“Mulder? Who’s that?” Fuck I’m old :(

"IM ON A MISSION FROM GOD" "tell him you FAILED" Coldest line ever I fear 😂

“Alien” is a term for immigrant. That’s why the hotel guy asked them “what do you mean?”

When Jason Bateman shoots and says "It was a boring conversation anyway." Its the scene from Star Wars where Han shoots the the control panel when they are trying to break Princess Leia out.

If neither of you have seen "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", that would be why you didn't get the significance of the flat-top mountain (which is a real place in Wyoming). Also, Blythe Danner (who played older Tara) bears a very strong resemblance to Melinda Dillion, who was in "Close Encounters". I suspect that was one of the reasons why Danner was in this movie.

Simone: he’s gonna eat it. George: No! He’s got resurrection powers…. Movie: Well you’re both right 🤣

Paul is basically an R-rated version of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial.

This film is basically a scavenger hunt of other sci-fi films.

Sigourney Weaver is still so gorgeous after all these years. It's easy to see why aliens are obsessed with her!

"GIVE ME THE F🤬ING ALIEN!" "GET YOUR OWN ALIEN!" That cracked me up real good. This film is a lot of fun.

Simone: "I'm an Earth girl..." Oooo, you need to see Earth Girls Are Easy.

I'm too old. I can't comprehend how it's possible to _not_ know who Mulder and Scully are.

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 Susan Sarandon / Nick Nolte film based on a true story about parents trying to find a treatment/cure for their son, Lorenzo, who was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The experimental treatment that was developed for asymptomatic ALD is derived from olive oil and rapeseed oil (what we call Canola oil in the store), and was named after their child, Lorenzo Odone, thus Lorenzo's Oil.

Yeah, you guys REALLY need to do Close Encounters of the Third Kind

3:28 The word "alien" doesn't just refer to extraterrestrial lifeforms. It also just means something that's unknown/foreign. As such the term 'alien' is also often used for foreigners, including immigrants.

I love that all of Simon Pegg & Nick Frosts movies are love letters to the genre in which their movie takes place

22:58 - "Could have just turned it off" - Not if you want to make a Star Wars reference!

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are always a good watch. I remember watching Paul in theaters. Hard to believe it's 13 years old already.

"Well I'm not gonna eat eat a dead bird. Am I?"🤣

Jason Bateman shoots the radio and says, "Boring conversation anyway." Is what Han Solo says when they are rescuing Leia from the prison cells

I love this movie. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are hilarious. It was the first time I (as an Aussie who didn’t really know SNL) had heard of Kristen Wiig and I thought she was hysterical in this.

Never clicked so fast in my life. Love that movie. Watching every year.

I never noticed until now that Simon Pegg character has an invincible t-shirt

Over twenty years ago, drove up to Area 51 from Vegas on a lark. Cold winter day, drove out the Warning Sign, visited the black mail (which I think was actually white at the time), and went up to Rachael NV where the LIttle ALeInn is and is a real thing. The whole trip was surreal.

When they are in hotel and the staff member say " What do you mean 'alien'" I took it that he believed they meant illegal alien.

*BEST TRIVIA:* This film came about because on the set of SHAUN OF THE DEAD, whilst being interviewed for a magazine, they were asked _"So, what's you're next film about?"_ ... and one of them joked the answer _"Two friends go across America and find an alien"_ ... this story stayed with them over the years and because of constant delays in the making of the third Cornetto movie, they decided to sit down and write it, being made before AT WORLD'S END, this is what made people call it the unofficial entry. Reading this story myself in 2019 inspired me to write a Flat Earth comedy for the duo called FLATHEADS and have it be the first entry in my own 'Cornetto' trilogy (there were afterall 7 Cornetto flavours by the time they made their third official entry so with my 3 that makes 7 😎 Fingers crossed.

Fun Fact: when Ruth asks where the 3rd guy is ("where is the other one?"), because she heard 3 voices or shows 3 shadows the day before, in the French version, she asks "where is the 3rd "type"" ("Où est le 3ème type ?") , because "type" can designate a guy, but it's is a little play on words, because "une rencontre du 3ème type" in French = "encounters of the third kind", like Spielberg's film. (logically translated into French as: "Rencontre du troisième type" for "Encounters of the Third Kind") I think it's a very good adaptation/translation. And the "Boring conversation anyway" after shooting on the radio, is a StarWars Episode IV A New Hope reference, with Han Solo in the Death Star.

I don’t know what hurt more - George blanking on Agent Mulder or the complete lack of recognition of Devil’s Tower 😄

For Jason Bateman movies, I suggest, in no particular order, The Change-Up, Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses, Extract, Game Night, Hancock, The Gift, and an old one Necessary Roughness.

Don't know if it was mentioned on here yet. Kind of obscure. But when they go into the country bar. The band is playing a country-fied version of the music the band was playing in the Cantina in the Star Wars movie (ep. 4) where Obi Wan first hires Han and Chewy.

George Devil's Tower is the Easter Egg from Close Encounter of the Third Kind....remember Spielberg talked to Paul on few projects: Close Encounter of the Third Kind and ET

The band during the bar fight was playing the Star Wars creature cantina song.

If you go back to the scene at Terra's (the old lady) house when Jason Bateman's character gets jumped by Paul, you actually hear him say "Wait paul stop" among his muffled screams.

Would love to see you guys cover "Spaced" one day. It's only 2 series and it's what gave Simon, Nick and Edgar their start, a very special series for British 90's teenagers and young adults who love movies as they pay homage to so many during it's run

ELO featured on the soundtrack quite heavily - Paul's spaceship at the end has a similar design to the ELO spaceship on their album covers

The dog looking up is a reference to Shaun of the Dead argument whether dogs can look up. This movie isn't Cornetto because it wasn't directed by Edgar Wright.

So, there's a handful of references to other movies you may have missed: The "mission from God" us a reference to The Blues Brothers "Boring conversation anyway" is a line Han Solo says in the first Star Wars, complete with shooting the communication console. Lorenzo's Oil (Lorenzo Zoil) is the name of a movie...possibly the most obscure reference in the film. The Mountain is Devil's Peak, a real mountain that plays a big plot point in Close Enocunters of the Third Kind. At least you caught the Aliens reference with "get away from her you b!tch" 😅

Kristen Wiig's father in this was in Shutter Island as Deputy Warden McPherson. He was the first person Teddy and Chuck spoke to upon arriving at the island. The "old lady" is Blyth Danner, she is the mother of actress Gywneth Paltrow.

man, that conversation where Simone knew *instinctively* he was going to eat the bird was hysterical. Every single word of George saying he wouldn't eat it built up perfectly to him eating it lol

22:57 That is a Star Wars Episode IV quote when Han Solo shoots the console in the cell block 😂

He’s a superb actor and everything, but I can’t ever get over Norm from Fargo being the psycho dad

That Invincible shirt in a Seth Rogen movie is cool to se this many years later.😃

Thank you so much guys for this absolutely amazing and wonderful surprise. I love this movie. And cannot wait for guys to watch this. ❤️🍻

The latino room attendant saying "What do you mean aliens??" was thinking they might have meant illegal aliens. The agent named Lorenzo Zoyle was a reference to a movie title "Lorenzo's Oil" Agent Zoyle shot the radio and said, "Boring conversation anyway" as a reference to Han Solo doing the same during the prison break in Star Wars. "I can't believe she's gone" was another Star Wars reference. The "Black Vampire" sword was a reference to the movie "Blade". Watch the book release scene at the very end of the movie closely. The agent who "perished" in the house explosion was in the audience as a very excited burn victim.

Jesse Plemons plays a completely different character in the film 'Battleship' which should help 'wash out' any character remnants from other films/shows. Dude has some versatility.

Kristen Wiig plays strange characters and is always cute AF

I hope the guy who's been requesting this for literal years is having a good day today. Nice of you guys to get around to watching it even though it never performed too well on a poll.

When George wasn't sure about Devil's Tower, it made me realize they never watched Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Please do!

My daughter and I are taking a month long road/camping trip next year. We are going to be going to all of the extraterrestrial places, including Roswell, Area 51, and Devil's Tower in Wyoming. We will also be hitting up national parks along the way... I can't wait.

🎶”Clive likes boning space bears”🎶

The Cornetto Trilogy were written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, directed by Wright, and starring Pegg and Nick Frost. This film is written by Pegg and Frost, and Wright was not involved at all, hence why some folks consider it "unofficial".

"boring conversation anyway" is a line from star wars a new hope

Jason Bateman was in a good one called Bad Words. Also, an underrated Simon Pegg film is Hector and the Search For Happiness.

The CGI is so nice, you almost believe Paul is really among those guys.

See, now you have to react to Jason Bateman in "Hancock". There are SOOOOOOOOO many SF references in this film! I can't believe George has no idea what Devil's Tower is (the strange mountain-like feature he thinks has a spaceship inside it), or that it's the central image in Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". (I also can't believe he doesn't get the joke early in the film when the undocumented alien bringing them their food responds to the question of whether he believes in aliens with "What do you mean by 'alien'?) Oh, and when Spielberg heard about them making this film, he begged to be included. That is actually Steven Spielberg talking through the squawk box to the character Paul.

finally someone who does Paul! This was one of my comfort movies back in the day and I've always wondered why no-one reacted to it. Cornetto-trilogy credit where it's due, this is still my favourite Pegg and Frost comedies!

"boring conversation anyway" - a reference to the first Star Wars movie

All the references are great but my favorite is Blythe Danner using Ripley's line against Sigourney Weaver.

12:00: Mulder’s the dude. He’s a conspiracy nut trying to find out what happened to his little sister who was abducted by aliens when they were kids. Scully’s the woman and is a skeptic.

This is the first time I'm noticing Simon Pegg wearing an Invincible t-shirt and this movie was made years before the invincible series. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost really had their finger on what would be popular in the future nerd fandom.

So many callbacks to so many movies, packed together neatly. Simply funtastic!

I like how Simon Pegg is wearing an Invincible shirt and Seth Rogan voices an alien in both series

I just realized Simon is wearing an Invincible shirt. This was long before most people had ever heard of invincible or before the show.

I love that idea George has that Earth is the Mexico of the galaxy where alien teens take their gap year. Please George and Simone write this story now!

I get it 0:12...I missed the intro, so I actually really appreciate it...thank you, dear Simone. 😜

This was so much fun to watch and revisit. My grandad and I used to watch movies together all the time, seeing whatever was on at the time regardless of knowing anything about it beforehand. I was 14 when this movie came out and because it was rated 15, and we’d seen everything else that was out, my grandad lied about my age so that we could watch this together. It’s one of my more…. ‘memorable’ screenings with him shall we say - I don’t think either of us spoke for about 10 minutes after it finished. I’m not sure who was more embarrassed to be honest…. I definitely left the screening with a broader vocabulary, shall we say!

3:25 Was an _"illegal aliens"_ joke George, because the room service guy was from south of the border.

George!! GREAT to see you are up and about and no longer in the hospital!!❤❤

Lorenzo’s Oil is a movie about a real life story of a mother who goes to great lengths to save her son from a deadly disease.

"oh no, I really liked this shirt!" Is the best reaction to being shot lol

When paul eats the bird it was right up the road from my house in NM, me and my bro saw them filming we tried to walk up to see simon and nick because we knew exactly what they were filming but we got turned back by staff kind of wish we got to see them I love them bothe

23:16 - "What? I don't get it." - That's Devil's Tower, an iconic location from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind. 25:00 - "Lorenzo's Oil?" - It's the name of a 1992 movie.

Welcome back George!. Unless this was pre-recorded while he’s recovering. If so, get well soon, George!

11:55 not to know the most iconic sci-fi series of the 90s o.O

The soundbites at the end. Thanks, Simone. LoL

Another of people don't know but when Paul says recess piece is from et the movie he gave Spielberg the inspiration for the movie

X-Files is awesome btw. The series and films... although the series sets up the films... but it's a looong watch.

Lorenzo's Oil is a 1992 Drama film about a true story of a young boy who is saved from an incurable condition with a new treatment. I have never seen it, nor do I understand why it was clearly referenced when agent Lorenzo Zoil full name is mentioned.

The Little A'lee'Inn is a real cafe in Roswell. Lorenzo Zoil is supposed to sound like Lorenzo's Oil which is a movie about a man who invented a special oil to treat his son's sickness.

Missed a perfectly good "That's what she said" there at the end.

The band at Tbe Roadhouse are playing the tune from the Cantina in Mos Eisley when Luke and Ben first enter. 😁

Simone: "I've not seen much of Jason Bateman..." All of Chat: "WATCH OZARK!"

So, we all need to vote for them to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind now, right?

I thought you guys were talking about “todd packer” when they walked in

YEY! FINALLY SOMEONE REACT TO THIS MOVIE AND ITS YOU GUYS! I LOVED IT!!! ❤️❤️❤️

I am glad you are back and feeling better George. I had the same surgery. I know that feeling before that procedure. I am still hoping for you Simone to feel better. Looks like you still have the cold. ☹️ I wish you both well! ✌️🥰👍💕

There are so many references in this movie that are flying clean over your heads (but that's an easy problem to fix, just catch up on all these great shows!): Close Encounters of the Third Kind (my favourite movie of all time) - the opening scene, the Devil's Tower, Wyoming reference, her leaving with the ship, the mother ship reveal, even the helicopter fake-out. Basically the entire backbone of the movie is a Close Encounters homage. The X-Files. Alien(s). The Karate Kid (the hand-rubbing gesture Paul does before applying his powers). Roswell (the TV show, which had a remake more recently - the healing power probably came from there). Total Recall (three-breasted alien chick). Indiana Jones (the short-round reference). Star Wars series. Probably a ton of others.

I've been so excited for y'all to react to this since y'all announced it. Such an amazing movie!

"Draw me like one of your French girls." 😙😂

I fuckin love this film so much, that film changed lil 13 year old me back when it released 💀

You need to watch “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” to understand the reference to the mountain

LMAO "is he going to eat it?" No I think he has resurrection magic?..." Or maybe just both

24:54 "Lorenzo's Oil" is a George Miller movie. The joke is that his name is play-on of that film.

Lorenso's Oil was directed by George 'Mad Max' Miller about a father searching for a cure to his child's illness

For what it’s worth I’ve never thought either George nor Simone look like Bobby Lee

24:43 Another Classic reference, and Blythe Danner will always be both Hotter and Cooler than her daughter. 24:56 "Lorenzo's Oil" was a 1992 Drama starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon. I've never watched it, but I worked in a video store through the mid-nineties.😉 26:19 Jinx! George owes me a Coke. But we'll let it slide since he did ask for a "squashing", and his wish is granted momentarily. 28:31 Phrasing! C'mon guys, are we not doing "Phrasing" anymore? 30:30 Best trivia section ever, because of that intro. 🤣

@3:25 Jorge thinks they're referring to illegal aliens, not space aliens. @22:57 is a reference to one of Han Solo's coolest lines in Star Wars: A New Hope. And the next scene - that flat top mountain is from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

7:04 Jason Bateman started as an 80s child actor. He played a suuuuper obnoxious frenemy to the main character on the TV show "Silver Spoons". (Meanwhile, Jason's older sister Justine was part of the cast of "Family Ties" with Michael J. Fox ...just thought I'd throw that out there) When I first saw Jason in adult roles, it seemed like a deliberate choice, how quiet his characters tended to be -- in contrast to what he was best known for at that point.

thank you finally someone reacts to this movie simon and Nick are so funny together

They filmed a lot of the later driving scenes near my house (in northern New Mexico). I think about the movie often when I go down those roads.