Step inside the pitch meeting that led to 2014’s Godzilla!
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Godzilla is one of the most popular movie monsters of all time, which means every once in a while, a new Godzilla movie comes out! With the craze of cinematic universes popularized by Marvel- Warner Bros set out to launch the Monsterverse in 2014 with Godzilla, directed by Gareth Edwards.
Godzilla definitely raises some questions though. Like why is Bryan Cranston killed off so early and unceremoniously? Why are we now following his much less interesting army son, who just kind of follows the action? Why is Godzilla kind of teaming up with humans? Why is he in charge of balancing nature? Why aren’t we getting to see the actual fights? Why doesn’t Godzilla use that atomic breath move all the time? How fast in that little whalewatching boat?!
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Godzilla! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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What an incredible cast of memorable characters this movie has. There's Wife Nurse Mother, Soldier Son Father, Let Them Fight, and Bryan Cranston.
And of course the star of the show, soldiers in pitch black night.
Don’t be disrespecting Ken Watanabe that way.
@@bjchit let them fight
Don't forget the Cameo appearance of Godzilla you know the title of the movie
@@davidvanwell2071 oh! That's the guy whose name is the title of the Movie!
“And then Godzilla dives into the San Francisco Bay and disappears” “But isn’t the San Francisco Bay 12-15 feet deep on average” “Yeah whatever”
No he would say “ listen I’m gonna need you to get alll the way off my back about the depth of the San Francisco Bay”
@@CJ-be2cubecause...
But he didn't dive into the San Francisco bay, he dived into the Pacific Ocean, right?
Bloomin' hydrography...
@@nikkilee3840 Yep, he said ocean.
“Sure it is, just ask my sons Ben and Jerry” “And *Outback Steakhouse* ”
The delivery on that was just masterful
- _“..and she ends up dying!”_ - _“Oh, that is fatal.”_ It cracks me up every time 🤣
i literally knew this line was coming and i'm still frickin crying laughing
Is that a reference line?
@Former Auror oh, thanks for the elaboration
One might say that's the point she survives up until!
The comments are evolving. They're quoting the video in italic now
“There’s a main character on the ship, so he’s gonna avoid it.” “Oh, a very considerate Lizard” 🦎
rawr
Do King Kong evolution
Hahaha
Omg love yo videos keep up the good work
A very good lizard 🦎 👍🏽
If you pay attention these two are starting to understand each other so much they're practically saying each other's lines by now.
They're even starting to look like each other!
Colleague to lovers arc
oo oo. see what you did. oo
Ohh, saying each other’s lines is tight!
lines by now.......missed it
"So we're gunna see them fight?" "Yeah.... No, we're gunna cut away" Literally this entire damn movie in a nut shell
Seriously. I remember thinking this while I was sitting in the theater watching the film. It got ridiculous.
I saw this movie on an IMAX screen to really enjoy the giant monster fights. 2 hours of "Oh, here we g- OH, COME ON!!"
@@Bateluer I was forced to see this movie in theaters and I ended up loving it.
And yet somehow people keep calling this the best godzilla movie of the entire monsterverse besides skull island
@@thegoodreylo4749 same. Waaay better than the 1998 movie
- Aha so is he gonna use THE ONE SKILL we've stablished he has, and d̶i̶f̶f̶u̶s̶e̶ defuse the bomb? - Nah I'm crying
Defuse not diffuse, FYI.
@@sebastianmelmoth9100 Well, they only have like, opposite meanings.
bomb defusal guy puts bomb to sea i'm a writer
The lid was jammed shut and they couldn't get it open, and thus couldn't diffuse the bomb
@@sebastianmelmoth9100 wow I almost never comment on KZhead and had completely forgotten about this comment. It got >800 likes wtf this is crazy to me. Anyway, thank you for the correction, I edited it!
"They need a lot of radiation to do that." "Oh, kinky." Haha
You used quotation marks both right and wrong at the same time,fascinating
@@Appo1324 Fixed.
@@MyChaotica Oh there wasn´t really a need for that,cause everything was actually said by Ryan.But I respect the effort.Have a great day man
I leave a lot of it after Im done. 👀
I lost it at that line
"Godzilla did a back flip, snapped the monster's neck, and became the savior of humanity. Just like Superman."
Ohh, Titans doing backflips are tight!
That sentence somehow triggers me because it didn't end up with "and save the day".
Ezekiel 36:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes./inspiration+God is holy, His name is great, and He is good. At times, He is profaned by those who claim to follow Him but do not act in His will. They do evil and say it is His will when it is not. God will not let His name remain profaned. He will make unbelievers know that He is God and that He is good. Maybe you know someone who drags God’s name through the mud. That can be frustrating and even infuriating to watch. Take heart. God is mightier than them. He will make Himself known. /prayer+ LORD, You are mighty and good. You will make Your character known. Show Your might to the nations. Make unbelievers tremble at the knowledge of You. Show them You are God. You have the power to do anything. Let Your will be done. Let men bow before You and know that You are God. I have heard of Your mighty works, and I have seen some of Your mighty works firsthand. Act mightily in Your creation. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
But it was off screen of course
@@GracUntoYou You're entirely off topic there, religious fanatic. Also Ezekiel never talked about Jesus. Please go away.
Can you imagine if the movie was actually called "Muto" and Godzilla's inclusion was a complete surprise in the movie? That first scene at the airport would've been insane
Yup
Should've done Kong first! Everyone knows Kong, would've been a great intro to the MonsterVerse. Then Godzilla for the second movie, but renamed Muto. And then shorten the name of the third movie to just Godzilla. Also, having Kong as the second movie resulted in a 5-year gap between the first and third, which have the same characters.
Producer Ryan would've leaked that in the trailer though...
Sad part is...if they did that and the movie followed Bryan Cranston instead of his son...they would have been forgiven for not having alot of Godzilla in it and I think it would have been a very good movie.
@@wizkaleeb662Everyone knows Godzilla as well? What’s your point?
"Wife, Nurse, Mother"......I've never been so insulted & amused at the same time!! Lol 😂🤣
well Yura Moron so, makes sense
@@Janzer_ 🤣
“And she ends up dying!” “Oh, that’s fatal!” This is exactly what I come to pitch meetings for 😂😂
Agreed, I love how nonchalantly Ryan delivers that line! 😅
Yeah this was my original comment too lol, def the funniest part, but then I went back and turned it into a huge rant about my WandaVision / Pietro / Godzilla theories... Probably not the best choice.
Godzilla loses to Kong
@@sindelxkitana9710 Who asked?
"What's her personality?" "Wife nurse mother" a bunch of movies write characters just like that
“I feel like I’ve seen this scene a thousand times before.” “Make it a thousand & 1, sir, because we’re doing it, too.”
That's called great character development!
"Shes interesting because she gave birth and has a job" "Wowwowwowwowwow... Wow"
Everytime he says "Unclear," I lose it. Just the thought of a screenwriter casually dismissing gaps in logic to keep the story moving forward, just seems so plausible.
Oh, using gaps in logic to keep the movie happening is TIGHT!!!!
@@davidnordmeyer513 🤣🤣🤣
As an EOD tech I can 100% confirm that somewhere right now there is a Navy EOD tech following a SEAL team around saying exactly that. “Hey guys, can I come along?”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hooah!
Do they then try to move a bomb impossibly fast instead of disarming it? 'Cause it seems like that would be hard.
@@professorhaystacks6606 Its going to be super easy. Barely an inconvenience.
@@professorhaystacks6606 I'm not sure there's any chance in hell he could possibly disarm that thing without the disarming keys tbh
"So, Brian is just barely in the movie." "You know who else is going to be barely in the movie?" "Godzilla". 😂😂
Please don’t say godzilla...
Yeah, Walter White, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch being in a Godzilla movie is TIGHT.
I'd definitely watch a Godzilla movie with those characters in it.
I tend to think of him more as Kick-Ass than Quicksilver, but yes. It is.
Hmmm..Kong have Loki, Captain Marvel, Some Guardian Of Galaxy Character, and Samuel L. Jackson...
Don't forget Bryan Cranston is cannon in the MCU from WandaVision
@@ChineduOpara 🤣🤣🤣LoL no. She couldn’t even Rip Agatha. So how is she gonna rip something with as much size, power, strength, weight and durability as Godzilla? She has to focus to control her powers, to in order to grab ahold, and TRY to rip Godzilla apart, will take time, (especially considering his extreme height, weight, and durability) And by then, Godzilla will have already stepped on her. Cause as POWERFUL as she is, she is extremely weak in physicality. Heck, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Black Panther have greater physicality.
"Oh definitely 2 actors that would also make convincing siblings" Lmao
I don't get that.
@@Piece-O-Pie Avengers: Age of Ultron?
@@dada13771 Ah!
I specifically scrolled down for this comment. It took me a moment when I heard it, but it was absolutely worth it
"Coz, I write the lines he says" "Oh so, you made him say that." *A bunch of Hollywood screenwriters and George Lucas wants to know your location*
Hello there
@@aranya8572 General Kenobi!
Rick Worley and Anomaly inc you are not^^
''I don't like sand'' 😂😂
Thats how movies are made. If you dont like it, I suggest you stop watching movies all along.
Imagine if the movie was actually called MUTO and actually having no godzilla in the marketing... then BAM! godzilla appears at the Hawaiian airport... that would have been awesome
No one wanna watch movie called MUTO
@@monkeking8604 We'll never know u_u
I agree with taufik laksana that very few people would watch MUTO, but those few people would get an awesome treat.
@@c1a2m3o4m5a6n7 but no companies would throw away millions of dollars just to please a "few" people, that's not how they work
@@monkeking8604 I agree.
"Hi honey, I'm home...what's for dinner?" "Unclear!" "Well, okay then.."
"Honey, I think it'd be nice if I came home and dinner was ready." "And I think it'd be nice if you got all the way off my back." "Oh, let me get right off that thing."
“So the Title of the movie is “Godzilla” and he’s barely in it?” “That’s what we’re going with”
Ben, Jerry, and Outback Steakhouse should meet Walker and Texas Ranger from Talladega Nights.
I’m new to the “Pitch meetings” but binging every episode now.
It's the literal only reason to be subscribed to Screen Rant and even then not enough of a reason to.
same i think i've watched over a hundred in the last week :D
Yeah,once you get the humor,it’s funny to hear him roast them.😂😂
I'm new also, some of them are hilarious. Some channels are hard to commit to, his is easy, barely an inconvenience.
Ok?
Pitch Meeting of Peter Jackson's King Kong sounds like the next logical step.
Theres a pitch meeting of the king kong movie, i mean, like, from 2 years ago
"i'm Peter Jackson and i love original King Kong. i'll remake it and will throw in all the stuff that was in the original script but didn't make it into the film."
It seems only ....logical
@@everarzamendia6271 there's one for Kong Skull Island, not one for Peter Jackson's one that was actually good (albeit a bit too long)
But that was a good movie.
Wife-nurse-mother is my favorite movie character.
U r very pretty
"... and that's the point he's alive up until." Man, the delivery on that line was amazing. 🤣🤣🤣
Seriously, if they wanna show humans for 90% of the movie atleast have an interesting story for them. It felt like the movie was just testing our patience.
But then the movie would be five minutes of near-darkness and growling
Welcome to the Transformers fandom! I'm sorry.
It was doing exactly that😑😑😑
I'm pretty sure I saw this movie in theaters, yet I couldn't tell you anything that happened. It was terribly boring and not memorable.
@@billyfarmerii1669 I did see this in theatres and I could tell you a bunch. But it's not worth doing at all.
"They need radiation to mate" "Ooooh, kinky" That line killed me XD Or was it the radioactivity? I forget.
That's fatal
@@amitverma4203 Oh, right. I forgot.
@@amitverma4203 it is
´´ She ends up dying’´ ´´Oh that’s fatal’´ I can see movie executives saying something like this
"Oh boy here we go!" "And then we cut away" The plot summary of Godzilla 2014.
It was a good thing, though. Godzilla and the MUTOs are like Hurricanes. You try to stay away from it, watching it could be fatal. And you only expose yourself to it if there’s no other option. Godzilla vs. Kong didn‘t understand this at all. It felt more like fireworks. Completely boring after 10 minutes.
"So she sends her kid on a bus to the Golden gate bridge." "Hasn't she seen every disaster movie ever?" God damn that was perfect! 😆
It’s like the “don’t put your kind on a bus” area
That is a good and truly funny sarcastic remark. I'm sure it crossed everyone's head while watching the movie.
"And she ends up DYING" "OH, That's fatal!" I laughed....SO hard 🤣
Literal humor meets dark humor
Nothing like watching a Pitch Meeting to let you know what movies to avoid. Thank you for your service, Ryan.
"Why didn't he do that in the first place?" "He hadn't built up enough super meter, yet"
True, happens to the best of us
He had to approach some generators first and cause them to lose power. (... Because he's Godzilla.)
Who else likes that Ryan is starting to use more clips from the movies to highlight the points in his Pitch Meetings?
Nah I think sometimes the plots can just be so 'meh' that we might struggle to remember it without seeing clips
its been like that for a while. But I approve of the choice I guess. competent videography is tight
Personally I prefer it without the b-roll (i.e, the clips). I find the clips distracting.
I guess for people who think seeing these as a false equivalent to actually seeing the movie. People do that
@Former Auror sitting down, watching 2 hrs and getting to know the characters is not equal experience to a 5min gag. False equivalent. Also watching the movie will make the jokes better because its like an inside joke. The joke won't be as funny if you didn't experience it already. So you're agreeing with a joke with no background
“So he’s just like....the killer monster who didn’t die...?”
Godzilla: "I was barely in the movie, but I STILL got paid more than Muto." Muto: "IT'S BULLCRAP!!!"
True. The MUTOs had to die on screen. Much more demanding. They got hosed.
The last time I was this early, Brian Cranston was still in the movie he supposedly starred in.
The last time you were this early, Bryan Cranston was starring in "Malcolm in the Middle."
@@wadebarnett2542 power walking with his army of bodybuilders
Bryan Cranston (reads screenplay): "Wow, you offed my character kinda quickly." Juliette Binoche: "Hold my saki."
@@austintrousdale2397 You win 🏆 😂😂😂
It's pretty hilarious that a year after playing husband and wife, Lizzie and Aaron would go on to play superpowered twin siblings! 😂
Remember that joke Robert Pattinson made about him and Reese Witherspoon? He played her son in a movie and then played her lover immediately after. "One would say I'm a mother f***er" Great comeback 🖤
@@Valiente350 I hate myself for looking up what movies you were talking about.
At this point it is shorter to list all the actors who haven't been in a Marvel movie.
"Banjo music starts:
@@kingsleycy3450 Or a comic book movie in general, LOL!
I love how the studio executive guy just greenlights any film, no matter how bad the pitch is 😂
I was not ready for “Ben and Jerry and Outback Steakhouse”😂😂😂😂
Please do the Taken series next “Wait, so who’s driving the boat? “Unclear” “Well ok then”
YES
Taken isnt a "series" . There is one good action movie called Taken. It did well so they made it happen again, and then yet again, each time a little more ridiculous than the last. Still, like Rambo, or Die Hard its a "series" for lack of a better word.
@@NowhereMan7 Taken isn't a series. It's also a series. Okay champ.
"Ghost drivers are TIGHT"
@@Arcessitor I didn't contradict myself smooth brain. I know its technically a series. I'm talking about the difference between a proper series of movies ( ie Harry Potter, LOTR, Star Wars) and rinse and repeat movies that were slowly turned into "series" over time like the ones I mentioned.
"Just ask my sons Ben and Jerry and Outback Steak House" lol
My cousin Krispy Kreme was very offended! 🍩🍩🍩 CANCEL!!! 😖
This video inspired me to call my newborn son Haagen Dazs.
"Optimus Prime, you sit close to Megatron. We're going to have a little chit-chat!"
Brought to you by Carl's Jr.
Does he have 2 sons or 3?
Honestly, I was cheering for the mutos the entire time. Best romance of 2014.
I live for that head nod he does when he says "yes, sir I do"
"Just ask my sons Ben & Jerry AND Outback Steakhouse." LMAO
- She dies - That’s fatal! Died of laughter, too
Woops
@@platonicbuu7454 whoopsie
"So tell me about his wife." "Well, she has never for a single moment of her life run or jogged anywhere."
Ryan being in love with Bryan Cranston is a running joke in and of itself.
“That’s fatal.” Dang I wasn’t expecting to laugh that much about someone dying
"Oh man, seeing Godzilla in action is tight!" "Oh yeah, if you don't mind the brightness turned down to 0." *"Wait what?"*
Actually the movie was never meant to be that dark, it was a transfer issue with the Home Release. The original, Theatrical source was clearly visible.
@@themexican8720 Oh, that would make way more sense, since I watched the movie in my room mid day.
'Outback Steakhouse' might be the hardest I've ever laughed during a pitch meeting. That and maybe the Infinity War one where he begs producer guy to stop adding characters.
"She's going to put her son on a bus that's headed for the Golden Gate bridge." "Oh, has she not seen every disaster movie ever?"
Obviously not
Tbf, I havent seen every disaster movie ever either
Hasn't seen The Mist either, it seems like. Seriously, you can't just entrust your kids to Mrs Carmody 4:57!
Not watching disaster movies is tight!
@@inr9751 Not the same actress
“Unclear” is so honest and beautiful
The only thing that doesn't appear to be "Super easy, barely an inconvenience" is telling a coherent story.
I don't know if it's the fact that I should have been sleeping by now for like 3 hours, but I found this one especially funny. Thank you, Ryan, amazing pitch meeting!
Godzilla: I don't always die, But when i do, i don't.
The most interesting man in the world: But when I do, I prefer Dos Equis.
Making an improved American Godzilla with Bryan Cranston is TIGHT!
If I were CinemaSins they would get one Sin for bringing Brian Cranston into this
Too bad that isn't what we actually got.
@@mnomadvfx except it is. The United States has made 3 Godzilla movies. Prior to 2014 they had only made one and it was awful
Iggy
@@furiousfigures8714 RIP
"And she ends up dying" "Oh that's fatal"
“That’s the point he’s going to survive up until.”
Ben & Jerry wanted a baby sister so their parents adopted Outback Stakehouse from Australia.
Real actual human beings named their real actual human twin babies Fish and Chips.
Thats tight
@@kryptonianguest1903 don't forget "shithead", pronounced "shah-TEED", abcde, @, La4che, X Æ A-12....
@@thedestroyasystem Or the couple who thought it was romantic that Paris Hilton was named after the place she was conceived and named their child Bus Shelter 19.
"He's just like the killer monster that didn't die". "So he's a saviour now" History sumarised
Which history?
@@wikansaktianto9215 All history. History is written by the victors.
@@Somerandomdude-ev2uh LOL that is accurate on a terrible level
I didn't vote for him!
@@Somerandomdude-ev2uh So..the victor of Asian History is..slave?
A Godzilla movie, without Godzilla, just brillaint.
“She ends up dying!” “That’s fatal!”
A new pitch meeting is always tight
"Wife" "What?" "Nurse" "But-" "Mother" "these aren't personality traits" "Wife nurse mother" "Ok."
Lmfao
"Sister, but in another movie."
"Puppy monkey baby" "OK."
"My sons Ben & Jerry and Outback Steakhouse"! I laughed so much I nearly coughed up an eye! 🙂
'they have to bring radiation so the two monsters can mate.' 'kinky!' 😄
"That's right, and do you know who else is barely gonna be in the movie?" "Oh, please don't say Godzilla." "Godzilla!" 😂😂
Not having Godzilla in a Godzilla movie is TIGHT!
“There’s a main character on the ship, so he’s gonna avoid it.” “Oh, a very considerate Lizard” 😂🤣🦎
" And then theres this big monster gonna show up!" "Godzilla?!" "Nope." "Oh" My reaction too.
Joe Brody: Say my name. MUTO: **roars** Joe Brady: *You're goddamn right.*
It’s so weird that Aaron Taylor Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen played husband and wife and then brother and sister within a year
or Wanda and Thanos doing the nasty in another film as father and daugher :(
@@DAT415 hahaha, oh yeah! I forgot about "old boy" 😂💯😅 Damn, time flies
Yeah, it’s like they’re actors or something 😀
Given the way the Ultimate Universe treated their characters, there wasn't that big a difference
@@wildste yeah. i had a conspiracy theory going on in my mind that it was deliberate casting so when we'll see them next in AoU we'd get that reference. lol.
"A very considerate lizard." -- Creativity !
Lol,that part got to me,,,
Please do a Godzilla vs Kong pitch meeting. Whoever wrote the dialogue for that movie needs special attention. "You wrote a book on the hollow earth and that's your only experience so we need you to pilot this ship."
"Well cuz I write the lines that he says." - 3:30 I cried laughing a little xD
I had completely forgotten that Elizabeth Olsen played Wife-Nurse-Mother.
How can you forget that performance?! Elizabeth Witch made everyone cry when she did the thing she did in the movie.
Tushar Raj Pretty sure she's using her hex powers to make everyone forget she was in this movie.
And you thought Brian Cranston was underused ... what a waste.
Same, in fact I still don't remember her being in it lol
Stuff is flying, we're fighting giant monsters & I have an old nuke with a timer. None of this makes sense.
But the writer didn't say anything about them saying "Let them fight."
"And every time a character opens a door they will find that everything behind that door was absolutely destroyed!" I love how overused that trope is in this movie it's frankly hilarious.
Screen Rant and this channel gimmick of pitch meetings it the best thing on youtube. Just great stuff guys! Thanks
“That’s a recognizable name and we haven’t made one in a while, that pretty much checks off all the boxes” this dude just pretty much summed up all Hollywood in one iconic elegant sentence
Yep, it shows that Hollywood is mostly motivated by money now!
Casual audiences are suckers for nostalgia.
I love RDJ...but RDJ in Dr. Dolittle.
Money is tight!
@@1516Spinola6040 is it easy to make money?
Getting the notification for a Godzilla pitch meeting is tight
“And she ends up dying!” “Oh, that's fatal.” lmfao
This reminded me how frustrating this movie was. How dark, hard to see or tell what's going on. And how much of a huge let down that Cranston died right off the bat.
"so you have a movie for me?" "yes sir I do"
🤦
Well every other comment is just quotes from the video we all watched so why not?
quoting unremarkable lines is tight. and funny
Yeah, a movie called "Godzilla" that's 2 hours long literally only had Godzilla in it for 12 minutes.
And it was great. The sense of scale in the film was masterfully executed.
Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, a 2 hour movie about dinosaurs, has even less on screen time than that. Only 14 minutes of dinosaurs. And that movie is a stone cold classic.
@@cenciende9401 No, it was terrible and trailers left ppl confused. They should made a monster horror movie instead of godzilla.
I mean big monsters don’t really carry plot cause they can’t talk
@@domesticgamer6002 They can if you watch the dub of Godzilla vs Gigan
"They need a lot of radiation to do that [mate]" "Kinky!"
Love the pitch meetings. Please do equilibrium. It's actually a pretty good sci fi movie. I'm sure it will be super easy barely an inconvenience!!
Absolutely do equilibrium!! Super easy, barely an inconvenience!! Good movie too!!
My father in law was hyped to see this, he LOVES monster flicks. Ended up calling it "Godzilla, Where Are You?"
Very considerate Lizard 🦎👏
"Wife, nurse, mother". You got me there 😆
"He's so hot!" "..I mean, yeah, sure! He's a good looking guy.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"They communicate using echo location" - so sound, they talk to each other.
The whole process of echolocation is right there in the name. Echo. Location. It's a way animals find their own location based off echoes of sound that they make. It has nothing to do with communicating at all
Exactly.
Pitch meetings are literally the only reason this channel gets views
Whoever on Screen Rant made the decision to hire Ryan should be their CEO by now
You sit on a Thorne of LIES‼️‼️‼️
Subscribing to this channel was super easy. Barely an inconvenience. I dig this channel, man. Keep it up. 👍
"He's present, he's around for all-every-He sees it all!" My God that's incredible.
If you're gonna have giant monsters fight make sure it's really dark, raining and you use nothing but close ups.
Having part of fight on tiny cell phone screen or 13 inch tv good too. Wouldn't want to be too overpowered by the monsters size.
Actually the movie was never meant to be that dark, it was a transfer issue with the Home Release. The original, Theatrical source was clearly visible.
Ryan has to be one of the funniest guys on the internet today.