There's still time!

​@jonothanthrace1530 especially with Rick returning to occasional acting

If I'm not mistaken, Rick was taking care of his wife and kids. I'd love it if this channel talks about him.

i think he briefly mentioned it in one of his reviews, and i hope he gets to Little shop of horrors sometime :)@@HowManyHintsDoYouNeed

Sweet Jesus, can you imagine John's character from Arachnophobia going into the weed-killing business, and him and Rick team up to defeat an army of Audrey IIs?

Not really .. 1980 Popeye by robin Williams was 100% faithful. And that 1970s live action superman with Christopher Reeves also did great job

Does speed racer count?

those suck tho@@avalond1193

​@@MillRunner Was about to bring that up.

​@MillRunner Oh, most definitely. I felt accurate to the anime and the frenetic nature of it, and that includes the very shitty American version. I grew up watching the Latino version, and when I finally saw the live action adaptation, the filmmakers nailed it imo.

The movie shines in terms of practical sets and artistry. You all did a wonderful Job. Now it would be mostly green screen :/

That's awesome! Do you remember any fun stories or anecdotes from the set?

@williamsandell1082 if that's really you, then thank you for doing such an amazing job

I recall ripping me thong to the side on that set, I always sneered in the production designers!! Got em! ‘90s we’re a better time

Sorry for your loss glad you have those good memories

@@PennywiseThedancingclown-ws1lh Thank you. He died 1997. But he was a great man and taught me how to be a man.

I had a similar experience watching it with my grandpa too. I still remember him laughing when Fred says to Barney "Now, get me a clean spoon." lol

That's what it's all about ❤😎👍

Long live Ray, sorry for your loss but happy you had a great grandpa!

There might be another factor: he got flak for his portrayal of Babe Ruth just 2 or 3 years prior (and has gone on record agreeing that he didn't do a good job), so it's possible that was still on his mind, making him especially concerned with not giving another lackluster performance in such a big Hollywood production.

@@IsmailofeRegime Very insightful!

Do your best job, even if you hate it and the work will speak for itself.

I never understood why John Goodman always seemed so critical of his movies. He always does a great job

@@notoriousbastards11 artists are always their worst critics.

Yeah that shocked me too Siskel and Ebert are weird because half the time, they're saying like "Mask of the Phantasm is great, it doesn't talk down to kids, why did we sleep on this?" and then they're going into this as if the Flintstones was ever anything but an primetime situation comedy for adults. They sold cigarettes for chrissakes. Kids didn't smoke back then.

@@KairuHakubi Something I've noticed about critics, is they watch something, like or don't like it, and then search for "objective" reasons to justify why they liked or didn't like it rather than just admitting their opinions are 100% subjective and aren't actually set-in-stone fact. Because let's be real: if there was an objectively "good" way to make a movie, and an objectively "bad" way to make a movie, every movie would be a masterpiece beloved by all; two different people can have wildly different opinions of a movie because they have entirely different tastes.

You're not alone, I absolutely loved this movie when I was a kid. Hell, I compare both movies to a certain era of The Flintstones. - The first one is very accurate to the early seasons of the show with minor stuff from the seasons in which Pebbles and Bam-Bam were introduced. - The prequel feels like the much more sillier and family friendly seasons in which many greatly dislike, especially since it introduced The Great Gazoo in live action.

@@ScrambledAndBenedict I suppose it is rather like modern 'science' too. Come to your conclusion first, then do your research.

@@ScrambledAndBenedict Ideally critics look for objective reasons why they like or don’t like a given movie. Their experience is always subjective, but the goal is to understand why one is having a particular reaction. And hopefully there are others watching that might share the same sensibilities. I think where S&E get in trouble is not couching their language with room to disagree. Which I think reflects the times and that they were the first of this kind of review show.

Not to mention, Ebert & Siskel, apparently weren't aware that the Flintstones originally was not a kids show & often dealt with adult themes.

​@@brandonpage7087yeah. It's no one's fault that adult sitcoms weren't ready to talk about deep themes at the time.

Ebert had some infamously bad takes. It's astounding to me how he became THE movie critic when there are so many genres and concepts he couldn't wrap his head around.

I totally got the plot too, I was like 9 or 10 when I watched it.

She had such a blast on this film. After so many years of serious roles, she wanted to do something fun. She got this and it was perfect. You could tell she was having a blast with this role.

Are you sure it's "Forgotten Failure"? JK. It is.

Or a episode of the podcast

I loved Viva Rock Vegas; in a lot of ways I thought it was superior to this movie

It's a shame they didn't use that script for this film's cast and budget. Would be much more fondly remembered.

Jane Krakowski was a much better Betty than was Ms O'Donnell.

Agreed, but it always made me wonder why they cast Rosie O'Donnell as Betty. I think she acted well, but I always wished they got someone else.

Who the heck cast Betty?

Wilma was a good choice too. They completely blew it with Betty rubble, though. I don’t think Rosie did horrible, I just didn’t buy it. Even at 10 or 11 years old.

Somebody who she still be in jail, that’s who.

It's too bad he had such a negative attitude about his involvement. He could have really embraced the role, as he did such a good job. I wonder if he'd feel differently about it today looking back. A lot of actors embrace older roles as nostalgia sets in.

Particularly when you look at today's adaptations, this was WAY ahead of it's time. The way Fred jumps into the air and levitates, there's no way today's productions crews would think to try and implement that in live action, fearing how stupid it'll look. It does look silly, but in a good way.

Glad somebody mentioned the practical sets! Today it would have mostly green screen. Will never get a movie like that again.

I hope that soon, practical effects and real sets will return. It's been a constant advancement since the early 90s to the point that it's now realistic. Things always come back around, surely filmmakers willl get bored of CG and photorealism, which will pave the way for more impressionistic visuals coming back. As useful as it is, CG has reached it's limit and has been exhausted. It should be used as a tool, not just for convenience. Creativity and convenience shouldn't go hand in hand

A lot of people thought Rosie O’Donell was miscasted as Betty Rubble, but at least she can do the whole Betty Rubble laugh well

Would love to know where a lot of those props are today, maybe some have ended up on eBay.

I would be a bit concerned on paper but he has nothing to be ashamed about at all, he made it work. He was the only one who could have done this and played it straight, funny and even added weight with him and the drama. He's too hard on himself but i suppose that happens when art is on display, and i understand.

True, but things could have turned out differently for him if he had continued the role. It really could have defined him or limited future prospects.

And he just kills it, too. It's sad to know that he didn't have a great time working on it.

It's not an unfounded fear, as an actor he would be all too familiar with other actors who got stuck with a particular role or typecast for the rest of their careers. Just look at Adam West.

@@nohrianscum9791Ryan Gosling doesn’t mind it 😂

Classic Pinball Board!

Read it as restoned

@@TensaZangetsu1200 That is correct.

I NEED IT

I'm far away from being a handyman or technical guy but that does still sound like a great day time activity. :)

it has a sequel as well!

@@kennethdobson9878 No, a prequel. And not a particularly good one.

Practical effects from the 90's look better than movies made today.

I would definitely argue it looks this good _because_ it's from the early 90's. If it was made any later, it would be with horrible CGI and though it narrowly avoided a grittier, more realistic look as stated in the video, there's no guarantee it would have gotten funding later on without it if made a decade later.

I hope that soon, practical effects and real sets will return. It's been a constant advancement since the early 90s to the point that it's now realistic. Things always come back around, surely filmmakers willl get bored of CG and photorealism, which will pave the way for more impressionistic visuals coming back. As useful as it is, CG has reached it's limit and has been exhausted. It should be used as a tool, not just for convenience. Creativity and convenience shouldn't go hand in hand

Rick Moranis, too. I totally bought them as Fred and Barney

It was perfect casting for all except one. That being Betty. Everyone else fitted their roles perfectly. But with Betty, I only see Rosie O’Donnell, which is a shame

I agree with you why they cast Rosie O Donnell as Betty I never know @@tgiacin435

@@tgiacin435 Betty Rubble is famously a very attractive woman, to the point where in the movie Clueless they call hot chicks “Betties” (and unattractive men “Barnies”; according to director Amy Heckerling this was authentic ‘90s slang). I’m not saying Rosie O’Donnell is ugly, but she isn’t exactly a classic beauty. Rick Moranis’ line, “she should have played Fred” is a bit harsh, but it isn’t totally off-base.

I LOVED THIS WHEN I WAS A KID!!!!

They made Betty Rubble fat.

​@@andrewdevine3920 so Rosie o donnel is the entire reason you didn't like it? Wow dude weird set of priorities.

@@ConroyMatheson honestly I'm not behind Rosie O'Donnell as Betty either, not because of the fat thing mind you but because I'm sure my all time favorite comedienne actress Sally Field would've done a better job of the material simple as that.

Those Mcdonald's commercials brings back nostalgia so hard,I remember them. I watched the movie on dvd. I only viewed it-ONCE. LOL. Good behind the scene video tho,I enjoyed it.

@@ConroyMatheson I didn't say I didn't like the movie. Just stating a fact.

she was a BLABBERMOUTH!

I loved the Flintstones as a kid. When I saw Rosie O'Donnell as Betty I decided not to watch it, my daughter was a year away from going to movies so I still haven't watched it.

@@markhunt575 So you would only watch a movie if you like the actors?, sheesh, then go see pictures instead, there is no place for you among people who actually like movies despite who appears on them.

@@Dewani90 I haven't paid for a movie since 2000, so if you've exiled me from the movie watching community of those who watch movies despite who's in them, au revoir.

I mean... what else could be done? Hahaha Anything else would have been sacrilegious. 😂

He also played Rick Moranis' dad in Strange Brew!

@@1zymn1 he did that because Rick Moranis suggested that

Trivia: The reason the original cartoons didn't use an Art Carney imitator for Barney is because H-B had already stolen that voice for Yogi Bear!

That kind of reminds that for the Neutral Spanish dub of the movie, people from Universal contact Fred and Barney voice actors from the cartoon to reprised their roles, which says a since the movie was dubbed in Los Angeles while The Flintstones cartoon was dubbed in Mexico, so they flew Arturo Mercado (Fred/Pedro) and Francisco Colmenero (Barney/Pablo) to Los Angeles Though I have to specify that they were the characters' second voices, Barney original VA, Julio Lucena, passed away before the movie was made and I suppose the producers weren't aware that Fred's Mexican VA, José "El Tata" Arvizu was still active. The Viva Rock Vegas movie was dubbed entirely in Mexico and Francisco returned as Barney/Pablo, but Fred/Pedro was voiced by Jesse Conde, while Arturo Mercado voiced Gazoo

I came here to say this!

lot more cgi than you think but yeah there was some practical stuff. most of the backgrounds are cgi versions of miniatures or just full CGI.

@@clowwwwwwwn I didn't say there was no CGI. Watch the BTS stuff.

​@@TomWDW1 i had just finished watching the corridor digital video breaking it down when I replied..

@@clowwwwwwwnYeah I just watched the video too, there’s always more cgi than you realise.

Did a way better job, visually, than the Disney live actions ... In 1994 ... How amazing is this ...

If you want another 60s cartoon turned I must recommend speed racer. It's legitimately one of my favorite movies ever made.

@@elijahblechman8633 Saw that one in the theaters, definitely one of my favorites

@@elijahblechman8633 that movie gives me a headache. and if they had wanted to do it right, they wouldve adapted the japanese version...not the cleaned up and edited version that we americans got to see

​@@elijahblechman8633It's an interesting movie, I don't like it and it's not really that faithful to its source material (specially with its worldbuilding), but it IS an interesting movie

Yeah, John Goodman is actually an incredible talent despite him only being a B list actor. Throughout his whole career he’s done both movies and tv shows… he’s primarily known for the sitcom Rosanne and being in a lot of movies

When Joe said ""I guarantee something about it still stands out in your memory" I immediately thought that to me it always was Halle Berry, even at the youngest age I recall watching this.

Yeah she was foxy . though as a kid I was confused since her character's name was Sharon Stone. It's a good gag, but I was only vaguely aware of different sexy actress names, so I thought that was her name and it was more of a cameo. You know, like they might have thrown Rock Hudson in as a joke, if he'd been alive. On accounta his name is Rock.

Looks wise, maybe not for Rosie to play Betty, but she got the personality and the laugh down

@@Eidlones indeed. plus Betty was always shorter with a fatter head, so it kinda translates.

it was the laugh, it was too good

True

I agree. I saw all of those movies in the theaters, but Flintstones is the only one I never rewatched. It just didn't impress me at all. And I think Goodman is a big part of it: for some reason, I found him a bit scary and creepy as a child (and _still_ kinda do!) so to me he wasn't the kind of man I thought Fred would be: friendly and goofy, and only sometimes a bit temperamental. Moranis is a much better fit for his character, IMO.

I too am curious what happened to the Flintstones as well, because other IPs like Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry are still popular with younger generations. Also, looking back, there were quite a few dinosaur movies in the early-mid 90s, mainly Jurassic Park, the Super Mario Bros movie (yep, that one, lol) and The Flintstones movie. The Land Before Time was also popular with its sequels, though my favourite is still the original.

@@Andres33AU there was a podcast I used to listen to about retro games and there's one guy on the podcast who would always refer to the early '90s as "cave mania." Because there's more than just you mentioned! Some other things that come to mind right away are Encino Man, Theodore Rex, and the Land of the Lost reboot. Then outside of TV or movies, you have tons of video games like Mario World again, Joe and Mac, or Bonk, and then it was also seeping into other things like those dinosaurs from hell trading cards, that dinosaur egg oatmeal that only 90s kids probably remember, or the crazy amount of completely unique dinosaur toys that were coming out around that time. We were nuts for dinosaurs in the early '90s/late '80s. It was just the thing that they latched onto for kids!

I use to love the drive-in as a kid. Great times

The only thing the Flintstones is known for these days is appearing on children's vitamins

Fruity Pebbles!! ​@@egill624

This is definitely one of those movies you watch as a kid, and rewatch as an adult, and appreciate it both ways. You love the silly, whimsical elements as a child, as an adult you realize holy shit... there are actually some real life, mature elements going on here. I still remember watching it on VHS, growing up on the cartoon, and my parents walk into the room and see Halle Berry's outfit and think "wait, this is a kid's movie?" LOL.

hell when I was a kid I saw it as a massive improvement over the show.

Casting Rosie O'Donnell to play Betty Rubble, one of MANY boomers and Gen x' first cartoon crushes MAY have had a hand in derailing the movie. "Plus size" models weren't a thing BACK THEN either!

@@KairuHakubi 1000% The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo, I could never wrap my head around being "entertaining". (*Especially* Scooby)

@@metalspinda9594 I'm no Rosie fan, but she played a good "Mom" version of Betty. She reminded me of other moms at school and church. She had the personality down, and the voice. She wasn't exactly grotesque at the time. But certainly no hourglass figure. And lastly, she had some star power after a League of their Own, and Sleepless in Seattle for mom's in the theater. It was a smart cast.

@@CleverGirlAAH yep those were not my jam. but i get it, kids in the 60s, they had a lot less to watch. just like when I was a kid I might watch boring stuff like little house on the prairie or something, because it was on. and we didn't always have cable.

I haven't seen Viva Rock Vegas,it's that bad ???? I was considering watching it.

@@user-be7tc2bd6e Don't do it, trust us.

So now that you watched it, what did you think? We're about the same age. I loved the movie since it came out but The Flintstones and The Jetsons were some of my favorite cartoons.

Also, the movie’s score is a wonderful orchestral arrangement of the TV show’s incidental music.

You, at 14 years old in the mid 1990s, wryly quipped over the use of what you knew was called the Revue Studios music?

@@bigduke5902 At the time, I knew it an older version of the Universal/MCA theme, yes. I didn’t know it was specifically from Revue until later. What can I say… I was a weird kid. ;)

@@WTFG78 We shoulda been friends.

I always love when the movie plays with the studio logo.

"Fred flirted with another woman but they forget that this was something he would do often in the original cartoon" As a very big fan of The Flintstones, I don't agree entirely with this part of your comment. You made it sound like Fred is a bad husband (which is not true in my opinion). I would suggest you watch more Flintstones. Fred gets involved with some other women but at the end he almost never cheats on Wilma and if so it's never because he actually loves the woman it's usually for Wilma's benefit. Fred usually commits to his relationship with Wilma and usually the women that screwed Fred and Wilma's marriage are the ones seducing him or rare exceptions he does something with other women but it's never to cheat on Wilma. In the movie, Fred didn't flirt with Sharon Stone, it was the other way around as she actually seduced Fred in order to trick him (she was helping the villain Cliff frame Fred for the crimes). Yes he had a crush on her but ne never asked her out or tried to have an affair in any way. He fell for her trap. For examples in the show itself, in my favorite episode "The Entertainer" Fred only goes with a different woman because she is a potential buyer for his workplace and he was looking to get a raise to surprise Wilma while she was visiting her mother. He had no interest in the other woman whatsoever. Also in another one of my favorite episodes, "King for a Night," he danced with another woman but that was because he was pretending to be a foreign king to help that king's servants secure a payment on personal payments and in return Fred would get money which he agreed to do for Wilma and Pebbles. The woman Fred danced with in that episode was the wife of an investor. Other examples I can think include another woman pretending to praise Fred for his bullfighting who secretly wanted Fred to smuggle a stolen gem for her and her partner in "Fred El Terrifico" as well as Wilma dreaming about Fred having numerous affairs in "Latin Lover" because he grew a mustache. Overall, Fred has been attracted to other women but is never flirtatious with them and is very faithful to Wilma for the most part. In fact it's the movie and most of his appearances *AFTER* this movie's release that Fred is the least faithful.

@@thenostalgicyoshi7149 Yeah I didn’t mean that he was a bad husband and I know that he would never cheat on Wilma or even think of it. I should’ve been more careful with my wording

totally agree brother. I was shocked when i saw the RT audience score

Right? Seemed so strange, almost as if he considered himself above it. Nonetheless, he clearly took his job seriously and knocked it out of the park anyway.

I hope as an old man he is able to realize he made a lot of kids happy with that role, and maybe even embrace it. I wish he would have done a sequel. Back then, part 2’s had a tendency to be the high points of movie franchises.

reminds me of the Lego Movie. i was rolling my eyes hard at that, but it turned out to be good. They somehow pulled it off, and in 2014 no less. it worked both within their universe AND on a meta level, that's insane.

Defending a movie by saying "it could have been worse" isn't really a defence. You could say that about anything really, stuff could always be worse.

​@@HOTD108_except for when it turns out good. The commentary on tlou2 makes me think it couldve been worse. But what we got was still terrible.

@@HOTD108_ That's not really the point here though. Disliking it purely because the idea is bad means that you are judging it for how bad a theoretical movie would be.

​@@KairuHakubiit's really stupid like i used to think that lego batman was a really terrible idea and that it would be at best a teen titans go esque kids movie......after watching it though not only i regret thinking that but i consider it one of the best Batman movies period. And that's a mentality we all should have like be really critic of the idea but still giving it a chance, not just instantly call it bad without even watching it

I agree, however he’s only known for playing a “loser” type character in all of his movies. In Ghostbusters he was the nerdy neighbor who was the key master, in Little Giants he was the overshadowed younger loser brother of Ed O’Neils character, in the Flintstones he plays Barney who gets overlooked for the promotion

@@nsasupporter7557 well, he's that kind of face XD... However, I'd rather not regard his take on Barney Rubble as a "looser" character. He doesn't get overlooked for the promotion, he switches his test with Fred's knowing how much his friend longed to be somebody. Then Fred becomes an A-grade a-hole, but throughout the movie Barney keeps up his moral integrity.

@@jmorlar2852 Barney was trying to return the favor to Fred

@@nsasupporter7557 Indeed, so good winner after all ;)

@@jmorlar2852 but unfortunately it blew up in his face

Well let's not ignore valid criticism. I enjoy this movie but it's not that hard to see why people criticize it. The story is flat and predictable, the writing is thin especially for the antagonists, and act three devolves into wacky children's movie territory that totally clashes with the more (tho not completely) adult choices in the rest of the movie. It's a fun movie and I've watched it a handful of times but there really are valid criticisms and it is definitely not a mystery as to why a lot of people dislike it