The Reel Rejects - GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE MOVIE REVIEW!! First Time Watching!!

Episode Date: May 17, 2024

TITANS CLASH IN HOLLOW EARTH!!! Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Full Movie Reaction Watch Along:  https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects Save Money & Cancel Unwanted Subscriptions By Going To https://rocketmoney.com/rejects  Godzilla Vs Kong 2! With Godzilla Minus One continuing to Captivate & Another New Sequel in the Works for Legendary's Monsterverse, Coy Jandreau, Tara Erickson, & Andrew Gordon TEAM UP to give their First Time Reaction, Commentary, Breakdown, Easter Eggs, & Spoiler Review for the followup to 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. Director Adam Wingard (V/H/S/, You're Next, Death Note, Blair Witch) Returns along with Rebecca Hall (The Town, The Prestige), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Bullet Train), & Kaylee Hottle (Magnum P.I.) + Dan Stevens (The Guest, Beauty and the Beast, Eurovision), Fala Chen (Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Alex Ferns (The Batman), Rachel House (Moana, Thor: Ragnarok), & MORE! Tara, Coy, & Andrew REACT to all the Best Monster Fights, Most Exciting Moments, & all them KAIJU!! Including Godzilla, King Kong, Skar King, Shimo, Suko / Baby Kong, & Mothra!!! How does it fall in with the rest of the Monsterverse alongside Godzilla 2014, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla Vs. Kong, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, & the rest of the Godzilla / King Kong Pantheon??? Follow Coy Jandreau:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH2szDTuU9ImFZ9gBRH8w Follow Tara Erickson: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson Follow Andrew Gordon on Socials:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/Agor711 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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for about a year and a half now before we ever partnered up with them. After the reaction, I'll tell you why I love them so much and what they are. Now, are we ready? Do we feel ready? Yeah, and I want to see Godzilla and Kong speaking accents in this film now. Oh, okay. I love it. Terra has gotten me ready.

That's my Kong. Now you guys got to do a Godzilla. Good. We're ready. Oh, my God. was fun. That was a very fun time. Apes will rise. Apes will. I just have to say

one thing before I forget. I love so much how, wait, if you're listening to us an app or Spotify, I always forget to say that, you got to give us a five-star rating. Rating us. High, leave all the comments. We love you. Now, listen, Mini Kong, when he throws the rock, I thought about it

back where I'm like, he learned that from like his villain dad. From Kong when he first threw the rock. I was thinking they did the callback. And I love that so much. And then you see him at the end. I'm like, family. Yay.

That was a major theme in the film. Right? Finally, people did not be lonely around. So good. Now, look, share. Who wants to go first? Share your thoughts.

Get in the juice. Tell the people. I really enjoyed it. Look, not fair to compare it to Godzilla minus one. I mean, that's, I mean, a lot more focused on the characters and there's barely any Godzilla. And having said that, I still had a very fun time. This was, you know, a popcorn. Very fun and entertaining.

And I still thought it did a pretty good job with the characters that we did get with it. I mean, you had, was it Brian Tyler Henry? Yep. He, the comic relief. Ryan, Tyree Henry. Tyree Henry. Excuse me. Thank you very much.

I thought his comic relief was very good organic. It made me laugh quite a bit. And also, too, I actually liked a little bit of the arc that he went through, you know, because everything was about his podcast and making people believe and everything that he was talking about. And then actually, no, hey, like, there's a purpose. on why I'm here and what I'm doing. So I actually like that. You know, the film was...

Yeah. Sorry, my buddy did costumes. I didn't realize. Bill Butte on a costume. It's nice when you see Friends in Chris. What was your friend's name? Phil Butte Jr. Yeah, wanted to give him a shout of.

Costum designer. Yes. We appreciate everyone who works on these films. No, no, no. Dude, you don't have to apologize. We appreciate all the hard working people on these films. It's a lot of hard work. I mean, there were just so many things I appreciated about this film.

I mean, from the so many different tracking shots. I love how the film just started. you know, I mean, it was kind of like almost a foreshadowing, like how everything was going to start, you know, with that thing with what they did, the Ui people, where they made everything go upside down. So it was kind of a little bit of a foreshadowing there. But no, it was a really fun, good time.

I definitely got a lot more stuff I want to get into. But also, too, I love that the film just centered on the theme, which a lot of these films have been centered around as family. Yeah, it's like, yeah. They all found a home. Yeah. And that was like that one of the last lines is like, she feels home and dated too.

runs, you know, a lot deeper than just blood family, too. Like, you know, surrogacy and all that stuff. So I just, I appreciated that. You know, it's deeper than I was expecting it to be. Yeah. All right. Give them the juice, Koi. Super impressed that the arcs all felt like they paid off

considering how many there were. I was a little worried Godzilla X. Kong. They weren't together that much. And that was one of the only things I had heard negatively about the film. But they both were setting up their journeys and they wouldn't have been able to succeed with that the other. So Godzilla was doing stuff on the surface. Kong was doing stuff underground.

I liked that when they came together. It wasn't long, but it was momentous. So I was worried about that throughout the film, that by the time they did cross pads, I'd be like, all right, well, I guess it's over. And it felt big. And so I was impressed with that. I love Mothra as like the third party.

I really liked that Dan Stevens, Brian Tyree Henry, Rebecca Ferguson, like everyone felt like it was an emotional payoff that wasn't just a B-plot. Because a lot of times these Godzilla movies and these Kong movies, you don't really care about the people.

You just want to get back to the monsters. And there is like a bit of a balance of how much do you split between the melee and that. And I was also worried once they showed their proficiency with, we'll show the beginning, we'll show the end, but it'll work. Because I mentioned that a few times. I was then worried that the humans would be at cost. Yes. And so when that landed and the monster stuff landed, I'm super impressed because this is the American like through line of Godzilla movies. While minus one crushed, it's completely different as an experience.

uh godzilla minus one's a sit down restaurant this is delicious casual dining so i really like that this felt like its own joy that i wouldn't get watching something that felt so illustrious and oscarid like this is a summer film that is a fall film and uh i really i was worried about that because of how much i loved minus one so recently but i got a lot out of this and i know everyone's gonna be like don't compare they're different they both of godzilla so i was worried for myself and i never i never felt like i was missing out that's good because i didn't didn't see minus one, but I love like, you guys know I always complain. If the movie doesn't have heart in it, get me out of it. And especially for this at the end, yes, of the Titans like together

and they're finding their home and they're together. There was also heart between the girl and like her deciding between what's her real home of like saying with the Iwi, Iwi people or like her, you know, her Earth mom, I guess I can say it now. But I really like the way that they followed that story, but also as you were saying early, with Bernie's sort of how he acclimated to being like, you guys didn't believe me and like, please take me on this journey. And then once he was there, how, I mean, his comedic timing and pacing, he is like, to me, so perfect in this movie. But also what he goes through and at the end, there's also heart there. Like you actually feel that he has learned something, especially when Trapper is like, hey, if you give this to the people,

With when he's sitting at home and he has a podcast, he's like, I wish it was thousands of people. It's hundreds who listen to me. He now has the juice to carry that through and now have millions. But he, with that talk with Trapper, you know he's going to decide like what's best because he's a good human. Meaning you can't just shine a light on all of these people and ruin what they've built just to get these people to believe you. And I like that that also was heart in his journey. Yeah, for sure. Him not needing it was really special.

I think especially in 2024, we don't know the effects of social media on kids in 20 years. We know it's affecting us horribly, but we don't know like the macro. And I do think we're going to look back in like 30 years, and this will be what we were afraid TV was in the 50s. I think there's a crippling pandemic of internet addiction and social media clout and wanting to be liked.

We aren't meant to be exposed to 100,000 people. We're making this video for over a million people, subscribe to a channel. Yeah. That is terrifying. Crazy. And not like the human brain is, we don't have enough gray matter.

So it's crazy. We're exposed to that, but overall rejection is kind. So we don't have to think about the detriment of it here blissfully, which is why we're here. But someone like Bernie, who's like conspiracy,

like things that you're tracking him, that's such an anxiety. And I loved his arc was just accepting himself and accepting he doesn't need the feedback to know it was real for him. Yeah. And I think that's a really, like, in a movie that's so,

flashy. It's an important message to accept yourself. Others be damned. And that's what Kong did. That's what Godzilla did. That's what Bernie did. Yeah. Stevenson already had. He had already accepted himself. He loved himself. I love that. I hadn't actually seen Dan, not to my recollection, I hadn't seen Dan Stevens. I don't think of anything.

But right away, I, and again, I didn't love Alexander Scarsigard's character, but I like him as an actor. But I always liked that continuity seeing characters from previous films. And I liked actually his chemistry with Rebecca Rebecca Ferguson from Rebecca. Is it Hall or Ferguson?

Oh, I think you're right at his hall. I might have said Ferguson. Yeah, Rebecca. I'm just obsessed with Duke. Rebecca's, yeah. I thought they had pretty good chemistry, and I like the history between them from the first film. But right away, I think I appreciated Dan Stevens, Stephen's character, just his blaring of music, his personality, his charisma. And I like right away that those two actors did such a good job.

I felt the history right away with those two. They have such good chemistry with each other. and I just the whole time I was just having a ball with him he's just so much fun he's got so much life in him and I think he did such a great job but the whole time too

like again I always say like I love seeing characters like in terms of continuity from the previous film not for one second was seeing Alexander Scarsgard so I appreciate it just again He did a great job

they did a great job casting I mean everyone in this I never thought like because it's hard when you make a movie like this I think it was in one of the but I can't think of the name of the film right now

but it's trying to be like action-adventure, and I think there's monsters in it. You guys know my memory sucks. They try to add in comedic timing with characters, and it fails, like the pacing and the tone of it and the delivery. And I'm like, this sucks. Well, how is no one watching this being like this? You are not funny, and the pacing is off.

It was never off with him. I mean, I think Bernie's character was the leader of that. Trapper followed right behind. And the rest of them, like, within the script that they wrote, It added them in so nicely. They all understood each other. And it was never like, what, man? Like, here's another, like, joke.

It just, it just worked. Yeah, and he was with two kids last movie, which I thought it still worked. But seeing him with Trapper in this film, it was just, again, so genuine, so organic. And I love that Trapper helped him understand, like, you know, hey, just accept yourself for who you are.

You're awesome. Yeah. And again, it just, it worked for me. They were great together. Their chemistry was awesome. There was just so many different characters or interactions that worked together and it was just so much fun to watch on screen.

On top of like the Godzilla and the Kong stuff and all the action. Also too, I'm glad we didn't get a lot of action that was just like repetitive and over the top. There were so many monster fights it could have gotten there. Yeah, like totally. Could have gone on too long. Once we got to that big bow, I'm like,

all right, I'm like, yeah, I'm still excited to see this, but I'm like, I'm just so tired from seeing so many different of these battles. I'm like, I'm glad they saved it for the end there. And they saved some really cool angles and dynamic choices for the end. like obviously all the fights were dynamic in a different way but I loved how scopy the pyramid fight was

and we finally had a relative eye line using the pyramids because one thing I did notice in the opening the first 10 minutes I was like this looks awesome but since everything's big it's hard to tell how it's hard to tell the Ant Man problem and Man 3 you're like well they're big or small because everything is in quantum I don't care about the side but then by the time we got to the end

they kind of saved that like pyramid big so like there's such a scope we've talked about the actors quite a bit but I do want to also give us some loved Adam I do think this directing was exceptional because not only you're dealing with the human element and that story, but you're directing those human actors and then you're somehow mapping with your cinematographer. The DP needs a lot of love as well. The scope of this movie and that dichotomy often really separates, like you were describing it, that action adventure film, where your heart is in the film. So not just in the writing and acting, but I think even directing those two disparate films is such a task. And you can really tell Adam Wingard is a fan of Kong and Godzilla. is a fan of this human, human story. And I was really impressed with, with Wingard's work here, because all of his behind the scene stuff,

all of his interviews, he clearly loves this. And I was hoping that would translate, but sometimes loving something costs you. Like sometimes you're too beloved, and then it doesn't, and this actually translates. And it doesn't hit.

And it doesn't hit. Yeah, I absolutely agree. And I feel like in what you're saying, too, is that these actors are working against something that is totally fake. And you can lose sight of that and not get them in the right mode with the right delivery and be like,

I don't feel like they're there right now. Right. Or the comedic, like, tone of it is like, there's some shit happening in the background. Why would there be a time right now for a joke? All of it felt really nicely timed, which is why I'm like giving so much credit to the comedic timing and the jokes and where they're placed within this film.

And I know Bernie delivered a lot of that, but it was delivered in a really great way because this could really F up in a point where there's some big fight going on and we don't need a joke and it totally falls flat, they didn't do that. And I appreciate that. And Brian Tyreeander's drama work

is good too. Like if you haven't seen Atlanta, if you haven't seen... I haven't. Oh, Atlanta's incredible. And he's great in Eternals, which is more of this kind of genre. Okay.

Like, he's one of the leads of Eternals playing a scientifically based character. Like Brian Tyreehers are those actors. Have you seen Bullet Train? I still haven't said. I've had so many people... Him and Aaron Taylor Johnson are our assassin best friends. And Brad Pitt said that.

It's a Brad Pitt movie. I've had so many people. People say you need to react to it. Dude, react to that because the two of them are Aaron Taylor Johnson and him are a pair. Yeah, Brandon and Eric Taylor Johnson. Very three-named guys. Two three-named guys. Terran, I need to react to that.

Oh, my gosh, we have to. Actually, my dad actually said to me the other day, you've never seen bullet train? What's wrong with you? I love that movie. David Leach directed it. David Leach of the co-creator of John Wick, atomic blonde, recently.

The Fall Guy, Dead Silk. Okay, we shall see it. Anyway, that's about another director. That's incredible. No, no, no, no, you're good. I was going to say to one other little thing I appreciate. It's just like things like continuity things, for instance, like with that tooth problem that he had. I honestly thought they were going to cut away with it.

With a monster movie like that, it wouldn't have bothered me that much. But just paying attention to the details, I like little things like that that actually was part of the plot and part of the storyline. So I was like, okay, I appreciate that. There's a movie you and I watched recently. I don't know which is going to air first, but that was a key factor. Yes. The color of another limb. Correct.

You were invested in that too. Yes, very true. I appreciate those little details. It feels more real, lived in with something that's completely fantasy. Also, too, I'd say one of my favorite things I kind of mentioned during the reaction was the relationship between Gia and Kong. And also, too, like, she kind of foreshadowed this in the previous film. She said your family could be down there, you know, in Hollow Earth.

And so both of their families technically were down there with the Iwi and then, you know, with more apes down there, I guess, if you will. So I thought that was a cool foreshadowing. if you rewatch the previous film. But the, yeah, with the, but the relationship between them was one of my favorite things of the previous film.

I thought, again, I appreciated that very much so in this film as well. I think that was done very, it wasn't a ton of it, but I love that Gia got even more screen time in this film. And then that whole moment was so damn epic.

And like I said, she's got freaking bragging rights for the rest of her life. That shot was so damn epic. Mothra, Godzilla, Kong, and her, like, so beautifully done, so elegant. chef's kiss

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I think my favorite moment was when they finally took that spinal whip and they broke it because I hate that guy. I hate it so much. And like Coy just said, letting Minikong do, that was earned. Yes, because too, I mean, it was that Minicong. I don't know if it was his father or his companion. Like we saw that big bad one. He gets vengeance.

Yeah, it was vengeance. So, yeah, it was a well-earned moment. I agree because that the one thing that you're breaking, it's like you don't feel bad because it's not a being. It's this thing that's taking control over someone else that should not be. And I hate that. So I just like couldn't wait. And that moment was so gratifying for me, along with vengeance for like his buddy who was kicked. And he's such a little, that does something to you when you're little, right?

And so I'm so glad that he got to seek his vengeance. Now he has, his, like, rightful family, his family that has, like, a heart and I love so much. Like, it gave me all of the feels when Kong pet him. Yeah. And I was like, that's the first time he or she has gotten love. I don't know if it's a boy or girl, but I just, I love that so much. And that's why it reminds me of Caesar. It's giving me a planet of the Apes Five because Caesar's a benevolent leader.

And so is Kong. And he's going to, now it's like they have family and they can live, like, peacefully. Yeah, I feel. Totally. I feel so bad for all these cities that have to rebuild and rebuild. Oh, yeah, that's rough. The world would be dead, but millions have still died. Last thing I want to speak on is the character design.

I think that not only was Mini Kong effortlessly cute. And they didn't have to do much, but it was always enough to be like, oh, right, I'm endeared. But also how lanky and fast and just the malevolent, the evil ape was. Absolutely. I was really impressed that you immediately. felt something for these creatures. They're all ones and zeros. And the special effects were great.

But if you have special effects that are great, but the creature design doesn't ender you emotionally, it's not going to land as well. So I was really impressed with not only the special effects, but the choices, the design, the style of everyone. And the sound design. I agree. So well done.

Because giving Little Kong those cute, adorable green eyes, give me a black eyes. Right. You really are endearing us to that character right off the bat. And the blackness of Kong's eyes makes you endure to him differently. Like, when you look at Kong's eyes, you feel, Like, it's not like that didn't work, but the brightness of his eyes give him a useful exuberance. It gave him more of a connectivity.

Yeah. So I really like that. And I also think the malevolence of the 1A plus the ability to have Godzilla kind of play both because of his characterization. I was just, I was really impressed the character. And also, too, just in terms of the visuals, like we talk about visual storytelling. Like even when there's no subtiles for them, but you can always tell what they're thinking. Yeah. When the other Shimu, I think of the name was, that was like practically smiling when it was freed.

Like an iguana looking face That's happy Like that's impressive storytelling Absolutely good call Yeah All right let's get some trivia Some trivia Okay by the way

We did a movie the other day Which we're not gonna mention The trivia that we were going through We're like Oh yeah Bananas Apparently there's a documentary All about like a feature link documentary

We have to watch And there's a director's cut about that movie I know Which I didn't know about Yeah I know I heard yes true So the image used for the blueprint Of the Beast glove

Is the arm of the Pacific Rim I'm Jaeger. No. I've never seen Pacific Rim. This was a Pacific Rim crossover too? I've never seen Pacific Rim so I didn't even understood that reference. There was a long, long, long, long time ago.

It's all about fighting Kaiju, which this is a Kaiju film effectively. Yeah, wow. That's cool. Godzilla's movements and mannerisms, namely the scene where he's sleeping curled up inside the Roman Coliseum were based off director Adam Wingard's cat mischief. Yeah.

Oh, that just makes all three of us who are cat people. More than a window. That makes sense all three of us. We're like, this is adorable. This seems familiar. Yes. And I wonder if his cat, if he has a black cat, because we saw in that picture. That might have been his cat.

Oh my God. You mean Adam have the same kitty cat? That's very cute. I love that. This guy's relating to all this. Excellent trivia. Godzilla has eight minutes of screen time. It felt like so much longer.

Wow. It's just spread throughout this. Which as actually the least amount in the Monsterverse movie at the time of release. For comparison, this is three minutes last. than Godzilla versus Kong, which was 11 minutes, and two minutes less than Godzilla King of the Monsters, which was 10 minutes, and Godzilla 2014, which was 10 minutes. Wow.

You really do such an effective job of making you feel like it's more. It feels like a lot more. Five-minute fight at the end. Yeah, it feels like, I mean, obviously we know Kong was in the movie. Well, it's like Joker's only in 12 minutes of Dark Night or whatever. It's like a very small amount. He pledgers barely in. Beetlejuice was only in about 17 minutes of the film.

Right, that's true. Alec Baldwin, Geregan, Ross, that one scene. Like, if it's impactful. Oh, it's so good. Oh, my God. That's the scene you think of in that movie. That scene is life. It's impactful, like you said, it feels longer.

You don't even, your brain doesn't even tell you if it was barely in the movie. It's like jaws. He just cuts into the frame and leaves. So, like, you remember the Joker, but at the actual screen time. Yeah. Like, you don't even think about that in Dark Night. It's only 12 minutes. It feels like the whole movie almost.

Yeah. Although never mentioned in the film, the Mini Kong's name is Suko, which was revealed on toys. It carries significant meaning as when written phonetically in Japanese, it can be broken down into two characters that ultimately mean essential child. Interestingly, Succo is typically a female name in Japanese and perhaps coincidentally in a Filipino world for surrender. Oh, okay. The change in color for Godzilla's atomic breath going from light blue to reddish tint,

signifying a total boost in power is identical to Hisei incarnation. Sorry if I'm mispronounced that. Having the far more destructive red spiral ray as the sheer strength of his attack. hack is more powerful than his default blue-colored atomic breath. Pink is supercharged. We get it. It was Empire was only 12 minutes of Vader was where that had that number from. 12 minutes of Vader and the nearly two and a half hour dark night.

Heath is only in 32 minutes. I can't believe Vader was only in 12 minutes. But I knew I had 12 minutes my own for reasons. 12 minutes, but still only 32 minutes. So a fifth of. That's such an effective 12 minutes because Vader's my favorite in Empire. And that's 12 minutes in empire. And then Heath is 33 of the two and a half of, wow.

Isn't that crazy? I knew something like petite. That's one of my favorite movies and you never think that it's limited. That people are like, oh, this is a Joker movie. I'm like, no, it's a Batman movie with a great performance. Exactly. You really doesn't, the Batman doesn't work without the Joker's impact, but it's not about him. Right.

But yeah, 33 minutes, Heat Ledger. Wow. All right, you getting his spoilers? It's spoilers. Let's get some spoilers. Adam Wingard revealed that despite Scar King being a cool character, he did pose a peculiar problem for the production. They couldn't tear him to pieces. he stated, and I quote, in the previous film, we had Mecca Godzilla, who's obviously a robot,

but killing him was really fun because we could do kind of a samurai bloody death without it being bloody because Kong chops him up and he's bleeding oil everywhere. So it allowed us to do this visceral, almost gory sequence. But with Skarking, it's like, yeah, you hate Skarking. He's bad. But if you started eviscerating Skarking, you'd have some kids running out. But we eventually found it with this ice thing, smart. Yeah.

Yeah. So many movies do that where they break ice and you're like, you know that's gory and graphic, but it seems safe. Yeah, right. Totally. While Shimu's exact age is unknown,

I believe that's Minikong, Shimu's exact age is unknown, the fact that she's been referred to in some sources as the first Titan, indicating her to be older than any other Titan puts her here by default. That's the other trap. That's Godzilla, Shimu was the ice Godzilla. Yeah, because the little girl is Soku or something you said.

Oh, you're right. You're right. Succo, I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, my bad, yeah, sorry. Not in encyclopedia today. I guess so. What's wrong with me? All right, I'll do one more.

One more spoiler? In Scar King, last one, in Scar King's throne room, several female apes holding red or orange furred infants can be seen. This strongly implies that he reproduced with these females, and that's Succo is one of his many children. Another clue that he's his son. Succo is also a two-syllable name with the letters S and K, just like the Scar King,

which is also a two-syllable word and has the letters S and K. Oh. He hates his dad. All right. So that obviously, like we said, the one that he kicked was obviously a very close friend.

Also, his dad was a dick. Yeah. Like, so see you later, dude. He's got a new, he's got a new dad now. Like we talked about, family runs a lot, you know,

deeper than blood. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Well, we love you guys. Thank you for joining us here. Make sure that you like this. You got to share it with all the Godzilla

people out there. Comment. Tell us what you think. What else should we watch? Tell us all the juice. You know we love you. Don't forget to spread hugs, love, and laughter. And we will see you on the next one. Bye. David Gandy. David,

when I imagine God in my mind's eye, I just imagine you. You know? Because you have a very calming presence, but you also have a look in your eye that suggests that you're seeing across centuries, you know, with a hint of disappointment.

With a hint of disappointment, because of course, you know, like this experiment down here on Earth is just not been panning out, let me tell you, but, not to insult your handiwork, you know, your gandy work, but yeah, when I think of a benevolent ruler, a benevolent king of kings, you know, I like to think of you, because you calm my spirit, you make my soul feel light, and even though I know that you are always watching my every move and judging me intensely for it, I don't feel like that's what's happening.

So I'm able to skate by and, you know, continue on this path to hell, you know, at least without feeling too much like I've let you down or I've disappointed you, you know, which is even if that's the case at the very end, You know, even if San Pedro keeps me out of the pearl gates, you know, it's fine because at least on this mortal coil I have felt supported and bolstered just by your presence alone. Praise David, I say. I mean, Jesus was from the house of David, which means you are his dad because that's your house. So, like, the logic only checks out, David Gandy. Plus, you know, you're a man of many disciplines, and, you know, you're always.

creating worlds and things like that through the lens of your camera lens, your eye, and you remain here omnipotent. Sometimes we don't hear from you for a minute, but you're always there. Even when we didn't realize, when I look down and I only see one set of footprints in the sand, I know it's because you were carrying us all along, David Gandy. And you're, again, one of the primordial patrons. You know, you've been with us, ride or die for so. long. You have built this congregation alongside us that the rock

of the church of reject is largely thanks to you and your endless support and benevolence David Gandy. So hey, I hope you're feeling good. I hope this shoutout hasn't been too blasphemous. And if it has,

you know where to find me? You know where to smite me. And I suppose because, I suppose, because you take martial arts training, you could fight me. And since I haven't brushed up on mine in a while, you would win. And that's as it should be. So keep at it.

We love you. And we'll see you next month. In the name of the Father and the Son, the Holy Spirit. I'm glad I could sit here. It's okay. I know you were in prayer. And it's good to not advertise to be loud here. Like, oh, guys, check my prayers out.

You know, you were being. the most pious of us. Like when David comes down and the rapture happens, he's taking you to heaven. And you're going to leave me. So you just earned your way up. I really just threw you some material here. You did.

Yes, and, G. Yes, and. All right. This is going to go for 10 minutes, David Gandy's to just strap in. We love you, buddy. Be well.