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Dislike buttons going away to protect biden as videos related to him are spam disliked unless they are about how bad he is. The dislike button will still be in the algorithm. So TH-cam's just fucking every ones free speach for the safty of dumb peoples feelings.
I have a topic suggestion. The most common occupations for psycho/sociopaths. Or do the videos in two parts. This would suit many of his other channels as well. The introduction...perhaps Danny and Sam are seeing some concerning behavior from Simon?
Ceo and company presidents/wallstreet are common occupations for psychopaths and sociopaths as being ruthless and insular leads to greater benefits in those occupations
Not every manipulative, sociopathic shitcunt is a succesfull politician. But most of those... seriously, which person in their right minds would want that job? All the downsides of being a famous rockstar with none of the benefits.
Simon ought to create a channel just labeled Big Brain Tangent… just videos of his best tangents among all his channels compiled into 10 minute videos. His tangents and bloopers lately are so entertaining
TERMINAL! About that dude who lived in an airport for like 10 years or something. It was all completely his own doing, and he could've left whenever he wanted, but he refused unless they'd grant him the English title of Lord.
Speaking as a Scot, when I first saw braveheart I thought it was great (I know!) but it inspired me to go back to the real history and I learned more than school ever taught me about my own country’s history. So I guess thanks Mel for having such an anti English hardon (looking at you too “The Patriot”) that you led me to finding out your own movie is total bs and the real history is way more interesting.
It usually is more interesting. Braveheart triggers the crap out of me more than just about any movie, other than Elizabeth which is just inaccurate and with no reason. Like why you make Robert Dudley a traitor? Why do it? Her life was wall to wall action and intrigue and you gotta make stupid shit up?
The movies themselves are absolutely amazing movies that are well shot, well acted, and have great scripts with dramatic tension and emotional impact. Unfortunately, the history is utter garbage. Braveheart and The Patriot are immensely entertaining movies, but there should be some MASSIVE disclaimers at the start of each movie for sure.
I'm old. I remember Live Aid, in the summer of 1985. David Bowie was crazy famous at the time, his career was not "flagging". David Bowies 1983 Album "Let's Dance" nominated for Album of the year Grammy in 1984, had enhanced his career even more, adding on a new younger audience. Bowie had remotely participated in Bob Geldof's 1984 Band Aid, released another album "Tonight". In 1985 his videos for China Girl and Let's Dance were on regular rotation on Mtv in the US. However, children (like myself at the time) were not as aware of Queen, just that they were legends and kids at university liked them (although "We will rock you" was chanted at every sporting event) and I loved the Radio GaGa video. Most under 16 regarded The Who as a band their parents listened too, but too 70s to be Rolling Stones cool. I recall my mother watched them play and I went and played Atari with friends in a different room. Shame. Queen and The Who were definitely coating on past glory (glorious as it was) at the time. But, not Bowie.
I'm sure Simon is not too invested in it, but Gandalf (originally Mithrandir)is not a wizard, he is a Maiar. They are a form of demigod in the Tolkien universe. Que the "NNEEERRRRDDDDD!!!" Homer meme.
I mean he and the others are referred to as wizards all the time in the books. So it isn't wrong to call him a wizard. It might not be the best technical description but it is still correct from the view of the majority of the characters in universe.
Just a hatch? So Danny is less trapped in a basement and more held captive in an oubliette. And yes I wrote this comment just to use the word oubliette. Because when does one ever get to use the word oubliette. Basically never and it's a fun word so you gotta take advantage when you can so... OUBLIETTE OUBLIETTE OUBLIETTE! Lol
@@sandybarnes887 I've noticed that, sometimes I get behind on TH-cam and catch up a week or two later and so I just started checking the newest one out.
Now THAT would be a work of art I could enjoy. And I wouldn’t have to answer stupid questions when I’m working at Scottish reenacting events. Ironically, Brooks would probably have adhered closer to the history than Gibson did. 🤣
Simon has a better grasp on the American drug classifications than most of the US pharmacists I have to deal with on a regular basis. I'm not exaggerating at all...
Fun facts for factboi: Schedule 1 drugs in the USA are the most regulated... it includes Heroin and Marijuana... but not Cocaine! Side note: I love how every now and then factboi still refers to the channel as Business Blaze! See in his heart he knows that this channel will always be Business Blaze! Long Live BUSINESS BLAZE!
I was looking for this comment, thanks! The US govt in it’s infinite wisdom placed heroin & marijuana in the same class because they both have “no currently accepted medical use & a high risk of abuse.”
That’s a myth. Sweeney Todd is based on a true story the same way Fargo or Dan Brown books are “real”, and it’s kind of based in “real” legend the same way as King Arthur.
I've shared a cab with a woman in NYC during rush hour. Sometimes it's faster, if you're both going the same direction and the demand for cabs is very high. But yeah, it's not something I've done often.
I have a suggestion for a future BB episode that I think Simon would enjoy: "CEOs and heads of state who chose to rely on astrology/voodoo/fortune cookies/etc." (For example, the President of Haiti in 1963 claimed he had caused the assassination of JFK using the power of voodoo! (Allegedly.))
Romania funds their werewolf and vampire research more than their cancer research... I used to get mad at the ignorance of some of my co workers till I found out they grew up there heh...
Sacha Baron Cohen wanted to make a movie that showcased the over-the-top insanity, using examples such as Mercury having quickies mid-concert and a party that had "little people" carrying plates of cocaine on their heads. Cohen claimed the band members instead wanted to protect their legacy, and wanted the latter half of the movie to be about them after Freddie's death. Roger Taylor later said Cohen didn't take Freddie or the project seriously enough, and seemingly tried to imply that Cohen was never a workable choice.
To me "based on a true story" means it just has a sad ending and the writer/director doesn't have to go to any effort to pull any threads together at the end. Usually an indicator of a hard 'not bothered: skip' when choosing a movie.
Not to pick on Danny, or to defend that movie because I'm one of those hardcore Queen fans obsessed with all the inaccuracies, but the character of Roy Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody is most likely as much a take on Roy Featherstone as it is former Queen manager Norman Sheffield who was so hated by the band that they released what was essentially a diss track called Death on Two Legs on the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody. Of course he did sue them for defamation over that track so it's not exactly surprising no one likes to mention him. It would be a great topic to cover if you do a music-themed follow-up to your "Movies That Caused Lawsuits" video, just make sure you sprinkle in a few more allegedlies than usual
When he mentioned Mel Gibson I thought he was going to talk about The Passion of the Christ. Knowing how Simon feels about religion, I was curious what he would have to say about the film's historical accuracy.
@@garethbaus5471 I didn't "single" anyone out partner I was referring to Catholics and Christians as the majority of Christiandom if you will. My apologies if you decided to be offended. Next time look up 'singling out' in a dictionary then note I mentioned two groups 😉
First of all, love the odd tangents you go off on. They always make me laugh. The one about Dan Brown made me remember when I worked at a book store and a woman came in looking for the Da Vinci Code. When she finally came and asked me for help she was so exasperated and goes "I've been looking in the biography and history section and I just can't find the book I am looking for." So of course I offered her help asking what book it was and she replied "the Da Vinci Code". And as we are standing in the fiction section... I took her to the book and was like "oh well its not in those sections, its here in fiction". She looked at me just absolutely disturbed by this revelation and goes "so Jesus didn't marry Mary of Magdalene?!" Lol. Second of all, I don't ever believe it when a movie or book states it's based on actual events or parts of history. They always prompt me to do my own research though.
I dunno man. I get the sentiment and as a general principle, I kinda agree. But a lot of people really don't have enough eggs, to diversify and still make a worthwhile ROI. A lot of investments carry fixed minimum costs/fees, in particular when you want to realize any gains. If you got $10k+, diversifying is solid and realistic advice. If you got $500, then I completely understand if you'd rather put it all in Ethereum or Bitcoin. Or buy low sell high on used market. But honestly - if you only got $500, that's cutting it so close that those 500 are probably best kept on hand for quck access when an unexpected expense shows up, so you can avoid having to resort to credit to pay the bills. Because if you can't afford to pay the bills, odds are high you won't have enough to pay off that credit either, and in a matter of a few months you've spent all those 500 on credit down payments, but you're still in the deepening hole bc of high interests. If you spent the 500 on those bills instead, you'd at least be debt free.
Totally agree with the latter part of this. If you've only got $500 you should keep it in a bank account and use it when you need $500. You'll never beat the interest rates of a credit card on the other side.
Buy low sell high on used market? You'd need to get the expensive stuff, get lucky twice (getting a good deal and selling it for more) and put in a lot of capital and time. Sounds more like a job ...
I don't know. If you only have $500, and there isn't a prospect of getting more in your current situation, you're going to be dead broke anyway. So you can either watch that $500 drain away in a month, or you can spend it all now on a chance that it'll pay off and keep you afloat. I can totally understand making the choice to take a chance, especially if the downside is just being homeless one month earlier. If you let the money drain away, then you've got no chance, I you spend it, you have an incredibly small chance, but it's better than nothing.
You got it right, Schedule 1 is a drug that is considered to have “no medical value” and is highly abusable. It then goes to Schedule 2 which is an abusable drug with “some medical use,” and so on to the less dangerous prescriptions in Schedules 3 and 4, etc.
There is a cartoon movie with talking dogs who make up a sled team and who, totally on their own, go through a bunch of horrible northern climate type ordeals to find some medicine to bring back to the humans. I was very confused at the end when it declared it was "based on a true story"
Balto? That one is based on a true story but there were many teams of dogs and many drivers of them, each taking a leg of the trip to get the medication to a town full of sick people in Alaska. Balto was just the lead dog who pulled the last leg to bring the medicine in and also had the best pr team.
U571… take a true story and completely balls it up. The final comment at the end of the film that the ship which recovered the German naval enigma was the crew of HMS Bulldog and it was from U110 not the equally brave USS submariners some 3 years later from U505.
This is why there are some movies that say inspired by true events and it's really frustrating that so many that say based on true events shouldve stuck with inspired by
I think Simone's beard is getting more epic. I rarely watch his videos, instead I listen to them while doing other things, so when I looked down at this one near the end I was shocked
Musical theater major here! There are PLENTY of musicals about murder. Sweeney Todd, phantom of the opera, gentleman’s guide to love and murder, little shop of horrors and others I can’t think of right now
Gotta point something out, I'm a cab driver in a smaller town. If we have two people call for rides from the same place we do double up if it's busy. We drop the passenger with the closest address first and charge them both full price since we charge flat fees instead of mileage.
I’ve shared a cab before and it was hillarious. Other guy was really really drunk. I was tripping balls, and had just had worst bad trip ever. Got stuck on an island in winter, in Maine, and a blizzard started. Managed to get back to mainland and got cab home. Thought it funny that I was far more blasted than drunk guy, but hid it well.
Often the case ,I find. I can be spannered beyond the stars and yet still hold it together better than anyone who's had a few drinks. I'm not a drinker myself, not my thing, but everything else is fair game! 🤣
If you are looking for another example, I would recommend Sully. Aside from him landing the plane in the Hudson, the rest of the movie is total BS. It involves the airline trying to find him guilty of not flying the plane to another airport (which makes no sense since he is one of their employees and would make them culpable as well) and is dramatically found innocent at the last minute. According to Sully himself, none of this ever happened.
i want a sit-com based on the yellow fleet - Every show has a big based on a True Story followed by a ridiculous story line that could have just as easily a family guy show.
Simon ? In New York City, EVERYONE has shared a cab a number of times if they're 30 or older. They are EXTREMELY scarce at certain times and places. WEALTHY people (strangers) will share if they're going the same direction.
Despite all the historical inaccuracies in Braveheart, the part I think is most believable is the (paraphrased) "Shall we give them a volley?" And the reply, "Arrows cost money. Send in the Irish."
I have once seen someone share a cab, we were stuck at the last bus stop before a bridge connecting my city together and every bus passed us because they were full because it was five o clock and after an hour two guys called a cab and a girl was panicking because she had something important to get to so they shared a cab across the bridge but that's.... Uncommon and now probably Impossible
In response to his multiple plugs for Casual Criminalist. Honestly he's said himself in Casual Criminalist why I love it so much. He doesn't entertain bullshit in the stories. We get some really interesting stories, some downright creepy shit, and I don't have to endure half the video being "So we covered what we know.... now lets talk about how this all makes sense because ghosts are real or an alien did it!" I'm listening to fucking true crime give me true facts which Simon actually does.
When I was in Scotland people were always anxious to say "Braveheart" was baloney. But tourists loved to seek Braveheart stuff. (I never saw the movie.)
Can you do a vid where you reveal all the historical inaccuracies of “The Flintstones”? I’ve read that Mr. Slate wasn’t nearly as nasty as he’s depicted in the show, and that Betty Rubble wasn’t much of a hottie at all.
34:29 "What's going to blow the [Braveheart] budget? Mel Brooks' salary?" Simon, thank you for informing me that Mel Brooks was in Braveheart, because I seriously wouldn't have guessed that factoid in a million years! 😂
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. There's your cereal killer musical. Once i got past the singing i actually enjoyed it quite a lot. i did not know it was a f*ckin' musical and the opening duet between Jonny Depp and Helena Bonhomie-Carter made me want to claw my ears out! i kept thinking, no this can't be a musical. Why? How? They can't sing! The pain... But at last they stopped singing and started acting. They ARE an awesome screen duo. i remember nothing more about the music other than thinking it became far less objectionable thereafter. To the point that by the end of the movie i thought, maybe they can sing after all!:-)
11:58 ONCE, and only once. We were on Holiday somewhere, and needed to get somewhere, 4 of us in a Mini cab, and some random bloke just walks up and is like "Oh, I hear you're going to this place, I also wanna go there, mind if we share?"
Simon Says: The True Story of Simon Whistler (in which all the joke on Brain Blaze are taken for fact, Danny and Sam will be shown in a basement, chained to desks.
To be fair, the intro voiceover to Braveheart did essentially admit that the story wasn't factual by saying, "Historians from England will call me a liar..."
Ford vs Ferrari was based on a true story, and it was actually pretty good, including the way it represented the real world history in the film! It got decent/good reviews from both regular movie critics, the general public, and motorsport historians as well!
Simon- It is an unfortunate situation in the United States that yes, people share cabs. I found it odd going from Germany, where it would cost a few marks to get to the pub, to the US where it was almost $15.00 to get to downtown. Then I bought a car…😂
I didn’t know the joke was about an old movie, it was my friend group’s favorite line in the movie because we’d all headbanged in the car to it ourselves 😂
Listen to the fact fiend video from your former writer Karl, Simon. He explains why that SBC version would have been what Freddy would have wanted it to be. Brian may was concerned that the movie wouldn't revolve around the fact that they carried on after freddys death, like anyone would give a shit about queen without Freddy.
not only was Freddy open about his solo work, if i'm not mistaken, the drummer Roger Taylor was the frist one to go solo in '77. not quite succesfull tho, but his later colabs were great.
My favorite variation of the "based on a true story" line is in American Hustle, where at the opening of the movie they put up a disclaimer saying "Some Of This Actually Happened" lol
As for sharing taxis it's extremely rare but does happen. It normally only happens on one horse operations and only when the taxi driver knows that both or at least one of the passengers will have no problems sharing a cab.
I’d have preferred to see Mel Brooks star in Braveheart rather than Mel Gibson. But the best would have been Mel Brooks directing The Passion of the Christ. The pie throwing scene would’ve been much funnier. “AM I RIGHT, PETER?”
Wow, I had no idea how off target Braveheart is historically! Blaze on.. On a side note, like to dislike ratio was very helpful for sorting out crap content quickly but now that feature is gone!
The guy in Connecticut who murdered his wife and chopped up her body in a chipper. That was Richard and Helle Crafts. I remember that. I was 12 when that happened
Just a little story here. My dad worked at a pretty decent financial firm, and the owner-director of the company met a small time freelance decorator, then hired him to run operations for East Asia, over a bunch of senior staff at the company, basically because he liked the cut of his jib.
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You should say Wunderbar! Instead of wonderful. Say with your best nazi accent 😂🤣
Dislike buttons going away to protect biden as videos related to him are spam disliked unless they are about how bad he is. The dislike button will still be in the algorithm. So TH-cam's just fucking every ones free speach for the safty of dumb peoples feelings.
"Smash The DISLIKE 👎 Button" shirts will become obsolete!
A really fun Coen Bro film, with a kick ass soundtrack is ...
O' Brother Where Art Thou'
Blain Braze best TH-cam all time
I have a topic suggestion. The most common occupations for psycho/sociopaths. Or do the videos in two parts. This would suit many of his other channels as well. The introduction...perhaps Danny and Sam are seeing some concerning behavior from Simon?
HOA president, or politician
Ceo and company presidents/wallstreet are common occupations for psychopaths and sociopaths as being ruthless and insular leads to greater benefits in those occupations
Police
With all my mental issues? I’ll claim first like when it comes out. I need a heckn job 😂😂😂😂
Not every manipulative, sociopathic shitcunt is a succesfull politician. But most of those... seriously, which person in their right minds would want that job? All the downsides of being a famous rockstar with none of the benefits.
danny, next script, make page numbers ascending yet random numbers left out between pages, eg: page 4-8 are totally missing yet 3 and 9 go together
Counter argument, do the correct numbers in random orders.
Well, I see we have two applications for the next Satan.
It’s comments and replies like these that make this channel just that bit more legendary. 🤣😂🤣 #confuseSimon
@@ladykoiwolfe Thank you.
Or write them in descending order and vary the font size between pages so it's impossible to tell how long it really is.
Simon ought to create a channel just labeled Big Brain Tangent… just videos of his best tangents among all his channels compiled into 10 minute videos. His tangents and bloopers lately are so entertaining
Just give Simon a script with one sentence and let him rant about it for the entire video
Yessss
Release the footage for open use. Then let us remix the nonsense.
Tangent Blaze
Also a video dedicated to all of his ad reads especially THE EPIC MAGIC SPOON read
TERMINAL! About that dude who lived in an airport for like 10 years or something. It was all completely his own doing, and he could've left whenever he wanted, but he refused unless they'd grant him the English title of Lord.
Speaking as a Scot, when I first saw braveheart I thought it was great (I know!) but it inspired me to go back to the real history and I learned more than school ever taught me about my own country’s history. So I guess thanks Mel for having such an anti English hardon (looking at you too “The Patriot”) that you led me to finding out your own movie is total bs and the real history is way more interesting.
It usually is more interesting. Braveheart triggers the crap out of me more than just about any movie, other than Elizabeth which is just inaccurate and with no reason. Like why you make Robert Dudley a traitor? Why do it? Her life was wall to wall action and intrigue and you gotta make stupid shit up?
OK no it's Braveheart not Elizabeth. Just hearing Simon talking about it again is deeply traumatising.
Understandable
Gibson’s movies are more about fetishizing ideology than about sharing compelling history, which makes sense because they’re devoid of history.
The movies themselves are absolutely amazing movies that are well shot, well acted, and have great scripts with dramatic tension and emotional impact.
Unfortunately, the history is utter garbage. Braveheart and The Patriot are immensely entertaining movies, but there should be some MASSIVE disclaimers at the start of each movie for sure.
I'm old. I remember Live Aid, in the summer of 1985.
David Bowie was crazy famous at the time, his career was not "flagging".
David Bowies 1983 Album "Let's Dance" nominated for Album of the year Grammy in 1984, had enhanced his career even more, adding on a new younger audience. Bowie had remotely participated in Bob Geldof's 1984 Band Aid, released another album "Tonight". In 1985 his videos for China Girl and Let's Dance were on regular rotation on Mtv in the US.
However, children (like myself at the time) were not as aware of Queen, just that they were legends and kids at university liked them (although "We will rock you" was chanted at every sporting event) and I loved the Radio GaGa video.
Most under 16 regarded The Who as a band their parents listened too, but too 70s to be Rolling Stones cool. I recall my mother watched them play and I went and played Atari with friends in a different room. Shame.
Queen and The Who were definitely coating on past glory (glorious as it was) at the time. But, not Bowie.
I'm sure Simon is not too invested in it, but Gandalf (originally Mithrandir)is not a wizard, he is a Maiar. They are a form of demigod in the Tolkien universe.
Que the "NNEEERRRRDDDDD!!!" Homer meme.
I robot looks at you...... no
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
Ahhh a fellow lotr nerd, good man
I mean he and the others are referred to as wizards all the time in the books. So it isn't wrong to call him a wizard. It might not be the best technical description but it is still correct from the view of the majority of the characters in universe.
Based on a true story.
Just a hatch? So Danny is less trapped in a basement and more held captive in an oubliette. And yes I wrote this comment just to use the word oubliette. Because when does one ever get to use the word oubliette. Basically never and it's a fun word so you gotta take advantage when you can so... OUBLIETTE OUBLIETTE OUBLIETTE! Lol
Viet cong pit trap. With bamboo grate
Budget is too tight
@@AvoidTheCadaver ...for an
oubliette.
Supervillain in a Grant Morrison comic named Oubliette. Her villain codename was Exterminatrix though.
I'm hearing echoes of Labryinth, the movie 👍🇬🇧
Danny chose down. He chose down?!?! Danny:"Wait, was that wrong?" Too late now!
Was talking to my bf about Simon and all the channels, and we want a Blaze Theories, where Simon just shits on conspiracy theories
His new channel is a bit like that.
@@sandybarnes887 I've noticed that, sometimes I get behind on TH-cam and catch up a week or two later and so I just started checking the newest one out.
@@sandybarnes887 for sure. Sounds like Decoding the Unknown. Katy (the author) is a fine addition to the basement club.
He has one. 😅😅😅
@@SpencerGD didn't even think of that, brilliant.
You did at one point refer to Braveheart as being directed by Mel Brooks. Now, that's a movie I would watch.
Sign me up for that..
Now THAT would be a work of art I could enjoy. And I wouldn’t have to answer stupid questions when I’m working at Scottish reenacting events. Ironically, Brooks would probably have adhered closer to the history than Gibson did. 🤣
"Based on a true story" is code for "Kinda sorta maybe happened to less attractive people."
"And probably ended up way more depressingly than the film postulated and the 'protagonists' were pretty awful, too."
Simon hating the dislike removal fills me with joy.
Can we get new "Smash the Useless Button" shirts?
That, or modify the current smash the dislike button shirt, and put dislike in a blue oval to signify it's new found impotence?
Or he could just make a post saying dislike and then everyone who likes that post dislikes the video. #bigbrain
Simon has a better grasp on the American drug classifications than most of the US pharmacists I have to deal with on a regular basis. I'm not exaggerating at all...
That's because Simon is an enthusiast consumer.
Fun facts for factboi: Schedule 1 drugs in the USA are the most regulated... it includes Heroin and Marijuana... but not Cocaine!
Side note: I love how every now and then factboi still refers to the channel as Business Blaze! See in his heart he knows that this channel will always be Business Blaze! Long Live BUSINESS BLAZE!
Weed and heroin are worst, because it doesn't help Simon make TH-cam videos...allegedly
Weed is more regulated than cocaine!? I guess that's good news for Simon.
I was looking for this comment, thanks! The US govt in it’s infinite wisdom placed heroin & marijuana in the same class because they both have “no currently accepted medical use & a high risk of abuse.”
@@TheBlueB0mber - It is very hard to have a medical use when the drug in question is only studied for its negative properties for decades.
There are all kinds of conspiracy theories about why weed is schedule 1 & cocaine is schedule 2.
“There must be musicals about serial killers.”
So you haven’t seen Sweeney Todd then?
How about the musical "Assassins" by John Weidman, appropriately based on a true story (actually several)?
Sam has lol.
That’s a myth. Sweeney Todd is based on a true story the same way Fargo or Dan Brown books are “real”, and it’s kind of based in “real” legend the same way as King Arthur.
Little shop of horrors is about a killer plant.
TH-cam got me here in Seconds, not minutes. Let's blaze it up!
Hell yeah, 5 bowls for breakfast, 1 is magic spoon
@@HughZantu all 5 should have been magic spoon cause it's delicious.
I've shared a cab with a woman in NYC during rush hour. Sometimes it's faster, if you're both going the same direction and the demand for cabs is very high. But yeah, it's not something I've done often.
I have a suggestion for a future BB episode that I think Simon would enjoy:
"CEOs and heads of state who chose to rely on astrology/voodoo/fortune cookies/etc."
(For example, the President of Haiti in 1963 claimed he had caused the assassination of JFK using the power of voodoo! (Allegedly.))
Dictator of Myanmar changed currency bcz of astrology
I just want to hear Simon say, "It's not real, Danny!"
Romania funds their werewolf and vampire research more than their cancer research... I used to get mad at the ignorance of some of my co workers till I found out they grew up there heh...
"what's gonna blow the budget? Mel Brooks' salary?"
I didn't know Mel Brooks was involved in braveheart. I would have expected more jokes!
"The English are putzes! Go get 'em!"
I was expecting Sam to Photoshop one of Mel Brooks' crazy faces onto William Wallace when he yells "FREEEEEDOOOOOM!!!!!"
@@benjaminforman8901 Sam missed that one... a shame...
I didn't catch the joke here...kinda thought Mel Brooks was involved from this..
Sacha Baron Cohen wanted to make a movie that showcased the over-the-top insanity, using examples such as Mercury having quickies mid-concert and a party that had "little people" carrying plates of cocaine on their heads. Cohen claimed the band members instead wanted to protect their legacy, and wanted the latter half of the movie to be about them after Freddie's death. Roger Taylor later said Cohen didn't take Freddie or the project seriously enough, and seemingly tried to imply that Cohen was never a workable choice.
The hole thing is really effed up. I mean, just knowing that Freddy was spewing a pelt of pubesandaids on the mics.
7:55 - Chapter 1 - The pursuit of happyness
17:25 - Chapter 2 - One vision (Bohemian Rhapsody)
24:35 - Chapter 3 - Fibbing at the flicks (Fargo)
30:00 - Chapter 4 - The wrong trousers (Braveheart)
LOL I'll bet that Mel Brooks's salary would have been a pretty big concern in Mel Gibson's movie! (34:29)
I would like to see a Mel Brooks version of Braveheart. xD
Was wondering if someone was going to mention that lol
@@Erkle64 Bravehearts' Saddles
Simon: I don't have this problem on other channels
Jenn: Then why do I have several pre-prepared 'tangent' meme?
Which channel are you referencing? There's a lot 😅
Simon's Top Tenz Channel is just Brain Blaze lite.
@@anotsomysticalnight7040 jenn is on Casual Criminalist and Decoding the Unknown
Yeah was on CC I think cos it was getting Dark 🤣
@@MasterPorb Brain Blaze with no coffee.
To me "based on a true story" means it just has a sad ending and the writer/director doesn't have to go to any effort to pull any threads together at the end.
Usually an indicator of a hard 'not bothered: skip' when choosing a movie.
Not to pick on Danny, or to defend that movie because I'm one of those hardcore Queen fans obsessed with all the inaccuracies, but the character of Roy Foster in Bohemian Rhapsody is most likely as much a take on Roy Featherstone as it is former Queen manager Norman Sheffield who was so hated by the band that they released what was essentially a diss track called Death on Two Legs on the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody. Of course he did sue them for defamation over that track so it's not exactly surprising no one likes to mention him. It would be a great topic to cover if you do a music-themed follow-up to your "Movies That Caused Lawsuits" video, just make sure you sprinkle in a few more allegedlies than usual
When he mentioned Mel Gibson I thought he was going to talk about The Passion of the Christ. Knowing how Simon feels about religion, I was curious what he would have to say about the film's historical accuracy.
I don't know two Catholics/Christians who can agree on one version of the event itself let alone a Hollywood film about it.
@@IrishMike22 why single out Catholics?
@@garethbaus5471 local mojarity of the version of cristianity...?
@@garethbaus5471 I didn't "single" anyone out partner I was referring to Catholics and Christians as the majority of Christiandom if you will.
My apologies if you decided to be offended. Next time look up 'singling out' in a dictionary then note I mentioned two groups 😉
@@IrishMike22 it is a little weird to mention one catagory of a broader group like you did.
First of all, love the odd tangents you go off on. They always make me laugh. The one about Dan Brown made me remember when I worked at a book store and a woman came in looking for the Da Vinci Code. When she finally came and asked me for help she was so exasperated and goes "I've been looking in the biography and history section and I just can't find the book I am looking for." So of course I offered her help asking what book it was and she replied "the Da Vinci Code". And as we are standing in the fiction section... I took her to the book and was like "oh well its not in those sections, its here in fiction". She looked at me just absolutely disturbed by this revelation and goes "so Jesus didn't marry Mary of Magdalene?!" Lol. Second of all, I don't ever believe it when a movie or book states it's based on actual events or parts of history. They always prompt me to do my own research though.
I dunno man. I get the sentiment and as a general principle, I kinda agree. But a lot of people really don't have enough eggs, to diversify and still make a worthwhile ROI. A lot of investments carry fixed minimum costs/fees, in particular when you want to realize any gains. If you got $10k+, diversifying is solid and realistic advice. If you got $500, then I completely understand if you'd rather put it all in Ethereum or Bitcoin. Or buy low sell high on used market. But honestly - if you only got $500, that's cutting it so close that those 500 are probably best kept on hand for quck access when an unexpected expense shows up, so you can avoid having to resort to credit to pay the bills. Because if you can't afford to pay the bills, odds are high you won't have enough to pay off that credit either, and in a matter of a few months you've spent all those 500 on credit down payments, but you're still in the deepening hole bc of high interests. If you spent the 500 on those bills instead, you'd at least be debt free.
Totally agree with the latter part of this. If you've only got $500 you should keep it in a bank account and use it when you need $500. You'll never beat the interest rates of a credit card on the other side.
Buy low sell high on used market?
You'd need to get the expensive stuff, get lucky twice (getting a good deal and selling it for more) and put in a lot of capital and time.
Sounds more like a job ...
I don't know. If you only have $500, and there isn't a prospect of getting more in your current situation, you're going to be dead broke anyway. So you can either watch that $500 drain away in a month, or you can spend it all now on a chance that it'll pay off and keep you afloat.
I can totally understand making the choice to take a chance, especially if the downside is just being homeless one month earlier. If you let the money drain away, then you've got no chance, I you spend it, you have an incredibly small chance, but it's better than nothing.
I did jail time in the UK for refusing to pay parking tickets . 28 days ( the most a magistrate can give over fines ) out of which I served 14 days
You got it right, Schedule 1 is a drug that is considered to have “no medical value” and is highly abusable. It then goes to Schedule 2 which is an abusable drug with “some medical use,” and so on to the less dangerous prescriptions in Schedules 3 and 4, etc.
There is a cartoon movie with talking dogs who make up a sled team and who, totally on their own, go through a bunch of horrible northern climate type ordeals to find some medicine to bring back to the humans. I was very confused at the end when it declared it was "based on a true story"
Balto?
That one is based on a true story but there were many teams of dogs and many drivers of them, each taking a leg of the trip to get the medication to a town full of sick people in Alaska. Balto was just the lead dog who pulled the last leg to bring the medicine in and also had the best pr team.
U571… take a true story and completely balls it up.
The final comment at the end of the film that the ship which recovered the German naval enigma was the crew of HMS Bulldog and it was from U110 not the equally brave USS submariners some 3 years later from U505.
This is why there are some movies that say inspired by true events and it's really frustrating that so many that say based on true events shouldve stuck with inspired by
It’s not a Blaze without one curse word left uncensored
I said something like that in another video and someone replied saying they only censor swear words at the beginning or in the ad read parts.🤔😊
Video: True story movies that are bs
Me: instantly thinks of Braveheart(great movie, but it’s basically historical fiction bc of how inaccurate it is)
It's like the story of how Business Blaze became Brain Blaze.
I think Simone's beard is getting more epic. I rarely watch his videos, instead I listen to them while doing other things, so when I looked down at this one near the end I was shocked
Actual historians pull their hair out when Hollywood gets involved. That's why so many historians have very little hair...
As a descendant of Edward Longshanks, THANK YOU for calling bullshit on Braveheart.
As a descendant of the Scots, I'm drunk!
Edward Longshanks sounds like a perfect porn alias.
Musical theater major here! There are PLENTY of musicals about murder. Sweeney Todd, phantom of the opera, gentleman’s guide to love and murder, little shop of horrors and others I can’t think of right now
Gotta point something out, I'm a cab driver in a smaller town. If we have two people call for rides from the same place we do double up if it's busy. We drop the passenger with the closest address first and charge them both full price since we charge flat fees instead of mileage.
i AM actually here for the rambling. Please never change, stay golden Ponyboy
Yes! I love the ramblings.
I’ve shared a cab before and it was hillarious. Other guy was really really drunk. I was tripping balls, and had just had worst bad trip ever. Got stuck on an island in winter, in Maine, and a blizzard started. Managed to get back to mainland and got cab home.
Thought it funny that I was far more blasted than drunk guy, but hid it well.
Often the case ,I find. I can be spannered beyond the stars and yet still hold it together better than anyone who's had a few drinks. I'm not a drinker myself, not my thing, but everything else is fair game! 🤣
If you are looking for another example, I would recommend Sully. Aside from him landing the plane in the Hudson, the rest of the movie is total BS. It involves the airline trying to find him guilty of not flying the plane to another airport (which makes no sense since he is one of their employees and would make them culpable as well) and is dramatically found innocent at the last minute. According to Sully himself, none of this ever happened.
Keep Danny. We love you and can’t live without you😢😢😢
Cab sharing is typically from one business or metro area to another, like going from a restaurant to the "theater district" or subway station.
I don't normally ever really laugh. I'm a chuckler at best, but that line of "William Wallace and Gromet" made me crack up hardcore.
I'm surprised Blood Sport didn't make the list, considering how insanely absurd that story is...
@Gwyn and Gold What's his name... Frank Dux? Something like that. The main character of the movie. Claims it's shit he actually did. xD
i want a sit-com based on the yellow fleet - Every show has a big based on a True Story followed by a ridiculous story line that could have just as easily a family guy show.
Simon ? In New York City, EVERYONE has shared a cab a number of times if they're 30 or older. They are EXTREMELY scarce at certain times and places. WEALTHY people (strangers) will share if they're going the same direction.
It's 30 years since Freddie's passing.
Earlier today my son asked ‘daddy, can I be the boy with the blaze?’. I said no.
Despite all the historical inaccuracies in Braveheart, the part I think is most believable is the (paraphrased) "Shall we give them a volley?" And the reply, "Arrows cost money. Send in the Irish."
Sam the new "sometimes maybe good" is just *chef's kiss* I was laughing for 10 minutes after that.
Come on Simon, keep up.
There are only three walls in the basement because Danny broke the fourth wall.
I have once seen someone share a cab, we were stuck at the last bus stop before a bridge connecting my city together and every bus passed us because they were full because it was five o clock and after an hour two guys called a cab and a girl was panicking because she had something important to get to so they shared a cab across the bridge but that's.... Uncommon and now probably Impossible
In response to his multiple plugs for Casual Criminalist. Honestly he's said himself in Casual Criminalist why I love it so much. He doesn't entertain bullshit in the stories. We get some really interesting stories, some downright creepy shit, and I don't have to endure half the video being "So we covered what we know.... now lets talk about how this all makes sense because ghosts are real or an alien did it!" I'm listening to fucking true crime give me true facts which Simon actually does.
When I was in Scotland people were always anxious to say "Braveheart" was baloney. But tourists loved to seek Braveheart stuff. (I never saw the movie.)
Can you do a vid where you reveal all the historical inaccuracies of “The Flintstones”? I’ve read that Mr. Slate wasn’t nearly as nasty as he’s depicted in the show, and that Betty Rubble wasn’t much of a hottie at all.
34:29
"What's going to blow the [Braveheart] budget? Mel Brooks' salary?"
Simon, thank you for informing me that Mel Brooks was in Braveheart, because I seriously wouldn't have guessed that factoid in a million years!
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16:28 i wish all movie titles were factual and accurate lol
"Fast And Furious" would be like "Really Fast Mad Guy"
How will companies know which channels to advertise on if they can’t se a like/dislike ratio?
The way Simon talks about Danny, you would think that Simon is just pretending to have Danny locked up in a Houdini room. Very clever!
Sam deserves a raise. Crushing the meme game.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. There's your cereal killer musical. Once i got past the singing i actually enjoyed it quite a lot. i did not know it was a f*ckin' musical and the opening duet between Jonny Depp and Helena Bonhomie-Carter made me want to claw my ears out! i kept thinking, no this can't be a musical. Why? How? They can't sing! The pain...
But at last they stopped singing and started acting. They ARE an awesome screen duo. i remember nothing more about the music other than thinking it became far less objectionable thereafter. To the point that by the end of the movie i thought, maybe they can sing after all!:-)
Great fact: Freddie loved the Wayne's World bit. Which makes that scene all the better.
Oh man! Thank you for sharing that! Im so glad he really enjoyed that classic scene. That is real water to the heart 🙏🏽❤️
Nice! I have something in common with Freddie! That scene's my favorite.
Yeah, they sent him a copy of the scene to get his personal approval before release and he really enjoyed it.
@@adambielen8996 cool!
That would have been cool, except for the fact he died a year before that movie came out. Nice try.
11:58 ONCE, and only once. We were on Holiday somewhere, and needed to get somewhere, 4 of us in a Mini cab, and some random bloke just walks up and is like "Oh, I hear you're going to this place, I also wanna go there, mind if we share?"
Sweet memories of Oblivion ! Ahhh that music.
Simon Says: The True Story of Simon Whistler (in which all the joke on Brain Blaze are taken for fact, Danny and Sam will be shown in a basement, chained to desks.
"there must be musicals about serial killers"
Yeah there was a musical about a cannibal Shia Lebeuf, I think
34:38 - Mel Brooks was in Braveheart!?!?!
Oi, now there's a turn up for the books.
To be fair, the intro voiceover to Braveheart did essentially admit that the story wasn't factual by saying, "Historians from England will call me a liar..."
Ford vs Ferrari was based on a true story, and it was actually pretty good, including the way it represented the real world history in the film! It got decent/good reviews from both regular movie critics, the general public, and motorsport historians as well!
34:29 Braveheart would have been a better movie with Mel Brooks (Scottish Blazing Saddles), not Mel Gibson
Simon- It is an unfortunate situation in the United States that yes, people share cabs. I found it odd going from Germany, where it would cost a few marks to get to the pub, to the US where it was almost $15.00 to get to downtown. Then I bought a car…😂
I assume people want to be stockbrokers because of the easy access to cocaine.
...it's the same reason some people become TH-camrs.
I didn’t know the joke was about an old movie, it was my friend group’s favorite line in the movie because we’d all headbanged in the car to it ourselves 😂
Listen to the fact fiend video from your former writer Karl, Simon. He explains why that SBC version would have been what Freddy would have wanted it to be. Brian may was concerned that the movie wouldn't revolve around the fact that they carried on after freddys death, like anyone would give a shit about queen without Freddy.
16:15 I almost choked on my candy lmfao, that was amazing Sam.
not only was Freddy open about his solo work, if i'm not mistaken, the drummer Roger Taylor was the frist one to go solo in '77. not quite succesfull tho, but his later colabs were great.
13:22-13:29 remains the cutest video Sam has ever shared
My favorite variation of the "based on a true story" line is in American Hustle, where at the opening of the movie they put up a disclaimer saying "Some Of This Actually Happened" lol
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket…. Why I have so many TH-cam channels.. idk why I found this so funny 😅 literally love all Brain Blazes. I Stan.
Love the Dislike count rant! Tell TH-cam to give it back.
Definitely one of the most underrated info/comedy channels on youtube
As for sharing taxis it's extremely rare but does happen. It normally only happens on one horse operations and only when the taxi driver knows that both or at least one of the passengers will have no problems sharing a cab.
Why do I get notifications 5 days after the episode is released? C'mon TH-cam get it together!
There is no Fargo, MN. Fargo is in North Dakota. I'm a little disappointed Danny didn't mention that.
I watched the bohemian rapsody and I was like, this is good, "yeahh Queens". Then I saw Rocketman and I was like this is in a whole new stratosphere.
Even if you don't like 'musicals' , I highly recommend The Blues Brothers
You ever get the feeling Danny and Sam are fighting with each other between the words and Memes?
PLEASE put "Ask me about my pyramid scheme" with logo on a T-Shirt! That's the funniest thing I've ever seen!
I’d have preferred to see Mel Brooks star in Braveheart rather than Mel Gibson. But the best would have been Mel Brooks directing The Passion of the Christ. The pie throwing scene would’ve been much funnier. “AM I RIGHT, PETER?”
Will Smith could play Shipman, and he could convince you every single victim was an utter monster who completely had it coming.
Wow, I had no idea how off target Braveheart is historically! Blaze on..
On a side note, like to dislike ratio was very helpful for sorting out crap content quickly but now that feature is gone!
Yeah, historically speaking, it's pretty awful.
It's Scottish Blaze!
The guy in Connecticut who murdered his wife and chopped up her body in a chipper. That was Richard and Helle Crafts. I remember that. I was 12 when that happened
Just a little story here.
My dad worked at a pretty decent financial firm, and the owner-director of the company met a small time freelance decorator, then hired him to run operations for East Asia, over a bunch of senior staff at the company, basically because he liked the cut of his jib.
I'm from Connecticut! I know all about the wood chipper murders! It's actually a pretty popular "Dark Tourism" spot.
Yes! SAM YOURE A GENIUS! faction should be the opposite of fiction, not non-fiction. Total mind blow right there.