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X-Men '97 Review aka "Magnet Condom"
Episode 12 • 27th March 2024 • Films in Black and White • Doug Wagner, Marcus Destin, and Bryan Roush
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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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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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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

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surprising delay um and so

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I don't know if that shit

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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

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benefit of being on this podcast so long.

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You know when it's a double

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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.

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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

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record of not being a big

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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

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chance to figure it out

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what if it's like wicked

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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,

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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

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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?

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Where else did InGen stash

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these fucking things that

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they have to go find them now?

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Okay, first off, one,

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this is a universal franchise,

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like Fast and Furious.

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They're going to do everything.

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We're going to have dinosaurs on the moon,

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okay?

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God damn it.

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That's where this all goes.

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And I'm not mad about it,

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but also it's going to happen.

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Or underwater dinosaurs or

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something or other.

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there like it's an infinite

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concept like oh well we

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didn't get this dinosaur

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park and in mongolia no one

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told us about this one and

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they're all like desert

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dinosaurs or something I

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don't know whatever it's

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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?

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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.

::

I just have that feeling.

::

I hope so.

::

If you take that route,

::

I think that you bring

::

money and toys back.

::

There's an ability to do that.

::

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?

::

It's exactly for us,

::

the people who are paying

::

for Disney Plus currently.

::

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,

::

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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