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🧠 Episode Summary
This week, the crew dives headfirst into nerd chaos like it's a loot dungeon with no exit. We break down major Marvel updates, debate who Anne Hathaway could play in the MCU (Emma Frost? Mystique? chaos incarnate?), and spiral into multiverse madness with Spider-Man theories that may or may not end in emotional damage.
We also talk X-Men '97 Season 2, zombie superheroes snacking like it's a buffet, and a Mario movie that critics side-eye while fans throw gold coins at the screen. Oh, and yes… a judgmental cat exists and we have thoughts.
Expect hot takes, wild theories, and at least one moment where parenting skills are publicly questioned. 🍝
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⏱️ Timestamps & Topics
• 00:00 – Chaos intro + audio gremlins attack
• 03:14 – X-Men '97 Season 2 breakdown (Polaris hype!)
• 11:09 – Anne Hathaway enters MCU rumor mill
• 18:26 – Daredevil: Born Again Defenders reunion tease
• 20:22 – Marvel Zombies Season 2 insanity
• 24:05 – Spider-Man multiverse theories (Miles?? 👀)
• 31:30 – Movie news: Tom Hanks, Weapons, box office wins
• 35:01 – Mario movie chaos vs critics
• 39:38 – Legend of the White Dragon tribute release
• 41:13 – Gremlins 3 and Jenna Ortega casting
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🧩 Key Takeaways
• The MCU rumor mill is basically a slot machine right now 🎰
• X-Men '97 Season 2 could mash multiple iconic storylines together
• Spider-Man multiverse may expand way beyond Tobey + Andrew
• Fans > critics when it comes to video game movies
• Marvel Zombies is about to get WEIRD (in the best way)
• Parenting may interfere with nerd homework (watch your shows, people)
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💬 Best Quotes
• "Shut up and take my money."
• "We heard you messed everything up."
• "He has more of an Arbor Day ass." 🌳
• "If this movie was bad, it wouldn't make $370 million."
• "I don't have friends… I have family."
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Newly released promo art for X-Men 97 Season 2 has surfaced
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online, and we have early looks at the evolving roster, some
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costume changes, and the long-awaited arrival of Polaris.
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Hooray. I don't know what you guys
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working in thought I was going to say, but it's Polaris people.
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The artwork comes from officially licensed merchandise
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from Grupo. Eric Grupo our is already making
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the rounds after popping up on Amazon cause Amazon ruins
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everything. So the poster shows a stacked
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line up of returning characters including more Storm, Cyclops,
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Jean Grey, Cable, Sunspot, Rogue, Forge, Bishop, Beast,
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Jubilee, Magneto, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, and Professor X.
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But the stand out edition here is Polaris.
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Wait, did I say? Polaris.
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This should be Magneto. I meant to say luscious locks
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Lyncher. Because that's who he is, baby.
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The merch also highlights several core team members and
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gritty wasteland costumes. Jean Grey, Cyclops, Storm,
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Wolverine and Morph all get a more rugged survivalist look.
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Are we thinking Savage lands? I'm thinking Savage Lands get
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another. Savage Land season.
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We got an obsessed. Yay we.
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Got 1 OK, let's let's let's. Read Oh Me Myopsis the 90s are
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back synopsis. To me, myopsis the 90s are back.
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Synopsis. Synopsis.
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Synopsis A band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a
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world that hates and fears them. They're challenged like never
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before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new
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future. New episodes, new era, new
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pants. I actually added that new pants
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in there because, you know, the costume.
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Marvel Studios. But Brad Winterbaum confirmed
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that the next chapter isn't too far off, saying Season 2 of
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X-Men 97 is going to be in 26. Oh, it's coming out this year.
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Watch it be like December 31st. It's.
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Technically still 20. Six, Bill, I'm excited.
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I'm excited for this because I already love X-Men 97.
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I, I love everything about it. I love that we're going to be
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getting kind of what, what I think is actually going to be
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happening. If we're having like these post
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apocalyptic costumes and things like that.
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I think we are going back to the future.
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You know, the I, I think it was season 2, season 3 where they
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had like the whole days of Future Past storyline where, you
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know, they went back to cable and everything in the form was
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like the leader and you know, she was dating Wolverine and all
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that kind of stuff. I think we're going back down to
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that just because I, I, I think they're going to be some of some
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of those implications of some of the things that are happening in
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the present affecting things in the in the future.
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I think that that's where they're going to go now.
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Savage Lands, I would love that. Savage Lands are, are, it's
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always a great storyline when we have like all that kind of stuff
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going on. Polaris being in this is going
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to be kind of dope, you know, kind of getting more of
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Magneto's children. Yeah, you know, maybe we might
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get some Scarlet Witch and some some Quicksilver too.
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Maybe, maybe we'll take a bit a a a trip to one division.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, one Division One
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they have. On this just kind of going back
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on these pictures right real quick here I.
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I think the one that. Stands out the most for me is
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Sunspot. Yeah, yeah.
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He has a big. Part that one is I it does look
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like Days of Future Past or Age of Apocalypse.
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Age of Apocalypse. But yeah, I, I feel like we're
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going to get 3 separate stories that are going to merge at the
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end because they're in three separate places right now,
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right? That's how we left them.
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So we might get Age of Apocalypse in one thing, we
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might get Days of Future Past in another, and we might get Savage
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Land and yet another. This is The One Show that I have
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like 0 issues with. Like I have full faith in
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whatever they're going to do and whatever storyline they're going
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to do. I'm like just take me on the
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ride. I believe in everything you're
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doing. I love the original series.
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I love season 1 and how it connected to the first season,
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but you know, kind of matured everything up.
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I'm like just give me whatever you're going to give me.
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I have full faith and whatever you're going to do.
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That's the shut up and take my money name.
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Yes. OK, All right, Shala do.
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I, I, I, you said shut up and take my money, but it's like I'm
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too late. I'm not even going to deal.
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With it, I have not unfortunately seen the first
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season, but hey, more X-Men stuff.
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I'm I'm. I'm always for that.
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What? How do how have you not seen the
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first season? We literally covered it on the
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show. Well, I basically know what
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happened because I edited the OR reviews of it, but I have not
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seen it. That's funny.
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It's worth the watch. It's Steph.
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No, no, I know I never watched the original series so.
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That is awesome. He didn't end.
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He also hasn't finished Daredevil, so.
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I I have a lot of things. I haven't seen Daredevil Born
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Again season 2 yet. We're really.
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Behind, yeah. We talk about your parenting
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because yeah, honestly, what's happening here?
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We. Really.
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Is this where we're going to go? This is where we're going to
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talk parenting. Parenting.
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You flooded your house. Remember, James, do as you say,
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not as you do. From the toilet and now my
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camera went blurry. Just even your camera was bad,
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yeah. Yeah, your camera was bad.
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Yeah, your camera was like, I can't see me now.
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I. Think I think that was the cue
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to switch. Off the.
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Devil Wears Prada is a mutant. Anne Hathaway is reportedly in
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talks to join Marvel Studios next big era.
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While she recently passed on a role tied to Spider Man Brand
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New Day, it sounds like something much bigger maybe on
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the table as Marvel gears up for its long anticipated mutant
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saga, according to Scooper. My time to shine.
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Hello. After rejecting a role in Spider
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Man Brand New Day, Anne Hathaway is now in talks for a major role
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in MCU's next saga. Now, nothing has been officially
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confirmed by Marvel's and talks are still ongoing, but if this
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deal comes together, Hathaway joining the MCU could be casting
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moves that instantly raises the stakes.
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Any guesses on who Anne Hathaway could be cast as?
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Phil That is a hard call and mostly a hard call because I
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don't know, there's a lot of people that she can play now.
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I, I, I hate to put it in this term, but she is somewhat older,
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which means that she would have to play.
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She's not going to play like, you know, she, she's not playing
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like Kitty Pryde or something like that.
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You know what I mean? Like, no, you know, you know who
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she could be? Oh, you're going to hate this.
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You're going to hate this so much.
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She could be God, why am I forgetting her name right now?
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Turns to Diamond. Oh, you're talking.
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About. Emma Frost.
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Emma Frost, Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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She could be Emma Frost. Oh my God, she would be a really
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good Emma Frost. I like.
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I could see her, you know, I'm saying I think Jen would make
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that be like her. I love Emma Frost, what are you
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talking about? I mean, she's an English bitch,
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but I love her. Yeah, someone like Zephyr and
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and depending on. The She's also manipulative and
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she grooms people. Yes.
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She does, but I do like her. She's, she's a bad ass woman,
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female character. I know.
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I we've seen her. We've seen Anne Hathaway in a
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white wig before. Yeah.
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Yeah, so we know she can pull it off.
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I think that was Alice in Wonderland.
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Yes, it was. There we go.
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You are correct. And yes, yeah, you did it.
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You did it. Great job.
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Great job, James. No, I like that.
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I I'm actually going to one up you on this.
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If if you guys don't mind me doing this. 2 Open.
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Mystique. Oh.
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Anne Hathaway's mystique would. Be good like that.
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Like that? Yeah.
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I I could actually see that or Destiny, OK.
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OK. Honestly.
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The only thing about Destiny as as as good of a character as she
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is, is she's not as well known of a character was like Emma
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Frost is huge right now because of like.
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Yeah, that's true. And something like like Mystique
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would be a big role for the character.
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I kind of still see her as Emma Frost.
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Just like her her, her attitude fits Emma Frost.
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Yeah, I. Really, I felt.
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That you. I do think that is she going to
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affect a British accent? She's.
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Done. That's a British.
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Accent in the past so I can see her doing that.
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I can see her being like a Robert Redford type character.
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Will you come in? You be a big bad for one or two
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movies. It's almost like guest spots and
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then you're out. Yeah, that might be.
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Too, I know we're like looking at mutants, like who's she going
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to be long term, but honestly with a with a big name like her,
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I think she's going to come in, make an appearance, have a few
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spots. And with someone like like Emma
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Frost, you're going to want them to stick around for a while and
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so. Yeah, Emma Frost is a long term
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character if I also thought because she's all she's pretty
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statuesque. I thought since Toslan I'm I'm
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putting her names to you. Yeah, Tatiana Maslani.
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Yep. Tatiana Maslani, I was pushing
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her names together. Is it going to be She Hulk?
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The Anne Hathaway might be a good She Hulk.
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She Hulk's getting a bit or. These age calls.
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Right now, like there's a lot of people who are finally, like,
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finally watching it after hating on it and never watching it that
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are coming back and saying this is a really good show.
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Yeah. It was.
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It was, but I mean. People are find starting to find
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out that a good show that they didn't watch because of the
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Internet is actually a good show.
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Yeah, or the Enchantress. She could also be the
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Enchantress. There are a lot of characters
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that she could be. Yeah, Enchantress would be
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another good. Pick Lady Loki I.
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Mean she's already, yeah. There's already.
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But Sylvie, technically, is not. The Enchantress is like the way
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that they've like, teed her up. Yeah.
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I mean, yeah. Yeah.
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There's a difference, but I. So I don't know.
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Anyway, I'm just saying there's blood.
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James. James.
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I honestly, I think I'm right and it's going to be of a
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smaller character and like a non mutant character and we're all
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going to be disappointed. Moira Mctaggart.
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OK now Taggart. Would be.
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Here we are. I'm back here.
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We are back in. There we are.
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Oh. My God, there we.
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Go. We got it.
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The connection with Angel would be amazing.
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OK. Yeah.
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I like this OK, I'm. On board, I'm in.
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Nope. Let's.
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See, she can come and go. She doesn't have to be in every
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single one, right? Yeah, we.
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Will take our Marvel tracks. Moira Mctaggart is really good
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just because she is a side character that they deal with on
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a regular basis, but she's not a main character.
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She's kind of somebody that that Professor Xavier confides in
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Moira Mctaggart is. Good.
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Well, they had a thing. She had a child in Legion and
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she likes the Flyers, she likes Angel and she likes Banshee.
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The other thing is technically, technically, if they are
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bringing everything that Marvel's ever done into the
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universe, one of the best shows they ever did was Legion.
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And if they bring Legion into this and she's and she's
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Legion's mom, I would love that. Yeah, but you know, then what's
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gonna happen? No, they could do that because
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Aubrey Plaza was in Legion, but he's also.
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But yeah, but she's also deaf too.
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Yeah. Which they.
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So Adam could have taken that. Yeah, they could have that work.
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Totally make that work. But yeah.
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Anyway, have we, Have I blown y'all's minds again?
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Moira Mctaggart is so good just because again, I feel like that
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is a major, major way to bring Legion into this.
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And Legion was such A and that was so well done.
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If I if I may, Speaking of old Marvel shows.
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Oh, there you go. Oh, stamps, stamps, stamps.
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All right, we're getting a band back together.
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New set photos from Daredevil Born Again season 3 have
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revealed that Mike Coulter, Finn Jones and Krysten Ritter were
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all spotted together, sparking the long-awaited Defenders
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reunion. Coulter's Luke Cage appears to
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be stepping right back into familiar territory.
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The photos show him wearing the same suit fans saw at the end of
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Luke Cage season 2 and the look he sported during his time as
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New York City's mayor. Daredevil Born Again season 2.
00:19:01
It's currently going on Disney Plus.
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I am not, I'm, I'm still holding out for them showing up at the
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end of this this because they they didn't necessarily have to
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film all that together. You know what I mean?
00:19:15
Like I, I feel like at, at, at at least in the season finale,
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we're going to get Daredevil recruiting them for the next.
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Season or maybe they all just show up like we heard you fucked
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everything up. I'm just saying anyway.
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I could, I could see them doing like some kind of like last
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theme where they're just like they walk in the door or
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something. Like that, but.
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You just see their asses. Yes.
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I mean, Mike Coulter has a pretty sweet ass, so I mean.
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He's got a sweet Christmas ass. Sweet Christmas.
00:19:51
Exactly. And we would all know which one
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was Iron Fist because it would be really uptight and look like
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it's got to stick up its butt. Again, my my only thing with
00:20:04
Iron Fists is they 100% need to make sure that Finn Jones gets a
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stunt double on this on this show.
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He has more of an Arbor Day ass. Yeah.
00:20:14
Anyway, we keep going. And, and of course, Kristen
00:20:19
Ritter's ass is AKA Alias. All right, Kristen Ritter's got
00:20:24
a great. I hit them all.
00:20:25
I hit them all. All right, let's go.
00:20:31
Let's go. So this picture that no one can
00:20:35
see except us, she looks like a hark.
00:20:38
All right, time for a second helping of Marvel Zombies.
00:20:42
Let that percolate a little. Marvel Zombies Season 2 is
00:20:45
officially moving forward, and it sounds like Marvel is about
00:20:48
to do something we've never seen before in the MCU.
00:20:52
Tell a good story, according to Marvel Television.
00:20:54
Boss Winter Boss. I'm kidding about that.
00:20:59
Things are already in motion in a big way.
00:21:01
I did cry. I don't think this is a spoiler,
00:21:05
but I saw the first animatic of the first episode of Marvel
00:21:11
Zombies Season 2 this morning. It was crazy.
00:21:15
He said it just like that. I was at the presser, Winterbomb
00:21:20
teased. I can't say anything about it,
00:21:23
but it delivers. Not just on zombies, but it's
00:21:25
also an MCU thing that has never really happened before that
00:21:31
we're very excited to do. I think maybe Scarlet Witch is
00:21:35
going to eat somebody's heart on screen.
00:21:38
They haven't ever done that before Season 2.
00:21:42
There's a couple of rumors. In it yet?
00:21:45
But with animatics already in progress, it feels like we're
00:21:49
getting closer to diving back into this twisted version of the
00:21:52
MCU. Are you looking forward to
00:21:54
another Marvel Zombies Out one? 100% the that that first season
00:22:00
was and I can't wait for more of it.
00:22:02
It was. Yeah, I agree.
00:22:04
I I really enjoyed it. It was, it did feel a little
00:22:07
like the way they cut it together because it was supposed
00:22:10
to be like a movie and they chopped it up.
00:22:12
But other than that, I really love the story and I love that
00:22:15
it was different than the comics.
00:22:18
So it even in a weird way with zombies, it felt fresh.
00:22:22
So I, I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was fun.
00:22:27
Should do. Go watch it.
00:22:29
Just go watch to watch it, OK? Yeah, 'cause we know he.
00:22:32
Didn't he? Should I did tell him to?
00:22:34
Watch it. I move on.
00:22:35
I. Am willing to watch it with you
00:22:38
again 'cause Husby and I loved it.
00:22:41
He's like I, I've, I've. Never watched the movie so I.
00:22:44
Wouldn't have understood any of it.
00:22:46
What the? Well, OK, hold on.
00:22:50
OK, so I have a a couple of thoughts.
00:22:52
So are we gonna see the same characters?
00:22:56
Are we gonna get Miss Marvel Moonblade Blade Knight?
00:23:02
We better get Blade Knight. He was so.
00:23:04
Whatever they called, I loved. He was so amazing.
00:23:08
And I'm not kidding, the picture that they have that we have
00:23:12
here, it looks she looks like a heart, like a very or a steak.
00:23:17
It could be a steak like steak that you would like a Buffy
00:23:20
steak that you just like kill someone.
00:23:22
Either way, it's just maybe it's just because there's red behind
00:23:25
her. I don't know.
00:23:26
But I think it's awesome. I think this is the a great use
00:23:29
of Scarlet Witch as a zombie. I love it.
00:23:33
Obviously we're going to get more Kamala because at the end
00:23:38
she was a pretty like lynchpenny thing.
00:23:41
Is she the anchor being for that that place you think?
00:23:45
Maybe. I don't know.
00:23:46
Anyway, I think it's going to be cool.
00:23:48
Well, we're we're seeing things through her point of view, but
00:23:51
her point of view is skewed because of the Scarlet Witch and
00:23:56
and we get teasers. On.
00:23:58
That Ironheart sacrificed herself, but then Ironheart
00:24:02
slowly shows herself back up towards the end so.
00:24:05
Yeah, yeah. Yep, Yep, Yep.
00:24:10
All right. It's a tingling ring Ting,
00:24:14
tingling Peter, tingling. According to scooper James Mack,
00:24:19
there will be at least three and possibly more versions of Spider
00:24:25
Man who show up in Secret Wars. They're so copying Across the
00:24:29
Spider verse. This has us assuming the rumor
00:24:33
is pointing to the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew
00:24:37
Garfield, otherwise known as Tobey Garfield and Andrew
00:24:41
McGuire, to be alongside Tom Holland in Spider Man No Way
00:24:45
Home. Who else are they going to get?
00:24:48
Do you think they're going to get like the animated boy skies
00:24:50
in there too? Maybe, I don't know, but could
00:24:53
it also mean the long-awaited introduction of Miles Morales in
00:24:58
action and live action Shit? Oh my God.
00:25:04
I don't know if we're getting Miles, but you know what I was
00:25:06
thinking about. I'm like, OK, so he phrased it
00:25:08
as like we're getting 3 spider men.
00:25:12
Who else could we be getting like there?
00:25:15
We could get the Nick Cage version technically, right?
00:25:18
I mean. Oh, by the end of the.
00:25:20
Series we could get spider Gwen. We could get a spider Gwen as
00:25:24
well. I think everybody's focused on
00:25:25
Miles, but there's definitely some other versions that we
00:25:29
might end up getting. But what if?
00:25:31
We get the. Clone Ben Riley Ben Riley.
00:25:35
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Charlie Spider, yeah, that'd be
00:25:39
great. But I'm arguably one of the best
00:25:42
versions of Spider Man because of just the his attitude and the
00:25:45
way he goes about everything. Again, I think Miles Morales is
00:25:48
coming and and the reason that I think Miles Morales is coming,
00:25:51
they've been talking for a while about wanting to bring him into
00:25:53
live action. But the other big major thing
00:25:56
is, again, you don't have to retell his story.
00:25:59
Like basically you you make enter the spider verse a like
00:26:04
the spider verse movies. His and.
00:26:06
That's they've already kind of established that stuff that has
00:26:09
happened in the live action films have affected what happens
00:26:14
in spider verse because it's the multiverse on that.
00:26:17
So all you have to do is like, OK, well, here's Miles Morales
00:26:20
story. You know Miles Morales at the
00:26:23
end of beyond the spider verse, you have him walk into a portal
00:26:28
and the very next scene is, you know, like the the the movie
00:26:32
ends with that or do a post credit of him walking through a
00:26:34
portal. And the next time we see Miles
00:26:37
Morales is walking through a portal in Secret Wars.
00:26:41
There you go. I just rewatched across the
00:26:43
spider verse and and I picked up that one scene where they have
00:26:48
spider man 2099 like talking about the all how everything's
00:26:53
connected and he's like, I don't even want to talk about that
00:26:56
nerd over in Earth 19999 that is messing around with Doctor
00:27:03
Strange. I'm like, oh, there it is.
00:27:05
I was, I did the whole Leonardo. There it is.
00:27:09
Who? Leonardo, the mutant turtle.
00:27:13
Yeah, Leo, anyways, OK, so but what I think is going to happen
00:27:18
with these guys, I think we're going to see 3 Spider Man.
00:27:22
I don't think by the end of the movie, I don't think we're going
00:27:24
to have three Spider Man. I think one, maybe two of them
00:27:27
are going to. I think Miles Morales is going
00:27:30
to kill them all. Could be.
00:27:34
Right, he gets killed by the Porter.
00:27:35
The only one look there can be only one.
00:27:39
It's Highlander Spider Man crossover Spider Lander.
00:27:44
Hey. Yeah, I don't think, I don't
00:27:46
think all three are making it out of this.
00:27:47
And I think it's going to be a swan song type.
00:27:49
Highlander, man. Thing.
00:27:52
Cool. Well, it's not the it's just
00:27:55
Scotsman. It's not even Spider Man.
00:27:58
It's just Scotsman. That was stupid.
00:28:01
No, that's. The ginger.
00:28:03
I'm yeah, I'm, I'm curious about what we're doing.
00:28:06
Yeah. I I feel like it will probably
00:28:08
be the, the two and the yeah, yeah.
00:28:10
I wonder if we're going to get a A Miles Morales finally.
00:28:14
I think we should. I think we should get a Miles
00:28:16
Morales. I think we should get a Spider
00:28:19
Man 2099. Yeah.
00:28:24
I have Oscar Isaac playing I'm. Pretty sure Oscar Isaac is going
00:28:27
to play him. Oscar Isaac is playing like 12
00:28:30
different characters in Secret Wars.
00:28:32
Because they already said they already said he's he's, he's
00:28:35
coming back as Apocalypse. Oh, really?
00:28:38
Is that a? Is that?
00:28:39
Yeah. Then we'll get him as Moon
00:28:40
Night. And so that's what, 5 characters
00:28:42
there? And then are they going to bring
00:28:45
back F Murray Abraham to do the Voice of conscience?
00:28:50
Because he's had a little bit of trouble lately.
00:28:54
Mr. F Murray. Anyway, Spider Man Brand New
00:28:59
Tang is set to hit theaters. I love that I ended it there.
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on. Yes, all right.
00:30:55
So remember, there's no crying in baseball.
00:30:59
According to Variety, Tom Hanks is set to star in The
00:31:02
Comebacker, a baseball dramedy adapted from a short story of a
00:31:05
Pulitzer Prize finalist, Dave Eggers.
00:31:08
The story centers on a sports journalist whose fire, whose
00:31:12
fire for both his craft and his life, has gone cold.
00:31:15
That changes when a pitcher gets called up from the minor
00:31:17
leagues, someone who suffered a severe injury years earlier when
00:31:20
a batter sent the ball back with enough force to strike his
00:31:23
skull. Bad Bunny and Oscar nominee
00:31:26
Coleman Domingo are also both eyeing roles in the project.
00:31:30
Cool. Bad Bunny and Coleman Domingo.
00:31:33
I'm ready to go watch this already.
00:31:34
Let's go. Tom Hanks, Coleman, Domingo, Bad
00:31:37
Bunny. Let's go.
00:31:38
Cool, great thoughts. Anything cool?
00:31:42
I didn't think so. All right, So no.
00:31:46
There you go. You're out here.
00:31:47
Do you have anything? Good, let's.
00:31:50
Go cool, all right? And Gladys is coming.
00:31:54
Weapons fans are about to get exactly what they've been hoping
00:31:56
for. The upcoming prequel, currently
00:31:58
just titled Gladys, took a big step forward with Weapons
00:32:01
director Zach Krieger officially Co writing the script with Zach
00:32:05
Shields, who worked on Godzilla Versus Kong and Godzilla King
00:32:08
the Monsters, and more recently producing Monarch Legacy of
00:32:11
Monsters, Kreger previously shared.
00:32:14
I was ready. I kind of had it in my head.
00:32:16
I, excuse me, I was ready. I had it kind of in my pocket
00:32:20
before the movie came out. No release date yet, but Gladys
00:32:23
is coming. That's exciting.
00:32:27
Gladys. Is coming.
00:32:28
I've not seen weapons. But yeah, if if for those of you
00:32:31
who did watch weapons, it's it's great.
00:32:33
And Gladys is. In the.
00:32:36
Movie itself. So I'm I'm ready to see kind of
00:32:38
her story. Now is this more of AI?
00:32:41
Haven't watched it 'cause it was labeled like horror, right?
00:32:44
And my wife is like, no, I don't want to watch a horror movie,
00:32:46
but it's more like a thriller, right?
00:32:47
Yes, for the most part it is more thrillery until you get to
00:32:51
the very end of the movie. Then it becomes kind of more of
00:32:54
like a horror at the end of the movie.
00:32:55
Gotcha. Yeah, well, and then there's
00:32:58
that scene. That scene.
00:33:00
Are we talking? He knows he won an Oscar.
00:33:03
Yeah, yeah. That's the horror scene that I'm
00:33:05
talking about that. Was like that is the best
00:33:09
payback scene I have ever seen and it's better than sinners.
00:33:13
I I I called that that. Scene.
00:33:16
Yeah, I was like that's that's if it.
00:33:19
This movie will be perfect if what ended up happening if if
00:33:24
that happens and then it ended up happening, I called it and I
00:33:26
was like, Oh my God, that's going to be great.
00:33:28
Yeah, no, I agree. No, no, let's go all.
00:33:31
Right, I'm going to watch it. So, so space plagues and ghost
00:33:35
masks. Oh my.
00:33:37
Project Hail Mary has officially cleared $300 million.
00:33:40
The global box office, landing at 300 point 8 million worldwide
00:33:45
and submitting itself as the highest grossing film in Amazon
00:33:48
MGM history. Over on the horror side of the
00:33:50
Ledger, Paramount Scream 7 is quietly notched a milestone of
00:33:54
its own. Crossing the $200 million mark
00:33:56
globally. The film had a $45 million
00:33:59
budget. That is a generally strong
00:34:01
result. Hopefully cinema's coming back.
00:34:04
Yeah, I saw Project Terrell Mary last weekend.
00:34:10
It's it's a really good movie. It was really well done and then
00:34:14
we're going to talk about it here in a second.
00:34:16
But this weekend I watched the movie that that overtook both of
00:34:18
these films, so in a single weekend.
00:34:22
Yes, which we are getting to. So let's we're good.
00:34:25
I was waiting for somebody to watch it, but no, he went with
00:34:29
his friends to go see a movie that I was waiting to watch with
00:34:33
him, but no. So now Husby and I haven't yet.
00:34:39
I guess we're going to be watching it without him at
00:34:43
sometime this week. OK, great.
00:34:46
Popcorn has gone cold. Go do it.
00:34:49
Offending mother. Well, I I, I.
00:34:52
Look. There's always Mario.
00:34:54
I like prefer him to go out there.
00:34:56
No I'm not. I didn't watch the first one,
00:34:59
why would I? Oh, never mind.
00:35:03
So no Rotten Tomatoes, only power up mushrooms. the Super
00:35:07
Mario Galaxy movie explored out of the gate with a huge global
00:35:10
debut. Despite landing a rough 41%
00:35:14
score on Rotten Tomatoes, Segal tells a completely different
00:35:16
story with fans. The film pulled in $190 million
00:35:20
across the five day Easter weekend at an international
00:35:23
earnings and the total climbs to an impressive $372.5 million
00:35:29
global launch. Critics may not be sold, but
00:35:31
fans seem to be happy. And Mario still collecting coins
00:35:35
at a record pace. From what I understand, fans are
00:35:39
not happy either. So, you know, yeah, there are a
00:35:43
lot. Whatever fans that you're like,
00:35:45
you know, gravitating towards on the Internet or BS because this
00:35:49
movie 100% was nothing but fan service for for Mario fans.
00:35:57
Like it's it's a whole bunch of deep Easter egg cuts.
00:36:00
It is the story was fun. You know, it's it's like the
00:36:07
entire thing was was was actually, it's actually a decent
00:36:10
movie. And again.
00:36:12
Is it the first one? Is it as good as the first?
00:36:15
Film, I would say it's as good as the first.
00:36:17
One Yeah, I love the. First one, yeah the first one
00:36:18
was amazing but I mean the first movie also had really shitty
00:36:22
critic reviews and had a high fan.
00:36:25
Like, I mean, again, if this movie was as bad as everybody is
00:36:29
sitting here trying to say it is, it wouldn't have made $370
00:36:33
million over the weekend, right? This again, everything in this,
00:36:38
it's, it's, there's a point where spoilers 'cause this is
00:36:43
not a like a plot spoiler, but spoilers, there's a point where
00:36:47
the main villain is trying to thwart Mario over a security
00:36:53
system. And when they, when they zoom
00:36:55
out onto the security system, he's basically playing Mario.
00:36:59
It's like, it's like straight up 8 bit Mario and Mario jumping
00:37:03
and then jumping on goombas and stuff.
00:37:05
It's so good the way the, the, the way that they kind of like
00:37:08
built this game a lot of like, kind of like characters from the
00:37:13
games that are in there. There's a lot of Super Smash
00:37:17
Brother references, a lot of like old school like for for
00:37:22
Smash fans, it's they'll understand it before, like those
00:37:25
of us who've been around Nintendo since the 80s, like
00:37:28
gaming watches in it. The I'm forgetting his name.
00:37:34
All of a sudden the the ROB, Rob the robot.
00:37:40
Rob the robot has a scene in this movie and it's great.
00:37:43
I'm sure we. Check it out with the kids
00:37:46
because they all love the first one.
00:37:49
That one, that one comes on the TV every now and again.
00:37:51
So I think, I think we're going to go check this one out.
00:37:53
Yeah, and every parent that I know that has kids, they they
00:37:56
have all loved it so far. So it's it's worth it.
00:37:59
I again, I went to go see it. I loved it.
00:38:01
It's it's definitely. Worth it if your Mario.
00:38:04
If you're a Mario fan. Oh, I'm 23 so.
00:38:08
I'm fucking 30. 9 point. Saw it by myself so.
00:38:12
Yeah, I, I don't, I, I'm not that interested in this, but I
00:38:16
mean. But you know, there's something
00:38:18
about these movies, like the way they're handling like big IPS
00:38:22
like this or like say, Minecraft is, even if you don't love the
00:38:27
IP itself or have a history with it, the movie's still good.
00:38:31
You know, like Super Mario Brothers was, was still good.
00:38:34
Minecraft my kids loved. They've never played Minecraft
00:38:37
before. I've never played Minecraft
00:38:39
before, but they enjoyed the film.
00:38:41
Yeah, it's like, yeah, I don't know, I there was a lot of
00:38:45
divisiveness around that too. But yeah, it's, you know, it's
00:38:50
kind of the difference between what's a good kids movie, what's
00:38:53
just a good movie. And I mean, yeah, there's a
00:38:55
there's a whole thing there, but I, I'm glad that people are
00:38:58
enjoying video game movies. That is a, you know, sentence
00:39:02
you couldn't have said a few years ago.
00:39:04
So I I'm glad that we're getting decent adaptations of things.
00:39:08
So. Yeah.
00:39:10
All right. Ready, ready to move on here.
00:39:12
Good. All right, so go go Power
00:39:16
Rangers. Legend of the White Dragon, the
00:39:18
long-awaited Passions project starring Jason David Frank, is
00:39:22
finally heading for theaters and it's arriving on a date it
00:39:25
couldn't feel more fitting. It's a release that will honor
00:39:27
not just the franchise that made Frank a legend, but the man
00:39:30
himself. The film is officially set to
00:39:33
debut on August 28th, which long time fans know as National Power
00:39:37
Rangers Day. That's pretty cool.
00:39:40
It's coming out on Power Rangers Day.
00:39:42
That's smart. Yeah, that's.
00:39:44
Also from the. Time that we're doing Power
00:39:46
Morphicon, so that makes me kind of excited about like we've been
00:39:50
speculating amongst our friend group are are are they going to
00:39:54
play like a screening of the movie at Power Morphicon?
00:39:57
Because that would be amazing. That would be perfect, yeah.
00:40:01
It should. We saw his daughter there last
00:40:04
year. Power Morphicon on the show.
00:40:05
Yeah, yeah. So for people who like me who
00:40:10
don't know what this movie is like, what's a short little
00:40:12
synopsis here? So.
00:40:15
This is the final film that Jason David Frank was working on
00:40:18
passed away. It was a passion project.
00:40:22
It's very, it's Power Rangers esque, but it's not like Power
00:40:26
Rangers. Like it doesn't live in our
00:40:27
Ranger universe. But it is very like, you know,
00:40:30
same lines of a guy who gets superpowers, who dresses up in a
00:40:35
suit and fights. That's cool, but it's like, no,
00:40:40
seriously, that's cool. I it didn't sound like I thought
00:40:43
it was cool, but it really. Yeah, it's it's cool.
00:40:45
I think it's cool. I think it's cool.
00:40:47
Do not send me a e-mail. Don't ask me for this.
00:40:51
Or if you do, send it to distancestarting@aol.com.
00:40:58
I love that that agent double as in the chat right now, he said.
00:41:01
Phil doesn't have friends, he's just making that up.
00:41:06
Yeah, we don't know each other. Movie with his friends, with
00:41:08
family. Oh, wait.
00:41:10
Yeah, I don't have friends. I have family.
00:41:13
We la familia. All right, so.
00:41:17
So maybe you can feed them on Wednesday.
00:41:21
Gremlins 3 is finally moving forward.
00:41:23
General Ortega is being eyed for the film's lead.
00:41:25
Daniel Rickman says Ortega has been offered the role.
00:41:28
And while details are still under wraps, Ortega could be
00:41:30
playing the daughter of Billy and Kate, the original film
00:41:33
central couple played by Zach Nelligan and Phoebe Kate.
00:41:37
Warner Brothers officially confirmed that the sequel is in
00:41:40
development. They planned release date on
00:41:42
November 19th of 2027. I knew that's exactly who she
00:41:45
was going to play. It's like, OK, she's only
00:41:48
character she can play is Zach Galligan and Phoebe Cates's
00:41:50
daughter. Like that is the only character
00:41:53
that wouldn't make sense for her to for her to be.
00:41:55
She looks like she would be their daughter.
00:41:59
Exactly. Looks like, yeah.
00:42:00
I mean, she kind of does look like a.
00:42:03
She looks like a combo, yes. Are we sure she's not?
00:42:08
Phoebe Cates is also one of my 80s crushes so boom.
00:42:13
Yeah, well, fast times at Ridgemont High.
00:42:16
Fast times at Ridgemont high is one of them, but I mean that
00:42:18
that's not where I like I originally what learned of
00:42:21
Phoebe Cates was it Princess once I watched that movie that
00:42:26
100% like, you know, like increased that that crush on
00:42:30
her, but I mean. You are Judge Reinhold in the
00:42:33
bathroom during that TD and. You're not wrong, and for those
00:42:39
of you who don't understand that reference, go watch Fast Times
00:42:41
at Richmont I. I love that Jenna Ortega is like
00:42:46
the she's like the reboot queen, like she's bringing all these
00:42:51
IPS back like Wednesday. Or she's bringing reboots back.
00:42:56
She's that one person that can like, hey, let's give IPA
00:43:01
reboot, but also make it new for like a new generation and it's
00:43:05
working. I like it.
00:43:06
Yeah, she should change her name to IP.
00:43:09
Yeah, IP reboot is her name. She's like, because she is a
00:43:12
powerhouse. She powerhouse reboots every
00:43:15
franchise right now, like anything that goth kids liked in
00:43:18
the in in in the early 90s. She's like rebooting all those
00:43:21
franchises. Yeah.
00:43:24
Can't wait for crap. Never mind, the timing's off.
00:43:30
She could do it all. She could.
00:43:31
She could be RoboCop dagger. So dead or alive, you're coming
00:43:35
with me. RoboCop is gearing up for
00:43:38
another comeback and it's heading to Prime Video.
00:43:41
A new report says Amazon, Amazon, Amazon MGM Studios has
00:43:45
officially given the green light to refresh series based on the
00:43:48
iconic sci-fi action franchise. On the production side, horror
00:43:52
heavyweight James Wan was set to produce it through Atomic
00:43:55
Monster. At the moment, it's unclear if
00:43:58
that original creative team is still locked in.
00:44:00
No date I'm with RoboCop goes out on patrol.
00:44:04
OK, so. Call it Paw Patrol.
00:44:07
RoboCop I, I, I'm, I'm in for this.
00:44:14
I do want to see a fresh take on on RoboCop but at the same time
00:44:18
it it needs to be in line with the original like they tried to
00:44:22
like kind of action out the the new one.
00:44:25
It needs to be a heavy sci-fi, kind of like almost horror esque
00:44:31
movie and I think James Wan has the sensibility.
00:44:34
Yeah, yeah, I was. I was going to say, if James Wan
00:44:36
is doing it, yeah. Yeah, you know, 'cause I mean
00:44:39
like that's the that that thing about like mid to late 90s,
00:44:42
sorry, mid to late 80s horror or or sci-fi was like it, it was
00:44:47
borderline horror. Like you look at the way that he
00:44:51
is designed in this movie, just like a a skin face on a robot
00:44:55
and that kind of thing. And it was so just kind of
00:45:00
almost gross. And you know, like same thing.
00:45:01
We're like when he gets killed, you know, it is very gory.
00:45:04
You know, it needs to be kind of and and people can take that
00:45:07
stuff like you do that with like up to date sensibilities on it.
00:45:11
Think RoboCop would work if they go about it the right way.
00:45:14
And Peter Dinklage should be RoboCop.
00:45:19
Funny that you say that cause Peter Weller was amazing so.
00:45:21
Oh. My.
00:45:24
God, hey, that's. So good.
00:45:26
Keep it in the family, Peters. Oh my gosh, that's something.
00:45:30
I love RoboCop and I'm like, why haven't they rebooted this
00:45:33
before? Like they should definitely lean
00:45:35
into this and make it happen. And then I read the article.
00:45:38
I'm like, oh wait, they tried to reboot this like 5 times.
00:45:41
Literally five times. There's like 3 different RoboCop
00:45:43
movies, an animated movie, ATV series.
00:45:48
I'm like, oh none of this worked.
00:45:50
I think James forgot that they made they rebooted it with with
00:45:54
with another movie. Like there was a movie that came
00:45:56
out. There's like, there's been like
00:45:58
5 reboots of this of, of RoboCop and none of them have stuck.
00:46:03
So maybe it does take like a James Wan to like, all right,
00:46:07
let's figure this out and and see what makes this work instead
00:46:11
of just trying to throw out a nice swamp.
00:46:15
Thing it like go really dark with it.
00:46:18
They just they need to find somebody who understands Paul
00:46:21
Verhoeven in a way where like do basically do a Verhoeven Ryan
00:46:26
Reynolds. I don't know.
00:46:27
I don't know about Ryan Reynolds like as a as a Verhoeven style
00:46:30
director. Ryan Reynolds, Like he.
00:46:32
No, not as a director, but he could write it.
00:46:36
He could, I, I, I, I, I could see that again, I don't want it
00:46:40
to be super comedy heavy unless it's like, again, what I liked
00:46:43
about Verhoeven's comedy was it was very sarcastic and it was
00:46:48
very subversive because remember, Verhoeven also did
00:46:52
Starship Troopers. He had a lot of that, like, you
00:46:55
know, subliminal comedy that was in there that I'll buy that for
00:46:58
a dollar, you know, like that kind.
00:47:00
Of you know what I mean, where it's like.
00:47:03
It's not meant to be, you know, slapstick in your face, comedy.
00:47:07
It is, like, very subversive. Oh, that's funny.
00:47:11
Yeah. It is very subversive, like oh,
00:47:12
that actually is kind of funny the way you do that, but it
00:47:14
always a common. Yeah.
00:47:15
And then somebody tried to do that with Demolition Man, but it
00:47:20
didn't work. But it still was good.
00:47:22
But it wasn't like that good like that kind of good.
00:47:26
But they did try that look. At like Paul Verhoeven, right.
00:47:28
So it's like, OK, you look at RoboCop and again, the same type
00:47:31
of humor, the same type of sarcastic humor was in Starship
00:47:35
Troopers and you see, you just kind of have the way it is.
00:47:37
But it was all a commentary on dystopian authoritarian things
00:47:42
like because RoboCop is it, it kind of is cyberpunk if you if
00:47:46
you have the the core of what it is, But it it's it's very
00:47:51
corporations take over and you know, authoritarian takeover by
00:47:56
corporations, which is cyberpunk all the way the soapy right And
00:47:59
RoboCop is supposed. To be oh, what do they do with
00:48:01
the rutabagas? They they eat them.
00:48:04
So let's continue, yes? And of course, RoboCop is the
00:48:07
law. Oh oh wait, wait, sorry.
00:48:08
I am the law. Chaos monsters and a judgmental
00:48:15
talking cat dungeon crawler. Carl is moving forward as a live
00:48:19
action TV series at Peacock. Chris Yost, known for his work
00:48:22
in comic back adaptations and animated hits, is writing and
00:48:25
executive producing the series. He's joined by Seth MacFarlane
00:48:29
under his Fuzzy Door banner. We do have an Opsis, a barefoot
00:48:35
alien invasion. Opsis stuck with a tiara wearing
00:48:37
talking cat. Synopsis.
00:48:39
Barefoot alien invasion OPSIS stuck with a tiara wearing
00:48:42
talking cat. Synopsis.
00:48:51
OK cool. Welcome to dungeon crawler world
00:48:54
Earth, where the apocalypse will be televised and Coast Guard vet
00:48:58
Carl finds himself stuck with his ex girlfriends award wedding
00:49:00
show cat Princess Donut, the Queen Anne Chunk as they try to
00:49:04
survive the end of the world fighting monsters, aliens and an
00:49:07
insane AI and even other survivors all for the sake of
00:49:11
good TV. Survival is optional,
00:49:13
entertainment is not. No date on when the crawl starts
00:49:17
on Peacock. OK this.
00:49:19
You might say that this show will entertain you.
00:49:27
Ha ha it. Didn't land.
00:49:32
Let's keep going. This sounds wild.
00:49:34
So I, I, I, I don't know, all of a sudden in the last month, so
00:49:41
much about dungeon crawler Carl has just popped up in, in in
00:49:46
front of me. Like I, I've never heard of this
00:49:49
book, right. And, and, and all of a sudden,
00:49:52
like, OK, so we go to to brick centric and somebody made a
00:49:57
dungeon crawler Carl diorama. And this there there was a kid
00:50:03
that was there that was like, I need to find the dungeon crawler
00:50:06
Carl diorama. That is my favorite book.
00:50:08
And I'm like, huh, never heard this.
00:50:10
I, I didn't know what it was. And then just since then I've
00:50:13
been hearing everybody talk about dungeon crawler Carl and
00:50:16
I'm like, where did this come from all of a sudden?
00:50:18
How I've never. Heard of this before.
00:50:20
Yeah, and. Apparently massive.
00:50:23
Isn't it? British I.
00:50:24
Don't know, it's books, that's why it's a book.
00:50:27
So apparently it is like one of those books that like, you know,
00:50:31
Harry Potter was like the big thing back in the in the late
00:50:34
90s. Dungeon Crawler Carl was the
00:50:36
equivalent of that right now. That is the book.
00:50:38
That is the the YA book that is just blowing up everywhere right
00:50:43
now. Is it?
00:50:45
YA it seems like it'd be like 20 something year old.
00:50:50
So. So I'm just.
00:50:52
Thought about that in. The chat right now, Matt just
00:50:54
said this series is taking over the world.
00:50:56
Has two games, a live action series and multiple toy lines.
00:51:00
Also seven best selling books. We're all going to be how?
00:51:04
The hell have I not heard about this Halloween?
00:51:07
It. Has two games and a live action
00:51:11
series. Like what?
00:51:13
Or maybe the live action series is what we're talking about
00:51:15
right now. But I mean still like.
00:51:17
Well, yeah, the. First time in my life I felt
00:51:19
old. It's weird.
00:51:23
You know what? I'm going to leave.
00:51:25
But usually like I'm going to do it wasn't do I?
00:51:27
Get you? No.
00:51:28
Typically I'm going to go stuff. Like this, typically pop culture
00:51:30
stuff like this is in my radar. I'm I've heard of it even when
00:51:34
it's like books that are like, you know, really popular.
00:51:36
I've I've heard at least heard of the book.
00:51:38
I never heard about this until like a month ago.
00:51:41
Yeah. And it is apparently massive
00:51:45
though. I'm excited.
00:51:47
This is how I feel. I was going to say this is how I
00:51:50
feel when I was in the movie theater watching Minecraft and
00:51:53
everybody went crazy and threw their popcorn when Chicken
00:51:57
Jockey came on. I'm like, I what is happening
00:51:59
here? And that it's the same thing.
00:52:01
With I still don't really understand that one and I play
00:52:04
Minecraft. It's yeah, yeah.
00:52:07
I think it's something from the dungeon game, from the Minecraft
00:52:09
dungeon game. And it's, it's funny because
00:52:12
that's what I, when I first heard dungeon crawler Carl, I
00:52:15
thought that it was something like, OK, well, Minecraft
00:52:17
dungeon came out like what like 2-3 years ago.
00:52:19
Maybe it has something to do with that, right.
00:52:22
But then again. It's a literary role-playing
00:52:24
game theories by Matt Deneman about a man, Carl and his ex
00:52:31
girlfriend's cat, Princess Donut, who were forced to
00:52:33
survive a deadly intergalactic game show.
00:52:37
It's science fiction RPG dark comedy.
00:52:42
Oh wait, is it like A20 adventure book?
00:52:45
Oak series order dungeon crawler Carl.
00:52:48
Carl's doomsday scenario. The Dungeon Anarchist.
00:52:50
You can do that in the background while we're moving.
00:52:52
On it sounds like the running man.
00:52:54
I love it. Yeah.
00:52:56
Yeah, it does. I think maybe.
00:52:59
OK, what I'm thinking, I'm shocked I haven't read this.
00:53:02
That's really what I'm. Your homework is to go read one
00:53:05
of these. Yeah, and you'll report back and
00:53:07
tell us what what you think of it.
00:53:09
By next. Well, Speaking of reading, or
00:53:14
rather adaptations of anyway, I I was trying all will be
00:53:18
Reviola, can you? Not say it.
00:53:21
Revelioed. Revelioed.
00:53:24
Take two, take 2. For the sure, all will be
00:53:27
reviolaed, so Max is pulling back the crowd.
00:53:31
And it's. That's upcoming Harry Potter TV
00:53:35
series, the brand new special Finding Harry, the Craft Behind
00:53:39
the Magic. Featuring interviews with
00:53:41
members of the casting, production design, costume
00:53:43
design and creatures effects teams, the special chronicles
00:53:46
the extensive process behind finding the new Harry, Ron, and
00:53:49
Hermione, all while celebrating the onspiring commitment to
00:53:52
detail and immense talent that has come together to fill out
00:53:55
this extraordinary world. The long term plan is ambitious,
00:54:00
stretching the story across ten seasons so they focus on staying
00:54:03
true to the books. Finding Harry.
00:54:05
The graph behind the magic premieres April 5th on HBO and
00:54:09
Max or HBO Max Sure, HBO and Max the the the channel and the
00:54:15
streaming service. After the series itself, it's
00:54:17
expected to find its debut this Christmas season.
00:54:21
I think they're trying to slow burn this.
00:54:23
I think they're trying to be like, hey, everybody start
00:54:26
jumping on the Harry Potter. This is our new Harry Potter.
00:54:29
And even before the show gets here, I think we're going to see
00:54:31
a ton of marketing, a ton of Bahamas stuff like this.
00:54:34
So we get used to seeing the new Harry Potter versus you dive
00:54:39
into the show and you're like, that's not Daniel Radcliffe.
00:54:42
And. He's going to slow burn it so we
00:54:44
get used to seeing his face as the new Harry Potter.
00:54:49
And what I understand it. Is a lot.
00:54:51
Darker and that kind of gets they're they're trying to get
00:54:55
that adult audience early while still trying to make it for my
00:54:59
kids kids I. Mean, which again, it's not
00:55:01
inaccurate to to the books. As far as I can tell, it's
00:55:05
they're the books. Are pretty dark, Yeah, They're
00:55:09
not. They're not, you know, sunshine
00:55:11
and rainbows. But you know, this reminds me of
00:55:17
something very important. The distance nerding is part of
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the Geek Freaks network. Discovering your latest binge?
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00:55:51
several of their shows, including us, we'll be covering
00:55:56
Harry Potter at length and AD nauseam.
00:55:59
At length and at short, yeah. Not wrong.
00:56:02
All right. Well, let's let's continue.
00:56:04
We've got more news going on here.
00:56:07
Jamez into the next section of the news here.
00:56:11
Sometimes Kenneth isn't Kenneth Ryan Gosling was set to star in
00:56:17
Universal's high profile untitled project directed by
00:56:20
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Snyder Snyder, but Deadline reports
00:56:27
that Gosling will no longer be appearing in the film.
00:56:30
The film is set to shoot in Los Angeles this summer after
00:56:34
receiving a again a California tax credit.
00:56:38
The project was unable to move off its targeted date, so
00:56:42
scheduling could not be worked out with the studio and Gosling
00:56:45
to close the deal. I don't even know what this
00:56:49
movie is, but I guess it was a big a big movie.
00:56:52
Already disappointed? I know.
00:56:55
'Cause there's no, no Ryan Gosling in it.
00:56:57
Not project So we're all disappointed even the Even with
00:57:02
Gosling's departure, Universal and Daniels are still in line to
00:57:06
make their targeted date. And given Gosling's momentary
00:57:10
involvement the project the project is sure to have plenty
00:57:13
of A listers chasing the role he was up for who could fill in for
00:57:19
Ryan Gosling. No, I'm going to say he is.
00:57:22
Aged. Very well.
00:57:25
Ryan Gosling has aged very well because Ryan Reynolds and Ryan
00:57:28
Gosling I would say are very comparable in ages.
00:57:30
Correct. Pretty comparable Gosling.
00:57:33
In his 40s. Sadhu's looking it up as we
00:57:35
speak. Yeah, he is.
00:57:37
He's looking it up right now, but he's aged very.
00:57:41
Well, he has. Very well.
00:57:44
It's weird that they're pushing forward with this high profile
00:57:47
movie and they have a date like the film was set for November
00:57:51
19th, 2027. They're like we don't have.
00:57:54
Ryan Gosling is 45. Him and Ryan Reynolds are like
00:57:57
the same age. I told you.
00:58:00
Yeah, Ryan Reynolds is like 45. Yeah, damn the Ryan.
00:58:07
So he's a little bit cheaper. Ryan, they're both.
00:58:09
I'm just going to say Ryan Reynolds.
00:58:12
Ryan Reynolds is looking a little long in the tooth.
00:58:15
Ryan Gosling, He's looking like he's fatty.
00:58:19
Good, yeah. Yeah, both of them are.
00:58:21
They're both hot. Ryan's from Canada.
00:58:24
One married a hot Latina and that's why he looks the way he
00:58:28
does. That's all I'm saying.
00:58:30
I'm. I'm I'm actually more surprised
00:58:31
that he's not more aged than he is because.
00:58:34
Hot Ryan's from Canada near you. Hot Ryan's from Canada near
00:58:37
that. That's another potential name
00:58:39
for this episode. But a Ryan Dawson from.
00:58:41
Canada on the line? They could go out and get like a
00:58:45
a Chris Pratt or Chris Evans and see if see if that works for
00:58:50
this role. No, it's.
00:58:53
In a while. We have seen Chris Evans.
00:58:56
We know what he's gonna be in. A10 second teaser trailer.
00:59:00
That's about it there. You go, and you know what else?
00:59:02
He's got himself a hot Latina, too, so he's doing other things
00:59:06
right now. So what happens?
00:59:07
He's making babies. That's what happens when you
00:59:09
make films in LA, you know what I'm saying?
00:59:12
Things start happening. At Latinas are on the line for
00:59:15
you. OK, hold on to your cabbages.
00:59:19
Netflix has locked in the return of its live action adaption of
00:59:23
Avatar The Last Airbender. Season 2 picks up after the
00:59:27
group's hard fought victory at the Northern Water Tribe, and
00:59:30
Katara Saka are set out to find the Earth King and convince him
00:59:35
to join their fight against Fire Lord Ozai, played by Daniel Day
00:59:41
Kim. I cannot wait I love this show.
00:59:45
Did they have y'all watched? Not that I saw.
00:59:49
Not that I saw. Oh.
00:59:50
Man, I I can't wait to see who plays King Boomi.
00:59:53
That's going to be great. I love the show.
00:59:55
Landing two years and four months after the first season
00:59:58
debuted, Avatar the Last Airbender Season 2 is set to
01:00:01
premiere June 25th on Netflix. I love how Netflix, like, holds
01:00:07
on to the dates and then they're like, here's the date, but it's,
01:00:10
it's like super close. It's like 3 months away.
01:00:13
Four months away. I'm like, OK, good.
01:00:14
This makes me happy. Yeah.
01:00:17
Kind of. It makes you happy, Marvel.
01:00:20
'S like. Marvel's like, here's our movie
01:00:22
for, you know, 2031. Like what?
01:00:25
What are we talking about? Right?
01:00:26
You're never going to be able. To stick weird.
01:00:28
Yeah, I, I this is this is a little bit off top.
01:00:33
I do find it really funny that both of like the big big name,
01:00:37
like this thing has avatar in it, that both of them involve
01:00:40
like elemental, like classical elemental divisions of things.
01:00:46
It's. It's weird to me anyway.
01:00:48
Oh, because of the Avatar? The lost?
01:00:50
Yeah. Because I'm like, it's like the
01:00:51
other the the fucking space thing is, is also all like the
01:00:56
blue people, the the blue people water and fire and like.
01:01:00
They're air genasis. And right they're you get,
01:01:03
they're all genasis. It's weird.
01:01:06
I don't know what it went. They're all genasis.
01:01:08
It's so weird. Very elemental.
01:01:09
Hey I I think that. Should do, should do.
01:01:13
This next one, just I think it would be good.
01:01:17
I mean, yeah, because. He's a trekker.
01:01:19
Take. It #1 Trekker.
01:01:21
Whatever. Oh, wrong thing.
01:01:23
This bright future is getting screwed by the ridiculous
01:01:26
present. Alex Kurtzman has addressed the
01:01:28
state of the Star Trek universe as Paramount undergoes major
01:01:32
structural changes tied to the Skydance merger.
01:01:35
He emphasized the long term road map for Star Trek remains intact
01:01:38
with ongoing development across film and television, but
01:01:41
acknowledged that the new corporate environment may
01:01:44
influence timelines, priorities and how different Trek projects
01:01:47
interconnect. So bullet points here.
01:01:49
Kurtzman says the franchise mission continues even as
01:01:53
leadership and ownership evolve. Paramount's merger with Skydance
01:01:56
could reshape budgets, release strategies and green light
01:01:59
processes. Multiple Star Trek projects,
01:02:01
including films, remain an active development, so no
01:02:05
release dates were confirmed, but Kurtzman hinted that
01:02:07
announcements are coming once the merger stabilizes.
01:02:10
So once again, the Federation isn't changing course, but the
01:02:13
star charts might be getting redrawn.
01:02:17
This sucks and and it's only. Because this sucks.
01:02:20
Yeah, it's only because you have a small but vocal loud group on
01:02:29
the Internet that is making a a a lot of noise and making it
01:02:37
seem like they hold the opinion that everybody has.
01:02:40
And in reality, it is going to, they're evolving the toxicity of
01:02:49
the worst Trek fans. We talked about this a lot last
01:02:52
week, so I'm not going to beat a dead horse with this right now.
01:02:55
But it's like, you shouldn't. That's sad.
01:02:59
Yeah. It's it's, yeah, I know, right?
01:03:01
That's that's actually a. Really bad cloak cloak little
01:03:03
phrase, but it's it's just it sucks because we are going to
01:03:09
get just shitty versions of Star Trek because of a bunch of loud
01:03:17
shit bags. Basically what what it really
01:03:19
should do the Star Trek. Doctor Who?
01:03:22
Crossover. This is the perfect time for
01:03:24
that right now. Yeah.
01:03:27
What do I mean? I mean.
01:03:28
Hold on, James is asking. What do I mean by that?
01:03:30
OK, what I mean, yeah. I mean, we have Alex Kurtzman,
01:03:33
kind of. In charge of of what they're
01:03:36
doing with Star Trek right now but things are slowing or at a
01:03:41
pause because of this sky dance merger how is this tied to the
01:03:45
merge and but what he's. Saying is that the people?
01:03:49
Who are in charge are going. To be the ones who are going to
01:03:51
be in charge of green lighting and they're going to be in,
01:03:52
they're going to be weighing in on what they think Trek should
01:03:55
be. And the whole thing is like
01:03:58
you're, they're already starting to, to, to make excuses.
01:04:01
They're they're making early excuses for why Trek is not
01:04:04
going to follow what Trek has always been.
01:04:08
There's a large. Contingency or loud?
01:04:12
Contingency of people on the Internet that are saying Star
01:04:15
Trek is woke. Well hey, you've never watched
01:04:18
Star Trek if that's your fucking complaint.
01:04:20
Because Star Trek is no no, no TV show, right?
01:04:23
Exactly. No, no, I I agree completely.
01:04:25
I'm not sure you're getting that from this article, though.
01:04:28
For to me, this just sounds like, hey, stuff's going to get
01:04:32
fucked up by this merger, by corporate greed.
01:04:36
I, I don't see this having anything to do with the like.
01:04:40
I mean, obviously everything has a little bit to do with a fan of
01:04:42
sponsor, whatever. I don't think it says a lot to
01:04:44
do with the grifters, unless the grifters are influencing fucking
01:04:49
Larry Ellison or something. Right now they're not
01:04:51
influencing Larry Ellison, but David Ellison.
01:04:54
Is David Ellison? Yeah, he he's 100%.
01:04:58
One of the Ellisons. That that that is listening to.
01:05:01
Outside. Sources and and taking things
01:05:03
like that in because he's I think he's for why he's a
01:05:07
screening yeah based on. Oh well, we don't want to do
01:05:09
watch TV shows anymore. And shit like that.
01:05:11
So it's like, ah, OK, you know, Yeah, yeah.
01:05:14
You know what I miss? I.
01:05:15
Think we should? I think we should make space
01:05:20
great again. I I knew.
01:05:21
You were going to say that. All right, And this is the the
01:05:24
next. Thing we're going to talk about
01:05:25
is the only thing that will make space great again.
01:05:27
So yes, exactly. Thanks.
01:05:29
Take it away. This feels like a A.
01:05:33
Breath of fresh air talking about this now.
01:05:36
The Schwartz awakens Amazon MGM Studios has officially set a
01:05:41
spring 2027 release date for Spaceballs 2, marking the long
01:05:47
witted return of Mel Brooks's iconic sci-fi parody universe.
01:05:51
Details on the cast and plot remain under wraps, but the
01:05:54
studio confirmed the sequel is deep into development and aims
01:05:58
to honor the original's tone while updating the comedy for
01:06:02
modern audiences. This makes me happy.
01:06:05
Spaceball 2 is officially dated for April 23rd, 2027.
01:06:11
So like a a year away. Yeah, Basically, yeah.
01:06:17
Alright, cool. That's awesome.
01:06:17
I mean, I love that. I think we kind of talked.
01:06:20
About this a couple. Weeks ago that Amazon merging
01:06:25
with MGM we thought was could be like bad news, but I feel like
01:06:29
Amazon and MGM have a good working relationship and they're
01:06:33
putting out currently. Yeah, currently they're they're
01:06:35
doing some good stuff. Project Hail.
01:06:37
Mary 2 their their biggest movies.
01:06:39
Yeah, exactly. I I was good.
01:06:43
When I was at the theater, I was.
01:06:44
Like I was like. Oh, wait, is this going to be
01:06:47
bad? Sorry.
01:06:48
I was like, this is a really fun, good movie.
01:06:50
So yeah. It's it's it's.
01:06:52
Working. Yeah.
01:06:54
What were you saying, Frank? The merging I was saying that.
01:06:57
Who knew? Merging lions and Amazons would
01:07:01
be so fruitful. I agree, but also I mean.
01:07:05
All of the phrasings and I think it it.
01:07:08
Takes a big, I think like an. MGM to understand Mel Brooks's
01:07:14
vision and be like OK, we can let you do your vision it's
01:07:18
probably not going to be politically correct because Mel
01:07:22
Brooks it's Mel Brooks really it's Mel Brooks so we're.
01:07:26
Going to let you do. What you do have the same tone
01:07:29
and do it. So again, there's no casting
01:07:31
announcements, but the project is expected to blend legacy
01:07:35
characters with new faces. Expect the trailer coming out to
01:07:39
our Galaxy soon ish. Maybe, maybe a trailer soon ish.
01:07:45
After 40 years they finally went to Plaid again.
01:07:52
Mel. Brooks did.
01:07:54
Like he, he, he. Said something recently in an
01:07:56
interview and he said, like, one of the themes in the movie is
01:08:00
that they're going to heavily make fun of is, is like rogue AI
01:08:06
does. He wants to do like a, an A
01:08:09
He's, he was saying he wrote in an AI commentary just to make
01:08:12
fun of AI and like the future of what AI is going to be.
01:08:15
I can't wait to see Mel Brooks's take on that.
01:08:18
Yeah. Yeah.
01:08:20
Yeah, and plus it's got Josh. Gad, who did some of the writing
01:08:26
on it, like he's the one that cracked the code to be like, all
01:08:29
right, MGM, Amazon, Mel Brooks, I see where you're going what do
01:08:34
you think about this treatment? And yeah, you might see where
01:08:38
they're going, but we. Can't see you.
01:08:40
You're all. It's like I got cataracts or
01:08:42
something. I don't know what's going on.
01:08:44
You know what? Maybe our?
01:08:46
Viewers will go down because. You're all fuzzy.
01:08:50
OK, that's actually. A segue into the.
01:08:54
Next story, believe it or not, Oh, there's the Lord of Rings.
01:08:58
Here we go. If the.
01:08:59
Ant falls in the forest. Will people even notice?
01:09:03
Despite declining viewership and mixed audience reception, Amazon
01:09:08
has reaffirmed that The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power
01:09:11
will continue through its originally planned five season.
01:09:16
Ark showrunner JD Payne and Patrick McKay remain committed
01:09:20
to the long form narrative, and Amazon reportedly still views
01:09:24
the series as a flagship franchise investment.
01:09:28
Good. I like this.
01:09:30
We talked about this the other day about like, why are we?
01:09:33
Getting. This hunt for Gollum but I think
01:09:37
showing Lord of the rings as like a long form series I think
01:09:42
works out really well. Did you guys watch Rings of
01:09:47
Power? No, I watch season 1.
01:09:51
I still haven't. I just haven't gone around.
01:09:53
No Season 2. Picks up a.
01:09:56
Lot more like the pacing. It gets a lot faster.
01:10:00
You know, there's a lot of set up in season 1, but season 2
01:10:03
picks up the pacing pretty well and it's like the movies, it's
01:10:06
like it's slow at the beginning but then picks up.
01:10:08
Later. Yeah, to do.
01:10:10
You're muted. Yeah, we heard you say.
01:10:12
Oh, shit, just kidding. We didn't hear it, but I saw it.
01:10:16
Yeah, oh man. Jumping back into this.
01:10:20
What what this? Tells me with with Amazon
01:10:23
saying, you know what, we're not going to cancel this.
01:10:24
We're going to let you go through 5 five seasons of this.
01:10:28
I think it what it what it sounds like to me is OK people
01:10:32
didn't like season 1. People were, you know, mixed on
01:10:35
season 2. Season 3 is coming out.
01:10:37
I think that they, they, there's probably people who work at
01:10:42
Amazon that are in the executives, you know, the
01:10:46
executive part of that, that are like nerds, like token nerds.
01:10:50
And they're like, this actually works.
01:10:52
We just need to get to this this part like we just need to get
01:10:56
to. Season. 4, you know, brings
01:11:00
everything together as a penalty going into season 5 and if we
01:11:04
just get to season 4 then people will look back on this as as
01:11:07
something better than what they thought it was, right?
01:11:11
Paid on it all you want, I'm just saying.
01:11:12
I think that. That with the that's what that
01:11:14
tells me when when Amazon is is investing in something that has
01:11:18
declining view viewership. Yeah, you know what?
01:11:21
Let's talk about investing in. Something that has has declining
01:11:24
viewership. Let's talk about Wheel of Time.
01:11:28
It actually is doing a lot better and they didn't invest.
01:11:33
You know why they didn't invest in it?
01:11:35
Because they didn't make a fucking deal like they did with
01:11:37
Jr. Tokens Estate and said that they
01:11:39
had to do a certain amount of episodes, certain amount of
01:11:42
seasons, or they would get sued. That's the difference.
01:11:47
The other thing though with that is that, and I don't know,
01:11:49
maybe. Jen, you may or may not play
01:11:51
this game, but they are developing a game that picks up
01:11:53
after the last season. I don't fucking care.
01:11:57
I want. The show, yeah.
01:12:00
And I think the the. IP name the.
01:12:04
Notoriety, that notoriety that comes with the Lord of the
01:12:07
Rings. I think they're like, let's jump
01:12:09
on on this. Either way, we're.
01:12:10
Yeah. But also people like real time
01:12:12
quite a bit so want to have to. Pay the Jr. token estate money.
01:12:20
That is why they're doing this. They are.
01:12:23
Kind of being held. Hostage, but they're talking to.
01:12:25
State that is, that is true. I'm, I'm just telling you the
01:12:29
truth here, people. I'm here for the truth and I'm
01:12:32
telling you the truth. My conclusion for this is while.
01:12:36
I think we should be listening to fans the I mean, obviously
01:12:40
the fans that are serious. I also think that it's good that
01:12:45
they are giving it a shot and being like, hey, tell your
01:12:47
story, finish the story at least before we pass Touch me.
01:12:52
I think. I think it's good, so I like it.
01:12:55
Little whatever Middle Earth marches on, even if.
01:12:59
The audience and Frey isn't marching with it.
01:13:04
I'm the declining viewership. You are the declining.
01:13:07
Viewership. Viewership.
01:13:09
Single handedly, yeah. Yeah, in.
01:13:14
Space. No one can hear Stormtroopers
01:13:18
scream. Lucasfilm Publishing has
01:13:20
announced Hiding from the Dark, a Star Wars Horror Story, a new
01:13:25
novel that leans fully into psychological and supernatural
01:13:29
horror elements within the Star Wars universe.
01:13:32
The book promises A tense, character driven narrative that
01:13:36
explores fear, isolation, and the unknown corners of the
01:13:41
Force. This is interesting.
01:13:43
The novel expands Star Wars into full horror territory for the
01:13:48
first time. Kind of interesting.
01:13:51
OK, I want. I wonder what it's going to
01:13:53
entail. I mean, there were zombie.
01:13:55
Well, yeah, there were zombies. There were zombies.
01:13:57
Thrown troopers. So we'll see what happens.
01:13:59
In Ahsoka, yeah. In.
01:14:01
Ahsoka. I mean there have.
01:14:02
Always been zombies, really. I really I like that they're
01:14:07
going horror. I feel like that is a genre that
01:14:10
Star Wars hasn't really done, but it is made for it.
01:14:15
There are some pretty horrific things out there in the Star
01:14:18
Wars universe. And I mean, since they're
01:14:22
leaning into it a little bit more in book form, you know,
01:14:25
it's probably coming in television form.
01:14:28
So like, you know, that it just makes me think that we might get
01:14:32
more of the horror like characters or horror horrific
01:14:38
characters. I just want Avalos at some
01:14:40
point. That's all I'm asking for.
01:14:42
Avalos Yeah, there you go. That's all I'm asking for.
01:14:46
Played. By Anya Taylor Joy.
01:14:49
Yeah, I think Star Wars has gotten big enough.
01:14:52
Where it's like it's not. Just a genre.
01:14:54
It's like a this genre with all these sub genres.
01:14:58
Yeah, it it's a cinematic universe.
01:15:01
Yeah, exactly. But it's got, you know, for
01:15:04
families, for, for. Mainstream.
01:15:06
Not for horror, for, you know, deep sci-fi, you know, nerds,
01:15:09
for animated, you know, animation nerds.
01:15:12
There's so much story so. Early previews.
01:15:17
TS force related phenomena framed as terrifying rather than
01:15:22
mystical. The book is slated for release
01:15:24
on September 1st, 20260 coming out this year.
01:15:28
Cool. All right, I guess there's with
01:15:31
books. They they are announcing things
01:15:33
like. Right as they're coming.
01:15:34
Out So I think there's going to be a lot of.
01:15:38
Star Wars novelization coming. Yeah.
01:15:41
I think that's part of that. I mean, there already is, you
01:15:44
know, a big, there's a big kind of.
01:15:46
Literary side of the universe too.
01:15:48
They did with the High Republic and they did with all that
01:15:50
stuff. And so is the High Republic is
01:15:51
mostly books. So is it was.
01:15:54
Entirely like, hey, we're going to try to bring back.
01:15:57
Like between what they did, like between the Jedi and the release
01:16:01
of The Phantom Menace, there was that whole thing where like
01:16:04
we're going to tell a big overarching narrative in in
01:16:07
novels. And so that was kind of
01:16:09
heartening. Back to that phrase.
01:16:10
Everything all right? Yeah.
01:16:13
I for some reason my. Headphones I think.
01:16:16
Tried to connect to something else just randomly and yeah my I
01:16:19
get my microphone got like stopped.
01:16:23
Disconnected for some reason as I could go.
01:16:24
So I don't know what's going on. I think our house is possessed.
01:16:29
No. So I we were.
01:16:31
Having some. Landscaping done.
01:16:32
I think maybe we have a a woken demon or something.
01:16:36
Yeah, we may have to throw him something.
01:16:38
So anyway all. Right.
01:16:41
So again, same thing with. Demons as.
01:16:44
Ghosts. In the house.
01:16:48
Take us to the house, James. More.
01:16:50
Star Wars, we're going malls to the.
01:16:53
Wall, everybody. Lucasfilm has confirmed that
01:16:56
Star Wars Mall Shadow Lords Season 2 is officially in
01:17:00
development. Following the hype of Season 1,
01:17:03
Dave Filoni and the creative team are expanding Darth Maul's
01:17:06
storyline, continuing to explore George Lucas's original vision
01:17:11
for the character while pushing deeper into the criminal
01:17:14
underworld and Sith mythology. I really enjoy it.
01:17:18
I'm I'm enjoying shadow Lord, I don't know if.
01:17:21
You guys are. All cut up I I haven't seen any
01:17:24
of it. I really want to watch it.
01:17:26
Like I mean it it. Just started like 2 days ago
01:17:29
though. Or yesterday.
01:17:31
I don't know what it was since I was.
01:17:34
Like, you know, like 11 year old me is screaming about this
01:17:41
because this is incredible, because, you know, Garth Hall's
01:17:43
awesome. Like it's just the whole thing.
01:17:46
But I, you know, how they've developed him as a character and
01:17:49
integrated him into the universe, you know, beyond The
01:17:52
Phantom Menace and stuff is, is great.
01:17:54
And it's a really interesting story and a really interesting
01:17:57
character. And a lot of that is Sam Weber.
01:17:59
So yeah. No, I'm, I'm just glad Sam Weber
01:18:02
has a job again. Me too.
01:18:06
Yeah. Yeah.
01:18:06
Poor Sam. Season 2 is.
01:18:09
Now in active. Development Over at Lucasfilm,
01:18:11
Dave Filoni continues to guide the series's creative direction.
01:18:15
And this is another as much as like, Ahsoka is like Dave
01:18:20
Filoni's baby, I think he's taken on.
01:18:23
He's adopted Darth Maul and was like, I will do what it takes to
01:18:27
make Darth Maul and give him the credit that he deserves as a
01:18:30
character. I mean, think about the various
01:18:34
arcs Darth Maul's had in Rebels, in, in the Clone Wars series.
01:18:38
And he's, he's the one that has built up Darth Maul into what we
01:18:44
now know as Darth Maul. Yeah, Darth Maul is the
01:18:47
cockroach. Of.
01:18:49
The Star Wars universe, except he does die.
01:18:54
In spoiler alert, Sir, spoiler. If if you haven't seen Rebels.
01:18:59
Like, come on, just go. Yes.
01:19:01
Are we sure though 'cause he's died before?
01:19:04
I I just think. That he's out there somewhere
01:19:05
yeah, but he enjoying a cold pepper definitive like Keith.
01:19:09
He's dead now, but. I don't know what it is, I
01:19:12
think. I think Obi Wan threw him into
01:19:14
a. Pit and he's been digesting for
01:19:17
years. Like maybe, maybe we do the
01:19:19
thing where like Fast forward in 200.
01:19:21
Years. He's with Dark Allen.
01:19:22
Somehow, I don't know. There you go.
01:19:24
It's somehow Darth Maul returned.
01:19:27
Somehow Darth Maul returned. Somehow, Maul returned.
01:19:31
I like this but no release date for season 2.
01:19:33
One is. Currently in development on
01:19:35
Disney. Plus.
01:19:36
Right now, and it's awesome. Go watch it.
01:19:39
Yeah, I'm going to. That was my story.
01:19:41
I've got to check that. Out.
01:19:42
So she will. Be.
01:19:44
There Rachel in the chat. Asking is creepy.
01:19:47
Baby going to be at at Gem State and Jen is confirming yes,
01:19:52
creepy Baby will be at the table at Gem State creeping everybody
01:19:56
and a special. Guest.
01:20:00
Will be joining her. Oh, is is it Raggedy Ann and
01:20:04
Andy? No, you've never.
01:20:08
Seen this? It's another.
01:20:09
Particular. Thing.
01:20:12
It's not. Oh, I you know.
01:20:15
What it is, but don't say it. I know what you're talking
01:20:17
about. I'm not going to.
01:20:17
Say it. No.
01:20:18
Thanks for the teaser. Yeah.
01:20:19
Don't. Yeah, right.
01:20:21
Well, ladies. And gentlemen come.
01:20:22
To Gym State. Comic Con and you will be able
01:20:25
to see it. Ladies and gentlemen, let's talk
01:20:28
about our schedule. Let's get into.
01:20:29
This so Tuesdays, the show you are currently watching distance
01:20:33
nerding from 6:30 to 8:30 typically Thursdays we've got
01:20:38
distance nerding interviews. Now this week returning back to
01:20:42
the show is going to be Colby Diaz and Mark Nosler.
01:20:45
They're going to be talking about their latest book that's
01:20:49
come out called from Dark Corners 2.
01:20:52
So if you guys checked out from Dark Corners one when they're on
01:20:55
the show, I want to say about two months ago, they're coming
01:20:58
out with a second book for it. And again, it's it's really,
01:21:04
really cool horror anthology series.
01:21:08
So come and check that out. We're going to be talking with
01:21:10
them tomorrow. I'm going to be starting on my
01:21:13
next build. I'm sorry, Thursday.
01:21:15
I'm going to be starting starting on my next build.
01:21:19
I'm still. Debating on whether I want to
01:21:20
take apart the Seinfeld kit or if I want to start on Bumblebee.
01:21:23
So those are going to be the new hits that we're going to be
01:21:25
starting on here. With that being said right there
01:21:29
and then, of course on Fridays the the game show that everybody
01:21:35
loves the buzzer. So last week we played Jep
01:21:40
nerdy. I don't know are we going to,
01:21:42
we're going to do another chapter of the Great Con this
01:21:45
week. I hope.
01:21:48
So we need to I need to figure out.
01:21:49
If you're going to be at fandom con, Oh, OK, that's right.
01:21:53
I'm going to be at a conference. Damn it, I forgot.
01:21:56
God damn it and well. We'll do something.
01:22:00
I don't know, maybe I'll be able to do a well, really or
01:22:03
something. We'll see.
01:22:03
Yeah. So I I, I will be at fandom Con,
01:22:06
so I will. Not be able to be on there
01:22:08
because I'm going to be helping and hosting the show.
01:22:11
So thank you for reminding me, James.
01:22:16
It takes priority and you know, like like it's not that I forgot
01:22:20
I would. Have remembered when we.
01:22:21
Were there well, ladies and gentlemen?
01:22:23
No, no, no. You, you have a life.
01:22:25
It's OK. Ladies and gentlemen, of course.
01:22:29
Well, actually, if you guys want to give us your pluggables real
01:22:33
quick here, you know, now is the time for those plugs.
01:22:36
Let me go. I want to go first.
01:22:38
I'll go for it, Jay. What a.
01:22:41
Girl first. OK, just follow me at Frey.
01:22:44
Comics anywhere you would like. And yeah, that's it.
01:22:50
Love you. All great.
01:22:53
All right. So I am at Shu Studios
01:22:58
everywhere for my music. It is at Shu music I talk about
01:23:02
lore, will building, writing, and pretty much everything else.
01:23:05
I do have a little just like letting people know.
01:23:08
So you know, we're doing the the streams on here for D&D as well.
01:23:12
If you'd like to see edited vods of all of that with some music
01:23:17
and some more titles and you know, emphasizing jokes and
01:23:20
things, that is on my channel. You can go watch the 1st 2
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Very fun. All right.
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Well, it's very chaotic. It is very.
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