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Episode Date: January 14, 2026

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as per usual it's my first one guys first one yeah be nice be nice leave a comment on what you thought of John and maybe what you thought about

born identity afterwards hopefully this goes well because it would be fun to do the rest. Yeah. Yeah. I've never, ever seen Born Legacy. That's the only one without Matt Dave. Yeah, with Jeremy Renner. There's a time where they were all trying to like have Jeremy Renner take over

franchises. Yeah, with Mission Impossible also. Yeah, like he's the guy. It's never quite bad down. All right. Well, I will Well, what's the difference? Do I go to the new guy first? Or did I go after?

Like, what are you feeling? I'll let you decide. Do you know how you feel? Do you know how you feel? Do you want to get it? Do you want to say time to gather your thoughts? What's less pressure for you? Take time to gather your thoughts or go first?

I can go first. All right. But I'm assuming you have a question. Wow, Wes. Well, what did you know, what did you? Let me ask you like this. What did you expect? going in and how do you feel

coming out of it then? Like, does it live up to an expectation? I mean, this is a franchise that's been you know, in the ether forever now. Right. Yes. For more time I think like we've been a it's been around longer the time we've been alive, right? Then not? No, it came out 2002 so yeah. Born already. Yeah, I'm saying that like so it's been

we were 12? Yes. What are you born? Yeah, 1990. Oh, me too. I'm 90 as well. So yeah, 12. So you were You were, Five. Oh, wow. Seven. Yeah.

And yeah. So it's been, so I was trying to say it's this franchise has been around for the amount of, how do I say this sentence? You're trying to say?

It's been around for a long time. It's been around for over 20 years. Yes. Like we, it's been around for most, most of our life. Yes. It's a bit if I could say.

That's all I got to say. What do you think? God damn it. What are your thoughts? Well, firstly, I've always heard of this franchise and I've like for whatever reason

where we used to work the born character was always referenced as this badass and so my expectations going into it was like yeah, it's going to be a cool action movie and I didn't know

Doug Lyman directed the first one because I always associated born with Paul Green grass. So I was expecting more, you know, the, the genesis of the handheld action sequence. But I guess this one wasn't too crazy in that. So, but yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Cool action movie. Had some depth to it.

I like how it, the early 2000s, late 90s texture I'm a fan of. The score was cool. Yeah, product of its time. I do want to see the the next few movies just to differentiate for sure. But yeah, I had a cool time. What was it teased about Jason Bourne specifically of why he was referenced prior? I think the navigation. What was this?

It was like something about the skill set, I'm imagining. More so of like being a badass and being celebrated as like this cool character. And to that shallow dimension. it. Oh, really? Yeah, like, just to give you some context, Greg and I used to work for a sales force. Hell yeah, baby. And our trainers would always always, like, use it as an analogy to be like, be like Jason born and just handle business. Don't remember any of that. So, yeah, anyways, I say all to say that, that's the only reference and then the 40-year-old virgin scene.

This is great country. I've never seen that movie. You want to be like the 40-year-old virgin and Jason Boyle. No, no, no. Some type of hybrid between that. No, no, no. The other reference

I would know of Jason Bourne is in the 40-year-old virgin. There's a scene where... I'm going to detail. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But there's a scene that they reference Jason Bourne or the Bourne movies. I don't even know that reference. Okay. Once you see it, yeah, you'll recognize it.

It's actually a funny scene. He's so much more than just about it, but I guess in like the term of like precision and get it done right away. I can understand sort of that mentality. Right.

I would throw it to you then as well, Aaron. I mean, would you know about it before going in? I'm assuming you knew like the basic plot of it of a guy who's trying to remember his identity. Yeah, that's literally all I knew. Yeah. It was starred Matt Damon. This is like his franchise claim to fame. It's about a guy who didn't remember who he was.

And that's the only thing I knew about it really. And I would say the thing that surprised me about it is that, marriage of you know gravitas and action and and thriller kind of how we're kind of saying throughout the the film reaction it was not quite what I was expecting

I thought it was going to be like pedal to the metal action through and through he's fighting like every other scene but it wasn't really that it was more of a yeah it was more of a chase situation we're kind of uncovering information as the movie goes on a lot of it's it's delivered to you

at a pretty fast pace so they keep the mystery sort of underwraps for a large majority of it. By the time we get the end scene with Chris Cooper, we're like, okay, we've a better rounded understanding of what's happening here. And I felt like it did a really great job of showcasing a guy who is very capable, get very lost at the same time. And I think that Matt Damon did a great job of portraying that. And his co-lead did a good job of showcasing her intrigue, her fear.

her trust, her mistrust, all the different shades of their relationship were captured very well over the course of the movie. And, yeah, ends on a lot simpler note than I thought it would, given that it's a trilogy. I thought it was going to, like, tease, you know,

the next ones to come. But actually, four of them. There's like the main trilogy, and then there's the Bourne Legacy, which, and then they did a fourth one, which... It's called Jason Bourne, right? Yeah, I don't know if that one is... I don't think that one's as well-received. Oh, really? Okay.

But yeah, as far as what I knew about it, I would say it surprised me with there being less action, but still entertaining nonetheless. Like, I was, I was never bored and extremely well-paced. The bored identity. Yeah. It's kind of funny with the, like, I'm trying to determine if like whatever is action movie cliches is how much of them were true cliches before this. Or was this one of the earlier ones, like with the whole ending thing of why he didn't kill them? Like, yeah, I've seen then so many action movies. So I'm pretty sure a lot of those action movies I've seen in it and it came after this movie.

Right, right. So maybe it was like more of a surprise then. But even like right away when the second he's observing Marie at the place he's waiting in line at right away, you're like, Love Interest, you know? Right, right, right. So it does the cliches and the tropes, but would sort of. so much more depth in almost all of it. Like, it's like the perfect blend of what you want from a movie like this.

Of, like, the spy thrills, trying to keep up with a mystery and the action. But having, like, great character scenes. Oh, yeah, definitely. Like, what they did with, I never hear anyone talk about this Marie character. But, like, that easily 99% of the time is the most kind of cliche. Right. Just so you're here to be the woman. And he likes you and he's going to protect you in danger situations.

But that help brings so much more nuance to Jason Bourne as a character. And she's brought so much more depth that you do want her to be protected. And she is interesting herself. And she makes Jason Bourne more interesting as well. So I loved like the inclusion of her. And, but yeah, as a movie, it is just like, it's weird. It's like close to two hours. It's like tight and it's it's fun.

It's like a really, really fun movie with, again, like the best way to sum it up is like, yeah, it might be, it might have the tropes, but the tropes are what are done in a way where they manage to add more layers on top while being also like expertly directed with like the chase scenes are great. The fight scenes are are really cool. You could see that start of what the franchise would become with the, we were talking beforehand how like Paul Greengrass is actually. influenced a lot of movies after and then it kind of slowed down when when John Witt came out then that started influencing yeah yeah because it was like the evolution of the cinema I think at the time of our ages is like the Matrix then everyone was going all right now we're all going to have to learn like martial arts and and then that's like Jason Bourne now okay now we're all going to be like super handheld you know so yeah I thought this was like a really cool start to it

and Jason Bourne as a character is is much more layered with conflicting emotions and and yeah but you do like learn more about him it is kind of crazy how it's a it's a it's a really exciting fun movie without ever really feel like jason board is in danger himself right yeah yeah he never really feels like because no one really like he gets like hit once in this movie you know but the mystery itself is exciting enough and but it would have that paranoia like when Marie's with her family member and you're like he's gonna get shot he's gonna get shot like you don't want that shit to happen anytime someone's by a window it it you get lost in the paranoia

as well was there anything about it that you felt uh that you wanted more of or perhaps you weren't a big fan of before we answer some questions i'll ask that to both of you guys sure aaron you want to go first sir um sure i felt like they gave us answers to the immediacy of what his deal was but they didn't give us a full answer as to how he became part of this to begin with. So is that a criticism or is that a thing you want to see more? Because I'm pretty sure there's a reason there's a franchise. Oh, yeah, obviously.

Yeah, it's not necessarily, yeah. It's not necessarily a criticism, but it's just something I wanted more of. But obviously we're going to have two more movies or former movies. But yeah, I think that's just something I walked away like, oh, I wish I had some more clarity on that. But yeah, no real issues at all that I can think of the top of my head. yeah it is pretty clear like you it's like they they they clear up like the details of the situation right but it is pretty obvious a front like oh you're an assassin yeah you should know this man but it's but it's but it's pretty cool though like I love the whole thing at the restaurant

it's like I know every license plate I know all this stuff like it's just like it's like it's like it's like really cool shit yeah yeah he has some crazy training to remember I's license place because I don't think anyone's no all my driver's life like I don't know it's like I was a lot of information, man. For real. What about yourself? I have no, I mean, criticisms are probably very small that are like,

I could, it's not, not too crazy, but like, there are scenes that are like, you can tell it's screen screen. Oh, yeah,

yeah. There are some ADR issues that I'm like, oh, that took me out a little bit just because you could tell. Otherwise, cool acting, um,

action sequences were crazy. I do commend Matt Damon doing his, some of his own stunts, which is pretty cool. I said this during the movie that it does remind me of Jackie Chan, Who Am I? And so because of that, it felt really familiar. I don't think that's a complete criticism.

It's maybe just a, I kind of enjoy that movie, just a little bit more. Still fun action. But otherwise, yeah, I like the pacing. No real crazy criticisms at all. I'd say I like the characterization here more than, like you out. Oh, yeah, definitely. Yes, yes. Because, like, Matt Damon himself, he's the constant array of conflicting emotions that he's feeling. Like, am I like a monster?

Am I a good guy? So much of the themes are about, like, the paths we choose. And I like the scene with Clyde Owen, where he's looking at, like, this is one path right here that I could be on, that I'm being forced on, or what is my choice of freedom. And I think, like, a lot of the other complexity does come in the form of Marie. You know, like Chris Cooper and Brian Cox are pretty straightforward back. Yeah, it's like, they're effective. Yes. It's crazy because, you know.

I think what, like, you know, you pointed out the, um, that he physically is almost unstoppable, right? Like, got one punch in. I think the, the vulnerability comes in the, the emotional and mental kind of panic he has, the entire movie. Yeah. And so like you can, it's like a, he's afraid. Exactly.

Like, there's, there's Superman who's indestructible, but we, we relate to his humanity. Yeah. Yeah. Totally. So I think that was executed really well, too. Yeah. I completely, completely agree with you. Fellow reject, 2026 feels different.

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all right i love this beginning to matt damon action star still his best in the genre in my opinion. Curious how you three rank his performance here and how representative you think it is of the work he'd gone to do in the genre. Good question.

I mean, what are we comparing it to I think it's a better question for the third movie? Top. This is top one. As if right now, it's number one. It's solid.

I get what he's getting at because we were talking during the film of that era when they started hiring dramatic. Like they slowly start, like, we have like Jason Statham in the rock. But we started slowly phasing out, you know, just what an action star is at the time of like, we have like Stallone and Schwarzenegger, Jean-Clau' Van Dam, these kind of folks. And then they started hiring dramatic actors to become action heroes. know and I think you know like this is what I feel like it made uh Daniel Craig's bond come into existence this is when I think they had Ethan Hunt become more in depth too oh right uh-huh I think Matt Damon is one of the stronger ones out of them although because

he manages to be sincere sweet like he just feels like a guy yes it feels like a normal guy right when he has to do like a badass thing and like take out the guy in the woods who was a sniper he's like just as believable at doing that and because he can do all the layers he's probably he's probably like my favorite like I love

like Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt but you know like his most relatable is Mission Impossible Three but you know he's still like Tom Cruise is like so fucking larger than life right whereas Matt Damon does feel like the dude who could blend in and you wouldn't suspect definitely I agree yeah

I'm trying to look at his other action roles. He does mostly dramas. So you're comparing to his other action. Yeah. Because we haven't seen the trilogy, so we can't really compare his other roles. I mean... I was compared to like the genre. I guess within the future in the next, you know, this summer is Odyssey.

And I think that is action heavy to a certain degree. And that might... RITs. Yeah. He gets in really good shape. But yeah, I think it's... I do... To your point, Greg, I think he's

so relatable. He, like, he reminds me, like, because this movie was shot a little after Ocean's 11, it does remind me of his lioness character in Ocean's 11 that's very, like, like, he's the goof and the newbie. And so,

but, and then to see him do action, like, the physical kind of difference is, is cool to see because it's like, I wouldn't expect him to, like, take a gun from you and then like kick your ass yeah so i think uh but yeah in terms of performances like overall his entire um uh career i think this he had fun maybe like he wanted to take an action

role um i i do prefer other i really can't think of another action movie i know yeah it's hard did he did a movie called the adjustment bureau and i have oh it's not an action movie yeah there's like action in it but it's definitely not like yeah with emily blunt right not like punching and kicking out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't seen that movie, but I... Again, some people will call like the oceans movies, action movies.

No. Even that is not like this. Right, right. He's not really an action star outside of this franchise. That's kind of cooler, actually. Yeah, yeah. That adds to it, right?

One thing he's done to his action movies. It's like kind of fucking nuts, actually now I think about it. Yeah, no, nothing major that I'm saying. Hey, like that apples. I don't know. Aaron, you want to read Jules? Jules R, love these movies.

So glad you guys are reacting to them. What was your favorite fight scene? Mine is the one with the pen. Oh, shit, the pen. That was gross. That was surprisingly gross. Yeah, it was really nasty. I like the one in the hallway.

We're freaking uses the body. The guy's body's a surfboard. He shoots the guy in mid-air. That was badass. Walks away unscathed. What about you? I think my favorite scene is with Clive Owen. That's my favorite fight, yeah.

I think it just even after the fight, like, yes, the fight is part of it, but even the sequence where they get to talk, very intimate, very revealing, kind of sad. But I think that was my favorite scene for sure. I would agree, that's my favorite scene. I would say, too, it's my favorite fight, though. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like the pen fight is awesome. Yes.

But in terms of like a fight where I was like, damn, this is so unique. Like you said Metal Gear Saw and you're exactly what scene is exactly what Metal Gear Saw fight you were talking about. And I was like, yeah, it's kind of hard to bring that to life and make it believable. Like, that's a really hard one to make believable. And he has to, like, lure him out and shit. It is a really cool fight scene. Yeah, yeah. Zephrum.

Thank you, Zephram, who just joined our Patreon. They're loving it so far. That's what I'm talking about. Nice. Will you guys continue to watch the whole trilogy, at least? And also, did you like the fast past cutting in the action scenes? Love you guys. Thank you, buddy.

I think you might fast pace Yeah yeah I don't It's not particularly the kind of thing I like Unless it's truly emotionally heightening it And I do think it does Considering the franticness of it I generally prefer something a little bit more smooth And in camera where you can really see it all

Right But I think for the effect It actually works Because surprisingly the car chase scene is really smoothly shot The only thing that's like fast pace cutting in the action is the is the is the pen fight moment right but the the whole thing in the forest is really smooth and that even even the final moment in the hallway is smooth but yeah i i don't i wasn't bothered by i mean what you guys what do you think about the editing bother you guys there's some

point i think the pen fighting i was like okay there was certain parts of that fight were like okay this is cool we can see what he's doing but there's other parts i'm like okay let's just like pull back a little bit i don't even know what he just punched yeah like he just like got just flew back and i don't know what he hit so I feel like Yeah, there's a lot of sound effects

going on but I don't see I don't know what he just hit Oh yeah Yeah so I I think I

I did like a majority of the fights but yeah Let's let's pull back a little bit Let's make it a little bit more palpable with what's going on

So I would say I liked the action Wasn't my favorite action But I still enjoyed it Yeah well Paul Gring Gress directs the next year

But maybe it'll be good I don't know I think that was That was coming in I didn't was Doug Lyman versus Paul Greengrass. I thought he did the entire franchise. Everyone thinks that.

I'll even hear podcasts and I'm like, I'm tempted to be the comments or be like, actually, guys, you got anything? Like, is Doug Lyman who did the first? I don't know why he didn't carry on because, yeah, this just does become like Paul Greengrass's franchise. No, definitely. And that because going into it, I was thinking it was Paul Greengrass, I was like, is this really just a muted version? What eventually he's going to do? And then when I found out it was Doug Lyman. I'm like, I can see how Mr. and Mrs. Smith is like similar in terms of action.

But otherwise, it didn't bother me. I'm going, I want to compare it to when Paul Greengrass, his films come out, or when we get to watch it. Yeah, Paul Greengrass didn't direct the legacy. That was Tony Gilroy, I think. Yeah. Oh, that's what I was looking at about. Oh, shoot. Yeah, but he did do Jason Bourne.

Yeah. Yeah. All right. Here we go. A couple more. I have a called night. Hansom Ransom. If the person on your left, this mother effer, had total amnesia on your left, what would you do to remind them who they are?

You owe me $5. Pay me money. Okay. I'm not making up a memory. We were in a direct sales company that said you have to be like the 40-year-old virgin at Jason Borg. In order to succeed selling vitamins to be. Oh, man. Who would I?

You just play me YouTube videos. Yeah, just play Jim Rohn. Where I got for it. Yeah. Yeah. That's all good. You can just show me YouTube videos of me. That's probably the most logical.

Yeah. I feel like we have a job. I'd literally be reacting to me. Yeah. Here's your entire history for the past 10 years. That's who I am. Yeah, your history is on YouTube. Yeah.

That's crazy. Jay Rushden This is how I never forgot the word Treadstone Actually, no, Treadstone's a word that I've, I've been aware of what Treadstone is Like, oh, and they mentioned Tresstone.

Oh yeah, that's the company where Boren comes from. But it was Koi who reminded me that there was a Treadstone show. He asked him here to watch a Treadstone show on television. Oh, what? And I, uh, I've never, I don't know what that looks like. I never, I forgot that was a thing. I always thought that was the thing they wanted to do.

I didn't realize they actually did it. I didn't know that either. Wow. That's cool. And it dawned on me when Treadstone was brought up first in it. I was like, well, you know why a Treadstone show wouldn't be interesting? Because the whole hook is that this guy doesn't remember who he is. Right.

It's not the fact that there's an organization of Hitman that's the hook. Yes. Because that's like generic as shit. It's the hook that this guy doesn't remember that he is this guy. Interesting. Yeah. It was a one-season show that aired in 2019. And yeah, that's it.

How many episodes do they have? 10 episodes. Oh, boy. That sounds like not interesting. But it has decent ratings. Like it's a 6.9 on IMDB. That's actually pretty good for IMDB. For IMDB, it's pretty good.

If the born legacy, or not legacy, if the born franchise is John Wick, then is the Continental the Treadstone? Like, you get me? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, okay. Yeah, definitely. And that's what I think what John Wick struggle. But at least John Wick's building out like a,

world that is clearly not a, like, this is a mythology of John Wick. So I see why they're attempting these things without John Wick. Right. Whereas this is, yeah, the fucking government here. Yeah, you create a government with spies in action here. Yeah, that's like, yeah, that's every fucking government movie you would have in this kind of shit, you know? But, yeah, I thought that was great.

Yeah, I love that, man. That was, that was awesome. That was awesome as hell. And, uh, matern, you caught Walton Goggins right away. Yeah, yeah. You earned your keep. We kind of, we're kind of weird. if we'd watch the Treadstone show

without ever seeing Jason Bullard. I think it's how we should have done this. We should have watched us in reverse. We're remembering with Jason. This all goes. All right, guys. Well, thank you so much for being here. What do you think about the born identity?

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