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This week, the nerd multiverse cracked open like a cosmic egg and something weird crawled out. The crew dives into Marvel madness, DC shakeups, and Spider-Man heartbreak so intense it deserves its own sad violin soundtrack.
We debate whether Deadpool is secretly running the MCU now, question if Captain Marvel is just… off saving alien kittens again, and spiral into multiverse chaos where Doctor Doom might Thanos-snap literally everything.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man is emotionally unemployed, Marvel timelines are doing gymnastics, and somehow we end up asking the real question:
👉 Is Tyrion secretly a Xenomorph?
(We stand by nothing. And everything.)
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⏱️ Timestamps & Topics
• 00:00 – 01:22 Intro + chaos warning ⚠️
• 01:22 – 02:52 What’s on deck: Marvel, DC & CinemaCon hype
• 02:52 – 09:22 Deadpool 4 possibly leading the MCU charge
• 09:22 – 13:27 Captain Marvel missing from Avengers Doomsday??
• 13:27 – 18:38 Doctor Doom & the multiverse reset theory
• 18:38 – 24:51 Spider-Verse 3 sneak peek breakdown
• 24:51 – 34:39 Spider-Man: Brand New Day emotional damage report
• 34:39 – 37:52 DC casting shakeups + Maxima enters the chat
• 37:52 – 39:19 Sponsor break (fuel your nerd brain ⚡)
• 39:19 – 45:38 Headlines: Bond casting, Toy Story 5 gets dark
• 45:38 – 49:25 TV news: The Rookie, Wrexham returns
• 49:25 – 50:20 Peter Dinklage joins Alien Earth
• 50:20 – End Rapid-fire chaos, jokes, and existential nerd spirals
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🧠 Key Takeaways
• Deadpool might be the MCU’s new chaos captain
• Overpowered heroes = “please leave Earth for plot reasons”
• Marvel may soft-reboot everything via multiverse meltdown
• Spider-Man is entering his “lonely sad boi era”
• DC is quietly building something… suspiciously coherent
• Tech might be the villain in Toy Story 5 (we’re not okay)
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💬 Best Quotes
“Deadpool doesn’t care. He just makes it work.”
“Make good movies. That’s it.”
“Don’t watch the mouth… watch the hands.”
“Earth is below her pay grade.”
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Instead of launching straight into the long anticipated X-Men
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reboot, a new rumor is saying the studio is leaning towards
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bringing Deadpool 4 to the front of the line, setting the stage
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for a very different start to the MCU's next chapter.
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Marvel is considering pushing Deadpool 4 into production as
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soon as Avengers Secret Wars wraps filming.
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So what do we think here? That's interesting.
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It makes a whole lot of a sense, a whole lot of sense, you know,
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Jamez, why is it interesting? Well, it's funny because that's
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their property now. It it's kind of the experiment
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of can Disney take another IP that, you know, was like at what
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Fox before bring it under, you know, the Disney umbrella and
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make it work. Deadpool is the example.
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It's the answer. And the answer is yes.
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So. Them starting with Deadpool is a
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great way to start it off and Deadpool breaks all kinds of
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rules. I know a lot of people are up in
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arms about like that the multiverse and what's going to
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happen. How we going to do this?
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You know, which Earth is this? Which Earth is that?
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Deadpool doesn't care. Deadpool just going to go like
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do it and, and, and make it all work.
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We're just going to be along for the ride.
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So I'm totally OK with him starting with Deadpool.
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Yeah, Wade gives no fucks at all whatsoever.
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I'm, I'm excited for this just mainly because it makes a lot of
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sense. They're one of their best
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performing properties in this phase was was Deadpool.
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So it makes a lot of sense for them to to kind of lean in and
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say, hey, this is what's going on next.
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I know that Ryan Reynolds has been fast riding Deadpool four
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since they they, you know, we're happy with all the success and
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everything like that. And I'm sure he kind of already
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knows like where all the storylines are going and
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everything like that. So after Secret Wars, kind of
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like we've got these new universes.
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OK, let's see what's going on with Deadpool.
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Yeah, and it, you know, we we're getting, we're kind of reporting
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that that Ryan Rollins is looking to do kind of an X4
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style thing again, but, you know, for real this time.
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Yeah. So you know, I think we
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interesting. So, so, yeah.
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So in 2028, Marvel has three major release slots.
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There's one on May 5th, July 28th and December 15th.
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So the assumption has been the X-Men film would take the May
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slot would take we take May 5th. But now it could be that the
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2028 lineup is dead before an X-Men Movie and Black Panther 3,
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which, you know, I think it would kind of kick start the the
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X-Men phase, if we're gonna call it that.
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And then, yeah, of course, you know, dead 1.
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Wolverine did really, really well, did 1.4 billion worldwide.
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So people love Deadpool, people love Ryan Reynolds, so it makes.
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Sense that Deadpool Wolverine doing 1.4 million that was in
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that July slot that kind of right as Comic Con is happening
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slot. So it's kind of the big.
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It was like it was really good timing for yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah. So, you know, I could see it
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taking either that May spot because that kicks off the
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summer blockbuster season or being like that anchor anchor
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movie anchor being in that July slot so.
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Again, I, I think that where the theaters kind of mess up with
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this is, you know, or where where the studios mess up with
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this is they think that time means anything.
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And it's not that time has anything to do with how well a
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movie does that. I mean, they're looking at like
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historically, but it's because they're putting the good movies
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out in those months. I, I, I think honestly, it
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doesn't matter when you release the film.
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It matters more how good the film is.
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Right. And how are you marketed?
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How are you tell people, hey, this is the thing.
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Right. You know, I, I don't think
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people care when the movie comes out.
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Oh, it's in the summer. So, you know, like back in the
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day that was a thing 'cause, you know, theaters were like the
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only place where you can go and get air conditioning.
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But like now it's, it's not as big of a thing when it comes to
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that. And I think that just guys start
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focusing on good movies. That's that's all.
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Just make good movies and then just release them when they're
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ready. Right, it doesn't matter what
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the time slot is. I agree with you but there is a
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sense of like timing when it comes to like things in in the
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rest of the world are happening. Like when when did Mission
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Impossible and Lilo and Stitch come out?
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I forgot what weekend they came out, but like, that was a huge
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weekend for for cinema. They did like, like half a
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billion dollars, just those two movies alone, you know,
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something crazy like that where it's just this huge push into
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the the summer season. So, you know, I could see them
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ramping into this and then, you know, picking up on where Comic
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Con is or when Comic Con is, you should say, yeah, I think that's
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a good move. Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. Yeah, very cool.
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So, yeah. So we'll see.
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We'll see if this Axe Force project ends up being Deadpool
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4. We'll see.
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I think we'll be. We'll see.
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I hope so. All right, so we got our next
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row here. So where in the world is, I
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mean, Captain Marvel? A new rumor has surfaced about
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the return of Brie Larson's Captain Marvel in the upcoming
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event film Avengers Doomsday. Industry insider Ganga Wickman
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claims that she's currently not in the film.
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Wickman pointed posted on Twitter slash X that Larson is
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not in it currently, adding that reshoots could change her
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status. Marvel Studios made no official
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announcement regarding license involvement in either upcoming
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Avengers film. So what's going on here?
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I think they got to do something.
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This is kind of reminds me of Thor.
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Like Thor and Captain Marvel, they have to do something to
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like write them out of the story because they're so overpowered.
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They're so opie like. We got to take them off the
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board just like, hey, Captain Marvel, even though you're in
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end game or Infinity War, it's like we got to say you're off
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world doing other things and then you just show up to save
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the day. Like it's it's kind of crazy how
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OP some of these characters are like where where is what's your
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name from? Secret Invasion?
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Emilia Clarke, where's her character?
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Right? She's super open.
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Like we just disappear her and forget she ever exists.
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So. Yeah, I, I, I mean, again, I, I
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think what's going on with all of this is partially what James
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is saying is that she is an OP character.
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She needs to be taken off the board.
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But also I think that there are things happening in the
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background that they are going to tell in different stories.
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And, and this story that's going on here is just, you know, kind
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of like the main story that's going on right in front of us as
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far as like, you know, reshoots and things like that.
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I mean, the only reason I don't think that reshoots are going to
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be happening in the way that that, you know, some of these
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scoopers are saying is mainly because they're already starting
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to do test screenings and they're already starting to do
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like advanced screenings for like media and stuff.
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So I don't think that there's going to be that much change at
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least. Like they're not going to be
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writing in whole scenes for Captain Marvel, you know what I
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mean? You.
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Know if she wasn't already a character that was contributing
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to the to the main storyline, then I don't think they're
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they're going to just all of a sudden put her in, you know what
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I mean? And I think they kind of
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answered this question before. It's like, hey, there's no Nova
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Core anymore, so she has to go protect the entire universe,
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right? Right now.
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So from like, you know, saving, saving alien kittens to, like,
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saving planets to saving galaxies, like, yeah, like,
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that's what they have her doing when she's not on screen and
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stealing the show, you know? Right, as she usually does.
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Right. Well, you know, she's Brie
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Larson. She's fucking yeah.
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Yeah. So it's protecting just the
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earth below her pay grade. Apparently apparently right.
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All right, so we're moving on here.
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Some Dooms just want to watch the multiverse burn, according
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to Scooper, which is a stupid name, but my time to shine.
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Hello. The MCU may be heading towards a
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massive reset. The rumor claims that it.
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After a key group tied to the multiverse saga is destroyed,
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Doctor Doom will take matters into his own hands and eliminate
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every timeline in in in existence.
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Excuse me, except one. The source didn't reveal which
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reality survives, but speculation has already begun so
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yeah. So just to kind of go over this,
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so one fan theory points to Doom's own universe, and a
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previous rumor suggested that he originates from Earth 2828,
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which is the Fantastic Four universe.
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There's other rumors that are hinting that something traumatic
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might have happened to that universe, which I, you know,
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don't know why you'd want to keep that.
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Then. Then it could be, you know, the
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X-Men universe, the Spider verse, it could be the Sony
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universe. We don't know at this point.
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Right, right. I honestly think it's still him
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trying to get his family back. There's, I think we talked about
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this a couple weeks ago where something traumatic happens to
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him and his family and he loses his family.
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And then just like what any villain or overly smart person
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does, they try to bend time or bend reality to try to get that
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family back. And that's what causes all the
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issues. So I think he's going to do
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something like that where he's like, OK, if I can't have it in
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this universe, I'm going to go to the next one.
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If it's not in that one, it's the next one.
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He's like. And then ultimately it'll be
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like Battle war. We'll just take them all and be
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like, let me just mash them together and make it my own
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because I'm OP again, Opie. Yeah, and I mean, just based on
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what happens in the comics, I mean, and obviously we're going
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to Secret Wars. My my speculation is that we
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would be going into battle world.
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You know, it just kind of with the way that Marvel kind of
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writes their stories, you know, it it, it wouldn't surprise me
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if like 616 was the only universe that survives because
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that is like the mainstay universe that we've been in.
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And they're just kind of like this is where we're going to put
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everything. But in the end, we are getting
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battle world to to to kind of consolidate everything.
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I mean, there's two different versions of Secret Wars.
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They've kind of already brushed over because because since
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they're doing a multiverse version, this has to be the 80s
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version of the Secret of Secret Wars where this was, you know,
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there were multiple storylines going on.
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They had multiple universes happening.
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And in order to consolidate everything, you know, and again,
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the rumor is that they're trying to reboot everything.
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OK, So how do we reboot everything where Marvel has
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every property We have to kill off every universe and put
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everybody into one? Yeah.
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I heard they were going to do the Hickman version, like the
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more recent version where it's it's Doom kind of taking over
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everything, trying to make everything in his vision.
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There's the four core, there's, you know, Sue Storm is like his
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wife or something like that. And there's even an evil version
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of of Reed Richards, you know, and it's, it's a whole thing.
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If if he if he does a Thor core like 100%, that means we're
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getting beta Ray Bill. Oh yeah, we're getting beta Ray
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bill. If that's if that's the case,
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fucking love to see Beta Ray Bill.
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That would be great. I'd be OK with that, Doctor
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Doom, thank you. No, I I wonder if this will.
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I don't remember who it was, if it was 1 I think.
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I know it was one of us, but what's funny maybe.
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Yeah, it's always just. Did we talked about maybe that
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that like Loki ties into this somehow, that maybe Doom is
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going to kind of invade the TVA or something to some degree and
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then get Katayan If he is trying to kind of like remake the
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universe and his image, his ultimate goal could be going
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after Loki. And then you tie all that, you
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know, funky stuff in there with you can bring in the watcher and
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you know, all of that. So bringing a watcher.
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Yeah, I mean, especially considering like all the stuff
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that's been coming out over over the course of like the last
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couple of weeks where people are pointing out like all of the
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obscure watcher moments that are in every episode.
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Like, dude, he was a Daredevil that no like nobody really
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picked up on. There's a there's a scene where
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someone gets to. Have I'm sorry, what?
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Yeah, there's a scene where somebody gets thrown out of a
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window and if you it's, it's very momentary.
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But like when they look at the the screen 2 lights in the back
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are like where the eyes are AT and the breaking of the glass is
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the head of the is the watcher. 'S head that's.
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Cool. No, And, and, and and.
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What's his name? Brad Wonderbaum confirmed that
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it's it's supposed to be a Watcher.
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Nice. Yeah.
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So I definitely think he's probably going to be, you know,
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in there. And again, we're going to really
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like, dig into the esoteric stuff that's kind of in the core
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of the universe. And that's.
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Yeah, no, I, I love that. Yeah, Brad Wonderbaum posted on
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on Twitter a picture of like this is from his official
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Twitter. A picture of the the the the
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scene with the head and the eyes and his caption under it is
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they're always watching. Oh.
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Yeah, it's like, oh, you Dick head.
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That's awesome. Yeah.
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No, it's cool. I Yeah, yeah.
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So that even more evidence. There you go.
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So yeah, I, I think Loki will probably be a part of it.
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So. I agree I.
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Agree. Yeah, I mean, that makes sense.
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And considering all the rumors we've heard and the fact that
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the fact that like kind of it it, it has to go somewhere, if
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not here, it's got to be somewhere in Secret Wars
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because, you know, you can't just leave the story with him
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just, you know, sitting at age or so and that's it.
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Right. Yeah, exactly.
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So we'll see. Cool.
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But no, no, I I'm excited regardless.
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It sounds interesting. I don't know if I want them to
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necessarily do a full reboot, but I'm curious how they do it.
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It would be a soft reboot cause the.
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Whole it would be a soft yeah, you like I wouldn't want them to
00:18:41
erase everything and like we're going to make another Avengers
00:18:43
movie that's going to be the, you know, whatever.
00:18:45
No, yeah, it would be a soft reboot where like everything in
00:18:48
in in the MCU still exists, but you're able to recast people so
00:18:52
you can have like, younger actors to tell different stories
00:18:55
and now you can tell. Like Avengers versus X-Men.
00:18:58
Now you can tell. Exactly.
00:19:00
With yeah, yeah. Like you can tell a lot of those
00:19:02
stories that you previously couldn't 'cause you didn't have
00:19:05
the characters. Like I wouldn't mind another
00:19:07
civil war where you tell the full, like a live action version
00:19:13
of the full story of of a civil war because the X-Men had a big
00:19:17
part in that. Yeah, I agree.
00:19:21
Cool, I'm curious so. I was thinking about it, sorry.
00:19:25
One last thing. Like they own everything.
00:19:27
I have the rights to everything except the Hulk, right?
00:19:32
I think they could get away with it if they did like Avengers,
00:19:36
Planet Hulk or something like that where they made it like a
00:19:40
bigger a bigger thing than just a Hulk movie and they brought
00:19:44
all these other characters into it.
00:19:46
I think there's a way that they could get around the whole
00:19:48
legality of they can't do a solo Hulk movie, right, Sorry, go
00:19:53
ahead. Sorry.
00:19:55
OK, we're ready to move on. Yes, what version of the MCU
00:20:00
will be the last one standing? All right, so we're moving on.
00:20:03
The Cinemacon is tingling. Sony just gave Cinemacon
00:20:07
attendees a fresh look at Spider Man beyond the Spider verse, and
00:20:11
even though the movie is still a long way off, what they showed
00:20:14
is massive in scope and packed with some great character
00:20:16
moments that fans are going to love.
00:20:18
This sneak peak picks up right where the story where the where
00:20:22
the story last film across the spider verse left off.
00:20:24
It was confusing sentence and tease is a finale that's aiming
00:20:27
to go all out. So yeah, so we're getting the
00:20:33
the footage was drops the spray back into the chaos with Miles
00:20:37
Morales trapped in another dimension face to face with the
00:20:40
Miles Morales version of Prowler and Uncle Aaron.
00:20:46
And then as situation turns threatening, Miles stays Miles
00:20:49
stays common and warns, I don't want to hurt you.
00:20:52
He's restrained, but he makes his move anyway, dropping the
00:20:54
line. Don't watch the mouth, watch the
00:20:56
hands before unleashing his electric powers and breaking
00:20:59
free. And then from there, footage
00:21:01
shift gears into a rapid fire montage.
00:21:03
There's a line says let's do this one last time.
00:21:06
Delivered over what appears to be flashbacks involving a
00:21:08
younger Aaron and Jeff hinting at deeper emotional threads time
00:21:12
to Miles past. I dig this because there's so
00:21:15
many callbacks to the first movie and even the second movie,
00:21:19
like the whole don't watch the mouth, watch the hands.
00:21:23
That was Jake, Jake Johnson's line from like the first movie.
00:21:27
You know, I, I love that. And I, I heard somebody else
00:21:31
talk about the, the footage that was shown.
00:21:33
And we get a, we get to see a lot of what Miles sees, but it's
00:21:38
the prowler Miles. So you see things from his point
00:21:41
of view. You know, the whole, let's do
00:21:43
this one last time. It's his point of view, not our
00:21:47
Miles, not Spider man Miles, it's Prowler Miles.
00:21:51
So you get to see what he goes through and what happens to his
00:21:54
dad and everyone. That's cool, yeah.
00:21:55
They, I, I, I, I really dug the picture of Jeff and Aaron when
00:22:01
they're young. Because if, for, for those who
00:22:05
have read the comics, you kind of know what their story is.
00:22:09
They're probably going to explain why Jefferson took his
00:22:12
mom's last name because I mean, there's a reason for it, right?
00:22:16
Like a lot of people keep asking and, and questioning like, why
00:22:20
did he take her last name? If, if she's married to him?
00:22:25
And, and like the whole, I mean, you know, that goes into deeper
00:22:29
like, you know, patriarchal BS. But I mean, like in, in all
00:22:34
reality, there is a, a, a story reason for why he takes her last
00:22:38
name, Not just because, you know, it's like, oh, we're
00:22:40
trying to be progressive with it.
00:22:42
No, it's a witness protection thing.
00:22:43
And they, and they, they, I'm sure they're going to go over
00:22:46
that, you know, 'cause I mean, they showing Aaron and, and
00:22:49
Jeffy as, as like teenagers when they, when they show that
00:22:53
picture with her, like young adults.
00:22:56
You know, I don't want to spoil it too much.
00:22:57
I've already spoiled enough by saying what I said already, but
00:23:01
I don't, you know, I'm, I'm hoping they tell that story for
00:23:03
those people who may have, may not have read the comics.
00:23:06
Yeah. And then so.
00:23:07
Yeah. So those are all this builds
00:23:09
towards a quiet but powerful moment from Miles Mom where she
00:23:13
says you're not tough, you're strong.
00:23:15
Yeah, I love. That line.
00:23:18
So no, it's, it's cool. And then yeah, so they, they
00:23:20
brought new footage to Cinemacon and that's yeah.
00:23:24
So. I didn't realize this but my
00:23:27
family didn't see across the spider verse.
00:23:29
They didn't realize it was even out.
00:23:31
They love the first. One, it's on Disney Plus, man.
00:23:34
Yes, we ended up rewatching it and I just watched all their
00:23:37
faces as, you know, it unfolded. And at the end when he goes to
00:23:42
a, he thinks he's going back to a the universe that's his, but
00:23:47
he doesn't quite get to his universe, you know, and that
00:23:50
reveal and they're like. Oh, what?
00:23:53
And I was just like, that was fun.
00:23:55
It was like seeing somebody go watching star The Empire Strikes
00:23:59
Back and they're like, Oh my God, he's his father, you know,
00:24:04
that was that was their moment of watching that.
00:24:06
So that was pretty cool. That's cool.
00:24:09
All right, so after a long stretch of delays, the 3rd
00:24:12
chapter in the Spider Verse trilogy is finally moving
00:24:15
forward with a release date set for June 18th of 2027.
00:24:20
All right, so we're speaking with Spider Man News.
00:24:25
Wibbly Wobbly Spidey. Why me?
00:24:28
OK. Spider Man Brand New Day is
00:24:30
gearing up to hit theaters this summer, but AUS cinema chain
00:24:34
posted a synopsis that places the movie after Avengers
00:24:37
Doomsday chronologically. The general understanding was
00:24:40
previously that Brand New Day would follow the events of
00:24:42
Spider Man, No Way Home and land somewhere before Doomsday in the
00:24:46
MCU timeline. So yeah, so the what?
00:24:48
What it actually says it's from. Regal theaters, but gibbly
00:24:53
wobbly Opsis Spidey whiny synopsis.
00:24:58
Sure that works. Are we going to do that?
00:25:02
Yeah. Wibbly wobbly topsis smiley why
00:25:06
me Synopsis synopsis there was. I mean, there wasn't like an
00:25:11
official little thing there, but.
00:25:13
It's a synopsis. After Doomsday, Peter Parker
00:25:17
tries to focus on college and leave Spider Man behind, but
00:25:20
when a new threat endangers his friends, he must break his
00:25:22
promise and suit up again. Teaming with teaming up with an
00:25:25
unexpected ally. Protect those he loves.
00:25:29
So that is the the Opsis from Wiggle Theaters.
00:25:33
Marvel's official synopsis actually supports this idea.
00:25:36
Opening with Four years have passed since the events of No
00:25:39
Way Home, and Peter is now an adult living entirely alone.
00:25:43
So yeah. So if No Way Home takes place in
00:25:45
2024, that puts Brand New Day around 2028.
00:25:48
Meanwhile, Thunderbolts is set in late 2027, and it's post
00:25:52
credit scene confirms the doomsday kicks off sometime
00:25:55
after those events. So both films could occupy the
00:25:57
same general time frame. So yeah, so kind of interesting
00:26:02
timeline shenanigans. That's pretty cool.
00:26:05
I don't understand how they figure out all these timelines
00:26:08
in including shifting release dates of movies.
00:26:11
Right. They're, it's amazing how Marvel
00:26:15
can put all this together and stay like one step ahead so it
00:26:18
doesn't like, fall behind. Yeah.
00:26:20
And they kind of like already know what's going on.
00:26:22
They kind of already know, you know, Marvel, Marvel's genius
00:26:26
when it comes to like how they, you know, keep the timeline like
00:26:30
working. So it's going to be interesting.
00:26:33
You know, it really is going to be interesting to see how they
00:26:36
do everything here. Yeah, so.
00:26:38
Yeah. So Marvel math is harder than
00:26:40
new math. It is Spider Man Brand New Day
00:26:44
swings into theaters on July 31st.
00:26:46
Although don't give new math any kind of credit, New math is
00:26:49
pretty stupid, so we're going to continue.
00:26:53
On here. All right, we're again, we're
00:26:57
sticking with Spider Man. It's lonely at the top of a
00:27:00
skyscraper. Sony came out swinging at Cinema
00:27:02
Con with a fresh look at Spider Man Brand New day, teasing a
00:27:06
story that strips Peter Parker down to his most vulnerable
00:27:08
state, the footage shows. The footage shown drops us right
00:27:12
into Peter's new reality, and it's kind of rough.
00:27:15
He's in a bodega on the phone with Ned Watson and doesn't
00:27:18
recognize him. Of course, Peter quietly follows
00:27:20
him into a party, holding flowers, clinging to some small
00:27:23
hope of reconnecting. Yeah, there's a bunch of of
00:27:28
details here. Yeah, so.
00:27:32
How sad is that, that he's just alone and he's just.
00:27:35
He's just friends. I know it's.
00:27:37
But I think part of it is also just kind of that's the
00:27:40
sacrifice he had to make in order to protect everyone, you
00:27:42
know? Yeah, so, yeah, so I'll just
00:27:45
kind of go through the footage real quick here.
00:27:46
So there's a call back. He picks up a little Chewbacca
00:27:51
minifigure, a little Lego minifig, which is a nod to their
00:27:54
friendship back in Homecoming. Ned's wall is covered in Spider
00:27:57
Man clippings as he tries to figure out who the hero is so we
00:28:00
can thank him face to face for saving him so many times.
00:28:03
Ned even created a Spidey tracker app, which is, he's been
00:28:08
suspecting people like Mr. Harrington or Flash Thompson.
00:28:11
Meanwhile, Peter just stands there, invisible in plain sight.
00:28:15
And then? So Ned is looking for Spider
00:28:19
Man? Yeah, I wonder if that if this
00:28:22
is what leads to speeder going like it, Peter going it's me.
00:28:26
So, so you got to remember on this too.
00:28:29
So everybody knows spider man, nobody knows Peter, Spider man,
00:28:33
they don't remember Peter. He's their kind of neighbor at
00:28:36
this point, from what it seems like, like everything,
00:28:38
everything that we're we're seeing on here, but Spider man
00:28:42
is constantly saving MJ and and and Ned.
00:28:46
So the whole thing is like, oh, because he's, you know, he still
00:28:49
wants to protect them because they, they're his friends, but
00:28:52
he's not their friend kind of thing, you know?
00:28:55
Right, right. There's no, there's no rule,
00:28:57
right that he can't reveal himself.
00:28:59
No, and that's The thing is that he's probably going to tell them
00:29:02
and they're going to be like, oh, the neighbor guy.
00:29:04
Why? That's kind of creepy.
00:29:06
Why are you? Why are you just always
00:29:07
protecting us? Right.
00:29:10
Yeah, no, it'll, it'll be interesting.
00:29:13
So yeah. So can continue with a little
00:29:15
bit. So MJ Roxon if he has a new
00:29:18
boyfriend, played by Amanis Esfandi, who played Ezra Bridger
00:29:21
in Asoka Walks. Up wasn't that wasn't Flash
00:29:25
Thompson that she was kissing in the trailer?
00:29:27
Then that was not that was a separate new character, OK, who
00:29:31
I remember had a name that was some connection, but I don't
00:29:34
remember it right now. So he walks up, says that's my
00:29:37
girl and just kisses her right in front of Peter, which and
00:29:40
that wrecks him. And then it shifts to Spider
00:29:43
Man, you know, battling villains like Boomerang and Tarantula.
00:29:47
We get another little quick scene where he's surrounded by
00:29:51
Department of Damage Control agents as well.
00:29:54
So yeah. And that's kind of where the the
00:29:56
footage ends. So, you know, sounds like it's a
00:30:00
turning point for him because he's not just about saving the
00:30:03
city. He's kind of got to figure out
00:30:05
who Peter Parker is when no one remembers him.
00:30:09
He's got to figure out who he is without the people that have
00:30:12
been around him. Right, I'm going to be honest,
00:30:14
what I think is going to happen. So when one of the things that
00:30:17
that is on my mind that I think is going to happen where, you
00:30:19
know, everybody's like, oh, it's going to be so over saturated
00:30:22
with villains and there's going to be so many villains.
00:30:24
I think a lot of these villains, what they're going to do is do a
00:30:27
montage of him saving New York. It's not going to be him like,
00:30:31
you know, they're not going to be like main villains.
00:30:34
They're just going to be like a little here is a montage of him
00:30:37
saving New York multiple times and here are the villains that
00:30:40
he fights on a regular basis. And I also think that that's
00:30:43
where they're going to do like little comic book cover scenes
00:30:48
is in those montages. Like in the middle of those
00:30:51
montages, it's going to like be a scene that slows down.
00:30:54
And there's your comic book cover.
00:30:55
There's your. That's smart.
00:30:58
That is smart like and just they just pepper those in non-stop.
00:31:03
That's yeah. Honestly.
00:31:05
I think, I think what we saw of Punisher is pretty much his role
00:31:10
in the movie, like him passing by Peter passing by Punisher and
00:31:15
was like, Frank, what are you doing?
00:31:17
Get out of here, Frank. You know, and that's pretty much
00:31:21
right. Yeah, and I feel like, you know,
00:31:24
during this montage of him fighting these villains, they'll
00:31:27
probably have like one or two of them be longer than the other
00:31:30
ones, right? So like Tarantula and and
00:31:34
Boomerang, like they're such minor villains that he fights
00:31:38
that they're not going to like, spend a lot of time on them.
00:31:40
That's going to show him fighting them.
00:31:41
But maybe they slow down the scene where he fights Scorpion
00:31:44
and it's more like a 32nd scene with a little bit of dialogue
00:31:47
and then goes back, you know? So, yeah, you, you think of like
00:31:51
those types of scenes where you have this, you know, Spider
00:31:56
Man's always saving people when, you know, maybe Peter's working
00:32:00
at the day the, the, I was going to say the Daily Planet Daily
00:32:03
Bugle, maybe like Peter's working at the Daily Bugle at
00:32:07
this point. And he's like, you know,
00:32:08
photographer and these fights that he's doing, these covers
00:32:11
are like him setting up a camera and taking pictures of himself.
00:32:15
And it's these montages where like, again, you show him
00:32:18
fighting people, getting like putting people in in webs and
00:32:22
go, you know, have a nice day and then jumps off a building or
00:32:24
something like that. Oh my gosh, that's great.
00:32:27
Right. And then and then some of the
00:32:29
scenes slow down for comedic effect and it's him, you know,
00:32:34
smack talking Scorpion and Scorpion like you know, again,
00:32:37
it's a it's a call back to earlier movies because you see,
00:32:40
we already know Scorpion. We already know Scorpion exists
00:32:42
in here and it's Peter fighting a fully realized Scorpion, but I
00:32:47
don't think these characters are characters that he is going to
00:32:49
be fighting the entire movie. Yeah, it's just going to be a
00:32:52
little one off like. I think this is just going to be
00:32:54
a montage to show the growth that he's had.
00:32:57
Maybe somewhat like the we could even get something like the
00:33:00
beginning of Fantastic Four where we get like a maybe a news
00:33:05
broadcast voice over from like Jay Jonah or something.
00:33:08
And we kind of, and that's, you know, over Peter saving people.
00:33:12
Right, yeah, I, I totally agree. I think that bit of it's it's
00:33:16
Peter working at the Daily Bugle taking pictures of Spider Man.
00:33:21
And then those pictures pictures become the comic book covers.
00:33:25
And they've already shown that in in some of the footage is him
00:33:28
on like pretty much the comic book cover of like him swinging,
00:33:32
holding somebody under his arm like that.
00:33:34
Like I could totally see them doing a bunch of those.
00:33:37
That's smart. That's smart.
00:33:38
And then like I said, that way, you know, everybody's talking
00:33:41
about, oh, with all these villains, it's going to be over
00:33:42
saturated. Not if they're in one scene.
00:33:45
Yeah, but also people say that about Superman and, you know,
00:33:50
villains and heroes and things, and that was fine.
00:33:52
So I think they can pull it off. It could also show like that's
00:33:55
his life even though he's doing all this non-stop.
00:33:58
That's his life and when he when it slows down, he's got nobody
00:34:02
and it's nothing. So that's why he's constantly
00:34:06
out there catching bad guys is because that's all he can do.
00:34:10
Or you can be alone and he doesn't want to be alone.
00:34:13
Right. And it could, I mean, it could
00:34:14
again tie into the same themes as like Thunderbolts and things
00:34:17
too, where you're talking about kind of burnout and like being.
00:34:21
Yeah. Anyway, I'm I'm excited about
00:34:23
it. It sounds interesting.
00:34:25
So yeah. So Spider Man Brand New Day
00:34:26
swings in the theaters on July 31st.
00:34:29
So now we have talked to Jay Jonah, and it's time to teleport
00:34:36
to the Watchtower for some DC news.
00:34:40
Sweet. Oh, did I not?
00:34:42
I guess I didn't put it in on this one.
00:34:43
All right, so it is it is the we're going to be watching the
00:34:49
watchtower and the and the story we have here.
00:34:54
Sorry I'm. This one came in like this
00:34:57
afternoon. Like late.
00:34:58
Yeah, this is all all brand new. In from Cinemacon maybe?
00:35:04
Yes, this is from Cinemacon. Cinemacon is kind of a big
00:35:07
thing. I don't know if you knew about
00:35:08
that. Cinemacon is a small I, I don't
00:35:10
know why they would, why they would just do that.
00:35:12
It's a small little mini con that nobody nobody knows about.
00:35:15
Itty bitty. It's so small.
00:35:18
It's the smallest of the cons. It's just smaller than any con
00:35:21
that I've ever done, but it's But it's Maximus secretly.
00:35:26
Wonder Woman. So Adria Arahona is officially
00:35:31
stepping into the role of Maxima and James Gunn.
00:35:33
Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow and up the upcoming sequel from
00:35:37
James Gunn. It's a big swing from a from the
00:35:41
franchise and a character that could shake things up in a major
00:35:44
way. Arahona reportedly tested for
00:35:48
the part alongside Ava, the Dominici, Sydney Chandler and
00:35:52
Grace Van Patten. So Maxima, for those who don't
00:35:56
who who who know their DC lore is an alien queen with a
00:36:00
complicated history. Very complicated history.
00:36:03
She's been both an adversary and a romantic interest for Superman
00:36:06
in the comics, which opens the door for some fun and
00:36:09
unpredictable dynamics on screen.
00:36:11
It's going to be fun dealing with the the beautiful Adria.
00:36:16
Adria Arahona, you know, facing off with Lois Lane.
00:36:21
It's going to be pretty hilarious.
00:36:23
Off screen, our Honus connection to the DCU gets even more
00:36:26
interesting. Her boyfriend, Jason Momoa, is
00:36:30
also making a major shift within the franchise.
00:36:33
In my shift I mean the main man. Yeah.
00:36:38
Fragging, fragging, fragging, fragging.
00:36:40
How much do you want to bet somewhere in the future we'll
00:36:44
get both of them in the same movie?
00:36:45
Oh, it's going to happen. Oh yeah, yeah.
00:36:47
I think it's going. To it's going to happen.
00:36:49
I mean, the Lobo might show up in this movie in in in Man of
00:36:52
Tomorrow, so. You might, yeah, cause 'cause
00:36:56
Supergirl might be back 'cause if, you know, we're going with
00:36:58
like a brainy, a certain brain X-ray with maximum in it, then
00:37:01
yeah, you get Supergirl We're. Doing Brainiac and we're going
00:37:04
to be getting President Lex like this is this is literally going
00:37:07
to be what Tees up President Lex for for for running for
00:37:10
president of the United States and he's going to be president.
00:37:12
Lex, which would be great commentary.
00:37:15
If you know. I was so I think we reported a
00:37:19
couple weeks ago that she may be in the running for Wonder Woman,
00:37:22
but I and I kind of like that idea, but this they kind of give
00:37:27
her a fresh role. Like the world doesn't know
00:37:30
really know who Maxima is. So she can do whatever her and
00:37:34
James Gunn want to do with the character, you know?
00:37:37
So I think I think that's a good way to handle this.
00:37:41
Good for them. Pretty good.
00:37:43
So with production, with production ramping up in Atlanta
00:37:46
and a release date set for July 9th, 2027, Matt of tomorrow is
00:37:51
ready to fly. OK.
00:38:00
It's amazing how planned out the DCU is, right?
00:38:04
Now it is and, and again, for for a lot of people who are just
00:38:08
impatient, it's like, well, I, I, I love the movies that are
00:38:10
coming out, but some people are like, it's not enough.
00:38:12
It's not fun. It's not this, it's not that.
00:38:14
And to those people, I say shut up and let it happen.
00:38:22
Some people are just going to complain.
00:38:24
Some people really are just going to complain, ladies and
00:38:26
gentlemen. Well, that's it for for straight
00:38:29
from Jade. I'm sorry, not straight from
00:38:30
Jade Jonah from watching the Watchtower.
00:38:32
All of the above. So yes, obviously my, my energy
00:38:36
levels are not where they should be.
00:38:38
So that means I should be hanging out with our next
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00:39:15
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00:39:22
Whoosh, whoosh. All right, let me dive in.
00:39:25
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00:39:34
out on. And we're going to post all the
00:39:35
stuff after this. So if you want to talk more
00:39:38
about any of these stories, it'll be in the Distance
00:39:41
Nerdington Post. First one, some shaken, not
00:39:46
stirred. Casting news.
00:39:49
The search for the next James Bond is on and a new name has
00:39:53
entered the conversation with MGM.
00:39:55
Amazon now steering the future of the Iconics by franchise fans
00:40:00
are watching closely to see who will step into Double O 7's
00:40:03
tailored suit, according to a new report from Variety.
00:40:07
So it's from Variety. The latest rumor points to a
00:40:10
younger, fresh faced. Louis Partridge in the mix.
00:40:14
The outlet notes that the young Enola Holmes and Disclaimer
00:40:18
actor is now in contention for the job.
00:40:23
Honestly. I can see it.
00:40:24
I can see it too, but he looks really young.
00:40:27
He does I. Don't know what he looks like
00:40:29
today, but in Enola Holmes he did look very young.
00:40:33
The only way that I would want Bond to be that young is him not
00:40:38
having double O status and showing, you know, James being a
00:40:43
young MI 6 agent. You know what I mean?
00:40:47
Like, you know, and and kind of almost like that.
00:40:52
Oh, not Jack Reacher. What's the other show that's on?
00:40:56
It's it's another Jack show. Like Lioness?
00:40:59
Jack Ryan, Jack Ryan, like almost like Jack Ryan, where
00:41:02
Jack Ryan's an analyst and he becomes a field agent.
00:41:05
You know, like I, I, I kind of want something along those
00:41:08
lines. Like I don't think Bond would
00:41:09
have ever been an analyst. But I mean, like, you know, you
00:41:12
have something where like, he's just a young agent and he learns
00:41:16
about the Double O, Double O program and, you know, leads
00:41:20
into that. Yeah.
00:41:22
Oh yes, money penny. Oh yes, money penny.
00:41:28
Yeah, I can see. I, I, I like that idea of like,
00:41:30
maybe they're going to tell an origin ish type story and have
00:41:34
we ever got an origin story? Casino Royale was supposed to be
00:41:38
his first mission as a as a Double O agent, but not what.
00:41:42
Taught him to be. An agent, right?
00:41:43
Not what got him to being a double O agent.
00:41:45
Basically it does his last the the final assassination that
00:41:49
give 'cause you have to have three assassinations in order to
00:41:51
become a double O agent. So like he it it like shows his
00:41:55
last assassination, him killing the the dude in the bathroom and
00:41:59
that leads to his double O status and he becomes double O
00:42:02
7. First mission is Casino Royale
00:42:04
so. I I may be a double O agent
00:42:06
'cause I could kill a bathroom, you know what I'm saying?
00:42:08
Pretty sure you are a double O agent after the amount of
00:42:11
bathrooms you've killed. Yeah, it is.
00:42:14
It is murder. Moving on.
00:42:16
Next one is a Toy Story. Pixar is heading back to the Toy
00:42:21
box. Toy Story 5 is officially on the
00:42:25
way. Director Andrew Stanton is
00:42:27
hinting that the next chapter could take a much heavier turn.
00:42:31
This time, the threat isn't a toy collector, daycare, chaos,
00:42:35
or even being forgotten in a closet.
00:42:37
It is technology. When tech comes in, it wins,
00:42:43
says Stanton, which he told Empire Magazine.
00:42:45
It happens to adults, it happens to kids.
00:42:48
It just wins. This seems like a sad movie
00:42:51
right off the bat. Toy Story 5 might end up being
00:42:54
the most emotionally intense entry in this series.
00:42:58
You know what's funny though? This is something I think we can
00:43:02
all relate to and how tech has taking over all of our lives
00:43:08
whether we know it or not and has affected people in our
00:43:10
lives. Like I watch my kids on
00:43:13
technology all the time. It's like, it's like their go
00:43:15
to, you know? You know, and you could throw in
00:43:19
some commentary about AI in there too.
00:43:21
Yeah, 'cause that is a is a big emerging thing and that's being
00:43:23
used in in kids toys and shit, which is horrifying.
00:43:26
So. Yeah, I feel like we've talked
00:43:29
about this like multiple. Times.
00:43:31
Yeah, we. Kind of have 'cause they they
00:43:33
announced that it was going to be like the Lily pad is the.
00:43:36
Right. And I feel like we watched the
00:43:38
trailer and we were talking about how like menacing the Lily
00:43:41
pad is. Yeah, no, it, it sounds it, you
00:43:44
know, if they're going to keep doing Toy Story movies, it
00:43:47
sounds like they're, they're at least, you know, trying to put
00:43:50
some themes into it that are interesting.
00:43:51
So. Yeah, so Toy Story 5 is playing
00:43:56
in theaters June 19th, 2026. Oh my God, it's like in two
00:44:00
months. I know Mortal Kombat is out
00:44:03
right now, so that's what I'm going to go watch this weekend.
00:44:05
Oh, there you. Go there you.
00:44:07
Go Looks like Jack Pike let the mushroom out of the bag.
00:44:10
Yes, I didn't know they were in a bag.
00:44:13
It looks like Jack Black may have gotten a little too
00:44:16
comfortable Comfortable on the mic and dropped a surprise that
00:44:20
Nintendo fans weren't exactly supposed to hear yet.
00:44:23
During a playful interview with Cinemax, where Black and Donald
00:44:28
Glover were riffing and freestyling about Bowser, things
00:44:31
took an interesting turn. Black said.
00:44:34
Don't be surprised if you hear that coming out next time.
00:44:37
It's good in 2029. So we're getting a third Super
00:44:43
Mario Brothers movie in three years, which is interesting
00:44:46
because the last one came out in 2023.
00:44:49
This one came out this year so it it tracks.
00:44:52
Yeah. It definitely tracks that we'd
00:44:54
be getting a third one in 2029. The rumor right now, the
00:44:58
prevailing rumor is that the next movie is going to be
00:45:02
Luigi's Mansion. Oh, that could be interesting.
00:45:05
Yeah, cool. I was going to go with like, you
00:45:08
know, Super Mario Odyssey or something, but.
00:45:11
What if they like set the release date like closer towards
00:45:14
like Halloween in September and just take over for like 2 months
00:45:19
straight? Right, it'd be cool.
00:45:21
That'd be awesome. Right, I mean, that would be
00:45:23
cool 'cause then again, you like you did the trailer alone would
00:45:26
get kids running around as Luigi with the backpack.
00:45:30
Yeah. Go go, Buster Luigi.
00:45:33
Yeah, yeah. Cool.
00:45:37
Right, OK. He's a cop on wind.
00:45:41
I read that. Wrong.
00:45:42
He's a cop. It it's a it's a Firefly
00:45:44
reference. Oh, he's a keep bigger.
00:45:48
He's a cop on the wind. Take 2 ABC.
00:45:52
We can fix it in post. We can fix.
00:45:54
It in post yeah yeah, it's a firebreaker anyway go.
00:45:56
On the Win, ABC has renewed the popular cop drama The Rookie for
00:46:00
a ninth season, making it the third longest running ABC drama
00:46:04
series after Grey's Grey's Anatomy, which is headed into
00:46:08
season 23. Ridiculous.
00:46:11
Grey's Anatomy is ridiculous with the amount of seasons it
00:46:14
has. And NYPD Blue, which ran for 12
00:46:17
seasons. The show has become a popular
00:46:20
source for TikTok clips, and its team viewership has boosted its
00:46:25
ratings. Nothing sounds good, bad, but
00:46:30
yeah. And you know what it is?
00:46:31
It's it's funny quips. That's what it is.
00:46:34
It's as funny sayings that is good.
00:46:38
But that also makes sense why he specifically decided to do like
00:46:43
when they did when when they were doing the ramp up to the
00:46:45
announcement for Firefly. Yeah, that.
00:46:47
Phillion by the. Way, that's what I'm saying,
00:46:49
that Phillion was like running around as the rookie, picking
00:46:52
everybody up as his character from the rookie.
00:46:56
So like it makes a whole, it tracks so much more now.
00:46:59
Yeah, they TBC got some investment in the show because
00:47:03
next season the rookie may be tasked with launching a new ABC
00:47:08
series, a spin off called the Rookie N currently in the pilot
00:47:13
stage and in looking promising that it's going to happen.
00:47:18
So yeah, they're going to invest a little bit in Nathan Fillion.
00:47:21
Which they should. It's Nathan Fillion.
00:47:25
I'm OK with that. I'm OK with that.
00:47:26
Give me Firefly, give me more rookie.
00:47:29
Maybe I'll go back and watch it. It'll be great.
00:47:30
I'll maybe I start a TikTok who knows.
00:47:33
Yeah, yeah, yeah. You should start a TikTok dude.
00:47:36
Like we're, we're having fun on TikTok.
00:47:38
Yes, we are. Yeah, people are are still mad
00:47:41
at us. Oh.
00:47:43
Yeah. Oh yeah, actually, for a lot.
00:47:45
Of different reasons. That was the next story I would
00:47:47
be put on. We'll get there.
00:47:50
Another pint of Guinness. Make it 3.
00:47:53
If you've been following the incredible rise of Wrexham AFC,
00:47:57
there's a lot more story on the way.
00:47:59
FX has officially renewed Welcome to Wrexham for three
00:48:05
additional seasons, extending the life of the hit docu series
00:48:10
well into 2029. They got renewed for three
00:48:14
seasons at once. That's crazy.
00:48:16
It's like one of my favorite shows.
00:48:17
I, I, I love Welcome to Wrexham. I know, so do I.
00:48:20
I enjoy it too. I've just never heard a show
00:48:22
getting three seasons in a in a chunk like that.
00:48:25
I think part of it is also because it is a docu series and
00:48:29
it is something that is both like, funny and informative, and
00:48:33
it's interesting to kind of see, you know, Wrexham becoming the
00:48:38
powerhouse that it is. Yeah.
00:48:41
Yeah, it's interesting. So Rob Mcelhenney and Ryan
00:48:45
Reynolds also addressed the renewal and you can feel how
00:48:48
much this project means to them. A three season order for ATV
00:48:53
series is nearly unheard of and is only possible through the
00:48:56
groundbreaking work of our Emmy winning documentary team and the
00:49:01
relentless rise of Wrexham AFC and all those working so hard to
00:49:05
make this sports history. I, I do think it's a cool story
00:49:10
overall. I do like it and I do enjoy the
00:49:13
show. So Season 5 will premiere May
00:49:16
14th, kicking off with two episodes before settling into
00:49:19
weekly releases on FXX and Hulu. Love it, like it, love it.
00:49:27
I'm gonna keep keep watching it. I love this show so much.
00:49:29
Yeah. Speaking of good, good shows,
00:49:34
was Tyrion actually a xenomorph the whole time?
00:49:39
Apparently he's not a a Targaryen.
00:49:43
Yeah, he's not a Targaryen. He's a Xenomorph.
00:49:47
OK, the Emmy winning powerhouse Peter Dinklage is officially
00:49:52
stepping into the Alien Earth series as a series regular.
00:49:58
I I love the first season of this, so this is awesome that
00:50:01
he's joining the the team. Details on who Dinklage will be
00:50:05
playing are being kept under wraps, but dropping someone like
00:50:09
him into the mix should be interesting.
00:50:12
Alien Earth Season 2 is gearing up to begin production this May
00:50:16
at Pinewood Studios in London, right?
00:50:20
He's going to be one of the one of the corporate like CEOs.
00:50:27
Yeah, 'cause what are they? They have like 5 big
00:50:29
corporations or something, Something like.
00:50:32
That and Dinklage plays ruthless, you know, corporate
00:50:39
monster extremely well. He's done it in like multiple
00:50:42
movies and then. Including ELF.
00:50:46
I was about to say and someone better not call him an elf.
00:50:48
I was going to say he, he, he did it in elf, he did it in
00:50:54
there's God, there's another. Oh, X-Men.
00:50:57
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, he did like a yeah.
00:50:59
Now he played, he played ball over Trask, who is like, you
00:51:01
know, again, a ruthless CEO. So I mean like, you know, I, I
00:51:05
can see Dinklage playing one of the CE OS of one of the one, one
00:51:10
of the one of the corporations. Yeah, that's funny.
00:51:14
I love that Dinklage is like one of the few actors of, you know,
00:51:22
kind of like of, of how do I say this without like being a Dick
00:51:26
of shorter stature of his stature.
00:51:28
There we go. Perfect.
00:51:29
That transcends that, that kind of like stereotype.
00:51:35
You know, like usually there are stereotypes for, for actors that
00:51:37
are, that are of his stature and, and he transcends that.
00:51:42
He plays because he's such a good fucking actor.
00:51:44
He is. He plays whatever character you
00:51:48
put, you put in front of him, and he does it.
00:51:49
Well, yeah. Yeah, that'll be awesome.
00:51:52
That'll be good. OK, I am going to keep it going.
00:51:57
Here some more somber news. The studio prepares its return
00:52:03
to Hollywood for Season 2. The cast will be missing one
00:52:06
bright star following Catherine O'hara's passing.
00:52:10
Seth Rogen confirmed the upcoming season will be
00:52:13
acknowledging the Golden Globe winning actress passing after
00:52:16
originally writing it. For her to be there before she
00:52:19
passed, obviously emotionally dealing with a loss, but also
00:52:24
when it comes to the show itself.
00:52:26
We wrote it for her to be there. She was like a huge part of the
00:52:30
show. We had it all set in.
00:52:32
The shockwaves permeated throughout the entire new
00:52:34
season. It's been difficult.
00:52:36
You worded it better than we could.
00:52:39
She was the anchor and now the show is anchor list, Rodger
00:52:44
explained. If anything, we acknowledging
00:52:46
the idea that we are a little anchor list, but honestly, that
00:52:50
is a part of life and what we all experience.
00:52:53
And so while we try not to dwell too much on heavy themes in the
00:52:57
show, there will be there in the second season or not ignoring
00:53:01
it. That's good.
00:53:03
Good for that. The studio Season 2's Return to
00:53:07
Hollywood is expected to release in late 2026 or early 2027.
00:53:13
Another show I'm anticipating coming on coming back is the
00:53:16
studio was so well executed. I, I, I love that show.
00:53:20
I'll buy a lot. Yeah, it's a great show.
00:53:23
It's a great show, should do. If you haven't watched that one,
00:53:26
that one I recommend and it'll make you think twice about.
00:53:29
It's on my ever growing list. Your filmmaking career so.
00:53:33
Oh, I, I, I fuck Hollywood. No, that's.
00:53:39
It is like, I mean, it's a it's a comedy, but it is interesting
00:53:42
like them playing into the behind the scenes.
00:53:44
A lot of people have said like a lot of like the themes they
00:53:48
cover have are like real issues that happened behind the scenes.
00:53:53
So but and also the way it shot is amazing like that.
00:53:57
What is it called that one episode like the one shot?
00:54:00
Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Warner, Yeah.
00:54:01
The Warner where where they're trying to get everything before
00:54:04
the sun goes down. Yeah, great.
00:54:06
Episode I, I can relate to that. If anything, just go watch that
00:54:11
episode even though it'll make you want to watch the rest of
00:54:13
the season. I'll, I'll just watch.
00:54:14
Yeah, anyway. OK.
00:54:16
Let's move on. We're getting creepier and
00:54:19
kookier with some casting news. Creepy and Merkooky Wednesday is
00:54:25
still deep in production in Ireland, and now the series has
00:54:29
added three more names to its growing roster of guest stars.
00:54:33
Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy and James Lance have officially
00:54:38
joined the Season 3 cast in a guest role scenario.
00:54:44
Hedy is. I was going to say fucking
00:54:46
Cersei Lannister making her way into another franchise.
00:54:52
Yeah, and of course, Cram Independent.
00:54:56
Yes. So Hedy is best known for Game
00:54:59
of Thrones, McCarthy for A Weekend at Bernie's, and Lance
00:55:02
from Ted Lasso. That's awesome.
00:55:06
That's a big cast so far. Wednesday Season 3 is expected
00:55:10
to release on Netflix sometime in 2027.
00:55:14
Nice. All right. 27 or 6/7.
00:55:19
No, No 27, no, we're not doing that.
00:55:21
Yet 8-9 we're. Also doing it.
00:55:24
Well, we're not doing that. 6789 I.
00:55:29
Was annoyed with my generation anyway, like.
00:55:32
Now you could be annoyed with ours too when we do it.
00:55:35
But I am doing it now I'm in order with most generations.
00:55:41
OK, I think that was my last. One story so.
00:55:45
So. Before we get into the news, we
00:55:47
have I'll. Yeah, distance starting is part
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00:56:15
Freaking. That that link is not.
00:56:18
Somebody needs to change that link that that is not correct.
00:56:21
No. So that is that is the actual
00:56:23
link, but the GF pods is the shortened version of it.
00:56:25
OK, I got you. I wasn't sure if that was like,
00:56:28
yeah, there was a disconnect there.
00:56:29
Cool. So, yeah.
00:56:30
So either one, all right, and we'll get into news.
00:56:35
And first of all, pray to the old gods and the new.
00:56:39
It's been 17 long years since the Dance with Dragons hit
00:56:42
shelves. And in that time, the world of
00:56:44
Westeros has expanded across TV, with Game of Thrones, House the
00:56:47
Dragon and the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms keeping the
00:56:50
franchise alive in many different ways.
00:56:52
But one thing's the one thing that fans actually been
00:56:56
anxiously and impatiently waiting for is the next chapter
00:57:00
in A Song of Ice and Fire, The Winds of Winter.
00:57:03
But now, according to a rumor, George RR Martin has finally
00:57:07
completed the manuscript for The Winds of Winter, and his
00:57:10
publisher has had it in hand since January.
00:57:12
The same rumor suggests that an official announcement could
00:57:14
arrive around Comic Con, with a full release planned in planned
00:57:18
for the fall to line up with the holiday season.
00:57:21
So what do we think? Is this finally happening?
00:57:25
Is that I was going to ask real quick, can a book happen that
00:57:28
fast like. Yeah.
00:57:30
They guess they haven't. They could always be sitting on
00:57:32
artwork I guess. I mean the the thing that that
00:57:34
takes the longest with writing it, yeah, like formatting and
00:57:37
stuff is not does not take that long.
00:57:39
Yeah, it's 100% if, if the rumor is that the editor has it,
00:57:45
they're probably more than likely if they've had it since
00:57:48
January, they've been printing it.
00:57:50
And that's what takes the longest, is the the longest as
00:57:53
far as getting it out once it's once it's been written.
00:57:56
Obviously it's been fucking 20 years since he started writing
00:57:59
it. But I mean, like, you know, if
00:58:02
he's finally ready for it to go out.
00:58:05
And I know he mentioned that I was reading a an article earlier
00:58:11
today where in an interview he was talking about he, he hadn't
00:58:17
finished a while back, but because of some of the
00:58:20
popularity of characters on the show, he changed things.
00:58:24
So the show actually forced him to change a couple of bits.
00:58:27
So one of the things that he revealed that he changed cause
00:58:32
again, he talked about this like officially in an interview, was
00:58:36
originally Sansa was supposed to die.
00:58:39
Yeah. So he said originally in the
00:58:41
original version of the story Sansa dies and he was saying he
00:58:45
was muddling with himself over over still killing her because
00:58:49
she is so popular on the show. He felt like he would have
00:58:53
gotten a lot of backlash for killing off Sansa Stark.
00:58:56
Yeah. So and he was like, you know, we
00:58:58
like either way, like it's kind of expected that people would
00:59:02
wait, like expect him to kill off major characters, but he
00:59:05
felt like people would have really been angry if he killed
00:59:07
off Sansa Stark. So he was like, OK, so then that
00:59:11
was one of the one, the one of the things he was willing to
00:59:13
reveal that he that he changed. But mostly because it said it,
00:59:16
it took him about a couple of months to really muddle over
00:59:20
whether he wanted to kill her still or not.
00:59:22
Ah, let's see. Yeah.
00:59:24
I mean, you know, I I don't know.
00:59:27
I hope, I hope this is true. But also, we've been fooled
00:59:30
before, though. Yeah, I I don't know.
00:59:35
I mean. I love that Aaron goes with the
00:59:38
power of AI. Anything is possible I.
00:59:43
Really thought this would be a like a a real time situation.
00:59:46
He would just die and then like Brandon Sanderson would come in
00:59:48
and finish it. But Bryce Henderson finishes it.
00:59:53
He just, I, I, I feel like Brandon Santos is just the guy
00:59:56
you call. It's like, hey, the author died,
00:59:57
but we need to finish this series.
00:59:59
Can you come in and do it? I also feel like something major
01:00:02
is happening before the book comes out because I mean like if
01:00:05
anything, the book is not coming out until the end of the year
01:00:09
towards next year. It's going to take a little
01:00:13
while for them to do it, but he's probably going to announce
01:00:14
it and say, hey, we're we're released.
01:00:16
Finally going to release this fucking book.
01:00:19
But also the fact that we're getting a stage play with, with
01:00:27
the not the Night King, with the Mad King.
01:00:30
Yeah, with Aries, the second I think that he is setting up, I
01:00:34
think he already knew that. Hey, I already put this out and
01:00:37
we know this book is coming. We have a release date
01:00:39
internally. We haven't announced it yet.
01:00:41
We're going to say that Comic Con.
01:00:43
I feel like this play is also something to kind of tee up
01:00:48
events that are like like things that that have ripples that that
01:00:51
go into wins a winner. Yeah.
01:00:54
Oh, I get it. I get what you're.
01:00:56
Saying, you know what I mean? Like he is, he's the book's
01:00:58
going to be coming out. But it's like, hey, here's a
01:01:00
little bit of context to make you really hate these characters
01:01:04
when you get to wins a winner. Right.
01:01:06
I think it's interesting how authors and creators are using
01:01:10
stage plays as like these side quest stories that really lend
01:01:14
towards the overall storylines of of the projects.
01:01:19
Like what Stranger Things did right?
01:01:22
That's in, you know, you know, honestly, Harry Potter's kind of
01:01:25
doing the same thing. So I think that's that's
01:01:28
interesting. Interesting.
01:01:29
Yeah. Hey, by the way, I also want to
01:01:32
note Game of Thrones fans waiting 20 years for them to
01:01:37
have something of of substance come back.
01:01:41
You guys feel a lot like Raider fans because we've been waiting
01:01:45
20 years. We've been waiting for 20 years
01:01:48
for your team to back anything. To commit to excellence so.
01:01:51
I mean, you know, I, I think it'll take at least this long
01:01:54
for The Elder Scrolls 6 to come out.
01:01:55
So you know so. Good for you, Game of Thrones
01:01:58
fans. Good for you.
01:02:01
So, yeah. So will winter finally come?
01:02:04
It is. Winter's finally coming.
01:02:07
Hopefully. We're gonna see.
01:02:09
We're gonna see. I'm in.
01:02:10
I'm in doubt before there's, you know, unless there's an
01:02:12
announcement, so. We're gonna see Arya kill the
01:02:14
Night King and like, finally and actually see how she kills the
01:02:17
Night King. There there isn't a night King
01:02:20
in in the the books, is there? Yeah, there is.
01:02:24
That's, that's the whole point is that they're they're, they're
01:02:26
they're preparing themselves for the, for the, for the, for the
01:02:31
night walkers, Yeah, for the, for the night walks to kill
01:02:33
everybody. OK, cool.
01:02:36
I I didn't think there was actually a night game books, but
01:02:39
cool. Yeah.
01:02:41
So a slightly shorter time ago, something interesting is
01:02:44
happening in the Galaxy far, far away, and it looks like we may
01:02:47
not be picking up exactly where we left off.
01:02:50
A newly released Star Wars companion book is hinting that
01:02:52
the Mandalorian timeline is moving forward before the
01:02:55
Mandalorian Grogu Land film lands in theaters.
01:02:59
So at the end of Mandalorian season 3, Dinjaran and Grogu
01:03:03
finally carved out a little peaceful corner of the Galaxy on
01:03:05
Navarro. Now, James.
01:03:08
'S backyard. Right exactly.
01:03:12
Now, thanks to The Mandalorian, the visual guide of the the Hall
01:03:16
of Files, we're getting a better picture of what's been happening
01:03:19
since then. According to the book, Mando and
01:03:21
Grogu have grown quite comfortable on Navarro between
01:03:24
assignments and have made a life for themselves.
01:03:27
The wording suggests time has passed and not just a few days
01:03:30
or weeks. So yeah.
01:03:32
So are you excited for this next chapter?
01:03:35
Moving a little bit further here.
01:03:38
Yeah, I'm excited. I I'm looking forward to
01:03:40
Mandalorian Gregu. I do kind of like that they're
01:03:43
pushing the the story slightly forward and and it gives them
01:03:48
almost like a fresh start. Like, OK, we've been doing this
01:03:51
because I think he's going to be bounty hunting again.
01:03:53
Or like bounty hunting, like Empire.
01:03:57
Kind of right. It's like he's more of a
01:03:59
mercenary, it sounds like. Yeah, yeah.
01:04:01
Yeah, but I, you know, they're in a groove and then the story
01:04:05
kicks off. I like this.
01:04:06
I mean. Yeah, no, it sounds, it sounds a
01:04:09
mixer there could, could be a little bit, you know, tying into
01:04:12
some other stuff into obviously the larger story with Thrawn and
01:04:16
everything so. So actually let let let me ask
01:04:20
this question. Do you think we're going to get
01:04:22
Thrawn in Mandalorian and Gregory?
01:04:26
I can see there being like a post credits scene or something.
01:04:30
I think it makes sense because we know that Thrawn has come
01:04:32
back to the universe. We know that we're already
01:04:36
getting Rebels characters in Mandalorian and Grogu and we
01:04:41
know that Ezra Bridger is back in the universe because he was
01:04:45
on Thrawn ship. So either, I mean, either way
01:04:50
we're we're either going to get more in Ahsoka season 2, which
01:04:54
we probably will, or we're going to get be getting a bridge and
01:04:58
like a connection in Mandalorian and Grogu.
01:05:02
And I mean, judging by some of the some of the footage that
01:05:09
we've seen, I I wouldn't put it past them to be hiding that and
01:05:13
Thrawn still being kind of like the overall villain in all.
01:05:17
Yeah. Or like he's like the the
01:05:19
Thanos, like the teaser, the teaser scene.
01:05:24
He's like at the end, like whoever the villain of you know,
01:05:26
this or whatever is going to like, you know, go up to throngs
01:05:31
to the what what? I don't remember what a ship is
01:05:34
called, but like go up the throng ship and you know, be
01:05:37
like, you know, do the the Thanos thing be cool.
01:05:41
I think that'll happen. I'll do it myself.
01:05:44
Right, fine. I'll do it myself.
01:05:45
Yeah, we're good. The Chimera.
01:05:47
The Chimera. The the chimera yeah, but I I
01:05:50
knew what other cool diamonds can remember the mandolin and
01:05:52
Grogu will hit will space minivan their way into theaters
01:05:57
on May 22nd of 2026. Yes, All right, so.
01:06:02
I was talking to Joe and they do, you know, he, he confirmed
01:06:07
without spoilers that the, the, the, the whole thing that I
01:06:10
thought was going to happen, they are going to explain how he
01:06:13
gets another Razor Crest. He doesn't get the Razor Crest.
01:06:16
He gets another Razor Crest class ship.
01:06:19
So I'm, I'm, I'm very excited for that.
01:06:22
Yeah. That's at the Space Minivan
01:06:24
dealership. Perfect.
01:06:25
The space minivan, the. Only way you can get that is at
01:06:27
the space minivan dealership. Yep, on on Corelia.
01:06:30
That's where I'm going. After this it's on.
01:06:31
Corelia. All right, you think about it.
01:06:36
They do. The Corelian ships are a bunch
01:06:38
of cargo ships. Yeah, they are.
01:06:40
They're freighters that for some reason have laser cannons
01:06:42
mounted. No, that's that's an aftermarket
01:06:45
thing. Oh, OK.
01:06:47
So yeah. He added the turbolasers
01:06:48
himself. He he talks about that.
01:06:51
Oh no, he doesn't talk about it, but they explain it in one of
01:06:53
the books that he he. OK, that that's all like a you
01:06:55
just buy the turbolasers that that's funny.
01:06:58
I mean, he's a smuggler, so I mean.
01:06:59
I mean, yeah, no, no, it make yeah, he could.
01:07:01
He could have stolen them. I guess he deals.
01:07:03
With a lot of weapons dealers man.
01:07:05
I mean, it's not hard for him. That's a good point, that.
01:07:07
Guy of his caliber to get turbolasers to put on on the
01:07:10
ship, Yeah, but he did. He retrofitted the hell out of
01:07:14
that ship though. So we are, Yeah, we're sticking
01:07:17
with Star Wars news. Somehow.
01:07:19
Mall returned Star Wars mall. Shadowlord is digging deeper
01:07:23
into Dolph Mall's past with a new tease from the show's
01:07:27
director has. But a new tease from the show's
01:07:29
director has sparked fresh speculation that Moll's fate
01:07:32
isn't as locked in as we once believed.
01:07:34
When asked about Moll's potential return, supervising
01:07:36
director Brad Rao kept things cryptic, saying you never know,
01:07:40
we're just focusing on this one time period right now.
01:07:44
That comment is enough to get long time Star Wars fans
01:07:46
thinking. After all, Mall survived the
01:07:49
surviving the impossible is kind of his thing.
01:07:53
Raoul also ended that Star Wars Mall Shadow Word won't just be a
01:07:56
straight path towards a no ending towards a known ending.
01:07:59
Even if audiences Nowhere Mall eventually ends up the journey,
01:08:02
there might still throw some curveballs.
01:08:05
The show has quickly become one of the highest rated Star Wars
01:08:07
projects, with strong reactions across the board, not just
01:08:10
revisiting a familiar character, but expanding on him in ways
01:08:14
that feel fresh and unpredictable.
01:08:17
Wow, what if Paul survived? But he did.
01:08:22
But he did. Like, like again, he just keeps
01:08:26
doing it it. It would be really funny if Maul
01:08:28
was like Duncan Idaho and just kept fucking coming back.
01:08:31
Yeah, yeah. But Duncan Idaho's whole
01:08:33
storyline has has an entire like him coming back in and and Dune
01:08:39
Messiah again. We haven't seen the movie, but
01:08:42
if you've read the books or you even seen the the the that's.
01:08:45
That's what I'm referencing, yeah.
01:08:46
Yeah, we know why Duncan Idaho comes back, and it's not it's
01:08:50
not like how Maul comes back. Maul.
01:08:52
No, I'm I'm, I'm making a joke. But the way Maul comes back is
01:08:55
way cooler than the way Duncan Idaho comes back.
01:08:59
He got cut in half in the 1st. Movie.
01:09:01
Yeah, and then he turned into a fucking half robot it.
01:09:05
Wouldn't be really. He just keeps getting robot
01:09:07
parts and eventually we have like a Terminator mall.
01:09:10
By. The time he gets to rebels he
01:09:12
gets 1 little lightsaber. Nick come on.
01:09:15
That's like tis but a flesh wound.
01:09:17
I mean cut in half. That I mean.
01:09:19
Have survived getting stabbed before.
01:09:22
Yeah, you you are referencing what happened to Anakin in the
01:09:26
TIS but a flesh wound. Yes, fine, tis but a flesh
01:09:30
wound. He'll, he'll, he'll live.
01:09:31
Mall's out there. Mall's out there, yeah.
01:09:34
He's the black night of Star Wars.
01:09:36
Yeah, because Anakin lost both his arms and his fucking legs
01:09:39
and he just got up and goes I hate you or, or or he does one
01:09:46
of these. So Star Wars Mall Shadow Lord.
01:09:56
It's on Disney Plus right now. Go watch it.
01:09:59
It is fun. It is.
01:10:00
I do like it. I do enjoy it.
01:10:02
It is everything that you love about like a felony Star Wars
01:10:07
story just applying to mall it's.
01:10:11
It's great. All right, so our final story
01:10:15
here. Do you prefer your churros blue
01:10:18
or furry? Disney revealed plans to bring a
01:10:21
second Avatar themed land to Disney California Adventure.
01:10:24
It makes total sense. Just skip it for me.
01:10:28
Things might be changing. A new report suggests Disney
01:10:30
could be rethinking that expansion.
01:10:32
Following the performance of Avatar, Fire and Ash, the film
01:10:35
pulled in nearly $1.5 billion globally.
01:10:38
That number apparently isn't enough to confidently push
01:10:40
forward with multiple sequels. Oh, that number apparently isn't
01:10:44
enough to confidently push forward with multiple sequels
01:10:46
and a Matrix theme park investment.
01:10:47
That seems like which should be is.
01:10:49
But all right, the whole situation ties to a bigger
01:10:52
question about the long term viability of the Avatar
01:10:55
franchise. Even James Cameron has
01:10:57
acknowledged how expensive these films are to make.
01:10:59
If they don't hit math expectations, the return gets a
01:11:01
little bit more complicated. One of the biggest clues comes
01:11:04
from the existing Monsters Inc Mike and Sully to the Rescue
01:11:07
attraction. The ride was originally set to
01:11:09
close in early 2026 to make room for the new Avatar land.
01:11:12
That closure has now unclosed to 2027.
01:11:15
That kind of relay usually means something bigger is shifting
01:11:18
behind the scenes. So what replaces it if it
01:11:22
doesn't move forward? Well, right now all the signs
01:11:26
are pointing towards Zootopia. The sequel reportedly crushed
01:11:29
expectations, ended up outperforming Fire and Ask by a
01:11:32
wide margin globally. Shanghai Disneyland already has
01:11:35
a Zootopia themed little park and fans love it.
01:11:39
The attractions there use a similar ride system to I guess
01:11:43
there's going through rides making a mini's runway runaway
01:11:46
railway. That's the tongue twister which
01:11:49
is easier to maintain compared to the complex water ride based
01:11:52
system that an Avatar land would likely require.
01:11:55
Less cost, less maintenance and a hotter IP.
01:11:58
That seems like a strong combo. So would you rather?
01:12:01
It's more kid friendly. Yeah, right, exactly right.
01:12:04
It's like, you know, it's what's training it.
01:12:08
Has more lasting value in like a Disney park, even though, you
01:12:12
know, like Star Wars or or Marvel can be a little bit more
01:12:16
adultish. It still has a lot of kid tones.
01:12:18
There's not a lot of kid tones in Avatar.
01:12:21
Right, right. Exactly.
01:12:23
By the way, just so everybody knows where you are on the trend
01:12:25
up right now should do just skipped over me.
01:12:28
So it's fine. Oh, I well, I didn't sorry, I
01:12:30
didn't realize. Oh, there is a trend up there.
01:12:33
See, I didn't even realize that that was there.
01:12:34
I was just, I just completely, but you got to look.
01:12:37
Down for the trend. Up, yeah, but this, I'm sorry,
01:12:39
that's fine. It's more so so people know that
01:12:41
we're in the next segment, so. Yes, we, yes, we're in the trend
01:12:44
up, sorry. This is what's trending on the
01:12:47
Internet right now, guys. Yeah.
01:12:49
So, so, yeah, I mean, as far as this goes, I'm it it makes
01:12:55
sense. It makes sense in a way where
01:12:57
you have a theme park that is mostly meant to be a children's
01:13:01
attraction theme park. I mean, you have, yeah, I mean,
01:13:05
you have, there are a lot of fun things you can do with adult
01:13:07
project properties. Deadpool kills it in, in
01:13:10
Avengers, Avengers campus, right?
01:13:13
Like, I, I mean, you know, Star Wars has mixed themes where you
01:13:17
have some adult themes and a lot of like kid themes, things that
01:13:20
kids can enjoy. But kind of like you were
01:13:22
mentioning in a second ago, Avatar is very much an adult
01:13:27
concept. You know, it's not it.
01:13:30
It's family friendly, but not meant to be like for families,
01:13:35
you know what I mean? You can't have naked 9 feet tall
01:13:39
cat people. And that's what I'm, that's what
01:13:42
I'm getting at with it not being family friendly.
01:13:44
The portion of it not being family friendly is 'cause you
01:13:45
have a bunch of naked cat people walking around, right?
01:13:48
Whereas Zootopia twice has broken box office records.
01:13:53
So Zootopia makes a lot of sense.
01:13:56
And Zootopia is one of those things that in Disneyland is
01:13:59
already under represented. So I I see it making sense to
01:14:04
level a parking lot and level a Monsters Inc ride in order to
01:14:08
make an entire land about Zootopia.
01:14:11
Yeah. What one one thing like, OK, so
01:14:14
for years they've been talking about wanting to get rid of
01:14:16
Toontown, right? And then they like they'll
01:14:19
revamp things in Toontown, but they don't like fully get rid of
01:14:22
Toontown. And like where that makes sense
01:14:26
would be the turn Toontown into Zootopia.
01:14:30
You can turn it into the city. Yeah, I can see.
01:14:32
Yeah, They wouldn't have to do a lot of of, you know, new
01:14:35
building and new infrastructure. Work and that's what I was going
01:14:37
to say the existing infrastructure makes a lot of
01:14:40
sense. You know what I mean like to do
01:14:42
that. But you know that being aside,
01:14:45
they're moving it over to California adventure.
01:14:50
So again, where they excel is by turning it into its own little
01:14:54
small city. I say you need to make the the
01:14:58
little gerbil city from the first movie.
01:15:01
Yeah, right. Because just imagine how how
01:15:05
much kids would love running around a little miniature city.
01:15:09
Yeah. I can see that happening.
01:15:11
Yeah, you know what I mean. Toontown.
01:15:14
That's where they have Mickey's Runaway Railroad, and it's a
01:15:19
great ride. No, right?
01:15:21
Great ride. There are really good rides
01:15:22
there because not just that, there's also the the Crazy Taxi
01:15:28
ride, the Roger Rabbit. Who fared Roger Rabbit?
01:15:34
Yeah, maybe we get rid of that. That's fine.
01:15:39
But I mean, like, you know, there, there are a lot of, you
01:15:42
know, pluses and minuses to where what, what you can do.
01:15:46
But I, I overall whether, and again, it seems like the
01:15:49
decision is they're, they're putting it in over by the, the
01:15:53
Hollywood area where the Monsters Inc ride is.
01:15:57
But whether you put it there or you put it in Toontown or
01:15:59
anything like that, it makes more sense to do Zootopia than
01:16:02
it does Avatar. Avatar can stay in, in Safari
01:16:08
Kingdom in, in Florida. And I mean that I've never been
01:16:14
there. I've never seen it.
01:16:15
I'm sure James has been there 'cause he's been to everything
01:16:17
Disney, But I mean, like. Come on now.
01:16:22
But but at the same time, just from what I've seen of it, it
01:16:25
looks amazing like that. That whole riding experience
01:16:29
looks just because the animatronics on it are like
01:16:31
super next level and everything about it just looks really cool.
01:16:35
That whole like trip into a wah and all that, that's like a
01:16:37
really cool thing. But again, that's one of those
01:16:40
things where it's a niche thing that as immersive as that world
01:16:46
is, I don't think Disney needs to explore it a lot.
01:16:49
Zootopia is a world that makes a lot of sense for the kind of
01:16:56
demographic that they're going for at Disneyland.
01:16:58
Yeah, exactly. If you look at the parks and how
01:17:01
they differ, like Disneyland isn't about big roller coasters
01:17:07
and big rides, they're about experiences.
01:17:10
So I think them going with a Zootopia that can offer like a,
01:17:14
a good experience for our family versus like, you know, what is
01:17:18
it that that Tron ride or that Avatar ride in Disney World?
01:17:22
Like they're Disney World is competing with Universal Studios
01:17:26
and everything over there. And so they need that big
01:17:29
thriller stuff, whereas Disney Land doesn't need that.
01:17:32
They just need to sell good experiences and keep people
01:17:35
coming back and back, keep families coming back and back.
01:17:39
So. I want the rumor is, is that
01:17:42
they're trying to find a space at Disneyland to do to, to to
01:17:46
recreate the Tron ride. And I think that's cool because
01:17:50
again, seeing the one that was in Beijing looked super cool.
01:17:55
And then they rebuilt the, the rebuilt it track for track at,
01:17:59
at Disney World. Super cool.
01:18:02
And now because it's so popular, they want to build it at
01:18:04
Disneyland. But the problem is, is, you
01:18:06
know, they're, they, they don't have this giant fucking preserve
01:18:09
like they do in Disney, Disney World.
01:18:11
Or are they going to slap it in the middle of Anaheim?
01:18:13
Yeah, Like, you know, they, they, they, they don't have
01:18:15
this, this property size, the size of the city of San
01:18:20
Francisco like they do in, in Florida, you know?
01:18:24
Exactly, exactly. You know what I was also
01:18:28
thinking like as much as Avatar was such a hit and James Cameron
01:18:33
talking about like he's not sure if he's going to make #4 or #5
01:18:37
because the cost, his vision and the cost are are so high that
01:18:43
he, it's almost like, is it worth making this film?
01:18:46
Unless it makes 2 billion back and the last one didn't make I
01:18:50
think 1. I think it broke a billion
01:18:52
right. The last one number three feel
01:18:54
good, but so the franchise kind of maybe ending so.
01:19:01
But I mean, they've already filmed like the next movie and I
01:19:05
think they already have a filming schedule for the fifth
01:19:07
one. So I mean, you know.
01:19:10
Yeah, so when I'm OK with Utopia, I like it.
01:19:13
I think that's a much better fit for Disneyland.
01:19:15
Yeah, yeah. For, for, for Disneyland
01:19:17
especially, I think. Yeah, that's that's good.
01:19:20
Absolutely. I'm, I'm not against the, the,
01:19:23
the few moves that Josh tomorrow's has, has already
01:19:26
done. And I kind of we, we, we called
01:19:28
this already, we said that Josh tomorrow was going to make good
01:19:30
decisions. And so far it's been seeming
01:19:32
like he's been making some pretty good decisions in the
01:19:34
short time since he's taken over.
01:19:36
So I'm just hoping he continues to make good decisions, you know
01:19:39
what I mean? I agree.
01:19:43
Was that our last story? I believe that was our last
01:19:45
story. We did it.
01:19:47
We did it. Yay.
01:19:49
All right, well, ladies and gentlemen, let's jump into all
01:19:54
the the schedules here. So this show distance turning is
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brought to you from 6:30 to 8:30 on Tuesdays when we talked news,
01:20:02
rumors, all the fun things. Thursdays, the distance turning
01:20:06
interviews, which formerly was called the Build.
01:20:10
Now this week's guest fun enough is Chris Yates.
01:20:14
Chris Yates is another comic book creator.
01:20:16
Again, we talked to a lot of comic book creators just because
01:20:18
I like to talk about, I like to talk about creative things and
01:20:23
and you know, just the fun things that these guys do.
01:20:27
Let's see. It's in the e-mail.
01:20:29
All right. But yes, Chris Yates's book and
01:20:33
everything like that. We're we're going to go over
01:20:34
that on Thursday. So if you're into indie comics,
01:20:37
that's that's Thursday's place to be.
01:20:39
I am currently building a Bumblebee, the Bumblebee Lego
01:20:45
kit. So I'm going to continue
01:20:46
building Bumblebee here because Transformers are the shit.
01:20:50
And then of course, the Fridays the buzzer.
01:20:53
I think we're all going to be free for some.
01:20:55
I think so, yeah. As far as I know, I think we're
01:20:59
doing, I think we're doing D and.
01:21:01
DI think we're playing some D&D this this Thursday.
01:21:05
So so yeah, let's let's let's get into that guys.
01:21:09
We're going to be we're going to be jumping in and playing a
01:21:12
little bit more of the great con and having four possibly 5
01:21:20
assholes pissing off should do so it's going to be great.
01:21:25
Well, at this moment here should do.
01:21:28
I need all your pluggables. Give me your plug Sir.
01:21:30
All right, so I am at Shu Studios pretty much everywhere
01:21:35
and for my music it is at studio Music.
01:21:37
I talk about lore, will, building, writing, and pretty
01:21:40
much everything else. Beautiful, beautiful.
01:21:43
I love it. So yes, ladies and gentlemen, of
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We can, we can continue to support distance nerding and,
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and get better prizes and stuff like that.
01:22:08
Guys, I know I haven't done the giveaway for the 600
01:22:11
subscribers, but we're this close to 700 subscribers.
01:22:14
So I'm just going to do 1 big giveaway.
01:22:17
I think we're like 15 away from 700 right now.
01:22:20
Oh, nice. All right.
01:22:21
Yeah. So it's like, OK, I was going
01:22:23
to, I was trying to find time, but it's like, OK, let's just
01:22:26
let's schedule a day where we just do a giveaway and I'm just
01:22:29
going to give away a shit ton of Lego.
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So we're going to do that. Of course, ladies and gentlemen,
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hit us up guys. So with all that being said,
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James, take us home. Thanks and keep nerding
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together. All right, we'll see everybody
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later. We'll see you next time.
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Everybody have a good night. Dude, Bruce, go to sleep.
01:22:59
Bruce, go to sleep, buddy, sleepy time, go to sleep.
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