilarious. It’s literally been cemented as one of the best songs of all time at this point, yet Todd says it’s not on the level of Bad Romance...I laugh. Even though he leaves out some incredible cuts like Power and Monster, the music that’s in the video should give you guys enough to talk about for the whole 20 minutes without ever needing to mention the video. Now I don’t even think that the video is some masterwork but I mean they just dismiss it entirely, and they even cut out some key information to make it fit their agenda. At the banquet, the man says “you should leave things like that at the zoo” which is what prompts Kanye to act as he does. I thin Todd and RC fundamentally misunderstand why we watch them. We don’t give a shit about your jokes. You guys aren’t that funny. We care about your opinions on and analysis of music. I said earlier that I consider you journalists and I mean it. You have an engaging style and a wealth of knowledge that allows you to speak in depth on songs, and you’re wasting it by just pulling surface level “haha isn’t it funny when music videos are WEIRD and ARTISTIC” observations. Seriously. You’ve both improved since this video but this is honestly a really pathetic attempt from the two of you. Thumbs down. Never become this again.
“Wow, I disagree with their interpretation and opinion of this video, therefore it’s objectively bad”. Like, yes I can understand that Kanye had a point to a lot of this. But I also understand why the poor execution (bad acting, bad set design, bad writing) ruins it for a lot of people. But god forbid people acknowledge that Kanye is so wrapped up in his own awesomeness that what could be a great message gets lost in horrible execution. I mean, read your own comment. You literally get mad at Todd for having an opinion about a song that’s “been cemented as one of the best songs ever”. God forbid someone doesn’t share you’re opinion. And not to mention I think that the attempted contrast between classical music and “I sent this chick a picture of my d*ck” is so laughable and comedic it loses the point it was going for. Which is the entire video- Kanye attempting to make an artistic point, but the entire video being so poorly directed (by an artistic egomaniac who refuses to listen to criticism and directed it himself despite having no experience) and poorly put together that whatever artistic integrity it had is lost. You’re criticizing them because they didn’t see that there was an artistic meaning below the surface, but the artistic meaning is so buried in bad decisions and confusing editing that I can’t blame them in the slightest. I’m a huge fan of the album, and I love pointlessly analyzing videos, and I reacted the same way they did. I’m so tired of people responding to any criticism of their favorite artists with “BUT YOU JUST DONT GET IT ITS ACTUALLY GENIUS”
@@neonradius I can understand not liking it but did you watch the video? Those two nitpick EVERY detail to the point where even things that are plainly obvious aren't noticed by them. In any case the video isn't even pretentious. It's just aesthetics with a thin metaphor, there's not a lot to get.
Now that this video is back up and looking back. Did we really need to put up with Kanye West? Because his mental difficulties could only defend him so much and his self awareness that he did horrible things doesn’t make them any better, so nearly a decade later and he’s still the exact same person, even if he came out with 5 mor MBDTFs, would it be worth putting up with his BS still?
"Kanye, any final thoughts on Michael Jackson?"
"That nigga dead".
our*
*slaps his girl*
I'm so glad that Rap Critic and Todd made fun of that shitty "Reluctant crossover" trope, it still sucks when I see people using it.
Yup. Perfect subversion.
The tragic story of a man who ruined his date with a hot bird woman by taking her to a dinner where they were eating bird.
Kanye's take on himself making boneheadedly stupid self destructive choices is interesting
@@ursidae97I interpret the part about how he has to burn or she’ll turn to stone but he won’t let her do it as an extension of him being self-destructive, how this woman will be destroyed if she stays with him and but he needs her to be there with him. Especially since the video is called “runaway”, is centered on a song about Kanye telling a woman to run away, and she ends up running away from him in the end.
@@joshraid1550 Also think the bird is a commentary on Kim Kardashian, his new love at the time. Hence the bit at the dinner table where his friend tells him she's a bird (had a sex tape with Ray J) as if he didn't know that. Although she's not a direct allegory for her she's representative of his muse.
When this video originally came out like 10 years ago, they were both still with Channel Awesome. Part of the whole TGWTG brand was to act overly angry about everything. Todd has gotten better over time for me, especially after he left Channel Awesome.
It really does feel like they wanted everyone to be more or less "The Nostalgia Critic, but for (x)" and just insert whatever specialty niche thing they reviewed. It got tedious after a while, most of the comedy just came from being over the top and angry all the time. Made me burnt out on reviews as a whole for a long time because of how much negativity there was.
Glad I found Todd long after departing with them, though.
@@Jason_Altea Some over the top hyperbolic rage can be entertaining, but using that as the default joke is not sustainable. To say nothing of how having an overly homogenous brand can hinder your success. Heck, even the jerk with the cheap outfit at the top went less and less for hyperbolic rage over time.
@@bthsr7113
Yeah, when even Doug had to change his schtick to keep going, you know something isn't bound to last.
This movie still aint perfect tho and neither is the album lmao
Genuinely i can't believe this is how i find out that Todd was part of Channel Awesome lmao. I only started watching him at the beginning of this year
In light of the recent channel awesome revelations, it’s extra hilarious that RC and TITS make fun of that stupid formulaic opening at the beginning 😂 like it’s a glimpse into the reality that TGWTG/CA pretty much made their producers stick to Doug’s format.
It seems more tragic to me, because most crossovers were shot between filmings of the anniversary movies (who were already badly scheduled) and had to be given over to Channel Awesome to compensate for the costs.
Its like a music version of Luke Cage and Daredevil
Because Rap Critic is black and Todd wears a mask over his eyes.
A weak one, I'll give you that. Although maybe The Panel Biter can make more connections than I can.
Runaway is the centerpiece for a reason... it's because the video is centered around it lol. The other songs were just to advertise probably. Also Runaway is a really good song, and it's defiantly the centerpiece of the entire MBDTF
@@soaribb32 The entire album is about Kanye's disillusionment with fame and power. Runaway is all about that. It's the centerpiece because it represents everything about the album.
I actually love every song on this album
Well, it is a pretty great album.
It's one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time so you should :)
watching this in 2019, almost a decade after release, this has NOT aged well lmao. especially the runaway comment “not being thriller” oooooof
@@bambap9012 rock kinda mid
I mean...to each their own but I felt like that album was the ultimate "Emperor has no clothes" moment in Kanye's career. Problem was a bunch of people labeled him genius for calling himself an asshole for 70 minutes cause he's really good at beats even when his content is shallow af and the rest of his career has been a weird sad spiral of watching him reach for some kind of meaning in being a dick.
Them going to that convention was just so wholesome. I like seeing Todd happy.
Thanks for making fun of that shitty TGWTG cliche. I hate that one with a passion, but even the Nostalgia Critic still uses it.
+Mr. Stretch What, the cross-over thing? I like it.
+Fairyth Angel
The whole "reluctant crossover" bullshit thing. I can't stand that.
It works when people like Doug or Linkara does it because they have very story driven shows
Angela Mishler if you watch a lot of the videos of people like linkara nostalgia critic film brain they crossover "reluctantly" to show how terrible the thing they're reviewing is....it's been happening for years
Mr. Stretch I like when cadicarus does it be cause everyone is just so goofy and strange everyone acts
But yeah
It really is a bit over done
I'm pretty sure that stuffed bird on the table isn't even a real bird. It looks like an amalgamation of a turkey, a pheasant, and probably some other stuff I don't know about.
If Kanye and Tommy Wiseau made a film together it would be the best/worst thing ever.
At least the music would be good
I can't shake the feeling that he was trying to be David Lynch... Ye. Buddy... you are not David Lynch. Noone can be David Lynch.
Somehow all that todd said being true, runaway always has and will be that blockbuster song to me. I was absolutely floored the first time I heard it, it felt like one of the first songs I had ever heard that really felt new and like nothing else I had ever heard before, one of those songs that showed me what music could really do
check out the Song vs Song podcast he did on Runaway vs Marvin's Room, a very nice listen
I always thought the movie was like a metaphor for him getting a girlfriend from a different environment and upbringing. Kinda how it's like bringing a white girl to a black family. Also I always thought runaway was supposed to be the most materialistic and superficial lyrics over classic music.
nah Runaway is Kanyes most personal and honest song to date.
@@Daniel-ts9nf Nah the most personal and honest Kanye song is never see me again.
@@Daniel-ts9nfThat's kinda pathetic
@@AugustRxhow? It explains pretty honestly kanyes narcissistic personality and how it ruins his relationships, but doesnt know how to change. In the song he is begging his partner to leave him because he knows he is going to hurt her. It also touches on how due to his perfectionism, he can’t never be truly satisfied.
Just gonna say, Runaway is a master piece. All jokes aside.
Honestly one of those songs that really makes you feel alive, never gets old it feels like i hear something new every time
I like the part of the film that is just played during the song Runaway.
I think that is very beautiful.
I love how even back then they were making fun of the TH-cam reviewer crossover formula
kanye's the only guy I can think of who uses Bang & Olufsen speakers to perform his instrumentals. Really hammering in the "I'm rich!" angle a bit there by using speakers that are more known for being expensive household speakers then the kind of speakers you'd see in a studio or on stage.
The aspect ratio on this one's way off
gum ball yeah it's frustrating as hell
Wait, why is that? It looks fine to me.
So the video isn't very good at all, but MBDTF is still a masterpiece.
DidIMentionItAlsoTravelsInTime? No its pretty mediocre. Trash lyrics a 14 year old understands with dope beats.
SneakingFox MBDTF is top 5 rap albums OAT
Jose Arguello you clearly haven't listened to great hip hop albums
1. Ready to Die
2. Capital Punishment
3. Madvillainy
4. MBDTF
5. Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous
6. Reasonable Doubt
7. Carter 2
8. Illmatic
9. College Dropout
10. Black Star
Hozay no k dot?
I know y'all do this for comedic effect but it's kinda overdone the whole I don't understand what's going on thing. Especially when both of you pick and choose when to actually see it as an artistic expression
Agreed. I think it's pretty obvious that Kanye was motivated by imagery first and story a distant second. You can definitely find some story and meaning by following the images which they didn't even try to do most the time. While not the best or most well put together film it is very difficult to argue that Kanye _doesn't_ have a fantastic eye for imagery. The boy in the red KKK uniform, the ballet scene, the dinner, the phoenix escaping, the long shot of a statue that they inexplicably don't include... Like it was frustrating because sure runaway doesn't make total sense, but I don't think it was ever supposed to.
Like isn't the parade for MJ accompanied by KKK members supposed to show that MJ destroyed himself to be accepted by white audiences and yet they never actually fully accepted him or the rest of the black community? Hence why the KKK are there to be like "yeah, we loved MJ but that doesn't change anything" and the kid in the KKK uniform is to show the impact that has upon the black community internalising those attitudes of being secondary in the eyes of whites? It felt like they were willfully ignoring any points being made with the imagery to be all "lol ain't Kanye weird"
Regarding the ‘klansman hoods’, it’s a style of hood called a capirote that is often worn by monks during religious ceremonies in Spain and other Spanish speaking countries, klansman hoods are white, while the capirotes of monks can be blue, green and even red
While true Kanye has made it specific he's using them as klansman iconography. He did the same on black skinhead on Yeezus.
12:39 OMG. I agree. That acting is unbelievable...
Runaway is one of the best hip hop tracks of the 21st century. It makes Bad Romance sound like a nokia ringtone. Like have a laugh and some fun, but don't trade taste in just for a joke
they said the music in the Runaway video was better than the video itself, and the video for Bad Romance was better than the Runaway video. They said nothing about Bad Romance as a song.
the newscast lady tho. she talks in english first, then... czech apparently?
oooo I get it, it was shot in Prague!
@@IABITVpresents my sister lived in Czech Republic and she has told me a few times that the national news delivers news stories in English and Czech one after another. I'm guessing Kanye/someone involved in the project saw that and liked the effect /aesthetic of it. Or they literally just got a local newscaster whom just did it how she usually did.
@@medes5597 I never saw a news broadcast being read out in Czech/English during an actual Czech newscast...
@@IABITVpresents I'm only repeating what my sister told me. Possibly it was an English/Czech Channel of some kind? I remember her telling me about them because they stood out and it wasn't in relation to Runaway. I'll have to ask her about it.
@@medes5597 ok then, must have not come from the main Czech channel
Still a better remake of Escape To Witch Mountian than the one we got.
And I bet that PSA comes from Canada and not really Wisconsin, right?
7:22 Did he just say that he doesn't consider Michael Jackson to be Black? cuz that's... pretty balsy.
Ohhhhhh, I see. Thanks for explaining that.
Surprised to see this was branded as a “pop song review” since it was more of a review of the music video
2:03 I just saw The Disaster Artist, so I know that that can only mean good things!
Nicki's british accent is on point.
Okey it pisses me off that people try to justify this crapfest by saying 'oh but it's an ART film, it doesn't have to have meaning or make sense! Yeah that's bullshit. Anyone can just paste a string of pretty images together, that doesn't make it good. In a good artfilm, the images enhance the mood or tell a story. Sure, the meaning can be unclear, up for debate or just weird, but it makes you feel something. Every image is part of a whole and does more than just "look cool". Compare this to Pink Floyd's "The Wall": That's trippy as fuck, has totally weird images and while in some parts it's hard to understand what that image means, you know the artists does, because there IS cohesion: There HAS to be a story or a theme, and a structure at the core, otherwise it just gets boring. Making pretty images is nice, but it's easy. Turning those images into a whole that - at it's core - still builds up to something makes it interesting and worth a watch. A story can be heavily loaded with visual symbolism, but without a solid heart & core, it's just... empty.
It's pretty telling that people keep insisting this is an art movie with incredible visual symbolism, and then don't offer any interpretation of that symbolism that 'dumb' Todd and RapCritic apparently missed.
aerqwertyu It's not awesome, it's pretentious bullshit that doesn't tie into anything. People bashed the Rap Critic review of "Picasso Baby" by Jay-Z since the video (of the review) began with a couple of demonstrations of pretentious high brow performance art, yet this 35-minute vanity project is praised by many of those same people?
what about pink floyd’s the wall? a movie music video that makes absolutely no sense but yet is regarded as one of the greatest music videos of all time. and there is a few hidden messages throughout all the symbolism and all the imagery, such as the way society refuses to accept what is different, racial oppression as well as racial repression, the struggle of being in the public eye. i would love to go in depth on it if you would like. this is one of the greatest music videos of all time, my third behind the wall and thriller
Lucas Bell what’s pretentious about it? ye has always established himself as ignorant and has a lot of confidence and self pride, and why shouldn’t he? he’s proven himself again and again almost consistently. sure, maybe cruel summer wasn’t that good but the tracks with ye and chief keef were incredible.
as an example, picasso wouldn’t be the big artist he is if he wasn’t known for being eccentric and unique and well, picasso. yes he created some of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, but where would it stand if he were humble? the art is simultaneously vibrant and brutal at the same time, and his image compliments that.
and i gotta go on a tangent to express this, even though ye is known for having various themes and motifs in music, if every single piece of artwork and expression was intended to have some kind of “deeper meaning,” then art as we know it would be incredibly boring. there would be no place for hype songs, no place for phone wallpapers of batman, no place for songs like rock with you or films like ratatouille. and they’re all beloved by people everywhere
It’s an accompaniment to an album. Which is why it’s not logical if you don’t think about in terms of the album, like they do in the video by taking lyrics literally instead of thinking about how they fit into the narrative the album tries to create. Wether or not it foes that well is not for me to say, but it’s certainly a better framework to start off on.
You guys make the best buddy critic videos.
You know when the phoenix lady wakes up with the TV reporter reporting on a fire, I thought I heard the background music from Kingdom Hearts during an inspirational cut scene.
I think people over look Runaway (*the song*) because that song is more artful than 95% of all the other rap songs and songs in general that y'all listen too
Robert Moyes i wouldn’t say that i mean i love kanye but that song is flawed but they didn’t critique it well at all
Davis Stuckey THEY DIDN'T REVIEW THE SONG. THAT WAS NOT THE POINT.
Glad to see an opinion of this movie that isnt from a stan
omd bro. these people are slow asf. they legit dont understand a simple hidden meaning or metaphor.
not saying its a good film but the songs are.
What opinion they're just making fun of it for fun
Okay yeah the video is weird... But what about the review of the song?
This looks like something Oancitizen would review.
Runaway is my fav song, so i felt low key disrespected lmao 😂
Why the fuck does the news presenter abruptly switch into Czech mid-sentence?
Wish y'all would collab again. I don't miss Doug's reign, but that communal spirit was pretty neat.
TGIF playing in the background while they are chilling 🤣🤣
Remember, this is the guy who's running for president in 2020.
An improvement on the current POTUS right?
"And I don't know how I'ma manage If one day you just up and leave".
Guess we know now. Jesus.
MBDTF is incredible but this short film is underwhelming
Hey it finally has a proper thumbnail!
I dunno, I actually loved the Runaway video.
Does Rap Critic do anything other than be obnoxiously literal about every joke, symbol, etc he encounters?
"Nah I never noticed that" had such deadpan delivery I actually laughed
The album is a classic but this movie is pretty bad
Todd reviewed a Kanye song? YES
The album is amazing, but the short film sucks.
Its kinda funny to see them criticize the choice to use Runaway as the main for the video by acting like its an underwhelming song from the record seeing as its come to be MBDTF's longest lasting and most culturally relevant song to this day lol
To answer all your questions because he's Kanye.
Todd has sexy lips (just saying)
It's what kept him in this business ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Also some Contacts to the kkk suits in the all of the lights part it could also be capirotes a quintessential part of Semana Santa
Holy fucking shit did you fold this video hot dog style
So much foreshadowing.
do glow by drake and kanye west
Idk if they’re being ironic but this video goes in
This whole video was crazy like why would Kanye do that
Cause he’s Kayne :)
Don't drag Jean Grey into this mess xD
So this is a plebs review episode
Clockwork Man You bought more than 2,500,000 subscribers? You must have a lot of money on your hands.
I think I know what bird lady is supposed to be. She fell from Heaven. I really hope I'm wrong.
can you elaborate?
@@sknyz2452 that he's so arrogant that he thinks he can bed an actual angel.
@@bthsr7113 She's supposed to be a Phoenix which is known for dying and then rising from the ashes.
@@bthsr7113That's the phoenix. He does bed archangel lady Lucifer later tho.
well this was... weird
I know they just chose that Katy Perry song bc it's about having a good time, but it seems to imply that Todd and Rap Critic are more than just collaborators...
You should review Sober Up by AJR
I'm wondering if one of you guys can help me find the remix verison of POWER that was used in the film.
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Boi this aspect ratio
7:39 Rap Critic's face XD
The entire film is a metaphor lmao, read up on it and it makes a lot of sense
a lot of songs from a album put in a video that doesnt explain anything OH FUCK THE WEEKND COPIED KANYE EAST
It killed me when the two of them were at the convention instead.
If you used a Taylor Swift song instead of Katy Perry it would have been kinda funny.
oh, and one more thing, Kanye is a genius, dont shit on his Art..
I liked this but ok
U should review the Queens of the stone age Like Clockwork concept album
The outdo is just pitch black please trim this
Outro
gabrele.g Green Probably because they showed Todd's face in those bits.
how have i never seen this?
Really good album but terrible movie
Why did a black man call the cops? HUMMMMMM? I wonder.
lol why is the last 1:20seconds of this video just black
Stick around to the very end.
FEATHERY CHUFF
lol is it normal to be lost about this music video?
This video is just ridiculous. It honestly makes them look like two dudes who just can’t comprehend any art that’s more than surface level. I mean for christ sakes when RC says “don’t these things seem like they don’t go together?” during Runaway I was dumbfounded. You’re a journalist who has never heard of juxtaposition? No real discussion of any of the actual music throughout the video, and the dismissal of Runaway is just hilarious. It’s literally been cemented as one of the best songs of all time at this point, yet Todd says it’s not on the level of Bad Romance...I laugh. Even though he leaves out some incredible cuts like Power and Monster, the music that’s in the video should give you guys enough to talk about for the whole 20 minutes without ever needing to mention the video. Now I don’t even think that the video is some masterwork but I mean they just dismiss it entirely, and they even cut out some key information to make it fit their agenda. At the banquet, the man says “you should leave things like that at the zoo” which is what prompts Kanye to act as he does. I thin Todd and RC fundamentally misunderstand why we watch them. We don’t give a shit about your jokes. You guys aren’t that funny. We care about your opinions on and analysis of music. I said earlier that I consider you journalists and I mean it. You have an engaging style and a wealth of knowledge that allows you to speak in depth on songs, and you’re wasting it by just pulling surface level “haha isn’t it funny when music videos are WEIRD and ARTISTIC” observations. Seriously. You’ve both improved since this video but this is honestly a really pathetic attempt from the two of you. Thumbs down. Never become this again.
God damn kanye stans are insufferable. Do you hear yourself?
I agree. This made the reviewers look bad.
“Wow, I disagree with their interpretation and opinion of this video, therefore it’s objectively bad”. Like, yes I can understand that Kanye had a point to a lot of this. But I also understand why the poor execution (bad acting, bad set design, bad writing) ruins it for a lot of people. But god forbid people acknowledge that Kanye is so wrapped up in his own awesomeness that what could be a great message gets lost in horrible execution. I mean, read your own comment. You literally get mad at Todd for having an opinion about a song that’s “been cemented as one of the best songs ever”. God forbid someone doesn’t share you’re opinion. And not to mention I think that the attempted contrast between classical music and “I sent this chick a picture of my d*ck” is so laughable and comedic it loses the point it was going for. Which is the entire video- Kanye attempting to make an artistic point, but the entire video being so poorly directed (by an artistic egomaniac who refuses to listen to criticism and directed it himself despite having no experience) and poorly put together that whatever artistic integrity it had is lost.
You’re criticizing them because they didn’t see that there was an artistic meaning below the surface, but the artistic meaning is so buried in bad decisions and confusing editing that I can’t blame them in the slightest. I’m a huge fan of the album, and I love pointlessly analyzing videos, and I reacted the same way they did. I’m so tired of people responding to any criticism of their favorite artists with “BUT YOU JUST DONT GET IT ITS ACTUALLY GENIUS”
@@neonradius I can understand not liking it but did you watch the video? Those two nitpick EVERY detail to the point where even things that are plainly obvious aren't noticed by them. In any case the video isn't even pretentious. It's just aesthetics with a thin metaphor, there's not a lot to get.
Kanye already was in on the lugenpress bs back then, wow.
Now that this video is back up and looking back.
Did we really need to put up with Kanye West?
Because his mental difficulties could only defend him so much and his self awareness that he did horrible things doesn’t make them any better, so nearly a decade later and he’s still the exact same person, even if he came out with 5 mor MBDTFs, would it be worth putting up with his BS still?
ok sean
Yeah, his music s tier. His shittiness balances it out so its all good in the end
Tbf this is kinda copying lady Gagas artpop video with the whole fallen bird thing and having multiple songs from the album in one video
But this came out before Artpop?
8:59
Why is this so Squashed?
plebe
I'm not sure why I had any faith that the Rap Critic would provide anything of value in terms of entertainment or insight
Runway Is The Worst Film I’ve Ever Seen And I’ve Seen Transformers 3
This one sucks.
Why wasn’t this named after the album ? Also this album is over rated
its not supposed to make any since, its just art for your eyes only...
Rap music sucks.
Boomer
@@CzarVerde im 22 lmao and a musican. I like some well produced and melodic rap but on the whole it just sucks personally
Wintergust "I'm a musician" lol
lol why does it suck?
Just cause you don’t like it doesn’t mean that it isn’t good.
I take it y'all don't watch art films
it looks like Kanye was trying to emulate the surreality of a Gorillaz video
" Kanye stars in Unbreakable 2"
Watches Glass
Good foreshadowing Todd