The person the skeletons in both Día of the Dead and Coco is based off of is Frida Kahlo. She was a famous Mexican painter who gained her immense fame after she died. I did a presentation on her for Spanish immersion. She painted pictures to represent her chronic pain but because her husband, (which she divorced and married several times), was also a painter, she didn’t get credit for her art until long after she died. Because of this, we still don’t know how many art pieces she really made.
Some other facts about Frida: She married Diego Rivera, who is another important and iconic Mexican artist. Both were communist, and housed Leon Trotsky when he was exiled by Stalin, who ended up being killed in Mexico anyways.
So the antagonist has been winning the singing contest for 10,000 years. As far as researchers have found, Dia de los Muertos has roots in beliefs about 3,000 years old (give or take). She's literally older than the holiday the movie's themed after. It makes perfect sense.
Well if you take into account that from the start of the movie to the end of the movie, 4 years? that not a single character aged- then it makes perfect sense... I think 🤔 /jokeing
It gets even better, because she's supposedly from a culture that's only existed for about 500 years, and her bat is just casually wearing technology that's existed for less than 100 years.
I watched Coco while I was in an MRI machine. In the machine, my claustrophobia got to the point where I had a panic attack halfway and we had to start all over again. On top of that, random parts of movie would cut out as the MRI machine made these terrible screeching noises that caused my ears to ring for hours afterwards. I'm saying all this because I am absolutely certain what I experienced that day is nothing compared to what Wow Now's animators' daily experience must be.
Was the screen outside of the room? I can't believe they would put anything electronic inside an MRI machine, I've seen videos of those things yanking chairs with hundreds of pounds of force. Any screen would be liable to come loose and do crazy amounts of damage to anyone inside the machine.
The book of life is so underrated. The looks of the characters, the atmosphere, the music, and the cliche plotline that actually works and is executed very well are the reasons why I have watched the movie 3 times now. 10/10 Day of the dead themed movie.
@@blocky_pig I would’ve enjoyed it more if it wasn’t a narrator telling the story to kids, but at least that gives narrative purpose to the visuals and aesthetics
@@samueld8413 I like it, it gives a meta feel, and also allows for the characters in the story to have a different look by looking like figures rather than humans
Surprisingly, the different AI's I've toyed around with for "storymaking" do actually contain a lot of these inconsistencies. They introduce random plot points, they have characters jump into and out of existence. I would absolutely not be surprised if this was actually written by an AI program.
Agreed, one example is AI Dungeon. Used to be smarter and smoother in terms of storymaking but when late 2021 - early 2022 rolled around it started slowly getting dumber and dumber until it didn't exactly sit right with me
@@Beltboy That's why I dropped it tbh. I now use Dreamily, but it's pretty hit or miss tbh The starting phrases they give you are pretty good, and the fact that you can make your own multiverse/alternate timelines within the story if you want to is pretty great (update : the multiverse no longer exists, but now you can interact/chat with your own characters, and even *call* them. It's pretty cool tbh), but when writing in the middle of a story, it can either give you a solid continuation or twist and turn the story completely
Hello, Mexican here, I just wanted to point out something that I noticed. The little kids mother looks a lot like a mascot from a company here, her name is Mamá Lucha. She's very well known here in Mexico and I don't know if the fact that they have so much similarities is a coincidence or was done on purpose to rip on her.
Fun fact: BC Fourteen is an actual person, and that is his actual name. The reviews to his movies are mostly to predominantly negative. He also wrote a movie called "Trump vs. the Illuminaghti".
I looked up BC Fourteen, he is apparently a real person, who is a American screenwriter, novelist, film director and editor. But for all we know he could be a robot with human intelligence!
The kid in “Dia of the dead” literally is 6, 8, and 10 (from what I could understand) without any changes. He still has a diaper at 10 years old and hasn’t grown a inch
Something that i found really funny is the fact that some of the skeletons are actually wearing a typical outfit from Perú so they didn't even do a good localization for the story
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 Or history about the country. México didn't even exist 5000 years ago or whatever. No country did. As for the Spanish-influence, that comes way later. Try circa 1400/1500s CE. So, the main villain is not only wearing the wrong clothes from the wrong country, but from the wrong timeline for her, too. Nothing makes any sense.
I’m shocked to find out that a “Coco” rip-off exists, but “Ice Age” didn’t get a single rip-off. Maybe it’s because 20th Century Studios protect their franchises REALLY good. If you do know any “Ice Age” rip-offs, please mention it in a reply. So that I may find reviews for it.
I saw something that might have been a copy today at my local grocery store used movie bin. I don't remember what it was exactly but can check next time I go if it's still there.
I think there's a video game ripoff of it that I may've remembered seeing but not playing, like how Pirates: Legend of the Buccaneer for the PS2 was a ripoff of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie. EDIT: Didn't find what that game is & I know Ice Age got actual video games for the GBA & PS2, but I did find this game called The Snow Queen's Quest which looks to be a ripoff of some fantasy movie of some kind: th-cam.com/video/CESqMqvXF0s/w-d-xo.html
You're not a sad man-child saber, you're a knight in shining armor, protecting the people from the horrible filth of mockbusters. Thanks for warning me
@@firstnext5482 well you see there's a youtube channel called Man on the internet that creates versions of video game music but with lyrics. In the one for smart race, a deltarune song one of the lyrics was: "I'm a knight in shining armor, standing for dear Noelle.." which made me think of that part once I read the comment.
aside from the color banners (papel piquado) clipping so distractingly, i think the biggest tragedy is that the son ages four years throughout the story, but still looks like an infant by the end.
Never commented on one of your videos before, but as a pretty longtime subscriber, hi Saber! Love your content and all the work you do! Also, I can't wait for this horrible film company deep dive. The fact that BC Fourteen is an actual human being though. I can't believe the guy's actually real.
I love how the kid pictured on the official poster looks nothing like the one in the movie. Luchadora Shrek Mom and Frida Kahlo Skeleton are nowhere to be seen either. It makes me think it was originally WAY more similar to Coco, but they decided to change mid-production and kept the concept poster art for whatever reason
Coco: it was very great with the story, the animation, the music, pretty much *EVERYTHING!!!* Dia of the dead: *_should've been called caca because that's what it looks like._*
5:08 In real world there was a song that had no lyrics yet became a hit in whole Asia and South America. It was called "Papaya" and it was made by Urszula Dudziak.
weird thing that really freaks me out: the mom and kid both have visible faces and blink separate from the masks but the dad has only a tiny spot for the nose that you can’t really see and the mask blinks when he does. i don’t think the dad is a human
I would say I am curious as to how the child on the cover of Dia Of The Dead, that is a young girl and was probably intended to be the daughter, somehow became a Male Luchador Diaper Baby in the final release, but given it is WowNow I don't think there is any logical reason to be had.
*11:15* You probably mean a Solar Flare, a violent outburst of the sun that affects Earth's magnetic fields and can very rarely be powerful enough to short-circuit the entire world's powerlines. Know your astronomy, my friends!
My theory, WowNow Entertainment is a money laundering scheme, which would explain why they are so secretive about their voice actors, animators and even their location
The mention of Delaware as a possible headquarters (at 9:03 or so) is interesting. Apparently, they have a favorable corporate tax structure, so many companies (even legitimate ones) will officially incorporate there, even though their "real" headquarters are somewhere else. So, it's not surprising that you can't figure out where WowNow is based on this.
When I heard the name WOWNow, many deeply hidden memories of me watching all their movies for laughs returned to me. We cannot allow this monstrous being of a studio to exist any longer.
What I'm getting from this story is that the mom died and the dad has to tell the son a sugar-coated story about how she went to go be a singer and if this was realistic, they wouldn't actually go to the spirit world unless they traveled like Miguel did, anyway, they go to her grave and the son understands she's dead. Overall I think I lost my mind trying to understand this movie xD
In the scene where Hector revealed that he tried what he did because he wanted to see his family again, you really felt it, you could see how much he loved them because the cinematorgaphy was that good at conveying it. The expressions, the angles, the lighting, Hector's vocal tone, all wonderfully executed. And the moment he decided he was going back to his family, he didn't let anyone stand in his way, not even Ernesto. If it weren't for Ernesto poisoning Hector, he would have seen his family! I know Hector went away in the first place, but he still wrote to Coco while out and about. I say all that because the mom in this is basically our Hector, but missing any of the charm. She has no excuse to go to the land of the dead two years in advance, her facial expression nor the cinematography were good enough to convey her seemingly caring about her family, and even if she was being honest, she was a pushover and let that mummy convince her to stay!
Book of Life is a pretty decent movie too. Not as good as Coco but I liked it. The ending of Coco with Miguel singing for his great grandmother still brings tears to my eyes. That's a mark of great storytelling there. It's able to bring out emotion in the viewer.
i love every movie that you can recognize free-use motion capture idles in. like around 5:00 mark the offbrand Coco lady does that arm swing that I've seen literal Roblox games have as an animation idle for your characters.
I can't help but to notice the dad's facial animations are ripped off from Jack Skelington 11:26 I think you are talking about a Massive Solar Storm...or Geomagnetic storm. We are due to have a super major one in 2 years
I've just realized that my favorite Sabrespark videos are the ones where he gets angry. I genuinely feel good about knowing someone else can have such a negative reaction to a bad movie. Did anyone else notice the... weirdness with the dad's arms? Is it just me, or does it look like they're backwards or something?
Dia De Los Muertos is also a way to celebrate your passed loved ones life. As you’ve seen in Coco and The Book of Life (love both movies by the way) fiestas are put in place to celebrate the life they have lived instead of mourning their death. Ofrendas showcasing things they’ve enjoyed during their life are made are also made to honor your ancestors. Sorry if I can’t get that in depth of an explanation. I’ve never celebrated day of the dead. Why should this be legible then? My sources: I’m mexican
I think the default skeleton models are very charming. I like the flat faces and talking without any bottom jaws, they are kinda cute. Wownow probably stole them lol
I do not expect WowNow to give as much of a shit to actually make their own models for ANYTHING I bet everything in this production was either commissioned for cheap, or downright stolen, put together by a poorly paid editor, and sold by greedy people who know nothing about art or even what the movie was about, that they wrote on one night on a fucking napkin, to look like something popular
So it looks like BC Fourteen (aka BC Furtney and Christopher Maitland) is an actual real writer with a crazy number of writing credits under his belt along with a handful of directing, producing, editing, and acting credits. I also learned that he wrote and directed a movie called Trump vs the Illuminati and I think I might have to try and watch that now lol
ok so like i rly need to put this out here . im mexican and the luchadora mom looks EXACTLY like the mascot of bodega aurrerá which is a common grocery store chain you find almost everywhere here. i cannot express just how much i began laughing when i saw her in this video LOL
I think in a few years from now, Wownow will be exposed for some kind of crime and people will look back on it like “I can’t believe that this creepy mysterious inconsistent film studio was evil” And it’ll be on a true crime podcast or something
Renowned painter, Frida Kahlo, is such an amazing singer that she managed to win a contest 1000 years in a row despite the fact that she only would have been 115 years old if she were still alive today, apparently.
A WowNow documentary? I’m in! I’m expecting it to be 1-2 hours long with a nice balance of humor and information. Overall, I’m hoping this will be so inspiring that I’ll make a story off of this. Also, as someone who lives in Oahu, I don’t think the company building is here unless it’s some online group thing.
Saber sacrifices his sanity for these videos. What a strong person. Edit: i googled it and WowNow Studios is actually originated in Cambodia. Also BC Fourteen is actually a real guys name lmfao
She left two years ago for an ANNUAL singing competition! So she already failed once or twice in winning a singing competition, that in no way could possible make her renowned because everyone in the audience is dead, and still refused to go home to her kid
I just want to say, thank you so much for making these videos! It's obvious how much time and effort you put into your content and I promise I'm speaking for everyone when I say we really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much Saber!
My dogs name is Coco and when we went to see the movie in theaters I kept thinking of her cause I originally named her after the cereal. [Coco puffs] Now I can't help but think of the movie/holiday and it makes me happy that the name i chose fit her in the end
I didn't know Mamá Lucha was such a deadbeat mom. (For those who don't know, look it up. It's a mexican mascot for a supermarket chain and they totally ripped her off)
Comment bots be like: Here's the full clip of Joe Biden killing ur mom:th-cam.com/video/V3zZrxdIB-c/w-d-xo.html cant In gore I am better then saberspark
Someone already mentioned that the mom in this movie looks a shit-ton like Mamá Lucha, from Bodega Aurrera, so I'll just mention a teeny, tiny pet peeve I noticed 7:12 it's on November 2nd of every year... at least in Mexico, I'm not sure if they celebrate it on a different date on other latin american countries (I DO know they celebrate it in other latin american countries :p) Edit: thanks for the like
In México we have this chain of stores called Bodega ahorrera, the point is that it has this mascot called mamá lucha, and is practically the same model as the mother in this movie
"..the fact that their family members there..means that they will get superpowers, the-the mother and win the contest and that breaks the ru-- AIYAAAAAH!!!" Actually killed me
When you made this channel you cursed yourself with watching the terrible movies you are the only brave soul out there that burdens yourself with this I respect that I don't know a single person that would do this other than you thank you for doing this (ayo just so you know September's next month the anniversary coming soon)
my favorite youtuber. always staying out of drama. always caring for their fans. always keeping it real with their fans. giving back to their fans. thank you.
Dia de los Muertos is a Latin American celebration not just Mexican, but Mexico celebrates on a much larger scale. Nov 1st is for children who have passed and Nov 2 is for all who have passed.
Apparently even MST3K isn't safe from WowNow, they made an entire movie where Dracula and Frankenstein riff on House on Haunted Hill....rated G. You can take a wild guess on the quality of the writing EDIT: th-cam.com/video/6X_ohW0Dims/w-d-xo.html Here's the trailer for anyone who wants some torture
I just watched the trailer you liked me &.... wow it really just looks like stock models they got & then decided to just talk about House on Haunted Hill with footage of it in the background sometimes & it surely looks to be really bad alright.
Most every company listing Delaware as their base of operations only does so because of their extremely lenient tax laws. If you're listed as a Delaware company, but don't actually do business in Delaware, then you don't pay any corporate taxes. Tons of companies abuse this so never take the "based out of Delaware" finding as evidence of actual location.
The fact that the mom, dad, and son are all dressed as luchador's for some reason reminds me of that CN show Much Lucha. Except here, they just stick out like a sore thumb, because no one else is walking around dressed like that.
I'd also like to point out that many of the bootleg skeletons are wearing Peruvian hats as well, which is an entirely different culture since this is "supposed" to take place in Mexico
Book of Life released on my Birthday and it holds a special place in my heart even tho I have zero physical connection to the culture. It's just a great movie and I adore the visuals
Ayyy birthday fam!! I totally forgot saw it on my birthday. Thanks for reminding me :) It's an awesome movie with a lot of jokes that always make me chuckle.
With the chaos of this episode, I tried holding it together instead of spiraling with Saber. I almost caved when he mentioned that she said she won the singing contest for 10,000 years and then proceeded to make Carmen noises with no lyrics (😂), but I DID lose it when you casually mentioned the father on stage doing the Gangnam Style dance 🤣🤣🤣🤣
my mom is friends with someone who used to work for the asylum or on one of the projects. their walking dead knockoff, me and my dad were huge fans of it. she was a producer of some sort but she doesn’t work for them anymore bc she either quit, got fired or the show ended idk but there is an alternate universe where me and my dad were on an episode
The total disprespect for the culture is on one side appalling but on the other side hilarious, because at 14:17 they show a skeleton wearing what looks like peruvian indigenous clothing, which has nothing to do with mexico
When will the pain end?
idk. maybe never
Never
*never*
dunno, when will it end?
Maybe someday…
The person the skeletons in both Día of the Dead and Coco is based off of is Frida Kahlo. She was a famous Mexican painter who gained her immense fame after she died. I did a presentation on her for Spanish immersion. She painted pictures to represent her chronic pain but because her husband, (which she divorced and married several times), was also a painter, she didn’t get credit for her art until long after she died. Because of this, we still don’t know how many art pieces she really made.
Also she definitely did not die 10,000 years ago, in fact she died in 1954
@@apupthatdraws1001 and she also did fashion
thank you! was looking for this cause i couldn't remember her name!
@@apupthatdraws1001 oh cool
Some other facts about Frida:
She married Diego Rivera, who is another important and iconic Mexican artist. Both were communist, and housed Leon Trotsky when he was exiled by Stalin, who ended up being killed in Mexico anyways.
The worst part about this is that this company only gets attention when saber is suffering through them
Jesus, wtf is happening
This entire comment section is bots. Idk how youtube isnt fixing this
there is no clip
there is only me
I don't think they wanna be discovered
So the antagonist has been winning the singing contest for 10,000 years. As far as researchers have found, Dia de los Muertos has roots in beliefs about 3,000 years old (give or take). She's literally older than the holiday the movie's themed after. It makes perfect sense.
Well if you take into account that from the start of the movie to the end of the movie, 4 years? that not a single character aged- then it makes perfect sense... I think 🤔 /jokeing
Its possible that this holiday could be older and that's not surprising when considered the lost history of many more years there could be.
It gets even better, because she's supposedly from a culture that's only existed for about 500 years, and her bat is just casually wearing technology that's existed for less than 100 years.
@@youguyssuck7595 not really though
Lmao
The fact that the creator of The Book of Life mentioned this movie on his official Twitter is insanely funny to me
these bots are getting ridiculous.
what did he say about it?
why isn’t youtube fixing these bots?! dear god i can’t even see what people replied to you said
I need the link to that tweet, or at least something to look up.
@@bugginonthewall because they don't give a shit about the disgusting bots. I've reported them so many times.
I love how Saber has just lost his sanity at this point
He always does tbh
REAL PEOPLE: report EVERY bot you see! TH-cam is not fixing this. So we must make them.
Jobby the hong x saberspark collab when in a battle of broken sanities?
Here is the full clip:
STFU BOTS
@@bugginonthewall Agree! I want actual replies, not links to something that will hacked my phone
I watched Coco while I was in an MRI machine. In the machine, my claustrophobia got to the point where I had a panic attack halfway and we had to start all over again. On top of that, random parts of movie would cut out as the MRI machine made these terrible screeching noises that caused my ears to ring for hours afterwards. I'm saying all this because I am absolutely certain what I experienced that day is nothing compared to what Wow Now's animators' daily experience must be.
Please tell me you rewatched Coco and actually got to watch it
The hell how did you go to the hospital
I hope you are ok now! ❤️❤️
An odd place to watch a movie...
Was the screen outside of the room? I can't believe they would put anything electronic inside an MRI machine, I've seen videos of those things yanking chairs with hundreds of pounds of force. Any screen would be liable to come loose and do crazy amounts of damage to anyone inside the machine.
Coco and The Book of Life did an outstanding job with the plot on the reason to travel to the Land of the Dead.
The book of life is so underrated. The looks of the characters, the atmosphere, the music, and the cliche plotline that actually works and is executed very well are the reasons why I have watched the movie 3 times now. 10/10 Day of the dead themed movie.
@im sacred lol
@@blocky_pig I would’ve enjoyed it more if it wasn’t a narrator telling the story to kids, but at least that gives narrative purpose to the visuals and aesthetics
@@samueld8413 I like it, it gives a meta feel, and also allows for the characters in the story to have a different look by looking like figures rather than humans
The Book of Life is underrated asf
Surprisingly, the different AI's I've toyed around with for "storymaking" do actually contain a lot of these inconsistencies. They introduce random plot points, they have characters jump into and out of existence. I would absolutely not be surprised if this was actually written by an AI program.
How very experimental, Wownow are truly trailblazers…
Agreed, one example is AI Dungeon. Used to be smarter and smoother in terms of storymaking but when late 2021 - early 2022 rolled around it started slowly getting dumber and dumber until it didn't exactly sit right with me
the writer for all of WowNow’s movies BC Fourteen is a real guy if you look him up, but his movies are ehhh
@@Beltboy That's why I dropped it tbh. I now use Dreamily, but it's pretty hit or miss tbh
The starting phrases they give you are pretty good, and the fact that you can make your own multiverse/alternate timelines within the story if you want to is pretty great (update : the multiverse no longer exists, but now you can interact/chat with your own characters, and even *call* them. It's pretty cool tbh), but when writing in the middle of a story, it can either give you a solid continuation or twist and turn the story completely
Yeah, it’s pretty bad when I wrote better stories at age 8.
Hello, Mexican here, I just wanted to point out something that I noticed. The little kids mother looks a lot like a mascot from a company here, her name is Mamá Lucha. She's very well known here in Mexico and I don't know if the fact that they have so much similarities is a coincidence or was done on purpose to rip on her.
Dont do mamá lucha like that, she does not deserve to be compared to this disaster
You're not the only one who noticed the Mama Lucha Rip Off
@@ArchiveOnD Yeah, I was thinking the same the exact moment that low budget Mamá Lucha entered scene
Is she from a grocery company.
@@BBWahoo Yes, She's the mascot from "Bodega Aurrerá"
Coco: *Touching movie about family and confronting the past*
This movie: *SINGING CONTEST IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD*
The fact that the kid character in the film looks nothing like the one on the cover is icing on the cake.
I was about to comment that but yeah I'm surprised Saber didn't mention it.
@u know me clip of what
@@maybej it's the latest troll link. It's just a link to a vid about cooking potato wedges
@@maybej Clip of the people who drink gurjikkanous divopperianto.
ikr the kid on the cover doesnt fking exist lmaooo
I’m surprised these studios don’t get swamped with dozens of lawsuits.
@Bully Maguire 🅥 stinky
They’d just loose millions of dollars just to get a couple of bucks from them
Yeah. Probably because the flim is so difficult to find that maybe they aren’t even aware that these studios exist.
Ikr it's pretty crazy what they can get away with sometimes
I think they deliberately avoid lawsuits by being overseas but have an American "company" for tax reasons. It's all very sus
As someone who Frida's their favourite artist, this hurts, man, this bloody hurts to see them do her dirty like this 😭
As a Mexican, I started actually crying when I saw the knock-off frida 😭
Fun fact: BC Fourteen is an actual person, and that is his actual name. The reviews to his movies are mostly to predominantly negative. He also wrote a movie called "Trump vs. the Illuminaghti".
That movie title threw me in for a loop
what
The part 2 to Alfred n the Fettuc?
Like the TH-camr?
I watched that movie with my friends on my birthday
We got 30 minutes in before I turned it off
I love how they blink despite being skeletons and having just eye sockets. At least in coco and book of life they had eyes so blinking made sense
The dad's mask also blinks, like it's replaced his skin or something.
Not even sockets. They have visible flat black plains.
@@kaitlynwickham6237 Well, that's a common cartoon trope.
@@kaitlynwickham6237 his eyes are visible masks have eye holes
Jack Skellington also blinks…
I looked up BC Fourteen, he is apparently a real person, who is a American screenwriter, novelist, film director and editor.
But for all we know he could be a robot with human intelligence!
"I want to be the next Adam Smithee"
@@crash.override Just wait until 'I wanna be the next Tommy Wiseau!'
@@Beautiful_Twisted_Fantasy but Tommy Wiseau is younger than BC Fourteen, who happens to be seventy years old.
@@SlapstickGenius23 I still don't believe BC Fourteen's actually a person though. He's alive, and a creature, but he ain't a person
@@Beautiful_Twisted_Fantasy I’ll wait and see until he passes away.
The kid in “Dia of the dead” literally is 6, 8, and 10 (from what I could understand) without any changes. He still has a diaper at 10 years old and hasn’t grown a inch
Lmfao they didn’t want to waste more money on models.
Tbf it doesn’t surprise me that the average 10 year old in this universe isn’t potty trained.
@@bbbroodatscool understandable. Those models clearly cost an _entire_ pocket’s worth of lint.
Plus, he shouldn't even need a diaper at 6; kids are usually potty-trained by their first or second year.
I was hoping someone would comment about that lol
Something that i found really funny is the fact that some of the skeletons are actually wearing a typical outfit from Perú so they didn't even do a good localization for the story
The creator clearly not do any research about culture
Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one.
Which is odd, because you'd think Americans would be way more familiar with Mexican culture than Peruvian culture.
@@cherrylimeali4393 they probably saw it and were like “oh yea looks mexican lets add it” ☠️ cuz they prob know nithing about south america
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 Or history about the country. México didn't even exist 5000 years ago or whatever. No country did. As for the Spanish-influence, that comes way later. Try circa 1400/1500s CE. So, the main villain is not only wearing the wrong clothes from the wrong country, but from the wrong timeline for her, too. Nothing makes any sense.
Genuinely surprised Saber doesn’t know who Frida is, especially since she was also in Coco
I’m shocked to find out that a “Coco” rip-off exists, but “Ice Age” didn’t get a single rip-off. Maybe it’s because 20th Century Studios protect their franchises REALLY good. If you do know any “Ice Age” rip-offs, please mention it in a reply. So that I may find reviews for it.
I saw something that might have been a copy today at my local grocery store used movie bin. I don't remember what it was exactly but can check next time I go if it's still there.
I think there's a video game ripoff of it that I may've remembered seeing but not playing, like how Pirates: Legend of the Buccaneer for the PS2 was a ripoff of the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
EDIT: Didn't find what that game is & I know Ice Age got actual video games for the GBA & PS2, but I did find this game called The Snow Queen's Quest which looks to be a ripoff of some fantasy movie of some kind:
th-cam.com/video/CESqMqvXF0s/w-d-xo.html
So, I found 2 things.
"Glacial Age" a ripoff movie of Ice Age
and
"Ice Age II/Ice Age" an unlicensed Gameboy Color game!
Maybe the characters and the story are harder to copied
I remember watching a lions gate movie very similar to Ice Age qua plot
You're not a sad man-child saber, you're a knight in shining armor, protecting the people from the horrible filth of mockbusters. Thanks for warning me
I agree
If you don't mind me I'm using the Knight in shining armor to start a smart race deltarune musical chain.
Standing for dear Noelle...
spoken like a true sad man-child
@@Danube-TV What the hell is that word soup you posted suppose to mean?
@@firstnext5482 well you see there's a youtube channel called Man on the internet that creates versions of video game music but with lyrics. In the one for smart race, a deltarune song one of the lyrics was: "I'm a knight in shining armor, standing for dear Noelle.." which made me think of that part once I read the comment.
aside from the color banners (papel piquado) clipping so distractingly, i think the biggest tragedy is that the son ages four years throughout the story, but still looks like an infant by the end.
Coco was a beautiful movie, one of the few movies that brought tears to my eyes. Really a shame for people to rip it off like that.
Especially because the plot of the movie involves the villain killing the good guy so he can continue ripping him off.
God I wish Mexico was real...
wownow can keep trying hard, they’ll never be as good.
It looks more like a worse version of Mucha Lucha 😄
Book of Life: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!
The masks blinking with the characters like it was their skin got a good chuckle out of me, along with the blinking eye holes of the skeletons lol
It does not make sense 😂
@@unicattyLT it very much does not 😂
@@joeyteter9383 agreed 😂😂😂
to be fair that also kind of happens in coco
@@mastertrinny9011 no it doesn't. The coco skeletons have eyebalss
Never commented on one of your videos before, but as a pretty longtime subscriber, hi Saber! Love your content and all the work you do! Also, I can't wait for this horrible film company deep dive. The fact that BC Fourteen is an actual human being though. I can't believe the guy's actually real.
The fact all the skeletons have like. Traditional Peruvian clothing in a supposedly Mexican setting is just. MUAWH. icing of the cake.
I love how the kid pictured on the official poster looks nothing like the one in the movie. Luchadora Shrek Mom and Frida Kahlo Skeleton are nowhere to be seen either. It makes me think it was originally WAY more similar to Coco, but they decided to change mid-production and kept the concept poster art for whatever reason
well the kid on the cover is clearly a girl
so maybe she was called Dia
but then for some reason cut her but forgot to re-do the cover
When Frida Kahlo's corpse has been winning the bi-annual singing competition for 10,000 years only by singing "bwa bwa bwa bwa bwa"
Coco: it was very great with the story, the animation, the music, pretty much *EVERYTHING!!!*
Dia of the dead: *_should've been called caca because that's what it looks like._*
I laughed while reading this comment
POV: a kindergartner makes a movie
I couldn't stop laughing
The fact that caca means shit in spanish makes it all the more funny
😂🤣
I feel so bad for you Saber, why do you have to suffer for us. I just think you need therapy, get well soon.
Guys he hearted it it’s real also the reply section is just filled with bots omfg
youtube execs, probably: "removing bots??? nahh let's just watch it get worse. let's see if we can get 500 on a single comment."
I agree
@@Saga_Anserum Looking at these replies it really does start to look like they're trying to break some record or something...
5:08 In real world there was a song that had no lyrics yet became a hit in whole Asia and South America. It was called "Papaya" and it was made by Urszula Dudziak.
weird thing that really freaks me out:
the mom and kid both have visible faces and blink separate from the masks but the dad has only a tiny spot for the nose that you can’t really see and the mask blinks when he does. i don’t think the dad is a human
right like his mask IS his face. he could never take it off,, shivers
Perhaps he's related to Strong Bad...
@Tyler Marshall fr
@@khakisohn9710If they made that an actual plot point in the movie, it would be somewhat interesting and not super boring lol
I would say I am curious as to how the child on the cover of Dia Of The Dead, that is a young girl and was probably intended to be the daughter, somehow became a Male Luchador Diaper Baby in the final release, but given it is WowNow I don't think there is any logical reason to be had.
100 likes and no replies? Time to fix it!
Also consider the fact that the son's name is chica (which translates to girl)...
*11:15* You probably mean a Solar Flare, a violent outburst of the sun that affects Earth's magnetic fields and can very rarely be powerful enough to short-circuit the entire world's powerlines.
Know your astronomy, my friends!
My theory, WowNow Entertainment is a money laundering scheme, which would explain why they are so secretive about their voice actors, animators and even their location
Don't see why this *wouldn't* be the case
The mention of Delaware as a possible headquarters (at 9:03 or so) is interesting. Apparently, they have a favorable corporate tax structure, so many companies (even legitimate ones) will officially incorporate there, even though their "real" headquarters are somewhere else. So, it's not surprising that you can't figure out where WowNow is based on this.
When I heard the name WOWNow, many deeply hidden memories of me watching all their movies for laughs returned to me. We cannot allow this monstrous being of a studio to exist any longer.
@im sacred I've always wanted to learn how to make potato wedges my life is fulfilled
Back then when creating content, the question used to be "can it be better?"
Now it's simply "can it be worse?"
What I'm getting from this story is that the mom died and the dad has to tell the son a sugar-coated story about how she went to go be a singer and if this was realistic, they wouldn't actually go to the spirit world unless they traveled like Miguel did, anyway, they go to her grave and the son understands she's dead.
Overall I think I lost my mind trying to understand this movie xD
In the scene where Hector revealed that he tried what he did because he wanted to see his family again, you really felt it, you could see how much he loved them because the cinematorgaphy was that good at conveying it. The expressions, the angles, the lighting, Hector's vocal tone, all wonderfully executed. And the moment he decided he was going back to his family, he didn't let anyone stand in his way, not even Ernesto. If it weren't for Ernesto poisoning Hector, he would have seen his family! I know Hector went away in the first place, but he still wrote to Coco while out and about. I say all that because the mom in this is basically our Hector, but missing any of the charm. She has no excuse to go to the land of the dead two years in advance, her facial expression nor the cinematography were good enough to convey her seemingly caring about her family, and even if she was being honest, she was a pushover and let that mummy convince her to stay!
Book of Life is a pretty decent movie too. Not as good as Coco but I liked it. The ending of Coco with Miguel singing for his great grandmother still brings tears to my eyes. That's a mark of great storytelling there. It's able to bring out emotion in the viewer.
@RR What does this have to do with what I said? I don't need to know how to make potatoes.
@@Equ3strianGam3r bot moment
@RR jokes on you. I memorized every single link the bots have put on this video and what video they belong to.
You cant fool me, uh, fool.
book of life came first
@@onza1317 what’s your point tho?
Pointing out that you can hear the insanity in Sabers voice at times. It's like he's trying to contain himself, but really cannot take much more.
@u know me no
Their name makes so much more sense now because all their movies make people say,
"Wow, Now that's bad Entertainment."
Fckin genius
I truly appreciated how sabre explained the plot with interpretive screams
Everytime I see the lucha-dad talking in this video, his forsaken mouth animation grips my mind more and more with it's horrible claws
Knowing Wow Now's main voice actor is a man named Shrock will always make me smile
@RR OH MY FUCKING GOD GUYS THE FULL CLIP IS HERE EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY
He's not as of January. He passed away
@@Saxophone_King rest in peace shrock- wow now can't hurt you in heaven 🙏🏽
i love every movie that you can recognize free-use motion capture idles in. like around 5:00 mark the offbrand Coco lady does that arm swing that I've seen literal Roblox games have as an animation idle for your characters.
All of WowNow’s money they had to produce this movie went into that lamp in the background @3:55
I felt great fear when I saw the thumbnail, meaning I had to click on the video immediately.
“They have a singing contest in the land of the dead”
They’re not even trying to hide how blatant this is.
3:34 Stone Age was revolutionary compared to that. Do you know that bull painting on Lascaux cave has a map of star costelation in it?
your initial description and reaction is killing me 😂
Thank you for all the hard work of watching garbage for us.
Lmaoooo thanks for pointing
I'd like to imagine WowNow has no humans behind it. It's just an AI that just to spits movies out
Why would an Al need money.
@@HollowKnight656 can't make stuff to kill all the humans without money.
Then again, their movies are killing people already
@@HollowKnight656 It doesn't, but their owner does.
@im sacred this is the most ironic placement of a bot comment
I can't help but to notice the dad's facial animations are ripped off from Jack Skelington
11:26 I think you are talking about a Massive Solar Storm...or Geomagnetic storm.
We are due to have a super major one in 2 years
I've just realized that my favorite Sabrespark videos are the ones where he gets angry. I genuinely feel good about knowing someone else can have such a negative reaction to a bad movie.
Did anyone else notice the... weirdness with the dad's arms? Is it just me, or does it look like they're backwards or something?
absolutely, it looked like they were shoddily stitched onto a muscle body
I fucking love those videos too
It's nice hearing someone bring up Book of Life. So damn underrated and a really fun movie.
Fr, its incredibly underrated. It was my childhood and to this day is a big part of my life 😭😭
Dia De Los Muertos is also a way to celebrate your passed loved ones life. As you’ve seen in Coco and The Book of Life (love both movies by the way) fiestas are put in place to celebrate the life they have lived instead of mourning their death. Ofrendas showcasing things they’ve enjoyed during their life are made are also made to honor your ancestors. Sorry if I can’t get that in depth of an explanation. I’ve never celebrated day of the dead. Why should this be legible then? My sources: I’m mexican
I think the default skeleton models are very charming. I like the flat faces and talking without any bottom jaws, they are kinda cute. Wownow probably stole them lol
he says they did, yea. a lot 3d models you can buy to use for animated projects or games!
I do not expect WowNow to give as much of a shit to actually make their own models for ANYTHING
I bet everything in this production was either commissioned for cheap, or downright stolen, put together by a poorly paid editor, and sold by greedy people who know nothing about art or even what the movie was about, that they wrote on one night on a fucking napkin, to look like something popular
The skeletons look a lot like Vortigaunts from Half Life. The missing bottom jaw with teeth sticking out is exactly the same
They stole Audrey 2 once.
@@brendankendall41 Very true! I love the designs in half life too so maybe that's why it hit me like that lol.
Can i suggest Rise of TMNT? The movie or show. I LOVED both of them and want to see a critic talk about it. Leos my fav!
Working on it!
@@Saberspark omg really?! I can’t wait!!!
@@Saberspark also waiting on dat Rock Dog review but I know you will get to it eventually, you got a huge to do list lol
ROTMNT is so underrated bro
@@Saberspark :D
The fact that he is 8 years old and he’s wearing a diaper😂
So it looks like BC Fourteen (aka BC Furtney and Christopher Maitland) is an actual real writer with a crazy number of writing credits under his belt along with a handful of directing, producing, editing, and acting credits. I also learned that he wrote and directed a movie called Trump vs the Illuminati and I think I might have to try and watch that now lol
Trump vs the illuminati? Now that's a movie I'd like and watch
XD WHAT!?!? Sounds wild!
"Trump vs the Illuminati" is something someone would make up in 2016
That sounds like a fanfiction lol.
ok so like i rly need to put this out here . im mexican and the luchadora mom looks EXACTLY like the mascot of bodega aurrerá which is a common grocery store chain you find almost everywhere here. i cannot express just how much i began laughing when i saw her in this video LOL
I think in a few years from now, Wownow will be exposed for some kind of crime and people will look back on it like “I can’t believe that this creepy mysterious inconsistent film studio was evil” And it’ll be on a true crime podcast or something
Renowned painter, Frida Kahlo, is such an amazing singer that she managed to win a contest 1000 years in a row despite the fact that she only would have been 115 years old if she were still alive today, apparently.
A WowNow documentary? I’m in! I’m expecting it to be 1-2 hours long with a nice balance of humor and information. Overall, I’m hoping this will be so inspiring that I’ll make a story off of this.
Also, as someone who lives in Oahu, I don’t think the company building is here unless it’s some online group thing.
Lmao same. Cant wait
Saber sacrifices his sanity for these videos. What a strong person.
Edit: i googled it and WowNow Studios is actually originated in Cambodia. Also BC Fourteen is actually a real guys name lmfao
She left two years ago for an ANNUAL singing competition! So she already failed once or twice in winning a singing competition, that in no way could possible make her renowned because everyone in the audience is dead, and still refused to go home to her kid
I just want to say, thank you so much for making these videos! It's obvious how much time and effort you put into your content and I promise I'm speaking for everyone when I say we really appreciate it!!! Thank you so much Saber!
My dogs name is Coco and when we went to see the movie in theaters I kept thinking of her cause I originally named her after the cereal. [Coco puffs] Now I can't help but think of the movie/holiday and it makes me happy that the name i chose fit her in the end
I didn't know Mamá Lucha was such a deadbeat mom.
(For those who don't know, look it up. It's a mexican mascot for a supermarket chain and they totally ripped her off)
FRRR mfs were so desperate they ripp off mamá lucha
Mama Lucha’s not happy about WowNow ripping off her design!
The stock videos that Saber uses have a better story than the actual movie he's reviewing
Fr tho 😭
Comment bots be like:
Here's the full clip of Joe Biden killing ur mom:th-cam.com/video/V3zZrxdIB-c/w-d-xo.html cant In gore I am better then saberspark
Someone already mentioned that the mom in this movie looks a shit-ton like Mamá Lucha, from Bodega Aurrera, so I'll just mention a teeny, tiny pet peeve I noticed
7:12 it's on November 2nd of every year... at least in Mexico, I'm not sure if they celebrate it on a different date on other latin american countries (I DO know they celebrate it in other latin american countries :p)
Edit: thanks for the like
In México we have this chain of stores called Bodega ahorrera, the point is that it has this mascot called mamá lucha, and is practically the same model as the mother in this movie
They ripped off her too
The way that skeleton's mouth moves.. Dear god it's too funny lmao
@Emotional Damage Mmm, yes
Potato
1:34 Yee
Ese meme es simplemente legendario.
Can we be all thankful to Saber for sacrificing his sanity in every video for our own entertainment?
"..the fact that their family members there..means that they will get superpowers, the-the mother and win the contest and that breaks the ru-- AIYAAAAAH!!!"
Actually killed me
When you made this channel you cursed yourself with watching the terrible movies you are the only brave soul out there that burdens yourself with this I respect that I don't know a single person that would do this other than you thank you for doing this (ayo just so you know September's next month the anniversary coming soon)
my favorite youtuber. always staying out of drama. always caring for their fans. always keeping it real with their fans. giving back to their fans. thank you.
Here is the full clip:
th-cam.com/video/s62Tec2WfOE/w-d-xo.html
Dia de los Muertos is a Latin American celebration not just Mexican, but Mexico celebrates on a much larger scale. Nov 1st is for children who have passed and Nov 2 is for all who have passed.
You, sir, deserve a medal (and free therapy) for putting yourself through this, so we don't have to xD
Thank you
Apparently even MST3K isn't safe from WowNow, they made an entire movie where Dracula and Frankenstein riff on House on Haunted Hill....rated G. You can take a wild guess on the quality of the writing
EDIT: th-cam.com/video/6X_ohW0Dims/w-d-xo.html Here's the trailer for anyone who wants some torture
WHAT THE HECK SERIOUSLY!? I need proof. I need to know that it exists for real. SHOW ME THE PROOF OR BECOME A MARKETABLE PLUSHIE!!!
Bruh I want to see that send us proof.
@@80sDisneyFan Agree 10000000000000000000%
th-cam.com/video/6X_ohW0Dims/w-d-xo.html Here is your proof!
I just watched the trailer you liked me &.... wow it really just looks like stock models they got & then decided to just talk about House on Haunted Hill with footage of it in the background sometimes & it surely looks to be really bad alright.
Let me just say I really respect the effort and dedication you put into your work.
@Sabersраrk 🅥 "making fun of bots" -🤖
He puts more effort into his vids then wow now puts into their movies
@RR Stop spamming with alt accounts!
Most every company listing Delaware as their base of operations only does so because of their extremely lenient tax laws. If you're listed as a Delaware company, but don't actually do business in Delaware, then you don't pay any corporate taxes. Tons of companies abuse this so never take the "based out of Delaware" finding as evidence of actual location.
Okay, the clothing pins holding up their clothes is A LITTLE creative. They probably stole it, but I find it neat
When you order Coco from Wish:
Exactly what a was thinking lol
Mom can we have Coco at home?
@@raffaelefrau9789 tenemos coco en la casa
La casa: this movie
@@candycane1744 I just can't stop thinking you wrote "the house: this movie"
@@raffaelefrau9789 they did
The fact that the mom, dad, and son are all dressed as luchador's for some reason reminds me of that CN show Much Lucha. Except here, they just stick out like a sore thumb, because no one else is walking around dressed like that.
the sound at the end sounded like it was meant to be applause but it was like. 1 person clapping into a voice acting mic lmfaooo
I'd also like to point out that many of the bootleg skeletons are wearing Peruvian hats as well, which is an entirely different culture since this is "supposed" to take place in Mexico
If you ever feel pointless in life just remember this movie exists
0:30: I love SaberSpark’s Spanish speaking ability…
Book of Life released on my Birthday and it holds a special place in my heart even tho I have zero physical connection to the culture. It's just a great movie and I adore the visuals
It's one of the most unique looking animated movies I've ever seen
Ayyy birthday fam!! I totally forgot saw it on my birthday. Thanks for reminding me :) It's an awesome movie with a lot of jokes that always make me chuckle.
With the chaos of this episode, I tried holding it together instead of spiraling with Saber. I almost caved when he mentioned that she said she won the singing contest for 10,000 years and then proceeded to make Carmen noises with no lyrics (😂), but I DID lose it when you casually mentioned the father on stage doing the Gangnam Style dance 🤣🤣🤣🤣
14:09 AAIYAAAAAAH!!!
my mom is friends with someone who used to work for the asylum or on one of the projects. their walking dead knockoff, me and my dad were huge fans of it. she was a producer of some sort but she doesn’t work for them anymore bc she either quit, got fired or the show ended idk but there is an alternate universe where me and my dad were on an episode
The mother looks like "Mamá Lucha", which in México is the mascot of a super market named Bodega Aurrera.
I have literally seen Coco 4 times on the TV, so Coco at home is Coco
The total disprespect for the culture is on one side appalling but on the other side hilarious, because at 14:17 they show a skeleton wearing what looks like peruvian indigenous clothing, which has nothing to do with mexico
I've been waiting for this. Love your vids
good job at saying “Día de los muertos “in spanish 😁
greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽💚🤍❤️🤠