Jack Black's latest 'Brutal Thoughts' missing Schafer, humor
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Jun 24th 2009 at 6:00PM } 
Jack Black returns for yet another episode of "Brutal Thoughts." The weakest episode so far explores the "wild" world of roadies, courtesy of someone named "Meatbones." The punchline ... is rather mediocre. There's no Schafer in this episode, and even Black looks like he's phoning this one in. Give it a watch, and then relive the (much better) previous installments here:
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mazrael @ Jun 24th 2009 6:07PM
Gah... stid age thing... I'm old enough already.. Jeez
Tiptup300 @ Jun 25th 2009 3:14AM
Fuck you Joystiq Movie age thingy.
I was born august 8th 1990, but I don't think I should have to tell you about it EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Mazrael @ Jun 26th 2009 4:12PM
August 6th 1981 takes alot of clicking..
BlauMes @ Jun 24th 2009 6:10PM
Hahaha i love it when the roadie says : PTWING! when his string broke! xD
BFBeast666 @ Jun 24th 2009 6:16PM
Okay, and what exactly stops any halfway clever 13-year-old to cheat at the birthday check? Please enlighten me, for I am from foreign shores...
The Dark Wayne @ Jun 24th 2009 6:24PM
absolutely nothing. It's just a liability thing
Reader @ Jun 24th 2009 8:31PM
Why can't it just have a "Are you 18 or older?: yes no"
MissingLink @ Jun 24th 2009 9:10PM
Well I know I do this but does anyone else just scroll down one on the month to december and then the first two digits in the year to 19. Hey presto, I'm 104 years old!
Mal F4cti0n @ Jun 24th 2009 9:31PM
Because, if Mommy and Daddy actually use the age restriction options on their internet browsers, then little Timmy never gets the option to even enter in his birthday, the content will automatically be blocked.
Go ahead and try it. Set your IE or Firefox or Chrome restrictions to high for a user, such as if a child logs onto the computer, and you will see that the content will be blocked.
Which is why when ignorant journalists talk about those age gates and how easy it is to get through it drives me crazy.
When a, I assume, tech savvy individual such as yourself asks the same question, it drives me to kill myself.
Good by humanity, there is no hope for thee.
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Mal F4cti0n @ Jun 24th 2009 9:33PM
Ahhh, my dead face got all f*cked up! What's up with that?
Don't register spaces or something on Joystiq?
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Girugamuk (Moptimus Slimed) @ Jun 24th 2009 6:19PM
Well that sure was brutal
Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week, tip your waiters!
WINterfang @ Jun 25th 2009 12:57AM
I'm going to "beat" you up.
RPMd70 @ Jun 25th 2009 1:56AM
then... i'll "beat" you down.
Alex M @ Jun 24th 2009 6:34PM
Yeah, it's not the same without Shaeffer (sp?) but it's not that bad. Plus, I loved the footage with Riggs accidentally frying two bad guys.
Shmil @ Jun 24th 2009 6:41PM
But the shopowner and his son... that's a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes.
VaultICEE @ Jun 24th 2009 6:41PM
Oh come on, Andrew, stop being so critical of it. I thought this episode was funny (not as funny as the others, alas, but it wasn't in any means BAD)
VaultICEE @ Jun 24th 2009 6:42PM
But hey, want to know what WAS bad?
Transformers 2.
The Dark Wayne @ Jun 24th 2009 6:59PM
Bullshit. The fight in the forest was worth 10 bucks itself, not to mention Optimus' final desert fight
ArchiGamer @ Jun 24th 2009 6:59PM
My parents are taking us to see it tonight, and I'm only going to see it so I later on ridicule it.
That is if I make it back...
Big D. @ Jun 24th 2009 10:03PM
LOVE the name! Vault Icees are awesome, I wish the Target near my house would bring it back!
VaultICEE @ Jun 25th 2009 12:43AM
It was an alright popcorn movie, don't get me wrong. But it was mindless bullcrap, even moreso than the first Transformers. But hey... if you're looking for a good, fun time, go see Transformers 2. There's no reason to call it a complete waste when the special effects are still nice and shiny.
And I know, right? Vault Icees are the best! They don't sell them where I live anymore either, but they're probably the best things to grace this planet (besides Autobots) :)
Unearthed @ Jun 24th 2009 6:42PM
I've been following this game, (and subsequently shitting my pants) for two years now. I can't wait to get my grubby mitts on it. Finally a game where I don't have to turn off the in-game music and turn up the metal on my stereo. Score.
BlackBeltJones @ Jun 24th 2009 7:12PM
Steve Agee is fat.
MaliceMajorE15 @ Jun 24th 2009 7:22PM
i thinkits on the same level as the rest of them to be honest. maybe even a lil funnier
Vcize @ Jun 24th 2009 7:31PM
I thought this one was definitely funnier than the electrocution one.
bonsek @ Jun 24th 2009 8:15PM
You had to make a Heavy Metal themed game and have Jack Black in it?!!! Why Schafer???? WHY??????????
ughhhhhhhh
cknblade @ Jun 24th 2009 8:38PM
Umm...what's wrong with Jack Black...he's awesome, and funny.
U U D D L R L R B A SELECT START @ Jun 24th 2009 9:42PM
Yup. He's a riot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2104K8rZsWM
xtremeholymuffin @ Jun 25th 2009 12:48AM
You know what's not funny?
Family Guy.
meist3r @ Jun 25th 2009 4:56AM
He didn't "have" to make a Metal game ... then it was also meant to be funny and comic-y over the top in some sort of way and appeal to a wide demographics and be a good mixture of music enthusiasm and comedy genius ... who OTHER than Jack Black should he have asked?
bonsek @ Jun 25th 2009 1:27PM
@meist3r:
Jack Black is one of those one pony trick "actors", like Adam Sandler for example. So you either like him or not. So is Heavy Metal, you either love it or hate it. Heavy Metal appealing to wide demographics is a little bit overstretch.
I happen to not like both Jack and Heavy Metal, but I absolutely love previous Schafer games.
meist3r @ Jun 26th 2009 8:47AM
@bonsek: Jack Black's one trick pony is to be an over the top rock music enthusiast with incredible charisma (like you said that's a taste thing). I enjoy his movies most of the time and I personally think he suits perfectly what Tim had in mind for this game. On the other hand I hate Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller who I would rank among these "one trick ponies" as you said. As you also said Metal, Blackitude and taste aside ... it's a Tim Schafer game and I'd be a fool not to play it. Many people won't like this game but then again it combines so many genius elements that I can hardly find a way for this to suck.
Sure Metal is not your pop music sellout charts culture but it has had a large fanbase across the last 30 years in music and evolved gradually. It has a long tradition and cult following and thus established a kind of "mythticism" around it that is still associated with it today. It will sell, this at least is for sure.
Stranger @ Jun 25th 2009 1:25AM
Meatbones is also one of the gay neighbors from The Sarah Silverman Show...
Yawn.
Metalhead818 @ Jun 25th 2009 2:25AM
Holy shit, that was Iced Earth playing in the background O_O This is going to be the most METAL game in the world haha
Draimen @ Jun 25th 2009 10:51AM
That's what I said! lol
Hear the ghost of violence!
Fear the God of detriment!
bonsek @ Jun 26th 2009 1:19PM
@meis3r:
It will sell, there is no doubt about. I will definitely rent it.
If I can turn off the Heavy Metal music like I did in UFC, Devil May Cry I would play it, but here the metal is essential part of the game.
Imagine the game if it was with Adam Sandler and with Techno music theme (making a wild guess about the music here, cause it's another genre like HM where you either love it or hate it) and you will understand me venting my frustration, because I like Schafer's games.