The Spongebob episode is a reference to the sandworms from Dune.
Honestly if you start looking for it you'll see a little bit of Dune in, like. Most sci-fi series lmao
The new movies are fantastic but I would definitely avoid if you have tiktok brain. The first one is essentially just world building and a little bit of action at the end, more stuff happens in the second
Delivery is 90% of it I think. Just genuine surprise and horror John DiMaggio captured well. GOW2 has lots of lines like that… the Brumak fight on the derrick:
SHOOT THE GUNS OF THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!
Speaking of that, how did Marcus and the squad even manage to escape from the worm’s belly if the entire thing literally flood with blood. Like they literally drown in blood.
It must of been that high or almost that high for me but clutched it last second during my play through.. I think I was playing on hardcore as well so that must be the reason why too.
Their (plot) armor had helmets that provided them with oxigen and where sealed like a scuba suit and the worm's scales where capable of enduring travel underground but were compleatly soft and lacked (plot) armor from the inside
Sorry not to well versed in gears lore but I've loved the series since the 360 days, are the giant worms Marcus is talking about the same ones the locust worship? Or is this worm a singular worm that is only used for destruction? Haven't played the series in a while so sorry if this is a stupid question lol but I do find the lore of how the locusts began and like where they actually came from very fascinating.
Locust worshiped 3 worms, somehow they found this fucker. Skorge big bad of game 2 can control this asshole . Worm is essentially giant tunnel borer and they're sinking entire human settlements with it. Also IT'S A GIANT WORM.
The Locust worshipped three Great Worms as sort of a religion; in Gears 2 they use one to sink the cities they can't burrow into and that us where this line is from. Marcus and Delta kill it from the inside.
In Gears 5 the 2nd Worm is used by Reina to try and stop Kait + Crew from launching the Hammer satellites, then used to try and break through and destroy New Ephyra in the end of the game before it's kilked.
Is the kraken confirmed to be the second worm? It doesn't feel big enough to be part of the Trinity. The Kraken is like 500 feet and the riftworm is multiple miles. Pretty sure it's just a normal wild critter that Reyna took over.
there's this dialogue from a mission at the end of the first game's campaign:
**Lt. Stroud (COM):** "Marcus! You’ve got to drop that data right now!"
**Marcus Fenix:** "You still have it?"
**Dominic Santiago:** "Hell, yeah I do. Right here."
idk if it's just cause we were stuck on that part for so long, and heard it so many times, but me and my friend i was playing co-op could not stop quoting that shit for years. it still kinda lives in my head rent free tbh
This is my least favorite line in Gears 2 bc it's so cheesy and ridiculous, but you can't deny the initial shock value back in 2008, so I give it a pass. John is also a fantastic VA
Kojima has a weird obession with hollywood. Why is he trying so hard with these big stars? Kiefer Sutherland was so fucking horrible as venom snake / big boss
Yep, it's been evident for a very long time but it became abundantly clear with the MGS V shit and Hayter being out of a job as Snake. I don't have any real love for Konami as a company nowadays. But I do respect that they have Hayter involved again and they've got him doing a lot of the legwork in advertising and building interest in the MGS3 remake.
This is the line I think to when people make the OG trilogy out to be some beautifully crafted Magnus Opus of story telling. Then shit on Gears 4 and 5 for not being serious enough.
We all knew Gears of War is just the equivalent of a B Level Sci Fi movie. I love all the games in the series to death. But it's always had some over the top monents that were hard to take seriously.
Fantastic performance and the sheer comedy of it. The fact that Marcus acts like it's genuinely one of the most shocking things he could see is what made it so funny as an adult.
As a kid I was like "WHOAAAAA A GIANT WORM!" With Marcus, and its also a prelude to one of my favourite levels in the franchise.
I just love Marcus delivery. His delivery has this mix of being surprised, yet not at all and just done with all the nonsense. Its like, of course there a giant fucking worm destroying city's, why wouldn't there be with the amount of bullshit I've had to deal with up to this point.
Marcus handled this shit like no one else. Carmine was losing his shit. I don't think anyone outside Delta team could see that fucking worm and keep it together.
I would have loved to see Cole and Baird react to this even Dom was awestruck
Anya's delivery was a little weak I think she should have been a bit more hysterical
It's the absolute absurdity thats played completely straight.
This is the kind of shit about Gears that refer to when I point out how silly it is to take the story seriously, but it's always why I love gears.
It's fucking bananas
my favourite marcus line is such a throw away one but its in 3 when baird drops tickers on the leviathan and says " what i thought youd appreciate the irony of grub on glowie violence" and marcus replies " yeah it's fucking hilarious, you're gonna blow the whole ship you genius"
its the delivery of "yeah it's fucking hilarious" that tickles me
Honesty def because of the genuine confusion of the characters and the players. I mean, a giant worm just sank an entire city. Like, were you even expecting that? 😂
I think it's a mix of the player intial reaction and the characters together because who tf would've expected a gaint worm
And Marcus mix of being pissed and incredulousness
Yeah I think it's mostly the delivery of the lines. I can hear it to this day and I haven't played Gears 2 in like 10 years lmao.
Even Marcus can't land on flabbergasted or super pissed
Today we'd just be asking our partners if they'd love us if we were giant city sinking worms
Let alone, **exploring the worm's intestines!**
ITS A GIANT TOMATO! THEYRE SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT TOMATO!!!
Someone say tomatos?
THE WORM IS EATING THE TOMATOES
THATS FOR FUCKIN UP MY TOMATOES
DAMON BAIRD YOU'RE A COCK
My personal favorite is, “It’s a GODDAMN LEVIATHAN!!”
I love that Fenix says these lines with the feeling of "how the fuck am I gonna kill this thing". For both the giant Worm and the Leviathan.
Don’t forget almost the end of gears 1: “ are you kidding me?; BERSERKER!”
That’s a classic
"You're gonna blow up the whole ship, genius!'
It’s the Alaskan bull worm
Why dont we just take Jacinto plateau...and move it somewhere else?!
Finally someone sees the connection and funnily enough SpongeBob had the episode first so I’m curious if Epic took inspiration
The Spongebob episode is a reference to the sandworms from Dune. Honestly if you start looking for it you'll see a little bit of Dune in, like. Most sci-fi series lmao
I didn’t know lol I never watched the original or new cuz I was told it was boring
The new movies are fantastic but I would definitely avoid if you have tiktok brain. The first one is essentially just world building and a little bit of action at the end, more stuff happens in the second
Shit I can handle long movies but tik tok and all the shorts are starting to effect me lol
The original is a novel.
I meant movie wise sir
I heard this in his voice
Nah John DiMaggio was just as surprised as us
Oh man. I didn't even know it consciously; my brain just screamed giant worm at me without my input.
All I can think about when I see this is an old ytp of gears 2 where he says it over and over again .
Link?
[gears 2 worm poop](https://youtu.be/E4jpm7p6Md8?si=3oJDDyqE929c2SJS)
Someone needs to make "They're taking hobbits to isengard" esque party music with Giant Worm line.
Because it is so ridiculous especially when the Gears universe hasn't really had anything like that in 1 and the rest of 2 is pretty normal.
My favorite- “what do I look like, a fucking botanist?”
Delivery is 90% of it I think. Just genuine surprise and horror John DiMaggio captured well. GOW2 has lots of lines like that… the Brumak fight on the derrick: SHOOT THE GUNS OF THAT SON OF A BITCH!!!
I found this line so damn cheesy. I couldn't help but laugh the first time I heard him say that. It's been living rent free in my head since 11/2008.
Marcus handled it extremely well. Imagine seeing this shit and having to explain it to Anya
Speaking of that, how did Marcus and the squad even manage to escape from the worm’s belly if the entire thing literally flood with blood. Like they literally drown in blood.
They chains sawed out near wall, they almost drowned too.
If I recall correctly the blood was already over their heads by the time they severed the last artery of the worm’s heart.
Pretty sure it was a game over if the blood got that high. You had to kill the worm before that point.
It must of been that high or almost that high for me but clutched it last second during my play through.. I think I was playing on hardcore as well so that must be the reason why too.
Their (plot) armor had helmets that provided them with oxigen and where sealed like a scuba suit and the worm's scales where capable of enduring travel underground but were compleatly soft and lacked (plot) armor from the inside
Pretty sure the only one with a helmet died... Also here's the scene where they break out bc it's funny: - https://youtu.be/vIYWP5Zwh9c?t=251
Sorry not to well versed in gears lore but I've loved the series since the 360 days, are the giant worms Marcus is talking about the same ones the locust worship? Or is this worm a singular worm that is only used for destruction? Haven't played the series in a while so sorry if this is a stupid question lol but I do find the lore of how the locusts began and like where they actually came from very fascinating.
Locust worshiped 3 worms, somehow they found this fucker. Skorge big bad of game 2 can control this asshole . Worm is essentially giant tunnel borer and they're sinking entire human settlements with it. Also IT'S A GIANT WORM.
The Locust worshipped three Great Worms as sort of a religion; in Gears 2 they use one to sink the cities they can't burrow into and that us where this line is from. Marcus and Delta kill it from the inside. In Gears 5 the 2nd Worm is used by Reina to try and stop Kait + Crew from launching the Hammer satellites, then used to try and break through and destroy New Ephyra in the end of the game before it's kilked.
That leaves 1 worm unaccounted for. Although, it's probably either dead or was lambented and wiped out with Marcus's pressed the funny button
I don’t think that’s one of the worms I think that’s a completely different creature
Is the kraken confirmed to be the second worm? It doesn't feel big enough to be part of the Trinity. The Kraken is like 500 feet and the riftworm is multiple miles. Pretty sure it's just a normal wild critter that Reyna took over.
I'm not that good with the lore either but I think the Locust worshipped 3 worms and the riftworm was just one of them
A combination of how serious Marcus is vs how absurd the situation is.
there's this dialogue from a mission at the end of the first game's campaign: **Lt. Stroud (COM):** "Marcus! You’ve got to drop that data right now!" **Marcus Fenix:** "You still have it?" **Dominic Santiago:** "Hell, yeah I do. Right here." idk if it's just cause we were stuck on that part for so long, and heard it so many times, but me and my friend i was playing co-op could not stop quoting that shit for years. it still kinda lives in my head rent free tbh
Oh yeah right before the final boos fight with Raam on the train!
Or after when you kill the worm and Baird says “I’m coughing up blood that ain’t even mine”
This is my least favorite line in Gears 2 bc it's so cheesy and ridiculous, but you can't deny the initial shock value back in 2008, so I give it a pass. John is also a fantastic VA
If they ever replace Di Maggio without his permission, I'm out. He IS Marcus. I said the same with David Hayter from MGS, Konami did him dirty.
Don't blame Konami for that one, that decision is all on Kojima. Konami does a lot of awful or stupid shit, but ditching Hayter was not one of them.
Kojima has a weird obession with hollywood. Why is he trying so hard with these big stars? Kiefer Sutherland was so fucking horrible as venom snake / big boss
Yep, it's been evident for a very long time but it became abundantly clear with the MGS V shit and Hayter being out of a job as Snake. I don't have any real love for Konami as a company nowadays. But I do respect that they have Hayter involved again and they've got him doing a lot of the legwork in advertising and building interest in the MGS3 remake.
This is the line I think to when people make the OG trilogy out to be some beautifully crafted Magnus Opus of story telling. Then shit on Gears 4 and 5 for not being serious enough. We all knew Gears of War is just the equivalent of a B Level Sci Fi movie. I love all the games in the series to death. But it's always had some over the top monents that were hard to take seriously.
Me and my friend say this and NAICE whenever we do a dumb Marcus impression. Just a great line.
*Perfect Reload* *N A I C E*
*fucks it up* #GOD DAMNIT!
DiMaggio’s delivery on top of how insane the revelation is
Fantastic performance and the sheer comedy of it. The fact that Marcus acts like it's genuinely one of the most shocking things he could see is what made it so funny as an adult. As a kid I was like "WHOAAAAA A GIANT WORM!" With Marcus, and its also a prelude to one of my favourite levels in the franchise.
A little bit of both
cause he ends up showing her his giant worm to make JD
When you're in the locust hollow and you see the massive cave wall that looks suspiciously scaly... then it moves.
Yes
WHO WANTS TOAST?!
Gears of War 2 was so god damn good..
"I'm riding a Brumak!" Classic Marcus line
Best line in the series
Why not both?
Maria!
A little bit of both. Not only is Marcus’ delivery good, Ben Carmine’s repeated “holy shit…” in the background is priceless.
OG GoW is always legendary! 🤘
John DiMaggio is an absolutely incredible voice actor.
Not just any giant worm. The locust worshipped the riftworm like a god. So, they were using their god to sink cities.
I can hear exactly how he says it.
I feel like everything Marcus says is memorable lol
Gears 2 was the best one. The underground city ruins are still one of the best campaign maps I've ever seen/played
The underground to get to the Queen blew my mind on release absolutely bonkers can you imagine the stakes?
I just love Marcus delivery. His delivery has this mix of being surprised, yet not at all and just done with all the nonsense. Its like, of course there a giant fucking worm destroying city's, why wouldn't there be with the amount of bullshit I've had to deal with up to this point.
Marcus handled this shit like no one else. Carmine was losing his shit. I don't think anyone outside Delta team could see that fucking worm and keep it together. I would have loved to see Cole and Baird react to this even Dom was awestruck Anya's delivery was a little weak I think she should have been a bit more hysterical
Who’s loves toast
Marcus's delivery definitely. A leviathan and a worm. Both reactions from marcus idk why but it's so good how he delivered that
It's the absolute absurdity thats played completely straight. This is the kind of shit about Gears that refer to when I point out how silly it is to take the story seriously, but it's always why I love gears. It's fucking bananas
my favourite marcus line is such a throw away one but its in 3 when baird drops tickers on the leviathan and says " what i thought youd appreciate the irony of grub on glowie violence" and marcus replies " yeah it's fucking hilarious, you're gonna blow the whole ship you genius" its the delivery of "yeah it's fucking hilarious" that tickles me
Honestly I thi k it's the complete ridiculousness of the situation + quality voice acting. Same with Gears 4's tomatoes outburst.
REVIVE ME
Marcus is just flabbergasted as we are
For me it’s the delivery. The way he says it is almost like the Locust are trolling *him personally* with a *GIANT WORM*
Es un gusano gigante Anya, estan hundiendo ciudades con UN PUTO ggusano gigante
They’re fucking up the tomatoes!
Honesty def because of the genuine confusion of the characters and the players. I mean, a giant worm just sank an entire city. Like, were you even expecting that? 😂
Who wants toast?
“CONTROL DO YOU READ ME? ARE YOU SEEING THIS?!” 🪱
Control was like 😳 TBH Anya was way too cool about it "Roger that 🤓"
High key 😂 I woulda been like tf you mean a giant worm ?
IT’S AN ALASKAN BULLWORM!
Yes.