Jennifer Aniston's boss was Mike Judge, the writer/director. He also did Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill. If you liked this, you might like Idiocracy. It's another brilliant film by Mike Judge.
Ahh no way! I'd found out that he was the Beavis and Butthead guy but I didn't realise that was actually him in the movie. He did a great job. You're not the first person to mention idiocracy so that's definitely one to do! Cheers man ✌️
@@RyanCarrington Please do Idiocracy, I'm a massive film buff from silent to modern day, and I could mention so many, but Idiocracy is one of those that stands out, hillarious.
I worked for the State of Texas (where this was filmed) and they definitely had cubicles like this. The chances of being an unemployed software tech or engineer in Austin are actually pretty good.
Yeah this movie was a real underground hit. Originally it wasn't marketed well because the studio didn't believe in it... Then it got famous from word of mouth and became a cult classic. Swingline originally didn't make a red stapler -- Mike Judge had his art department paint one for the movie. Then bootleggers began making bank selling painted staplers until Swingline finally realized what was going on with eBay, and started making their own official version. It's now their top-selling product! I appreciated the coffee montage, nice touch. As a photographer, if you want to react to a couple of movies Roger Deakins worked on, Sicario and Jarhead are great. Sicario has some gorgeous night shots that few other movies have pulled off. I could recommend a wall of movies, but I'm not sure what you're into that you haven't seen.
Ah I see! In the long run it's probably been to the movies benefit Good but of trivia about the stapler! I've seen Jarhead. Not for a long time but I did Love it! I've watched all sorts, but from people's suggestions I've still made a massive list. I'm pretty open to anything though.
I heard Streamline used to make that color stapler a long time ago. After the movie came out, many people were requesting for it and they brought it back. My wife wants one. She loves the Milton character. Now every time she sees Stephen Root anywhere, she starts to mimic him.
This movie, "9 to 5", "Clerks" and "The Secret of my Success" are my favorite workplace comedies. "The Belko Experiment" is my favorite workplace horror.
Mike Judge, who wrote and directed this movie, also did a movie about manufacturing work called *Extract* . It mostly focuses on the boss, so it's still about white collar work rather than blue collar work (like *Office Space* ), but it is still about work. It's not as well regarded as *Office Space* , but I like it a lot.
The actor that plays Milton is in a lot of things. He was in an amazing 90’s sitcom News Radio with Dave Foley, Phil Hartman, and Joe Rogan! You should check it out. Great show!
It's funny, I believe that traffic was filmed in Dallas, but the rest of the film was made in Austin. At the time the traffic in Austin was still fairly light in comparison. It's horrible, now.
I think I remember tiny red Swingline staplers back in the early 1970s (....sold as school supplies ).....but after this film was released, people wanted FULL-size red staplers. THAT's when Swingline started producing them. In fact, I recall a few years ago.....an anniversary edition of the DVD came out.....& it came with a red stapler.
This is my favorite movie of all time. The main character actually is a dead ringer for my younger brother so I always watch it as if it really is him, which makes it even funnier, because my brother is a programmer too. You got a new sub, I came here from the Airplane reaction and I enjoyed your silly laughing. This one sealed the deal.
Mike Judge said that he based this script on his life when he used to be a software engineer. Great reaction man! Like that you appreciate what this movie was trying to do and why it works so well. It's a total cult classic now. It's definitely not a super developed movie story but it works.
This movie was filmed in Dallas, Texas and Austin,Texas I'm from the Dallas/Ft Worth area and I remember dudes looking like Lawrence were everywhere! I even worked with a few! That was great casting 😄🤣
Those cubicles are super common in the US. Especially in that era, most places are going away from that now, but definitely you will still see it over here.
What I just realized now, Mike Judge directed both Office Space and Idiocracy and this movies soundtrack is pretty much entirely “Geto Boys” and the pimp in Idiocracy “Upgreyedd” is played by Scarface. Mike Judge must have been a huge Rap-A-Lot fan.
Love the little memes you inject man, some reactors do it too much, but every so often is nice. Keep it to a minimum and make sure they only last for a second or two, that's good.
Yes, the cubicles were like that, and often still are. Someone I know was a school teacher. In the last days of the school year, there's the usual slack attitude of not pushing to start new stuff. He brought this movie in and showed it to the class and was startled to find that none of the jokes hit home with the students. I guess you have to go work out in the real world for just a little bit to get it. I've never met anyone who worked in the real world who didn't get the jokes. Favorite scene: the flair scene with Jennifer Anniston. Last time someone mentioned TPS reports to me? Yesterday.
Not only was I working in the IT industry in the same city and era this movie was filmed it was completely and accurate depiction of what corporate it was like in the late 90s.
1987 movie Three O'clock High Is your cup of tea mate, guaranteed you'll enjoy the 80's on this movie. Go in blind don't read synapse I guess you should look at cover but don't read cast or info but yeah great movie I'm still waiting for anyone to react to none have yet but many have it on their list for later
@@RyanCarrington love this movie and have watched it dozens of times. It's art imitating life for me. I had a job that I hated as much as Peter hated his. At one point, I realized that they couldn't fire me because they had no one that could do my job unless I trained them first. I wasn't hypnotized like him, but I know the sense of freedom that Peter felt. As a matter of fact, except for cleaning fish at my desk, everything else he does in the montage is something I literally did myself. Made me wonder if Mike Judge had been following me around taking notes. (Not really of course).
Super late to the party on this one, but we used to keep this DVD at work and whenever someone’s had a really bad day at work, we would send them home with it to watch. Lol.
Don't worry, look how late I was in watching the movie haha I really like that idea though. Sounds like a caring workplace at least (with good taste too!) 🙂
Don't worry, my man, you're not old. Hell, atleast you called that a floppy disk. To me, that's a hard disk....floppy disk were actually floppy lol. Glad you enjoyed this classic. Subtle, under the radar comedy with a great cast, which makes it kinda similar to Galaxy Quest.
Welcome, Ryan Carrington, to the RU-vid reaction community! I'm not a member, guess I'm just saying it on their behalf... but anyway, yeah I want to see a reaction to the movie "What's up Doc?" Never seen anyone react to it.
Like it or not, it is of my own personal opinion that in the manner that "Airplane!" served right properly to ordinally cap off the 1970s, "Office Space" likewise single-handedly was responsible for serving right so properly to cardinally kickstart the new millennium. Just sayin', mind you. 😊😊😊
Cheers buddy. I've got a tea version I've been working on in my free time so expect that soon haha 😄 Intros are where inject some creativity so maybe check out some other videos. Lighthouse had a more creative intro AND outro. I've got ideas for more but they just take so long to make haha
Cubicles nowadays don't have high walls like the ones in this film anymore. The wall of today's cubicles is now about maybe two feet high so you can see everyone at their desk. They probably do that now so management can keep an eye on you more right from their desk.
After being in the software/tech industry since well before this movie came out, I still love it, but..... It strikes closer to home than I would like. Same with the first couple of seasons of Silicon Valley. If you are ever in a group watching one of these two, look around. You will immediately be able to tell the ones who have worked in the tech industry by the slightly pained "Ha-ha-ha, but....... That actually happened to me two months ago" look on their faces.
Funny trivia: swingline didn't make a red stapler before this movie. The set department just painted it red. After this movie so many people wanted a red stapler they started making them!
I won't name the giant mega corporation that I used to work for but to give you an example of how crazy things are these days we were subjected to random searches upon entering the office although they never defined what kind of contraband they were looking for, you could get written up if you didn't use the handrail on the stairs or had loose shoelaces or went one mile above the speed limit while driving on the facility. You could even get fired for it. Even when I would take an Uber or Lyft or a company car I was responsible for what the driver did. So if I call to lift to pick me up to go to the airport and the guy sped on his way in even if I wasn't in the car I would get written up. They even had a custom mandatory app for our company issued phones where your fellow coworkers could take a picture of you and report you to your manager if you committed any of these horrible offenses. But we all put up with it because they pay more than anybody else... SMH
I am literally living this life right now. We have a time off board at work and I am intentionally altering my schedule to avoid my boss. If I'm not there when she is then in theory she can't fire me.
I'll be honest, this movie starts SO SLOW. I like it, but I have a hard time making it thru the first like... Third. I realized I should mention, I feel this way about Grandma's Boy, too. They're both in my favorites list.
His neighbor....the dude with the mustache....he's also in a movie called 'Napoleon Dynamite'. A low-budget independent cult classic......that's funny as hell & bizarre in every way.
Who was he in Napoleon Dynamite? I really liked that movie. I actually saw Jon heder at Comic Con. He was jokingly mocking a woman who was filming him from a distance, he was using lots of Napoleon Dynamite-isms but she really didn't get it and got super offended. We all thought it was hilarious though. Didn't really understand why she was filming him if she didn't get his humour 🤷🏻♂️
They painted Milton's stapler red so it would stand out. Swingline didn't make a red stapler at the time. After this film came out they received so many calls from people asking for red staplers they created one and to this day it's their biggest seller.
I have unfortunately (or fortunately!) But what a reaction that would've been. It's actually one of my favourites. I have the book too! I remember buying it on DVD after hearing about Hunter S Thompson. I watched it a lot 😅
Stephen Root, who plays Milton, is a prolific character actor. He's also been in Get Out, NewsRadio, DodgeBall, The Man in the High Castle, Idiocracy (from Office Space writer-director Mike Judge) and several Coen Brothers films. Gary Cole has worked mostly in TV on shows like Suits, Veep and Mixed-ish. David Herman was on the American variety show MADtv and is mostly a comedian and voice actor. Diedrich Bader, who plays Lawrence, he's been in EuroTrip, Napoleon Dynamite, the Jay & Silent Bob films and a bunch of cartoons. Here's a fun fact. Swingline didn't make red staplers. The crew had to paint one red. It was only after the film that Swingline put out red ones.
That's some good trivia! Maybe a recognise Milton from Dodgeball 🤔 I'm also trying to think who Lawrence is in Napoleon Dynamite and Jay and Silent Bob because I do not remember him at all 😬 Idiocracy is definitely on the list by the way!
hey whats up man new subscriber here. love your reactions just saw your airplane and supertroopers reaction some of my favorite mvies. keep doing your thing man you will blow up. im calling it
I once heard someone say that at 15, this movie is a comedy, at 25, it's a documentary, at 35 it's a biography and at 45 it's a horror movie. I'm at the biography point...
This film was so great to me personally because I worked in a cubicle from the early 90's to 2008 and felt some of the same frustrations and bullshit office politics.
the thing i dont understand is that michael has a navy seal picture and a flag in his apartment, so we can ASSume that the meeting about stealing money at his place but lawrence heard it. So I guess they all live in the same building?
Add these to your watch list! The Fundamentals of Caring - (2016) Comedy/Drama - Paul Rudd/Selina Gomez Written and Directed by Rob Burnett Airplane - (1980) Comedy/Parody - Leslie Nielsen Written and Directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams The Fugitive - (1993) Action/Thriller - Harrison Ford/Tommy Lee Jones Directed by: Andrew Davis Alive - (1993) Biographical Survival/Drama - Ethan Hawke Directed by: Frank Marshall Gran Torino - (2008) Drama - Clint Eastwood Directed and Produced by Clint Eastwood Blow - (2001) Biographical Crime - Johnny Depp/bunch of others Directed by: Ted Demme American History X - (1998) Crime/Drama - Edward Norton/Edward Furlong Directed by: Tony Kaye
@@RyanCarrington Yes and so many funny lines and memes (like you noticed) came from this. The soundtrack is 10/10 as well. Glad you checked it out and enjoyed it!
so this will age me, but i need to explain what this movie did to me. it came out the year i graduated high school and for whatever reason peters mood / attitude has stuck with me ever since. it set in motion my need to do what made me happy. ive turned down job offers after meeting the "main boss" because it wasnt worth it! damn it feels good to be a gangster, "O" face & "jump to conclusions" have been phrases i have used for 20 years now!
I completely agree with this! I left a job earlier this year because it was making me so unhappy and just wasn't worth the money. Happiness and mental health had to come first.
Hey Ryan, I've checked out a few of your videos now and I think you have the vibe and the wit to be a bigger commentary channel! I'm going to give you a subscribe. Just one suggestion; try to make your talking and the video you're commenting on the same volume. It gets annoying having to adjust volume in between your talking and the movie. If its too low to hear the movie then I don't know what you're referencing a lot of the times, and if I just leave it it at a high volume your voice blows out my eardrums.
Yeah, I just checked this video out, and the volume is way lower than intended. It's a shame I can't just increase the movie track a few dbs. I think I've rectified this in newer videos though. I got unhealthily fixated on audio at one point haha Thanks for the sub. I appreciate it 🙏
ryan can you do me a solid and downmix the microphone audio to mono when using this mic, so that it's not fluctuating so much between left and right channels? cheers!