Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: THE METEOR MAN

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2023
  • I tackle the 1993 superhero comedy "The Meteor Man", starring Robert Townsend!
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  • @TheBrandonTenold
    @TheBrandonTenold  10 месяцев назад +248

    Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...Meteor Man?

    • @LeeroyPorkins
      @LeeroyPorkins 10 месяцев назад +3

      Pumaman

    • @crabohato4954
      @crabohato4954 10 месяцев назад +6

      OH GOD WATCH OUT METEOR MAN THE DINOSAURS

    • @mrmysterious8124
      @mrmysterious8124 10 месяцев назад +6

      Can you look at a Dinosaur Movie called Baby Secret Of The Lost Legend🦕

    • @entertainmentpowerfuchs5744
      @entertainmentpowerfuchs5744 10 месяцев назад +5

      R.I.P. Tiny Lister Jr

    • @a.m.pietroschek1972
      @a.m.pietroschek1972 10 месяцев назад +4

      A superheroic movie with all in it, who ever felt it `pulsing in da panz´, when Wesley Snipes was on screen ago? 90's were the end. 🙃

  • @omisan771
    @omisan771 10 месяцев назад +787

    The 90s were full of movies and TV shows starring black actors. Listening to the current cultural mainstream, you would think that this all new and groundbreaking.

    • @jamesquirk4999
      @jamesquirk4999 10 месяцев назад +24

      They were all horrible 😢 and terrible 😢 😅

    • @Bluestar1079
      @Bluestar1079 10 месяцев назад +152

      According to Gen z, everything they do is new. Every dance, every song. Every thought and idea. I just learned that they invented vibe check, finna, and taking the L. Could have sworn I was saying those 20 years ago.

    • @lutherheggs451
      @lutherheggs451 10 месяцев назад +36

      I mean its not rocket science and not really hard to understand. They meant Black Panther was the first one to really take it seriously and had a mostly black cast. If we want to get technical Meteor Man would be the first, not that its good but it came out in 1993. Blade didn't exist until 1998, Steel was 1997 and, Blank Man was garbage, but still came out a year after Meteor Man.

    • @thesolidsnakealpha
      @thesolidsnakealpha 10 месяцев назад +124

      ​@@jamesquirk4999Eddie Murphy films were terrible? Richard Pryor movies too? The Rocky movies? Yeah and the Cosby show and fresh Prince?
      You're trippin

    • @JPGellabroke
      @JPGellabroke 10 месяцев назад +5

      Thank you

  • @cyberpunkstarfish897
    @cyberpunkstarfish897 10 месяцев назад +218

    To be fair, pulling seemingly random powers out of one's ass is fully in line with Silver Age Superman comics.

    • @richmcgee434
      @richmcgee434 10 месяцев назад +18

      Entirely. Although the Martian Manhunter might be an even better example, almost every one of his Silver Age stories revealed a new power or an even more implausible way to use one he already had.

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj 10 месяцев назад +10

      And that happened a LOT with a LOT of the old public domain Super Heroes, too. But I do think that Meteor-Man needed to have more clearly defined powers and more hard limits on what he can do. I keep saying that I hope that Meteor-Man is rebooted and reimagined at some point in the future with a new, young actor in the lead role and with someone else writing and directing it!

    • @chuck_jotsugaming6755
      @chuck_jotsugaming6755 10 месяцев назад +4

      Golden Lords, I wish more people knew about them

    • @I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn
      @I_want_White_Cheddar_Popcorn 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@chuck_jotsugaming6755that's actually a cool gang name imo

    • @nomenclature7662
      @nomenclature7662 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@JR-ju3kjdabe Chapelle should be meteor man

  • @wstine79
    @wstine79 10 месяцев назад +104

    I met Robert Townsend at a Q&A at Piedmont Community College. He had great things to say about this movie and was very nice.

  • @danielallen3454
    @danielallen3454 10 месяцев назад +232

    The thing about Frank Gorshin, about most of the 60's Batman cast really, is that most of them were very legit. Frank Gorshin in particular had a long and well-received career through his entire life.

    • @DesignIncase
      @DesignIncase 10 месяцев назад +34

      Honestly if they had wanted to do a serious darker Batman in the 60's, the cast probably could have pulled it off.

    • @danielallen3454
      @danielallen3454 10 месяцев назад +14

      Almost certainly.@@DesignIncase

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад +8

      frank in particular? Are you kidding me? Ask anyone what name they know his or Vincent Price. Hell even Caesar Romero was more well known.

    • @danielallen3454
      @danielallen3454 10 месяцев назад

      If you're gonna make that argument, you should bring up Burgess Meredith.@@Necrowolf81

    • @torinju
      @torinju 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@Necrowolf81 Eh, Frank was pretty well known when I was a kid. Granted, it was a long time ago, but he was on TV like ALL the time in variety and talk shows. He might not be as well remembered as some from that time period, but he was very well known at the time.

  • @tylerskiss
    @tylerskiss 10 месяцев назад +216

    Disney has made LOTS of claims that have been, well… bold faced lies! Every time a new film comes out they like to claim it’s the first gay lead or first Latin lead and it never is

    • @carn9507
      @carn9507 10 месяцев назад +41

      Heh, yeah they've done the "first gay character" so many times now. And it's usually just a supporting character whose 'gayness' can be easily edited out for the less gay-friendly markets like russia and china then gets forgotten about.

    • @jack-a-lopium
      @jack-a-lopium 10 месяцев назад

      I don't think Disney has ever claimed anything of the sort... that's usually RUclips 'nostalgia' commentators, who are a plague on humanity, let's be honest.
      We all remember the twXtwaffles guy from a month or two ago, who actually had a dolly of trans-Cloud in a dress behind him. They're all just tragic virgins and latent homXXexuals, let's be honest.
      To be fair, you sound like you're admitting to something, yourself...

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@carn9507 yeah like the spiderman far from home having a trans character....who was just a third string character at best and the whole trans thing wasn't really mentioned. Still didn't stop the media from making a big deal out of it. Technically it was a Sony movie though I guess.

    • @robertb7293
      @robertb7293 10 месяцев назад +10

      Starting next year, they'll be filming in technicolor! With sound!

    • @jack-a-lopium
      @jack-a-lopium 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@Necrowolf81 Love that you basically agreed with me, Disney/Sony didn't say those things... 'the media' said them, according to you. I mean, your speech is also fairly unhealthy but in a different way.

  • @royshaheer
    @royshaheer 10 месяцев назад +212

    You know what I'm glad you uncovered it, Black Panther was deal because of Disney's association but it is unfair when movies like these exist, they are really part of history worth remembering.

    • @TheCrazyTalkKid
      @TheCrazyTalkKid 10 месяцев назад +13

      Eh, the first guy gets the shaft sometimes. Before Jackie Robinson made it into baseball a Moses Walker was the first black baseball player in a white league. Didn't go quite as well.

    • @behindthescenesphotos5133
      @behindthescenesphotos5133 10 месяцев назад +10

      It was the same thing with Captain Marvel, even though Wonder Woman was still fresh in people's memory. Disney's hype built it up as another "first" and used that as a selling point. I get people not knowing about Meteor Man or Blankman because they weren't established characters or successful movies, but willfully ignoring the Blade trilogy? Most people remember those existing whether they saw them or not. It got pretty irritating watching everyone salivate over Black Panther like it was some monumental accomplishment for mankind; Spawn, Steel, and Men in Black (MIB was a comic first) were all in theaters at the same time in 1997 and no one gave it a second thought.

    • @i-yell-a-lot4906
      @i-yell-a-lot4906 10 месяцев назад +1

      SOMEONE SHOULD DO A METEOR MAN ANIME.

    • @powerist209
      @powerist209 10 месяцев назад +5

      Well, Spawn had mixed reception (more so since it had campy tone and more serious HBO version was running at the time).
      Shaq’s Steel was despised.

    • @richmcgee434
      @richmcgee434 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@i-yell-a-lot4906 Because Japan is so well-known for their respectful and nuanced takes on Black characters?
      Oh wait, no. No they are generally not.

  • @MagicE13
    @MagicE13 10 месяцев назад +184

    Is it a good movie? No.
    Is it an entertaining movie? Yes.
    It stays kind of grounded at least and doesn't hit Superman 3 territory. I for one miss the heart that 80's and 90's movies had.
    I like this movie.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 10 месяцев назад +2

      The only time you see an all-black cast like this,today,is in the Black Panther films.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 10 месяцев назад +3

      I LIKE this film also,lots of fun,silly in a good way tho,plenty of cameos and guest stars you recognize.Can we say-REBOOT. LOL.

    • @MagicE13
      @MagicE13 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@user-be7tc2bd6e A reboot would suffer from 'current-day-itis', although...Lizzo could play the meteor....🤔

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 10 месяцев назад

      @@MagicE13 So true. LOL. GOOD joke about Lizzo.

    • @j.d.4697
      @j.d.4697 10 месяцев назад +1

      Same, those were the golden ages of entertainment.

  • @jcmmnx
    @jcmmnx 10 месяцев назад +33

    That dog must've got superpowers as well being able to drag a grown man across the floor. lol

  • @chuckjaywalk
    @chuckjaywalk 10 месяцев назад +40

    Robert Townsend's brand was pretty much gently funny dramas. I was always fond of them but it's definitely its own thing.

  • @florinivan6907
    @florinivan6907 10 месяцев назад +141

    I feel like the entire budget was spent on hiring competent actors and almost nothing else. Like a coherent script.

    • @salmineo4132
      @salmineo4132 10 месяцев назад +3

      One,it's a kids movie
      Two,allot of these black actors don't get hired by Hollywood......get upset about that versus the script Karen

    • @Bacteriophagebs
      @Bacteriophagebs 10 месяцев назад +9

      @@salmineo4132 A kids' movie with crack dens and gang violence. Riiiight. And even if it _were_ a kids' movie, that doesn't excuse a shitty script. Why do people keep saying that? A crappy script in a kids' movie just means you have a crappy movie with an even smaller audience. A good kids' movie is pretty much the biggest money-maker you can create, because not only does your movie make fucktons of money, you also sell toys. You see anyone buying Meteor Man toys? No, but the toy sales for _Cars,_ _Toy Story,_ and pretty much any Disney animated movie before 2010 are worth more than most Hollywood Blockbusters make. And that's before we get into the kid-friendly films aimed at a general audience like Star Wars and the Marvel movies.

    • @threeslavsinatrenchcoat5479
      @threeslavsinatrenchcoat5479 10 месяцев назад +6

      "It'S a KiDs MoViE!" Wow, never heard that excuse before.

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj 10 месяцев назад +1

      Agreed. I keep saying that Meteor-Man needs a reboot( along with a new comic book series) and that he needs to be reimagined and reinvented. There was( and there STILL IS) a lot of untapped potential there with the character. Meteor-Man is even a big inspiration and influence for two of my own characters who are black Super Heroes and Superman-like characters that I plan on doing independent comic books for in the future.

    • @salmineo4132
      @salmineo4132 10 месяцев назад

      @@Bacteriophagebs while y'all have gangstas in batman but who cares .....white privilege at play .....keep whitesplaining a black movie

  • @davideassis87
    @davideassis87 10 месяцев назад +88

    It seems like the movie has a lot of heart. With better writing and a more consistent plot, it could've been one of the best from the 90s.

    • @TheRezro
      @TheRezro 10 месяцев назад

      Steel is actually better

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 10 месяцев назад +101

    Still seems better than any of the Madea movies.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 10 месяцев назад +52

    James Earl Jones as the neighbour looks like an alternate version of the rebooted version of the Nutty Professor which was closer to Lewis's professor in design.

    • @Chilling_Charizard
      @Chilling_Charizard 9 месяцев назад +2

      Congratulations, you just created a multiverse. Buddy Love could be the archenemy for Meteorman 🤷🏾

    • @katherinekier
      @katherinekier 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Chilling_Charizardomg I would watch this

  • @gorgeousgorillawitz5563
    @gorgeousgorillawitz5563 10 месяцев назад +78

    I haven't seen this movie but Robert Townsend also directed and starred in the legit hilarious Hollywood Shuffle in the 80s. Highly recommend!

    • @chrislaustin
      @chrislaustin 10 месяцев назад +4

      Agree 110%, and I would also recommend his "Robert Townsend and His Partners in Crime" comedy special from HBO. As those were a whos who of black comedians from the time, many of which starred in Hollywood Shuffle as well.

    • @A_YouTube_Commenter
      @A_YouTube_Commenter 10 месяцев назад +2

      Both are excellent. This I never saw but Hollywood Shuffle is a classic.

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 10 месяцев назад +127

    Speaking of Blankman I wish the Livin' Colour sketch character of Handi-Man got a movie

    • @conversemontana1768
      @conversemontana1768 10 месяцев назад +13

      Now that’s a comedy😂😂😂

    • @permagamerog5332
      @permagamerog5332 10 месяцев назад +7

      Wish they pulled through with meteor man and blankman crossover

    • @miguelcabral1836
      @miguelcabral1836 10 месяцев назад +8

      Blankman, was a “politically correct”, for the time, version of Handyman IIRC

    • @ajclements4627
      @ajclements4627 10 месяцев назад +12

      I was disappointed we didn’t get a Homie the clown movie.

    • @miguelcabral1836
      @miguelcabral1836 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@ajclements4627 same. All those characters, would have been iconic. That’s basically how we got Ace Ventura. An almalgam of his characters.

  • @bumbleguppy
    @bumbleguppy 10 месяцев назад +35

    I remember Meteor Man feeling like the longest trailer for a blockbuster, well-cast superhero movie I ever saw.

  • @SwaggyG_2102
    @SwaggyG_2102 10 месяцев назад +20

    You just know this is an early 90s movie when the first song that plays in the opening credits is a Michael Jackson song.

  • @OrochiFlamez
    @OrochiFlamez 10 месяцев назад +40

    I grew up on this movie and it has a special place in my heart, especially as a kid that was born and raised in DC, so it was nice to see that part of the city be represented on the screen.

    • @Chris-hr2uj
      @Chris-hr2uj 10 месяцев назад +2

      Yup same man. I remember my dad taking me to see this. Definately hits home. Dc kid here too.

  • @AlexSpalex1
    @AlexSpalex1 10 месяцев назад +11

    Recently, I found an old newspaper from 1993, and apparently, my local Dollar movie theater at the time was showing this movie for free.

  • @LangwidereLMFT
    @LangwidereLMFT 10 месяцев назад +86

    M.A.N.T.I.S. was also a good movie with an excellent African American cast. We need many more of these!

    • @OmegaII
      @OmegaII 10 месяцев назад +13

      Just a nitpick correction, M.A.N.T.I.S. wasn't a proper "movie", it was a pilot. Then it got retooled and picked up for series.

    • @TheEvilpossum
      @TheEvilpossum 10 месяцев назад +5

      I remember watching that. I thought I was the only one.

    • @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
      @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 10 месяцев назад +4

      That was a good series

    • @bloodeagle6458
      @bloodeagle6458 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@OmegaIIbut technically it was a tv movie before it got picked up

    • @OmegaII
      @OmegaII 10 месяцев назад

      @@bloodeagle6458 Many Pilots can get released as a TV movie, heck, many series have had 2 part episodes released as a TV or even theatrical released movie, doesnt mean they were made as movies.

  • @DesignIncase
    @DesignIncase 10 месяцев назад +77

    In the black community(at least those who lived through the 90's) I think this is more well known.
    For me this was a worn out VHS for me. It's a black Superman who's your uncle, cousin, or the neighbor next door.
    As a black man he's a very positive role model.
    It's a who's who of black actors/singers from this time. So again for the black community this really stands out.
    Yeah the humor is iffy which I think is sorta MCU lite. I can see how it's a bit of an acquired taste.
    If we could have gotten Blankman and Meteor Man into a movie together.....
    If this film was done today, better cgi and a script tweaking would help it. The movie really wants to address a lot of issues(that are still relevant today) which get under developed.
    But man do I love this film.

    • @motorcycleboy9000
      @motorcycleboy9000 10 месяцев назад

      This was my every weekend movie for a couple years growing up.

    • @BabySwearWords
      @BabySwearWords 10 месяцев назад +1

      This is a black classic

    • @BabySwearWords
      @BabySwearWords 10 месяцев назад +8

      Robert Townsend has a particular type of comedy where it’s more heartwarming than laugh out loud. Even on his tv show the laughs were sprinkled in between the more serious topics. It’s his stitch. Still this movie is definitely a classic with a bomb ass soundtrack .

    • @aubreymorgan9763
      @aubreymorgan9763 10 месяцев назад +2

      I loved this one and Blankman. I am white, but I guess because I grew up in an urban area the underlying message of a neighborhood bonding together against gang violence and corporate greed with value of family was still relatable. I'll be honest the current us vs them feel of most movies is just really off putting.

    • @Chris-hr2uj
      @Chris-hr2uj 10 месяцев назад

      Yup meteor man was also a childhood movie for me. I remember it was especially cool because it was filmed in DC, so it hit home. meteor man, blankman, celtic pride, the 6th man, all movies of childhood. Then you get older and see more mature movies like Juice or Do the Right Thing. Theres lots of movies in this genre. It may grab a cult following decades later, but for a lot of folks its part of their culture. For example, i bet a lot of folks (like my brothers and me), immediately knew kanye's gold hair was inspired the golden lords. Or this was probably the first movie they had seen don Cheadle or Tiny Lister. Now that last dragon got a rerelease, i wonder if it willl build a cult following now

  • @24framedavinci39
    @24framedavinci39 10 месяцев назад +73

    "Look, James, you're a good actor, but you aren't getting cast as Mo in the Three Stooges movie, alright?"
    Brandon forgetting it's 2023.

  • @ntinosaggelopoulos6718
    @ntinosaggelopoulos6718 10 месяцев назад +24

    11:46 you know meteor man is a marvel character when he has his secret identity reveal to the public so fast like Ironman in the first movie

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад

      Bad joke or stupid comment, not sure which. There are not that many marvel heroes whose names are public information. Cap, Iron Man, Fantastic Four are about it. Pretty sure Peter Parker thing got retconned.

    • @ntinosaggelopoulos6718
      @ntinosaggelopoulos6718 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Necrowolf81 ok chill

    • @EnerKaizer
      @EnerKaizer 10 месяцев назад +2

      also, Iron-man in the comics was not a public hero. As far as the public knew Iron-Man was Tony Starks bodyguard Morgan Pierce. Tony only went public during the mid- to late 2000s, which was done to synergize with the then upcoming RDJ movie.

  • @jooei2810
    @jooei2810 10 месяцев назад +32

    Cliff Eidelman composed the score, he is a seriously talented OST composer.

  • @tykamen5588
    @tykamen5588 10 месяцев назад +20

    Robert Townsend clearly has a love for superheroes as he would star in a Disney’s up up and away. I guess you’re wondering, no he’s not called meteor man in the movie rather he’s called the bronze eagle.
    Side note: up up and away is one of Disney’s most underrated movie that does not get talked about enough.

  • @eXistenZ1864
    @eXistenZ1864 10 месяцев назад +135

    Remake this, and make it a Superhero Drama. Bring Townsend back as the director. The serious side was actually pretty good.

    • @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812
      @jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 10 месяцев назад +11

      Definitely get someone else to write and star in it though.

    • @eXistenZ1864
      @eXistenZ1864 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 Maybe a young unknown actor.

    • @ryat66
      @ryat66 10 месяцев назад +4

      Yeah, this could be a series.

    • @darkservantofheaven
      @darkservantofheaven 10 месяцев назад +4

      Or do an existing super hero not from DC or Marvel
      Icon from Milestone could bedope (TBF,it's DC imprint)

    • @eXistenZ1864
      @eXistenZ1864 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@darkservantofheaven I think I wanna see another shot at MM, he's original and Townsend had a vision.

  • @RafXD20
    @RafXD20 10 месяцев назад +25

    My favorite as a child

  • @Awakeandalive1
    @Awakeandalive1 10 месяцев назад +11

    Maybe it's because I'm from NYC and went to secondary school in Oakland, CA, but I remember this movie being a BIG deal. But whenever I bring it up, nobody seems to remember it. Maybe Meteor Man's ultimate superpower was to remove himself from most people's memories?

  • @Keenergetic
    @Keenergetic 10 месяцев назад +10

    The Meteor Man is a rare classic!

  • @mathieuleader8601
    @mathieuleader8601 10 месяцев назад +10

    Meteor Man could not escape his biggest threat the memory hole

  • @Drayton42677
    @Drayton42677 10 месяцев назад +11

    This movie was filmed in the Reservoir Hill area, of Baltimore, the neighborhood resembles Washington DC. I remember visiting my cousins house, which was on the same block where the ending was filmed. It was crazy seeing all the celebrities walking and filming through the neighborhood

  • @Dynaman21
    @Dynaman21 10 месяцев назад +34

    I do love that the sequel comic straight up places Meteor Man in the Marvel Universe. That said I don’t see him being cast in the MCU.

    • @anomalotheriataurus8806
      @anomalotheriataurus8806 10 месяцев назад +6

      Eh, give it some time Feige Is Bound to stumble over him sooner or later…

    • @AgentofLADON
      @AgentofLADON 10 месяцев назад +4

      They included Topaz and everyone thought Malibu comics were lost forever in red tape.

    • @theblocksays
      @theblocksays 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@AgentofLADON Wait SERIOUSLY, Topaz from Ultraforce showed up somewhere recent?!

    • @ajclements4627
      @ajclements4627 10 месяцев назад +2

      I’m waiting for MIB to get the MCU treatment.

    • @AgentofLADON
      @AgentofLADON 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@theblocksays Thor Ragnarok, she was Grandmasters security chief/head bodyguard.

  • @martincann5052
    @martincann5052 10 месяцев назад +14

    Not gonna lie, comparing Meteor Man to sodding Hindsight Lad is one hell of a deep cut.

    • @pedrovallefin8406
      @pedrovallefin8406 10 месяцев назад +1

      Part of the appeal of Brandons videos are the random deep cuts that come up every so often.

  • @MightyMurloc
    @MightyMurloc 10 месяцев назад +16

    It really sounds like the Rewrites killed this. There're so many good elements. With a bit of refinement, or a singular vision, this could have been something special.

  • @williamblakehall5566
    @williamblakehall5566 10 месяцев назад +17

    Let's also recall the TV show MANTIS. "Was it ahead of its time, or a disappointment?" Eh, both -- but I appreciated it. I think the point of Jones's character was that he was willing to use his precious records like ninja throwing stars -- or try to, anyway.

    • @user-ik9kt1gm6z
      @user-ik9kt1gm6z 26 дней назад

      The fact the Network meddled in the show and cut the budget should be a crime. It was a great show up until the last season.

  • @oldirty187
    @oldirty187 10 месяцев назад +5

    This movie feels like a continuation of Robert Townsends satire Hollywood shuffle. The ending of the movie is him imagining himself playing a super hero instead of prisoner, pimp or street hood. Also the black acting school bit in Hollywood shuffle is hilarious as it is biting.

  • @LovlyHorror
    @LovlyHorror 10 месяцев назад +5

    Okay, that 8-bit 'Pretty Woman' cover was pure gold.

  • @Makoto03
    @Makoto03 10 месяцев назад +18

    I'm so happy people remember Meteor Man. Hilarious film.

    • @EvilDoresh
      @EvilDoresh 10 месяцев назад +1

      Catched it on TV once. Never quite forgot it.

    • @user-be7tc2bd6e
      @user-be7tc2bd6e 10 месяцев назад +3

      I have it on dvd.I LOVE this film,just good ole fashioned fun,silliness and romp. So many-FINE-women in this movie it's making me dizzy. LOL.

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj 10 месяцев назад +2

      I never forgot Meteor-Man.
      I am a big fan of the character and what he COULD BE and I feel like there is STILL just so much untapped potential for the character. The movie needs to be rebooted, is what I keep saying and they need to get a new young actor and have someone else write the movie( there should also be a new comic book series for the character, too). Meteor-Man is even a big inspiration for two characters of mine that are black Super Heroes and Superman-like characters that I plan on doing independent comic books for in the future( and one of them is even closely patterned after Meteor-Man, will wear a green costume, have a green cape and will even have the word green be part of his Super Hero name).

  • @ShadowWingTronix
    @ShadowWingTronix 10 месяцев назад +9

    Townsend at the time was known for raunchier stuff like his HBO specials and Hollywood Shuffle, but this when he transitioned away from comedy into more serious movies. He would return to superheroes playing the superhero father of the main character in the Disney Channel movie Up, Up, And Away. The Meteor Man is a movie I enjoy more for concept than execution, which is what I also think of The Pumaman.

  • @MissAshley42
    @MissAshley42 10 месяцев назад +9

    Oh, I've never forgotten this movie. The whole book absorbing thing has stuck with me for far, far longer than 30 seconds.

    • @krystal4721
      @krystal4721 10 месяцев назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @limelight58able
    @limelight58able 10 месяцев назад +7

    Meteor Man was big in the 90s within the Black community. I don't know why folks were claiming Black Panther was the first black superhero movie. I have this movie on blu ray, and I absolutely love it and all it's cheesiness, lol.

  • @TheEricJBotelho84
    @TheEricJBotelho84 10 месяцев назад +5

    Man I remember seeing so many trailers for this movie, talk about a walk back into the 90’s and Brandon is right, this is the first black man superhero movie

  • @FabledHeroes3351
    @FabledHeroes3351 10 месяцев назад +45

    The best Underrated Superhero Movie 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I honestly liked the comedy and the message

  • @shakes5847
    @shakes5847 10 месяцев назад +26

    I loved this movie as a kid, used to watch it pretty consistently. Haven't seen it in years and yeah, it's way sloppier of a film now that I'm older but I can't help but still like it.

    • @anomalotheriataurus8806
      @anomalotheriataurus8806 10 месяцев назад +7

      That Sums Up Most Childhood Classics In One Way Or Another

    • @shakes5847
      @shakes5847 10 месяцев назад

      @@anomalotheriataurus8806 Ha! Not wrong! Except for the first ninja turtles movie. Perfect. I'll fight a mother fucker that disagrees 😄

  • @JohnnyRecently
    @JohnnyRecently 10 месяцев назад +12

    I saw Meteor Man in the theatre. I liked it.

  • @onikuromaru
    @onikuromaru 10 месяцев назад +8

    Man I need to rewatch this again. Soo many good memories back in the 90s and 80s.

  • @jaceshaffer8104
    @jaceshaffer8104 10 месяцев назад +16

    I loved this weird movie as a kid and I still do honestly

  • @jesusramirezromo2037
    @jesusramirezromo2037 10 месяцев назад +37

    Honestly kind of love this movie, Actually a pretty good Superman like character

    • @Scatscar1985
      @Scatscar1985 10 месяцев назад +4

      Is this the first movie you've done that Industrial Light And Magic did the effects for?

    • @joezar33
      @joezar33 10 месяцев назад +1

      Agree , I thought this movie was decent when I first seen it .

  • @aliasfakename3159
    @aliasfakename3159 10 месяцев назад +3

    Up, Up, and Away is a Disney Channel Original Movie starring a family of black superheroes, save for the main character who lacks any powers. Basically, he's the Mirabel Madrigal of the bunch and has to save everyone in the end.

  • @tomsenior7405
    @tomsenior7405 10 месяцев назад +5

    The fact that this Movie was made is literally incredible.

  • @riut_
    @riut_ 10 месяцев назад +9

    Ay Brandon
    Ik this might be off topic but I love you're videos,they always make me feel happy when I watch them I'm 13 but I first Watched you're videos when I was 8-9

  • @judddobson4941
    @judddobson4941 10 месяцев назад +6

    When the world freaked out about black panther being the first black superhero, this is the movie I brought up. As a kid I watched this a lot and well before Blade. And I’m white. lol

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj 10 месяцев назад

      Good point. But Back Panther was NOT the first black Super Hero in comic books OR in a movie. But to your point, a lot of people mistakenly think that he is the first black Super Hero.

    • @TurboLoveTrain
      @TurboLoveTrain 2 месяца назад

      Wilford Brimley turned into the thing in 1979. He wasn't the hero we asked for but the one we needed.

  • @jasonsantos3037
    @jasonsantos3037 10 месяцев назад +3

    Man I really did not know this movie exist till now.

  • @mrgonzale0978
    @mrgonzale0978 10 месяцев назад +16

    I love meteor man.more people should watch this film.

  • @AmityvilleFan
    @AmityvilleFan 10 месяцев назад +13

    Hate me, but I liked Steel. It was innocent and naive.

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад +1

      I think you meant stupid and cheap

    • @truefanforum3273
      @truefanforum3273 10 месяцев назад +1

      I like Steel as well. It's not a great movie, but there are still things I enjoy about it.

    • @AmityvilleFan
      @AmityvilleFan 10 месяцев назад

      @@Necrowolf81 the difference between us is at attitude approaching it, I say.

  • @Keyofone
    @Keyofone 10 месяцев назад +5

    You referenced Hindsight Lad....would never have seen that coming

  • @zombiejlt1
    @zombiejlt1 10 месяцев назад +7

    Like "The People Under the Stairs" this movie was building so much hype then after its release, it felt like it never existed. By comparison, "Blankman" was considered the better comedy superhero movie because of the cast and the story had some deep moments that could be related to. I agree it is the better film which is a shame because I wanted to enjoy this film a lot but never got into it much and I remember seeing the trailer for it on TV and on VHS tapes. I wonder if he considered coming back to this property and making it again but with a more serious tone to it. I would go see it.

  • @sammybrown4680
    @sammybrown4680 10 месяцев назад +14

    😂 I liked this movie as a kid seeing this brought back fun memories.😂 Remember when life was fun.

  • @TheHauntedMaskKid
    @TheHauntedMaskKid 10 месяцев назад +9

    This is the most interesting name for a superhero, there are probably weirder ones

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад +1

      most interesting? How? Not very imaginative or original. Hundreds of characters that are named after whatever gave them their powers. You are right about there being weirder ones though.

    • @TheHauntedMaskKid
      @TheHauntedMaskKid 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@Necrowolf81 I do understand where you're coming it’s just an I never heard of a superhero named Meteor Man

    • @JR-ju3kj
      @JR-ju3kj 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@TheHauntedMaskKid There are actually quite a few characters with that name and Marvel Comics has already had a very obscure Spider-Man Super Villain with that name from the 1960s, too.

  • @jediknight131
    @jediknight131 10 месяцев назад +3

    This movie is like a live action Silver Age comic book.

  • @servomst3k
    @servomst3k 10 месяцев назад +5

    The only thing I remember about this flick were the ads in comic books at the time 😅 great work as always!

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 10 месяцев назад +38

    Robert Townsend is excellent as Meteor Man.😀👍

    • @Actheman1978
      @Actheman1978 10 месяцев назад +1

      *Townsend

    • @jamesmoss3424
      @jamesmoss3424 10 месяцев назад

      @@Actheman1978 ok thanks I fix it.

    • @Chuck_EL
      @Chuck_EL 10 месяцев назад +2

      Meteor man is also a marvel character, he has a comic too
      So technically this is the first black marvel superhero movie

  • @masiczobe6074
    @masiczobe6074 10 месяцев назад +8

    I loved this movie as a kid.

  • @DougGarrett
    @DougGarrett 10 месяцев назад +7

    I loved this movie as a kid

  • @LeeroyPorkins
    @LeeroyPorkins 10 месяцев назад +5

    Think Kenny! Think!

  • @Patrick_Banks
    @Patrick_Banks 10 месяцев назад +4

    I loved meteorman as a kid

  • @vternal
    @vternal 10 месяцев назад +5

    I had the comic that made as a tie in to the movie. Really enjoyed this movie, thanks for reviewing it for new audiences, really nostalgic feelings came back

  • @hulkman1971
    @hulkman1971 10 месяцев назад +7

    Hey Brandon, just wanted to say man been watching you for over 6 years now and I have to say I've watched every review you've ever done , you have a Greta sense of humor,. Please don't ever stop making your videos man.

    • @shadycnetwork
      @shadycnetwork 10 месяцев назад

      What do you mean? I'm new to his channel. He seems like an oversensitive snowflake the way he's mocking this movie. Yeah I'm about to leave sorry I don't like snowflake Comedy. Humor is supposed to be controversial and edgy not delicate and easily offended.

    • @lolajaramillo4620
      @lolajaramillo4620 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@shadycnetwork Then you should watch more of his reviews, before putting a final self-misguided label on him. Brandon's part smartass, with a personality that prefers things to at least make sense in the movie making industry that he likes to talk about, and isn't afraid to call out bad mistakes in films that end up making them mostly only cult classics.
      Even if you like or love a movie he's putting down in his reviews, many of his subs know by now that he's just doing what he started this channel for, which is to put out more acknowledgment about these mostly forgotten movies that deserve at least some attention today, despite not being all that well made. They still have at least a little something going on with them.

  • @SubzeroCage
    @SubzeroCage 10 месяцев назад +26

    blank man/meteor man are the best movies. Meteor man was legit cool. I loved these movies as a kid. The golden lords used to scare me as a kid. Even the kid golden lords were scary lol.

    • @Necrowolf81
      @Necrowolf81 10 месяцев назад

      thats sad

    • @fanboyhex1555
      @fanboyhex1555 10 месяцев назад

      I liked BlankMan wayyy more than MeteorMan...
      They should do a BlankMan V. MeteroMan Dawn of WTF movie 🤣

  • @tonyhiggins3527
    @tonyhiggins3527 10 месяцев назад +3

    This was one of my favorite movies growing up. There s a faction called the Golden Lords in my current Fallout tabletop campaign that has Rad-Tigers. (It takes place in Texas)

  • @Deboe37
    @Deboe37 10 месяцев назад +6

    Yes This one has my favorite rapper Big Daddy Kane in it

  • @agnethaladuff8559
    @agnethaladuff8559 10 месяцев назад +7

    This is a awesome and silly movie, it is definitely one to watch when you're all commericaled out from MCU and DC Superheroes. I'm glad I have Meteorman on DVD. Great review, very funny and entertaining. You so totally rock Brandon.

  • @deatheven13
    @deatheven13 10 месяцев назад +5

    Love Meteor Man as a kid. Really great messages about coming together as a community and saying no to violence.
    Don't fight it out.
    Vogue it out.

  • @BigSlimyBlob
    @BigSlimyBlob 10 месяцев назад +2

    Honestly, if the film hadn't been disappointing, I'd have been disappointed.

  • @jerkfudgewater147
    @jerkfudgewater147 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for taking my recommendation, it feels good and i enjoy seeing your take on them

  • @quamifilms
    @quamifilms 10 месяцев назад +2

    Nice review, I was actually in this film as a sound tech, and extra.I knew Robert sense I was a teen and he was always cool and chill. On set and off.

  • @gerardmorvan2232
    @gerardmorvan2232 10 месяцев назад +5

    Well, I liked it. And the book reading scene during the final fight was one of my favourite scenes. But yes, it might not be the best super-hero movies of all.

  • @rawrsdower7729
    @rawrsdower7729 10 месяцев назад +2

    It's suddenly flashing back to me how much i loved this movie as a kid

  • @MD_Chaos
    @MD_Chaos 10 месяцев назад +2

    Man this is a funny coincidence
    I was looking up leonard part 6(don’t ask) and got reminded of this movie today. Finding out that was the movie brandon covered not long after, is kinda rad.

  • @jamesabernethy7896
    @jamesabernethy7896 10 месяцев назад +3

    I normally save these as workout videos but needed a bit of cheering up and decided to watch it. it hit the spot nicely.

  • @tuckerbowen4626
    @tuckerbowen4626 10 месяцев назад +6

    Man, RUclips flaggers have REALLY been on your ass lately
    Also, it doesn't come up very often, but talking to animals is actually one of Wonder Woman's powers

  • @mole28
    @mole28 10 месяцев назад +2

    I love this movie! When i first saw it in the 90's i thought it was f*cking awesome.
    Now in the 20's i still think that.

  • @TheGeraltofrivia
    @TheGeraltofrivia 10 месяцев назад +2

    oh man i remember watching this sometime in the 90's and thinking it was cool

  • @kathymarch3653
    @kathymarch3653 10 месяцев назад +3

    There were a lot of movies I'd rent so often as a child my mom might as well have just bought them all for me. Hook, Airheads, Masters of the Universe, Labyrinth, Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore, and The Meteor Man. I had to have watched this movie over 30 times. The dad bitching about the Nintendo (Hindindu I believe he called it 😂) was a personal favorite chuckle of mine. How he got his power always reminded me of when Stephen King touched the meteor in Creepshow when he became the worlds first truly green farmer.

  • @doujinloverXD
    @doujinloverXD 10 месяцев назад +3

    To be fair the Flash also has that book reading power, and it wears off quick too but he uses it to learn medical procedures, engineering and carpentry.

  • @ryanmcamis7419
    @ryanmcamis7419 10 месяцев назад +1

    How do you make anything likeable? Have him played by or voiced by James Earl Jones. Thulsa Doom? Darth Vader? Ran the CIA while hunting Soviet submarines? Man's a legend.
    I remember whole theaters sobbing when Mufasa died. Fucking legend.

  • @rodneykelly8768
    @rodneykelly8768 10 месяцев назад +1

    The scene with the gang members saving the day, was a recreation of the scene in the Canadian "Streets of Fire," where a bunch of people with guns force the gang called The Bombers to leave the community.

  • @bricecass2208
    @bricecass2208 10 месяцев назад +2

    im 32 i remeber meteor man it was one of my favorite movies as a kid and when the black pather that i still refuse to watch was hyped up i brought up this movie countless times thank you for showing some respect to one of my favortie movies also ''GOLDEN LORDs!!!'' lol that is all

  • @jooei2810
    @jooei2810 10 месяцев назад +3

    Brandon uploads, I am excited!

  • @jerz2315
    @jerz2315 10 месяцев назад +1

    I'm 100% convinced that Brandon would beat the dog crap out of an unruly youth! 😂

  • @jimmyju76
    @jimmyju76 10 месяцев назад +2

    honestly love Meteor Man, i don't even call it a guilty pleasure because i never feel guilty watching it

  • @FireFox64000000
    @FireFox64000000 10 месяцев назад +6

    I remember watching this movie when I was five and it came out on TV. I thought it was good fun. Of course being 5 may have helped a little 😂

  • @FluffyAbsol
    @FluffyAbsol 10 месяцев назад +4

    One of the few movies for children showing actual crime (Based on me remembering seeing that as a child, during the afternoon).
    Guns. Cocaine. Drive-by's.
    Robert didn't hold no punches there, at least.

  • @sneakyskunk1
    @sneakyskunk1 10 месяцев назад +2

    Meteor Man had that one scene where he uses his powers to clean up and reinvigorate a vacant lot. It was the best scene in the movie. It also has a Simon Phoenix hair wearing martial arts child named Kung Fu Larry(if I am remembering it correctly). That scene was......not so good. Also, that suit Eddie Griffin was wearing was not made of fabric. It was actually made of 1990s.

    • @Tornado1994
      @Tornado1994 9 месяцев назад +1

      I went to go See Meteor Man when it opened. It had ALOT of Hype and Anticipation, but it was loaded with problems and flaws. And it ultimately tanked at the Box Office. It had production delays and a LATE Theatrical Start date of August 7,1993, missing MAJORITY of the Summer. Despise the ALL Star All Black Cast, neither could really deliver. Its a Guilty Pleasure to say the least.

  • @lutherheggs451
    @lutherheggs451 10 месяцев назад +2

    Meteor Man came out in 1993. Blade came out in 1998, Steel came out in 1997. Blank man is the closest thing it came out in 1994. So if anything Meteor Man was the first.

  • @zt3823
    @zt3823 10 месяцев назад +7

    I'm actually buying this now on Amazon ha $20, Love old gems like this! Reminds me of The Last Dragon

    • @wilcee238
      @wilcee238 10 месяцев назад

      Except The Last Dragon was good.

    • @zt3823
      @zt3823 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@wilcee238 potato tomato

  • @wimvanderstraeten6521
    @wimvanderstraeten6521 10 месяцев назад +8

    You should do Supersonic Man (1979) someday. It was directed by Juan Piquer Simon (who also directed Slugs) and it stars B-movie legend Cameron Mitchell. It's perfect for your channel.

    • @DDlambchop43
      @DDlambchop43 10 месяцев назад

      oh crud; even Rifftrax couldn't make it watchable.

  • @CthulhusDream
    @CthulhusDream 10 месяцев назад +2

    I remember watching this and Blankman in the 90s as a wee lad and enjoying them

  • @georgemetcalf8763
    @georgemetcalf8763 10 месяцев назад +3

    Never saw it, but I did read the novelization when it came out.