Yes, one of my favorite lines from the film 😂

Throwing shade at them 😅

@@dakkuri1 ... and they don't even realize it. 😏

Damning with faint praise…

What's called a stealth insult that went straight over their heads too!

There are so many great lines from these films it's remarkable how well the comedy and writing holds up

@@chickentenderlover2412 Absolutely

I kinda like the 2 sentences BEFORE that sentence more. because it resonates ACTUAL truth

1500 years ago nobody knew shit. 500 years ago nobody knew shit. So what’s your point?

@@chickentenderlover2412 back then writers weren't woke

I mean the snarling monster dude with his tissue was also on a track towards them

​@@alittlebitintellectual7361he wasnt snarling, he was just snotty and bunged up trying to get some help find the nearest pharmacy 😂

Michael Jackson is such a great actor too bad he had to slap Kevin heart man...

took me 20 years (I wasn't the smartest kid, I know...) to understand that not only did J not fail the test, he was the only one to pass. In fact, I just noticed that at 4:42 Z almost seems agreeing with his logic about the shot, only scowling at him when J questions his authority

I've used it most of my life, now I remember where it's from again!

@@vinzo0913 Same. For a long time I thought that it was a quote from Einstein or someone similar 😅

@@ansgarbroring3488 it does sound like the type of joke he would make, mocking people in his presence silently

I honestly always felt like it is the opposite. Most individuals are panicky irrational and unpredictable, but somehow we function pretty well as a whole.

No he failed everything, these were actual tests. You can tell he thinks outside the box and is way more practical than theoretical but he was supposed to behave within the parameters of the test as do all the others. The discussion between the MIBs clarify this. In the end the boss just decides to trust his senior agent despite the results and not because of it. The MIBs actually just look for Delta force types, which K here perfectly exemplify. A man of few words, straight to the point, pretty uptight, rigid and serious, efficient and responsible as well as selfless. But J got an actual alien on the field and K wants to give him a shot.

@@NKWittmann Captain America over here.

@@NKWittmannI’m sure most of the normal MIB operatives like cleanup crews would have been more conventional candidates like those shown. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them retest later on but thinks it’s their first time again, only to get hired. Still, Jake impressed on the first test but not in the usual ways. Straight out of the gate he starts asking questions and cuts straight through the bs answer to point out it’s absurdity. James has critical thinking skills and isn’t afraid to point out when something is fishy, great qualities for the investigative side of MIB operations, and something K likes. He then uses creative thinking with use of the table, making use of the available resources, regardless of it making a scene, the others just floundered about. In the second test you can actually see Zed looking somewhat impressed with James’s analysis and judgement, except he bottles it with his attitude.

​@NKWittmann oh why delightful response, captain... with honors

@@NKWittmann you're everything wrong with the world

ELEVATOR.

Slaps his knee, looks down, oh sht that's Rock, damn

And looking like he got caught smiling and had no intention of getting caught, lol

One of my favorite scenes of the movie

Even more ironic he eventually starred in a movie with Captain America 😂

"She about to start some shit, Zed"😂😂😂

Tiffany is a disguise for an Bug Queen. So, it’s meant to. Assume most of them have a name.

​@Top2BottomGaming Is she? I do remember that episode, but I really don't remember the name, if it ever was mentioned. Should rewatch

@@yaroslavpanych2067 Tbh, Never watched the show, But I believe it was discussed there. Watched like 8 videos on this scene, It’s been parroted a lot. So if I’m wrong, Sorry. But I’m pretty sure its correct.

Or the top of those ridiculous chairs!

Know what I JUST realized? No one questioned why they were handed deadly weapons BEFORE getting an eye exam. 😂

@@jokerinthebronx Because they are already military guys? There's enough series of tests as it is, to get that far.

It's based on a pre existing comic book.

Yup. MIB was a solid film, man. One of my favorites when I was growing up, and it always stuck with me. :)

All the other spots were taken and they were expecting him, so it stands to reason that the seat was open for him to use.

The lack of anyone sitting there gave it away.

@@OodldoodlNoodlesocksit’s a word shaped seat and he didn’t even look to see if it was so op has a poiny

@@hyhena-gaming9986 0:53 can clearly see him checking the seat.

seriously how the hell are any of them army SF, at the end they all leave and put the guns down without unloading them

Tbf he is NYPD

​@amvlabs5339 Why need to unload? Will they suddenly jump up and start firing on their own?

@@The_Kirk_Lazarus come back to me when you've done a basics course in weapons handling, or just basic weapons training in any professional setting

@@amvlabs5339 Tell me how the firearms jump up off the table and shoot themselves. How does that happen?

I disagree with knocking J for that. When deadly force becomes necessary, the best action is to aim for the center-of-mass (i.e. torso). Don’t shoot to injure or shoot to kill; shoot to end the threat. Aiming for center-of-mass maximizes the probability of hitting your target in a way that will end the threat they pose. A headshot should only be attempted by an excellent marksman in an extreme situation. An argument can be made that this applies to J’s situation here. J appears to be an excellent marksman; he knows he can make a headshot if he has to. Also, the above self-defense guidelines are for human threats. We’re discussing aliens here, specifically aliens disguised as humans. We see throughout the series that many of the smaller aliens operate mechanical human suits, sometimes using the head as the cockpit. If this is the case for Tiffany, a shot to the legs does nothing but alert “Tiffany” to J, which only endangers J more. A headshot, if accurate, is the best chance to end the threat. J made the right call.

The reason Columbus so confidently sailed the opposite direction was that he incorrectly calculated the circumference of the earth to be 16,300 nautical miles. Instead of basing his calculations on the work of Eratosthenes, which would have given him the correct figure of 21,600 nautical miles, he made the critical mistake of basing his calculations on the work of Al-Farghani and mistaking the Arabic mile for the Roman mile. He also stretched out the landmasses in the eastern hemisphere that would put the Mercator projection to shame. The more you read about Columbus, the more you realize that although he was a superb navigator, he was a complete dunce at everything else. He was damned lucky that America got in the way.

I read somewhere that columbus massive miscalculations were deliberate. If people knew how big the earth was, no king would have given him ships and no crew would have agreed to sail with him.

Indeed, it's likely that more people think the earth is flat today than 500 years ago.

Yeh but that wouldn’t make for a cool line now would it

The secret is “little things”. People are prepared to deal with the occasional big thing, and big things are easier to get help with. The little things pile up and become one very hard to sanely explain big thing. No one sounds incompetent, unprepared, or too easily stressed when they are facing big things. But little things bogging you down just make you seem sensitive, unprepared, and incompetent for getting your self in that position. Also it’s easier to throw lots of little things at people while maintaining plausible deniability than big things. If you’re gonna sabotage or mobb on someone you don’t do it by completely disabling their car or ransacking to work space. You give em some flat tires and move around their tools. “Little things” that compound into big things. You move someone’s stuff around for a month. And you get all the reactions of accusations, told you so’s, makes them look forgetful and you look like an innocent person a victim of their paranoia. They will start taking a lot of care to know where their stuff is even specifically put it in a spots just to see if it moves. And what can they do when it moves again? 5 secs after they go off your like it’s right here under This. Lower someone’s tire pressure 10lb ten times let. Then give them a flat. Repeat and mix it up after about 2 months the damage is permanent. They now are forever stripped of peace of mind. And can do nothing about it besides be paranoid and increasing volatile over time. Shit change chromes to a different color than a week later change em back. What can they do. “Little things” be hitting hard. Shit if your really on a budget and want to put on pressure. Wait for them to do something and than just go behind them and modify it slightly and say it’s wrong. Like right after they do it if you want. What can they do argue with you? They have to stfu and accept you bsing them to their face or press the issue and quit. Do it for a week straight, like they didn’t make fame sure it was right lol.

he could be an alien just working there.

He basically passed just from his crack about Captain America. He was the only one there who was immediately questioning, immediately able to see past the bullshit.

@@Yonkage-ik5qb open minded and flexible using the tools available and asking questions, I'd say those would be valuable assets in that kind of organization

They also just lay the pistols back on the table. Talk about breaking firing range rule number one.

being Gen-X it doesn't seem that old, but you are correct. There are 23 year olds now who might not even notice the buildings in that shot.

What reboot, there was no reboot.

@@breadcrusader06 Hopefully it stays that way :-))

Still sad to me too seeing the twin towers after all this time.

Same and I was there..

Still remember watching that second plane hit the tower. After attending a lecture on disaster victim identification yesterday it’s even more painful.

Near as I can tell, it's a bunch of complete gibberish.

I assume they did after that. Or used their own seat as a desk.

I always thought it was because it would mess up their already perfect uniforms.

It's funny you say that because I was 11 when this movie first came out, and my 8-year-old sister said the same thing, and it's something children very often do when drawing. Sometimes, having the mindset of a child goes a long way in the world.

I would have walked to the desk and kneeled next to it, or moved the much-lighter-looking chair rather than the table. The way I figure, some of the others might have thought to do any of those things, but elected not to because they were too concerned about the appearance of propriety. This is already established by J showing up in street clothes while all of them are immaculate uniform, and the Army guy's "best of the best of the best, sir!" speech which J calls out as nonsense.

It's also not a flat surface, but it would be easier than writing on your knee.

Yeah. People need to be able to identify a problem and come up with a solution by themselves.

It's almost as if confirming that your applicants are as capable as you initially assume them to be is an important step in a hiring process.

A friend went to an interview with a paper test, they were specifically told to read the whole test before starting. Get to the last page it said not to bother with the test and stabd on their chair. First few people to do it looked insane, then the rest caught on.

The point is I think, that he does not care what other people think, he will not conform to the situation but try to make the situation conform to what he needs. Nobody was comfortable taking the test, he was the only one who got up and did something, was not self-conscious or doubtful