You know what I could tell about the Wicked movie? That it was actually gonna be a MUSICAL. Looking at you, Mean Girls trailer!!! Take notes! Also Adam, way to "Yes, eh" that first trailer. LOL
Megalopolis is an original idea from Francis Ford Coppola he's been working on since the 80s. It took him 40 years to finally get it made but I'm soon excited to see it.
It was Gandalf in Rings of Power! He said the line, "when in doubt, always follow your nose." That's what he says thousands of years later to Frodo in the mines of Moria! It's Gandalf.
My mind is absolutely blown that Francis Ford Coppola is still alive. That whole trailer, I was thinking, "Oh so his estate finally found someone to direct this movie." He was always a historical figure to me like Orson Welles or Henry Ford.
I was thoroughly entertained by Adam's face after the Wicked trailer. Jay's reaction was awesome. I've cried about 95% of the time when Elphaba puts on the hat and we started to hear the first lines to Defying Gravity.
Sorry Adam, I know you didn't want people to skip, but after that lack of response to the Wicked trailer, I couldn't bear myself to continue. Still love watching you both though!
You guys always tell us not to skip, but eventually you'll realise that we're not watching for the trailers, we're watching for our two favourite dudes, and we want to watch the whole thing.
Calling my shot now: It's Saruman. Saruman was the first of the Wizards to arrive, and was a legendary hero throughout all of this age. All other Wizards, including Gandalf, the last to arrive, would have learned everything they knew from him. That is why his betrayal during The Lord Of The Rings is such a horrifying surprise. He has been their mentor and ally for Millennia. I think them using such clear Gandalf imagery as such a deliberate signal WITHOUT them giving us any of his names means it has to be a misdirect. Also, the first line of the show is "Nothing is evil in the beginning". It fits the central theme. And the Strangers musical theme has a subtle current of hammers striking metal running through it. If I was a brilliant composer like Bear McCreary that's the kind of auditory clue I'd bury within my music for people to find later.
@@Grandtheatrix maybe, but I feel like that would be a pretty substantial/weird misdirect to imply he’s Gandalf in a season finale only to have it be Saruman revealed later
@@Grandtheatrix People take a lot of what is written in Tolkien's world as factual to its universe. And a lot of it isn't. The Silmarillion is a mythology and thus everything in it is suspect. Any thing referenced in song or prose, is passed down stories, meaning they are all suspect. The timeline presented in Lord of the Rings is not factual. Thus it can't be a God's eye telling of events. And since the timeline tells of events that none of the principles witnessed, and with events long after they had left middle Earth, shows that the time line is just that a historical record, and historical records aren't factual. They have bias based on whom ever is the one telling or recording the story. Tolkien even had a comment about Gandalf (I can't remember the exact words), but it's stated similar to the tales of his first arrival have yet to be told. Just like the proto Hobbits aren't mention in any of tests. But Tolkien's note indicate that they did exist as wondering nomads. Now of course thats all if you are trying to tell a strict adaption. This isn't a strict adaption. So technically it can be anything they wish. But for myself, I really dislike (but completely understand) the producers needing to compress events that take an eon to occur to happen in what is likely going to be 50 years or less. Dislike it but there isn't a reasonable way to show growth of various scocieties and cultures, and their decline that does occur (and I do find very fascinating) , but I also understand as a product that is made for the masses you can't expect people to have to (outside of the elves) get to know completely different generations of people each season. Especially in seasons that are likely only going to be 8 episodes long. Thats a far large hill to expect people who aren't well versed in the material to latch on to. I also find it so surprising for anyone to complain about an adaption of Tolkien's work and describing it has slow, or a slog (pacing wise). Tolkien's material isn't fast paced and he isn't focused on the depiction of action. Action occurs but it's rarely the meat and potatoes of the his story telling. Now I know for a lot of people (even as well read as Lord of the Rings is over the decades) thank Lord of the Rings and think Peter Jacksons adaption, but Peter kept some of the message, character beats, and at least showed depictions of a quest, but a lot of it is wrapped into a action trilogy. And it worked, but it's absolutely not true to how Tolkien would create a story. Now because season one is basically just getting the plot starting, I do expect the producers to as the series progress ramp up the action. But I actually thought the pacing of season was far, far closer to Tolkien's pacing than anything done in Jackson's version.
From what I understand Megalopolis is basically the American take on the German movie Metropolis. I'm understanding that it's meant to be a deconstruction and analysis of an alternate history US city that presents itself as a utopia which loops back around to being a dystopia. The original Metropolis was impressionistic, grand and almost mythical in its imagery and presentation, but this ones seems to be more oppressive, capitalist and modern overall
Or both depending on how it effects each person individually. Im always more intrigued when a film from a visionary director is divisive since it means hes taking BIG swings
I would *love* to see you guys react to the original Orphan Black. With Adam having seen it, and Jay fresh, it would be so fun! Such a good series! I'm not sure how I feel about the trailer for the sequel, but I'll definitely be giving it a shot.
Jay made a good point about the Twisters movie. I watch a lot of storm chasers and it's been a bad year for that. They are busy and there are so many towns that have been destroyed this year. We never truly know all the towns/cities that are affected because they aren't on the news. And the one scene w/ the falling water tower, not sure if it's from El Reno or not, but in 2013 that was the worst tornado. Destroyed El Reno and three professional storm chasers were killed during that tornado plus an amateur storm chaser. Maybe it's an homage but for some, the movie might be traumatic.
I like Rings of Power S1 quite a bit. It was refreshing getting lighter fantasy again and I’m exited to get more. It did get slow here and there but I preferred that to constant dark fantasy political stuff that seemed to hover over the genre for years.
For the power of the rings trailer. The character who most believe is Gandalf says one of Gandalf’s infamous lines, “just follow your nose” in the last episode. No one else says that but him. Adam, does that count? Why not if no?
Rings of Power suffered last time being released at the same time as House of the Dragon, it's a totally different kind of fantasy show. This time around, they're releasing it after HotD.
Kinda there too. I do not understand the appeal. And I'm honestly kind of tired with all these properties that humanize the villains and are all "See, it's really the good guys who are bad!" Like can't we just let villains be villains? They all gotta be misunderstood innocents forced to become "evil"? I genuinely think things like wicked are a detriment to good storytelling.
@@Tensen01you're tired about it? well wicked is literally the one that popularized that trend. you're literally seeing where it was all inspired by. maleficent is literally inspired by wicked. even frozen is a copy of wicked. put some respect to it.
Brian did however eventually finish books after Frank's original 6 that seemingly finishes the saga that had been planned, but I feel like there's a bit of handwaviness about how much of that arc was Frank, and how much was moreso Brian/Kevin
Jay's reaction to Wicked is why I love this channel. I felt kinda like Adam about Wicked, but not to the same degree. I loved The Wizard of Oz but I felt it was all I needed. Watching the joy bloom on Jay's face as the trailer progressed now has me excited to watch Wicked in November, and I didn't see that coming. So, thank you Jay
It’s not until Jay laughs so hard he turned the slightest shade of pink…. That I realize how white Adam is. Haha Back for the WICKED reaction. Love you guys!
Watching Adam’s reaction to Wicked trailer being the complete opposite of Jay’s just brings to a full circle when they had the exact opposite reaction when the Masters of The Universe Revelations trailer came out! Adam cried then and Jay cried now!! Love it!
The trailer for Orphan Black: Echoes really confused me. I thought that the series already released last year and was cancelled. Turns out the series aired in Australia in 2023 but the North American release was pushed back till now.
After watching you guys for roughly 6 years now, I have to say that Adam's smugness during and after the Wicked trailer is equal parts surprising and sincerely disappointing. Not only is it giving "I'm above this" but to not even slightly be inspired by a remarkably made trailer, or feel anything from the music, the visuals, or react with anything beyond a poker face, regardless of whether it's a personal touchstone to you or not...that's unfortunate. Jay, your heart is one of one, man.
THANK YOU for talking about the second part of Wicked so bluntly. I have no idea how it'll be it's own movie. I can only imagine they're going to have to lean heavy and expand on some of the aspects of hunting for Elphaba and what not. But maaan, this trailer was great.
I just binged on an 8 episode series from South Korea called The 8 Show, this shit is twisted, it's like Squid Games but in this game there are no rules, the 8 contestants make them up as they figure out how the prize money works leading to physical and psychological torture. This show needs some reactions, it's freakin' good.
For the Rings of Power, Amazon didn't get the rights to use Gandalf's name or any of the other wizards names as well. Honestly they got a bad deal deal with Tolkien folks - for the money, what they could and could not use. i consider the Amazon series like a "What if . ." version of the Middle Earth stories. Just wish they would let someone do a series based on the years of the trees and First Age. That would be epic!
and also that would be the ACTUAL Silmarillion. Everyone talks about "no one knows the Silmarillion" in relation to the Rings of Power. It's obvious that no one DOES know the Silmarillion by bringing this up because the it barely touches on the Second Age. Most of what we know of the Second Age from Tolkein is based on songs the characters sing in the Lord of the Rings and the Appendices of the Lord of the Rings. And maybe there are some other notes here and there (I'm not a Tolkein scholar). I'm not sure why I care so much, but every time I hear about people refer to the Silmarillion when talking about the Rings of Power series, it annoys me.
From my understanding Megalopolis is a futuristic Roman empire, there's some apocalyptic stuff and Adam Driver is some dude named Caesar who has time travel powers. 🤷
Megalopolis is inspired by the B&W German film Metropolis, as well as Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. But it is not based on, or a remake of, that film/book. Metropolis has some pretty astounding FX work for a film made in 1927, btw. Thematically, the 1998 movie Dark City is the film's inverse in many ways.
The Megalopolis might be a meditation on social media/vr escapes into alternate realities to find Utopia. Make your own heaven, while separating ourselves from community - this is how a city falls.
If you like Jason Momoa you should reall watch "See" and react to it, I think you'd love it. Also, truly the last couple of seasons of GOT were the biggest TV betrayal since LOST.
I had the same reaction to the Megalopolis teaser as Jay: whoever watches this movie is going to have an extreme reaction. Ratings are going to be an inverse bell curve.
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The look of pure, unbridled, child-like joy on Jay’s face the whole time he was watching the Wicked trailer 🥰
Meanwhile Adam is like every normie friend we have that we try to take to a show who just infuriatingly goes, “meh”. Lol
@@calhou91 Or, “I don’t just don’t get it…” 😂
Juxtaposed to Adam dead panned staring at the camera waiting for it to stop. I laughed so hard
‘So you’re saying that trailer was the shizzz…’. One of the best set up pay offs on this channel…
I have been waiting for this reaction. I have been waiting for Jay and his tears of joy
The difference energies between Adam and Jay’s face after trailer one #priceless
Jay: Laughs for a year straight
Adam: 😐
There are going to be so many of us watching Wicked this Thanksgiving with that look Adam has on his face.
then just DON'T watch@@sherricemojgani8301
Adam: I'll let Jay have his moment.
Jay: MY MOMENT! (happy tears overflowing)
@@sherricemojgani8301 Only because y'all have no joy in your lives lol
I’m sorry… but the pure ecstasy of Jay VS the complete and utter apathy of Adam (Wicked Trailer) has been the highlight of my year.
I loved it so much!
Can we get a Wicked movie review after it comes out, with Jay sharing his pure joy and Adam with that same blank stare the whole time? 😂
Wow...the juxtaposition of Jay vs Adam during that Wicked reaction. 😂😂😂 I love it.
“You’re not gonna bring me down” 👀 WE SEE YOU JAY
Jay’s wicked trailer reaction was the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a while.
Happy Monday y’all
I've been waiting for Jay's Wicked review since it dropped!! He didn't disappoint!
Jay, do not let Adam dull your shine about that Wicked trailer!!!!! I am sooooo hyped!
Seconded!! All of us theater kids deserve this!!!
Adam is boring
@@justinswag3403 rude and untrue
@@nikkiwood2523 True and kind criticism
@@justinswag3403 its really not
Jay vs Adam on the Wicked trailer is the stuff that memes are made of
Adam: 'thanks for sticking around for this one'
Me: 'Sir I am literally primarily here today BECAUSE of Wicked.'
Adam - blank expression "sure" is the equivalent of Jay - rolling eyes "I guess". They both mean "nope, but I'm not gonna argue the point" 😁
I LOVE JAY SO MUCH! His reaction to the Wicked trailer was 100% in line with mine including the tears at the end!
You know what I could tell about the Wicked movie? That it was actually gonna be a MUSICAL. Looking at you, Mean Girls trailer!!! Take notes! Also Adam, way to "Yes, eh" that first trailer. LOL
The Wicked reaction is exactly the one my Broadway loving friend and I had when we watched it. I was like "As long as you're happy buddy!"
Jay: That trailer was SOOO GOOOD
Adam: 😐
Adam I don't know how you kept a straight face through Jay's freak out for wicked, I was killing myself 😂😂
Adam’s expression during Jay’s joy for the Wicked trailer … HILARIOUS!! 😂😂😂
Megalopolis is an original idea from Francis Ford Coppola he's been working on since the 80s. It took him 40 years to finally get it made but I'm soon excited to see it.
It's based on a book. It's been his dream project since he read it.
I have seen a lot of Reaction videos to Wicked and You're is by far the best I've seen yet. I loved watching your reaction.
It was Gandalf in Rings of Power! He said the line, "when in doubt, always follow your nose." That's what he says thousands of years later to Frodo in the mines of Moria! It's Gandalf.
My mind is absolutely blown that Francis Ford Coppola is still alive. That whole trailer, I was thinking, "Oh so his estate finally found someone to direct this movie." He was always a historical figure to me like Orson Welles or Henry Ford.
Good LAWD the end of that Wicked reaction is primetime meme-worthy moment. Adam's deadpan, apathetic look and Jay's teary, unbridled joy is👌.
I wasn't feeling Wicked after the teaser, but boy oh boy did they win me over with this! I was in tears right there with you, Jay.
Not only shouldn't you skip, you should rewatch! Start at 06:40 and listen to Jay whilst watching Adam for a minute or two... Time WELL spent!
absolutely love Jay’s reaction to the Wicked trailer
Megalopolis just premiered at Cannes, and Jay is absolutely right with the divisiveness
Small kittens being loved and cuddled by small children. Jay: 😍🤩😍🤩. Adam: 😑😶
I was thoroughly entertained by Adam's face after the Wicked trailer. Jay's reaction was awesome. I've cried about 95% of the time when Elphaba puts on the hat and we started to hear the first lines to Defying Gravity.
Sorry Adam, I know you didn't want people to skip, but after that lack of response to the Wicked trailer, I couldn't bear myself to continue. Still love watching you both though!
I’ve been so excited to see Jay’s reaction to the Wicked trailer and was not disappointed! I am SO excited for this movie!
JAY’S REACTION TO “WICKED” IS SO DAMN PURE!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚
I’m literally watching a ton of reactions to the wicked trailer before going to watch it in theater for the third time
hyped for your upcoming reactions ! thank you for going through these paloozas for us, lol.
Jay's Wicked reaction is EVERYTHING I knew it would be and a redemption after the dumpster fire of a Mean Girls trailer!
I’ve been WAITING for Jay to watch the wicked trailer!
I would just like to add, that I love that Adam's t-shirt is full of cat glitter!
Adam not spoiling Jays unabashed excitement for wicked, was so adorably sweet. He couldn’t care less but did t want to damper the mood lol
I love when Adam does “Gaming the System--Babae!
You guys always tell us not to skip, but eventually you'll realise that we're not watching for the trailers, we're watching for our two favourite dudes, and we want to watch the whole thing.
The wicked trailer I really liked. I think it was as long as it was to assuage all the theater/play people that “yes we put all the effort into this”
24:00 Spat my drink out. WTF Lashy. Came outta nowhere with that one. 😂
Jay, right there with you for Wicked! It looks absolutely incredible!!
it's gandalf. that's why they put in the "Follow your nose" line, to make sure we knew it was Gandalf without saying it
Calling my shot now: It's Saruman.
Saruman was the first of the Wizards to arrive, and was a legendary hero throughout all of this age. All other Wizards, including Gandalf, the last to arrive, would have learned everything they knew from him.
That is why his betrayal during The Lord Of The Rings is such a horrifying surprise. He has been their mentor and ally for Millennia. I think them using such clear Gandalf imagery as such a deliberate signal WITHOUT them giving us any of his names means it has to be a misdirect.
Also, the first line of the show is "Nothing is evil in the beginning". It fits the central theme.
And the Strangers musical theme has a subtle current of hammers striking metal running through it. If I was a brilliant composer like Bear McCreary that's the kind of auditory clue I'd bury within my music for people to find later.
@@Grandtheatrix maybe, but I feel like that would be a pretty substantial/weird misdirect to imply he’s Gandalf in a season finale only to have it be Saruman revealed later
@@Grandtheatrix People take a lot of what is written in Tolkien's world as factual to its universe. And a lot of it isn't. The Silmarillion is a mythology and thus everything in it is suspect. Any thing referenced in song or prose, is passed down stories, meaning they are all suspect. The timeline presented in Lord of the Rings is not factual. Thus it can't be a God's eye telling of events. And since the timeline tells of events that none of the principles witnessed, and with events long after they had left middle Earth, shows that the time line is just that a historical record, and historical records aren't factual. They have bias based on whom ever is the one telling or recording the story. Tolkien even had a comment about Gandalf (I can't remember the exact words), but it's stated similar to the tales of his first arrival have yet to be told. Just like the proto Hobbits aren't mention in any of tests. But Tolkien's note indicate that they did exist as wondering nomads.
Now of course thats all if you are trying to tell a strict adaption. This isn't a strict adaption. So technically it can be anything they wish.
But for myself, I really dislike (but completely understand) the producers needing to compress events that take an eon to occur to happen in what is likely going to be 50 years or less. Dislike it but there isn't a reasonable way to show growth of various scocieties and cultures, and their decline that does occur (and I do find very fascinating) , but I also understand as a product that is made for the masses you can't expect people to have to (outside of the elves) get to know completely different generations of people each season. Especially in seasons that are likely only going to be 8 episodes long. Thats a far large hill to expect people who aren't well versed in the material to latch on to.
I also find it so surprising for anyone to complain about an adaption of Tolkien's work and describing it has slow, or a slog (pacing wise). Tolkien's material isn't fast paced and he isn't focused on the depiction of action. Action occurs but it's rarely the meat and potatoes of the his story telling. Now I know for a lot of people (even as well read as Lord of the Rings is over the decades) thank Lord of the Rings and think Peter Jacksons adaption, but Peter kept some of the message, character beats, and at least showed depictions of a quest, but a lot of it is wrapped into a action trilogy. And it worked, but it's absolutely not true to how Tolkien would create a story.
Now because season one is basically just getting the plot starting, I do expect the producers to as the series progress ramp up the action. But I actually thought the pacing of season was far, far closer to Tolkien's pacing than anything done in Jackson's version.
Thank you so much for this. It was so hard avoiding the Wicked trailer but watching Jay’s face knowing I probably looked the same way was worth it.
Your reactions seem pretty darn real to me. Love your reactions, gentlemen ❤
From what I understand Megalopolis is basically the American take on the German movie Metropolis.
I'm understanding that it's meant to be a deconstruction and analysis of an alternate history US city that presents itself as a utopia which loops back around to being a dystopia.
The original Metropolis was impressionistic, grand and almost mythical in its imagery and presentation, but this ones seems to be more oppressive, capitalist and modern overall
Megalopolis seems like it will either be magnificent or a train wreck. Either way I’ll be seated.
Or both depending on how it effects each person individually. Im always more intrigued when a film from a visionary director is divisive since it means hes taking BIG swings
I truly came to this video to see Jay's reaction to Wicked! I'm so, so excited for this, and I love his pure joy at watching this!!
They did answer that it's Gandalf by having him say "if in doubt X, always follow your nose". That was the reveal
Plus the witches said “he is the Istar” and he tells them “I’m good”
@@SupernovaOrangeThat just means they are a wizard, it could be Gandalf, it could also be Saruman, Radagast, or even one of the Blue wizards.
Megalopolis will be a sci fi epic...... decades in the making..
Also watch the Adam Driver teaser trailer.......
The Orphan Black Echos trailer has us witnessing Jay go through all of the emotions. All of them. He used all of the emotions up on that one.
I love when y'all do trailers for musicals. Adam sits there stone-faced while Jay is freaking tf out!
I would *love* to see you guys react to the original Orphan Black. With Adam having seen it, and Jay fresh, it would be so fun! Such a good series! I'm not sure how I feel about the trailer for the sequel, but I'll definitely be giving it a shot.
That wicked trailer felt like it literally showed the whole movie lol
not really
Here’s an orphan black fan that’s really looking forward to the spin off! 😂
Jay made a good point about the Twisters movie. I watch a lot of storm chasers and it's been a bad year for that. They are busy and there are so many towns that have been destroyed this year. We never truly know all the towns/cities that are affected because they aren't on the news. And the one scene w/ the falling water tower, not sure if it's from El Reno or not, but in 2013 that was the worst tornado. Destroyed El Reno and three professional storm chasers were killed during that tornado plus an amateur storm chaser. Maybe it's an homage but for some, the movie might be traumatic.
Adam also just an FYI. Not to roast you but there's over 20 Dune books.
Wha……..damn. Well the video I saw spoke about 6 books. 🤷🏻♂️ and that was about as much of the story as I could handle 😬
@@pReviewdI think that video was only counting Frank Herbert's books, not his sons books and the others
Jay's reaction to Wicked absolutely slayed me!!! Love you guys!
I came here specifically for Megalopolis. My most anticipated trainwreck this year.
I like Rings of Power S1 quite a bit. It was refreshing getting lighter fantasy again and I’m exited to get more. It did get slow here and there but I preferred that to constant dark fantasy political stuff that seemed to hover over the genre for years.
For the power of the rings trailer. The character who most believe is Gandalf says one of Gandalf’s infamous lines, “just follow your nose” in the last episode. No one else says that but him. Adam, does that count? Why not if no?
Rings of Power suffered last time being released at the same time as House of the Dragon, it's a totally different kind of fantasy show. This time around, they're releasing it after HotD.
Have you guys heard of Dead Boy Detectives? Its the spin-off of The Sandman and it dropped a few weeks ago
last thing, the Discord should totally have a meme contest for just the image at 7:58 because its amazing lmao
Adam doesn't give two Wickeds about Wicked lol
Kinda there too. I do not understand the appeal. And I'm honestly kind of tired with all these properties that humanize the villains and are all "See, it's really the good guys who are bad!" Like can't we just let villains be villains? They all gotta be misunderstood innocents forced to become "evil"? I genuinely think things like wicked are a detriment to good storytelling.
@@Tensen01you're tired about it? well wicked is literally the one that popularized that trend. you're literally seeing where it was all inspired by. maleficent is literally inspired by wicked. even frozen is a copy of wicked. put some respect to it.
@@Tensen01"just let villains be villains" y'all want complex characters and then yap about them putting them in that pedestal. lmfao
Thank god one of y’all is a theater person, I need someone to cry with over the Wicked trailer. 😂
22:44 but he made a hobbit related Gandolf quote at like the very end
In addition tot he 6 Dune books Frank Herbert's son (who helped with a couple of the original 6 I think) has written prequel books.
I don't think Brian touched any of the original 6, but he did start the Preludes to Dune series in the 90s with Kevin J Anderson
Brian did however eventually finish books after Frank's original 6 that seemingly finishes the saga that had been planned, but I feel like there's a bit of handwaviness about how much of that arc was Frank, and how much was moreso Brian/Kevin
I am so hyped by Jay’s reaction to Wicked. As someone who saw the musical on Broadway at the Gershwin Theatre I am hyped.
LOL "Adam🎵 did🎶 some🎵 reeesearch"
Jay's reaction to Wicked is why I love this channel. I felt kinda like Adam about Wicked, but not to the same degree. I loved The Wizard of Oz but I felt it was all I needed. Watching the joy bloom on Jay's face as the trailer progressed now has me excited to watch Wicked in November, and I didn't see that coming. So, thank you Jay
It’s not until Jay laughs so hard he turned the slightest shade of pink…. That I realize how white Adam is. Haha
Back for the WICKED reaction. Love you guys!
The last 25 seconds of the Wicked trailer had Jay in his feels!
10:16 - give em nothing 😂
Watching Adam’s reaction to Wicked trailer being the complete opposite of Jay’s just brings to a full circle when they had the exact opposite reaction when the Masters of The Universe Revelations trailer came out!
Adam cried then and Jay cried now!!
Love it!
15:10 - 15:30 is my favorite moment of your friendship
Hooray! The boys on a Monday! 🎉🎉
The trailer for Orphan Black: Echoes really confused me. I thought that the series already released last year and was cancelled. Turns out the series aired in Australia in 2023 but the North American release was pushed back till now.
And this wicked trailer is why I am a certified slop goblin. Never miss a moment like this 😂🧙 and hi, I'm in the empty room 🙋♀️
After watching you guys for roughly 6 years now, I have to say that Adam's smugness during and after the Wicked trailer is equal parts surprising and sincerely disappointing. Not only is it giving "I'm above this" but to not even slightly be inspired by a remarkably made trailer, or feel anything from the music, the visuals, or react with anything beyond a poker face, regardless of whether it's a personal touchstone to you or not...that's unfortunate. Jay, your heart is one of one, man.
THANK YOU for talking about the second part of Wicked so bluntly. I have no idea how it'll be it's own movie. I can only imagine they're going to have to lean heavy and expand on some of the aspects of hunting for Elphaba and what not. But maaan, this trailer was great.
I'm with Jay about the Wicked movie lol that trailer was AMAZING
in the Orphan Black trailer I saw a framed photo of Tatiana on a table, so I wouldn’t be surprised if she still makes an appearance.
I was waiting to see Jay's reaction to the Wicked trailer. And it was exactly what I thought it was going to be. LOVE IT.
I’m sorry but the wicked reaction needs to be one of the top moments of 2024. The visual contrast was AMAZING.
I just binged on an 8 episode series from South Korea called The 8 Show, this shit is twisted, it's like Squid Games but in this game there are no rules, the 8 contestants make them up as they figure out how the prize money works leading to physical and psychological torture. This show needs some reactions, it's freakin' good.
Is Adam thinking of the 1927 film, Metropolis? My head went to that film first when I heard of Megalopolis.
You know what, I think I was.
I had the same reaction to the Wicked Trailer. It looks amazing. And Adam, I am not a wizard of oz fan but i love Wicked.
It was a great comedic choice. I couldn't stop laughing at Adam's expressionless face while Jay lost his mind over the Wicked trailer. :)
For the Rings of Power, Amazon didn't get the rights to use Gandalf's name or any of the other wizards names as well. Honestly they got a bad deal deal with Tolkien folks - for the money, what they could and could not use. i consider the Amazon series like a "What if . ." version of the Middle Earth stories. Just wish they would let someone do a series based on the years of the trees and First Age. That would be epic!
and also that would be the ACTUAL Silmarillion. Everyone talks about "no one knows the Silmarillion" in relation to the Rings of Power. It's obvious that no one DOES know the Silmarillion by bringing this up because the it barely touches on the Second Age. Most of what we know of the Second Age from Tolkein is based on songs the characters sing in the Lord of the Rings and the Appendices of the Lord of the Rings. And maybe there are some other notes here and there (I'm not a Tolkein scholar). I'm not sure why I care so much, but every time I hear about people refer to the Silmarillion when talking about the Rings of Power series, it annoys me.
From my understanding Megalopolis is a futuristic Roman empire, there's some apocalyptic stuff and Adam Driver is some dude named Caesar who has time travel powers. 🤷
Megalopolis is inspired by the B&W German film Metropolis, as well as Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. But it is not based on, or a remake of, that film/book.
Metropolis has some pretty astounding FX work for a film made in 1927, btw. Thematically, the 1998 movie Dark City is the film's inverse in many ways.
The Megalopolis might be a meditation on social media/vr escapes into alternate realities to find Utopia. Make your own heaven, while separating ourselves from community - this is how a city falls.
If you like Jason Momoa you should reall watch "See" and react to it, I think you'd love it. Also, truly the last couple of seasons of GOT were the biggest TV betrayal since LOST.
I truly cannot wait for wicked!!
Adam's face after trailer 1 is comedy gold!
Man I sure hope they work out those Act 2 issues with Wicked because that Part 1 trailer looks awesome.
I had the same reaction to the Megalopolis teaser as Jay: whoever watches this movie is going to have an extreme reaction. Ratings are going to be an inverse bell curve.
I'm here for the megaopolis reaction (no skipping!)
THE MUSK MUST FLOW!