It's always a key plot point that the movie involved reduced to a symbol, so I'm mostly excited for his Civil War revisit to see how he draws "Daddy Issues"
I actually like this. Wisdom isn't about being smart, which is why he doesn't act like some genius. Instead it makes him completely aware of the fact that things will eventually work out in his life, so even though times are tough he should enjoy being a kid while he can, as it's only temporary. The second he goes back to not having wisdom he gets moody, solemn, and can't look past his circumstances to make the best of his temporary childhood. Idk if we are reading into this far beyond what the writers intended, as idk if this was even intentional, but it works.
Orrr just bad acting and directing. It’s not just him being happy. He has a completely different personality. He’s acting more like a hyped up 7 year old, rather than a teenager. It’s really jarring and made the movie much worse.
God, I love Pitch Meetings, and this Revisited series is so cool. Getting to see Ryan's process only serves to highlight how genius he is at clean comedy.
Man, that joike about calling his wife to suggest abandoning their kid almost made me wake up my own kid with my laughter. Killer, totally forgot about that bit.
As a parent of little ones, I laughed so hard at the barely an inconvenience being interrupted by producer guy calling wife to abandon kid. I haven't seen this pitch meeting in years so the joke was still fresh! I will take my kids to see Shazam 2 tonight but at the drive in for cheap. I love your content Ryan, thanks again for making us smile and sharing more of yourself with us! would love to talk movies with someone like you
My absolute favorite part of this Pitch Meeting is when producer asks if he could keep the tone the same and he just throws his head back with a goofy smile "no".
@@jaccopor8585 He _is_ making more pitch meetings. Just not quite as many quickly after oneanother. To keep burnout at bay. So, if you want more new pitch meetings, you might also want to help keep Ryan from burning out. And also, no one is forcing you to watch these revisit episodes and a ton of people are enjoying them, so I'm rather sure Ryan will keep making them 😊
This has always been one of my favorite Pitch Meetings of all time. The characters are perfectly balanced and their entire attitude is so hilarious. “Maybe you should, you know, pick a thing.” “No” “Well okay then” This is my favorite PM moment ever 😂
I love that the first one of these Ryan honestly seemed a little tired and definitely unsure about doing this series. Looking much better and more confident and having fun now. Love to see it!
Ryan posts, I click, watch and like. It’s super easy, BEARLY an inconvenience (shout out Cocaine Bear). Also that “abandoning your child” bit was hilarious, producer guys facial expressions absolutely made the scene
1:48, actually the Wizard being by looking for Sivana but rejected him for being unworthy and then went through an entire plethora of different people all of whom he rejected (presumably for being unworthy) to the point where Dr. Sivana outrightly tells him that no one can ever pass his worthiness test and notably the Wizard doesn’t subject Billy to the test which he made Sivana endure implying that having a champion to defeat Sivana supersedes concerns of worthiness
That's something I thought was really cool about the movie. It was just like "this whole premise is bogus because nobody is pure & good is a choice you make."
@@-Teague- I can accept it when people like Ryan George (or Honest Trailers or CinemaSins) take license for the sake of comedy, I’m just not a fan of it when they’re treated as serious criticism
I mean, even if they’re 2 different people, they still need to each go in turn before the single camera. The producer guy of this series surely is trying to save costs
He made one for the first John Wick but admitted that it was such a straightforward movie without contradicting itself that it was hard to find plot holes and that's why he never made more for the sequels.
I love how Shazam’s main quality in both movies is him wanting to give back his powers to the Wizard because the enemy is really tough lol. What a great character trait for the main character/superhero to have in BOTH movies. I also like how when Billy and his foster family say “Shazam!” together, everyone gains the powers, but when Hurut and his father say “Shazam!” (which stands for completely different gods yet still spells Shazam) together, Hurut loses his powers and Teth-Adam gains them. Inconsistency is TIGHT! Also, I like the joke of Shazam! not being able to hear what Dr. Sivana is saying, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense since Shazam! has super-hearing, one of the powers of Zeus. Maybe Billy didn’t know he had that ability, since the movie was about him learning what his powers were, but that ability would have automatically activated as Shazam! was trying to hear Dr. Sivana, but whatever.
You do realize that in the first SHAZAM movie, Billy didn't say Shazam when the kids did so he didn't change When Teth son was already SHAZAMed...he said the name as his dad did so he changed back to kid mode while his dad got the change Seems consistent
@@Dishinshoryuken Oh, right, so all someone has to do to gain Shazam’s powers is touch him and say “Shazam!”. Yep, you sure got me with that little tidbit. I don’t care that Billy was holding the wizard’s staff (that he’d have no idea how to use), it’s still stupid.
@@What.99 if the power is given willingly, they use the command word the power holder picks This is shown when Freddy used to say "Captain Marvel" to transform as well as when Black Adam lost the word since Billy changed it and stumbled on it while ordering a meal Not trying to get you....pointing out there is a solid reason for how it works It's make believe
@@Dishinshoryuken Oh yeah, there’s a reason it works, but I disagree that it’s solid. The only thing solid is that Teth-Adam’s son is an idiot for saying “Shazam” when his father did, when he could have just shut up and split the power with his father…
@@Dishinshoryuken You know what? You’re right. I rescind my comment about that being an inconsistency between movies. I’ll concede that the transference of power is based on the intentions of the person holding it, but that opens up a giant plothole in the Shazam! movies: if Billy could transfer the power to anyone this entire time, why is he still Shazam!? He shared his powers with a bunch of kids he barely even knew, so he definitely would have given his power away by now to the first person saying they’d take it. We have two movies now of him begging the Wizard to take the powers away from him…
Hey, Ryan. Quick question for you: is it frustrating when people assume that you're only a single person? Like, you're CLEARLY multiple different guys, possibly cloned in a lab. Or maybe capable of summoning other Ryan's from across the multiverse to help with your videos. Don't be frustrated, brother! Your REAL fans recognize how many of you there are, and I'd like to personally thank each and every one of yous!
Question: How did you guys get a hold on "Simu Liu", how was it filming with him? And will you do something similar when you reach 400 or 500 episodes?
Not sure how Ryan got in contact with him but it definitely wasn’t hard to convince him to be in the video. Simu had already said before he’s a big fan of Pitch Meetings.
Thank you for Pitch Meetings! They're incredibly entertaining and addictive and just the right length. Very cool to hear you discuss your approach to these. Thanks again, Ryan.
Wow le switch avec dépanneur était inatendu et vraiment parfait. Le I'm looking at incompetense of screen writer l'était tout autant et la sincérité derrière! Perfect. Je suis tellement content d'avoir après que tu étais du Québec, ça me fait renouer avec le contenu local et démontre qu'il est possible de faire du contenu québécois en anglais aussi! Amazing Job! Keep it up.
The thing I always found funny about him having "The wisdom of Solomon" is that, despite his wisdom, Solomon unwisely disobeyed God on a lotta stuff, leading to his downfall
Can't wait for the sequel! The Shazam 2 trailer in Rick & Morty got me super excited: "Hold on! There's more. Old women are comin'! And they're also in the movie and they're gonna come... and cross... attack... these two brothers."
I feel like if I called my local grocery store and told them they were probably going to get robbed, they would probably think that I'm the one who's going to rob them.
Love the pitch meetings! Have you ever considered Pitch Meetings for other media? Like I know it would take longer, but Video Game Pitch Meetings would be cool.
It's a small consolation prize, but there's these if you haven't seen them: czcams.com/video/aaEo_NuH1_M/video.html&ab_channel=RyanGeorge czcams.com/video/kpT6a0NFRNc/video.html&ab_channel=RyanGeorge
He'd probably need extra people to help with the playing and the writing for a VG Pitch Meeting. For story-driven RPGs, you have at LEAST 20 Hours just to finish the game itself, plus script writing time, and then making videos that would probably be much longer than regular Pitch Meetings. All of that on TOP of his regular movie Pitch Meetings. So if he were to do them himself, he'd probably only be able to do them about once every 3-4 months. But I'd be 200% Down for this (Or if someone else wants to steal the Pitch Meeting format, but do it for video games themselves)
Hey Ryan, I was wondering, how do you decide which movies to do a "Pitch Meeting" for? Sometimes it's recently released movies, but other times it's older ones, when do you decide to do those and why select the ones you do?
Request for Ryan: There is only ONE movie I’ve always wondered how they pitched, even years before these pitch meetings were made. Human Centipede. I still can’t believe a studio green-lit that idea. Will you please make that pitch meeting?
It’s a fair critique that billy and Shazam have different personalities. However, it’s possible we’re seeing two sides of the same person. His goofiness and playfulness come out when he is Shazam, he has super powers, he feels confident. When he’s billy, he feels disempowered, vulnerable, puts up walls, and is more pessimistic.
That and I believe some of the comics actually say he's two different people. I think I recall Shazam saying in Kingdom Come that Billy died long ago and if he ever leaves, he won't come back because there isn't anyone to call him back.
Yeah, that's how I interpreted it when I saw the movie. Once he becomes near invincible he's free to reveal his real personality, which is, of course, very childish
After I moved from Quebec to Ontario it took me over 10 years to stop saying "dépanneur" and switch to "convenience store"... good to hear Ryan say it.
I just rewatched The Last Mimzy. It was cray cray. My favorite catch phrase of yours that's understandably only been used once is "So, what...What is this?". Point Break.
Loving the revisited eps, amazing to hear some of the process involved and so much work to give us some LOLs. In a sketch/stunt group I was pretty much the "writer/director/editor" and actor but my friends who where the main 'face' where more recognisable (locally) so I appreciate the effort you put into the Pitch Meetings.
I know you’ve probably already been asked to do this, but I would love to see you do a pitch meeting on Everything Everywhere All At Once. Please, it would be amazing! 🙏
God bless you, Ryan. You make this look so easy. I can’t imagine all the hours of different research you have to put in to each video, then comb through for the best tidbits to put in the video. It must be exhausting, and I don’t blame you for going down to a pitch meeting every two weeks. Thank you for all you’ve done. Your pain is our laughter (in the most wholesome sense of the phrase).
Keep doing these revisions they are great and you deserve to take it easy! Not to mention the added suspense of "What will Ryan draw?"' is guaranteed to increase viewership! Maybe Las Vegas will allow wagering on the finished product!
I remember first seeing this and hearing him called Baba Yaga and was SOOO confused, remembering her story from when I was a kid being a witch who lived in a house on chicken legs. NO one else knew what I was talking about so I was soo happy you pointed that out!
I think billy being different as a grown up makes sense since now he can be this strong powerful character and henceforth be more confident and feel like an escape from his life
That was how I interpreted it - he's gloomy because he's been a powerless kid without a family, and then suddenly gets to feel powerful and adult; I know if my moody teen self had the power to transform into an adult with superpowers, skipping over all of puberty and the other things that cause teen angst, I'd be way happier in that form and go back to acting like an angsty teen whenever I wasn't.
It's the same as with Spider-Man and Superman. As their alter-egos, they are more subdued, clumsy and/or less confident, while their superhero personas are confident. Most superheroes, to some extent, are different than their alter-egos.
This is one of my favorites. Though I think one of the good things about the movie was that it was mostly family-friendly but had a couple of darker moments with higher stakes mixed in. Movies used to do that a lot more and now they seem really hesitant to have differences in tone or intensity throughout.
You should try to get some of the actual writers and producers to react to your pitch meetings and let them laugh and maybe explain themselves but also give them some material to critique you back
The thing about Billy and Shazam being two different people whilst being one person is very easy to understand. A kid becomes an adult just like that then the possibility is endless (kind of but kids don't know that). A kid becomes an adult with superpowers...I'm sure the kid would have more fun being a super-powered being than a regular kid.
Aww I enjoy your little drawings! Also, genuinely interesting to hear how many hours go into these. I'm guessing that you have become a lot quicker spotting inconsistencies and writer/producer shenanigans? 10hours honestly doesnt sound that much considering how much you cram into these few minutes, but I have to remind myself that you have done this more than 300 times now and it probably took a lot longer in the beginning!
Have you ever had a response from actors/writers/production of any of the films you've covered? I know Neil Gaiman tweeted once that the pitch meeting for coraline was pretty close to your version
Question: do you prefer writing Pitch Meetings about films you like or ones you think are bad? I enjoy watching you poke fun at films I didn't like (especially when it's been hard to put my finger on why they're bad)!
I actually actively avoided watching any of your pitch meetings for the longest time because I hated seeing the thumbnails. Eventually though, I saw one and was hooked. (had to binge watch a bunch)
I was EXACTLY the same. I thought "This is going to be too weird for me, won't watch these" and then finally I clicked on one and now it's the thing I watch the most on CZcams.
These were a good set of questions and answers! Very "behind the scenes" info! You didn't talk about any negatives of the Shazam pitch meeting sketch, and I agree. It's one of my favorites lol. The part where screenwriter guy gets dark is hilarious, and your favorite funny scene from the movie is also mine. It caught me off guard in a way that was new and fresh. Keep up the great work! From a fellow French-Canadian living up in Labrador!
Hey Ryan! So far i've really been enjoying the revisited pitch meetings. I'd like to know, why do you do pitch meetings for animated movies or series so rarely? I feel like it would be really fun to see more of those.
Wow, wow, wow, … wow. I assumed these took a long time but to hear you break it down sounds exhausting. It’s amazing the quality on these is still fresh. Thank you for the best content on CZcams! New PM days are still the best days of the month!
Hey Ryan! Your videos always brighten my day, I love supporting your channel so that you can feed your cats. How did you get Simu Liu to cameo on that one anniversary pitch meeting special you did?
To make these look so effortless and slick takes a lot of time behind the scenes. Always suspected the writing process was the key. A little surprised though the filming is done so quickly even with such tight scripts.
I always wondered why the wizard didn't choose the wheelchair kid. I feel like he would be a much more interesting character to get all this powers and Shazam's humor wouldn't feel so out of place.
I Remember a couple Years ago i finally decided to Watch One of your pitch meetings After weeks to months of CZcams trying to suggest them to me. I've spento the next 2 hours watching all them till 2 am and laughting out loud 😂
Hi. I have been a huge fan of your content for years, and I often rewatch your old videos. I really love this revisited series, as well as all your other content both here and on your Ryan George channel. Thank you for making great content and always making me laugh. Keep up the good work
Love these Revisited videos. And I gotta say, I have a theater degree, and the idea that you research and write in basically one standard work day....that's impressive. Also....30ish minutes total to film??? Are you doing like Clint Eastwood and only doing one take every time? If so, holy crap! You must get one of these revisited videos done in the time between ordering a pizza and the pizza being delivered 😮
These videos are great! My question is would you ever post a video of all the bloopers and mistakes you make while filming? I'm sure your reactions would be hysterical
I think it's a genius thing you're doing, Ryan. I think I'd stick around for serious film review, too. The creative process you describe is more craftsmanship than genius. George Carlin was the same way. He wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote until he had like 50 things he could rif on, without any big stake in any of them, and he'd whittle down to 20. He could put together a new one-hour stage show in about a month of full-time - and I do mean full-time - work. Your straight take on the movie, plus digesting what's being said about the movie (That's the perspiration part of your process), is an always-amusing snap-shot of the zeitgeist that never disappoints. I hope you find a way to branch out or at least get a good percentage off your pitch meetings, because you're carrying the outfit, whether it's yours or not. You've found the perfect vehicle for your comedic gifts.
This is so enlightening. Making these videos seemed like an impossible challenge but now that you explain it, it seems super simple, barely a job really.
Hey Ryan, love these revisited pitch meeting videos, but I do wonder how you decide what pitch meeting you’re going to make for the week like whether it’s for a new movie that just came out or for a movie that came out a few years ago like The Maze Runner that you just recently made a Pitch Meeting on, and if we’ll see a Pitch Meeting for The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure?
4:27, Dr. Sivana isn’t a generic character though. He was unable to be anything but a disappointment to his family and was rejected as unworthy by the Wizard resulting in him being 1) misanthropic and 2) hating families especially to the point where when Dr. Sivana confronts Billy he demands to know how he was possibly worthy to wield those powers
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The “YOU CAN DO THAT” child abandonment Joke is probably my favourite Pitch Meeting joke. He sounds so shocked to learn about that
Julie Nolke was definitely not on board tho.
@@HariSeldon913 It was worth a shot, though. :P
The face he makes at his wife’s reaction is hilarious!
And the fact that he immediately called his wife to see if she'd be on board. 🤣 I love how awkward that was for Screenwriter guy.
@@premiumheadpats4150 Yeah, the "Super easy, barely an in........".
I'm enjoying hearing Ryan's thoughts on these. Plus the "what will Ryan draw while we're watching the video?" is always an intriguing moment.
It's never disappointing.
SAME!! GOOD CONTENT IS GOOD
It's always a key plot point that the movie involved reduced to a symbol, so I'm mostly excited for his Civil War revisit to see how he draws "Daddy Issues"
I mean, he does tell you what he's drawing at the beginning; not a crazy reveal at the end y'know?
My headcannon is that Billy being able to be happy and goofy as Shazam instead of his usual moody self is the result of the Wisdom of Solomon.
I actually like this. Wisdom isn't about being smart, which is why he doesn't act like some genius.
Instead it makes him completely aware of the fact that things will eventually work out in his life, so even though times are tough he should enjoy being a kid while he can, as it's only temporary.
The second he goes back to not having wisdom he gets moody, solemn, and can't look past his circumstances to make the best of his temporary childhood.
Idk if we are reading into this far beyond what the writers intended, as idk if this was even intentional, but it works.
also confidence from becoming a giga chad?
@@Amplifymagic it's the same thing.
Orrr just bad acting and directing. It’s not just him being happy. He has a completely different personality. He’s acting more like a hyped up 7 year old, rather than a teenager. It’s really jarring and made the movie much worse.
Dude. Talent.
The reaction of writer guy while producer guy tries to abandon his kid is freaking hilarious .kudos
The concern.😂
@@tefweebz it was worth a try, I guess 😂
God, I love Pitch Meetings, and this Revisited series is so cool. Getting to see Ryan's process only serves to highlight how genius he is at clean comedy.
Jeez, why don’t you marry him
Yeah nah. These are just lame reaction vids that every youtuber is doing now. A way to do less work and make more money.
He is a national treasure. We need to protect him!
@Richard Jackman yea yea yea
@@thotsnpreyers why are you here?
I love Ryan's trend of drawing absolute masterpieces while we watch absolute masterpieces and then he talks about those absolute masterpieces
Master-ception!
250 masterpiece likes on a masterpiece comment mate
Man, that joike about calling his wife to suggest abandoning their kid almost made me wake up my own kid with my laughter. Killer, totally forgot about that bit.
@@schattentaenzerin I mean I suggested it to my wife, but she was *not* into that.
@@schattentaenzerin And then your kid will become discount Brightburn and bash your heads in. BTW, is there a Brightburn pitch meeting?
As a parent of little ones, I laughed so hard at the barely an inconvenience being interrupted by producer guy calling wife to abandon kid. I haven't seen this pitch meeting in years so the joke was still fresh! I will take my kids to see Shazam 2 tonight but at the drive in for cheap. I love your content Ryan, thanks again for making us smile and sharing more of yourself with us! would love to talk movies with someone like you
My absolute favorite part of this Pitch Meeting is when producer asks if he could keep the tone the same and he just throws his head back with a goofy smile "no".
*Smiling, head back* "no"
Yeah, it would be better if he'd make more masterpieces though. This is just milking old clips instead of making new ones...
Oooo saying "no"
Is tight!!
@@jaccopor8585 He _is_ making more pitch meetings. Just not quite as many quickly after oneanother. To keep burnout at bay.
So, if you want more new pitch meetings, you might also want to help keep Ryan from burning out. And also, no one is forcing you to watch these revisit episodes and a ton of people are enjoying them, so I'm rather sure Ryan will keep making them 😊
This has always been one of my favorite Pitch Meetings of all time. The characters are perfectly balanced and their entire attitude is so hilarious.
“Maybe you should, you know, pick a thing.”
“No”
“Well okay then”
This is my favorite PM moment ever 😂
Same!
Chefs kiss.
Question: Was there a pitch meeting for a movie so controversial that you canceled or almost cancelled?
I love that the first one of these Ryan honestly seemed a little tired and definitely unsure about doing this series. Looking much better and more confident and having fun now. Love to see it!
The more unhinged Screenwriter Guy and Producer Guy become, the more hilarious the pitches are
This is my favorite Pitch Meeting. It cracks me up every single time he’s like
“Shouldn’t you pick a theme”
And writer guy just says
“No”
Ryan posts, I click, watch and like. It’s super easy, BEARLY an inconvenience (shout out Cocaine Bear). Also that “abandoning your child” bit was hilarious, producer guys facial expressions absolutely made the scene
"Cocaine Bear Interobang!"
The Cocaine Bear shout out is hilarious
@@Sponsorship4u2 ok
*click, like and watch. Video is not even 5 seconds in and I smack that like button 🤌🏼❤️
@@cactusshadow9840 Cocaine Bear Interrogation Point?
The fact that writing these episodes only takes you a single day is extraordinary. Your talent is surreal.
1:48, actually the Wizard being by looking for Sivana but rejected him for being unworthy and then went through an entire plethora of different people all of whom he rejected (presumably for being unworthy) to the point where Dr. Sivana outrightly tells him that no one can ever pass his worthiness test and notably the Wizard doesn’t subject Billy to the test which he made Sivana endure implying that having a champion to defeat Sivana supersedes concerns of worthiness
That's something I thought was really cool about the movie. It was just like "this whole premise is bogus because nobody is pure & good is a choice you make."
@@TheLithp Yeah. That’s one of the best parts of the movie (and it has a lot of good parts).
Yeah I honestly feel like he skipped over chunks of the movie on purpose to gain stuff to criticize, kinda dumb but it's an old one anyway
@@-Teague- I can accept it when people like Ryan George (or Honest Trailers or CinemaSins) take license for the sake of comedy, I’m just not a fan of it when they’re treated as serious criticism
@@matityaloran9157 yeah that's a fair point. I just really like this movie so I'm a bit salty 💀
Question: do you film the screen writer guy or producer guy parts first, or does the order change?
What are you talking about? They are two different people
What do you mean,clearly they are two different people...I mean one has glasses
I mean, even if they’re 2 different people, they still need to each go in turn before the single camera.
The producer guy of this series surely is trying to save costs
@@louisroy4911 That is a good point, Producer Guy likes money!
@@andrewwashere82: That is kinda his thing.
I love the eye thing …. It really is a branding thing. I see the eyes and immediately go, “Oh! Alright, Pitch Meeting !! This will be fun.”
Don't you mean, "This will be TIGHT!"?
@@matthewpatrick7263 you’re right!
I love that he doesn't just republish old content but adds to it and provides insight. Amazing.
Love this behind-the-scenes format; it's always interesting to hear about the writing/filming process.
Is there a movie (or movies) that you don’t want to make a pitch meeting for because it’s too good or you enjoy it so much? Keep up the great content!
i think rrr is the one
Still waiting on that Dune Pitch Meeting
I wonder if he shares the same sentiment as CinemaSins "No movie is without sin"
He made one for the first John Wick but admitted that it was such a straightforward movie without contradicting itself that it was hard to find plot holes and that's why he never made more for the sequels.
Ryan, this is one of the best Pitch meetings ever :) The "would you settle for much worse" was hilarious
I love how Shazam’s main quality in both movies is him wanting to give back his powers to the Wizard because the enemy is really tough lol. What a great character trait for the main character/superhero to have in BOTH movies.
I also like how when Billy and his foster family say “Shazam!” together, everyone gains the powers, but when Hurut and his father say “Shazam!” (which stands for completely different gods yet still spells Shazam) together, Hurut loses his powers and Teth-Adam gains them. Inconsistency is TIGHT!
Also, I like the joke of Shazam! not being able to hear what Dr. Sivana is saying, but it doesn’t make a lot of sense since Shazam! has super-hearing, one of the powers of Zeus. Maybe Billy didn’t know he had that ability, since the movie was about him learning what his powers were, but that ability would have automatically activated as Shazam! was trying to hear Dr. Sivana, but whatever.
You do realize that in the first SHAZAM movie, Billy didn't say Shazam when the kids did so he didn't change
When Teth son was already SHAZAMed...he said the name as his dad did so he changed back to kid mode while his dad got the change
Seems consistent
@@Dishinshoryuken Oh, right, so all someone has to do to gain Shazam’s powers is touch him and say “Shazam!”.
Yep, you sure got me with that little tidbit. I don’t care that Billy was holding the wizard’s staff (that he’d have no idea how to use), it’s still stupid.
@@What.99 if the power is given willingly, they use the command word the power holder picks
This is shown when Freddy used to say "Captain Marvel" to transform as well as when Black Adam lost the word since Billy changed it and stumbled on it while ordering a meal
Not trying to get you....pointing out there is a solid reason for how it works
It's make believe
@@Dishinshoryuken Oh yeah, there’s a reason it works, but I disagree that it’s solid.
The only thing solid is that Teth-Adam’s son is an idiot for saying “Shazam” when his father did, when he could have just shut up and split the power with his father…
@@Dishinshoryuken You know what? You’re right. I rescind my comment about that being an inconsistency between movies. I’ll concede that the transference of power is based on the intentions of the person holding it, but that opens up a giant plothole in the Shazam! movies: if Billy could transfer the power to anyone this entire time, why is he still Shazam!? He shared his powers with a bunch of kids he barely even knew, so he definitely would have given his power away by now to the first person saying they’d take it. We have two movies now of him begging the Wizard to take the powers away from him…
I'd like to see Ryan interview some of his characters.
Especially "creepy name guy" and "dark goth guy".
Hey, Ryan. Quick question for you: is it frustrating when people assume that you're only a single person? Like, you're CLEARLY multiple different guys, possibly cloned in a lab. Or maybe capable of summoning other Ryan's from across the multiverse to help with your videos. Don't be frustrated, brother! Your REAL fans recognize how many of you there are, and I'd like to personally thank each and every one of yous!
When i was on vacation in Quebec, i witnessed how Ryan was able to use an ouija board to summon the shapeshifting spirits that help him out
ok, but which one are you speaking to? you gotta specify, like Ryan.005
They're identical twins named Ryan and George.
The You’d is hysterical
There's only Ryan's in this universe, with a few exceptions. See Ryan George's channel
Question: How did you guys get a hold on "Simu Liu", how was it filming with him? And will you do something similar when you reach 400 or 500 episodes?
Not sure how Ryan got in contact with him but it definitely wasn’t hard to convince him to be in the video. Simu had already said before he’s a big fan of Pitch Meetings.
@@vijayanand6650 Yeah Simu's a Buff Geek 👌
Seems much more likely Simu Liu initiated contact.
How did he get Simu Lieu? It was super… You know the rest.
They are both Canadian, there's just one little phone book for the entire tiny population and they all know each other.
Thank you for Pitch Meetings! They're incredibly entertaining and addictive and just the right length. Very cool to hear you discuss your approach to these. Thanks again, Ryan.
Wow le switch avec dépanneur était inatendu et vraiment parfait. Le I'm looking at incompetense of screen writer l'était tout autant et la sincérité derrière! Perfect. Je suis tellement content d'avoir après que tu étais du Québec, ça me fait renouer avec le contenu local et démontre qu'il est possible de faire du contenu québécois en anglais aussi! Amazing Job! Keep it up.
Well said bud.
I really love to watch these pitch meetings. I even prefer watching it before watching the movies 😂😂. Great work you’re doing man
that is one way to feel all smug and superior when you enter the theatre... of your room...
Pretty good wizard actually.
I never watch the movies. The pitch meetings are more than enough for me.
One of my favorite pitch meetings! I'm loving the revisiting!
me too, good taste mate!
I'm waiting for the "John Wick" re-visit
Wizard joke caught me off-guard, laughed my ass off while people were watching. XD "Let's see that beard game" :D :D
You know, the comic timing of the editing is just astounding. Every split second is timed perfectly.
The thing I always found funny about him having "The wisdom of Solomon" is that, despite his wisdom, Solomon unwisely disobeyed God on a lotta stuff, leading to his downfall
I like how the sequel addresses the “wisdom” thing.
U need to be smarty or the smartiest to defeat evil
Just barely, but yeah
Kinda sorta
It really doesnt tbf.
I thought they should make 'Wisdom' introspection, or mature empathy (to better help people) or just lateral problem solving.
Can't wait for the sequel!
The Shazam 2 trailer in Rick & Morty got me super excited:
"Hold on! There's more. Old women are comin'! And they're also in the movie and they're gonna come... and cross... attack... these two brothers."
I feel like if I called my local grocery store and told them they were probably going to get robbed, they would probably think that I'm the one who's going to rob them.
Love the pitch meetings! Have you ever considered Pitch Meetings for other media? Like I know it would take longer, but Video Game Pitch Meetings would be cool.
you could call them.... Patch Meetings?
It's a small consolation prize, but there's these if you haven't seen them:
czcams.com/video/aaEo_NuH1_M/video.html&ab_channel=RyanGeorge
czcams.com/video/kpT6a0NFRNc/video.html&ab_channel=RyanGeorge
He'd probably need extra people to help with the playing and the writing for a VG Pitch Meeting. For story-driven RPGs, you have at LEAST 20 Hours just to finish the game itself, plus script writing time, and then making videos that would probably be much longer than regular Pitch Meetings. All of that on TOP of his regular movie Pitch Meetings. So if he were to do them himself, he'd probably only be able to do them about once every 3-4 months.
But I'd be 200% Down for this (Or if someone else wants to steal the Pitch Meeting format, but do it for video games themselves)
Hey Ryan, I was wondering, how do you decide which movies to do a "Pitch Meeting" for? Sometimes it's recently released movies, but other times it's older ones, when do you decide to do those and why select the ones you do?
10:07 can confirm, those big eyes are instantly recognizable
I smile every time I see them
“Those aren’t bullies, those are literal psychopaths”
Yep, sounds pretty mild all things considered
Request for Ryan:
There is only ONE movie I’ve always wondered how they pitched, even years before these pitch meetings were made.
Human Centipede.
I still can’t believe a studio green-lit that idea.
Will you please make that pitch meeting?
Seconded, I am down to see this pitch!
But then he has to watch it
You know not what you ask
As far as I know the production company that made that movie is run by the director, so I don't think he had to pitch it to himself.
@@elijahadkins6195 this is funny for some reason... 😂
It’s a fair critique that billy and Shazam have different personalities. However, it’s possible we’re seeing two sides of the same person. His goofiness and playfulness come out when he is Shazam, he has super powers, he feels confident. When he’s billy, he feels disempowered, vulnerable, puts up walls, and is more pessimistic.
That and I believe some of the comics actually say he's two different people. I think I recall Shazam saying in Kingdom Come that Billy died long ago and if he ever leaves, he won't come back because there isn't anyone to call him back.
Yeah, that's how I interpreted it when I saw the movie. Once he becomes near invincible he's free to reveal his real personality, which is, of course, very childish
@@thatjeff7550 How did Billy die? I don't think you could starve to death being Shazam, and idk how aging works when you technically share a body
Nah it’s just levi can’t act
@@siiodn He was fantastic in the TV show 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬
I love this new format with that guy who looks like Rye and George speaking directly to the camera.
After I moved from Quebec to Ontario it took me over 10 years to stop saying "dépanneur" and switch to "convenience store"... good to hear Ryan say it.
The inaudible speech joke was made in Kung Fu Panda first, it was hilarious!
When I saw this movie, I was in awe at how disjointed it's tone was.
I just rewatched The Last Mimzy. It was cray cray. My favorite catch phrase of yours that's understandably only been used once is "So, what...What is this?". Point Break.
Loving the revisited eps, amazing to hear some of the process involved and so much work to give us some LOLs. In a sketch/stunt group I was pretty much the "writer/director/editor" and actor but my friends who where the main 'face' where more recognisable (locally) so I appreciate the effort you put into the Pitch Meetings.
I know you’ve probably already been asked to do this, but I would love to see you do a pitch meeting on Everything Everywhere All At Once. Please, it would be amazing! 🙏
YES!!!! PLEASE!!!
Revisiting old pitch meetings is super easy, barely an inconvenience! I love it!
I've been so interested to know how long it takes to put together one episode of Pitch Meeting. Thank you for putting on so much effort.
God bless you, Ryan. You make this look so easy. I can’t imagine all the hours of different research you have to put in to each video, then comb through for the best tidbits to put in the video. It must be exhausting, and I don’t blame you for going down to a pitch meeting every two weeks.
Thank you for all you’ve done. Your pain is our laughter (in the most wholesome sense of the phrase).
Keep doing these revisions they are great and you deserve to take it easy! Not to mention the added suspense of "What will Ryan draw?"' is guaranteed to increase viewership! Maybe Las Vegas will allow wagering on the finished product!
I remember first seeing this and hearing him called Baba Yaga and was SOOO confused, remembering her story from when I was a kid being a witch who lived in a house on chicken legs. NO one else knew what I was talking about so I was soo happy you pointed that out!
What’s brilliant about these is how interchangeable the straight man and the Baffin are. They switch off so often
I think billy being different as a grown up makes sense since now he can be this strong powerful character and henceforth be more confident and feel like an escape from his life
That was how I interpreted it - he's gloomy because he's been a powerless kid without a family, and then suddenly gets to feel powerful and adult; I know if my moody teen self had the power to transform into an adult with superpowers, skipping over all of puberty and the other things that cause teen angst, I'd be way happier in that form and go back to acting like an angsty teen whenever I wasn't.
It's the same as with Spider-Man and Superman. As their alter-egos, they are more subdued, clumsy and/or less confident, while their superhero personas are confident. Most superheroes, to some extent, are different than their alter-egos.
Good insight
This is one of my favorites. Though I think one of the good things about the movie was that it was mostly family-friendly but had a couple of darker moments with higher stakes mixed in. Movies used to do that a lot more and now they seem really hesitant to have differences in tone or intensity throughout.
Be sure to check out Puss In Boots 2 if you're a fan of big tonal shifts like that
"Sophie's Choice :(" had me laughing harder than I have in ages
Never thought it would have become as meta as someone reacting to their own youtube material. Yet, she works
You should try to get some of the actual writers and producers to react to your pitch meetings and let them laugh and maybe explain themselves but also give them some material to critique you back
If any of them would do it. It's highly unlikely Ryan has access to Hollywood writers and producers.
Love the wizard, hope his beard gets longer as he learns magic. I love the revised format, great work Ryan!
Man, I love these new format. Kinda feel like "old CZcams" because we felt connections to the guy behind the channel
The thing about Billy and Shazam being two different people whilst being one person is very easy to understand.
A kid becomes an adult just like that then the possibility is endless (kind of but kids don't know that).
A kid becomes an adult with superpowers...I'm sure the kid would have more fun being a super-powered being than a regular kid.
Aww I enjoy your little drawings! Also, genuinely interesting to hear how many hours go into these. I'm guessing that you have become a lot quicker spotting inconsistencies and writer/producer shenanigans? 10hours honestly doesnt sound that much considering how much you cram into these few minutes, but I have to remind myself that you have done this more than 300 times now and it probably took a lot longer in the beginning!
Have you ever had a response from actors/writers/production of any of the films you've covered? I know Neil Gaiman tweeted once that the pitch meeting for coraline was pretty close to your version
Yes second this question!
Third!
The huge eyes was what kept me from clicking the first few dozen times these showed up in my recommended. Glad I finally did though.
Question: do you prefer writing Pitch Meetings about films you like or ones you think are bad? I enjoy watching you poke fun at films I didn't like (especially when it's been hard to put my finger on why they're bad)!
I actually actively avoided watching any of your pitch meetings for the longest time because I hated seeing the thumbnails. Eventually though, I saw one and was hooked. (had to binge watch a bunch)
I was EXACTLY the same. I thought "This is going to be too weird for me, won't watch these" and then finally I clicked on one and now it's the thing I watch the most on CZcams.
What have you against incompetence? If it's good enough for Hollywood, then why be against it?
7:43 not sure if you’ve seen Kung Fu Panda 2, but that film basically did that joke 7 years before Shazam did 😂
I love everything about this revisited version of Pitch Meetings! Thanks a lot Ryan, you are the best! :D
These were a good set of questions and answers! Very "behind the scenes" info! You didn't talk about any negatives of the Shazam pitch meeting sketch, and I agree. It's one of my favorites lol. The part where screenwriter guy gets dark is hilarious, and your favorite funny scene from the movie is also mine. It caught me off guard in a way that was new and fresh. Keep up the great work! From a fellow French-Canadian living up in Labrador!
I would love to see Ryan George do a Pitch Meeting with Ryan Reynolds.
The two funniest Ryans around!!
I think you would LOVE the original "what?" moment from Kung Fu Panda 2 when Po confronts Shen with his new hat.
Hey Ryan! So far i've really been enjoying the revisited pitch meetings. I'd like to know, why do you do pitch meetings for animated movies or series so rarely? I feel like it would be really fun to see more of those.
These are becoming better then the pitch meetings by themselves
0:46, that was a good idea on The Screenwriter’s part
Wow, wow, wow, … wow. I assumed these took a long time but to hear you break it down sounds exhausting. It’s amazing the quality on these is still fresh. Thank you for the best content on CZcams! New PM days are still the best days of the month!
Hey Ryan! Your videos always brighten my day, I love supporting your channel so that you can feed your cats. How did you get Simu Liu to cameo on that one anniversary pitch meeting special you did?
Hope this series is letting you recharge Ryan! Love the content but take care of yourself too. Be well
7:01, and Strong did a great job
To make these look so effortless and slick takes a lot of time behind the scenes. Always suspected the writing process was the key. A little surprised though the filming is done so quickly even with such tight scripts.
I always wondered why the wizard didn't choose the wheelchair kid. I feel like he would be a much more interesting character to get all this powers and Shazam's humor wouldn't feel so out of place.
I love your pitch meetings!!
Keep up the good work Ryan!
I Remember a couple Years ago i finally decided to Watch One of your pitch meetings After weeks to months of CZcams trying to suggest them to me.
I've spento the next 2 hours watching all them till 2 am and laughting out loud 😂
Credit where credit's due; That's a dope drawing of a wizard!
A pitch meeting for the original power rangers movies would be funny
The preparation time you put in to your pitch meetings really shows through. I LOVE your work!
Hi. I have been a huge fan of your content for years, and I often rewatch your old videos. I really love this revisited series, as well as all your other content both here and on your Ryan George channel. Thank you for making great content and always making me laugh.
Keep up the good work
7:23 that…is actually cool
I absolutely love these revisited videos
Love these Revisited videos. And I gotta say, I have a theater degree, and the idea that you research and write in basically one standard work day....that's impressive. Also....30ish minutes total to film??? Are you doing like Clint Eastwood and only doing one take every time? If so, holy crap!
You must get one of these revisited videos done in the time between ordering a pizza and the pizza being delivered 😮
if the whole video is 5min, filming 30min worth of material implies hes doing on avg 6 takes of each line. great stuff either way
Your creatativity is just so off the charts. I'm in awe, really. Simply wonderful material.
The Revisited format is cool, keep it up man!
These videos are great! My question is would you ever post a video of all the bloopers and mistakes you make while filming? I'm sure your reactions would be hysterical
Yes please! I would love to see outtakes also!
2:43, No. Since they were going for an irony thing wherein the child version is mature for his age and the adult alter ego is a manchild
I think it's a genius thing you're doing, Ryan. I think I'd stick around for serious film review, too. The creative process you describe is more craftsmanship than genius. George Carlin was the same way. He wrote and wrote and wrote and wrote until he had like 50 things he could rif on, without any big stake in any of them, and he'd whittle down to 20. He could put together a new one-hour stage show in about a month of full-time - and I do mean full-time - work. Your straight take on the movie, plus digesting what's being said about the movie (That's the perspiration part of your process), is an always-amusing snap-shot of the zeitgeist that never disappoints.
I hope you find a way to branch out or at least get a good percentage off your pitch meetings, because you're carrying the outfit, whether it's yours or not.
You've found the perfect vehicle for your comedic gifts.
This is so enlightening. Making these videos seemed like an impossible challenge but now that you explain it, it seems super simple, barely a job really.
Hey Ryan, love these revisited pitch meeting videos, but I do wonder how you decide what pitch meeting you’re going to make for the week like whether it’s for a new movie that just came out or for a movie that came out a few years ago like The Maze Runner that you just recently made a Pitch Meeting on, and if we’ll see a Pitch Meeting for The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure?
4:27, Dr. Sivana isn’t a generic character though. He was unable to be anything but a disappointment to his family and was rejected as unworthy by the Wizard resulting in him being 1) misanthropic and 2) hating families especially to the point where when Dr. Sivana confronts Billy he demands to know how he was possibly worthy to wield those powers
Yeah that was a dissapointing take
@@-Teague- True.