The Reel Rejects - THUNDERBOLTS* SPOILER TALK!! Post-Credits Scenes, Sentry, The Asterisk, Avengers 5, & Breakdown!!
Episode Date: May 3, 2025THE NEW 'BEST SINCE ENDGAME?!' Marvel's Thunderbolts* - Spoiler Review - The MCU's latest sees a coderie of disgraced & villainous anti-heroes including Black Widow's Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), J...ohn Walker aka US Agent (Wyatt Russell), Ant Man & The Wasp's Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), & Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) along with Red Guardian (David Harbour) and the once- Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) fighting for redemption as they find themselves up against the dubious Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) along with a mysterious new presence known as Bob (Lewis Pullman), the last remnant of the thought-failed Sentry Program... Coy & John dive into all the nitty-gritty details, including post-credits scenes, hints at the future Avengers: Doomsday and Fantastic 4 installments, the meaning of that dang Asterisk, and more! Follow Coy Jandreau: Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coyjandreau?l... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coyjandreau/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoyJandreau YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH2szDTuU9ImFZ9gBRH8w Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM: FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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All right, super sexy live streaming citizens of the reject nation.
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Looks like I may have to fix the chat, but we are here and it is time.
for some thunder bolts live spoiler discussion my friends all righty while i fixed the chat coy
oh it looks like the chat has been fixed we're live i see it i see it we back we are so back
we're going to first and foremost start off by thanking you guys for being here because it's
been a minute since we've done a live february fourth feb four it is march may three
Febtastic four
March April, May. Three months,
a whole quarter.
The way that YouTube doesn't take as much from, that's totally cool.
All are appreciated. All are up to you.
There is a link in the PIN comment, if you so
desire to go to the stream labs.
But really, I'm just excited to jump in and engage
with you guys, because this movie has been met with
a really nice reception, I feel
like, for the most part. It feels nice to
be excited to talk about a Marvel movie.
I know, right? And like,
to have one where you're thinking to yourself
like, man, I'm excited to go out
and here's some more opinions
and yeah grab some other perspectives
and it's one of the ones in the recent memory
that I'm like especially excited to just go back and revisit
and kind of see how it hits me on
you know second maybe third viewing
seen it twice already for that reason
I saw it immediately as soon as I could again
okay round two and then I went to vidiates
a really cool way to see it
at Vidyts with that crowd it was pretty dope
and the composers came out and spoke
so I talked to them briefly oh Sunlux was there
I had no idea to the credits I talked to them on
on the red carpet, but that's like two minutes.
And then at the little event,
they actually came out and did like a 25-minute Q&A.
Sunlocks did everything everywhere all at once,
as well as this.
Found out a really cool thing.
The film was so tight and so knowing what it was,
they actually got to be part of the pre-production.
So a lot of the actors got to hear their suites
and got to be, like, they had the score ready to go
as they were filming, which is not the norm.
They had something of this scale.
So cool.
girl part of the whole thing. Really nice
guys. How beautiful. I am very
jealous. It was a cool thing.
We both love the vidiots.
Interesting movie and musical.
Oh, hey. Everybody's like, oh,
Shill, Marvel didn't give it to me. Vidiots.
By way of Sun Lux did. I'm sure
Marvel gave it to Vidiots, but I got it.
Support your local boutique cinema
today. I love that place.
I haven't been to Vidiots since
they moved into their new space. I went
and saw a great double feature
once upon a time of the Invitational.
and sheep thrills, which was
bonkers. It's a nice duo. I like that. I respect it.
Kevin Meek, thank you for
joining us in the chat. It's good to see you.
Doe. I's Robert Pruisier,
Elia Chia,
Naval Brar, Dan V-900,
an MVP of the chats,
who we got Eddie Nexus
or Edy, if you prefer.
Nikisha,
Emerald,
Kenneth Valenta,
Kenson, Ivan Lopez.
gang we see let's see we let's get everybody's number rating first and foremost and actually
while I fire off the final little you know officey thing I'll ask them I'll ask him one to 10 you can
yeah all right so we're going to go one to 10 in the live chat we're going to get a general consensus
of the whole experience John has seen it I have seen it but we saw it separate and we have not yet
spoke of our own numbers are experience so we're going to do that probably to kick us off but
the whole joy of alive is you guys are the co-hosts of this experience I want to see
what you all thought of this
for me incredible good time at the movies
on a scale of 1 to 10 10 being the highest
one being well
Roger Corman's fantastic
So actually I didn't get that a two
I'd even give that a two Roger Corman
I was out here making more than his means
would imply he is an inspiration
to flim makers everywhere
But yeah leave us your number rating
I see an 8.5 to 9
out of 10 in here early
on. I see an 8 out of 10.
Let me do this on the other chat window
so you guys can see. Wow!
Now we're flying. We were not live. We were not live.
Now we were live, but we weren't live in the chat. This is a lot.
This might be the least quirky live chat
in terms of just like foibles at the top.
Yeah, but we're doing it. You know, but the one of the
one of the weirds is that, yeah, there are two chat windows.
Yeah, a lot going on. Navigate that. But anyway, yeah, a lot of eights.
9.7.8. 9.7.12.
I like when people 12, I love that.
I like when people use the pitchfork rating scale
and go for like an 8.7.5, yeah, yeah.
I'm a decimal, man.
I like a decimal, I like a, yeah.
I use letterbox, so I'm out of five,
then I have to double it.
All right, seven and a half, eight and a half,
11, seven to eight, eight and a half.
I think eight is the general most common consensus.
I might agree with a, with a seven a half to an eight,
depending on how we feel.
Here, here we, I've got everyone's number rating.
more coming in, obviously.
Let's just get a nutshell of your
basic thoughts before we hop into
the spoilers. I'm sure, you know, and if you
haven't already, Koi's got his own
channel where you can see
reviews. I did a full
10 minute non-spoiler and a 20-minute
spoiler review. And they're both
two of my favorite reviews because I had a lot to say about this one
that was like from the heart. This brought out
a lot of thoughts to me. My overall general
thoughts in brief
is that this to me
felt not only like the most
confident Marvel movie in a long time, but also the most that got what we love about these
films in a long time. I feel like, you know, we talk about things feeling like their studio
interference. We talk about things being too blank or too blank, where it's, you know, too
otherworldly and not grounded enough, or too comedic and not sincere enough, or, you know,
too dry. It feels like Marvel has been doing like in every other for a little bit for our
experience. And I think this is the first one in the new era. I think this is the first one since
Bob Iger came back that he had greenlit and they had kind of shepherded in the post
pandemic era where it wasn't just like make a lot of it. And to me this felt like that. You
hire a director like the guy that makes beef and lots of incredible music videos. You get writers
like the ones that are on the bear and you make this a very heartfelt emotionally driven story
that still has Marvel humor, but the Marvel humor never comes at an opportunity.
times for me. The story
always feels just and like it's actually
serving the narrative all the way through.
You make sure that that story itself is
full of heart and compassion and the morals
and ethics that I get out of comics.
Personally, I love
when a story is about a human,
very contained element in
an extraordinary world
and this is the definition of that. This is
mental health. This is navigating, feeling
alone. This is the importance of reliance
in others. This is the importance of communicating that
to others. This is all of those things.
with a rag-tag group of characters
that doesn't necessarily belong together,
which is often your hero's strife,
while using tropes like they fight
and then they become a unit together,
while using things like a giant otherworldly threat
that you can keep contained to New York
and then narrate that journey of it,
all while introducing new characters,
all while elevating and redeeming characters
like U.S. agent and a ghost, in my opinion,
was underserved in Ant Man of the Lost,
but I could tell those potential
and bringing characters even more elevated like Yelena
by trusting in Florence Pugh.
This felt like an event,
Avengers level events.
This felt like a beautiful, grounded, larger than life story, and this felt like the comics.
And to me, I had a really great time with it.
So it also was one of those things where it made me like characters that I'm neutral on in the
comics even more.
I'm not the biggest century guy.
I like the concept of Sentry, and I like really early century.
I like the Paul Jenkins, Jay Lee stuff.
But as Century went along, it became like a Deiess Machina.
The character became very like, we need a big, strong guy.
and also back bad guy.
He became the Charzard of the Pokemon TV show.
2.0.
Where it's like we got to send him away.
Otherwise, he's always going to use Charzar.
So this actually elevated century for me.
So all of those words.
John, what are your words?
Oh, my goodness, gang.
You're done, right?
I was trying to vamp Florida.
You vamped so precisely, Koi.
Give it up for Koi.
I saw you like a job.
I'm like, oh, now it's John's time.
Give it up for vamp, Koi.
I think the things are everywhere.
I'm doing my best to grow the octopus.
arms and being able to quadruple task.
This is, again, I'm
almost elated just at how
few things have caught fire during
this live stream. Also, I see that
we've already got some super chats in,
which is a huge, huge
blessing. Thank you guys for your interest,
and we will hop into those pretty
quick here, but yeah, a couple
off the dome thoughts, and, you know, if you want
a little deeper of a non-spoilery
dive, Roxy and I did the out of the
theater review for this channel.
But yeah, I enjoyed this movie a lot. I'm really
excited for a second viewing.
I haven't had a chance because it's been kind of
a thick week in one of those weeks
where you have the set schedule and then all
the things like popping up on top of it and around
it and to the side of it. So yeah,
the movie itself
when I started, you know, when we sat
down and it started rolling, I
was into it. The first half
was kind of like the movie I was expecting
it to be and then the second half really started
to crest up
into something kind of wholly
different or at least that, you know, sort of
of built on and leveled up
from the starting point, which I thought
was really cool. It gets kind of mind-bending
in a really fun
but also very personal way that I
didn't see coming for this movie, and
one of the things I've said in the reviews was
I kind of went in expecting that
this would be Suicide Squad,
and yet it's, or you know,
like a Marvel version of that, and I
quickly lost that thought in
my mind through it
as the movie kept progressing.
You know, I think there are things
about it that could be maybe even, it's one of those movies where any gripe I have is like
just an instance where this could be even better. Like I like what it is and I like, yeah,
the ensemble such that it is. I mean, obviously Florence Pugh and David Harbor and
Wyatt Russell to a degree get sort of the most to do. I wish there was a little more for Hannah
John Kamen. Obviously the whole Orgo Kurlienko thing is a bit of a meme. But yeah, I really
liked them going for a
plot that was mostly driven
by, yeah, these anguished characters
who are dealing with their lot in life, how
their setups for greatness did not
pan out the way they were supposed to or the way
they expected. And I found
a really natural, yeah, assemblage
of the team given that,
you know, this idea.
Like, there are somebody in one of their
Dan Merle, Jeremy Jones, or something, somebody
pointed out in a review and I thought it was really
astute that, like, there are numbers of times
where characters look like they
are making peace with the fact that they're probably
about to die and they're okay with that
and I think that's like a
fascinating little bit of pathos
for this movie to carry
yeah I really human
yeah and this had
I don't know like
I keep hearing the phrase best since end game
and I feel like that phrase is kind of lost meaning
because every pretty good Marvel
is the best since end game by
somebody's metric I think it's like the third or fourth for me
because there's been like 12 and I looked at my list and
And it's up there.
And I think we undervalue phase five and six and overvalue certain feelings of nostalgia with phase one through three.
Because phase one through three, I think I had less pitfalls, but there's more volume in phase five and six.
But I noticed there's more booing of the TV shows to elevate my five and six than the movies.
Phase five for me is literally half and half.
I thought three were very good and three were less than very good.
And I don't think they had that bad of a batting average before.
but that's still a better batting average than most shared universes.
But the highs are even higher than the batting 500 than I think people give credit for.
Yeah, yeah, I think that's a fair assessment.
And this, yeah, is definitely one of the best ones to me.
And it's certainly one of the most interesting.
It's hard to top Guardian three for my taste.
But this, yeah, gave me something that I've been craving from the MCU for a little bit.
Yeah, like, you know, dive into who these, this B squad of sorts is, get a sort of
strange set of circumstances to pull them
together. You know, Lewis Pullman's in
Top Gun, we're not in Top Gun, man.
So, like, this was my first exposure to him
and he knocked my socks off.
Like, I could, Aaron, Alexander
asked, you know, like, oh, you know,
could you see Stephen Young? Because they were originally
going to cast Stephen Young for this role. And like, yeah,
I could, but I really loved
what Lewis Pullman brought.
And it's one of those things
where, yeah, I could imagine other actors
doing it, but what he did,
I felt was, like, pretty definitive.
Marvel has had, I've used an example recently,
especially with movies like multiverse of madness,
where, like, sometimes you're watching something,
and you feel like you're watching the definitive version,
and sometimes you're just, you feel like you're watching
one of many possible versions.
And so, like, a multiverse of madness to me felt like one of many possible versions,
whereas, like, this Bob felt like the version for this world.
Yeah, and so, yeah, like, what the story's about,
the emotional threads that it pulls,
and the way that it ties those into the more sci-fi elements of the plot
as you get into the...
Void, who I really liked.
Like, I was worried at first because of, you know, Century and all this, like, power of, you know,
a thousand suns or whatever.
And going toward Void instead created this cool one, two punches, like, okay, cool, I get to
anticipate, I imagine, with less comic book knowledge, I get to anticipate what century
down the line could be.
And also now I get this cool, weird shadow grief man character who also brought a visual flavor
that I thought, while conscientious
for a PG-13 environment
and a bit of a trope,
was also done in a creative enough way
that I was like, oh, that's actually pretty neat
and pretty spooky and sinister.
And while I think there are things
about this movie that could be like
that much greater, if given more time,
I think the movie that they made
is conscientious and well-streamlined
for what it is.
So there are things that keep it from being like,
freaking great for me
but it's like it's so close
yeah for me it's it's four bordering on four and a half
I rarely get five star like any
movie I've given 25 films
five star in the history of movies so four
four and a half is really high for me
but I do want to hear three fun
century facts that I gleaned from
the experience let's get some facts gang
three okay do you want a comic book first
via Paul Jenkins the creator
do you want casting first via
casting director sailor haley Finn
Or do you want anecdote from Lewis Pullman first?
Ooh.
I got all three for you.
Ooh.
I did my rounds.
Okay.
Let's build up.
Let's build up.
Let's go comics, then Hallie Finn, then Louie P.
Go chronological.
Okay, so fun fact from the comics.
That is how you laid them out.
It felt right.
Fun fact from the comic books.
The invention of Century from Paul Jenkins was actually something he cooked up five years prior
than Marvel letting him release it.
He had had a bunch of successes at Marvel, and they gave him carte blanche to do any character.
They offered him Spider-Man.
which he eventually did do, and he's a fantastic run.
They offered him X-Men. They offered him all of at the time, the highest characters.
A lot of those are still, like, the most viable characters.
But he's like, no, no, that thing I pitched you all those years ago,
that's what I want to do.
It was really important to him that there's a character that's based on mental health
that he could incorporate into the greater Marvel comic book universe.
So it was actually something he lobbied for for quite a long time.
So I've been a fan of Paul Jenkins for quite a while talking to him in the red carpet,
confirmed that he basically was able to get the character he wanted
by way of kind of like the movie studio method of like one for them one for you i've been lobbying for
this character now it's out in the world so that is the origin of how century came to be in the comic
books along with j lee an incredible author j a e l e check out his art and then on the casting director
side sarah hayley finn i am such a huge fan of i've wanted to do a long form interview with her
forever we finally got to do an on-camera interview at every premiere i literally go over her and
thank her because i feel like the casting director side of things is so under appreciated especially
with a shared universe where you're mapping
out 10 years you're anticipating chemistry
you're making comic fans happy
investors happy
directors happy you're doing a lot of
juggling and alchemy so I've always
appreciated what she's been able to do with
chemistry long form and I found out
from Sarah Haley Finn during our interview
that Lewis Pullman was
one of the final contenders for Spider-Man
all those years ago
read in the Tom Holland era
to come out for Spider-Man she wanted to work with him
really loved his tape and was like
that just didn't quite
land but landed for
Century. So he was close
to being Spitey and then that
kept him on the short list and
Lewis Pullman was then made Century all these
years later. And final fun fact
Lewis Pullman at
the after party was such
an angel. Such a
like is is such a
Bob Reynolds of empathy
without being like the sad
squirley. He's just like an energetic
like ah an open like lovely
fellow and he
as soon as I mentioned I was a
comic fan lit up and
started referencing comic moments to me
and saying like oh and this is what I wanted to bring
here and you guys were the ones that I really wanted to make sure
I really thought that this was where we like needed
and he was so dialed into the comic books
that is so cool it was like he lit up as soon as I said
as a comic book fan like I saw him
do what I think people see when they come up to me and say comic
and so we just geeked out about comics for quite a while
and so he is a diehard centric comic fan
to the point of research and loves to hear about
the comic side of things.
He came, Sentry came from mental health stuff,
and Lewis Pullman went out for Spider-Man back in the day.
Dang.
I worked that carpet.
This is Coi's trivia corner now.
I was hustling, man.
That was a six-hour of hard work.
But yeah, it was fun.
Dang, Coy?
You know, I've been...
You heard it here first, no, Rejects.
Especially in films lately, been appreciating the art of casting.
I feel like, you know, in stretches of time,
you start to notice different themes.
And lately, I've been noticing, yeah,
the strength of casting.
and I think before we hop in next
we will hop into super chats I promise
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Got to rep the flick.
Yes, the casting, though.
Like, it's kind of a wonder.
Like, as much as the MCU, I think, has a lot of solid casting,
it's always a risk.
And it was, I don't know, a team-up movie at a decent time for a new team-up movie.
It's always kind of a fun prospect because it's like, yeah,
who's going to work well together?
And, you know, is there going to be chemistry, you know, outside the bounds of, you know,
John Walker comes from Falcon in the
Winterlanders. They're going to be chemistry with
Ghost, you know? And
you know, that
I feel like can be debated
because Ghost, again, is not like
the most prominent character of the movie.
I really thought Hannah Crush with what she was
able to add. Like, I really, I was,
that was my greatest MVP of
evolution. Sure.
From the last time we saw them to this time.
I feel like Ghost got the most improved.
The Ghost with the Most, you might say.
I'm just going to
quickly use this close
up because I did build it. We're going to hop into
Super Chats. Ladies and
gentlemen, get ready, you ready for a transition?
Wow.
We're already in Superville.
Look at that.
Gang, we got the Super Chats open. We will
read them all before the stream is done, so that
means we will probably, you know,
we will probably close
them off at some point so that we can keep this thing
contained. But let's start off with Mr.
Eli Mack. Thank you so much
for chiming in. Hey, guys,
says Eli. It is
great to catch this live yesterday was my
birthday, so, happy birthday.
Thunderbolts was a great present.
Also love the message of
you're never alone when going through
these issues. Actually, not far
from here, there's one of those like
prevention hotline
billboards in it. This is like, you know,
you're never a burden. And that's
very much alive in this movie. Yeah,
that idea of you're never alone
and lonely people
finding each other to try and make
each other feel a little less alone.
And, like, yeah, I feel like everybody, many people have a circumstance that they probably feel like few other people can understand or relate to.
And this movie definitely brought that quality where it's like, yeah, even though there's so much friction at the outset, these are people uniquely calibrated to understand each other's struggle in a way that most other people are not.
Let me fix the chat here.
But, yeah, like, it was really nice to get a, you know, as they say, character-focused Marvel joint that did, you know, touch on...
I don't know what Red Fox is saying, but a number of people have asked us to ban him.
I don't know what Sigma means, but I don't know if he's insulting someone in the chat.
But enough people have said, blank Red Fox, I figured I'd bring it up.
All right, copy that.
We're going on.
I'm going to go with the voice of the people.
You know who I miss and who I hope shows up at some point is our very own winter soldier, Bucky Barnes.
What did you say, Red Fox?
Yeah, I don't know what Sigma means.
It's like a frat thing.
Gang, let us know.
I trust the chat, though, because if he's being a cun, he's being a cun.
Hey.
Oh, sorry, you too.
You're going to have to go.
I just forget which words are, I apologize for you.
I, over 21 minutes.
My bad.
My bad.
That's all good, Coy.
We'll get there.
We'll figure this out.
But here.
What can you, why don't you read the next one?
I'm going to make this person a moderator.
Yeah, that's the, I just trust, I trust the people, the reject nation.
if they say someone being a bad word,
I will trust it. I cannot read it
because it's gone, but it said, hey, John Coy,
and then it said more things.
I do not know what those things were,
but I will read it when we return.
Oh, it's right here. Hey, John Coy,
do you think Century is the reason my Bucky and Sam are at odds?
Also, do you think that is the F-4 ship
in the post-credit scene?
Very much so.
And big, a little four on there.
Pretty much feel like it confirmed that.
But I also think that it was interesting.
they confirmed it is extra dimensional
and we know, I think we all assumed,
I certainly assumed that
the end
of the experience
that will be F4 will be them
coming out of their dimension into ours
because we know they take place in another world.
I think that's why we've got, you know, the female
silver surfer as a marker of like we're going to have the
male service, like Naur and Rad in our world.
I think Galactus might even win.
But, you know,
that. As to reason. Yeah, so
maybe that's why they have to come in ours.
why that extra-dimensional confirmation was interesting
without having seen the film. So we make it.
But yeah, so that was definitely their ship.
And then Century is the reason
my Bucky and Sam were at odds. I think the
reason Bucky and Sam are at odds is
Sam has just gone through
a lot of
proving himself as Captain America.
Like the dudes, like, you know, in real
life, Anthony Mackie has been having
to deal with the people that are
probably like Red Fox. And
the other side of that is Sam
Wilson having to prove to people like, you know, Thunderbolt Ross and, you know, the nation at large, like, you're not Steve Rogers. I know I'm Captain America. And so I feel like as soon as he finally gets to be Captain America, Avengers with the Z pops in. So I think there's a bit of a conflict of like, I got this. But I'm sure there's more to it on top of that. It's also, Sam Wilson is a very by the books, you know, this is the way it has to be. And like this is, but he's not a blind, spangled, listen to government, which neither cap is, which I always.
appreciate. Like, no one's just blindly
following orders, because that's how you get Nazis.
So, I think that
it is a thing where the government
is like, these criminals are Avengers,
and he's like, but us heroes are Avengers,
that's not, no, no. So I think it's
multi-layered, and we'll see.
Absolutely.
Good, good set of thoughts there,
Koitas, Mayank Rananavare,
thank you
for your contribution
here. And yeah, I mean,
like, I don't know, briefly.
It seems like Captain America,
like Sam Wilson, Captain America, and Bucky Barnes right now,
are in sort of, like, uniquely different roads that are almost opposing
because Bucky is trying his hand at the sort of, like,
can I affect the system from within the system?
Can I pass legislations and stuff like that?
And as of the events of Capp 4, obviously, you know,
Cap can't be on any better terms with the governing body.
And I feel like that's interesting that both, you know,
Falcon and the Winter Soldier kind of did that.
Like, I think Bucky becoming a congressman and trying to fix things from within,
and then that line of like, oh, you guys are causing change
when you clock out at 4 p.m.?
That is, you know, how I feel about government.
And I love hearing it in something as big as a Marvel movie.
Hey, is Bucky Barnes is in the chat.
We love to see it.
We were just talking about you and fictional.
Moderator extraordinaire.
Do you think that'll hold?
Do you think we'll see a lot of Senator Buck here?
Is that a brief?
You know, it's funny is my fiancé had never seen
any of the Winter Soldier stuff at all.
she's seen some of the guardians
we went and saw all the Spider-Man
we did the whole Toby to Tom
Spider-Man at theaters run over those nine weeks
and then we saw Deadpool Wolverine
together and I think that might be all she's seen
she was asking me she's like
oh if he's always been a congressman
how do they explain like him not wearing a mask
and I was like oh
what an experience you had with like this congressman
with a metal arm like her context
was like Sebastian Stan congressman who has
murdered people and like been parts of
yeah like massive
crazy, yeah, yeah.
We've elected much less
savoury individuals.
That's true.
But, like, I really like
that they gave him that
enough oomph that she was interested
in it. So I think Bucky, trying to do that
and giving us that was really telling for the character
that I love. I'm very, I hope
that it's not actually the fantastic for
in the ship. I hope it's just like a decoy.
Oh, like they just... Howard the duck
in the air. Yeah.
Because, I mean, that and that's
doomsday, essentially. It's the other fantastic
court, which is like a Hulk, a Spider-Man,
and Ghost Rider.
You know, there's been, like,
other Fantastic Four.
It's them.
There are other Fantastics.
Well, when they're,
when they're,
like, retired or off adventuring
and then someone needs to take their place.
Also, Spider-Man's been
an Honorary Fantastic Four member
a number of times.
Yeah, there's a lot of comics out there
in the game game guys.
Coitus!
I know.
There's so many variations of things,
which is part of the fun.
Goodness gracious.
And, yes,
somebody in the chat
didn't say, like,
the Fantastic Four theme music
is credited, which it is.
Yeah.
So that's a bit of a tip.
Didn't love that.
If you pay it.
Because it goes real slow and you're like, because we saw it in IMAX and I was like,
that's real big.
I doubt that they're doing this because it was in the, you know,
countdown bumper that they play for the Fantastic Four like skin version of that.
Yeah, no, I clocked it and I was like, well, I know what's going to at least land here.
I'll ask a follow-up question a little bit.
Let's go on to Jesus, our Lord and Savior.
And, you know, if you're tuning in from a church,
in nomina patria, filia, spirit of sancti, amen.
Gang, am I crazy to think this is a top 15
MCU film, Century!
If anybody has a ranking
that is very well organized,
it is coy.
Coy, did it make the top 15,
or did it make the top 15 of the middle 15?
Or the top 15 of the bottom 50s?
John knows I'm a thirds guy.
I see the MCU as being very distinct thirds.
There is the, oh, we need to work on this.
is, oh, this is fun MCU, and then there's the like, oh, this is why the MCU is what it is.
Those thirds, none of them are awful, except some of the bottom third.
But middle third and top third, I think really something special.
And this actually makes the top third.
For me, this is currently sitting pretty at number 13.
It might even be number 12.
In the top third.
So it made the top 15 for me.
And that's an illustrious list.
I'm going to fly close to the sun right now.
Oh, there it is.
Yeah.
The sounds of when Drake was relevant.
Yes.
Yeah.
It may not mean nothing to y'all, but understand
that Drake, you know, the ham horn.
But yeah, I think it's...
Nothing was done for me except the bars.
Anyway, let's go on.
I really, I'd love to know other people's, like, I'm excited.
I'm going to do a ranking list after Ironheart.
I did a movie ranking on just phase five.
my page, like just the phase five, six
films, but I think after Ironheart, I want to do
because that's the end of phase five
in TV. And then
Fantastic Four is the beginning of phase six. It'd be fun
to rank everything.
Yeah, number 12 or 13 for me.
I'm just going to agree with you
because I'm terrible. How many films deep
are we now? 36. 36.
36 films and then I got
to say with TV, it's got to be like close to 50
if not 50. And then if you count the special
presentations, like we're open night and everything. It's definitely
past 50. I absolutely. Because
That's definitely
World by Night.
Whereof by Night would be
in my top third as well.
You know who I would love
in a Marvel thing
and then we'll move on
because you said
We're Wolf by Night
I thought of Gail
and then I was like,
man, if we could get old Cassie and Andor
Oh man.
We could get friggin' Diego Luna
in this universe.
I would be suchuffed.
Suchuffed.
Anyhow, thank you Jesus
and moving right from Jesus
to Devils Don.
Also, shouts out to Bucky
Barnes in the chat saying
well, good thing
is John Walker
can just unbendendendend.
his taco shield. Can he?
It was still bent in the post-credit scene. I feel like he would
have unbented. That's his new shape. Yeah, no, that's
that's it. I... Bent adamantium like nothing. I adored
the credits medley. And I'm sure
we don't have to talk about the asterisk now, because I'm sure someone's
going to bring it out. Oh yeah, it'll come up. If it doesn't,
but I adore the headlines and all the
also such brave marketing. Also, headlines, what great use of
Papa Dockon?
Papa Dockon.
Papa Dockon?
break down this verb
I just made up I do this a lot
I verb I verb nouns what would Papa Doc
Okay okay okay okay okay so so your verb
Verbing Papa Doc
Yes
Okay so but who is in the MCU
But it's not Mackey specifically
No it's the actual character Mackey
Played it's a many
Layered they put Papa Doc in the credits
Okay so Papa Doc played by Anthony Mackie
In 8 Mile
Yes the act of defeating Papa Doc
Was to come at them by insulting yourself first
Yes
of course.
So by the New Avengers
coining all their negatives.
They are in fact
Papa Docking,
but it's ironic because
they're Papa Docking.
Anthony Mackey,
Sam Wilson,
who is the true Avengers
making it full circle,
Papa Docking.
Damn.
This was all
at the very end of the MCU.
At the very end of the end,
we're going to cut back
to that rap battle club.
Because you know who could defeat Doom.
And it's going to be Mackey
on stage with the mic.
Eminem.
And Eminem.
That's who can defeat Doom.
And Eminem is going to
battle Doom.
It is a Force Ghosts
MF Doom.
He's going to go
a rap battle world.
Taking them out.
Yeah, that's it.
You want to go to battle world?
Rap battle world.
Oh, shit.
And then we finally get T.I.
back.
As we've needed,
it's actually going to end
in a rap battle.
And T.I.'s got to take it out.
I agree.
More rappers turn actors in the
MCU, I say.
All day, I say.
Devil's Dawn.
How do you think they will handle
Century going forward?
From the post credits,
seems like Bob
has taken,
hasn't.
It seems like Bob has taken a backseat
and hasn't been doing sentry things
and it doesn't seem like he fully even remembers
the void experience
slash whatever century adjacentness
comes with that.
Which I really liked because
there was a line of dialogue I caught
well I caught the importance of the second time
in the first watch I obviously could tell
like oh I don't remember what happened
and how I got here and I feel like something was dark
and like that was already like
telling and foreboding but then when you watch it a second
time the blackout nature
of he had already possibly started fully forming Century's powers
when they were able to knock him out to get him in there
because he didn't remember.
So I think it's interesting there might have been
some century things that occurred before we met, Bob.
But I definitely think they're going to use him like the Hulk.
To me, he's the Hulk of this new Avengers.
You've got, you know, these kind of stand-ins for Captain America's.
You've got your Black Widow, White Widow.
You've got your Hulk in Century.
And he can't fully, you know, accept the Century without accepting the void.
In the comics, it's a really cool thing where he,
says that
every time
basically any good he does
the void will undo. So if
Century saves a million people, void will kill a million
it's one to one. So he's the direct
inversion. So I'd be interested
to see if they have all the character to the point where it's
I took out this many people, this many get saved
or vice versa. How concrete
is that if then? Like is it
perfectly balanced as all things should be like
as a character. He undoes everything good that
yeah. And it's a fascinating look at like if you're a
hero, and you know that everything you get,
that you do, rat gets undone, are you a hero?
How could you even do anything? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I would love to see if sentry evolves
into that conversation. I really hope so.
I mean, like, again, as, like,
this, especially through him,
had a really cool, palpable
sense of just chaotic
anguish. Yeah.
It's like personal anguish, and I really bought
the pain he seemed to be
in, and when they were all in the mine palace,
which I thought was a really cool
sequel sequel. That was like
cool way to take a movie that is going for
that more gritty winter soldier aesthetic
and then go a bit fantastical
in a way that doesn't feel
too over scaled or anything like that
and that yeah allows compliment
to what all the characters are going through.
I kind of wish that a couple
more characters got like if like with
Ghost we could have gotten one of those like
I did I did love the line
they gave us to kind of answer that with like
Bucky are you okay? Oh yeah my past is
great. I'm doing just fine.
Like, that was, if you don't have time to do it all, that that's a great way to give us the summation, because that was such a perfect line.
Yeah, 100%.
And it's one of those movies where, like, have, like, anytime I have, like, a knit to pick, there's always something like that where I'm like, well, that worked out.
Yeah, like, again, like, this seems like very much the movie people wanted to make and, like, it is honoring everyone's intent and their effort, whereas, like, again, something like cap four, you feel for the creatives, like, I don't think this is what you had in mind.
but yeah I'm very excited
I hope that they embrace that
with Bob and Century and that we keep
seeing them because that sounds
like a really cool source of
personal tension like yeah
he's probably capable of some really cool looking action
but yeah like what's the toll should he do it
you know and I imagine that'll bring a nice
flavor to the character
of Bob as well as all those
and the lines we're talking about also add such
human elements of insecurity I like that
we got that with Bucky we got the gun scene
with U.S. agent who's like clearly
just like, I got guns, I'm securing myself
and then like the insecurity of like, ah, it's a nice
long gun, does that make you happy?
Like, making a dick joke about male
insecurity will always make me laugh.
So I dug that. Yeah, I mean, his gun
is very long. Very long. Very long
gun. He's very comfortable.
He is very comfortable
with his long gun and his bent shield.
Taskmaster, I see
in the chat, deserved much better.
Gang, leave us your taskmaster
thoughts because I am sort of
fascinated by the way that they chose
to handle that, and
I'm sort of not sure
how I feel about it. I feel like
that character in some ways deserves better
in other ways. I'm like, that's kind of fun
and funny in a way to at least
it's, I don't know, it's kind of like when Slipknot
died in the first suicide
you're like, well, you're like, well, okay.
Surprising no one. Good to see you.
But yeah, leave us some thoughts on
that, because people make a
point of touching on it, and a lot
of the reviews I've seen have had very funny ways of, like, in the form of the review commenting
on just how short-lived Tasmasters is on screen.
But Jamco, let's do this, the jam company, thank you for stoking the fires of chat.
New Avengers appear significantly more powerful than the original team.
Three super soldiers, a teleporter, the second best widow ever, and Century.
You know, I hadn't thought of it that way in a lot of ways.
ways it felt to me like this was
a down, like, not
a downgrade in terms of, like, I don't like it as much,
but like, you know, a downgrade in terms of like
mass reaching power, you know, like, wide scale power.
But if you actually look at the original team, it's going to be
a god. A god.
Century.
Okay. Black widow?
White widow.
Hulk. Is she called White widow?
I mean, in the comic. In the comics?
I don't know. I call it a little bit
also ties in a century in those elements.
So a little bit more power in the old one.
Uh, Hawkeye.
I, any one of the, no disrespect to Hawkeye, but, uh, he's kind of barrel.
Sure, sure.
Uh, and then you've got Iron Man, who's a guy in a suit who, I mean, I would say he's more powerful than any of these guys, but maybe, uh, U.S. agent might actually be physically stronger with the super soldier.
Sure, sure, sure.
Uh, and then that leaves.
I guess Alexi is part of the team.
Alexi's part of the team.
He's also a super soldier.
But who's in the OG?
Who's the original six?
It's including Ironman.
Ironman for Hawkman.
black widow from the dc comic black widow uh Hulk and oh god
like a missing one because it was an original six all right they got tattoos they got a six
tattoo the six of them you what am i not remembering there was like four movies and then
avengers thor cap i feel so app iron man thorhawk widow and hawk i was it only five or
did you just read six numbers one two three four five that is six i just can't count we can't count
here we just can't count in the morning on the
I haven't slept in so long
that I watched back my Andor review from
this week and I literally forgot like
characters were in season one. I'm so
underslept that I was like, and who were these new
characters they thought we'd know? And it's like, oh my
I am rough. Apologies
and not being on account. You're so money, baby. You're so money.
I think I didn't think of Captain America because we have three
super soldiers. So yeah, I think they're
decently comparable for first
team, you know? Like, guys, I love Hawkeye. I dressed as Hawkeye
for the first premiere of Avengers
that's the only time I've ever dressed up for
Coy will take as many pay cuts
for Hawkeye as he needs to. Yeah, we'll get
his budget back to even
But yeah, I think
it is a bit more powerful because
of, you know, the evolution of
Century and, you know, but
we can't use them just like Hulk you can't really use
on your side. So it's interesting and I think it's a fun
dynamic. Now who's going to be Sam's is the
question I have? That is, yeah,
and I've heard just the basic
rumor that, what is it, doomsday
will involve a number of teams.
Yeah, which makes sense.
And that, and I'm kind of saving the unpacking for when I'm, again, sure, someone will ask.
But, like, the meaning of the asterisk was something where I was like, oh, interesting.
Like, you expect some kind of title update or official label that's not the joke of my old soccer team.
Which I thought.
Actually worked for me.
I was going to say, I assume that in the comics, they are assembled by Thunderbolt Ross and thus called the Thunderbolt.
And that's the government element of being a government sanctioned Avengers.
But actually, like, I read that rumor like two years.
and I was so bummed that someone just said it
and then I was like
fuck that's awful.
Like I was so worried about like
the idea of it being a joke
and then it became such a heart of the film
like it's more of a underdog rallying.
Well because it like and in ways
I think it is interesting that this movie is like
a semi direct sequel to something like Black Widow obviously
because yeah it's like it comes from a place
that Yelena and Alexi share
that links back to like the one time in life
where maybe they had some glimmers of just like
normal human joy.
Yeah, so, like, as much as it at face value
is that sort of like, oh, they're making it like a joky thing
at the same time, it's personal, and thus I felt like they earned it.
And I think that's any heartfelt joke that's like a personal inside joke.
Like jokes amongst friends are usually something silly on the surface,
but there's so much heart in it.
Yeah, absolutely.
Thanks for that, Jamco.
And two, I guess to close out the New Avengers thing,
I mean, they are like some of the
I guess it's the Venn diagram of, like,
there are some of the most high-profile actors the MCU has right now,
especially Florence, Pugh, David, Harvard, Sebastian Stan,
in terms of, like, talent and visibility.
But, you know, they're also, yeah, it's like some of their most recognizable talent,
plus, you know, characters who have actually worked well enough to be in this position,
I feel like.
There's a bit of that mapping.
But, yeah, I'm, that's the thing I'm most curious to hear people thought.
Like, the New Avengers thing,
put it to the chat. How do you feel about
that? Did you expect that to be what it would
be? I know a lot of people said like, oh, what if it's
Dark Avengers or West Coast Avengers? I assumed
it was going to be dark Avengers, and it effectively
was. And it still could be. I mean,
I guess I'm not
100% believing that these are just the
Avengers now, especially when you have the idea
the way the credits go down, people are
happy about it, and Sam Wilson's also
feeling betrayed. He's got his probably own team to put together.
I'm curious at how long this
lasts. Yeah, I'm so excited.
It feels going to be excited.
It is, yeah.
And to feel like there's, you know,
anything could happen in a lot of different ways,
but a good feeling.
Destined, we'll do this one,
then we'll hop to the stream labs real quick,
do a little back and forth,
but thank you for Stoke in the Super Chat Fire
as a major gun fan,
comma James.
The highest praise I could give this movie
was it was most gunnish,
it was the most gunnish joint
that isn't directed by gun,
the beating heart of the MCU going forward,
made me feel my feeling,
my feelings. As did
I. To me
this is a perfect blend of my
favorite elements of the
MCU. My favorite MCU
films are, you know, your
first Iron Man, Winter Soldier.
Quantummania. Obviously, Quantum Media. Thor
the Dark World. But if you look at those,
like what they do is they look at a character
study. Like Iron Man is looking at like his
opposite and trying to
become less of a warmonger and that's represented
by warmonger and his growth. And Winter
Soldier is like, I'm a
you know spangled man that doesn't believe what my government is doing and going through that and
all those things are really interesting when they look internally this does that but with some of the
the gun team uh flavor underdog you know rejects uh but i i like that you see what i did
coy that's us that's what i'm we're we're like the guard we're greek but i think that blends
you know your iron man your winter soldier your guardian's tones and i think
and obviously Avengers.
So I think this is kind of the greatest hits feeling
of what we love about these movies,
and I think that's why it's being resonating
with so many Marvel fans.
Like, this is the most positive I've seen
to scale people have with this film.
It's not my favorite Sense End Game,
but it's the most positive I've felt
about the MC going forward since End Game.
Hell yeah.
I'm glad to hear that.
Yeah, this is the most confident.
I like optimism.
Yeah, you know.
I'm glad for a little hope and optimism, absolutely.
Goodness.
And that's the thing, too, is it does have a lot of the strengths of a James Gunn flick,
but without, to me, it didn't feel like it was attempting to emulate his voice.
No.
But it does have a lot of the qualities that his movies have, where, yeah, you're humanizing misfits
and you're finding interesting dynamics that you might not have anticipated between them and all that stuff.
And, yeah, the heavy toll of pain and sadness that drives a lot of these people to do what they do
and to try and fill that void with something better.
Yeah, yeah.
I liked that this was a character,
at least oriented Marvel joint again after, you know, a lot of them.
Because, too, like, it's weird.
Talking about this movie,
the sentiment has come up more and more that, like,
talking to the Winter Soldier should have been, like, the movie.
They should have just made that a movie
and made that, you know, cap four.
Yeah.
And then had that segue into this.
And then you would be like,
well, damn, this makes so much more sense
and what an arc we've had.
Wow, where Bucky's at versus where Sam's at.
Oh, goodness.
Like, I agree.
And that was when they were sure what they were doing.
And they were trying to, like, you know, navigate, throwing a lot of spaghetti at the wall.
Yeah.
All right, all right.
So we would check the stream labs.
And so a stream labing, we will go, my friends, real quick.
Let me just refresh the page.
Got so many keyboards in front of me.
How can I help?
Toy, you're helping just by being toy.
Oh, my God.
We've got some good chunky ones.
in the stream labs
when you fix the chat up here
really quick
doing the things and stuff
give yourselves a round of applause for waking up on a
Saturday being here
instead of watching cartoons
Dan V-900 thank you Dan
you're always
very supportive and you're always
out here we appreciate the love very very
much though Thunderbolts
was pretty good not great
has quite a few issues
All right, here we go.
Here we go.
We're going to do a debate.
You don't care about ghosts.
Bucky is underutilized.
Bob learns out of control the powers quickly,
and it was too easy for Bucky and the crew to find Yelena and Bob at the end.
Second part of the comment, two out of two.
They didn't delve deeply into Walker.
You need to see the show to fully understand him.
Didn't feature the rest of the team enough compared to Yelena.
Bob was great.
Don't love that they have the New Avengers.
name, especially with the comic
7 to 7.5 out
of 10 rating from Dan
V 900 and
a little addendum for Dan.
This film makes me concerned for
Doom's Day. There will be a lot
to juggle like Infinity War with
the split teams. Sam trying to lead,
establishing Doom, using the X-Men
and hopefully doing the Reed and Doom
relationship. A copyright
Avengers deal is silly.
I do like Dan V-900.
I do like Dan V-900. I do like Dan V-900.
as well. But I do disagree with each and every one of his points.
Well, let's go. Let's break him down.
All right, let's see. I did care about Ghost.
It's funny, because this was our first, and I appreciate the stream that very much.
This was the first one we got, so you probably posted this before. I kept saying it, so
vouching for my already having that opinion.
But to me, Ghost is a character that doesn't really even have a solid origin in the comic
books, and not only did they make her cool, but they also gave her, like, heart.
Like, she's been trapped in a suit that she's, like, forced to be in, and you get empathy for that.
And she also was like a utilized team.
I don't know.
For me, I got a lot out of the ghost take,
especially with how the comic has known.
Bucky, it's not his movie.
I think Bucky was an excellent, like,
side mission to Yelena's movie.
I think everyone wants Bucky to be Captain America,
and he keeps being like, I shouldn't be.
These are why they did the whole show about it.
This, to me, was another example of U.S. agent
and Bucky being like, look, we're trying to do our own thing.
We're trying to, like, work our ways our can.
Like, he's a congressman.
He's doing his own thing.
I personally really enjoyed that side mission that then collided.
It was too easy for Bucking the crew to find Yelena and Bob at the end.
I thought that at the end, they had all been together right before, like, at the end.
Oh, you mean like coming into the nightmare sequence?
Well, they saw that as soon as, you know, Yelena walked in, then she was there.
So I feel like they just walked in.
And then there was probably only one house of, like, madness that he was.
Because he kept mentioning, like, this is the best room in the house.
So it seemed very localized.
They probably had their own independent thing, like her Russian world.
And then once they got through that one level of the game, they're at the house.
So to me, it made sense that they would have came together and found her.
I didn't mind it.
I would have loved another 20 minutes, like, you know, Bucky's Sequence and a Red Guardian's and all these things.
But, like, I didn't feel like that was going to happen at the cost of the film's pacing.
So it didn't bother me.
Next one.
Okay.
Okay.
Do you have any thoughts on those?
Yeah, I mean, like, I don't want to just talk.
I'm kind of in between you guys, honestly, because, you know,
yeah, like, I, again, liked
what we got here, and I thought the way they
streamlined and paste it worked.
However,
I would have liked more of certain
things to, again, push this into, like,
freaking great movie territory.
Because, like, I didn't have a problem
with how they all converge and
find Yelina and Bob in the
mind palace, but,
you know, I certainly would have taken more
cutting around to, like, how they're all
finally getting to the same point
together. Like, this feels like a movie,
that may have had more arms and appendages
and was like as many movies are
condensed a little bit
and I'm sure at the stage Marvel is in right now
they probably didn't feel that comfortable
taking a risk on a movie like this
and making it two hours 20.
Yeah, that's my concern is I feel like
they wanted this to play a lot.
People don't think about the actual theater budget.
Like when you play at a theater
and the movie's over two hours,
it changes how many times you can play it.
So like you're going to want that
if the movie does well to play it
five times a day in a 10 hour window plus cleaning so 12 hour window but like those sort of things
I think are a factor and I think that people are intimidated by long run times I don't look
at a runtime and go ooh but I know a lot of people do like people announce runtime so to me
that's probably a factor I again would have liked to have seen it but I didn't think about it in
the movie which is a good sign for me yeah I would agree with that it's it's you know like
the ghost thing is something I thought about a bit during the movie and I like Ant Man of
the Wasp and I like ghost in that movie so I already
already have a positive association, so it's easier for me to be like, cool, I already know
I can fill in the blanks of what a moment for her might be, you know, if transported into
the void, would have liked to have seen that, though, and would have liked maybe a little bit
more. Like, I thought they made her really cool, and I liked her performance. It felt like
part of the ensemble, but I could have used maybe a little bit more just of a personal look at
the character in the text of the movie. But I'm not, like, all that upset it didn't happen
because I enjoyed a bunch of other stuff that they did.
But what like that,
Bucky, I thought was utilized, I think,
in the right amount for my taste
because he makes sense to be present,
but not the focus.
And he is kind of, like of all of them
in the position to kind of step up
and mentor these guys
because he's been here and back
and there and back again.
So I thought his sort of a vuncular quality
to the movie and his, you know,
I don't know, he's like a steady presence
in the midst of all these other messy people.
So I thought he was utilized
kind of to the right degree.
And then Bob learning how to control the powers,
I'm a little torn by.
Like, I feel like the idea that, to me,
him learning to control the powers
is just learning to keep the void at bay
because, you know, obviously the void
can seem like it's fully.
I feel like that's confidence.
Like she was giving him confidence
and then it harnessed it.
Yeah, and there is a certain amount of that,
you know, it's powers in mumbo-jumbo.
so there was a lot of, like, make focus face
and you can kind of do the thing.
So, I'll say.
I'll say. I think 10 to 15 minutes would have made it
an excellent movie. I agree with that. I agree.
We're not disagreeing. And I agree.
Dan Vee gave it a seven to seven and a half. I think I give it, like,
an eight and a half. Like, I'm not far above where you're at.
I just think some of the issues you have,
I just wanted to, I mean, answer your question.
Yeah, like, I would, I'm in the seven and a half to eight range
partly because I'm like, I liked, it's that case of it.
I liked everything pretty much
that we got and I can see a couple
places where I think it could have
benefited from more and that's like kind of
all of it. There's nothing really
I disliked about it.
I think the... Oh, sorry.
No, and we're on to the next one. Yeah, I was going to say
I think the amount they delved into Walker was
perfect. Like he was a
full on bad guy in Falcon Winter Soldier
and then they humanized him and I felt
fully empathetic for him. I don't think
they could have really done a lot more timewise
with him because I thought what Wyatt brought
to him was enough and great.
I got that understanding that I wanted.
And then Yelaine is the lead of the film,
so I didn't feel like they were lacking in the rest.
And the New Avengers, especially with the comic,
this is the MCU.
Like, I never personally want to go like,
well, that's the comic way,
because there are so many ingredients
that led to Brian Michael Bendis' New Avengers
that were 70, 60 years of comics.
This is the MCU, which is a cinematic universe,
which is going to have a different thing.
The New Avengers, to me, is, you know,
Contessa using branding to save her own butt.
And of course, you'd say the new shiny toy, like New Avengers is why I like it over
Dark Avengers, because they are thematically the Dark Avengers and more thematically
close to the Dark Avengers comic.
But if you're branding something and you're taking that as like, I'm unimpeachable now,
you'd call it the New Avengers, like New and Improved, the better.
So I think New Avengers absolutely works cinematically, and it's not the comic roster.
It's the New Avengers.
I think it works pretty well just because, again, they go directly to acknowledging
like, yes, but also no one's going to just accept this
at face value and not, you know, caught.
You know, I feel like there will be certainly
similar debates amongst fans as are presented
in the credits medley.
Blessings upon the coitus.
I've been, I've been sitting on my nose, right?
It's out.
It's like, it is. It's been a cold.
It was good, though.
Yeah, thank you.
It's overcast today.
It was drizzling.
It's like brisling.
It's like, three years ago,
it was an infinity war,
and it's usually hot by the time
of Ender's season rolls around.
That's right.
13 years ago was the first Avengers.
I was dressed like Hawkeye right now.
That's a wee lad.
Next live stream.
We've got to get that outfit back out again.
Somebody in the chat, nerds engaged, I pretty, this is a great summation.
It's like, I want more backstory, but the pacing was actually good, so I'm conflicted.
That's how I feel.
I absolutely feel that.
Because going back to Dan V, like, I would, I could have, to some degree, it's weird.
I don't have the experience of watching this without the shows.
And so while part of me feels like a lot of stuff would.
still work. I do have that
association with John Walker
being as well fleshed out as
I think he was in Falcon and Winter Soldier.
However, like I love
that, it's a harsh scene, but like I liked
getting that glimpse into his home life
and what he is actively
trying to mask with his demeanor when
he's in the suit when he's with the team.
And so, yeah, like
I feel like we're going to say that a lot.
If the movie could have had latitude
to be even longer, I would have loved even more
Wyatt Russell and
John Walker, I think this is a
situation where ultimately
being conscientious, I think it's good to leave
us wanting more than jamming
a bunch of stuff in it, into it at this
I don't know, I don't think it would have suffered
honestly, like the rest of the movie, this
cut of the movie is good enough than I feel like, you know,
I feel like we could have done it. But yeah,
and I'll always take more John Walker,
Wyatt Russell, no matter how
you know, problematic he is to the Marvel
Cinematic Universe, and I loved his talk
Oh, Shield. That was very fun.
And the last bit was,
this film makes me stern for Doomsday. There'll be lots to juggle.
Oh, it is, that's been a problem.
I've been worried about that. I agree with.
Sam trying to lean up establishing Doom using the X-Men,
hopefully doing the Read and Doom relationship.
I would almost guarantee they will not be able to do
the Read and Doom relationship justice.
Like, I don't think they can do that in a movie that's introducing Doom
and explaining why it's Downey and all the other stuff,
especially with the FF.
I'm worried about that.
as well. And the X-Men I'm excited about, but I definitely don't think there'll be time for all these things.
So I'm with you on this section, but I don't think that's Thunderbolt's fault. That's
Doomsday's fault. And also, Copyright Avengers deal, I thought was a great concept. I was cool
with that because the whole idea is that it's a government brand now. Yeah. So to me,
that worked out. I think that's, yeah, that's a fun little piece of, like, in universe, inside
baseball. And even in the, in Falcon and Winter Soldier, like, they talk about that stuff a little bit,
like branding and, you know, getting paid.
Red Guardian coming out in the NASCAR jacket.
But, yeah, Dan Vida, I agree with a lot of this last one.
He's only Wheaties books.
So good, that postcard was so old.
And his many, many facial hairs.
He's got a mustache in the one scene.
And then he cuts it 14 months later.
He's got a goatee.
I think they shot that, like, because that's how he was at the red carpet.
Like, he had the mustache at the carpet.
So I feel like they just shot that, like the Schwarma scene.
Sure, sure, sure.
Jaden, do you think the scene?
And thank you for contributing to the stream labs.
Very much appreciated.
Do you think the scene between Bob and Yelena when the room is thrown around?
and a curtain around their necks is hinting that maybe young Bob tried to commit sewer slide after his parents treating him that way.
I implied that because he's like, you know, the pain isn't real here.
It felt like a known, lived in experience.
So that was my take.
And also, like, his whole character, it felt like that as a very, it felt like that something he would do.
So, yeah, that, that to me felt like a nod at that.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
And, I mean, I like that they were able to, I like when they put stuff.
like that in the movie that you can sort of chew on,
extrapolate, put your own...
Yeah, like instead of
the plot mechanic you have to fill
in yourself, a theme that you can
yeah, bounce off the rest of the movie
and consider for yourself. And I think
that's one of the reasons I'm really excited to go back
is to see what subconscious
stuff they put into
that whole realm beyond what we
know directly from the text of the characters.
Dan V-900 is back.
Dan V. MVP of
the stream, L.A.B.
We are losers and
lost something. Guardians
of the Galaxy 1-esque line.
It's not the caliber of the
Guardians of the Galaxy films, the Suicide Squad,
and of course the Magnificent 7, the Wild
Bunch, etc. I do buy Yelena
leading the team more than Sam right now.
Love the credits. Super fun.
I see why Yulanda at your 7.7.5.
There's some positivity. Yeah, I'm into it.
Yeah, I mean, I put Guardians
1 in 3 over this, personally.
But it's right behind
like for me this is those movies
just edged out by being like
proportioned in a way that doesn't feel like it's left
anything out yeah and they're impossible
like how the first one came out of nowhere
and I'm like I care about a tree and a raccoon
now you say it and you're like well obviously it's a great movie
but like then it wasn't anyone can be a character
yeah and now I'm like well and then three like
broke me that's the only Marvel movie I've ever
cried in it was it really got me
that movie has like stayed with
me yeah in a way that transcends
the considerations otherwise
of any sort of specific
specific frantile. Like, it's a stand-alone thing as much as it is a part of a trilogy, as much as it is part of a 36-logy.
Yeah. Yeah. The longest-running mythology in film.
Damn, they're the Simpsons of film. They are. Let's go. Let's go.
Sammy Boy! Hey, guys. Thank you. Hey, to you. Love to the movie. I'm just wondering, well, Century being the Hulk and Thor in one and having Adam Warlock and Ms. Marvel, Thor, Hulk, etc., are hero
teams getting too overpowered
or are the upcoming
villains just that powerful that it is
needed? Well, Secret Wars is probably
going to end this all. So I think
this is like that sequel problem
right. Like you have to be stronger in power scaling
power scaling. It's a comic problem. It's a sequel
problem. When those combine into a
36aG, you've got to solve
it. So I do think that Secret Wars might
clean slate this and then bring us
X-Men in a new world and keep
cherry-picked the right things. But I definitely
we have to be aware of how overly power
a lot of characters are gang what unlikely team do you hope joins the anchorman fight that is going
to be adventures dooms day who do you want to show up out of nowhere with a few dudes behind him
let us know sammy boy's got a follow-up is it just the mccu or are the comics always based around
u.s.a 90% of the new york i think new york is the u.s a city i feel like if galagda's and
interdimensional things are going on.
I would like to see the world's heroes show up
and not a future movie where they claim to be a hero
for a while. I feel like New York
is such an anchor point to America, but also
where Marvel was... Marvel, when
some of the greatest stuff was being written, was
in New York, and the writers and artists
were more centrally located there because
now you can do everything remote, and most
artists and writers don't live in the same city, they don't
live in America, but then it was like, you know,
printing. It was a different thing. So New York
was more of a character. The end of Daredevil, the issue that's
loosely based off of was a commentary on
like a really crime-ridden New York from the writer's perspective that lived
there. So I think New York has just been an anchor point for the MCU for a
reason because the comics are largely... Aliens hate
New York. They do. It's so big and shiny. All aliens hate New York.
But they did do way more places in Infinity War and Endgame and I feel like people don't
give that credit. The different teams were off-planet.
they were in other cities.
Adrian Voltron was in South Africa.
Like they do other cities,
but the Avengers are in New York
and a lot of crime happens in New York
because the comics do.
And I don't mind the heroes
not being full-on heroes
because I don't think...
I think in comic books
you can believe in altruism.
I don't think in our reality
people being blindly a hero is believable.
I think that's why Superman is interesting
because he is the exception to the rule.
I think that's why Cap is interesting
because he's the exception.
but I think any more than a Captain America or a Superman,
you start to get to the point where it's like,
I don't think people are that good.
And when it's an actor playing them,
it's less plausible than Iability
because, like, the world isn't that good.
Like, we're not that good.
Like, people suck.
So you have to have characters that are relatable
if you're going to see an actor and go, like,
oh, I connect with that.
Like, the average human being is not going to be as good
as the worst hero, because that's people.
That is people.
Magazine.
That's my take.
That's a good take.
Connectivity.
Because you have to understand them.
and I don't understand blind altruism
as much as I'd like to.
I understand characters
that have been through.
Yeah, you understand
the search for altruism
and the frigging
the inner turmoil.
The physical,
sisy and task
that that is.
Because everyone's gone through
trauma and turmoil,
not everyone's gone through like,
I'm great,
look at all the great
I've always done.
Look at me being great.
I can't even understand
not being great.
Everything bounces off of me,
including any
and all mental emotional anguish.
Sure,
don't feel that anguish.
Never conflicted about anything.
I'm doing fine.
So that's why I think.
think the heroes are more anti-heroes in a modern world.
That makes a lot of sense.
The struggle to maintain your goodness
when it seems like there's no point. It's hopeless.
You'll never save everybody. The systems are
broken, yada, yada, yada.
And when these characters were written, it was a simpler time
of what the books were meant for. And now
those books aren't meant for that anymore. They're meant for more.
Yeah, because I mean, as much as people love
to leave the real world out of stuff,
keep your politics or whatever out of my
stories, they're always
reacting even just
subconsciously, often consciously, to the time that the people who write them are living in.
So, yeah, that is our, like, our time now is, yeah, very far away from the olden days of, like, yeah, you know,
swoop in and save this cat from a tree and go stop a bank robber.
Like crime and, you know, misbehavior has become so many, so much more multiform and hard to pin down in the modern age.
I mean, you even just mentioned the tree.
Like, that's the number one thing people are complaining about with Superman.
Like now the world is so broken, people are upset when Superman saves a cat.
Now I'm like, oh God, please, just let him save
a cat from retreat. Just give me one. That's what's so
crazy is like now that's a negative.
We've broken so far. I've seen some
interesting calls in the chat,
Bucky and Ilon Blosh talking back
and forth about like heel turns
because this is a movie is sort of about face
turns. Who would you guys want to see
do a heel turn in the
MCU get somebody
off the straight
and narrow and on to the dark side?
I think that would be an interesting
prospect to entertain. I mean, it's
definitely an option in Dune's Day and Secret Wars as the villains get more and more powerful.
I want to hate all of our favorite characters by the end of this is my goal.
Okay, let's see.
Where do we go?
I think we did the gun ones, so we're a little up from there.
Okay, cool.
We're back in super chat mode, gang.
This has been a very fun chat so far, so thank you guys for just being here and for keeping
our Convo going.
Also, Reject Nation, you know, Bucky, our esteemed moderator, mentioned earlier,
he does moderating for a lot of places, and I
do internet for a lot of places.
Reject Nation is
far and away. One of the only live
chats I would want to read. You guys are
amazing. I really appreciate you guys
overall being awesome. There's like two exceptions
and book you get rid of them. But yeah,
you guys are fantastic. All right.
That's right. Destined, I believe, was
the last one, right? Destined
and then we move on to Alejandro
Tuzon. Yeah, if we have not gone to
Alejandro. Right. Alejandro, don't call
my name.
do you think we will see the void century in doomsday or secret words yes okay uh in void
form yeah yeah yeah or i guess as you said earlier you can't kind of have one without
exactly i think we will and i think it's going to be like a uh a nuke like you you you don't want to
use it and then it's like we have no other choice and i think that's going to be an interesting
conversation fascinating you know i mean it is interesting because yeah hearing stuff like that
and there's been much debate about the russo brothers coming back and yada yada
But given, you know, what they're best known for in the MCU, I'm like, well, if we get that desperate, I guess they are definitely poised to deliver us the tangibility of those kinds of stakes, you know, and I am, this is going to be fascinating. Regardless, like, it's good. Like, as much as the MCU's in a weird position right now, uh, the lead into Doomsday has me quite intrigued, has my brain buzzing, has me very, very curious. And, and, yeah, like, I hope we, I don't know, like, I really liked all of the aesthetic stuff that they chose around.
around void and Sentry generally and, again, his performance.
So I hope and am excited to see a big role for Century in that movie,
which has, what, 80, 100 characters.
80,000 characters.
RJ Robert Jr., thank you for joining in the Super Chats with the next couple
Avengers movies, potentially featuring the Young Avengers.
Y'all should totally check out.
Next Avengers, Heroes of Tomorrow.
Coy, what is that?
I actually haven't read that since 08.
Because I remember that title vaguely,
but it's been, I mean, I was in college, so it's been a while.
Coy just graduated.
I did recently.
I just, I'm a fresh-faced 25-year-old.
Yes, you are.
You're looking hot.
25 feels achy.
Feels great.
Let me do a stretch real quick.
It's my first year, my knees hurt when it rains.
Oh, yeah.
It just happened.
So, like, now I'm like, oh, I'm so close to death.
It's like I'm very aware of it.
I feel like an altered thing sometimes because I had a back surgery a number of years ago.
And now, like, that place where my spinal disc is like, I'll get, yeah, I'll whacked out when the weather changes.
Like, what's going on?
My actual, my, like, palpable fear of mortality is what's helped me stuff, like, Twitter and stuff, though.
Because I'm like, oh, I'm, like, going to die soon.
Why would I spend time here?
I don't have the brain power to devote to this when I could be devoting it to.
Yeah, but these 10 minutes are like, 10 minutes I don't get back.
I'm going to die.
This is my life force I'm donating to this right now.
It's been really helpful.
Like I think, you know, when you're a kid, I think the concept of mortality is so
interestingly negative.
And then as you get older, you're like, but I have the stakes of living.
And it's been really, every time my knees hurt, I think of life.
Dude, life is a hurt knee.
Life is a hurt knee.
Life is a hurt knee.
Here we are.
Here we are.
Do your knees pop in the morning?
Comment below.
Let us know.
So should we read Next Avengers again, Here is of Tomorrow?
remember. No arm Sally is my favorite
person. No arms. Sally
He said, wait, what, Coy is 25? I think
in your early 30s. A great, now I feel old.
I appreciate that praise. No,
we're being sarcastic. No, we're being 100%
truthful. I am 25. I was born in the year
2000. That boy is my son.
Yes. Confirmed.
Happy Kinsenera, Koi. Thanks, man. I feel good
about it. You're killing the game as a 15-year-old
boy. I'm getting younger by the moment.
That's right. I don't, I unfortunately, the
point is bringing up is that I read it in college. I don't
remember it. I do remember liking it, but it's
been quite some time. All right.
Well, give it another chance, Corey.
Give it another chance.
Shane Martin
Photo, come take some picks of us.
I loved it. I love
you. But other than the big time
jump at the end, I just don't feel like it
covered much. The story
was told over a two-day period, other than
flashbacks. It felt rushed.
Okay, so
loved, I assume,
the movie. But other than
big time jump at the end. So we're essentially
talking about it feeling rushed that they
should go to like the
14 months later Avengers Tower thing.
Shane Martin,
if you're able to clarify in the chat,
just because I want to make sure that we're kind of perceiving
this right, you know,
that it's not like the whole movie feeling rush, but
more just the rush of like, oh, all of a sudden
now we're in, you know, doom's day circumstances
and the Fantastic Four are crushing through and, ah,
you know, like I can imagine
being, I don't know, like
we do live in an odd time
post credit scenes
and I liked this post credit scene
I thought it was fun and it was also
neat to get that hype of like
oh it's fantastic forecoming
but it isn't exactly
to me like a post credit
scene that's like mind blowing
or like a big
surprise quite
I didn't think it was a surprise but I felt it was
really impactful. This is one of my favorite post credit
scenes because it felt like it was
confident in what it was actually showing not like
we've got this guy and I
I feel like there was a long time
where it was like,
Hey, I'm Harry Siles!
And I was like, Mike!
So, Tim like Nelson, we'll be back
again at some point once he's
out of the raft.
The guy from Ted Lasso's here.
We didn't even catch his name.
But he's here with hair at his chest.
Hercules?
Like, I had that, no, no.
So this one felt confident.
It felt like it was, and I like that it's like,
oh, it doesn't need to be a surprise.
It just needs to be like what's coming and be excited.
That's what they used to feel like.
So to me, I loved it.
That's fair.
All right, heck yeah.
You're improving my feelings about it.
Not that I had, now that I was like negative on it, but yeah, like it's...
Yeah, my take.
Because we live, yeah, again, we live in a phase now where clearly the art of the post-credit scene,
something that Marvel didn't create, but has certainly pioneered for the modern age.
There was a period of time where it was like, man, they're like, really, this is like part of the event.
And because they have become requisite and because these recent couple of phases have been more up and down,
I feel like their grasp on, like, nail in that post-credit scene has been a little intermittent.
I agree.
But I did like the scene generally, and I liked, I did like getting a glimpse of them a little down the line
and seeing like, oh, this is still not going great.
Yeah, no, we're still a mess.
We got the suits.
Yeah.
As an epilogue, I thought it complimented things while also, obviously, setting up the fantastic
forward.
And visually, it was so interesting to see that team as directed by the Rousseau's.
Like, to see how Jake Schreier directed them, like, muddy and some dude color.
and the Rousseau's in Avengers Tower is like,
beam of light behind Wyatt Russell
and this angle, like those extreme
angles give it that like Avengers, so
that was cool. I love the Avengers
Tower feels so big and
cavernous and empty. You know, like it does
feel like we're just all alone in this huge
building. Why are we running out of space? This place is so
big. Yeah. Dan V
is back in
the super chats.
Sam can't afford
alone, but can get the copyright.
you know
I feel like maybe
you know
they probably gave him
a runaround you know
they probably like
approved that for bucky
or for who
for Valentina like right away
yeah
and they probably gave Sam
the runaround
because that's how shit
works out here
he couldn't get that loan
when other you know
folks were getting the loan
so why would he pulled
some government clout
he's like you know what
I just saved you guys
you got it on camera
help me this copyright
government filed the suit
for Avengers the name
you know
well how much does a
does a copyright cause
you know that's a good question
I've never a copywritten.
I like it.
I want a whole Marvel one shot
about Sam dealing with the copyright.
When I was dealing with copyright stuff,
I'd written a script that got optioned,
and I was so broke.
Thank you.
We actually made, like, we read locations and cast and everything,
and then I'll get up to the part.
But I was so broke that I did the old school
ghetto copyright of mailing it to myself
to have the stamp to show the date of the script written.
So I've never a copywritten.
just mailed stuff to me. Hey, poor
man's copyright absolutely works.
Two bucks. So maybe that's what Sam did.
Sam copies like Avengers
with a photo of himself.
It's literally
here's the scene. It's Sam, he's at the post office,
pulls out an envelope, considers
it for a moment, discards, gets
a different envelope, writes
down an address, we do like a slow push
in as he's writing, and we cut to a close
up shot of the corner of the
envelope, and
then we cut up to
slicks a stamp
cut back to the envelope he places his own
face on a stamp onto the envelope
then you know
we cut back to the wide he signs something
and then back to a super close
on the envelope as the paper
goes in and it says
Avengers name copyright and then
that's yeah it's just like a little silent movie
about him trying to get that taking care
I like the self stamp
that's strong I like that that's good
that's what I can contribute
but yes I do
these are the things about the universe
I find very fun and charming.
And that honestly, to bounce off this in a real way,
because I think I slightly misprocessed it at the outset.
But I literally like that about Falcon and the Winter Soldier,
that they at least bothered to be like,
do you get paid?
Are you on a pension?
Do they have like a stipend for you?
Or do you just need to be out here with your own second job?
Yeah, they talk about that in the comics a lot too
because Spider-Man is so broke.
So he's a team member.
He's like, I don't have money.
I love that, though.
There's a great frame where there's like a nine-panel grid.
It's a multiple-mannel grid,
And it's Tony and Cap recruiting Avengers,
and it's a new Avengers thing.
And it's them, like, how each of them got people.
And one is, like, a long speech, blah, blah, blah.
And one is like, we have this.
And then it's Spider-Man crying into Iron Man.
And it just says, we have money.
And Spider-Ring is, like, oh, thank God.
And it's like, it's stuck with me for years.
Oh, yeah, more clerical stuff.
Yeah.
I think is very charming.
It's very charming.
It's really charming.
But yes, good point, Dan Vee.
Good point.
Spidey Sensei, nice name, like that a lot.
Spidey Sensei's an OG, love this person.
Cheers for chopping in.
Coy, what are the odds we get a real taskmaster in the MCU
now that Olga Curlienko is out?
Post Secret Wars, 90%.
I think you're going to get all the characters and they're like original.
The ones that didn't work, I think we're going to get quickly.
Just get Olga back and never acknowledge it.
Never.
No, I think they're going to go like,
and all the photo reflexes, like the, you know, the memory reflexes where, like, he can see a move and then master it, like, all that stuff, I think it's going to come into play.
So I think likely. I think it's character.
I think we get characters we haven't had, like Omega Red and stuff, and then characters that people didn't like the take on in the new universe.
Well, it's funny because, like, the further we get into the road toward Fantastic Four and Dooms Day and all that stuff, it does to me, and you can let me know if I'm miss feeling this.
but, like, it is becoming clearer how, like, oh, yes, I see this, you know, big incursion event of some kind of this big, you know, massive crossover or whatever.
I can easily see how, yeah, we're going to take you from this universe, put you in here, and then we're going to close off some of the walls, and then we're going to kind of reset the timeline, and then we're going to have, okay, we can redo these guys, and we can keep the guys that work.
And, I don't know, just like the formation of that feels like it's becoming clearer for this phase
because the multiverse saga has opened this weird conundrum, but also opportunity to, yeah, bring variants in,
but then also pair it down.
I feel like phase four feels like it's ending with this.
Yeah.
Like, it feels like phase four and five is one giant, hundred hour thing.
Yeah.
But this actually does feel like it's getting cohesive again, which is all people have been asking for.
uh which is why you know the people that have been negative about this movie it's like this is
i thought what everyone wanted so it's been it's been really nice for me to just be like i cleanly
like this because this is what i know i've wanted yeah well yeah and i mean you know it's it's got
enough of that winter soldier vibe that people always hold up is one of the very best but it also
you know has some of that mindbendie not timey whimy but sort of yeah uh parallel dimensional thing
happening that uh you know is also kind of earmark of the current phase as well what you got uh heavy von putis
which is a funny name you asked about the chris clement stuff by doomsday we did an entire episode
of gregg and coy real rejects r e a l our podcast dropped on friday yesterday
dropped yesterday morning um we did an hour on it so if you'd like to see it long form john's on
the ones and twos you hear him he is over there making it magic yeah my pipes without us uh we
wouldn't be able to do the vocals without
him you wouldn't see or hear us so please check it out we do a deep dive on that it's a very fun
episode if I do say so myself and anybody who's joined in on those Real Rejects podcast thank you
because those are a highlight of the week I love being at the space and I love you know
getting to kind of watch you guys rap and then you know putting some pepper on top of it I do
this for those things like I do I love reactions I love live streams I love those things
but, like, talking philosophy about art
and, like, the emotional impact of art
is why I love this.
Usually it's with interviews.
Like, you guys are so kind about me doing interviews.
I did Thunderbolts for The Hollywood Reporter, by the way.
I did 19 interviews in an hour and 10 minutes,
which is a personal record.
Damn.
And they, you know, the way interviews work
is you want to post the ones that are going to be like,
so, like, some of them didn't get posted.
Like Sarah Haley Finn, I interviewed, and I don't think it's up.
But, like, things like that are why I love the movie industry.
but what's really cool about the
me, Greg, John Hang
is it's like, there's no
pressure of like red carpet
and like studio. It's all the things
I want to think and say and externalize
and did you see who liked our
sinners conversation?
Wait.
Oh, I feel like I can almost
sense it in my mind, but just
Spike Lee. That's right. You mentioned
something on Spike Lee, which blew my mind.
Spike Lee comments it on our Instagram.
Spike Lee.
Like, which is like what?
So I think it's really cool to go to the Instagram.
Yeah, dude, it's a special moment.
So I think it's really cool to just be honest and open about art.
And like this kind of setting, this live stream is probably my second favorite thing.
The only reason that would put that above that is like the editing allows for people to have retention longer and stuff.
And so I really love that Greg and I gets to a pod and that John gets to make it pretty and also give us like the guy on the chair insights and things.
But anyone that's been checking those out, I really, really, really appreciate it.
And John and I haven't gotten to do one of these
in like forever. So hopefully this
actual thing you're watching right now
does well so John and I can do more
of these because these have been fun
always. Super fun. Yeah, and like, you know, I mean
I look forward to this a lot. Yeah, this is very
and obviously stoked by your guys
lovely input and whatnot. But yeah, it's been
a very cool variety of things and it's nice to have
this, you know, just as
this still operating wing of
the channel. Because yeah, to be able to be
on and to, you know, there's yeah,
a different distribution of time, obviously we have to
maintain some greater level of efficiency
here. But yeah, we can wax
philosophical or personal or whatever.
And yeah, like, among
the roles I, among the hats I get
to wear on this channel, being
like random
voice number three on the pod is like
a real joy, honestly.
And hopefully, I mean, this means it's summer. We're back to
live stream. So hopefully, you know, as the
big movies come out, I have to cover a lot
of them for other channels. So, you know,
this channel being reaction-based, I don't
always get to react to the stuff that
you know, I had to see in theaters for other work.
So this gives us a cool opportunity to, you know,
cake and eat it too and be with you guys for, you know,
the big movies that I catch in theaters.
So maybe like Jurassic and I assume I'll be here for Superman.
And then Fantastic Four will obviously be.
So July will be huge for these live trips, like every week.
Coy isn't going to say shit about Superman.
Nah.
Coy has no thoughts.
I have no interest.
I have to find Spike Lee later.
But that's so freaking cool.
That is like.
He said speak to truth with a bunch of like.
And, like, I was like, all the people in the comments that were negative were completely erased with one.
Speak de truth.
Oh.
Spike Lee.
Dude, I took a screenshot because, like, it's a life moment.
Like, it's such a.
I adore this.
As a huge Spike Lee van, the fact that he even knows my face or my voice.
And then, like, I got to come.
What the hell?
We don't do this for that.
Oh, sorry.
It's tell the truth.
Tell the truth.
Ten, uh, thumbs up, uh, flex prayer hands.
So freaking cool.
Oh, oh my God.
Oh.
You got to do the right thing.
I ain't Spike Lee.
Again, it's not for the connects and it's not for like,
notice me,
Senpai.
But when a Senpai does come out and notice you,
it does,
it does feel extraordinary.
For me, it's when I've admired someone's work
and they show admiration for mine.
Like, when there's any reciprocity,
how do you pronounce that word?
Reciprocity.
When there's any reciprocity, it feels nice.
Hey.
All righty.
Jesus is back.
Risen on the third day.
Happy Easter, by the way, a couple weeks ago.
Century will be such a liability like Bucky was,
but one million times a million,
and the Avengers will not allow the new Avengers
to have a relationship with Bob.
Spicy.
There is the froe habitual,
and there is the frow of the mountains blue.
The froy at his summit.
Cooslight,
in view a fraud,
celebrate in a fashion responsible,
you have to have the age legal for consuming of alcohol.
do we think that that's going to is he going to get censured no I think he's going to be the Hulk
I think he's going to be like a entity of liability that they're going to need at some point
so yeah I think it's going to be fun I think the relationship with Bob is going to be the interesting part
because he is so likable so I think he's going to be like a liability like Bruce Banner but if he was less
standoff so they'll have Bob about to be a personality and then on occasion they will be like
yo bro we got to pull the pin and just let you yeah throw him out of a plane so to speak
Oh, boy.
I'm very fascinated to see how that personifies,
and you'll have to give me some good void slash century comic wrecks
so I can truly grasp the, again, the equal opposite.
That's such a fascinating.
Yeah.
The Paul Jenkins, Jay Lee run.
I also like the John Media Jr. Illustrated run that came out a little bit later.
Those are probably my favorite two.
I'd stick with those.
Hell yeah.
All right.
Just a heads-up, gang.
We're going to close off the Super Chat submissions in a little bit.
We're going to read everybody,
but to make sure that we're not here for like 10 hours
of the day, because there are shoots that have to go on
after this. I'm going to close
those off in a couple of minutes. I'll give you another warning before
we do, but, you know, if you've got
a burning question, you know,
try to get that into the next five or so.
All righty, Ryan
Anderson, I want every comment
to end with spicy, by the
way. Yeah, solid. Caliente.
Ryan Anderson, thank you for
joining. I like your little photography
anime avatar. In the
music credits, it says the
fantasy four theme. I believe that would be the
Fantastic Four theme.
It does say that in the credits.
Fantastic Four!
I do, like, as much as they are just saying the name, I do really like that choir.
I got to see that performed live at the Hollywood Bowl with Michael Giochino.
It is sore.
It does feel like epic and soaring.
Are they going to?
And they played it.
And I was just like, ah, sit-a-ma.
It is unfortunate.
They had to credit it.
And I also, they had to credit it.
So it's like, if you're eagle-eyed, you're going to notice.
And we all definitely did.
So I'm like, I guess I know what's coming.
Yeah, totally.
But yeah, it's in there.
I want Michael Giacino to do some more directing.
Yes, same.
The MCU, Robert Soriano.
Thank you for jumping in.
The Soup's century replaces Molecule Man in Secret Wars.
Coy, is this plausible?
You know, he could.
I think Molecule Man's a little bit more malevolent, though.
The void would have to be completely taken over a bob for that type of thing to happen.
Molecule Man is like a bad man.
Is he, like, atomic?
Dude, his powers are literally to a molecular level.
Like, he can manipulate things to a molecular.
Like, he is all-powerful to the point of, like, I would say omnipotence and also omnipresence.
Like, he's an entity of near-enless ability.
And I want Ben Foster to play him.
Because then Foster brings, like, power and malice and all he does.
He's an imposing guy.
Yeah, I'm going to go Ben Foster for Molecuman.
I'm going to go Mark Hamel for the Beyonder.
Those are my.
Mark Hamill, Jerry Curlwig, white suit.
Let's go, you know.
These are my Dream Secret Wars cast.
We were talking about those Doomsday rumors,
and one of my favorite,
because oftentimes, while you guys are talking,
I'm, like, sourcing inserts and stuff,
and looking at some of those old comic book covers
and the different iterations of Nomad Captain America
with his, like, flowing hair.
I mean, post-credited see.
He looks like a docking music video guy.
I was going to say, I'm like, that's a nomad.
That right there.
And, like, I just love the nods.
Yeah, to that aesthetic is
beautiful. And I
would love to see behind the scenes of Sebastian Stan
put on that nomad wig and be like,
ah.
Because you know that dude had a fun time putting it on
the first time. Well, it's funny because, like, we live
in a time where obviously people much
malign the Joel Schumacher
Batman movies for being too wacky
and crazy and stuff. But, like, part of me
sees some of these old comic book covers or
or bits of art, and I'm like, oh, man,
bring a little bit of that heavy metal
and then a little bit of that quirky fantasy back.
I think Golden Age Superman is what we're getting with James Gunn.
Like, I think we're getting, I mean,
cryptos like the trailer.
Like, I think that we've lived the 90s,
and I honestly think we're entering a silver age of comic book movies.
We've been in an age, and we're about to enter a new age
that's going to change the tone.
I was thinking about that the other day.
And you know the ages and what marks them better,
but it does feel to me like, oh, I get it.
You know, like we had maybe some kind of,
golden age with the first three phases of Marvel and then those are transitions and now yeah we're
sort of figuring out what the next age is and soon in age a new you know whatever precious
metal age arises out of that so many now uh yeah uh molecule man though that's just sounds like a cool
character to get to meet someday i hope they do adapt who would you cast comment gang who would
you cast his molecule man fan boy loco thank you for joining in the chat pitch
trapped on a remote island as a
survival movie. All of them coming
from rival companies in a bid for Avengers
Tower and who they have to survive
against should have been Ross
as the Red Hulk. What say you?
That's a lot more
suicide squady
to me. But I do
like that we are getting so many
rival companies
and all the corporate side.
Like Roxon is really big in the comics.
Ox Corp
sure does sound a lot like
Oz Corp.
Uh-oh, I didn't even think about it, but it sure does.
Perhaps.
Norman Oxbourne.
I think that's coming.
So, you know, these elements are going to be a factor.
Fighting Ross's Red Hulk is definitely a fun movie.
I would watch the hell of this, but it's definitely more in the suicide squad vain than a Thunderbolt, but I dig this.
Absolutely.
All right.
Heck yeah, heck yeah.
I mean, too, I guess somewhere down the line, I would hope that a story like that could be
possible if there was a stronger arm
of just like, I guess
their what ifs. They made what
ifs, not an anthology
animated series, but just, you know,
that kind of, yeah, they made a lane for movies
to exist. They made a maximum security
green arrow pitch that was supposed to come out with, like, him
getting out of prison, and then there was also like that Batman
Ben Affleck movie that was supposed to be, like, so
they've been trying, and I want it.
Yeah, man, Ben Affleck's been
out here, too, talking about writing and directing
stuff, and the more I hear about his approach
to the craft, the more I'm like,
Damn, what could have been cool to see?
Yeah.
What could have been been?
I'm going to give you, ooh.
It's very different.
I want to see it.
Account 1 is so serious.
Account 2 is a buddy cop.
Tara and I reacted the first one.
It had a friggin blast.
The accountant's one of my favorite thrillers, and I feel like nobody saw it.
And then when they announced Ziegle, I was like, for whom but me?
And then, like, it's a joy.
When we saw that, I was, like, wicked surprise.
I was like, oh, damn, this is so cool.
It's an actor's equity, artist equity project.
It's been Affleck and Matt Damon's company
teaming up with Amazon and
MGM and I feel like it was like
a labor of love movie that like
everyone that worked on the first one
people would come up to them and talk about it but I didn't realize
they would ever put money up for it and I think it's doing well enough
that they're getting a third. Oh, and
John like Bernthal coming back
I got to interview him in Vegas and
we talked about that movie and like
the joy of coming back with the world
having discovered it and like getting to
play a character that is that tone
yeah those interviews are on my Instagram
Yeah, and, you know, positive masculinity between brothers.
That meant the world to actually get to talk to him about that, because that's affected.
You've got a mini, real one.
Yeah, I got to talk real ones at John Berndtall.
Hell yeah.
I love that, dude.
All right, gang, you got a minute or two.
We're going to close off the super chat so we can get through the rest of these in a timely fashion.
But before that, ceramic coconut, my favorite decorative accoutrement.
Hey, guys, what's a void moon night MCU story idea?
All right. So you've got Bob at a bar at night, and he is mine in his own business, not being bothered by anyone. And he then gets in a taxi. And when he gets in the taxi, the guy looks back at him. And like you as the audience is like, wait, I know that cabby. That right there is a moon night. And they are driving through and a high pressure situation starts boiling up. We get into a falling down situation. Michael Douglas, high traffic, high intensity, high heat. And then just then just then,
boom a villain lands right in front of the car it sets off century because it literally like impacts the car
but we then realize that obviously our cabby is also moon night uh their other sides take over
it's it's uh mark specter trying to take control it's avoid trying to take control as they're being
pummeled by whatever villain and then they reluctantly team up after fighting a little bit because
that's what you got to do and uh take on whatever villain that was beautiful
that's pretty proud i think that's actually pretty sick i kind of want to see that
I was like, well, what would I do?
And as I was talking, I was like, what's my next sentence going to be?
I was right in the real time.
Hope you like that.
Dude, call friggin, call, uh...
Yo, K-Figie.
Call, uh, Oscar Isaac, call, call my man, uh, uh, uh, F Murray Abraham.
Oh, oh, into it.
That's a great Marvel Cinematic Universe Bowl.
In fact, I'm not even going to try because that was, uh, something I would like to see.
What is the live shad?
Do you guys like my, my scurried pitch?
I don't just have Void and Moon Knight playing chess.
against each other.
I like it.
I like it.
We've never seen that
with a glass.
Chess.
They can't be metal.
Hey, you know,
they've probably got
some pretty sweet,
high-tech special glass
friggin.
Anyway, dead.
Can we go live on this one?
Make sure we keep on the...
Oh, yeah.
Sorry, I wanted to highlight
Lord Insidious
calling out Rob Benedict
of supernatural fame
for Molecule Man.
I don't...
You know the character.
I know Rob Benedict.
And there it is.
So I can't tell you
if he would be good.
casting, but I can't tell you it would be very
fun casting. There's a running joke on capes and
Cals that Do I is calling out to here. Paul Giamati
is Batman. Winston
casts Paul Giamati as so many
people. And so Christian
did, I'm the Batman!
So yeah,
shout to, it's a Christian. Holdovers,
but it's Bruce Wayne
and Dick Grayson.
Alexander Payne's Batman.
Into it. Woodwatch. A lot of wine
discussions at Wayne Manor. We're doing
it. Side Wains.
Uh, Deadpool, little 239.
Thanks for pulling it up.
Thanks for pulling up in the super chats.
Hey, guys, what do you guys think Fisk was doing during all that happened in
Thunderbolts?
Because that was in the city of New York.
I had thought Fisk had bought the Avener's Tower until they announced it was, uh, you know,
Valentina, Kentessa, something to fontaine.
Um, I always try to get all the names and I never do.
Um, but, uh, I,
I feel like he was running the little, like, side mission of Hell's Kitchen,
where he's, like, doing the red hook stuff.
But I do feel like the company elements building up.
I hope, I know the licensing stuff.
Rumor is tricky with Sony.
But if that can be solved, it would be really cool to see Fiscapsons say in these corporate elements.
So, yeah, time will tell.
And Oz Corp, Ox Corp.
I do think that's it.
So I do think the Spider-Man stuff's coming in.
Pass the OxCorp is what I say.
And I won't pass the Ox.
Sweet Chin Music.
and I won't pass the odds.
Oh, what hip-hops
am I missing the reference to here?
There's a Kendrick there. My hat is
like a shark's fin. Kendrick Lamar.
Seeing him next month.
You're seeing him? Kendrick?
Yeah, dude. I'm very excited. All right.
All right, Kung Fu Koi.
Excited to see Kung Fu Canyon in an LA
venue. Oh, my goodness.
We got a heck of a lot of
streamlubs as well.
Allegra. I missed Allegra in her five minutes.
Yeah, Koi. You're not a
real fan. You're a fake
fan. All right.
Let's get on this road
on the set of them. I'm using
all my words. Did you turn off the super chats? I turned them
off, Coy. Did you accept the consequences of the action?
I accepted the consequences. They prompted
to be eight times and I was like, just
do it. Poor this drink.
All right.
Where were we? Where did we leave
off? Concerned for
Dundee. We did Dan V.
Let's see. I think this is it. All right.
Jaden Smith. Thank you
for your lovely stream
lab contribution. Do you think the scene between Bob
and Elena, when the room is thrown around
and a curtain around there, oh, no, we did, we did, we did.
The sewer slide. We did
the sewer slide.
Okay. There we get, Hulk
being one, Warlock and Animal with Hulk.
We did this one as well. All right, cool.
We're doing better than I thought.
We did that, New York. 90% because of New York.
And we used a lot of powers. Okay,
so this is one from Sammy Boy. I don't
think we have done yet. Sorry, we missed it
earlier. Is it just
me or is in the
MCU. A lot of powers based on mutation
of a serum. Is it also a big
thing in the comics? I would like to have
Agent Colson of
Fury-like character step
up and become the non-active
leader. An old man cap
as the new Fury?
There are a lot of serums in the comics.
That was definitely a piece of
that 40s, 50s, 60s comic
lore. A lot of science gone wrong.
Yeah, and Spider-Man does a lot too, but
there's a lot of science gone wrong in Marvel.
DC is a lot more
kind of a DC has
serums and stuff too but there's a lot
more of like this is the character
that we're gonna like like Stan Lee talked
a lot about Thor's hammer
being why he could fly versus Superman could fly
Stan didn't talk about the sun
and all those elements but he always wanted there to be a physical
thing or like a scientific
based thing so that's why I see a lot of serums
it's like we can't figure it up serum
so that is why I always thought
there was a lot of science-based stuff because you're trying to give
it plausible deniability you're trying to give it a
reason and then that is
a big thing in the comics and I would like to have Agent Colson
of Fury I think Agent Colson is dead
I don't consider Agents of Shield
Cannon I know John does
Hold on hold on hold on
This is the judgment angle Koi
This is the judgment angle and this is now the shame
Is there anything to avenge if he's
Out there running around shame this man
I feel like they made it pretty clear
There's some great arcs on agents of shield
Coy
And so
Old Man Cap as the new Nick Fury
could totally work. I doubt Chris Evans
would want that though. I feel like
Chris Evans is going to come back for
maybe the big pop of Doomsday
and Secret Wars, but then I think that whole
I personally think that continuity is going to
get cherry picked what they keep, but a lot of it's going to
get wiped, so I don't think there'd be an opportunity
for the old man cap to get to do a lot.
I just want actors in the MCU
to start showing up his characters from outside of the
MCU. So have him show up as like
Lucas Lee, have him show up
as like the guy from Sunshine. It's
actually hilarious. Yeah, you know.
exactly see you fit right in have robert downy show up as charlie chaplin like why not i and there's so many actors referenced in other movies that there's so much crossover of where it's like wait but you're like so like biancai being referenced as biance in i think shung chi and then like t i'm always like do both if you want to give me variance where t i is both tip harris and the character he is if he can be the rubber man man and the robber that knows and man so funny is that who he is he is he's
Rubber Bandman.
Yeah, yeah.
Is that who,
what his name is?
Oh,
not the character he plays.
Rubber Band Man is one
of his aliases.
Like Lil Dickie,
aka soft handshake.
Dude,
Lil Dickie was at the
Pedder Boltz premiere
and I have no problem
talking to people.
Like, I'm very like...
You were sourstruck
for Lil Dickie?
I ran away.
Oh, no.
I was talking to
Benny Blanco about clothing.
And Lil Dickie came over
and I was like,
nope.
I like couldn't hang.
Betty Blanco.
And then I got stars
about a little
In a way, I could not, I could not be around L.D.
I couldn't do it.
It's okay.
You don't want to spoil the illusion.
I also was just like, I don't know, I don't know what I could say except for like,
you're one of the greatest freestyle is about time.
Like, I just, all I had was like, tink.
And I just geeked that.
And I was like, seeing him in the wild felt like seeing like a unicorn.
I was like, well, it was.
Yeah, I got fully starstruck by little dinky.
Shouts out to Dave.
All right.
Shouts out to Dave.
I was actively talking to cast members of Marvel without issue.
Just like, and it was really cool because I was at this thing and I didn't want to, like, take photos and commodify the experience.
I was really important to me that I just, like, wanted to talk to people and, like, have real moments.
And then little dicky appears, and I was like, but can't do that.
And she's like, oh, man.
Saved that money, LD.
I wish I could have, I wish I could have.
The speed at which I love to be held this.
Yeah, just like, nope.
Oh, man.
Benny's at the light, though, great fashion.
I love his wardrobe.
We talked a lot about, like, he does a lot of matching sets with his wardrobe, and I'm always really jealous.
And he apparently makes a lot of his clothes.
I was like, where can I find that?
Like, blah, blah, blah.
And then we talked outfits.
He compliment my outfit.
I got to compliment my fiancee.
She dressed me.
Great moment with Benny Blanco.
L.B. Sprintz.
Well, you know, he's got to get into some kind of real little Dickie-centric situation where, like, he's the point.
Where I can, like, honor it.
Yeah, exactly.
Actually, no, it would be the opposite.
That would have been the moment.
Because he's casually there with, like, Avengers.
And I'm like, boop.
Yeah, that was.
It was so shame.
You got to have one that got away, right?
always keep me humble
Sammy boy
thank you for being so
supportive today Sammy boy
you're a Sammy man
to me now did Thunderbolts think
yes we are killing people
but we are doing good work and not realize
Fontaine was evil or did they
know but not know that they got
turned on they are mad
about it confused me why they were mad
as they were killing all
of Ox earlier
okay did Thunderbol think yes we are killing
feel we're doing good work and not realize Fontaine was evil.
I think that they were contracted and they're just,
at that point they didn't think very highly of themselves.
So they just like they considered themselves just mercenaries.
Like they're just people doing a job.
They are killers and they were killing.
So I don't think they considered her evil or good.
They were hired.
You know, just following orders mentality.
I think they are mad at being turned on and that's why they were hunting her.
And then, yeah, I think it was betraying them they were mad at,
not that they had to kill people because that's what they were
doing professionally. Yeah, and these guys don't seem to have as many qualms about doing that,
especially if they're in a life and death situation where their lives are on the line.
Another reason Sam Wilson's mad that they're considered Avengers. Yeah, yeah, and I think that
lends itself nicely to the themes and to the fact that they are essentially like the Dark Avengers,
though there is some type of redemptive quality by the end, and they are at least given this
moment to be public-facing heroes. Yeah, like, I think the asterisk, as much as it is like
about the title is also about all of it.
You know, it's about everything they've done is asterisked, yeah.
It's just such a...
We haven't touched on the asterisk.
I just want to give credit to Marvel.
You're 17 years into this run.
That might be the boldest marketing thing you've done.
It might be the boldest marketing thing I've ever seen.
Avengers is a billion-dollar brand.
And you went, no, we're going to trust this movie.
Like, that is...
I respect the hell out of Kevin Faggy being like, Thunderbolt's Asterix.
Like, that is...
And the fact that it didn't leak, a lot of people
assumed Dark Avengers, the fact that it was New Avengers,
then that logo popped up, I like,
whoop. Yeah. Yeah. What a pop. And so
commending the marketing team. So do you think
that'll stick? New Avengers?
Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I think going forward.
I think that'll be a thing. And I also, I
talked to the writer on the red
carpet, or all three of the writers I talked to on the red carpet,
but after the after party, I talked to Eric,
and he said that it was Kevin Feigy that
really fought for that asterix and everything else to stay.
So it's something he really loved.
And it was really just... Yeah, I think it's so special.
I just want to give it love. It makes for a nice
cherry moment on top of the rest of the
movie and as a piece of marketing
yeah it's sort of like what
is this what is this
this is just like a stylistic choice
but if you know enough about how
you know literary writing works
you know how the instruments of
language work this means that
there's something else a placeholder we're going to
correct it or there's a yeah there's a footnote
or something coming here
loved it and yeah it makes like it
without having to do anything really
you just plop that there and then people get to
ruminating. And the legs, now people are talking
about it now that it's been out. Now we're talking about
it. Like, it's such good marketing, but it's trust.
It's faith in the film.
Is New Avengers like
is New
a modifier, or is that part of the
proper name? There are, like there is Dark Avengers.
Oh, yeah. No, so it's, quote, New Avengers.
There's two teams. There's not
Avengers, this is New Avengers. Yeah. Like, when
Bendis was writing Avengers and New Avengers, they were
separate teams. Cool. Gotcha. Sweet.
Not bad. Okay, well, and that
and with that knowledge,
in mind, I can see it, yeah, being more
of a solid, sticking
thing. Yeah. Anonymous.
Whoever you are,
thank you for being here. This movie
felt like Guardians won so much to me
in too many ways to list here.
It's really got me hype for phase
six. If these guys
are the new Avengers, who is left
for Sam Wilson's team considering
the chairs? Ah, now we
get to talk about this. I don't feel like we've listed.
Lamb Wilson's.
We got Sam, we got Falcon.
For sure.
I would say we'll probably bring in vision, white vision.
That leaves.
I mean, I think Scarlow would just come back,
but I don't think she'd be part of the team.
Who does that leave?
That's three.
That's not an Avengers team.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, walk me back.
Who you got?
I got a Falcon, obviously, Cap, and, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I added a white vision.
Ant man.
Antman?
Antman could be there.
He's met Sam.
Yeah.
See, they're bros.
That's the cameo and Ant Man movie.
That was the first fight.
Swarm in.
There we go.
That was the hazing to join the Avengers.
Chung Chi.
Chongchi sounds like a good.
Would Chongchi be team new?
He feels, yeah, I feel like he'd be on Sam's side.
I feel like he's like a do the right thing.
Like, Wong.
Wong?
I feel like Captain Marvel won't want to be on a team,
but I see you.
mad. I feel like Cape Bishop's
Young Avengers. Cape Bishop is going to be
with Miss Marvel and with all the
youths. Yeah. What's
his name Bradley? Little Bradley
man. I said Bradley?
No, his like nephew or whatever.
Yeah, yeah. Is he also called Isaiah?
I can't remember. And his name
is Patriot. We meet him for like 10 seconds.
Yeah. I think sure he's
also going to be Black Panther
so that one works. I like Black Panther in that team.
Dude, get Isaiah Bradley on the event
on the main line Avengers.
Oh, the OG.
Yeah.
Get old man Isaiah Bradley is the Young Avengers.
The Young at Heart Avengers.
That poor man has been wronged every time we meet him.
I'm sure he's going to want to sign up for the team.
Avengers.
I think that's a solid, I think that's a solid roster.
Okay, all right, all right.
I like that.
And that's chair-based.
Letitia Wright was in the chairs.
Simu was in the chairs.
Spider-Man's not going to be in Doomsday, I don't think.
And also, I want that.
boy to not Avenger. Nobody knows who he is.
That would he be an Avenger? He's an anonymous
boy. Okay, well, Channing
Tatum has to be an Avenger.
Dude, did you see the picture of the Thunderbolts
screening with all of them?
No. Dude, all... Is there a Tatum?
Channing, Downey,
Simu,
Chris Hemsworth,
they all watched Thunderbolts together.
There's like a group photo of everybody
and I was so happy. F-U-N.
All right. Mike Hawk.
Hi, Jasmine, you can't text me yet.
I'm still working.
Very popular guy in school, Mike Hawke.
Oh, shout's out to Jasmine out there.
Russian.
MVP of life.
Yeah.
Every time we're out doing a thing and Jasmine's there, I am 15 to 20 percent more at ease and less freaked.
I'm 15 to 20 percent more capable because I'm just like, oh, that'll get taken care of because she's good at stuff.
I'm not good at stuff.
I just talk.
You know, you're good at talking.
That's the stuff.
That's true.
Michael Tony Hawk, do you think the void will be used to show us R.DJ's Doom's backstory in Doom's Day?
I think that'd be an interesting method.
I do think we get to see a little bit of Doom and Fantastic Four.
I don't know how much.
I do think the Doom that looks like Downey is from their multiverse, and that would explain why, you know, when he ends up in ours, it looks like a Downey.
So I think we'll see some.
Just I don't know if we'll get enough.
But I think that's a cool idea to Century Em up.
Same Zies.
Anonymous is back.
I assume, or maybe you're
a different anonymous, but thank you either way.
One of the most beautiful moments in the MCU is when
Yelena sits on the floor with Bob
and puts her hand on him while his dad
is wailing on him and his mother.
It's humans saving gods,
reminding us it's Yelena's humanity
and their unity is what makes them strong.
I think that is a beautiful point.
No notice. Yeah, unity is
such a beautiful message in this film. I also want to give credit
to the tone of this film. If you look at
the actual structure of the movie,
It, on paper, is so easily messed up.
It is literally a movie about saving each other with the power of friendship, which is the easiest thing to go awry and be cheesy.
But instead, it's got just so much heart that it doesn't feel contrived.
So that moment, amongst many others, allow for that, like, hug to be resonant as opposed to, like, what's happening.
Yeah, absolutely.
Like, it's literally breaking through so much chaos and anguish with, like, oh, no, no, no.
Like, for this lost character to be like, no, I can see now where my perspective and experience.
experience can actually, you know, be an asset.
Yeah.
Not just my fists and my training.
Hell yeah. Anonymous again, again. Hot take.
Love a hot take.
Hot and ready. I liked the way they offed Taskmaster.
It felt like they learned from Deadpool to not be so afraid to address a mistake by being
irreverent thoughts.
I've heard some people in the chat also say that just their callousness at her dispatch
goes to further kind of enforce there at the...
that point in the story, anti-hero
slash villaininess. Yeah, I think it
shows that they're willing to do anything, and then I like
the humanity of, like, I know
she was your job, but that's still a person.
Like, that allows for Yulana to feel more human.
Yeah. But I also think
that, you know, there was a lot of
a lot of kickback for Taskmaster.
So if there was any character that you didn't want to keep going with,
you know, that kind of felt like intentional.
Yeah, absolutely.
Rocky, 67.
How about a She-Hulk heel turn appearance
in Doomsday? Because the Kevin
robot said it's the only way she could be in it.
That's funny.
Justice for She-Hulk, first and foremost,
I would love to see She-Hulk factor in somehow.
I feel like She-Hulk and Deadpool
from my limited vantage point are in an odd spot
because plopping them into
a particularly momentous kind of movie
would open up a whole other can of universe worms
of like, does this matter to you?
Can you just step outside all of this?
Can Galactus or Dr. Doom follow you outside the panel and do the thing?
Can you interact with Disney Plus here?
Yeah, I don't know how much.
I mean, it doesn't seem like we'll be getting a lot of She elk or Deadpool,
but we will see because I like both characters.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
Thanks for all turning out.
We'll check back in with the stream labs once more,
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I'm like Control Z that. A,
There we go. There we go. The sausage is real, and that's how it's made.
All right, we're going to try and run through...
I feel like I'll give us to 1.30, and we can probably get the rest of these in here.
Let's get back. And if, you know, you want to, you know, tack one on at the end or something like that,
we aren't accepting super chats anymore right now, but we are accepting stickers.
So if you want to send us a delightful sticker, you can do that, and we will be happy
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Gold Star.
All right, we did Deadpool with the Fisk.
All righty.
Kyle Wilson.
Thanks for chiming in, Kyle.
Kyle.
Everyone must do that to you.
Cal.
This, in my opinion,
is the first Marvel movie
since Endgame
that isn't, quote,
back to formula
and represents how the studio
wants to grow
like the theme of the film.
That does tie into what I was saying
with, I don't think
this is my favorite movie since Endgame,
but this is the first to give me the most hope.
Like, Guardians 3 is my favorite since end game,
but that is obviously more of an ending than a beginning.
Yeah.
Spider-Man No Way Home is a multiversal ending of a trilogy,
but it doesn't really tie into the greater MCU,
if anything, it gives Spider-Man a chance to be a removed from it.
So that kind of pulls that way.
Shang-chi, while a great launching point for an individual character,
did feel like it was going to be a Shang-chi too before King Dynasty,
but then when that King Dynasty went away,
all of that went away.
So I do feel like this is the most hope I've had,
and it definitely feels very intentional and confident,
so I agree.
It's the first time in a while
where I felt like they,
while still utilizing flavors
that are part of their palette
and that come with these characters,
yeah, that they have presented something
that is, yeah, not a direct continuation
of one specific flavor,
or a retread of one specific flavor,
or, like you said,
I think that's a really solid point.
It's like no way home to me
and even gardening.
Guardians 3 are kind of contained partly by just due to the bounds of their story details,
but also because, yeah, you have these, you know, Spider-Man No Way Home is such an event unto
itself that that kind of...
Deadpool and Wolverine, too.
And Deadpool and Wolverine is sort of an event unto itself that is especially removed
from the greater circumstances, and it's kind of partially about that.
And Guardians 3, obviously, has so much James Gunn style, and, yeah, is the capping off of
at least that story for now.
And those are probably my highlights leading
to this and thus, like, this is the most
that it feels in the stream.
Yeah, and this one feels, yeah, like, it's part
of the continuum and, like, it has
more to do and more to unfold
into, and, like,
I'm really curious for the second viewing to see how
the direction strikes
me from, like, a visual
flavor. Like, I thought it was
well-paced and well-directed.
It doesn't have
quite as much of, like, a
distinct visual
like that's
Matt Schreier or whatever his name
Jake Schreier's style
whereas I see James Gunn I'm like
that's James Gunn's style
and that's actually I don't think a bad
thing here like I don't this is
the only thing I've watched from Jake Schreier that I'm
100% aware is Jake Schreer so like
I don't know what his earmarks are and I
but I feel like
not having necessarily a great grasp
on the specific specificity of that is
kind of good for what this movie is
and where it is in this greater, it's weird.
As much as I and many people want each Marvel movie
to be, like, crazy distinct and have, you know,
and really embrace the breadth of genres,
this, A, does go for a genre that is a bit more, you know,
pensive of tone and expression.
And, yeah, like with the pathos and the character threads
and stuff like that, it did feel like something fresh
and interesting amid all this.
you just remind me when you're talking
about specificity of vision
I also want to give credit to Jake Schreier's
main thing he's known for is paper tones
and that's a great movie
but I feel like so many people that get so mad
on the internet about like
oh they got the director of paper tote
perhaps let this be an example
of you know
watching the movie before judging it
because I think he did an incredible job
I think his music video style
led to the visual aesthetic and I think
his paper towns led to the human element
that enhanced this film you never know
what a director is going to
bring to a project so I think a lot of people
like to read an article and be like I hate
it and then it's like well this was great so
well and direction is also
so many things and I think
a lot of times it's easiest
to go pacing and visual style but that's
also the director of photography yeah
and it's like being the director of the whole
movie is also cultivating
the vibes between your ensemble
and you know choosing
working with people you've worked in the past what that
shorthand's like yeah and marrying tones together
yeah there's just so much more to it than
simply visual language or anything like that.
Yeah, yeah.
So, yeah, I do agree, though, that this doesn't feel like,
it feels like it's trying to reach beyond the formula a bit
while, you know, returning to form to some degree.
Momo Akib, thank you for jumping in.
Love your name.
Would you guys do a collab with new Rookstars?
I mean, we, Greg and I have, like, talked with them on camera before and stuff.
you've done some. I do a lot of
break room stuff over there. But it's
been a little while just because like scheduling, it's been insane
because I got two DC shows
as well as all my other stuff. But
we love them. So
perhaps. It's possible.
They're lovely folk. They lovely folk
and maybe we'll do a big breakdown
where we do all
the Easter eggs, all 10,000
of them from Duke's Day.
It's definitely going to happen.
You heard it here. All the contracts
are inked. And you
You can hold it against all of us if it doesn't come to fruition.
Richie, thank you for the super sticker.
Love that enthusiastic little pair guy.
His stickers are so charming.
Delightful.
All righty.
Ryan Botzelli, thanks for being so generous today.
Real Rejects is not only entertaining content, but therapeutic in its own right.
Oh, that's lovely to hear.
Every one of you is talented and fantastic.
Thank you for being a distraction when most needed.
I need it in the best possible.
way.
I want to give
flowers to two people.
One of them.
Together is Greg.
Go get his neck.
Greg Flowers.
John is one of the most
empathetic, open,
vulnerable, and willing to discuss
emotions people I've ever met.
And that is a huge part of why
I think you get the therapeutic element
from this here channel.
This gentleman right here.
And the other flowers I want to give
is Sir Greg has made it a very clear
goal to be
human and to
add that into our work.
I feel like YouTube is
full of people sharing their love of movies
and I love that. I think that's so special that the art
we've all chosen to celebrate is
film and TV and I think
that what we can add to something
that is a bit more commonplace
is as open as we can be and as human
as we can be. So therapeutic
is I think our goal. I think
trying to make sure people feel seen
and connected. I think the name
real rejects has never felt more true
than right now with this channel and where it is.
So reading that makes me happy because it's been a
really, it's been a challenge
for me because I am someone who
had been an actor boy, and then
I had been a hosty boy, and
those two things to me
were very, like acting
was exposing a version of you
that someone had written and you put your work
into, and they're still allowed a little barrier.
And then hosting, I always
wanted to be as authentic to myself as I could, but
it's still presentational.
I found here
like blending those two things and being me
by presenting me, but also being emotionally
available like an actor. So it's been really cool
to put all my different
skills in one basket and call it real rejects.
So this makes me happy. I appreciate it.
That was beautiful. And I mean,
thank you. That means a lot. And I mean
you, like, Koi, like I remember
early on, like, man, like when we were meeting
and when we remet it like Shmowdown and stuff
and like we were becoming just like, you know, chums
it was a long time
of just like man
if we could find a perfect way
to like collab
and I don't know
just like
I don't know
harness your nest
and you know
I don't know
because yeah
like I feel like
you are equally
you're one of the most willing
and excited
to dive deep into things
of anybody I know
and you're also somebody
who you know
you know how the sausage
is made but you're also really good
at you know
you have a comprehensive knowledge
you know how
things like the movies are made
where the things come from and you're always
trying to bring life into that and I feel like
that's kind of a natural motivation
that all of us in a different sense
or way have kind of
been able to share and tap into like the
group that is real rejects now
has sort of distilled
over time and sort of like
slowly amassed
and I feel like part of that is because we all share this
you know enthusiasm for film
and film studies but also
are willing to yeah like
really dive into our
perspectives in a genuine fashion about how
these things make us feel or how we're feeling in the moment
and yeah, like,
especially in the past few weeks, I feel like I've been
kind of like a more distant to
a person than normal just because things are busy in there
have been like, you know, life challenges to meet.
But like this even...
I was so excited for this today. Even just being here, like, this is the
most time I've spent with you in a minute.
Yeah. And I felt really bad. I couldn't help you
move your table the other day. I reached out like
with like, right now! And
yeah, and I was like, ah, I wanted to be there.
Dude, we got so lucky.
We found my dream table on a whim.
Like, a table I've dreamed of since I was a kid manifested,
but then it was literally 300 pounds.
It is a live edge red oak table that is seven feet long,
three feet wide, and like nine inches thick of real wood.
And I was like, I can't do that with my fiance.
So I was like, there's so few people I want to.
She's got this.
Yeah, like, but there's so few people I want to know where I live.
Sure.
So, like, I really was like, who do I want to reach out to?
I am there.
But I literally will carry your credenza up to stairs or whatever.
It was a really fun moment to look at the shortlist of who I actually want to know where I live.
You know, it was a nice moment of like who I care to have this be an option for them to just show up and knock.
Oh, that makes me happen.
That was a moment.
And you were on that very shortly.
I only texted four people.
When I, did anybody get you?
Yeah, yeah.
My buddy at Universal Chris, who's at a light.
You met Chris.
All right.
He's going to be at the vital party.
Universal Chris.
Yeah.
But, but yeah.
And I think that this.
channels brought us together in a closer way. And I think that like when I meet Rejects fans,
sorry, we're harping on this one. But when I meet Rejects fans, it's always a different energy
of like a pleasant connection. And it's almost everywhere I go. I'll run into someone from Reject
Nation and they'll just come over and be like, hey, blank meant a lot to me or this meant a lot
to me. And it means so much because us in this room are talking to a camera. And this feels crazy
when you take a step out and look at it. So having the people in real life on your side tell us that
they're there makes this feel less insane to me. A little bit. Because yeah, you really feel every time
you turn the camera on the rest of everybody, you know, who's in the room with you, even though
they're not in the room with you. And like, I'm happy to hear that it's both entertaining,
but also a little real or a little therapeutic because, I mean, especially in recent times,
but I think throughout we've wanted to bring just, I don't know, like film criticism is such
an established lane to exist in, but like you're always kind of, you're always kind of, you're
gate like you can look at things in a vacuum as just pieces but also like the act I think what
really separates when people talk about the like all critics versus audiences just like I think
there's a greater factoring in of like personal experience and feelings when you're dealing with like
an audience members just like genuine reaction versus like oh an academic critic reaction I think
we've tried to bridge that gap yeah I agree and like movies are emotional experiences and some
of my favorite movie experiences have been here you know yeah like when we sat down
watch the escape from New York boy like that was one of the or demolition man like yeah those are
some of the most we got to get some more action like yeah we got to find some more hits yeah yeah
and then too you know the more serious stuff and yeah thank you guys for being open and receptive
to at least this attempt to be thoughtful and and genuine while also not forcing and we get a decent
amount of crap but the channel's growing because of it like it's hard to read the comments where
people are like oh greg's crying face like oh coy's talking about this thing about him but like then
that's the tiniest little bit.
And the rest is this channel growing
and you guys like this.
So I appreciate it.
Thank you so much.
That really means a lot, Ryan.
And we've got Diego Guevara.
Coy,
thank you, by the way, for chiming in.
Wasn't a saint of my devotion right,
but he's grown on me so a lot.
So I will pay him anything to debate
that doofus Tyrone Magnus.
Coy would destroy him, please.
This comment went on a...
One two punch from the last one.
This comment was a journey.
He went on a quest.
And it's so funny.
The last one was like, you guys are so therapeutic.
This one's like, fight him.
Let them fight.
I do not know Tyrone Magnus.
I don't know how to, like, the only way I'm, I hear about this man is when people are commenting that he hated something.
And that's exhausting for me as someone that loves things.
But the first five comments, five I read in the 20 comments I got first, like five of them on my Thunderbolt's review was like, yeah, but Tyrone hated it.
I'm of the mind
that people should see stuff for themselves
and if also you find someone that you
align with, listen to them.
Like if it's your hard-earned money you're worried about,
if you don't have AMCA list or something,
and you're debating seeing a movie,
I would go with your gut about your trailer,
about the ingredients of the film,
whether the art seems to speak to you.
I wouldn't let someone else decide for you.
But if I were to, I would always err on the side of,
hey, if you decide not to see something,
that's two hours or more of joy you're missing out on.
And that's irreplaceable.
So I wouldn't let other people inform you.
So I don't know this dude.
He comes up far too often for my liking for someone I don't know that tends to seem to hate things.
But that would be unfortunately tricky because debating someone that dislikes things,
they're inherently going to have an asset of the people that love hating things.
And that's a bigger community.
Like there's a reason people find connection there because it's like Bob, right?
Like there's a void that calls to people that spreads, that is darkness, that's easy to fall into.
and I wouldn't want to give that any attention.
So I appreciate the kind words.
I appreciate the fact that I have grown on you,
unlike a dark void, I've gotten some light.
And I really appreciate anyone following my page
or my work here or any of the things
because I know I'm counter-programming.
I know a lot of people don't like that I like stuff
generally loudly and much more than not,
but I just don't think there's any reason to acknowledge
those people except for as a blanket.
That's unfortunate.
But thank you.
very well-measured answer, Coy.
I know it'll get clipped out in certain channels
and edit it down. Yeah, I just
want people to, and like all the power to do, like
he's- Fight him, Coy. He's paying his bills.
Do the Henry Cavill-Armcock. Let's go.
I just don't want his audience to not see
stuff because of his choices in life, and it's sad
that someone has chosen to be
aggressively that voice, and I hope that he's more
joyful than he seems.
This should all be fun.
It's art about comics.
Like, why are we not the stokedest?
This should be at worst.
this should be like,
ah, this wasn't for me,
or this was a bit of a bummer.
There's no reason to be enraged about these things.
I'm like, yeah, it's unfortunate they didn't make the thing I wanted them to make.
Yeah.
Like, that's as low as it goes for me.
You know what?
I will say this.
This is an unrelated thought,
but somehow this got me thinking of it.
The one thing I wish did happen is when Bob is, you know,
wailing on void,
when he's like punching his lights out,
I wanted him to scream in his face.
I wanted him to literally scream into the void.
I thought that would have been really funny.
Yeah.
And also very cathartic.
Yeah.
That's all.
That's a good beat.
I respect that.
I wanted a boiling over of the emotion there.
Also, I saw somebody comment, and I want to get the exact comment because I think it's better than what the intended comment was.
Eugene Johnson said Century would be Thor's ass.
And I want that version.
All right.
I want him to be Thor's ass.
He's Asgard's ass.
He just is.
I mean, it's a golden hue, beautiful blues and yellows of Thor's.
He is Asgard.
Mr. Eli Mac, thank you for
chiming in with the tagline of the movie
and the importance of century. I'm shocked that I didn't
put together that the
asterisk wasn't for
the new Avengers. I think they had
hid that. I mean, I'm sure a lot of
people extrapolated that.
You most certainly would have for a couple years.
Yeah. But at the same time...
I said Dark Avengers, so to be fair, I was only
half right. There's enough, yeah, there's enough latitude in there
and yeah, like,
the signs are all there, but I think it's
like just enough that like it's yeah i feel like there's when you have a sweet spot where it's like
the people who know can have the satisfaction of going i was right or pretty close and the rest of
us can be like oh snap how cool you know and that's a good twist when it's like he was dead the
whole time yeah you wanted to feel like it was right in front of you not like what that's just
weird writing the asterisk was dead the whole time john tyson uh thank you for chiming in
This is in my top
5 MCU because it's
theme. I strongly believe we shouldn't
go through this life alone. Will this team
become Dark Avengers later?
I feel like the new Avengers moniker
is for the sake of branding, which is what they lean into.
I don't know if Dark Avengers would be
something you'd want to sell.
I think they're thematically already
are the Dark Avengers. But when you look
at a comic book, what you're doing is differentiating
the teams versus when you're
looking at a movie, the way they're playing these characters
is very sponsored and government-based and very much
branding. So I don't think Dark Avengers will come
to play in a brand, but I do think they're
thematically that. And I love that
you love the theme so much. And I agree. No one should
live life alone. I love. I love the message, too.
Much agree. And yeah, Dark Avengers almost seems like something you would have
to do, you would have to do, like, a lot more Avengers
and then you could do like a side one. Right.
That can be, yeah, a little bit more niche because it just
has, Dark Avengers just sounds niche. And so don't feel like they'd like say it.
Because then it'd be like, it's like when
we are. We are. Yeah, when characters are dark, they
And Angie, they should be like, look how dark Avengers we all.
We all bought eyeliner just for this, yeah.
Richie, thank you for chiming in.
I work as an environmental specialist doing the Lord's Work at a hospital,
and I freaking love the Reject Nation, working hard, and MCU News.
Super sexy for life on the hashtag.
Thank you so much.
And, hey, you're out here doing very important work.
Yeah, thank you.
And, you know, a member of the Patreon, super sexy.
We appreciate you very much.
And, yeah, that's an incredible series of job things.
Thank you.
Yeah, thank you for taking your time out to, you know,
entertain flights of fancy with us on a Saturday morning.
I hope you're having a relaxing start to your weekend.
Myunk, Roy, thanks for chiming in.
Do you think the Avengers Dooms Day production is a little rushed?
Definitely talked a little bit about that on the Real Rejects podcast.
This time, there are many characters,
and only a year from now,
we are getting with now. I was going to say
seven years ago, Infinity War, six years ago, endgame
this year, Thunderbolts, next year,
Doomsday? It's insane.
Like, that's, like, it's been so long
since an Avengers movie, and now this
is an Avengers movie, but then
next year, like, it's ambitious.
Clearly, they've shot some, we saw some,
but, uh, I don't know.
I know they do a lot of pre-production.
I know they prep a lot, and I know they have
to, but, um, I feel
like Comic-Con was like a month ago.
Like, it is insane.
that, you know, that was July, which is almost a year ago.
Two months from now.
Ugh.
Just threw up a little.
But, yeah, I think it's ambitious, and I hope it works out.
I'm very cautiously optimistic because of the ingredients, but we'll see.
Absolutely.
I'm a little cautious optimism.
I don't know.
Every Marvel seems like it's high stakes now.
And this one seems especially high stakes, but I was almost afraid to look at the tomatoes,
but even the tomatoes would be pretty kind to this movie.
Yeah, 95.
audience I think it was last I saw it was like
88 critics which I was like damn
even to the capacity that I liked
it I was expecting more like a 70
something from the critics if not
want to be happy I think they do and the movie
is joyful in its melancholy
it is it is yeah there is like a light in the
darkness and I like the way they personify it like I liked
the way the dark
you know the MCU gets dogged a lot
for not having enough light and
color saturation and
the whole like void thing just kind of made me
appreciate that when you are back in like
Oh, there's a friggin' light in color here.
Also, the texture of the film felt like a film.
Like, there was a lot more in that grit
than just, like, muted.
Absolutely.
Destined. Thank you.
We are destined for greatness when you were in the chat.
There we go.
Pulled it together.
Yelena has the New Avengers.
Thank you for spelling it properly.
Kamala is assembling Young Avengers or, you know,
Cape Bishop.
Sam is building proper Avengers.
The MCU's version of Civil War II,
is really going to be over copyright laws
and I am here for it.
Litigation. We know a very good lawyer.
Oh my God. Matt Murdoch is going to be
the beyonder. He's going to be
litigating. She-Hawks litigating one
side. Matt's litigating the other side.
Everyone's in court. I want it
so bad. I was the person
sitting here being like, make my daredevil
an actual court procedural half the time.
Give me the practice with Matt
Murdoch, but I like Avengers
in copyright court. Avengers
Doomsday. Avengers Secret War.
Avengers copyright claim coming
2028
Avengers arbitration
I like it
Call me up Marvel
I got ideas
Avengers 8 coming at you
All right
Thank you Destin
I'm looking for
Is there a sequel to Civil War
In the comics
Is there like a second Civil War
Two
It was like only five or six years ago
Captain Marvel's like a big part of it
And it's yeah yeah it's good
Okay
All right
Sleven Calivra
Slevin
Levera. Cool name. Thanks for
joining in. It's almost as
good as Madam Webb, because
Void really do
be connecting them all. They do.
They really do. And we've all got one,
and we all, you know... The web of
darkness connects us. If only
the last scene, they had impaled
the void on, like, a big
Pepsi sign, then the movie
would be perfect. You know, I just feel like there wasn't enough
superpowers of crashing vehicles
into others, which is the only power
she seemed to have. All the
team members of the Thunderbolts
could easily crash a van into something.
They are super soldiers able to drive.
We did see a lot of vehicles.
We did. We did.
They drove at least one vehicle.
It's not as many as the DC animated movies
always opening a vehicles.
They're always in the streets. They're always driving fast.
Next.
Oh, God.
Shea, thanks for jumping.
In the songbird emblem in Mel's necklace.
Clock that tried to get her to talk about it
in the red carpet. Actually, I tried to get her
to not talk about it, but I tried to get a
that would inform the next thing.
Like, I don't like spoilers because I want to see the movie
and I hadn't seen it yet.
So I tried to get her to, like, hint enough
that after I'd be like, oh, but she's very good at PR.
But, yeah, the necklace is very much mockingbird.
Like, that's real.
And she's a big member of the comic Thunderbolts.
That, okay, because I like her a lot as a performer
and from other stuff I've seen her in.
That show she's on with Daniel Radcliffe is hilarious.
Oh, and I should know the name of it.
But that's fun to know, because I was like,
they've cast somebody who's, like, on the rise for this.
She must be more than just Val's assistant.
I asked her, which was more intimidating,
working for a comic legend or in comic legend.
And I enjoyed that cheeky turn of phrase.
And she said, and she just worked with Will Ferrell.
So I was saying, like, comic legend in Will Ferrell
or in Comic Legend being the MCU.
And she gave me a really fun cheeky, like, you know,
Will Ferrell's a man, but this is the Marvel universe.
And it was like, she's a star.
Like, you can tell this girl's going to go far.
So I think they cast her.
long term go watch miracle workers all right jeff carroll we got one of four oh goodness and then
kevin me kevin meke not to overshadow though because we got four from jeff carroll
an embarrassment of generosity all right jeff carroll we're going to do all four of yours in one big old
big mac one out of four nine out of ten a lot of uh flash a lot of ratios here we got that wasn't that good
algebra.
Okay, 9 out of 10 on Thunderball.
9 out of 10 is like 2.2, I think.
Okay, sorry.
So a quarter of 9 is roughly 2.2.
A quarter of 9.
Am I dividing 1 by 4 by 9 by 10?
Okay, so 9 out of 10 on the movie.
The MC, only MCU film besides Infinity War end game I've seen twice just on opening weekend.
Inside Out of the MCU.
I've heard this set a timer too.
Inside Out of the MCU might become overused, but Inside Out is in my top 10 of all
time, so highest praise. I do
have a big soft spot in my heart for
that movie, and sadly
have not yet seen Inside Out, too,
which I must do. Jeff Carroll
2 of 4. Tackling emptiness,
self-loathing, et cetera, not only as themes, but
as literal character embodiment is so unique.
Pew and Pullman, unreal
performances, truly. Pullman may be
top 10 in the MCU. Two small
critiques. Alright, here we go. Here we go.
It's time to throw every nice thing you've set
out the window. Three out of four, we've
known Bucky a long time, but I feel like
They could have touched on his emotions more as well as ghosts.
We've talked a bit about this in the stream so far.
I agree more with Ghost and Buck,
and I think you got what you needed from the both of them.
Personally.
All right.
MCU marketing, a repeated issue.
I don't know why they, quote, gave up trying to conceal.
I think it's just because they're having more need to really make sure people show up and show out.
Yeah, I think it's a desperation of like, we got these characters.
They're coming.
Please watch Dooms Day.
Please be excited next year.
people are just coming because we're Marvel anymore, you know.
And so that's real.
And then four out of four, Taskmaster's fate.
Why do you think she was the choice to kill off?
Or would y'all have done it differently?
Those very small areas aside, absolutely loved it.
It's special and will stick with me.
All right.
From the top, I love how much you loved it.
I agree that Pullman is exceptional.
I believe that what we got out of Yelena is so great because of Florence Pugh.
So I agree with all your stuff at the top.
And yeah, I've heard the inside out thing.
It's funny every time to me.
I see some parallel.
Um, but I personally, I got a lot out of ghost and I think because we've had Bucky for so long, they didn't want to overshadow, um, what it is that Yelaine is doing by having it be a Bucky Barnes movie.
Like I feel like we got enough of him without it being like two co-leads. You don't want this to be a two-hander like Deadpool Wolverine. You want it to be Yelena and the Thunderbolts. Um, so I feel like if you brought in a lot of people's favorite, you know, side character, like Bucky is a lot of people's favorite character, much less. I think it would have been too much.
If you had more of him, I would have loved to see more of him and ghost in that last sequence.
And we've talked about that a bit, like seeing that montage.
But I think as far as what we got, I got enough.
And then I do think the marketing is always going to be a thing because you do need to sell the movie to make enough to keep doing this giant, very expensive universe.
So the chairs bug me because I think they're doing two rounds of announcements.
I feel like they...
The second one will be an email.
I mean, we just read it.
I saw somebody meme, the back of the chair just says this could have been an email.
Real.
Very funny.
But I think they can't really,
they should have waited
to have the Thunderbolts
be the second round of announcements,
but I also feel like
they wanted to show confidence
in Thunderbolts and have their name
awareness be higher.
So I see why they did it,
but I don't love it.
Yeah, and I mean the Taskmaster thing
we've talked a lot about it.
Like, it would have been cool
for Taskmaster to be more of an actual character.
Like, I'm a little torn on.
Like, it feels a bit abrupt
the way the movie handles that,
but also, given what it's doing,
it doesn't feel like completely unfair
to handle it that way.
Yeah.
And I think it's mostly just,
like because of the, I guess
because everyone is so kind of
intent on like, this character got done
kind of strangely, it doesn't really
do anything to not do the character
slightly dirty. So like
yeah, you know, I,
I'm not like mad bothered by it, but
it's something I definitely like noticed and was like
huh, you know, and it is
funny to me that is like the most obvious
conclusion everyone has drawn is like,
well, Tasmas are not making out of this movie.
Right. Because like, well, nothing, no.
And I like that they at least Photoshop
shopped or CG'd her into
scenes, you know, for the trailers
for the advertising, but yeah.
But yeah. Well, well, well, uh,
articulated. And I'm glad you loved it like we did.
Oh my goodness. Kevin Meek,
one of our long time super sexy
patrons. Uh, holy crap, man.
Thank you for this very, very, very generous. I mean, everyone
has been super generous today, but I mean,
it's not easy to contribute
in such quantity and, uh,
it's in these times. A huge help.
Thank you. Yeah, truly. Uh, appreciate the
that they didn't pull any punches with certain issues
specifically Yelaina's alcohol
abuse. They nailed what it's like to
wake up and find yourself in that state
and to move on from it. Thanks guys.
You all have been killing it. I appreciate
it so much and I agree with that. I think the way
they handled that and
the way you see like Alexi's house, he's just like
living like a hoarder and like John Walker's
home life is so broken
and sad. I'm doing it.
I'm watching. What do you want?
Like everything was so broken.
And that's the thing is like even
despite we've talked about like wanting more
or whatever of certain characters like what
they got in there was pretty impactful
like hit me for sure and
I love the alcohol abuse scene of it feeling like
a cycle like she was trapped in herself
and like how broken that was even though it's a tiny
moment like that really hit me the visual of it
how hollow she seemed we talked a bit about
her like shutting off and accepting her
fate that really hit every time and a few of them
did that but like when Yelena they gave it that oneer
and then I think
it's like insane we got a Marvel movie
that has a meth joke I know
I was like...
And two, twice.
Because he said the joke and I was like,
I can't believe they got away with that throwaway joke.
And then it doubled out and he screams it.
Great delivery.
And at first I was like,
is meth chicken like a joke of a different ride?
And then in that scene, he's like,
I am on Matt.
Like, yes.
I was so impressed.
It was wild.
And there's one other thing that alludes me now that they did.
It's like a line of dialogue or like a throwaway where I was like,
wow, that's not a Marvel.
Yeah.
There's some other thing they did that was akin to that.
But absolutely.
think it's canon with, again, to
pop a docket, I
also liked that the last movie we just
had featured a certain
meth chicken purveyor
as Sidewander
who just fought Sam Wilson.
Oh, Jean Garlo. Oh, my
God, get him on the Thunderbolt.
Yeah. But seriously,
thank you, Kevin. Thank you. And, yeah,
the way they
capture her alcohol abuse is not, like,
and sometimes it is, like, debilitating. But, like, you know,
that's kind of like just a rote, part
of her debt. She's a functioning
alcoholic, you know. Yeah, like you said,
they didn't shy from it. Celeste
Marie, thank you for jumping into the chat.
Ooh, you got like
a nice, like, you know,
lens flare in your profile pick here.
Literally just got home from seeing it and
saw y'all were live. Thank you so much for
hopping right in. Loved it. Wish we saw
Buckees and Ghost and Red Guardian's rooms.
Absolutely. Feels like a setup for multiple
Avengers teams or
for an extended Zach Snyder
cut on Blu-ray. I would love to see more of those
rooms. I agree. But yeah, Avengers teams,
plural, is very exciting again.
Absolutely. And as we're scrolling
past here, just Jeff Carroll,
great point. I do love the literal
character embodiment of
the void that exists
within us as a thing. That's a beautiful
personification. Michael
W. W. W. for
winner, because you're a winner today.
Thank you for jumping in the chat.
I saw this movie with my dad.
I walked, this is a good dad movie for him.
I saw this movie with my dad. I
walked out and after we talked about our
review, I finally told him, I've been
depressed. That's enough for me
to know how good this movie was.
That's a very beautiful
moment, man. That's what
you, you know, maybe it's not
the main function of a movie like this,
but like that's what the expression
and the putting themes like that in the art
is for, and that's really beautiful.
I love that. That's really something special.
And that's what art should do to connect us
and expose emotion. That's wonderful.
Yeah, and that's like, yeah.
Like, I hope that led to a good dialogue between you and to, you know, a greater closeness and vulnerability because it's hard to talk about.
And I appreciate that here on this channel, you guys have been accepting and welcoming of, you know, when the art takes us to those places that, you know, are resonant.
And as we've talked about a million times, it could be a comic book thing.
It could be some kind of grounded drama.
You never know when you're going to get hit by something real.
And I feel like there is definitely some real shit in this movie.
So I'm glad you guys had a real bonding experience with it.
that's that's really touching yeah
Destined is back thank you so much
my favorite thing was the counter
what are these guys going to do against Century
by showing Century slash Void is a metaphor
for depression you can't run from it or defeat it
you just have to own it you know lock it in the basement
and feed it a steak every day
and keep going to maintain yeah
that line was so good yeah yeah
absolutely that's a great observation
yeah I really liked that it felt like this all
encompassing, overpowering, like, can't even
begin to handle it thing, and we all get smacked
around my depression now and again, so I thought it was really
beautiful. That metaphor was so all-encompassing,
and it takes more than one person to defeat
it, which I also, like, took the team, and
then coming together. And now I'm thinking to myself,
like, as cool as I get Sam Wilson
doing the whole, like, I'm going to talk down the Red
Hulk, like, you know, they kind of did a better version
of that of this movie, be like, you know what, we
can't throw any weaponry or
fists at this thing. We, I mean,
he does kind of beat it up, but, like,
you know, we have to kind of... Well, beating up is what I want it.
We have to outwit it.
Yeah.
We have to emotionally rise above this occasion.
And, yeah, like, you can't run from it.
You can't defeat it.
And I do like that they acknowledge without lampshading the idea of, like,
how hell are you guys going to do anything against this dude?
Yeah.
Like, all the things that people said when they picked the team also, I loved in those moments,
but also in the credits where it's like, what is this team going to do?
I was like, they really, at least in the bounds of this movie, they earn that well.
I'm like, oh, damn.
These street level, for the most part, dude.
By how this was occurred.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, which is so cool, which is very gratifying.
Celeste Marie, back again.
Loved the mental health angle.
I was curious how they'd win with no powers, and I love that it was just broken people helping each other through it.
Oh, look, Celeste coming in and saying it better than us.
Literally, absolutely.
We agree.
We agree.
No notes.
A plus.
Keanu-Chinell, how's it going?
Good to see you again, my dear.
Thank you for the sticker.
I love this little heart corgi.
It's a little corgi with a little tail wagon, peekabooing out from behind the heart.
Hope you're doing well.
I hope your heart is full today.
Breel Valentin, thank you for jumping in the chat.
Just show in love with my first ever YouTube super chat.
Thank you.
There we go.
Thank you so much.
And, hey, it's an honor to be the channel.
We're going to hang it on the wall and like Mr. Crabs.
But, yeah, seriously, thank you for jumping in.
I hope you've been enjoying the stream.
haven't gotten to do one in a while, and this has been
absolutely a blast, even if
we're both sleep deprived. You know it's good
when you're not even concerned with that after
a while. We'll deal with that next. And thank
you. I hope we've been articulate. Celeste,
thank you for being so supportive
today. They're now my favorite MCU
team, and this is in my top five Marvel
movies. Only gripe is like just wanted more.
I agree. Like, okay, sorry,
I'll stop commenting now. No, you're good.
Comment as much as you like.
This is one of those movies. I think that's a good
place to be in. It's like,
when I saw the marvels I was like
I like everything you tried to do here
I wish you committed more to those things
and then also there are a bunch of issues about
like this paste weird
there's so much whereas like most of my
if there are complaints for me about Thunderbolt
they all kind of come back to just like great
just give me more you know and but what you had
as what you did present also looks pretty great
and also used well-rounded so
yeah like I'm really happy to see this entry
some people's top five and the team
you know really grabbing
people's hearts because the more I
have thought about it over the week like the more
excited I am to go back and review it
so thanks for being so supportive and being
a part of this chat today being a
main character in the chat today
let's see
Stephen Hider
my 15 year old daughter Sophie and I saw that are both last night
great movie she immediately shipped
Yelena and Bob so for her
is there any comic precedent
Yelena and Bob don't interact very often
Yelena is now very prevalent
but had not been until more recently
I think what Florence Pugh brought to the characters
really elevated the character. There's a really fun run
from 2022 for White Widow
that is what they call her in the comic
that is very much the voice of Florence Pugh
which is delightful. Century has not been as prevalent
of late he popped back up a few years ago but no interaction
there so that is an MCU centric shipping
that I hope and I'm glad she enjoys.
And thank you for a super.
I ship them as well.
And there are a couple of people also talking about,
I think I saw a comment in the live chat earlier
about how like when she's like hugging him or something
and then there's like a cut to John Walker
looking jealous or something.
I don't know.
Either way, we've got to get more ships going in the MCU.
We've had Circe and not Superman,
and that was, you know, that was fine.
Also, this fair point dance DJ,
you know, Red Hulk and Cap, Ross,
they've obviously known each other and have that history.
absolutely you know I feel like they could have
maybe made more out of that
yeah century got ripped in half by carnage in the comics
Jesse he's saying Century is dead in the comics yeah
he got ripped in half and thrown into the sun
if I remember correctly
what a way to go yeah
thanks for that though Stephen Hider
and you know obviously hopefully maybe we can
we can write a comic and set the present
yeah just do a romance
duck dude Howard the duck
you are great name
emoji too yeah look at this guy
look at that duck dude
look at this little duckman
There's a specific scene in the vault
where Bob tells Yelena to leave him there
and the concern realization she has on her face
before convincing him to join just broke
me. A Marvel movie has never hit me
that deeply. And that's one of the great things
about this movie is like there are discussions
via dialogue that are great. But sometimes
it is literally like
the cast just getting to shine with these
little details of performance
that speak volume. Yeah.
And that's, I mean, when Florence Pugh was saying
it's more like an 824 film with
the asterisk. That
Obviously, it's still a Marvel movie, but speaking, anyone becomes, like, hyperbolic,
it's like, oh, yeah, how's a $150 million movie, 824?
But it's these small, intimate scenes of actors acting and the moments and the depth of the themes
that I totally agree with her marketing idea behind it.
And I felt those especially here.
Yeah, man, I'm, oh, the more we talk and the more we feel these, the more excited I am for
another watch.
Jonas Sorensen, thank you so much for joining in.
I just wanted to say, I just found you guys.
Oh, welcome.
And you are awesome.
I love listening to you and appreciate what you do.
That is absolutely sweet,
and I really appreciate you just coming in and saying that.
Whenever I stumble across people, I like,
like, you know, the whole don't meet your heroes or, you know,
these days I go by this.
I'm like, if I'm so compelled to say thanks,
I'll just try and say thanks.
So, like, you know, whenever anybody expresses gratitude
for what we get to do, it fills my heart up with joy.
So thank you so much, Jonah.
And I hope you stick around.
I hope you like what you see,
from you in the future.
Dead shot,
crossover amalgamated universe.
Hey, gents, actually,
and thank you for chiming in here,
just finished watching Thunderbolts,
and wow, was it a breath of fresh air?
It doesn't feel like an MCU movie,
and that's a good thing,
and I agree,
even though I feel like it's not incongruous
with the MCU,
the feeling of watching it
didn't fully feel like I was watching
another Marvel movie,
and I think that was very, very well-handled, very cool.
To me, it felt like
when Marvel was launching, where it was like Ironman
and Guardians and Winter Soldier all felt like
Marvel, but it didn't, there wasn't a tone that felt like this one uniform
thing. This felt like that, where it's like, I'm very where I'm watching Marvel,
but it doesn't feel like it's like a blanket thing. So that was nice. And I
agree. 100%. It's Chris, chicken.
Chicken. Mike dropped. No notes. Leave your favorite kind of chicken.
in chat all right thank you so much it's chris and i mean
chickens better look out because chris got the wolf with the rose in its mouth
in the little avatar here so uh saying don't leave your chickens unattended uh urgent elk
thank you so much are y'all going to watch the second season of my adventures with
superman all i got to say is after watching it i realize the suit is very similar to the new live
action uh no plans on the slate as of yet i if i'm totally honest and i don't know for certain
I don't expect it to happen.
I haven't seen it yet.
I haven't seen it.
You know, I feel like there's more of an onus
to just like, well, maybe I'll just
keep it on the back burner.
So there are no plans, but it could happen.
You never know, but don't get your hopes
set on it. But that said,
I adored our whole
experience with the DC animated stuff, and
that included. That is possible.
Like, DC animated movies, maybe a couple
as Superman ramps up, because, you know,
the search optimization on
those will be a little higher just for the,
behind the curtain stuff, but I don't, I love Jack Superman.
I'd love to watch it. It's just, we don't know if that'll make sense here or not.
Yeah. All right, gang, we are heading into the home stretch, but thank you so much for,
you know, tuning in with us and stoking the fires of conversation. Like, there are a lot of
spoiler reviews out there and to get to do it this way. This is kind of like how our panels
go. If we ever do a panel, it's sort of like, yeah, we can spend some time talking at you,
but like, let's just jump in and see what you guys want to talk about. And you guys are
always great at guiding the convo and coming up with some.
interesting things to throw our way.
Also, someone in the live chat mentioned it,
and we always err into music.
We didn't mention it.
Sentry's reading Rick Rubin's book at the end.
Oh, was he reading the Createt's book?
Yeah.
Oh, that's funny.
Which is a great book.
I love Rick Rubin's book.
Yeah.
He's one of those guys who all just like,
if I need to vibe and also be a little inspired,
I'll just be like, oh, throw on some Rick Rubin interviews.
Vib Daddy Rick, yeah.
And shouts out to Robert Rodriguez,
doing the rounds of podcasts right now,
and like that dude's insight and philosophy.
philosophy on art,
filmmaking, how to live
the art life, as David
Lynch would say, has been
friggin fascinating. So, like, track down
one of those interviews and
be delighted. I am just
realizing that's what I should have talked to Dave Bird about.
It was Rick Rubin's book at the end of the
movie. I had my opportunity.
Bro! Rick Rubin!
Bro!
Hindsight.
This is your villain origin story. Next time
there's a Thunderbolts premiere and I see
love that you all know what to say.
you go. Well, there you go.
You know what? You'll have him on.
You'll have him on. That's a great question. You'll have him on.
That's a great question. You'll take him comic book shopping.
And then you'll hand him the Rick Rubin book.
It'll be like a century.
Hamza Darby leading us into the home stretch.
Do you think Yelana could or should be a lead in the MCU going forward?
Yes.
Florence Pue was incredible casting. I think I prefer Yelena to Natasha.
I think
not to slight Scarlet Johan is a performer.
I think the stuff Yelena has been.
given to work with is maybe
a bit on the whole richer
and I think there's also kind of a paradox
that happens where like because she
started as a side character often
support characters can have that
latitude to be a little bit more
nuanced or flawed or interesting
especially in like a tent pole franchise
not to say that Natasha doesn't have any of that
but I do get why people are like
so jazzed about
Yelena
I feel like the Natasha
role was written as
a certain type of role
that they tried to fix
like they you know
introduce her in the least
of the Iron Man films
and they kind of had to navigate
I think the best Natasha
is in Winter Soldier
and I think that the second best
is in Black Widow
but that means that
my favorite old of hers
is in a movie that she's not leading
and my second favorite is in movie
after she dies
I feel like there's a lot of variables
that didn't allow for Natasha
to thrive and that's not her fault
but I understand where you're coming from
you ain't great
100% and, yeah, absolutely should be one of the leads.
And as of this, I was like, well, that makes all the sense in the world
that she would lead this movie and be part of a new Avenger team, you know.
Jacks with my sense.
Oh, Jacks.
Oh, buddy, that means a lot, man.
I feel like, you know, every duo has its own lovely nuances,
and, you know, I look forward to everyone in a different way,
but, like, some of, again, some of my favorite times have been you and me,
and I look back on them often.
forward to the shoot, even though it's on a Saturday.
We've got to look up, figure out what our
team name is. That's true. We don't have
one yet. We're joy.
Yeah. We are joy.
Joy. I like that.
But thank you so much.
It's always, you know, we don't compete,
but whenever somebody expresses a particular
enthusiasm over a combo, it just,
it warms my heart.
Gabriel Aguilar, thank you for chiming in.
Am I crazy, or did the main
section of the Thunderbolt's theme have the
same chord progression as where is my
mind by the Pixies that was used,
in the teaser.
I'll be on the lookout for that when we go back.
I wish I'd ask them.
I didn't hear it, so I wish I thought to ask.
Yeah, I love that because that does tie
into the depression elements and how we listen to that song
and the 90s alt rock things.
I love that Jen Zino's Toadies now because of this movie.
Yeah, I'm going to listen for that.
Thank you.
Big Toadies love in recent times.
Do you want to die?
I've been listening to them like nonstop.
That album actually.
They've been on the rotation because of the trailer.
Head you back to the 90s.
I'm definitely going to be listening.
Also just saw Papa Roach live, and that was like,
let's say about that?
Not yet.
I got to go backstage because Paul reps Papa Roach and Jacoby.
So I got to, like, hang out with Jacobi and talk about, like, he was my first
concert.
I saw him, Slipknot, and, like, I went to Oz Fest when I was 14.
They were headlining, so he was my first concert, and then they were my first backstage hang.
I got to, like, talk to Jacoby about art for a while and get his throat remedies because
he, like, sings every night.
and, like, he makes a special tea, got the recipe.
Also, his cardio is insane.
He ran up the forum.
Like, that's the one.
Yeah.
Yeah, he went from stage up, leapt up a side thing, ran up the stairs, and never missed a note, like, running.
And, like, his cardio is the best I've ever seen.
Yeah, it was awesome.
Dude, that's, well, and that's, yeah, 90s rock's back.
And that's what you got to, to be a rock star of the modern time, you do have to actually be fit.
Yeah.
Like, compared to the 70s, you do actually have to be in shape.
Yeah, really.
funny to me. Deadshot,
next film for me, that's
freaking cool, though. Yeah, it was insane. Next film
for me is FD6,
which I can't wait
for Final Destination 6,
take me a second. I'm actually more excited for that
than this, just because I've seen a lot of MCU movies,
obviously. I've never seen a Final Destination
movie because I was too young. Same.
I have seen zero of those
films. So I am excited
to maybe potentially, I know Greg and Roxy
have done a series on Final D, but
I am such a big fan of Final Destination.
And you were there at CinemaCon.
I heard that.
It was bonkers.
I white knuckled the whole 10 minutes.
I was like, I'm so happy but stressed.
And my friend Al Laurie's in it.
She's in Final Destination and The Black Phone 2.
She's in my two most anticipated horror movies of the year,
and I am so proud of her.
We did Rocky Harder together.
Hell yeah.
Yeah, she's the best.
But yeah, I'm so excited at Final Destination.
I'm seeing it a week from Monday.
And I'm elated.
I'm very excited.
I love that franchise a lot.
Remind me.
Before we close out here in the next nine minutes or so,
what you played in Rocky Horror.
Oh, yes.
Okay, we got Doe Eyes.
I grew up being told, and thank you, Doe Eyes for joining in.
Toadies are from Doeis hometown.
Hey, not bad.
Fun fact.
Doe Eyes, perfect timing.
Love your cat avatar as well.
I grew up being told it's just a movie, book, painting,
anytime I want to discuss art.
So this channel is a welcome, Save Haven.
Keep crushing it.
Hell yeah.
There is nothing.
I don't think there's a sentence I hate more,
besides you're overthinking it,
then it's just a movie.
song, painting.
I think that art is the only thing
that keeps us from the animals.
Other animals have opposable thumbs.
I've always hated that shit.
They're like, oh, they've got opposable thumbs.
Yeah, so do fucking raccoons.
But art and celebrating and burying
your soul is what separates us from the animals.
It is what connects us.
Whales have songs. Whales have emotionality
and all those things, and that shows the intelligence
of that mammal, the dolphins as well.
What separates us from lower beasts
is emoting and the smartest
creatures emote. Art is a reflection
of emotion. And if something is just a blank,
that is the other person saying that,
not being able to see the value in something,
not you seeing value in something.
I was on a trip recently,
and we overheard someone talking about
when they were leading a guided tour across this trail,
and the question they were posing was,
do animals perceive beauty?
And I was like, what a question for like a regular,
you know, Sunday after his trip.
I thought you were on a trip.
I was on a trip.
And you could have also, it sounds like, about a trip.
No.
But that means a lot.
And yeah, like,
Unless, I think it's just a movie or a painting or whatever,
if we're getting ugly about it.
I don't think there's much good reason to get ugly with people about it.
But other than that, yeah, like,
I'm sad to hear that you would be dismissed about that
because, yeah, the whole point of any book, movie, or painting
is to jump in and share your feelings about it if you have them
and, you know, bounce off of it, have an experience, you know.
So I'm glad that at least in some roundabout way we can foster that for you here.
Because, yeah, like, everything hits everyone different,
and it's all perspectives, and that's the kaleidoscope of,
experience and art and all that stuff.
The great Ryan Nielsen just joined
in chat. I think you guys met recently.
Some of you guys have tech stuff, I think.
He's a buddy of mine from the Afterbuzz Days from Marvel
Movie News. Yes! Oh my God, Ryan!
Roxy recommended, Ryan.
I ran into that dude on the streets
of Thunderbolts yesterday,
Thursday. I don't know. What's time?
Just ran into Ryan. It was good to see him.
In fact, thanks to Ryan, this stream looks
a lot better than it used to. He's a good man.
He was one of my favorite Marvel
News people back in the day. I've done that dude forever.
out to Ryan. Hell yeah. Thanks for being here
again on a Saturday.
Bonnie, I think it was a Saturday.
No question or comment
of the films, but just here
for the vibes and hang out.
Adore the Real Rejects, gotta send support,
and thank you so much for doing so. Like, seriously,
thank you for just taking the time out to
express gratitude. Like, it means a lot
to us, and it always feels kind
kind of crazy to be in
this position where people can express gratitude
to us. So, you know, yeah, like, I'm glad
you enjoy it, and it means a lot. So thank you.
so much.
Seriously, like, you guys have been all super sweet, and as coy as echoed, like, we,
I feel like every comment section has its stuff, but I feel like the people who show up
for us in our comments and who are talking and, you know, stoking the discourse, I always
feel like we have a pretty wholesome and kind-hearted group of people around, so I thank you
a lot.
Like, it means a real, a real, yeah.
And tree, D, never let anyone in a position of supposed authority tell you how to feel about
anything.
That's the thing that's the biggest epiphany of my adulthood is, uh,
people that think they're in power
often the weakest. And I think
that that is especially coming from an
English teacher telling you how to experience art.
That's not a teacher. That's someone that wants power.
That's someone who wants power. Galaxy geeks.
Thanks for swinging by.
Right here at the end. Anthony Alvarez
taking us home before I do
one last sweep. Can't wait
to see the Fantastic Four
and New Avengers interact. It's going to be interesting
seeing them fight each other
is going to be a fun fight sequence.
I believe that. Absolutely.
I mean
it's going to be like, you know, your two
favorite children fighting each other and then
fighting X-Men. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Porn toys out in the sandbox.
Yeah, I think that's going to be real fun.
It's going to be wild and I, you know,
there's so many high stakes and stuff
like that and there's so much, you know,
coming down the line, but it's nice to be buzzing
with a bit of excitement.
See what Jasmine just said.
You can watch all five Final Death Nations by Monday.
You can be here plus one of the premiere.
No pressure.
All right. Well, we're going,
going now. I'll just be binging.
We're going to cut off here and then I'm just going to go
straight into binge mode.
Michelle with the final super sticker, thank you
so much for the hearts. We heart
you as well. I'm going to do
one more check on
the super, not
the super, the stream labs.
But gang, leave us any of your
final destination
thoughts as we hop
back to the end here. That is the next big movie, I feel like.
That's the next. That's the
finger. And we got one more
stream lab, perfect.
Let's do this thing.
Alrighty, Tori, Jerry.
I personally like
that they didn't turn John Walker
into a, quote, likable character.
I like that they didn't gloss over his past
actions or give him a redemption arc.
They kept it more ambiguous, and I found it refreshing.
I agree. I think that's one of the beautiful things
about this film is no one got, like,
cleared for what they've done.
Everyone is still navigating being the person they are,
and that ties so beautifully into mental health.
I agree. Like the John Walker not being like,
like, well, you're Captain American now.
That means all your stuff's absolved.
Like, there are consequences and weight.
And I love that as well.
Oh, I love that little, like, defying innocent or whatever.
Yeah.
Like, and, yeah, like, I've heard some people say, like, man, he's a real dick.
And I'm like, you know, he is.
And I kind of liked it.
And by the time the movie reaches a point where he's kind of less of a dick, I'm like, cool.
And he has the kind of guy to street cred his high school team.
And I love that.
Yes.
Back to back to back to back champions.
And, like, there's something about him where, like, I don't know, he, oh, I had a thought,
and now it's, like, dissolving.
Oh, in real time.
We've been doing this three hours.
We have been doing this three hours.
But, yeah, like, he's so fun to watch, and I think that there's, like, without ever,
I don't know, there's, like, never too much with him.
Like, you get the guy.
That's what it is.
You get the guy who really must exist under there, but he's really good at playing.
I think one of the nuances that.
complexities of acting, especially in an ensemble like this, is you have to sell in a professional
environment like you're all together and like you are, you know, at the top of your game. And he's
like, I feel like his cocky attitude is partly genuine, but also partly him trying to
puff himself into the role he actually wants to embody rather than the one he is so desperately
trying to escape. And I thought he played the nuances of that really, really nicely.
I asked him if he based his physicality or, yes.
I grew up around way too many John Walker.
I asked to be based his character or physicality off his time when he was a hockey player.
He was a professional hockey player.
What?
What?
Yeah.
And I.
So I asked him about that.
He's like, well, I mean, the physicality is always going to be informed by athleticism,
ball of all we started talking.
And then he's like, actually, that was one guy I based off him.
And he like, shouted out the guy's name.
It was one of my favorite moments from the red carpet is him like calling out a dude
in his hockey team is inspiring John Walker.
why it's dope to talk to you
I also love that he's been out here being like
yeah being an Epo baby makes life a lot easier
I asked him of him and his dad talk about
the MCUs because his dad is the daddy of the MCU
he was like we don't really talk about it he's like
really proud of me but it's not like Thanksgiving conversation
that's fair that's fair yeah no
he was a great dad to talk to oh man
I'm jealous of that well gang
it's been real thank you so much
for being here Koi who did you play in
the Rocky Horror Picture show
the narrator in the Rocky Horror Picture Show
because I realized that he
is the closest to Deadpool as I'll ever play.
So I did the callbacks from the audience,
then would run on stage for the onstage stuff,
run back to the audience. So I made it a
fourth wall breaking narrator, and that's how
I, like, understood the play.
Because it's a really hard play to do a stage play up.
We didn't do the shadow cast. We didn't do, like,
the movie behind and people play it. We had
a full seven-piece band
and did the play. Oh, wow.
And we did it all over L.A., we did it for four years.
You did it, like, Hedwig.
Yeah, yeah, we did like the show.
So we had the live band,
and we had to find a way to make those fourth wall brakes work.
So I played him like Deadpool and with the narrator.
That is super duper cool.
It's a lot of fun.
Yeah, well, gang, thank you for joining us on Thunderbolt today.
Again, you know, this has been a real joy,
and it's been a while since we've done one of these,
and the turnout was really just lovely to behold.
So thank you for all your thoughts.
Quick, just thank you to Galaxy Geeks,
Ion Blosh.
Obviously, Bucky Barnes holding down the moderation.
Raynaldo Torres, Torres,
Doe, Eyes, Shri, who do we got?
G. Colby, Maria Jose,
Selva, Selva.
I want to name you all.
Jasmine in here for the whole run,
checking back in, Ryan popping in,
Spidey Sense, good to see you, Jorge,
Maria's back, flying Scotsman,
Kenson, Big D.
This was a movie that I thought like,
oh, you know, maybe this would be a pretty, you know,
brisk or like a nicely compacted live stream
and I feel like this has gone a while
but also I feel like it's because there's been so much
conversation and enthusiasm.
So that's always a nice surprise and that has kept
our energy going. So thank you guys.
Yeah, keep on keeping on, keep on being lovely
and we will catch you for whatever the next spoiler talk is,
whether it be fantastic for or Superman or something before that.
Anyway, be well, be good to each other
and we will catch you next time.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the stream labs
the super chats, and, yeah.
Have a good weekend.
Do something, Thunderboltsy.
Remember that your darkness is in all of you.
Remember that it's good to have others in your life.
Remember that your darkest moments don't define you.
Remember that there's always a redemption arc around the corner.
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Eat your freaking Wheaties, and we'll see you next time.
Tacos out.
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