I Want to Tell You About My Favorite Fight Scene

Mission Impossible! RRR! More of The Raid! Hear me ramble about even more of my favorite fight scenes in the Nebula-exclusive companion to this video: nebula.tv/videos/jacob-geller-i-want-to-tell-you-a…

"I'm not gonna get existential; this is about punching people" Gets existential anyways Good stuff

Interesting that this essay is just about punching and kicking guys and not existentialism. I’m going to watch this video with the expectation it won’t turn into a profoundly moving piece on the poetry of martial arts and how we equate violence with narrative closure. Edit: You’ve bamboozled us once again, Jacob.

"Why don't they all just rush him at once?" tends to be an expression which means you haven't watched that many action movies.

6:05 "for those of you who prefer my more existential videos, this one isn't for you." I knew you were bluffing

A random thing about the Matrix scene but I've always appreciated Hugo Weaving's acting in that moment. Like Keanu being largely bored by an opponent that nearly killed him earlier in the movie is a great moment, but I think what really sells it is the fact that Weaving really convincingly looks like he's putting in maximum effort even though in real life he was moving deliberately slowly to make the fight choreography work.

One of the goals of my life is to work on the "kind of game you would see Jacob Geller talk about in a video". I think, maybe, this video means I've partially achieved that? I was an outsourced VFX Artist on Mortal Kombat 1, seeing it shown in a Jacob Geller video, even briefly, is so cool to me. Loved the video as always, thanks for everything you do!

My favorite thing about Jacob Geller's essays is that he can make them about anything he wants and somehow make it the most interesting thing in the world for the next 25 or so minutes. It's like the next level of artistic freedom.

That little bit about disabling the enemies limiters between 12:12 - 12:56 reminded me of something Timmm said in his Ace Combat Video. "Not to capture the reality of aerial combat, but to understand the fantasy of it."

I love and hate how every time I watch a new Jacob Gellar video, I have at least one piece of media I gotta add to my "get to" list

Another video essayist described Ip Man as a Superman story: the character is more than strong enough to overcome physical challenges, but is put through many non-physical challenges. The awesome action movie Equilibrium has a similar philosophy. It builds a lot of momentum leading towards a fight between the hero and the main henchman -- you see them sparring earlier and they appear to be equals -- but in the real life-and-death fight the hero calmly slices his face off in 3 fluid motions.

"this isn't about existentialism, its about punching things" Anyone whos ever had an existential crisis before will know that everything from then on will be about existentialism, lol.

I am so happy you included the MGS4 fight. It is pure catharsis and resolution from the buildup of the whole series' antagonistic relation between the two. Killing the AI was the game's ending, the fight with Liquid Revolver is the fan's ending. It exists solely to put an end to the feud, to give closure not only to the characters, but to the players aswell.

man mgs4 is such a fun game because i think i hate it and also it has like 3 of the all time best scenes in video games

Ip man in thumbnail = never clicked anything as fast in my life.

Jacob: "I want to tell you about [literally anything]" Me: grabbing a snack, a drink, and a comfy place to chill. "Go on."

that leg snap still lives rent free in my mind

I am super excited as an Indonesian once you mention The Raid here. It truly is one of the most prominent cultural marks we have in the international world and deservedly so. As a native Indonesian speaker, I genuinely loved how you tried to pronounce names such as Jaka, Yayan Ruhian, and Cecep Ari Rahman with the best of your ability.. Kinda bummed that you left out the most iconic line from the clip at 19:01 - "Ini baru asik....ini baru ada gregetnya. " Roughly translated it would be "Now this is the thing...THIS has the thrill to it." We Indonesians memed the shit out of the word "greget" for years, lmfao. Also the fact that you included John Wick 4's top-down scene pretty much is the cherry on top of this thing. You can't imagine how EXCITED I was seeing it in the cinemas with my very own eyes.

I love how Jacob has pushed beyond the Video Games on this channel in the last couple of years, and I am always all for it. More of this! 🙌

Your experience with Sifu reminds me of my own with Ultrakill. At some point, the fodder projectile throwers that terrified me early on completely ceased to be threats. Not only did they become entirely ignorable, I somehow knew exactly where they were and what they were doing without looking. Developing that spatial awareness is so satisfying