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  • @vickhs
    @vickhs Před 6 lety +319

    This channel is the only one that can connect Jigsaw, Kierkegaard and Taylor Swift in such an amazing way. Keep up the good work!

    • @LowBudgetToons
      @LowBudgetToons Před 6 lety +1

      hahaha so true!

    • @LinkEX
      @LinkEX Před 6 lety +1

      Then again, the Taylor Swift part (unlike anything else in this video afaik) was just a reference that didn't add anything to the narrative.

    • @rubengbukets4730
      @rubengbukets4730 Před 6 lety +1

      Kierkegaard and Kanye**

    • @DanskerneFraDanmark
      @DanskerneFraDanmark Před 6 lety

      Søren is also my Name

    • @cfclegend7509
      @cfclegend7509 Před 6 lety

      DanskerneFraDanmark er du dansker/ r u Danish?

  • @mrpoool1015
    @mrpoool1015 Před 6 lety +543

    The Happy music makes this video 10000 times funnier

    • @bjam89
      @bjam89 Před 6 lety +1

      Mr Poool you should watch helix then

  • @DrZZZee
    @DrZZZee Před 6 lety +678

    Brutal violence is shown explicitly, but swears are blipped and blurred? C'mon!

    • @seemasharma8801
      @seemasharma8801 Před 5 lety +8

      Hahahaha

    • @timschwarz1386
      @timschwarz1386 Před 5 lety +13

      Murica

    • @thomascullen3911
      @thomascullen3911 Před 4 lety +38

      'Public' censorship believes that swearing and nudity will do more harm to a person's psyche than depictions of brutality, whether or not this is true (and I would personally argue that this notion is a fucking joke) the channel has to follow these guidelines in order to remain effective in its ability to reach the most people that it can (which should be more than it does, this channel is brilliant in both content and delivery across the board)

    • @XXStrong1
      @XXStrong1 Před 4 lety +3

      Gregory Smith I think we all agree on that, it’s just CZcams’s dumb guidelines that forces wisecrack to censor swears. It’s not a personal gripe against strong language.

    • @thejew1789
      @thejew1789 Před 3 lety +6

      America! Where films with 20 gun deaths are rated PG-13 and romantic comedies with swears and sex scenes are rated R!

  • @Iheartdgd
    @Iheartdgd Před 5 lety +48

    Lmfaooo “Wanna know the best thing that happened to me after cutting off my own arm? Handicap parking at the DAMN MALL!” God i watched that like 10 times.

  • @fondajames
    @fondajames Před 6 lety +2042

    This is officially the most I've seen of any saw film

    • @LowBudgetToons
      @LowBudgetToons Před 6 lety +109

      The saw films are okay. The first one is really good (not just for the torture porn) for the twists and what not.

    • @riotbreaker3506
      @riotbreaker3506 Před 6 lety +60

      Same here, I'll probably never watch one fully

    • @deg1studios
      @deg1studios Před 6 lety +98

      Then you are missing out. Unless you can't handle gore, in that case you better stay away

    • @r.alford3692
      @r.alford3692 Před 6 lety +34

      The first three are pretty good, and the sixth one is really fun to watch. The rest are alright, but none of them are too bad. The violence the series is infamous for doesn't really fully kick in until the end of third film.

    • @8523wsxc
      @8523wsxc Před 6 lety +15

      First one really isn't that bad. If you can weather Se7en you will survive Saw.

  • @ramonmartensen1529
    @ramonmartensen1529 Před 6 lety +97

    The problem with externally, consciously imposed suffering is that it leaves space for self-victimization. Instead of asking the question: ''Why am I suffering like this and what responsibility can I take to make this better (hence becoming a more ethical person) it allows for the sufferer to externalize the suffering rather than accepting accountability. This is all because the actions of the Jigsaw god don't appear to be driven by an underlying compassion or tough love but by disgust and even hatred.

    • @johnathonhaney8291
      @johnathonhaney8291 Před 6 lety +17

      Ramon Martensen True...he hates what the world did to him so he takes it out on others to kill his own pain.

    • @ramonmartensen1529
      @ramonmartensen1529 Před 6 lety +13

      Yes. And I think that's why Kierkegard's philosophy of suffering and growth is flawed or at least has a loophole. Let's take a look at a micro setting of human existence, the romantic relationship. I know plenty of people who have many failed relationships and afterwards they always complain that their partner was uncaring, unreachable or whatever. So instead of taking the opportunity to see what's their role in the tragic ending and grow from the realization, they rather rest in the idea that they are victims of bad partners. In the context of this movie we could say that Jigsaw his victims have a legit reason to think like that.

    • @NodDisciple1
      @NodDisciple1 Před 6 lety +1

      Yes Ramon, it does remind me so much of Exodus of how Pharaoh's Heart was hardened after every plague. Even though it was hardened, he still had a choice to make. He could've chose to overcome it and do what was best for his people and let the Hebrews go, or continue to test God and cause another worse plague. He constantly chose the later until it was too late.

    • @ESPSAlita
      @ESPSAlita Před 6 lety +6

      Kierkegard's philosophy is already being shown to be utterly false as the development of better neuroimaging technology allows us to assess the true psychological cost of suffering. Beyond a very set amount of resistance, human beings' brains are affected by abuse and suffering. Just this past year, researchers got a look at the brains of children who were corrected using physical punishments. They had shorter memory span, poorer impulse control, and worse life outcomes than those who's parents took a more authoritative than authoritarian approach to discipline. That's a pretty huge loophole.

    • @hanshintermann1551
      @hanshintermann1551 Před 6 lety +1

      Ramon, what you are basically saying is that we are, or at least should think that we are, the ones responsible for what happens to us. In my opinion, that is not only a very unforgiving and self-righteous point of view that almost seems like an extreme version of victim-blaming, it is also simply not true.
      First of all, it implies that everyone can control everything completely, which obviously is contradictory.
      Second, there is plenty of statistical evidence that our actions are at least heavily influenced, if not completely controlled, by circumstances. Our decisions do not just come from within ourselves, they are based on our experiences.
      Third, at the moment it seems very likely that we don't have a free will at all. Accepting that our world is solely defined by natural laws means accepting that these laws also apply to the human body, which means that everything is predetermined and there is no alternative cause of events where we make a different decision.
      Sorry, but the ones who are self-victimizing got it completely right. It's the ones who are saying we should pretend that we are in complete control of our situation and should see the bad things happening to us as a kind of carmic retribution who are wrong. That is just slave moral if you don't enjoy your situation and sanctimonious if you do.
      Please don't pretend there is some kind of "divine justice"-substitute. God is already dead. ;)

  • @sidneyrobinson18
    @sidneyrobinson18 Před 5 lety +292

    "The choice is theirs to live or die"
    The dude who got his stomach cut open while immobilized would beg to differ.

    • @sophiecooper3624
      @sophiecooper3624 Před 5 lety +41

      That was a trap from Mark Hoffman (jigsaw apprentice) not John Kramer
      So the game was manipulated

    • @kurtispittman2103
      @kurtispittman2103 Před 5 lety +9

      Yeah that was even before Hoffman was an apprentice to John. Good one tho

    • @nairobi8056
      @nairobi8056 Před 5 lety +34

      Many of the traps designed by Hoffman and Amanda were rigged as a sign of revenge more then a lesson.

    • @kurtispittman2103
      @kurtispittman2103 Před 5 lety +2

      @@nairobi8056 which ones did amanda design

    • @Dead_Hitori
      @Dead_Hitori Před 4 lety +1

      @@kurtispittman2103 I believe she did the first one you ever see in the series

  • @admiralnuttyb.b.5628
    @admiralnuttyb.b.5628 Před 5 lety +62

    In my opinion, how long a minute really is, is the lesson I take from the Saw films.

    • @3Kefka6Palazzo9
      @3Kefka6Palazzo9 Před 6 měsíci

      That's both a true response to the philosophy and a beautiful one.

  • @german_saucedo
    @german_saucedo Před 6 lety +191

    I think the great problem with the Jigsaw killer in his application of Kierkegaard’s philosophy is confusing suffering with physical pain. These too concepts have nothing to do with each other.

    • @EagleZtoTheGrave
      @EagleZtoTheGrave Před 6 lety +69

      All physical pain is suffering, not all suffering is physical pain.

    • @christianweibrecht6555
      @christianweibrecht6555 Před 6 lety +15

      Germán Saucedo yup, how is someone supposed to live a good life after replacing a body part with an infection

    • @knoelle1357
      @knoelle1357 Před 6 lety +18

      Germán Saucedo Precisely. If he forced these people to watch their loved ones in these painful, horrifying situations it'd be more effective. If he gave them the chance to sacrifice themselves rather than watch their loved ones die it'd be 1000x more horrifying.

    • @LinkEX
      @LinkEX Před 6 lety +8

      I don't think empathy is required for Kierkegaard's suffering.
      I think its more about truly experiencing suffering and recognizing just what it means in the first place, since sometimes the description alone just won't come close to experiencing it.

    • @LinkEX
      @LinkEX Před 6 lety +2

      If they feel it, this might lead them to a realization that will change their mindset.
      Not all the people even have such loved ones, so having them watch others suffer will barely have any effect (especially if they are the kind of heartless person that was put to the test by Jigsaw for that reason in the first place.)
      At the very least, they might appreciate _their_ life more.
      Rethinking their actions and appreciating other people's lifes will still require empathy, though.

  • @luckyrobson6931
    @luckyrobson6931 Před 6 lety +391

    This philosophical part of saw is so deep, that I think that even the producers of the movie were like ‘wtf, we’re geniuses without knowing it’, after watching this vid..

    • @qwertymanova2652
      @qwertymanova2652 Před 5 lety +5

      I agree!George Lucas must feel the same!

    • @jeremyendter6428
      @jeremyendter6428 Před 5 lety +10

      Yeah. Their creative brilliance was a total accident. Makes sense.

    • @qwertymanova2652
      @qwertymanova2652 Před 5 lety +4

      @@jeremyendter6428,why?

    • @viincennes
      @viincennes Před 4 lety +20

      exactly why it annoys me when people call the franchise “mindless torture porn.” there’s such an interesting philosophy behind all of the tests

    • @mirandalyneetestewart3083
      @mirandalyneetestewart3083 Před 4 lety

      LuckyRobson Hey, an SCP, SCP 173.

  • @pupoflas9764
    @pupoflas9764 Před 6 lety +473

    jigsaw looks like old eminem

    • @daspicybirb9356
      @daspicybirb9356 Před 4 lety

      PupoFlas Lol I thought the same thing

    • @midshipsport
      @midshipsport Před 4 lety

      😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 100k likes

    • @antoniomontana2034
      @antoniomontana2034 Před 4 lety

      I dislike the fact that I can see that.

  • @Gdude1231
    @Gdude1231 Před 6 lety +75

    Well Hoffman made winnable games. However, his games seemed as though people had to die. I believe it's Saw V when they had the 5 people in the group and they all could've stayed together but they all ended up dying as they couldn't work together.

    • @professorchaos5058
      @professorchaos5058 Před 4 lety +8

      Ya he's says your instincts will tell you do one but he warns them to do the opposite

    • @PhantomBones101
      @PhantomBones101 Před 4 lety +15

      The only game he didn't make winnable was the pendulum trap.

    • @lionellincoln6358
      @lionellincoln6358 Před 4 lety +13

      @@PhantomBones101 He wasn't a Jigsaw apprentice at that time. It was the pendulum trap that caught Jigsaw's attention.

    • @peak2381
      @peak2381 Před 3 lety +5

      Pretty sure Hoffman made the games exactly like Kramer wanted, meaning he hardly had any influence on them.

  • @thesonicravn870
    @thesonicravn870 Před 6 lety +1429

    Interesting choice for a philosophy video.

    • @Matty80822
      @Matty80822 Před 6 lety +46

      is it? saw was a very philosophical movie. 2 and 3 were still pretty ok. anything afterwords was diluted to movie trash

    • @LordofSyn
      @LordofSyn Před 6 lety

      Matty80822
      Absolutely agree.

    • @shadowninja958
      @shadowninja958 Před 6 lety +3

      was hyped as fuck for this.

    • @VixxKong2
      @VixxKong2 Před 6 lety +16

      Every great story has a philosophy behind
      And a great story is something that stays in people head after they watched, read or listened to it

    • @Dr.Spatula
      @Dr.Spatula Před 6 lety +2

      The more likely reason is they are making a new movie

  • @dejarobinson1026
    @dejarobinson1026 Před 6 lety +882

    "This sucks! Wtf god?" LMFAO 😂😂😂😂

    • @Shadowcat753
      @Shadowcat753 Před 6 lety +8

      Hey, I can relate sort of thought to that considering some parts of my life - except with me it's more of a "This sucks. Why in general (God existing or not)?"

    • @fram3byfram319
      @fram3byfram319 Před 6 lety +1

      S- CC here we go, THERE IS A GOD, THERE IS NO GOD just shut up and watch the video!

    • @yunusahmed2940
      @yunusahmed2940 Před 6 lety

      Deja Robinson "God

    • @scp--297
      @scp--297 Před 6 lety

      Deja Robinson
      XD

    • @laffy7204
      @laffy7204 Před 6 lety +1

      The scriptures of Romans was made for and by the early church, so it's not a surprise that in their days of painful persecution, people would say that pain would bring hope. However, Hope is technically the only way to emotionally cope with suffering, which brings the question, what other purpose does Hope have besides suffering? It seems all hope ever do is cope with pain without giving answers. Without suffering, there would be no reason to hope in the first place. Why hope when you're always happy and pain free? It seems that hope does nothing else but makes you not wanna die because of suffering.

  • @RaYmOnDrOiD
    @RaYmOnDrOiD Před 6 lety +1045

    More like the “Philo-saw-phy” of Saw,
    I’ll walk away now.

  • @Henri_Ikari
    @Henri_Ikari Před 6 lety +22

    "If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away" -Saw in a nutshell

  • @KalleNoble
    @KalleNoble Před 6 lety +90

    I have to give props for that Emoji Movie joke

  • @dieandgoaway
    @dieandgoaway Před 6 lety +222

    Jigsaw's method doesn't work, forcing people to do things never works, more so torturing them. Life has natural suffering. You don't need to force anyone to torture them or to make them repent, they will lose loved ones and will get sick and old like all of us. Even if in the future we don't get sick or live longer, we will always have heartbreaks and mistakes that will make us suffer.

    • @screamingphoenix8113
      @screamingphoenix8113 Před 6 lety +6

      diego I dont know about that. Plenty of people get away with pure dujmb luck and endure minimal suffering throughout theit lives.

    • @12171010011010
      @12171010011010 Před 6 lety +18

      That's the point of the movies. Just this time it isn't some crazy religious killer but just some crazy killer.

    • @golubvolodemerovich7512
      @golubvolodemerovich7512 Před 6 lety +2

      Screaming PHOENIX but then they also enjoy, or cherish less of their lives...

    • @RipsharkTV
      @RipsharkTV Před 6 lety +15

      Yup. Those people that survive the game are just going to continue asking 'why would someone choose for me to endure this kind of pain?'. Jigsaw isn't as intelligent as he thought. Not everybody thinks like you broski. Some people are broken by heavy levels of pain, not "reborn".

    • @johnathonhaney8291
      @johnathonhaney8291 Před 6 lety +4

      diego Ask any abused child what they ever did to deserve their suffering back before they had choices. Some of the answers you'll get should put paid to the whole idea of Jigsaw's mission in life.

  • @TenaciousBuns
    @TenaciousBuns Před 6 lety +287

    You can hear the "god dosn't exists" attitude in his voice when he talks about it 😂😂

    • @-Roche-
      @-Roche- Před 5 lety +47

      Tenacious Buns , some of us call that 'intelligence'

    • @jakobhoern
      @jakobhoern Před 5 lety +57

      And most of us call both lines of thinking pretentious

    • @QuadrupleJMontage
      @QuadrupleJMontage Před 5 lety +9

      @Alex Meggoe Lol your an idiot, Saint Nick was an actual person

    • @QuadrupleJMontage
      @QuadrupleJMontage Před 5 lety +12

      ​@Alex Meggoe Real funny, if you were smart you'd have known the real man died a long time ago. Nice try at sarcasm; though I'm a little too old for presents on Christmas.

    • @QuadrupleJMontage
      @QuadrupleJMontage Před 5 lety +2

      ​@Alex Meggoe Of course. But you misunderstand what I'm saying; Saint Nick was a real man we can trace back to the ancient Greek city of Myra where he was a Bishop. Though we don't have evidence to prove he was generous, the dude is more of an idea nowadays that pushes people to be more generous and to give thanks for what you have.
      And who are you to say that what you have no knowledge of, you can dictate weather it's real or not? Truth is you can't meaning all the people who are like "God is fake" or that "it's just a story we tell our children to make them behave" are ignorant for thinking they are all knowing.

  • @YourFriendlyTrader
    @YourFriendlyTrader Před 6 lety +160

    “Those who don’t appreciate life, don’t deserve life”
    -John Kramer

    • @redm6195
      @redm6195 Před 3 lety

      Àmen

    • @mohammedhusain6446
      @mohammedhusain6446 Před 3 lety +2

      How should i appreciate live, is there any measurement tool?

    • @default2591
      @default2591 Před 2 lety +8

      "Yeah but don't torture people and kill innocent you sick old fuck"
      - Me

    • @yannickvankerckhoven7356
      @yannickvankerckhoven7356 Před rokem +4

      Until a person is faced with death. It's impossible to tell whether they have what it takes to survive

  • @SatanistSin
    @SatanistSin Před 6 lety +72

    Natural suffering ≠ forced suffering
    Forced suffering for renewal, is punishment, not an explanation for why pain exists in the first place. The christian connection in the beginning is a huge stretch. It's more christian like in Jigsaw's failure, and his need to enact punishment. Much like all religions and ideologies, his teachings are misinterpreted and used for the person's own personal goals. Punishing the innocent to teach is quite biblical too. for example, God sends brutal plagues which tortures a whole country, Egypt, to teach one guy, the Pharaoh, a lesson. The Pharaoh could've learned the lesson sooner, if not for god hardening his heart. Much like Jigsaw throwing people into these situations, it isn't conducive to teaching any lesson due to their horrific nature. "I was tortured and all I got was this lousy T-shirt," is pretty much the theme for the victims in both cases.
    Also, it's wrong to make a strictly christian connection, because these attributes exist in other religions as well, and to me he represents a mix of them. The only thing that can be said, is that Jigsaw mimics a vengeful, wrathful god, and even jealous dulling out punishment with very little care about the outcome after the fact. It's left up to the victims to _decide_ for themselves if they're reborn, recruited, or tortured. The reborn could relate to Kali; they must be broken down and destroyed to be created as new. The recruited relates to cults of all kinds, but mostly Manson family type followers, that learned a new world view with distain for humanity. And, the tortured are like Prometheus chained to a mountain cursed with life to suffer forever.

  • @TheLPRnetwork
    @TheLPRnetwork Před 6 lety +190

    1 month since the death note episode
    i still haven't lost hope on a code geass episode
    i want to say there is only hope....
    *but i can't find them, there's only soup.*

  • @TheRealCeeJai
    @TheRealCeeJai Před 3 lety +2

    8:45 "Baptism" is also literally the name of the piece of original music that plays in the background during this scene.

  • @StableHexic
    @StableHexic Před 3 lety +5

    I love saw

  • @morrismilchman8493
    @morrismilchman8493 Před 6 lety +185

    "I want to play a game"
    Can we play Jenga?

    • @12171010011010
      @12171010011010 Před 6 lety +26

      you are locked in a room with a jenga set and have to play it to the end without losing any blocks. If one block falls on the floor it triggers the room's sensors and it collapses into itself on you as if it was made of jenga bricks.

    • @pure1538
      @pure1538 Před 6 lety

      Got that from annoying orange

    • @12171010011010
      @12171010011010 Před 6 lety +3

      never seen annoying orange really. It was never funny when it was popular, and it's dead now.

    • @tommyatkins2527
      @tommyatkins2527 Před 6 lety

      12171010011010 well or how about fucked up game of kerplunk in which instead of marbles it's rocks

    • @michaelc9680
      @michaelc9680 Před 6 lety

      Stfu

  • @samuelw01
    @samuelw01 Před 6 lety +725

    Philosophy of Saw summed up in one word: Healthcare.

    • @erdood3235
      @erdood3235 Před 6 lety +5

      How?

    • @BenHopkins1000
      @BenHopkins1000 Před 6 lety +29

      Erdood All they care about is money, not terminals like John?

    • @Youre_dumb
      @Youre_dumb Před 6 lety +42

      Erwood John had cancer but they wouldn’t treat him because he couldn’t afford it.

    • @Ike_of_pyke
      @Ike_of_pyke Před 6 lety +29

      John's tumor was inoperable due to being highly risky to remove , Jill's miscarriage was caused by a mixed of an accident due to a junkie(someone who is someone abuses health care) .

    • @DrewLSsix
      @DrewLSsix Před 6 lety +1

      Diablito el Demonio. No.

  • @Yoder023
    @Yoder023 Před 6 lety +106

    Only a few would have actually helped the survivor:
    Reverse bear trap
    Barbed wire cage
    Leg saw multi-trap
    Essentially, only the first movie's victims would have been helped (if they all survived).
    All sequels set other in traps and their lives are in the hands of the main character. That's why no go would or could ever come out of majority of traps.
    Also, it's better if the victim doesn't see the person that put them there. Seeing that person triggers immediate aggression. (Cecil is a prime example)

    • @mrbow50001
      @mrbow50001 Před 5 lety +5

      Only 1 of those people in the traps you mentioned survives through all the movies and that's the one that cut his foot off in the leg saw you mentioned, hell he even ends one of the characters himself

    • @blackmangtarecovery5055
      @blackmangtarecovery5055 Před 5 lety

      Yea the first 4 were The best

    • @omalone1169
      @omalone1169 Před 4 lety

      You sound mgtow
      Mwhat your saying is females have little motivation to become moral because they are privileged to reject males their entire lives so only get forced to reflect once males no longer pursue them
      In saw 2 they can all learn

    • @ghoulking7616
      @ghoulking7616 Před 4 lety

      omalone11 bruh what

    • @XXStrong1
      @XXStrong1 Před 4 lety +3

      Well considering that all of Jigsaw’s victims either:
      A. Die
      B. Need therapy (Saw:3D)
      C. Go crazy (I.e. Amanda and Dr. Gordon)
      I think it’s safe to say Jigsaw’s work hasn’t helped anyone.

  • @TheEagel123
    @TheEagel123 Před 6 lety +257

    Adam wasn't tempted by the Apple, Eve was tempted by what the serpent said about the Apple and then misled Adam by telling him to eat the Apple too.

    • @ludexgundyr186
      @ludexgundyr186 Před 5 lety +5

      Alex Meggoe btw the “apple” was good ol sex

    • @hampsterducktape
      @hampsterducktape Před 5 lety +12

      @@ludexgundyr186
      The Apple is the knowledge of the difference between good and evil. It's literally called "the fruit of Knowledge." Adam and Eve were together under God (a.k.a. married) and could've had all the sex they wanted.
      "God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil."
      Genesis 3:5

    • @timothywilliamson3152
      @timothywilliamson3152 Před 5 lety +3

      Adam chose his Wife over God, and not much has changed.

    • @restless4656
      @restless4656 Před 5 lety +3

      He was tempted. It's not like he didn't know it was forbidden. He could have easily said no.

    • @PedroCouto1982
      @PedroCouto1982 Před 5 lety +3

      @@timothywilliamson3152, why would you choose God over a woman if you're straight?

  • @annabella1650
    @annabella1650 Před 6 lety +6

    I have a lot of issues with the Saw franchise, one of being that Jigsaw simply paid lip service to the idea of redemption. So many of his traps involved at least one party dying, with it sometimes being in the hands of another person he believed needed to be 'redeemed', which ruins someone else's 'redemption'. Especially when they have to actively kill another person!
    'You want to live and see your mistakes, well someone has to die in the process because I think this is a great group activity!'

  • @drebalite1030
    @drebalite1030 Před 6 lety +74

    That moment when you realize that "Wisecrack" is just another word for "Smartass".

    • @12171010011010
      @12171010011010 Před 6 lety +4

      Actually to wisecrack is to make a smartass joke. close though

  • @cgarrand08
    @cgarrand08 Před 6 lety +68

    I was expecting a saw movie not the bloody Spanish inquisition!

    • @awnaw5529
      @awnaw5529 Před 6 lety +15

      cgarrand08 nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

    • @alil7896
      @alil7896 Před 5 lety

      our chief weapon is surprise

    • @carlamitce443
      @carlamitce443 Před 4 lety +1

      nice.

  • @steven6666600000
    @steven6666600000 Před 5 lety +27

    The first SAW movie made a great psychological horror film but then the rest that followed up just turned into straight torture porn.

    • @MichSciFi10
      @MichSciFi10 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I'd say that only truly happened after they killed Jigsaw in the 3rd movie.

  • @thesprucecampbells807
    @thesprucecampbells807 Před 6 lety +8

    The fan edit of Saw "The Jigsaw Files" where it is all the Jigsaw scenes in chronological order gave me a whole new appreciation for the series. Really well done. May even be better than the movies themselves. Wish a better resolution copy of it existed. But I highly recommend watching it.

  • @GoodAkuma666
    @GoodAkuma666 Před 6 lety +59

    In school we once had movies as theme for english class.
    When the teacher asked us what kinds of film genres we knew,
    I raised my hand and answered Torture-Porn, because I thought of Saw.
    With a *WTF* expression on her face, she looked at me and said:
    I'm sure there are lots of different porn genres, but that doesn't belong in my lesson.

  • @zoegoodall2158
    @zoegoodall2158 Před 6 lety +34

    It makes me so mad how jigsaw put that guy who’s son died in a trap because he was obsessed with revenge even though jigsaw got revenge on Cecil, the guy that killed his son

    • @Timebomb_19
      @Timebomb_19 Před 6 lety

      Zoe Goodall that was justice not revenge.

    • @okayand1508
      @okayand1508 Před 6 lety +28

      Sir Edgelord_101 it was revenge, cause who is jigsaw to take another life? That's the whole point of why jigsaw and his ideology was a failure. Who was he and his disciples to commit these crimes? Who are they to say they see the light when they bath in darkness.

    • @zoegoodall2158
      @zoegoodall2158 Před 6 lety +2

      Ozzie Edwards exactly

    • @matti.8465
      @matti.8465 Před 6 lety +29

      Ozzie Edwards He's an hypocrite. He said it was so he could become a better person but he really just wanted revenge. People like that come up with ways to justify themselves and this whole shitty belief of "redemption through pain" is his. He even refuses to acept he killed anyone just because they had the chance not to die.

    • @kevinnigins9488
      @kevinnigins9488 Před 5 lety +4

      Zoe Goodall well to be fair Jeff’s game wasn’t really that difficult. He never really got hurt himself. He had to save other people from jigsaws game

  • @FlamRackett
    @FlamRackett Před 6 lety +18

    Big fan of the SAW franchise and this philosophical evaluation is fascinating! Great video :)

  • @Laxhoop
    @Laxhoop Před 6 lety +197

    It’s philosophy: New movie every year no matter how stupid it gets.

    • @jaylenmcbride6332
      @jaylenmcbride6332 Před 6 lety +5

      Spencer Whiteway The first 2 movies were actually well done

    • @PhyreI3ird
      @PhyreI3ird Před 6 lety +3

      Personally I can't blame the original creators for taking the money and running with it x33
      Seems like they made the movie they wanted to with the first and then got paid ass loads to just make any contrived nonsense to justify the torture porn that people keep coming and paying for.

    • @katelynsteffens501
      @katelynsteffens501 Před 6 lety +4

      PhyreI3ird im pretty sure the original screenwriters and people like that left after 3, which is where they wanted to end the franchise-with Johns death. But people wanted more films, so they brought in a mostly new crew to make more films

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 Před 6 lety

      Katelyn Steffens not true, directors of saw 4-7 had previously worked on the series

    • @katelynsteffens501
      @katelynsteffens501 Před 6 lety +1

      Leo B I misread the thing I read that said that the other people left. However, I do know that Leigh whannel originally planned for saw 3 to be the end of the franchise and it was the last one he wrote before going to being a producer for the films.

  • @mekman4
    @mekman4 Před 6 lety +28

    Suffering and torture are methods which cults use to indoctrinate victims, and most churches and cult leaders use very similar methods to maintain and grow followers. People do this to in relationships.

    • @kingj282
      @kingj282 Před 6 lety +9

      Most churches use suffering and torture? What churches are you going to?

    • @blackdragon6
      @blackdragon6 Před 6 lety +3

      Pentecostal probably LMAO

  • @x_WISHmaker_x
    @x_WISHmaker_x Před 6 lety +4

    I tried to explain this to all of my friends for like half of my life, noone believed me! Thank you for making a video supporting my point! Thank you very much!)

  • @rustyhan4425
    @rustyhan4425 Před 6 lety +12

    That upbeat music to compliment Saw lol

  • @dnlgrc28
    @dnlgrc28 Před 6 lety +8

    The newest CGP Grey Video (not the live streams) ties in nicely with this.

  • @SyntheticKill
    @SyntheticKill Před 6 lety +5

    Probably the only thing i will ever watch about Saw. Never really got or enjoyed the movies. Loved the video Wisecrack like always.

  • @alaskaball188
    @alaskaball188 Před 6 lety +3

    I love how the music in this is so joyous

  • @mihneacipariu765
    @mihneacipariu765 Před 6 lety +6

    ,,no we are not talking bout the emoji!?"😂😂😜😜

  • @totallygeneric2602
    @totallygeneric2602 Před 6 lety +57

    This was really philo-SAW-phical

  • @tidjiramiiiiirez
    @tidjiramiiiiirez Před 6 lety +14

    Philosophy of Gerald's Game or Hidden Meaning in Gerald's Game

  • @erawa2740
    @erawa2740 Před 6 lety +20

    I have a question for Saw II fans (or simply those who appreciate it): do you think that all of the victims in the house trap could have theoretically survived? I'm far from being certain about it, but I would like it to be the case, because that would make Saw II a much better movie. What is problematic with this theory is that we only know that there are 5 syringes (that could protect from the mortal gaz) in the house I think, and there are 8 people in total...Sure, Amanda was certainly already protected from the gaz, as well as the detective's son (or?). But that still makes one person who could not have possibly been protected from the toxic gaz. Am I right? I would appreciate if you could help.

    • @alt-rightbronie4512
      @alt-rightbronie4512 Před 5 lety +12

      There was syringe for everyone. There were 8 players
      Daniel
      Amanda
      Xavier
      Obi
      Jonas
      The prostitute
      The fat guy
      The other girl
      The syringes were around the house but since the fat guy died too early, his syringe was never seen. 1
      The room had another one inside a box. 2
      The one in the blade box. 3
      Obi’s trap had 2. 5
      Xavier’s trap. 6
      We can assume the other 2 were never seen since the owners of those were dead before getting to see them.
      Sorry for the late response

    • @witchexia
      @witchexia Před 3 lety +6

      @@alt-rightbronie4512 *fat guy*
      LMAO

    • @minihalkoja590
      @minihalkoja590 Před 3 lety +8

      I do think so. We don’t see all the tests though.
      However before I go into the main thing, there is one flaw in that whole trap in my opinion, and that is the inclusion of Laura (The blonde girl). She doesn’t seem like someone who should be there. She’s young, seemingly law abiding and easily frightened.
      So, here’s how all 8 of them could’ve survived:
      -No one looks or stands in front of the peephole while they’re turning the key, or better yet, they don’t use the key at all like the note said.
      -They analyze the rainbow clue, figure out the answer and get the first antidote from the safe. 1 is saved (Likely Daniel considering how he’s just a kid), 7 more to go.
      -Obi turns the valve to shut off the fire. 2 people are safe (Obi and someone of his choosing, I’m putting my money on Laura), 5 more to go.
      -Xavier jumps in the needle pit and gets the key. The door is opened and he gets the antidote. Xavier is saved, 4 more to go.
      -Gus (The guy who was killed first) finds his test (The razor box). He notices that it’s already unlocked, and get the antidote. Gus is safe, 3 more to go.
      -Addison finds her test (A waffle iron which she needs to press her face into to get the antidote) just bites her teeth and ”sacrifices her looks to save her life.” 1 more is saved, 2 more to go.
      -Jonas finds his test, whatever that might be, and solves it. He’s safe, and there is only Amanda left.
      -Amanda was likely safe from the gas all along, but in this event she probably had some sort of secret backup needle which she could just ”find” or pass an easy ”test” in order to get it just to avoid suspicion.
      So that was the minimum amount of antidotes, but I’m gonna say there was at least 1 more. Which is in Laura’s test. Daniel probably had a test as well, so that makes the amount of antidotes inside the house, a solid 10. Just in case a few are lost.

  • @sygmandiasthemage1629
    @sygmandiasthemage1629 Před 4 lety +1

    The problem with Jigsaw's logic is the same problem that keeps people from changing their habits:
    *They don't want to go through the trouble.*
    Only when the person really wants the change and is willing to struggle for it, only then the treatment/diet/training actually works.

  • @LowBudgetToons
    @LowBudgetToons Před 6 lety +18

    I really love these philosophy vids!!!!

  • @omega5040
    @omega5040 Před 6 lety +15

    Suffering will always exist due to it being a perspective thing, it's constantly changing and it is different for everyone.
    Even paradise can be hell. Take for example someone with a gambling addiction. He ends up in a place where he always wins, at first he might think it is paradise always winning but after a while it will be hell never being able to lose.

  • @jmigcasan3077
    @jmigcasan3077 Před 6 lety

    Just the thing i've been searching. I think this is the only Analysis out there, thanks Wisecrack

  • @leinadlink
    @leinadlink Před 6 lety +15

    Never saw this coming.

  • @megatron691973
    @megatron691973 Před 6 lety +34

    Eve ate the Apple first then got adam to eat

    • @TykoBrian7
      @TykoBrian7 Před 6 lety +2

      mister thirteen it's a fairy tale 😑😑😑😑

    • @megatron691973
      @megatron691973 Před 6 lety +5

      Tyko Brian I know I was just saying..if you gonna tell a story then tell it right hahahaha

    • @EagleZtoTheGrave
      @EagleZtoTheGrave Před 6 lety +4

      Assuming it was an apple, and a fairytale... Assuming it is, that doesn't mean we should turn off our brains and not get the facts correct.

    • @megatron691973
      @megatron691973 Před 6 lety

      Dat Boiii if your the Christian faith I guess so hahaha

    • @gabeschugardt5710
      @gabeschugardt5710 Před 6 lety +5

      Dat Boiii I thought the lesson was don't listen to talking snakes.

  • @NinjaKuma
    @NinjaKuma Před 6 lety +89

    Torture Porney or Torture Corney? 0:20

  • @angiereza5493
    @angiereza5493 Před 6 lety +2

    Oh my god! FINALY!! I love the Saw series! XD

  • @alannah7078
    @alannah7078 Před 6 lety

    love this video, thanks for making it

  • @KingsleyIII
    @KingsleyIII Před 6 lety +10

    You guys missed the chance to call this video "The PhiloSAWphy of Saw".

  • @ramonmoreno2526
    @ramonmoreno2526 Před 6 lety +15

    Please do a philosophy of the emoji movie... It really has a profound message about the stupidity of humanity and how desperate one can get for money...

  • @rororevo
    @rororevo Před 10 měsíci +2

    Saw X definitely gives more the revenge vibe than renewal. Even though its set between Saw I and II, it seems like the writers forgot about this.

  • @libertangel
    @libertangel Před 6 lety +2

    I think the flaw in Jigsaw's plan is the fact that it's easier to transform bad circumstances that have no third hand involved into personal growth. The trauma that this people suffer in the villain's hands it's prone to produce fear or anger instead of reflection. You still have somebody to blame things on, to seek revenge after, etc. But if you survive something like an accident, it depends on your own strenght to make it out and the most after it. There's pride, faith, and a whole lote of other positive things to look at.

  • @mothereric8774
    @mothereric8774 Před 6 lety +10

    Do the video game “SOMA” next.

  • @balakrishnasharma9842
    @balakrishnasharma9842 Před 6 lety +42

    Please make the philosophy of "Drive 2011"

  • @brandonwilkinson
    @brandonwilkinson Před 6 lety +2

    Pain is the realest thing a human can subjectivity experience.

  • @ButteredCalamari
    @ButteredCalamari Před 6 lety

    Exactly thirty seconds in and I'm already extremely lightheaded by the visuals. I don't know if I could survive a full 2-hour movie of that stuff.

  • @erinanderson1408
    @erinanderson1408 Před 6 lety +31

    I too would share stories over whiskey with Kierkegaard, but I swear I'm not a serial killer... just kinda sad

  • @themanwithtomanyeyes8282
    @themanwithtomanyeyes8282 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Talk to any person with chronic physical or mental condition that managed to rehabilitate. See what their opinion is on "suffering makes people better".

  • @Inspiration_Date
    @Inspiration_Date Před 6 lety

    I love the music choices in this episode.

  • @johnboi8873
    @johnboi8873 Před 6 lety +1

    This video makes me want to go outside and exercise. Thanks guys!

  • @Zombiekilleryamato
    @Zombiekilleryamato Před 6 lety +3

    I was thinking about this episode

  • @ApocryphalDude
    @ApocryphalDude Před 5 lety +3

    Do you think Dexter would agree with Jigsaw?

  • @LetsCrashThisParade
    @LetsCrashThisParade Před 3 lety

    I cherish my life by watching all the SAW content!

  • @franciscoventura9639
    @franciscoventura9639 Před 6 lety +1

    Yoo jared the intro had me cracking up

  • @zemotheon12987
    @zemotheon12987 Před 4 lety +4

    Hey friend, love your videos! Been watching them lately and I haven't yet seen one that hasn't made me think! Your channel rocks!
    I'm a little disappointed that someone who treats all other philosophers with a degree of nuance and respect, yet cannot give the same respect to the philosophy of the church fathers. Clearly you don't buy it, okay. But you could at least give it more nuance. That said, I love how you discussed Kierkegaard. He's great. Keep up the good work!

  • @Jkjoannaki
    @Jkjoannaki Před 4 lety +7

    So he dies by having his Adams apple cut? Nice

  • @blacksunshine7122
    @blacksunshine7122 Před 6 lety

    Hi! I'm a fresh new subscriber. I caught the name of this channel in the Amazing Atheist's comment section! I'm super excited to dive in to this content! Thank you for the great work!

  • @TheWRCS
    @TheWRCS Před 6 lety

    Thank you for making a Saw video!

  • @camerondaly96
    @camerondaly96 Před 6 lety +5

    Could you do an episode on The Good Place? The first season has a lot of good stuff

  • @RichardHorpe
    @RichardHorpe Před 6 lety +408

    Please do the philosophy of Prisoners by denis villeneuve

    • @jariusspear
      @jariusspear Před 6 lety +3

      StannyBWrath my all time favorite movie ever

    • @benl2140
      @benl2140 Před 6 lety

      If you look, you can find a lot of videos examining the philosophy of this movie. I still wouldn't mind Wisecrack doing it though.

    • @Chikadulce10
      @Chikadulce10 Před 6 lety

      YEEEEESSS!!! This needs to happen 😍😍

    • @whalolord1594
      @whalolord1594 Před 6 lety

      eve ate the apple not adam plz do more research

  • @Ashoka02tano
    @Ashoka02tano Před 6 lety +1

    The philosophy of Jigsaw doesn't truly work because you can't force someone to change, that person has to change themselves.

  • @sigh9913
    @sigh9913 Před 6 lety +1

    “Crisis averted” lmaoo

  • @121von
    @121von Před 6 lety +431

    Good video... you guys just made me rethink seeing this new saw movie. If this guy's philosophy of why he's made these traps is skewed that bad I don't see why they made another. Seems like a money grab now. Actually its been a money grab for a while now.

    • @LordTails66
      @LordTails66 Před 6 lety +44

      He's the villain... of course his philosophy is skewed. Usually the villains are fucked up even if their intentions are "good".

    • @river7222
      @river7222 Před 6 lety +29

      Um... if a movie's villain had a perfect philosophy, he wouldn't be ther villain...

    • @121von
      @121von Před 6 lety +7

      LordTails66 i meant skewed in the sense of having his victims learn a lesson. However twisted it is that was his intention. His underlings are killing for revenge and just to cause harm. That's not his intention. That's why I said its skewed.

    • @121von
      @121von Před 6 lety +7

      River no one said it had to be perfect... his underlings took his philosophy the wrong way and kill just to kill, not to teach them a lesson. Hence why I said HIS PHILOSOPHY got skewed...smh

    • @river7222
      @river7222 Před 6 lety +4

      +Javon Dallas: They took something bad and made it worse, honestly.

  • @Kass686
    @Kass686 Před 6 lety +27

    Heads up to anyone that might want to play the video games....
    They're not good. Don't play them.

  • @MattysModernLife
    @MattysModernLife Před 6 lety +2

    I literally went through all three stages mentioned in the video.
    No wonder Saw resonates so well despite being pretty silly films, they get the meta-story right.

  • @cheeselegend8769
    @cheeselegend8769 Před 6 lety +1

    Honestly this is like Death Note, Light ends up doing terrible things because he thinks it's justice, and killing people because they've done bad things is the right thing apparently.

  • @dimhope6828
    @dimhope6828 Před 5 lety +24

    "Watching Saw movies qualifies as attending church" lmaooo I'm done 😂💀💀

  • @onlyforshane
    @onlyforshane Před 6 lety +33

    You should make a philosophy of Jake Paul 😂

  • @basstian
    @basstian Před 6 lety

    Interesting analysis. Well done.

  • @Katosepe
    @Katosepe Před 6 lety

    I was literally just thinking I'd love to see something on the Saw movies from you guys, although I was expecting a What Went Wrong, tbh! I'd still love to see a deep dive into 3 and 4, in particular, since I think those are the deepest philosophically.

  • @coreyondavis6032
    @coreyondavis6032 Před 5 lety +3

    on stage is all blood and gore but behind the scenes theres knowledge and philosophy

  • @GravelordNito150
    @GravelordNito150 Před 6 lety +5

    Funny how this channel is happy to show clips of people being mutilated but bleeps out all the curse words.

  • @CBProjects1
    @CBProjects1 Před 2 lety

    I am ranking the films and this helped so much

  • @scoutman195
    @scoutman195 Před 6 lety +1

    You forgot to mention that he is testing the people’s will to live. That’s a pretty big part of it imo.

  • @devilslettuce1064
    @devilslettuce1064 Před 6 lety +3

    The philosophy of slacker plz

  • @bastian_5975
    @bastian_5975 Před 6 lety +5

    I just watched 2 other videos that referenced the emoji movie.... illuminati confirmed.

  • @solahaze8948
    @solahaze8948 Před 5 lety +1

    2:59
    "But only through suffering will we achieve grace." - Aunt Lydia before handcuffing a girl to a flaming stovetop

  • @BossZnakemaster
    @BossZnakemaster Před 6 lety +1

    I love the Saw series :D

  • @ThatOneGuy7550
    @ThatOneGuy7550 Před 6 lety +464

    Do Code Geass, next goddamn it

    • @marlom7882
      @marlom7882 Před 6 lety +12

      That One Guy AND BERSERK DUDES!

    • @gilberthjimenez431
      @gilberthjimenez431 Před 6 lety +6

      DO IT!!!

    • @iChaosHD
      @iChaosHD Před 6 lety +1

      yesss

    • @KABOBkabob
      @KABOBkabob Před 6 lety +6

      Yes! It hits you over the head pretty bluntly with its central themes but it would still be a really interesting subject

    • @turkiekhalid
      @turkiekhalid Před 6 lety +1

      Yaaaaad

  • @GunpowderCoffee
    @GunpowderCoffee Před 6 lety +23

    I just watched a compilation of SAW deaths and now this video pops up in my sub-feed.
    Spooky.
    Happy scary month everybody!

    • @NamesZKP
      @NamesZKP Před 6 lety +2

      GunpowderCoffee lol watches Saw content then gets spoiled by getting recommend more Saw content. CZcams algorithms bro. But Happy October.

    • @GunpowderCoffee
      @GunpowderCoffee Před 6 lety

      Well i meant the subscription feed. I should probably edit my main comment for clarity.

  • @lrickprado
    @lrickprado Před 4 lety

    Best video on the internet!!

  • @ryanhollist3950
    @ryanhollist3950 Před 6 lety +1

    I think one of the major flaws of the philosophy of Saw is that those he traps make choices. While they may technically be able to choose whether to live or die, the weight of the options is by no means even. Any of us can technically choose to commit suicide at any time, but we don't.
    Perhaps what I am trying to move towards is an argument I heard put this way: Does a person on a ship really have a choice if they are told they must either obey or be thrown into the ocean with no chance of rescue? This is the difference between what Saw does and what marathon runners do. Saw is forcing an illusion of choice and heaping on tremendous amounts of innocent suffering. A marathon runner, on the other hand, is actually making their choice to do what they do for a far more intrinsic purpose, and the suffering they endure is inherent to the activity and their growth.