*I thought this was a COMEDY!!* Mars Attacks! (1996) Reaction: FIRST TIME WATCHING (Tim Burton) 

To this day it amazes me just how much Tim Burton stacked this cast.

Yes Nicholson played 2 characters. Story has it that the studios were upset that his president character died in the movie, so Burton wrote him a second character, just to ceremoniously kill him off again to spite the studio.😂

One of these days I'll work out why, generally, no one in the US liked this at the time, here in the UK it absolutely landed, perhaps the humour was maybe too British, even though it was a US production. It's an utter blast to watch and I love it dearly.

The old Grandma was the case worker in beetlejuice. There's so many people in this movie, everybody is somebody.great reaction

A few fun facts: Jack Nicholson accepted the role without reading the script because he had such a good time working with Tim Burton on Batman. Also [SPOILER WARNING] Tim Burton was repeatedly instructed that he couldn't kill off Jack Nicholson's character in a movie so he decided to cast him in 2 roles in this film and kill him off in both.

The Mar Attacks trading cards from the 60s were infamous for their violent content. They depicted various people and animals being dispatched in gruesome ways by Martian invaders. Parents were outraged. Which only made the cards cooler to kids. Last time I checked, complete sets went for hundreds of dollars. Probably a lot more now. The movie caused a resergence of popularity and Topps published a number of Mars Attacks comics.

This movie traumatized me as a kid, the design of the aliens was the scariest thing I'd ever seen. The comedy went over my head, i was too young to get it. I had nightmares, and if I saw the movie cover in blockbuster my heart would literally jump. Was legit scared of aliens for years, I still kind of am lol

The singer is Tom Jones, who is one of the most famous singers there ever was. He still performs. Whenever he has a concert the women have always thrown their panties on stage at him and they still do to this day. It was it was a good movie. I really enjoyed it when it came out. Thanks for reacting to it. 😊

This started off as a series of traiding cards. Many scenes were depicted on the cards as well. Also, the Martian's eyes were later used in Jeff Dunham's character Achmed the dead terrorist.

The very first Tim Burton movie I watched as a kid. Lost the count of how many times I watched on my VCR with my mother. She didn't liked as much as I did at the time, but she still enjoys to watch with me once in a while. Also Mars attacks was a series of trading cards from the 60s; so most of the scenes and jokes and visuals were based on these cards

This movie scared the crap outta me as a kid. I know it's a parody now, but as a kid I was horrified because it seemed to me like a apocalypse scenario with bad writing. Now it's one of my favorite horror comedies.

Okay, so this is a Tim Burton movie. In Batman Returns, there are some in-jokes to Edward Scissorhands - *SPOILER ALERT* - The Penguin is the perceived version of Edward Scissorhands. - The last two nights out are inspired by Edward Scissorhands, with Edward playing the villain, and Jim playing Batman, including getting demonised innocently. The Ice Princess = Kim. Danny's van being driven recklessly = The Batmobile being driven recklessly. The Inventor's Mansion = Arctic World in the finale of both. So, I think Mars Attacks has some in-jokes!: *SPOILER ALERT FOR BATMAN, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, AND BATMAN RETURNS* - The grandma actress played a case worker in Beetlejuice i.e. a case worker for alien entities. - Jack Nicholson played The Joker and wipes the television camera screen with his hand in Batman, so that he can appear i.e. The Martians (the villains) wipe the television camera screen so that they can appear. - The Esmeralda actress from Edward Scissorhands is here i.e. the person who warns others to expel the alien-type entity - The Martians replacing Edward here. - Danny DeVito played The Penguin i.e. the way The Martians are defeated is with a sound frequency, this being the same way Batman defeated The Penguin by sending the penguins armed with bombs back to Arctic World. - Sarah Jessica Parker played Dolores Fuller in Ed Wood, the girlfriend of Ed Wood, and here, she again plays a girlfriend (I've never seen this film, by the way).

Jack Nickolson, Jack Black, Annette Benning, Glenn Close, Natalie Portman, Michael J Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Pierce Brosnan, Danny Davito, NFL legend Jim Brown, Tom jones, Christina Applegate, Pam Grier, Ray J and so many other famous actors and actresses in this movie. Its literally one of the most star studded movies ever made.

It has violence, but its not really bloody at all. I always find that interesting. And I love how strange and dark humored this movie is. Total classic.

I remember watching this movie when I was around 12 and even though the CGI is not the best I shat my pants when watching this. For the longest time I didn't wanna watch any other alien movies and I certainly haven't rewatched this movie since. This is going to be an interesting reaction. Maybe I won't be scared anymore

Underrated. One of the funniest movies I've seen.

It breaks my heart the new generations dont know or recognize the legend of Martin Short :(

18:57 you're kinda right. For whatever reason, they thought the dove was an attack, but my favorite part of that, is they also took it as a sign earth was not surrendering peacefully. They thought earth knew it was an invasion and wanted to surrender peacefully, and "we come in peace" actually meant they come in peace, as long as earth doesn't fight back. Of course, it was all a lie anyway

5:16 You may want to check out Sister Act with Whoopi Goldberg.

My brother and I thought this movie was hilarious. We'd go around chasing each other like the aliens, but our "killer song" was "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones.

I'm glad this film is getting more attention. It's such a ridiculous and great parody. All those top actors dying in minutes.

The hotel collapsed by the Martians in Las Vegas was a real casino, called The Landmark. Tim Burton filmed the demolition of the hotel and used it in the film. Also, the junkyard of old Neon signs is a real place. It's part of The Neon Museum, and it's a popular tourist attraction in Vegas.

I think my Dad had slightly desensitised me and my little brother to violence and horror in movies (I definitely remember seeing things like Predator, Tremors, Poltergeist before I hit double digits) so this was just funny when it came out. We definitely went around hitting each other with things yelling “ACK ACK ACK ACK!” while my Dad cackled away at the ridiculousness of the movie.

The Martian Girl was played by Lisa Marie Smith.

That movie was such an unexpected pleasure. It managed to hit all the classic tropes while being continuously surprising

I recommend checking out the Original Red Dawn movie, it's definitely a classic.

Never realized this was a Tim Burton movie. I remember it made an impression on me as a kid. I remember it as fun and exciting, it was just too wacky to be taken as reality, but I think I found some of it scary. Pretty sure I had nightmares featuring those aliens.

I saw this in the theater with a bunch of friends on my 18th birthday, and we were just giddy and couldn’t stop laughing, high on sugar and life from my party. I’ll always love this film for that, haha

For such a star-studded cast, this was a weird damn movie but super entertaining all the same.

The aliens reminded me of the stereotype of the average American tourist

An alien invasion with the humour of Gremlins. Outstanding movie I loved it.

OMG! Jack Black's grandma is being played by the Maitlands' smoking caseworker in "Beetlejuice"! I saw this film first run in the theater with my then 8 yr old daughter. For the LONGEST time afterwards, we would "Ack, Ack...Ack-Ack-Ack!" at each other, whole 'conversations'. Lots of fun. My daughter was already a big Tim Burton fan. She was like a cheerful Wednesday Addams, a Lydia from "Beetlejuice". I actually remember the Topps trading cards for Mars Attacks, from my own childhood...

I watched that movie like million times back in my childhood. It's a great movie! Tim Burton did an amazing job!!! 😍💖

The real satire of this movie is satirizing how Americans would actually respond to an invasion like this. Which... _glances back at the last 2.5 years_ Yeah, seems accurate.

Also: watching this movie in black and white makes the violence so much more grisly.

OMG r u serious? Glenn Close is one of the biggest actress in Hollywood. Shes very tallented. 8 nominations for oscar

The best part of this movie is that Slim Whitman's yodeling saved the day. There was a rumor that some at NASA wanted to play "Indian Love Call" from one of the rovers after it landed on mars, just in case..

My childhood favorite movie

hi Thor i've got a movie you should watch its called snow white and the huntsman. it's basically like the original snow white, but there's no singing and there's action in it. the person who plays snow white is Kristen Stewart

We find these aliens kind of funny because of the way they make fun of people and the twisted way they kill some people, they are funny bad guys, a bit like the 'Gremlins' or the 'Minions'

On the dvd special features, you can change the soundtrack so its all completely in the Martian language 🤣🤣

I don't know what it says about me as a kid... but I was never scared of the aliens. This was one of my favorite films as a kid. When we went on road trips our van had built in TV and VHS and this was a staple. We were always watching it. I remember watching this at like 4-5 years old, laughing my twisted little butt off.🤣🤣🤣 Signs though... that movie gave me nightmares for 2 weeks straight. My family still references this movie, randomly talking like the aliens, ack ack ack, or singing the song that kills them, singing the one the guy on stage is performing. All of those things still go around during family reunions. Then again I also grew up watching Tim Burton.

I've heard that much of this movie is based on a weird line of those collector cards you buy in blind packages that usually also contains a stick of gum. Both the title and a lot of the visuals comes directly from that. Like the burning cows in the beginning. And I don't think those collector cards were based on anything in particular more than the whole trend of invasion Media at the time. Kind of weird inspiration and you end up with a weird movie. 😅

This movie is brilliant! I often re watch it is very fun!

This movie is so weirdly crazy and funny and that’s exactly why I love it. I love how it has such a stellar cast but it really doesn’t take itself too serious. Also grandma is the best character.

The score is one of my favorite parts about the movie too.

Thank you mars attacks for giving us the hit game 'Destroy All Humans'...thank you

Actually, back in the early 1980s, When Howard Stern was a WNBC, He did a bit about Martians invading Earth, and Slim Whitman using his singing voice to defeat them. I'd sure like to find a copy of that bit.

This film was made from the Trading Cards (like Baseball Cards with Gum) that came out sometime in the early 60s but were pulled from the market after being judged too Violent for kids. I recall getting a few before they were pulled. They fetch a high price now on Ebay as Collectors cards! Wish I still had the ones I got but they're long gone.

I really did think it was the dove that set them off, but then seeing how much fun they were having in destroying them all, it made me think they just wanted any reason at all to go ape. When I first saw this it was with my sisters, it scared the crap out of them but I had a ball. It was so over-the-top and unexpected from anything involving aliens that I'd ever seen I just kept watching whenever it came on. I liked the vibe, the design of the aliens. Gotta be honest, I was 100% on their side to destroy. Can I recommend if you never saw it The Witches with Angelica Houston, The Pink Panther with Steve Martin, and War of the Roses.

"has word not gotten out to these poor performers" XDD, It's TOM JONES!

If I remember correctly, the hotel that Jack owns was a real hotel scheduled for demolition. They were able to use the actual demolishion for the destruction scene.

I'm glad this film is getting more attention. It's such a ridiculous and great parody. All those top actors dying in minutes.

The writer explained why the Martians attacked. They are as$holes. Pure and simple

My thoughts on Mars attacks: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. You’ll have to watch it to see what I mean.

"Do the martians have two sexes like we do?" says the most androgynous person ever lol. I love that joke.

Martians from Mars attack are one of my all time favorite villains. They are not just generic evil invading aliens. They are just jerks and I guess trolls is better term just having fun doing this evil stuff and for no other reason because they can.

omgggggg you dont understaaaand!! my sister and i looooved this movie as kids!!!!! to the level i learnt to do the aliens noises hahahaha my fave tim burton movie hahahaha omg...thor is too young to remember the donuts commercials with the finger pointing up...im gonna go cry cause im old..skjdklashdfkdshfkldhjf "is that natalie portman?" he says after at least 3 natalie scenes and her name in the credits hhahahahahah

This movie is so strange in the best way, I'm so happy that Byron survived and made it home to his family

My favourite Burton movie. Epic.

My cousin had a 1:1 statue of one of the Martians, the first time I visited their house as a child I ran into it while looking for the bathroom and almost choked to death on a cheese cube.

One of the greatest alien invasion movies out there. Both trolling the alien invasion genre and being an apex alien invasion movie in genre too. If you can, check out the Mars Attacks comics. Those are epic!

It's a great send up of all those late 50s early 60s b movies. They even used late 50s early 60s military vehicles, guns and uniforms. Another more modern sci fi comedy movie that follows late 50s early 60s sci fi b movie formulas and tropes to the letter is Evolution.

I think Burton was channeling “the worst director of all time” when he made this film, that real life director is Ed Wood; his films are known as the worst ever made, but in that they have their own charm. With that said two things, you should watch probably his worst film Plan 9 From Outer Space and then watch Tim Burton’s biographical movie about Ed Wood entitled simply, Ed Wood, (Starring of course one Mr. Johnny Depp.) it’s also a behind the scenes look into him making his films and the “stars” that were in them, including the making of the aforementioned Plan 9 film. On Nicholson, I hope you watch One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest someday!

I was 14 when this came out and got free tickets to a pre-viewing by this job I interned at. Best. Film. Ever!

I have had nightmares about the robot martian GLIDING woman for TWENTY FIVE YEARS. (Watched at a friend's house, fell asleep and woke just in time for HER. I'm actually comforted by this rewatch, what with advancements in cgi it's much less terrifying)

If I remember correctly, the trading card game for the Mars Attacks series more or less heavily implies that humans came from the martians breeding with the primitive primates. They pretty much left humans on their own for some time, and pretty much grew disgusted with their creations

13:09 That's funny because, over a decade ago, Jack Black was initially cast as Green Lantern, another superhero. Black was eventually replaced by Ryan Reynolds when the movie got made, but it's interesting to imagine if it happened.

Grandma was in Beetlejuice

If you were paying attention, you'll notice during the press conference that the reporter who asks if the Martians have two sexes like we do is a very androgynous looking female with a deep voice. that's why she gets those odd looks from Martin Short and Jack.

It wasn't preachy because it was a film from the 90's, back when movies were for entertainment and not for talking down to any groups of people lol

I made the 666th like. Always love being the one to do that. HAIL SATAN AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY~!! Rediculousness aside, I love these reaction videos. Such a fun way to revisit movies and get someone else's perspective~

I was debating on who I had a crush on more Pierce Brosnan or Lukas Haas

Ack. Ack ack ack. Ack ack! Ack ack ack ack ack!

One of my favorite parts of seeing people react to this is the reactions to finding out the cast

To answer the question you pose towards the end, this movie came out when I was in my 30's, so I knew exactly what they were going for when they made it. It is both an homage AND a parody of 50's-60's low-budget sci-fi flicks. Also reminiscent of the 50's-60's "all-star cast" comedy movies such as "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." So it was a huge throwback for this kid who watched a lot of those lame sci-fi flicks as a kid on TV. I thought it was perfectly insipid. And who doesn't love grandma?

This is a perfect kids movie

I watched this movie when I was very young and the martians were the stuff nightmares are made of for me for YEARS 🤣🤣🤣 It took me a lot of time to rewatch the movie as an adult 🥲

Dont run we are your friends....

have you ever seen snakes on a plane? when you were talking about hte mix of people you want to see die and the ones you want to survive i immediately thought of that movie.

Yes! I've been waiting for this. One of my top five favorite movies.

“They came in peace….” Releases dove.

This movie is mean-spirited, nasty, violent, misanthropic, sadistic, rather pessimistic towards the human species as a whole.... and I FUCKING LOVE IT ! So don't run, we are your friends...

good old Alien films earth vs the flying saucers War of the worlds 1953 Plan 9 from Outer Space Invasion of the Body Snatchers 20 Million Miles to Earth robot monster other modern films about Aliens MIB Mac and Me ET My Step Mother is an Alien Earth Girls Are Easy Spaced invaders Killer Klowns From Outer Space Batteries Not Included Flight of The Navigator Independence DaY Howard The Duck Explorers Iron Giant Superman Transformers My Favorite Martian 1999 Coneheads Project ALF Close Encounters of the Third Kind Planet 51 Green Lantern Mars needs Moms CJ7 Enemy Mine Star Trek IV The Last Starfighter Cocoon K-PAX Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy signs the doomsday prepers are in matinee Blast from the Past also the video game Destroy all humans has this same idea and humor and you may also like the series Invader Zim Gremlins is also a lot like this . Wonder who would win in a fight?

You've probably already know this by now but the female bus driver was Pam Grier. Her brother Rosey Grier played in the NFL. Slim Whitman FTW!!

Ack ack ack ack ack!

You should watch Spaced Invaders from 1990..

This was painful. So many missed references, so many missed jokes. Yes that's Nicholson in two roles. Omg. This movie was not made for you kids 🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 I will definitely skip over ANY reaction vid of yours I see after this. Holy mother smeg 🤦‍♂️💀

“Do the martians have two sexes like we do?” Credited as ‘Female Journalist’ played by Coco Leigh who for whatever reason is dressed as a man and has her audio down-pitched. Because funny..? It’s a weird movie. Just go with it.

THANKS for this reaction ! i always love your enthusiasm 😁👍

You should watch "BIG FISH" next. It's also a tim burton movie. One of my favorite films by tim burton

I LOVE this movie - it is so madly crazy, lots of famous actors and really shows it loves to the 1950s tradingcards that it is based on. ANYONE thinking it is a deep and serious film is sadly misstaken. It is the SF version of Beetlejuice. It is just a fun flick no need to think just watch and enjoy

I'm new subscriber love your reaveiws! Yes Tim Burton works with the same people in most of his movies! I've worked on many of Tim Burton's and Johnny Depp movies! I do practical effects and Tim Burton's one of the best to work for! And Mars attacks was a comic book back in the fifties! And would love you to do Tim Burton's movie Ed Wood and Big fish!

In the theater 😂😂😂 I thought Tim Burton was genius in how some of the atmosphere was creepy but yet goofy. All-star cast and just not taking it serious. I was 16 at the time. I also have it on DVD. The trading cards are scary to me 😂 some of them. The infiltrator (woman with big hair) was scary and fave part🎉🎉🎉

Thor, I disagree with your assessment that this movie is more of a satire than a parody, but I can see where you're coming from - It's designed as a parody of old, science fiction, B movies from the 50's and before that time. I heard it's a homage to Ed Wood because Tim Burton did a biopic of him before this movie. Personally, I think this film is very good - The different factions with their character units, the cheesy special effects and designs, the simplicity of the characters, the simplicity of the villains' evil, the rousing, majestic triumphant feeling of victory by the heroic characters, is all cut from sci-fi B movie cloth, and lovingly parodied with amusing humour. The sheer, over the top evil of the Martians satirises the simple, uncomplicated, emotionally dramatic, and massively powerful threat of overwhelming alien threats from sci-fi B films in a hilariously, darkly subversive and twisted way. The movie also becomes a fun game of seeing who will live and die. The Martians in this film are actually one of the most memorable villains of all time to me, as I've never someone/people go to such a huge and widespread extent for a mission, simply due to being sadistic jerks. The reason I wouldn't call the movie great is because, I just think it could distinctly be a bit funnier - Certainly not an all-out laugh riot as it's not intending to be that, but just a bit funnier. I think it could've been more comedic and had more laughs. Perhaps, some brief Martian subtitles here and there could've added some comedic gems at various points. I could easily see 'Martian profanities!' being written when the Martian operating the giant machine is passionately and angrily chasing the ultimately heroic boy down the street, and 'Sheer, overwhelming, undoubtable laughter' written when The Martians intercept the message from the government about the apparent dove misunderstanding.

Yea that’s Jack Nicholson. Funny story. Jacks people told the director that he would do the movie but that they couldn’t kill Jack. So Tim Burton killed him twice.

I know I'm a bit late, maybe you see this or maybe you don't. This movie is a satirical parody of George Orwell's book "War of the Worlds"

Mars Attacks was based off a graphic trading card series. I’m here to help answer your questions buddy.

F**k yes I love this film so much x if you haven't seen it before could you please react to memoirs of a geisha or house of flying daggers they are both a couple of my fave films x Ty x ps love your reactions x

I watched this as a little kid and of course I missed the started of the movie saying it was a movie, I got to the part were the aliens meet the humans and they just straight up shoot a dove THEN A HUMAN, I thought it was real for the longest time. I find it funny as something similar happened to people of the radio era.