I know Army of the Dead has been in development for awhile, but this still feels like the first draft of a script. There are so many things that could be reworked slightly to make the story make sense.
The real hero of the movie? The guy who found out what the mission was, and said, "See Ya Later" and drove the fuck away. He knew what a shit show this movie was gonna be.
Army of the Dead took itself way too seriously. A premise like "Ocean's Eleven meets Dawn of the Dead" just begs for a director capable of pulling off a more tongue-in-cheek tone like James Gunn or Edgar Wright.
@@stuperponi Really? I thought that was badass. They had to do that thou, they built the tiger up like he was the baddest, they needed to show how powerful it is. They should've done more with the tiger.
@@stuperponi He literally just tried to kill the whole group off, not to mention his dumb actions by killing the Queen caused the attack on them. It was karmic justice to have that happen lol
There’s a James Bond: Agent of Spectre comic series out right now where Blofeld hires Bond to help him win a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. civil war that’s really good .
@@marcusberankis8960 it’s pretty good. Definitely worth a read. There’s a couple more issues to come but so far it’s a really interesting read. They make Blofeld intimidating again.
4:30 "There's a whole bunch or It's-Ya-Boy-Dickfaces out there." Nickname that's a bit more cumbersome than something like "Karen", but right on the mark!
The fun part of thinking zombie alien virus is that the original night of the living dead that codified the zombie genre and created the modern perception of zombies had the virus come from space.
There was also a weird moment in the movie where there were skeletons wearing the same things as the characters even that ladies necklace I thought for a sec there would be some weird groundhog day twist or something
Apparently the costume department was told that they were the characters, but Snyder said it’s just a parallel. Real weird thing to just throw in the movie
@@Niall487 same as the dry zombies, the buzz saw, the aliens, robot zombies etc. I’m fine with them setting up stuff for sequels, like probably the robot stuff, but this movie just felt like it was written by a nine year old who drank too much Fanta, it needed to desperately focus on something but couldn’t.
For the ending the radiation didn't affect him because he was already bitten, and simultaneously the zombie effects took longer to kick in once he was out of the vault due to the radiation
I just don’t understand why you would tune in to this podcast and leave a thumbs down. What were you expecting? If you’re not a fan, first time listener and it’s not your cup of tea?...just tune out. Why leave a thumbs down? Anyway keep up the great work guys love you.
everyone keeps saying they need a head from an alpha zombie NO! the guy specifically says all he needed was a blood sample however due to circumstances he could get a head instead which was so much better and more profitable
Swingers is my favorite movie and I’ve been collecting action figures for the past 4 years. You guys nailed this one, the same day I starting using my buddies Netflix account I also found out he also listens to you guys, so my profile name is “PC Gone Mad” when I log in. This has to be my favorite edition of the podcast by far!
Idk if it was on purpose or not but the black guy that survived it took him way longer than others to turn into a zombie, so maybe he didn't turn? maybe he is immune? or maybe he will turn into a different breed.
My favorite part of the movie was Chambers' action scene, which was badass, but ended really stupidly. Like no-one even tried to save her and maybe she could've shouted to the squad that the one guy was not a nice guy. Overall the movie was fine.
My wife and I were laughing so much at that scene. They were literally like 10 feet away from her and just standing there. Also, am I crazy or wasn't she one of the two people that said they never killed a zombie before? How did she turn into Lara Croft during that scene?
How did they take such a fun concept, with a fun intro, and then make it into a soul-crushingly boring slog. It’s like the entire movie is a “GOTCHA!” It’s not like Zack Snyder can’t do a good zombie movie. Dawn of the Dead (2005) was spot on
I still maintain that the only reason that film worked is because of James Gunn's script. There's details somewhere about the minor changes Snyder made to it and they're all the worst bits.
We do in fact have Mandalorian breakfast cereal here in the usa. It was a limited edition cereal by general mills that is pretty much kix mixed with yoda head shaped dehydrated marshmallows.
Was the dog doing cocaine and saying "I'm going to live forever" a Highlander reference? Another sentence that I never foresaw being written, certainly not by myself.
59:52 James goes full dad... every time this happens I just feel so much better about my own situation as I turn into more of a dad... have back pains... recount things from the past almost constantly... trail off mid-thought as I get distracted by my own thoughts........
some actually good ideas and visuals in it, but it was too long and was struggling staying interested. didn't finish it. Great pod guys the questions at end were interesting this week
i can't believe they even made it through this thing... I loved the opening credits, then it goes into Snyder Joyless Slog mode. I'm not going to let myself get tricked into looking forward to another Snyder movie again.
People may have already commented on this, but I couldn’t help draw comparisons between Army of the Dead and TTB: Peninsula. The latter having a far better ending. They just seemed to swap Unit 631 with the Alpha Zombies.
The scene at the end when they get to the roof to escape on the missing hellachopter is 100 millivanilli% ripped from Left for Dead 2's absolute banger of an intro movie. So what im saying is that Zack Snyder should direct a Left 4 Dead moviverserino. Tell them in your charming irish accents perhaps at the next Entertainment Cabal Orgy Banquet.
My new issue with Army of the Dead, after moving on from the robot zombie, is how did they secure/lock the doors they initially came out of? If the zombies are smart then an exterior plank across wouldn't be enough. If its a padlock then it's dependent on the key holder surviving. This is bothering me more than it should.
lol @1:00:30. Legit thought James was saying "buckle gun". Not trying to be rude, but sounded like a euphemism you'd find on Urban Dictionary. But I guess it's "Bakugan".
Whether you like James Bond or hate him, Killing James Bond is a hilarious podcast that's well worth a listen, the only one I listen to apart from the boys.
I enjoy all the plot holes and "HUHHHHS" of Army of the Dead. They clearly want to expand this universe and i'm so damn glad Zach Snyder will likely have his own universe finally.
I thought 'Army of the Dead' was a blast overall ... Yeah, you could've shaved maybe half an hour off (typically for Snyder), but I absolutely loved Dave Bautista and I thought the other characters in the team were really solid. Also typically for Snyder, there were some amazing visuals and set-pieces. I was kind of disappointed that we never saw it rain (which would've revived all the piles of dried-out shamblers near the wall). Could've skipped the very last scene, which seemed more like the prologue for the sequel and kind of unnecessary here, but I'm still on board for what's to come.
The part about people not liking zack snyder because they think he is right wing and then people not liking him because he says hes left wing lmfao Cant win
The guy who was originally the helicopter pilot turned out to be a sex pest but they'd already completed filming, so they shot Tig's stuff separately and pasted her into all the scenes.
Nothing was lost re: ROTNR. No one asked for it, no one needed it, no one actively wanted it, and we're getting a bunch of other Star Wars stuff anyway featured way more important, interesting and relevant characters. Disney are far better off putting that money into something else.
they could bring henry sr back even if flashbacks but. why? as in what would it add to the narrative? in the IJ4 it would have fitted in more but here? (if we are talking fanservice we want bring back sophia hapgood!!! give her a live action role! she'd fit)
In Army of the Dead, they specifically point out how hundreds of zombies who fried in the sun come back to life in the rain. They specifically point it out, and linger on it for multiple seconds and lines of dialogue. Then they DON'T ever pay that off. Blue balling everyone. Worst movie ever.
Or how about the Mom, Geeta-who is the crux of the entire plot with the daughter-and yet she ends up dead off screen at the end of the movie. In fact, I don't even think we see her in the helicopter after they take off. In a better movie, Geeta would have been positioned as like, a surrogate mother to Kate-someone who was there for Kate when Scott wasn't. That would make Kate's desperation to save her more believable. But in the actual movie, they just seem like regular friends or acquaintances.
@@Flounderboy15 theres one shot of her in the helicopter looking at the nuke as it comes in and that's it. I honestly forgot she was was still in it, like Scott and Kate are fighting for their lives in the back against Zeus, the pilot has been shot and she still sits their doing nothing. It would be like if Private Ryan did nothing to help in the final battle of saving private ryan
@@Hey_Loser I think the blue glow in the dark eyes and inside the brain was just like "the fungus" or whatever chemical makes them into zombies, they definitely weren't robots
@@nyyfandan maybe it's just cause I was high but I swear I saw a couple frames were I saw sparks and blood while one of them was getting shot in the face. I believe it was when the guy with the blonde hair and AK was about to die
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That Mephisto post credits scene in Army of the dead was really something
Really wasn’t expecting Emily Blunt to turn up as the Invisible Woman, after everything she said...
@@philcorrigan5641 and that Corn of Coblin Easter egg?! Can’t wait!!!
@Johnt Schmichal no, we can’t. And because of that comment, we’re going to do it twice as hard now
@Johnt Schmichal are you honestly trying to gatekeep a comment section? Come on man there’s room here for everyone’s comment
@Johnt Schmichal You alright bud?
I know Army of the Dead has been in development for awhile, but this still feels like the first draft of a script. There are so many things that could be reworked slightly to make the story make sense.
I haven't seen it yet but the whole premise of casino heist during zombie apocalypse raises a lot of questions from the get go
This is the latest in the long-running series of Maso being considerably less enthusiastic than James about a Zack Snyder film... 🤣
Mason's right, though. Again. About everything.
@@carl7697 oh, absolutely. Doubly so when it comes to Snyder
To be fair, this one is terrible.
The real hero of the movie? The guy who found out what the mission was, and said, "See Ya Later" and drove the fuck away. He knew what a shit show this movie was gonna be.
Army of the Dead took itself way too seriously. A premise like "Ocean's Eleven meets Dawn of the Dead" just begs for a director capable of pulling off a more tongue-in-cheek tone like James Gunn or Edgar Wright.
I said exactly this after I finished it. Edgar Wright would have made an absolutely incredible film out of this idea.
Keto Manflakes sounds like a Star Wars character
Or Fortnite.
@@ThreadBomb we need a new video from Jenny asap!
When that tiger, ripped off that dudes face, money! Made the movie.
I wish that just happened without the unnecessary dragged out scene of him getting tossed around
@@stuperponi Really? I thought that was badass. They had to do that thou, they built the tiger up like he was the baddest, they needed to show how powerful it is. They should've done more with the tiger.
But the important question, do you think he enjoyed shooting at zombies better in army of the dead or fear the walking dead?
@@stuperponi He literally just tried to kill the whole group off, not to mention his dumb actions by killing the Queen caused the attack on them. It was karmic justice to have that happen lol
Lettuce, oh lettuce, we love you some lettuces, they're only a day away
One of the few channels where you can like before you listen! I love this channel.
"Now that's living La Vida Loca" one of the best things Mason's ever said 😂
Love you guys!
Love guys, you!*
Mason literally hit the nail on the head with how I felt about Army of the Dead it’s not that fun and toooooo long
Venga Boys and these fiery fellas sharp in the morning, what a day lads
I hope we get a ‘Mason hates Disney’ caravan of garbage of 101 Dalmations for Cruella’s release
There’s a James Bond: Agent of Spectre comic series out right now where Blofeld hires Bond to help him win a S.P.E.C.T.R.E. civil war that’s really good .
Ooooh that sounds interesting
@@marcusberankis8960 it’s pretty good. Definitely worth a read. There’s a couple more issues to come but so far it’s a really interesting read. They make Blofeld intimidating again.
I’ll check it out!
There was a UFO flying away from the beginning of the movie when the army was driving away.
Best way to spend my Monday nights!!
I appreciate all your content and the amount of work you put in!! I look forward to you guys weekly
4:30 "There's a whole bunch or It's-Ya-Boy-Dickfaces out there."
Nickname that's a bit more cumbersome than something like "Karen", but right on the mark!
This podcast was money. baby.
...and then they drop the Eternals trailer.
We all just learned from the Spider-Man quiz you don’t turn into a vampire on the moon you turn into a wolf.
The fun part of thinking zombie alien virus is that the original night of the living dead that codified the zombie genre and created the modern perception of zombies had the virus come from space.
There was also a weird moment in the movie where there were skeletons wearing the same things as the characters even that ladies necklace I thought for a sec there would be some weird groundhog day twist or something
Apparently the costume department was told that they were the characters, but Snyder said it’s just a parallel. Real weird thing to just throw in the movie
I thought they would use the skeletons to activate the booby traps but they went with a way more difficult solution haha.
@@extremetoast5723 vanderhoe even talks about it for a while. But then nothing happens?
@@Niall487 same as the dry zombies, the buzz saw, the aliens, robot zombies etc.
I’m fine with them setting up stuff for sequels, like probably the robot stuff, but this movie just felt like it was written by a nine year old who drank too much Fanta, it needed to desperately focus on something but couldn’t.
@@extremetoast5723 I feel like my brain kinda over loaded cause I don't remember the robot thing or the ufo😅
I thought james said "buckle-gun battle". It took me a full minute to realize he was saying "bakugan"
Yeah the robot Zombie...i knew i saw that, at the time i had a double take.
Mason's Richard cheese impression sounds more like that Dracula from Sesame Street 🤷♂️
For the ending the radiation didn't affect him because he was already bitten, and simultaneously the zombie effects took longer to kick in once he was out of the vault due to the radiation
As a mexican I never thought I will hear about Ricky Martin and menudo in this show, 10/10
Ricky Martin is Puerto Rican lmfao
Your attempt of pronouncing "Matthias Schweighöfer" literally had me in tears. Well done! :D
I just don’t understand why you would tune in to this podcast and leave a thumbs down. What were you expecting? If you’re not a fan, first time listener and it’s not your cup of tea?...just tune out. Why leave a thumbs down? Anyway keep up the great work guys love you.
"What's the deal with Correlian Freighter food?!?" 6:16
That's exactly what I was thinking.
everyone keeps saying they need a head from an alpha zombie NO! the guy specifically says all he needed was a blood sample however due to circumstances he could get a head instead which was so much better and more profitable
Love that Toy Galaxy got a mention
Swingers is my favorite movie and I’ve been collecting action figures for the past 4 years. You guys nailed this one, the same day I starting using my buddies Netflix account I also found out he also listens to you guys, so my profile name is “PC Gone Mad” when I log in. This has to be my favorite edition of the podcast by far!
Idk if it was on purpose or not but the black guy that survived it took him way longer than others to turn into a zombie, so maybe he didn't turn? maybe he is immune? or maybe he will turn into a different breed.
My favorite part of the movie was Chambers' action scene, which was badass, but ended really stupidly. Like no-one even tried to save her and maybe she could've shouted to the squad that the one guy was not a nice guy.
Overall the movie was fine.
My wife and I were laughing so much at that scene. They were literally like 10 feet away from her and just standing there. Also, am I crazy or wasn't she one of the two people that said they never killed a zombie before? How did she turn into Lara Croft during that scene?
Her friend's whole deal was that he was some kind of youtube headshot king and yet he does zero headshots in this sequence or in the rest of the film.
I listened to this earlier, like a whole day earlier.
How did they take such a fun concept, with a fun intro, and then make it into a soul-crushingly boring slog.
It’s like the entire movie is a “GOTCHA!”
It’s not like Zack Snyder can’t do a good zombie movie. Dawn of the Dead (2005) was spot on
I still maintain that the only reason that film worked is because of James Gunn's script. There's details somewhere about the minor changes Snyder made to it and they're all the worst bits.
"Indiana Jones and the Cup of Arc Juice" poster please
We do in fact have Mandalorian breakfast cereal here in the usa. It was a limited edition cereal by general mills that is pretty much kix mixed with yoda head shaped dehydrated marshmallows.
Was the dog doing cocaine and saying "I'm going to live forever" a Highlander reference?
Another sentence that I never foresaw being written, certainly not by myself.
Shout out to all my Frank-Heads! Finally, some recognition.
I'm enjoying all the Bulgarian appreciation in this episode. It's money!
I love thinking of the confused listeners who never saw Swingers who wonder what is going on with the description of the film
is it me or there was a robot zombie in the movie
Thanks guys, love the videos. You should cover the 1996 101 Dalmatians since cruella is coming soon lol
BOND IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE BOOK SERIES!!!!
59:52 James goes full dad... every time this happens I just feel so much better about my own situation as I turn into more of a dad... have back pains... recount things from the past almost constantly... trail off mid-thought as I get distracted by my own thoughts........
I hope James has something planned for the thousandth video on his channel since he’s at 992
Great ideas for things Snyder could have done to make this better. I'd call it a disappointment but I wasn't expecting much from him to begin with.
Did anyone notice the two UFOs floating above Area 51 when you first see the trucks convoy?
#alienvirus
I have been waiting years for them to announce a green lantern
Congrats on the follows!
some actually good ideas and visuals in it, but it was too long and was struggling staying interested. didn't finish it. Great pod guys the questions at end were interesting this week
Right after the eternals trailer drops too
i can't believe they even made it through this thing... I loved the opening credits, then it goes into Snyder Joyless Slog mode. I'm not going to let myself get tricked into looking forward to another Snyder movie again.
It would've been funny if the trickshot influencer dude was livestreaming parts of the heist or recording short clips for his accounts
This podcast is money 💵
101k hell ya boys good job!!
Shoutouts to the Sarah Connor Chronicles. Season 3!
People may have already commented on this, but I couldn’t help draw comparisons between Army of the Dead and TTB: Peninsula. The latter having a far better ending. They just seemed to swap Unit 631 with the Alpha Zombies.
Maybe I am the odd one out, but I would definitely need more context on who JJ Abrams is and what he’s done more than Bruce Timm.
What are you talking about cinnamon toast crunch is great
I've been tricking my customers into listening on RUclips for awhile now, didn't think it was that many
The scene at the end when they get to the roof to escape on the missing hellachopter is 100 millivanilli% ripped from Left for Dead 2's absolute banger of an intro movie. So what im saying is that Zack Snyder should direct a Left 4 Dead moviverserino. Tell them in your charming irish accents perhaps at the next Entertainment Cabal Orgy Banquet.
I officially want the word helicopter to be replaced with the word hellachopter because it sounds so much cooler
Listen back to old pods and I only noticed they lads only have 108k subs???? There's something wrong with the world. Hash tag sad
My new issue with Army of the Dead, after moving on from the robot zombie, is how did they secure/lock the doors they initially came out of? If the zombies are smart then an exterior plank across wouldn't be enough. If its a padlock then it's dependent on the key holder surviving. This is bothering me more than it should.
Hey, podcasters. MI4!
lol @1:00:30. Legit thought James was saying "buckle gun". Not trying to be rude, but sounded like a euphemism you'd find on Urban Dictionary. But I guess it's "Bakugan".
Whether you like James Bond or hate him, Killing James Bond is a hilarious podcast that's well worth a listen, the only one I listen to apart from the boys.
It's culminated!
I enjoy all the plot holes and "HUHHHHS" of Army of the Dead. They clearly want to expand this universe and i'm so damn glad Zach Snyder will likely have his own universe finally.
Two Thumbs Up
You overlooked the CLASSIC zombie flick “A Zombie Invasion “ (now on Shudder) where the Zombies were created by (SPOILERS!!!)...ALIENS!!!
I'm here early, that is all
They literally set up that if it rains it could cause a horde and then just... never happens
So Felix is just the bionic man, Steve Austin?
In the movie when Kate starts using the gun in the the hotel its like the last 26 minutes. She likes her hand before shooting. Idk why
who is ahsoker?
That big saw sounds like another minigun disappointment...
i thought you guys were going to talk about Love death and Robots second season
I thought 'Army of the Dead' was a blast overall ... Yeah, you could've shaved maybe half an hour off (typically for Snyder), but I absolutely loved Dave Bautista and I thought the other characters in the team were really solid. Also typically for Snyder, there were some amazing visuals and set-pieces. I was kind of disappointed that we never saw it rain (which would've revived all the piles of dried-out shamblers near the wall). Could've skipped the very last scene, which seemed more like the prologue for the sequel and kind of unnecessary here, but I'm still on board for what's to come.
Of course you guys upload minutes after marvel drop the Eternals trailer lmao
The part about people not liking zack snyder because they think he is right wing and then people not liking him because he says hes left wing lmfao
Cant win
Did anyone else spot the UFO's at the beginning of the movie?
What happened with tig nataro? This is the first I've heard of it
The guy who was originally the helicopter pilot turned out to be a sex pest but they'd already completed filming, so they shot Tig's stuff separately and pasted her into all the scenes.
Hart warming
Zuckerberg v brocolli v Bezos. Who comes out on top
Broccoli. The other two are definitely bottoms.
Maybe the real crypto was the friends you made along the way James
That would be great if true
Release the D’elia cut!
#D’eliacut
Poolhall Junkies! One of my favorite movies because of how cheesy it is.
Why were there robot zombies tho
Nothing was lost re: ROTNR. No one asked for it, no one needed it, no one actively wanted it, and we're getting a bunch of other Star Wars stuff anyway featured way more important, interesting and relevant characters. Disney are far better off putting that money into something else.
they could bring henry sr back even if flashbacks but. why? as in what would it add to the narrative? in the IJ4 it would have fitted in more but here? (if we are talking fanservice we want bring back sophia hapgood!!! give her a live action role! she'd fit)
At the end of the film I turned to my friend and said.... ' well this whole storyline was pointless ' 🤔
... I didn't even know RUclips verified channels.
The more you know I guess
RUclips bois and gales together
Night of the living dead was zombies from space
In Army of the Dead, they specifically point out how hundreds of zombies who fried in the sun come back to life in the rain. They specifically point it out, and linger on it for multiple seconds and lines of dialogue. Then they DON'T ever pay that off. Blue balling everyone. Worst movie ever.
Or how about the Mom, Geeta-who is the crux of the entire plot with the daughter-and yet she ends up dead off screen at the end of the movie. In fact, I don't even think we see her in the helicopter after they take off. In a better movie, Geeta would have been positioned as like, a surrogate mother to Kate-someone who was there for Kate when Scott wasn't. That would make Kate's desperation to save her more believable. But in the actual movie, they just seem like regular friends or acquaintances.
@@Flounderboy15 theres one shot of her in the helicopter looking at the nuke as it comes in and that's it. I honestly forgot she was was still in it, like Scott and Kate are fighting for their lives in the back against Zeus, the pilot has been shot and she still sits their doing nothing. It would be like if Private Ryan did nothing to help in the final battle of saving private ryan
Or the blue eyed robot? zombies subplot
Or the rapey Zeus subplot
@@Hey_Loser I think the blue glow in the dark eyes and inside the brain was just like "the fungus" or whatever chemical makes them into zombies, they definitely weren't robots
@@nyyfandan maybe it's just cause I was high but I swear I saw a couple frames were I saw sparks and blood while one of them was getting shot in the face. I believe it was when the guy with the blonde hair and AK was about to die