Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Better Than Excellent Adventure?
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2023
- In 1989 Orion Pictures, along with Nelson Entertainment released Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The film was widely loved, and still is, to this day by both critics and fans alike. Because the film was so popular, spawned tons of merchandise and even had two spinoff shows…a sequel was inevitable.
This isn’t just any sequel, it’s Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey. At the time regarded as a love it or hate it film and was considered a box office failure. So let’s go to hell, visit heaven, build some evil and good robots and face off in the Battle of Bands as we check out Bill & Ted’s bonkers follow up on this episode of Revisited.
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I recently took a van full of middle school boys on a road trip and we watched Bill & Ted 1 and 2 and they loved them. They still resonate with their target audience decades later
I love Bogus Journey. The Grim Reaper with my favorite character. It's a shame that the scene where Colonel oats, Easter Bunny, and Granny chasing the van was cut.
You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper #bars
Don’t overlook *my* butt. I work out all the time, and reaping burns a lot of calories
But what about me, I made the wigs. I helped with the shopping. I was pushing the cart.
Get down with your bits.
“See you real soon”
Our Polish surname Boguslavski got shortened to Bogus at Ellis Island, so my family was pre-destined to love Bill and Ted
I would definitely agree Bogus Journey is better in my opinion not even just because I saw that one first …it’s the zanier..funnier darker tone and LOVE the ending!! No disrespect to the original but this is THE best Bill &Ted movie and the one I go back to
I'm not gonna lie I personally liked the sequel as well. The opening when evil robot Bill and Ted took their skin off their heads like a hood was awesome practical effects. William Sadler was born to play Death, tbh.
I described the plot of this movie to my wife a long time ago and her reaction was, "Wait... WHAT???" Then we watched it. I think the trilogy is fantastic, even if it's a little uneven. The second one is one of the most bonkers things to have ever happened to mainstream movies and I cherish it for that reason! I love that y'all put a spotlight on it! Thank you for that!
Trilogy?
@@warreng675 Well, I think so, because right now there are three of them and I don't see a fourth movie happening. Thoughts on the matter?
@@russellcheck I was'nt talking about them making another one
@@warreng675 I don't understand the question, then. There are three movies. You asked, "Trilogy?"
@@russellcheck You said, the trilogy is fantastic. I'm saying only the first two are fantastic
it really is a journey. by the time it’s s over you feel like you’ve traveled with them. And don’t deny you wouldn't wish for the united humanity their music could bring. plus the epilogue through newspapers and magazines is nostalgic and heartwarming. and what a quote - Be excellent to each other. 👍
Bogus Journey also had an absolutely amazing soundtrack. Was a staple in the car for my friend and I anytime we went out to do stuff.
Certainly the Kiss song.
Always been one of my fav movies. Im def in the journey vs adventure camp and always have been. Awesome practical effects, sick 90s metal soundtrack, death, station… shit’s most non heinous
Who'd have guessed that the sequel would be even more enjoyable than the original?
I thought the same thing with "Temple of Doom" and "Terminator 2" and "Empire Strikes Back".
I LOVE the Rocko's Modern Life episode "To Heck and Back"! Massive points for that little cutaway!!
Death: "Don't overlook MY butt. I work out all the time, and reaping burns a lot of calories." Immortal line!
I watched this video at my office after a sleepless night of frustration and hunger thanks to my wife. B&T were just what I needed; thanks, JoBlo!
I got this movie on dvd in like 2003, had never heard of it and McDonald’s or someone was giving them away at the time along with some other movies. I was 12, had just watched the matrix and freaking loved how weird this movie was. Had no idea it was a sequel until years later.
It wasn’t until much later I realized how purposefully ludicrous the end time traveling was, and now I think about this movie pretty much everytime I see time traveling in movies
I remember seeing it in the theater. The theater owners handed out a photocopied glossary of terms so us Midwesterners would be able to understand the dialog. I didn’t have any problems following along but I was also sixteen at the time. I might still have a copy in my archives… I liked Death and his goofy accent. The alien Station freaked me out. Definitely not what I was expecting but still a movie! 😊
Bogus Journey is amazing. I saw it five times in the theatre as a kid.
"We...we...we love you guys..."
I always liked it more than first
This is one of few sequels that was as good as the original
I actually love Bogus Journey ❤️ and find it a lot funnier. William 🥧 Sadler steals the movie with his turn as the Grim Reaper. Plus he has a cameo as his normal non costume character at the end of the movie. The Scene where Bill & Ted possesses their dads in the police station was extremely funny. Not bad opening in 2nd place behind Terminator 2 in 1991.
You might be a King or a little street sweeper but sooner or later you dance with the Reaper !
I recall seeing the Bogus Journey when I was way too little, before I even learnt English. I was just captivated by the events in the different scenes. I remember I was really scared of the robots of Bill and Ted.
Bill & Ted’s Bogus journey is one of the movies that always instantly brings me back to my childhood! Every scene is so familiar, it’s like a dream when I watch it now lol I absolutely love this movie!! Other films that give me those same warm childhood memories are Tmnt 2 Secret of the Ooze, Batman Returns, Lion King and a few more. Excellent 🤘🏼
I wouldn't say better, but just different. I love them both!
I own the first two movies on DVD. I never watch one without immediately watching the other. To me, it's like they are one movie on two discs. I haven't seen the third movie in a long time. I need to get it on DVD, too, so that I can see all three whenever I sit down. It will be a Bill & Ted marathon every time. Excellent!!!
"STATION!"
Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey are dang near perfect. We did not need a part 3
Bogus journey was the first bill and ted movie I watched as a kid. I remember renting it when it was a new release at the video store
As a young man growing up in the 90s, I must say that “ I loved and watched Bogus Journey as a more excellent film than its predecessor by a wide margin”. It was an imaginative sequel that somehow seemed to be given the green light, a feat that would not happen today.
When I first saw this in the theater I didn't enjoy it too much was really different from the first, but over the years I enjoyed more. Now I know why B & T seemed a bit older than in the original, it was actually made in '87 and released in '89 so by '91 they were 4 years older
It is the perfect sequel in my opinion. The first one was rooted in reality enough that it could reach a larger audience and as it became a hit, and the characters had been established, the sequel could let loose.
Death is definitely the best part of the sequel, but it also means Bill & Ted didn't have to change a lot (so it wouldn't be a carbon copy of the first). Death adds a layer of crazy to the film no human character could have.
It gets quite a bit of hate, but I genuinely like Face the Music. Especially with Death having another great part to play. I do hope they're not going to do a spin-off with the daughters. They were good in the movie, but on their own, they're just female copies of Bill & Ted.
I found Face The Music to be rather mediocre compared to Adventure and Journey. It doesn't just doesn't hold up. Now i don't hate it, and there were some decent parts but it's ok at best.
@@derek-64 I get you didn't like it as much, maybe it was mainly a nostalgia trip for me.
@@Yvolve i tried to like it, and there's some decent parts, but overall i found it to be ok at best. And i do own a copy since i bought it but i'll stick with the first two.
@@derek-64 I definitely see your point and I respect that. To each their own, fortunately. The world would be a very boring place if everyone liked the same things.
As I said, nostalgia played a pretty big part for me. I agree the story is somewhat lacking in parts and it feels a bit rushed, but it did it for me. The first two are definitely the better movies, there is no doubting that.
Hopefully they'll leave it at this. No spin-offs or sequels, I don't think that'll do the series any good.
In my opinion, this film has one of the best endings ever put to celluloid.
I grew up with both and 100% agree the sequel is better. The farcical charm of the 1st is dialed up even more, amazing casting (Sadler knocks it out of the park as always), immersive cinematography, etc. It's just more fun. :)
Lol, love it, death
“You…… have SUNK my battleship”
so funny cause. Most would challenge at what they’re good at. They just picked random bullshit and won lol
William Sadler killed it. He developed that Grim Reaper character before Bogus Journey.
You failed to mention one of the best parts of the movie, Kiss's cover of "God gave rock and roll to you"
I don't know what the critics are talking about; I hear THIS one get quoted more often than the first one! =) XD
6:23 glad to know what this place is actually called. It's in Star Trek a bunch, and I'm fairly certain it's in a Mr. Show episode.
The Grim Reaper in this film is hilarious.
You forgot to mention that the song at the end (“God Gave Rock & Roll to You”) was from a Christian rock group but performed by KISS in the film. I love the dichotomy!!
6:38 That rock formation looks like the one from Roswell, where Sadler played the sheriff
I'm pretty sure this was the first movie I saw in the theater by myself. My mom let me go to the midnight opening and I remember my mind being blown. I loved it even more than the first if that was possible because I loved me some Bill & Ted going into the sequel. I was surprised to find out years later that it was kind of hated on and I tried to convince people over the years to give it another watch. I thought maybe my nostalgia goggles were convincing me this movie was good but no, it's genuinely a great sequel.
Bogus was so over the top, that's what made it so much fun!
Let's not forget, this movie also gave us Station, the worlds first Pokemon 😂
My dad took me to the theater to see this. I remember the hell section was freaky as... well, hell.
Dude must've been SO HIGH when he wrote this screenplay.
This is and will always be my favorite duo of movies, but Excellent Adventure is the best.
Colonel Stuart? Nah, that's agent Sloan
There a few things I can go into here with both films and what I thought they should be at the time over now and such. Even though these 2 films are only 2 years apart from each other, to a kid, growing up that is a long time. If one was 12 they were now 14. If a kid was 10 they were now 12. Those perspecives absolutely changed for me during those years of 10-12 and 12-14.
From that POV that is a lot of time especially with pop culture, even then. Things still meant things back then. It was not how it is now with the 2 week window. A thing, whatever it is, music, film, a show, whatever, comes out and after 2 weeks its treated like its never existed till the stream or the DVD release and the process repeats itself.
Back in the day one had to do so much more to absorb something, find something, obtain something. Even as far back as 2000 it was impossible to get some things in media just to see/hear for the first time. Today, most things like this can be searched and found in minutes and in a lot of cases free or close to it.
I always looked at B&T as these metal heads that were trying to push this scene on the masses but what we got was more a PG version of that and that is fine. I almost envisioned B&T as Beavis and Butthead but they hardly ever talked about the scene or bands of the scene. Sure they mention a few things but due to the budgets of both films just look at the soundtracks. The first film has almost all no name bands that didn't do very much in popular rock or even metal of the time. If it wasn't for the soundtrack most wouldn't even know who these bands are. The 2nd film tries to include "names" but 80s rock was already looked at as dated by 1991. The soundtrack does a good job of mixing both new songs from older hair bands and newer styles of metal that were just starting to break out.
At the end the Wild Staliions song is "God Gave Rock N' Roll" by KISS and even in 1991 no one really cared about KISS anymore. I am not saying this to be a dick either. I love KISS and I loved that song. I played this tape a lot back in the day but even as a 11-12 year old that was in their first year or 2 of metal/rock I saw this as dated. It being 1991 there was a heavy Alt Rock/Metal scene but I doubt much of that music would have worked in the film.
Both these movies are really a buddy cop series than a pair of movies about metal heads and clichés of that lifestyle.
B&T-EA is a corky young comedy for younger people between middle school and high school, sure elementary kids watched this too cause they are sort of family movies as well. That is how I saw them. B&T-BJ is the same but with a 90s perspective. This is endeniablly a 90s film even though most of the production of this movie is still 1989-1990 all the way up to the 1991 release.
We started seeing 90s style filmmaking in the late 80s and right into 1990-1991. Just most didn't start to notice the 90s astetic till around 1993. Granted I live in SWFL so it might be different for other people in other areas. Probably is more different than the same.
Love all three!
I remember the second one more than the first one. Third one was subpar. The Grim Reaper was one of the best charachters in Bogus Journey.
I've always preferred Bogus Journey to Excellent Adventure. But now I love Face the Music the most.
The great thing about Bogus Journey is it both uses and breaks the formula of the first film. And also one of my favorite responses to a critic who called it "dumb" was "How dumb can a film that references Ingmar Bergman be?"
And then.....part 3 happened, in which we're informed that it wasn't Bill and Ted, The MEN, that save the world, but it was in fact their daughters, the GIRLS, that save the world. Because, after all, in today's world there is no way, NO WAY, we could have men be the ultimate heroes.
Bogus Journey is the best because has an epic surreal feel to it, with B and T dying going to Heaven and Hell meeting death and then with the great song at the end and the credits rolling with all their accomplishments in the future. It was also funny that Missy married Death. Excellent Adventure is good but it just doesn't give you the chills like this one, especially if you see it in the theatre.
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey plot is similar to Terminator 2. Good robot vs. bad robot. In T2, the future is a nightmare. In Bogus, the future is great but the villain wants the future messed up.
Station!
I always thought Bogus Journey was the 1st film. It wasn't until a few years ago that I knew it was the second film, it seemed so weird! Bogus Journey is definitely the best one for sure.
You might be a king or a little street sweeper, but sooner or later you dance with the reaper 💀
l remember some dude was about to be executed(bogus) by the state when this movie was still fresh
His last statement was"You Might be a King or a Street Sweeper but Everyone Dances With the Grim Reaper" thought that was a most excellent last word
Also kinda wondered how he got to see this on Death Row?
i saw it in the theaters and have always loved it and found it better than the first, and while i didn't dislike Face the music i do wish it would've just ended with the positive ending we got in 2.
I'm glad they didnt take the "they have to write another test? oh nooo, here we go!" approach. I still prefer the first one due to its soundtrack :D
Bogus Journey is one of my favorite movies regardless of the box office.
the film has PRIMUS, is an EXCELLENT follow up, bonkers ei, maybe that should be the next film Bill and Ted's Bonkers sequel.
Bogus journey is 💯 my favourite.
I also agree this is better than the first movie. I love the first but this one stinks with me more
I love both films equally, and even the third movie worked well.
I loved this film. I am a big fan of Death. He made the movie, I liked it more than the first because of him.
The 80s was just SO experimental. You have to give it props for that. People still hated and loved films back then, even if they were surprised by the content.
Nowadays, I don't think there is anything really surprising in a movie. There is far less escapism. The title of a movie now sums up what you're going to see.. and as for Marvel. Sure, it's impressive and CGI laden cutting edge effects. But compare the dialogue to modern films to films in the 80s and they are so wildly different.
Peer group banished this movie after loving the first one. I doubt most saw it and just went with the flow.
My brother and I rented the video tape, maybe as a joke, because in our minds it was one of the worst movies we never saw.
We loved it, and didnt understand really why it was considered so bad by our peers unless they didnt see it and just repeated what they heard from media.
its not better its different i would even say its the most different sequel in movie history.... and i actually forgot about the 3rd movie, which was...just ok.
I remember this playing on the tv when I was 4 and remember having nightmares from the easter bunny.
That said, I still say So Crates to this day.
is the mall scene where they get the good robot parts filmed at the twin pines mall?
Great soundtrack as well.
Bogus Journey takes what made the original great and turned it all up to 11. It wasn't afraid to try something new and original. The best sequels are always the ones who can properly balance these 2 things. Just like T2, BT2 was better than the 1st.
Yup. I also prefer this sequel. It became an instant classic for me already back then.
The Bill & Ted Trilogy Rulez✊🏻!
The car chase is in the novel too.
best soundtrack ever
Journey is my favorite as well =]
I certainly think so
I feel that you can’t go wrong with either but The Reaper may put Bogus Journey over the top as the winner.
In my humble opinion this was the best in the series. The first one was great, the third one was way too predictable, but they killed in the 2nd.
I think it's a great sequel. What bugged me were the futuristic costumes which looked so shitty - I mean, look at Rufus! You can see it's just cut-out thin foam and not even well cut! While the first sported a more grisly outlook on the future like it was common in the 90s, the sequel was really into colours and brightness which was more a 90s feeling.
haven't watched the video yet but the title got my attention lol. i've always loved the sequel wayyyyyy more than the first movie. its just a lot more fun and more interesting lol. im not super crazy on the first movie if im being honest, the second is the only one i watch yearly lol
YES!
Bogus Journey is my favourite of the trilogy.
The credits reveal you're a Nomolos too?!
The word on the mouth of this movie must’ve been terrible because it dropped all the way from third in the second week to 10th in the third
Ive always liked bogus journey more than excellent adventure
I've always said it was better. It's my go-to example for a sequel that's better than the original (there aren't too many!)
YES
Excellent Adventure is better than Bogus Journey but it's really hard for a comedy sequel to better than original.
Clicked on this so fast. It’s between what you saw first. I saw bogus journey first so that’s my favorite but not saying excellent adventure isn’t great as well! Face the music was decent
I love the parody of The Seventh Seal. I enjoy this movie.
Definitely my favorite as a kid and adult. Those movies are my childhood. There are a couple gay slurs in there that aren't ok, but unfortunately that was a thing in the 80's / 90's . Doesn't excuse it and I"m sure the writers / performers / directors have grown up since then. But these were the friends I wished I'd had as a little kid. Bogus Journey is the much more creative and dark sibling to the other two films. STATION!
No way it's better than the original.
Before I watch this video I’m gonna say I saw the title. YES! Yes it is better. I could talk for days about this film. But the only thing I have to say if you’ve seen this is.
STATION!
If anything. Bogus journey was a harbinger for the entire thread of films for the 90’s. Good video. I got the like button smashed
The Only True Wisdom Consists In Knowing That You Know Nothing.
I like both movies, but I enjoy Bogus Journey more than the 1st
Bogus Journey is definitely visually appealing and hell of a lot of fun but Excellent Adventure is slightly a better film in terms of story. But i love the entire trilogy.
Great movie possibly better than the first. Don't know why they need a third though.