The Reel Rejects - Extended Version: THE LONG WALK (2025) IS F***ING HEARTBREAKING!! MOVIE REACTION!! Mark Hamill | Stephen King

Episode Date: November 20, 2025

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Hello there, fellow citizen of the reject nation. This has been a long time coming, almost four weeks coming. While everyone else has been covering it, we're late to the game, but on the most recent Real Rejects live stream podcast, the amount of times this was brought up, and it was like, you know what, it's about time we pulled the trigger. Ask these two gents if they've seen it. They haven't seen it either.

I've definitely not seen it. It's time to do a first-time watch for Stephen King adaptation. of The Long Walk. Boom, bum, bum, boom, it's raining outside. Now, before we go into anything, let's check in with how we're feeling beforehand because what we're feeling beforehand is what we take into whatever video we are doing.

Let's start with Aaron. How you feeling, man? I'm feeling good. Andrew and I just did a comedy reaction right before this, so, you know, we're going to keep the comedy train running. Keep the momentum rolling. Yeah, man, ready to laugh is these guys going on a nice stroll.

Leisurely walk. Leisurely walk if we walk. But no, I'm excited. And funny enough, I believe it's the three of us that did the trailer reaction for this. Wicked, yeah, yeah, yeah. And Wicked, yeah. And Wicked, which is totally in tone with this. You know, they both have w's in the title.

But yeah, overall, man, I am doing well. Johnny Boy over there. How are you? Good. Also had a fun shoot before this, so I'm all revved up. And I'm still buzzing because I'm going to take this time to shout out. Paranormal activity play. I got to see it over the weekend.

Boy, it was that crowd eaten out of the theater's hand, and it was a very fun time. So if you happen to have an opportunity to catch it, go dazzle yourself with some spooky stage magic. I'm feeling good, and I'm excited to share this with you guys. Gee, how are you feeling? I'm feeling good right now. I'm feeling good that a lot to prep my mind and emotions today

so I can be as present as possible. I feel like lately when I've been coming here, my mind in too many places at once. So I feel very present. And the irony of when it's cold outside, it's overly hot inside. My God. I turn on the AC more when it's cold. It's outside than I do when it's warm outside.

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Congratulations. Dear Mr. Raymond Garray, your voluntary submission to participate in the long walk has been accepted through lottery. Oh, fun. You now have the rare honor of representing your state. It is a symbol of hope in these economically desperate times. I'm sure he's doing very well. The entire nation will be watching the live broadcast with admiration and awe.

Unimaginable riches and a single wish away to chance to break free from today's financial struggles and aspire, inspire the nation. Oh, Jesus. Please report to the starting line on May 1st by 8 a.m. Luck to you, Mr. Garrity. Reluctantly clouched at the starting line. So I imagine it'll be kind of similar commentary to like that of Squid Game. Taking advantage of the poor, putting them in games for entertainment. That's what I was thinking, Hunger Games.

Let us join together in reflection and hope. Judy Greer. Thanks for the state and the opportunity it provides. For the order it has instituted for the good of society. I love the dogma of the United States of America. Scarcity into abundance and division into solidarity. Ah, it's all a front. I still don't understand.

I think you could probably still change your mind. I don't think it's... The bad guy was yesterday. Yeah, why'd you enter, kiddo? I know it. The major, he would... The major would what? You know what the major would say.

This is my decision, okay? Not yours. This is the best way. It's the only way. Your father was here. You okay, but he's not. Oh, boy. I like the contrast between how bright the green is and how muddy the brown is.

Is this the Hoffman boy? I think it is, yeah. Never seen him in anything yet. Sorry. I imagine they, like position the poor so they were like kind of forced to participate in this game and make it look like an opportunity i love you i love you too be a good boy okay okay well you have opportunity to be bad boy i love him why don't wait wait mom oh man this is heartbreaking

know it's gonna be okay mom it's just a few days oh yeah oh wow okay all right mom i love you mom oh poor thing jude greer one of our most underappreciated actors working a day she's acting her ass off for this one or two scenes that she was in ripped. Peter MacGreeze. Nice to meet you. Is there like only one winner though? There's gotta be. A little jumpy. Yeah. Maybe that's good. Hey, what do you weigh? 178? I'm 177. They say heavy, guys get tired quicker. Shit. Hey, what's your name? Studens? Some kind of fitness nut? Hey, the kid from a karate kid. I'm Ray Garrity. You can call me Ray. Peter McGrady. You can call McGrath. You can call McGrace. I'm Mark Bacon.

Pleasure to meet y'all. It feels like I have a different time period. Hey, are you okay? Me? Yeah, you're pacing. Are you okay? I'm just getting warmed up. Oh, my God.

What's your name? Curly. Is it Jojo Rabbit? Oh, snap. I think you're right. 18. Wow, it's got so much older. Oh, that's too early.

Kid, if you're a day over 16, I eat my f***ing issues. I did my research on a major. He says you want to win this thing. You got to be raring to rip. Boys. I'm raring to rip. Boys, I am wearing to rip. You sound like my me ma'amaw in the bowl in the morning, man.

Right, guys. Right, my man. That's embarrassing. I hope you win long hair. Oh. Shit on stick. It's the major. It's all because he tried to kill Kylo for one second.

That's right. Now look at the fallout. As I call your name, step forward and take your tags. Put them around your neck and then go back to your place until I instruct otherwise. I wonder if he's going to be like the first one to die. If it's just some like big, like they're going to eventually pass it off to. Every six. David Johnson. Johnson has the lead, but they're making it seem like that guy's the lead. Baker, Arthur. Number six.

Like a Hitchcock move. Yeah, like a psychosabversion. Number seven. oh boy Sanders rank number 19 rank

rank Sanders McVee Peter number 23 how long before we learned the origin

of that scar you luck son specified him Hank number 46 is that his actual son Raymond 47

47 close to the end of the pack Parker Collie number 48 collie park richard number 49 why does that guy look familiar boys it takes heavy heavy sack to sign up for this contest it's all you need a hawkalugi bro as you all know our country has been in a period of financial struggle since the war your inspiration will continue to elevate our gross national product you are a sacrifice

walk until there's only one of you left maintain a speed of three miles per hour fall below the speed you get a warning that's generally what i do on the treadmill you can't make speed in 10 seconds you get an additional warning three warnings you get your ticket walk one hour at speed one warning is a race and so on if you step off the pavement you will get your ticket without warning oh shit there's one winner rabbit's foot oh my god you can win how do you any of you can do it if you are this seems like something that you could train for but damn no i look at each and every one of you and i see hope boys who's set to fucking win all of us who's ready to fucking win

america who's ready to give their lives for this country within the country yeah new ways of creating soldiers payed anyone can win oh boy that's a statement of theme for this movie some random character is going to win this the beauty in the world blown over by the winds of change war and discontent i mean i imagine those trucks are going at least three miles per hour so as long as you keep pace the truck you should be fine must be so boring for those drivers though i'm happy i only watched the trailer once because i feel like a trailer of a movie like this would spoil the movie yeah probably i don't really remember it too well i remember a lot of this

yeah pretty much kind of wish we never saw the trailer yeah that's why we do less trailers people yeah pretty fucking desolate oh shit thought there'd be more people i guess He doesn't allow spectators until the final stretch, except for the fucking locals. Oh, my. See, soldiers. Wow, my man's A-Camp for life, Jesus. You're on candid camera. Wow.

If I spit at it, we'll go away. It's fucking creepy. I wonder if he'll ever cut to the public. Mile five, all right, everyone's told and strong. Are you from here? Yeah, I'm from down state. Oh, so you the one. What you mean?

The one, what? Sir Garrity here's a walk from the home state. Warning. Warning, number 38. I feel like you guys are not ready to accept death right now. I don't know if they have to know. That's the game, right? That's why her mom was crying.

His mom was crying. Big boy's gonna have no problem walking out without getting another warning. And then he'll have this one taken off to have a clean slate. But then again, I imagine like death and violence is so normal now. Oh, so that's gross. so what the fuck it's pocket it's fucking gum it's not fucking biodegradable it's funny how this kid moves to new york from china and now he's playing like a new yorker yeah no no no what are you doing dog doesn't matter oh no oh no

oh no warning number five second warning Shit, ugh. Number five, third warning. Get the fuck up, Barkierich. Sheesh. You're gonna have to work your ass off now. The hell you need a rest for anyway. We just fucking started.

We'll see you guys just take it first. Fuck, Wod. It's all part of my fucking plan. Oh, yeah. Is it? There's a Walking Dead episode happening over there. Listen, I wouldn't mind having some money, but there's more important things. This walk doesn't matter and the prize.

It certainly doesn't matter. Why are you here? What's... That's some bullshit, Gary. Okay. You're to prove a point. Look at it like this. When the system backs people into a corner,

points to an escape hatch and says, that's the only way out. Of course we're all gonna try to go through. We've been set up to believe it's the only way, the honorable way. Right. Oh boy. All of the boys in this country put in for it. I'm not exaggerate. Everybody puts in for it.

Even though it's not required. Because we're all so fucking desperate. The illusion of choice. It's not smart to talk bad about the long walk That's dissent and it's punishable by You gonna arrest him? Didn't think so You got a point, Gary

Hey say we have a choice To sign up for the lottery But any of you know anyone ever who has it I don't agree with you about money Baker's ride Mayn't be the most important thing But it's pretty fucking high up there Yeah but how many people do you know

With a hell lot of money We're doing a hell lot of good Throw it into Mount Doom It's not real, I think My opinion, it's a myth Won't be a myth when I win that's exactly what I want that money for to do you good

smoke no I'm okay yeah I don't smoke neither figured I'd learn hmm are you doing this massive cardio experiment yeah I'm going to say

why you're walking is wild save your wind if you smoke ordinarily try not to do so on a long walk when you shut the fuck it is crap though it is pretty shit anyone else won't this

oh no hey how's you come from Ray Garrity, hometown boy, number 47. Yeah. Make very strong 23. You're the camp scholar. He scoped everyone out, huh? I'm writing a book, you see?

A book about the long walk. I see that. Yeah. Are you the winner? You're writing in real time? Make me rich. Oh, if you win, you won't need a book to make you rich. Yeah, but you get a legacy.

Still make one. Heck of an interesting book, I think. How long has this take been? It's really drawing a lot of the allegories of how, like, Christian theology in America, subscribing to American law actually go hand-in-hand the cult of law. Oh no! Oh no, my man, Joe, Joe. Oh no, my man.

Oh no, my man. Yeah, I felt it. I felt he was a goner. Just fast enough and steady, okay? All right. Come on, put your weight on. Put your weight on. Oh, poor kid. Oh, he's way too young. Keep walking. You're with us. You with us. Come on, keep open. Keep open. That's right. That's right. We out here in the sunshine, just have a fuck.

Gonna be all right, okay? She's loosening now. Oh, my God. Keep walking. You promise? You promise? All right. Okay.

Yo, this shit is so sad. Yeah, man. Like, these are primarily good people, and, like, there will only be one winner. I was going to say, this has to be a very emotionally conflicting experience, because you're having this thing that only a certain amount of people can relate to, yet you know that eventually people are not going to be able to make this. Come on, Curley. Come on, Curley. Come on, Curly. Yeah.

Come on. Come on. Oh, Curly. Oh, no. Oh, sorry, Curly. No. Oh, it ain't fair. Oh, that's so sad.

It ain't fucking fair. Oh, my God. That was graphic. Number 37. Number six. Ooh. I was about to say, too, we're building all this camaraderie. only for it to be viciously ripped apart.

But that's what I mean is like, why would, would you want to build camaraderie knowing that most of them will die? Is it a spirit-breaking exercise? It's only going to hurt more in the end. Wow, that's when the title sequence comes up for 30 minutes in. That's nuts, dude. Yeah, the country sees the long lock and they're like, shit, we better keep up the pace.

Let's remember fondly and celebrate his bravery. I like the dialogue of like that meaning when they say you get your ticket punched as a metaphor for death and the whole time Major was like you get your ticket Let's hear it boys God damn right Rouse that American spirit in you

I love how they yeah glorify the first person to die As a special honor Cantine 47 calling for canteen And are like people betting against them In the public Are you gonna have to do like a special

P-Walk when the time comes Hey why'd you touch that cop out Like knocking on wood I guess This guy ain't a believer in anything, huh? I got to take a leak. Watch out, boys. Incoming. Oh, you would have to just pee backwards, huh?

You're just going to have to, yeah. That is a relief. It's a good thing no one's eating solids. There's just no pooping on the walk. I'm not sure how much longer I can. Oh, no, no, right, right. Come on now. That's how everybody thinks.

Yeah, exactly. You got to think different. We don't think about making it to the air. You think about moments. Hmm. Yeah, what we think about now? Well, that was easy. You just got to make it through this goddamn heat boy.

Oh, my God. He is magnetic to watch. Like, they're all good performers, but yeah. Where'd they come from? My dad said it. Who's your dad? Yeah, you're just a kid, too. Hey, just go on, dads with me like this forever, compadre, and I'll never tie.

Hey, we'll straight part shoes on the stars and hang upside down from the moon. Bars. In days past, I would like to have been a song ride up. Hmm. those days so i guess i'm stuck here riffing for you i'm pherson oh my i think you got our secret in myr over there what come old man she must be like 14 i love you oh we're very out because we're on television get out of him man come on be a sourpuss awesome the boys got a fan let him have his fun and don't thank me too much i like you but if you

you fall over i won't pick you up there he was hope you change your tune that's a line let's be musketeers how to fuck we're gonna be musketeers there's four of us we think together to where all that's up how about that oh for one you're a slow way you're slowing your walk dude No, dude. Oh boy, what is that called? Oh, what the hell? He's having like a convulsion.

Shit. It's like you shaking and shit. Warning, number one, second warning. This guy's a psychopath. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Third warning, number one. Yeah, that's rough.

Why won't they just fucking ended? Hey, y'all should be fucking smiling. The odds just went up for us. Yeah? There's always one of you in these games. There's no us. That's what I'm afraid of. That's what I mean, like I've been feeling like, I love that the fact that the script is having them be so gregarious with each other.

There's a real camaraderie, but it also seems like there's an avoidance of facing the fact that most of them will die. Well, I want to work- surrounded by bugs latching on them. Oh. Is it a fascinating, like, psychological study? Because this could have just been, like, stoic and dower, but they're really making a human experience out of this. Reading Hooter magazine.

Oh, the cat is viving. Look at him. Is this something like Alt 50s world or something? It's like all 50s, alt 60s? That's the vibe I'm getting. I keep waiting for you after World War II or something. A timeline reveal. Hey, what is that?

This is Rock Round Vimson. Jesus. Oh, God. You off your trolley musketeer? One pucosol over the place. Hey, in France. Yeah, there you go. This is cuisine.

That shit is fucking disgusting. You got that right. Oh, hey, keep up, keep up, keep up. Oh, no, dude. Fucking jelly light then. Part of went away for a while, but it's coming back now. I just don't know what the hell I got to adjust. Maybe stop talking so much, buddy.

What's your speed, Wilson? Keeps me calm. It's 3.4. Yeah, me too. I'm assuming you guys. Let's shave point three off. smart yeah yeah yeah yeah that's good i really feel the fucking difference hey so do i'm better too let's not stay here for too long yeah smart want tell us about that scar here we go there we got's getting his wish

yeah big is right maybe we just um you keep quiet trauma i'll tell you in the third act shit god damn it hey hey it's all right you ain't get more rations you're fine That was it for me today, because I'm allergic to the spam. I gave all that shit away. Oh, kid. Fucking hungry. Do you have to only walk forward? Could you three miles an hour walk back?

I don't like it anyway. Aw. Good man, Garrity. Thanks, Ray. You know, you could actually, if you go into a fasted state, you will start pulling from your fat, and you'll be able to work off that. People can go, like, 36. can be a while without food you can go a long time rank yeah but what was the short for i mean like just rank just rank you're fucking with me your god damn name is right

chill dog she must have just had to take it out on you some other way how worse my guy stop stop oh he's trying to get him killed assill leave the kid alone before pull your fucking nose off and make you fucking eat it okay meat head oh what a threat feel like this guy on the right's gonna be cool yeah he's inside a word the whole time Alright, one more thing I think your mama was giving out coupons Stop It's on 42nd Street

Stop Don't feed into this These are boilerplate insults Ow Ow You're done son Get the fuck up That's all you, bro

Why you tell him to get up You're not just a pest no more Now you're a murder You can't fucking say that shit No, no, no, no, no. No. Shut the fuck up. Hey, Carl, you saw that shit, right?

No. Fucking say, man. I know. You like to talk. Okay. Hey. Fucking kill that kid, for Christ sakes. Fuck off.

Okay, fuck you. Why don't you go back and dazzle him, huh? Yeah, bro. This guy looks like discounted Chad Michael Murray. He does. I see it. I can't wait to see your brains over the fucking concrete, Bachovich. Bukovic you know I cheer when it happens

You fucking disa shit Started cheering a little bit before the spot shot goes off Oh hello there's got to be respect leading to death Huh something real bad happening up ahead Hey, it's so gross I don't even think I can write about in the book it might kill the commerciality of it What

words been coming down the line that's got ronald 45 He's got the shits real bad Oh no Oh no Oh, no, oh, my God. Doogie! Not even going to wipe up. That is

not a fun audition. They actually showed that. That was crazy. He's got the runs. Oh, I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.

It is devolizing. Oh, God. He's still walking. Why you get the gun pointed at him? Trash. impactor of human dignity oh jeez oh oh i hate that gross ass way to die it's so nasty that is very very tragic we won't avoid it boys she wash out quick last 20 always have to shit shut the fuck up step in so this guy served and is that why even the major liked him he comes across like a total

soldier first night is almost upon some of you it will be the last but remember with determination pride and ambition this is the yeah this is like the rat race of society yeah and i was thinking about this this whole thing is like an allegory for life itself Where the girls are so pretty Polly Malone Oh What time is you? It's 3.45

Ugh I've been You've been dozing for hours, yep Wow Sleepwalking we are great skill to have It's something like this Yeah seriously You know I was sleeping too

Ain't strange we can do that Doesn't make any fucking sense does it I mean you know I was even dreaming Yeah Yeah, I was dreaming about my mom. Semi lucid dreaming. And she used to sing me this lullaby that was so sweet, you know. Oh, Irish hymn.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What's her name? Uh, mom. Uh, um, um, Ginny. Ginny. Ginny. Genie. I got to tell you, I didn't realize how much I could fucking miss her.

Yeah, seriously. I just got to make it till there, I guess. yeah yeah gotta go right oh no don't answer that question yeah yeah um yeah I did why you know I had to end it because of this so wow that's too bad but smart yeah I think so too second warning going on man you got a lady he doesn't ask questions about himself no right no would you like one oh he heard you no no no no no no no no no no oh come on this just three hours whoa just there it is like you don't want me to get my ticket i know you're just like the rest of him

man oh you're gonna sleep defriving paranoid oh man oh boy Steve grade Marty you were going to die on this hill maybe more than half are you inclined three in the morning oh what the hell someone slow down too much Jesus they were at pace with the other guys what the hell oh you're dead oh my god oh my god

oh my god okay he's just waiting waiting for him to slow down Wow, what a horrible shot. Oh, that's so grim. Oh, my God. And the shots, like, slow you down, too sometimes. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, shit, shit, shit. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Jesus. Soldiers are fucking feels so cruel. Oh, Pete. Oh, me. I feel fain. You can do this. Boy your canteen over your head. Oh my god.

There you go. Damn, that one soldier just falling in, man. Shoo. Canteen 47 canteen. Smart. to shoot me not look at me motherfucker oh boss man that wreck was abandoned don't slow down i knew we were going to have to have a moment like that we're sick out most of the people yeah i didn't mean what i said that was that we'll middle him down at some

point oh p i owe you oh my god oh my god what about the rest of them He talks like a soldier. Yeah, he does. You think you will win, Ray? I need to. We all do. Yeah, to survive. I get it, but I need to for other reasons.

What do you think you will? No, I don't. Huh. How about you? I stopped thinking I had any real chance around 11 last night. When the first guy fell off, when they pulled the triggers, the major will go April 4s and we'll all go home. Wouldn't that be nice?

Nice. This is walk or die. Yeah. Simple as that. That's what they should call this game. They're mothers who left the fucking car if that kid was pinned underneath. What motivates you? Not man or God.

There's something in the fucking brain. I don't have that. The will to live. When the time comes, but I'm tired enough. I think I'll just sit down. Yeah. I believe that. How many people are left?

What came up? We lost 14 less now. Now, which was 18 left, I think. It's in and out, right? 67 miles. Jesus Christ. Hey, Olson. You want to go for a walk?

He's done. Go to hell. Go for a walk. What did you say? Go to hell. You're not fun to the word. Oh, Jesus, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. MVP.

Just give up, kids, except... Except death, kids. Just accept it, man. How many miles did you walk on that thing? Just accept it. Keep it moving, one foot in front of the other, you got this. They can't turn around, he knows, they all know. Yeah, you get out of here, you won't see that.

Yeah, man, it's done. Oh, that poor guy. And the kids are watching. are watching this is the world they're growing up and he's doing it he's not keeping up with pace oh yeah fucked it's all so fucked to emotional garrity oh man hey hang i'm sorry for oh no i really am i'm gonna his hand i don't know you made it 100 miles that's that god damn accomplishment mark ham was out of a carnival yeah he's a carnival barker the major sleeps sit night after supper he even showers wow jesus

bless you getting six stebbins wouldn't you like that garrity just allergies uh-oh he's running for it morning oh oh no now i'm fuck man that just woke me up even awake this whole time don't even lie what you wish for him of grease i had a wish for a long time for years actually but i was gonna open up change my wish in the last couple days really from now on I'm gonna wish that along woke has two wins wow damn then he used to come people can have hope that maybe their friends just might make dude that's beautiful beat

wish for more wishes I'm not fucking with you I'm dead serious that's really fucking goddamn beautiful I hope if you win you take Pete's wish yeah how about you Gary no I'm not saying it's like a birthday wish you know come on not trying to jinx it come on guy come on the chance is going to be you Oh, any one of us is slim to none. Chances are getting better and better. I'm feeling pretty good today, so... Yeah, skip it out.

Skip to my loo. But, uh, I don't know, how many of us are left? What, one, two, two, four. I say, it's around 15, probably. I don't know. Those are no longer bad odds. 15 out of 50, yeah. This ain't enjoyable at all anymore.

When was it enjoyable? Oh, the gun. I got this feeling in the depth of my gut. As long as this gum lasts, so do I. That could be dehydrating you, though, dude. Can you get another piece? Just, like, switch the piece. I don't know.

I figured within the next two days, I mean they're going to be dead or the winner. Huh? Might as well as speak well I can. Here, hear. No, you're right, Gary. Fuck the long walk. Hey. Hey.

There you go. Whoa. Fuck the long walk. Hell yeah. Yeah. Fight back. What's you got, boy. Oh, this dude didn't say nothing as whole.

whole time the major isn't a smart target the major fuck the law oh shit step is he gonna have to fucking shoot me what is your relationship to the major is he your daddy that's what i guessed right away yeah i was thinking like very early on there's someone on the inside someone's gonna get punished uh-huh he just now put on the radio after all this time looking ornery over there right don't drop it all right playing ball ready hit me there you go keep him work oh no bro don't take long now we've got to duke it out

gotta go it's good second number six so undignified fucking nasty pinch it off my man it's so easy with the gun of them yeah make it a little while longer never could go long without a crap

uh longest year are gone probably how about it's just gotta stay between us pete you have my word entirety and i mean so i hope so my dad uh you know was he like a freedom fighter my dad was my hero

and um you know he always wanted to show me things That honestly could have gotten him jailed Ah Yeah, I don't know, I wanted to know the old way So he showed it to me I know that's just legal now Yeah, I think he thought he had a system

He thought he was being careful, but... This country of freedom is really good at oppressing Dad, do you mind grabbing the baseball It's right next to the sewing machine? That's right... Thank you Thank you Ah

Playing baseball would pee Is it very person... Whoa! That's... What? this shit what did you do what did you do a revolution no they're gonna do right here on the front yard or did they just murder him for owning all those things mr william garrady wow by the major you pledge allegiance to the state the system and the squads here and now on the street

before your family or immediate deactivation oh my god deactivation to be an examination to be an sample for your son he died for what he believed in honorable choice yeah the honorable choice is dying for what you believe it's your decision die on my feet no sir I will pledge no such allegiance major did it himself luck to you mr. Garrity luck to never forget who you are Ray damn wild last words man sorry it's all right i'm all right hope he used to take the major out with yourself and that's why i'm gonna kill him yeah as you should is that what he participated i guess oh how right you can't wish you have a wish

that will give me the ability to do it once i'm the winner once i'm close enough to him that's that thing and that brain that keeps him going you're gonna wish for the carbine the gun then they'd have to give it to you yeah and that's how i do it right fucking there but the prize money you got a gift to your yeah you got to give to your mom he chose to leave you how's that good that's another way to look at it yeah yeah do you have any idea how hard it is to fucking killing man i'll kill a dear and that's hard enough like killing man it's only easy for a certain kind of person i'll become that kind of person that'd be fucking sad have you been that person they want to see our fucking brains on the concrete man they just as soon see yours

oh how you fucking see it look harder yeah that's a family and they're love each other always a battle of perspectives we can't get mad at them from being conditioned to think that this is okay when we're the fucking same oh my man's philosophize him the wish means nothing if you don't believe in that family over there if you don't believe that work for you and save you may as well sit down right now let them rid of you with bullets because vengeance is not enough that doesn't seem like the path your dad wanted yeah based off who he was inspiring you with it's not about one guy it's about the whole place it's the system you ever had brother ray no You do now.

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Oh my God. He's going to quit. Oh, no, he's going to run over. Yeah. they're giving him a warning just kill them oh she pricks you assholes there's still warning it was crazy three days here what you're trying to do it's lighting them up doing his skivies oh no he's done he's done why I take your clothes off for that i don't know i don't think he was in a logical state don't oh the gum back in your mouth

boy back in your mouth for the back put it back put it back right next time take the train we passed one earlier oh so brutal i want to sign up for this yeah seems healthy wow what a beautiful shot wow my god is there outlined oh what a beautiful shot the worst halo light you tired gerry am i tired what a question tired of looking at you exhausted is he gonna pull some shit you're not exhausted not yeah what the hell are you gonna do I don't know why I bother talking to you what's your play talking a fucking smoke he's almost through now you got pause talking about awesome looking the way you look yeah the fuck are you driving that man

why don't you ask your hick friend art baker the mule doesn't like the plow but it sure does like the taste of carrots oh no come on man you don't quite know it yet but he's lost his appetite for the carrot oh man sometimes man's gotta take time to say goodbye just when you know you're not gonna make it. Talk to me, man, what's going on? Hey, hey, talk to me, Hank. Sevens is just talking about carrots and don't know what's happening, but you okay? Oh, Hank.

Talk to me. Oh, he is president. Can't even do it. He's full of weeds. Okay. Hey, hey, keep walking, Hank. Hey, Hank. Come on.

Wow. Nah, dog. Right toward them. Whoa. Jesus He already shot him Oh, this poor kid Why are he?

They're gonna let him bleed out It's deliberate to discourage any of us From doing the old charge of the light brigade number Hank, Hank, hey good one No No, no, no, no, no, no You're gonna go back too? I did it wrong.

I did it all wrong. Why? I didn't know. I need to get the bus to mind now. He did. He did. I did it. I did it wrong.

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Oh, I couldn't say you. I know, I know, I know. I couldn't say you again. Oh, man. This is insanely heartbreaking. You did a good thing. You did a good thing. Yeah, you did.

tried you tried man day four may he's fucking me up I wish you would have shot one of those fuckers so I can't get over the pure fucking idiocy of old so why don't you keep his name at your fucking mouth he didn't go out quietly I respect the hell out of him for that yeah respect it as well so what of he was married that's that's a load of bullshit what all truth told a few of us at the drop off got a lot of ball busting for it's the only one that's right they arrived

My name's Plymantine, like a song. Okay, fellas. Just make a promise right now. No, my darling. Whoever wins, has to do something for his wife. It's exactly fucking right, Pete. You what, I'm not the fuck why to decide her the widow or, you know. Listen, just money or something just to make sure she's okay.

All right? Sounds like some bleeding hard bullshit to me. Oh, fucking come on, punk. Come on. You're the one I told everyone. Fucking say I never did anything 40 degrees. Man. And what about you, Baker?

Morning. Number 23. Yeah? What about you, Stebbins? Why not? Go team. Damn. No, I'm not feeling okay.

He's cracking. I haven't been sick in 10 years. And my body decides to do it during this exact stretch of days like some cruel fucking joke. Damn. Still fucking win this shit. Fuck! It started spilling, man. Why didn't your buddy ask me if I wanted to help Hank Skirl out, you know?

I think that's obvious. You know, I wanted to BS. You didn't hear me say I didn't want to BS, did you? No, I didn't hear you say that. No. I think I just got up on the wrong foot with you boys, you know? Yeah, yeah, that's all it is. Yeah.

I don't really have a crowd. I never had a crowd in school. I guess what I'm trying to say. You know, I was always getting off on the wrong foot. It's socially awkward, is all you are. Guys got to have a couple of buddies on a fucked up thing like this, right? Yeah. I'll push people away because I'm scared to have them get close.

That rank kid, yeah, man. I didn't want to see him go. I would never, you know, fuck. But you did. You did it. Of course you didn't. Fucking hearing it and seeing it in my mind over and over again, man. I can't fucking do it anymore, man.

I just got it. That's your award. I'm fucking sorry, man. And I can't think it's my fucking fault, right? Yeah. It's not my fault. It's not. It's not.

Yeah, something like this. So to break you down and humble you. You want to be a part of the day. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Okay. This are 10 spicy chicken wings on the internet. I'll tell that bitch.

She can have enough bread to stay on fifth half the rest of her fucking life. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Maybe I don't want to call it a bitch. And if you don't mind telling your buddies, they said I'm a part of it. I can tell Pete. I'm one of the boys now. guys that's what my daddy always said fuck fuck oh shit man i'm sorry man you losing it dog

i don't want to die i hate it you know you gotta die and that's the fucked up thing about all this is that we all got to go yeah oh are you okay fuck did you just say yes if you're okay i didn't fucking mean to kill that kid man i didn't fucking mean it okay oh my god we're all just friends right now man we're all just walking together as friends okay you got us you got us you got you got your pack all right your pack found your people we'll go tell pique you Let me buy the plan, all right? Yo, Pete, we got to get rid of this guy. I know.

Are they secretly going to throw him off the road? I got a goat, man. Is he going to give himself up? It's all right, Gary. Just keep, ah, fuck, man. He's done. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. Why would you do it? They're still going to give him a warning. What do you do there? Second warning, five. Everyone will keep woke. Horses. You're like horses, too.

But you were a part of it, man. Well, to minor 49er, and his daughter, Clementine. Now I love her, though her shoes were number nine. Oh. God, he looks like a grim reaper up there. How many more miles so it gets a dairy? They passed it a while back. You're even fucking close, right?

To your mom? Yeah, it shouldn't be long now. Oh, unlucky son of the bitch, Gary. Get to see your mom. Oh. What hell am I going to see it between now and me, huh? No one about the fucking pigs who come to stare. I'm homesick and I'm fucking scared.

Wow, it's a slow acceptance journey. If it makes you feel any better, I think we're all homesick. Fucking easy for you to talk to your home state. You're the only one he gets to see family. I don't know. Huh? I think he's got it harder than either of us. I think he might throw him off.

Fuck off. Be hard not to go run to them. You really think it's going to be harder? I just want to just keep him walking. Yeah. Oh, how far we've come? I feel like Pete's going to help until the very end. Who made of the free port, Pete?

My, $200 and 86. We lived to fight another day. Fuck. Damn bottom of my shoe fell off. Oh shit. Of course. Well, some nails will start poking through. Plus you work harder when you off balance.

That's a good point. warning number 47 oh my god fuck me oh my god they should have shoes in the tanks at least yeah canteens and shoes what is the population now go buy him some shoes oh that's go bring him some extra shoes girl go to run in the store real quick Zach no I'm so sorry I'm so sorry

I'm so sorry I'm so sorry mom just don't fuck you fuck you I've made such a fucking mass mistake Oh man I should just gone home

gone huh right you were walking for five days i've been walking my whole fucking life my parents both died in the big war when i was when i was little and you know the damned thing i don't remember a single thing about oh damn drunk uncle took me and died in the pool of his own pupe when i was here oh my damn after that i made kids sort of like me no parents or parents didn't get fuck orphans i lived on couches and in basements i set to feel And ditches. It took years before I was finally caught by the sake, but nothing was as bad as how I was living. Stealing shit, picking more fights.

Is it one day I picked the fight with the wrong guy? Sure. The guy who knew his way around a hunting knife. Yeah. You can't come me fucking good. You see this, Ray? I'll be looking at you. You see it?

Yeah, I do. Yeah. He left me for dead. Oh, extends beyond the face. I woke up in the hospital and you know what? You know what, Ray? I wasn't even upset. Because it wasn't his fault.

his photo was mine huh it was at that moment i said i'll always choose to find sunlight and all this fucking darkness you do find the light pete you do i don't have that in me though i would have been fucking dead if it wasn't for you think this shit is easy no way it's fucking hard's worth it i try fucking hard and everyone needs a pete sometimes even a pete i don't have much to lose i have everything in the day and that's why i'm here yeah i won that prize so i can do some boy maybe help some children who is will i meet

so i could have used ray what the brother if you make this i suggest you choose love i suggest you take that prize and go home to your mom because ray right right you don't go fucking care and you deserve it yeah oh man gorgeous

like everyone this has been great but he is on another plane we all gotta make an agreement and from here on out no help for anyone either do it on your own or you don't do it the fuck's that supposed to me you're 70s huh you fuck that's that supposed to be right you got a nose bleed over there what about a musketeer oh fuck your musketeers it's better for all of us and you know it pete's in like the best condition the hard life noseblee a year to give a shit about your nose bleed baker we've all got our issues if you couldn't tell holly parker you in oh no he's going to attack hey let's go

yeah you should have the guy on top yeah you should got yeah yeah sure yeah got a guy at top should have him first yeah oh oh oh Wow. Are you counting in your head? Jesus, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hey, hey, my nose. Whoa. My nose won't stop.

I know it won't stop. Weird sound. There. No. No, no. It's not that bad. Oh, are they going to make a choice? My grandma.

It's real bad, buddy. Oh, my nose. Every time I have nose, please. Oh, God. wish i had some rights to put on let's get you some nice you wish you had your grandma just keep walking i'm going down now boys oh keep walking a little longer okay oh he's gonna let himself go give your head up buddy you gave this your all yeah yeah yeah like fuck you did yeah you're top four man even made some friend this god damn right real long while

because the friends we made along the way did y'all do something for me absolutely it's faith you get this to my grandma he's a lot oh man promise me one don't watch him do it I promise me promise me I promise me oh thanks I'm going home no horrific performer too I know a little on me a fucking cat man oh no you're starting to break you know what I want more than anything this frame is cruel trying to keep it up like oh oh uh he looked he looks back yeah i mean that promise wasn't for him he wasn't part of the back you're in the home stretch for better or for worse there's going to be wheat and there's going to be chat how was he still going on as just this pair of feet

the fuck up holy shit yeah yeah old sack of shit shut up that's the spirit my boy Peter. Make no prisoners. Fletch that sack and go get that bro. It's always talking about sack. That sack is crazy. What happened if he sold at the exact same time, huh?

There's no way any three humans can measure exactness like these instruments. They have it down to the side increments. How the fuck do you know so much about the long walk anyway? Were you a soldier once? Like that actually... Never read a book. It ain't too hard. Come on, no. Come on.

man he called he said good luck son and that stood out to me like nobody's business at the top of this movie i'm the rabbit yeah i'm all the grahounds chase you've seen those little gray mechanical rabbits greyhound race the greyhounds chase at the dog races no matter how fast the dogs run they never can quite catch up to the rabbit because the rabbit isn't flesh and law maybe you're right here maybe we should stop being rabbits and pigs and goats and sheep that must be people real people you want to know how I know so much about the long walk yeah buddy the major's my father there it is hmm yeah I'm just bastard oh okay well there's a punch I didn't think he knew I was a son that's where I made my mistake he's got dozens of

oh oh for my wish I was gonna ask me taking into my father's home to be invited for tea wow wow wow I guess this grab it is flush of blood and this flushing blood is failing me I can feel my liver going. You got tricked into the race. I'm a long chilling with fluid, and I'd like to end this shit with my head held high instead of crawling on my belly like a reptile choking on my own mucus.

Oh. Think it'll rain the net warts? I made me feel for this guy. I don't know. It looks that way. I always love the rain. Hey, I'm sorry. Sucks.

This major's like Zeus or something. just keep walking okay oh he's he's doing it nice walking with these stebbins good luck third warning 38 final warning major feel anything come on do me 50% chance now p p fucking do me damn they play with the focus you still got to compose the shot in the back and the shot in the front there's something about being with these boys i don't know it reminded me The only guarantee you have is a human being is that you are going to die. Yeah, right. Every moment matters, especially at the end.

And then he kicks his ankle out. I don't know why that calms me, but I'm not afraid anymore. Seeing a lot of death in these last week. He literally went through the stages of grief. This guy. 331. They made a great job of making him look tired. I wonder if he sleep deprived himself.

Sometimes actors will do that. maybe one of those born movies mad david just wasn't sleeping for much of the shoot so he could look like shit i love how we're not really spending much time on close-ups with the public i wonder if are you going to do it man part of me wonders if they didn't vert it i don't know he sees it in his eyes oh yeah he said he was going to sit down no you're going to do this for your Mom, get up. Get off me, Ray. Come on, man.

What the fuck are you doing? Being a brother? To my brother. Oh. Just walking me home or. Okay. No brother left behind, man. You convinced him motherfucker.

No! No! I thought he was going to do it. No! I thought he was going to do it. Yeah. Uh. What'd you do?

What'd you do? What'd you do? What'd you do? fucking do i can't see it but you can't that's why i love you oh oh no no no do you take a gun may god did he got a good uh she got a good Oh, the singing. Rotten reward. Congratulations, Mr. McBride's.

The cash prize is yours. So tell me, son, what you wish? Is he going to wish for the gun? The whole nation is watching, son. What you wish? I want a carbine. There it is. Yeah, so the carbine.

You'll have one. No, I want that carbine. A one now. I want that. Give him his. wish oh my god you won't shoot anyone boys he's won too much and remember this one

wants to make the world a better place i wonder if they added that line hold your fire oh fuck it's fire boys that's all right son no harm done not yet put the gun down there's more riches than you could possibly imagine oh god

put the gun down the prize is yours for the taken let you swap your wish This is for Ray You can help people, man Wow Chilling Score element

Keep walking Walk never ends Wow Well boys We don't watch the long walk That's right we kept pace yeah buddy every mile along road man i want to thank prepper for editing down these high lock they really sacked up when they sat down to their editing machines did a good job boys

gonna walk it off showed a whole lot of sack oh yeah they didn't well thanks very much for being here everybody throw your sack on that like button and the subscribe button and the notification bell and put five sacks on the rating scale for any podcast listeners to the audio version of this people are mean how many people showing up in our live stream yeah watching this a while since i watched the movie that kind of just messed me up so much yeah oh wow oh boy yeah this was uh quite a piece it's really good one all right well we do not have cues from the patrons my fault it's last minute shoot so didn't have time to put something out there sorry royals normally our royal rejects get an opportunity to participate in our reviews by asking a specific question so we'll just have to guide this thing our selves Aaron I'll go to you first my man what were your expectations going in and how did this movie deliver on the expectations would you say I think my expectations going in were more so that this was going to be a movie that had like some semblance of it being a thriller but from the trailer it looked

like it was fairly straightforward but I definitely was surprised by how much heart this movie had and even though you know that the movie's going to be down to essentially one guy at the end how much nuance there was amongst that premise and the different things you learn over the course of the story about each guy and then the perseverance of the human spirit and we learn about the process of grief over the course of the film was really powerful

and how us, you know, having a shared experience only strengthens the bond through hard times and learning about, you know, why we do what we do and what motivates us and how our, our past and informs us both for the better or for the worst. And I feel like there was a lot to take away from this movie. Definitely some stuff I'm going to be chewing on long past this recording.

But yeah, I think this is a really powerful film overall. Awesome. Glad to hear it. John, same question to you, my friend. Expectations. And what did it ultimately deliver? Yeah, this is weird. It's, you know, I, in some senses, this is the movie I expected it to be, but, you know, it's the nuances, it's the flourishes. It's the specific details and everything that make it sing. You know, I expected a very linear sort of rumination on the circumstances let us hear and the human spirit under intensely harsh conditions. And that's a lot of what we are doing. But, yeah, it's just the strength of the ensemble, the strength of the direction and the pacing. And I don't know the originals.

source material, but this, at least as a screenplay, really sang in a lot of ways. And, yeah, I think there are, oh, just, yeah, this definitely, like, kept on mounting in terms of, like, emotional tonality, because at first you're like, okay, we're in for a sci-fi, vaguely sci-fi, dystopian, you know, message piece of some kind. And, and, yeah, past a certain point, it started to get really emotional beyond just the sort of like okay i know we're going to confront death like i think the movie does a lot to like yeah walk you up to the lines you are expecting because you know again it's a pretty linear experience but then pushing you past that point of emotionality and really feeling the depths of heartbreak uh was something that i wasn't not expecting

but was very potent and very striking so yeah this was great how did you feel how are you feeling now what did you expect i feel amazing you feel so much catharsis boy yeah It feels good to watch a really good movie. That's one. And it's something that had an interesting nuance about everyone's on their deathbed in this film. Yeah. They often talk, you know, you hear people speak about when someone's on their deathbed, they're sort of evaluating what really matters to them in life and the things they wasted during that time.

And oftentimes you see these. characters boiling it down to their relationships in life. And that's what that's what sung to them the most. It was rather, it's weird. It's like it's such a messed up movie. And it's also incredibly bleak. Same time, there, there is a sense of appreciation for the now that I think it gives of instilling in us to appreciate what we,

have right now as we are alive, you know, and it for being a, you guys were like talking about it during it, how this long walk is essentially just a metaphor for life in a lot of ways. And while everyone's going through their journeys and some themes are a little bit more specific, whether they're talking about, you know, entertainment through suffering, entertainment through violence, desensitized America, the pitch of freedom actually being in a systematic, oppressive world. There's these themes that are like a larger surrounding of the world, but they do

a really great job on just focusing on what these characters are going through, and the themes kind of come out through that versus the inverse. I feel like some other movies might have gotten a little bog down with commentary, commentary, commentary, and let's put some characters in here.

And there was a really cool way they worked inward that went out. So that's what made it such like an emotional experience and I love the execution of it because I didn't know what really to expect like I remember really liking the trailer but I thought it might have been more like kind of what you were saying Aaron a little more like thrillery a little bit more like body count heavy and gory and you know horror is going to get more and more screwed up as we go yeah it's more

the, you know, green mile Shawshank side of Stephen King than it is the, you know, welcome to dairy or something. I don't know, the penny wise. Instead of the more supernatural or the more over the top high concept king, it's the, yeah, like human spirit

ruminations on life and spirituality and things like that. Yeah. It's like a kind of a more toward that side of the spectrum, but like with a little bit of that sci-fi stuff thrown in for, you know, good measure. Well, not sci-fi, but it feels dystopian. You can't quite tell what e-riguer

in. It feels like all 40s. It does all 50s. Based off of the clothing, the cars, the newspaper, the guy was carrying around. He was, I think yeah, I couldn't tell who was on the cover, but it looked like it could have been, oh my God,

fucking breakfast at Tiffany's school, Audrey Hepburn. It looked like it could have been Audrey Hepburn on the cover of a newspaper. So at least that was what I was pick it up on, or just could been modern day. There's some parts of the world that just look like they're from an older time period. Either way, the relevancy of this experience doesn't seem to be bogged down by time period.

They make it feel kind of timeless in this execution. Is there a character you connected to you the most, Aaron? Oh, I probably say Peter. You know, I really liked his optimism and his love. for for ray over the course of the story and even in the face of all of his troubles he found a way to find a sense of purpose and fight for the people that were in his shoes or in his sort of situation that he wanted to enhance the lives of and I feel like on that level I really resonated with with his character you know that's why I write poetry for myself but also for

so people who feel like lost or invisible or who don't have a voice to those words can see themselves in that and I feel like a semblance of connection to him in that front yeah he's also just a great actor but from a spiritual connective point that is why I liked him the most

John he's definitely the character that you most want to be I feel like I mean they're all I feel like you know it's one of those things where a lot of them are containing parts of us. I mean, you know, Hank is certainly a character that felt very familiar, felt very close to home, sort of just like the, yeah, the sort of like, you know,

fun cut-up guy who's trying to keep the morale up. I mean, I think a lot of us could kind of port ourselves over onto Ray, because I think if anybody signs up for this, you might have some kind of idea of a stand you might take and the way that that's going to be sort of tested and altered and shifted as you undergo the psychological maelstrom of this experience.

I thought Ray was a really relatable character because, I mean, granted, he's the audience cypher in a lot of ways, but yeah, somebody who has a reason to do this, but who is sort of actively grappling with a grief that has led them here, I thought was very interesting. Yeah, it felt like a guardian angel, Peter.

Yeah, Peter definitely did. Yeah, I feel like Ray is like like Peter's the aspirational character to me. I'm like, I don't know if I would relate to him so much as I wish I could be like this guy. Whereas, yeah, like a Ray feels more like, he's the kind of every

man of the group while also being like a lead character. Well, you know, like structurally I expected this movie. The only thing I got right was when he called him son. Yeah. After that, I got like, this is where a lot of how I can't predict you how this would go is not what

ended up happening. And like, I I thought right at the bat that Ray would get killed like really early on. It is cool to see a movie that defies what most films would do. An average film would probably go down the path of

when they're closer to the finale. Everyone's kind of turning like they're seasick in a way. You know, they're all turning on each other maybe hallucinating. And it's all like one man for themselves where like cannibals having to survive out here. Or the close.

So they get to the end, like the world around them, start standing up for them because they like him so much. Like, no, we must stop the long walk. There's another Stephen King movie out right now. That is kind of doing some of that. Oh, wow. Oh, no. But this.

Richard Bachman, okay. But I love how, you know, with the store, when you get to Ray's Ark at the end and how he was saying, like, the only guarantee we have in life is death. It's literally the one thing in life we can never escape. We will all eventually die. And it's easy to look at this micro experience on earth, this one little moment in time. If you're on this walk, just look out for yourself, screw everyone else.

It can only be one person standing, but when you look at life, it's like, well, we're all actually on a long walk in life. We're all going to die at some point, so we might as well be nice to each other along the way. And I think that's part of what the beautiful message is of this movie. It's one of those things who are like, I feel inspired right now. How long will I remember this for? in the heat of a stressful moment. So I love that. Like,

well, Ray's arc goes through. It's weird how he, at the very, when he's confronting his mom, and he's like, I made a mistake. I'm effed up.

I'm like, I did what my dad did. And then he actually goes on an arc that is more like what his dad is, where he sacrifices himself for something he believes in. And for people he loves. For someone he loves.

Yeah. For someone he loves. And it is more along the belief system that his, dad wanted him to uphold and not really an act of revenge whereas peter was the guy who was always looking for the light and it's a bit of a conflicting ending for me honestly that's the last the last couple moments like i like the tragedy of it and i like the i'm i'm i like bleakness sometimes and then sometimes i feel like this movie never walked into bleak and violent for bleak and

violence sake which i thought was a really cool restraint for a movie that had some like violent moments and some gross moments, it would never felt exploitative in the way they handled it or it was just trying to get a reaction. It seemed to elicit the kind of reaction you'd want in the moment of these characters and as an audience member. And at the very end, you know, Peter's always talking about seeing the light. And at the end, he's walking into darkness after he kills someone. And he's kind of walking away free. And I don't know if it was supposed to be like a thematic thing of like, did he actually, guy and now he's walking into hell or something like that.

You know, there was a lot of talk about religion and faith. And I like how through conversation, you see how there's certain characters and there's certain ways of how they want you to believe that feel like, you know, some people, when they want to break down the zealot side of Christianity and then the zealot side of being an American, how those two kind of go hand in hand, you know. it's like the Pledge of Allegiance feels like a real kind of prayer act to God

one nation under God, you know? There is a religion that intermingles of patriotism. Definitely. Good way to put it. So that's the one part of the ending where I'm a little bit. I don't know how I feel. We just watch it like 10 minutes ago.

So I don't know how I feel if I really like that final choice. I appreciate the dissent. But part of me is like, I just kind of wish you, you know, I actually had a little bit of a good win here. And it's got to be the example of light at the end of it all, you know? I'm fascinated.

But it's at the point that, like, you, this, this world can, uh, shatter the light within us. Yeah. I mean, it did feel very human for him. Yeah. Go through, he had another loss. You know, he lost his, his parents, lost his uncle, all of his people. So then for him to make that choice in the end and not get the like, just kind of re, re, not a reevalue, but go through that same cycle of pain that he had been.

living his whole life only for him to do it once more i guess i just wanted a little movie well it's it's a bit of a movie thing going on he's like post second chance so it's like what is this third chance what is that even what is that you know and after something so harrowing and and yeah i mean like the choice to go into like a sort of magical real sort of like there's nobody here on the street he's alone yeah is it a comment on him as a person as this sort of singular figure now who I don't know if you take it too literally then you're like well are they just

going to shoot him after this or is everybody going to like start a riot and be like the major's dead you know this is great or like why would one person yeah implication was that if he shot him he'd get killed yeah that's the implication for before so like I don't know I guess you can you can certainly read that as this we are we just cut

to him in the afterlife or maybe symbolically he does make it out and just winds up down this lonely road again because you know but right before he said that he's like give this to my kids implying that he was gonna one he was gonna shoot him but two that he would live on past this moment oh i thought he was just saying that to get the gun oh i see i'm right between you both because i'm like i think you're saying it to get that gun right now yeah and i don't know

if yeah i don't know if the kids part is a true and honest he doesn't have kids no i know but that's i'm saying that he's going to live on to have kids i don't know if there's an additional layer of like After I kill you, I want to give this gun to my kids, or if it's simply the ploy that gets it into his hands. Oh, yeah, I read it as purely. I'm actually, like, I'm not even questioning it on it. I read it as, like, it was purely a ploy. Yeah. Because he knew they said, like, Mark, the Major says something, like, he won't do it.

He just won all the money. Don't throw it all the way. Yeah, throw it all the way. There's an implication that he will die or lose all this. So he wouldn't say, like, I want it to give to my kids if he specifically getting it to kill the major yeah yeah um so i don't know would you uh would you think of the major john what you think of mark hamill's performance he was in the movie he was good he was he's good he's good uh he's doing his thing his voice is fun to listen to he's appropriately sinister he's not

like he's just a figurehead of the movie sort of he's not like a real guy my favorite moment with him is toward the end when they're when uh ray tells him to shut up you know and he's like mouthing off to him at that point you know he's doing a good job and he's lending his weight as a performer but it is not like a stretch for him yeah i feel like he was serviceable um he represents you know the system that's keeping them in line and the person that's like that's wrong to him especially ray it's it's interesting that someone like francis lawrence did this because in a way there's like parallels between like you said hunger games and this but i feel like hunger games is like looking at so like the it's a little speck Well, this is a fundamental. This is like the outside. Yeah. What if instead of all that bombast, we just went

character drama and only character drama. Yeah, but to put people in situations where they die for the sake of, you know, bettering their lives or community. Similar premise, but yeah, focusing in on the individual rather than the world. As a way to drive the economy. Yes, it is.

Some good shit. Yeah. I love reality TV. And there was a lot of shit in the movie. A lot of people taking a lot of poops I know there's one shot in particular I was like wow I can't believe they showed that Holy showed that shit CGR did someone had to work on that in post

That's right They borrowed some assets from the green inferno They called Eli Roth Like we need some some diarrhea quick And this also feels like an anti-war film Yeah Well yeah because the Long Walk itself feels like If you remember it does

Bear resemblance to what I have to imagine And what many war movies depict You know minus all like the specific battles you and this battalion marching towards death kind of getting to know each other with the full knowledge that you'll probably be ripped away from each other any second from now like it is like a war movie but minus the actual the only war elements is the execution

and it's like go die for your country you even have as they're walking by there's people saluting them you're inspiring people productivity is going to go up after you you know ship out yeah what was the most impressive thing about this movie for you guys the shit scenes the shits yeah how they didn't really fall behind that long. If that was Aaron

I would have been through yeah, dude. One mile in. You'd go down how we wanted to. Yep. I'd find the first bathroom wouldn't make it.

I don't like any of these options. Just kill me. I don't want to go on my pants. I don't want to have to walk and try and do it. I don't want to squat in front of you guys. Just kill me. Kill me now. The most impressive moment out of this.

Or just like the aspect of the film. weird how how it managed to be incredibly thoughtful sad um yet entertaining and that's probably not the word you associate with this movie but i was thoroughly entertained in spite of how much of an experience in the in the dark shadows that's put you in it was still it wasn't like like self-indulgent and like get the audience sad go yeah you know like everyone had real personalities everyone felt like real people yeah and never felt like that because even that could

have felt telegraphed even even that could have felt like punch up their personalities to make you care about them it seemed very sincere in its execution that's probably my favorite aspect of it because it's got all the technical prowess like it's beautiful to look at the the music is you know pensive and reflective of the moments that we're experiencing. There's some cool, like, symbolic shots of animals. But now as a movie, it's like

even without all that other extra stuff, you're able to, this isn't one of those films. I think the only time with an audience where they might go, I don't get it, is the final moment, which seems like very open to interpretation of what's happening in that final section. I kind of take it

as he died and he walks into, like, the darkness of hell. in that moment, considering all the Christian theology that kept popping up throughout this film. Because I don't think he would live out of this. Maybe he goes to heaven instead. Yeah, maybe. I do think that is impressive because, yeah,

it's like this, it wasn't any one thing. It had a bunch of things that you would expect, but yeah, it felt very human. It wasn't like overly, like a movie like this could be very pretentious. A movie like this could be suffocatingly bleak or sad, and it's like all the things, but it definitely like allows you to acclimate in a way like, oh, I'm watching a movie, capital M movie,

and then as it goes and it gets a little more reflective over time, like it really does kind of like unfold the emotionality or the potential for that. And the way they zeroed in, like you said, there's kind of a convergence of themes happening and there's so much about like the malleability of the human spirit, like under any circumstance, you can kind of adjust and find like,

like even tiny versions of joy or comfort in the worst situations. And I do think that it kind of walked that walk. And, yeah, it was very interesting, very interesting in that way. Yourself, Aaron? I felt like the pacing is probably the largest impressive thing, or one of the bigger impressive things. The fact that this movie's under two hours, yet it spans five days of all these guys just walking.

and doing that in a way where it doesn't get boring and it's not and it's very believable that you're watching these guys walk for the amount of time that they've been walking through their performances through the transitions. I feel like one of the first major times I noticed it was when Ray was walking and then it cut to his flashback or his dream

and then cuts back and it's already nighttime and it's like falling asleep. I was like, oh, okay, that's a cool way for them to show like transitions of day in time and the fact that you know these are these factors that would come into play if someone we're walking for five days you know maybe you get a little bit of food here maybe you got to poop but you better hold it because you know you're going to get shot and the fact that you're able to have you know resonant character arcs that are paced well with the type of story that it is

coupled with the fact that this is a very tight movie considering the type of plot it is was yeah extremely impressive to me it's sure in some ways is like a one location film even like it's not it's not they're walking like through states and stuff and they go into different towns but it's really just like a different set dressing for the same location which is just the road just the highway

with fields and pastures the occasional river there's that one dam every now and again there will be like a small town but yeah it does feel like you're kind of in the same place the whole time I'm obsessed with bookends I want to see if there's a bookend what's the opening shot the letter to Raymond and then

so the open of this is what it's a oh my god what's going on why is it just not playing hold on guys okay so walking down okay driving down a road is the opening moment here yeah and the end uh bright road yeah and then the ending of it is looking down a dark road well and you're in the country at the beginning whereas you're in the city at the end and you've got the street lights and the darkness and yeah love a book end love a book and love a book and people love a book movie um love a judy greer she's great oh she was great too yeah yeah and they they cast a guy who was in stuff to be the dad like that one moment like he left an impression they cast a guy who's in stuff

that's right guy guys he's he's he's seen him and stuff he's in stuff he's a he's a guy where's the trivia i want to i want to see if there's any like oh you got to go did they removed the chairs on set everyone had to be out of treadmill when they weren't on camera that's my favorite part when I was thinking about this film is that the influencer

events and when they were like yeah you're going to watch the whole movie you got to walk on a treadmill the whole time fun promoted I'm like this isn't that kind of movie it is weird like you've seen it that's hilarious it's tremendously you're undercutting the own movie

it is like the the rare influencer type of thing it's literally the top trivia one right there actually like on august 30th 2025 lions gate held a special screening where the invited audience is required to walk on treadmills at the regulation three miles per hour for the duration of the film and the threat of being thrown out they slowed down coy did this yeah coy did it i was like after about halfway through i'm like that is like a total way to undermine like make a joke out of this very serious experience it's funny because yeah as an influencer event in isolation I'm like, that's actually kind of brilliant, but having seen the movie, I'm like, this is not a fun enough movie for that.

I'm just imagining the people that are, like, getting emotional while they're walking like, fuck, man, they just got to keep moving. Or the people that actually had to take a shave while it's happening. Oh, so in the actual book, they have to walk at four, but Stephen King requested they change it to three. Really? He thought it was unrealistic. David Johnson didn't speak with Mark Hamel because he wasn't a fan of the last Jedi. Yeah. Ruud Luke.

You're dead to me, Hamel. Sidon Phil Wright playing the major and authority figure with totalitarian regime. That's interesting. Yeah. Yeah. You got to stay method. I guess that makes sense. Stay method.

That's method for you. Dude, Kufur Hoffman said he and his co-stars walked 15 miles a day in a hundred degree heat on concrete with no shade, totaling almost 400 miles. Gross. Oh, that makes more sense. Stephen King hasn't ever explicitly. stated it, but it could be an allegorical critique of the Vietnam War, senseless death and spectacle of state-sanctioned violence.

That sounds very accurate. Oh, in the book, the two characters are 16 years old. Oh, geez. That's sad. Really sad. I see. Uh, no. Uh, no, nothing to know. Uh, no.

The book, there were a hundred walkers. With no mention of state affiliations. that's a smart motif to throw in there why not who got pulled in from Hawaii and Alaska they get left out of half the things and yet they're expected to participate in the long walk so much shit that doesn't apply to

Hawaii and Alaska wow David Johnson almost passed on it because he thought it was too bleak wow you were the heart you gave a light in that bleakness you brought so much heart wow this is a Richard Bachman book too okay Stephen King

Stephen King's pseudonym. Yeah, that makes sense. Wow, what a year for Stephen King. I was going to say, is this the phase we've now entered where we're just going to do all the Richard Bachman era stuff? Yeah, we've done... He had three movies this year? Dang. Yeah.

The Running Man is Stephen King, though, right? I think the Running Man is also a Bachman. The Running Man novel cover. Let's see. That's Stephen King on it. Oh, Richard Bachman. You're right. Yeah, they've probably re-released it.

with the subtitle, like, as Richard Bachman. I know Life of Chuck is. Why did he have these pseudonym? Because, like, if Stephen King, you're going to see horror. Richard Bachman is more for the other ones. I see. They should say that from the author of Richard Bachman. We're like, who?

This one is when he's using cocaine and one's when he's not using cocaine. Does he still do that? Cocaine? I wonder. Oh, I don't know. I don't know when that last Richard Bachman. He's like, people get it now. I don't need to lie to them.

The monkey. is a stephen king all right well guys those are our thoughts on the long walks are if there's something we did not cover we tried covering it all and i think we covered as good as we can do a girl version girl version and make it woke woke woke woke it's pretty woke all right the last four or five people were like two black dude there's a yeah there's a native american guy you know sequel to the long strut yeah the long swag man there's a lot of people here yeah there you go i said indian not native american i'm in trouble for that There was probably an Indian guy also. Yeah, he was back there. He was back there. And a lot of whites, a couple blacks. And very diverse. Very diverse.

Yeah, he's a buddy. He's our buddy. I was his nickname, too, and they had to write that up. Yeah. Called him Karate Kid on the walk. He calls him Karate Kid. And they're like, that doesn't exist right now. Knock that off.

He's not Jojo Rabbit either. Oh, yeah. He got a nasty death, Jojo Rabbit. Oof, memorable one. That Karate Kid guy. What is his name? I don't want to call him that. Ben Wong, I think.

Ben Wong, he's. name to remember i thought it was great and karate kid and he's great here really show diversity yeah all right guys well thank you so much for being here thanks aaron and john for lending your hearts and souls today leave your thoughts in the comments below ladies and gentlemen we will see you very soon