Epic Rap Battles of History Steven Spielberg vs Alfred Hitchcock Reaction 

One of the fun things is the incorporation of each director's styles in their segments: Tarantino's fondness for the Trunk Shot, Michael Bay's low-angle telephoto ("shit just got real"), etc. The guy they got for Kubrick is a VERY good match for Kubrick at his most famous in the 70s. Compare the photo on his wikipedia page.

For me, Tarantino took this one, the way he broke down Hitchcock and Spielberg while even taking a shot at Michael Bay, who wasn't even in the battle yet, was perfect rap battle form. Of course it makes sense that the self proclaimed "king of dialogue" wins a rap battle.

The "full moon" line was an ET/Amblin Entertainment reference.

One of the most underrated line from Hitchcock. "Fish puppet and Muppets to stir the fear up, I squeeze screams out of chocolate syrup". I love this line not because it highlight the obvious chocolate syrup to simulate blood in the famous Psycho shower scene. No, its that Hitchcock is saying, Steven needs expensive puppets/animatronics (particularly in Jaws) to scare his audience when Hitchcock can do it with a cheap bottle of syrup.

One of my favorite ERB's!

The Kubrick line about "do another take and get it right 127 times" is a reference to the infamous scene from the shining when Jack Nicholson walks a crying Shelly Duvall backwards up the stairs, saying "Wendy, darling, I'm not gonna kill you..." Krubrick for some reason wanted a "more realistic" performance from Shelly Duvall so he get re-doing the scene over and over 127 times. By that point, Duvall was literally exhausted and Nicholson, taking pity on her, refused to do it again no matter what Kubrick wanted.

Easily one of their best battles they've done, so happy you've got around to this one :) Hope to see James Bond vs Austin Powers

It might interest you to know that this is NOT the only death battle that does this gimmick of adding more relevant people throughout the song~ Look up Stalin vs Rasputin ;)

"Haunt you like the last Indiana" with the Dial of Destiny hits even harder

Spielbergs "full moon" line is a reference to one of his most iconic shots, from ET. That's why he moons Hitchcock.

Probably my favourite ERB, and I think it’s because it made me appreciate more of the edits they do for the background. For example, my favourite is In Hitchcock’s bit at 6:02 I don’t know why, but watching two more Alfreds waddle in, suddenly turn their heads to the camera and yell _“Come on!”_ before proceeding to waddle again and disappear behind the main Alfred... I don’t know why, but I find that more hilarious than I probably should compared to every other background edit in this.

YES!!!! Thank you so much for this!!! I'm thrilled to finally see my favourite couple react to my favourite ERB

At first I also thought the mooning in Spielberg's part was a little out of left field, but it's got to be a nudge to the Amblin company logo that features the full moon with the kid and E.T. on the bike flying across.

Ash vs Darwin is one of their most brutal ones

It's been awhile since I have seen you do an ERB. I had almost given up on seeing you do another one. Please do the rest of them. I'll check your playlist to see if there are any I have missed. My suggestion for your next one is Robocop vs Terminator, but I will watch any ERB you choose to react to.

This is one of my favorite ERBs of all time.

You still haven't reacted to Richard the Lionheart vs Ragnar Lodbrok.

Tarantino's last line is a reference (again) to Pulp Fiction... Sam Jackson's wallet had B.A.M.F. embossed on it.

I love your channel 😂😂

Have you guys done Steven king vs Poe?

This is one of my favorites alongside the Philosophers and the Russians ones.

One of my favorites!

The personal life mostly comes in the comedy rap battle "Richard Pryor vs George Carlin", something in the vein of this battle too. If haven't reacted already, check that out. My favorite part was the gesture of Spielberg acknowledging that "War of the World" was more of a Michael Bay stuff (and it was).

The best thing about Michael Bah is he doesn’t throw any insults he just raps about his great he is

This one is definitely in my Top 10s. It‘s just so good and self-aware.

Ive always loved these ones that drop in extra battlers... but this one is my all-time favorite for sure.

True Romance is also my favorite movie. Never met anyone that has said that before. Neat!

This battle is actual in my top ten personally my top 2 are Tarantino and Hitchcock just their flow and hits felt the best to me

James Bond vs Austin Powers next

If you have seen the A Movie Full Metal Jacket, the director makes a cameo

Tarantino’s wallet actually says that. He featured it in pulp fiction during the dinner stick up scene.

8:54 fun fact - that dude out-kubricked Stanley Kubrick. He is the Stanley Kubrickest of all Stanley Kubricks. He is Stanley Kubricks photo.

Tbh, the Kendrick vs Drake rap battle went so hard this month that I was wondering if you guys would react to it ahahah. I don't usually care for rap battles, but this one was an historic moment.

One of my favourites

Bay was INDEED my favorite ever since I saw it for the very first time in the day it was released, his part still holds up👌🏼

Adolf Hilter vs Darth Vader ERB part 1-3 rap battle videos is worth checking out. All 3 ERBs videos have some killer, savage lines! Other awesome ERBs vids to react to are: Jeff Bezos vs Mansa Musa. Ragnar Lodbrok vs Richard The Lionheart. Donald Trump vs Joe Biden. Hillary Clinton vs Donald Trump. Ash Ketchum vs Charles Darwin. Jacques Cousteau vs Steve Irwin. Gordan Ramsey vs Julia Childs. Robocop vs Terminator. Wonder Woman vs Stevie Wonder.

The 127 times is a take towards The Shining. Where he tortured Shelly Duvall, to take 127 rehearsals, and its the only movie that got a world record for most takes. Stanley Kubrick actually tormented Shelly Duvall. He berated her a lot. To think that his last movie, was Eyes Wide Shut with Tom Crusie and Nicole Kidman. Which was an orgy infested story.

now ERB... GOKU VS SUPERMAN!!!!!!!!!!

Spielberg "inherited" all the pre production material Kubrick had assembled in preparation for A.I., and the movie came out around two years after Kubrick's death. Not sure Stanley would have liked the result. The best thing about that movie, I my opinion, was the subtle reference to Brian Aldiss and the way he wrote stories by dragging out the story to it's absolute conclusion. The source material (by Brian Aldiss) if but a short story, but he usually had to make every novel into an epic tale telling everything to the end, sometimes spanning centuries and millennia just to tie everything off. You never had to wonder "But what happened then?" after finishing an Aldiss book. :D

Michael Bay's films make money because they're a theme park roller coaster ride... they're FUN. They're Kings Island on a screen. We love to go to movies to ESCAPE... we read BOOKS to get high-brow stuff. Sometimes films.. but they're not serving steak in movie theatres, they're selling popcorn. If you want art go see a play... if you wanna get wowed go see a Michael Bay film.

The first guy never wins these cypher-style battles. Which is kind of odd for me in this one, because I think Michael Bay won, but his whole thing was "It's about the money, y'all." If that is true... then, as a director, Spielberg is the won winning overall even if he didn't have the best lines.

Michael Bay won that hands down. He just took himself least seriously. He didn't try to say anything about being a better director. He simply was real about it. I'm making muddafukkin money 🤑

I can’t believe you haven’t done pennywise vs the joker yet!!! That’s my favorite one of all.

I think this one, joker vs pennywise and burger king vs mcdonalds are my top favorite rap battles

Michael Bay won in my mind, too. Which just like you two, I'm not proud of. The lines (and his ridiculous entrance) were just too funny My favorite of these five as a director is Spielberg. It was cool to learn Bethany also loves Jurassic Park! The original is my favorite movie of all time

For me, Michael Bay did win this one. He has the post position and he took advantage of it. Best entrance, Kubrick, the first time I saw that big wheel I was like, "Holy Shit!" So many reactors don't catch it until maybe the second pass, but I instantaneously realized what was to come. As far as favorite director goes, I love steven and quintin but I have to give it to Hitchcock. His body of work is legendary. Steven's got Hollywood by the balls and Quintin will forever be remembered for how edgy his films are, but Hitchcock, I remember the first time my grandmother played me Rear Window, I was already a fan of Jimmy Stewart, but the suspense in that film alone beats the whole Jurassic Park franchise for me. Not to mention out of everyone on the list he was the only one that had to make the transition from Silent Films to Talkies, then to Color. :P Talk about a career. The man has my utmost respect.

I actually believe that Kubrick trying to use AI as a dig against Spielberg was a pretty big misstep. Because most of the stuff, (especially the ending) Was all Kubrick’s idea he was the one who wrote the script.

I don’t know why but it unsubscribed me even though I’ve been subscribed for months. I can’t believe I missed this one! Excellent choice.

Pretty sure the mooning thing was just a reference to the ET logo with the full moon.

I would like to see you two react to The Merkins

As bad as people say Michael Bay is, at least he’s not Uwe Böll. Not only is he infamous for exceedingly terrible live action adaptations of video games (Alone In The Dark and Bloodrayne are two examples), but he’s also an extremely shitty person.

Steven Spielberg idolized Alfred Hitchcock; devolving into childish & the personal/intense REALLY suits that one...these guys do AMAZING research "In 1965 Steven Spielberg ended up on the set of 'Torn Curtain', Alfred Hitchcock's last project with Paul Newman and Julie Andrews in the lead role. “ The space was full of hundreds of extras, but the technical staff saw the intruder almost immediately and asked him to leave ”, Vanity Fair explains. However, the young filmmaker did not give up. Ten years later he tried again, using the same method. After the success of 'Jaws' he thought he had a better chance, but Spielberg was again sent away by the master himself. Hitchcock was clear irritated by the young man who hung around on his set unwantedly and demanded that his crew immediately put him outside, reports The Independent. An embarrassed Hitchcock After that second failure, Spielberg decided to change his tactics. He asked actor Bruce Dern, who had already played twice for Hitchcock, for one meeting with his idol. Dern described the anecdote in his memoirs: “ I said [to Hitchcock], "You are his idol. He just wants five minutes sit with you and talk to you. ’ ” But the director of 'Psycho' immediately refused. He said to Dern: “ Isn't that the boy who has the movie about that fish made? I could never sit and talk to him. When I look at him I feel like one prostitute.”"

Reason why michael bay won was the fact HE GEAVE NO FUCKS about whos the best and is enjoying his life, making money and reminding them they cant do what he can (explosives) Tarinto had the best flow espeically when Kubicks wheels pauses his flow

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Wait...Peter Jackson!? He's awesome, but come on now, there were Shining and 2001: A Space Odyssey clips, some big clues there xD

Kubrick's "127 times" is in referencs to that *exact* amount of takes he forced the main actors of The Shinning do for just *one scene* . So much so that they were all, basically, traumatised by that movie's whole production

love ERBOH...and yes Bay came in & cleaned house.

Babe Ruth vs Lance Armstrong is the most brutal/best episode of all, do it at some point (no rush, save/savor the best). Suggestions: go back to the start & do the vader vs hitler episodes 1-3; gandalf vs dumbeldore, dr seus vs shakespear, steve jobs vs bill gates, adam vs eve, mozart vs skillex, rasputin vs stalin, isak newton vs bill nye, artists vs tmnt, east vs west, jim henson vs stan lee, Tolkien vs martin, trump vs clinton, shessh, ok, that didn't narrow it down much, did it?

Honestly, I get it. They could have cast Kubrick better. The guy they used did look a lot more like Peter Jackson.

Clockwork orange ran continuously in (a) Stockholm cinema theatre for 30 years. Every day. That says something about Kubrik. But his rap was to short here…

When it comes to the five shown, I still think that , despite Bay's helicopter showmanship and multiple explosions, Hitchcock took it because he just bitchslapped Steven and showed him what a director with a small budget and a TV crew could do ( PSYCHO ). As for my favorite of the five, it's a toss up between Hitchcock and Kubrick, just because they both did astoundingly intricate and unsettling films that are NOT just popcorn dopamine hits. CLOCKWORK ORANGE was so unsettling that Britain banned it for decades. I still think this rap battle needs a part two, with Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, John Carpenter, and Paul Verhoeven, then James Whale rising from the grave to slap them all down.

Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail released a Job Action trailer, I hope you guys can check it out sometime!

Chief Engineer John "Ray" Arnold. Gets eaten by a velociraptor. I think fewer people remember what Jules Winnfield is called. Mainly because Vincent Vega is alliterated and thus easier to remember. Sure. Some will remember his first name, but the whole thing? Also... Nick Fury. Or Elijah "Mr Glass" Price. Definitely not Jules. Just saying.

To be fair, Kubrick is done pretty well, and that makes the fact that he also looks like Peter Jackson even more funny

My top 3 are Speilburg, Hitchcock and shigh Bay

First time checking your ERB reviews. Yea, Michael Bay did take this battle. But, I was disappointed. Two directors who could have been in this wasn't....... Clint Eastwood and Ron Howard!!! 🤣 Anyways, I'll checkout the other ERB reviews and catch you guys later!! 🫡 PS: My favorite ERB was Cleopatra vs Marylin Monroe!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Love when Michael Bay ryhmed Money with Money

oh, they are all evil, but the critics calling Bay evil was about the type of movies

John Williams wins. XD

Being the biggest Stanley Kubrick fan I know of, I forgive you. :D Kubrick was very reclusive and not good with personal publicity, so it's not strange for you to not even know what he looked like. There was even a successful (for a while) conman that claimed to be Kubrick even though he looked nothing like him, grifting along in life taking advantage of people who wanted to bask in the glory of Stanley Kubrick. It's worth a watch, I think, even if you're not a huge Kubrick fan. John Malkovich plays the main role in Colour Me Kubrick: A True... ish Story (2005).

Fun fact tim burton was gonna be in this battle but got scrapped.

I think i read in another reaction that michael bay said that he didn't remember filming or being in this episode.

Most reactors don't recognize Kubrick, until he names himself :(

The problem with Michael Bay's whole argument about making money is that he is the 5th highest earning director, but Steven Spielberg is #1 and it is not even close, so by his own argument Spielberg is better than him.

In Pulp Fiction Sam Jackson had a "Bad Mother F....." wallet.

If we're talking about directing skills alone, then I'll let my unapologetically elitist self state the obvious : Kubrick destroys them all, the guy was absolute autistic psycho who prioritized filmmaking over real life, to the point of giving his actors mental breakdowns and/or existential crisises. Hitchcock was alright I guess, but I'm afraid Orson Welles' critic of his work still stands to this day. Spielberg, I was never a fan, a lucky opportunist in my eyes. A lucky opportunist with a lot of money. Tarantino had some great moments, but most of it was copypasted from Japanese cinema while Japanese directors actually did it better (All Hail the great Takashi Miike, who shot some of the best movies of his career with a low budget and a cheap hand camera bought at a supermarket, true talent doesn't always need millions of dollars to flourish). And Michael Bay is so over-the-top and ridiculous that it's impossible to have a serious non-ironic opinion on his films. I know some critics who still worship the first Bad Boys film like it was some misunderstood visual ode to Chaos. I still can't tell if they're trolling or not.

Y'all should check out Pennywise vs the Joker.

In terms of bars, its a toss up between Hitchcock and Tarantino. A close 2nd is Michael Bay. In terms of director and producing, Steilberg...too much of a influence of my childhood. A close 2nd Tarantino.

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Not familiar with Kubrick films?! A Clockwork Orange The Shining 2001 Space Odyssey Full Metal Jacket Spartacus Dr. Strangelove As well as some of the lesser rated movies like Spartacus A.I. Lolita Eyes Wide Shut and more.... Genious is a powerful word and there really is no reason to use it unless you're talking 'bout the Kubrick.

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So, I'm not really a fan of most of the stuff ERB has, but I love Princess Rap Battles by Whitney Avalon. You've watched one, I know (Cinderella vs Belle, with Sarah Michelle Gellar), but she has a lot of other really good ones too (and a few less good ones, I admit, but still worth checking out)!

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Tarantino won. "I'm the king of dialogue." Yes he is. And that beats suspense, emotion, skill and even explosions.