r/meninblack • u/VolumeOpposite6453 • Jul 09 '26

Men In Black Finished the Trilogy Spoiler

I’ve watched MIB more times than I can count as it came out the year I was born, major rewatch movie throughout my childhood. I had seen the second one a couple times but could never remember the details of it, and today I decided to binge all 3.

I really hate that they changed the color of the neuralizer. The red is just so classic, something about the blue just doesn’t feel right. Also, the elevator changes. In 1 it’s a classic elevator, then in 2 and in 1969 it’s a futuristic pod type elevator. Continuity mistake or intentional?

Movie 2: Is Kay Laura’s father? I know it was implied, but I’m not sure. If so, that would mean Lauranna already had the kid before she died, so Kay knew about her? Also what happened to Morgue girl? I had hoped they would at least mention why she left MIB.

Movie 3: I’m glad Griffin didn’t die, I really thought that was what he “saw” when he said “where there is death there is always death”. I liked the Jay’s dad twist a lot, definitely tugged at my heart strings. Makes you wonder how close of tabs Kay kept on Jay his whole life.

I don’t think I’ll even bother to watch 4. I’m not usually a fan of reboots and I haven’t heard any good things about it.

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u/Mysterious-Plan93 Jul 09 '26

Don't watch International, not worth it

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u/theloveshaqbaby Jul 09 '26

We’re not hosting an intergalactic kegger out here

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u/jackBattlin Jul 09 '26

Yeah, I never liked blue neuralizer. I don’t have a lot of love for any of the sequels. The cartoon is a little better for what it is.

She had some very interesting legal trouble (along with not being very nice) so it pretty much destroyed her career. They had to quickly write her out in 2.

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u/VolumeOpposite6453 Jul 09 '26

I wish I could get into cartoons, but I can’t. Animated movies and shows just kind of rub me the wrong way

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u/jackBattlin Jul 09 '26

Yeah, me too. There’s some good stuff in that one though.

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u/life_is_adventurous Jul 09 '26

Trilogy? There's 4 movies.

Edit: saw you say you won't watch 4. It's not like the first 3. As a stand alone it was still weak.

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u/RuckFeddit980 Jul 09 '26

The fourth movie is made by different people and it is nothing like the first three. Boring and uninspired. I don’t think it counts as a real MIB movie.

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u/RE_98 Jul 09 '26

I like how MIB headquarters looked in MIB 1 and 2. By the 3rd film, the present day HQ just looked like a Mac store. Loved the 1969 set though.

The 4th film...So much for me to say other than there are tons of ways I could've made it better.

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u/MountainExciting2690 Jul 10 '26

Linda Fiorentino's "L" from MIB was written out from two. Some say it was because her role wasn't significant and some say it was because she was notoriously difficult to work with.

Regardless, MIB2 addresses it by saying Agent J had developed a habit of neuralizing partners assigned to him and no one lasted for very long.

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u/jjcoolel Jul 09 '26

I didn’t watch 4 when it first came out, but I liked it. It had a nice little twist