Our First Time Watching Megamind Group REACTION 

When I was working at a movie theater, a projector went down and I explained the situation to that audience and that it'll be back up shortly. As I was heading out someone yelled out, "I love you!" I had to respond with "And I love you, random citizen."

There's a theory that the reason that Metroman chose music is because his powers won't help him. If he wants to get better, he actually has to try and put in the work to practice.

Fun fact, yellow roses represent friendship meaning that Megamind thought of Metro Man as a friend!

What I love about Megamind is he 100% has the power to take over the city but will still do his taxes on time 😂

It's a shame this movie is only now getting the recognition it deserves.

I love how even if you’re genre-savvy enough to predict the entire rest of the movie, the Megamind disguised as Metroman twist ALWAYS gets you. I don’t think I’ve seen a single reactor who guesses it until Megamind turns out to be Minion.

Fun fact: Megamind's colors (Black and blue) are Metroman's colors (White and gold) in negative, and wise versa. Marking them as opposites visually. EDIT: Also, if you use a negative filter on Metroman, not only will he have a black and blue outfit, but a blue skin as well.

If you wanna look back through the video, note the colours that Roxie wears. At the start, she's wearing Red, then as she starts coming around to Megamind as Bernard, what she's wearing changes to Purple. Then at the end, when she's accepted Megamind as he is, she's wearing Blue. Also, they cut out the mid credit scene: Bernard gets rehydrated in the washing machine and Minion has a go at Megamind for not emptying his pockets XD

I like how metroman wasn't upset Megamind became the cities hero but instead came to watch and smile.

my favorite joke of the entire movie is "i was just yelling at my mother...'s urn" gets me every time

One of the details I really like about the relationship between Metroman is the implication that while he started out genuinely disliking Megaman, as he matured he began to let his "rival" share the limelight each time they clashed. You can practically see his off-screen character growth, right up to the point where he eventually realized that all the pretending wasn't healthy or sustainable. Every one of their altercations would've been so effortless and un-engaging for him, but he could tell just how hard Megamind worked to set things up, so more then just play along he actively encouraged the guy with banter and narrow escapes. By the time the film starts, he's gone from rich schoolyard bully to unspoken friend. Just because you start off as a smug asshole doesn't mean you have to stay one.

Megamind is one of my favorite animated movies and it hurts my heart every time to think that it went up against Despicable Me (which had a similar premise) and lost - because Illumination had the Minions. I love all the Superman references too - although THE DISRESPECT from the group GAWD

I love how this shows that it's not a good idea to just give any random nerd super powers

It’s interesting that the first character to experience some growth was Metroman. You see right at the beginning when he says “I often ask myself: who would I be with you?” and he looked genuinely conflicted for a second until someone said they loved him, then he snapped right back into character. Metroman’s growth led to Megamind’s growth.

A classic movie. Also, I just realized that Megamind and Metroman is basically Lex Luthor and Superman but a way less toxic rivalry with Tighten being kinda like Bizzaro (about as strong as Metroman/Superman but lacks intelligence stats).

"I often ask myself... What would I be without you?" His answers? Free. Happy. This movie is amazing.

This movie is such a good example of “nice guy syndrome” where someone expects favors in return for doing nice things. That is not what true “niceness” is. The desire to do good, with no promise of reward. That is what being nice is about. I love this movie. The “Presentation” quote is the best.

I just love that Metro Man actually just took a moment (hah) to really look at himself and think about what he really WANTED to do, he didn't switch sides or go mad with power, he just looked at himself and decided he was happy just being music man.

Here’s the best way to look at Megamind, Metro Man and their effect on the world around them. They aren’t heroes OR villains. They are taking part in a school play and were assigned their roles. And they took both roles into being professional actors. It’s ALWAYS about the show, the presentation. Megamind’s methods never hurt anyone. It’s clear from how Roxanne treats his early threats. He wanted her to play her part, but like a show, it just LOOKS like she’s in danger. It’s all property damage, trolling…terrorism. But no one dies in this method. (You can’t possibly tell me he pronounces all those words wrong genuinely, and he just enjoys ticking people off by trolling them. He may be ostracized at school, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t hear people say these words.) He realizes he wants the other role, but he’s ASSIGNED his role, he can’t be another role unless he’s someone else. So he plays the director. And he made the WRONG cast choice but was too proud to choose someone else. He wants to escape not the show, but the tropes. He acts slightly entitled for Roxanne, but he is more saying I’m not ALLOWED to have these things because I’m the bad guy. You won’t LET me change. Metro Man straight up didn’t want this show anymore. He wanted another show. And one HE has to earn. Hence why he chose music. No physical training he always has done, no super power helping him do it, he has to actively learn how to play. And currently he’s awful and has to learn. Which is what he wants. Minion is more the backstage manager handling the costumes and helping the theatrics hit the perfect adrenaline. (Intentionally making those RIDICULOUS warm up times.) And when Megamind says he doesn’t want the role, Minion basically is saying the show may as well be canceled. Which it more or less was since all the cracks of the show WITHOUT Minion fell apart. Hal, was never in the show. He’s the camera guy. He WATCHES the show. He never played the role. He could only take what he assumed happened from watching. Metro Man got Roxanne because he saved her. Metro Man would never have died if he just put down Megamind. (There are MILLIONS of viewers that say that the hero should just kill the villain.) Not only was that untrue, but Hal never even fit in the roles in the first place. And showed exactly why someone LIKE Hal can’t have those powers. Because it’s not the power, it’s their control. And he has NONE. Because he never caught on this was a performance. He could act as he pleased because he wasn’t a character in the show. Roxanne realized as time went on how these guys saw their role and she decided to snap these people out with REALITY and not playing into their show. And it just kept getting her stuck in various versions until Hal was powerless, and she understood Megamind really was just as human as the rest of them.

I really like that both Metroman and Megamind were not bad people who had a lot in common but on opposite ends. Even their colors are the complete opposites of each other. And they clearly had a good and healthy relationship with Megamind also looking up to MetroMan lol Edit:My spelling

i just noticed how megamind is different to other genius archetype characters like other genius characters are always "5 steps ahead" while megamind is smart in the present, he don't think much about the future, he's literally living and enjoying the moment

Superman is MEANT to be OP. When written well, his story is about him , despite his insane power, wanting to remain morally upright and be able to relate to normal people.

A theory on why Megamind was just kept in prison since infancy: his own safety. If the prison gave him up, the government wold be the first to snatch up the alien life form that couldn't yet advocate for itself and disappear it into some underground lab forever. The warden and any other prison official who watched over him from the beginning probably realized that and did the best thing they could in the situation. As long as Megamind was under the prison's jurisdiction, the government couldn't touch him.

When Megamind goes to get Roxanne after she finds out he’s been Bernard the whole time, and says “I can explain”, the camera slightly pans to show one of his “No you can’t” posters.

As a kid I thought Titan became evil due to getting metroman's powers, turns out he was always evil

"Your weakness is COPPER?!" will always be my favorite line

3:51 no it’s not just Superman is OP. Superman is the Super Man. He’s the hero that defines what being a hero is. A well written Superman is that bar all the other heroes, even Batman in one way or another try to reach. He’s there to show you don’t need to be perfect, you don’t need to be the best, because often times Superman isn’t always either. But by working hard and sticking to your beliefs, you can at least try to be that.

10:22 If you actually slow down the frames, you'll see a brief glimpse of MetroMan in hyperspeed.

H man “superman is my favorite hero” Ok it official H man is the most relatable guy in the groupe

Fun Fact: in the beginning of the movie roxie dress is red, the opposite of blue, as she gets to know "bernard" her dress is shown as purple and finally when she and Megamind are shown in the end together she wears blue

4:04 oh no more superman slander. As a superman enjoyer it really shows how little people know about him because of a stigma they made in their head. That making new power stuff was back in the 50s.

This move is underrated it was my childhood fr 🔥

This movie is so good. Glad you were able to finally watch it. Megamind going "Presentation!" is probably my favourite scene in the movie.

Megamind and the first HTTYD both came out in 2010. I don't think Dreamworks had back-to-back bangers like that again until 2022.

One of my favorite animated movies. I'm glad you guys liked it so much.

The fact MegaMind’s taste in music that ranges from AC/DC to Ozzy Osbourne and even Michael Jackson. That’s just wickedly good! Perhaps they added AC/DC as to poke fun at Iron Man’s use of it at the time of MegaMind’s release? Or the fact RDJ himself was to play MegaMind at one point, but couldn’t due to schedule conflicts.

The most important thing in a super villain is the presentation

4:08 Spoken like someone who has never read (or even watched) a good Superman story

Tell me you know nothing about Superman without TELLING ME you know nothing about Superman

Bro, this movie was impressively ahead of its time. I mean, the main villain is literally an incel.

this movie is awesome! every joke is so well-written it ends up landing every single time, even after tons of rewatches, and the plot itself is genius just like Megamind himself says... PRESENTATION!!

Megamind 2 will break your hearts. Its so bad.

Damn Boom... With that take on superman, its clear that he is one of many who don't understand what his story and character actually represents.

The sun is warming up

Megamind is to the Super Man mythos what The Incredibles is to the Fantastic Four. Basically one of the best versions put in film, just really capturing what's great about those type of characters.

You really shouldn’t be so down on Superman. There’s a lot of poorly written Superman, but there’s also a lot of really good Superman stories. The best stories will never revolve around whether Superman can beat a villain, because if that’s the question, the answer is yes. The best stories revolve around whether he can save someone. For example there is a great section of All Star Superman where he has to talk a suicidal girl down from a ledge and does it completely without powers, just comforts her.

I love y'all but I will not be taking this Superman slander. Especially in the animated Justice League show, his character is awesome. He's a perfect balance of ultra-powerful, and country boy (or "boyscout", as Batman calls him), and is all around charming. His foil with Batman especially helps his character shine through, both of them having the same morals but different methods, and a fun brotherly relationship where their opposing personalities bounce off each other. The Christmas episode of that show is one of my favorites, showing Clark's insistence in believing in Santa (granted, he's real in the DC universe), and the fact that his parents wrap his presents in lead so he can't peek.

Megamind named Hal “Titan,” and then Hal spelled it “Tighten” for a joke about his stupidity. The hanging pages in Roxanne’s apartment spell out “Titan.”

Solid reaction to a fantastic movie. A brilliant subversion on the superhero genre. Megamind never was an evil person. He was just a poor rejected soul that was pushed to that role of a "villain" cos he never had any other purpose or place of belonging. But he never was a bad person. Roxanne's line to him in the rain "did you really think I would be with you?" just broke my heart. It reinforces his insecurities. Why he was a villain in the first place. Cos he has nowhere else to belong, no one would accept him. That line from Roxanne brought him back to that harsh reality, after enjoying the dream as Bernard. His act as Bernard is who he truly was underneath the villain act. An intelligent softspoken person who wanted nothing but a connection with people. I love the growth from both him and Metroman. With Metroman, he always seemed like that dude that was a showoff prick as an immature kid... but with maturity, he actually turns out to be a decent dude. His rivalry with Megamind later on after the childhood years always looked liked a constant gag you pull with a friend. Even if Megamind never got that vibe, they really were friends in the end. Metroman knew Megamind never was a bad guy either, which was why he was so proud to see him be the hero accepted by all. Hal (or Tighten lol), is the definition of the Nice guy. The man legit thought just being nice or the "hero" gave him the right to get the girl. Just shows he never saw Roxanne as a person with her own feelings and desires, but as a conquest that he was entitled to. Just cos he was Nice. As a kid I never saw the red flags from him. Even from way back in the very beginning of the movie. I just saw him as a goofy chill dude and comic relief. But seeing the movie now as an adult, yeeah no wonder Roxanne never gave him a chance. She definitely felt those vibes coming from him. Even with Megamind who was chucking buzzsaws and shark tanks at her, she felt more safe and comfortable to be herself. I never got the sense she felt comfortable being with him, much less alone.

Fun fact: at the beginning of the movie, Roxie wears red, then switches to purple when she’s falling for Megamind, then finally at the very end she wears Blue to the opening of Megaminds museum thingy. Which I think is a really cool detail. Honestly this was one of my favorite movies of all time while growing up, and probably still is.

PEAK DREAMWORKS RIGHT HERE this movie is so awesome

Love the end credit where Minion is washing Megaminds clothes and Bernard reappeares in the washing machine

One of the many lessons this film teaches is that there is a difference between being a "good guy" and being a "nice guy". Namely that the latter is prone to becoming an unhinged creep if they don't get their way.

Okay the Superman slander is crazy, Superman is the embodiment of what being a human is, that’s the difference between him and super markiplier, Superman is truly human when written correctly while the other has an ego one that Superman doesn’t have Superman is willing to sit with a suicidal person for days, spend months of earth to find 1 little girl, while metro man sees the people of metro city as a thing

I saw this in the theater with my little sister (who would have been a pre-teen at the time). When the scene of Hal asking Roxanne to the party came up, she had me lean over. She whispered, "If this was an episode of SVU, he'd be the bad guy, right?" O_O Did not expect that question, honestly. But she was right.

The fact that yall accurately predicted events in the movie before they happened was incredible

Good reaction but man that superman rant was painful to hear you’ll definitely haven’t seen him in a proper way superman is a character is pretty complex he’s an outsider in our world made out of glass but as a person and in the inside he’s just a human because he was raised by humans that’s why he tries to protect life at all cost that’s why even when he’s basically a God he still takes time Out of his day to stop people from committing suicide help old ladies cross the street save a cat from a tree etc.

If Megamind didn't come out VS Dispicable Me, it could have been the big superhero/villian movie.

4:50 I guess but flash has a museums built after him and he’s one of the best heroes ever

I'm kind of bummed you guys saw the subtitles for the Titan/Tighten joke. That reveal where it shows Hal lasered "Tighten" in the city made me laugh out loud.

I love how Tatian is just an Incell who has powers 😂

I love that Zack Snyder saw Metro Man walking on water and said "THAT! BUT UNIRONICALLY!"

Megamind is basically one of my childhood favorites. Also, I am so excited for the upcoming series in the near future

You have no idea how happy I was when I saw this notification. I love Megamind and I’m glad you guys enjoyed. And also, David Cross that voiced Minion also voiced Crane in the Kung Fu Panda franchise!

To their point near the beginning superman is already a fully developed character, that is the entire point, he is quite literally supposed to be nearly perfect

I’m so surprised of how much awesome stuff y’all haven’t seen! Glad You’re both able to experience it And share it with all of us.

Btw this movie has many scenes that are pure gold but my favorite's gotta be when Megamind prompts Tigthen to initiate some witty banter and the guy's just *[angry screaming]* 😆 On another note, something I like is Roxanne starts to embrace her feelings for Megamind after finding out Metroman was actually alive, meaning the guy she loved wasn't actually a murderer. Obviously seeing Megamind risk his life to fix his mistake, stop Tighten, and save the city, were what probably confirmed she fell for the right guy but I'm pretty sure she was willing to give him a chance before that. Metrocity on the other hand, they never find out Metroman didn't die yet they all accepted Megamind cuz he saved them... they just forgot about Metroman or didn't care that their current hero had previously killed a hero huh

I am so glad Metro Man learned to not be a douche. He just wanted a different life. That’s some pretty cool character development.

The biggest travesty in animation the last decade was that this movie got pushed to the sidelines because Despicable Me came out like half a year earlier.

This movie is a goldmine

H-Man hasn't made a wrong guess. You've definitely watched this before.

I respect yall but this just screamed “i never read a superman comic” 😂

My favorite thing about this movie is that the actual villain is just a creepy incel that refuses to respect that no means no

Alternate titles include "Megamind versus Incel Man" and "How a compulsive catfish saved the city"

fun fact if you pause during megamind is waiting for the weapon to kill metro man in the city. you can go frame by frame and see metroman show up for a second in megamind screen but metroman will glitch for a second. in real time metroman screen will glitch for a second

Ain't no way I heard guy in the top right say that Superman never gets character growth and gets new powers out of nowhere to deal with his problems. That's such a silly surface level observation of the character that it genuinely hurts. That's how I know he's never read a Superman comic in his life or watched anything Superman related 😐

Such an underrated masterpiece

My FAVORITE thing is Tighten saying AND THERE IS NO QUEEN OF ENGLAND Bc now there’s not and there historically never was 😂😂😂

If I had a nickel for every time DreamWorks made a criminally underrated animated movie that was a parody/subversion of superhero tropes that I outright love to pieces, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird (and great) that it happened twice. (For anyone else wondering, the other movie I’m thinking of is Captain Underpants)

That dude of the bottom right FOR SURE already watched that movie like 10 times before

These guys never had a child hood

With all the different versions of Superman that have spawned over the years (many of which had the same idea behind them) I think the original superman is still better. There's a lot of stuff filmmakers and animators could do with him, taking an inspiration from so many comics.

They all basically already knew the plot :( Hal's true fate, MetroMan's status, the copper, and even the guard being Minion..

At least we know Boom hasn't read a superman book before. I bet he let's batman 10 years of prep time.

The amount of superman slander in this video makes me el sadge, the only people i know or see who diss superman are usually the people who have only seen the live action films (which isnt a bad thing it just is what it is), people who have wanted the animated films and read the comics know that superman is amazing and it doesnt matter about powerful or strong he is physically, sure there are fights and etc, but the best part of superman is his heart, compassion and kindness. Parodies or edgy stuff with 'Evil' superman are just boring and completely miss the point of the character (most of the time, with metro man being among the few good parodies). I just really wish people would stop thinking superman is boring when hes great. Hes chill, likeable, down to earth and a kind soul, which stuff outside of animated films and comics very rarely get right. But still as always really liked the vid

I was literally just looking to see if you had done this one after seeing a megamind meme. That timing!!

I’m impressed with how many events in the movie they were able to predict. Great reaction

Man this movie was a crazy to enjoyable to watch with you guys 😄I did hear a rumor that next year or two years from now, we might be getting a Netflix series or sequel coming up. I hope it worth checking out or witness more story for Megamind

Why is nobody talking about how amazing Ben Stiller is. I didn't recognize him as Bernard at all.

This is the eternal conflict the "Nice Guy" vs The nice guy.

Anyone who says Superman is the worst has never read superman comics.

Metroman had capes and costumes like Elvis. I think he wanted to be Elvis. And then his "mantle" (cape) of being the hero was passed on to Megamind.

been waiting for something like this

I swear H man watches these movies before hand 😭😭

Megamind quickly became my favorite movie when it came out. I watched it so many times I could recite the movie as it played. Still love it as an adult.

3:36 wow, this small short term of events hurt me lol. One said supes is his favorite hero which is dope because he's in my top 5. And then one calls him the worst. Lol

The cool thing about Megamind waiting for Tighten in his robot is that it plays Back in Black for his entrance then Loving You as he waits, because that's what the speaker was playing when Minion had it earlier at the start of the film.

Woohoo, first. Love your guys reactions, have an amazing day!

A real hero doesn't need a museum huh? Then I guess the Flash isn't a real hero since he's got his own museum

30:35 biggest pre-watcher of the century