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This week, the Distance NERDing crew dives headfirst into Marvel and DC chaos with one undeniable casualty: New Jersey. We break down Avengers: Doomsday rumors, Magneto allegedly nuking the Garden State, traumatized multiversal X-Men, and Steve Rogers accidentally Barry-Allen’ing the MCU. Over in DC land, Supergirl swaps composers, Paradise Lost gets benched, Wonder Woman gets the spotlight back, and Junkie XL inspires… musical boners. Expect spoilers, speculation, laughter, and one state catching relentless strays.
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00:00 – Live show warning & chaotic intros
02:50 – What’s on deck this week
04:55 – Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 plans
08:00 – Magneto destroys New Jersey (allegedly… repeatedly)
12:00 – Avengers: Doomsday multiversal trauma & X-Men vs Avengers
15:00 – Steve Rogers, Loki, Doom, and timeline guilt
19:50 – Peggy Carter rumors & Doom’s “greater good”
23:45 – DC Watchtower begins
24:40 – Supergirl swaps Ramin Djawadi for Junkie XL
31:30 – Paradise Lost shelved, Wonder Woman reboot discussion
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💡 Key Takeaways
• Marvel is betting big on Daredevil long-term
• Magneto vs New Jersey is the MCU’s new running gag
• Avengers: Doomsday may be fueled by multiversal PTSD
• Steve Rogers might be the MCU’s Barry Allen
• DC is refocusing hard on Wonder Woman
• Junkie XL brings heavier, louder vibes to Supergirl
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💬 Best Bits & Quotes
• “Avengers Doomsday hits theaters everywhere… except New Jersey.”
• “This is why we need the Sokovia Accords.”
• “Steve Rogers is the Barry Allen of the MCU.”
• “The music was never the problem.”
• “Musical boners. That’s why Junkie XL is here.”
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Marvelly news of everything going on.
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It's time for straight from Jay Jonah.
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OK, well, Daredevil was in production without fear.
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Yeah, I I can't do a Daredevil voice.
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I can't. I just had to do something kind
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of scary. Even though Daredevil born again
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that I guess that's it. Even though Daredevil Born Again
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season 2 hasn't hit Disney Plus yet, the long game is clearly in
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motion. That upcoming season will finish
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out the original 18 episode order Marvel Studios handed out
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back in July of 2022, according to actor actors access via.
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I guess we're going to call it X.
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I'm still going to call it Twitter.
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Season 3 is scheduled to begin filming on March 6th of 2026.
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So I mean with all of that. Wait, where is it filming?
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It's just beginning filming. Yeah, I.
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Think it's filming in in Canada? In Vancouver?
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I'm not sure. Is it in Vancouver?
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I mean, there's, there's, there's Vancouver because
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Vancouver can there's parts of Vancouver that can pass from New
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York. So, so it's a casting call
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that's got peaks of some of the chaos season 3 that's going to
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be bringing Marvel television is searching for background actors
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to play criminal gang members of all ethnicities, white and
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Asian, dangerous criminals and and intimidating police officers
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and things like that. From what I I've heard about
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this whole thing is, and then this is kind of what excites me
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is this order season 2 is finishing out this last part of
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that original order. Like we just said, the next
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season is supposed to be the first of like original, not like
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pre COVID stuff. So this is all going to be like,
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you know, Disney starting over with with what they're doing and
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kind of creatively moving in the direction that they want to move
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things to and not being attached to older things.
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What do you guys think about all this stuff?
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Cool. Well, obviously, obviously they
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believe in it because you know, season 2 hasn't even aired yet
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and they're really pushing season 3.
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So they they want a long term investment for for daredevil.
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I, I do think it'd be kind of cool as if they instead of
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calling it Daredevil born again season 3, if they kind of
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renamed it like after season 2 and and it was something new
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for, you know, season 3 and it just, it was almost.
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Daredevil Resurrection. Yes, like almost like like a
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mini mini series all based around the Daredevil that we
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know. Oh, that.
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Would be cool I I haven't finished the original series
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Daredevil so I can't really say anything.
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I I give it a thumbs up. Let's go more Charlie Cox.
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More Charlie Cox. That's always always a good
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decision. Daredevil born again season 2
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premieres March 24th, and I'm excited.
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I mean the the latest trailer wasn't the greatest, but it's
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still got I'm still excited for the show.
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All right, well, let's let's continue on here.
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Fox must have skipped the media training.
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Yeah, because this was a big drop.
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Ian McKellen doubled down on a previous comment slash spoiler
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he made about Magneto and the destruction of the entire state
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of New Jersey. Again.
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Let's go, let's fucking go. While appearing on The Late Show
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with Stephen Colbert. I don't always understand the
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story of these movies that I'm in, but in this one, I don't
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think I'm spoiling anything by saying that Magneto destroys New
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Jersey, and I'm sorry about that.
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It's so funny because he he dropped it like in a, in an
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interview that was good. Like it wasn't live and
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everybody's like, Oh my God, did he just spoil it?
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And then he goes on the Colbert show, and that's the same
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spoiler. It's like, yeah, no, let me let
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me make sure everybody understands that I'm spoiling
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this. Let me ask.
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It out. Here's what's happening.
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Here's exactly what you know. Oh my God, what's happening?
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I wonder Feige must be like what is going on here?
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I have a feeling what happened with all of this is, you know,
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he kind of like dropped it and and he was like, Oh my God, what
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are we going to do? This is going to be a shit show.
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And he was like, just double down on Colbert.
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Just just double down on it. Just just do it.
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You know, we're going to make do it.
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Come on, just just do it. TJT Johansson.
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So why New Jersey? The some of the some of the the
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speculation is because the last place that we saw his children
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was in New Jersey. You're talking about Scarlet
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Witch Witch? So Scarlet Witch being in New
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Jersey between another speculation is that some of the
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some of the Ground Zero mutant stuff within the MCU that
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started in New Jersey Miss Marvel.
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With like. Yeah, yeah.
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And also where go ahead. I was going to say, and also
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it's New Jersey, so yeah, is anybody really going to miss it?
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So yeah, yeah. I mean, you know, really.
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Yeah. Kevin Smith has something to say
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about that. OK, sorry, Fred, go.
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Now I want to say something. Go for it.
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What? Didn't They didn't?
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Didn't the Savior School for gifted youngsters?
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Didn't. Wasn't that in New Jersey?
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For New York, New York, NY yeah, it's up to New York.
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You think maybe he just missed upstate New York and got Jersey?
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Or is. That.
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I don't know where New Jersey is.
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I'm just going to say that right now.
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I know. Jersey, New Jersey is South of
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New York. And it's probably like, you
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know, he went to go, yeah, he went to go throw like an
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electromagnetic ball at like, Manhattan.
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But like, yeah, somebody like punched him in the face and he
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missed and it just destroyed all of New Jersey.
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Yeah, I mean. Do we know what his intentions
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were? Is was it?
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Was it something that like? Maybe it was just a mistake?
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And This is why we need the Segovia Accords, folks.
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I don't think it was a mistake. I mean, Jersey was a.
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Mistake but. That's fun.
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To do Wow. Like Nino's handling it.
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You're getting. The only good part about about
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New Jersey is, is is the devil. He's going to get his vote in in
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in Jersey. Avengers Doomsday hits theaters
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on December 18th. Everywhere, obviously, except in
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New Jersey. Right.
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Is it? Can you?
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Tell New Jersey about this. I mean, seriously, I guess they
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know now. Thanks.
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Yeah, in Belarus, New Jersey. So bad, so bad.
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Some fighty fighty details. According to the insider at My
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Time to Shine H, the answer lies in multiversal trauma.
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In Avengers Doomsday, the X-Men have been through many
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incursions, so when The Avengers and the Fantastic Four come to
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their universe and try to help them, they assume they came here
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to destroy them and that's why they fight.
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See, I like this. Yeah.
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This is like a little bit of storytelling before we get to
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the actual movie. This makes me happy.
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Like the the X-Men are just fighting off world after World
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and they're just like traumatized.
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This. I mean, who knows, Maybe.
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Maybe they're gonna. This is how they write off some
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X-Men. I don't know.
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Yeah. Also, just judging off the
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picture that we're looking at right now, this is Cyclops
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helping Magneto destroy New Jersey.
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Exactly. Yes, you know what?
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I see it. I see Jersey.
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Yeah. It's like that's, that's, yeah.
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The thing in the background, that's the arc of Trump right
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there. I go.
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The X-Men The X-Men aren't just defensive, they're exhausted and
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scarred from repeated incursions and have already devastated
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their world from their Me too. Another group of powerful
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outsiders showing up. Looks less like Help and more
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like the next Apocalypse and not the character.
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Looks like they're trying to destroy New Jersey as well.
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Right. Oh, maybe they're using Miss
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Marvel to get there. Oh yeah.
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You know what? It could have something to do
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with the yeah, 'cause then the Marvels, you had that thing, it
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could, there could be a connection there.
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They introduced blank. Oh that would be cool.
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Now also, and this is this is serious.
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Like the joke aside, they're saying that some of the X-Men
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might be depleted by this point. So This is why we're not going
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to be getting like a full X-Men roster to like 2 of the names
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that have been show maybe off the border, Jean Grey and Storm.
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Meaning that you can see why, like at that point, why Scott
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would be so upset because if he's lost Jean, he's broken at
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this point. Could be, yeah, yeah.
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It's like Superman losing Lois. Yeah, yeah.
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Is is did Magneto say that his wife's name was Jean too?
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And then that and they bonded? Is that what we're going to get?
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I hope we get that. Why?
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Did you say that name, Jean? It was my Mother's Day.
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That was also my wife's name. Rutabaga.
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Rutabaga again. Doomsday hits on December 18th.
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Everywhere again. Except in New Jersey, because
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it's not going to be there. No.
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Yeah. Sorry, Jersey, I'm.
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Wiping it off the face of the map like California in an
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earthquake. Jersey Shore is getting a lot
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shory. Oh my God.
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All right, well, let's let's continue on here, guys.
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Oh, I didn't take it off the screen ever.
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There we go. Let's continue on.
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Speaking of a rumor industry insider, My Time to Shine H has
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shared via CBM the following theory.
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Sometime after Avengers End Game and before the end of Loki
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season 2, Loki goes to see Steve, who is living with Peggy
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and has a son. Loki tells Steve that the TVA is
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going to prune his timeline because Steve is not supposed to
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be there and Steve is not supposed to have a baby.
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Not supposed to have a baby. And that pregnancy must have
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been hell. Yeah, right.
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So Loki offers Steve a way out. He will move Steve and his
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family to a universe where they never existed, allowing them to
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live peacefully. That universe turns out to be
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the Fantastic Four's universe. Oh.
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We have lot of rumors this week. I've heard this rumor like in
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more places than this too, so I mean this is kind of cool that
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it's coming up here. They lived there for years until
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the events of Avengers Doomsday, when Doom arrives to warn the
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Fantastic Four about the incursions and tell them they
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must travel to the MCU to stop them.
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So getting getting cooler, Reed and Doom come up with a plan,
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track down Steve, explain everything to him and ask for
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his help. Steve agrees to return to the
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MCU to to the 616 with them so he can convince the heroes there
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to help. So do you guys think that this
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is the a possibility for the beginning of Doomsday?
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Just have a. Just have a short.
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Again I say sure. Oh.
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Go ahead. Is that a short crash?
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How long is this movie going to be?
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I mean, suppose, I mean, there's there's still and everything,
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but the rumors were saying between 2:40 and three hours,
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so. Yeah, OK, let me.
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I think I was saying like 4 or so maybe.
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You know, that's, yeah, there's a lot of shit packed into this
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movie. 10 years, 10. Years long.
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That's been 10. This is, yeah.
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This is only the beginning. Yeah, I know.
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Then we're going to get another three hour movie with rumors
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that that movie they're going to be splitting into two now.
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Like what was just described here is a movie.
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This is like a whole movie in itself.
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Yeah, yeah. Now the rumors.
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I don't know. I don't think I saw that we're
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covering this tonight. No, the rumor right now is that
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Secret Wars is going to be split in 2 movies.
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Oh, OK, cool. So the ones that we called
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secret, the other one wars or? Well, just because like, I guess
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there's so much that's in there and there's like some I got, I
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got to go pull it up again, but there's something.
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We'll talk about that next week because I think there's some
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more Secret War stuff. OK, I was going to say, there's
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something like legally that's making them have to do 2 movies.
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Anyways, we'll talk about it more next week.
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So more cliffhanger guys, move on.
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Make sure you tune in next week. Wait a minute, I have a comment.
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Go for it. No, I don't want to say it.
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No, I do kidding. So my comment is I want the
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different beginnings. Remember I was talking about
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this different beginnings like all of the first four like
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trailers, all of those are the four beginnings.
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Those are all the beginnings. The movie, instead of the having
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the the cut scene we have are the false endings.
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We have the false beginnings. It's all the beginnings.
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I'm with a. Interesting, interesting.
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I do like the idea of finding a way to make this in, in a tragic
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way, sort of Steve's fault, not saying fault, fault, but like
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him being in another universe causing them to have a, you
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know, a variant timeline and they got to like, it's going to
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intersect with another timeline. It's causing issues and Loki's
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there to help. It's like, it's that thing with
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Steve is like, I can't win. Like, as much as I try to do
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everything good and do everything for everybody else,
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the one thing I do for myself, I can't do it because it's going
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to end a universe. Yeah.
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I mean, that does seem, that does seem to happen to him
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fairly often, yeah. Yeah, no, absolutely.
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You know, I don't want to say this, but I'm going to say it.
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Steve Rogers is the Barry Allen of the MCU.
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Kind of, yeah, He. Kind.
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Of yeah, yeah, yeah, OK, I could say that all.
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Right. Kind.
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Of the show. He didn't just take the the
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freaking stones and come back. Well, hopefully they address.
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Everything of Steve. Rogers, seems like that's what
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we're doing. So again, yes, Speaking of, I
00:19:22
guess Speaking of. Steve in the family.
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Is, Yeah. It's keeping it in the family.
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There you go. Yeah, it's Game of Thrones.
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It's oddly specific for today. The rumors keep ramping up about
00:19:33
Steve's return to the MCU. The rumors say that Hayley
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Atwell will actually play multiple version multiple
00:19:39
versions of Peggy in Doomsday, and one of them may actually be
00:19:43
on Doom's side. Oh my God, what if she is the
00:19:50
one playing Captain Hydra? Yeah, Hydra Carter.
00:19:57
Oh my God, Hydra Carter would be so dope.
00:19:59
OK. And one of them sort of saying
00:20:01
like, if if she's Captain Hydra on Doom side, that'd be crazy.
00:20:06
The the report that in the latest Cosmic Circus Q&A, Alex
00:20:10
Perez was asked about Carter's role.
00:20:13
It's more of a follower of Doom than a witch.
00:20:16
But not because she's Ivor or any of anything of the sort.
00:20:19
She just thinks that what Doom is doing will help her and her
00:20:21
son to fix the current status of the multiverse, which is
00:20:24
partially the fault of Steve Rogers.
00:20:29
So while Peggy isn't really joining the dark side
00:20:32
consciously, she's just trying to help the greater good at the
00:20:36
center of which at the center of which is her family.
00:20:40
Even though she's cutting out her husband.
00:20:42
Yeah. Like she's got to do what she's
00:20:45
got to do sacrifice. Your husband for the baby for
00:20:49
the baby. The you, but the babies come
00:20:51
first. It's it's what happens.
00:20:54
Shadu is no longer a baby. But we.
00:20:57
Yeah, we. Still kind of like a threat.
00:21:01
Look, I've been. So if he was another universe,
00:21:03
gone. I agree.
00:21:06
But you know what's kind of interesting?
00:21:07
There's Steve. Rogers everywhere.
00:21:09
Just go to another universe, get another Steve.
00:21:11
Let's do this. There you go.
00:21:13
There you go. It's kind of, it's kind of a a
00:21:17
rhythmic because this is kind of what the Fantastic Four went
00:21:20
through. Right.
00:21:22
Like, no, it is. It's either the earth or the
00:21:25
baby. And they're like, we're going to
00:21:27
save the baby. Sorry.
00:21:28
So. Yeah, exactly.
00:21:31
We're going to. We're going to save the baby,
00:21:33
so. In this case, it's well, Steve
00:21:36
isn't the anchor being. We all, we all know that that
00:21:39
that Bucky's the anchor being. Yeah.
00:21:42
Yeah. And you know, in a weird way, it
00:21:44
would be like, hey, I know Doom may be the bad guy, but the end
00:21:49
to the means it's going to save my family.
00:21:51
It's going to save my universe or my my kid.
00:21:55
I'll do what I have to do. And if that means I got to work
00:21:57
with Doom, I'll do it. Peggy, I like this.
00:22:02
It's going to be interesting to see what level of nuance that
00:22:05
they play with Doctor Doom in this, because remember, Doctor
00:22:08
Doom is always the good guy of his story.
00:22:13
Even though he's the bad guy of everybody else's story, he's the
00:22:15
good guy in his story. And when I say nuance, I mean
00:22:19
like how they play the nuance in a way where like do we see him
00:22:23
being benevolent and being a, a, a good person to his people, but
00:22:28
then just doing the shittiest things to everybody else around
00:22:32
him? Yeah.
00:22:33
Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's always been a a
00:22:36
nuance of of Doom's character really.
00:22:38
Right. And that's what I love about
00:22:39
Doctor Doom is that, you know, he's he's kind of like he's not
00:22:43
even just an anti hero. He is the good guy when it comes
00:22:46
to Latveria, but when it comes to the world, he is the biggest
00:22:49
villain. Yeah.
00:22:52
No, I'm, I'm really excited for that.
00:22:54
Yeah, awesome. All right.
00:22:56
Well, that's that's. What we've got for for our
00:23:00
Marvel side of the the news. And again, guys, Doomsday hits
00:23:04
on December 18th everywhere. I want to reiterate that, except
00:23:09
in New Jersey. Right of.
00:23:14
Course coming coming to theaters near you, except for Smodcastle
00:23:19
because that's in Red Banks, New Jersey.
00:23:21
Yeah. Kevin Smith will have something.
00:23:25
Cool. Kevin Smith will have some.
00:23:29
Yeah, he'll have. He'll that'll be the only thing
00:23:31
standing. Red Kevin Smith's going to be
00:23:34
like, well, at least he didn't kill me.
00:23:36
All right, let's let's move on. Guys.
00:23:39
It is now time to get into the DC block of the show.
00:23:43
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for watching the Watchtower.
00:23:49
Music for these. I know I need to make music for
00:23:52
it I haven't had made. Yeah, I got to get some music
00:23:55
for YEAH. Yeah, I agree.
00:24:00
All right for. Oh, it's me.
00:24:04
Hello everyone, It's a Super Girl just made a pretty major
00:24:08
musical pivot. The upcoming DCU film has
00:24:11
officially swapped out composer Rahman Jawadi in favor of Tom
00:24:15
Hulkenborg, better known as Junkie XL.
00:24:20
Jawadi is known for composing Game of Thrones and Iron Man.
00:24:23
Junkie XL brings a different musical flavor to the table as a
00:24:27
long time collaborator of Zack Snyder, including Batman V
00:24:31
Superman, Dawn of Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder's Justice League,
00:24:35
Army of Dead, and Rebel Moon. Outside of the DC and Snyder
00:24:40
circles, he's also delivered scores for like The Amazing
00:24:42
Spider Man 2, Deadpool, and Godzilla versus Kong.
00:24:49
His style this is interesting, heavier, louder, and more
00:24:53
muscular, which suggests DC Studios want Supergirl to hit
00:24:58
with a bit more bite than a traditional superhero score.
00:25:03
So what do y'all think about this?
00:25:05
I have a whole feel I want to go on, so I'm going to talk first.
00:25:11
OK. I was just going to say that I
00:25:13
think this is interesting seeing that like there's collaborators
00:25:17
from Zack Snyder coming on board the new DCUI.
00:25:21
Think this may be the first steps towards like, hey, James
00:25:26
Gunn's DCU, Zack Snyder in the future, would you be interested
00:25:31
in doing one of our products and Zack Snyder coming back to the
00:25:36
DC somehow just, and this may be just the beginning of it.
00:25:40
We could let him do the like, do his Dark Knight.
00:25:46
What is it? The Dark Knight, that Frank
00:25:48
Miller thing that he wanted to do the whole nightmare Batman.
00:25:51
Oh. Oh yeah, just let him do that.
00:25:53
I'm talking about. Just let him do that as an
00:25:55
elseworld, it'll be fine. Yeah, that would pull the spider
00:25:59
Bros up. It would Trey what do?
00:26:04
You think about this, you're you're the big DC person.
00:26:07
What, you know what, I don't mind it.
00:26:08
I love Ramen Jwati. I love all of the stuff that he
00:26:11
does. We've been watching the Night of
00:26:14
the Seven Kingdoms and he didn't do that music and and Shadu and
00:26:18
I were talking about that. It was like, oh, that's not
00:26:19
Ramen Jwati, but it fits that. So I mean, you know, Ramen
00:26:24
Jwati, he needs to spread the love around.
00:26:26
We all love you. You're fantastic.
00:26:29
Keep doing your work buddy, but let's give Junkie XL some, let's
00:26:33
give him a little bit and hopefully he doesn't make it to
00:26:36
emo because Zack Snyder, his stuff emo AF emo AF.
00:26:43
But let's go. So, so this is really not a no
00:26:46
feel, it's just kind of a comment.
00:26:49
The if 'cause I guess people are, I don't, I don't even know
00:26:55
if there's controversy over this or anything.
00:26:56
I'm sure there is 'cause there always is.
00:26:59
The music was never the problem in the DCU.
00:27:04
Like the music was pretty great that.
00:27:06
Freaking song that they sang as freaking Aquaman went back into
00:27:11
the water was kind of a problem, but I digress.
00:27:15
Yeah, but that wasn't that wasn't that was Junkie XL.
00:27:18
That was like the actual orchestral music has never been
00:27:23
the problem. Like the I know, I guess in in
00:27:26
Man of Steel it was Hans Zimmer. But like, yeah, all the music
00:27:31
has been at least acceptable, at least at least passable.
00:27:36
And it's been, you know, it's been good.
00:27:37
It captures the vibe. It gets everything across.
00:27:39
It's I know this was. Muscular.
00:27:43
The version of like like kind of more metal version of of come
00:27:48
together they did for Justice League is great.
00:27:50
I have that on a playlist rotating so like.
00:27:53
How dare you? The music was never the problem.
00:27:54
I don't think this is anything for that.
00:27:57
I am disappointed it's not Raymond Jawadi though, because I
00:28:00
do love him. I love all of his music and he's
00:28:02
got a. Musical boner for him.
00:28:09
I mean, that's the thing. They're bringing Junkie XL back
00:28:12
for the musical boners, you know what I mean?
00:28:14
That's. What we need, We're bringing
00:28:15
Junkie back. I'm sorry, I'm saying the.
00:28:19
Music was never the problem. And I agree with that.
00:28:21
Now I, I love Remin Jawadi there.
00:28:24
There's so much music that he's done that a lot of people don't
00:28:28
even recognize that he's done. Same thing with Junkie XL.
00:28:30
Junkie XL used to be a hip hop producer and got into, I mean,
00:28:35
that's why his name is Junkie XL.
00:28:37
I was old, yeah. I I assumed, yeah.
00:28:41
Right. And then he started doing film
00:28:43
scores and he was just, you know, he was way better at film
00:28:45
scores than he was that making making some hip hop music, you
00:28:49
know, So I mean, like, but I mean, like, you know, he's he's
00:28:53
come up with really good themes, like Wonder Woman's theme to
00:28:56
this day is still one of my favorite themes.
00:28:57
Was, was, was that actually him? I.
00:29:00
I I think the original 1 was Junkie.
00:29:03
That's awesome. I mean, yeah, that is one of the
00:29:06
best themes to come out of the DCU.
00:29:08
Yeah, like, I mean, I almost want that theme to still be her
00:29:13
theme when they do the, the, the, the new versions of Wonder
00:29:17
Woman because that theme was so epic and it fits Wonder Woman so
00:29:23
well, you know? So I mean like, yeah, I, I'm,
00:29:26
I'm, I'm OK with with either one.
00:29:30
I'm sorry, no, he was not the person to.
00:29:32
Oh, who? Who did that one?
00:29:34
Was it? Was it Hans?
00:29:35
It was Danny Elfman, apparently. Oh, that was Elfman that did
00:29:38
that. Or OK, so the one in actual
00:29:41
Wonder Woman was Rupert Gregson Williams and the Justice League
00:29:45
One was we orchestrated by Danielle.
00:29:47
But yeah. Anyways, I was going to say.
00:29:53
Anyway. Because I'm trying to get us to
00:29:55
the next one. Raymond, Raymond Jwati again,
00:29:59
he's done so much that that hasn't been, you know, that he
00:30:03
doesn't get a lot of recognition for.
00:30:04
He's got a lot of video game scores that have been really
00:30:06
good too. But I mean, like, yeah, I'm OK
00:30:08
with either one. I, I like junkie XLS, his
00:30:12
orchestration. I like the way that he, he, he
00:30:14
does his music. He's he's very good at at
00:30:19
writing the music. So I, I'm, I'm excited to see
00:30:21
what they do, especially with I don't know if you guys have
00:30:25
heard the, the early reviews for, for Supergirl that have
00:30:30
been coming out. No, no spoilers, but they're
00:30:34
saying that it's very, very dark, but very light at the same
00:30:38
time. So it's very hopeful for a movie
00:30:40
that has a very dark theme to it.
00:30:43
And the thing that got me super excited for it was that Jason
00:30:48
Momoa's Lobo, they said that he's not just a cameo.
00:30:51
He plays a big part and it's, and it's very it play it, it,
00:30:57
it, it's it, it hinges the, the ending.
00:31:00
So I'm I'm very excited for all of it.
00:31:02
So that's that's where I'm going to end it because we got to move
00:31:04
on. Moving on.
00:31:07
Supergirl flies into theaters on June 26th of 2026 from Warner
00:31:11
Brothers Pictures. And New Jersey.
00:31:13
Was Speaking of yes, 'cause they're not attacking New Jersey
00:31:18
famous Guerra is about to get a shake up.
00:31:21
According to your new report, Paradise Lost is no longer
00:31:24
moving forward at DC Studios. The project, which was pitched
00:31:29
as a political drama rooted in Amazonian history and inspired
00:31:33
by Game of Thrones, has reportedly been shelved
00:31:36
completely as the studio shifts its priorities to finally
00:31:40
rebooting Wonder Woman on the big screen, according to John
00:31:46
Roke. Sources are telling me that DC
00:31:49
was meeting with writers for Paradise Lost, was taking
00:31:52
pitches for Paradise Lost, but they've been informed that the
00:31:55
project is dead. Anna Nuguera.
00:31:59
Is that right, Noguera? Yeah, yeah.
00:32:02
Was brought on to write a Wonder Woman reboot and will
00:32:06
reestablish Diana Prince as a cornerstone of the DCU rather
00:32:10
than circling around her mythology.
00:32:13
Noguera also penned Teen Titans, which still hasn't been
00:32:16
officially greenlit. Is the shift to focusing on
00:32:20
Wonder Woman the right call for the DCU?
00:32:23
When it comes to Jen, absolutely yes.
00:32:27
Yeah, I'm disappointed because I was excited for Paradise Laws
00:32:33
because it sounded really good. It sounded really fun.
00:32:39
Exactly. Why can't we have both?
00:32:41
I, I really thought the idea was to to do Paradise Laws and then
00:32:45
like the last episode of what it like it's a limited series or
00:32:48
something. Last episode of that is when you
00:32:49
reveal our our Wonder Woman. Yeah.
00:32:53
Like the little clay statue you know and.
00:32:56
Then you do a a solar Wonder Woman movie.
00:32:59
I, I feel like what's going on is they're probably feeling
00:33:03
like, OK, you know what, this is not going to add to the overall
00:33:06
lore that we're building in this universe.
00:33:08
And it's like, you know, why don't we just immerse everybody
00:33:13
right into Wonder Woman? People know Wonder Woman's story
00:33:15
at this point because of the, the newer movies.
00:33:18
And it's, it's like, you know, let's let's just let's do
00:33:21
exactly what we're doing with Superman, right?
00:33:23
Let's just kind of drop you in her world and just go on an
00:33:26
adventure. And we can tell a better Wonder
00:33:28
Woman adventure story than going into a let's do this whole story
00:33:33
Wonder Woman story without Wonder Woman.
00:33:35
Yeah. Yeah, I, I mean, I understand
00:33:38
why they wanted to do it because really it's been about cultures,
00:33:43
like the different cultures. Peacemaker has had a certain
00:33:46
culture, Superman had a certain culture, Green Lantern will have
00:33:50
a certain culture. So Wonder Woman should have a
00:33:53
certain culture and and knowing all of that beforehand is a good
00:33:57
idea. I'm just saying why can't we
00:33:58
have both? We should be able to have both
00:34:00
totally. Agree.
00:34:02
Yeah, so doesn't necessarily mean that they won't revisit it
00:34:05
later, it just probably doesn't fit into the narrative they're
00:34:07
trying to tell. Please do it as like an animated
00:34:08
thing. That's what it was.
00:34:10
Paradise Lost was supposed to be animated.
00:34:11
Was. Supposed to be I?
00:34:12
I thought it was supposed. To be live action Oh.
00:34:14
Was it? I thought it was supposed to be
00:34:15
animated. It was like, yeah, it was live
00:34:16
action. But you know what this makes me
00:34:20
really want to do is drink something that isn't going to
00:34:25
give me the jitters but is going to keep me alone.
00:34:28
That I can research all this stuff.
00:34:31
Has everybody done with their and?
00:34:32
Get really mad that they're not going ahead with Paradise Lost.
00:34:35
I mean, seriously. What am?
00:34:37
I going to have for that. Before you get some sips going,
00:34:40
I will say I think it would be better to tell a more rich world
00:34:46
story and of Paradise Lost than mascara, because you don't have
00:34:51
to tell the story linearly. You know, you can tell some back
00:34:55
story. I mean, we got Creature
00:34:57
Commandos out of nowhere, but it was good, right?
00:35:01
It, it wasn't overall something that you had to watch as like a
00:35:05
new DCU fan, but it was still good.
00:35:08
And it helped make this, the story that we that we're getting
00:35:11
from the DCU, a little bit more rich.
00:35:14
Let's do the same thing with Paradise Lost.
00:35:16
And if you want to make a more rich story without jitters or
00:35:18
crash. I, I, I'm, I'm picking up what
00:35:21
you guys are putting down, ladies and gentlemen.
00:35:23
There you go, wink wink. Yeah, I know Jen was trying to
00:35:26
transition that perfectly and nobody was picking it up.
00:35:30
I was, I was making sure everyone was done.
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It's time for the headline section of the story.
00:36:57
James, take it away. Let's talk about these.
00:37:01
Let's talk about these one shots, baby.
00:37:03
All right, we'll keep it quick. Dora, can you spell zombies?
00:37:07
Isabella Merced from The Last of Us Superman and Alien Runless,
00:37:12
And of course, Dora the Explorer.
00:37:14
Has I hope she has actually played Dora because otherwise.
00:37:17
Oh yeah, she has has officially signed on to lead the feature
00:37:21
film adaption of Sega's long running video game The House of
00:37:26
the Dead. The film is being positioned as
00:37:29
a major Sega priority following the success of Sonic the
00:37:32
Hedgehog. Thanks Sonic.
00:37:34
Appreciate that. I heard about this.
00:37:36
What I'm what I am worried about is this is a game that didn't
00:37:41
have very much story, so I'm kind of like scared of what
00:37:43
they're going to do with this. It's OK, they got over the
00:37:46
Explorer. She's got a lot, a lot of ideas
00:37:48
in her backpack. She's good.
00:37:50
Right. She's got a map to to making a
00:37:52
good movie where like maybe that's a good thing.
00:37:56
Maybe having a movie that or maybe having a a video game that
00:37:58
doesn't really have a lot of a story is good 'cause then you
00:38:01
can just build a story around it and you don't have to worry as
00:38:03
much about, oh, this isn't faithful, this isn't whatever.
00:38:06
Yeah. So it was a like.
00:38:09
Scary monster, but it may be the scary like boss guy comes to the
00:38:14
real world and they have to like, take him out, yeah.
00:38:18
Yeah, there's that. Like I said, it was, it was like
00:38:22
him up. So I mean like the whole thing
00:38:23
was. Like a cockroach perhaps?
00:38:25
It was an arcade game that had one of those light guns that you
00:38:27
pick up and it was just you go through a house and and shoot
00:38:31
zombies. That was basically the the
00:38:32
premise of the game. OK, cool.
00:38:34
All right, all. Right, Next up, please do that.
00:38:37
With Last of Us. Yeah.
00:38:39
Sorry, Liam. Another Hemsworth is taking over
00:38:42
a role. Chris Hemsworth has signed on to
00:38:45
star in Cockroach, a crime drama starring Taryn Edgington and
00:38:49
Zazzy Beats. Hemsworth is stepping into the
00:38:52
role previously held by Channing Tatum, who had to exit the
00:38:57
project due to scheduling conflicts.
00:38:59
I do have a no Henry, no Liam, no chanting Opsis.
00:39:04
We will take Thor though. Synopsis.
00:39:06
Oh, do we have one of those? Hold on.
00:39:09
Where's my button? I found my button.
00:39:12
We have a No Henry, no Liam, no chanting Opsis.
00:39:17
We'll take another Thor Synopsis.
00:39:19
Synopsis. Cockroach is the story of a
00:39:24
mysterious stranger who takes on New York's criminal underground,
00:39:29
transforming himself into a larger than life crime boss in a
00:39:33
city where power is everything. Filming is currently being
00:39:36
targeted for April. All right?
00:39:38
Nice. All right, for the record, I
00:39:41
was, I was not informed that I was even considered for this
00:39:43
movie. So.
00:39:45
Sorry about that. Let's continue.
00:39:48
Enjoy The Witcher. Have Leah have the how should
00:39:50
you will travel? Yeah.
00:39:54
In some turning heads casting news, Oscar nominee Chiwetel
00:40:00
Ejefour from The Old Guard and Doctor Strange the Multiverse of
00:40:04
Madness has joined the cast of Mike Flanagan's untitled
00:40:08
Exorcist film. The movie is not a remake, nor a
00:40:11
seagirl. Maybe it's both, but set in The
00:40:15
Exorcist universe. Ejefour joins Scarlett
00:40:18
Johansson, Jacob Jupi and Diane Lane in this.
00:40:22
Previously announced Cast of Film has a March 12th, 2027
00:40:27
release date. All right, very nice.
00:40:31
Cool. I I don't, I don't really care
00:40:33
about the Exorcist. I'm not horrible, just.
00:40:36
To make sure I don't watch it because it freaks me out.
00:40:39
You know what? Fair enough.
00:40:40
I do. I do care about it in that way,
00:40:42
yeah. Can't even watch.
00:40:44
He was the bad guy in in Serenity.
00:40:49
That's right, he was. He was.
00:40:52
There it is. OK, get ready for a live action
00:40:56
angsty demigod. The live action God of War has
00:40:59
found it's Atraeus. Callum Vinson has been cast as
00:41:03
Atraeus, the 10 year old son of Kratos.
00:41:06
The series follows Kratos and Atraeus as they journey through
00:41:09
the world rooted in ancient mythology, attempting to fulfil
00:41:13
Fey's final wish. I think that's his mom, right?
00:41:16
Yeah. Yes.
00:41:17
The series has a two season order already with pre
00:41:20
production under away in Vancouver, Canada.
00:41:24
Oh, you're right. So everything's filming in
00:41:26
Vancouver. There's a lot of stuff that's
00:41:28
filming in Vancouver. Vikings took over Vancouver,
00:41:30
Canada a long time ago. I don't know if you knew that.
00:41:33
Well, now they're doing it again.
00:41:34
You know, history, rumors. History.
00:41:38
No, no. OK, all right, Anyway.
00:41:41
It's like the 80s are coming back again.
00:41:45
Nintendo's Hollywood era keeps getting bigger.
00:41:48
One of the most iconic franchises might be making the
00:41:51
jump to the big screen. According to industry insider
00:41:53
Daniel Rickman, Nintendo has a reportedly begun development on
00:41:58
Metroid the movie. That's what I'm talking about.
00:42:00
I love Metroid. Yeah.
00:42:03
Nintendo has already confirmed more films are on the way
00:42:06
following the success of Super Mario Brothers movie and the
00:42:09
upcoming live action Legend of Zelda project.
00:42:12
I think Nintendo is doing this right.
00:42:15
It took. Absolutely. 40 years for them to
00:42:18
start putting like, solid movies out, and I think they're doing
00:42:21
it right now, Yeah, no. I mean, I'm, I'm, I was never
00:42:25
really, I was obviously not in this era.
00:42:29
But yeah, no, it sounds, it sounds cool.
00:42:32
All right, next one. They're really dragging this
00:42:38
out. But Todd Hearthen has boarded
00:42:45
the live action adaption of Aragon, a Co creator alongside
00:42:49
Christopher Paloni, who wrote the novels and has long been
00:42:53
vocal about wanting a faithful adaption.
00:42:56
There are 4 core books in the saga, with an additional story
00:42:59
set in the wider world of Aragon.
00:43:01
Between all of it, the franchises have sold more than
00:43:05
more than 33 million copies worldwide, giving Disney plenty
00:43:09
of material to work with. This, this is what, this is what
00:43:15
they need. They need like a series like
00:43:17
this or I can go for like seasons after seasons.
00:43:21
This is good. Dude, I've I've been talking
00:43:23
about this for how long? How long have have I been saying
00:43:27
that Disney needs to remake Aragon?
00:43:29
About 23 seconds. Go ahead.
00:43:30
No, I've been saying this for fucking years.
00:43:32
I, I, I brought up, yeah, I, I brought up a whole thing a while
00:43:37
back about we should do a list of movies that need to be redone
00:43:40
that had crappy movies or crappy shows that had really good books
00:43:46
and need to be redone. And Aragon is.
00:43:48
Like Percy Jackson. Percy Jackson is a good example
00:43:51
of something that got redone, that really got the good the
00:43:55
good on that. So Aragon was one of them.
00:43:56
My other one is Black Cauldron. Black Cauldron really needs to
00:43:59
be redone. Because those books.
00:44:02
Were really good and they cut out all that was good in in in
00:44:07
the original book in the movies. And you can see how cut up the
00:44:10
original Black Cauldron movie is because they cut out all the
00:44:14
black night scenes because they were too scary for kids.
00:44:22
Yeah, like, like, like, like, like the sorcerer.
00:44:25
Like, like the sorcerer wasn't scary with his skull face.
00:44:29
Jesus, man. But yeah, no, the Aragon getting
00:44:33
a, a finally getting a series adaptation and getting it the
00:44:37
way that it needs to be done. I'm all on board for this.
00:44:40
I've been calling it for years, and I'm happy they're finally
00:44:42
doing it. All right.
00:44:43
Are you happy it's a Disney doing it?
00:44:46
I, I, I don't have a problem with Disney because when Disney
00:44:51
puts resources into what they're going to do, it tends, tends to
00:44:56
be good. Percy Jackson is a perfect
00:44:58
example, you know, and again, this is the case of something
00:45:03
where, you know, I, I've been talking about like, I don't want
00:45:06
to see more and more sequels and things.
00:45:09
This is a good example of something where it's like, hey,
00:45:12
somebody tried to do a movie. It was absolutely dog shit and
00:45:16
and and it's a very good book series that that needed a good
00:45:19
adaptation and Disney taking it on and doing the series it it's
00:45:24
going to be great. Yeah.
00:45:27
Yeah, very nice. Frey, what do you have to say
00:45:29
about Aragon? I was just going to say T
00:45:32
Johansson was talking about that Disney should redo Hercules, but
00:45:36
make it more faithful to Greek, Greek myths within reason.
00:45:39
And I kind of love that. I mean, they are doing Mercy
00:45:42
Jackson, so yeah. Working on a live action
00:45:45
Hercules right now. Oh, there you go.
00:45:48
We'll see. There you go.
00:45:49
Well again. Yeah, hopefully T.
00:45:50
Johansson is a psychic. It's happening.
00:45:54
It's happening. All right, that's it.
00:45:58
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00:46:00
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Right, this is, we're just getting into normal news now.
00:47:16
Coogler gives us more Sinner stories.
00:47:18
Feel like I could have done a better alliteration there.
00:47:20
Ryan Coogler has recently shared some juicy back story about
00:47:23
Smoke and Stack and a conversation with Proximity
00:47:26
Media. Coogler shared a much earlier
00:47:28
chapter in the twin story that killed their father.
00:47:30
Head out at Mary's mom's place and then went to New York and
00:47:33
joined the military. Coogler said.
00:47:34
We went to fight in France and then they went back home.
00:47:37
Then they went back home for a little bit.
00:47:39
Mary was older. So that's when Stack and Mary
00:47:41
happened. It was like a three-year run
00:47:44
where the twins had basically broken up.
00:47:45
Smoke and Annie got their house and Stack and Mary went to
00:47:47
Little Rock. When Smoke and Annie lost their
00:47:49
daughter was when things got rocky.
00:47:51
They both basically left their partners and went to Chicago.
00:47:55
So Smoke and Sack's return in the movie isn't just a
00:47:57
homecoming, it is the collision point of grief, guilt and
00:48:02
unresolved love, which just adds to the insanity of that one day.
00:48:10
I like that. I like getting a little bit more
00:48:11
back story like that. I love the story in general.
00:48:16
Yeah, I I just think it shows that Coogler is thorough when it
00:48:19
comes to his storytelling. Yeah, and I and that is another.
00:48:24
Of how the vampire got. Is that what we were talking
00:48:27
about? No, I want the story about the
00:48:29
vampire, the 1600 year old vampire.
00:48:32
I want that story. Let's tell that.
00:48:34
Story as well. I'm sure that'll come out.
00:48:35
I'm sure that'll come out 'cause like the whole thing with this
00:48:37
is everything we just got right now, every all this stuff right
00:48:41
here was probably what they gave to Michael B.
00:48:46
Jordan. What they gave the Michael B
00:48:48
Jordan to to to develop the 2 characters I did.
00:48:52
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Apparently there's like a big
00:48:57
old book, the guy that played the vampire, the head vampire
00:49:00
guy. He was like, no, he had it all
00:49:03
fixed. Like he gave me like his whole
00:49:06
back story when I got the job. So I thought that was kind of
00:49:09
neat. No, I mean, that's good.
00:49:11
That's both good and bad as an actor too, because it's like you
00:49:14
don't have as much creativity, but you're also like, oh, OK,
00:49:16
cool. I know what this character is.
00:49:18
But it's like that also gives you kind of what to work with as
00:49:21
an actor. You can say, OK, there's a back
00:49:22
story. This is what he's been through.
00:49:24
This is everything that's on there.
00:49:25
Instead of you making up an entire character, the character
00:49:28
is there and it's it's up to you to interpret the the actions of
00:49:32
that character in these moments. I really hope he was like the
00:49:35
the Duke of Lorraine at some point.
00:49:37
That would be, oh, oh, wait, yeah, that is an inside joke.
00:49:43
All right, so Son has secured 18 Oscar nominations and is
00:49:47
available to stream right now on HBO Max.
00:49:50
So good. It is It is a great, great
00:49:53
movie. If you have not seen it, Usby's.
00:49:54
Favorite movie? Really.
00:49:58
All right, so Pirates of the Caribbean 6 is ready to set
00:50:02
sail. Disney appears to be zeroing in
00:50:04
on what could be what Pirates of the Caribbean six could actually
00:50:07
look like, and it sounds like a pretty major reset for the
00:50:10
franchise. According to insider Jeff
00:50:11
Schneider, Disney leadership has made reviving Pirates of the
00:50:14
Caribbean a priority. So According to him, Disney
00:50:17
leadership has obviously made it a priority.
00:50:20
Story to Hills are still being kept close to the chest, but
00:50:24
Strider reports that the reboot could revolve around Jack
00:50:26
Sparrow's son, part of the new female lead.
00:50:30
That character is going to be played by Margot Robbie, who was
00:50:33
previously catched to headline a spin off of Pirates the
00:50:36
Caribbean that that never actually came together.
00:50:38
And then the studios is reportedly aiming to create an
00:50:41
original iconic character 1 envisioned as a punk rock cross
00:50:45
between Jack Sparrow and Emma Stone's Cruella Deville.
00:50:48
Which OK, which sounds? What do I think?
00:50:53
I think it's what's gonna have. Are there puppies?
00:50:57
What I don't know, Like little little squids, Like a little
00:51:00
jellyfest? I don't know.
00:51:01
Oh. My gosh, she wants a squid.
00:51:04
She wants a squid vest. I think what's going to happen
00:51:07
and they're going to take who. I think there's one animatronic
00:51:12
character in in the ride. I think they call her Red.
00:51:16
I think they're going to make Red like live action and it's
00:51:19
going to be Margot Robbie. Yeah, Red the Pirate Queen.
00:51:24
I'm, I'm not against bringing red in it.
00:51:28
I feel like it would be kind of weird to have Jack Sparrow as
00:51:33
like, you know, like the he's basically playing his father's
00:51:37
character in episode in in in the third movie.
00:51:41
He's like the weird syphilitic, you know, kind of like just
00:51:44
weirdo. So, Johnny.
00:51:47
Duck. That's that was what?
00:51:49
That's the word that got me Syphilitic.
00:51:50
Syphilitic. You look at his weird movements
00:51:55
and motions. The dude has syphilis man I'm
00:51:57
sorry. So just Johnny Depp in real
00:52:00
life? Cool.
00:52:01
Yeah, but I mean, I, I, I don't know, I, I, I, I, I would want a
00:52:09
character that is in the spirit of the movies, but I don't want
00:52:12
them to go like too modern with it.
00:52:14
You know what I mean, 'cause they're talking about, oh, he's
00:52:16
a punk rock character like. I I hope they mean that vibe.
00:52:21
Yeah, yeah. Like like punk vibe is cool, but
00:52:23
like, yeah, I don't know. I mean, Keith is his dad.
00:52:28
Right, that's what I'm saying. Like it's is Johnny Depp going
00:52:31
to like gauge it up because he based his character on Keith
00:52:34
Richards and Keith Richards, though, ate his dad.
00:52:37
So it's like. You know what I would take a
00:52:39
punk rock sea Fanny. I.
00:52:43
Was like, yeah, I could. I could see it being like, I
00:52:46
could see him being like this juxtaposition of characters, you
00:52:49
know, like he gets a rebellious type son, but then now he's
00:52:53
trying to play a fatherly role, but that's really not him.
00:52:56
And he doesn't know what to do, but he's trying to do what he
00:52:59
thinks is best for for a son, you know what I mean?
00:53:03
So it's just that fight back and forth between like parent and
00:53:06
kid, you know? I, I kind of, I kind of want
00:53:09
more. Jack seems like the kind of
00:53:13
person that if he fathered a if he sired a son that he would be
00:53:17
an absent father because he wants to be a pirate, he wants
00:53:19
to be on the sea, and if he fathered.
00:53:23
A son he wouldn't even know he fathered a son.
00:53:26
Right. So I think like part of this
00:53:27
would be, you know, like you have this son that doesn't
00:53:32
really have much connection with Jack and they need to work
00:53:35
together to, to, for, for some kind of end.
00:53:38
And it's, it's more like, you know, oh, I have a son and he's
00:53:41
like avoiding trying to be a father as much as possible.
00:53:45
And we just wrote Pirates of the Caribbean 6.
00:53:47
This is. See, there you go.
00:53:49
We'll just we'll send this video to to Disney and there you go.
00:53:51
Because you don't want Jack Sparrow to be like a
00:53:54
heartwarming father. That's not the kind of character
00:53:56
that he is. Yeah, nobody right.
00:53:58
Yeah, no. And a date for the least.
00:54:02
This movie is not on the horizon, but it is on the
00:54:04
horizon for for Jack Sparrow, apparently.
00:54:08
All right, so moving on, moving on.
00:54:13
The controversy is strong with this one.
00:54:15
The Mandalorian and Grogu TV spot popped up during Super Bowl
00:54:18
2026, and a lot of fans did a double take.
00:54:21
Instead of epic shots, sweeping action or a clear sense of the
00:54:24
story, Lucasfilm rolled at a 32nd parody commercial after
00:54:28
classic Budweiser Clydesdale ads.
00:54:31
Lucasfilm's marketing brand lead Ryan Stankovich.
00:54:35
It's a great name, explained Our creative and marketing team Land
00:54:39
on a unique concept that gave a nod to classic big game spots of
00:54:41
years past. It captured the warmth, humor
00:54:44
and emotional connection between these two beloved characters and
00:54:47
was the perfect next step for our campaign as we lead up to
00:54:49
their big screen debut this summer.
00:54:52
So what did you think of the Super Bowl spot?
00:54:55
It was cute. Didn't see it.
00:54:57
Like it was cute, but it wasn't. I mean, it, it wasn't what I was
00:55:01
expecting when we heard that there was going to be
00:55:03
Mandalorian, Grogu, you know, trailer like I'm expecting, you
00:55:08
know, something that's gonna hype me up for a movie that's
00:55:10
coming out in three months. You know what I mean?
00:55:12
Yes, thank you. the Super Bowl is like the jump off for
00:55:17
everything that's coming in spring and summer.
00:55:20
Like we're supposed to get excited for this.
00:55:22
And and I get that it's like this sticky, you know,
00:55:25
Clydesdale, Budweiser kind of jokey thing.
00:55:28
But like, I wanted footage. I wanted more from Mandalorian
00:55:34
and Grogu. I know it comes out in a few
00:55:36
months. So give me that.
00:55:38
Get me excited for this film. I mean, it was cool to see
00:55:41
Tontons. Yeah.
00:55:42
But are you know, are we going to get?
00:55:44
OK. I wanted to make sure, yeah.
00:55:46
There's there's Tontons. But like there was nothing.
00:55:49
I don't even this is if this is like even part of the movie, OK,
00:55:54
cool. But like it didn't get me
00:55:55
excited for the movie, you know what I mean?
00:55:59
So. I had the yeah, emotions.
00:56:04
If they had done a like a couple of trailers before, like a
00:56:08
teaser and a big trailer, whatever, before the Super Bowl
00:56:11
and then this is what they put out, it'd be like, oh, it's kind
00:56:14
of fun. Or if I know who's it goes.
00:56:17
But some of these guys like they could have done a bunch of
00:56:19
different parodies throughout the night.
00:56:21
And so it's like, oh, you think you're watching a, you know,
00:56:24
like a commercial for, for Campbell's soup or something,
00:56:26
but then Grogu's on it or something like that would have
00:56:29
been fun, but they just did the one and it doesn't really, Yeah.
00:56:34
If they would have done, yeah, exactly what you said, Like if
00:56:37
they would have done what Lilo and Stitch did right where you
00:56:39
just like put stitch in everything.
00:56:42
Right. Exactly, you know, you do you.
00:56:44
You start doing like Grogu in like other commercials and
00:56:47
things like. They're running gag.
00:56:48
Right, exactly that's. Fine, right?
00:56:50
You remind people. Oh yeah, Grogu exists.
00:56:52
Yeah, but like doing like, you know, like, you know, Christmas
00:56:55
Clydesdales with fucking Mandalorian and with Gingerin
00:56:59
and Grogu, that that was just unsatisfying.
00:57:03
Yeah, right. So.
00:57:04
Hun, it's interesting. It's it's it's cute.
00:57:06
It's just we needed more or we needed like a hey, you know,
00:57:11
then hey, throw some footage from the from the movie, you
00:57:13
know, at the end of that or something.
00:57:15
Yeah, give me 10 seconds of just fighty, fighty explosions at the
00:57:19
end of it. I would have been super happy.
00:57:20
Yeah. I loved it.
00:57:22
I want to see every other trailer be like this going
00:57:25
forward. Actually, no.
00:57:30
I think no matter what they did, somebody would be pissed about
00:57:33
it, so they just did what they wanted.
00:57:35
It's good for you. And you know, the flip side is
00:57:37
like, look at, you know, Matt and the chat Knights of OWA.
00:57:39
I love this. By the way.
00:57:41
My whole household immediately wanted to see it after this.
00:57:44
So it worked for like the family environment.
00:57:46
Maybe it wasn't aimed at like a Star Wars fan, you know, like,
00:57:50
as far as like. Yeah.
00:57:52
You already know. People.
00:57:54
You already know in his household, if Amber wants to go
00:57:56
see it, they're going to go see it.
00:57:57
Yeah, right. But the people you need to hook
00:58:00
are the casual survivors fans. You need to let them know, hey,
00:58:02
there's a big movie you should be excited about happening.
00:58:05
I don't think this doesn't. I think it's just like, oh,
00:58:08
look, Manoline Kroger or whatever, you know, it's like,
00:58:11
it's not, oh, I really want to see this movie.
00:58:13
It's like, oh, OK, cool, you know?
00:58:16
Anyway. Sandra Betty wins the Budget
00:58:19
Ranch. Maybe they could.
00:58:22
Afford 4 Tontons. That's more.
00:58:24
That's three more than than Luke ever got.
00:58:28
It's true. So if everyone's done The
00:58:30
Mandalorian and Grogu arrives in theaters on May 22nd of 2026,
00:58:35
maybe you're having some Tontons.
00:58:37
Maybe. Fine now.
00:58:41
Weird ass now that they make. Well, we'll see them in hell.
00:58:45
All right, YouTube just to dumbed Netflix.
00:58:49
I'm gonna need a I'm gonna need to dumb.
00:58:52
Dude, sorry I wasn't like. YouTube.
00:58:54
Just sure, Netflix. In 2025, YouTube pulled into
00:59:01
more than $60 billion from ads and subscription content
00:59:05
combined, making it officially bigger than Netflix and nearly
00:59:10
every other entertainment company on the planet.
00:59:12
This place is YouTube ahead of Netflix, which reported $45.18
00:59:17
billion for the year, behind only Disney among entertainment
00:59:21
giants. This reframes YouTube's role
00:59:23
from video platform to full blown media powerhouse.
00:59:29
So Alphabet, which is Google's parent company, if you didn't
00:59:32
know, has more than 325 million paid subscriptions across its
00:59:36
conservative services, including YouTube Premium, YouTube TV, and
00:59:39
Google One Podcast. Consumption Woo is also
00:59:43
exploding. In October 29, five alone
00:59:46
viewers watched more than I guess listened to more than 700
00:59:49
million hours of podcasts on YouTube via TV's, a staggering
00:59:54
70% increase year over year. YouTube also secured exclusive
00:59:59
global rights to the Oscars starting in 2029 to 2023.
01:00:04
Yeah, so. To 203033 Yeah, it was in. 2033
01:00:09
Excuse me? Are we going?
01:00:10
To broadcast away from ABC? Yeah, we are.
01:00:13
It's been here the whole time. Around the same time, the BBC
01:00:16
announced A partnership with YouTube to produce original
01:00:19
content and launch new channels aimed at kids and young adults.
01:00:22
Holy cow. So.
01:00:25
I thought net Netflix was going big but YouTube is going nuts.
01:00:33
YouTube said hold my beer. I totally, totally.
01:00:39
That is $60 billion from ads and subscriptions, that is.
01:00:44
You know, they could give some of that to us.
01:00:46
Yeah, I mean considering on their platform.
01:00:50
Right. Come on YouTube.
01:00:51
Come on, recording on it right now.
01:00:53
I'm. Like, look, we have enough
01:00:56
subscribers and everything, just like just just a little bit.
01:00:59
Yeah, yeah. No, we, we, we have the
01:01:02
subscribers. Just just so we're clear, we all
01:01:05
love YouTube. We.
01:01:07
Yes we do. Hell, praise.
01:01:09
Praise YouTube. We we bow to our YouTube.
01:01:13
Overlord. Yes, we do.
01:01:16
That's a huge shift. I didn't even see this coming,
01:01:19
but. It is.
01:01:20
It's amazing. It's not really surprising,
01:01:22
though. It's not, but I just for some
01:01:25
reason I wasn't paying attention to it.
01:01:27
That's nuts. You know what's funny though, As
01:01:31
as I've gone away from cable, by the way, 2026 Jamez era is no
01:01:36
longer has cable in the house because you know, I'm, I like to
01:01:40
be modern, you know what I mean? So I got rid of.
01:01:43
Cable funny fun fact, Jamez text me right when he said when he
01:01:49
did that he's like, hey, so I'm getting rid of cable.
01:01:53
What do you, what do you, what do you people do on the Internet
01:01:56
like? This this is what we hear on the
01:02:00
Internet. And then I and then I followed
01:02:03
it up with I think I have one of those AOLCD ROMs laying around.
01:02:06
Let me care about that. Oh, and, and yes, if you if
01:02:11
you'd like to go subscribe to, to another podcast, you should
01:02:13
go subscribe to Delong Fam Cosplay as well.
01:02:16
There you go. Yeah.
01:02:17
Absolutely. Yeah, Yeah.
01:02:18
Yeah, I mean, all right, who cares?
01:02:20
YouTube nuts. Nuts.
01:02:22
Good guy. So YouTube is not just or.
01:02:25
Sorry. YouTube isn't just competing
01:02:27
with Hollywood and streaming services anymore.
01:02:30
Doesn't speak English anymore after the Super Bowl.
01:02:32
Yeah, after the Super Bowl, nobody speaks English.
01:02:33
Anymore. I man, I Yeah.
01:02:36
So you didn't? Watch it.
01:02:38
No, I didn't. Speaking of Netflix, theaters
01:02:43
want answers and they're holding popcorn refills as ransom.
01:02:48
The proposed acquisition of Warner Brothers by Netflix
01:02:50
hasn't been approved yet, but it's already causing friction
01:02:53
across the film industry. Cinema United represents the
01:02:56
theatrical side of business. The CE OS of AMC, Regal,
01:03:00
Cinemark and several mid sized circuits sit on its board.
01:03:03
So, according to an op-ed published in Variety written by
01:03:06
Michael O'Leary, the President, CEO of Cinema of Cinema United,
01:03:10
Netflix has given no indication how many Warner Brothers movies
01:03:13
and intends to make each year, or how many are for wide release
01:03:16
in 2000 locations or more. Nor has it signaled how many
01:03:20
straight to streaming movies that Warner Brothers will
01:03:22
produce annually and how that will impact resources and
01:03:25
expertise now dedicated to theatrical movies.
01:03:28
Theaters are demanding specifics, not just general
01:03:30
assurances, because their survival depends on how these
01:03:33
movies are released, marketed and supported.
01:03:36
What do we think here? Netflix getting hit from all
01:03:40
directions now. You know, last month I thought
01:03:43
Netflix was #1 in the game. Now.
01:03:45
Now it's you. Know they've.
01:03:47
Now theaters are coming after them.
01:03:49
Oh my. God hate them now.
01:03:50
I mean, they've hated them for a while, but.
01:03:52
Yeah, on all fronts, Netflix. Netflix is like.
01:03:56
Yeah, you know, if the entertainment industry hates
01:03:59
you, you've done you've really fucked up.
01:04:03
You know you haven't. It's only if the fans are.
01:04:05
Oh no, it's not even when the fans start hitting you.
01:04:07
I don't even know what the bar is anymore.
01:04:09
Y'all I? Don't either bar what's the.
01:04:12
Bar yeah well, you know what I mean part part of my problem has
01:04:15
been that Netflix keeps raising and raising and raising their
01:04:18
prices Yeah, that's true yeah like Oh my God, like all of them
01:04:23
just keep continuously raising their prices and it's like.
01:04:26
I think it is. I mean, that's that's one of the
01:04:29
the few bad things about the kind of subscription landscape
01:04:33
right now. Is that innocent?
01:04:34
They're essentially built in monopolies.
01:04:36
Yeah. So it's, you know, that's
01:04:39
probably it's like, you can do that because where else are you
01:04:41
going to go to get these movies? So yeah, it's.
01:04:47
Well, you know what this tells me is, you know, the theaters,
01:04:50
AMC, Regals, Cinemark, they're all nervous.
01:04:53
They're all like, what? Netflix just disrupted our
01:04:57
industry. What are they going to do?
01:05:01
And I think they want answers exactly so.
01:05:06
Well, you know what? I.
01:05:07
Mean we're all kind of waiting. Like that so we're.
01:05:09
All kind of waiting as fans to see what Netflix is going to do
01:05:12
with Warner Brothers and the whole, you know, 17 day window
01:05:16
or 45 day window, but like they're kind of holding all the
01:05:20
cards. But yeah, we'll see.
01:05:23
We will see. Yeah, it is very.
01:05:25
Again, praise our new overlords. So this isn't just industry
01:05:29
politics. It's a fight over the future of
01:05:31
what going to the movies actually looks like and if
01:05:34
you're still going to be able to go to them.
01:05:37
Oh yeah. And that was that was news.
01:05:41
That was the news. News, news news news news news,
01:05:44
news, news, news, news. So, so, so Jen taking over this
01:05:48
section here, it's time to get into the opinion section of our
01:05:53
like, like we haven't been doing opinions the entire time.
01:05:55
But I mean, you know, the opinion section of the of the
01:05:57
newspaper here, Jen, let's have you lead into the trend up.
01:06:04
Let's do this. Mickey's got some new bosses, ha
01:06:22
ha the. Walt like a Mickey thing like.
01:06:29
A Walt Disney company has officially locked in its next
01:06:34
era of leadership. They're calling it the I Don't
01:06:39
Care era. After years of speculation,
01:06:41
internal evaluations and a carefully managed succession
01:06:43
plan, Disney has tapped Josh Tomorrow as its next CEO, with
01:06:49
Dana Walden stepping into a newly created role as president
01:06:52
and chief creative officer. The changes marked the end of
01:06:56
Bob Iger's long and winding run at the top of Disney.
01:07:03
Thanks for guns. Companies board of directors
01:07:07
voted unanimously on the appointments, which will take
01:07:11
effect on March 18th. That's the annual shareholders
01:07:15
meeting. Eiger will formally hand over
01:07:18
the CEO title and the congratulatory yacht at the
01:07:24
meeting, but will remain involved as a senior advisor
01:07:27
through the end of his contract on December 31st.
01:07:30
Well, you know what, I'm going to be celebrating on the 31st.
01:07:32
Eiger's endorsement is endorsing his successor, saying Josh
01:07:37
Demaro is an exceptional leader and the right person to become
01:07:41
our next CEO. He has instinctive appreciation
01:07:47
of the Disney brand and a deep understanding of what resonates
01:07:50
with our audiences. Eiger's first stint as CEO began
01:07:53
in 2006, long time ago, and included landmark acquisitions
01:07:59
of Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel and most of 21st Century Fox.
01:08:04
I know we have a lot of opinions about Eiger and him exiting.
01:08:10
How do you feel about him leaving?
01:08:12
I mean, him coming on board and picking up Pixar, Lucasville,
01:08:17
Marvel, 21st Century Fox, I mean, that was kind of huge for
01:08:22
Iger when you look at like his his resume or what he's done for
01:08:27
Disney. I know there's a lot of opinions
01:08:29
about him now. What do you want to see out of
01:08:33
the new the new regime? I don't know.
01:08:39
Stop being stupid. I mean, it's, I mean really, I
01:08:49
just try. And by the way, this is
01:08:53
experiment. I think Philippe was talking
01:08:54
about this the other day or the other show is that the whole
01:08:58
double headed like leadership just like.
01:09:04
It's the. Name going now, Safran.
01:09:06
Yeah, exactly. Right.
01:09:07
Or Sparta. Yeah, Yeah.
01:09:10
So no, I really think, I really think the the prerogative here
01:09:19
should be don't be afraid to experiment a little bit more.
01:09:23
You are basically invincible at this point.
01:09:28
You can throw money at things that you're not sure if they're
01:09:30
going to work like with Andor, like with where of finite and
01:09:36
all that things that are you can you can be a little bit more
01:09:41
bold. You can be like, Oh yeah, you
01:09:43
know, this is an interesting idea.
01:09:44
Let's throw some money at it or whatever you can afford to do
01:09:48
that. You shouldn't be So like, oh,
01:09:49
we're going to do this all we need to make more movies.
01:09:51
Let's put everything from Disney plus on into a movie.
01:09:53
It's like, I don't know, keep what works and experiment.
01:09:58
So that's. Innovation is usually created
01:10:02
through experimentation. Exactly.
01:10:04
And start listening to your artists.
01:10:06
Start letting your artists do art, not pump out the same thing
01:10:10
over and over and over and over again.
01:10:12
Let the Imagineers imagine again.
01:10:14
Exactly there. It's in the name.
01:10:16
It's in the name. So I mean that's.
01:10:18
That's the Imagineers. Imagine again.
01:10:20
OK, so I've I've I've got something for you guys here.
01:10:23
This is additional information right when this got announced,
01:10:28
I, I saw TikTok of a former cast member from from the Disney
01:10:34
parks that made a whole thing about this.
01:10:37
And he goes back to Michael Eisner.
01:10:40
He goes, so Michael Eisner was a man who understood the magic and
01:10:46
used the magic in order to get the money, make the company
01:10:52
money, right. Bob Iger was a money man that
01:10:58
understood that if I can harness the magic to make money, then
01:11:02
I'm going to do that. But he focused more on money
01:11:04
than than than the magic itself, right?
01:11:08
But he did utilize the magic in order to like Disney magic in
01:11:12
order to make money for the company.
01:11:14
Bob Chapic only cared about the money, didn't care about the
01:11:18
magic, only cared about the money.
01:11:19
And that's all he did was focus on the money, right?
01:11:23
They said what makes Josh Tomorrow completely different
01:11:26
from all of these guys is that Josh Tomorrow started off as a
01:11:31
Disneyland cast member. He is a man.
01:11:35
Wow, I didn't know that. Yeah, He is a man that work his
01:11:39
way up through the company and until like, you know, and then
01:11:44
he probably still didn't do it, they said until the last.
01:11:48
Like, like, like even like up until like like earlier this
01:11:50
year, he still goes to the park with his family.
01:11:54
Like he will still go to Disneyland and enjoy Disneyland
01:11:57
for what it is. Yeah, he's in the head of parks.
01:12:01
Right. It's kind of his job to go.
01:12:03
To the but, but what it is is that he he, he'll, he'll take
01:12:06
himself out and go to Disneyland and enjoy the park as a fan and
01:12:10
not as the guy who runs the park.
01:12:13
And they're saying that this is a man who fundamentally
01:12:16
understands the magic of Disney and understands the wonder that
01:12:21
Disney brings and what it takes in order to make Disney that
01:12:28
that wonder company that it should be.
01:12:32
A lot of you know, honestly what you're saying is is true because
01:12:36
boots on the ground, he sees how Disney touches people every day.
01:12:41
But it's like like what you said, he does go to the parks.
01:12:43
He does go to the events. He like Albee.
01:12:46
Albee has met Josh tomorrow a bunch of times.
01:12:50
I'm talking about Josh a lot, yeah.
01:12:52
Yeah, whenever they see each other, he's like, hey, what's
01:12:54
going on, that sort of thing. So he knows what it's like and
01:12:57
how Disney touches people. So I'm I'm definitely for Josh
01:13:01
tomorrow, being from the parks side of things going into this.
01:13:06
I'm very excited to, to, to see what Josh is, is capable of
01:13:11
doing, mainly because a lot of people draw a lot of parallels
01:13:15
between him and his ideas and the way that he goes about
01:13:19
things to the way Walt went about things.
01:13:23
And that's, that's what I've been talking about.
01:13:25
Yeah. Like, that's, that's what I've
01:13:26
been talking about. When anytime I go on these angry
01:13:29
tirades about Bob Iger, it's always comparing him to Walt
01:13:32
Disney and saying that, you know, he's not, he's not the
01:13:36
creative risk taker that Walt Disney was.
01:13:39
And it seems like from what it from, from the people who have
01:13:42
worked for Josh tomorrow, from what they say is he is that guy.
01:13:47
He is the guy that is willing to take a risk in order for a
01:13:50
bigger payout later. OK.
01:13:52
And that's what we want. We want guys who are willing to
01:13:55
take the risk to put out new product, to put out new IP to,
01:13:58
to, to do things that are innovative within that structure
01:14:04
within Disney, to, to hold that legacy of Disney up.
01:14:08
And, and somebody who understands the magic at a level
01:14:12
that it's, it's kind of the way that I feel about everything.
01:14:16
It's if you do something right, then everything else will follow
01:14:19
a suit from there, right? Like, you know, James, what's
01:14:22
our model with this show, right? It's it's we the day we stop
01:14:26
doing the shows, the day we stop, the day we stop having
01:14:28
fun, is the day we stop doing the show.
01:14:29
Right. Yeah.
01:14:30
It seems like that same principle is what Josh Tomorrow
01:14:33
believes in when it comes to the magic and the way that he
01:14:36
applies everything to the company is If I bring back the
01:14:39
magic and I bring back what people love about Disney, then
01:14:43
the money will come along with it.
01:14:45
If we happen, if we have to have a rich guy as a CEO of of you
01:14:50
know, a a creative industry, then I OK, great, then this this
01:14:56
one sounds good. But then also coming from a guy
01:14:58
that that started off as a cast member.
01:15:01
He's the perfect guy to to because he started off his
01:15:05
Disney career being the guy in the parking lot directing
01:15:09
traffic with the with the flashlights, right?
01:15:12
Yeah. So he's the perfect guy to
01:15:14
direct Disney? For the future because?
01:15:17
Because he can do it with the whole things.
01:15:18
Yeah, yeah. I mean bad jokes.
01:15:21
Very good. Bad joke actually, but I mean
01:15:22
like. Again, I, and I'm gonna keep on
01:15:25
like drilling this in is there is nobody better to run the
01:15:30
company than somebody who has worked his way up to the top
01:15:34
from the bottom because that person understands fundamentally
01:15:38
what the what the employees need, what the fans need.
01:15:41
I mean, you've made it to the to the point where you're the
01:15:43
director of parks because you understand what everybody around
01:15:48
you needs. Yeah.
01:15:50
And I'm hoping that he applies. That to.
01:15:54
Disney Corporation and we get better movies we get more care
01:16:00
in everything you know so I'm I'm I'm excited to see what Josh
01:16:04
tomorrow is going to do. I'm also afraid that, you know,
01:16:08
hopefully he doesn't sell out, but I mean, like, you know, I'm,
01:16:11
I'm, I'm, I'm excited based on who he has proved himself to be
01:16:15
on of what it's going to be. You know, like, like I'm, I'm,
01:16:19
I'm very hopeful for what Disney can can be.
01:16:21
Yeah, it's all right. So we'll What do we know about?
01:16:25
The Frey. What do we know about the other
01:16:27
half of this, Dana? Walden Dana Walden's new role
01:16:32
places creativity front and center in.
01:16:34
Disney's corporate structure She'll report directly to
01:16:38
tomorrow and oversee storytelling and creative
01:16:41
alignment across the entire company.
01:16:43
Though Disney hasn't broken down the role's day-to-day
01:16:47
responsibilities in detail, Walden's new role places create.
01:16:51
Oh, that was no. She'll report directly to
01:16:57
tomorrow and oversee. Storytelling.
01:16:59
And creative alignment across the entire company.
01:17:03
Let's see here. She joined Disney.
01:17:07
In 2019, according to the acquisition of most of 21st
01:17:11
Century Fox, where she previously served as CEO of Fox
01:17:15
Television Group. Under her leadership, ABC has
01:17:18
been #1 Entertainment network for four consecutive years.
01:17:22
So that's that's nothing to sneeze at.
01:17:24
At 54, Tomorrow becomes just the 8th CEO in Disney's history
01:17:28
since the company's founding in 1923.
01:17:33
You already went through all of this, Phil.
01:17:35
So I'm not going to read it. Again, so theater, streaming,
01:17:40
parks, AI, sports rights, cruise lines, Dubai experiences.
01:17:45
Do you think they make their own to buy chocolate?
01:17:46
I bet they do. Demaro and Walden have their
01:17:50
work cut out for that. I don't see this as a bad thing.
01:17:55
I really dislike Bob Iger, but I think that's just because he's a
01:18:00
shit. I think these two haven't gotten
01:18:04
to that point with me yet. They're younger.
01:18:07
I think that they'll, they will absolutely bring a new both of
01:18:12
new voices to this and hopefully we'll start getting more, more
01:18:20
actual new IP. So we're not.
01:18:22
Rehashing everything. That's been done for the last
01:18:25
200 years, and then Disney needs to transition.
01:18:32
They've. Been working on the Walt plan
01:18:35
and then they tried to work on the Eisner plan and then Eiger
01:18:40
thought he had a plan and he didn't have a plan, but he kind
01:18:43
of had a plan. So I I think that they need to
01:18:47
really rethink what Disney means to people now versus what Disney
01:18:53
meant to people in 1923. Yeah.
01:18:57
And anyway, geek freaks there brings.
01:18:59
Up a good point that apparently according to culture crave here,
01:19:07
it looks like AI is going to be a big part of it about Dana
01:19:10
Walden's whole thing. I was just reading that which
01:19:13
well. She's she's head.
01:19:15
Of creative and I think that's. Interesting that.
01:19:18
Just like a lot of these companies that are are branching
01:19:22
into like 2 heads or two Co leadership.
01:19:25
There's a head of creative that's going to handle things
01:19:29
that are creative. And it's not just for like
01:19:31
Disney most pictures or Disney animation.
01:19:34
This is like everything Disney that she's got to be in control
01:19:38
of from the parks to the movies to the overseas.
01:19:43
It's it's and that's what she's about to take take under.
01:19:47
Yeah. And just kind of like talking
01:19:50
about the I. Mean I could go on a whole field
01:19:53
about AI and all that, but it is also I'm not really.
01:20:00
You know, trying to say this. Is a good thing or whatever, but
01:20:03
a lot of these companies when it was first this this big you buzz
01:20:07
thing well it's going to revolutionize everything they
01:20:09
did put a shit ton of money down into into AI stuff.
01:20:12
They do kind of have to use it at some point because they
01:20:15
invested so much in it they're like, well we have to get our
01:20:18
investment back somehow. So I understand what, what like
01:20:22
what they're doing. It's still so I, I've talked
01:20:27
about it a few times about using AI for good, right I.
01:20:30
Mean there are things that you can use AI for that will help
01:20:34
streamline but not take away somebody else's job.
01:20:37
You know, like it'll make there are things you can do that where
01:20:41
it can help make your job easier.
01:20:44
But if it's taking away a job from somebody, if you're like,
01:20:47
oh, we're going to use AI and that cuts jobs and that's what
01:20:51
saves US money, then they're just the the monsters that I
01:20:54
keep talking about is the usual motivation for most.
01:20:59
Decisions made at a corporate level are what's going to make
01:21:01
us more money. I I actually don't agree with
01:21:04
that because it's. Technology, it's innovation.
01:21:08
You have to try to embrace it and not feel super threatened by
01:21:12
it because yeah, it could take away jobs, but it also could
01:21:15
lead to other jobs for other people.
01:21:18
Well, that's what I'm saying. That's what I'm saying is find a
01:21:21
way to. Help.
01:21:23
Use it as a tool and not as a replacement.
01:21:25
You know, like, yeah, it's just so few people are doing that,
01:21:28
unfortunately. Like, I mean, like.
01:21:30
You when when you take AI and. You use it as something that
01:21:34
improves the work that you're already doing.
01:21:37
That's fine. But it's like if you're using it
01:21:40
to completely replace somebody. Like, again, the gaming industry
01:21:43
is talking about using AI to start doing QAQA and it's
01:21:47
already fucking, there's already all kinds of problems, right?
01:21:50
Like I, it's, it's using AI to replace people and it's like at
01:21:55
that point you start getting errors, but you're not really
01:21:58
saving money because you're having to put out fires.
01:22:00
It's use it as a tool. It's trained people how to use
01:22:04
AI to enhance the work you're already doing so you can have a
01:22:07
better product. I just don't trust that any
01:22:11
large. Company is going.
01:22:13
To do that, there are a lot of companies that don't really have
01:22:17
a motivation to do so. I mean there are a.
01:22:19
Lot of companies that are. Doing that that are that are
01:22:21
using it. The way it's supposed to be used
01:22:23
as a tool, you know, and, and not using it as a replacement.
01:22:27
It's, it's the bigger companies that we hear about that are
01:22:30
using it as replacements and saying we want to get rid of
01:22:33
people by using AI. And it's like, that's not to go
01:22:36
on a political show. The bigger company you are, the
01:22:38
more interest you have. In making more and more money
01:22:41
and cutting as many people out of the process as you can.
01:22:43
Anyway, we're going to move on before I go on a big cleft, just
01:22:46
rant here. So let's get into the geek and
01:22:50
update. Yeah, let's yeah.
01:22:53
We're going to get into fun stuff.
01:22:54
Let's talk about GET. An update not talking about the
01:22:58
end of the world, all right. All right.
01:23:06
Well, ladies and gentlemen, it wasn't this weekend.
01:23:08
It was last weekend, but mainly. Because we didn't do a show last
01:23:12
week because happy birthday to us.
01:23:14
But yes, ladies and gentlemen, this not this last weekend, but
01:23:18
the weekend before we were at Verse Con.
01:23:22
And to talk about Verse Con, of course, ladies and gentlemen, it
01:23:25
is our residence. Fun, fun, fun.
01:23:32
Correspondent, ladies and gentlemen, please.
01:23:35
Put your hands. Together at home for Sandra
01:23:37
Delong from Delong Fam cosplay. Love the intro, Phil, Thank you
01:23:46
very much. You're.
01:23:47
Very, very welcome. OK.
01:23:50
Guys. So yeah, not this.
01:23:52
Last weekend. The weekend before.
01:23:54
Was Verse Con Comic Con ran by Impound Comics?
01:23:59
Trey D Trey. I can't remember his last name,
01:24:03
but yeah, he's the owner and creator of Impound Comics.
01:24:07
Huh. Trey Sands, Trey Sansi.
01:24:10
It was in there and. Then it left so.
01:24:14
Thanks to the safe. Yeah, he's the.
01:24:16
Creator and owner of Impound. Comics and obviously Verse Con,
01:24:19
Comic Con. He partnered with the nonprofit
01:24:22
that I'm on the board of, SAT Geeks, who is a 501-C3 nonprofit
01:24:27
that fosters geek culture. That's why we are a big part of
01:24:31
this particular convention in Sacramento.
01:24:34
And we had a lot of cool guests there.
01:24:36
We had young Melee from Grand Theft Auto.
01:24:40
We had see a court from Star Rail.
01:24:44
I think I said that right. Kendall Bird, also from Star
01:24:49
Rail and two Dragon Ball Z voice actors.
01:24:53
We had the awesome Dale Kelly and Josh Martin there as well.
01:24:58
And of course, yes, forgot about that for a second.
01:25:03
We also have some really. Cool creators and booths there
01:25:07
like D Squad they're always there representing.
01:25:11
We also had the Art Lord which he is amazing with his Pokémon
01:25:16
art and he has some really cool Dragon Ball Z art This time he
01:25:20
also had some video games going on so you could hear everything
01:25:24
going on in his booth. It was really amazing.
01:25:27
We also had Battle Chi Comics, we had Mark, my very good
01:25:32
friends, the Grumpy Cookies, and for cosplay guests we had Team
01:25:37
Inferno cosplay dropouts and Boy Against Cosplays as they were
01:25:41
judges and MC for the cosplay contest, which was ran by Sad
01:25:45
Geeks via me because I got put in charge of that, which is my
01:25:50
first time really running and putting together a cosplay
01:25:53
contest. Normally I'm judging or
01:25:55
answering a cosplay contest. How was that actually?
01:26:01
Since it was a smaller. Con, it wasn't that bad because
01:26:07
I know all of the judges already from hanging out in conventions
01:26:11
and stuff. So it was more like get
01:26:13
together, like, hey guys, do you want to be the judges?
01:26:16
Cool. This is what we are.
01:26:18
We wrote out the guidelines for cosplay.
01:26:23
Jeff and I got together and we found 3D prints to make the
01:26:28
trophies because who doesn't love getting a trophy when they
01:26:31
win a contest, right? So we got those.
01:26:35
We got some cool prizes. Of comic.
01:26:37
Books and some figures and stuff together and yeah, because Trey
01:26:42
just really kind of let us do how do whatever we wanted.
01:26:46
He directed everyone to us for questions, comments and concerns
01:26:49
because he's like, y'all just do it.
01:26:53
And I did it based on my experience of just being a judge
01:26:57
and an attendee in a contest. So I kind of knew the parameters
01:27:01
of what was needed and what we had to do, and it was kind of
01:27:06
fun. I think if that geeks keeps
01:27:10
doing the cosmic contest, they'll probably just keep
01:27:12
giving it to me until I get worn out and train someone else to do
01:27:17
it. But as of right now, it's really
01:27:19
fun. It's really great.
01:27:20
I like doing it. I like kind of being behind the
01:27:22
scenes 'cause you get to see all the madness sickos on in a
01:27:27
sense. But it's it's always a lot of
01:27:30
fun just to be at verse con. Very cool.
01:27:35
Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Kendall kept.
01:27:38
Encouraging me. She's like you, you really need
01:27:40
to get into voice acting. And I'm like, don't, I don't
01:27:43
know. Oh, yeah.
01:27:45
You were hanging out with the celebrities.
01:27:47
So I I didn't get that much. Experience with them.
01:27:51
I was cracking jokes with Majin Buu the entire time.
01:27:54
Like me and me? And.
01:27:54
Josh were just just cracking all kinds of jokes.
01:27:57
I was hanging out with young Melee and we were we were making
01:28:01
LA Oakland comparisons. It was it was fun conversations
01:28:05
so young. Phil, what did you do there?
01:28:07
I was doing guest. Handling.
01:28:10
So I was. I was.
01:28:12
I was supposed to be helping Kendall make money, but for the
01:28:15
most part we were just having conversations and anytime
01:28:18
somebody bought something, I would just like help her sell
01:28:20
whatever it is she was selling. But you know, like for the most
01:28:22
part we were just shooting the shit and having just fun
01:28:25
conversations and and like messing with with guests and
01:28:30
doing voices. Dude, Kendall, every now and
01:28:33
then she would what she would do is pull up a character from Star
01:28:36
Rail and say like just between like the two of us and like
01:28:41
whoever was around, like how would you voice this character?
01:28:44
Right? And she would like play a line
01:28:46
from the character. And then every time we would do
01:28:49
like, you know, characters but done wrong.
01:28:52
So like a lot of times she would give me like these really like
01:28:55
high pitched like, you know, like like girl characters and
01:28:57
like, you know, like just fairy like characters.
01:29:01
And I would read the lines as like a really angry old man, fun
01:29:05
time, stuff like that. She's just like, Oh my God, this
01:29:08
is so much. Fun.
01:29:09
And I was like. Yeah, that's the stuff I missed,
01:29:11
running around running everything, yeah.
01:29:15
Maybe that's a new gimmick that you can play.
01:29:16
With at the cons. Right.
01:29:19
Oh yeah, here's here's here's a character.
01:29:22
How would you voice this character?
01:29:24
Yeah, almost like bad lip reads, but yeah, bad voice.
01:29:28
Reads or something. Oh, that'd.
01:29:29
Be fun. Yeah, that, that's.
01:29:31
Something new to add. Interesting.
01:29:34
So overall, the show in the notes overall.
01:29:36
The show was a good show. 2 day show, right?
01:29:39
Yeah, it was a good show. It was a 2 day show and also we.
01:29:42
Brought in a new thing, well at least new for the convention up
01:29:46
here, ribbon trading. So when you got when you walked
01:29:49
in and you did your registration, you got two
01:29:53
ribbons, You got a verse con ribbon and an impound ribbon.
01:29:56
And cosplayers were running around trading, selling, doing
01:30:00
whatever you had to do to get ribbons, SAT geeks hat, a
01:30:04
scavenger hunt to get their ribbon.
01:30:06
I had my ribbons and I made you subscribe to my YouTube channel,
01:30:10
which we're still trying to get 200 subscribers for that, by the
01:30:13
way. But we did pretty good there
01:30:15
with it and it was a lot of fun. And I think we need to make
01:30:20
more. Ribbons for the.
01:30:21
Next show we're at and then obviously as you can see here
01:30:26
for those. Who are watching?
01:30:28
There was a. Marvel Rivals gathering.
01:30:31
I wasn't able to go outside to take pictures of that, but my
01:30:34
lovely, talented little son Bruce that everyone knows, took
01:30:40
a lot of those photos and he had a fun time taking pictures in
01:30:44
hanging out with all his cosplay friends.
01:30:46
Without Mom's supervision, how does he?
01:30:52
How is he 10 years old and he still?
01:30:53
Takes better pictures than Tater.
01:30:56
He's not shaky. And he's learned what?
01:30:59
Not to do by watching. Tater and hearing.
01:31:02
Tater get criticized. Yeah, no, that.
01:31:05
Yeah, that makes sense. That makes sense.
01:31:10
I think I saw. Was that Boykin's cosplay in
01:31:12
there? Yes.
01:31:13
Boykin's cosplay. He's in like.
01:31:16
Yeah, he's in Reno. He's from Reno.
01:31:19
Right. Yeah, he's from Reno and he.
01:31:21
Came down to be a guest. And once I saw he was a guest, I
01:31:25
was like, dude, you got to be my MC.
01:31:26
He's like, I'm there. Yeah, I, I saw a packet.
01:31:31
Bullets on point. Yeah, there, there he is.
01:31:32
Yeah, he made. An appearance finally, out of
01:31:35
nowhere, surprised us all. Very, very cool.
01:31:42
Is that pepper Jack I see? Yes, Pepper Jack was there too,
01:31:46
Misha. Was there and Phil.
01:31:47
Did a little filming with Elder cosplay if anyone's seen that
01:31:51
running around the Internet. So guys, that is actually on our
01:31:55
Instagram if you want to check that out if you.
01:31:56
Go to distance at distance nerding.
01:31:59
It's a couple videos down, but we did a if you're old enough to
01:32:04
remember this because she dos not, but if you're old enough to
01:32:08
remember most things. So yeah, GI Joe back in the.
01:32:12
90s. Back I'm aware shark Matt, there
01:32:17
was a Jeff Jeff the shark there. But you know.
01:32:19
Several, yeah, there was a couple of Jeff the land sharks
01:32:22
there, but no so. If you remember.
01:32:24
GI Joe back in the 80s at the end of GI Joe there was always
01:32:28
APSA right and Elder decided he wanted to do AGI Joe style.
01:32:35
PSA of of the male loneliness epidemic.
01:32:42
Oh no. That's pretty damn funny and.
01:32:46
I play the chut so it's it's it's bad.
01:32:48
That's amazing. And I was like, I'm I'm going to
01:32:51
intentionally. Act bad because.
01:32:53
I wanted to be really bad 80s, right?
01:32:56
So I'm just like, you're a girl, you're not a real gamer.
01:33:02
I happen to be there while you're filming that I had to.
01:33:04
Like run away. So he wouldn't get my laughter
01:33:08
in the audio, but like it's funny because it cuts down and
01:33:12
he. Was he was dressed the shipwreck
01:33:15
from GI Joe So. Oh, that's incredible.
01:33:18
Yeah. So he he climbs out from under a
01:33:20
table. That's behind us and he.
01:33:22
Goes and he starts talking about the male loneliness epidemic.
01:33:25
Was is is self manufactured. You only have yourself to blame.
01:33:30
And I go, oh, I didn't have to watch that way.
01:33:33
And now I know and knowing is half the battle.
01:33:36
And then we all go, yo, Joe, that's, that's incredible.
01:33:40
That's incredible. It's so bad.
01:33:43
But it's so. Good.
01:33:44
At the same time I. Love it so much.
01:33:47
You made more with others, but I'm like that's the only one I
01:33:50
got like. Photos.
01:33:51
I mean that, yeah, that's the only one you need.
01:33:55
Well, like Jeff made one too with him and I didn't know
01:33:57
until. He told me after he's like, Oh
01:33:59
yeah, I made one too, but oh, good for you, That's funny.
01:34:05
Yeah, they were funny. They were funny.
01:34:08
So. What is what is next for you?
01:34:10
Actually what is next for verse con?
01:34:13
Isn't there another one coming up?
01:34:15
There is one in like the towards the end of.
01:34:18
Summer beginning of. Fall, but there's no dates
01:34:20
announced yet, Gotcha. So you guys keep an eye out on
01:34:23
their socials for when that will be, all right, Gotcha.
01:34:28
And what might their socials be? Verse.
01:34:31
Con I'm just. I'm gonna make it to our point
01:34:35
or or. Actually at Impound Comics too,
01:34:37
because that's. Like the main company?
01:34:40
They they do it on both so you can.
01:34:42
Be following. On both.
01:34:43
And get twice the notifications about it.
01:34:46
Yeah, awesome. And then if you call us that,
01:34:49
geeks, you'll get the third one. There you go.
01:34:52
What's coming up for the Long Fam cosplay?
01:34:55
For the long fam cosplay we will be.
01:34:58
Having our show tomorrow at 6:00 PM.
01:35:02
We're going to continue on making the Evie for our Ash
01:35:06
Ketchum, Ash Mesh up. And if you guys have been
01:35:10
following along, you know that Jeff has made the body of Evie
01:35:13
and now we're going to be adding the fur tomorrow.
01:35:17
So you guys going to stay tuned and hang out and see what's
01:35:19
going on with that. Awesome.
01:35:23
Let's get fuzzy. Yes, which is a.
01:35:26
Great, I I. I have loved all your.
01:35:28
Titles. Recently.
01:35:32
That it's all Jeff. He.
01:35:33
He. Comes with that, they're great.
01:35:36
And then he texts me it so I can.
01:35:38
Post. It.
01:35:38
So we have a good. We have a good system, go in
01:35:42
there. Except for when I get.
01:35:44
Caught up with work and forget, right?
01:35:46
Well, of course on YouTube that is at.
01:35:50
Long fam cosplay. I think that's, that's
01:35:52
everywhere else, right? Yes, wherever you want to find
01:35:56
us, wherever we're at, which is. Facebook Instagram threads and
01:36:00
YouTube YouTube for sure we are delong fam cosplay yes all right
01:36:08
awesome and you can see. Us also in person on Friday.
01:36:12
At New Helvetia sat Geeks's Palantine's event.
01:36:16
Oh, very cool, very nice. Well, you don't have.
01:36:23
Plans with Jackie bring her. Yeah, she's not gonna go.
01:36:27
Well, ladies and. Gentlemen, with all that being
01:36:31
said, you know, if you want to go to an event, if you want to
01:36:34
go to a Comic Con, if you want to go to New Helvisia and
01:36:37
represent distance nerding, you can do that.
01:36:39
All you got to do is head over to Dis.
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I'm sorry. No, Yeah, no, this is dirty.com,
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streamlabs.com. OK, never mind.
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We got much. People, because we got much
01:36:51
people. I got a head of myself anyways.
01:36:56
Find them. And then you'll find.
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Their merch, yeah. Fight track US down you can get.
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Merch. You'll get merch.
01:37:03
We got merch, people. Show them the video.
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I was. Waiting for James to go do.
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The whole and so can you so. Anyways.
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Let us know, could you go to our new website WW dot streamlabs?
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Phil, go ahead and play that video.
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All right, let's do it. That's a lot of slashing, yes.
01:37:24
There's a lot of slashing. The hash link slasher.
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Part of this we. Make it easy for you.
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Go to Instagram at. Distance starting and it's It's
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Yeah. So you like good course you can
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Those are by yours truly. Oh, it would be supporting very
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nice all of us. I like your various of.
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Model. Yes.
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All the variant logos. Were designed by me so you know
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support me support everything very nice and pick up some cool
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more there you go there you go well ladies and gentlemen let's
01:38:06
talk about our. Let's talk about our.
01:38:07
Schedule. That's right, ladies and
01:38:08
gentlemen, we got a schedule because we do more than one show
01:38:10
in a week. Tuesdays, The show you're
01:38:13
watching right now, distance turning from 6:30 to 8:30.
01:38:16
We talk all the news, all the rumors, all the fun things that
01:38:18
are going on. Thursdays, the build from 6 to
01:38:21
8. I believe that our guest this
01:38:24
week had to reschedule. Yeah, Drew Hansen, he had.
01:38:29
He had to reschedule so. As of right now, we don't have
01:38:31
a. Guest on Thursday.
01:38:33
If something comes up then we'll let you know, but if not, guys
01:38:35
plan on just doing more brackets because we still have a 90s
01:38:37
cartoon bracket to do. I'll be on there, but I'll know
01:38:41
nothing. Yeah, we are voting for.
01:38:44
For for the best. 90s cartoon and then maybe we'll get into
01:38:48
best 80s cartoon and and so on from there.
01:38:53
You know of course. Real weird.
01:38:55
We get to the best 40s cartoons or play DND.
01:38:57
Was that cartoons or yeah Fridays, Friday.
01:39:00
So, ladies and gentlemen. Friday is the.
01:39:03
Buzzer from 6:30 to 8:30 we are still up in the air we're trying
01:39:07
to figure out if everybody's available for this Friday so
01:39:10
we're either going to be playing Jeb nerdy so get in on that guys
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we will be playing jeopardy with nerdy stuff or if our entire
01:39:17
campaign is ready to do another campaign we may be playing DND
01:39:22
live on stream so yes we will be doing our DND actual play the.
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Great con, hopefully with a little bit more preparation this
01:39:31
time on the players part. So all right, I'm not mad at
01:39:38
all. So we will have hell of
01:39:41
preparation or yes. Preparation H because it's good
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01:43:51
Least you could do is steal somebody else's phone.
01:43:52
Anyway, let's keep it going. That's.
01:43:54
Right, well, ladies and gentlemen, if you would like to
01:43:57
follow us on all the. Social media places.
01:43:58
We are everywhere that social media exists at distance
01:44:02
nerding. You can you can follow us if it
01:44:05
if it is social media and it exists, we are there.
01:44:08
We are only fans. We're there.
01:44:09
OK Pinterest. We're there.
01:44:13
OK. 4 Chan not there because I don't, but yeah, Vimeo.
01:44:20
Yeah, we're probably there. I don't know.
01:44:22
Well, Myspace, we're definitely there.
01:44:23
All right, well, ladies and gentlemen, if you would like to
01:44:25
send us an e-mail, you can e-mail us at
01:44:27
distancenerding@aol.com. We will read your e-mail live on
01:44:33
air. Guys, guys, I I still haven't
01:44:36
gotten any, any hate mail to make James cry.
01:44:40
Do you guys want to see James cry on screen?
01:44:41
The only way you can do that, if you want to see him cry his his
01:44:46
eyes out, you have to send me mean emails at
01:44:50
distanceinserting@aol.com. You need vaguely rude emails.
01:44:54
Yeah, the ruder the better. Because they'll probably make
01:44:56
him cry. So yeah, why do I have to cry?
01:45:01
Well, you're. The most in touch with your
01:45:03
emotions. I'm all right with that.
01:45:06
We know what the people want. You're the.
01:45:07
Manliest of us. No, OK.
01:45:10
Yeah, OK. That's a good way to say.
01:45:11
I'm in, I'm in. Make me cry.
01:45:13
Yeah, make me cry. That makes me more of a man.
01:45:15
It actually does, but yeah, it. Means you're in touch with your
01:45:17
emotions. You're not wrong.
01:45:18
Yeah, I know. It's a it's a good thing.
01:45:21
It's a good thing. All right, I'm a Raider fan, I
01:45:23
know. How to cry?
01:45:23
Let's go, Let's do it, Let's go. Theresa said.
01:45:29
Send an e-mail. Podcast.
01:45:31
It's not very fire. Yeah, we're terrible people.
01:45:34
We know this already. All right.
01:45:35
Well, ladies and gentlemen, that is it from us Buddy, Buddy
01:45:40
Boost. Boost also.
01:45:44
Hi. Before we end.
01:45:46
Sorry, pluggables. Other people do have pluggables
01:45:48
here. Yeah, go.
01:45:50
Go ahead and do your plugs. Here I'm the only one that
01:45:52
matters of pluggables. I am I I.
01:45:55
I I gathered that I am at. SHDU studios everywhere for my.
01:46:01
Music it is at. SHDU music.
01:46:04
I talk about lore, will, building, writing and pretty
01:46:06
much everything else. Yeah, all right, now we can end.
01:46:11
Oh, so I am Sandra from. Delong Fam cosplay you can
01:46:16
follow me on. Facebook, Instagram, Threads,
01:46:18
and YouTube, where we're still on the road to 200 subscribers.
01:46:21
Once we do, we are giving away free shit just like Phil does.
01:46:24
We like to buy your affection too, but we got to get to 200 to
01:46:28
do so. And join us tomorrow at 6:00 PM
01:46:31
to continue watching us build this creepy Evie that Jeff
01:46:36
loves. Yeah, awesome, James.
01:46:41
Everything's at distance. 30 Just come find us.
01:46:43
There, come find. Us, he's like putting him on the
01:46:45
screen because he's just like. Dude, all my plugs are ear
01:46:49
plugs. What the fuck are you doing?
01:46:50
All right, now we're gonna big turns.
01:46:55
Well, ladies and gentlemen. Like I said, buddy.
01:46:57
Bruce. Bruce.
01:46:58
Go to bed, dude. Yes, Bruce.
01:47:00
Bedtime. Go to sleep.
01:47:01
Go to sleep. It's late.
01:47:03
Thanks and keep nerding together.
01:47:07
Be a hater. Be a maker.
01:47:09
Not a hater, that's right. Ladies and gentlemen.
01:47:11
We will see everybody. On Thursday, everybody have a
01:47:16
good night. We'll see you all later.
01:47:18
Buenos Noches. Where?
01:47:21
Where's my deuces? James Deuces.
01:47:24
There we go, deuces distance. Nerding.
01:47:51
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