@@ZayZay2023And what's wrong with telling another person your opinion? Is there some character limit on how many times you can post a similar comment? I've even commented this before, but I don't need to tell you where and when.
Fun fact: When Greta Gerwig went to Mattel about Ken, they had a similar reaction to that in the movie. They didn’t care what they did with Ken. Only focused on Barbie.
That's what gets me, all the idiots out there saying that the movie was Anti men, yet the men in charge didn't care about Ken, Greta was the one that thought Ken deserved a storyline and some personal growth too.
To be fair this movie was a bit too forceful with the message in the second part. I do agree with the message but it was literally shoved down our throats.
@@jakubgodyn7413The message for men was literally to find their own worth and value without relating it to women or in the service of finding a gf/wife/partner. It’s a great message for todays men/boys where a lot of the podcast bros try to convince them that money and women are to use as disposables, or that they should only better themselves in the service of money and getting women. Men are Kenough as it it’s. It’s Barbie AND it’s Ken.
@@jakubgodyn7413 I am a middle aged man, and I say, with total respect (maybe) this one BARBIE movie shoves it down our throats? the second half shoves its message "down your throat"?? as opposed to something happening like someone trying to "grab 'em by the pu**y" which someone did. our former president did this. and bragged about it. and is now paying millions of dollars in damages because of "grabbing someone by the pu**y", this movie shoves down your throat as opposed to the 82 cents a woman makes for the $1 every man makes, as opposed to roe v. wade being taken away after 50 years of precedent, the recent ruling in Alabama, a 10 year old girl getting pregnant from being raped, yet couldn't get an abortion to save her own life in her own state because of these new restrictive laws they just passed? a bunch of old men passed these laws about women's body autonomy. -how about that for shoving something down your throat if you are a woman in America, as opposed to the 2nd half of the BARBIE movie for you. (??) there are no current laws that restrict any procedure or any action for a mans body. nothing. men are free from this equation. yet, it takes both the sperm and the egg to create this precious baby. that means the male and the female created this half and half right?? -why does the woman have to go to jail only. why isn't the man arrested like the women are being arrested?? that baby is half of the males creation. (in the case of the rape of a 10 year old girl I would say that baby is maybe even more the males responsibility than just half-come on?! This is the world every day for women-yet the BARBIE movie's second half shoved it down your throat? you poor thing. god love you. what do you do when it rains? or when the wind blows really loud? it must be just awful for you. do you walk around with special packaging around you so you don't accidentally get broken? think about getting pregnant from being raped at 10 years old if you want to think about something shoved down someones throat. and don't even try it. it is all part of one thing. they are linked. they all come from intolerance and a fight for power. which is what you are describing and illustrating with your comment. make no mistake,. we see it.
Fun facts about the film! 1. There was a pink paint shortage due to all the paint used in the film 2. The old lady next to Barbie at the bus stop is Ann Roth, an Oscar-winning costume designer and a friend of Gerwig's 3. The montage of woman at the end were home videos sent in by the crew of women they admired. 3. One of the women shown in the montage was a woman named Kimberly. She passed away a year before the film came out and a friend of hers got to interview Greta where he tells her about Kimberly and how he appreciated seeing his friend one more time.
Omg finally someone with the correct information about Ann Roth. I keep seeing people say that she is Ruth Handler's daughter (AKA who Barbie was named after) lol
Barbie choosing the real world (The patriarchy over the matriarchy) is pretty significant in that sense so I would have to think so. She would rather work to become an equal than being granted privileges within her original society. Even when that world is "fixed" is it really? I do believe the movie asks these questions pretty obviously.
I almost thought it was weird until the line "One day the kens will have the same level of power in that world as women do in the real world" and then I think I understood why they purposely went back to the matriarchy instead of going the equality route. I think it was just the final nail in the coffin on the themes of the movie 😅
The earinging Ken is sometimes referred to as gay Ken. Due to when they were trying to make more outfits for ken, they would go to clubs to see what men where wearing but during that time it was alot of gay people who they saw and the necklace that ken is wearing is actually supposed to he a pp ring, because that's what gay men where wearing at that time. This ken was the most sold barbie doll of it's time before it was recalled because they found out that gay man where purchasing it due to his fashion being the gay fashion of its time.
Its incredible how a movie based on a Mattel toy could provide a better analysis for gender roles and politics than most serious films and documentaries.
@@princesspink9550 and feminism is equality??? Or are you asking how it can be shallow when it’s about equality? Things about equality can be shallow. That’s Barbie’s entire brand. Shallow feminism and equality for the purpose of promoting a product
@@princesspink9550 I love the movie but they are right. This is a movie made under Warner Bros and Mattel for a general audience, there's only so much feminist and anti-capitalist messaging the directors/writers can get away with. Which yes results in only touching the surface level of social issues like this. (all media from big corporation is going to be like this btw)
I was really surprised with this movie, particularly because remember seeing the first set pictures of them rollerblading, I thought for the longest time that it was going to be a small movie about a real life Barbie only to surprise me with how batshit insane it was
In one of the interviews they said to look closely at Barbie when Ken says "sublime" because she is trying not to laugh. Every time Ryan when back there he said something different and Greta chose sublime. She never knew what he would say.
When they have all that empty stage to dance on during Ken's big number it's a big ol' homage to a similar sequence in Singin' in the Rain and that's what I love most about Barbie, it's full of moments like that of paying respects to the classics but at no point does it feel like it steals from them like so many movies do, it's extremely modern and classic at the same time, like any great movie. I adore it. Barbie speaking with her maker at the end is such a Truman Show-esque moment and it's glorious. A creation becoming a person is such a beautiful kind of story to tell....
omg ow did I not catch that?? Singin in the Rain is my favourite movie of all time, I can't believe I didn't connect the two because it's so obvious now that it's pointed out lol
No Lie...If I wasn't aware that Rhea Pearlman was portraying Barbie's creator, I too would have been invested enough to believe that really was the creator. 😅
Love these Barbie reactions coming out on a Wednesday and everyone wearing pink 😂 the crossover I wasn’t expecting. And now that I’ve finished the reaction, thanks for the delight that was your laughter! Also, JUSTICE FOR POLLY POCKETS 😂 my collection of them rivaled my Barbie one (had the entire city/town set when that was a thing)
@SakuraPixie Ok I always told myself that if I met someone from the future that I HAVE to ask questions about the future. Ok, so in the future, is there finally world peace?
The Ken that’s next to the Sugar Daddy doll (I think) was based off what they thought was hip fashion (in a bid to make Ken more appealing), was based off gay night club outfits. A lot of gay ppl got excited and bought it and Mattel discontinued it when they realized what the clothes were from. Apparently he’s wearing a cock ring as a necklace.
Allan was an early released doll along w Midge. On first release the cover of his box had looked a little... gay. The box art mimicked the Midge/Barbie box but the image of Ken behind him "Ken's clothes fit him" looked too gay for the 50's customers and he was almost immediately discontinued. They made a brief revival of the doll in the 90's w a backstreet boys look and that didn't help lol. Once again they stopped making him. Thats why they make the boy band joke. All thats left in barbieland is the OG Allan. My mom actually has an Allan doll lol. The doll looked a bit like Archie from archie comics.
The clothes are a sort of real. Most of the outfits are straight out of barbie doll history even using thicker fabrick to mimic the stiffness of doll clothes. As for the rest most barbie clothes are based on real fashion lines so they went back to those original clothes that the doll clothes were based on.
I love how the one guy from the Mattel CEO's group who got shot in the arm during the Ken War then had his arm in a sling when they showed up again later XD
Back in the 80s, the barbie for boys was G.I Joe, Real American Heroes. We also had Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Power Rangers.. list goes on.. And instead of Polly-Pocket boys got Mighty-Max.. he had a hat that could teleport him to places and had adventures, so you'd have what looked like a coiled snake that could just about fit in your pocket, and you'd open it up and it was a jungle scene to have your adventures in.
Mighty Max also had a super great show the toys where awesome but sadly I lost most of the pieces but still have the main "world" parts still umm I Believe I have 4 still 😂🤔
For the question of “They’re All Barbie?” So Mattel did come out with many Varieties of Friends for Both Barbie & Ken (Allan and Midge for example were the First Friends and Friends that were also a Couple they Had) There are Many other Friends like Christie, Theresa, Nicki, Kira, Becky, Ryan, Blaine (Barbie’s Australian Ex funny enough), Steven and so much more she even has Cousins too. But what I think is the Reason they’re called Barbie is because the Barbie dolls that are sold now are mostly just Packaged as Barbie on the box and you kinda don’t see many lines with names of Barbie’s Friends on them that much anymore. Also think they just called them all Barbie cuz it’s easier instead of them all having individual names. *Edit:* so towards the end when you were looking up if Barbie’s are expensive it depends on the doll, like the Discontinued ones some of them sell (if In the box with all contents can go up in price value sometimes), not all Dolls from certain lines but some can be Valuable, in some cases the doll can still be valuable without the box and sometimes not depending on the Specific doll like some of the Discontinued and Cancelled.
They still sell the named dolls but the named dolls they sell only show up in other media if that makes sense. So they sell dolls from Barbie movies where she's playing a character and Barbie shows/movies where she's still Barbie. So Theresa for example is still sold as Theresa because she's still used as one of Barbie's friends a lot. I haven't seen the newest Barbie series though I've heard it very good, they sell her friends from that show too.
I had the pregnant barbie. You could take her belly off and there was a baby inside 🤣 it was fun ahha. I had a murmaid, an olympian and a wheel chair barbi
I loved Polly Pocket clothes. I would stretch them, put them on things they shouldn't go on, and rip them very often by accident. Once, I slid a skirt down on to my thumb, and forgot about it there for a while. When I was eating dinner, my family suddenly called out, and drew attention to my thumb, which had turned purple. I panicked, and was told to take it off immediately. I thought I was going to lose my thumb, but it's still there and perfectly functional today! I don't think I touched Polly Pocket stuff after that.
The clothing in the dance scene was disco to reference the time period the movie was inspired by design wise but I’m think the outfits tossed out by Ken are all actual doll clothes
this is such an important movie. Especially when Barbie says at the end she doesn't want to be an idea, she wants to deliver ideas. This is such a projectile of a woman seen as a "product" or idea, but in fact (many) women want to do stuff and also inspire. Ken realising he doesn't need stuff (not even other woman) to accept him as who he is... that's how every human should see himself. Ken was also designed as a Buddy or a couple part, because Barbie was getting too independent and it was unheard of to have a female role model being on her own (without a man/husband/boyfriend etc). It was also never Barbies fault Ken didn't have anything other than her, since her world was designed for girls and they wouldn't play with a Kens house or anything :D which applies to the company sacrifying Kens individuality for profit. You don't need cars or a coat (or other people) to define you for who you are and you never shouldn't fall for all the commerce shit telling you "this is what you need". That's why you also can rip off the patriarchy, but ofcourse the system won't let you.
The map is a kid's drawing. I was too old for Barbie when she came out, but a few years ago I created a Halloween Barbie Birdcage with a werewolf Barbie, a Mummy Mommy with a Cuisanart, Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula and Medusa. I entered it in the Oklahoma State Fair and had a great time watching reactions. It was considered sacrilege to do that to even thrift store Barbies. Now I know from his movie that I am a creator of weird Barbies.
I'm pretty sure the old lady on the bench is the real clothes Designer of Barbie or smth like that And yes that end speech from Ruth (her actress at least) got me so emotional, it was so beautiful
Ken conquered Barbieland by simply walking up to the average Barbie and be like: "Hey wanna not have responsibility anymore" and they literally all agreed instantly.
@@rsmcleary yeah, we can’t say men have all the responsibility since a huge part of the commentary of the movie was how reliant men are on women for validating them and for being their “mommy”.
@@Real_Genji what? They reminded the Barbies of who they were, hence why the first Barbie to break out of her brainwash remembered that she wrote her own book, not Ken.
On an interview Ryan Gosling was asking the to say " Pretty Paisley Palazzo Pants" 3 times fast without messing up. The interviews with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are a scream.
I've had Push in my head since watching this.. I liked matchbox 20 so it really made me laugh. Apparently most of the crew and cast were too young and thought the song was written for Ken to sing and the creator had to be like, no, its an actual song from in the day
While on the set people would walk around the pool. Also they had to use a kind of small skateboard to slide down because of the angle of the slide. If there are walls it is hard to play with the dolls and of course it is outside, there was no Barbie dance hall.
Ah Ken wasn’t a villain really, by that standard Barbie was too. Hes treating her how she treated him. Basically how in the real world men treat women like crap men wouldn’t like it if they treated them the same.
@@kizaru6701 they are dolls. Unlike the fact that the largest growing population of homeless are single mums and their kids. They're humans. They need shelter. Dolls? Not so much.
@@LangkeeLongkee tf you talking about? The Barbies are also dolls. U said Kens treated the Barbies worse then they treated them. Yet all Kens were homeless. Yeah largest growing. The largest are still men.
@@kizaru6701 yeah sure but dolls don't need a home. They don't even eat. The Kens turned the Barbies into slaves and ALSO kicked them out, the Kens didn't live with the Barbies who also had no control over their housing (Mattel is control of the fact that they make do houses for Barbies and not Kens, the Barbies had no say in that). But the Kens were still liked, appreciated and respected as individuals. They did not offer that to the Barbies. And the reason women with no children aren't as high as a homeless population is because homeless women are just trafficked instead. It's not a dub for us.
He sang in the Mickey Mouse Club, sang and danced in La La Land and he even learned to play jazz piano for La La Land in 3 months. Before he only knew a few chords and played by ear, some.
One of the Kens at Weird Barbie's house is "Magic Earring Ken," aka C**k Ring Ken. Designers were trying to make Ken "hip" so they went to trendy clubs at the time, and noticed a certain fashion trend where gay men would wear a c**k ring as a necklace, but the designers didn't realize that that's what it was. This got all the way to stores until gay men noticed it, and then Mattel pulled it from stores when this was brought to their attention.
There was never water in the Barbie houses because Moms would have a fit. Barbie Land can be perfect because it is imaginary. Ken never had a house, a car or anything, he was just an accessory to Barbie. He has no rights in Barbie Land.
No one I've seen react to this movie yet has gotten the extent of the Kubrick reference at the beginning. In all fairness, though, I myself had to rewatch the beginning of the Kubrick movie to fully appreciate it. Now it's hilarious.
Oh my god yes the rubbery clothes! I was told when I was little I accidentally swallowed a Polly pocket’s head. I think I was 3 when it happened but I feel bad for her.
Couple fun facts: "Sugar Daddy Ken" was actually "Sugar's Daddy Ken" (with Sugar being the dog, like they said). It was created as a tongue-in-cheek variant for adult collectors. As for "Magic Earring Ken"... he was designed to be "fashionable", but the designer didn't really understand what he was doing. He thought he was co-opting club fashion, but he was actually co-opting gay fashion, and the ring he thought was an earring was actually a cock ring. So you can understand why that Ken didn't last very long 😅
Digimon is actually a spin off of Tamagochi aimed more towards boys. Some Digimon are also canonically Tamagochi, like Nanimon whos Oyajitchi, and others like Digitamon, Wizarmon, and Belphemon Sleep Mode have the Tamagochi eggshell apart of their designs. Within Digimon canon (Tamagochis own continuity is different) the Tamagochi world is a "Digital World of another dimension"
People collect Barbies and the discontinued ones are very valuable, especially in the original boxes. I worked a Christmas at a Walmart in Oklahoma City and we got a carton of Malibu Baribies and one of them had her swimsuit top above her boobs, in the box. We kept putting her in the front and conservative Oklahoma customers kept hiding her in the back. I finally bought it and we had a dirty Santa family thing and my teenage nephew ended up with her. I don't know if she still has it. He is 50 now.
my main take away from america fierra's speech about women is...not only is being a woman hard, being a man is hard, being a child is hard, overall being a human sucks you have to be polite without being too polite and make everyone is thinking you're a push over you have to work but not over work and make everyone think you don't care about your family you make friends then you lose friends America Fierra's speech was motivating and hits home
Re: the "other toys" discussion at the tend, one thing that makes comparisons a little harder is that Barbie has been around for so long. There aren't many in that category, and maybe none with the same cultural weight.
Power Rangers! Barbie would probably become like the first female leader of an all-women or at least a mixed co-ed of maybe more women than men (probably more Kens and Allans if possibly necessary or something haha) PR group with different unique colors as the Pink or Red Ranger somehow or something! I don’t know 🤷♂️ haha.
Yes. They aren’t all Barbie. Not really sure why they changed that other than it becomes very obvious the other names are for different hair colors and races. Brunette/Latina Barbie: Teresa Black Barbie(s): Nikki, Naomi, etc Ginger Barbie: Midge Black hair, white Barbie: Raquelle Asian Barbie(s): Lea, Kira, Miko The Kens also have different names. Ryan, Steve, etc.
Ken not being as excited about patriarchy when he found out horses weren't a part of it was the funniest thing to me for some reason.
Didn’t you put that same comment on the reel reject’s reaction? 😂😭
@@ZayZay2023I was gonna say hHa
@@ZayZay2023lol I thought I recognized this 😂
@@ZayZay2023And what's wrong with telling another person your opinion? Is there some character limit on how many times you can post a similar comment? I've even commented this before, but I don't need to tell you where and when.
@marslara Lots of people also comment "First" even when they are not. But I stopped complaining about those years ago.
Fun fact: When Greta Gerwig went to Mattel about Ken, they had a similar reaction to that in the movie. They didn’t care what they did with Ken. Only focused on Barbie.
That's what gets me, all the idiots out there saying that the movie was Anti men, yet the men in charge didn't care about Ken, Greta was the one that thought Ken deserved a storyline and some personal growth too.
This is becoming the helmet kick fact of this movie
The tragedy of this movie is that the men who hate it are the ones who need it the most.
Facts 👏
Agree 💯
To be fair this movie was a bit too forceful with the message in the second part. I do agree with the message but it was literally shoved down our throats.
@@jakubgodyn7413The message for men was literally to find their own worth and value without relating it to women or in the service of finding a gf/wife/partner. It’s a great message for todays men/boys where a lot of the podcast bros try to convince them that money and women are to use as disposables, or that they should only better themselves in the service of money and getting women. Men are Kenough as it it’s. It’s Barbie AND it’s Ken.
@@jakubgodyn7413 I am a middle aged man, and I say, with total respect (maybe) this one BARBIE movie shoves it down our throats? the second half shoves its message "down your throat"?? as opposed to something happening like someone trying to "grab 'em by the pu**y" which someone did. our former president did this. and bragged about it. and is now paying millions of dollars in damages because of "grabbing someone by the pu**y", this movie shoves down your throat as opposed to the 82 cents a woman makes for the $1 every man makes, as opposed to roe v. wade being taken away after 50 years of precedent, the recent ruling in Alabama, a 10 year old girl getting pregnant from being raped, yet couldn't get an abortion to save her own life in her own state because of these new restrictive laws they just passed? a bunch of old men passed these laws about women's body autonomy. -how about that for shoving something down your throat if you are a woman in America, as opposed to the 2nd half of the BARBIE movie for you. (??)
there are no current laws that restrict any procedure or any action for a mans body. nothing. men are free from this equation. yet, it takes both the sperm and the egg to create this precious baby. that means the male and the female created this half and half right?? -why does the woman have to go to jail only. why isn't the man arrested like the women are being arrested?? that baby is half of the males creation. (in the case of the rape of a 10 year old girl I would say that baby is maybe even more the males responsibility than just half-come on?! This is the world every day for women-yet the BARBIE movie's second half shoved it down your throat? you poor thing. god love you. what do you do when it rains? or when the wind blows really loud? it must be just awful for you. do you walk around with special packaging around you so you don't accidentally get broken? think about getting pregnant from being raped at 10 years old if you want to think about something shoved down someones throat. and don't even try it. it is all part of one thing. they are linked. they all come from intolerance and a fight for power. which is what you are describing and illustrating with your comment. make no mistake,. we see it.
Fun facts about the film!
1. There was a pink paint shortage due to all the paint used in the film
2. The old lady next to Barbie at the bus stop is Ann Roth, an Oscar-winning costume designer and a friend of Gerwig's
3. The montage of woman at the end were home videos sent in by the crew of women they admired.
3. One of the women shown in the montage was a woman named Kimberly. She passed away a year before the film came out and a friend of hers got to interview Greta where he tells her about Kimberly and how he appreciated seeing his friend one more time.
Omg finally someone with the correct information about Ann Roth. I keep seeing people say that she is Ruth Handler's daughter (AKA who Barbie was named after) lol
2 3's?
Fun fact: Sasha and her friends at the cafeteria are named and modeled after the Bratz dolls.
Huh? I’m confused aren’t Bratz and Barbie basically the same company?
@@bhavanijayant526??? No, Bratz were made as a direct competitor to Barbie. They were actually made by a former Mattel employee.
8 and a half minutes into the video and i cannot stop laughing at how bewildered and excited erik is abt everything in barbieland, holy shit
Ikr I wanna watch this video a second time😂
@@MediaLoverChris02 When they will react to amphibia Season 3 Finale I want it why are they taking so long
@@jakealexander2405 Idk I haven’t seen that. Only The Owl House.
@@MediaLoverChris02 The episodes
Ok, the fact that the Barbies literally Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss their way back into a matriarchy HAS to be done ironically.
Barbie choosing the real world (The patriarchy over the matriarchy) is pretty significant in that sense so I would have to think so. She would rather work to become an equal than being granted privileges within her original society. Even when that world is "fixed" is it really? I do believe the movie asks these questions pretty obviously.
I almost thought it was weird until the line "One day the kens will have the same level of power in that world as women do in the real world" and then I think I understood why they purposely went back to the matriarchy instead of going the equality route.
I think it was just the final nail in the coffin on the themes of the movie 😅
So the Ken's will get to become doctors, lawyers, mayors president's and the like? Fair enough.
it definitely forces men watching the film to step into the shoes of women, i think that was intentional.
women proving they're women.
The earinging Ken is sometimes referred to as gay Ken. Due to when they were trying to make more outfits for ken, they would go to clubs to see what men where wearing but during that time it was alot of gay people who they saw and the necklace that ken is wearing is actually supposed to he a pp ring, because that's what gay men where wearing at that time. This ken was the most sold barbie doll of it's time before it was recalled because they found out that gay man where purchasing it due to his fashion being the gay fashion of its time.
"I'm a man with no power does that make me a woman?" Had my theater cracking up HAAAAAAARD
The only flaw this movie had was not giving Ken one of the man MANY horses or unicorns or pegasi that have come with Barbie over the years.
Probably why he loved them so much
The part where Barbie says “I am become death, destroyer of the patriarchy.”, was a really powerful moment I thought.
Yeah and that glitter bomb was cool
oppenheimer reference
This joke is so tired and played out
Its incredible how a movie based on a Mattel toy could provide a better analysis for gender roles and politics than most serious films and documentaries.
That's because they weren't KENough. 😂
It didn’t tho? I liked this movie for what it was but let’s not pretend it wasn’t an incredibly shallow take on feminism
@@hanaomer4419how it’s about equality
@@princesspink9550 and feminism is equality??? Or are you asking how it can be shallow when it’s about equality? Things about equality can be shallow. That’s Barbie’s entire brand. Shallow feminism and equality for the purpose of promoting a product
@@princesspink9550 I love the movie but they are right. This is a movie made under Warner Bros and Mattel for a general audience, there's only so much feminist and anti-capitalist messaging the directors/writers can get away with. Which yes results in only touching the surface level of social issues like this. (all media from big corporation is going to be like this btw)
I was really surprised with this movie, particularly because remember seeing the first set pictures of them rollerblading, I thought for the longest time that it was going to be a small movie about a real life Barbie only to surprise me with how batshit insane it was
😂 facts
they went too hard for a barbie movie and i kinda live for it.
In one of the interviews they said to look closely at Barbie when Ken says "sublime" because she is trying not to laugh. Every time Ryan when back there he said something different and Greta chose sublime. She never knew what he would say.
When they have all that empty stage to dance on during Ken's big number it's a big ol' homage to a similar sequence in Singin' in the Rain and that's what I love most about Barbie, it's full of moments like that of paying respects to the classics but at no point does it feel like it steals from them like so many movies do, it's extremely modern and classic at the same time, like any great movie. I adore it. Barbie speaking with her maker at the end is such a Truman Show-esque moment and it's glorious. A creation becoming a person is such a beautiful kind of story to tell....
omg ow did I not catch that?? Singin in the Rain is my favourite movie of all time, I can't believe I didn't connect the two because it's so obvious now that it's pointed out lol
@@clarasundqvist6013 Gotta daaaaance 😉
The Allan fight scene was my favorite thing in the movie. Just like Allan is kinda shorter compared to the Kens but like kicked their asses easily
Using that Scott Pilgrim training lol
Allan's been ready to snap for like 60 years lol
I completely understand the urge to chew on Polly Pockets clothes
Can confirm there was a lot of chewing on those clothes 😂
and barbie shoes!
the fact that they were having an eager discussion about Polly Pocket while the movie has already been confirmed AND casted is too funny to me
Allan is Ken’s best friend, he hits into all of Ken’s clothes… but they were just roommates
Was half expecting Ken and Ken to end up together cuz Ken says Ken is cool when Barbie says he isn’t. And they become friends by the end lol
No Lie...If I wasn't aware that Rhea Pearlman was portraying Barbie's creator, I too would have been invested enough to believe that really was the creator. 😅
Movie: has whole sequence explaining weird barbie
"So is weird barbie a real barvie you can buy?" 💀💀💀
True, but now there is actually a weird Barbie you can buy!
@@ai_insect232That's the real weird part
Love these Barbie reactions coming out on a Wednesday and everyone wearing pink 😂 the crossover I wasn’t expecting.
And now that I’ve finished the reaction, thanks for the delight that was your laughter!
Also, JUSTICE FOR POLLY POCKETS 😂 my collection of them rivaled my Barbie one (had the entire city/town set when that was a thing)
Oh that's right, I forgot timezones existed. It's still Tuesday night where I'm at.
@@DAMIENDMILLSlmao yes 😂 hello from the ~future~ here in Japan
@SakuraPixie Ok I always told myself that if I met someone from the future that I HAVE to ask questions about the future.
Ok, so in the future, is there finally world peace?
The Ken that’s next to the Sugar Daddy doll (I think) was based off what they thought was hip fashion (in a bid to make Ken more appealing), was based off gay night club outfits. A lot of gay ppl got excited and bought it and Mattel discontinued it when they realized what the clothes were from.
Apparently he’s wearing a cock ring as a necklace.
LMAO tha't just awesome
Love that you got all dressed up😅✨ y'all look dazzling
We’re just trying to be Kenough
Allan was an early released doll along w Midge. On first release the cover of his box had looked a little... gay. The box art mimicked the Midge/Barbie box but the image of Ken behind him "Ken's clothes fit him" looked too gay for the 50's customers and he was almost immediately discontinued. They made a brief revival of the doll in the 90's w a backstreet boys look and that didn't help lol. Once again they stopped making him. Thats why they make the boy band joke. All thats left in barbieland is the OG Allan. My mom actually has an Allan doll lol. The doll looked a bit like Archie from archie comics.
The clothes are a sort of real. Most of the outfits are straight out of barbie doll history even using thicker fabrick to mimic the stiffness of doll clothes. As for the rest most barbie clothes are based on real fashion lines so they went back to those original clothes that the doll clothes were based on.
I read that people who worked on the movie submitted home videos of influential women in their lives for the "What Was I Made For" scene.
that's very interesting...........because i was always wondering how they do those types of scenes in movies
I love how the one guy from the Mattel CEO's group who got shot in the arm during the Ken War then had his arm in a sling when they showed up again later XD
Back in the 80s, the barbie for boys was G.I Joe, Real American Heroes. We also had Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Power Rangers.. list goes on.. And instead of Polly-Pocket boys got Mighty-Max.. he had a hat that could teleport him to places and had adventures, so you'd have what looked like a coiled snake that could just about fit in your pocket, and you'd open it up and it was a jungle scene to have your adventures in.
Mighty Max also had a super great show
the toys where awesome but sadly I lost most of the pieces but still have the main "world" parts still umm I Believe I have 4 still 😂🤔
For the question of “They’re All Barbie?” So Mattel did come out with many Varieties of Friends for Both Barbie & Ken (Allan and Midge for example were the First Friends and Friends that were also a Couple they Had) There are Many other Friends like Christie, Theresa, Nicki, Kira, Becky, Ryan, Blaine (Barbie’s Australian Ex funny enough), Steven and so much more she even has Cousins too. But what I think is the Reason they’re called Barbie is because the Barbie dolls that are sold now are mostly just Packaged as Barbie on the box and you kinda don’t see many lines with names of Barbie’s Friends on them that much anymore. Also think they just called them all Barbie cuz it’s easier instead of them all having individual names.
*Edit:* so towards the end when you were looking up if Barbie’s are expensive it depends on the doll, like the Discontinued ones some of them sell (if In the box with all contents can go up in price value sometimes), not all Dolls from certain lines but some can be Valuable, in some cases the doll can still be valuable without the box and sometimes not depending on the Specific doll like some of the Discontinued and Cancelled.
They still sell the named dolls but the named dolls they sell only show up in other media if that makes sense. So they sell dolls from Barbie movies where she's playing a character and Barbie shows/movies where she's still Barbie. So Theresa for example is still sold as Theresa because she's still used as one of Barbie's friends a lot.
I haven't seen the newest Barbie series though I've heard it very good, they sell her friends from that show too.
Actually, the Weird Barbie is real now lol they released a doll about her to the Barbie movie line
We all live in a Mojo Dojo Casa House because we're KENough. 😂
I had the pregnant barbie. You could take her belly off and there was a baby inside 🤣 it was fun ahha. I had a murmaid, an olympian and a wheel chair barbi
"The Kens haven't won as long as Allan's in there" feels so genuinely encouraging given that Allan represents supportive men🥹
everyone just ganging up on eric when he asks about the garbage collector barbies is so funny, poor man looks flabbergasted the whole time
Didn't think you guys would react to this, but I am pleasantly surprised!
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS. LET THE BARBIE REACTIONS COMMENCE
I know, I’m watching every Barbie react obsessively!
I loved Polly Pocket clothes.
I would stretch them, put them on things they shouldn't go on, and rip them very often by accident.
Once, I slid a skirt down on to my thumb, and forgot about it there for a while. When I was eating dinner, my family suddenly called out, and drew attention to my thumb, which had turned purple.
I panicked, and was told to take it off immediately. I thought I was going to lose my thumb, but it's still there and perfectly functional today!
I don't think I touched Polly Pocket stuff after that.
The 2001 odyssey reference of the very beginning is hilarious
Bree I applaud your defense of Polly Pocket. She was no slouch!
Apparently “sublime” was ad lib lol
The both intensional and unintentional foreshadowing is hilarious.
The clothing in the dance scene was disco to reference the time period the movie was inspired by design wise but I’m think the outfits tossed out by Ken are all actual doll clothes
this is such an important movie. Especially when Barbie says at the end she doesn't want to be an idea, she wants to deliver ideas. This is such a projectile of a woman seen as a "product" or idea, but in fact (many) women want to do stuff and also inspire. Ken realising he doesn't need stuff (not even other woman) to accept him as who he is... that's how every human should see himself. Ken was also designed as a Buddy or a couple part, because Barbie was getting too independent and it was unheard of to have a female role model being on her own (without a man/husband/boyfriend etc). It was also never Barbies fault Ken didn't have anything other than her, since her world was designed for girls and they wouldn't play with a Kens house or anything :D which applies to the company sacrifying Kens individuality for profit. You don't need cars or a coat (or other people) to define you for who you are and you never shouldn't fall for all the commerce shit telling you "this is what you need". That's why you also can rip off the patriarchy, but ofcourse the system won't let you.
My first thought when Polly Pockets were brought up was, “Oh, I used to chew on there clothes.”
I feel seen!
The map is a kid's drawing. I was too old for Barbie when she came out, but a few years ago I created a Halloween Barbie Birdcage with a werewolf Barbie, a Mummy Mommy with a Cuisanart, Bride of Frankenstein and Dracula and Medusa. I entered it in the Oklahoma State Fair and had a great time watching reactions. It was considered sacrilege to do that to even thrift store Barbies. Now I know from his movie that I am a creator of weird Barbies.
I'm pretty sure the old lady on the bench is the real clothes Designer of Barbie or smth like that
And yes that end speech from Ruth (her actress at least) got me so emotional, it was so beautiful
Ken conquered Barbieland by simply walking up to the average Barbie and be like: "Hey wanna not have responsibility anymore" and they literally all agreed instantly.
Mostly cause they were all brainwashed, so it wasn’t really them agreeing
@@rsmcleary yeah, we can’t say men have all the responsibility since a huge part of the commentary of the movie was how reliant men are on women for validating them and for being their “mommy”.
@@Real_Genjithey literally said its snapping them out of it. They didn't brainwash them, they reminded them who they were.
@@Real_Genji what? They reminded the Barbies of who they were, hence why the first Barbie to break out of her brainwash remembered that she wrote her own book, not Ken.
On an interview Ryan Gosling was asking the to say " Pretty Paisley Palazzo Pants" 3 times fast without messing up. The interviews with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling are a scream.
I've had Push in my head since watching this.. I liked matchbox 20 so it really made me laugh. Apparently most of the crew and cast were too young and thought the song was written for Ken to sing and the creator had to be like, no, its an actual song from in the day
While on the set people would walk around the pool. Also they had to use a kind of small skateboard to slide down because of the angle of the slide. If there are walls it is hard to play with the dolls and of course it is outside, there was no Barbie dance hall.
Kens my favorite part of this movie. The Ken doll actually has the same careers as Barbie and the complimentary outfits to Barbie
The creator’s actress also plays the mom in Matilda 👌🏼
The answer to their entire conversation in the end is just the lego movie
6:54 there was Christie, the first Barbie who wasn't White. If I still had her and her wardrobe, I would have a valuable collection.
OMG, thank you for helping understand why Will Ferrell has the pink drumsticks.
Ah Ken wasn’t a villain really, by that standard Barbie was too. Hes treating her how she treated him. Basically how in the real world men treat women like crap men wouldn’t like it if they treated them the same.
Tbh... The Barbies were still nicer to the Kens than the Kens were to the Barbies
@@LangkeeLongkeethe kens didn't even have houses
@@kizaru6701 they are dolls. Unlike the fact that the largest growing population of homeless are single mums and their kids. They're humans. They need shelter. Dolls? Not so much.
@@LangkeeLongkee tf you talking about? The Barbies are also dolls. U said Kens treated the Barbies worse then they treated them. Yet all Kens were homeless.
Yeah largest growing. The largest are still men.
@@kizaru6701 yeah sure but dolls don't need a home. They don't even eat. The Kens turned the Barbies into slaves and ALSO kicked them out, the Kens didn't live with the Barbies who also had no control over their housing (Mattel is control of the fact that they make do houses for Barbies and not Kens, the Barbies had no say in that). But the Kens were still liked, appreciated and respected as individuals. They did not offer that to the Barbies.
And the reason women with no children aren't as high as a homeless population is because homeless women are just trafficked instead. It's not a dub for us.
I love how they all are wearing pink for this one 😆❤️
aw you cut president barbie's best line
He sang in the Mickey Mouse Club, sang and danced in La La Land and he even learned to play jazz piano for La La Land in 3 months. Before he only knew a few chords and played by ear, some.
Why are you making this so difficult? Barbie vs cabbage patch kids. Give us Barbie vs Chucky.
13:47 The two that haven't seen the movie guess the climax, while the two that have seen it heroically say absolutely nothing 😂
I 100% chewed on the polly pocket clothes
Yes the rubber polly pocket clothes were very chewable lmao
An official weird Barbie has been made
NONE of you are familiar with the opening to 2001: A Space Odyssey?? I highly recommend you check it out! 😂
That’s why we mentioned the monolith
@@sortastupid Haha I guess I must’ve missed that! Such a fun, goofy scene.
One of the Kens at Weird Barbie's house is "Magic Earring Ken," aka C**k Ring Ken. Designers were trying to make Ken "hip" so they went to trendy clubs at the time, and noticed a certain fashion trend where gay men would wear a c**k ring as a necklace, but the designers didn't realize that that's what it was. This got all the way to stores until gay men noticed it, and then Mattel pulled it from stores when this was brought to their attention.
3:43 brb calling Mattel and asking them to make Hoarder Barbie so she doesn’t have to take out the trash lol
There was never water in the Barbie houses because Moms would have a fit. Barbie Land can be perfect because it is imaginary. Ken never had a house, a car or anything, he was just an accessory to Barbie. He has no rights in Barbie Land.
Some people clearly haven’t seen 2001 a Space Odyssey
Ken becoming the villain for a sec 😂
I would love to see you guys reacting to old Barbie movies
No one I've seen react to this movie yet has gotten the extent of the Kubrick reference at the beginning. In all fairness, though, I myself had to rewatch the beginning of the Kubrick movie to fully appreciate it. Now it's hilarious.
Someone get Erik to a Toys R Us this poor man was deprived of Barbie as a child and it clearly will blow his actual mind 😂😂😂😂
Fun fact: Allen is midges boyfriend it the toy line and Barbie does have best friends and sisters in the toy line who aren’t named barbie
I loved watching this with you guys!
If you haven’t seen them, you should watch all the Jurassic movies (all 4 of you)
I love 2001 a Space Odyssey, which the beginning of this movie is parodying.
Oh my god yes the rubbery clothes! I was told when I was little I accidentally swallowed a Polly pocket’s head. I think I was 3 when it happened but I feel bad for her.
Couple fun facts: "Sugar Daddy Ken" was actually "Sugar's Daddy Ken" (with Sugar being the dog, like they said). It was created as a tongue-in-cheek variant for adult collectors. As for "Magic Earring Ken"... he was designed to be "fashionable", but the designer didn't really understand what he was doing. He thought he was co-opting club fashion, but he was actually co-opting gay fashion, and the ring he thought was an earring was actually a cock ring. So you can understand why that Ken didn't last very long 😅
Ken be dressing that doflamingo drip
Max steal is the male version of this toys
Yep it was
@@MoviesR4Life1 yeah along with action man
Erik is fresh, love it.
i would LOVEEE a Bratz movie. Bratz was my favorite type of doll.
Digimon is actually a spin off of Tamagochi aimed more towards boys. Some Digimon are also canonically Tamagochi, like Nanimon whos Oyajitchi, and others like Digitamon, Wizarmon, and Belphemon Sleep Mode have the Tamagochi eggshell apart of their designs. Within Digimon canon (Tamagochis own continuity is different) the Tamagochi world is a "Digital World of another dimension"
"Is the story about the Kens revolting or having a beach off?" Both and much more.
im expecting yall to cry cuz im bawling my eyes like insane when the first note of "what was i made for" comes on
Now I need to see them react to 2001: A Space Odyssey since they got none of the references in the beginning scene lmao
Im fairly sure all the outfits Gosling Ken and Robbie Barbie wear are actual Barbie and Ken doll outfits that existed, but idk about the rest of them
Ruth's daughter Barbara DID cameo in the movie, she was the old woman on the bench who said "I know I am (beautiful)"
That’s not Ruth’s daughter. Her name is Ann Roth and she is an Oscar-winning costume designer and friend of Greta
the forbidden gummies
Wow Shanks did phenomenal in this movie
I had a Polly Pocket yacht and it was incredible (and I generally didn't even like playing with dolls), justice for PP!
People collect Barbies and the discontinued ones are very valuable, especially in the original boxes. I worked a Christmas at a Walmart in Oklahoma City and we got a carton of Malibu Baribies and one of them had her swimsuit top above her boobs, in the box. We kept putting her in the front and conservative Oklahoma customers kept hiding her in the back. I finally bought it and we had a dirty Santa family thing and my teenage nephew ended up with her. I don't know if she still has it. He is 50 now.
my main take away from america fierra's speech about women is...not only is being a woman hard, being a man is hard, being a child is hard, overall being a human sucks
you have to be polite without being too polite and make everyone is thinking you're a push over
you have to work but not over work and make everyone think you don't care about your family
you make friends then you lose friends
America Fierra's speech was motivating and hits home
Re: the "other toys" discussion at the tend, one thing that makes comparisons a little harder is that Barbie has been around for so long. There aren't many in that category, and maybe none with the same cultural weight.
Can confirm. Polly Pocket was a very big deal.
Power Rangers! Barbie would probably become like the first female leader of an all-women or at least a mixed co-ed of maybe more women than men (probably more Kens and Allans if possibly necessary or something haha) PR group with different unique colors as the Pink or Red Ranger somehow or something! I don’t know 🤷♂️ haha.
I keep forgetting that Polly Pockets grew bigger after my time (feeling old)
I loved the movie so much, cried twice actually. I think it’ll probably at least win a few Oscar’s and it deserves it.
Yes. They aren’t all Barbie. Not really sure why they changed that other than it becomes very obvious the other names are for different hair colors and races.
Brunette/Latina Barbie: Teresa
Black Barbie(s): Nikki, Naomi, etc
Ginger Barbie: Midge
Black hair, white Barbie: Raquelle
Asian Barbie(s): Lea, Kira, Miko
The Kens also have different names. Ryan, Steve, etc.