The Reel Rejects - SELENA (1997) MOVIE REVIEW!! FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

Episode Date: February 17, 2024

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All right, Reject Nation. Well, we just watched Selena. What year does come out, John? Say on Amazon. Must do. 97. It feels like a 90s movie. It does.

It feels like a 90s. Specifically a Warner Brothers 90s movie. And yeah, yeah. I learned a decent chunk of information moments before watching this movie. Because it had been on the agenda for all week because I heard that J-Lo movie. movie called This Is Me Right Now or something, I think it's what it's called, is coming out. And then I was looking through recommendations. And then one of them was Selena.

So I was like, ah, you know, algorithm. That sounds like a good fit. Why not? Sure. And told the wife I was going to watch it. She's Latina. She was not happy I was going to watch it without her. And I said, woman, I must watch this with a camera pointed at me.

Yeah, it's too good to pass. And I asked her what she thought about it, and she, you know, mentioned that, yeah, like, it's a, it's a, it's a, I was typing Jennifer Williams for some reason. There you go. There's an honor to fill for you. What is that movie called? Oh, it's not out yet. So that's why it's not here. Sure.

They didn't have a trail. Oh, is that here right there? No, no, no. That's it. Ben and Jen. Okay. So, yeah, then I, I didn't know she, I didn't know she, I didn't know she suffered the fate that she. that happened.

I didn't know she was murdered. Yeah. You know, I assumed she had passed. So I learned that moments before watching it. Sure. And I learned moments later, there's also a documentary coming out. There's like moments before I watched this.

And I was like, wow. I mean, part of me selfishly was going, I kind of wish I didn't know that. You know, but it does. I actually am glad that I was told that because it does put it

in a very specific kind of lens as most people who watch this probably know that at bare minimum yeah I imagine I'm like one of the few who didn't know that you literally called me up and you were like what do you know about so yeah I was like

I know she's a musician and she met an untimely by calling John up I mean I wasn't over there I was like well I guess if everyone already knows he yelled from the other building do you what do you know and And I didn't know anything about it.

I wasn't even sure what songs of hers that I had known before. And I heard there was a documentary coming out about her. And then because I was looking up at Selena where it's available and then it had it straight up. There's a documentary coming out about her. And it says that she, you know, she died and it has something to do. And the name Yolanda kept popping up to me. I think it's about Yolanda. I think it's from her perspective or something.

I don't know. I didn't look. I didn't want to read any more information. We've got puzzle pieces because the one thing I have seen about the upcoming documentary, I didn't even see the title or like really kind of grasp who was involved, but it was something about like, you know, I deserve to tell my side of the story now or something. So that makes sense. Yeah. Okay. So that makes sense.

And I just expected kind of a run-of-the-mill biopic with great performances from specifically. I mainly just wanted to check it out for the Jennifer Loeuf. Lopez performance. Yeah. And I was, like, curious enough to be like, who's Selena? Because I, of course, heard her name before. Yeah, it feels like a cultural figure you should fill in the blank on the time. You did not make my wife happy.

How little I am. I believe it. I can help me. And as someone who's grown up around many Latino, Latina people, a lot of Mexican families. I was like, ooh, glad this information never just got out of me. I thought I didn't say this at the at the at the function with everybody around. So it actually made me appreciate the movie a lot more.

Because honestly, when the death does happen, it just kind of comes out of nowhere. And that's kind of the way how people in real life must have been hit, you know with it yeah where it's just so unexpected and i'm sure for her without knowing the details maybe like i can't imagine she anticipated it was going to happen to her either you know and the movie is not about exploiting the tragedy nor is it really a buildup to it like it just it just happens you know and that's a big part of what made me respect the journey that much more And I feel like if I actually didn't get that piece of information,

I might have been so fixated on the death of like, what, what, what? That it made me appreciate what a movie seemed like it was intending to do, which was showcase, even with the dad, where I thought this was going to be an exploit, like, okay, not, not exploitive, but as the movie was going of, oh, here's where the real tragedy of her, life is her dad and you know and the movie does show that there was these uh you know selfish abusive tendencies uh but it still was a lot of love though it was still a lot of understanding ultimately it seems like it was a from what the movie's telling me i don't know the real story we're in the

movie's telling me that and i'm glad the movie takes the approach only for the fact that again for someone like myself or Johnner doesn't really know anything about it either to take in the story of like oh the take we have is like this one was full of love and light and joy and life

and optimism a dreamer hopeful giving care like all these great qualities and about and she was all about family too you know so I I think for a biopic as someone

when I was seeing quite a few, it was like refreshing for that fact. Like, I was just like, you really capture like the good person, even when you think it's going to go like, oh, here's going to go dark tragedy, fall of the dad. And I'm like, oh, whoa. He forgives and he understands and he recognizes his shortcomings and his faults and the things he was projecting. I was, I was pleasantly surprised by this journey. I wasn't, I was curious, but admittedly, I wasn't super interested.

It's been a movie that has been on the list for a while for the reason and it just seemed like good timing to cover now. And I always go in with an open mind by the time it starts, but it's one that I haven't particularly been the most intrigued in checking out. And I was very much surprised by while there's stuff that feels dated, while there's moments of, dialogue that feel very movie and soap opera-y. It's from the 90s. And it was still like very impactful and very heartfelt. And, you know, I haven't touched on performances because I'm giving you stuff here, John. Oh, thanks.

But, yeah. There are some performances in the movie. Yeah, they were okay. Well, I mean, this was probably the weakest part of the movie. Was the actors. You had to do justice to all these real life. Definitely the part of it that had the, held me back for really enjoying the movie. I would have connected had it not been for the entire cast of players on screen.

Maybe they should have been white. Yeah, if, you know, I could have seen myself in all of them if that had been in case. Or white passing Latino. I couldn't understand what any of them were saying, the whole movie. And it was distracting. Until she said she was excited. That's the one line I understood. Mm-hmm.

Anyway. This is one of my favorite... How about clarify that we were totally joking? We should double down. Okay. And start nitpicking the performances. I think we got a boycott Jennifer. Yeah.

Oh, God. Yeah. Since satire and fun and around aside, this is one of my favorite kinds of movie experiences that I always hope will, inspire me to a greater degree just as a person who loves films in general because like you know we sat down to watch this and yeah like you know the other various circumstances of the day and again not having a super big you know entry point or point of knowledge you know I came in mostly with curiosity but yeah I wasn't like I can't wait to watch this movie and uh sound like it was going to be really dreary they're like it could be dreary or like it could be super dated or something. thing like yeah you know when you're when you're not really kind of again in with the context yeah it can kind of feel like ah maybe this will be a bit of a chore and then so quickly into the

experience i was gripped by i think it was like by the like the second or third shot when they when they switched that really slowed down film look when she's in the hallway about to go out to that big performance and then it like the aspect ratio changes yeah like merges into like okay now we're in like docu style walking through this and like you even though that visual transition was like a little bit jarring, like it still spoke to in such a quick and immediate fashion, like the amount of craftsmanship on display across the movie. And it's funny, having just watched, again, different kind of thing, obviously,

but having just watched a movie like Elvis, which, you know, is detailing a different rise and fall in a different set of circumstances, but it's also trying to do something that this movie is paving away for in terms of biopics, which is drawing, in so much different kinds of imagery and thus necessitating a bunch of different approaches to filmmaking to achieve all that and to kind of put you in the moment. But whereas a movie like that is like so kind of, there's just so much happening and so much style and so much, you know,

you can be swept up in it, but you also kind of have to look at just how ornate the whole thing is and be like, I gotta stand 10 feet away from this and just admire the cacophony. Whereas Something like this manages to take so much rich, just again, like artistry and weave it across the story that, yeah, it was like a linear tale of somebody's life, but that doesn't feel, I wasn't thinking to walk hard the whole time, you know, which is like easy to do during certain biopics, even during good ones. And yeah, like I think that it is largely to the credit, I can't really credit one department more than any other because like the actors are terrific and I really loved. I mean, they just, you have to imagine they must have spent so much time together forming the family dynamic. You were pointing out, like, the way they cross talk over each other and the way that, you know, especially in those early scenes when it's just dad and the kids or mom and dad and the kid, like, so many of those dynamics, even in the moments where you can feel like, oh, yeah, these are child actors or whatever, they still have this, like, energy that is very tangible and feels very natural. and like again

Selena obviously as a performance has to be breathtaking and I thought yeah like this this blew me way in terms of like you know

I don't know much about Jennifer Lopez's acting career and you know people obviously love to point at Gile and you know fun around

and make jokes but like this yeah like I thought she transformed you don't arm you haven't seen hustlers

oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I saw hustlers so hot right yeah I saw hustlers yes because she's like the the the one who's like mama stripper yeah okay yeah okay so I've seen that one I like to her in that movie I don't know if that's her character she's mama stripper I always know her as mama stripper no but but you say that and I know who you're talking

about so like I've seen that performance but I haven't seen like the cell and I haven't seen uh Julie and I haven't seen made in Manhattan in Manhattan the wedding planner well wedding planner no enough no she's is it the boxing movie the fighting movie? It's actually she's in a domestically violent relationship so she learns how to box because she's had enough. Oh, that's right, because she's had enough. That's right.

I haven't seen the movie, but I remember the trailer very well. No, I can see it now. I can see that. It was like this trailer. Just told me everything. She like cut her hair and get all like tough looking. She's a hoodie. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. The man of Manhattan, she falls on love with Voldemort.

I got it clearly, I'm missing out. I haven't seen him. We're going on a Jennifer Lopez filmography. haven't seen funny planner haven't seen all these movies yeah we got so much to catch up on but i've seen all the trailers and they've stuck with me yeah yeah and like the the way all these actors like jennifer lopez and edward james almost i thought he had to tow like everybody had to tow these really great lines and like you don't spend as much like intimate personal time with her siblings but like all them feel real and they feel like the kids we saw earlier

especially the sister who plays the drums and whatnot. But like so many times in the drama of the movie, like I appreciate it. And again, you know, just taking the movie at face value for what it is communicating. Like I thought it felt partly it managed to dodge a lot of the, you know, pitfalls of biopicking just because it felt like life kind of.

Like there were lines that feel Hollywood to like clearly clue you into like, oh, she's on top of the world. Something bad's about to happen. but like the actual conflicts and the actual relationships felt very natural and so you have those dynamics between dad and the kids and you can see both the you know the sides of that that are a bit oppressive or abusive or draconian or whatever but like i don't know they didn't ever feel the need to go too oversaturated melodramatic with like you're a monster like you get where he's coming from and you know enough about him to be scared when she goes on often gets hitched with Chris, but also it's perfectly believable the way everybody, the way the script, the way the direction, the way the performances go, when he is like, no, this is such a wait off and I'm happy for you and you did the right thing. And that's a moment where I'm like, this doesn't feel like a hackneyed movie moment. And like even with her mom, there are so many times

where I was like, you know, it's easy a mom character. And she doesn't have a ton to do plot wise here but like you know can easily become the sort of like again stereotype like you're leaving me here with the kids doing you know uh whereas here like there were moments where again you know you feel the power dynamic that she is under and the way in which she can console and guide selina in a way that her dad can't the way she can fill in those gaps definitely and stuff like that and the way yeah she gets the dance from her mom she gets the music from her dad and the way her dad is always yeah like kind of in a haphazard way in a way where you could easily see you how this could go terribly wrong. Like, he's got these big dreams. You see where she gets that. And he is

able to kind of push. And it does ask that question of like, how much should we push the kids, you know, if this greatness is possible. And that's kind of how you do it. And like, there are ethical questions. And it didn't feel the need to be like, oh, man, this is grim. But you do at least wonder, like, you know, they are kind of missing out on childhood, you know, but it doesn't seem like it's the worst version of that or the most like this needs to stop, you know. So yeah, just the whole portrait felt really lovely and warm and human and the only time that kind of broke apart

for me was toward the end but at the same time I feel like it's part of the point of the way the movie is constructed where this Yolanda person is just sort of like a person that pops up once they open the salon and then you see her a few other times so like kind of everything she does when she

is focused on is sort of pointed and you're like wait a minute what is up with you and why are we putting so much focus on you but it also must in real life have felt like yeah you know we've gotten our you know business and our you know show and everything up to this we have so many modes of business and everything that yeah you must be like bringing people in who you don't know deep down quite as well and so yeah I could imagine how this might blindside somebody both in the actual tragic event at the end but also just like the way this person found their way into the inner circle to be in the position

to carry this out in the first place. And I mean, granted, it's not from her perspective. So part of me at the end was a bit curious about more of the context of like, why did this woman who clearly has some sort of attachment to Selena that isn't quite reciprocated the way she thinks she is where she's like, she's my best friend. Like, I like that at the end when she's in the car. Like you clearly see this woman as in a state of anguish. Maybe she's not fully.

I think she panicked and made a mistake. Sure. Yeah. But in that moment, I was sitting there going like, you know, what is going on with this person? Not just like, ah, you know, obviously I'm not saying like she's in any way excusable for what has happened. But it didn't read like, oh, cartoon villainy or like, oh, you know. That's the movies approach. We don't know Jack about what it's like really the real life.

Like what is even true in her not. No, totally. Yeah. Just taking again the movie at face value. But even that, like, even though that was a bit of a structural kind of blindside or a moment where I was kind of seeing the filmmaking or the choices of the plotting a bit more, even that still carried the same level of care that the rest of the movie did without, you know, doing too much of like, oh, it's good a real sympathetic dive into this person or whatever, you know, which I'm sure this upcoming documentary will attempt to do. And I don't even know how to feel about the prospect of thinking about that at the moment. but yeah just all of that plus the way like the editing was so engaged and the sound design and the sound mix for the most part you know was really lovely and well handled between the music but also

the times music is all about is just as much about where you don't put notes is where you do and i thought the sound scape of the movie embraced that idea and and yeah like as a as a piece this really felt like everybody came together and crafted something with love. All right, Reject Nation, let's get real for a moment. Running this channel is incredible. But managing finances, especially taxes and budgeting, both for the channel and my personal life, can be overwhelming.

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We shall conquer the world of communication. Or as they say in Spanish, communication. we're done with this ad i think that is the keyword for it is that it did feel like it was about honoring uh who she really was in her personal life like that's what this movie shines like you forget that she's becoming like super famous sometimes yeah you know whereas most biopics want to like explore the creation of this song or uh i mean you're they're usually guys first off of these so um it said they're usually like them dealing with the cheating and the spouses and the drugs and how fame's getting to them

and all that stuff and and like this this is such a specific circumstance that she was dealt at such a young age but there was such an innocence as well uh but at the same time like it's it's a very unique tale of of this communal experience with this family and it's just funny i haven't seen any of the i don't think i was in the trailer for it there was i think there was like a Netflix show, a miniseries about her. And I feel like if this biopic were made today, there would be so much more on the nose type of writing. There's the weirdest part to me about the movie where the times with the writing

and the direction where it could feel like a little bit biopicy, soap opera-y Hollywood lines. It never made me feel that way when it came to them talking about being Mexican. an American and dealing with things that nowadays they might like go so far into like commentary and messaging. It just felt like characters of real people. Like Edward James Almost and Jennifer Lopez were flat out phenomenal in this movie. I don't really know the big works of Edward James Almost. And to me, when I think of a performance of movies,

for the rest of my life. I'm like, I'm going to think about this guy. He's always great when he shows up, but this is, yeah, going to define an aspect of him for me. He's so believable on every, like everyone sounds so natural. And I knew this movie was really working for me

when in that first like 20, 25, 30 minutes, you don't even, you see J-Lo at the top of the movie and then you go back to her childhood and you don't see J-Lo for while and I was like I'm so invested in and just this and this like strange family band journey

yeah and just watching the influence of the dad and and and instilling his own dreams into his children and there's a lot um in a weird way that I did not think I'd be here saying that I identify with in terms of being Italian, Filipino, first generation and then when I was younger trying to do like acting and then just being around manually people who were like just full on Caucasian no job most of my life and it was like full white and I would be the guy who's like one of like two people who were not like looks like I'm half white Italian is white right or is like what is they white it's like a muddy hair I suppose like I think like the first time goes the less certain I

like I've always been like I'm half white like that's how I've but but no one ever would look at me and go you're a white guy and especially when I would be in around white people they'd be like what's your ethnic they would ask me like what's your ethnicity where are you are you Mexican are you Latino are you Arab are you Persian they can never pinpoint me and then I would often feel with like family I'd be around like my Italian side I'm like oh I'm not Italian enough or I'm here on my Filipino side. I'm not Filipino enough. And then sometimes in certain social circles, you know, when they're like Filipino groups, I wouldn't feel like I belong. And, and I was a constant case of I'm not enough of this. And then in like, like the

time I dipped my toe into like when I was a teenager, it was a constant thing of like, you are not enough of this, this constant like affirmation of, of, of, uh, ethnic identification. And I really identified with that. And I also identified it with the fact of, like, my big passion for movies as interesting relationship with my dad when he was alive. It was so much instilled from my father, you know? Like, I essentially took on his dreams, you know.

And so there was so much, I really, I was like, I was not expecting to, the last thing I ever expected was, like, identify with this person in any way. And it's kind of crazy that it's like, none of it feels at all like a studio note of how to write it in terms of these other all these qualities I'm talking about that I thought were so profound and strong and authentic things where I feel like nowadays 2020s Hollywood often gets criticized for how

how they handle that kind of shit well that whole thing in the car would be Mexican American would have like a damn swell or some shit and like here it's like he's just laying it down straight yeah but it feels like so lived in and you can feel the intent of why he's telling them not just why he's telling us because in that moment you're like

oh they are detached from the entire generation lifestyle that you know is right above them but again this movie did such a great job like I was already picking up on it before the movie set it of like damn this woman when they're setting up like

like how women female artist and then being Mexican, all the things. It was just hitting me like a little like snowball effect in my brain. Damn, this woman must have like broken so many barriers. Yeah, right? No one else had done yet. Yeah.

And then the movie shows you with that. And for personal, and I love this, I love the sentiment of how she just wanted to pursue her dreams of being a big. And I don't know if it's true. I don't. I'm just taking the movie off face-file. What I love is the heart of the movie of its sentiment of, you know, when the dad's like, maybe those barriers weren't even there because she didn't have to care about those barriers in her mind. It wasn't something she even thought about. So that's why like, that's why it's so charming that whole news report scene. Whereas all this talk about being Mexican-American. You don't speak Spanish enough, all these things. And then she just goes there. She just does her thing. Let me be myself. Not like, not like I'm a rebel or anything like that. She just does her thing in an earnest way. Yeah.

And I think that there was such sincerity in the performances. Like I love the husband as well and the whole family dynamic. It felt so authentic. But man, Edward James Almost and Jennifer Lopez, the two most important performances gave such life and it never felt like they were trying to win a fucking Oscar. I know. No, it really did. It really did feel like everyone just poured their love and effort into making.

making this film as impactful and as resonant and as, you know, imbued with, I would imagine, her spirit as it could be. And I think it really, it shines across all departments and what I was loving. They were just, it's, it's great to watch a movie and have so many different things to look at throughout and be like, man, this is great. I'm really appreciating the artistry of that, like, definitely. Even just the performances of the writing being good enough would have been fine. But like everyone showed up and they made this like a distinct film. and even for the 90s, like it feels like a tangible piece

that isn't too dated. It's dated just enough to kind of pull you out of the present moment in time and kind of make you feel like you're someplace else. But yeah, like, I've never heard Gregory Navas' name before, but I'm like, damn, like, this guy must have really had a passion, you know, to fight to be the one to tell this story.

Because, you know, again, from the whole crew down and the editing and the sound and the performances and all that stuff, the script and like everything yeah was just you haven't seen angel eyes no i mean yeah actually i think i'm like maybe i haven't seen that many jennifer lopez movies you've seen what one more than me too more than me yeah i got to go on the whole journey i guess i haven't really seen jennifer lopez movies is like look at that this shit up well these are her exact producer credits we got to go to the actor actress credits she's got a hundred twenty seven actress

credits how many of those aren't a music video that's that that's that's the thing that she did the mother okay yeah she did a nice a boy next door yeah definitely i think i've just seen so many trailers like i've seen monster in law seen a monster jersey girl oh she's in jersey girl apparently i haven't seen the cell i haven't seen out of sight anaconda oh i never seen anaconda oh yeah i've seen that conna oh damn loser yeah back when owen wilson was i think i think we've seen the same amount of Jennifer Lopez except for one John. Yeah, what? Which one? The cell? Have you seen Anaconda? Oh yeah, you've seen Anacondo. Oh, yeah, you've seen

Anacondo. Well, lucky you. And usually people go, oh, J-Loves movie. Yeah, I'm sure. It's the first thing you'd think of. Not Owen C. Wilson. Jennifer Lopez. That movie is what I think of now. Ramona where's her name and hustlers?

There you go. There you go. Mama stripper's easier for a movie. Mama stripper. Mama stripper. Mama stripper Mama's say Mama Sam Now I'm just looking

up fun facts About Jennifer Lopez And not the movie Yeah Let's just read the J-Lo history Let's watch a J-Lo biopic now Oh my gosh He lived with the

Peret Quintania Perez family I mean that family dynamic man Like It just felt like people

The whole time And they recorded In the same studio she actually recorded her English This album, and the I Could Fall in Love Scene. Wow, she became the highest paid Latino woman in Hollywood history by playing Selena, earning a then unheard of $1 million, breaking barriers.

Breaking a barrier as an actress as well? Man, she's still so hot. She has not lost it. What was wrong with me? We saw Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck at the Flash premiere. I didn't even look at her. I was just looking at Penn. Of course you were.

Of course you were. I guess you were. It's the only room where everyone would be like, who yeah. What are you there for? Oh, yeah, shit. Jennifer Lopez is also here. Apparently, this is to play the drums.

Didn't actually play the drums. She just wanted the part so bad. She just said she did. Must have to learn. Oh, my God. All righty, guys. Well, thank you so, so much for being here. I had a great time with this movie.

very unexpected um i don't know why it's unexpected is people love the hell out of this movie so i should be so surprised yeah but seriously john just look at her today i won't show these photos on screen my god just holy she's got the adrenochrome she knows the way she's gonna stay young forever i love that song on the floor it's my favorite jalo song hey have you danced to it on the floor she's something special john oh yeah We should go find her, and then you should propose. Because, like, how could your wife be mad if you brought home J-Lo? That's true.

I'm like, you get to have Ben. Yeah. We couldn't trade. You get sad ducking donuts every day. Yeah. We both do. This is a strategic move for both of our well-being. Jesus.

All right, guys. Well, what's your favorite Jennifer Lopez movie? That is not so we go. Your thoughts down below. Tell us. Don't say hustlers. Yeah, you can, don't cheat. Dig back.

Pick a, pick a, pick a interesting choice. Hustlers good, though. All righty. Thanks, guys. Anisa. We should, Anisa's like the Valentine of the channel. If you could make like, you know, the channel itself and the Patreon, just roll them up into one humanoid being.

and that being was like I gotta get some of those branded print out, you know, Valentine's Day cards that we used to put way too much you know, like stake into his kids like, oh my God, am I gonna get one? We would get all of them and give them to you

because you've been such a loving, supportive, sexual. You know, sexual presence in the Patreon. I have a t-shirt in fact that you've guys printed up. Remember that t-shirt that they printed up that says uh i don't know how many words to say in something if you

know v uh v words are what is it not that bad or kind of cool i got to go look at this shirt it's in my car but uh you know you yeah are just you need to tone it down all right because uh your libido is way overactive and frankly it's taking over a lot of the focus from what we do here so i mean And there are lots of other websites you can, you know, engage on that level through and also monetize. You know, why give it away for free when you can have people pay for it? Collider.com. Yeah, that's right. Collider.com.

Just start putting your content on the Collider comment sections and see how far that takes. It's grassroots. Pull yourself up by the laces of your nether. knee high platform high heel boots yeah tote bags anisa but in all seriousness we love you very much and and it's it's we're overdue i feel like one day we will have to find ourselves in the great state of tejas so that you can take us for pizza but uh i still think back to that day we all hung out it was a good time and uh no food never paid me back for that pizza i know so we are you know if you could just add that on top of

the next month's pledge uh that would be great we took her out for games and stuff yeah she didn't even i thought she would bother to offer i think that that would mean she would increase her pledge but wow anise so way to take a hint pledge went down yeah why give if you're not gonna eat something back in with her yeah seriously first you come in here you know with all your sexual content and then you don't even bother to you know give us more money but we love you still the goal of all these shoutouts is to get to the place where you will never know which part was sincere

and which part was a joke and all of it's a little suspicious but either way pizza is the best food to shape like a heart prove me wrong anisa come up with something better than that anyway we love you this is the actual serious And thank you for being so dedicated to just bringing your lovely energy here to the Patreon and the various other places. You're a real one, as John Bernthal would say, who's, you know, the most romantic Marvel.

It's raised the chicken wings. Yes. Yes, it's right. So, hey, you know, just keep those hot sauces coming. We'll talk to you next month. Love you. Thank you.