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Because Brian hated the first Guyver movie so much, you know we had to watch the sequel. Longer, gorier, and more confusing than the first, Guyver: Dark Hero is a weird one.
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Not only did David Hayter voice Solid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games. He also voiced Captain America in the 90s Spider-Man Cartoon.
No kidding?
Bruh you forgot he's a successful screenwriter as well. He wrote for X-Men 1&2, Watchmen, and The Scorpion King.
Dude's an all arounder.
He did spiderman the animated series
@@flashthompson1085 And that movie "Wolves" ,guilty pleasure of mine.
@@flashthompson1085I didn't realize he worked on the Watchmen script. I thought Snyder just copy pasted the comics dialogue. Granted the altered ending was too clever for him alone.
Guyver Dark Hero is the best example of a sequel you will enjoy better by skipping the first movie.
Very true.
True but the practical effects in the original were way better.
You're correct.
However there's some charm to the first one. Still bad but laughable
Brian's pain realizing what he was about to watch was delicious.
He really, really hated the first one. I was pumped to make him watch this.
I fucking love you all!
@@JasonBrant an that's what friends are for
David Hayter not only became a popular voice actor, but as a screenwriter he wrote films such as the first two X-Men and Zack Snyder's Watchmen.
Impressive dude.
Wait! He wrote Watchmen,i didn't know that one.
Impressive cv
Oh wow, I really think that the Watchmen movie is incredibly accurate to the comic. That's incredible.
@@fatterpillar Oh, well, David actually filmed a little video as a test concept...ruclips.net/video/ZkDqxCbyGVk/видео.html And yes, that is who you think it is as Rorschach. RIP.
another fun fact about this movie is that fake miss spinning jump kick is called the "guyver kick" and its become the signature kick of Scott Adkins
Yep, he was given ownership over it, so now it's known as the boyka kick
It's a sweet looking kick.
The stunt guy who performs the kick in the movie is who invented it. He later gave it to Scott.
You finally got to the good one! Starring Solid Snake himself, David Hayter!
This takes A LOT more inspiration from the manga than the first one. And, zero rapping gremlins in this one.
Nyeeeeehhhhh. Solid snake.
This one is so much better.
I literally fell off the treadmill when i saw you made a video for this. You guys were the first message i ever sent from the first guyver movie and im glad you saw the second one. @JasonBrant
The FUCKING GOOD ONE?!?!??
@28:14 That Move has been dubbed as the Guyver kick and has been adopted by Martial arts actor Scott Adkins as one of his signature moves
It looks bad ass.
@@JasonBrant 💯
Even more cool, the guy who did the kick in this movie in this movie did fight choregraphy for Undisputed 2 and basically gave it to Scott Adkins.
David Hayter is also the writer for X-Men and X-Men 2.
Had no idea. That's cool!
@@JasonBrant Not if you've seen the movies.
Anthony Houk was the stuntman in the Guyver suit doing all the cool kip-ups and flashy kicks and such. Did a damn good job imo!
He was a beast.
The bullet defeated the mega Guyver because the head disk was flawed with a crack.
Loved this film growing up 👌
I would have loved the monster fights.
What a strange sequence of words.
Nah. The control metal is really sensitive. Even a bullet will cause damage to a non-cracked control metal. The Control Metal is not as tough as the rest of the body. In the manga, Guyver 1 and 3 has been very lucky to not get their control metal damage. Also, the bad guys want the Guyver Unit so they always try to avoid hitting the control metal to not damage it. Even they know the Control Metal can easily be damage. Guyver 2 however is unlucky. His control metal was damage in an explosion. And then permanently destroyed after Guyver 1 punched it. The Guyver Suit looks awesome but their weakness being expose is stupid. I don't know what the Aliens were thinking when they made that suit. If the Guyver went up against someone who doesn't care for the Guyver, they're going to attack the Control Metal, constantly. They are going to exploit that weakness.
Take a look at Star Wars's Death Star. Once people found out about its weakness, everyone target it.
Then there is Superman. Lex Luther always exploit his weakness to Green Kryptonite and always uses it against him. Sadly, he always fails.
The Guyvers are very lucky that everyone in their universe avoids the Control Metal.
It's understandable to give a character a weakness. But have it be exploited to show that even though it's a weakness, the character could still get out of that predicament. Guyver 1 once got hit on the Control Metal and the Guyver disengage off of him and he passed out. Good thing his friends was there to protect him. If not for that, he would had gotten killed. But then again, the bad guys want the Guyver so they probably would had imprison him and wait for him to transform into the Guyver to remove his Control Metal. Which, he would had broken out after he transform into the Guyver and kill a bunch of them and escape. Crhonos is stupid.
@@ImTheStrongest Remember, the Unit isn't supposed to be a weapon to the alien. It's just a bio-enhancer to help them with things like labor work. It was only when they bonded it to Humans and Zoanoids that it became a weapon.
@@ShadowSonic2
Yeah, that's what I thought too. But then in the 2005 anime, they mentioned that it was a weapon. And I was like, "Wait? What? That's not right? Or is it?" It's in episode 15, where Murakami was explaining the Guyver. In the OVA episode 11, Murakami just called it an armament, while in the 2005, Murakami called it a weapon. In the manga, I skipped the anime chapters. So I don't have those knowledge. I'll read it someday. Because in the manga, it had a story that the anime skipped where Sho's arm grew into another Sho.
You're more correct than you know, the movie's fight director was Koichi Sakamoto who did fight choreography and directed several episodes of POWER RANGERS.
"why ask why, try bud dry" that was the advertising slogan for the failed bud dry. dont question it, just drink it. the marketing team seemed kind of desperate
Jesus. That's terrible.
It was an ostensibly more refreshing Bud. I think it was touted as being a real adult's beer. Somehow this was supposed to compete with craft microbrew beers when they first started gaining wider attention.
Bud Dry. Just let it happen.
@JasonBrant I STILL say this 20 years later...just for me. Noone ever gets it lmao.
Core memory unlocked! I was way too young to drink, but I remember those ads.
This movie is way better than the first one mostly due to Steve Wang having full control in directing the sequel. Unlike the first where he clashed with Screaming Mad George. You should also review Steve Wang's underrated action movie Drive 1997 starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role.
We'll definitely watch that.
@@JasonBrant that one has the "more fight scenes" thing you guys were taking about.
@JasonBrant There's also a not-then-famous person that shocked me when I discovered Drive (1997) a couple years ago. I'm curious to see Erin's reaction towards it.
@@JasonBrant Drive is great fun! Mark Dacascos is always worth a watch
David Hayter is in Drive too. He's one of the cops who shows up in the bar fight in the beginning.
I loved this movie as a kid. It's better than the first, but certainly not an Oscar contender in any category.
Well said.
They should put " not an Oscar contender in any category" on the movie cover.
That’s Snake from Metal Gear as the lead . He also wrote several superhero movies .
Was Erin under the weather again and that’s why she’s only heard ?
Yeah, she wasn't 100% so she decided to just cackle off camera.
@@JasonBrant her laughing when people get destroyed is hilarious
They didn't have the budget to license her likeness.
I was going to ask that too. Hope everyone is doing well.
@@GamesFromSpace The Bud dry sponsorship couldn't cover the cost
19:21 Now, in the anime, an evil corporation is trying to find these alien artifacts, because they reverse engineer. They are scientist and turn them selves into aliens. It doesn’t translate well to live action, looking back at it.
Definitely doesn't, haha. At least not in this instance.
The manga started serialize in 1984 at the time when japan obsessed with super sentai and kamen rider. Guyver basically trying to monopolized that wave. Another manga that similar to guyver is zetman came out in 1994. Zetman anime sucks but the manga remind me kamen rider plot which is great
@@boboboy8189 thanks
For an estimated budget of 900k, whilst they clearly went budget on the camera crew, the action sequences were well done.
Only $900k?!? Wow...talk about getting the most bang for your buck. I would have guessed that this movie had that much tied up in just the creature costumes and the Guyver suits alone. It's incredible what some directors can do on a shoestring budget. Like how Neil Blomkamp managed to make District 9 look so good even though it would've cost 10 times as much had someone else made it.
That how japanese did a whole series of kamen rider
They were able to reuse the costumes and technology from the first movie, helped save cash
I'm always a little disappointed when Erin's not on screen. Her reactions are half the fun!
Same here: these Guys sure are Fun to watch but She's become My Favorite part too!👍
Whenever Erin's not on screen, everyone else should be asking "Where's Erin?"
She returns soon.
This live action Guyver movie has developed a cult following. Happy to see you guys reacting to this movie that takes me back to my childhood.
I saw many movie fans want to create sequel for the second movie but for me why not Just follow anime? They already have screenplay from manga
I loved the incorrect gunfire sounds for the caliber and style of weapon being fired on screen, also the cat sounds for the monster was hilarious. The foley artist on this movie had no idea what they were doing.
David Hayter is loved by many people who were born in the around the early 90's and were into gaming from 1998, he also voiced a character called Big Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 and Peace Walker.
I spent yesterday watching SO BAD IT'S GOOD for a birthday marathon and good lord it was epic! Thank you for making my snowed in arctic polar vortex birthday a BLAST!
Happy belated bday!
@@JasonBrant thanks! It was great re-watching the old episodes of the show. Ended the night with Doctor Wolfula streaming SHE BEAST at the Die-In theater
You will definitely have more fun with the director's film Drive. And Yup, that's Solid Snake.
Solid snake❕
A lot of people have recommended Drive. Gotta check it out soon.
“This R-rated stuff Im onboard with.” The Jason Brant family motto, circa 2024
Hell yeah.
The guyver kick, just gives me chills. There needed to be more fights, but still a great movie
Yes, the answer to "is Bud Dry a thing" is yes. The slogan was "Why ask Why, drink Bud Dry"! I'm an old fart so I remember that commercial.
I absolutely love this movie. Thanks for watching!
At least 3 stuntmen got spinaled in the first 5 minutes: that already makes this better than Chickboxer. xD
And I like to imagine someone smeared vaseline on all the camera lens as a prank, and the crew didn't realise until the editing phase when it was too late to go back and do anything about it...
How dare you besmirch the glory that is Chickboxer.
It's an actual movie, which makes it better than chickboxer. No porn though, so it's also worse.
@@JasonBrant I do apologise...but this at least has some kind of production value to it. xD
@@GamesFromSpace Also, this doesn't have an extended show lacing scene...so you know what, I retract my original statement. xD
I remember getting the monthly comic waaaaaaaaaaay back in the day and I loved it. It came with a DVD with the latest installment of its animated glory.
However when I watched the live action version........Im with Brian lol
Before I watch Ill say I love this film. Watched it many times when I was young.
Pretty sure I saw the fight in the river on HBO when I was a kid. Seemed a bit familiar.
@@JasonBrant I was about 13/14 when I watched it and it blew my mind. Power rangers popping monster eyeballs. Chefs kiss
in defence of the cinematography the director usually does creature and make up design which he's brilliant at
Ahh yes, we finally get to Dark Hero, which is so much better and the fight choreography is bad ass
Pretty amazing they could get the sets and costumes so good but couldn't focus a lense.
This has incredible fight action from Koichi Sakamoto and his Alpha stunt-team guys, and led to the Steve Wang directed 1995 movie Drive, which is far superior to most of Jackie Chan's movies of that era
The costumed stuntmen were just incredible! And I’m sooo thankful it wasn’t sped up
Drive was a great DTV action flick!
Koichi did intern with Jackie for a while.
Your riffing made it worth watching! The film deserved it.
I was so mad with the first one since I had the complete manga series at the time.
I'm guessing the manga didn't have any of the shitty humor the first had.
About damn time y'all did this one! Y'all are gonna LOVE this one! 😁😁😁😁😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hope you aren't too disappointed.
@@JasonBrant I'm glad Erin got a better kick out of this than y'all. Though to be fair, I understood why y'all didn't enjoy it as much. When I saw this movie for the first time, when I was a kid, it did get boring and drag and I never saw the rest of this movie until I was a little older and the fight scenes finally got me hooked. Watching it as an adult now, it does drag in some parts but the story does get investing.
The drawings remind me of the SNL skit with Mike Myers where he sings and says his name is Simon and he likes to do my drawings.
Erin is so smashed she is lying on the floor before the intro? Classic!
Haha, she had a migraine the day before and wasn't feeling the best.
The director was a veteran of many Power Ranger episodes, so yes , it’s a rated R version of that when it all boils down. For extra amusement, start playing the Power Rangers theme in your head whenever there’s a fight scene.
No way, that’s great, lol! No wonder I loved it
Rather than power rangers, its more like kamen rider. Both came from same company toei. If you never watch kamen rider yet, i recommend you kamen rider Black (1988) is the best kamen rider story ever exist, Its a series but if you are lazy to watch a series, you can watch shin kamen rider : prologue (1992) and kamen rider ZO (1993)
Guyver: Dark Hero came out in 1994 Mortal Kombat the movie was a year after this one.
MacGuyver!!! That kind of crossover would be nice to see!
Macgyver fighting aliens would be something.
I've seen the original many times but never the sequel. I bet this is gonna be a great time, or at least not boring as f**k lol 😂
Way better than the first.
David Hayter looks like he could have played Solid Snake in a movie. Damn shame that didn't happen.
I remember watching this 100 times when I was 12. I wasn't into Power Rangers anymore, and THIS was like a more adult version of that. So the timing was perfect.
Sadly japan nor hollywood want to make live action anymore. Manga really felt dated because its released in 80's. The closest one you can get is from shin kamen rider : prologue (1992) and kamen rider ZO (1993).
weird. the VHS cut i remember seeing as a kid showed that Guyver unit they found in the ship was already slightly defective which is why the bullet could crack it open like it did.
I loved this movie as a kid. R rated power rangers. As a 9-10 yr old in the 90s this movie was great.
Actually its more kamen rider than power rangers.
Power rangers (super sentai) = for 6 - 10 years old kid
Kamen rider = for 11 - 14 years old
The plot also copying every kamen rider story for example secret organization want to control the world by using archeology alien tech and converting human soldier into monster soldier.
Meanwhile power rangers plot mostly alien try to steal something from earth and there's giant alien to fight with giant robot
You should watch guyver OVA, there's 4 episode. But choose the 90's version because 80's version stray from source material in episode 2. There's 2005 version with 26 episode but the animation is low budget and outdated
This is why I keep saying to check out Psycho Goreman. It is truly R-rated Power Rangers. It combines the type of humor you'd find in Power Rangers with R-rated language and heaps of gore.
Not power rangers, its kamen rider. Power rangers is a group but kamen rider more like solo without robot. If you enjoy this movie, you should watch shin kamen rider : prologue (1992) and kamen rider ZO (1993). You Will understand why guyver is more kamen rider than super sentai
That shin kamen rider has great transformation from japan but that movie were hated despite its Rated R, meanwhile ZO has great animatronic and remind me terminator villain although its PG-13
David Hayter also wrote the screenplay for the first X-Men movie
Multitalented.
@@JasonBrant story was Bryan Singer stressing over writing the screenplay and Hayter was only working as Singer's script reader. He told Singer he was a XMen fan and had ideas to make it work
Shout out to the director: Steve Wang. He is a big name in the special makeup effects world and he’s a really cool dude. Steve is a suit guy; he’s the master of monster suits. He was on the team for Gilman’s suit in monster squad and he also painted Predator(among so much more) He also directed an episode of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
Now remembers kids before snake stop a terrorists threat he fought aliens with an alien suit.
haha
Honestly, I liked this movie when I saw it like it still No way is it perfect but MUCH better than the first movie but it is too long
Way better than the first. If it was forty minutes shorter, I would have enjoyed it way more.
@@JasonBrant There was a cut of this that runs 95 minutes, all the dig stuff is condensed and you get to Guyver interacting with the ship and ship showing him the Primal Guyver in the beginning of time much sooner. But that cut was on VHS.
There's a reason David Hayter is better known as a voice actor, it seems
I was hoping you guys would watch and react to this because its alot better than the first one absolutely loved this movie as a kid! 😊
I have been waiting since I discovered this channel for you guys to watch this. Rented this from a video store when I was like 10. Loved every minute of it.
Wow, you just unlocked my hidden childhood memories. I've seen this movie but i didn't remember that until this episode.
How bad can a movie be if it makes you laugh? Also, have you considered doing a list video about the best and worst beers to drink while watching bad movies
Fun fact, the stunt coordinator for this movie is Koichi Sakamoto, who was stunt coordinator and even director in several Power Ranger shows, along with some of their Japanese counterparts.
I’ve mentioned this on another movie reaction, but I use your SBIG playlist to zone out sometimes. Occasionally there will be a movie review that you guys are just rolling with the burns and one-liners…and if Erin or Pam are off-screen giving extra commentary, it can turn into Mystery Science Theater 3000. When this happens, I can’t stop laughing. You guys are all the best.
No one can deny that the fight scene in the cave was amazing! It's a little Powers Rangers for me, but I love that fight scene.
Imagine a modern day version of The Guyver, with better visuals and The Raid style acrobatics and fights, that'd be pretty rad.
Did you ever watch guyver anime? Its supposed to be in japan
This is what happens when the stunt men and effects guys decide they can make a better movie if they ran everything. But the costumes and stunts only get seen if the stunts are blocked well and wind up on the actual film.
Its actually the better sequel. Also the Guyver encountering the spaceship in a dig and Cronos having branches around the planet was based on the manga.
The Cronos territories cracked me up.
finally I get a glympse of David Hayters superb acting skills =P
Congratulations, you are now certified Guyvercologists.
Also, the slogan for Bud Dry was literally, "Why ask Why? Try Bud Dry". Not even a joke.
"Why ask why? Try Bud Dry." It was even part of the Bud Bowl when I was a kid (that's why I remember it) - looked it up and they stopped marketing it in '94 with the release of Bud Ice, but it wasn't discontinued until 2010
I remember seeing this when I was sick as a little kid and I was SURE the fragmented memory of it was a fever dream from my distant past! Now I know that it actually EXISTED. Not sure if I'm better off now, knowing it wasn't a hallucination, or not, so thanks. I guess... 🤨 😂😅
16:20 You say Aliens but i was expecting "The King" in Super Mario Bros film to show up 🤣
@20:15 you can CLEARY see the wires pulling them into the air lmao
The Guyver-Zoanoid's Guyver sphere was defective; being damaged when the ship crashed or during it's creation. The crack is supposed to reflect this for the audience. The Zoanoid leader disregarded that fact when they found it because their whole purpose is to obtain the Guyver power to make them near-invincible. He likely wasn't supposed to use it on himself but bring it back to an HQ, so they could reverse-engineer it to work with their physiology. Sean (Hayter) tells the Corpo Zoanoid the unit is defective when they're fighting (you see his body twitching and spasming), but he's too drunk with power by that time to care. So, when the girl shot the damaged sphere it stunned him long enough for the Guyver to recover and rip it out.
I love this movie. SO much better than the first one. They did a great job on the creature effects.
I watched this movie on youtube and thought that the unfocused nature was b/c of media transfer, but it's good to know now that that's the way it actually was, lol.
Love the second movie, hate the first, admittedly i saw both when i was a young teen as well as the original anime so that definitely effected my enjoyment level.
Of all the things to actually have in focus they got the terrible fighting with the guys in the monster suits in broad daylight, so we can see how horrible it is.
David Hayer, acts in movies, writes screen plays, and voices Snake in the first 4 MGS games and their offshoots (For some reason they replaced him with Keifer sutherland in MGS V which caused a huge debate online but the story reasons for it made sense.)
That kick at 28:16 that looks like a miss is actually kinda famous. Its called the guyver kick but it was handed down to Scott Adkins who used it in boyka. The guy who did it in this movie though Scott did it best and passed it in to him. Ive seen the kick before but didnt realize it came straight from this movie
David Hayter played the character Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid.
Yup.
Costume design on the film was Jennifer McManus--who worked on the "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" film--naturally. Other credits include practical effects on the Coen's "The Hudsucker Proxy," and the effects on... "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie."
Caught just a hint of Erin kettle action there at around 20 mins. Trying to remember which recent review had her brought up to full boil. Always a treat, lol.
That man wrote X-Men
I feel this movie could be a bit shorter but I still enjoy it a lot. One of the better hollywood remakes of an anime anyways. :)
Pretty sure the black guy in this had a semi-permanent role in "Baywatch Nights" as the cop/detective that was The Hoff's buddy. I think he could have used a different manager.
David Bryan Hayter is a screenwriter,actor and voice actor. Often dubs his voice in anime and video games.
And yes, he is best known for the English voice of Solid Snake and later Big Boss in the popular Metal Gear Solid game series and for writing the screenplay for the first X-Men film
I am here again to recommend Michael Flatley's Black Bird, the world's most expensive vanity project.
Thank you guys for enduring these movies and swilling all that beer.
I see what you did with the cut from Jason being hit by the cardboard box looking like he was falling over to the Guyver hitting the ground 👏
Man, you guys made me feel really old not knowing what Bud Dry was.
Your alls cardboard box gag was the best thing I've seen in a while. I would pay to watch it again before I did this movie! Haha
Why is it for most of the video I thought you guys were saying BUTT DRY?! That’s what I get for not paying attention to what was onscreen the first time I watched?! Lol BUTT DRY was THE beverage revolution of the 90s, like Coke 2 and Crystal Pepsi! 😂😜👍🏾
Bud Dry’s little commercial slogan was “Why ask why? Drink Bud Dry”. The commercials were dumb, and the beer tasted like gorilla piss.
That cat sound effect sounds just like the constant cat mewling from The Uninvited when the cat in a cat was running down all those stairs.
It helps a lot that the choreography was helmed by Koichi Sakamoto who later worked on Power Rangers for Saban and later went back to Japan and has had a huge run in tokusatsu, working on all three major toku franchises as director or choreographer.
The director, Steve Wang, also did a bunch of sfx work on shit like Predator, he runs a limited-run maquette shop, and he almost destroyed himself doing almost everything possible on the Kamen Rider Ryuki do-over for the west, Dragon Knight.
I wish David Hayter had a bigger live-action career. He wasn't great but he coulda gotten better over time.
That repeating cat sound effect made me think of Suburban Sasquatch and now I can’t unhear it
You guys kicked up my Sunday! Always enjoy you guys*lights blunt* let’s get it started…..
"You dont know what you're doing crane. That unit's damaged. You have no idea what it'll do to you!"
So basically some of the flashbacks were trying to give lore that’s better established in the anime. To keep it short the human race was an experiment by the zoalords and zoanoids. The guyver units are the ultimate weapon because the unit can be used by zoalords, zoanoids and humans though for millions of years units were lost and the zoanoids didn’t want humans to have it because they were uncontrollable when fused with the guyver unit. Loved the anime for guyver but in my opinion both guyver movies are SBIG
Brain said at 24:24... "Happy Toads" ?
That beer must be the shit!
Great show, guys.
Pretty sure you can buy a "Grass, gas, or neck boobs, nobody rides for free" bumper sticker at every rest-stop in Utah
😆 🤣 😂 so glad you got to watch this. Better then the 1st. Frigging Solid Snake in the house.
Way better than the first.
Am I right in assuming that Brian lives close to you guys so that he can make more episodes??
Yup.
I love The Guyver movies. The anime was a lot of fun to watch when I was a kid too.
There's 3 adaptation of anime
- 80's Ova version with 4 episode they changed the plot
- 90's ova version with 4 episode, they follow the plot but changed in the middle
- 2005 series version with accurate to the manga but the animation is cheap, they stop right at author stop the manga
I'm engaging. :)
There was a run of "Dry" beers in the 90s. Bud Dry was discontinued in 2010. It had a "dryer" taste, like a dry martini.