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Summary of the Video:Hi folks, bad news about last weeks poll winner Lord of War. We watched and recorded our reaction yesterday only to find that OBS on Simone side had reset the audio setting to default (not using her mic) and her footage was completely silent. No audio was recorded at all. As a result, the reaction is completely unusable. Its just George sitting there talking, and responding to things no one can hear. We do talk a bit about what we think of the movie in this video, but the point is that we had to scrap the footage and will instead be doing the second place of last weeks poll which is Hidden Figures. The reaction of that will be available this Saturday, in place of Lord of War. Again, sorry about this. We will be more diligent in the future with doing audio/video tests before every shoot as we use to do, before becoming too comfortable and trusting of our software/hardware.

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Andrew Helmer

Cats are jerks confirmed! No worries. Tech issues happen .

Mega Reacts

My biggest fear as a reactor.

Jean-Dominic Lapointe

I was looking forward to this reaction, but hey, it happens. Looking forward to Hidden Figures’ reaction.

Justin Feldman

Just to clarify this is 100% a joke, sorry that happened guys

Denis

It happens 🤣

Gabriel L.

Stuff happens. I was looking forward to this one but a failure rate of 0.0001% is pretty great

Richard Thackeray

It’s ok, stuff happens. At least there’s a plan B

Mino Productions

Ah shit happens, hope you had fun watching the film at least!

Jihad Lee

Wow! That sucks but oh well. On to the next

TomGas2025

Well...shit happens....no problem.

laROCK3D

I vote that you guys still release the video and George does dub for Simone.

Jay Davis

Just have AI generate a Bad Lip Reading over-audio for you. I'm sure it'll turn out fiiiiine... and in no way hilarious.

slowprodigy

Simone needs to fire her tech/audio cat. This is unacceptable.

DonkyDave

You guys produce so much content for us, it was bound to happen sooner or later... thanks for all your hard work!

Scoobay

Shit do be happening

Prince Mora

Post without audio. I'll lip read 🫡

lisa

Great news, i think you mean. I'm just sorry that you had to endure Nicholas Cage for nothing

Pretty Nosferatu

Happens to the best of us. I'm glad you enjoyed the film, though!

Jeronimo

Thanks Obama

Jethro Divine

Errors are bound to occur every once in a while. Have a nice poop, George. Also, feet pics when?

Zhivko Yakimov

Well, things happen sometimes. Maybe it is for the better, as I feel the movie romanticizes the main character a bit more than necessary. Given who is the actual person who has served as the strongest inspiration for that movie, I find it a bit tone-deaf, especially right now. So don't worry about it, not a big loss.

Grinznmore

A CAPTCHA moment. I am not a robot.

Denashi

Things like this are bound to happen, sooner or later! Oh well!

Skylar Burns

You guys are awesome. Shit happens! Stay awesome!

Daniel Smith

Gutted for the pair of you. If it’s any consolation, Hidden Figures is incredible.

Kenny240

Technical difficulties happen sometimes. I’ve dealt with software reverting back to some arbitrary default state more times than I care to count. It happens.

Shawnie

I see youtube videos and tiktoks of lip readers saying what celebrities say at red carpet events and stuff like that. I say we get one of those to voice over the missing part! I'd watch that haha

Smellwell

Eh, could be worse. Of all movies we could have lost a reaction to, this is a good one to lose. It's not awful, just not great.

Mike FromOz

Absolutely fine. These kinds of things occur, don't worry about it. A shame you went to all the hard work of making it though, only for this to happen. I wouldn't worry about a re-watch. The movie is ok, but to be honest it's something more for spectacle than anything else. The actual gun smuggling from Russia and former USSR countries into places like Africa which has led to internal strife and murder is something which should be looked at, but not through the lens of a movie which plays up aspects and diminishes others for want of a narrative. Especially considering the character is based a lot on Viktor Bout, an arms dealer from Russia who is a terrible human being. Hidden Figures will be a great watch though, I am really looking forward to it. As well as whenever you get around to watching "Stranger than Fiction".

Mike FromOz

So long as he wears the wig from before, hehe.

Robban6948

Hey, no worries! Looking forward to what's next!

PeaceandCheese

Use AI to lip read! not sure if it would work but worth a try :)

Mike FromOz

Agreed 100%. The guy who this was partially based on (Viktor Bout) was swapped back to Russia in a prisoner transfer for Brittany Griner. He is not a good person.

laROCK3D

I'll be severely disappointed now if this doesn't happen lol

Paul Davey

George could've just done his best Simone impersonation and redubbed the audio totally not saying weird things different to what Simone really said. Seamless.

lovemoose

It's ok no worries!!!!

Alexrandom

It's okay guys, no worries! (Lord of war isn't all that good anyway)

JakeyShakeyBakeyBoy

Aw sorry you both had to lose out on the work you put in. No worries at all legends and glad you liked the movie! Man when those Silence spells in DND are super powerful, am I right?

Senec

Submit the video footage without audio to Bad Lip Reading, they can do something with it I'm sure :)

Horadriel

DW. You guys are doing great. Mistakes happen

davidov

1. Oh darn that really sucks. But no reactor would ever do this on purpose, so.... bad luck, chin up, and keep going! 2. Glad you said you liked the movie, that's good to hear and gives some compensation :) 3. Been waiting for a proper react channel to do this one for years, something to keep looking out for I guess lol. 4. Let's just hope the next booboo doesn't happen after another absurd blue monday like this one :P

mky

This wouldn't happen if you had a boom mic operator and audio crew recording Simone 24/7. (But seriously, no worries, it's all good, and thanks for all of the great reactions you do put out!)

Drew Acheson

Technical issues happen, no worries. What concerns me more is that Simone seems to be sick again. Get better soon! RE: Nick Cage acting; while it's not at all in the same genre a good showcase of how good Nick Cage can be is Family Man. I think Simone would enjoy it, but I think George might hate it.

EnwhyZee

Release it anyway, but just Georges side so it looks like hes insane and talking to an imaginary friend.

Mike FromOz

If you want more subtle and layered acting from Nick Cage, I can recommend "Adaptation". It is so much more nuanced and he gives an amazing performance in it. It's also a really great film with a very strange premise to it. Also, great acting by Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and Tilda Swinton.

ExquisiteCapybara

that would be great as a joke video. or let patreons do a silly voiceover for simone.

BangDroid

What's common in music recording is a backup zoom/tascam recorder. Less with big pro studios, more so in amateur home studios where things can go wrong more often. Just having one sitting on a bench or chair, just as an absolute backup. It's not meant for any serious use in production but when jamming and riffing, losing an entire creative session can be a permanent loss of art. I know a few session musicians who record everything they play like this just as a reference.

JayF

While I realize this sucks for those that wanted that reaction, I wasn't interested and am enjoying the idea of watching a reaction to Hidden Figures.

Scott CineRam

I expect it might have happened during a software update

howtocookazombie (Stan)

That's pretty sad. I was very excited to see your reaction, especially because there are almost no reaction videos from anyone else for this movie. But things like this can happen sometimes. It's not the end of the world. Don't worry. 😉 Edit: @George How do you two talk with each other? Through phone / Discord or something like that? Is it possible to record the Desktop sound of Simone maybe as a separate audio backup channel?

Jethro Divine

Yes! Let's put a patreon spin on it! We've all seen the creativity of some of the brilliant minds here. Not a bad idea.

Funny That

Nee bother. When you've been that together with things, and for years now, I suppose something "surprising" is bound to happen. For a rundown on the smorgasbord of Nichola Cage performances: https://www.avclub.com/nicolas-cage-performances-ranked-in-order-of-weirdness-1850312993 (Of course a simple spectrum can not truly model Cage's "range"). Anyway, the movie Adaptation would be my suggestion, but it might spoil some of the fun bits from Being John Malkovich.

Scott CineRam

Try NIc Cage's Oscar-winning movie "Leaving Las Vegas"

Young Blood Priest

Shit happens. But I’m glad you’ll see some black history before February. 😁

Tom Hess

Damn that sucks. I know some other reactors use two mics and record from both at the same time for safety. Maybe something to look into for the future. Because even if the pre-recording tests work, what if your mic conks out during recording?

Hans Czajkowski Jørgensen

Don't worry about it, G&S. Accidents happen <3 Sorry that you have to do extra work this week, though. Hope you don't tire out too much. Looking forward to Hidden Figures.

Scott CineRam

"Matchstick Men" is also very good, but Nic does have his outrageous moments there as well

Eric Mc Daniel

This is simultaneously unfortunate and funny

iFixSAN

Bummer, but somehow comforting to know I'm not the only one who gets occasionally smote by the OBS gods.

Śéáń

The only option is to fire Simone. A new Simone can be hired in her stead - one wielding two microphones. She will be named Simtwo.

Nathan Jasper

Leaving Las Vegas and Bringing Out the Dead are higher caliber Nic Cage movies

Happy Hanukkah

"Honey, would you still love me if I were completely disfigured?" "Darling, I'd love you even more!" 😂

Mycenaeus

I mean, you could still put the reaction up for people who are well-versed at lipreading.

Michael L.

Sucks, but these things happen.

Alec Zrike

Or maybe the folks who did the Bad Lip Reading videos 😂

iFixSAN

George, back-pocket 'for-laughs' project idea. Make a YouTube cut length version, and release it as a "Bad Lip-Reading cut" where each of you bad lip-read each-other's commentary.

Athenor

I smell sabotage by someone who voted for 2nd place, I demand an investigation 😂🥰

nceevee

More restrained Nic Cage performance recommendations: Red Rock West, Leaving Las Vegas, Bringing Out the Dead, Adaptation, Joe, Pig, Dream Scenario. I think it's important to note that he's been an actor his entire career who has wanted to do something other than 1970's naturalism and is heavily inspired by German Expressionism. So other fantastic Nic Cage performance where perhaps he's not restrained but calibrated to the movie: Moonstruck, Wild at Heart, Snake Eyes, Matchstick Men, Mandy, Renfield.

Jeff K.

I found myself shaking my head and sighing but I ended up having to silently nod in approval of this joke.

Lachlan Caldwell

If a lip reader can work out what Simone said and give her the transcript, maybe she can re-record the audio. I was really looking forward to this reaction. Oh well.

MacGuffinStuff

Eh shit happens. Even though I voted for The Color Purple I was actually looking forward to the Lord of War reaction because it is a pretty good movie, depressing... but good, one of my favorite Nick Cage movies. But I haven't seen Hidden Figures so that's cool, I heard it's good. Still hoping you guys watch The Color Purple at some time, it's both tragic and triumphant, love that movie.

Kyuzou

OBS (can) changes the sources often, always double check ESPECIALLY after a windows update, 80% of the times i get a windows update it resets all my audio settings in every software

Kyuzou

simone dubbing george inbetween would be hilarious

Onno Smits

RELEASE THE GEORGE CUT! 😂 Gotta be honest, I voted for Hidden Figures, so not a bad outcome for me. But it's also OK to just say "shit happens, no content for one day" and not work yourselves to the bone every single week. I genuinely don't understand how you guys haven't burned out yet, with the amount of stuff you produce. It's nuts. Stay warm out there!

Smooticus

I hate when that happens. Hidden Figures is a great movie and you'll enjoy it. It makes an excellent companion piece to watch along with The Right Stuff (1983)

Craig Bruce

You guys could have backup, independent simple voice recorders in the rooms. Simone could also do a comical over-dub.

Martin Roca

I wanna cry =( was looking to this movie

Martin Roca

Can we get that version anyway? At least we can see your faces reaction

Brendan Rafferty

I guess you’ll have to replace it with something else… like… say… Deep Impact 👍🏻

Rant Al’More

No biggie! Maybe post a text-based little review of your thoughts? If not then whatever. Shit happens

sarCC

Really excited for the Hidden Figures reaction! Also, and this should be obvious by now...but if you want to do a reaction to a great movie with Nicolas Cage, Longlegs is your best bet! Easily the best movie his been in in years.

Amar

Hidden Figures is better!!

Jenny-gave-forrest-aids

By the way, if you want nusncef layered Nick Cage, then 8mm is the movie for you. Just a warning though, its a tough tough watch

Fly Ωhms

Aww man, don't worry about it guys. Simone, don't feel bad, shit happens lol

Steve kephart

Hidden Figures is a better movie IMO, so I'm not sad. Also looking forward to the dubbed version of LOW reaction coming out in the future where Simone adds funny sounds for her side of the conversation. Maybe take her audio reaction from another movie and add it here to see if anybody notices? Or she responds to your pre-recorded comments with Gilmore Girls trivia. Oh the possibilities....

Ari Ramirez

You guys should try making a cut of it with George dubbing over the silent video with his outrageous Simone impression in a high-pitch voice

Mastervodo

Completely disagree. Longlegs is REALLY boring for a horror movie, and the 2 minutes you see Cage in it is not worth the watch. IMO.

Mikebdrx

Appreciate you both. Ya'll both do an amazing job at keeping this channel going!

Steve kephart

Since I'm seeing a bunch of Nick Cage suggestions; mine would be Matchstick Men. Very much a hidden gem.

Drew

I’d second your vote for Adaptation. One of Cage’s best, and one of my favorites

Cartoons ReAct

yeah...happened to me already, at least only during the first 10mins xD

Itbewhatitbe

they talk about it in this video.

Will Sofer

I think that’s honestly due to George, more than anything else. He’s stated that he genuinely enjoys editing videos. If he disliked it to some extent, we’d likely be getting a quarter of the content, at best.

Rob Church

I disagree with your disagreement. Longlegs is pretty much as far as you can get from "boring"

RedCrusade

Y'all are wonderful, don't even worry about it. Things happen.

Richard Burrell

Awww noooooo! Was so looking forward to this reaction! Oh well - these things happen! Looking forward to the next one! 😁

Ryan Johnson

You should try out Riverside.fm. It's a high quality podcast recording software that I think would work well for you guys. It might prevent this from happening in the future. https://riverside.fm/

Tay Schumaker

Are we sure George isn't just hiding a psychotic break?

Jasper Collins

I think a short review of the movie could be a nice conclusion at least. Just you two talking a little what you thought stuff like that.

Tay Schumaker

A top 5 all time movie from me. Not sure it would make for a good reaction, but I could sit around and discuss it for hours

j c

Plot twist. There was never any Simone sound. She's not real. This is a video of a hallucinating man speaking to himself

olly.enn

And redundancy! Something my "mentor" (I guess) drilled into my skull when I started out (multicam video production and photography business). The best software and gear doesn't help if a computer crashes, a software freezes, an SDD gets damaged, lost or stolen or when an SD card crumbles. I relentlessly grind the nerves of my crew with my backup obsession. Never to this day had any data loss, knock on wood! :)

Maiki

Ah man, Simone's voice slightly breaking at "I'm so mad at everything". Don't be. Shit happens. First time, after about 6 trillion videos. I think that's quite alright :)

beefjerkywizard

No harm no foul. I recommend It Could Happen To You and The Family Man for two different types of Nic Cage movies and also right up Simone's alley

Rick

Can you AI lip read her voice in but as Arnold Schwarzenegger or Samuel L Jackson?

Dimitri

As you guys can hear each other, maybe you each could record that audio stream as well just as a backup just in case. Lower quality for a backup should be fine.

sarCC

Alnold Schwarzenegger? Samuel Al Jackson?

Adam K

Personally I’m just happy we get Hidden Figures. Such a great movie with amazing performances.

sarCC

I mean, it's a horror movie the same way Silence Of The Lambs is a horror movie; more of a crime thriller with horror elements. I do find both very scary. But, I guess I could see it as boring if one doesn't like incredible cinematography, eerie subject matter, and horrifying killings.

olly.enn

Quick aside: Another Nicolas Cages movie with serious acting and subject matter - even with a voice over narration pretty simliar to LORD OF WAR is - of course - the great BRINGING OUT THE DEAD by Marty Scorsese! *yay*! ... that is all.

Justtired

I appreciate your honesty and integrity. Some might have rewatched it and tried to pass it off as a first time watch. Instead, you were true to yourselves and us. Sure, it would have been great to watch along, but things happen. This continues to be my favorite reaction channel.

sagesaria

I suspect a windows update messed with audio settings because I've had to redo everything that uses my microphone in the past week. Super frustrating, and IME always catches you off guard when it happens. My sympathies. If you ever wanted to revisit it, I'll submit that I personally really liked the commentary idea, where you guys know the LOTR movies by heart but made a video watching them - it's certainly a DIFFERENT vibe than a blind reaction, but I still enjoyed it. I love watching movies with you because it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling akin to the old days when I could stay up late watching my favorite movies and shows with my friends in person, so I'm okay with more movie content in any form :)

Ian Hunter (NewbieInOttawa)

Poor Simone, hoping she's able to completely destressify (yes, that's a word) about this issue <3 Thanks for trying, kids. Capture software is always a bugaboo for me, and always audio, never video. If it's not OBS, then it's Voicemod messin' something up royally.

Śéáń

That kind of resigned, resentful approval is what I live for, Jeff.

Robinson vs. Parkinson's

Sounds like you guys need a replacement Nick Cage movie with a masterful, subtle and nuanced performance. I suggest LONGLEGS! Ok ok, it's about as subtle as a "dumptruck driving through a niteoglycerin plant", but this movie is a masterpiece and it actually turns Cage's unhinged antics from silly to absolutely terrifying. Seriously, LONGLEGS deserves a poll!

Shane Darcy

I would love to see a Longlegs reaction. They need to get caught up on some of the great 2024 releases. Throw ‘The Substance’ & ‘Challengers’ in there too!

Guy Gordon

Nic Cage's range is insane. Few can go as far over the top as him in such a fun way, yet have such insanely intense and subtle performances in other films. Try 8MM or World Trade Center. Or even though I'm not a big fan of Bringing Out The Dead, his performance is great. Or the obvious one, his fantastic Oscar winning role in Leaving Las Vegas.

ben yosi

you had one job 🤣

JarHead0351

No Problem - wasn't going to watch this movie anyways.. I did not like it the 1st time I seen it years ago - but will watch your next reaction

Tsuyama

dude shit happens and software doing things unexpectedly is common as hell.

Johann Du Toit

We can just dub over Simone's reaction. "OMG! OMG! OMG!.... OMG!". :-) Just kidding, don't sweat it guys. These things happen.

BoredLittleLady

Mistakes happen. You guys fit so much into your schedule already, don’t worry about it. Thanks for the update.

XeonAlpha

As someone who was dying for you to react to Hidden Figures… I’m not mad 😬

Danny Bryant

You should totally put a counter in the background that is X days from last technical difficulty as a running gag ;) Just a suggestion.

Actuarial Lurker

Hidden Figures is a good movie- so not a bad alternative

Daniel Golod

Please watch The Weather Man, wonderful subdued Cage

gfixler

The last software I trust is OBS. I love it, but it really feels held together with duct tape and baling wire. No worries, though. Onward and upward!

Darin Foat

Don't sweat it. Glitches happen. And, on a purely selfish level, I'm happy because you're going to watch a movie I'd actually like to see. Lord of War was the only one on the poll that I wasn't interested in. So your mistake turns into a win for me. :)

Shibby

Well something like this was bound to happen eventually at least you have a back up plan lol

Monster Cat

well what if you dub yourself. Haha

Florian

Happens to the best no worries. But another thing, will you do a rewatch maybe? And also there are some „lost reactions“ from the hdd desaster at the beginning, will you do a second watch sometime? Lots of love to you both❤️ Ps. 8mm with Nick Cage and Joaquine Phoenix

Tiago Ferreira

Sorry to ask here, do you plan on releasing Squid Game part II in the weekend?

Amelie W

That's harsh. I know one reaction series that ended after they lost a recording and never came back, so I'd say you're doing well. Also I'm three times more interested in Hidden Figures so this works out for me. :3

Ginger

No worries, these things happen. For what it's worth: Judging by the comments under the poll, it's better that it happened to this film than any other.

Crytek

Unlucky, but a great opportunity for a bad lip reading type video

Truth

Naturally this happens on one of the films that never get reacted to by reactors. Great films like Lord of War and Crash (2004) never get noticed so its a shame that a technical error occurred but nobody is perfect. Maybe someone in the future will be able to use all this new AI to add an AI generated dubbed version of Simone's voice. If that happens hopefully George can re upload it.

Maarten Martens

Thanks for the update, this stuff happens. I'm sure you've already thought about using a 2nd recording device, but whatever solution you choose, I'm sure it will work out. Good luck!

punterjoe

What a great opportunity to brush up on my lip reading skills 😁 #making_lemonade

Logan Kerlee

Won't lie, I'm disappointed. I went and got that movie for this reaction and now I've gotta watch it solo. Though - in the end, I'm thankful that this happened on this movie rather than something mega huge that would generate loads of views for the channel.

TokyoLopez

lmaoooo we should definitely crowd fund a lip reader to decipher what simone said and add a reallly shitty a.i. voiceover and reupload it

Jon Johns

Aww, come on! Clearly an opportunity for a talented lip reader to record themselves saying what Simone's lips are saying! 🤣 Just kidding. I feel your pain!!

Mr Mafuchi

You can make it up to me with Nick Cage in: The Family Man. By chance George, would it be possible to sync up your discord audio with Simone’s ISO? I’d like to think that you could hear her through discord. Otherwise, you guys would’ve caught the flub from the beginning. Only suggesting because I’ve done this before on my channel.

Logan Kerlee

hahahahaha, I remember when this happened. xD I was bummed about it but looking back it's a funny memory that makes me chuckle. :)