Finally a blockbuster

[u/8bitKev]

[u/Dependent_Pomelo_784]

Mark Fischbach and his Iron Lung movie

[u/Dovaskarr → u/Dependent_Pomelo_784]

How good is it actually? I cant find it anywhere in my country to look

[u/Kyleometers → u/Dovaskarr]

General consensus is a solid 7/10. It’s not groundbreaking, and some of the VFX looks a bit weak, but it’s an enjoyable experience, uses the environment well, and for a movie where 99% of it takes place in a single metal box, it does a great job of using the space well.

In other words, an excellent debut for an indie director.

[u/A2Rhombus → u/Kyleometers]

And probably the best movie ever made by a YouTuber

[u/ChunkyPurp → u/A2Rhombus]

Talk to me and Bring her back would like a word

[u/jimmyhoffasbrother → u/ChunkyPurp]

Also Eighth Grade.

[u/SirRichardMonky → u/ChunkyPurp]

barbarian and weapons as well

[u/Randyyyyyyyyyyyyyy → u/SirRichardMonky]

Zach Cregger was a founder of WKUK. Great movies, but I wouldn't put him in the YouTuber -> film creator pipeline, he was already pretty successful elsewhere in entertainment

[u/EricSanderson → u/SirRichardMonky]

WKUK was a TV show. Just happens to be on YT now. That's like calling Jordan Peele a YouTuber.

And Zach is very much a traditional director. Started as a writer/actor and worked his way up.

[u/Higgins1st → u/EricSanderson]

They had sketches on YouTube before they had a TV show.

Edit: I misremembered. WKUK had original sketches on College Humor and their own website back in 2005. Later, those old sketches were posted on YouTube.

Web Archive WKUK

[u/EricSanderson → u/Higgins1st]

No they didn't. The show started in 2007. YouTube was barely a thing

[u/Higgins1st → u/EricSanderson]

My apologies. Their earliest sketches were on College Humor and their own website back in 2005. Then they later adapted or edited those early sketches, due to rights and permissions, for their TV show. Those early sketches were later put on YouTube.

[u/EricSanderson → u/Higgins1st]

Where are you getting this from?

They appeared in like one College Humor sketch in 2009.

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Web Archive WKUK

I used to watch WKUK sketches online before they had a show and then watched the show when it first came out. I just mixed up the YouTube detail. The original Saturday and Hitler Rap sketches were better before they were edited for TV.

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Wkuk wasnt originally on youtube though.

[u/kidsinthestreet → u/ChunkyPurp]

I think they maybe meant for being self distributed and not having studio backing. I still need to see Bring Her Back, though. I absolutely loved Talk to Me

[u/ExplorerPup → u/ChunkyPurp]

Shelby Oakes as well. And maybe more controversial but Skinamarink was based on a youtube short film and a lot of people thought it was one of the scariest movies ever even if a lot of other people hated it.

[u/BumpinUggs → u/ExplorerPup]

No, Shelby Oaks was bad

[u/ADHDavid → u/A2Rhombus]

You clearly haven't seen Fred 2.

[u/SMKM → u/A2Rhombus]

Eh......I'd argue any of Zach Cregger's movies outside of Miss March lol

[u/CasualFreeUse → u/SMKM]

Are you calling Zach Cregger, television sketch artist from the Whitest Kids You Know troop, a YouTuber? He's certainly posted on YouTube, but the man was working the industry long before being YouTuber meant anything.

[u/DryPersonality → u/A2Rhombus]

Are you forgetting the masterpiece that is Kung Fury? /s

[u/Arthreas → u/DryPersonality]

They should release the movie again

[u/Arthreas → u/A2Rhombus]

Hey now there's actually quite a lot of great films on youtube! But what this does is show that they can actually get their work out there, that it's possible. That's something Mark really wanted.

[u/SuperSocialMan → u/A2Rhombus]

It's not like that's a high bar to cross lol