Episode 12

X-Men '97 Review aka "Magnet Condom"

Published on: 27th March, 2024

We are gonna podcast like it's.....1997. We reviewed the new Disney+ show X-Men '97.

First, as usual, is our weekly game of Catch that Quotable. Then we get into the into the Sweet 16 section of our 2000s comedy bracket. We had some really tough matchups, but we have our winners and we are excited for you to hear them.

Finally, we review the first two episodes of X-Men '97. We are talking all things; from the animation style to the Rogue/Magento Romance.

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Transcript
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I have just begun

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Welcome to Films of Black and White,

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everybody.

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How are you all feeling?

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It is a fantastic day to be with y'all.

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Yeah, baby.

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And you know, I say this every week,

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but we have a great episode today.

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We are on to the sweet 16 of

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our 2000s comedies bracket,

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so I'm excited about that.

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We're going to talk a little X-Men 97,

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review the first two

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episodes that have dropped to that.

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But more important...

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marcus came in here like

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with a sense of like

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urgency like he rolls in no

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bullshit just I have things

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to do let's start and I was

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like all right man let's

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get after it but you know

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serious business we are in

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1080p now we are there is

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day you know I mean break

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big black street boys are

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back again we're not fucking around

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Did you call us the Brack Street Boys?

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Damn right.

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I like it.

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I just wanted to make sure I

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heard it right.

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I like it.

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I'm not mad.

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Oh, no, no.

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Are you on board, Brian?

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Are you on board?

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I'm not mad about it.

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Brack Street Boys is fine.

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It's just I was not prepared for it.

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Shout out to the sick nasty

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in the chat that something

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hurts your eyes.

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I hope you're okay.

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I know we're starting a

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little bit late tonight.

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It's the 1080.

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It's the 1080p that's hurting his eyes.

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It's the 1080p.

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It's hurting your retinas.

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Well, great plug to join our Patreon,

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patreon.com slash films in

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black and white.

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If you want to hurt your eyes,

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watch this live stream.

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There you go.

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Marcus J. Destin, a.k.a.

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Mac Daddy.

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How are you feeling, sir?

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Feeling good, feeling good, feeling great.

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We are live and in living color.

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Ready to pile with my boys.

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Ready to pile with my guys.

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Ready to bust through this damn bracket.

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I was looking at it today,

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uploading something like

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the movie posters,

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and I realized we might

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have fucked ourselves.

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But like,

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we got to live with our decisions.

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Yeah.

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I mean, can't go back, but here we are.

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Yeah.

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So here we are.

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But Doug, age of Dougopalypse.

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Yeah.

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How are you feeling?

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I am doing quite well.

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Got to dive into some comic

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books that have been

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sitting on the shelf for a

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while for the research for X-Men 97,

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our discussion for that.

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So that was exciting.

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Had a great time going out

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with Marcus and some other

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folks on Saturday.

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That was like the highlight of my weekend.

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I won a game of darts.

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Also highlight of my weekend.

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It was the way he won on a

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triple 20 or some shit.

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It was insane.

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I did not.

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It was not on purpose,

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but I'm excited to be here.

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Just excited to be here.

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But Brian Roush.

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Hello.

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Stuck in an optic blast landing pose.

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Big Roush.

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I'm stuck here.

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It made more sense with the

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pose and now I'm caught up.

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You know what?

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I wasn't sure which arm you

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were going to go with but now I got it.

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How are you feeling, sir?

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I'm feeling great.

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I'm just full of red ruby

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laser beams from my eyes to be here.

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I'm honestly,

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I got so much energy from

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watching X-Men 97.

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I've been waiting for this

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moment for like five days.

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And then it was even longer

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because I think Marcus and

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I watched X-Men 97 like the

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night it came out.

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And then it was like, all right, Doug.

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Let us know.

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And then it wasn't until yesterday,

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I think,

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that our own spoiler ban was lifted.

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Me and Brian hopped on a separate jet.

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That's the first time I've

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talked to Brian separately.

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There was some stuff that was like,

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did you really do this?

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Okay, you did.

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This is how it starts.

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This is how I eventually

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become a producer for this only.

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I get slowly boxed out.

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One of us will quit the pod

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first before that.

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Absolutely not.

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I can't.

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Well, it's funny you should mention that.

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No, I'm joking.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Goodbye.

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No, I'm happy to be here.

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I'm happy to be with my guys.

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So, yes.

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And I'm excited to get into the bracket.

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Yes,

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we definitely set ourselves up for

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terrible decisions in the

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best way possible.

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Yeah, 100%.

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Yeah.

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Uh, Brian,

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before we get into catch that

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quotable and the rest of

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the business that we have,

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you want to let people know

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how they can stay in touch with us.

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I would love to.

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Hey folks,

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you already heard me mention it

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in the first five minutes of the podcast,

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but make sure to go check

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out our Patreon.

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This is the best way to

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support this creator.

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owned and independent

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podcast so head over to

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one of those heats you can

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direction of the show you

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obviously get access to

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those live streams and then

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additionally you get to

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suggest movies for us to

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watch you know that we are

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marching to the beat of our

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own drum so if you want us

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to watch say I don't know

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I'm just going to throw a movie out there.

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Say you want us to watch

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Resident Evil Apocalypse,

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the second Resident Evil

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movie that we did for our bonus episode.

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Very specific.

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Seems like a little loaded.

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I think you'd hate it, Doug.

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I think you would absolutely

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eviscerate it.

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I watched it this past weekend.

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It is a film that was made...

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Anyway, make sure to follow us on Patreon.

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That's where we upload our

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Spoiler warnings for X-Men

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97 if you haven't watched it.

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There you go.

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Awesome.

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Way to lay that down, Brian.

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And you're right.

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From the way you have described it, yeah,

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I probably would.

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I probably would,

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and that does entice me just enough.

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It's probably the worst of

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the Resident Evil movies,

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and Maggie and I decided

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we're just going to watch

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them all over the next two weeks.

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Oh, bold move.

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Well, I mean,

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once we started the first one,

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she was like, you wanna?

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And I was like, yeah.

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So we just like,

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here we are and we're on our way.

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And now we're onto the

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fourth movie and we're

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going to go to Alaska and

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weird stuff's going to happen.

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So that's afterlife for

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anybody that is following.

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Thanks, Brian.

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I was curious, which one is it?

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Our resident,

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resident evil updater is Brian Ralph.

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Right.

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That's right.

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I want you to know that like,

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I keep saying all these

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names to Maggie and she's like,

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I don't expect me to know

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what number that is.

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Tell me what,

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tell me the number of the movie.

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I'm like, well, in retribution, she's like,

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is that the fourth one?

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I don't know.

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Brian, Brian, for me, same policy applies.

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Don't assume I know which one that is.

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treat me like you would

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maggie in this case of like

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just say the number so I

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know what's happening here

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no so yeah it's attack of

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the clones figure it out

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figure out what movie

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number it is the opposite

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of fast and furious where

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they stop numbers very true

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yeah good point I'm also

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going to talk about a

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little bit before we get

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into fast and uh fast and

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furious before we get into

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catch that quotable

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That's what we're talking about.

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Yeah.

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What's coming up next?

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So this episode will drop on the 27th.

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You'll hear our X-Men 97 preview,

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a premiere, a review.

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Then you'll hear our Sweet 16 bracket.

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We'll dissect that in a

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little bit right after

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Catch That Quotable.

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Then on April 3rd,

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you'll get our Ghostbusters

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Frozen Empire review and the 8th bracket.

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Then on April the 10th,

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you'll be hearing the news episode,

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a news episode and the

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final four bracket and the

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championship round.

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And then on April 17th is

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our Silver War review.

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These do not include our

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bonus episodes on Patreon.

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And those are if you are not

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in the Patreon,

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you will hear those two days prior.

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So those dates are for those

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that are going to catch

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this when the audio drops on Wednesday.

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And as a surprise to Doug and Brian,

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I think we're going to try

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and start uploading our

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videos to Spotify because

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that is an option.

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So we're going to work on that.

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So we'll have those visuals up there.

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There we go.

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Oh, that is a surprise,

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but it's a fun surprise.

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And really quick, Civil War,

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we are not talking about

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the event that took place

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in the United States around the 1860s.

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We are talking about a movie

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by A24 that looks...

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both horrific but incredible

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at the same time I don't

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know what to do with that I

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don't know what to do with

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I don't know I'm like

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waiting I don't know I'm

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waiting to like either hate

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or love that movie I don't

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feel like there's gonna be

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like any in middle ground

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I'm really I don't know man

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yeah it's gonna be a lot

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but gentlemen we need to

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play a lovely game that we

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like to call catch that quotable

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Catch that quotable.

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Silky sounds of Marcus J. Gentlemen,

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are you ready for this week's quote?

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Hit me.

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Look at you.

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You were like in unison.

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That was so nice.

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All right.

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This is the quote because I

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realize I just kind of go

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into it and sometimes

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there's some confusion.

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This is the quote.

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Honey,

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did you see I put another hamper in

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the bathroom?

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This one's for your shirts.

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The other's just for socks

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and poopoo undies.

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What?

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honey did you see I put

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another hamper in the

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bathroom this one's for

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your shirts and the other's

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just for poopoo for for

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socks and poopoo undies is

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this a baby uh well it's an

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adult maybe it's a joke I

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think it's it's definitely

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a joke yeah I have no idea

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where to even start that's

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you know what I think

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here's what I think it is

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okay okay break it down the

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this is my thought

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This strikes me as a,

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and I don't know if this is

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it or if it's just in this same realm,

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but the movie is the other guys.

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Because Will Ferrell and,

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it's not Eva Longoria.

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I think it is Eva Longoria.

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Eva Longoria are married.

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That's a joke.

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Gator don't play that.

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Gator don't play no shit.

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And so I could see this

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being an exchange between

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the two of them.

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It feels too kiddish, though.

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Like, I can see where you're going,

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but the poo-poo undies

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seems like it's a deliberate joke.

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Roman Myers also said older.

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So he said it's an older movie.

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I guess you wouldn't say that to an adult,

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I guess.

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No, you wouldn't.

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No.

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I could see it.

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What's the one with Liam

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Neeson and they're on the plane?

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Airplane?

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Something like that.

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Or Pink Panther or something like that.

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Airplane,

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Pink Panther also could be the naked gun.

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I could see that.

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For some reason I like that one.

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Maybe.

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We're getting 70s as our cue,

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which means I'm promptly

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not going to get it.

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That's just what's going to happen.

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And this is just movies, not TV shows,

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right?

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If it's in the 70s,

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that means it's something

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black and white.

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Gotta be.

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No, they were doing color at that point.

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Oh, okay.

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Well, never mind.

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It's a 70s comedy.

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I think we've narrowed it

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down to a 70s comedy.

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I...

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Marcus, I like your guess.

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I like your Pink Panther guess.

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That would be in the right time frame.

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That would be in the right time zone.

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Like the original Pink Panther,

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that's where it would be.

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So I like that as a guess.

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That would be TV show

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because the movie didn't

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come out to the early 90s.

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I don't know.

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Slapshot?

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I don't know.

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That's my guess.

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Blazing Saddles?

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There's like a big baby

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involved in this and

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there's something that's

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throwing me for a loop.

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Blazing Saddles I like too.

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Okay, I'll go.

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I don't think it's Animal House.

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No.

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Marcus is getting kind of warmer.

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That's surprising.

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Which part?

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The black and white part?

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Or the big baby part.

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I mean, you could... What was that?

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He's talking.

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No, that was 80s.

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What's the TV show?

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I'm thinking like the realm

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of Beverly Hillbillies or

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if I'm getting closer and that's the 70s.

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And here's the thing,

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I don't know anything in the 70s,

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so I'm just guessing.

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Beverly Hillbillies.

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There was the dumbass TV

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show that had monsters in it.

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And then they were taking

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care of monsters.

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The monsters.

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Something like that.

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So I'll say the monsters or

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Beverly Hillbillies or

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something like that.

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Brian, what's your guess?

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I mean...

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I don't know, man.

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I'm up a creek right now.

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Young Frankenstein.

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I don't know.

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Okay, that's a good one.

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All right, so Brian guessed that one.

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I'm going to go with Dr.

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Strangelove just because

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that's a 70s comedy that is

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in black and white.

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I'm not feeling good about it.

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I also don't feel good about it.

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But here we are.

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Enjoy the sweet, sweet whisper.

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What did you say?

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What?

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Brian, what was your guess?

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I said Young Frankenstein.

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You fucking nailed it.

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Brian motherfucking Roush.

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No, no.

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You fucking nailed it.

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What?

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Oh, you fucking nailed it.

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I've never heard of this show.

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Nailed it.

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It feels good.

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It feels good, man.

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It's a great movie, and Brian,

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now that you said that,

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now that I have the quote

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and I know where it is, I know...

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I know that part.

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It's like towards the end.

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Yeah.

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I haven't seen that movie in ages.

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Goodness gracious.

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Well, well, well done.

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Seventy dollars.

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Seventy dollars.

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marcus that one is worth a

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watch not something like

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you would need to like sit

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down and pay attention to

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but as far as like comedy

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classics are concerned oh

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my god that one I would

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consider yeah yeah I

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remember what is the

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monsters then is that the

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70s the monsters of the tv

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show oh in that same time

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yeah in that same time yeah

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I got it got it

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And the whistling you were

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singing is from Andy Griffith,

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the Andy Griffith show,

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which is from the 50s.

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So, but you're fine.

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You know, we're averaging here.

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None of those shows were for me.

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They were not wrong.

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I mean, my film teacher suggested.

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That's funny.

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My film teacher suggested

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that I watch Young

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Frankenstein in high school.

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That's the only reason I saw it.

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And I only saw it once.

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So I've seen it multiple times.

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I have it like on DVD.

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Like it's,

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I love that movie,

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but I really like Mel

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Brooks as a comedy guy.

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Yeah, it's one he excels in, for sure.

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Oh, yeah, 100%.

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Well, there we go.

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Brian, I am flabbergasted.

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You nailed it.

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I don't even know what to say.

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As soon as we knew the time period,

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I was like, I think I can lock this in,

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but I don't feel good about it.

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I don't know.

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I was waiting for it to be

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Airplane or something,

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to be completely honest with you.

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Yeah.

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Well done.

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And then another quote from

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that wasn't your hump on the other side.

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That's another great moment.

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Gentlemen,

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we have a whole ass podcast to get to.

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Whole ass.

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But before we dive into

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X-Men 97... You have to be

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confused with an asshole.

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That's important.

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That's why I see you, Brian.

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Whole first, ass second.

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Any news or anything y'all

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want to plug real quick

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before we jump into X-Men 97?

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Y'all want to talk about the diddler?

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I do not.

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I do not, but let's just put it this way.

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Here's what I'm going to say, y'all.

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Listen to all of your

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favorite Puff Daddy songs now,

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because in about two days,

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you ain't going to be able

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to play those shits no more.

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Them shits going to be illegal, huh?

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If people don't know what

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we're talking about, as of this broadcast,

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P. Diddy's Miami and

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California homes are being

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searched by name and alphabet agency.

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Department of Homeland Security.

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That's the big one now.

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the both all of the police

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departments any of them um

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and yeah he under a pending

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and current an

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investigation so yep did he

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yeah did he's getting

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searched did he's getting

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sir um I'm gonna do a rapid

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fire because I don't want

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to stick on diddy too long

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don't because the feds

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gonna be on the feds gonna

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be on his ass like they're

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listening now okay yeah do

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they know anything

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no no we don't we don't know

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these guys don't know

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anything we do movies take

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that take that um okay so

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euphoria season three

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suffers a setback with

::

surprising delay um and so

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I don't know if that shit

::

is ever coming out um

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I think after The Idol.

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Oh, you're doing Rapid Fire.

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I'm doing Rapid Fire.

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I'll do Rapid Fire.

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Rapid Fire.

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Rapid Fire.

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We can respond.

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And then Jurassic World 4 is

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going to add Scarlett

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Johansson and will be

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leading the next

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installment of the franchise.

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Then Seth Rogen is in talks

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to lead or direct an

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animated Venom movie.

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And that's pretty much all

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of the big news.

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Oh.

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One that pissed me off that

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I think will also piss off Doug.

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The Joker 2 is like,

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it is a musical and it has

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15 songs and two are original songs.

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What?

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Yes.

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This sounds like a great movie.

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It sounds fucking terrible

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compared to the first.

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It's such a dramatic shift.

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It is, and I didn't like the first Joker.

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Really?

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No, that's what I think.

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I think it's going to be a

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great discussion for all of us.

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No, the first Joker is fine.

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I think it's fine,

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but I don't think it did anything.

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That's two fines, Brian.

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You get one more,

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and then you have to change

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to say what you really want to say.

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You get one more.

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Once you say it's fine again,

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you have to go.

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This is the problem.

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You say it three times.

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This is the problem and

::

benefit of being on this podcast so long.

::

You know when it's a double

::

fine situation.

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You're like, he's begging to be asked.

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He just wants to let it in.

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I'm going to save that for

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another episode.

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I'm excited for them to tweak the formula.

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I'm also excited to see what

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Lady Gaga does.

::

yeah that's probably what

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I'm looking forward to most

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I'll agree I'm I am willing

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to give them a chance to

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figure it out I am on

::

record of not being a big

::

fan of musicals but I will

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but I will give them a

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chance I will give them a

::

chance to figure it out

::

what if it's like wicked

::

and then you like love it

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Then you know what?

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Then I have to eat my hat,

::

and that's just where we're at.

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I will have to eat the grizzle.

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The grizzle.

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Can I ask a quick question?

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What the fuck are they going

::

to keep doing with these dinosaurs?

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How many more...

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Don't get me wrong.

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I grew up loving dinosaurs.

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Harrison loves dinosaurs.

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Dinosaurs are everywhere.

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I have a picture right here

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he colored of a dinosaur.

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What are we doing here?

::

Where else did InGen stash

::

these fucking things that

::

they have to go find them now?

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Okay, first off, one,

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this is a universal franchise,

::

like Fast and Furious.

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They're going to do everything.

::

We're going to have dinosaurs on the moon,

::

okay?

::

God damn it.

::

That's where this all goes.

::

And I'm not mad about it,

::

but also it's going to happen.

::

Or underwater dinosaurs or

::

something or other.

::

there like it's an infinite

::

concept like oh well we

::

didn't get this dinosaur

::

park and in mongolia no one

::

told us about this one and

::

they're all like desert

::

dinosaurs or something I

::

don't know whatever it's

::

one of these infinite

::

franchises like fast and

::

furious just make the car go fast

::

I think that's fair.

::

I won't say anything else.

::

Doug, I'm not surprised.

::

I get it, though.

::

I get what you're saying,

::

but I see them wanting to

::

milk this continuously.

::

And if they get Scarlett

::

Johansson for this,

::

that's a whole trilogy that

::

we're looking at.

::

That's the thing is it is that it is.

::

And she'll be.

::

And the problem is,

::

is that she will have more

::

like character development.

::

Yes.

::

Like right off the jump than

::

she did in her time at Marvel.

::

And it'll make everybody

::

will be mad about it.

::

um the last you already know

::

the media cycle I do I know

::

how this is gonna go you

::

guys um and the other thing

::

I'll say is uh man seth

::

rogan do whatever you want

::

animation guy because that

::

is seriously after mutant

::

mayhem I am excited to see

::

what you do with venom very

::

excited to see what you do

::

that's what I say um I just

::

want to say real quick

::

we're totally not getting

::

euphoria season three

::

I don't think they can get

::

that cast back together if

::

their life depended on it.

::

It was said in the report,

::

they encouraged the cast to

::

take other roles.

::

I think that shit is a fucking wrap.

::

And I think if it takes you

::

three years to film,

::

to even get a third season done, one,

::

do these people age out or

::

lose interest in

::

euphoria and the direction

::

it's taking because you've

::

got to evolve this thing

::

right and it's like you're

::

going to it's pushing its

::

limits and I think that you

::

have a I'll just take one

::

person because I only know

::

this one person's work you

::

got well too sydney sweeney

::

is going to go in a

::

completely different

::

direction here soon and

::

then zendaya is going to

::

probably get to a point

::

where she's kind of tired

::

of maybe portraying that

::

role because of the

::

inconsistency because I'm yeah she's not

::

getting ultra booked and

::

busy at this moment?

::

I think Zendaya is.

::

Zendaya or Zendaya?

::

Zendaya, I'm pretty sure.

::

I'm pretty sure she's kind

::

of hit that moment.

::

I feel like her and Sydney

::

Sweeney both hit that

::

moment in stride in the

::

past two months is what I feel like.

::

And

::

They're going to be

::

producing their own things.

::

I feel like Euphoria, though,

::

was an awards machine.

::

So I do feel like that's why

::

some people kind of stuck

::

around it when it was

::

problematic at times.

::

I still have not watched an episode.

::

It's fine.

::

It's fine.

::

I just looked it up.

::

It's Zendaya.

::

I don't know why I double-guessed myself.

::

Euphoria is fine as a drama

::

that explores addiction.

::

Having them be high schoolers is a choice,

::

but at the same time, it

::

it is a reality for people

::

that age yeah that that

::

just I have never

::

experienced anything like

::

that my I have not been

::

touched by those

::

experiences but you see why

::

she won the awards I think

::

that's the best way for me

::

to put it doug like if you

::

watch the episodes she won

::

for you're like oh I got it

::

like this is yeah this is

::

above everything else on tv

::

that zendaya is doing like

::

it's above everything else

::

in a dramatic role like

::

that's kind of where it's at

::

I mean,

::

Sidney Sweeney played ostensibly a

::

16 year old in Madam Web.

::

So I don't think the age is an issue.

::

It's just going to come down to time,

::

you guys.

::

I mean, they have to go to college.

::

They have to go.

::

Like if they do it,

::

they they have to go to college.

::

There's no way any of those.

::

people could be heisting.

::

God,

::

that feels like that's opening a whole

::

nother fucking door.

::

I mean, you need a new cast.

::

I think you need a new cast

::

because there's the young

::

man that's in that movie

::

that's in that show too

::

that is probably going to

::

take off here soon.

::

I know the guy you're talking about.

::

The guy who was in Salt Burn.

::

Yes, yes, yep, yep, yep, yep.

::

Basically the one guy in Euphoria.

::

I can't even,

::

I don't even feel right

::

explaining what he goes

::

through in the show because

::

I don't think it does it justice,

::

but yeah.

::

No, Jacob Elordi, I believe this is,

::

I think I'm saying his name right,

::

but yeah, Jacob Elordi, he's,

::

I do feel like he's going

::

to pick up some buzz in the indie scene.

::

He did a really good job in Saltburn.

::

So, you know.

::

Just make your peace with it, folks.

::

We're not getting Euphoria season three.

::

It's okay.

::

I don't want to put that in

::

there either but the actor

::

also passed one of the

::

actors also passed away in

::

that and I was wondering

::

wow you're right maybe

::

everybody's kind of like

::

you know what after taking

::

time away from it let's

::

leave it where it kind of

::

sat with this person in the

::

show it's a fine ending

::

it's a fine ending alright

::

gentlemen shall we get into

::

X-Men 97 shall we oh we're

::

doing that first before the bracket

::

That's the way you had it

::

listed on the little plug

::

thing at the beginning.

::

Oh, I didn't have to go in that order.

::

Dealer's choice.

::

I will turn it to you, my guys.

::

Do you want it to be bracket

::

or do you want it to be X-Men 97?

::

Let's bracket it up.

::

Let's bracket it up first.

::

There's only eight decisions

::

compared to the 16 we made last week,

::

so I do feel like it's

::

going to go a little bit faster.

::

Let's hope so.

::

it was a little rough there

::

I mean yeah I had a very

::

interesting moment there

::

walking out I went to the

::

movie theater not to watch

::

a movie but to pick up like

::

some stuff for work and had

::

a very interesting interaction kind of

::

leading into our

::

Ghostbusters review of

::

people walking out of the

::

theater and their initial

::

reactions to Ghostbusters.

::

Okay.

::

Frozen Empire.

::

And I thought it was just very intriguing.

::

It was two things, and this is real quick.

::

It was like, oh, the movie was just fine.

::

Like it was fun.

::

It was fun and it was fine.

::

And then the other thing was,

::

I said me and somebody's daughter,

::

we were talking about

::

Ghostbusters and I was like, well,

::

I really liked Ghostbusters Afterlife.

::

And the daughter was like, yeah,

::

I thought that one was really,

::

really good.

::

And they was like,

::

there was a movie before this.

::

I feel like people missed a step here.

::

And maybe it was Ghostbusters.

::

But a lot of people don't

::

know that the Frozen Empire

::

is the sequel or what

::

follow up to Ghostbusters Afterlife.

::

So I just want to plug that in.

::

Wow.

::

It was two sets of parents

::

in the hallway and they

::

both said the same thing of like,

::

we did not know that there

::

was a movie before that.

::

That's why we feel like we

::

missed something.

::

That's so funny.

::

Alright.

::

All right, Brian.

::

Walk me through it, Brian.

::

Bracket Daddy, take it away.

::

All righty.

::

Our first matchup, folks,

::

is the 40-year-old virgin

::

versus Bruce Almighty.

::

You've got Steve Carell in

::

arguably one of his

::

funniest roles and Jim Carrey as God.

::

Is this going to mess this

::

up if I pull the poster out?

::

I don't think so.

::

Should I try?

::

No.

::

I don't know what it's going

::

to do to this share screen.

::

There you go.

::

40-year-old virgin.

::

World on a string.

::

I'm going Bruce Almighty.

::

You're going Bruce Almighty.

::

I'm going 40-year-old virgin.

::

There's more laughs to me in

::

40-year-old virgin even

::

though some of the setup takes longer.

::

Doug,

::

you're in the unenviable position of

::

deciding this right now.

::

I enjoy the 40 year old virgin more.

::

I'm with Brian.

::

I think for me, the labs come,

::

the laughs come quicker.

::

And that's not to say that I

::

don't appreciate like Jim

::

Carrey's comedy.

::

I think Jim Carrey as a

::

comedian generally can do no wrong.

::

I just think in terms of writing,

::

I think I enjoyed 40 year

::

old virgin just a little bit more.

::

No, that's understandable.

::

I think I picked Bruce

::

Almighty knowing it would lose.

::

Because if you're asking me

::

which movie I would easily watch first,

::

it would be right somebody

::

and I think I'll easily

::

laugh because that's my shit.

::

So that one is easier to get into.

::

I will say that.

::

I'm like 40 year old virgin.

::

If there's like a little bit

::

of a wind up and you need a minute.

::

um totally okay we're on

::

clerks 2 versus the

::

hangover two wildly

::

different movies very

::

different movies wow okay I

::

guess I forgot this after

::

our juno conversation for

::

some reason uh here we are

::

um I forgot rosario dawson

::

was in this by the way I forgot

::

I only remember Rosario

::

Dawson because there is a story.

::

There's a whole joke about

::

going ass to mouth in Clerks 2.

::

And she says,

::

you never go ass to mouth in public.

::

And then she talks with

::

Dante in her office because

::

she's the manager of the movies.

::

She goes, hey, between you and me,

::

sometimes it's acceptable

::

to go ass to mouth.

::

That's the line I remember

::

from that movie.

::

Rosaria Dawson,

::

she just... She does it all.

::

But here's the thing.

::

She commits.

::

She commits to all of it.

::

So I'm not even mad about it.

::

And now she plays Ahsoka.

::

And now she plays Ahsoka.

::

Ahsoka talked about going ass to mouth.

::

That's the sentence.

::

Look at the pipeline.

::

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

::

Look at the pipeline.

::

That's crazy.

::

Let's move on from this.

::

I'm going to go to Hangover.

::

I am also going to hangover.

::

When did I become the person

::

we move on from?

::

It happens.

::

Your roles flip-flop very

::

easily on this podcast.

::

You're loud.

::

You're versatile.

::

I'm also going The Hangover,

::

so I have nothing to say

::

about this matchup other

::

than when did this happen to me?

::

Life comes at you fast.

::

It comes at you quick.

::

Clerks 2 is a darling,

::

but The Hangover has such a

::

legendary status,

::

even just the way it ends.

::

It's a fun mystery.

::

What Clerks 2 did as a

::

sequel to a beloved cult classic,

::

it did a good job.

::

Walking into Clerks 2, I went, nope,

::

no way that Kevin Smith is

::

going to be able to pull this off.

::

This isn't going to work.

::

I thought it was pretty true

::

to the original,

::

and I enjoyed what they

::

were able to put out.

::

Yeah.

::

tip the hat to Kevin for

::

actually being able to do it.

::

The way that this ended out

::

shouldn't be anything other than... Sorry,

::

I agree with you.

::

No,

::

I was just going to... I have a

::

prediction that The

::

Hangover and 40-Year-Old

::

Virgin are going to be in

::

the championship.

::

Well, bad news.

::

They can't be.

::

That's next week.

::

40-Year-Old Virgin versus The Hangover.

::

We're going to have to...

::

Search our souls for that.

::

Until then,

::

we have to decide meet the

::

parents versus Harold and

::

Kumar go to White Castle.

::

Also,

::

shout out to Marcus for having all

::

these posters ready to go.

::

We didn't talk about that

::

and he's just doing it.

::

Man, what a guy.

::

Your fan club.

::

The bromance between the two of you grows.

::

I am going to go with...

::

This is your fault because

::

you didn't watch X-Men 97

::

in a timely manner.

::

I just want to say that.

::

The only reason... Me and

::

Brian could not hold... We

::

couldn't hold it in.

::

You took a fucking week to watch X-Men 97.

::

From the gentleman who has

::

before told me that he

::

waited until the day of to

::

watch a movie for this podcast.

::

That's true.

::

Hey, Pot, I'm Kettle.

::

How are we again?

::

That's true.

::

As am I. In the Kettle Pot scenario.

::

I'm going to go with Meet the Parents.

::

Meet the Parents.

::

How...

::

mr pot kettle how are you

::

how are you going with meet

::

the parents yep just moving

::

on all right mr kettle how

::

how did you come to this

::

decision over harold and

::

kumar like over the neil

::

patrick harris of it all um

::

I think because like in

::

terms of a story I think as far as like a

::

There's a little bit more

::

complexity to the way in

::

which that story is written.

::

I think there's a little less disbelief.

::

And I think there's a little

::

bit more relatability

::

overall to that story.

::

I think for most folks, they have a Mary.

::

They have a...

::

meeting the in-laws for the

::

first time sort of the

::

anxiety and fear that can

::

come with that type of

::

experience and it does take

::

a relatively common fear

::

and something that

::

everybody can relate to and

::

then makes it really really

::

funny I think Harold and

::

Kumar again no shade to

::

them at all come on Boogie

::

we gonna burn this mother

::

down like Harold and Kumar

::

go to White Castle are it's

::

a very well done story

::

It's just I think there's a

::

little bit more disbelief

::

that has to be suspended on like, wait,

::

all of these things happen

::

to this these two people

::

while they're trying to go get burgers.

::

So like for me,

::

I think I'm going with meet

::

the parents because it's a

::

little bit more relatable.

::

I'm going to meet the parents.

::

You're going to meet the parents.

::

I've seen Harold and Kumar twice.

::

I've seen Meet the Parents

::

at least seven times.

::

Yeah.

::

It's just what Doug said.

::

It's the execution of the comedy.

::

And Meet the Parents is more my style,

::

I think, for me.

::

Not to say Harold and Kumar

::

is a bad movie at all.

::

No, it's not.

::

Harold and Kumar is a good movie.

::

And it feels explicitly made

::

for people who are on

::

mind-altering substances.

::

Whether it's alcohol...

::

or marijuana or whatever

::

choose your own adventure

::

type situation but I feel

::

like you have to be in a

::

certain mindset for it to

::

like fully enjoy it whereas

::

meet the parents you can

::

watch that stone sober yeah

::

yeah and you're you're good

::

that was when comedy

::

central every you had to

::

smoke to watch comedy

::

central on tv like

::

everything that came on was

::

like for smokers paradise

::

not not when reno was on reno 9-1-1

::

I loved Reno 9-1-1.

::

I loved Reno 9-1-1.

::

I feel like somebody was

::

smoking a lot that was on too.

::

Speaking of the good times, folks,

::

we have the Will Ferrell Bowl.

::

We have Anchorman versus

::

Talladega Knights.

::

Can you go back to that first poster?

::

Yes.

::

Now go to the other one.

::

This is triangle cast.

::

That's what this is.

::

For those who are listening,

::

just Google Anchorman

::

Legend of Ron Burgundy.

::

Google Talladega Nights.

::

The posters are identical.

::

They are Will Ferrell in the center,

::

different people on either side.

::

With supporting characters

::

in a triangle behind him.

::

That's exactly what this is.

::

It's the Will Ferrell recipe.

::

It is.

::

it is it is 100 they knew

::

exactly what they were

::

doing exactly what they

::

were doing so let me tell

::

you how I'm gonna go about

::

this fuck this heart is so

::

I think I am going to try

::

to separate um because

::

these two movies have a

::

common denominator I'm

::

gonna try and take will

::

ferrell out of them okay ow

::

how are you doing

::

By not making my decision

::

based off of his comedic

::

ability and the way his

::

acting carries it.

::

Because here's the reason why I say that.

::

It's it's it's top notch in both.

::

Like if I was I mean,

::

that's a soapy choice.

::

Like you can't.

::

That's that's that's very, very,

::

very difficult.

::

I think you have to like

::

sort of evaluate the cast

::

of characters around him.

::

And I think in that regard,

::

I think Talladega Nights, for me,

::

is a movie I prefer because

::

of the dynamic that he has

::

with the other folks that he is there.

::

In particular,

::

his element with John C.

::

Reilly is incredible.

::

And then you take on top of that –

::

the the whole like stabbing

::

your the like the knife in

::

the leg like in the

::

hospital seat like all of

::

that I think for me yeah

::

that to me does it for me a

::

little bit better that is

::

not to say that there

::

aren't moments like I love

::

lamp like are you just

::

looking around the room and

::

saying things you love I

::

just think for me talladega

::

nights I think is something

::

I would watch again and

::

again and again oh um brian

::

you want to go you want me to go

::

I'll go.

::

Okay, I'm going to break the ice.

::

It's Anchorman still for me.

::

There you go.

::

I thought about what you said, Doug.

::

I listen, and you think about,

::

you take the Will Ferrell

::

of it all out of it.

::

Brian, you could say I listened,

::

but I fucking disagree.

::

You could just skip it.

::

My man was putting all the fluff on there.

::

He was like, listen,

::

I hear you aggressively and

::

I love you with all my

::

heart and well-being.

::

But you a dumb bitch.

::

Look at his square and say, fuck you,

::

square.

::

Because Brian was like, hey, man,

::

you are such a good friend

::

and I like you a lot and I listened.

::

he said brian said the word

::

I listen look I promise I'm

::

not like using my like

::

masters and counseling here

::

to like like massage you to

::

a certain thing I want you

::

to do I promise I i hear

::

you and I like that I like

::

I'm not trying to you are

::

oh you are well it's really

::

important I listen I don't

::

need to be brian

::

Call him a motherfucker right now.

::

The supporting people in

::

Anchorman stand out to me.

::

I really like Christina Applegate.

::

I think she's really good in

::

it because she kind of has

::

to play this straight character.

::

But Paul Rudd.

::

Paul Rudd stands out in this movie.

::

I can't tell you how many

::

Paul Rudd quotes from this

::

movie that I've said.

::

And also Steve Carell just being this

::

yeah I just I Talladega

::

Nights it just doesn't

::

reach that high for me with

::

the supporting cast like I

::

definitely don't you put

::

that evil on me Ricky Bobby

::

is a classic it is classic

::

and Sweet Baby Jesus but like

::

it's Anchorman at the end of

::

the day for me so Marcus it

::

goes to you alright I'm

::

doing the opposite of what

::

my boy Doug did and I'm

::

going to say this and this

::

is no insult to what Doug's

::

processing was I think it

::

actually helped me process

::

my choice if I'm looking at

::

both of these I think that

::

if Paul Rudd wasn't Paul

::

Rudd Steve Carell wasn't

::

Steve Carell if I'm looking

::

at this crew and all the

::

side characters weren't who they are

::

Would the execution be the same?

::

I think yes,

::

because I feel like you have

::

to look at Will Ferrell.

::

You know what I mean?

::

Which character does he

::

really go all the way with, comedy-wise?

::

Because I feel like you

::

don't get that story unless

::

you get that execution from...

::

Will Ferrell,

::

because I think Anchorman and

::

Ricky Bobby are both like

::

the same kind of guy,

::

but like one pushes the

::

envelope on what's like

::

pushes it on funny.

::

Now Anchorman,

::

I think he uses the full

::

cast to get that shit off.

::

Now, in Talladega Nights,

::

I just think that Will kind

::

of carries that movie

::

because it does revolve around him.

::

And half the funny shit that

::

the surrounding cast is

::

reacting to is primarily about, like...

::

him.

::

And so I feel like Talladega Knight,

::

now that might sound weird

::

to the listeners, like,

::

what the fuck is he talking about?

::

It makes sense in my head

::

that I feel like Will in

::

Talladega Knight is a different breed.

::

Anchorman is okay.

::

I feel like you could do

::

Anchorman with Paul Wood as

::

fucking Ron Burgundy.

::

Or you could do Steve Carell

::

as Ron Burgundy.

::

But like, Talladega Knight,

::

Will Ferrell is Ricky Bobby.

::

Fair enough.

::

And so I'm going Talladega Knight.

::

Congratulations, Talladega Knights.

::

I'm going to re-watch this just to see.

::

I'm going to re-watch it

::

after Resident Evil.

::

Brian, as you bring up the other one,

::

one thing I wanted to make,

::

because I went back and I

::

listened to the episode

::

where we did this before

::

and realized that we didn't

::

necessarily explain when we

::

used the phrase, oh,

::

they have to play a straight man,

::

or they have to play a straight.

::

Just to let everybody know

::

that when we're talking

::

about a comedy scene...

::

The straight is a design to

::

be the person who's

::

supposed to be the everything is fine.

::

They're supposed to be the voice of reason,

::

the for lack of a better phrase,

::

normal character in a scene

::

or in a movie that is sort

::

of making what the comedic

::

performance is doing.

::

It's supposed to heighten

::

that and to make it seem

::

all the more ridiculous and funny.

::

So a great example, Step Brothers.

::

They are the two of them are

::

interviewing for a job.

::

They are sitting across from Seth Rogen.

::

Seth Rogen, in that example,

::

is the straight man.

::

They are because their level

::

of he might have some comedic lines,

::

but given their level of

::

ridiculousness in what they're doing,

::

he is playing the straight

::

man in that scenario.

::

So just to kind of let folks

::

know what that means is we

::

sort of talked about that

::

to sort of bring people up to speed.

::

Okay.

::

We have four matchups left here.

::

So, Shaun of the Dead versus White Chicks.

::

Where did I put that poster?

::

Oh, look, that's super bad.

::

Oh, super bad.

::

Here it is.

::

White Chicks.

::

We got White Chicks

::

versus... I don't know

::

where the other one is.

::

Shaun of the Dead.

::

There you go.

::

Just imagine the poster was up there.

::

Man.

::

Man,

::

I feel like these two movies do two

::

wildly different things.

::

They are very different movies.

::

That's Shot of the Dead.

::

This is... Okay,

::

what is... What are you asking me?

::

Are you asking me what I

::

would prefer to watch?

::

What are you asking me?

::

This is an audio adventure.

::

I mean, we are... Look,

::

we're asking you which one

::

of these moves on in the bracket.

::

A lot of thinking is required.

::

You know?

::

Brian, you... No, I'm being serious here.

::

Well, remember,

::

when we put the bracket together,

::

one of the decisions we

::

made last week was we said, like,

::

impact on the zeitgeist of the time.

::

Like, impact on, like,

::

where it played there.

::

I think what we've been

::

generally evaluating is comedic writing,

::

comedic styling.

::

For me,

::

it's the storyline that's through

::

till the end, I think,

::

is something I've been...

::

Thinking about is like a

::

start to finish making it a

::

complete sort of story on that end.

::

So I mean,

::

they're very similar in what they are.

::

I mean,

::

they're Sean of the Dead is a story.

::

They're both very niche.

::

Sean of the Dead is a story

::

about two really good friends,

::

white chicks.

::

they're brothers or are they

::

friends they're brothers no

::

they're friends I think

::

they're friends so again

::

two stories about friends

::

both getting themselves

::

into a unique situation and

::

then having to like

::

navigate their way around

::

it I for me would probably watch ugh

::

I probably here's where I'm

::

caught because white chicks

::

had that like that whole

::

thing like with that with Terry Crews.

::

I think the premise of it of

::

like them trying to hide

::

the fact that they're men

::

when they're surrounded by

::

women all the time.

::

Like when they go to the bathroom,

::

he's like, bitch,

::

like he moves out of the way.

::

Like there are moments here

::

that are just like very,

::

very funny to me.

::

Yeah.

::

And they make me laugh,

::

but Shaun of the Dead

::

doesn't make me laugh in the same way.

::

Like, it's funny,

::

but it's a different style.

::

Exactly.

::

It's more, do you want wit,

::

or do you almost want, it's like, yeah,

::

you're comparing styles of humor,

::

which is hard.

::

Well, I'll tell you what, I'm going.

::

Yep.

::

Yep.

::

I'm going with white chicks

::

um well if you're talking

::

cultural relevancy I cannot

::

ignore white chicks in my

::

social circles um they did

::

something that was

::

different as two black

::

leads um they didn't get a

::

lot of backlash once again

::

these iconic moments from

::

this particular movie they

::

had the wayne's recipe of

::

putting together and

::

making something that is

::

undeniably rewatchable.

::

I have to be in a certain

::

mood to watch Shaun of the Dead,

::

me personally,

::

and only caught it on

::

Comedy Central or when it

::

was being shown.

::

White Chicks is something I

::

will go deliberately look

::

for to watch to laugh.

::

That's how I process this matchup.

::

I think... I appreciate what you said.

::

Not to make Brian... I'm

::

going with White Chicks too then.

::

Because I think...

::

Okay.

::

In terms of moments for me

::

that come like straight to my head,

::

like that, and I miss you.

::

Like that to me will always be like,

::

that will always invoke

::

that thought process.

::

I do think I need to be in a

::

certain kind of mood to

::

watch Shaun of the Dead.

::

Like that to me is my, like,

::

if I want to watch a,

::

horror movie around Halloween,

::

but otherwise I may not

::

necessarily be picking it

::

up in the middle of the year,

::

whereas I could pick up

::

White Chicks at any point in time.

::

You said that very well, Marcus.

::

Thank you.

::

I'm going with Shaun of the Dead.

::

I like the wit of it.

::

I also feel like the weigh-ins,

::

and maybe I'm grading on a scale here,

::

but I feel like their type

::

of humor is better in other

::

movies that even we've talked about

::

In this bracket, too.

::

And I shouldn't be debating

::

against another matchup that isn't here.

::

That's fair, though.

::

I did just enjoy the satire, I think,

::

in Shaun of the Dead a

::

little bit more than some

::

of the obvious quirks in White Chicks.

::

I think that's what it comes down to.

::

That's fair.

::

I think White Chicks is a funny movie,

::

and I do feel like it is underrated,

::

and I do feel like it's a

::

little bit forgotten about.

::

Mm-hmm.

::

But it was really edgy for the time,

::

and I still feel like

::

there's even some edgy stuff in there,

::

even for today.

::

It's very niche.

::

It's indie feeling,

::

even though it didn't have

::

an indie type of reach.

::

It had a much broader reach,

::

but it's a niche type of taste and style,

::

especially it being a British style.

::

UK overseas type of movie,

::

and I think that plays a part in that too,

::

culturally.

::

I agree.

::

I'm also like the film nerd

::

bro that's like, well,

::

Shaun of the Dead makes so

::

many of these archetypes.

::

Rightfully so, though.

::

I mean, in terms of, I mean,

::

if we were evaluating it on, like,

::

if we were evaluating it on

::

things like cinematography

::

and it would be Sean of the

::

dead hands down or even dialogue,

::

I would probably go originality.

::

Yeah.

::

I would go that far, but it's just,

::

I think for me in terms of like that,

::

like ease of entry piece is

::

where that differentiator was.

::

No.

::

And as we're talking about it,

::

it's just like I have to

::

put up so many things of

::

like so many gates and fences of like,

::

well, no, this is why it's special.

::

We're white chicks is like.

::

No, it's just funny.

::

That's a great way to put it.

::

That's how my brain is

::

processing all of these things.

::

It's like,

::

what will I go... It's not the

::

fact that... We can move as

::

we move on to the next one.

::

It's not the fact that...

::

it's one is better than the

::

other I do want to make

::

that very clear it is for

::

me it's this what would I

::

turn my TV on click through

::

all the streamers and be

::

willing to go watch between

::

the two and I think that's

::

how I'm making my

::

selections of like I'm

::

willing to do all of that

::

quote unquote work to laugh

::

at this movie yeah alrighty

::

folks our next matchup is

::

Van Wilder versus the Step Brothers

::

I can already... I'm just

::

going to come out of the gate.

::

I think Step Brothers is

::

better than Van Wilder.

::

I also think Step Brothers is better.

::

It's felt unfair, but yeah.

::

It's unfair,

::

and I'm glad Brian was brave

::

enough to be like, look,

::

I'm just going to make this decision.

::

I was going to know what else was.

::

Van Wilder is fine and raunchy,

::

and if you're a freshman in college,

::

I could see how this movie

::

could just really stick with you.

::

And really rock your world.

::

yeah exactly but like Step

::

Brothers it has so many

::

understated comedic moments

::

that stay with me and

::

that's hard to do Catalina

::

Wine Mixer the fucking

::

Catalina Wine Mixer I got you Brian

::

I appreciate you.

::

I appreciate you.

::

I think Van Wilder set the stage.

::

Sorry, I had to look something up.

::

Van Wilder set the stage for

::

like college level comedies.

::

Yeah.

::

yeah yeah because it went

::

van wilder then old school

::

then road trip and that is

::

our like string of like

::

college experience type

::

movies where there are very

::

specific things that happen

::

you don't get you don't get

::

accepted without van wilder

::

no absolutely yeah so again

::

but I just think fucking

::

catalina wine mixer I mean

::

the moment where he's like

::

This guy's going to eat your dick.

::

And he goes like, like Kobe option.

::

Like that, that part of it.

::

The quotes that Doug remembers.

::

Right.

::

He's my favorite.

::

I do want to say something

::

that of all the college, all the, like,

::

I want to point out Van

::

Wilder made it the farthest

::

in the bracket in the college division.

::

Yeah.

::

So I feel like that's something to say.

::

Van Wilder wins that contest

::

over all the road trip movies.

::

So congrats to Ryan Reynolds

::

and his team for accepting this award.

::

They had no idea they were up for it.

::

And Kumar, what's the actor's name?

::

Oh, I got to look it up.

::

But he was in Van Wilder.

::

Yes, he was.

::

You ostensibly would not

::

have gotten Harold and

::

Kumar go to White Castle

::

without his appearance.

::

He was also in the White House.

::

Yeah.

::

He was also a staff member.

::

Cal Penn.

::

Cal Penn, yeah.

::

um yeah so I just wanted to

::

point that out with van

::

wilder so congrats to them

::

um we're back to the wayans

::

folks we have scary movie

::

versus super bad oh man this is tough

::

This is tough,

::

but you already know where

::

the fuck I'm going.

::

I'm going to take the lead on this one.

::

Go ahead and mark it down, Brian.

::

You know exactly where I'm going.

::

Scary Movie is getting my vote.

::

Just rewatched it.

::

We just rewatched it.

::

Just talked about it on this podcast.

::

Forgot how fucking funny and

::

original that movie is.

::

The movie is so goddamn

::

funny and so bad in a bad

::

Mamma Jamma type of way.

::

It sparked...

::

a series of parody movies of every genre.

::

They took it from the Waynes,

::

that recipe from the Waynes Bros,

::

and they tried to do their

::

own shit with Epic Movie

::

and all these kind of shit,

::

but they couldn't nail the

::

same recipe that fucking Scary Movie did.

::

Superbad is still good.

::

Lots of iconic movies.

::

Once again,

::

what would I watch and rewatch?

::

It's absolutely Scary Movie.

::

Absolutely.

::

It's so easy.

::

It's so easy to go Scary Movie.

::

like I just need to say that

::

out loud like I do think

::

super bad is good capital g

::

good really good I kind of

::

for the culture too because

::

I i do want to say super

::

bad did a lot for the

::

culture so because I keep

::

mentioning that and in the

::

time period I was in super

::

bad shit make loving all of

::

these quotes like it did a

::

lot for that time period

::

Okay, Brian,

::

I have a feeling you're going

::

to scary movies.

::

So before you change that,

::

before you mark that off,

::

let me provide you my

::

argument for why I'm going

::

super bad in this year's election.

::

Hold on everybody.

::

Wait, what?

::

No, for me, I agree with everything that,

::

that Marcus said.

::

I think that it defined an

::

entire genre of like spoof type movies.

::

However,

::

In term, for me,

::

where I give Superbad

::

points is its originality.

::

What I'm about to say is

::

going to sound like a dig, but it's not.

::

Scary Movie is a premise

::

that is repurposed from a

::

comedic perspective.

::

Sure.

::

What I appreciate about Superbad is...

::

For the most part,

::

that movie was written by

::

Jonah Hill and Evan

::

Goldberg and is an original

::

thought process.

::

Like,

::

is their story of their youth that

::

they were able to play out

::

and put in this format?

::

So I think that there's that

::

level of originality.

::

And then you add on top of

::

that some of those other things like...

::

like you add in some of

::

those other things like

::

mclovin and then like the

::

two cops the bill hater

::

seth rogan cops that like

::

take him around like all of

::

those things I think for me

::

that's why that one's

::

getting my vote I have

::

pushed back do you want it

::

or not I yeah I mean I'm

::

fine with it like it will

::

probably change your vote

::

right it will not change my

::

vote yeah okay okay never

::

mind don't worry about it

::

You were only going to give

::

it to me if it was going to

::

change my vote.

::

I mean, I'm not a fan of like not fighting,

::

but I'm not a fan of like

::

you like what you like.

::

I'm not here to convince nobody.

::

Nothing.

::

It was just an alternative point.

::

I don't know, man.

::

Let's fucking get it out there.

::

Let's fucking fight about it.

::

I mean, let's put it on the fucking table.

::

Come on, put this shit on the table.

::

We've been diptoting around it for weeks.

::

Somebody's going to blow up on this pot.

::

I do feel like that there is.

::

originality in the way you go about it.

::

Doug,

::

you've watched I'm Gonna Get You Sucker.

::

Doug,

::

you've watched Don't Be a Menace in

::

South Central while sipping

::

your juice on the hood.

::

Doug, you've watched Scary Movie.

::

These are three Wayne's movies,

::

like major hitters in their realm.

::

The way that they go about

::

comedy and analyzing these horror movies,

::

I think pointed out a lot

::

of shit that in turn

::

sparked a lot of shit in the

::

future now if I'm going

::

just like funny funny funny

::

like I think that this

::

their original in their

::

approach to it like oh sure

::

no no 100 but so yeah that

::

was just my only that was

::

my only completely agree

::

completely agree brian we

::

need a winner I know I'm

::

gonna look I'm gonna choose

::

scary movie and it's a

::

tough call and I really

::

like super bad's originality

::

I love a good satire and

::

Scary Movie is a defining

::

satire movie that's also a

::

good movie to me.

::

Superbad is a great narrative format.

::

It is a great narrative format.

::

Comedy Movie,

::

there are some shocking

::

things that happen in there.

::

I feel like Scary Movie is a

::

tighter package.

::

That's where I'm at the end of the day.

::

I'm with you.

::

yeah so I'm not gonna argue

::

with you that was tough

::

though I killed the darling

::

and it's here we are so

::

anyway speaking of darlings

::

our last matchup the cabal

::

that is brian and marcus

::

continues but that's fine

::

What are you talking about, white chicks?

::

Yeah, yeah, what the hell?

::

We just collaborated on the last movie.

::

Marcus, don't say anything.

::

Okay, my bad, sorry.

::

We have Mean Girls versus Dodgeball.

::

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

::

i also like that I called

::

you white chicks I mean

::

it's fine you go how

::

downgraded to go from the

::

great white hope to white

::

white chicks yeah great

::

white hope no you're really

::

falling off you guys um

::

Yeah.

::

I'm going to be honest.

::

I'm not even going to answer

::

how honest you want me to be.

::

I'm going to be honest.

::

Mean Girls is funny.

::

It is funny.

::

It's iconic.

::

It is culturally shifted.

::

They would not do a

::

follow-up musical if it

::

wasn't funny to an audience.

::

I do think that the taste is

::

very specific and it's not for me.

::

Like this movie was not made for me.

::

So in this matchup,

::

I think Dodgeball is for me.

::

It is my style of comedy

::

through and through.

::

And we've already talked

::

about how complete that movie feels.

::

I'm sticking by that argument.

::

Dodgeball for me, very similarly to Marcus,

::

if someone says, hey,

::

we're going to watch Mean Girls,

::

I'll be like, oh, okay.

::

But if someone's like, hey, Dodgeball's on,

::

I'll be like, oh, sweet, what part?

::

You see what I mean?

::

For me,

::

sit down and enjoy where it's at

::

versus I'm not going to go

::

and seek it out because

::

there's something so specific about it

::

that I just am like, eh.

::

Everybody did great.

::

Lindsay Lohan did fantastic.

::

It's a good movie.

::

It's too close to a rom-com for me,

::

I think, for me to be made for me.

::

Are you kidding?

::

Uh-oh.

::

For Mean Girl?

::

Uh-oh.

::

A rom-com?

::

Because it's all about her

::

and the relationship.

::

Aaron Samuels.

::

What the fuck?

::

I'm going to remember that, Brian.

::

Like,

::

But like, that's, that's where I'm like,

::

it's, that's where, because there's,

::

there's, there's that port,

::

but then there's also, yeah.

::

Okay.

::

Maybe rom-com was the wrong choice, but no,

::

it's fine.

::

I'm being indignant because

::

mean girls is being knocked

::

out and I'm going to make peace with it.

::

My dissenting opinion is

::

that mean girls just, it's,

::

it's stuck with me the moment I saw it.

::

And I know it's,

::

I know it's Tina Fey comedy

::

and you're either out for a

::

Tina Fey comedy or

::

for everything that means good and bad.

::

I just feel like that cast,

::

it's such a tight cast.

::

It is such, they fire on all cylinders.

::

Amanda Seyfried, who is super intelligent,

::

by the way, and a great actress,

::

plays the dumbest blonde

::

you could ever imagine.

::

But it works.

::

And I just... I don't know.

::

I get a lot from that movie.

::

I feel like it's funny and intelligent.

::

And it has some good purpose to it.

::

And at the end of the day,

::

it also kind of... I

::

just... I like Mean Girls a lot.

::

Good luck to Dodgeball and

::

the rest of the bracket.

::

But there we are.

::

That's it.

::

Damn.

::

Hot damn.

::

That's it.

::

Because I like to say nice

::

things about... Even when

::

they don't get picked,

::

I like to make sure that I

::

say nice things about them.

::

Oh, okay.

::

I will say...

::

that for mean girls I do

::

think that it did an

::

excellent job of trying to

::

capture the high school

::

perspective from all angles

::

not just the female

::

absolutely like it could

::

have gone this is called

::

mean girls it's for girls

::

you won't get it otherwise but it was

::

so much about like there is

::

a lot in there for like

::

younger women to who went

::

through maybe a high school

::

experience and I'm assuming

::

given my perspective I

::

don't know given my

::

identity but like maybe

::

they had similar

::

experiences depending on

::

high school that they went

::

to and so it's super

::

relatable um but I think

::

that it did a good job of

::

being like no no this is

::

high school like this is

::

just you know that's just

::

kind of the way it is so I'm just waiting

::

Things will never be the same.

::

Our Elite Eight, ladies and gentlemen.

::

Talk to her.

::

Our Elite Eight is

::

40-year-old virgin versus The Hangover.

::

We have Meet the Parents

::

versus Talladega Nights.

::

We have White Chicks versus Step Brothers.

::

And then Scary Movie versus

::

Dodgeball for next week.

::

Holy shit.

::

May the bracket have mercy on our souls.

::

Brian.

::

We might have fucked ourselves here.

::

This is going to be...

::

There's no more fat on the bone here,

::

folks.

::

This is it.

::

40 Old Virgin versus The Hangover.

::

Meet the Fockers versus Talladega Nights.

::

That's a five and a four.

::

White Chicks versus Step Brothers.

::

And then that last one's tough.

::

Jesus, these are all hard.

::

I guess what we need to

::

consider here as a pod is like,

::

what are we at this point in

::

the elite eight right and

::

that's where we are yeah

::

yeah what are we

::

considering now because it

::

can't be what it what it

::

was right like oh what's

::

funny there has to be a

::

different element that's

::

added now for this part of

::

the pod we'll have to think

::

about that yeah like it's

::

no answer right now but

::

just like just think what

::

is comedy I'm kidding

::

What is it, really?

::

Let's break that son of a bitch down.

::

That bracket is updated.

::

So long, everybody.

::

These will also be posted on socials.

::

I'm not looking forward to

::

this next week nope no this

::

is that's going to be a

::

challenge like I am looking

::

forward to it because I

::

love our discussion but

::

also you know you and you

::

and marcus will collaborate

::

in your separate chat to

::

decide how you want the

::

bracket to go so okay I

::

mean you knocked out two of

::

my darlings but it's fine

::

it's fine right we all know

::

that you and Marcus have an

::

elaborate plan to overthrow

::

me and establish a new puppet third heat.

::

And you got us.

::

It is literally I'm going to

::

put a puppet over here on

::

Maggie's side of the office.

::

And you're going to call

::

you're going to call Roman.

::

You're like, hey, Roman,

::

we have an opening for, you know,

::

a pod member.

::

And I'll be like, what's happening to me?

::

And you're like, well,

::

I like you know how you

::

like scheduling stuff.

::

All the time.

::

Well, now you can schedule some more shit,

::

you dumb bitch.

::

Oh my god.

::

That's where Brian starts

::

cussing at everybody.

::

Brian starts cussing me out.

::

He's like, yeah,

::

I've been saving up this moment.

::

Gentlemen,

::

let us pivot on over to X-Men 97,

::

shall we?

::

All 97 of them.

::

So as you heard earlier,

::

X-Men 97 debuted both

::

episodes on Wednesday of last week.

::

Wednesdays are big content days.

::

Everything dropped.

::

A lot of my favorite

::

podcasts dropped on Wednesdays.

::

X-Men 97 dropped on Wednesday.

::

It was just a lot of shit.

::

I didn't realize how heavy

::

on content Wednesdays are.

::

I mean,

::

there was a lot of basketball going on,

::

too, still.

::

We were in the height of

::

March Madness stuff.

::

I mean, you also know people are at home.

::

It's the middle of the week.

::

They're not having a ton of fun.

::

They got work the next day.

::

But gentlemen,

::

should we... Where do you want to start?

::

Do we do a barbershop

::

summary for these first two

::

episodes just to provide a

::

sense of what happened?

::

Or how do you all want to go about it?

::

This is a little bit

::

different than our usual

::

reviews that we usually do.

::

I mean,

::

I don't think we need to do a

::

barbershop necessarily because, I mean,

::

we've only had an hour of story,

::

basically.

::

That's true.

::

There's not a lot to summarize.

::

13 episodes?

::

Yeah.

::

So, I mean, I think we can just, I mean,

::

for TV,

::

I think we can just hit the ground

::

running here.

::

Yeah, let's do it.

::

Then take it away, Brian.

::

That first episode, it had a very,

::

it's like Star Wars, like,

::

a little bit in the realm of, like,

::

The Force Awakens of, like, look.

::

We understand we have to set

::

the stage and also continue

::

the story at the same time

::

and also acknowledge all

::

this other weird stuff that happened.

::

And I think they did it.

::

I think they did it 90% of the way.

::

So taking it off,

::

it basically lets you know, yeah,

::

it's just been a few months

::

since you saw the last episode.

::

By the way, no big deal.

::

Professor X is dead.

::

And that threw me for a loop

::

because the last episode...

::

Of the one that was in the 90s,

::

it was like, bye.

::

Professor X was like, bye, everybody.

::

I'm going with my space girlfriend.

::

And then it cuts to like, anyway,

::

Professor X is dead.

::

September 20th, 1997 was the last episode.

::

It was called Graduation Day.

::

Right.

::

So I'm wondering if they're

::

going to play with that

::

expectation a little bit.

::

But I'm happy to move on

::

from it because we're all

::

very well versed in just hashtag comics.

::

Like, oh, who knows?

::

They'll have some elaborate backstory.

::

But I mean, look,

::

I want what I wanted from this episode.

::

I wanted my X-Men team

::

kicking some sentinel ass

::

and it delivered.

::

And I was happy.

::

Like the like that was the

::

bar and they met it.

::

I don't know how you felt.

::

Mm hmm.

::

I mean,

::

I appreciated it because like it

::

both like reinvented itself

::

as something distinctly different.

::

Yes.

::

But hit on the same beats

::

that I remember from

::

watching the original 30

::

years ago and that first

::

episode debuting then

::

because the first episode is.

::

night of the Sentinels where

::

they are all chasing Jubilee.

::

First episode of this is

::

they are all chair chasing

::

another mutant that they

::

have found and the X-Men

::

have to come in and help in

::

some capacity.

::

But I appreciate,

::

so I appreciate what they did with it.

::

There's also something about

::

the animation with this

::

that I like a little bit more too.

::

Like, I don't know what it is.

::

I think it's, I mean, obviously, you know,

::

Going now and going back and watching it,

::

there's obviously a little

::

bit of a technology jump.

::

But it's just so crisp and

::

so clean and just so well done.

::

So all in all,

::

I was really impressed with

::

both of these.

::

And they are hand-drying those characters,

::

which is just absolutely nutty.

::

I'll share where that interview was,

::

but in the interview, they're like,

::

oh yeah,

::

we're hand-drawing all the characters,

::

save for a few complicated

::

background environments or objects.

::

They're hand-drawing it all,

::

which is just... I think

::

that's why it looks so good.

::

Yeah, take the time.

::

Bring back taking your time.

::

I mean, the first two episodes are...

::

They're really good.

::

And they do something really,

::

really special of like,

::

it doesn't miss a beat.

::

You know what I mean?

::

Yeah.

::

And that's what they wanted.

::

Right.

::

I think they said that, like, no,

::

this isn't a it's not a reboot.

::

It's a follow up to this story.

::

And they are still hitting

::

on some of those notes that

::

of stories we're familiar with.

::

Jean busts out the Phoenix

::

outfit while she's talking

::

and discussing something.

::

Magneto's talking about all the things.

::

He's being held accountable

::

for all the shit that he did beforehand.

::

You know, can you trust him?

::

Can't you trust him?

::

What happens?

::

What's going on with Scott?

::

There's a clone at the end.

::

And I think that it just

::

kind of it immediately

::

drops you right back into

::

why you love this shit.

::

Yes.

::

Yeah.

::

Well,

::

and I also feel like X-Men at its

::

core is part action series,

::

part mouthpiece for

::

advocating like not diversity,

::

but just like advocating we

::

should all be nicer to each

::

other and and like embrace

::

our differences.

::

um and then it's also part

::

soap opera and you have to

::

be okay with all three of

::

those things you know

::

exactly what you want yeah

::

that's a great point um and

::

I because I know for some

::

people it was like wow I

::

feel like they just kind of

::

took some big swings and

::

I'm like yup like look jean

::

gray can't die before like

::

jean gray dies before she

::

eats breakfast okay like I

::

am expecting some like

::

omega level twists every 15

::

to 20 minutes yeah

::

and I feel like that's why I

::

was really happy they did a

::

two episode premiere

::

because the first episode

::

right it's kind of like

::

them being like we

::

understand what you want

::

here it is and then they

::

gave you a little bit of

::

extra mustard in the form

::

of Cyclops I have been a

::

Cyclops fan for like 20

::

years I have never

::

seen a positive response to

::

any type of cyclops thing

::

unanimously like thank you

::

unanimously on maine I'm

::

seeing twitter posts where

::

people are hot and heavy

::

for scott summers what

::

timeline am I in like I

::

forgot what that tweet said

::

they said they would that was hilarious

::

Step on me, you giant redwood.

::

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

::

I remember it.

::

Yeah, that was exactly what it was.

::

Cyclops, when I was growing up,

::

Cyclops was the straight and narrow guy.

::

Like, hey, don't do that.

::

Make sure you do this.

::

And in the show,

::

he was kind of like that too.

::

But man,

::

it's like they ripped off the

::

plastic packaging here and it's like, no,

::

he's actually like a badass.

::

Here's what is interesting to me.

::

I think

::

the way that they

::

reintroduce and introduce

::

these characters.

::

So like,

::

I gotta remember the audience is

::

not just us.

::

So around this hour age

::

range for this podcast, but it is also,

::

it has to work and

::

introduce these characters

::

to new audiences too as

::

well that may not be familiar with

::

I would love to see.

::

I saw somewhere that they

::

had a 4 million view

::

opening for X-Men 97.

::

That's huge for them.

::

It's the highest opening of

::

any Disney Plus original

::

show of that length.

::

It is currently the highest

::

rated television show of 2024 to date.

::

Two episodes.

::

Two episodes, right?

::

And it's like

::

Here's what they did well, I think,

::

for me.

::

The way that you introduce

::

and reintroduce these characters.

::

Same voice actors, for the most part,

::

everything is pretty much the same.

::

There is a joy with Cyclops that is like,

::

yes,

::

he is the big blue Boy Scout because

::

he was Professor Xavier's protege,

::

essentially.

::

He molded Scott to be the

::

leader of the team,

::

repping him for this moment.

::

There is that Jean and Scott relationship.

::

And then there is still that

::

Wolverine a little bit has

::

animosity about this whole thing,

::

Magneto and Rogue.

::

Like they did really well

::

just introducing the

::

characters and their powers

::

first and then their

::

relationships and how they work.

::

Storm and Jean was not

::

something that I thought

::

was like they made them.

::

Storm is calling Jean sister.

::

Oh, yes.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

That's not something I

::

remember in the old show,

::

but this is something that

::

I like in the new show and

::

the way that they depicted

::

Omega-level Storm and her powers.

::

Holy shit.

::

That's the thing that stood

::

out the most to me was when

::

they were fighting the

::

Master Mold in the desert

::

and she is striking the

::

sand and turning it to glass.

::

I was like, holy shit.

::

And that's what I think I appreciate.

::

It's almost like they left...

::

They left the kid, they took the,

::

they both,

::

it's like they had two kid

::

gloves and they took like

::

one off and they left the other on.

::

Because the one they took off,

::

they were like, no, no, no, no, no.

::

Like these are Omega level

::

mutants that have a powers.

::

Yes.

::

Scott can take himself,

::

shoot down at the ground

::

and stop himself from

::

falling because that's the

::

level of control that he has.

::

Yeah.

::

Whereas like old school show, Scott,

::

like Jean would have been

::

like stopping him from

::

hitting the ground.

::

Yes.

::

And he's actually like,

::

and then that whole stuff, like all of,

::

or Gambit riding Wolverine

::

and like putting energy on his,

::

like all of this was just so well done.

::

But to y'all, to Marcus,

::

to your point of like,

::

I don't think I would have a

::

whole lot of issue of like

::

showing like Harrison

::

starting to get into the

::

old X-Men show a little bit.

::

Like,

::

I don't think there would be much of

::

it where I would have to be like, Ooh,

::

maybe not this episode.

::

Like I feel like he could

::

jump right in and it

::

wouldn't be a big deal.

::

A hundred percent.

::

Yeah.

::

To me, my X-Men.

::

Oh, they're making simple shit sound.

::

Now the next point we get into,

::

and I don't know what

::

direction y'all want to go,

::

but I know the direction I

::

want to get into.

::

You drive the bus, man.

::

I like the fact that they're

::

making corny shit like, to me, my X-Men,

::

or show them the forecast

::

to introduce Storm as she

::

comes in and is like, yes,

::

that's the campy cartoon

::

shit I fucking want.

::

Let's stop being so cool and

::

stop trying to make our

::

superheroes so goddamn down to earth.

::

And this shit is a cartoon

::

about mutants and advocacy.

::

Let's stick to that and do that.

::

Yeah, 100%.

::

Brian,

::

I know you want to talk about them

::

falling from a plane.

::

So I'm going to go there and

::

then we're going to go to the big,

::

big point.

::

Look, I just want to say we're back.

::

We're so back because this

::

team of X-Men is in a

::

supersonic jet that gets

::

exploded in midair and

::

Scott Summers is falling.

::

He's like, great job, everybody.

::

Let's go do the next thing.

::

And you're just like,

::

these are the messy mutants

::

that I've been missing

::

since my childhood because

::

and I've said this in the

::

group chat and I just think

::

it's important to say out loud,

::

like the Avengers have just,

::

they have such a stranglehold on,

::

on the culture.

::

Like,

::

even though they're not at their peak

::

power, but like,

::

you know what an Avenger is

::

and you know what to expect

::

from an Avenger.

::

And like, they are pristine.

::

They're immaculate.

::

They're, they're, they're,

::

they're going back through time.

::

And then you have the X-Men

::

and their leader is stoked

::

because their plane got blown up.

::

And he's like, all right, everybody,

::

good job.

::

We got here.

::

Let's go do the next thing.

::

Like it's not like it's no

::

thing but a chicken wing here.

::

Right.

::

And I just I love the tone shift of it.

::

And I love that they're

::

embracing just how messy

::

these people are.

::

And we're not trying to clean it up.

::

And we're,

::

and we're just letting them be people,

::

which is one of the reasons

::

I feel like people were

::

really tuned into this show.

::

Like these were people that

::

like made mistakes,

::

like realistic mistakes and

::

had actual feelings.

::

I'm not saying that Avengers don't,

::

but like you think of that

::

Avengers crew and it's

::

always for the greater good.

::

Like,

::

The X-Men are people just

::

trying to figure out where

::

they are in this world.

::

I appreciate that tee up, Marcus.

::

Of course.

::

I feel like that moment in

::

the show is what sets it

::

apart from all the other

::

superhero teams Marvel talks about.

::

Tee up anytime.

::

It's jealousy.

::

It doesn't look good on you.

::

Look here.

::

It's not jealousy.

::

It's a crusade.

::

Well, one thing I'd like to tee you up for,

::

Dan, is the first episode is pretty,

::

I mean, it's kind of what we expected,

::

I would say, more or less.

::

Second episode, though,

::

I feel like all of us were

::

taken a little bit,

::

I'm not going to say surprised.

::

I was surprised it took a

::

turn for the trial of Magneto.

::

And the things that episode introduced.

::

Talk about it!

::

that's the best way to say it.

::

Look,

::

I'm just going to come out and say it.

::

They made a January 6th episode.

::

I didn't see it coming, but here I am in,

::

on my couch watching the

::

trial of Magneto.

::

And I'm like, Oh, they just,

::

they just legit ripped.

::

They just ripped this from

::

the current headlines and

::

just put it right into the

::

trial of Magneto.

::

Like,

::

And I'm glad they went for

::

it because it works.

::

He called them bigots.

::

He said the word.

::

He said the word, you bigots.

::

He said, I'll deal you.

::

I should burn your asses up.

::

He magnetized and lifted their asses up.

::

So here's what happens.

::

And spoiler alert, you know, obviously.

::

Oh, yeah.

::

We said that.

::

I forgot the villain's name.

::

The Executioner.

::

The Executioner.

::

That's what he calls himself.

::

Has a gun.

::

And in the gun is the same

::

gamma radiation that is in

::

the collars that permits

::

the X-Men from using their

::

powers that they wear around their neck.

::

But it's a straight dose.

::

In this,

::

the Executioner is aiming for Magneto.

::

Executioner and his team,

::

they go in a storm.

::

quote unquote, right?

::

They storm the UN as they

::

hold this trial against Magneto.

::

And the executioner has his

::

gun and he's aiming for Magneto,

::

but Magneto is working with

::

the X-Men and he's trying

::

to prove that they can

::

trust him and that the UN control,

::

because they went and arrested his ass

::

on the front lawn of the

::

Charles Xavier School of the Gifted.

::

And they was like, motherfucker,

::

you owe us.

::

And so you did some shit to us,

::

we're going to put you in handcuffs,

::

and we're going to take you to trial.

::

So he took his ass to trial.

::

Executioner went and aims for Magneto,

::

but he hits Storm.

::

So Storm... Hold on.

::

You are not wrong,

::

but I just also want to

::

highlight some other really

::

important beats that are

::

there that I think make these moments...

::

like that sort of heightened

::

them and taking them to another level.

::

Okay.

::

Particularly Magneto is not

::

like forcibly taken.

::

No, he immediately defaults to,

::

I'm going to take those

::

rotary blades from that helicopter.

::

I'm just going to cut you all to pieces.

::

But then he looks at the X-Men and he goes,

::

guess I have to try to be different.

::

And then he willingly turns itself over,

::

which leads to this moment

::

right before he shot.

::

of even when I follow the

::

rules yes I am still

::

treated like I am not

::

someone who deserves the

::

rules for me and that's

::

something that I thought

::

was such like a powerful

::

moment because like it's a

::

like the january 6th

::

allegory is really really powerful and

::

works and like they did a

::

great job with but what I

::

was picking up on was like

::

yeah that's big but what I

::

was like really like laser

::

focused to me is you are

::

really putting a distinct

::

line in the sand and really

::

trying to say something of like

::

It has nothing to do with your rules.

::

It has nothing to do with the system.

::

It has everything to do with

::

the fact that you are

::

threatened that I will take

::

something that you feel

::

like you are owed.

::

And there is dialogue that

::

leaves the executioner's

::

mouth when he is fighting

::

Scott where he says, I wouldn't care.

::

We all have issues.

::

You are always complaining.

::

Stop whining about it all the time.

::

Like,

::

If we hadn't agreed, yeah,

::

that was a good thing.

::

They dialed that rhetoric shit up.

::

That fucking neo-Nazi.

::

That neo-Nazi is exactly what they did.

::

And when I looked up right here,

::

because the group that is trying to go,

::

because the reason why

::

they're storming the

::

Capitol is they are

::

infuriated that Magneto is

::

even getting a trial.

::

Friends of humanity.

::

because of what exactly.

::

And I was looking up in my

::

copy of God loves man kills.

::

I was like, holy shit.

::

Did they pull that directly from there?

::

And they didn't.

::

Um, it's called the striker foundation.

::

Oh, there, but I,

::

there was a part of me that was like, man,

::

this rhetoric sounds like

::

it's pulled like right out of there.

::

Like, um,

::

So, yeah, this is that was really,

::

really well.

::

I didn't mean to step on your.

::

No, no, no.

::

That was like these are like for me,

::

like that stuff.

::

It was like, holy shit.

::

Like that's all makes this

::

stuff so much more like palpable of this.

::

This isn't just about like

::

people blasting laser eyes at each other.

::

There is some more complexity here.

::

And I think you summed it up

::

better than I would have for sure.

::

So I'm really glad you

::

stepped in because I feel

::

like a lot of those

::

thematic elements can be

::

lost because you're like, oh,

::

Magneto is going to do the

::

Magnafield thing and

::

Storm's making swords out of like steel.

::

Right.

::

And I feel and I love the rule that, oh,

::

it was rad as hell.

::

I think it's really

::

important that you brought

::

out that point that like

::

even when they follow the rules, right,

::

they're still treated differently.

::

And I feel like

::

I feel like that part could

::

have been underscored even more,

::

but I think it's Magneto's speech, right?

::

That drives this episode home of like,

::

look, I'm going to try to do this.

::

Like I'm not your guy, but like,

::

do not make me let you down is such a,

::

it's such like a line.

::

It's such a grandiose double meaning.

::

While this master of

::

magnetism is holding you in

::

the air of just like,

::

okay, this guy is trying.

::

He's trying, I guess,

::

but he's not going to be

::

somebody that's walked over.

::

He understands the game that is played.

::

He knows he's at a

::

vulnerability or whatever,

::

and I feel like

::

don't know it's really hard

::

to do that and they did it

::

so efficiently in like 30

::

minutes of television yeah

::

it was quick format um

::

there's movies that we've

::

reviewed for the podcast

::

that haven't done had two

::

hours to do that and they

::

couldn't do it two hours

::

and they were like what

::

happened right like devil

::

all the time I'm looking at

::

you oh um that is the brand

::

that's wild as shit

::

Brian, I thought the same fucking thing.

::

I thought the same thing

::

before you said that.

::

What a fucking shot to a

::

movie from two seasons ago?

::

Two seasons ago.

::

You can go back to that review.

::

You can find all my feelings on it.

::

It gets to the point with

::

all the whiz-bang and it sticks.

::

I think that's the other thing.

::

It sticks because...

::

I don't know for me I was

::

like oh we're doing January

::

6th and I was like oh okay

::

like this is you know like

::

this shows growing up I

::

think that's the thing that

::

needs that's what I'm

::

trying to say the show is

::

growing up and that's such

::

a rare thing that's just a

::

rare thing in media and I

::

feel like we're the target

::

audience for it so I am

::

curious how people who

::

aren't the target audience

::

like I'm very curious how

::

my niece Darby I know

::

she'll probably watch it

::

very curious how that

::

moment is going to land

::

with her she's like why

::

would you do this like

::

why would you like because

::

maybe like it's not growing

::

up with her right like

::

she's seeing it for the

::

first time at this point so

::

um yeah like it's really

::

rare that a show can grow

::

up with you and tackle

::

these really difficult

::

things you're seeing as

::

you've grown up and I think

::

the other thing that I I've

::

appreciated more about this

::

is that like my

::

like my knowledge has grown

::

up with it too.

::

Like,

::

and there are so many things in there

::

that like I picked up on that,

::

like we didn't,

::

that helps me contextualize

::

like where we're at.

::

Because I, I asked you all, I was like,

::

did they do the master mold

::

in the earlier set of things?

::

Was that a concept that they

::

introduced in the original

::

program program in the original show?

::

You're going back to the 90s.

::

What am I, 86 years old?

::

That's a nice little program.

::

So the reason why I ask is

::

because the X-Men as of now,

::

the whole fall of X,

::

house of X stuff that's going on,

::

there's a pretty big moment

::

with the Master Mold being

::

tried to be brought back up

::

and running again.

::

And that's what they're fighting against.

::

The difference is it's a

::

conglomeration of Hydra, S.H.I.E.L.D.,

::

the U.S.

::

government,

::

and others that are trying to

::

bring it up and running again.

::

That's another story for another day.

::

But I was like, did they do that?

::

Or is this brand new?

::

But, I mean, you could jump back and forth,

::

and your entry point now is, oh,

::

they talked about – I saw that.

::

I really like X-Men the show.

::

Maybe I'll go back and try

::

out some stuff that's in a

::

book now that I want to see,

::

and you wouldn't lose a whole lot.

::

The only thing that would be tough is –

::

Magneto mentions Genosha and

::

Genosha's gone in our

::

current X-Men comic book timeline.

::

It was destroyed by human beings.

::

Marcus,

::

do you want to add anything before

::

I go on another tear?

::

Cause I feel like, okay.

::

No, I do not.

::

I do appreciate that.

::

This episode Magneto was like, yeah,

::

I went down and helped the

::

Morlocks and sent them to Genosha.

::

Why didn't y'all do that before?

::

Like, Oh yeah.

::

I did appreciate how the

::

show was kind of calling

::

itself out in a sense of like,

::

you have all these resources.

::

You have a giant,

::

like supersonic stealth jet

::

and you can't even help the

::

people in the sewers.

::

Like what's wrong with you?

::

Yeah.

::

I enjoyed that.

::

And it brought the X-Men in

::

their place a little bit.

::

Right,

::

it does sort of highlight the

::

ridiculousness a little bit of like,

::

you just continued to let

::

them live down there?

::

What the fuck is wrong with you?

::

It highlights that it's the

::

compromise of Charles Xavier.

::

He wants,

::

or the mission that overshadows

::

maybe what the reality is,

::

and that's the hard part,

::

and the lovable part about X-Men,

::

and specifically Charles

::

and Magneto's relationship

::

for me is like...

::

Charles is trying his best, damn near.

::

He's putting together his team,

::

but he is living and dying

::

on the sword of this word,

::

and Magneto says it, of coexisting.

::

Magneto doesn't even want to

::

say the word in the show.

::

He's like,

::

Magneto has this dream of

::

coexisting with the humans,

::

and that's just not what he

::

wants to fucking do.

::

Right.

::

as opposed to magneto is

::

like well let me send this

::

motherfucker like we got an

::

island we have the

::

resources yeah why don't we

::

just leave they don't want

::

us here why don't we just

::

fucking leave and that is

::

sometimes detriment to

::

charles xavier in in his

::

mission I think it can be

::

because he's like you push

::

push push push push for

::

that but does that make the

::

most sense I i liked that I

::

like seeing the balance of um

::

like the humans and the

::

x-men being like yeah this

::

is why we decided to trust

::

the x-men because of this

::

moment and they're still

::

earning their trust but

::

it's not charles xavier and

::

you can kind of see the

::

ripple effects of yeah of

::

that a little bit yeah yeah

::

I thought that that I

::

thought that that whole

::

dialogue between rogue and

::

magneto where he was like

::

when they about to fuck

::

Right before they started to rock.

::

You said we don't have to talk about it.

::

No, we have to.

::

They wanted to rock the desk.

::

Rogue has this line of when

::

I was first trying to be

::

when we were first friends,

::

he was always in my mind.

::

Because there's this

::

assumption that Magneto

::

wears the helmet because he

::

doesn't want his thoughts read.

::

So when he says this whole line of like,

::

no, no, no,

::

I wear it because I had to

::

sever myself if I was going

::

to go to a different part,

::

and him constantly just

::

checking to make sure I was

::

okay was going to fuck me up.

::

That, to me, I was like, oh, shit.

::

It changes the perspective

::

on it so much more of what

::

their relationship was

::

because it wasn't as...

::

adversarial as one would

::

think no it's just so I

::

appreciate now you kind of

::

get it from his context a

::

little bit which then

::

provides a little bit more

::

clarity which I really

::

appreciated which which

::

shows have to have to do

::

more like you have to the

::

whole point of charles

::

charles and magneto's

::

relationship is the thin

::

line that it walks of I

::

still love that motherfucker

::

He is still a mutant and still my brother.

::

And we did this work together.

::

We just have a disagreement

::

on where we see the end

::

destination being.

::

And that is a very thin,

::

but it says a lot to why

::

Charles gave it to Magneto

::

to challenge him to be better.

::

That's what he, that's what he said.

::

So I don't know.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

I mean, yeah.

::

Man,

::

they're bringing out those undertones

::

of the relationship of

::

Professor X and Magneto.

::

I'm not going to say it's explicit,

::

but I feel like an average

::

viewer will be like, were they a thing?

::

Maybe not?

::

On again?

::

Off again?

::

I don't know.

::

I enjoyed that because I

::

feel like bringing that out

::

is worthwhile.

::

And then let's get into it.

::

Then we got Rogue getting

::

some magnets shuffled with Magneto.

::

That's not what I thought

::

you were going to say.

::

I would get in.

::

Look, man,

::

there's a lot of magnet jokes

::

you can make.

::

But, you know, look,

::

I don't think any of us...

::

They were touching their poles.

::

Magnet poles.

::

Look, they... I can't.

::

I don't think any of us were

::

expecting the magnetism

::

between the two of them.

::

I think we knew that they

::

had a relationship in the comics.

::

That was the last thing I

::

expected to see in this TV show. 100%.

::

I'm kind of surprised that

::

they went that route,

::

especially because I felt

::

like her and Gambit were so

::

close to having their moment.

::

Even in these first two episodes,

::

I was like, no, no, no.

::

There's something different

::

about the two of them now.

::

Like there's something

::

distinctly different here.

::

So when he comes in and kind

::

of throws a wrench in it all,

::

it changes things for sure.

::

So she just wants to be touched.

::

I mean, but again, yeah, I mean,

::

Yeah.

::

I mean, the reality is it's like,

::

I love the fact that they

::

didn't just put Rogue in a

::

position where she just

::

immediately left Gambit.

::

One, she challenged Magneto.

::

She challenged him and was like,

::

you want us to trust you?

::

You're going to have to give

::

a little bit for us to do that.

::

Because, you know, we got history.

::

She walked right in there

::

and challenged that motherfucker first.

::

And that was a large part of

::

the reason why he didn't

::

just chop their heads off

::

at the top of the day.

::

He looked at Rogue first.

::

And then I'm willing to give

::

you a little bit here to

::

earn y'all's trust as X-Men.

::

He was talking to Rogue directly.

::

And so like,

::

they didn't just make it seem

::

like they went in there and

::

got to knocking magnets

::

together and like knocking

::

shit around and all the

::

paper clips is all over the

::

goddamn place.

::

But like,

::

they did actually give it like

::

some trust and she wants to be touched.

::

She said that in the club scene, like.

::

Oh,

::

it must be nice to be able to dance on

::

the person that you want to fucking touch,

::

and although Gambit is

::

patient and willing to do that for her,

::

that's not all that she needed.

::

She needed more,

::

and there's only one person

::

who can literally chemically,

::

physically do that for her,

::

and it just happens to be Magneto.

::

I do feel like this is

::

important for listeners.

::

In the comics,

::

Magneto can create a barrier of

::

magnetism around him.

::

A condom.

::

So there you go.

::

Your magnet condom.

::

Look, it's comics.

::

Write that down.

::

Write that down.

::

That's the title.

::

Write that down.

::

This is the second week in a

::

row I say something and

::

both of you are like,

::

I felt that in my bones.

::

Oh my gosh.

::

So that's how that happens.

::

And Doug, I'm sure,

::

could happily inform us of

::

other stories involving Rogue.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Thank you.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

So.

::

There's a whole storyline

::

that revolves around... Okay,

::

really quick.

::

This is peak 90s comics.

::

So what I'm about to describe to you,

::

if it sounds insane,

::

that's because it is.

::

So there's a storyline where Legion,

::

the son of Professor Xavier

::

who has multiple

::

personalities and is telekinetic,

::

tries to go back in time to kill Magneto.

::

What ends up happening as a

::

result of that is Professor

::

Charles Xavier dies and

::

severs this off and creates

::

a new reality where

::

Apocalypse has risen to power,

::

Magneto is leading the X-Men,

::

and now he's in charge and

::

sort of directing how

::

things are going to move

::

the way that they move.

::

What happens in this

::

scenario is Rogue becomes an avid...

::

basically one of magneto's

::

like big like biggest

::

advocates strongest

::

fighters she's a big deal

::

in this new version of the

::

x-men and gambit's working

::

alongside her there is a

::

moment where they are

::

caught in a scenario with

::

wolverine because in this

::

new reality wolverine is

::

working for apocalypse not

::

for the x-men oh um and so

::

what ends up happening is

::

She has to make a choice.

::

Who do I save?

::

Do I save Magneto?

::

Do I save Gambit?

::

She saves Magneto,

::

and then they have a child together.

::

So there's,

::

those are things that happen like in this,

::

in this world,

::

those are things that happen.

::

Yeah.

::

So that's,

::

that's kind of like the

::

backstory on that end.

::

So very, so again, to Marcus's point,

::

you know, if she's young,

::

she sees Jean like having

::

this future with Scott,

::

you have to assume that

::

there's some desire there

::

to also have that future as well.

::

So it just kind of makes me wonder like,

::

you know, is that, does she feel that way?

::

So that whole,

::

like she wants to be touched.

::

Yeah.

::

I mean, if she's,

::

if she wants the things in life, like,

::

you know, having that physical relay,

::

that physical connection,

::

she also wants to be able

::

to have children later in life.

::

That's a tough call.

::

And Magneto showed up at the

::

right place at the right time, I guess.

::

Great pickup.

::

It is a great pickup.

::

It's just a great pickup, Doug.

::

Good job.

::

I mean, I feel like,

::

Well, no,

::

I have nothing else to add to that point.

::

This is the only thing I

::

wanted to say about Rogue.

::

Say it.

::

Don't ever in y'all life again, Fox,

::

depict Rogue like y'all did

::

in the first three X-Men movies.

::

The first one was fine,

::

but the second and the third,

::

y'all made her so helpless

::

that I think it's ridiculous.

::

I love the fact that in X-Men,

::

the original and X-Men 97,

::

Rogue is not that at all.

::

Like,

::

she is very confident and knows how

::

to use her powers.

::

Like, even in this one,

::

the bigoted doctor that

::

didn't want to deliver Jean's baby.

::

Right.

::

That ability to be able to

::

explain their powers to that extent,

::

I think is something that I

::

appreciate with cartoons

::

because you have time to do it, right?

::

And it's like...

::

You touch the doctor and you, oh, Rogue,

::

can you touch the doctor to

::

get all of his knowledge so

::

that you can deliver this baby?

::

While he's talking about something,

::

y'all get y'all asses out of here.

::

I'm never going to deliver y'all baby.

::

Knock his ass out.

::

Get all his information.

::

Tell him to prep the ER.

::

Like,

::

I think that that's fire and nothing

::

that they really delve into

::

outside of making her touch

::

just poisonous.

::

And I love their depiction

::

of rogue and the confidence

::

of this X-Men team as they work together.

::

Like, it's not right.

::

They didn't they didn't kick

::

this off with like,

::

we got to get our chemistry

::

back together because Charles is gone.

::

Like, yeah, motherfucker.

::

Like, we are still the X-Men.

::

Charles is just gone.

::

This show goes to die.

::

Where sorry, Brian,

::

this show goes to die if it

::

is a they're getting the

::

band back together.

::

Yes.

::

Sorry.

::

That's what I was gonna say.

::

No, no, no.

::

We're saying the same thing

::

because it's refreshing

::

that you have this continuation.

::

And you don't have like, well,

::

we gotta go on a road trip

::

and find Gambit.

::

Like, we don't need that.

::

We know what we're here for.

::

Just keep going and

::

everybody else can catch up.

::

Like,

::

so no I we're all saying the

::

same thing and it's it's

::

refreshing because it's it

::

goes back to like this show

::

feels like it's growing up

::

you have scott and gene

::

being like we have a baby

::

we can't like hang out at a

::

mansion where robots attack

::

us you have rogue being

::

like I actually would like

::

a physical relationship

::

with someone that would be

::

great like I can be this

::

flirty firecracker you're

::

knocking me upside my head

::

with that refrigerator magnet

::

refrigerator magnet let me

::

put the helmet on oh man I

::

can't recover from this I'm

::

trying to pull up not that

::

helmet third example I

::

can't think of because I'm

::

trying to move on um but

::

the show's growing up in so

::

many great ways magnet

::

magnet helmet jokes aside

::

Although Doug and I are

::

never going to grow the fuck up ever.

::

Nope, ever.

::

I mean,

::

I can't think of a more X-Men way

::

to close an episode other

::

than having them all stand

::

around the living room being like, well,

::

that was weird.

::

And then the door opens and

::

we have a fainting Jean Grey.

::

when there's already a Jean

::

Grey in the living room.

::

My hope is that we get more

::

scowls like that from Magneto,

::

because that doorbell rang,

::

and he was like, who the fuck is that?

::

He had this look like

::

somebody just backed out,

::

tried to back in and out of

::

their driveway to turn around.

::

He tapped quickly into, this is my house.

::

You know what I mean?

::

Also, I don't know if I've got to finish.

::

Storm does lose her powers.

::

How did we miss that?

::

The way that they portray

::

Storm in this is one of my

::

favorites because they

::

portray her as this goddess that she is.

::

And Magneto says a line

::

that's like that too.

::

He says, my Storm,

::

you are the closest thing

::

to a goddess that we will

::

ever see in our life.

::

And it

::

To me,

::

I really enjoyed that because it

::

does depict the beauty that

::

he sees in these mutants.

::

They're not just mutants.

::

He's like, no,

::

you are the closest thing to

::

a goddess that we will ever

::

fucking see in our life.

::

And you are absolutely right.

::

But Storm loses her powers.

::

And it seems like they're

::

going to follow that plot

::

line where she falls in love,

::

gets her powers back from a

::

guy she falls in love with.

::

I forgot what his name is,

::

but it starts with an F.

::

I don't know that one.

::

There's a comic run where

::

she loses her powers.

::

Similar to the same way.

::

And then she goes on this adventure.

::

Falls in love with this guy.

::

Turns out the guy that she

::

kind of falls in love with

::

built the gun or the energy

::

that is in the collar or in the gun.

::

And they get into it and

::

have a tit for tat.

::

Somehow she gets her powers

::

back eventually.

::

But it seems like that's how

::

you get the new Storm with the black

::

You know, I mean,

::

like black suit storm that

::

we I could I could also I

::

could also see because I

::

think I think what they are

::

hinting towards with the

::

introduction for those that

::

may not know is that I do

::

think they are hinting that

::

Mr. Sinister is somewhere out there.

::

Yes.

::

And so for those that don't know,

::

Mr. Sinister is like an

::

expert geneticist.

::

So if anyone could unlock

::

the power of getting her powers back,

::

she would be able to do it.

::

So like.

::

There's a part of me that's like, well,

::

maybe, you know,

::

she goes and gets herself

::

involved with the wrong

::

person at the wrong time.

::

Yeah.

::

Desperation.

::

That doesn't really seem in

::

line with her character.

::

So maybe not, but you, you never know.

::

I've never had my power.

::

That seems more entertaining.

::

I,

::

I had really mixed feelings when storm

::

lost her powers.

::

Cause I was like, this is dramatic,

::

but like storm is one of my

::

favorite characters.

::

But then I saw her getting

::

on the bus and I was like,

::

this means we're getting a

::

solo storm story.

::

I'm okay with it now.

::

Because there's no way

::

they're going to leave her

::

depowered the entire season.

::

She's not going to be

::

separated from the X-Men

::

for the entire season.

::

No way.

::

She's going to put that

::

white outfit on again.

::

That's a thing that'll happen.

::

And I remember from the original series,

::

she only got maybe two solo episodes.

::

And one of them was about her going to...

::

Oh my gosh.

::

Africa?

::

Yep.

::

Listener, I promise this is a thing.

::

Please, I did not make this up.

::

She goes back to Africa and

::

she has a son there and she

::

like connects with her son.

::

I remember that episode.

::

And it is, it's bizarre.

::

It's weird.

::

I think it's a little bizarre.

::

It's weird.

::

It felt like a filler

::

episode but in the worst way possible.

::

Anyway.

::

I'm glad that this team is

::

going to take on a solo Storm story.

::

That's my main point here

::

because I think we all need that.

::

I agree.

::

It's a good show.

::

Very well done.

::

It's got me hooked.

::

I'm a little upset that we

::

now got to go one episode per episode.

::

Oh, man.

::

And I kind of wish that they

::

would do two every week and kind of like,

::

let's get to it.

::

They're doing a weird format.

::

I'm going to pull it up,

::

but it's not only one

::

episode a week at parts.

::

Oh, okay.

::

I'm not mad at that.

::

I take back everything I just said.

::

Yeah, yeah.

::

Fuck what I just did.

::

Should have did some research first.

::

Yeah, like...

::

basically I'll find it I'll

::

find it a little bit here

::

but basically some weeks

::

are gonna be two episodes I

::

think one week we get three

::

I think um I'll take that

::

let me see here how many total

::

Episode eight through 10

::

will be released in three separate weeks,

::

but it's a three part finale.

::

No, it looks like it is one week.

::

I take it back.

::

I totally take it back for some reason.

::

I just want to say I did see

::

a promo image and maybe I read it wrong,

::

but yeah, it's, it's week by week now.

::

Is it the one with all the like movie,

::

like VHS tapes on like a shelf front?

::

That one was ostensibly hard to read.

::

That one was difficult to comprehend.

::

So I didn't have a stroke.

::

No, you didn't.

::

The colors didn't work on the background.

::

It was just too much.

::

It's like they worked too

::

well with the 90s format.

::

Like, no,

::

there's a reason we moved away from this.

::

Because I can't read it.

::

They had it in Canva, and they were like,

::

make it more 90s.

::

And Canva was like,

::

I don't know if you'll be

::

able to read this.

::

And they're like, we don't give a shit.

::

I just want to say out loud,

::

we have a three-part finale.

::

That's old school, man.

::

I know,

::

but the entire month of May is the

::

finale.

::

So we only have five

::

episodes until the finale starts,

::

which seems...

::

wild to me so I'm really I'm

::

I'm hyped I mean I'm ready

::

what I like about this is

::

that like you know the

::

nostalgia in me I mean I

::

did see a rumor and maybe

::

you all saw this true and

::

again rumors taken with big

::

giant grains of salt but

::

like because of the success

::

of this disney is and like

::

wondering if maybe like an

::

animated spider-man comes

::

back fantastic for like all

::

90s animated universe

::

Right,

::

because that was such a good... All

::

of that was just so well done.

::

That was the height of Marvel animation,

::

so seeing what they could

::

maybe do with that.

::

This is going to bring toys back.

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I just have that feeling.

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I hope so.

::

If you take that route,

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I think that you bring

::

money and toys back.

::

There's an ability to do that.

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Doing it in a movie is one thing,

::

but doing it in a cartoon

::

stream or in a weekly thing...

::

I think you could get some

::

shit out of that.

::

Go ahead, Brent.

::

I'm just so curious that

::

people that aren't our

::

target demographic between 22 and 45,

::

I'm so curious what they

::

think of the idea of a 90s universe.

::

It's just like, who's that for?

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It's exactly for us,

::

the people who are paying

::

for Disney Plus currently.

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And everybody else is on our account,

::

right?

::

So, I mean,

::

it's nice to be the target demo.

::

I would totally be into a

::

continuation of Spider-Man,

::

the animated series.

::

But I could totally see some, not backlash,

::

but people being like, no,

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I'm not doing that.

::

Mm-hmm.

::

people who are deliberately skipping it,

::

right?

::

Like they're deliberately

::

sending it out so that way

::

they don't have to like,

::

cause they're like, it's just,

::

I don't get it.

::

Walking through a toy aisle.

::

I mean, they do do some like package.

::

I mean,

::

you saw it with like when Teenage

::

Mutant Ninja Turtles came out,

::

there was a resurgence in all of the like,

::

cause they had two

::

different toy lines that

::

they were running.

::

They had the retro line and

::

all the shit that I love.

::

Like when I was younger,

::

I can go out to Target and

::

with adult dollars by now,

::

like I don't have to wait

::

for my parents to give it

::

to me for Christmas.

::

Um, chores or do my chores.

::

Um, and I could see them doing something.

::

I could see them doing

::

something similar with this,

::

which is it's like a, okay,

::

here's the X-Men 97 line.

::

But if you want to have,

::

you can probably two

::

different versions of Morph.

::

One where he has a gray head

::

and one where he has the

::

old school like human being kind of head.

::

Well,

::

I have the Wolverine X-Men 97 in the

::

other room right now.

::

Oh, sure.

::

It has the changeable claws

::

and the changeable head on it.

::

So it's like, you're right.

::

What did I do with my adult money?

::

I saw the shit that I always

::

wanted as a kid.

::

I wouldn't have bought that motherfucker.

::

I could see them doing more

::

of that down the line.

::

That's fine.

::

I get it.

::

Eat it, mom.

::

Should have got it for me

::

when I was a kid.

::

I'm looking at my Funko Pops

::

and I feel like I might

::

need a Cyclops one.

::

I'm there.

::

I'm there with you.

::

I have to read some comic

::

books before I buy anything.

::

Dude, I'm sorry.

::

I want you to read your age

::

of apocalypse issues.

::

Tell us the nutty, the nutty concepts.

::

It's like there was a moment

::

where I was like,

::

I have a handle on this.

::

And then like I went out and

::

bought a few issues and I was like, no,

::

I don't like now I'm right

::

back where I started.

::

I can do this y'all you know

::

what it is it's the fucking

::

collector in me it's like

::

that like fucking Thanos

::

I'm like I gotta have all

::

of the stones in the right

::

order and if I can't get

::

that's exactly what this is

::

it's like and Marcus has

::

been there with me like

::

when we've been at the

::

comic book store and he's

::

like why aren't you getting

::

that I'm like because they

::

don't have issue 13 but

::

they have 12 and 14 15 16

::

but they don't have 13 I'm

::

not gonna get it now it

::

bothers me so much

::

That's a story for another day, though.

::

Gentlemen,

::

anything else that you all want

::

to talk before we close this one out?

::

Let's jump out of this plane and move on.

::

Great job, X-Men.

::

Good job, team.

::

Gentlemen,

::

anything that you all had to

::

plug this week?

::

I'm typing Color Me Confetti.

::

You can find all of her

::

printables that you can

::

print at your home for your next party.

::

That's Color Me Confetti on Etsy.

::

Brian, can you just say it again?

::

Sorry.

::

Sure thing.

::

That's Color Me Confetti.

::

All one word.

::

Go to Etsy.com.

::

Put that in the search bar.

::

You're going to get some good stuff.

::

Absolutely.

::

Marcus?

::

Make sure you follow the mantra,

::

never offended, always humble.

::

N-O-A-H for short.

::

We love you.

::

We need you here.

::

Make sure you follow the mantra.

::

Go listen to some new music by Soul Tie.

::

Listen to some music by Marcus Destin.

::

I think...

::

At this point of the night, my new niece,

::

baby Nova, from Stefan or Snoop.

::

Snoop, I think,

::

is having his baby tonight.

::

And so my new niece, Nova,

::

should be in the world.

::

So shout out to my niece, Nova,

::

and my baby, J-baby, God baby, J-baby.

::

Love y'all.

::

Congrats.

::

Shout out to Snoop, man.

::

Congrats, man.

::

Gentlemen,

::

the only thing I have to plug is

::

this podcast,

::

so if you enjoyed listening to us,

::

share this with a friend or

::

a family member.

::

It's the best way that we grow.

::

Head over to patreon.com

::

slash films in black and white.

::

Sign up for our Patreon there.

::

Love the support.

::

But really,

::

best thing that you can do is

::

the free thing that you can do,

::

and that is spreading the

::

love and sharing us with a

::

friend or a family member.

::

We have a three step process to success.

::

Brian Roush, what is that first step?

::

Hey, folks,

::

I want you to read a book and

::

like literally it doesn't

::

need to be a book, but just read.

::

You heard Doug.

::

He's collecting comic book issues.

::

There's some weird stuff in there.

::

go if if our x-men 97

::

discussion has spurred in

::

anything in you there are

::

so many collected editions

::

of x-men 2 that you can

::

just you can go and get it

::

at price books like go get

::

the phoenix saga for like

::

ten dollars it'll be one of

::

the best purchases that

::

you'll oh my god just go

::

indulge yourself go go read

::

some comic books get weird

::

with it read a book absolutely

::

uh marcus make sure you

::

drink some water big dog

::

listen I know there's no

::

outside where we at but

::

that ain't everywhere and

::

the sun will come back the

::

sun will shine tomorrow so

::

make sure you drink water

::

and prepare yourself for

::

that and if you're gonna

::

knock magnet boots you

::

gotta you know I mean water

::

belongs somewhere in there

::

between I don't know but

::

somewhere I mean you gotta

::

hydrate you gotta hydrate

::

yeah you don't want to cramp

::

up in anything yeah you

::

know yeah you want to you

::

lifted the u into the sky

::

and then knock boots with

::

somebody girlfriend inside

::

the house like I know y'all

::

be having x orgies or

::

whatever it is y'all call

::

it but drink some water oh yeah 100 there

::

I'm going to be really hung

::

up on what they call it.

::

Our third step is to wash your ass.

::

Look, y'all, as Marcus said,

::

it's gross outside here,

::

but it is not gross everywhere.

::

And the sun will come back.

::

And when you start hanging

::

out with people in public,

::

whether that's going on

::

walks or maybe you're

::

exercising or maybe you're

::

just getting out and about

::

having a beer at a brewery outside.

::

wash your ass don't take all

::

of that stank from inside

::

outside into the world with

::

you as we get into spring

::

y'all it's it's real

::

important so be sure to to

::

wash your ass uh that does

::

it for this week's episode

::

of films in black and white

::

we'll be back next week

::

with another outstanding

::

episode uh in the meantime

::

and in the between time

::

stay safe stay healthy we

::

love y'all we appreciate

::

y'all we catch y'all next week

::

Magnet condoms and XORGs.

::

What's the name of that?

::

Xerges.

::

Xerges?

::

I don't know.

::

I don't know, man.

::

I'm not an X-Men.

::

Getting into those genes

::

with a G. He got all the

::

paperclips of Charles

::

Offit's rocking rogue in

::

that motherfucker.

::

I'll tell you that.

::

Orbiting.

::

Just orbiting.

::

They going crazy in there, boy.

::

They can't find a single stapler in that.

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