Movies Secretly Told From The Perspective Of One Character - After Hours 

trolltacular1 It's alright because I'm saved by the bell! It's alright...BECAUSE I'M SAAVED BY DA BELL! Can I get an amen!? Praise the bell!

Don’t buy it. Half the time Dan is the butt of the joke, and his win streak is pretty infrequent.

@@goroakechi6126 Which makes perfect sense with his self esteem issues.

doesn't he go to amsterdam ?

No.

Oh maybe I got him confused with Tarantino. He was in amsterdam for a few months to work on Pulp Fiction script.

Didn't he go on tour across Europe.

I'm pretty sure he went to Amsterdam too

You watched HIMYM and came away thinking that the guy made himself sound cooler than he was, and his idea of a cool guy was TED MOSBY? Ted's kind of a loser.

The whole point of that long winded story was to get his kids permission to ask out robin now that their mom is dead

Considering how long Ted has been Barney's best friend, he probably retold Barney's best playboy stories. But added his own personal flair of romance and dating, so it would sound believable to his kids.

This is actually better than how I handled it, eg, cheating on my wife

I feel as though that was confirmed? A _lot_ of episodes are seriously skewed by the fact that they're about what Ted finds important

Do they not just call it "Alcoholism"?

@@jabelzwavelz9124 Well, it’s more illegal so-

Paul Cipollini yap, couldn't agree more!

Paul Cipollini Same here

Absolutely one of the best! The Friends episode was (in my opinion) the singular best video they've done thus far.

the bonesauce Mine was the Genie one

And now it's over. So sad

***** I've got Dan-22 Soren-19 Katie-17 and Michael-16

Laura Wanco ....well we've Dan pegged. I think I'm just more relieved to know there is someone else Dan-enough as me to keep score

***** Well if it's a tie I give them all points.

***** But it's cool to see I'm not the only one who does this.

Laura Wanco That's what I've got, too.

And I'm willing to bet none of these theories are actually how the property came to be. They're just fun ideas.

Best theory is the one that comes from the horse's mouth - Joel told that one in an interview.

I just assumed that's what "real estate novelist" meant. It actually seems pretty clear. There's always that "writer" who has a day job and never actually publishes things.

Real estate novel is a real thing btw, it's "a writer who specializes in crafting stories centered around the buying, selling, or flipping of properties." But you are right

Na, Sorens.

Jack Hentschel it would make a lot more sense. Soren would just be the Zack of that World. very interesting I like it

Jack Hentschel but Soren rarely wins

OtherGonzo i feel its more in katies head, her sitting in a restaurant talking to her self or in this case other personality's, or personas, Micheal beings her sexual, no holds bar weird side, which is why micheal call her a whore in some of the after hours, and her projecting that by making micheal and hefty guy with a beard, Dan being her knowledge and shy/awkwardness side, being thats there both very knowledgeable about movies and shows, and her projecting that by making him a nerd like blad guy with glasses, and Soren being her outgoing cool side, were she see's the world revolve around her, making him the hottest piece of meat on the planet.

AaaBbb Ccc Michael isn't her sexual, no holds barred weird side, because we've already seen Katie be sexual no holds barred weird. Remember Indiana Jones? Eh?

Liam Walters NICE so all of the post-Toy Story 3 shorts is Andy imagining his toys are having the time of their lives when in fact... they're probably just being torn apart... On a similar note, I love how you're equating the toys wit Andy's childhood, I always saw Woody & Buzz as parents and the entire franchise being more about parenthood than childhood -- Andy doesn't have a dad, and Woody could symbolize his own dad while Buzz the new (caring), cool step-dad that mom introduces in his birthday before "moving to a new house." Toy Story 2 shows Woody, the first dad, juggling either moving to Japan for a better career/job or staying with Andy, and Toy Story 3 about letting go of your kid as they grow up and go to college with a strange bit about being put into an elderly home where the daycare doubles as an elderly home... ... hey it's a Cracked After Hours thread, I get to pop-culture off!

*Principal Belding

Dammit. Why didn't I think of that?

I gasped at this revelation. Excellent work!

Holy crap!

My dad's principal's name was Seymour Butts.

Stale Milk I approve

Also explains why he speaks directly to the camera so frequently. We're his imaginary friend.

Reese is a talented cook.

Would that also apply to the Francis subplots or would that be how things are from his perspective? ‘Cause that would explain why he’s constantly a target the people above him until meeting Otto and Gretchen when he’s at his lowest and thus viewing as pretty much the kindest people in the show.

Actually, now that I think about it, that could apply to any of the subplots. In reality, Hal is just a beaten down guy who wants some kind of importance in anything he does, Reese is just a guy with ADHD, Dewy is just a forgotten younger child who feels ignored by his family and wants any kind of power, and Lois is just an SJW.

That's actually confirmed. SPOILER In the series finale, it turns out the whole thing was Liz's granddaughter pitching a sitcom to NBC based on stories Liz told her. To ... Kenneth. Who, apparently, actually is some sort of immortal being and that wasn't just Liz's headcanon about why he never visibly aged.

@@MoonShadowWolfe or, is it how Kenneth the exec envisions the show as the writer tells him the stories. He put himself in the stories as an observer because it is his imagination.

If you listen to Billy Joel's explanation of the song Paul the real estate novelist was a real estate agent who swore he was making the Great American novel every person in that story was real Billy Joel Only actually played a piano bar for about 6 months waiting out a bad record deal and after working at that piano bar he realized he had to tell the story because no one's going to believe me anyway

​@@amylevin2280 Aha! I hadn't heard that, but I finally figured it out on my own, decades after I'd first heard the song. The old man wants his gin&tonic to be his late wife or something, the bartender wants to be a movie star, the real estate agent wants to be a novelist, the waitress wants to run for office, the businessmen want to be stoners instead of drunkards. Davy either wants civilian life, is closeted, or has PTSD from before he was discharged years before. And the narrator wants to be a carnie selling beer, I guess. I don't know how close I am to the author's intent, but the After Hours group doesn't care, and I agree; authorial intent doesn't always matter.

Goddamn bro, that's a deep cut. I've been working on a novel for 13 years... Kill me, please.

@@bok6122 Yeah, but coining words does, certain words and phrases had no existence in the written record before Shakespeare put them to paper, does that mean they aren't a thing? Before then sure, but they were after. Language come from a place, and if we take Dan's view then English is a dead language that will never expand to encompass new ideas and concepts, one of the most decidedly untrue things about English. Sure "real estate novelist" didn't take off, but that doesn't mean it is just a nonsense phrase. As for the observations on what he was actually describing in the Song... An old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin, just the busted old drunk who doesn't have enough cash to get proper pissed, so he is sipping his G & T. Taking it slow and savoring it, "making love to his tonic and gin". And the song he wanted Billy to play? Well, he has no one, it isn't a specific song he wants Billy to play, he wants a song about love. He had a special person when he "wore a younger man's clothes" and the feelings were sad and sweet, and he was completely invested, almost, he couldn't commit and he lost that person, and never had that connection again, probably taking to the bottle to make up for it. John at the bar, is a bartender, who wants to be an actor. That one is simple, New York or LA there are thousands of actors who are doing other work until they get their break. John is personable, and has the manners, but like so many won't ever get that break, but will never advance into a different dream, because he'll never commit to any other thing. The thing he could be successful at "killing" him, because it isn't his dream. Paul, as explained is a real estate broker, who always claimed to be writing the next "Great American Novel" but was always in the bar. He never had time for a wife, because like his novel, he never made time to actually work on a relationship, preferring to spend all his off time drinking. Davey, was David Heintz, Billy Joel met him in a pub in Spain, while Davey was in the navy, back in 1972. He was just another sad soul who (in the context of the song) was never going to progress past his current lot in life. A sailor during the Viet Nam war was one of the safest, least stressful ways to serve (a corpsman attached to a Marine unit, or a pilot flying combat missions being the exception), with tons of them never approaching the conflict. In any case this one he got wrong, Davey got married and had three kids with his wife, before passing away in 2003 from the complications of ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease). A waitress practicing politics, doesn't refer to political, as in running for office, but the idea of actions or words being politic, sensible, under the circumstances. In other words, she was practicing social politics. Any person in the service industry knows you do that when you are confronted by customers (particularly drunk ones) you keep your mouth shut and say what you have to in order to maximize tips. She was Elizabeth Weber, who ended up marrying Billy in 1973 (his first wife) and getting divorced from him in 1982. As for the businessmen who were slowly getting stoned, well way back when he wrote the song, stoned had fairly recently begun to mean get high, but Joel had grown up with it being a euphemism for getting drunk, so no aspirations to join the drug culture. Finally, "the piano sounds like a carnival" is just the jaunty music he plays, trying to get the bar patrons to forget about the sad reality that is life for many of them. The same way the calliope at a carnival portends the joys we associated with childhood, but the reality of the carnival is the gruff, vaguely dangerous guys working it, trying to bilk you of a bit of money in fixed games. The joy the "piano man" brings is a bit of a lie if you scratch the surface and really look at it. "The microphone smells like a beer", the more things change the more they stay the same, the bar and the piano were here long before him and will be here (or a place like it) long after, after years the microphone (specifically the foam covering it) has been spattered with the beer the piano player (him and those before him) has drunk, so that it will never not smell like beer. The people tip him and tell him how good he is at what he does, but he (or someone like him) will always be here, "the piano man" is really no better than anyone else there who wants to be more.

Holy crap, I think, with this theory, "Love Never Dies" actually makes sense. I never thought I'd live in a world where that was possible. It could work, though. Everyone always says Erik is nuts (and, in the story, he is), but what if Christine was crazy, too? Okay, there needs to be a film adaptation that works in this theory.

Andy's Mad HouseIt does! If it was all in Christine's head, "Love Never Dies" completely makes sense. She becomes the heroine of the story, having to save her husband from debt, having a perfect prodigy son, AND the psycho masked guy STILL wants her even after "TEN LONG YEARS!". And in "Love Never Dies", everyone wants something from her and the Phantom has built an entire theme park specifically for her. He may as well have named it "Christine Land".

Andy's Mad HouseCompletely agree. "Love Never Dies", if it happened in reality, completely undermines the original story (if THAT was even real in its own fictional universe . . .) I'm convinced now Christine is insane, Why else would she sleep with Erik the night before she got married? She got away from the psychotic madman who, in the original book, was going to BLOW UP THE OPERA HOUSE if she didn't agree to marry him. Erik could have been the hottest guy ever, but if he was that much of a murderous psycho, any sane woman would run as fast as she could.

Andy's Mad House I won't be able to look at the original story or LND the same way now. (Though I like to think, in the reality of the story, she ended up with Raoul and lived happily ever after) Wouldn't it be great if, at the end of LND, it just showed Christine in a straight jacket, singing in a cell in an insane asylum?

Yeah, she isn't exactly the most developed character. Then again, the original book was written in 1911. Female characters in books back then weren't exactly three-dimensional. And yeah, I feel bad for Raoul, too. He seemed like such a sweet, innocent guy. Granted, he does a lot of the same stalker-y things Erik did in the book, but at least he had Christine's safety in mind. And I like to think Raoul was drawn to Christine not just because she had a lovely voice and was beautiful, but because she filled something for him all his wealth couldn't/ You know, the classic "materialistic rich guy who's looking for more in his life to fill the empty emotional space".

Mew [Jacob/PwnAzn] They come out monthly

Mew [Jacob/PwnAzn] feels like it's been forever...I only just clicked on an old one to help with the withdrawal symptoms when I found this...do I watch it all at once or stretch it out for the whole month?

darnsmall you do both of them

Laura Wanco too late I watched it all...I need another one NOW!!!!!

darnsmall I've seen the all too.

Anthony Smith Yes it should have.

Anthony Smith i bet you they're gonna come back hard on it... there's so much interpolation there

Bryan McCormick they might

I really just gotta go watch more Wes Anderson. Only seen all of Moonrise Kingdom and Grand Budapest Hotel. How does that one fit in?

He sounds all right

Sean Birch ah yes, my favourite movie- pulp fiction

As a Hufflepuff, I think you got it backwards, and I know this is a dead comment, but I'm mildly irritated here. Harry wasn't thinking he was an underdog, he was an abused and neglected kid who spent most of his childhood treated like absolute shit. He latches onto people who show him kindness, that's not arrogance, that's him avoiding people like his uncle and aunt. Slytherin's don't like mudbloods, he was raised by a family who mocked his blood, so he actively avoids them as both Draco and Snape openly mock him. Ravenclaw targets people who want to learn and grow, Harry just wanted a family, he wasn't really there to learn or seek knowledge from reading (I also doubt his academics weren't stunted from always having to be worse than Dudley). Griffindor is about potential for action, rather than smarts or glory. The Hat just points out his potential, which it does for everyone most likely. Olivander knows of the prophecy and sees his potential as well. You say he's biased, of course he is! He was 11! People were HAPPY to know him, he was getting food regularly and had found family. You're mocking a child/teen for being happy in the absence of abuse, that's not very Hufflepuff of you.

Your missing saved the bell. He followed them to California from Indiana I believe

justanothernerdfightergirl Feeney doesn't deserve to be on this list.

I loved the Drake and Josh teacher. Especially the one where she walks in and her car is in the classroom.

Feeny was good

Feeny was a great mentor

Either the Arnold episodes are fever dreams or we are looking through Helga's eyes. Remember she does sta- follow him whereever he goes.

Indeed. Maybe I'm just a total psych nerd, but it annoys me when people use "sociopath" as a catch-all for "crazy person" when in fact it's a very specific disorder.

Right??? I'm a psychology major and mentally ill myself, so people not bothering to actually know what "sociopath" or "psychotic" actually mean is extremely annoying.

jim That sounds like a fantasy any normal selfish person could dream up of. Contrary to popular belief, you don't need to be a sociopath to be an insensitive, self-concerned jerk.

He IS a sociopath, just watch Funny or Die's "Zack Morris is Trash" on youtube. There's so many episodes that they review to show what a narcissistic, unempathetic p.o.s he actually was. It's hilarious, but also sad bc you begin to realize how blind nostalgia makes us.

I would say he's a schizophrenic rather than a sociopath

Zana Kate Agreed, next to OPCD and Screen Junkies' Movie Fights. Lovin' it.

Zana Kate Like the first 5 episodes were great now its really bad

Brayan Catano fuck no!

Jari Green Yes!! I wanna see DOB in Movie Fights!

Yes, please

Name Display Me too and yet it was very interesting and entertaining

Oh god I'm so happy I'm not alone.😅

Name Display I understood the Wes Anderson movies, Courage & Pulp fiction references..... but I've never seen those soaps they were talking about..... the video was entertaining though.

Name Display Me too, and Soren seemed completely drunk in this one

Name Display Same, I saw none of those movies (except pulp fiction)

mthlay15 yep teens thinking their so "hip"

Yeah I miss after hours

You were probably making them feel inferior, talking about something they didn't understand. Like reality. :-P

How you like them apples?

He was probably talking about the Saved by the Bell dream theory.

Connor Tyler What do you mean when you say you were “challenged by”?

This happened to my brother, dude at a college party singled him out because he looked like a "fucking nerd". Zero indication of this other than wearing glasses. Who the hell are these guys?

Nor did their own graphics department.

It literally says at 1:12

Omg Forest Gump would win that one!

Catt C Explain?

+Kelsey likesicecreamandBatman there's a cracked afterhours vid on it.

Not sure what you mean by" morally wrong movies we laugh at without a thought", but I'd like to. Could you elabourate?

+payson terhune I think he means shows that are morally bankrupt or that teach terrible lessons, or rely on racial stereotypes. Kind of like the "Stereotypes you still see in every movie."

Aaron Carnes Is this an attempt to make Hawkeye relevant?

***** You clearly haven't seen the film yet if you're still shitting on Hawkeye.

Have, he's still useless.

Aaron Carnes Plus in the Avengers movies, the other characters care about Hawkeye

Aaron Carnes Yeah, that would actually make the fact that he gets the most character development and everyone else's stories are glossed over kind of make sense. The other characters' arcs are like stuff that he was told later that doesn't really pertain to him, so he can only recount them in brief chunks without much detail. It would also explain perfectly why Ultron is created and then immediately starts attacking the Avengers. Ultron didn't really matter to Hawkeye UNTIL he started attacking them.

Yeah, who wrote this episode??

Will Cann Jack O Brien the Editor in Chief of Cracked.

violet6450 Hmm, one of the more well written episodes. I had just assumed one of the four wrote it.

Because she's wrong.

@@waynerembert3116 To me the kid isn't a sociopath, he's just a boy that wants to be liked and just get a little attention.

Wow the French are so primitive. I highly doubt that DVDs are very nutritious for kids.

Which is a pity, since most french people speak a little english at least, and most menus in Paris have and english version

Well, I did have the best croissants and baguettes I've ever had.

GuyWithAnAmazingHat French beer, or real beer?

Resetti's Robot Wars Replicas Does it matter? I think the OP is American and even French beer is better than that weird beer flavoured water they call beer in the USA.

Cracked So...most of our favorite shows and movies are the imagination/perspectives of the characters within. Another fascinating analysis by the After Hours group! Your next challenge is getting New Guy Alex to make another video featuring the booze-swilling business-type character he is playing in his 8 Reasons Advertising Doesn't Work Anymore video. I don't care if playing that character ACTUALLY drives him to drink, THAT is the character we like!

Cracked So what about the bar from HIMYM? For both the model of how you interact with your space, and as an example of perspective driven narratives.

Cracked Oh and how most of BBT takes place in the shattered mind of they guy who literally can't talk to girls, and his research leaves him alone staring in to darkness.

Tim O'callaghan Actually, there was a theory about the true identity of the narrator in HIMYM (unfortunately, the final disproved it). Ted died after the birth of his second child. Barney, who himself grew up without a father, decided to help Mother with childcare. When the children grew up they started to call him dad. And because Barney is the greatest trickster who ever lived, he decided to devote Ted's children what he himself never had. Happy childhood. Punch line was not about Ted, how he met their mother, but how Barney revealed the true identity of their father. He started the whole series, with tales of the relationship between Ted and Robin, because that's when he began to admire Ted. I know. This theory is crazy, and it was never too popular. But it would definitely serve as a better and more memorable end of this sitcom.

***** I would have loved that WTF ending, they should reshoot it.

Doom2Guy Tbh that hurt but it's a problem I'm working on, so it's fine

This is so obvious it's genius. I can't believe you're the only one to notice it, nice job!

Chilli A. I wonder why they didn't think of it?

Questioning magnificence is akin to blasphemy.

***** It's the beard that grows Swaim.

Chauncer But as we all know, beardliness is next to Godliness.

Don't take that long to growa beard if it fills in properly. I wish my damn beard didn't grow so fast

U should probably unsubscribe then coz they don't do them anymore

***** I'm in the club too

*soren

AxeltheRose www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Images2/Triton460BC.jpg

Soren is a d bag

so he's still hot

AxeltheRose people like you are what's wrong with the world

I just now saw that thanks.

no problem.... rip pikachu

Leah The Space Neko yep.

;-;

+Leah Katchur must have some shocking taste...sorry

The God Emperor What was overrated about it?

TheGrapeinc It wasn't THAT impressive of a movie. What did it do that was unique? The telling of a telling of a telling? Been done. The basic story? Been done. I mean, it's good, but it's not "ZOMG BEST MOVIE EVAR" like many critics I saw claim last year.

The God Emperor I think the augment of it's been done before isn't a good reason to call a film overrated. Star Wars was an updated version heaps other films and ideas, and that was still a great movie. Plus tell me another film not directed by Anderson that looks the way it does.

TheGrapeinc See, I don't think it's a bad movie, I'm just saying, it was getting overrated. Oh, and I call Star Wars overrated frequently. Because it is.

The God Emperor Mlorpe that is a terrible advice, do not recommend

That unfortunately was disproved by the show's creator.