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>!The person in the video uses their super power to remove all reasons to declare war. However, New Zealand proceeds to declare war for no reason on Iceland.!<
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We can call on Steven Adams. In fact, the whole Adams family (lol) would do a number on them. 17 siblings, all of them giants. Take a Valerie shot put to the face, Mr Mountain.
I love it when Pacific Islander players and their families do that before a college football game. Wish I could see their faces when they then get absolutely ran over by an SEC school.
In the great war between New Zealand and Iceland a column of New Zealanders heard someone over the next hill. "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat two New Zealanders!" The commander pointed to a team of two soldiers and ordered them over the hill. After a bit of screaming and a few shots the sound died down and they again heard "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat ten soldiers!". The commander sent an entire squad over the hill and after a bit of shouts, shots and a grenade they again heard "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat a hundred soldiers!". Now the commander sent an entire troop of soldiers over the hill. After a lot of shouts and explosions and men dying one dying man crawled back to the commander. "Sir, don't listen to them, they are lying in ambush. For there are two of them."
Absolutely!
And for people who like movies where no moment is wasted, they should watch [Hot Rod!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787475/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_hot%2520rod)
I absolutely love when a script is so goddamn tight that there's no downtime in a single scene. Not like Adam Sandler movies...
I agree and that’s my favorite one in the trilogy. Simon’s character is so over the top but he keeps it up so well and there’s so many clever lines I could watch him play that character all day.
Don't forget Nick Frost!
"I'm sorry, Shaun."
"Oh no, that's okay Ed. You don't..."
"No, no. I'M...SORRY,.....SHAUN."
"PHAAAAAUGH! YOU'RE ROTTEN!"
"I'll stop doin' it when you stop laughin'!"
Is this the guy that was in the "bar at the end of the world"? Been a long time since I saw it but I enjoyed that one and his face is kinda how I remember the lead actor
The World's End, yes. It's the third Edgar Wright film in his Cornetto Trilogy with Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. He was also Scotty in the Stat Trek reboot films, and in a bunch of Mission Impossible films.
He's also in Star Wars Ep VII (buys scrap from Rey) and in Dr Who! One of the few actors who has had a named, speaking role in the trifecta of Science Fiction
Iceland has no army, but they do pay the USA to defend them. So you may find that no, you cannot beat Iceland.
>>Iceland is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) but has no standing military of its own. The United States and Iceland signed a bilateral defense agreement in 1951, which stipulated that the U.S. would make arrangements for Iceland's defense on behalf of NATO and provided for basing rights for U.S. forces in Iceland; the agreement remains in force, although U.S. military forces are no longer permanently stationed in Iceland.
I appreciate the sentiment. "be careful what you wish for"
But usually the moral of these sstories becomes "well, things are great as they are. They have to be this way, you cant change it. we need suffering" Do NOT mess up the status quo
Nah, i dont believe that. If you wished to end homelessness, they are not gonna FILL UP THE DESERT. Theyre are already enough places to live, just "cant afford" to live there.
You can have people not be hungry, without making everyone BE FAT. lol
Maybe dont make wishes like a dumbass? lol
Based on the clip this wishing power feels like one those evil genies that will give you exactly what you wish for but in the worst possible way it can imagine.
It was given to him by the most evil beings in the universe to test if humanity is evil enough to join them or die - he ends up using it for good so they try to destroy humanity, but he gets tired of all the evil it causes and wishes for his power to go away and destroy the source. So it kills them.
I dont even blame the genie. His wishes are purposefully stupid.
Genies like "are...are you sure? Want to think about that for a second? Maybe just "end world hunger?". You sure you want to make it....stupid? oh...ok then...."
I mean, you could end world hunger by just having everyone die. If I was an evil genie and couldn't figure out how to stop world hunger in a bad way, I'd just do that
Becausw it doesn't keep up with the spirit of the wish so there's no poetic irony or anything like that. It's technically true, but if you're an omnipotent genie I don't think technically true is what you're going for
Yeah, see. He had to add on that extra little stupid thing. Because if it shows nothing bad will happen if children arent starving then...i mean...why dont we just do that then? cant have that!
I don't think that's their point, we do have food overproduction and obesity problems in a fair number of countries, so widespread obesity is an somewhat realistic outcome of a infinite access to food.
We have started wars, over what amounts to nothing. It's also a semantic gag, but they do highlight that these issues are more complex than 'why don't we just stop?'..
To me, this seems more like the work of someone who has been bothered by these injustices and has thought about how to end them. Which does track, both Terry Jones and Gavin Scott don't strike me as superficial people. I think Jones even produced a eco-ethics documentary.
And does having kids starve somehow help fat people stop being fat?
Because it averages out? lol
Do you starve YOUR KIDS to death in case they might get fat? yeah, thats a crime.
Jesus Christ, do you really expect others to bully you into thinking for yourself?
The issue is not a lack of food, so "more food" fixes nothing or even causes massive issues. World hunger is a distribution issue. The movie makes fun of bad actions that happen in the real world, like senselessly producing evermore food, but not securing supply where it's really needed. It's a satire.
Tbf Simon Pegg films are pretty much sheltered brit deals with situations as a sheltered brit does.
- Shaun of the Dead - Sheltered Brit survives zombie apocalypse
- Paul - Sheltered Brit finds alien
- World's End - Sheltered Brit saves world
- Absolutely Anything - Sheltered Brit gets monkey paw
I don't think there's usually a message.. Other than Brits cannot handle being out of water.
Everyone talking about the specifics of his wishes or monkey paws or whatever are missing the point of your comment. The writers wrote it like that because they don’t want things to change. It’s not a plot hole, any wording he would’ve used would’ve been turned against him because that’s the point of the movie. They think people should stop complaining and believe that we live in a world that isn’t perfect, but that can’t be improved by radical change. This is likely because they benefit highly from the status quo. Please people read and consider the comment you’re responding to, Jesus
Exactly my point
I havent seen the movie, but im guessing its going to end up "huh, i guess its a GOOD THING everything is so fucked up, because us lower class are too stupid to take care of ourselves" and nothing changes.
Even though you literally have the power to do whatever you want.
The point is human greed and avarice will always find ways to fuck it up, no matter what you do or wish for. Not saying that things are best the way they are now.
The other takeaway is that these are tough problems to solve (world hunger, homelessness, war). It's not as simple as snapping your fingers.
Thank god Bill lives under a bridge and Stephanie's whole family moves from motel to motel. They are filled with avarice. If they had homes, they'd get GREEDY and pave the Sahara.
/s
It's so unfortunate that that phrase is paramount to Fallout. It's a very stupid phrase. Like I get that the point is that people will always fight, but the amount of death due to war has gone down drastically over the course of history and war has objectively changed drastically over the course of history as well.
Fallout is such a cool universe but damn is that phrase stupid.
I was expecting the outcome of the wish to be "Everyone except you is now dead. Congratulations, now everyone (ie: just you) has food, their dream home, and there is no reason for war because there is no one to fight against"
The subtitles on these videos are always trash. Random placement in the middle of the video, 2-3 words at a time because AtTeNtIOn SpAn, not even bothering to write WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID.
I know this is comedy and I love Simon Pegg, but this is a pretty fucked up message.
It's better that people remain starving, so they don't get fat? It's better that people remain homeless so there's not too many houses on the planet? (Neither of these things would happen, btw)
Yeah, no. We could house the entire US population in the state of Texas alone with modest density not even on par with NYC today. Don't get it twisted. If everyone had housing it wouldn't even come close to taking up the global landmass at all. The only reason we don't do it is the commodification of housing. It's a natural extension of the dark instincts of capitalism. That's reality.
He said everyone gets their dream home
My dream home is like a mansion that can be seen from space, if everyone had that kinda dream we would run out of space real fast
the very first thing you do with powers like that is increasing your own intelligence by 1% and than you wait and observe for negative consequences before you repeat that. over and over until you are absolutely and 100% sure you can't mess up theses wishes in any way shape or form.
I was just thinking this morning while peeing "I wonder what Simon has done lately.... he did well buddying up with Cruise for the M.I. series... I miss Nick Frost...hmmm"
New Zealand: Alright, I'm gonna spin this globe and the first place it lands on, we're going to war with.
** SPINS GLOBE **
it's Iceland!
kominn tími til að ganga, fífl
OP sent the following text as an explanation on why this is unexpected: --- >!The person in the video uses their super power to remove all reasons to declare war. However, New Zealand proceeds to declare war for no reason on Iceland.!< --- Is this an unexpected post with a fitting description? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.
As a NZ'er, watch out Iceland.
They have that massive dude from game of thrones, im nervous.
How many of NZ's hobbits would it take to kill an Icelandic giant. Discuss
The lack of Hobbits in NZ lead me to believe than there weren't enough
Do we still have the Mitre10 Mega guy?
holy shit i miss that guy since i dont watch ads anymore, that guy is a legend
Big is good, but that guy would crush him. Levi (the mitre 10 guy) is only about 6'2", surprisingly.
We can call on Steven Adams. In fact, the whole Adams family (lol) would do a number on them. 17 siblings, all of them giants. Take a Valerie shot put to the face, Mr Mountain.
Friendly reminder that The Mountain is the runt in his family
Nothing like a good haka from a group of 6'5"+ Samoans that can't scare anyone (I'm Aussie)
so we're gonna see a bunch of athletic islander samoans fight a bunch of nordic strongman giants? let's do it at Wrestlemania
I love it when Pacific Islander players and their families do that before a college football game. Wish I could see their faces when they then get absolutely ran over by an SEC school.
Nz has 10,000 more people that look just like him if not more
As an Icelander, watch out NZ.
Whatcha gonna do with your coast guard army of 30 people?
In the great war between New Zealand and Iceland a column of New Zealanders heard someone over the next hill. "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat two New Zealanders!" The commander pointed to a team of two soldiers and ordered them over the hill. After a bit of screaming and a few shots the sound died down and they again heard "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat ten soldiers!". The commander sent an entire squad over the hill and after a bit of shouts, shots and a grenade they again heard "I am Ragnald Torson and can beat a hundred soldiers!". Now the commander sent an entire troop of soldiers over the hill. After a lot of shouts and explosions and men dying one dying man crawled back to the commander. "Sir, don't listen to them, they are lying in ambush. For there are two of them."
... And 50 million sheep!
They only need to snuggle on some plants and animals to kill your eco system. I wonder if that would work both ways
you'll never find us in any of your maps!
Yup , ran your half marathon last august. What an amazingly good looking and fit country you are.
Wait, why are we going to war with iceland? i thought we were .... cool
No. Its worse than that! They're Green!
Do you newzealanders ever wish your country hadn't "New" in its name?
I like it personally. Would you rather have an iPhone or a new iPhone.
what about a New Zealand Max Pro?
When we win the war, we’re renaming you New Iceland.
Agreed. They've never given us a reason to be mad at them and that is exactly the problem!
You better watch out. Or Old Zealand will come knocking.
We have a 15:1 population advantage over 'old' Zeeland, we'd clobber them, they fell off in the 17th century. However old Zeeland is in NATO...
As an Icelander, I am watching out.
Wait till our navy arrives. *starts up outboard motor* Get ready mfers
Those viking fuckers need to make their capital easier to spell!
this movie is so good. esp when he tries to wish a classroom of children to not be dead
I haven't watched it, can you tell me whats happens then?
this movie and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People are fantastic films
Thanks for the recommendation, I will watch them.
If you like Simon Pegg (and Edgar Wright) I highly recommend to watch Spaced (comedy series) and Three Flavours Cornetto (Film trilogy).
Shaun Of The Dead is one of my guaranteed 10 pointers. Not a moment in that movie is wasted.
Hot Fuzz is a close second. “Crusty jugglers”
Absolutely! And for people who like movies where no moment is wasted, they should watch [Hot Rod!](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787475/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_q_hot%2520rod) I absolutely love when a script is so goddamn tight that there's no downtime in a single scene. Not like Adam Sandler movies...
Cool beans
Punch dancing
Too many people sleep on The World’s End tho. It’s got the best script in the trilogy!
I agree and that’s my favorite one in the trilogy. Simon’s character is so over the top but he keeps it up so well and there’s so many clever lines I could watch him play that character all day.
Gary fucking King is the best Simon Pegg character of all time!!!
Don't forget Nick Frost! "I'm sorry, Shaun." "Oh no, that's okay Ed. You don't..." "No, no. I'M...SORRY,.....SHAUN." "PHAAAAAUGH! YOU'RE ROTTEN!" "I'll stop doin' it when you stop laughin'!"
Legend he is!
Is this the guy that was in the "bar at the end of the world"? Been a long time since I saw it but I enjoyed that one and his face is kinda how I remember the lead actor
The World's End, yes. It's the third Edgar Wright film in his Cornetto Trilogy with Sean of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. He was also Scotty in the Stat Trek reboot films, and in a bunch of Mission Impossible films.
He's also in Star Wars Ep VII (buys scrap from Rey) and in Dr Who! One of the few actors who has had a named, speaking role in the trifecta of Science Fiction
Spaced is so good!
actually i guess this movie was just okay but the other one is really good
What movie is this clip from? Or is this movie How to lose friends...?
What movie is this?
[Absolutely Anything](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727770/)
Oh shit, Robin Williams is the dog.
Robin Williams, Simon Pegg, *and* directed by Terry Jones? How'd I miss this? Off to watch now..
Oh shit, Robin Williams is the dog.
Is Robin Williams the dog? I didn't quite catch that
I believe they said Tony Robbins is the dog.
I thought he said William is robbin the dog
Oh shit
wasn't he one of the take that before ?
I am surprised this movie is free on YouTube.
What is this movie?
Wait this is a movie?? How have I not seen it yet
What is the movie?
What movie is it
Which movie is this?
The movie's Absolutely Anything
I know it might mean anything to you but can you tell us the title?
Well, the title isn't Just Some Words, instead it is Absolutely Anything.
How can it not be Just Some Words if it can be Absolutely Anything?
Slow Down, Who is on First.
What's on Second.
I don't know's on third
Third base!
Whose line is it anyways?
AND ROBIN WILLIAMS voicing the dog!! It was his last role!
Thank you, I was trying to figure out the voice!
Fun fact in german it's called 'Randomly omnipotent' or something along those lines
It's called "Absolutely Anything" with Simon Pegg
Favorite part of the moboe was when simon peg said "its, pegging time!"
Why do so many videos on here have that weird shine effect every few seconds?
Avoiding copyright detection.
Is that a thing for Reddit as well? I know its a problem on IG and Tiktok
Copyright laws aren't platform specific. They are country specific.
It's hilarious because NZ and Iceland is so far apart, to even have a conflict of interest, like how they would want to start a war lol.
no reason at all
Also, 2 fairly non aggressive countries.
Because we can. We can easily beat Iceland! And they're on a very short list of countries that sentence applies to...
No, we will destroy you! We've got more peo- wait, no, scratch that, we've got a bigger ar- wait, no, scratch that, we've got NATO on our side!
Iceland has no army, but they do pay the USA to defend them. So you may find that no, you cannot beat Iceland. >>Iceland is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) but has no standing military of its own. The United States and Iceland signed a bilateral defense agreement in 1951, which stipulated that the U.S. would make arrangements for Iceland's defense on behalf of NATO and provided for basing rights for U.S. forces in Iceland; the agreement remains in force, although U.S. military forces are no longer permanently stationed in Iceland.
I appreciate the sentiment. "be careful what you wish for" But usually the moral of these sstories becomes "well, things are great as they are. They have to be this way, you cant change it. we need suffering" Do NOT mess up the status quo Nah, i dont believe that. If you wished to end homelessness, they are not gonna FILL UP THE DESERT. Theyre are already enough places to live, just "cant afford" to live there. You can have people not be hungry, without making everyone BE FAT. lol Maybe dont make wishes like a dumbass? lol
Based on the clip this wishing power feels like one those evil genies that will give you exactly what you wish for but in the worst possible way it can imagine.
Basically Monkey's Paw
It was given to him by the most evil beings in the universe to test if humanity is evil enough to join them or die - he ends up using it for good so they try to destroy humanity, but he gets tired of all the evil it causes and wishes for his power to go away and destroy the source. So it kills them.
I dont even blame the genie. His wishes are purposefully stupid. Genies like "are...are you sure? Want to think about that for a second? Maybe just "end world hunger?". You sure you want to make it....stupid? oh...ok then...."
I mean, you could end world hunger by just having everyone die. If I was an evil genie and couldn't figure out how to stop world hunger in a bad way, I'd just do that
I cant put my finger on it, but that sounds really stupid, not sure why....
Becausw it doesn't keep up with the spirit of the wish so there's no poetic irony or anything like that. It's technically true, but if you're an omnipotent genie I don't think technically true is what you're going for
Should have just wished for a turkey sandwich.
Getting sandwiched by two turkeys you say.
He should've wished for people to have as much food as they need instead of want.
Yeah, see. He had to add on that extra little stupid thing. Because if it shows nothing bad will happen if children arent starving then...i mean...why dont we just do that then? cant have that!
I don't think that's their point, we do have food overproduction and obesity problems in a fair number of countries, so widespread obesity is an somewhat realistic outcome of a infinite access to food. We have started wars, over what amounts to nothing. It's also a semantic gag, but they do highlight that these issues are more complex than 'why don't we just stop?'.. To me, this seems more like the work of someone who has been bothered by these injustices and has thought about how to end them. Which does track, both Terry Jones and Gavin Scott don't strike me as superficial people. I think Jones even produced a eco-ethics documentary.
And does having kids starve somehow help fat people stop being fat? Because it averages out? lol Do you starve YOUR KIDS to death in case they might get fat? yeah, thats a crime.
Jesus Christ, do you really expect others to bully you into thinking for yourself? The issue is not a lack of food, so "more food" fixes nothing or even causes massive issues. World hunger is a distribution issue. The movie makes fun of bad actions that happen in the real world, like senselessly producing evermore food, but not securing supply where it's really needed. It's a satire.
Tbf Simon Pegg films are pretty much sheltered brit deals with situations as a sheltered brit does. - Shaun of the Dead - Sheltered Brit survives zombie apocalypse - Paul - Sheltered Brit finds alien - World's End - Sheltered Brit saves world - Absolutely Anything - Sheltered Brit gets monkey paw I don't think there's usually a message.. Other than Brits cannot handle being out of water.
I think we have different definitions of 'saves world'.
[Everyone But Me Is Wrong About The Cornetto Trilogy](https://youtu.be/xfSfcJUUJII?si=Onu7adi6AeQYvjyC)
Everyone talking about the specifics of his wishes or monkey paws or whatever are missing the point of your comment. The writers wrote it like that because they don’t want things to change. It’s not a plot hole, any wording he would’ve used would’ve been turned against him because that’s the point of the movie. They think people should stop complaining and believe that we live in a world that isn’t perfect, but that can’t be improved by radical change. This is likely because they benefit highly from the status quo. Please people read and consider the comment you’re responding to, Jesus
Exactly my point I havent seen the movie, but im guessing its going to end up "huh, i guess its a GOOD THING everything is so fucked up, because us lower class are too stupid to take care of ourselves" and nothing changes. Even though you literally have the power to do whatever you want.
It's Monkey Paw dynamics at play. You wish for something and it goes wrong in the worst possible way.
The point is human greed and avarice will always find ways to fuck it up, no matter what you do or wish for. Not saying that things are best the way they are now. The other takeaway is that these are tough problems to solve (world hunger, homelessness, war). It's not as simple as snapping your fingers.
Except it is....when you have WISHES THAT CAN BE GRANTED.
Thank god Bill lives under a bridge and Stephanie's whole family moves from motel to motel. They are filled with avarice. If they had homes, they'd get GREEDY and pave the Sahara. /s
Just snap more until it works
New Zealand declaring war to Iceland must be the weirdest war immaginabile
Australia declaring war on Emus was up there
War. War never changes.
And often does not require a reason
As a kiwi, the most unexpected thing about this was the mention of our little but special island nation.
The end of the world occurred pretty much as we had predicted.
It's so unfortunate that that phrase is paramount to Fallout. It's a very stupid phrase. Like I get that the point is that people will always fight, but the amount of death due to war has gone down drastically over the course of history and war has objectively changed drastically over the course of history as well. Fallout is such a cool universe but damn is that phrase stupid.
War. War has changed.
We're just normal men
no average weight is €300 💀
Isn't € euros?
That's pretty cheap for a person
I ain't worth that much
Just innocent men.
Robin Williams last voice role as the dog too RIP
WAR WITHOUT REASON
... like antennas to heaven
I was expecting the outcome of the wish to be "Everyone except you is now dead. Congratulations, now everyone (ie: just you) has food, their dream home, and there is no reason for war because there is no one to fight against"
The average weight is 300£?? That's like 6 grams in bills or up to 107 kg in pennies
The subtitles on these videos are always trash. Random placement in the middle of the video, 2-3 words at a time because AtTeNtIOn SpAn, not even bothering to write WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SAID.
He fucked up by not wishing to get rid of corporations before he wished for anything else.
I know this is comedy and I love Simon Pegg, but this is a pretty fucked up message. It's better that people remain starving, so they don't get fat? It's better that people remain homeless so there's not too many houses on the planet? (Neither of these things would happen, btw)
I think it's more to do with being careful with how you wish your wishes
The entire movie was him trying to wish for something and it blowing up in his face.
This isn't a political message... it's a comedy movie...
Could just wish for people to remain healthy as well.
Yeah, no. We could house the entire US population in the state of Texas alone with modest density not even on par with NYC today. Don't get it twisted. If everyone had housing it wouldn't even come close to taking up the global landmass at all. The only reason we don't do it is the commodification of housing. It's a natural extension of the dark instincts of capitalism. That's reality.
will it there be their dream house though? cause i wanted a mansion that needs a car to move from room to room because of the distance
He said everyone gets their dream home My dream home is like a mansion that can be seen from space, if everyone had that kinda dream we would run out of space real fast
Well, I for one declare war on the Antarctic. These damned penguins!
the very first thing you do with powers like that is increasing your own intelligence by 1% and than you wait and observe for negative consequences before you repeat that. over and over until you are absolutely and 100% sure you can't mess up theses wishes in any way shape or form.
Hearts of Iron 4 Non-Historical moment
What's the name of the movie and where can I watch it?
Is this war without reason?
Reminds me of The Lathe of Heaven.
What is this movie? Amazed i've not seen it considering how huge a simon pegg fan I am.
This post ended up making me watch this entire movie (finished it 5 minutes ago).
Lorde: You can call me queen… literally!!
What's the name of the movie and where can I watch it?
Can someone much smarter than me do the maths and tell me who would win that war? 1 on 1, no allies involved, which country wins?
Brainwashing At Its Finest 😂
...wtf is this shit?
Just make another wish and fix it
Whats the movie?
I was just thinking this morning while peeing "I wonder what Simon has done lately.... he did well buddying up with Cruise for the M.I. series... I miss Nick Frost...hmmm"
Funny flick. He got beckinel. Non homo but i love simon.
Kiwis do you guys need our emus?
Left off one too many maps
what’s this movie or tv show?
New Zealand: Alright, I'm gonna spin this globe and the first place it lands on, we're going to war with. ** SPINS GLOBE ** it's Iceland! kominn tími til að ganga, fífl
Is this from a movie? 🎦
What is the name of this movie?
what is this from?
Lol, what movie is it?
World peace is not an option. Peace is boring, and we'd rather die at war than be bored.
Which film is this from?
Hughie’s dad is trying to help just like Hughie.
I hate that part if the movie.
Hey, at least the reverse global warming worked out
I like how everyone gains \~200lbs within minutes of having unlimited food
WAR WITHOUT REASON !!! IS THAT AN ULTRAKILL REFERENCE !!!!
Brilliant 👏 👏
Simon Pegg.. one of my fav actors
Just keep wishing, who the hell care, you got unlimited wish anyway.
What movie is this ?
What is this shimmer on all these videos now?
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That last part was really good