The pride of my life: Meeting Piper at Spooky Empire Mayhem 2012 and when he mentioned that "...kick ass and chew bubblegum..." line I stood up, walked to the stage, gave him a pack of Bubblicious, and shook his hand. (there is a video on RUclips somewhere of it)
My mum passed away in 2019 at 74 and this was one of hers favorite movies. What can I say my mum raised me on Action Movies, Kung Fu Films, Grind House Flicks, Cannon Films, and James Bond. My mum was awesome.
I totally get this. My dad raised me on 2001: A Space Oddyssey, Silent Running, Blakes Seven and James Bond. He was awesome too. It is good to remember them.
They spoofed the fight scene in South Park, "Cripple Fight." It was hilarious! Jimmy goes, "Timmy, I told you to put ON THE HAT!" Then he hits Timmy with his crutch.
They basically reenacted the entire fight which is one of the most realistic fights in movie history. I love it after the fight someone says break it up
About the alien makeup: in line with the cynicism of the "American Dream" in They Live, once the signal is off, their skin colors are variations of red, white and blue.
He also feared that the movie, if popular, would make ROddy a more costly wrestler and harder to control. And he was right, it gave Piper the legs to renegociate better contracts.
If you notice the alley where Piper places and reclaims box of sunglasses is the same alley that the 70s Peter Parker climbs the wall for first time as 'The Amazing Spider-Man!'
Love the Hot Rod (RIP) and I love Keith David, and I love John Carpenter this movie was a perfect trifecta and had a great anti-consumerism, and anti unchecked capitalism message, right up my alley. All time classic.
2:50 the music for this movie is almost its own character. 3:36 Roddy was cut from stone back then... 4:10 Hopscotch is like Tic-tac-toe and Global Thermal Nuclear War, the only winning move is not to play... 6:15 Priests been giving jump scares since the middle ages... 7:15 1988 got the middle 2010's pretty good... 7:54 Raybans? 8:26 the black and white plain labels were like the old generic aisle at the grocery stores... 9:19 the beginning of Roddy just being Roddy with the insults. Dude was brilliant... 9:52 Roddy was a pro wrestler...Clotheslines were his bread and butter... 10:23 Matthew knowing one of the greatest lines ever being uttered in cinema is being uttered... 12:30 The Greatest Film Fight Ever Made. Period. 18:34 Always time for a deez nuts joke...
If you liked this character design, you might enjoy cult fave The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, starring Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin and John Lithgow as the most over-the-top villain I can think of offhand. The movie is absolutely bonkers, and the aliens, the Red Lectoids, all named John Bigboote, are a marvel of 80s makeup and prosthetics, and reminiscent of They Live. Earth Girls Are Easy, also with Jeff Goldblum, has a similar thing as well, and is, IMO, a criminally overlooked 80s comedy gem.
I love the shot where he looks at money and it's a white piece of paper with the words "THIS IS YOUR GOD" on it. As much as people love Carpenter's The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and Starman, they all lost money initially. This film and Prince of Darkness were Carpenter's return to lower budget, more manageable films and more creative control. The look of the aliens reminded me of the Mars Attacks! aliens without the bulbous heads. Maybe Carpenter was a fan of the trading cards.
I love Big Trouble, Escape from NY and They Live...but Starman might be the John Carpenter movie that is the most 'highbrow' genre film he has ever done and a damn fine film it is too.
Well technically money is humanities God. We fight for it, protect it, covete it, need more of it in our lives, brings us happiness and plenty of people have killed for it.
Your guess is pretty correct. Vince McMahon is a control freak. Back when he took over the WWF from his father there were many wrestling territories. The WWF was the most well known was known as New York. Vince went on to absorb most other territories through higher paychecks and major events. He then went on to side projects. In the planning was a movie company when Roddy wanted to do this movie. He has started a WWE movie production company that is moderately successful. It's not great but it profits better than the XFL that he tried.
Thank you! Piper has always been my favorite wrestler. The fight scene was definitely the best scene in the movie. One of my favorite quotes from Piper that wasn't in this movie was.. "Just when they think they have the answers, I change the questions!"
Hopscotch works by throwing a rock into each numbered square in order. If the rock bounces out of the square you need it to be in, then you have to keep trying on your next turns until you get it. Whoever gets to 10 first wins.
@@jimballard1186 yea we played the way that on the way up you had to jump over your rock and then pick it up as you skip back through, i guess there are many ways to play.
Matthew, you were correct about the WWF/WWE having their own film production. And yes, Vince McMahon did have extensive involvement in the production of No Holds Barred. By the way, whether Piper was wrestling in WWF/WWE, or WCW, he was famous for his great one-liners. And actually, one of Piper's signature moves in wrestling, was the Three Stooges style poke in the eyes. (Hogan always had the funniest reactions to that.)
I liked Matthew's reaction to Emily saying "I never got into rasslin. And it is rasslin". One phrase and you knew right away that Matthew grew up with WWF. And, even though Emily didn't watch wrestling, you knew she was in the southern territories as a child.
Fun fact about the fight scene, the asphalt was covered in a crash-mat that was painted to look like asphalt so they didn't get hut when getting thrown to the ground
Hey Emily, hey Matthew, first of all: Awesome reaction! And I want to say thank you for the recommendations there at the end! There is also a French Synthwave artist going by the name Carpenter Brut. His tracks are heavily inspired by Carpenter but also many other 80s movies, especially in the horror/action/exploitation genre. In case you have played the Hotline Miami games or the game FURI, you will have heard some of his music, too, along with pieces of many other Synthwave artists. - And to the topic of Wrestling (or Wrasslin'!): Emily, if you are interested in this to some people very strange subculture, I wholeheartedly recommend the 30 minute video "Professional Wrestling is stupid and beautiful and I love it" by the RUclipsr Super Eyepatch Wolf, whom you might have heard of. It's very informative, but also funny and even emotional. And as he states right at the start: It's not meant to convert you into a wrestling fan, but to explain why so many people are. AND there is a bit about Roddy Piper in there, too! - I guess, a reaction video to that is too much to ask, especially bc wrestling copyright is a REAL pain the ass, but a modest man can hope. :D Anyway, thank you again and all the best.
LOVE watching movies with you guys, especially when Emily "calls it". Most of the time, I'm anticipating her reaction... just like Matt. Another RRP film you might wanna check out is HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN. It's silly but fun.
the way to play Hop Scotch was you had a coin that you would throw down the pattern. Where ever it landed you had to hop scotch to a spot near it and pick it up. If you fell you were out, pick it up you continued the pattern till you got back to safe. Obviously you tried to toss the coin near the double squares so it was easier to pick up, near the single squares was much harder because you had to stay up on the leg you landed on. You would get points for the farther out you tossed it and how close you were to the coin to pick it up. Close to the edge of the playing area was the most points and if it landed and stayed on a square that was the least points. Yeah it was a silly game if you didn't know the rules but if you did it was actually quite challenging. I know this because I grew up poor in Nebraska and it didn't have to be a coin you tossed, anything hard and basically round would do. Using wood coins would work, you just didn't get as many points because they didn't roll or bounce as much as far as something metal. Now back to the least appreciated John Carpenter film he made outside of the stupid Mars one and Escape from LA
We had two other variations of hopscotch (though the one you describe was the most popular, though we used a bean bag instead of a coin). One was each person would try to hop faster each time without their feet touching a line, and any single spaces, you had to alternate feet. If you messed up, you were out. The other version was one person hops on the squares any way they want, and the next person had to repeat it. Almost like a dance-off, lol. This one was probably the least-played one I saw.
I grew up in 1960's in Germany, and we played all the ones in the comments. We had different hopscotch patterns and to each pattern had its own rules. Anyone knows or remember the rubber band hop game? I have no idea what to call it.
@@naiaddore1797 What I liked the best was simply having a piece of chalk, drawing out the pattern, and just playing. Didn't cost any money (other than the chalk) and it made the time pass quick as we watched my friends not be able to do what I could. I was a master at my style of hop scotch. If I went to my niece or nephew and drew the pattern I know for a fact they would have no idea what it was or any idea about any rules. So simple, so challenging, so easy
Awesome continuity.... They kept their bruises and scars from the fight scene all the way through the end.. Not like other movies where the hero washes up in the sink and he's fine two scenes later...
Outside of The Thing and Halloween, this is my favorite John Carpenter movie. Roddy Piper is pretty awesome in this, for a wrestler it might be the best performance ever, he and Keith David have great chemistry.
John Carpenter has done a collaborative with the band Chvrches. My old friend pre-comics, Jamie McKelvie did the cover art (and the entire Chvrches ft Haley Willlians video Bury It,).
Kind of related fun fact but, Keith plays himself in the 4th saint's row game. literally the story is that the main character of the series (IE YOU) became president and made the actor keith david their vice president. Keith had been in the first games playing another character, and they even reference this a couple time saying he sounds like this other person they knew. Later in the game, something happen that requires you to fight keith, but, you don't fight keith. Roddy Piper shows up out of nowhere and decides to help you fight keith, and it goes into a full reenactment of that scene from They Live. (and its actually Roddy piper, in one of his last acting roles)
Peak John Carpenter, what a run he's had: Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Halloween (1978) The Fog (1980) Escape from New York (1981) The Thing (1982) Christine (1983) Starman (1984) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Prince of Darkness (1987) They Live (1988)
This movie gave birth to the most badass quote to ever be said on the big screen "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kickass and I'm all out of gum"
Yo PiP! I am an 80's high schooler who was always saying that "...and I am all out of bubblegum..." I also may have started 'The Pippen Watch' TM. Also I would recommend Blind Fury. It's a middling to good movie, but more important MEG FOSTER is not a baddie!
It's really not anti-Capitalist, since Carpenter doesn't have any issue with people making money or selling a product. It's against Corporatism, which is itself an anti-capitalist collectivist ideology, since it operates by attempting to distort and control a free market. John Carpenter was against the rampant Corporatism of the 80's, where corporations were expanding and gaining control over modern society. Carpenter since then, became a Libertarian, and continues to hold his anti-Corporatism views. It was corporations that are the reason he fought constantly to make his films his way.
With the alley fight scene, all I can hear in my head is Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan doing commentary with Monsoon screaming that 'The commissioner needs to intervene"
Rest in peace to the late great legendary Hot Rod Rowdy Roddy Piper. He will never be forgotten. His performances in and out of the ring will be remembered guaranteed.
Saw this as a kid on cable. Always loved it. Helped that I was already a big fan of Mr. Piper And a very important movie IMHO. Remember getting my buddy (a film student) into Carpenter movies, he thought they would be cheesy. I was working as the Video Replenishment Buyer for Virgin Megastore (Biggest Video Department in all of Nevada, I kicked Tower Records ass when it came to selection and hard to find stuff). Before the store opened for the day, I had put on a dvd compendium called Ultimate Fights Vol.1 to play over the video displays in the store. The They Live! Fight was playing. My buddy (who was the book buyer) saw this and tracked me down. "Dude, what movie is that. That looks brutal!" "WHAT!?! you never seen They Live!" "No I never watched it. Who did it?" "Dude! That's John Carpenter, he fucking awesome." "Oh. I only seen Halloween....I think" "How is that possible?" I explain the story of the movie and show him the dvd box "Dude, John Carpenter movies are just fucking great man. I will say that some of his can bit cheesy, but he always worked with tiny budgets. That way he could do what he wanted. And while his movies seem cheesy with the effects (They could be better, but they where serviceable and sometimes just fucking cool) at times, Carpenter knew how to make the most of what he had to work with. And he does the music. Simple but just fucking cool (we both liked Hardcore Techno and ambient stuff like FSOL). And the story is, look if you like 1984, you will love this." I ran over to the PC games and grabbed a copy of Duke Nukem. "Where do you think this guy came from? His most famous line and some of his look, comes from They Live!" My buddy became a big fan of Carpenter's movies and music. An he yelled "Fuck Yhea!" at Piper giving the camera the finger to the Aliens at the end.
I have a thing where I wanted to start a discussion on how “They Live”, “Demolition Man”, and “Idiocracy” connect and explain what our society is like…… basically a deep philosophical dive connecting this movie and two other great movies
"South Park" recreated this fight between Piper and David in the infamous "cripple fight" (their words not mine) scene shot for shot! Featuring Timmy and Jimmy in the episode that had Crips and Bloods making peace with each other. Peace and love, everyone! No hate please!
You may remember George “Buck” Flower, the homeless guy in the first half, as the homeless guy in Back to the Future, or the homeless guy in Escape from New York, or the homeless guy in Wishmaster, or the homeless guy in The Night Stalker, or the homeless guy in Dark Breed, or the homeless guy in…….
Hopscotch you throw a pebble onto the numbered squares in order each turn and retrieve it as you return. If, while hopping through the court in either direction, the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses balance, the turn ends. First one through the sequence wins.
Fun Fact: When Roddy Piper and Keith David were fighting in the alley, Roddy Piper actually broke his foot when he kicked the helmet because he was so mad when he thought the hobbits died.
As others have said, Vince McMahon is a major control freak. So much so, in fact, that he tried to prevent Bob Remus (aka Sgt. Slaughter) from being the spokesperson for GI Joe back in the 1980s. He also tried to prevent Jesse "The Body" Ventura from being in "Predator" (1987) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ventura would also appear with Schwarzenegger in "The Running Man" (1987), two movies on your "to watch" list. In complete fairness to Vince, he may have inherited at least some of his being a control freak from his father, Vince Sr. After all, Vince Sr. ended up firing Hulk Hogan from the WWF when Hogan appeared in "Rocky 3" (1982) with Sylvester Stallone. While WWE Studios didn't officially form until 2002, as Matthew mentioned, Vince was listed as an executive producer for "No Holds Barred" (1989) under the banner name of "Shane Distribution Company." (Shane is the name of Vince's son) As Matthew said, there's an entirely different discussion to be had regarding how some wrestling promoters treat their wrestlers. Even today, the WWE likes to limit and/or control what projects the wrestlers can or cannot do while under contract.
Kieth David and Roddy Piper both showed up in Saints Row 4 and played themselves. There was a mission called He Lives and during it they recreate the fight scene from the movie.
Right, the DVD-commentary is great. But he best Carpenter commentary is with Kurt Russel (Can't remember what movie.) when they mention the movie only a couple of times. The rest is them just talking about memories, family and stuff. You get the feeling they are great pals who don't have enough time to just hang out and used that recording to do that.
04:04 If, while hopping through the court in either direction, the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses balance, the turn ends. Players begin their turns where they last left off. The first player to complete one course for every numbered square on the court wins the game.
I came here to watch this reaction and chew bubblegum and i'm all out of bubblegum😊 my list of the 4 John Carpenter films 1. the thing 2. big trouble in little China 3. Halloween 4. they live p.s. a few suggestions the ghost and the Darkness Link (1986) Monkey shines (1988) C.H.U.D. (1984) greetings from the Netherlands
Fun fact: the bubble gum / kick ass line was also used in the pc game "Duke Nukem 3D" from 1996 as a little hommage. Other pop culture references were made also (Doom, Indiana Jones, Alien, Terminator, 2001)
You guys are awesome. I love watching your videos. I’m a professional comic cover artist who also lives in Mississippi and I watch your videos almost daily while I work on cover art.
It's kind of funny that she said the fight looked real. Piper said he told to Keith to really hit him because he was actually hurting him trying to do Hollywood punches. So piper said just hit me anywhere but the face. They actually cut 5 minutes off the fight. And yes it is wrasslin.
How to win at hopscotch Sign On the Line: Instead of throwing the stone in numerical order, toss it in any square. When you complete a successful turn, initial the square where your marker landed and pass it to the next player. The game ends when all spaces have been initialed. The person with the most initialed squares wins.
No Holds Barred was a PPV and also a movie combo, with tiny lister and Hulk Hogan . Movie first I think and then a PPV cage match I think the price at the time was 12.95 for the movie and the PPV .
Hop scotch. You draw the pattern of 10 number in boxes. Step one, toss two objects onto 2 boxes. Jump onto the Number one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. When the boxes are side by side, land with both feet. When there is one box side to side, land with one foot. Skip boxes with a stone in it. Loose by falling or not landing in the boxes. Win the turn by completing all 8 jumps into the box and the last jump out of the last box without falling.
In the world of wrestler movies check out 3 of hulk Hogan movies, first no holds bard, it introduced the world to tiny lister, suburban commando, is one of Christopher loyds best characters, and Mr. Nanny, btw I was writing this comment when Matt mentioned no holds bard.
Part of the fun of the aesthetic of this film is, if it had been a big budget picture with flashy special effects, that would have undermined the anti-consumption message. Also Carpenter would likely have had to sacrifice a lot of control if he had to appease big investors.
Another one like this released right about this time is 'Alien Nation'. Worth a look. Also, it has Mandy Patinkin in it but he never says "You killed my father. Prepare to die,"
Believe me I know all about the heat wave. I had a job Friday and it was scorching. I put up gutters for a living. So I was outside in it. It wasn't even noon yet and it was already 90°. By time 1 in the afternoon rolled around it was already 95°. By time the job was done it was 100°. Too us about 5-6 hours to finish the job. The heat is what really slowed us down.
I'm southern as well and just barely older than Emily and I was really surprised when she didn't know who roddy puppet was, but i did forget this movie journey is cause she had a sheltered life.
Rowdy Roddy Piper was once the "main villain" in the WWF (at the time) and Hulk Hogan was the "hero." There was a Saturday morning cartoon called _Hulk Hogan's Rock'n'Wrestling_ which starred both of them, as well as most of the rest of the big WWF wrestlers of that era. It might be worth it to look up an episode or two.
Longest fight in movie history..its a metaphor for how difficult it is to convince other people to see the truth.
So damn true
That's the first time I've heard anything justifying that overlong scene.
Damn this crazy never thought of this 🤔😭
Exactly
Trump supporters need to see this comment.
" I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass." RIP, Roddy Piper. He's kicking ass in heaven right now.
This will forever be the only line I think of when hearing the name of this movie.
It's Time to kick ass and chew bubblegum...and I'm all out of gum... #NameTheGame
From memory it was improvisation by Roddy
And chewing gum.
Did they run out of bubble gum in heaven?
The pride of my life: Meeting Piper at Spooky Empire Mayhem 2012 and when he mentioned that "...kick ass and chew bubblegum..." line I stood up, walked to the stage, gave him a pack of Bubblicious, and shook his hand. (there is a video on RUclips somewhere of it)
That is cool!!😀
@@reesebn38 Found it. At the 19:40 mark roughly:
ruclips.net/video/JNLtwgxLnRc/видео.html
It was big league chew
Best documentary ever. The Matrix is a close second.
My mum passed away in 2019 at 74 and this was one of hers favorite movies.
What can I say my mum raised me on Action Movies, Kung Fu Films, Grind House Flicks, Cannon Films, and James Bond.
My mum was awesome.
I totally get this. My dad raised me on 2001: A Space Oddyssey, Silent Running, Blakes Seven and James Bond.
He was awesome too.
It is good to remember them.
A big salute to your awesome Mum. She knew what was up.
😁❤
Sounds like my mom. But watching Faces of Death at 8, maybe not a good idea. I had little to no restrictions on what I could watch.
Too true, cool mum! Just like they should be!
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Wow
That is awesome But I Am So sad for You Mum Passed all lot R.I.P
I hope you get well And better
Sorry for the Lost
"A dash of 'Mr Piper if you're nasty'..."
Sounds like it's time for Emily to endure Hell Comes to Frogtown 🐸
What a great reaction. "He needs those!" "He needs THOSE!" so funny.
Agreed. Her laughter is priceless.
They spoofed the fight scene in South Park, "Cripple Fight." It was hilarious!
Jimmy goes, "Timmy, I told you to put ON THE HAT!" Then he hits Timmy with his crutch.
South Park They Live fight ruclips.net/video/4Et7OI7e2sQ/видео.html
"Cripple fight!"
They basically reenacted the entire fight which is one of the most realistic fights in movie history. I love it after the fight someone says break it up
I believe that’s what Mr. Cinema Sherpa was thinking about when he started giggling as the fight started.
About the alien makeup: in line with the cynicism of the "American Dream" in They Live, once the signal is off, their skin colors are variations of red, white and blue.
I think Vince McMahon's issue with Roddy being in the film was tied to his control issues. He didn't like that Roddy got the film on his own.
He also feared that the movie, if popular, would make ROddy a more costly wrestler and harder to control. And he was right, it gave Piper the legs to renegociate better contracts.
This movie is actually a documentary of life as it is today
John carpenter is an absolute genius
It’s a commentary on Reagan era conservative politics and unrestrained capitalism.
If you notice the alley where Piper places and reclaims box of sunglasses is the same alley that the 70s Peter Parker climbs the wall for first time as 'The Amazing Spider-Man!'
I've always loved that line. "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass." "And I'm all out of bubble gum."
Love the Hot Rod (RIP) and I love Keith David, and I love John Carpenter this movie was a perfect trifecta and had a great anti-consumerism, and anti unchecked capitalism message, right up my alley. All time classic.
2:50 the music for this movie is almost its own character.
3:36 Roddy was cut from stone back then...
4:10 Hopscotch is like Tic-tac-toe and Global Thermal Nuclear War, the only winning move is not to play...
6:15 Priests been giving jump scares since the middle ages...
7:15 1988 got the middle 2010's pretty good...
7:54 Raybans?
8:26 the black and white plain labels were like the old generic aisle at the grocery stores...
9:19 the beginning of Roddy just being Roddy with the insults. Dude was brilliant...
9:52 Roddy was a pro wrestler...Clotheslines were his bread and butter...
10:23 Matthew knowing one of the greatest lines ever being uttered in cinema is being uttered...
12:30 The Greatest Film Fight Ever Made. Period.
18:34 Always time for a deez nuts joke...
Yes, ALWAYS time for a dez nuts joke.
If you liked this character design, you might enjoy cult fave The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension!, starring Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin and John Lithgow as the most over-the-top villain I can think of offhand. The movie is absolutely bonkers, and the aliens, the Red Lectoids, all named John Bigboote, are a marvel of 80s makeup and prosthetics, and reminiscent of They Live. Earth Girls Are Easy, also with Jeff Goldblum, has a similar thing as well, and is, IMO, a criminally overlooked 80s comedy gem.
The Lectroids are all Johns, but there is only one Big Booty.
I love the shot where he looks at money and it's a white piece of paper with the words "THIS IS YOUR GOD" on it.
As much as people love Carpenter's The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, and Starman, they all lost money initially. This film and Prince of Darkness were Carpenter's return to lower budget, more manageable films and more creative control.
The look of the aliens reminded me of the Mars Attacks! aliens without the bulbous heads. Maybe Carpenter was a fan of the trading cards.
Carpenter does not get the respect he deserves. I put him up there as one of the greatest, most truthful filmmakers.
I love Big Trouble, Escape from NY and They Live...but Starman might be the John Carpenter movie that is the most 'highbrow' genre film he has ever done and a damn fine film it is too.
Jesus did say you can’t serve both God and mammon.
@@davidcorriveau8615 I believe it the only Carpenter film to get a major Oscar nomination.
Well technically money is humanities God. We fight for it, protect it, covete it, need more of it in our lives, brings us happiness and plenty of people have killed for it.
Your guess is pretty correct. Vince McMahon is a control freak. Back when he took over the WWF from his father there were many wrestling territories. The WWF was the most well known was known as New York. Vince went on to absorb most other territories through higher paychecks and major events. He then went on to side projects. In the planning was a movie company when Roddy wanted to do this movie. He has started a WWE movie production company that is moderately successful. It's not great but it profits better than the XFL that he tried.
Of course Vince McMann forgets the wrestlers he inherited from the NWA, Roddy Piper included. The NWA was so much more entertaining.
Thank you! Piper has always been my favorite wrestler. The fight scene was definitely the best scene in the movie. One of my favorite quotes from Piper that wasn't in this movie was..
"Just when they think they have the answers, I change the questions!"
Hopscotch works by throwing a rock into each numbered square in order. If the rock bounces out of the square you need it to be in, then you have to keep trying on your next turns until you get it. Whoever gets to 10 first wins.
Also, balance. You have to hop on one foot. If you have to put your other foot down or fall out of the box, you lose a turn.
don't forget to pick up your rock, one 1 foot, on the way back, don't fall over, or touch with other foot or hand.
@@cnote3492 Huh. Mom didn't teach me that rule.
@@jimballard1186 yea we played the way that on the way up you had to jump over your rock and then pick it up as you skip back through, i guess there are many ways to play.
@@cnote3492 That, or Mom knew I'm so clumsy I'd break my face falling on the pavement trying to pick up the rock one-legged.
Matthew, you were correct about the WWF/WWE having their own film production. And yes, Vince McMahon did have extensive involvement in the production of No Holds Barred. By the way, whether Piper was wrestling in WWF/WWE, or WCW, he was famous for his great one-liners. And actually, one of Piper's signature moves in wrestling, was the Three Stooges style poke in the eyes. (Hogan always had the funniest reactions to that.)
I liked Matthew's reaction to Emily saying "I never got into rasslin. And it is rasslin". One phrase and you knew right away that Matthew grew up with WWF. And, even though Emily didn't watch wrestling, you knew she was in the southern territories as a child.
Fun fact about the fight scene, the asphalt was covered in a crash-mat that was painted to look like asphalt so they didn't get hut when getting thrown to the ground
Thanks for the reaction. Many people today would need such glasses. Nothing is what it seems
Hey Emily, hey Matthew, first of all: Awesome reaction! And I want to say thank you for the recommendations there at the end! There is also a French Synthwave artist going by the name Carpenter Brut. His tracks are heavily inspired by Carpenter but also many other 80s movies, especially in the horror/action/exploitation genre. In case you have played the Hotline Miami games or the game FURI, you will have heard some of his music, too, along with pieces of many other Synthwave artists. - And to the topic of Wrestling (or Wrasslin'!): Emily, if you are interested in this to some people very strange subculture, I wholeheartedly recommend the 30 minute video "Professional Wrestling is stupid and beautiful and I love it" by the RUclipsr Super Eyepatch Wolf, whom you might have heard of. It's very informative, but also funny and even emotional. And as he states right at the start: It's not meant to convert you into a wrestling fan, but to explain why so many people are. AND there is a bit about Roddy Piper in there, too! - I guess, a reaction video to that is too much to ask, especially bc wrestling copyright is a REAL pain the ass, but a modest man can hope. :D Anyway, thank you again and all the best.
LOVE watching movies with you guys, especially when Emily "calls it". Most of the time, I'm anticipating her reaction... just like Matt. Another RRP film you might wanna check out is HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN. It's silly but fun.
The Sam Hell movie is a whole new kinda weird.
Funny enough, I met Meg Foster at a convention and she was one of the sweetest celebrities I've ever met.
That's Awesome 👍
the way to play Hop Scotch was you had a coin that you would throw down the pattern. Where ever it landed you had to hop scotch to a spot near it and pick it up. If you fell you were out, pick it up you continued the pattern till you got back to safe. Obviously you tried to toss the coin near the double squares so it was easier to pick up, near the single squares was much harder because you had to stay up on the leg you landed on. You would get points for the farther out you tossed it and how close you were to the coin to pick it up. Close to the edge of the playing area was the most points and if it landed and stayed on a square that was the least points. Yeah it was a silly game if you didn't know the rules but if you did it was actually quite challenging. I know this because I grew up poor in Nebraska and it didn't have to be a coin you tossed, anything hard and basically round would do. Using wood coins would work, you just didn't get as many points because they didn't roll or bounce as much as far as something metal. Now back to the least appreciated John Carpenter film he made outside of the stupid Mars one and Escape from LA
We had two other variations of hopscotch (though the one you describe was the most popular, though we used a bean bag instead of a coin). One was each person would try to hop faster each time without their feet touching a line, and any single spaces, you had to alternate feet. If you messed up, you were out.
The other version was one person hops on the squares any way they want, and the next person had to repeat it. Almost like a dance-off, lol. This one was probably the least-played one I saw.
The version of hopscotch that I played was you tossed a coin/object and whatever square it landed on was the one you had to hop over. 😁
I grew up in 1960's in Germany, and we played all the ones in the comments. We had different hopscotch patterns and to each pattern had its own rules.
Anyone knows or remember the rubber band hop game? I have no idea what to call it.
@@naiaddore1797 What I liked the best was simply having a piece of chalk, drawing out the pattern, and just playing. Didn't cost any money (other than the chalk) and it made the time pass quick as we watched my friends not be able to do what I could. I was a master at my style of hop scotch. If I went to my niece or nephew and drew the pattern I know for a fact they would have no idea what it was or any idea about any rules. So simple, so challenging, so easy
Might I suggest Hell Comes To Frogtown for your next Roddy Piper flick.
Best trailer for a movie ever! Though I've yet to actually watch the whole movie. Perhaps that'll change today.
Awesome continuity.... They kept their bruises and scars from the fight scene all the way through the end.. Not like other movies where the hero washes up in the sink and he's fine two scenes later...
Outside of The Thing and Halloween, this is my favorite John Carpenter movie. Roddy Piper is pretty awesome in this, for a wrestler it might be the best performance ever, he and Keith David have great chemistry.
They Live is one of the most memorable films of my childhood, not to mention if was my first time seeing a wrestler I loved in a movie.
Carpenter is a genius. You should watch Prince of Darkness next. ❤️😀
John Carpenter has done a collaborative with the band Chvrches. My old friend pre-comics, Jamie McKelvie did the cover art (and the entire Chvrches ft Haley Willlians video Bury It,).
Meg Foster has the most striking eyes.
Kind of related fun fact but, Keith plays himself in the 4th saint's row game. literally the story is that the main character of the series (IE YOU) became president and made the actor keith david their vice president. Keith had been in the first games playing another character, and they even reference this a couple time saying he sounds like this other person they knew.
Later in the game, something happen that requires you to fight keith, but, you don't fight keith. Roddy Piper shows up out of nowhere and decides to help you fight keith, and it goes into a full reenactment of that scene from They Live. (and its actually Roddy piper, in one of his last acting roles)
OMG Matthew...you have to show Emily "Hell Comes to Frogtown" now that she's gotten herself a taste of Piper!
Side note, this was used for reference in the South Park "Cripple Fight!" scene.
Now you know where the "Peter VS Chicken" fights come from in "Family Guy"..
12:29 I just love Matthew's face...You can tell he's eagerly anticipating the next scene.
Peak John Carpenter, what a run he's had:
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Halloween (1978)
The Fog (1980)
Escape from New York (1981)
The Thing (1982)
Christine (1983)
Starman (1984)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
They Live (1988)
I was lucky enough to see all post fog theatrically
@@jimtatro6550 Awesome!
For me it started with Starman, but boy oh boy did I keep on renting The Thing and Escape from New York.
This movie gave birth to the most badass quote to ever be said on the big screen "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kickass and I'm all out of gum"
One of my fav fight scenes of the 80s next to the fight scene in 48 hours between Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte
The writers of South Park used the fight scene in an episode where two fighting characters mimicked every single hit/punch/kick from this movie
Rest in peace Hot Rod. 💔
"I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum."
Meg Foster's eyes are much too blue to be real, but they are. They gave her a unique, almost alien look.
Yo PiP! I am an 80's high schooler who was always saying that "...and I am all out of bubblegum..." I also may have started 'The Pippen Watch' TM. Also I would recommend Blind Fury. It's a middling to good movie, but more important MEG FOSTER is not a baddie!
This movie came to chew bubble gum and kick ass and it's all out of bubble gum.
Rest in peace, Rowdy Roddy Piper.
love this fiercely anticapitalist, extremely weird, hugely punchy movie
It's really not anti-Capitalist, since Carpenter doesn't have any issue with people making money or selling a product. It's against Corporatism, which is itself an anti-capitalist collectivist ideology, since it operates by attempting to distort and control a free market. John Carpenter was against the rampant Corporatism of the 80's, where corporations were expanding and gaining control over modern society. Carpenter since then, became a Libertarian, and continues to hold his anti-Corporatism views. It was corporations that are the reason he fought constantly to make his films his way.
my top 3 john carpenter movies
1. escape from new york
2. the thing
3. they live
what do you think about ghosts of mars?
@@nicktechnubyte1184 have not seen it
Big Trouble in Little China.
THEY LIVE is a documentary.
With the alley fight scene, all I can hear in my head is Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan doing commentary with Monsoon screaming that 'The commissioner needs to intervene"
Next up, ya gotta find THE HIDDEN (1978 with Kyle McLachlan) for another fun-time with aliens on earth.
Rest in peace to the late great legendary Hot Rod Rowdy Roddy Piper. He will never be forgotten. His performances in and out of the ring will be remembered guaranteed.
love They Live, it's John Carpenters 3rd best film in my opinion(directly behind The Thing and then his best movie Big trouble In Little China)
My same list!!!
Emily's reaction to first seeing an alien. *chef's kiss*
Saw this as a kid on cable. Always loved it. Helped that I was already a big fan of Mr. Piper And a very important movie IMHO.
Remember getting my buddy (a film student) into Carpenter movies, he thought they would be cheesy. I was working as the Video Replenishment Buyer for Virgin Megastore (Biggest Video Department in all of Nevada, I kicked Tower Records ass when it came to selection and hard to find stuff).
Before the store opened for the day, I had put on a dvd compendium called Ultimate Fights Vol.1 to play over the video displays in the store. The They Live! Fight was playing. My buddy (who was the book buyer) saw this and tracked me down.
"Dude, what movie is that. That looks brutal!"
"WHAT!?! you never seen They Live!"
"No I never watched it. Who did it?"
"Dude! That's John Carpenter, he fucking awesome."
"Oh. I only seen Halloween....I think"
"How is that possible?"
I explain the story of the movie and show him the dvd box
"Dude, John Carpenter movies are just fucking great man. I will say that some of his can bit cheesy, but he always worked with tiny budgets. That way he could do what he wanted. And while his movies seem cheesy with the effects (They could be better, but they where serviceable and sometimes just fucking cool) at times, Carpenter knew how to make the most of what he had to work with. And he does the music. Simple but just fucking cool (we both liked Hardcore Techno and ambient stuff like FSOL). And the story is, look if you like 1984, you will love this."
I ran over to the PC games and grabbed a copy of Duke Nukem.
"Where do you think this guy came from? His most famous line and some of his look, comes from They Live!"
My buddy became a big fan of Carpenter's movies and music. An he yelled "Fuck Yhea!" at Piper giving the camera the finger to the Aliens at the end.
I have a thing where I wanted to start a discussion on how “They Live”, “Demolition Man”, and “Idiocracy” connect and explain what our society is like…… basically a deep philosophical dive connecting this movie and two other great movies
"South Park" recreated this fight between Piper and David in the infamous "cripple fight" (their words not mine) scene shot for shot! Featuring Timmy and Jimmy in the episode that had Crips and Bloods making peace with each other.
Peace and love, everyone! No hate please!
Another great Carpenter movie worth checking out is Starman.
Piper said before he died that They Live is a documentary. He wasn't lying.
"I came here to shew bubblegum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubblegum" Best line ever!!
John Carpenter also took shots at movie critics in this movie especially a famous well known one who always gave Carpenter’s movies bad reviews.
You may remember George “Buck” Flower, the homeless guy in the first half, as the homeless guy in Back to the Future, or the homeless guy in Escape from New York, or the homeless guy in Wishmaster, or the homeless guy in The Night Stalker, or the homeless guy in Dark Breed, or the homeless guy in…….
Ah, the sci-fi version of Das Kapital - you cannae beat it.
Hopscotch you throw a pebble onto the numbered squares in order each turn and retrieve it as you return. If, while hopping through the court in either direction, the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses balance, the turn ends. First one through the sequence wins.
Fun Fact: When Roddy Piper and Keith David were fighting in the alley, Roddy Piper actually broke his foot when he kicked the helmet because he was so mad when he thought the hobbits died.
As others have said, Vince McMahon is a major control freak. So much so, in fact, that he tried to prevent Bob Remus (aka Sgt. Slaughter) from being the spokesperson for GI Joe back in the 1980s. He also tried to prevent Jesse "The Body" Ventura from being in "Predator" (1987) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ventura would also appear with Schwarzenegger in "The Running Man" (1987), two movies on your "to watch" list.
In complete fairness to Vince, he may have inherited at least some of his being a control freak from his father, Vince Sr. After all, Vince Sr. ended up firing Hulk Hogan from the WWF when Hogan appeared in "Rocky 3" (1982) with Sylvester Stallone. While WWE Studios didn't officially form until 2002, as Matthew mentioned, Vince was listed as an executive producer for "No Holds Barred" (1989) under the banner name of "Shane Distribution Company." (Shane is the name of Vince's son)
As Matthew said, there's an entirely different discussion to be had regarding how some wrestling promoters treat their wrestlers. Even today, the WWE likes to limit and/or control what projects the wrestlers can or cannot do while under contract.
Kieth David and Roddy Piper both showed up in Saints Row 4 and played themselves. There was a mission called He Lives and during it they recreate the fight scene from the movie.
Although you'll be disapointed to know that Keith is the one character you can't 'romance' !
Right, the DVD-commentary is great. But he best Carpenter commentary is with Kurt Russel (Can't remember what movie.) when they mention the movie only a couple of times. The rest is them just talking about memories, family and stuff. You get the feeling they are great pals who don't have enough time to just hang out and used that recording to do that.
big trouble in little china. that commentary is great, even if you learn nothing about the movie itself. lol
Another Carpenter's classic. Can't wait for The Thing reaction.
04:04
If, while hopping through the court in either direction, the player steps on a line, misses a square, or loses balance, the turn ends. Players begin their turns where they last left off. The first player to complete one course for every numbered square on the court wins the game.
Put on the glasses! - me trying to give one of my cats their medicine.
I came here to watch this reaction and chew bubblegum and i'm all out of bubblegum😊
my list of the 4 John Carpenter films
1. the thing
2. big trouble in little China
3. Halloween
4. they live
p.s. a few suggestions
the ghost and the Darkness
Link (1986)
Monkey shines (1988)
C.H.U.D. (1984)
greetings from the Netherlands
"You, you're okay. This one: real fuckin' ugly."
9:05 - You know, I've always felt the same way. It's has a very McCarthyism-like feel to it. Just like the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
I loved this movie when I first saw it back in 1989 or so when it came on HBO. It is in my top 7 favorite John Carpenter movies.
Fun fact: the bubble gum / kick ass line was also used in the pc game "Duke Nukem 3D" from 1996 as a little hommage. Other pop culture references were made also (Doom, Indiana Jones, Alien, Terminator, 2001)
You guys are awesome. I love watching your videos. I’m a professional comic cover artist who also lives in Mississippi and I watch your videos almost daily while I work on cover art.
Nobody can rock a one-liner like "Rowdy" Roddy Piper! 😂👍
And nobody can piper a one liner like The Rock.
Matthew's eyes *lighting* up just before that first punch...priceless.
It's kind of funny that she said the fight looked real. Piper said he told to Keith to really hit him because he was actually hurting him trying to do Hollywood punches. So piper said just hit me anywhere but the face. They actually cut 5 minutes off the fight. And yes it is wrasslin.
I feel like I make eye contact with the husband whenever we know you’re going to have a reaction to certain parts. I love this channel💜
Roddy Piper said years ago he ad-libbed a lot of his great one-liners.
Which makes sense since he did it all the time as a wrestler.
How to win at hopscotch
Sign On the Line: Instead of throwing the stone in numerical order, toss it in any square. When you complete a successful turn, initial the square where your marker landed and pass it to the next player. The game ends when all spaces have been initialed. The person with the most initialed squares wins.
No Holds Barred was a PPV and also a movie combo, with tiny lister and Hulk Hogan . Movie first I think and then a PPV cage match I think the price at the time was 12.95 for the movie and the PPV .
Hop scotch. You draw the pattern of 10 number in boxes. Step one, toss two objects onto 2 boxes. Jump onto the Number one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. When the boxes are side by side, land with both feet. When there is one box side to side, land with one foot. Skip boxes with a stone in it. Loose by falling or not landing in the boxes. Win the turn by completing all 8 jumps into the box and the last jump out of the last box without falling.
In the world of wrestler movies check out 3 of hulk Hogan movies, first no holds bard, it introduced the world to tiny lister, suburban commando, is one of Christopher loyds best characters, and Mr. Nanny, btw I was writing this comment when Matt mentioned no holds bard.
Part of the fun of the aesthetic of this film is, if it had been a big budget picture with flashy special effects, that would have undermined the anti-consumption message. Also Carpenter would likely have had to sacrifice a lot of control if he had to appease big investors.
I hope you guys will watch John Carpenter's "Dark Star" some day. Not his finest work, but it did worm its way into my heart.
Great no-budget film.👍
There were talks of a remake to the movie, taking place during the 2010 recession, but as of 2018, the remake has been shelved.
that's probably for the best
we've seen enough classics getting shitty remakes!
Per an interview with him, Roddy Piper ad-libbed "I am here to chew bubblegum and kick ass .... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
Love this movie. This is still relevant today. RIP Rowdy Piper.
Another one like this released right about this time is 'Alien Nation'. Worth a look.
Also, it has Mandy Patinkin in it but he never says "You killed my father. Prepare to die,"
Meg foster was my 80s crush. I was absolutely in love with that woman in my youth.
Believe me I know all about the heat wave. I had a job Friday and it was scorching. I put up gutters for a living. So I was outside in it. It wasn't even noon yet and it was already 90°. By time 1 in the afternoon rolled around it was already 95°. By time the job was done it was 100°. Too us about 5-6 hours to finish the job. The heat is what really slowed us down.
I'm southern as well and just barely older than Emily and I was really surprised when she didn't know who roddy puppet was, but i did forget this movie journey is cause she had a sheltered life.
You guys should keep the Carpenter train going by watching Prince of Darkness an In The Mouth of Madness... Two of his best movies.
I second "Prince Of Darkness"! That movie was amazing! plus we get a cool cameo by Alice Cooper
Rowdy Roddy Piper was once the "main villain" in the WWF (at the time) and Hulk Hogan was the "hero." There was a Saturday morning cartoon called _Hulk Hogan's Rock'n'Wrestling_ which starred both of them, as well as most of the rest of the big WWF wrestlers of that era. It might be worth it to look up an episode or two.
A very underrated Carpenter film, cool reaction as always Emily & Matthew, you both take care and have a great weekend
That scene with those police soldiers will forever live rent free in my mind