Wonder Woman Pitch Meeting - Revisited! 

I love how screenwriter guy doesn't even question the Borat accent, he just responds immediately with "my wivve" lol

he’s gonna draw a tree.

One thing I found funny about Wonder Woman was how she defeated Ares with a beam of light from her torso powered by love. She effectively saved the world with a care bear stare.

In "Hunt for Red October" the Russian characters start out speaking in Russian and at one point, near the beginning of the film, the camera pans past a column obscuring the character who's currently talking and when he comes back into view he's suddenly speaking English. I always thought that was a brilliant way to let the audience know that "OK, these guys are speaking Russian, but we've turned on the universal translator so you can understand them."

The "Chris" bit in this one was pure comedy genius. I've actually referenced it quite a few times since watching the original airing of this episode.

The "Chris" sequence was perfect. I'm saying before watching your commentary so I don't care what you tell yourself. I always laugh at it.

The Chrises segment is one of my favorite that Ryan's done. So good.

That’s the power of Pine-Sol baby…I mean Chris Pine

One of my favorite elements in _Inglourious Basterds_ was how Tarantino handled all the languages and subtitles, and that when they tried to fake their way they were caught both times.

The Chris skit was ahead of its time even now.

I'm bilingual in English and French in Montréal eating poutine right now and hearing you switch to French Canadian just made me go "wait wtf???" and you have a Thick accent too. that's incredible 😂

Interesting to see these two characters before Ryan leaned into their accent and mannerisms. "Things that (fill in the blank) are TIGHT!" "Barely an inconvenience!" Always entertaining. Thank you.

Hunt for Red October did the language switch really well so that we have the crews speak English on both sides and then when the Americans get aboard Red October her crew switch back to speaking Russian. Excellent handling of the language barrier issue.

What's amazing watching these old Pitch Meetings is understanding that not only did Ryan's style evolve, but he brought us all with him as he did.

Wow, I had forgotten I asked that question, and I had a "Leonardo dicaprio pointing at the screen" moment. Thanks for answering!

I am a MASSIVE Britanick fan! I got to take a virtual sketch comedy writing workshop Brian put on a couple years ago, it was such a great experience and I highly recommend doing one if he does more. For me, the funniest part of finding out you’re also a Britanick fan is that on the first day of the workshop, we were asked to bring in an example of sketch comedy to talk about it. I used “The First Guy to Ever Write Fiction” as my example!

Please do a Pitch Meeting for National Treasure! I feel like it's the perfect movie for one

Tom Cruise's German in Valkyrie was actually pretty decent. You can tell he put some work into learning the proper pronunciations. That's far from common in Hollywood productions.

The Chris dialog is by far the best thing you've ever made, and that's saying something! Your shit is awesome in general but this way beyond great.

My whole childhood and into my adulthood I have always gotten (or bought myself) a chocolate orange and had it in my Christmas stocking! One of the best chocolate creations in the world!

Ryan, please do not stop these revisited episodes, these are so good!

As a viewer from the UK, props to you for bigging up the Terry's chocolate orange. A local cultural phenomenon with the chops to make it international.

Hey Ryan! I was in a horrific wreck on the freeway over the holiday (spoiler alert, not dead), while listening to your James Bond pitches and during the crash itself heard your "super easy" gag, which was wickedly on point, and made the moment hysterical. Thank you

As someone losing their vision, married to someone who already has poor vision, I appreciate when movies/tv ignore translation issues and don't force subtitles on us.

Forgetting something and having to come back is how Columbo’s catchphrase “Just one more thing” came to be! The manuscript writer realized he had forgotten a question and rather than retyping the whole scene he just had Columbo return to the scene 😊 P.S. Love the Hamilton joke. My mind went exactly to that same place 😆

Agree. Terry's chocolate orange is a holiday treat that can't be beat. Its part of my annual holiday traditions.

Please do a pitch meeting for the revisited series! Could u imagine... "So this guys gonna review his old pitch meetings" "Having a pitch meeting about pitching a story where a guy reviews his old pitch meetings is tight!" "Wow wow wow wow wow..... wow"

Absolutely love the Chris joke. One of my all time favorites!

In fairmess to the Amazons, they were also practicing snapping the bad guy's neck and saving the day.

Important question: Have you ever had to re-do a pitch meeting because you hadn't hit record TWICE on the Tascam? #world'sdaftestdesign

The voice crack at chocolate man almost killed me

You were excellent on the Poscast, and since you listened to the old holiday drafts you're aware that driving Mike insane is truly the mark of a good newbie on them. The fact that he said he wasn't going to go off the deep end and you immediately did it to him, perfect. If Linda hadn't drafted so exquisitely, you would have had all of my (1) votes.

I really liked the producer guy giving the inherently better story beats & messages.

Man, those Chris approximations are so well thought out :) One of the best dialogue Ryan has ever written.

Mike Schur should absolutely make a sitcom for Ryan.

Since this one, you got the tone of both guys perfect.

Hey, Ryan! I'm a fellow french canadian so I didn't read the subtitles while you were speaking French and I got concerned about your crosseyes 😂 Anyway, c'est toujours un plaisir de t'écouter!

The Chris exchange is still one of my favorite Pitch Meeting moments

The "being distracted by subtitles" argument always seems so funny to me because in my country a huge portion of that comes from TV is foreign and have subtitles and I have never felt distracted by them.

Terry's chocolate orange is one of my favorite things at Christmas.

Hi Ryan, were there any Pitch Meetings that you were mid-way into filming of which you gave up on or maybe wrote and decided not to do it? If so what films were they?

The chocolate oranges are one of the best holiday treats for me. Seeing them back on the shelves around Christmas time sets me in such a happy mood and they’re so delicious.

"Did you say Steve Rogers, nope" That one got me.

Stargate dealt with the whole language thing very elegantly. The franchise happens to exist in a universe where everyone in the galaxy coincidentally speaks great English. Even the System Lords say 'Whom' instead of 'who'. Except for those times when they say JAFAR CREE for...reasons.

*Confession time:* This was my FIRST pitch meeting, which the YT algorithm recommended to me!! And the rest is history 😊 #fullcircle

Ah, an old-school Pitch Meeting, where Writer-Guy and Producer-Guy still have most of their sanity left! It was good comedy to make your characters as deranged as the plot lines they're pitching...

I like your comment on life experiences. One comment from The Critical Drinker on modern hollywood writers is a lack or real life experience with struggles. They come from mid to upper income families, went to college at ivy leagues or private universities, and never had to work hard and not get something. Not because of their effort but because of not having the means, discrimination, connections, etc. So they perceive their very easy life as a struggle, which is very out of touch. So a lot of the stories with "heros" leaves out that story arc of overcoming adversity. Instead the hero comes out from a very easy/supportive background, is indestructible, easily defeats the bad guys, etc. Even worse when it is an insult to the common person showing how easy or even better they are. "like why so hard". So totally agree that having that is important to writing, and extremely important for your unique reviews.

@ Ryan, you should expand this Pitch Meeting idea, cover computer games. Everything you're saying about movies can be said about the current state of the computer game industry. My girlfriend came up with that idea, and she's spot on, it would totally work.

The Wonder Woman pitch meeting was actually the first one I ever saw. Still makes me chuckle to this day, but I did not understand the "Super easy; barely an inconvenience" bit at the end until I watched other Pitch Meetings.

Love the revisited pitch meetings. You're 100% right that Terry's chocolate oranges are amazing. I discovered them late in life when my wife introduced me to them. Her family would put them in stockings for Christmas as an updated version of the older tradition of putting real oranges in the stockings. I was confused at first, but they are delicious, and smacking them against a table is indeed really fun.

The Whole Picking from All the Different Chris's Thing Was Comedy Gold

Anyone else grateful for discovering this weird, quirky, funny guy in a sea of RU-vid content? I really appreciate his view/take on how we use our time. It’s a great way to look at it!

Thank you so much for the extra comments! I also LOVE the chocolate orange, and I'm not sure I could keep idolizing someone who chose to feel otherwise about orange flavored and shaped chocolate wedges.

Hey Ryan! Doing a pitch meeting on these would be super easy, barely an inconvenience: #1 - The Room #2 - Birdemic: Shock and Terror #3 - Battlefield Earth

1:55 As someone who lives in New Jersey I shuttered at the mention of the name.

taking matters into your own hands is tight. GOLD

This movie's gotten so much mockery over the years, we forget how refreshing it was in the DCEU. This is still in the top 3 of that franchise, along with The Suicide Squad and Shazam 1.

Wonder Woman was definitely one of the better films in the DCEU. The only glaring issue I had with this film was how they portrayed Ares. At first I thought the idea of him was interesting, that, despite him being the God of War, he only whispered into people's ears and into how to create certain weapons, of which he just watched them how they would act if they had such knowledge. And I thought the lesson that the movie was trying to convey was an interesting idea, as a human's cruelty is based on how they used their knowledge rather than the influence of others. But then they tossed it out the window by having Wonder Woman and Ares fight each other. And of course, when Ares died everyone just stopped fighting and the war ended right there. This ending, in my opinion, was completely hypocritical when it came to the overall story and message. And what made it even worse is, despite the fact that Ares is declared dead, wars are still happening afterwards. So what was even the point of killing off Ares if there were other wars and conflicts that happened after the events of Wonder Woman the movie?

I LOVE BriTANick! So glad they're getting a shout out here. We will henceforth require at least one deep-cut comedy reference per episode.

The Chris exchange is pure gold

Speaking of language switches, The 13th Warrior is one of my all-time favorite movies. Would love to see a Pitch Meeting on it if you ever get around to it!

I was really happy for you that your first appearance on the Poscast resulted in possibly the most memorable pick. It was hilarious to hear how obsessed Mike became with it. He couldn't shake it. Hope they have you back!

I laughed so hard at the Chris exchange I started coughing violently. It was that funny.

I paused this video to watch the Monologue for Three video, then came back to resume this one. And when you said you should watch their video I was like "of course I have!" and you had no idea that I only watched it just now. Im' so sneaky.

Requesting a Pitch Meeting for Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. Thank you for your videos. They are a delight.

Was hoping you’d mention the language switch in The Hunt for Red October. Sean Connery switches from russian to english on the word “armageddon” because it’s the same in both languages. One of the slickest transitions that taught me about the translation convention

I still can't believe this channel is going on. Not because Ryan is? Ryan just is in this universe? Idk I'm a RU-vid watcher and this guy is like so entertaining

If you notice in Raiders of the Lost Ark and in Last Crusade, the Germans always speak German to one another, generally without subtitles. They only speak English when they’re talking to Indy or other non-Germans like Belloq or Marion. It’s handled very well.

I really loved the sniper who rather than getting over his problems and saving the day just breaks down.

Yay! A revisited pitch meeting! Revisited pitch meetings are TIGHT!!

7:00 OH MY GOODNESS I was just telling my wonderful son that you forgot to say "super easy, barely an inconvenience" LOLOLOL

Those chocolate oranges are amazing! One of my favorite things to get in a stocking at Christmas time

This idea about input and output in creativity is actually very deep, Ryan. The best writers, artists, directors are those, who can reflect the real life in their work. People usually call them geniuses. If you are an author it is important to remember, that you are doing your stuff not only for you, but for the audience, and if the reflection of the world in your work will resonate with people's reflection, your work will become immortal in the mind of humanity.

The part about the Chrises was absolutely hilarious. Best part of the pitch meeting

How could anyone not love a Terry's chocolate orange!?!?

Oh man I fricken love Britanik, you being fans of them makes so much sense

1:42"s joke is incredible!!!!! Great job Ryan!!!!!!!

9:25 We need way more Quebec French in the videos, Ryan. S'il vous plaît! The last time was when you went on a vacation to France, tons of years ago.

Oh God No! You sent me down the rabbit-hole of Terry's Chocolate orange! I may never come back!🤣

That bit at the end is my all time favorite Pitch Meetings moment. I love it and I rewatch this Pitch Meeting from half a decade ago (!!) solely for it lol

Hey Ryan! Have you ever thought of doing any older films, maybe pre-2000? We need Pitch Meetings for Jaws, E.T., Wizard of Oz, Terminator 1&2, Alien(s), Predator, and the Godfather!

Bro with that Canadian accent, I really needed those subtitles and I speak French fluently.

Hey my favourite Aquanadian Ryan, glad you have your own channel now, it was always kind of a a chore to pick your videos out of the channel it was associated with, life is now better.

If you're still looking for suggestions, highly recommend one for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or Van Helsing! Both were pretty cheesy when they came out but I think a lot of people still love them :)

How did I miss this one the first time! OMG! ROFL... love your Borat accent! All those Chrises with the rapid responses! You're destroying me at the molecular level, but that was too funny!

@9:27. Wild, when ryan switches to french Canadian, his left eye drifts inward

You really nailed the melody on "number nine"

Hey Ryan, glad you’re doing this series it’s refreshing to see a new format to summarize movies. Anyway I’m curious, what happened to the actor pitch meetings?

Love these revisited videos! I've got a question. Is it harder to write Pitch Meetings for movies you really like, or is it about the same process whether you like the movie or not?

My boy out here just casually BUSTING OUT the french-canadian.

"shopping montages are fun"... Oof that felt wierd 😂

Hi Ryan! I love your pitch meetings. My question is this: has anyone involved in the movies that have been the subject of your pitch meetings ever reached out to you to give you any feedback (positive or negative)? If so, can you share who/ what it was?

Love the revisited series!

Oh my god, Terry's chocolate orange. A british staple of christmas gifts! I had no idea they were sold internationally. But you are right Ryan, as much as i also love Mike Schur, he needs to open his mind to the possibilties of orange flavoured chocolate. It really is a whole new world 😂

I can't believe you and Alexis Gay were in the same Zoom call, that's the real starstruck moment

Hey Ryan! Love the videos. I've always wanted to know: which character do you like more, Producer Guy or Screenwriter Guy?

Hey Ryan, I love your videos. Keep up the good work. Whenever you can, please do pitches for Demolition Man, The Room and National Treasure

First Derrick Comedy, now Britanick. Ryan is literally after my heart. YOU CANT HAVE IT!!! BACK!!! BACK!!!

I love how Nick Offerman uses his wife's zoom account 😂

Hey Ryan, love your videos! Question - have you ever talked to someone who has worked on one of the movies you made a pitch meeting for? If so, did you talk about the pitch meeting?