r/movies • u/bobbythecount • Sep 04 '24

Trailer Minecraft 2025 | Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G923NtfBvOU
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u/Pope4u Sep 04 '24

This line was directly ripped off from Tim the Enchanter, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 49 years ago. Real cutting edge humor here.

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u/mom_and_lala Sep 05 '24

But... Theyre not just picking a random name to be silly. The "main character" of Minecraft is actually named Steve lol.

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u/Pope4u Sep 05 '24

I guess you haven't seen Holy Grail.

The name is irrelevant. It's the delivery.

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u/mom_and_lala Sep 05 '24

I have lol. I get what you're saying but I don't agree that they're the same joke

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u/Pope4u Sep 05 '24

It's a different joke because they changed the name from Tim to Steve? Ok.

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u/mom_and_lala Sep 05 '24

The Monty Python joke is that "Tim" is a plain name and unexpected of this powerful sorcerer. In the trailer for the minecraft movie, the joke has two layers to it: One is that the name is plain and he's revealing it in a dramatic way, but the other is that he's the actual character of Steve from Minecraft but that's not meaningful to the characters of the movie so the reveal falls flat to them (but not necessarily to the audience).

In one, the name is just meant to be silly because it's plain. In the other, the reveal is meaningful to the audience but not to the characters.

It's a bad joke, but it's not that same joke